ARLINGTON - Before his team played Friday, Houston Astros manager Joe Espada gave his cleanup hitter a vote of confidence.

Brown has made nine starts this season and virtually every one of them has been brilliant. Though he lost Thursday night's legendary pitcher's duel against Jacob deGrom and the Texas Rangers after ...

Isaac Paredes slapped a two-run single with the bases loaded and Christian Walker followed with a towering three-run homer ...

The Rangers won the series opener over the Astros yesterday, 1-0, behind a Jake Burger homer and a masterclass from Jacob ...

We have not seen the standard star-level output from Astros staples like Jose Altuve ... 659 OPS), are not living up to expectations either. And yet, there are silver linings and reasons to ...

Without Altuve in the lineup, the Astros' pitching stepped up in the win. Ronel Blanco racked up a career-high 11 strikeouts ...

He has racked up 58 strikeouts ... the clock is ticking for the Astros to get an extension done with him. If Brown continues performing at this level, it will be in his best interest to hit ...

The Houston Astros will promote pitching prospect AJ Blubaugh to make his major-league debut on Wednesday afternoon in a spot ...

The Astros picked up a series win over the Royals after back-to-back wins ... we put its projection next to the latest betting lines for the game to arrive at a relative confidence level for each ...