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The Houston Astros are currently in first place in the AL West, but the margin of error in the division is small. A week ago, the Astros also got a scare when Jose Altuve was injured. Altuve would miss just one game for the Astros and return to the lineup. On Sunday, he was in […] The post Astros star Jose Altuve home run was literally first of its kind in his career appeared first on ClutchPoints .
TODAY’S GAME: The first-place Houston Astros (65-65), who own a slim 1.0-game lead in the AL West over the Rangers, will play a rubber game with the A’s (50-80) today in what is the finale of their nine-game homestand. Both clubs named today’s starters following last night’s game, with RHP Cristian Javier (1-4, 6.44 ERA) […]
The A’s got a win yesterday! Can they make it two in a row? It’s Brady Basso getting the ball today. How long will the lefty last this afternoon? Something to monitor. Here’s the A’s starting nine: As for the Astros, they have Cristian Javier on the mound for them. The right-hander has looked so-so […]
The Seattle Mariners have reached the stage of a busted season where they are just hunting around for reasons to smile. This was a 90-win team last season, one that came within a George Springer dinger of advancing to the franchise's first ever World Series. Now they are crud. More specifically, they are stuck three games back of the resurgent Houston damned Astros in their division; a couple of games back of the final American League wild card with four teams ahead of them; and six games belo...
The Astros and Athletics were tied at one run apiece in the top of the sixth yesterday. Houston’s ace, Hunter Brown, was through 5 2/3 innings of one run ball and had runners on first and second before facing Jonah Heim. Astros manager Joe Espada made a mound visit to reinvigorate Brown for the final […]
The A’s snapped their five-game losing streak on Saturday night, beating the Astros 4-3 on Houston’s home turf for the club’s 50th win of the season and setting the team up for a possible series win tomorrow morning. Wouldn’t that be something? More to come…
TONIGHT’S GAME: The first-place Houston Astros (65-64), who own a slim 1.0-game lead in the AL West over the Rangers, will play the middle game of their huge three-game weekend series against the A’s (49-80) tonight at Daikin Park. RHP Hunter Brown (3-3, 3.67 ERA) will get the start tonight for the Astros opposite the […]
Still looking for win #50. The A’s have another shot at it today after dropping the series opener to the Houston Astros last night. Jacob Lopez is getting the ball to start today’s game. He’s done well in his second chance in the starting rotation so far. In six post-All Star Break starts he’s sporting […]
The Chicago Cubs are definitely not having Kyle Tucker non-buyer’s remorse. After a rough and disappointing end to his 2025 season with the Cubs, the team seemed to make virtually no effort in re-signing the right fielder. They appeared to be just fine with letting the star walk into the open arms of the moneybag [...] The post Chicago Cubs: Alex Bregman is the Bizarro Kyle Tucker appeared first on ChiCitySports .
The Seattle Mariners altered their weekend rotation after right-hander Bryan Woo developed discomfort in his throwing shoulder, but the club remains optimistic he will avoid the injured list. Woo first experienced the discomfort during last Sunday’s victory over the Houston Astros, when he allowed two runs across six innings. Seattle subsequently pushed back his scheduled […] The post Mariners pitcher Bryan Woo gets big update as he deals with shoulder injury concern appeared first on Clutch...
Another day of minor league baseball is in the books. See the results below. Check out the previous day’s recap here. AAA: Sugar Land Space Cowboys (66-57) won 4-3 (BOX SCORE) Blanco started for Sugar Land and went 5 innings allowing 2 runs while striking out 5. The offense got on the board in the 2nd […]
The Athletics opened a three-game series against the Houston Astros, hoping to get back in the win column in the first game of Players’ Weekend. In a matchup between two teams desperate for a win, the Astros emerged victorious, winning the series-opener 4-0 in a game where the A’s never posed a threat. Both Teams […]
Houston needs their shortstop back as soon as possible.
TONIGHT’S GAME: The first-place Houston Astros (64-64), who own a slim 1.0-game lead in the AL West over the Rangers, will open a huge three-game weekend series against the A’s (49-79) tonight at Daikin Park. RHP Hayden Wesneski (2-1, 5.16 ERA) will make his fifth start of the season tonight and his first against the […]
Tonight, the battered and bruised Athletics begin the second leg of their road trip, facing the Houston Astros in the opener of a three-game weekend series. Both divisional rivals enter this series desperate for wins. Earlier this week, the league-worst A’s suffered their first four-game sweep by the Kansas City Royals since 1994, while the […]
The Astros have recalled RHP Kai-Wei Teng from Triple A Sugar Land today after optioning LHP Bryan King to Triple A last night. Teng, 27, is 5-6 this season with a 4.35 ERA and 1.35 WHIP for Houston across 25 games, including 10 starts. In 68.1 IP with the big league club, Teng has 67 K and has allowed […]
As we sit back and watch the latter part of this Astros season unfold, there are plenty of things to debate about the direction of the organization. You can criticize Jim Crane for some of the decisions he has made in recent years. You can question Dana Brown and some of his personnel moves. You […]
Despite that heartbreaking loss to the Astros last weekend and the enormous loss to the Brewers on Monday, that nine-game road trip wasn’t a complete disaster for the Mariners. A 4-5 record against two of the best teams in baseball plus a series win against the division leader kept Seattle on the fringe of the […]
The A’s have been in a free fall for months. Back on June 19th, they’d erase an 8 run deficit against the Angels, ultimately prevailing in extra innings in dramatic fashion, winning by a score of 12-11. The victory evened their record at 38-38 and since then, it’s been a nose dive to last […]
Happy Friday everyone! The weekend is right around the corner. The Athletics have once again failed to win a game this week, suffering their first four-game sweep against the Kansas City Royals since 1994. The team’s bullpen, which loomed as its biggest concern entering the season, has indeed been a season-long problem. In two of […]
Two Astros stars were pulled from the game Thursday night.
The scoring started early on both sides. Unfortunately, when the dust settled, the Angels had far more runs on the board. Angels 18 Astros 3. The night began with patience on display. Astros hitters would sit back, watching Grayson Rodriguez start things by throwing 12 of his first 14 […]
The Texas Rangers are locked in a tight battle for the AL West lead, as they entered play on Thursday against the Washington Nationals with a 62-65 record — sitting just two games below the division leader Houston Astros. Jacob deGrom took the mound for the Rangers, and with every game mattering at this point, […] The post Rangers’ Jacob deGrom joins extremely elite 2K club during start vs. Nationals appeared first on ClutchPoints .
Houston Astros star Jeremy Pena recently suffered an injury scare. Astros manager Joe Espada provided an important update on Pena’s injury status on Thursday, via Chandler Rome of The Athletic. “Jeremy Peña underwent an MRI today that showed no structural damage in his right hand. Peña is still quite sore, but Joe Espada said the […] The post Astros’ Joe Espada provides huge Jeremy Pena injury update appeared first on ClutchPoints .
TONIGHT’S GAME: The first-place Astros, who own a slim 2.0-game lead in the AL West, will host the Angels tonight for the rubber game of their three-game series at Daikin Park. RHP Peter Lambert (8-6), the Astros most consistent starter this season, will get the start for Houston opposite RHP Grayson Rodriguez (3-5) and the […]