However, it was not his night in Baltimore as he gave up two runs in the second inning, and the Astros offense could not do anything offensively tonight to help Verlander out…
The Astros dominance of the Rays continued with a 5-2 win Wednesday night. This is the first time the Astros have swept the Rays at Tropicana Field. Lance McCullers hurled seven innings of two-run ball, and the offense chipped in with a pair of home runs to close out the sweep. The Astros got on […]Read More
A day after the champagne flowed when the Astros clinched the American League West title for the fifth time in six years, the Astros had no hangover effects from the night before and were able to beat Tampa Bay soundly 5-0 on Tuesday night. Kyle Tucker started off the offense with his 100th RBI of […]Read More
The Golden Era of Astros baseball continues as the 2022 Astros dominated on the mound and at the plate to win American League West Title for the 5th time in 6 years after beating Tampa 4-0. The Astros were on a mission once they landed in Tampa Bay and that was to win. Win and […]Read More
It was a great day to be an Astros fan as you got to see Framber Valdez carve up the A’s lineup to set a new Major League record for consecutive quality starts and the Astros offense explode for 11 runs as they took out the A’s in the later innings and reduced their magic […]Read More
The Athletics knew the Astros were in the playoffs already after last night’s victory and they took their frustration out on the Astros Saturday by belting several home runs and putting some serious pressure on the pitching staff in an 8-5 win over the Astros. The Astros may have already clinched a playoff spot but […]Read More
The Astros had a spectacular outing from starting pitcher Lance McCullers, Jr. and some timely hitting from Christian Vazquez and Aledmys Diaz to give the Astros a 5-2 victory over Oakland on Thursday night. McCullers was excellent on the mound, going 6 innings, allowing two hits, two earned runs and striking out 11 on 99 […]Read More
Kyle Tucker homered and Alex Bregman hit a sacrifice fly to lead the Astros to a 2-1 victory in Detroit to complete the sweep of the Tigers. It was definitely a pitcher’s duel on Wednesday between Cristian Javier and Detroit’s Joey Wentz. Both pitchers were masterful on the mound in Motor City. Besides the win, […]Read More
Kyle Tucker and Company would not let Texas beat them on consecutive nights as they won an extra-innings thriller 4-3 on a walk-off wild pitch. It took a while to get there. Cristian Javier came into tonight’s game with 6 career starts against the Texas Rangers and his record against them was 1-1, with a […]Read More
Despite a home run from Jose Altuve, the Astros dropped a 4-3 decision to the Texas Rangers Tuesday night. Framber Valdez came into the game against Texas with a 6-0 record, 1.49 ERA, an opponent batting average of .173, and an opponent slugging percentage of .246 in eight starts against the Rangers, but he ran […]Read More
Hunter Brown made his highly anticipated debut for the Astros against the Texas Rangers tonight and made his presence known. In the very first inning, the very first batter he faced was Marcus Semien, who he struck out on four straight pitches for his first career strikeout as a Major Leaguer. He then proceeded to […]Read More
What happened: The Astros bats came alive and rolled in a 9-1 victory over the Angels on Sunday, winning the series two games to one. Jose Altuve went 3 for 4 and drove in three runs. The Astros got off to a fast start, putting up five runs in the second inning. It started when […]Read More
Leave him where is at please
Mark Berman is the gold standard and sets the bar. Nobody will come close to his status.
As a life long Cowboy fan I’m waiting for them to once again live up to their potential. Been a…
Mark has set the standard for Houston sports reporting for most of my life. His are huge shoes to fill…
Outstanding story written by someone I’ve always respected as much as Mark Bergman. Thanks Richard.
Berman has been the only professional TV sports reporter in Houston for decades
Richard, please share your thoughts on Forest Whitley, Grae Kessinger and Kory Lee—do you see any of these three (3)…
I was lucky enough to meet Deacon in the 90s for a long-term work project. He was simply a delight…
Deacon was my first and only hitting coach for the Chicago White Sox.when they con verrted me from pitcher to…
Top collegiate baseball programs are equivalent to double A baseball.
I did not think it was possible to be even more imoressed with CJ. But, your great story managed to…
Great story , C.J. is a very grounded young man . Very well written story , it touches the heart.…