Minute Maid Park

Angels rally in eighth inning to beat Astros

2013-05-09 21:40:00

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Angels win game and now may win protest as well

2013-05-10 10:29:00

Wins have been few and far between for the Angels this season, but on Thursday in Houston, they may have gotten a pair of victories. Not only did they rally to win the game with the Astros, 6-5, they appeared to have won a protest over an umpire's...

Angels are outmatched by lowly Astros in 7-6 defeat

2013-05-07 22:13:00

HOUSTON — At this rate, teams will soon look at the Angels as a welcome respite on the schedule, an opponent that, like the lowly Houston Astros, they can use to fatten up their record. There was no such feast for the Angels in Minute Maid Park on...

Royals rally against Houston, get back to .500

2013-05-22 00:00:00

KANSAS CITY, Mo. Well, hey, the Kansas City Royals sure needed this, didn't they? This being defined as the Houston Astros playing to form when the Royals desperately needed them to do do. The Royals rallied Tuesday for a 7-3 victory at Minute Maid...

Royals continue slide in 6-5 loss to Houston

2013-05-21 00:00:00

HOUSTON Were this just one game, one bad game by the Royals, it would be easy enough to shrug off. Those cliches about it being a six-month season are based in reality. But so is this: The Royals, right now, are flat-lining after Monday's depressing 6-...

Your Morning Phil: 17-21, Almora, Astros

2013-05-16 10:48:00

Talking baseball while hoping the Bulls can avoid leaking talent in the off-season. The White Sox have a new rallying cry, and it’s silly. Hey, we’re 17-21, look at us now! That was the talk coming out of the clubhouse and the broadcast...

A.J. Pierzynski says he's ready to return to Rangers' lineup

2013-05-15 02:14:03

A.J. Pierzynski has declared himself fit to return to the Texas Rangers' lineup, but there's one fairly significant problem. The catcher can't be reinstated from the 15-day disabled list until Tuesday, even though he is no longer feeling pain in his...

Rangers sweep Astros despite some missing pieces

2013-05-13 06:24:03

They didn't have Ian Kinsler or Nelson Cruz in the lineup, and starter Nick Tepesch entered with an 8.44 ERA over his last two starts. That didn't slow the Texas Rangers, though, or help the Houston Astros on Sunday afternoon. Every Rangers starter...

I've got some issues with hot topics in baseball

2013-05-12 08:44:00

Baseball, perhaps more than any other sport, is a game of strategy. The glory is, that with 162 games, managers and coaches get the chance to tinker with things much more than football, ice hockey and basketball coaches. The downside to that is it means...

Rangers pour on runs to rally over Astros 8-7

2013-05-12 00:00:00

HOUSTON _ Yu Darvish didn't flirt with a perfect game this time around at Minute Maid Park, but he pitched well and received enough what appeared to be plenty of run support in the sixth inning. The Texas Rangers turned a two-run deficit into a four-run...

Nathan halts Astros' ninth-inning rally

2013-05-12 00:00:00

Yu Darvish and Nelson Cruz said the same three words to describe their emotions in the bottom of the ninth inning when the Houston Astros were threatening to come back from a four-run deficit. No, they weren't nervous about seeing the game slip away....

Rangers power past Astros

2013-05-11 00:00:00

HOUSTON _ Everybody knows the state of the Houston Astros. They are an organization in rebuilding mode, one that has a total payroll less than what a few of the game's superstars make in a season. But the Texas Rangers were well aware of the trap that...

Angels Manager Mike Scioscia argues with umpires about a pitching change the Astros made in the seventh inning on Thursday night at Minute Maid Park in Houston.

2013-05-09 00:00:00

Could they pass on Mark Appel and Jonathan Crawford to take third baseman Kris Bryant first overall in the draft? Bryant has monster power (22 homers, 44 games), which would play well at Minute Maid Park.

2013-04-24 00:00:00

Pitcher Wesley Wright #53 of the Houston Astros throws against the Cleveland Indians at Minute Maid Park on April 19, 2013 in Houston, Texas.

2013-04-19 21:33:50