Bud Norris News

It's been a pretty crazy couple of days for the the Phillies, with the frantic, exhilarating wins and the slow, dreadful losses.

Astros pitcher Bud Norris could have taken his regular turn in the rotation on Sunday in Pittsburgh after leaving a May 13 start against the Tigers with back spasms.

HOUSTON Matt Dominguez hit a three-run homer and Jason Castro added a solo shot to give the Houston Astros a 6-5 win over the Kansas City Royals on Monday night.

May 8, 2013; Houston, TX, USA; Houston Astros second baseman Jose Altuve and right fielder Brandon Barnes celebrate defeating the Los Angeles Angels in the ninth inning at Minute Maid Park.

Jimmy Paredes dropped Russell Martin's bases-loaded fly ball when he collided with second baseman Jake Elmore with two outs in the ninth inning, the second missed catch by a Houston right fielder, and the Pittsburgh Pirates rallied past the Astros 5-4 Friday night.

It's the last week of September. Your team is in a three-way tie for the final playoff spot with five games left to play.

Starters have complained privately, while sometimes making their displeasure known publicly through negative in-game reactions to base hits they believe would have been caught had a shift not been in place.

Forty-five minutes after arriving at Comerica Park via a cab ride, Jake Elmore found his name in the team's starting lineup.

Paul Clemens had spent the majority of his Minor League career preparing to be a starting pitcher in the big leagues.

The slugging first baseman agreed Monday to a $41 million, seven-year contract that could be worth up to $68 million over nine seasons.

The Tigers took advantage of Bud Norris' inability to locate his fastball en route to a 7-2 win over the Houston Astros.

Justin Masterson cooled off the New York Yankees, tossing his second shutout of the season, as the red-hot Cleveland Indians nipped the New York Yankees, 1-0, in the opener of Monday's makeup doubleheader at Progressive Field.

MLB Team Report - Houston Astros - INSIDE PITCH For a man who quotes himself in his locker room and spent his team's first road game this season doing pregame pushups along the dirt warning track at Seattle's Safeco Field , learning how to live as a member of the 2013 Houston Astros has become the biggest challenge of Bo Porter's career.

Austin Jackson doesn't like calling it an injury, but his pulled left hamstring is exactly that, and it's going to keep him out at least two weeks.

Jose Altuve has left the field in Detroit during the bottom of the second inning in what is being deemed a subluxed right jaw.

The Detroit Tigers punished the Houston Astros earlier this month and attempt to do so again when they open a three-game series on Monday at Comerica Park .

Four teams are already at least 7.5 games out of a playoff spot and two of them, the Angels and Blue Jays, were expected to be two of the top contenders in baseball.

Adrian Beltre's three-run homer was one of his four hits, and David Murphy and Leonys Martin also homered as the Texas Rangers completed a three-game sweep by romping past the Houston Astros 12-7 on Sunday.

Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera hits a double during the 4th inning of a baseball game against the Astros on May 3 in Houston.

With the Texas Rangers coming to town for a 3-game weekend series, let's take a quick look at who's hot and who's not for the Astros.