Things couldn’t have worked out much better for the Astros than they did to begin Friday night, with the Tigers and Guardians both losing, giving Houston the help it needed in its last-gasp push for ...

One of the most successful runs in baseball history ended Saturday afternoon when the final score from Cleveland was ...

The Houston Astros have left the Texas Rangers in the dust and may have effectively ended their playoff pursuits after sweeping them right out of Space City earlier this week. Houston begins a ...

A bases-loaded hit by pitch in Cleveland officially ended the Astros' bid for a ninth consecutive playoff berth.

PITCHING PROBABLES: Rangers: Jack Leiter (9-8, 3.81 ERA, 1.31 WHIP, 130 strikeouts); Astros: Jason Alexander (4-1, 4.18 ERA, 1.30 WHIP, 55 strikeouts) Astros -125, Rangers +105; over/under is 8 1/2 ...

Inherited runners-scored_H.Harris 1-0. Umpires_Home, Stu Scheuwater; First, Nic Lentz; Second, Jordan Baker; Third, Dan Merzel. T_2:20. A_9,753 (14,014). Boston ...

19. He finished with a .232 average, a career-low .798 OPS, 26 homers and 64 RBIs in 130 games. Astros starter Lance McCullers Jr. returned from his fourth stint on the injured list to allow one run ...

The Houston Astros gained an early 2-0 lead on the Texas Rangers on Monday night but lost one of their top hitters in the first inning to an apparent injury. Yordan Alvarez, who has been great at the ...

PITCHING PROBABLES: Mariners: Logan Gilbert (5-6, 3.53 ERA, 1.05 WHIP, 164 strikeouts); Astros: Jason Alexander (4-1, 4.04 ERA, 1.30 WHIP, 60 strikeouts) Mariners -139, Astros +118; over/under is 8 ...

The Astros' playoff miss stings, but baseball teaches us how to lose with dignity - a lesson American politics desperately needs, writes opinion editor Evan Mintz.