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JT Ginn shuts down Astros to complete upset sweep for Athletics
J.T. Ginn twirled six shutout innings, Shea Langeliers homered for a third consecutive game, and the visiting Athletics completed a stunning four-game sweep of the Houston Astros with a 7-1 victory on Sunday.,Ginn (2-2) matched his career high for innings pitched while posting his first scoreless st...

Athletics win third straight over Houston
Shea Langeliers homered for a second consecutive game and a quartet of pitchers paced the Athletics to a 5-1 win over the host Houston Astros on Saturday that clinched this four-game series for the visitors.,Langeliers' three-hit performance on Friday was overshadowed by the historic display from ro...

Astros RHP Lance McCullers Jr. back on IL with finger blister
Houston Astros right-handed pitcher Lance McCullers Jr. was placed back on the injured list Tuesday, retroactive to Sunday, with a right finger blister.,This marks Houston's seventh starting pitcher and 17th player total on IL. McCullers, 31, began the season on the IL and made his debut on May 4, h...

Astros place All-Star 3B Isaac Paredes on 10-day IL
The Houston Astros placed All-Star third baseman Isaac Paredes on the 10-day injured list with a right hamstring strain prior to Sunday's game against the Seattle Mariners. ,Paredes, 26, hit a line drive off the left field wall and began limping on his way to first base in the third inning of Saturd...

Astros call up top prospect 2B Brice Matthews for MLB debut
The Houston Astros' top-ranked prospect will get a chance to deliver on his promise after the club called up second baseman Brice Matthews from Triple-A Sugar Land on Friday.,The Astros have not yet announced a corresponding move.,Matthews' contract was purchased from Sugar Land in advance of a thre...

Astros activate RHP Lance McCullers Jr. to face Cubs
The Houston Astros activated right-hander Lance McCullers Jr. from the injured list to start Saturday's home game against the Chicago Cubs and optioned right-hander Nick Hernandez to Triple-A Sugar Land.,McCullers, who is 1-2 with a 4.91 ERA in seven starts this season, had been out since June 13 wi...

Cam Smith delivers for Astros in home sweep of Phillies
Cam Smith's two-out, RBI single in the bottom of the eighth broke a tie and gave the Houston Astros a 2-1 win over the visiting Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday afternoon.,The Astros swept the three-game series that was dominated by pitching. Houston also won 1-0 and 2-0. The Astros have won five o...

Surging Astros look to stay hot against Phillies
The injury-depleted Houston Astros continued their surge up the American League standings over the weekend, setting up an intriguing six-game homestand that begins with a three-game set against the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday.,Houston claimed the rubber match of a three-game road series with an...

Logan O'Hoppe powers Angels in rout of Astros
Logan O'Hoppe hit two home runs and drove in four runs and Luis Rengifo also homered as the Los Angeles Angels cruised to a 9-1 victory over the Houston Astros on Saturday night in Anaheim, Calif.,It was the fourth multi-homer game of O'Hoppe's career and the second this season. Zach Neto doubled tw...

Astros edge Angels in 10 innings on run-scoring wild pitch
Mauricio Dubon scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch in the 10th inning as the visiting Houston Astros posted a 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday in Anaheim, Calif.,Jeremy Pena went 3-for-4 with a home run, while Hunter Brown allowed one run on two hits across five innings, strikin...

Astros pull away from A's with seven-run 6th inning
Jose Altuve and Victor Caratini each slammed a three-run homer during a seven-run seventh inning to help the Houston Astros maul the Athletics 11-4 on Wednesday night in West Sacramento, Calif.,Mauricio Dubon also homered as Houston racked up a season-high 20 hits while winning for the seventh time ...

Nick Kurtz's walk-off homer carries A's past Astros
Rookie Nick Kurtz walloped a two-run walk-off homer with no outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, giving the Athletics a 3-1 victory over the Houston Astros on Monday night at West Sacramento, Calif.,Brent Rooker opened the ninth by drawing a walk against Bryan Abreu (1-3). Kurtz then jumped on a ...

Astros score twice in 10th to beat Guardians
The Houston Astros scored two runs in the 10th inning on Hunter Gaddis' wild pitch and a RBI single by Isaac Paredes to defeat the host Cleveland Guardians 5-3 on Saturday., ,The Astros took their second straight in the three-game weekend series and got a home run from Yainer Diaz., ,Jose Ramirez ho...

Astros' Lance McCullers Jr. hires security following threats
Houston Astros pitcher Lance McCullers Jr. hired 24-hour security for his family after receiving online death threats earlier this month.,The Astros informed MLB security and Houston police after McCullers was threatened on social media following a 13-9 loss to the Cincinnati Reds on May 10.,McCulle...

Astros RHP Ronel Blanco to undergo elbow surgery, miss much of '26
Houston Astros starting pitcher Ronel Blanco will have season-ending surgery on his right elbow next week.,The team announced the news Wednesday, the latest blow for the Houston pitching staff. Right-hander Hayden Wesneski underwent Tommy John surgery last week.,Blanco will be out the rest of this s...

Isaac Paredes' socks walk-off homer as Astros edge Royals
Isaac Paredes socked a walk-off home run leading off the ninth inning and the Houston Astros took a 2-1 win over the visiting Kansas City Royals on Tuesday to knot the three-game series.,Paredes produced his first career walk-off homer against the third pitcher of the game for the Royals, John Schre...

Two early uprisings spark Royals to win over Astros
Michael Massey homered to ignite a four-run second inning in support of right-hander Michael Wacha, who carried a shutout into the seventh inning of the Kansas City Royals' 7-5 win over the host Houston Astros on Monday.,The Royals, 17-4 over their past 21 games, maintained their torrid pace when fi...

Jose Altuve (hamstring) out of Astros' lineup vs. Reds
Houston Astros infielder/outfielder Jose Altuve was not in Sunday's starting lineup against the Cincinnati Reds because of right hamstring tightness.,Altuve departed Saturday's game against the Reds because of the injury, with the team not expected to put its veteran on the injured list as of now. ,...

Reds ride 10-run first inning to 13-9 win over Astros
Elly De La Cruz drove in four runs during a 10-run first inning as the visiting Cincinnati Reds rode that breakout frame to a 13-9 interleague victory over the Houston Astros on Saturday.,De La Cruz slugged a three-run home run and added a run-scoring groundout as the Reds pounced on Astros right-ha...

Astros rotation adjusting again with RHP Hayden Wesneski on IL
Less than a week after getting starter Lance McCullers Jr. back from more than a two-year absence, the Houston Astros are going through another change in their rotation after Hayden Wesneski was placed on the injured list.,Wesneski was sent to the IL with right elbow discomfort, while fellow right-h...