October 8, 2020 Astros back in the ALCS months removed from cheating-scandal fallout Cheating scandal be damned, the Houston Astros are back in the American League Championship Series.
October 8, 2020 Astros' Greinke holds up 2 fingers, then allows HR on slider Houston pitcher Zack Greinke held up two fingers toward Oakland's Ramón Laureano and Astros catcher Martín Maldonado in the second inning of their AL Division Series Game 4 on Thursday, and Laureano hit a hanging slider 440 feet to left for a tiebreaking three-run homer.
October 7, 2020 Pinder's HR helps rally A's past Astros 9-7, trail ALDS 2-1 Chad Pinder tied the score with a three-run homer in the seventh inning, Sean Murphy hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the eighth and the Oakland Athletics rallied past the Houston Astros 9-7 on Wednesday to avoid elimination in their AL Division Series.
October 6, 2020 Springer hits 2 HRs, Astros beat A's 5-2 for 2-0 ALDS lead George Springer hit two homers and the Houston Astros kept making more noise in the playoffs, beating the Oakland Athletics 5-2 on Tuesday to take a 2-0 lead in their AL Division Series.
October 5, 2020 Springer, Correa rally Astros past A's 10-5 in ALDS opener Carlos Correa homered twice and drove in four, Jose Altuve hit a go-ahead, two-run single during Houston's four-run sixth inning and the Astros rallied to beat the Oakland Athletics 10-5 in the opener of their AL Division Series on Monday at Dodger Stadium.
October 5, 2020 Astros out to 'silence the haters' in ALDS against Athletics Josh Reddick and the rest of the Houston Astros heard the “cheaters” chants and banging on garbage cans as the team's buses pulled into Dodger Stadium for a series last month.
October 1, 2020 Astros' Carlos Correa addresses the haters after sweeping Twins in AL Wild Card series Carlos Correa was feeling confident after driving in the tie- breaking run that helped the Houston Astros advance past the Minnesota Twins in Wednesday’s Wild Card Series game, and he took it as an opportunity to address the haters.
September 29, 2020 Astros win 4-1 in Game 1; Twins' record losing streak at 17 Jose Altuve drew a bases-loaded walk to force in the go-ahead run in the ninth inning for Houston after a two-out error by shortstop Jorge Polanco, and the Astros beat Minnesota 4-1 Tuesday to open their AL playoff series and stretch the Twins' all-time record postseason losing streak to 17 games.
September 28, 2020 2020 AL Wild Card Series preview, schedule and times For the first in MLB history, there are eight teams in the playoffs for the AL side.
September 26, 2020 Astros clinch final AL playoff spot despite loss to Rangers Ryan Pressly had no interest in waiting to see if the Astros would get the help they needed to clinch the last spot in the expanded American League playoffs after the Houston reliever couldn’t finish it himself when he was a strike away.