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Ascending Astros aim to brush aside high-octane Orioles
With the midpoint of the season fast approaching, laboring to reach .500 doesn't seem like the loftiest of goals, particularly for an organization that has qualified for seven consecutive American League Championship Series.,But with their 5-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday, a win th...
Astros' Ronel Blanco hopes to avoid pitching staff jinx vs. Orioles
The pitching rotating door continues for the Houston Astros.,The latest pitcher with injury concerns for the Astros is right-hander Jake Bloss, who made his major league debut on Friday. The 22-year-old was filling in for veteran right-hander Justin Verlander, who landed on the injured list Tuesday ...
Astros outslug Orioles for 14-11 victory
Jake Meyers clubbed a go-ahead, three-run home run in the fifth inning before Joey Loperfido recorded a pair of doubles in a nine-run sixth as the Houston Astros outlasted the Baltimore Orioles 14-11 on Friday.,Loperfido became the first Astro to double twice in an inning since Yordan Alvarez did so...
Astros place C Victor Caratini (hip flexor) on 10-day injured list
The Houston Astros placed catcher Victor Caratini on the 10-day injured list on Friday due to a left hip flexor strain.,Caratini, 30, was injured sliding into home plate during the third inning of a game against the host Chicago White Sox on Wednesday. The IL move is retroactive to Thursday.,Caratin...
Astros deliver key hits against skidding White Sox
Yordan Alvarez went 3-for-5 with a home run and two RBI, sparking the visiting Houston Astros to a 5-3 win over the Chicago White Sox on Thursday.,Alex Bregman also tallied three hits for Houston, which took two of three from Chicago.,White Sox starter Chris Flexen threw six innings of one-run ball ...
Unlikely hero Cesar Salazar leads Astros past White Sox
Hunter Brown threw six quality innings and Cesar Salazar drove in a pair of runs on two hits, helping lead the visiting Houston Astros to a 4-1 win over the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday.,Brown (4-5) allowed just one run on seven hits, striking out six batters, picking up his third consecutive win....
White Sox turn to Garrett Crochet in bid to win series against Astros
Solid starting pitching continues to be a recent strength for the Chicago White Sox despite a major-league worst 54 losses.,The White Sox will turn to ace left-hander Garrett Crochet (6-5, 3.16 ERA) to start Wednesday's game against the visiting Houston Astros. ,Thanks to Tuesday's heroics from rook...
Jonathan Cannon gets 1st MLB win as White Sox top Astros
Rookie right-hander Jonathan Cannon pitched 8 2/3 shutout innings for his first career major league victory to lift the host Chicago White Sox to a 2-0 win over the Houston Astros on Tuesday.,Cannon scattered seven hits and one walk with four strikeouts while reaching a career high in innings.,Canno...
Jonathan Cannon falls one out short of shutout in White Sox's win
Rookie right-hander Jonathan Cannon pitched 8 2/3 shutout innings for his first career major league victory to lift the host Chicago White Sox to a 2-0 win over the Houston Astros on Tuesday.,Cannon scattered seven hits and one walk with four strikeouts while reaching a career high in innings.,Canno...
Help coming for Houston as Astros visit White Sox
The Houston Astros have won three of their past four series entering the opener of a three-game set against the host Chicago White Sox on Tuesday.,That's preferable to the kind of uneven baseball the club was playing after a season-best six-game winning streak in mid-May. Still, injuries have left t...
Ronel Blanco's 7 no-hit innings lead Astros past Tigers
Ronel Blanco tossed seven no-hit innings and Jose Altuve clubbed a three-run home run as the Houston Astros claimed the rubber match of their three-game series against the visiting Detroit Tigers with a 4-1 victory on Sunday.,Blanco (7-2) continued his breakout campaign and flirted with a second no-...
Astros to delve into pitching depth in series finale vs. Tigers
The Houston Astros scratched veteran right-hander Justin Verlander from his scheduled start on Saturday, continuing the season-long injury issues with their rotation.,Verlander has experienced neck discomfort over the past couple of weeks. The Astros decided that skipping his turn in the rotation mi...
Riley Greene (2 HRs, 6 RBIs), Tigers rout Astros 13-5
Riley Greene hit two home runs and recorded his first career four-hit game to pace a rousing slugging display from the Detroit Tigers, who bashed the host Houston Astros 13-5 on Saturday.,Greene went 4-for-5 with a career-high six RBIs. His solo home run in the top of the first inning followed a sol...
Riley Greene leads hit parade as Tigers rout Astros, 13-5
Riley Greene hit two home runs and recorded his first career four-hit game to pace a rousing slugging display from the Detroit Tigers, who bashed the host Houston Astros 13-5 on Saturday.,Greene went 4-for-5 with a career-high six RBIs. His solo home run in the top of the first inning followed a sol...
Astros RHP Justin Verlander scratched vs. Tigers
The Houston Astros scratched right-hander Justin Verlander from Saturday's start against the Detroit Tigers due to an undisclosed reason.,Rookie right-hander Spencer Arrighetti (3-5, 5.33 ERA), who was scheduled to pitch the series finale on Sunday, will start in place of Verlander (3-2, 3.95). ,Ver...
Spencer Arrighetti, Astros take aim at Tigers
Following the release of veteran first baseman Jose Abreu earlier on Friday, the Houston Astros needed a positive development, something that actually resembled the win they mustered later that evening.,The Astros blanked the visiting Detroit Tigers 4-0 in the opener of a three-game weekend series t...
Justin Verlander, Astros take aim at Tigers
Following the release of veteran first baseman Jose Abreu earlier on Friday, the Houston Astros needed a positive development, something that actually resembled the win they mustered later that evening.,The Astros blanked the visiting Detroit Tigers 4-0 in the opener of a three-game weekend series t...
Austin Slater, Logan Webb help Giants defeat Astros
Austin Slater had three hits and drove in two runs out of the leadoff spot, Logan Webb outpitched Framber Valdez, and the San Francisco Giants wrapped up a series win over the visiting Houston Astros with a 5-3 victory Wednesday afternoon.,After two low-scoring affairs that resulted in a split, the ...
Aces duel as Giants, Astros conclude series
Two of the top pitchers in their respective leagues go head to head for the second consecutive season when Framber Valdez and the Houston Astros close out a three-game set against Logan Webb and the host San Francisco Giants on Wednesday afternoon.,The clubs have split the first two contests of the ...
Costly error helps Astros knock off Giants
Ronel Blanco teamed with three relievers on a three-hitter and the Houston Astros took advantage of a Matt Chapman error to score the decisive runs in a 3-1 victory over the host San Francisco Giants on Tuesday night.,After each team scored a single run in the third inning, the Astros quickly put ru...