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

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HOUSTON -- When All-Star closer Josh Hader reported to camp with biceps tendinitis and was shut down for a few weeks, veteran right-hander Bryan Abreu immediately became one of the Astros’ most important players for the 2026 season. Abreu was set to begin the year as the Astros’ closer, the

HOUSTON -- Astros starter Tatsuya Imai, who is on the 15-day injured list with right arm fatigue, played catch on Thursday at Daikin Park, but said he doesn’t know when he will be able to get back on the pitcher's mound. The Astros said Tuesday that imaging performed on Imai’s

HOUSTON -- Saddle up, the Astros have finally joined the home run celebration fun.

HOUSTON -- The curveballs came early and often Wednesday night and they didn’t stop for six innings, leaving the flailing Rockies helpless at the plate against starter Spencer Arrighetti, whose first start of the season was one of the best of the year for the Astros.

HOUSTON -- How many people can say they got a round of applause on their 92nd birthday? If anyone deserves it, it’s J C Hartman, who is not only the first African American player in the history of the Colt .45s/Astros franchise but also became the first Black supervisor of

HOUSTON -- Astros second baseman Jose Altuve was out of the starting lineup for the first time this season for Wednesday’s game against the Rockies at Daikin Park. Altuve had started Houston’s first 18 games -- 16 at second base and two at designated hitter. Isaac Paredes started at second

Astros rookie right-hander Tatsuya Imai was placed on the injured list after just three starts with right arm fatigue, with the move coming directly after a loss to the Mariners in which he recorded just one out and struggled to throw strikes. Imaging came back clean on Imai’s shoulder and

HOUSTON -- The last thing Astros first baseman Christian Walker needed was his tough offensive series over the weekend in Seattle to carry over into Tuesday’s homestand opener against the Rockies. Walker made sure of that by cranking his fourth homer of the season in the second inning, setting the

HOUSTON -- Having put three starting pitchers, their starting center fielder and starting shortstop on the injured list during a 1-9 road trip -- and with several other players rehabbing in Houston -- the Astros’ return to Daikin Park on Tuesday for the first time in 13 days was a

SEATTLE -- Believe it or not, there is good news for the Astros. The season is still in its infancy, which means there’s time to get healthy and turn things around following a disastrous road trip in which they went 1-9 against the A’s, Rockies and Mariners and lost their

SEATTLE -- The injury woes continue to mount for the Astros, with shortstop Jeremy Peña and right-handed pitcher Tatsuya Imai landing on the injured list Monday. Peña was placed on the 10-day injured list with a Grade 1 right hamstring strain and Imai was placed on the 15-day IL with

SEATTLE -- Just when the Astros thought things couldn’t get any worse regarding the state of their starting pitching rotation, Cody Bolton was removed from Sunday’s 6-1 loss to the Mariners at T-Mobile Park with mid-back tightness after throwing 42 pitches and recording only three outs. Another abbreviated outing by

SEATTLE -- Astros shortstop Jeremy Peña, who left Saturday’s game in the fourth inning with right posterior knee tightness, was out of the lineup for Sunday’s game against the Mariners, along with starting third baseman Carlos Correa, who’s still dealing with a lingering illness from last week in Colorado. Astros