The Astros have added Carlos Correa and Jesús Sánchez and seen return of Yordan Alvarez but offense has been inconsistent.

The Seattle Mariners had been gradually shrinking the gap in the American League West, and in a Thursday night thriller, they finally caught the Astros (79-68). Fans can certainly point to injuries, as Houston has been without impactful contributors for large stretches of the season, but the lineup is also underachieving.

With Alvarez returning and splitting time between left field and designated hitter, Altuve hadn’t started in left field for the entire month of August—his last appearance there came on July 28. But with Alvarez getting a day off Tuesday, Espada unexpectedly slotted Altuve back into left for the series opener against the New York Yankees.

A Houston Astros player got his bat confiscated in the middle of Thursday's game against the New York Yankees.

Astros’ Zach Cole smashed a home run in his MLB debut on the first pitch of his career. Watch his family’s ecstatic reaction.

TORONTO - Houston Astros starter Luis Garcia left his outing Tuesday in the second inning after throwing a pitch and signaling to his dugout, a concerning development for a pitcher who just completed a lengthy recovery from Tommy John surgery.

New York Yankees second baseman Jazz Chisholm has left the rubber match after a helmet made contact with his knee at second base. Chisholm made the tag on Houst

The last two games of the Mariners’ series in Atlanta, when they hit 10 home runs and finished with a 28-run stretch in 12 innings, showed just how powerful Seattle’s lineup can be when everything goes right.

Kevin Gausman pitched a two-hitter for his fourth career complete game, Davis Schneider homered and drove in two runs, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the struggling Houston Astros 6-0.