Houston Astros

Juan Soto homered and drove in five runs, Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton also went deep and the New York Yankees beat the Houston Astros 9-4 on Wednesday night. It was the first time the power trio all connected in the same game for the Yankees, who won their fifth straight and improved to 6-0 against the Astros this season. “That certainly puts a smile on your face when those three guys do that,” New York manager Aaron Boone said. Stanton hit a 119.9 mph rocket into the second deck that was the hardest-hit ball in the majors this year.

Carlos Rodon may slowly be turning back into the pitcher the Yankees thought they were getting when they signed him prior to last season. No, he still isn't back to the level that made the left-hander one of the most effective starters in the game in both 2021 and '22, but he's been solid or better in all but one of his outings this year. In Wednesday's 9-4 win over the Astros in The Bronx, Rodon bounced back from his worst start of the year, when he allowed seven runs — and three homers — in Baltimore. Against a Houston team that looks like a shell of the one that has reached the ALCS every year since 2017, Rodon limited the Astros to two runs over 6 ¹/₃ innings. He didn't walk a batter and

The Houston Astros are off to a start reminiscent of the dark years that preceded the current run that has turned them into a bonafide dynasty. Many Astros fans are still scarred by that 51-111 2013 MLB season. In fact, it already has despite a recent run of success that has still left the team at only 12-23 heading into a massive series with the New York Yankees. With that in mind we asked ourselves who would be the Astros most enticing trade chip.

Jake Mintz & Jordan Shusterman talk about the possible end of the Astros dynasty following their loss to the Yankees, if it’s time to panic about the Blue Jays, yay or nay on the Tigers City Connect uniforms and comedian Eitan Levine joins to talk first pitches.

Fantasy baseball analyst Fred Zinkie offers up his top buy low/high and sell low-high candidates for Week 6.

The Orioles followed the Astros’ playbook in their rise from laughingstock to championship contender. Now, with Houston faltering, the students have become the masters.

The Astros have a chance over the next three days to salvage their season, while the Yankees can bury their rivals once and for all.

The Guardians are losing their extraordinary leadoff hitter for a bit and adding one with power and potential.

May 5—DERRY — Julia Caruso did not even notice the bases were loaded. The Pinkerton Academy freshman pitcher's sole focus with two outs in the fourth inning was Londonderry batter Abby Flusten. With her hair in her signature pitching-day bubble braids, Caruso used her changeup — one of her go-to strikeout pitches that day — to get Flusten to swing and miss, ending the Lancers' threat. That was ...

Cal Raleigh hit a tiebreaking solo home run in the ninth to give the Seattle Mariners a 5-4 win over the Houston Astros on Sunday. Raleigh sent an 0-2 pitch from Josh Hader (1-3) into the Crawford Boxes in left field with one out in the ninth. Luis Urías tied it at four in the eighth on an RBI single.

Houston Astros pitcher Cristian Javier made a rehab start with the Corpus Christi Hooks on Saturday. Here's how it went.

Jose Altuve hit a go-ahead bunt RBI single and collected his 300th career stolen base in Houston’s four-run seventh inning to lead the Astros to a 5-3 win over the Seattle Mariners on Friday night. The 2017 AL MVP is the fifth player in MLB history to have at least 300 steals, 2,000 hits, 400 doubles, 200 homers and a career batting average of .300 or higher, joining Derek Jeter, Paul Molitor, Willie Mays and Roberto Alomar. “It’s always good to get milestones like that, but I think that we are in the wrong time to think about stats because we’re trying to win games and cover some ground we lost in the beginning,” Altuve said.