Jen Pawol becomes the first woman to umpire a spring training game since 2007
It took eight years but Jen Pawol made the leap from the minors to a major league game spring training contest when she umpired the Grapefruit League opener between the Houston Astros and Washington Nationals at CACTI Park of The Palm Beaches on Saturday.
Eovaldi remains perfect, Rangers slug their way to 9-2 win over Astros to force Game 7 in ALCS
Nathan Eovaldi remained perfect this postseason, and Mitch Garver and Jonah Heim homered early before a ninth-inning grand slam by Adolis Garcรญa helped the Texas Rangers avoid elimination with a 9-2 win over the Houston Astros in Game 6 of the AL Championship Series.
Astros reliever Abreu appeals suspension for throwing at Garcรญa, is eligible for ALCS Game 6
Houston Astros reliever Bryan Abreu has appealed the two-game suspension he was given by Major League Baseball for intentionally throwing at Adolis Garcรญa of the Texas Rangers during Game 5 of the AL Championship Series.
Astros' Abreu suspended 2 games by MLB, which says he intentionally threw at Garcรญa
Houston Astros pitcher Bryan Abreu was suspended for two games and fined by Major League Baseball, which said he intentionally threw at Adolis Garcรญa of the Texas Rangers during Game 5 of the AL Championship Series.
Altuve hits go-ahead homer in 9th, Astros take 3-2 lead over Rangers in ALCS after benches clear
Jose Altuve hit a three-run homer in the ninth inning and the Houston Astros, after getting into another bench-clearing scuffle with the Texas Rangers, rallied for a 5-4 victory in a wild and testy Game 5 of the AL Championship Series.
Abreu, Baker, Garcรญa ejected from ALCS Game 5 as benches clear
Houston Astros pitcher Bryan Abreu and manager Dusty Baker were ejected from Game 5 of the AL Championship series after the reliever hit the Texas Rangersโ Adolis Garcรญa with a pitch in the eighth inning, triggering benches to clear two innings after the sluggerโs go-ahead home run.
Abreu, Alvarez and Altuve help Astros pull even in ALCS with 10-3 win over Rangers in Game 4
Josรฉ Abreu hit a three-run homer right after Yordan Alvarezโs tiebreaking sacrifice fly, and the Houston Astros pulled even in the AL Championship Series with a 10-3 victory over the Texas Rangers in Game 4.
Shohei Ohtani homers in 9th inning, Angels win 13-12 in 10th on Astros error
Shohei Ohtan hit his major league-leading 33rd homer to key the Angelsโ tying rally in the ninth inning, and rookie Trey Cabbage scored on rookie Grae Kessingerโs throwing error in the 10th to end Los Angelesโ wild 13-12 victory over the Houston Astros.
Shohei Ohtani allows 4 earned runs, takes the loss in the Astros' 7-5 win over the spiraling Angels
Shohei Ohtani allowed four earned runs on five hits and left the mound in the sixth inning shortly before Mauricio Dubonโs tiebreaking two-run single in the Houston Astrosโ 7-5 victory over the Los Angeles Angels.
Texas Rangers have 5 All-Star starters after Garcรญa added along with Baltimore's Hays
Texas will become the first team in 47 years to have five position players start in the All-Star Game after the Rangersโ Adolis Garcรญa and the Baltimore Orioles Austin Hays were picked to join the American League lineup as injury replacements.