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Jose Altuve belts 2 homers as Astros pound Athletics
Jose Altuve produced his second multi-homer game in less than a week, while Hunter Brown delivered his American League-leading ninth quality start as the Houston Astros rolled to an 11-1 victory over the slumping Athletics on Tuesday.,Altuve homered in consecutive innings off Athletics starter JP Se...
After rare day of rest, Astros prepare to host Athletics
The Astros capped a challenging stretch of 17 consecutive days of games with a walk-off, 5-3 victory over the Seattle Mariners that enabled Houston to claim the four-game series between division rivals.,Houston will continue its season-high 10-game homestand against the Athletics on Tuesday followin...
Christian Walker's walk-off blast propels Astros over Mariners
Christian Walker drilled his second career walk-off home run and the Houston Astros secured a four-game series victory over the visiting Seattle Mariners with a 5-3 win on Sunday.,Walker followed a ninth-inning leadoff single from Jose Altuve with a line drive into the left-field Crawford Boxes for ...
Astros seek continued success in series finale vs. Mariners
Right-hander Bryan Abreu is integral to a Houston bullpen that has excelled this season, but the fact that his two hiccups thus far have come against the Seattle Mariners is noteworthy.,Abreu entered the third game of this four-game series between American League West rivals having allowed five earn...
Framber Valdez outduels Bryan Woo to lead Astros over Mariners
Framber Valdez recorded his fourth consecutive quality start to claim a riveting pitcher's duel and lead the Houston Astros to a 2-1 victory over the visiting Seattle Mariners on Saturday.,Valdez (4-4) allowed one run on four hits and four walks with five strikeouts over six innings. He has surrende...
Mariners look for another early-count power surge vs. Astros
The Houston Astros might need to rethink how they approach the first pitch to every batter in the visiting Seattle Mariners lineup when the teams meet again on Saturday afternoon.,The Mariners hit three home runs Friday night -- all of them on the first pitch, including a two-run shot by catcher Cal...
Mariners upend Astros on Cal Raleigh's tiebreaking HR
Cal Raleigh slugged a tiebreaking two-run home run in the seventh inning to lift the visiting Seattle Mariners to a 5-3 comeback victory over the Houston Astros on Friday.,Raleigh became the third Mariners hitter to homer on the first pitch of an at-bat when he drilled a slider from Astros reliever ...
Mariners await positive pitching news amid series in Houston
The series opener against the host Houston Astros on Thursday resulted in a loss for the Mariners as a team, but the Seattle rotation took a step forward.,Mariners right-hander George Kirby made his season debut in a 9-2 defeat against the Astros.,Seattle will try to level the four-game series on Fr...
Jose Altuve's two homers spark Astros' blowout of M's
Jose Altuve produced his 12th career multi-homer game as the Houston Astros topped the Seattle Mariners 9-2 on Thursday in the opener of a four-game series.,Altuve slugged a leadoff home run in the fifth inning before belting a two-run shot in the Astros' three-run sixth. After going homerless since...
Showdown in Houston: AL West-leading Mariners visit Astros
The Seattle Mariners effectively have shared the offensive load thus far this season, with one of their recent acquisitions playing a key role in their 6-5, rubber-match win over the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday.,Right fielder Leody Taveras, claimed off waivers by the Mariners from the Texas Range...
Rays hammer four homers to win series vs. Astros
Yandy Diaz went 2-for-5 with three RBIs, including one of four home runs for the Tampa Bay Rays in their 8-4 win over the visiting Houston Astros on Wednesday.,Starting pitcher Taj Bradley (4-3) gave up two runs on four hits and struck out seven in six innings for the Rays, who took the last two gam...
Rays hammer four homers to take series from Astros
Yandy Diaz went 2-for-5 with three RBIs, including one of four home runs for the Tampa Bay Rays in their 8-4 win against the visiting Houston Astros on Wednesday.,Starting pitcher Taj Bradley (4-3) gave up two runs on four hits and struck out seven in six innings for the Rays, who took the last two ...
Astros' Hunter Brown looks to flip script vs. Rays
Houston Astros right-hander Hunter Brown did everything but win in his most recent outing.,Fresh off a career-high eight-inning performance, Brown will look to send the Astros to a series victory on Wednesday afternoon when they play the rubber match of their three-game set against the host Tampa Ba...
Rays rally late, walk off Astros on Taylor Walls' sac fly
Jonathan Aranda had a two-run single in the eighth inning and Taylor Walls had a sacrifice fly in the ninth as the host Tampa Bay Rays earned a 3-2 walk-off victory over the Houston Astros on Tuesday night.,After inducing a double-play ball to end the eighth inning, Houston's Kaleb Ort (1-1) ran int...
Astros, opposing Rays, aim to extend first road win streak
With Jeremy Pena delivering from the top of the batting order, the Houston Astros will look for another win over the host Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday in the middle matchup of a three-game series.,After Pena hit sixth, fifth and then fourth for the first month of the season, manager Joe Espada opted to...
Jake Myers late homer lifts Astros past Rays
Jake Meyers hit a go-ahead solo home run in the seventh inning as the Houston Astros opened a three-game series with a 4-3 win over the host Tampa Bay Rays on Monday night.,The Rays' Jose Caballero hit an RBI double in the sixth to even the game at 3-3. But the deadlock did not last long as Meyers l...
Rays aim for speedy recovery from woes in series with Astros
After a sluggish start through 46 games, the Tampa Bay Rays will act fast to change their direction when they host the Houston Astros on Monday night to open a nine-game homestand.,Fast might be the key word here, especially after losing two of three to the National League East's last-place Miami Ma...
Isaac Paredes' go-ahead homer lets Astros split series with Rangers
Isaac Paredes' three-run eighth-inning home run was the difference as the Houston Astros roared from behind to beat the Texas Rangers 4-3 on Sunday afternoon in the finale of a four-game series in Arlington, Texas.,The Astros rallied to earn a split of the series between the Lone Star State rivals, ...
Rangers start rookie RHP Jack Leiter to close set vs. Astros
Texas rookie right-hander Jack Leiter will look to make his first impact in the Battle for the Silver Boot when the host Rangers play the Houston Astros on Sunday afternoon in the finale of a four-game set in Arlington, Texas.,Leiter (3-2, 4.34 ERA) will start for the Rangers in the clash between th...
Joc Pederson, Wyatt Langford homer as Rangers beat Astros
Joc Peterson and Wyatt Langford hit home runs to back the continued strong pitching of Tyler Mahle as the host Texas Rangers defeated the Houston Astros 5-1 on Saturday night in Arlington, Texas.,The Rangers won for the seventh time in eight games and have taken two of the first three contests of th...