Framber Valdez pitched no-hit ball into the seventh inning and Yordan Alvarez hit two of Houston’s four homersin the Astros' 5-2 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday. Valdez (4-3) didn’t allow a hit until a single to start the seventh. He yielded the two hits and a run with four strikeouts in seven innings. Alvarez hit a two-run home run off Joe Ryan (4-4) in the first and his solo shot off the starter in the fifth inning made it 5-0. It’s the third multi-homer game of the season for Alvarez and 18th of his career. AirYordan pic.twitter.com/6E6bl0cbBk — Houston Astros (@astros) June ..read more

Pablo López pitched seven strong innings and Trevor Larnach hit a two-run homer to lead the Minnesota Twins to a 6-1 win over the Houston Astros on Friday night. Carlos Santana added a solo home run and Willi Castro tripled to help the Twins to their fourth victory in five games. López (5-5) allowed six hits and a run with six strikeouts as he tied his longest start of the season. Alex Bregman went deep in the third inning for his third home run in four games, but the Astros couldn’t do much else on offense in their fourth loss in five games. Castro’s triple opened the third before Jose Mira ..read more

Houston Texans OTA's are in full swing, and we can't remember there being this much optimism about the team in years. Which has a lot of national media outlets creating more content about the Texans than ever before. But one thing to watch out for from these national content creators is how plugged in they really are to the team. When the Texans drafted tackle Blake Fisher in the second round, many believed that was a sign that he would be the starter at right tackle, and Tytus Howard would be moved back to guard. But anyone that has actually watched Howard play, knows that he's a much bette ..read more

Joey Loperfido made an incredible play at first base for the Space Cowboys on Thursday night, and the highlight is no longer on their social media feed. Did the Astros ask the Space Cowboys to delete their highlight & tweet to protect Jose Abreu? ESPN Houston's Joe George and Paul Gallant share their thoughts on how the Astros are handling the Abreu dilemma ..read more

The late, great Yogi Berra once said “it gets late early out here,” referring to having to deal with afternoon shadows when playing left field at Yankee Stadium late in his career. We can adapt that Yogi-ism to the Astros’ season. There are still more than a hundred games to be played, but the clock is ticking on the Astros’ getting their you-know-what together to the level of a playoff team. It could be getting late early here. Coming off a bad but not catastrophic loss of three out of four games in Seattle, the Astros remain within reasonable striking distance at five and a half games back ..read more

Spencer Arrighetti allowed two hits over six shutout innings to help the Houston Astros beat the Seattle Mariners 4-0 on Thursday and avoid a four-game series sweep. ...mom's spaghetti Career high Ks for Arrighetti pic.twitter.com/ACPYrbHWWs — Houston Astros (@astros) May 30, 2024 Alex Bregman hit a two-run homer in the fourth against Mariners starter Logan Gilbert (3-3). Kyle Tucker led off the inning with a single and Bregman put Houston up by a pair of runs with the shot that barely cleared the left-field wall. Bregman added a triple in the sixth inning that just escaped the grasp of a ..read more

When the Houston Texans traded for All Pro receiver Stefon Diggs this offseason, the fanbase was elated to have a player of his caliber join their up-and-coming team. There were really only two concerns about the addition of Diggs. 1) Would he be a problem in the locker room? 2) Was his drop in production in the second half of last season due to losing a step? It's way too early to have an answer to the first question, considering they haven't played any games. We don't know how Diggs will respond when the team faces adversity. But it seems like we have an answer to the second question. ESPN ..read more

ESPN Houston's John Granato & Lance Zierlein opened the show discussing just how bad some elements of the Astros have been. For instance, for the seventh game in a row, the Astros have only scored in one inning. Against the Mariners in this series, the Astros are hitting .180, with two extra-base hits, 33 strikeouts, and four walks. What's even more troubling, is Houston produced three quality starts in this series, and have no wins to show for it. Also, as good as Kyle Tucker has been, a lot of his production has come from beating up on below average teams like the A's. In this series a ..read more

J.P. Crawford drove in Jonatan Clase with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Seattle Mariners a 2-1 victory over the Houston Astros on Wednesday night. A game dominated by pitching ended with Crawford lifting a fly ball to deep right field that allowed Clase to jog home and give the Mariners wins in the first three games of the four-game series with their AL West rival. The winning run came after dominant starting pitching by Houston’s Justin Verlander and Seattle’s George Kirby. Verlander allowed one run, three hits and struck out nine over seven innings; Kirby all ..read more

With one third of the season in the books, the Astros are still trailing the Mariners in the AL West and have yet to reach .500 this season. With such high expectations every year in Houston, many fans are looking for someone to blame. Enter new manager Joe Espada. It's human nature to notice what's different from last year, and point the finger. And considering the Astros' record, Espada shouldn't get a free pass for the club's struggles. But if we're being fair, we have to wonder how many of the decisions he makes are his own? Which brings us to Jose Abreu. The Astros' front office is givi ..read more