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Astros bang out 16 hits, hold off Twins 13-12
Jeremy Pena recorded his sixth three-hit game of the season to pace a balanced offensive attack by the Houston Astros, who outlasted the Minnesota Twins 13-12 on Friday.,The Astros improved to 13-2 over their last 15 games by banging out 16 hits with the middle third of the order doing the most dama...
Astros, Twins on a roll as showdown starts
The Houston Astros have won five of seven games on a 10-game road swing but have three more contests awaiting them against the Minnesota Twins, beginning Friday night, before they can deem the trip a success.,After a slow start to the season, the Astros are three games over .500 and have won 12 of t...
Blue Jays feeling pressure ahead of finale vs. Astros
The Toronto Blue Jays will aim to split their four-game series with the Houston Astros when they play their final home game before the All-Star break Thursday afternoon.,The Astros are looking for the series win after taking the third game 9-2 on Wednesday. They are 4-2 on a 10-game road trip. The B...
Yordan Alvarez, Yainer Diaz power Astros' rout of Jays
Yordan Alvarez had a solo home run and two RBI doubles as the visiting Houston Astros defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 9-2 on Wednesday night.,Yainer Diaz added three RBIs while going 3-for-4 with a walk to help the Astros take a 2-1 lead in the four-game series.,Houston pulled away by scoring four in...
Jays eye win in rematch against Astros' Ronel Blanco
Houston Astros right-hander Ronel Blanco no-hit the Toronto Blue Jays on April 1 in a 10-0 home gem. ,Wednesday night in Toronto, the Blue Jays will have another chance to figure him out. The Astros have won 10 of their past 12 games, but they've split the first two games of their four-game series w...
Blue Jays build 7-0 lead, just enough to beat Astros
George Springer hit a three-run home run, Spencer Horwitz had a solo shot and the host Toronto Blue Jays held on to defeat the Houston Astros 7-6 on Tuesday night.,The Blue Jays built a 7-0 lead in gaining a split of the first two games of the four-game series.,Yordan Alvarez hit a three-run homer f...
Astros use homers, pitching to edge Blue Jays
Yordan Alvarez hit a two-run home run, Jeremy Pena added a solo shot and the visiting Houston Astros defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 3-1 on Monday afternoon.,Alex Bregman had two hits for the Astros, who have won 10 of their past 11 and are 3-1 to open a 10-game road trip.,Ernie Clement hit a solo ho...
Astros look to continue June success at Blue Jays
The Houston Astros aim to take their June success into July when they visit the Toronto Blue Jays for a four-game series that opens Monday afternoon.,The Astros moved to a game above .500 for the first time this season on Sunday when they defeated the host New York Mets 10-5 in 11 innings after wait...
Trey Cabbage headlines five-run 11th as Astros top Mets
Trey Cabbage's two-run double capped a five-run 11th inning for the visiting Houston Astros, who moved over .500 for the first time this season with a 10-5 win over the New York Mets on Sunday in the rubber match of a three-game series.,The Astros went 17-8 in June, the best record in the majors, to...
Trey Cabbage’s 2B leads five-run 11th in win over Astros
Trey Cabbage's two-run double capped a five-run 11th inning Sunday for the visiting Houston Astros, who moved over .500 for the first time this season with a 10-5 win over the New York Mets in the rubber game of a three-game series.,The Astros went 17-8 in June, the best record in the American Leagu...
Astros turn to bullpen in quest for series win after comeback vs. Mets
In the first two games of their weekend series against the New York Mets, the visiting Houston Astros have had to use five pitchers in each game and ask the bullpen to cover a combined 6 2/3 innings.,It seems less than optimal for Sunday's rubber match in the three-game series, then, that Houston wi...
Astros rally from 6-1 deficit to defeat Mets
Alex Bregman's two-out, two-run single in the eighth inning Saturday put the visiting Houston Astros ahead for good as they rallied from a 6-1 deficit to cool off the red-hot New York Mets 9-6.,Bregman's hit scored Jeremy Pena and Trey Cabbage, who each drew walks from the wild New York bullpen. Hou...
Astros look to resume climb against hot Mets
The only team that could slow the Houston Astros on Friday night is the only team in baseball enjoying a hotter June.,The Astros will look to climb back to .500, and the New York Mets will aim to extend their red-hot run Saturday afternoon, when the teams meet in New York in the middle game of a thr...
Mets continue recent surge, pull away from Astros
Tyrone Taylor, Pete Alonso and Jeff McNeil each homered Friday night for the red-hot New York Mets, who beat the Houston Astros 7-2 in the opener of a three-game series.,Francisco Alvarez hit a first-inning sacrifice fly and Francisco Lindor added an eighth-inning RBI double for the Mets, who improv...
Sizzling Mets, Astros square off with winning record within reach
The New York Mets and Houston Astros will take the field on Friday knowing one thing: By the end of the night, one of them will have a winning record, something that was unimaginable at the start of the month.,The two hottest teams in baseball will end June opposing one another beginning Friday nigh...
Spencer Arrighetti, Astros coast by Rockies
Spencer Arrighetti fanned a career-high 10 over seven shutout innings and the Houston Astros won their seventh straight game, beating the visiting Colorado Rockies 7-1 on Wednesday afternoon. ,Arrighetti (4-6), who entered the game with an ERA of 6.36, enjoyed the longest outing of his major league ...
Astros aim for 7th straight win in finale vs. Rockies
Having labored through a stretch from May 1-June 5 during which they had only two days off, the Houston Astros opened a two-game interleague series against the visiting Colorado Rockies on Tuesday with off days bracketing the opener and the series finale.,Managing that time off often presents a diff...
Hunter Brown keeps rolling on mound as Astros sink Rockies
Hunter Brown posted his seventh consecutive quality start and the Houston Astros turned six first-inning singles into a 5-2 victory over the visiting Colorado Rockies on Tuesday night in the opener of a two-game series. ,Brown (5-5) limited Colorado to two hits and three walks while striking out sev...
Ascending Astros continue climb to .500 vs. Rockies
After the Astros opened the season with four consecutive losses en route to a 7-19 start, Houston manager Joe Espada took extreme care to not look too far ahead while his team labored through its shaky opening stretch.,But after completing a three-game series sweep of the Baltimore Orioles with an 8...
Framber Valdez, Astros' bats team up to finish sweep of O's
Framber Valdez produced his fourth quality start this month and the Houston Astros parlayed a four-run first inning into an 8-1 victory over the visiting Baltimore Orioles, completing a three-game series sweep on Sunday.,Valdez (6-5) continued his exceptional pitching this month, excluding a ragged ...