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Adam Dunn delivered a two-run single during a five-run sixth inning, Ryan Zimmerman matched a career high with four hits and the Washington Nationals rallied to beat the Houston Astros 9-4 on Monday night. Complete Story...
Houston relief pitcher Doug Brocail left Sunday's game against Atlanta after straining his left hamstring on a play at first base in the eighth inning.
Michael Bourn had three hits, including a seventh-inning single to drive in the go-ahead run, as the Houston Astros beat the Braves 7-5 Sunday and won a series in Atlanta for the first time in five years.
Astros closer Jose Valverde has had fluid drained from his strained right calf.
Edinson Volquez ended the longest current streak of domination in the majors by allowing only one hit through eight innings Wednesday night, leading the Cincinnati Reds to a 3-0 victory over the Houston Astros.
Ivan Rodriguez hit a tiebreaking homer in the fourth inning, and the Houston Astros snapped the Milwaukee Brewers' four-game winning streak with a 3-2 victory Sunday.
Chad Billingsley pitched three-hit ball into the eighth inning and Manny Ramirez and Casey Blake each drove in a run, leading the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 2-0 win over the Houston Astros on Thursday night.
The Houston Astros on Saturday have exercised the option on manager Cecil Cooper's contract for 2010.
Joey Votto's two-run double in the seventh inning lifted the Cincinnati Reds to a 4-3 victory over the Houston Astros on Monday night.
Lance Berkman made up for an earlier missed opportunity with a go-ahead, three-run homer in the sixth inning, and the Houston Astros overcame an early two-run deficit to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-3 on Thursday.
Kyle Lohse threw a career-best three-hitter, retiring 24 in a row after giving up a single on his first pitch, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Houston Astros 3-0 Sunday to complete a three-game sweep.
Aramis Ramirez and Mike Fontenot drove in four runs apiece to lead the Chicago Cubs to an 11-6 victory over the Houston Astros on Wednesday night.
Wandy Rodriguez allowed one hit in six innings and struck out 11 as a Houston Astros split-squad lost to Double-A affiliate Corpus Christi Hooks 6-5 Thursday night.
Homer Bailey pitched six sharp innings and went 2-for-2 at the plate in the Cincinnati Reds' 7-2 loss to the Houston Astros on Wednesday.
Russ Ortiz had one of his most impressive outings of the spring Tuesday night, going six innings while allowing two earned runs, five hits and striking out six in the Astros' 8-3 win over the Atlanta Braves.
Jeff Keppinger was packing his gear when he got a call saying manager Dusty Baker wanted to talk to him. The reserve shortstop thought he was about to be released.
Chan Ho Park made his final bid for the No. 5 spot in the Philadelphia Phillies' rotation, working effectively into the sixth inning of a 13-3 win over the Houston Astros on Monday.
A month ago, Ricky Romero was a long shot to earn a spot in Toronto's rotation. He certainly helped his chances Sunday.
Alex Cintron tripled, doubled and drove in four runs, leading the Washington Nationals past the Houston Astros 6-3 on Saturday.
Miguel Tejada was relieved to be back on the baseball field Friday after spending a day in a Washington court, where he was sentenced to one year of probation for misleading Congress.
Astros third baseman Aaron Boone had open heart surgery in California on Thursday to replace a bicuspid aortic valve.
LaTroy Hawkins picked up where he left off with the Houston Astros.
Lance Berkman homered twice and the Houston Astros beat the Florida Marlins 10-8 on Monday for their fourth consecutive victory.
- This is a big loss. The L.A. Daily News' Tony Jackson was our go-to guy for Dodgers news at Rotoworld. That the paper is laying him off on May 1 seems like a truly desperate act.
Mike Hampton never planned on being on the disabled list 1,386 times while he was with the Braves. It just happened that way. So the inevitable chorus of boos he receives as he makes his return to Atlanta tonight, while understandable, will probably be a bit unfair.
At what point do the Astros say enough is enough? It was revealed Thursday that the player to be named in the Jeff Keppinger deal was 25-year-old Drew Sutton, one of the team's few minor leaguers with a chance of being a truly useful player within the next year or two.
* A.J. Burnett took a no-hitter into the seventh inning last night, so naturally he was asked afterward about the 2001 no-hitter that he threw for the Marlins, which included nine walks. Burnett's response was ... well, let's just say unusual: "Embarrassing.
Aaron Gleeman 1. Cubs 2. Cardinals 3. Brewers 4. Reds 5. Astros 6. Pirates Main storyline: Chicago breezed to the division title in 2008 and may have an even easier time this season, although St. Louis, Milwaukee, and Cincinnati all look capable of finishing above .500.
Andy LaRoche – 3B Pirates – LaRoche was highly touted in the Dodgers systems for years. However, each time it seemed as though he was on the verge of a break through with the big club, he hits some sort of snag.
Home Run Statistics For MLB Ballparks - 2008 Season You've all heard the terms and know what they mean, but I'm here to show you what it means when a player calls a "pitchers park" home vs. taking most of their cuts in a "hitters park".
Former Astros All Star Smith Dies Of Heart Attack Dave Smith, a former All Star reliever with the Houston Astros, died of a heart attack the Major League Baseball team said on its website (http://houston.astros.mlb.com) on Thursday. He was 53.
Roger Clemens not unhappyIn a wonderful and mysterious double-negative, Roger Clemens is "not unhappy" with the New York Yankees for excluding him from the final-game festivities at Yankee Stadium. That doesn't mean he's happy with them.
MLB - Chicago Cubs @ Houston Astros Andre Gomes Pick: MLB - 955 Chicago Cubs @ 956 Houston Astros
Fatwa: Building Churches Allowed: Qaradawi DOHA — Prominent scholar Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi approves building churches for Christian citizens of or residents in Muslim countries to meet their needs just as Muslims are being allowed to build mosques in the West.
Breakdown of Haren, Valverde & Edmonds tradesHow the D'Backs, A's, Astros, Cardinals and Padres fared in the deals completed on Friday, 12/14
Houston Astros - here we go againHere we go again, Houston. The team we're supposed to actually have some faith in (as opposed to the embarrassing Texans) has already begun to let us down early on in the season.
Billy Gillespie is the new head basketball coach at Kentucky. I think its a good hire and a pretty good fit. Gillespie won at UTEP and he won at Texas A&M;, so you have to figure he can win at Kentucky. It won't be an overnight change, the SEC is too deep.
I guess what I was told was wrong. Because it now appears that Billy Donovan will stay at Florida, turning down Kentucky's overtures.
Only the Astros' front office can decide whether it will be a quiet or busy winter in Space City, but some action is clearly needed.
Bagwell era with Astros overJeff Bagwell's career as a Houston Astros player has ended, with the team opting to buy out the veteran first baseman's contract for $7 million.
Bye, bye Bagwell: Astros officially part ways with 1BIt's a sad, if not at all unexpected, end to a great player's run with the Astros.
Good College football game with Rutgers sneaking past South Florida 22-20. That had to be pass interference on the Knight defender when the Bulls tried to tie it late in the action. But a good effort by the Bulls, and in particular their freshman quarterback Matt Grothe.
The most "deserving" contenders have been winning the World Series of late with the White Sox and Red Sox ending lifetime long title-free droughts in the last couple seasons.
Thank you for further extending the east coast bias in baseball coverage that ESPN has mastered so well.
Clemens makes insensitive remarkWhy does he get a pass on this? Not many other outlets have reported on this.
It seems as Roger Clemens should change his nickname from "Rocket" to Roger "The Dodger" Clemens. He has dodged every bit a criticism other athletes have had to endure. And my question is why?
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