Former Astro flamethrower Scott Elarton turned junkballer Royale mowed down the Astros with five perfect innings as the Kansas City Royals defeated the Astros 7-2 in the first game of the weekend series. Read More

The Astros jumped to an early lead against the Professor and held on with a strong bullpen winning 5-4 Tuesday night in Chicago.

Roy Oswalt , fresh off the DL, pitched six innings and had a pair of hits at the dish in  earning  his sixth victory of the season. He allowed three runs on eight hits in his first win since May 3rd. Read More

Rookie starter Fernando Nieve pitched into the eight inning and struck out nine in leading the Astros to a 7-2 win in game two of the four game weekend series against the Braves. Nieve allowed only a two-run home run by Andruw Jones, shutting down the Braves after falling behind 2-0 after the first inning. He gave up only three singles the rest of the way, all by catcher Bruce McCann, after Jones took him deep. Read More

Rookie  Chris Sampson , in his first major league start, pitched seven innings of three-hit ball in leading the Astros to a 1-0 win Wednesday afternoon over the Cubs.

Sampson, called up from Round Rock less than a week ago, took the punch out of the Cubs bats with a heavy sinker that recorded 16 ground ball outs. Read More

Astros starter  Wandy Rodriguez recorded a mere four outs while allowing eight runs as the Cincinnati Reds struck early and often and pounded the Astros 14-3 in an embarrassing home defeat Friday night. Read More

The Astros lost the final game of a miserable road trip   Wednesday afternoon as the Co-ards scored in the bottom of the 11th inning to earn a 4-3 victory and take the three game series at New Jake City two games to one. Read More