Nick Kurtz’s walk-off homer lifts the Athletics over the Astros, extending Oakland’s win streak to four with a clutch blast.

Nick Kurtz homered in the ninth inning for the second straight day and the Athletics beat the Houston Astros 3-1.

Rookie Nick Kurtz walloped a two-run walk-off homer with no outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, giving the Athletics a ...

The Astros came into Sacramento on a five-game winning streak, mostly on the strength of great starting pitching, much of it from AAA call-ups. After winning its last two games in walk-off fashion, ...

Nick Kurtz knew it was gone as soon as it left his bat. In a game that was tightly contested until the end on Monday night, ...

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — After two straight walk-off wins, the Houston Astros had the tables turned on them Monday. Nick ...

Adolis Garcia and Marcus Semien spearhead the Rangers' resurgence with hot bats, driving the team to .500 with timely pitching support.

The Houston Astros sit at the top of the American League West by a solid 4.5 games with the only team to have won over 40 games (41). A big part of this? Their ...

Houston Astros infielder Luis Guillorme on Monday submitted his bid for this season's Catch of the Year. The Astros led the Athletics 1-0 in the bottom of ...

Houston Astros general manager Dana Brown had a big problem with the Pittsburgh Pirates delaying the start of a recent game. Why was he so ticked off?

Astros first. Jeremy Pena grounds out to second base, Max Schuemann to Nick Kurtz. Isaac Paredes pops out to third base to Max Muncy. Jose Altuve homers to left field. Christian Walker flies out to ...

Don Kelly took over as manager of the Pirates in May, and he has them playing better, even if he's not always around till the ...