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Only Ronel Blanco (4) has more wins than Valdéz (3) among Astros pitchers this season

Houston outscored Colorado by 20 runs in two games at Mexico's Alfredo Harp Helú Stadium

Blanco is the 10th Dominican to throw a game without allowing any hits or runs, achieving this in his 8th start in the Majors

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Michael Brantley had his second four-hit game of the series and drove in four runs, part of a 20-hit attack that helped the Houston Astros rout Minnesota 14-3 Sunday to take two of three from the Twins. Minnesota’s Michael Pineda (3-4) left after four innings due to a reoccurrence of right forearm soreness that first bothered him June 1. In his second start since returning, he allowed three runs and six hits — raising his totals to 10 runs over 11 1/3 innings in his last three starts. Kyle Tucker homered for the second straight game and had three hits for the...

Jake Odorizzi excited to play alongside Zack Greinke with Astros HOUSTON -- Jake Odorizzi decided to fashion his game like Zack Greinke's when he was still in high school. Now entering his 10th season in the majors, the right-hander has become teammates with the man he's looked up to for so long after Odorizzi signed with the Houston Astros. "I'm looking forward to getting to know him on a personal level and talking pitching with him because he's got a great mind for pitching," Odorizzi said Tuesday. "He's the guy that mechanically I tried to emulate, repertoire, everything like that. So, if ...