Tonight, the Astros grasped for runs like a drowning man gasps for his last breath of air. The seven runs they scored in the first three innings equalled their total production in the last six games combined. The Astros are still alive with a beating heart, after all.

Valdez walked his first two hitters. Andy Ibáñez lined a sinker up the middle for an RBI single. Spencer Torkelson flared a changeup down the right-field line; it fell fair and bounced into the seats for a ground-rule double, putting men on second and third. Wild pitches allowed both to score.

With a tantalizing pitching matchup of young aces like Hunter Brown of the Astros and Tarik Skubal of the Tigers, it’s not surprising runs were hard to come by Tuesday night. For Houston, it’s becoming all too commonplace.

The Detroit Tigers went into their Wednesday-afternoon tilt at home against the Houston Astros looking for a three-game sweep, not having given up a run in either of the first two games. Well, they allowed a pair of runs to the visitors but scored a pile of runs early for a comfortable 7-2 win, brooming the Astros out of town.

For the first time since the 1985 season, the Astros have been shut out in three consecutive games after losing in 10 innings Tuesday.

Hunter Brown pitched six shutout innings against the AL Central-leading Detroit Tigers and the Houston Astros' bullpen delivered three scoreless innings. Consid

Ramón Urìas beat Jackson Holliday's throw to first, allowing Carlos Correa to score from third and the Houston Astros outlasted the Baltimore Orioles 5-4 in 12 innings Saturday night.

The Houston Astros are enduring a rough stretch of defeat after dropping their recent matchup against the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday with a score of 7-2. This

In the bottom of the 10th, Andy Ibanez hit a sacrifice fly against Caleb Ort to advance their extra runner. Ort allowed an intentional walk, struck out Javier Baez, and then walked in the winning run by walking Jahmai Jones and Gleyber Torres successively to end the game.