Tag: Houston Astros
Dusty Baker replaces AJ Hinch as Houston Astros manager
HOUSTON (AP) — Dusty Baker has been hired to replace AJ Hinch as the manager of the Houston Astros. The team announced the hiring on Wednesday and said Baker will […]
Continue ReadingRed Sox manager Alex Cora fired in sign-stealing scandal
BOSTON (AP) Alex Cora has already been identified as a ringleader in an illegal system of sign stealing when he was with the Houston Astros. The Red Sox didn’t wait […]
Continue ReadingHinch, GM fired for Astros sign stealing after MLB bans pair
HOUSTON (AP) The Houston Astros’ sign-stealing scandal cost manager AJ Hinch and general manager Jeff Luhnow their jobs, and Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora could be next. Hinch and […]
Continue ReadingAstros’ Verlander, Mets’ deGrom win 2nd Cy Young Awards
NEW YORK (AP) — Justin Verlander has a second AL Cy Young Award — and a clear path paved toward Cooperstown. Verlander beat out Houston Astros teammate Gerrit Cole in […]
Continue ReadingNationals top Astros in Game 7 to win 1st World Series title
HOUSTON (AP) — Stephen Strasburg paraded the MVP trophy for delirious fans packed behind the dugout. Max Scherzer tearfully hugged his teammates. Gerardo Parra did the Baby Shark chop, Sean […]
Continue ReadingStrasburg, Nats top Astros 7-2, force World Series Game 7
HOUSTON (AP) — It’s been an unconventional road to Game 7 of the World Series for Stephen Strasburg and the Washington Nationals. Seizing the October spotlight he missed out on […]
Continue ReadingCole, powerful Astros hammer Nats 7-1, lead World Series 3-2
WASHINGTON (AP) — Gerrit Cole and the Houston Astros went to Washington, hoping to snap out of their funk and bring the World Series back to Minute Maid Park. Not […]
Continue ReadingAstros overpower Nationals, tying the World Series in Game 4
WASHINGTON (AP) Not bad for a TBA. Unheralded rookie Jose Urquidy outpitched all those big-name aces who preceded him, quieting Washington’s bats and the Nationals Park crowd, too. Alex Bregman busted […]
Continue ReadingAltuve, Astros show up in World Series, win Game 3 in DC 4-1
WASHINGTON (AP) — From the moment George Springer jumped on the game’s third pitch for a single, then quickly swiped a base, to the way he and his teammates sprinted off […]
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