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Astros Season Ends with a Whimper in Loss to Sox - Houston Press (opens the original)
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It was a nightmare. Then it wasn’t. Then it was again. Astros ace Hunter Brown lasted just two-thirds of an inning giving up four runs before being replaced. His replacement was AJ Blubaugh, who only survived two-thirds of an inning on Tuesday. But, shockingly, it wasn’t over. The pitching settled down and the bats heated up. After three solo homers, the Astros were within one until Peter Lambert, who had retired nine straight, walked a pair and Bryan Abreu gave up a three-run homer. Then, it wa
Astros Drop Wild Card Opener 6-3 to White Sox - Houston Press (opens the original)
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A young team coming off a recent spate of three 100-loss seasons with low expectations and an up-and-coming manager. Sound familiar? Rewind the clock a decade or so and you might be talking about the Houston Astros providing timely hitting, big homers, aggressive pitching and a lack of fear on the road. But in 2026, we’re talking about the White Sox, who came into Daikan Park on Tuesday in game one of the AL Wild Card series and took it to the Astros 6-3 in a game that honestly never felt partic
Astros Clinch AL West on Last Day of Season - Houston Press (opens the original)
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Maybe the batting cages of a minor league stadium in Sacramento was the perfect place for the Astros to celebrate clinching the AL West on Sunday. They managed to barely eke out a division win in the final week of the season against some of the division’s worst teams while the Rangers faltered down the stretch in Minnesota. Of course, the AL West will go down as one of the worst divisions in the history of baseball. No team was better than .500 (the Astros barely managed that) and no team finish
Comparing Astros/Rangers Remaining Series - Houston Press (opens the original)
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Last year, in the waning weeks of the 2025 season, the Astros collapsed and missed the postseason. It only took two weeks out of an entire season, but it was enough. With 18 games remaining for both the Astros and the Rangers, who sit two games back in the AL West, it is a race to the finish. The Astros have the decided advantage of owning the tiebreaker making them essentially three games up on the Rangers, but a lot can happen in 18 games. Astros at Phillies (3 games)Rangers at Mariners (3 gam
Astros Crawl Back from Brink in NYC - Houston Press (opens the original)
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This may go down as one of the weirdest seasons in history for your Houston Astros. They are barely over .500, have a negative run differential, yet still lead what is the worst division in baseball. They have days where they couldn’t hit a softball lobbed at them by a 12-year old and other days where they look like the Big Red Machine. Their starting pitching is shaky at best and they are as likely to implode in their bullpen as they are to have a closer who is now 21-21 in save opportunities w
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