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Verlander struck out 10 over seven innings in his first home start for Houston, Derek Fisher and Marwin Gonzalez homered in a big fifth inning and the Astros clinched the American League West with a 7-1 win over the Seattle Mariners
Justin Verlander only had about 30 minutes to decide whether to accept a trade the Astros. In the end, he figured that he couldn't pass up a chance to join the team with the American League's best record.
Baseball returned to Houston on Saturday with the Astros giving the flood-ravaged city a few hours of entertainment at the end of a terrible and trying week.
The Houston Astros acquired Justin Verlander in a trade with the Detroit Tigers on Thursday night, just before the deadline for having players eligible for postseason play.
The Rangers lost more than just the game on Thursday afternoon.
Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre has left Wednesday's game with an undisclosed injury.
A baseball game won't fix Houston's problems. But it will help.
Napoli's homer off Dallas Keuchel (11-3) capped a six-run fourth inning for Texas, which has won two straight following a three-game skid.
The Texas Rangers Wednesday announced several more initiatives to assist the victims of Hurricane Harvey.
The Houston Astros are coming home and will open a three-game series against the New York Mets on Saturday.
Rangers manager Jeff Banister blasted the bickering between Rangers and Astros fans over the series being played in Tampa Bay.
Shin-Soo Choo homered and drove in four runs, backing the strong pitching of Martin Perez, ironically helping Texas move ahead of Tampa Bay in the AL wild-card standings while playing in the Rays' ballpark.
The fallout from the Rangers and Astros series being moved to Tampa Bay has been felt all around the state of Texas.
CBS11 confirmed the Rangers will head to Tampa at 8:00 p.m. Monday.
The Texas Rangers and Houston Astros won't travel to Houston as planned after their games Sunday in California because of torrential floodwaters that have engulfed the city in the wake of Hurricane Harvey.
Dallas Keuchel took a shutout into the sixth inning, Jose Altuve homered and the AL-leading Houston Astros stopped their longest losing streak of the season at five games, beating the Texas Rangers 2-1 on Sunday.
The Texas Rangers beat Houston 8-3 on Saturday night, handing the AL-leading Astros a season-high fifth straight loss.
All-Star shortstop Carlos Correa of the Houston Astros is expected to miss 6-8 weeks with a torn ligament in his left thumb.
Carlos Beltran hasn't used his glove in a game for more than two months. So, on Monday, the Astros gathered around their teammate in center field and laid his mitt to rest.
The Dodgers and Astros are looking down at the rest of the MLB right now, and it's quite a gap as the second half of the season gets underway following Tuesday night's MLB All-Star Game.
Fisher homered and had an RBI single for his first major league hits in a nine-run sixth inning to help the Houston Astros to a 13-2 victory over the Texas Rangers on Wednesday night
Did one of baseball's biggest rivalries just get more intense?
Odor hit a solo homer in the seventh inning and his tiebreaking two-run shot in the eighth lifted the Rangers to a 4-2 victory over the Houston Astros on Tuesday night, their fifth straight win.
Darvish pitched seven solid innings to help the Texas Rangers beat the in-state rival Astros 6-1.
The Houston Astros have placed right-hander Lance McCullers on the 10-day disabled list with a back problem.
