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The Astros announced that left-hander Steven Okert has been placed on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to September 1, due to a right hamstring strain. Fellow southpaw Bryan King has been recalled to take his place on the roster. Matt Kawahara of the Houston Chronicle was among those to pass along the news. It’s an […]
The Houston Astros are scheduled to play the first game of the 2027 Spring Training season on Friday, Feb. 19 when they host the Washington Nationals at CACTI Park of the Palm Beaches. The 2027 season will mark the Astros 11th Spring Training at CACTI Park of the Palm Beaches, located in West Palm Beach, […]
White Sox make a key roster move with the AL Central race heating up.
The New York Mets (63-77) welcome the San Francisco Giants (58-83) for a three-game series at Citi Field. The Mets, coming off a 2-1 roadtrip to Tampa Bay, won their first series in the last three, getting walked off twice in Chicago, and being relatively manhandled by both the Brewers and Astros. That said, the […]
Another day of minor league baseball is in the books. See the results below. Check out the previous day’s recap here. AAA: Sugar Land Space Cowboys (69-65) won 11-4 (BOX SCORE) Sugar Land got on the board in the 2nd inning on a Salazar RBI double. Alexander got the start and went 5 innings allowing […]
Diamondbacks News (Arizona Sports) Diamondbacks’ Corbin Burnes expected to make return vs. Royals Burnes pitched two 1-2-3 innings for the Reno Aces on Aug. 23 and in a bridge camp game on Thursday. There was discussion of Burnes potentially returning from the injured list for the Diamondbacks’ weekend series against the Houston Astros, but manager […]
Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Kyle Tucker, and Trea Turner all have something in common. The three are former Silver Slugger winners with top-five MVP finishes, and all are struggling mightily in 2026. Each is on one of the highest-paying contracts in MLB, but they have combined for just 1.7 fWAR this season. All of them have […] The post These 3 Superstars Have Shockingly Fallen Off a Cliff in 2026 appeared first on Just Baseball .
Chicago White Sox star first baseman Munetaka Murakami had another rough night at the plate on Thursday. The 26-year-old slugger, who had a strong start in his big league career with the White Sox, went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts in a 6-2 loss at the hands of the Houston Astros at Daikin Park in Houston. […] The post White Sox’s Munetaka Murakami trying to find mindset change amid brutal slump appeared first on ClutchPoints .
Talk about Dr. Jeckyl and Mr. Hyde. The Astros seemed poised this week to not only beat them in a series, but also eventually leapfrog them into the two seed. Astros 6. White Sox 2. It took more than a month, but finally, Houston has won a series at home. You’d be hard […]
The good thing about this week’s series in the land of the Crawford Boxes and the choo-choo is that both Sean Burke and Davis Martin pitched extremely well, a big turnaround from their recent starts and a good sign for the stretch run. The bad thing — well, besides nearly the entire offense — is […]
Luis Castillo attempt to help the White Sox salvage a split looked good early. Or at least through two batters. But after a pair of strikeouts, Castillo lost a 10-pitch battle to Isaac Paredes with a two-out walk, then watched Jose Altuve send a head-high fastball over the Crawford Boxes for a 2-0 hole that better summed up the innings that lay ahead. The post Astros 6, White Sox 2: A subdued series loss appeared first on Sox Machine .
Yordan Alvarez continues to put together an MVP-caliber season for the Houston Astros, and opposing teams are running out of ideas for how to stop him. According to Chandler Rome of The Athletic, Alvarez received his 30th intentional walk of the season, becoming just the sixth player in American League history to reach that mark. […] The post Astros’ Yordan Alvarez joins Aaron Judge, Ted Williams in American League history appeared first on ClutchPoints .
Following up on Drew Romo’s inability to score the go-ahead run on a single in the eighth inning on Wednesday, Will Venable was willing to call the lack of a pinch runner a mistake. “That’s one of those where if you could do it all over again, I’m pinch-running for him,” Venable told reporters before… The post First Pitch: White Sox at Astros appeared first on Sox Machine .
