Lance Berkman News

Giants center fielder Aaron Rowand left Thursday's game against the Astros in the second inning with tightness in his lower back, but he hopes to rejoin the lineup Friday.

The Astros built it, and here they come. A new retirement home, if you will, a 12-unit complex in right field to house the uniform numbers that live on in Astros history with never another name added to them.

In the moment, it hardly dawned on Lance Berkman just how strange and rare the Astros' six-run rally was in the sixth inning Wednesday night.

San Francisco's Eugenio Velez is safe at first. He later scord on Randy Winn's double in the third inning.

Once Tim Lincecum left with a knee injury, the Houston Astros had their way with San Francisco's bullpen.

The Astros continued their close relationship with NASA on Tuesday by hosting two astronauts during practice.

But, but Bonds might cut into some primo Reggie Abercrumbie AB's! Go for it, Drayton.

Michael Bourn homered and drove in a career-high four runs, Lance Berkman and Geoff Blum also went deep and the Houston Astros rolled to their easiest win of the year, 13-4 over the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday.

Slider problems. That's what it was Friday night. Closer Francisco Cordero, whose signature is the slider, hadn't been able to use the pitch in a meaningful inning for the Reds since the save he picked up ...

Houston slugger Carlos Lee left the Astros' game at Cincinnati in the third inning Saturday night with a broken left pinky after getting hit by a pitch.

The left fielder, who reached the 100-RBI level for the fourth consecutive season on Friday night and leads the NL in that category, was hit by a pitch from Bronson Arroyo with Lance Berkman on first base, two outs and Houston leading 1-0. What looked like blood was seen on Lee's left pinkie finger when his batting glove was pulled off.

Lee will be reevaluated on Monday.

Carlos Lee hit a two-run double and Hunter Pence followed with a two-run homer in the 10th inning, lifting the Houston Astros to a 9-5 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Friday night.

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Lance Berkman is hitting .182 in August, so the Astros are arriving in Cincinnati at the right time.

I had an interesting e-mail exchange today with Mike Port, Major League Baseball's vice president of umpiring.

The Astros have one off-day in August, and it doesn't arrive until Aug. 21 -- 20 days after their last day off.

Mets relief pitcher Eddie Kunz pitches in the seventh inning Sunday in Houston. Youth movement? What the Mets experienced over the weekend in Houston was more like a youth invasion.

A thunderous boom and a series of lightning strikes around Wrigley Field cut short the Cubs' chance to rally for a win on a windy, rainy night.

A stadium worker exits an empty Wrigley Field during Monday's tornado warning. A powerful storm halted Monday night's game between the Houston Astros and Chicago Cubs, and fans at Wrigley Field were advised to ...

A guy writes in the other day and says it's kind of sad that the Astros are operated like a business.

Roy Oswalt starts for the Astros. After Wagner coughed up a two-run lead in the ninth inning, Heilman couldn't retire a batter in the 10th and Feliciano allowed the decisive run to score as the Mets lost to the ...