The Houston Astros have suffered from health woes all year, and the problem only continued with an announcement made on Friday.

Athletics first baseman Nick Kurtz hits a two-run homer in the second inning against the Houston Astros on Friday night at Daikin Park.Nick Kurtz blasts 20th home run in 66th game of rookie MLB season vs.

Friday night was a rough one for the Astros. Not only did they fall to the Athletics, 15-3. They also had Major League history made against them.

The Astros and Blue Jays pass the Tigers for AL's best, Bryce Harper hits a milestone homer, Justin Verlander finally gets a W and more from Wednesday's MLB action.

The Houston Astros will have a newly minted member of the Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday after reliever Billy Wagner is inducted into Cooperstown.

The Houston Astros have been at the top of the league all year, but October will likely be different if they don't add some talent at the trade deadline.

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With the MLB trade deadline a week away, the Houston Astros have seen one of their division rivals improve quite a bit. Despite the Astros performing well this