Astros Stave off Weekend Sweep, Defeat Phillies 4-3
In an opening-month rematch of last year’s World Series, the world-champion Astros went into Sunday Night Baseball focussed on avoiding a sweep at the hands of the runner-up Phillies. Jose Urquidy took the mound for the Astros against Bailey Falter for the visiting Phillies. The Astros started off strong in the bottom of the first […]
Astros Offense Stalls in Second Straight Loss to Phillies
Coming off a 3-1 loss to Philadelphia on Friday night, the Astros sought to bounce back against Zack Wheeler and the Phillies on Saturday afternoon at Minute Maid Park. Wheeler dueled with Astros starting pitcher Cristian Javier as the two exchanged shutout innings until Nick Castellanos hit a towering home run to the train tracks […]
Astros Fall in Weekend Finale, Series to Rangers
The Astros entered Sunday night’s nationally televised contest against the Texas Rangers looking to take the first Lone Star Series of the season against their intra-state rivals from the Metroplex. Despite losing Friday’s series opener, the Houston bats got hot on Saturday night, and Dusty Baker’s crew looked to keep the momentum going. Framber Valdez […]
Astros Rally From Early Deficit, Defeat Rangers 8-2 with Strong Seventh Inning
After falling to their intrastate rivals from North Texas on Friday night, the Astros sought to even the three-game weekend Lone Star Series on Saturday night. The Rangers started the evening with Jon Gray on the hill, while the Astros started Hunter Brown. Gray would exit the game with no outs in the third inning […]
UCONN Captures 5th National Title Defeating San Diego State
Written by Adrian Beecher HOUSTON, TX – Head Coach Dan Hurley led his UCONN Huskies to a National Championship and his players delivered in a Big way Monday night, defeating San Diego State Aztecs 76-59 to win the National Title. Adama Sanogo was named the Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four, finishing the title […]