HOUSTON (AP) — Yordan Alvarez homered twice and Jon Singleton added a two-run shot as the Houston Astros completed a four-game sweep of the Kansas City Royals with a 7-2 win Sunday. It’s Houston’s fifth straight win overall and comes
With Yusei Kikuchi delivering seven strong innings in the Houston Astros’ 5-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Saturday, Houston capped a dominant month of starting pitching fittingly. The Astros (74-62) will look for more strong pitching in their
HOUSTON (AP) — Yusei Kikuchi struck out 12 in seven innings to lead the Houston Astros to a 5-2 win over the Kansas City Royals on Saturday night. Kikuchi (7-9) improved to 3-0 with a 2.57 ERA since he was
Jeremy Pena followed a two-run single by Yainer Diaz with a two-run triple in support of Yusei Kikuchi, who struck out 12 over seven strong innings as the Houston Astros beat the visiting Kansas City Royals 5-2 on Saturday. Diaz
Somewhat buried in the Astros’ second consecutive last-at-bat win was the late-inning defense that facilitated the need for Houston to rally against the Kansas City Royals in the first place. Astros shortstop Jeremy Pena committed a fielding error leading off
Jose Altuve socked a walk-off double with two outs in the ninth inning as the Houston Astros recovered from a gut punch in the top of that frame to beat the visiting Kansas City Royals 3-2 on Friday. Altuve notched
HOUSTON (AP) — Framber Valdez pitched seven no-hit innings and Jose Altuve hit a game-ending RBI double in the ninth to lift the Houston Astros to a 3-2 win over the Kansas City Royals on Friday night. The game was
HOUSTON (AP) — Houston’s Framber Valdez has not allowed a hit through six innings Friday night against the Kansas City Royals. He has thrown 78 pitches and struck out five and walked two. The 30-year-old Valdez threw a no-hitter against
With their outfield production qualifying as suboptimal since the loss of injured All-Star Kyle Tucker in early June, the Astros’ recent additions of veterans Ben Gamel and Jason Heyward might fill voids and also lengthen a Houston bench overly reliant