Michael Shapiro is a sports reporter for Chron, covering the Astros, Rockets, Texans and every team in town. Michael is a ...

Their leadoff man ejected after baring a foot on the field, their manager tossed along with him, their closer roundly booed in his return to a former home, their offense aching for a timely hit, ...

The Seattle Mariners picked up a break on Thursday as they look to gain another game in the American League West race. The ...

Yordan Alvarez #44 of the Houston Astros celebrates his two run home run with Jose Altuve #27 in the fifth inning against the ...

The American League West is home to the reigning World Series champions (Texas Rangers), and another team gunning for its eighth consecutive League Championship Series appearance (Houston Astros).

The Astros' four-game winning streak ended and Houston's American League West lead was cut to four games with a loss to the ...

Going into Monday's slate of contests, the Mariners are in second place in the American League West and four games behind the surging Astros. As well, they're 5 1/2 games out of the third and ...

This looked like the year things would change but the team went into a prolonged slump after building a 10-game lead in the American League West by June 19. Since then, the team went 20-33 – a ...

in the second game of a three-game series between the American League West rivals. Justin Verlander tossed five innings to earn his first win in over three months for the division-leading Astros ...

The Seattle Mariners are heading into what is likely to be a very tumultuous offseason. At 73-72, the M's are 4.5 games back ...

The Seattle Mariners lost 5-4 on Thursday night against the Texas Rangers at T-Mobile Park. With the loss, the M's are now 74 ...

Aaron Judge hit his major league-leading 53rd homer, and the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 5-2 on Sunday to open a ...