Kansas City Royals (24-18, third in the AL Central) vs. Houston Astros (20-19, second in the AL West) Houston; Monday, 8:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Michael Wacha (2-4, 2.98 ERA, 1.15 WHIP ...

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

Ronel Blanco struck out a career-high 11 batters and allowed two hits and one walk in eight scoreless innings, and battery mate Yainer Diaz clubbed a three-run home run in the third inning to lead the ...

Jose Altuve was not in the Houston Astros' lineup on Sunday, a day after being removed from their loss to the Cincinnati Reds ...

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BOTTOM LINE: The Houston Astros lead 1-0 in a three-game series with the Cincinnati Reds. Houston is 12-7 at home and 19-18 overall. The Astros have a 15-7 record in games when they have more hits ...

Yordan Alvarez's right hand muscle strain is "better," but the Houston Astros slugger has yet to resume swinging a bat, ...

Olson used his sinker, which he threw 38 times, to set up Houston ... an RBI single to Yordan Alvarez. Paredes then hit a RBI triple off Vest and Chase Lee gave up a single, allowing the inherited ...

Designated hitter Yordan Alvarez has been arguably the biggest disappointment on the team before hitting the injured list ...

With Yordan Alvarez currently on the IL, Astros manager Joe Espada speaks on the hand injury and its possible severity.

The Houston Astros enter a stretch of 17 games in 17 days with a .500 record and waiting on an offense to break out.

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