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Houston manager Bo Porter wanted to make a couple main points in a pregame meeting with right-hander Lucas Harrell.

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Carlos Corporan homered among his four hits and drove in four runs, Brandon Barnes had three hits and three RBIs, and the Houston Astros fit comfortably into the role of a slugging American League squad in a 9-1 romp over the New York Yankees.

Here's the lineup Joe Girardi is sending out against the Houston Astros and their right-handed starter, Lucas Harrell: Brett Gardner CF Robinson Cano 2B Vernon Wells LF Travis Hafner DH Brennan Boesch RF Jayson Nix 3B Lyle Overbay 1B Eduard...

Chris Carter, Ronny Cedeno and Brandon Laird homered, Lucas Harrell pitched seven innings, and the Houston Astros beat the Seattle Mariners 10-3 on Wednesday.

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J.D. Martinez and Rick Ankiel hit back-to-back homers in the second inning and the Houston Astros held on

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Baseball is witnessing the most competitive balance in more than two decades. As a result, general managers of contending teams already are preparing and targeting potential trade partners for the July 31 trade deadline. All the same, non-contenders ...

Blog | April 10, 2013

C.J. Nitkowski looks at five pitchers he expects to have breakout seasons in 2013, starting with Detroit's Rick Porcello.

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HOUSTON, Texas -- Rangers manager Ron Washington is making a change in center field for Game 2 of the season, going with right-handed hitting Craig Gentry on Tuesday night against the Astros. Gentry is in the No. 9 spot in the lineup against Lucas...

HOUSTON -- The Texas Rangers will try and even their season-opening series with the Houston Astros when they send right-hander Yu Darvish to the mound against Houston right-hander Lucas Harrell. The game starts at 7:05 p.m. on Ch. 21 and KSKY 660 AM....

HOUSTON, Texas -- The focus of the Rangers' season-opening 8-2 loss to the Astros on Sunday fell upon Matt Harrison's walks, Ron Washington's decision to bring in Derek Lowe and for many fans, right-fielder Nelson Cruz's fifth-inning error that led d...

Bud Norris is all set to throw the first pitch of the 2013 major league season.