Lance McCullers will take the mound against the Cubs on Saturday, bolstering the Astros' starting rotation now that he has recovered from his foot injury.

Chicago Cubs (48-34, first in the NL Central) vs. Houston Astros (49-33, first in the AL West) Houston; Saturday, 6:15 p.m.

Houston Astros rookie right fielder Cam Smith capitalized on his second opportunity to bat cleanup on Friday, and the timing of his latest exceptional night at the plate couldn't have been better.

2004 — Randy Johnson of the Arizona Diamondbacks became the fourth pitcher to record 4,000 strikeouts when he struck out San Diego’s Jeff Cirillo in the eighth inning of the Padres’ 3-2 win. 2007 — ...

The Chicago Cubs visit the Houston Astros Saturday for the second game of their 3-game series at Daikin Park in Houston.

Tampa Bay (Bradley 5-5) at Baltimore (Kremer 6-7), 1:35 p.m. Toronto (Lauer 4-1) at Boston (Buehler 5-5), 1:35 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Taillon 7-5) at Houston (Valdez 8-4), 2:10 p.m.

Washington at L.A. Angels, 9:38 p.m. St. Louis (Liberatore 5-6) at Cleveland (Allen 5-5), 12:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Montas 0-0) at Pittsburgh (Burrows 1-2), 1:35 p.m. Philadelphia (Suárez 6-2) at Atlanta ...

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Before Friday’s game at Daikin Park began, the Astros played an almost four-minute montage video in honor of Kyle Tucker and Ryan Pressly, who were making their first trip to Houston since being ...

Iowa’s bats explode to snap a losing streak. South Bend splits two. Some great pitching leads to a Pelicans win.

CLEVELAND — Sonny Gray allowed only one hit and struck out a season-high 11 for his first complete game since 2017 as the St.