Kammala wannan jumla: Tauraruwar Backe ta ci gaba da tashi a lokacin wasan kwaikwayo na 2004. Bayan samun nasara a wasa na 3 na Wasannin Division na NL da Atlanta Braves, Backe ya sami kulawar kasa tare da wasan kwaikwayo na takwas, wasan kwaikwayo guda daya da St.
Gasar Zakarun NL. Da yake tafiya tare da Cardinals da kuma Woody Williams na Houston, Backe ya yi wasa mai kyau a cikin 5th inning kuma ba shi da wani abu a cikin 6th inning, ya ba da wani abu guda zuwa St. Louis na biyu Tony Womack. Backe ta jefa wasan kwaikwayon saita mataki na Jeff Kent ta tafiya-kashe gida gudu a cikin tara inning, bada Astros a 3-2 jerin amfani ya koma St. Louis, duk da haka Astros rasa biyu m wasanni da kuma jerin.