Houston Astros

Seven solid innings on the mound from Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish held the league-leading Houston Astros to only one run last night at Minute Maid Park. Darvish only gave up one run and three walks, while Nomar Mazara nailed a three-run shot in the dominating performance...

The red-hot Houston Astros will have to get by without pitching ace Dallas Keuchel for ten day at least after being placed on the disabled list because of discomfort in his neck. Keuchel has been outstanding so far this season with a 9-0 record and an ERA of only 1...

The Baseball Hall of Fame will admit three new members in July: Tim Raines, Jeff Bagwell and Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez. This year was Raines' final year of eligibility, while Rodriguez cleared the 75 percent barrier on his first try. This was Bagwell's seventh time on the ballot.

For the Houston Astros, any hope of heading into the wildcard playoffs is over. After the Baltimore Orioles shutout the Toronto Blue Jays 4-0 yesterday, the Astros were eliminated. Ubaldo Jimenez and and the Orioles relievers pitched a 1-hit game, and the Orioles are now tied with the Blue Jays in the wildcard race, with 3 games left to play...

The Houston Astros are still alive in the AL Wildcard Playoff race, after beating the Seattle Mariners 8-4 yesterday, cutting their distance behind Seattle to 2 & 1/2 games. George Springer hit a double that scored 2 runs in the 6th inning, part of a 6-run inning. ...

Despite the fact that they lost 3-in-a-row over the past few days, the Houston Astros downed the Los Angeles Angels 4-1 yesterday, and are still contenders for an AL wild card slot. Joe Musgrove had a good day going 7 innings giving up 1 run on 7 hits with 4 strikeouts...

The Houston Astros managed to beat the Texas Rangers 8-4 last night but, they also saw Jose Altuve and Alex Bregman suffer injuries that forced them to leave the game early. George Springer and Teoscar Hernandez both hit homers in the win, which does help the Astros in their wild card bid, now 3 & 1/2 games behind Toronto in that race. ...

15-3. That's the Texas Rangers record against the Houston Astros this season. Last night was no exception, as the Rangers edged the Astros 3-2. It was a close one that wasn't decided until Jurickson Profar drilled a tie-breaking hit in the 9th inning, and Elvis Andrus hit a triple that sent Rougned Odor home, after Odor got on base on a wild pitch and then managed to steal second...

The AL leading Texas Rangers came out on top of the Houston Astros 4-3 last night, ending a 12-inning battle. The Rangers Rougned Odor had the hot bat for the Rangers, hitting the game winning homer in the 12th, he also had 3 hits and 3 RBIs on the night...

The Houston Astros are still alive in the Wild Card race but fell a little further behind with a 6-5 loss to the Cleveland Indians yesterday. Indians pitcher Carlos Carrasco went 8 inings on the mound to pick up the win, upping his record to 11-7 on the season...

A 3-run homer in the second inning by Marwin Gonzales was the catalyst for a 4-3 win over the Cleveland Indians yesterday. Ne also hit 2 doubles in the game. Indians star pitcher Corey Kluber lost his first game since early July, and the Astros picked their second win over the Indians of the 4-game series...

The Texas Rangers are solidly in the lead in the AL West but, they fell to the 3rd place Seattle Mariners 14-6 yesterday. The 6th inning was when when the Mariners scored 6 runs on their way to the win. Rangers starter Cole Hamels only lasted 2 innings before he was pulled...