Playing time picking up ...

Royals ninth. Maikel Garcia doubles to shallow left field. Cavan Biggio lines out to right center field to Cam Smith. Drew Waters triples to right field. Maikel Garcia scores. Hunter Renfroe pops out ...

Yordan Alvarez and Jeremy Pena drove in three runs apiece, and Chas McCormick went 3-for-4 with three runs scored for the Houston Astros, who avoided a sweep in Kansas City by beating the Royals 7-3 ...

The Astros added another run in the fifth on a Jeremy Pena single that scored Chas McCormick, who doubled in front of Pena.

With their offense stuck in neutral, the Astros are wasting some strong outings by their starting pitching. Left-hander ...

Wash, rinse, repeat. The Astros have now played 24 innings without scoring a run. They’ve lost their last two games against ...

Astros manager Joe Espada says Yordan Alvarez is close but slugger says until 'numbers go up, there's nothing close.' ...