 Complete the following phrase:  In nine seasons at the helm of general manager from 1996 to 2004, the Astros would go 793-665 under four managers in Terry Collins, Larry Dierker, Jimy Williams, and Phil Garner. They would make the playoffs five times including four division titles in a span of five seasons, all under Dierker, with just one season finishing under .500. In the playoffs, success was less forthcoming, as they lost in the first round each of the first four times. Billy Wagner had criticized the team specifically ownership in 2003 for not building a team worthy for the playoffs owing from owner Drayton McLane trying to save money and found himself traded after the year had ended. In 2004, however, things swung in the way of the Astros. It did not start out with the best of beginnings, as manager Jimy Williams would be fired after winning half of the teams first 88 games. A trade on June 24 between the Astros and two other teams gained them the services of Carlos Beltran, who would hit 23 home runs. Spurred on by the arrival of Phil Garner as manager, he would lead them on a hot streak that included winning 36 out of the last 46 games to finish 92-70 and sneak into the playoffs as a Wild Card team by one game. That year, Clemens would win the Cy Young Award his seventh all-time while Beltran tied the record for most home runs hit in a postseason with eight. The Astros would fall one win short of making the World Series, but Hunsickers nucleus of players had reached a level that the Astros had not managed to reach before. He would step down as the GM for the Astros after the 2004 season, whereupon Tim Purpura would replace him. Hunsicker is the longest-lasting general manager of the Astros. That year, led by Oswalt, Berkman, Clemens and various Astros acquired by Hunsicker, they advanced all the way to winning the 