Extra inning: Astros end scoreless streak but strikeout records piling up
For the second consecutive game, the Astros set an MLB record. The bad kind. By striking out 13 times during an 8-3 loss to the Oakland Athletics on Friday at Minute Maid Park, the Astros became the...
View ArticleAstros pass 1,000 strikeouts, continue to set MLB records
BALTIMORE — Orioles starter Bud Norris recorded a season-high eight strikeouts Thursday against his former team, while the Astros continued to set MLB strikeout records. Through 107 games, the Astros...
View ArticleContact info for Astros’ Chris Carter: 21 HRs, 156 K’s
OAKLAND, Calif. — Big Chris Carter can hear you. He also reads the headlines and the stories, lamenting the ones that diminish his monstrous home runs by also mentioning yet another of his strikeouts....
View ArticleFor Astros, cutting back on strikeouts is a winter priority
Facing tremendous pitching, the Red Sox set a major-league record for strikeouts in a single postseason and won the World Series. The Astros last year struck out 62 more times than Boston — a...
View ArticlePhotos: A look at the 10 highest batting strikeout totals in MLB history
With the recent additions of Evan Gattis and Colby Rasmus, and the return of several free-swingers, the Astros appear to be poised to challenge their MLB record of 1,535 strikeouts in a season. Now,...
View ArticleThe Sports Update: Astros slugger Evan Gattis embarrassed by mounting...
Jesus Ortiz of the Chronicle catches up with new Astros slugger Evan Gattis, who has struck out four times in each of the past two games. jesus.ortiz@chron.com twitter.com/OrtizKicks • • •
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