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Houston Astros share concerning injury updates

Michael Brantley is heading to Houston to be checked out. