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HOUSTON -- The injuries that have devastated the Astros’ roster in the first quarter of the season have provided opportunities for others. Among those are rookies Braden Shewmake, Brice Matthews and Zach Cole, who have been tasked with trying to turn over the bottom of Houston’s lineup for mainstays Jose

HOUSTON -- Astros shortstop Jeremy Peña did not play his scheduled Minor League rehab game Wednesday afternoon for Double-A Corpus Christi while nursing a sore neck, which he sustained in a nasty collision Tuesday night with the Hooks. Peña, on the injured list for the last month with a hamstring

HOUSTON -- Astros starter Tatsuya Imai appeared to have struck out Seattle’s Randy Arozarena on a fastball at the top corner of the zone to start the fourth inning Tuesday night. The called third strike was challenged by Arozarena and overturned to a ball via ABS, having missed the strike

HOUSTON -- The Astros reached the one-quarter mark of their schedule while they were in Cincinnati over the weekend, returning home with a 16-25 record. The good news for the Astros is there were 120 games remaining after Monday’s 3-1 loss to the Mariners at Daikin Park, so there’s plenty

HOUSTON -- Astros third baseman Carlos Correa underwent surgery Monday morning to repair the peroneus brevis tendon in his left ankle. Correa, who will miss the rest of the season, suffered the injury while swinging a bat in the batting cage last Tuesday at Daikin Park. Astros manager Joe Espada

HOUSTON -- Despite another outing where he had trouble throwing strikes in a Minor League rehab start Tuesday night at Triple-A Sugar Land, Astros right-hander Tatsuya Imai will rejoin Houston’s rotation during next week’s series against the Mariners at Daikin Park.

HOUSTON -- The Astros spent all winter trying to trade third baseman Isaac Paredes in an effort to clear up their crowded infield picture. A deal never materialized, which now looks like a blessing in disguise. Astros third baseman Carlos Correa will be out for the remainder of the regular

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HOUSTON -- While Shohei Ohtani was pitching against the Astros on Tuesday night at Daikin Park, fellow Japanese pitcher Tatsuya Imai headlined a trio of Houston pitchers who worked in a Minor League rehab outing a few miles away at Triple-A Sugar Land. Imai, the Japanese star who has endured

HOUSTON -- The calendar reads early May, but everything about Tuesday night’s game -- from the back-and-forth chants of a charged-up crowd, the presence of Shohei Ohtani and an intense baseball rivalry that’s still flickering -- served as a reminder this game meant a little bit more.

HOUSTON -- The Astros were dealt another injury setback Monday when starting catcher Yainer Diaz strained his oblique while swinging the bat during batting practice at Daikin Park. Diaz was placed on the 10-day injured list Tuesday and will be out “a while,” manager Joe Espada said. Diaz was originally

HOUSTON -- So much for soft landings. Zach Cole, the Astros’ No. 9-ranked prospect, was recalled from the Minor Leagues prior to Monday’s series opener against the two-time defending World Series champion Dodgers at Daikin Park. He went 1-for-4 with a home run while batting eighth and playing left field

BOSTON -- There’s not an Astros victory that has meant more to any player this year than Sunday afternoon’s 3-1 win over the Red Sox meant for reliever Bryan Abreu. Moved to the closer role when Josh Hader began the season on the injured list, Abreu gave up three runs

BOSTON -- One of the Astros’ best wins of the season was nearly marred when red-hot first baseman Christian Walker, who went 3-for-4 with a homer and two RBIs in Houston’s 6-3 victory over the Red Sox on Saturday at Fenway Park, was struck in the head by a pitch

BOSTON -- The defending World Series champion Dodgers and former Astros slugger Kyle Tucker will be in Houston beginning Monday for a three-game series, but another game with significance to the Astros will take place Tuesday about 25 miles from Daikin Park. Astros closer Josh Hader, who has been out

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BOSTON -- Astros right-hander Mike Burrows finally delivered a quality start Friday night, which came in his seventh outing of the season. He worked six innings in a 3-1 loss to the Red Sox at Fenway Park, giving up a three-run homer in the third inning to Jarren Duran that

BOSTON -- He’s one of the most feared sluggers in the Major Leagues and a strong candidate for American League Player of the Month honors for April. And to think that Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez will spend the weekend at Fenway Park -- a place where he has crushed the

HOUSTON -- For at least one afternoon anyway, the Astros were a thing of beauty. That’s because of right-hander Spencer Arrighetti, who won for the third time in three starts by holding the Yankees to one run in seven innings. And because of first baseman Christian Walker, who went 3-for-4

HOUSTON -- Astros second baseman Jose Altuve was out of the starting lineup for the second time this season for Sunday’s series finale against the Yankees at Daikin Park. Altuve had started 27 of the Astros’ first 28 games -- 25 at second base and two at designated hitter. The

HOUSTON -- Astros manager Joe Espada spoke with optimism Saturday afternoon about getting veteran left-handed reliever Bennett Sousa off the injured list for the game against the Yankees. He was the first one of Houston’s 16 players to come off the IL this season, with hopes he’d provide a boost

HOUSTON -- Should the Astros take a pitcher who has been their most consistent reliever all season and convert him into a starter? That’s the dilemma they’re facing, with discussions to move right-hander Kai-Wei Teng to the rotation. The club is taking into account the negative impact the move could

HOUSTON -- The charter flight to Cleveland following Sunday’s 7-5, 10-inning loss to the Cardinals at Daikin Park will give the Astros a chance for some internal conversations, if not an opportunity to totally wash away a tough homestand that came on the heels of a disastrous road trip. Not

HOUSTON -- It’s been a tough start to the season for the Astros, but slugger Yordan Alvarez -- who missed most of last year with an injury -- is reminding everybody how lethal he can be with the bat in his hands. Alvarez swatted his Major League-leading ninth homer run