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Gritty Tigers close out playoff sweep of Astros with 5-2 victory in Game 2 of Wild Card Series
HOUSTON (AP) — Manager A.J. Hinch wanted his Detroit Tigers to embody their home city. Hard-working with a never-give-up attitude, but most of all a team that had grit. That's how they stormed into October — and just kept going. Andy Ibáñez hit a tiebreaking...
Verlander gets 1st win since May as Astros beat Angels 5-3
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Justin Verlander picked up his first win since returning from a neck injury and Yordan Alvarez hit a go-ahead home run in the fifth inning as the Houston Astros defeated the Los Angeles Angels 5-3 on Saturday night. Kyle Tucker added a pinch-hit homer, Jose...
Heyward homers, Singleton has 3 hits to help Astros avoid sweep and beat A's 6-3
HOUSTON (AP) — Jason Heyward hit a two-run homer early and Jon Singleton had three hits, capped by a tiebreaking RBI single in Houston’s four-run eighth inning, and the Astros got a 6-3 win over the Oakland Athletics on Thursday. Brent Rooker homered off Ryan Pressly (2-3) with...
Kikuchi strikes out 12 in 7 innings and Astros beat Royals 5-2
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 acquired by Houston a day before the trade deadline. He gave up five hits,...
Astros take advantage of two errors in 4-run eighth to beat Royals 6-3
HOUSTON (AP) — Zach Dezenzo drew a go-ahead bases-loaded walk and the Houston Astros took advantage of two Kansas City errors in a four-run eighth inning to beat the Royals 6-3 on Thursday night. With two runners on and Astros trailing 3-2, Yainer Diaz hit a grounder to pitcher...
Bregman and Peña homer as the AL West-leading Astros beat the Rays 3-2
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Alex Bregman and Jeremy Peña homered, and the AL West-leading Houston Astros won their seventh consecutive game by beating the Tampa Bay Rays 3-2 on Tuesday night. Yusel Kikuchi (6-9) allowed one run and three hits over 5 2/3 innings to go 2-0 in three...