During the Houston Astros' dynasty, there were a few things their roster consistently had to help keep them atop the league. One of the most important things was to have an ace to anchor the staff. For a long while,

Isaac Paredes hit a tiebreaking solo home run in the ninth inning to lift the Houston Astros to a 2-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals Tuesday night.

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The Houston Astros are making a significant call up to fill an opening in their starting rotation. As reported by Ari Alexander of KPRC 2 in Houston, the Astros are calling up left-hander Colton Gordon from Triple-A Sugar Land to start Wednesday's series finale against the Kansas City Royals.

There was no shortage of walk-off heroics on Tuesday across MLB. The Chicago Cubs, Houston Astros, and Detroit Tigers were its primary sources. The Tigers

Astros season ticket holder Nguyen Le brings his own meal into every game. But Monday's crawfish boil created quite a stir.

Hooks, the Astros' Double-A affiliate, notched seven hits -- including three home runs, a triple and two doubles -- 11 RBIs and seven runs scored ... and that was just from two players in the team's 20-14 shellacking of Frisco at Riders Field on Tuesday.