TODAY’S GAME: The first-place Houston Astros (71-69), who hold a slim 2.0-game lead in the AL West, will host the Chicago White Sox (73-66) for the finale of their four-game series today at Daikin Park. RHP Hunter Brown (4-3, 3.33 ERA), who shut out the White Sox in 7.0 innings on July 25 in Chicago, […]
The White Sox will need to find some better offense this afternoon than they’ve shown so far in the series, and it may be a challenging assignment. That’s because after failing to feast on pitchers just back from Tommy John surgery — scoring eight runs in three games — they now have to deal with […]
Chicago White Sox manager Will Venable dropped honest takes after his team fell to the Houston Astros by a score of 2-0 thanks to an eyebrow-raising eighth inning. Head-scratching decisions in the eighth inning of a scoreless game cost the Chicago White Sox a pivotal matchup against the Houston Astros in the 2026 MLB season. After the game, there was a lot for manager Will Venable to answer for, and he did so with clear messages for Tristan Peters and Drew Romo , whose baserunning was put un...
The Houston Astros have not played their best baseball this season. They happen to currently hold a two-game lead in the American League West standings despite being just 71-69 as of this story’s writing. The American League is weak overall this year, and the AL West is probably the worst overall division in the sport. […] The post Fatal flaw that will doom Astros’ chances of winning AL West appeared first on ClutchPoints .
The Houston Astros are looking to win the American League West and clinch a postseason spot. It seems as if star infielder Carlos Correa could return from injury at some point in September. The Astros recently received Mike Burrows and Brice Matthews injury updates as well. MLB.com reports that Burrows suffered an injury setback during […] The post Astros get 2 big injury updates ahead of playoffs appeared first on ClutchPoints .
Major League Baseball announced today that Astros LHP Josh Hader has been named the American League Reliever of the Month for August. It is Hader’s ninth career Reliever of the Month Award and his third with the Astros, also winning in August 2024 and June 2025. His nine career Reliever of the Month honors are the second-most […]
Another day of minor league baseball is in the books. See the results below. Check out the previous day’s recap here. AAA: Sugar Land Space Cowboys (68-65) lost 2-1 (BOX SCORE) Sugar Land went with a bullpen game as King got the start and tossed a scoreless first. The offense got on the board in the […]
The NBA’s heavy punishment for Steve Ballmer and the Clippers puts MLB’s slap on the wrist for the Houston Astros’ sign-stealing scandal to shame.
For some time now, the Chicago White Sox have held the No. 2 seed in the American League playoff picture. Despite having the league’s fourth-best overall record, Chicago has maintained that position because the three teams ahead of them all come from the American League East. With the White Sox owning the best record in [...] The post White Sox lose tiebreaker over Astros in quest for No. 2 seed appeared first on ChiCitySports .
There are frustrating losses, and then there is whatever the White Sox subjected us to on Wednesday night. Chicago wasted nearly every opportunity it received, went 1-for-7 with runners in scoring position and handed Houston the only two runs it needed in a maddening 2-0 defeat. The lone silver lining came elsewhere, as Cleveland also […]
Thank goodness for the Blue Jays. Their 11-0 blanking of the Cleveland Guardians was in the books halfway through this one, which will make it a little easier for the White Sox to sleep tonight after suffering vapor lock in both halves of the eighth inning. In the top of it, they had runners on the corners with nobody out, and bases loaded with one out, and couldn't convert on either. In the bottom half, a Chase Meidroth error-turned-hometown-single forced Sean Newcomb to record four outs, a...
At this rate, Nelson Velazquez might just become “Mr. September”. For the second time this week, he’d come through in a major way. Astros 2 White Sox 0. Wednesday Night was a scoreless affair until the 8th inning. Hayden Wesneski was nothing short of sensational. Seven innings, and only a single hit allowed. […]