Houston Astros baseball team

HOUSTON — The Astros are going to need a massive push in online voting in the coming days if they are going to have any players named starters to the National League All-Star team for the July 13 game in Anaheim. Houston doesn't have any players among the leaders at their positions, but that doesn't [...]

MILWAUKEE — Had Astros starting pitcher Bud Norris not been able to overcome a shaky beginning in his return to the rotation Monday night, reliever Brandon Lyon might have never got a chance to get some big outs later in the game. Had center fielder Michael Bourn not fought back from being down to strikes [...]

ARLINGTON — Instead of having to answer questions from reporters about how disappointed he was with the lack of run support, Houston ace Roy Oswalt was in the unusual position of explaining what went wrong on the mound. Oswalt, who has pitched terrific this season despite the third-lowest run support in the National League, struggled [...]

Pence, Keppinger out of starting lineup Struggling Bourn back in lineup Interleague Play for Astros ends Banks designated for assignment ARLINGTON — Astros catcher Humberto Quintero had seen enough fowl play. "It was taking too long," he said. Quintero was on deck in the ninth inning of Sunday's game against the Rangers when a curious [...]

ARLINGTON — The little momentum the Astros gained the past few days went sailing around the left-field foul pole in the fourth inning Saturday afternoon, on the back of a three-run homer by Rangers second baseman Ian Kinsler. Kinsler's homer off starter Josh Banks broke open a tie game and sent the Rangers to a [...]

Astros go young with four rookies in lineup Navarro makes first Major League start Moehler awaits next assignment ARLINGTON — The Astros and Rangers played a rare summer day game in Arlington, a move that was made so the game could be shown locally on television. Temperature at first pitch was 95 degrees and was [...]

Paulino goes on DL with shoulder issue Navarro excited about opportunity with Astros Lindstrom back on track with save Worth noting HOUSTON — Bud Norris will return to the Astros rotation Monday in Milwaukee. Norris has been on the disabled list since May 24 with biceps tendinitis. He threw six scoreless innings Tuesday night in [...]

Norris slated to start Monday for Astros Navarro excited about opportunity with Astros Lindstrom back on track with save Worth noting HOUSTON — Astros right-hander Felipe Paulino was placed on the disabled list Thursday with shoulder tendinitis, general manager Ed Wade said. The Astros purchased the contract of right-hander Josh Banks from Triple-A Round Rock [...]

HOUSTON — There are no easy outs in the middle of the Rangers' batting order, so when Astros manager Brad Mills decided to walk the hitless Vladimir Guerrero in the 10th inning on Sunday and pitch to the red-hot Josh Hamilton, it was a case of picking your poison. Hamilton ripped the fourth pitch he [...]

HOUSTON — Astros general manager Ed Wade was quick to remind everyone within earshot that rookie catcher Jason Castro, rookie third baseman Chris Johnson and outfielder Jason Bourgeois weren't to be considered the saviors for his struggling team. But after losing for the eighth time in nine games in getting swept at Minute Maid Park [...]