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Workhorse righty James Shields will try to end a three- start drought on Wednesday night when the Kansas City Royals visit the Houston Astros for the finale of a three-game series at Minute Maid Park.The former Tampa Bay Rays ace was 2-2 after an 8-2 defeat of the Rays on April 30, but has gone 0-2 in three May starts, including a 2-1 loss at Oakland in his last outing on May 17.He allowed two runs and six hits in eight innings of that loss while striking out nine.One start earlier, Shields allowed three runs on six hits in eight innings of a 3-2 loss to the New York Yankees in Kansas City.The Royals, who are 3-6 in games he's pitched, have scored four runs in his last three starts and 34 in nine outings overall.For the Astros, young righty Jordan Lyles starts for the fifth time this season and aims for win No. 2.The 22-year-old, who entered the season with seven wins in 45 big-league appearances, defeated the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on May 7, then allowed eight runs in four inni...
As if suffering a fifth straight defeat in Monday's opener with the Detroit Tigers wasn't enough, the Houston Astros also lost a pair of key contributors to injury.T...
Anibal Sanchez hopes to avoid a third straight losing start on Monday evening when the Detroit Tigers try to rebound in the opener of a three-game series with the Ho...
Jimmy Paredes dropped Russell Martin's bases-loaded fly ball when he collided with second baseman Jake Elmore with two outs in the ninth inning, the second missed ca...
Bud Norris struck out five over seven stellar innings of three-hit ball, as the Houston Astros blanked the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 5-0, on Friday in the opene...
The Houston Astros eye just their third series win Wednesday in the middle test of a three-game series versus the LA Angels of Anaheim at Minute Maid Park.The Astros...
Alex Avila ripped a two-run homer in the top of the ninth inning to lift the Detroit Tigers to a 4-3 win over the Houston Astros in the second of a four-game set fro...
Right-hander Doug Fister tries to make it five straight wins to begin the season on Friday night, when the Detroit Tigers visit Minute Maid Park for the second of fo...
Having secured just their third series victory of the season, the Houston Astros look for their first sweep of 2013 as they wrap a three-game set against the struggl...
Two teams traveling in opposite directions get together at Minute Maid Park on Saturday night as the slumping Houston Astros entertain the Detroit Tigers in the thir...
Houston ace Bud Norris tries to avoid a four-game sweep on Sunday when the Astros visit Fenway Park for the finale of a weekend series with the Boston Red Sox.The ho...
Bud Norris snapped a lengthy losing streak as he pitched into the eighth inning, and the Houston Astros took a 2-0 win over the St. Louis Cardinals.The loss, combine...
Bud Norris tries to continue his strong start to the season on Wednesday, as the Houston Astros attempt to salvage the finale of their three-game series with the Oak...
Eric Hosmer tallied two hits with two runs scored and the Kansas City Royals used a four-run eighth inning to capture a 7-3 win over the Houston Astros in the middle...
Carlos Gonzalez and Coors Field proved to be too much for Bud Norris and the rest of the Houston pitching staff.Norris was knocked out in the second inning and the A...
It's difficult to imagine Bud Norris pitching any better than he did in his last two starts. He could have used some run support from his Houston Astros teammates, t...
The Houston Astros set a franchise record by hitting three triples in a five-run first inning, backing starter Bud Norris with a season-high 17 hits on the way to an...
Bud Norris pitched five shutout innings and struck out five to lead the Houston Astros past a St. Louis Cardinals split-squad, 3-2 Saturday.Norris entered the game w...
Bud Norris tossed eight-plus innings of one-run ball as the Houston Astros downed the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 3-1, on Wednesday in the second test of a three-...
Andy Dirks was quite productive atop the Tigers' lineup, going 3-for-4 with a grand slam to lead Detroit past the Houston Astros, 7-2, in the opener of a three-game ...