Astros Reach for the Familiar With September Call-Ups
Major League Baseball rosters expanded from 26 to 28 players Tuesday, giving the Houston Astros room to add one pitcher and one position player for the final month of the regular season. With the rotation struggling to provide innings and the offense…
Cam Smith, Nelson Velázquez Power Astros Past White Sox
The Houston Astros didn’t exactly make it easy on themselves Monday night, but they did what mattered most: They won. Houston erased a 2-1 deficit with five unanswered runs in the fourth and fifth innings, getting a two-run home run from Nelson Velázquez…
Astros Return Home to Face First-Place White Sox
The Astros finally climbed back above .500 Sunday. Their reward is four games against another first-place team. Houston returns to Daikin Park on Monday at 69-68 after taking two of three from the Mets in New York. The Astros lead the AL West by two…
Astros Beat Mets 6-3 as LaMonte Wade Jr. Delivers Off the Bench
The Houston Astros needed Ethan Pecko to survive the first inning Sunday, and they needed LaMonte Wade Jr. to change the game in the sixth. Both delivered. Wade came off the bench and hit a two-run homer to give Houston the lead, while Pecko recovered…
Yordan Alvarez’s Triple Crown Chase Is Going Down to the Wire
Junior Caminero caught Yordan Alvarez on Saturday. Alvarez needed only a few hours to pass him again. Caminero hit his 36th home run of the season for Tampa Bay, briefly pulling even with Alvarez for the American League lead. Later that afternoon at Citi…
Astros Fall 6-2 to Mets as Pitching Plan Unravels
The Houston Astros spent Saturday trying to piece together nine innings from a pitching staff that has given them few dependable options. The plan lasted exactly as long as it took Bennett Sousa to record two outs. Sousa, making his first start of the…
The Astros Have Two Rested Starters. They’re Starting Bennett Sousa.
The Houston Astros are alone in first place in the American League West, two games ahead of the Texas Rangers. They also have two rested starting pitchers on their active roster. Yet on Saturday afternoon against the New York Mets, they are handing the…
Astros Beat Mets 3-1 Behind Hunter Brown’s 10 Strikeouts
The Houston Astros spent Friday night doing something that has proved strangely difficult this season: beating a team with a losing record. Houston opened its three-game series against the New York Mets with a 3-1 win at Citi Field, getting 6⅔ strong…
Astros Beat the Yankees. Now Comes the Hard Part: The Mets
The Houston Astros went into Yankee Stadium and took two of three from one of the best teams in the American League. They finished the series back at .500 and alone in first place in the AL West, one game ahead of the Texas Rangers. Now comes the hard…
Astros Beat Yankees 5-1, Take Series and Reclaim .500
The Houston Astros arrived at Yankee Stadium with a pitching staff in trouble. They left with a series win, a .500 record, sole possession of first place in the AL West—and a pitching coach. Houston beat the Yankees 5-1 Thursday night to take two of…