Astros put OF Jacob Melton on injured list
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Preview the June 16 matchup between the Houston Astros and Athletics with odds over/under, game spread, betting lines and more.
A Houston team crippled by injuries and held together by castoffs continues to win, walking off Minnesota on Sunday in 10 innings.
Aaron Civale is a Chicago White Sox starting pitcher — for now. The 30-year-old right-hander joined the White Sox this week after he was traded to them by the Milwaukee Brewers. This came after he asked for a trade when was moved to the bullpen as Milwaukee made way for the Major League debut of its top pitching prospect, Jacob Misiorowski.
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Manager Joe Espada's attempt to explain a walk-off win Sunday trailed off into an appropriate admission. "I don't know, speechless," he said. A depleted Houston Astros team is authoring its hottest stretch of the first half.
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George Hall of the Philadelphia Athletics became the first player in professional baseball history to hit for the cycle. Ty Cobb steals home for his 58th and final time in his career, bringing his record up even more and one that still stands today.
Rookie Cam Smith delivered his first career walk-off hit by chopping a single up the middle with two outs in the ninth inning to score Christian Walker from third base, securing a dramatic 3-2 win for the Astros on Saturday afternoon at Daikin Park.
The baseball arced off Mauricio Dubón's bat toward the left-center field gap. Willi Castro tracked it back to the wall and leapt. Dubón's drive eluded him, igniting a celebration. For a second straight day,
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Minnesota Twins center fielder Byron Buxton has been scratched from the lineup a day after being hit on the left elbow by a pitch.
Houston made the Twins pay for their inability to get a hit with a runner in scoring position all weekend, walking off with an extra-inning victory on a long fly ball that Willi Castro couldn’t catch.
Recently, they've cooled off quite a bit, but they're still expected to be big time contributors at the trade deadline. At the moment, it's looking like the Cardinals will be sellers rather than buyers,