Wesley Wright News

A tight back forced him out of the game before he threw a pitch in the seventh, and then the bullpen fell apart, sending the Astros to a 7-3 loss to the Kansas City Royals.

Omogrosso had been told he was starting the bottom of the eighth inning of the White Sox' 12-9 loss to the Los Angeles Angels.

Second baseman Jose Altuve was activated for Saturday's 6:05 p.m. CT game against the Pirates at PNC Park.

Every time it appears Erik Bedard's career is edging toward completion, the 34-year-old lefthander reminds baseball he still belongs on the mound.

The mothers of Astros players Wesley Wright, Trevor Crowe, Paul Clemens and Robbie Grossman threw out the ceremonial first pitches prior to Sunday's Mother's Day game against the Rangers at Minute Maid Park.

The normally quiet Sunday morning atmosphere in the Astros' clubhouse had an extra jolt of energy as players greeted Edgar Gonzalez, the veteran pitcher who returned to the ballclub as Philip Humber was designated for assignment.

The team took a gamble when it let Edwin Jackson go in the offseason and turned a spot over to Haren, one of the game's steadiest pitchers for years but one finally showing signs of erosion.

Jeff Baker hit a tiebreaking home run in the seventh, and Texas relievers threw 3 1-3 hitless innings to lead the Rangers to a 4-2 win over the Houston Astros on Friday night.

Jeff Baker hit a tiebreaking home run in the seventh, and Texas relievers threw 3 1-3 hitless innings to lead the Rangers to a 4-2 win over the Houston Astros on Friday night.

Umpire Angel Hernandez and his colleagues have taken a lot of heat lately for blatantly getting calls wrong.

Home plate umpire Fieldin Culbreth is seen in this file photo in Toronto Friday Sept.

Source: blog.chron.com --- Thursday, May 09, 2013In the end, it didn't matter because the Angels won and thus dropped their protest.

Mark Trumbo smacked a two-run double and Alberto Callaspo drove in the winning run as the LA Angels rallied to beat the Houston Astros 6-5. The controversy came when, in the top of the seventh and with his side leading 5-3, Astros manager Bo Porter brought left-handed pitcher Wesley Wright on to face JB Shuck.

Mike Scioscia has been around about 50,000 years. On this day, Bo Porter thought he was correct.

In the top of the seventh inning, the Astros decided to go to their bullpen and bring in lefty Wesley Wright to face left-handed hitting J.D. Schuck.

There are no secrets about the Houston Astros' strategy. Dumping payroll and playing for high draft picks, they're waiting to develop Carlos Correa, Jonathan Singleton, George Springer and their draft pick this year - possibly Stanford's Mark Appel .

Jose Veras gave a fired-up closed-door speech to the youthful Astros, telling them they needed to find a way to right the ship.

LHP Dallas Keuchel, who threw 4 1/3 innings of relief while suffering the 7-3 loss Thursday night, was given Friday off.

That was a brutal game to follow as Houston looked to have an early lead but slowly let things fall apart.

Another Astros loss with another starting pitcher who couldn't make it through five innings.