Astros Top A's 9-4 To Avoid Sweep
Justin Verlander pitched just well enough to earn his 200th career win and the Astros hit five home runs, beating the Oakland Athletics 9-4 Sunday to retake sole possession of the AL West lead.
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Justin Verlander pitched just well enough to earn his 200th career win and the Astros hit five home runs, beating the Oakland Athletics 9-4 Sunday to retake sole possession of the AL West lead.
Trevor Cahill pitched one-hit ball for seven shutout innings and the A's tied Houston for the division lead by beating the Astros 7-1 Saturday.
Matt Olson hit a lead-off homer in the 10th and the A's beat the Astros 4-3 on Friday night to pull within a game of the reigning World Series champs for the AL West lead.
The Oakland Athletics continued their late-inning magic on Thursday, and it helped them to a series win over the Houston Astros.
A bizarre play that ended the game, as catcher Jonathan Lucroy's throwing error handed the Houston Astros a 6-5 victory over the A's.
The World Series champs have won 12 in a row for the third time in franchise history, while the Rangers big righty passed a baseball legend in wins.
Justin Verlander pitched five-hit ball over seven innings and the Astros beat the A's 7-3 Thursday afternoon for their eighth straight win.
The Houston Astros beat the Oakland A's 6-3 on Tuesday night for their sixth straight win.
Justin Verlander got some run support for the first time in nearly a month and led the Houston Astros over the San Francisco Giants 4-1 on Wednesday.
Gerrit Cole struck out eight over six innings to lead the Houston Astros over the San Francisco Giants 11-2 Tuesday.
Any questions the Houston Astros had about Gerrit Cole's ability to bounce back from his first career shutout were answered when the right-hander pumped a 99.4 mph fastball past Matt Chapman for a strikeout.
George Springer went 6-for-6 with a home run to match a Houston record as the Astros routed the Oakland Athletics 16-2 on Monday night.
The Astros took advantage of two errors in the bottom of the seventh — among Oakland's four on the afternoon — to pull away.
The Houston Astros beat the Oakland Athletics 11-0 Saturday night.
Sean Manaea followed up his no-hitter with seven solid innings as Oakland beat the Houston Astros 8-1 on Friday night.
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George Springer and the Houston Astros rocketed to the top of the baseball galaxy Wednesday night, winning the first World Series championship in franchise history by romping past the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-1 in Game 7.
The Houston Astros broke out their bats in a four-run second inning, beating the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-3 Friday night for a 2-1 World Series lead.
The Dodgers ace gave a historical pitching performance in Game 1, while Game 2 set some offensive records.
With the Dodgers in the World Series for the first time since 1988, Chris Taylor homered on the first pitch of the game by Dallas Keuchel.
The Yankees took all three games at home to seize control of the ALCS, while the Dodgers lost their first playoff game last night.
Jed Lowrie singled home the winning run in the ninth inning after Boog Powell's tying home run, and the A's snapped the AL West-leading Astros' seven-game winning streak Friday night.
A baseball game won't fix Houston's problems. But it will help.
Rookies Boog Powell and Jharel Cotton helped the A's deny the Astros a three-game sweep with a 3-2 win Sunday.
Dallas Keuchel threw seven shutout innings, Alex Bregman and Jose Altuve homered and the Astros beat the A's 3-1 on Friday night.
