Houston Astros

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (79+ words) The Washington Post Braves beat the Rays 3-1, delaying Tampa Bay’s chance to clinch a playoff berth ATLANTA — The Tampa Bay Rays were prevented from possibly becoming the first team to clinch a playoff berth when Martín Pérez threw seven scoreless…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (53+ words) The Washington Post PHILADELPHIA — Cam Smith hit a tiebreaking home run in the ninth inning off Jhoan Duran and Cristian Javier combined on a three-hitter to lead the Houston Astros over the Philadelphia Phillies 2-1 Thursday....

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (59+ words) The Washington Post ATLANTA — Griffin Jax says the Tampa Bay Rays’ confidence is soaring after two convincing wins at the Atlanta Braves in a matchup of first-place teams. Seeing the Rays score at least six runs in five consecutive games…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (80+ words) washingtonpost.com PHILADELPHIA — Houston Astros second baseman Jose Altuve doubled in the third inning against Philadelphia on Wednesday night for his 2,500th career hit. The 36-year-old Altuve reached the milestone with a hit to center field against Phillies starter Cristopher Sanchez,…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (73+ words) The Washington Post PHILADELPHIA — Christian Walker, Cam Smith and Daulton Varsho homered and led the Houston Astros to a 6-5 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday night. The Astros built a 5-0 lead, but closer Josh Hader had to get three outs with…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (818+ words) A truism about Major League Baseball is that nearly all of the managers, and the players, don’t bother looking at the scoreboard, and standings, until September. For Texas Rangers first baseman Jake Burger, his preferred date of choice is Sept....

6+ day ago   (246+ words) The Houston Astros optioned right-handed reliever Kai-Wei Teng to Triple-A Sugar Land and recalled right-handed reliever Miguel Ullola from Sugar Land Astros option RHP Kai-Wei Teng, recall RHP Miguel Ullola The Houston Astros optioned right-handed reliever Kai-Wei Teng to Triple-A…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (90+ words) The Washington Post HOUSTON — Arizona’s Geraldo Perdomo left Sunday’s game against the Houston Astros after being struck in the helmet by a line drive from Ketel Marte in the third inning. Perdomo singled to start the third before Marte’s 93 mph…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (583+ words) The finale of their three-game interleague series with the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday will mark the conclusion of a stretch of 13 games in 13 days for the Houston Astros. The Astros' 4-3, 10-inning loss on Saturday did not impact their position…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (208+ words) The Los Angeles Angels re-signed right-hander Shaun Anderson to a minor league contract on Friday.,Anderson, 31, has been moved on and off the roster Angels re-sign RHP Shaun Anderson to minor league contract The Los Angeles Angels re-signed right-hander Shaun…...