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Having doubled his AFL career games tally in less than a season, Mitch Brown wants another win.The key forward has been one of the successes of Essendons unprecedented season, where doping suspensions for 12 players meant a recast side and a different outlook.For the first time this year the Bombers will head into Sundays Etihad Stadium match against Brisbane as favourites.Essendon have shown strong signs of life in the last month, with near-misses against GWS, St Kilda and Richmond.Brown said it was time to capitalise on that improvement.We started the year pretty well, but the last month weve really come into our own - we have some form, he said.So were feeling pretty confident at the moment ... Weve been in the game up until the last quarter.Unfortunately we havent been able to finish off - thats the challenge for the rest of the year.But after several weeks of poor form and media scrutiny, the Lions also lack nothing for motivation.Essendon and Brisbane are on the bottom of the ladder with a win apiece, meaning Sundays loser most likely will end this season with the wooden spoon.There has been speculation about what another loss might do to the future of coach Justin Leppitsch at Brisbane.We think theyre going to come out firing, because theyve been battling a bit as well, Brown said.Its just who can maintain that pressure for the longest.After four frustrating seasons at Geelong Brown is more than making up for lost time with the Bombers.He and Zach Merrett are the only two Bombers to have played in every NAB Challenge and regular-season game this season.It is something Brown could never have imagined when Geelong delisted him at the end of 2014, having managed just 15 senior games in four injury-interrupted seasons.Thanks to his persistence and Essendons supplements saga, Brown has more than doubled his AFL tally to 31 matches.He also has a contract for next season.I was pretty confident after I was delisted, that if I had a pretty good year in the VFL that Id be a high chance to be picked up again, Brown said.So I just went back and worked on some things, to improve my game.I was very thankful to Essendon for drafting me.Brown and Joe Daniher have been the key forwards in Essendons attack, which is starting to look more potent as the team improves.Essendon are the lowest-scoring team in the AFL this season and are yet to pass 100 points in a match.But they have had more scoring shots than the opposition in their last two matches, with inaccuracy particularly costly against the Tigers.Brown said he and his fellow Essendon forwards had been working on their goalkicking. 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Castro doubled off the top of the centre-field fence against Bryan Morris (1-2), and Carlos Pena was intentionally walked one out later. The runners moved up on a wild pitch and Castro scored when he beat second baseman Neil Walkers throw home on Matt Dominguezs fielders choice grounder. Pittsburgh manager Clint Hurdle argued the call with plate umpire C.B. Bucknor and was ejected. Pinch-hitter J.D. Martinez followed with an RBI single to make it 4-2. "I thought he was out, but I watched the replay and I was wrong. C.B. got the call right," Hurdle said. Porter credited got baserunning on Castros part for scoring the winning run. "Castro had a great heads-up read on contact and made a great slide," Porter said. Rookie Jose Cisnero (1-0) struck out five in 3 2-3 scoreless relief innings for his first major league win. Jose Veras pitched a scoreless 11th for his sixth save as Houston (12-31) won for the second time in three games since losing six in a row. "Anytime you get that kind of push like that from someone out of the bullpen, he probably should have got the win and the save, too," Hurdle said. Porter was hoping Cisnero could provide multiple innings from a bullpen that has been overworked of late. "In that situation, we have some guys who have been worked hard the last few days," Porter said. "We didnt have many guys available. Most of the guys we had (warming) up were for show. It was pretty his game until we took the lead and then we were going to hand it over to Veras." Chris Carters run-scoring single in the eighth inning tied the game at 2 and ended Mark Melancons string of 13 consecutive scoreless relief appearances, covering 13 innings. Houstons Jose Altuve had three hits to raise his batting average to .342 aafter being activated from the bereavement list before the game.dddddddddddd Altuve missed three games after his grandmother died in his native Venezuela. Andrew McCutchen hit two doubles and Brandon Inge had two hits for Pittsburgh, which lost for the second time in nine games. Pittsburgh starter A.J. Burnett held Houston to one run in seven innings while allowing five hits and four walks, but wound up with a no-decision when Melancon could not hold the lead. Burnett struck out seven to raise his National League-leading total to 79. He has not allowed more than three earned runs in any of his 10 starts this season. "You can talk about (the Astros) record, but theyre all big leaguers, theyre all up here for a reason," Burnett said. "They battled me. They had some really good swings with two strikes and they fought off some tough pitches. I felt good to get out of it with only one run allowed." The Astros Erik Bedard gave up two runs and seven hits in six innings with three strikeouts and no walks in his first career start against Pittsburgh. The veteran left-hander was the Pirates opening day starter last season, but was released on Aug. 30 after going 7-14. "You dont really think about who its against," Bedard said. "You just want to win the ballgame." Inge put Pittsburgh in front 2-1 in the sixth when he hit a two-out RBI single to left field off Bedard. The Pirates scored the games first run on consecutive doubles by McCutchen and Gaby Sanchez with two outs in the first inning. Houston tied in the fifth on Altuves two-out RBI single. NOTES: Houston INF Jake Elmore was optioned to Triple-A Oklahoma City to make room on the roster for Altuve. ... Porter said Saturday that OF Brandon Barnes, his best defensive outfielder, was unavailable to play in Friday nights 5-4 loss to Pittsburgh because of a sprained right ankle. That is why RF Jimmy Paredes, who dropped Pittsburgh C Russell Martins two-out fly ball in the ninth inning to allow the winning run to score, was in the game. On Saturday, Barnes entered in the bottom of the 11th for defensive purposes. ... Pirates RHP Jeff Karstens (right shoulder inflammation) allowed two unearned runs in four innings Saturday night for Double-A Altoona in a rehab start at Richmond in the Eastern League. ... The three-game series concludes Sunday with Houston RHP Lucas Harrell (3-4, 5.11) pitching against LHP Jeff Locke (3-1, 3.15). ' ' '