Playing time picking up ...

Royals first. Jonathan India walks. Bobby Witt doubles to left field. Jonathan India to third. Salvador Perez pops out to second base to Mauricio Dubon. Mark Canha out on a sacrifice fly to deep right ...

With their offense stuck in neutral, the Astros are wasting some strong outings by their starting pitching. Left-hander ...

Wash, rinse, repeat. The Astros have now played 24 innings without scoring a run. They’ve lost their last two games against ...

Astros manager Joe Espada says Yordan Alvarez is close but slugger says until 'numbers go up, there's nothing close.' ...

Houston Astros infielder/outfielder Cam Smith is out of the starting lineup ahead of Saturday's game against the Kansas City Royals. The rookie slugger will get a breather here after going 0-for-2 ...