Royals ninth. Maikel Garcia doubles to shallow left field. Cavan Biggio lines out to right center field to Cam Smith. Drew Waters triples to right field. Maikel Garcia scores. Hunter Renfroe pops out ...

The Astros added another run in the fifth on a Jeremy Pena single that scored Chas McCormick, who doubled in front of Pena.

Yordan Alvarez and Jeremy Pena drove in three runs apiece, and Chas McCormick went 3-for-4 with three runs scored for the Houston Astros, who avoided a sweep in Kansas City by beating the Royals 7-3 ...

Getting first day off ...

Playing time picking up ...

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

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

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