Houston Astros

17 Oct

Astros 17 Oct

Houston Astros one win away from historic comeback

The Houston Astros are looking to be only the second Major League Baseball team ever to win a playoff series after being down three (…)

16 Oct

Astros 16 Oct

Houston Astros stay alive in ALCS thanks to Carlos Correa's game-winning homer

The Houston Astros are alive in the 2020 Major League Baseball Playoffs. In game five of the American League Championship Series on (…)

10 Oct

Astros 10 Oct

Teams in the American and National League Championship Series determined

We now know the four teams left in the 2020 Major League Baseball playoffs. This past week the Tampa Bay Rays beat the New York Yankees (…)

03 Oct

Astros 03 Oct

Pitching, home runs key reasons for teams success in Wild Card round

The eight short wild card series have now been completed in the Major League Baseball playoffs. The series were definitely interesting. (…)

02 Oct

Astros 02 Oct

Dusty Baker deserves credit for Astros knocking out the Twins

This was supposed to be an incredibly difficult task for veteran manager Dusty Baker of Riverside, CA. The 71-year-old was coming to (…)

21 Aug

Astros 21 Aug

Season-ending knee surgery for Yordan Alvarez could spell doom for Astros

It appears that the 2020 Major League Baseball season is over for Houston Astros designated hitter Yordan Alvarez of Las Tunas, Cuba. (…)

20 Jan

Total Sports Live 20 Jan

Astros scandal leaves three MLB teams scrambling for new managers

Major League Baseball had a brutal last week with three prominent franchises parting ways with their coaches a month before Spring (…)

06 Dec 19

Astros 06 Dec 19

Astros trade Jake Marisnick to Mets

The Houston Astros traded outfielder Jake Marisnick of Riverside, CA to the New York Mets on Thursday for minor league southpaw pitcher (…)

30 Oct 19

Astros 30 Oct 19

Washington Nationals win a historic sixth game in 2019 World Series

The Washington Nationals won an historic sixth game in the 2019 World Series by a score of 7-2 on Wednesday. For the first time ever, the (…)

28 Oct 19

Astros 28 Oct 19

Pitching from unsuspected contributors has helped Astros take 3-2 World Series lead

Heading into the World Series, the Houston Astros were going to be using aces Justin Verlander and Gerrit Cole a lot. That was a foregone (…)

26 Oct 19

Astros 26 Oct 19

Road team wins first three games of World Series for eighth time ever

So far in the 2019 World Series, an interesting trend has taken place. The road team has won the first three games of the series. On Friday (…)

23 Oct 19

Astros 23 Oct 19

Controversial comments made by the Houston Astros are overshadowing the World Series

Update: On October 24, one day after the story was published on The Sports Daily, the Astros fired Taubman. One of the (…)

20 Oct 19

Astros 20 Oct 19

A Jose Altuve walk-off home run sends Astros back to World Series

In Ben Reiter’s book Astroball, Jeff Luhnow stated that once a player the size of Jose Altuve can produce at any level, there is no (…)

19 Oct 19

Astros 19 Oct 19

ALCS: Michael Brantley with the catch of the postseason against the Yankees (Video)

In one of the most memorable plays in postseason history, Astros outfielder Michael Brantley went all out to help secure the Astros’ (…)

14 Oct 19

Astros 14 Oct 19

ALCS: Carlos Correa hits a walk-off home run against the Yankees to tie the series (Video)

You just knew that there would be fireworks when the Astros and Yankees were set to face off against one another in the American (…)

11 Oct 19

Astros 11 Oct 19

Astros flip Jose Altuve, Michael Brantley in batting order

During the 2019 Houston Astros regular season, it was common to see outfielder George Springer of New Britain, CT hit leadoff and Jose (…)

30 Sep 19

Astros 30 Sep 19

Justin Verlander gets 3000 career strikeouts and 300 strikeouts for the season on the same night

Houston Astros starting pitcher Justin Verlander of Manakin, VA had an historic night on the mound Saturday in a 6-3 Astros win over the (…)

24 Sep 19

Astros 24 Sep 19

Houston Astros win American League West title

The Houston Astros are the 2019 American League West Division champions. The Astros clinched their third consecutive American League (…)

20 Sep 19

Astros 20 Sep 19

Gerrit Cole becomes 18th Major League Baseball pitcher to record 300 strikeouts in a season

Gerrit Cole of Newport Beach, CA made Major League Baseball history on Wednesday when he recorded his 300th strikeout of the season. Cole (…)

19 Sep 19

Astros 19 Sep 19

Cole or Verlander? Deciding the winner of the AL Cy Young Award

While the Astros will be competing for their second World Series title since 2017, two members of their pitching staff are having a (…)

10 Sep 19

Astros 10 Sep 19

Houston Astros' two-game offensive surge is one for the ages

What the Houston Astros have been able to accomplish in their last two games has been quite simply, remarkable. On Sunday, the Astros (…)

02 Sep 19

Astros 02 Sep 19

Justin Verlander notches third career no hitter in 2-0 Astros win over Blue Jays

Justin Verlander of Manakin-Sabot, Virginia recorded his third career no-hitter on Sunday in the Houston Astros 2-0 win over the Toronto (…)

07 Aug 19

Astros 07 Aug 19

Houston Astros enjoying a perfect August with five straight wins

Many people in baseball might have expected the Houston Astros to be great once they acquired ace Zack Greinke from the Arizona (…)

31 Jul 19

Astros 31 Jul 19

Houston Astros acquire Zack Greinke, Aaron Sanchez in major trade deadline push

The Houston Astros now have the most dangerous starting rotation in Major League Baseball. On Wednesday, they acquired Zack Greinke from (…)

30 Jul 19

Astros 30 Jul 19

Jose Altuve turning his season around for the Astros

As the Major League Baseball regular season is approaching August, the Houston Astros need to get excited about the recent hot bat of their (…)