Michael Shapiro is a sports reporter for Chron, covering the Astros, Rockets, Texans and every team in town. Michael is a Denver native and graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, and a noted fan of pull-up threes, wide-receiver passes and a good hot fudge sundae.

With the undermanned Astros’ offense struggling to score runs, the starting pitchers are being left with little margin for error these days. And the only run Astros starter Framber Valdez allowed in M

Riley Adams hits a tiebreaking solo homer in the seventh inning, lifting the Washington Nationals to a 2-1 win over the Houston Astros.

Preview the July 28 matchup between the Houston Astros and Washington Nationals with odds over/under, game spread, betting lines and more.

Rookie second baseman Brice Matthews, who swatted his first two career home runs and drove in five of Houston’s six runs in Monday’s win, rescued the Astros again Tuesday with a two-run homer in the e

Framber Valdez pitched seven effective innings for his 10th straight win, Brice Matthews hit his third homer in two games and the Houston Astros rallied to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 3-1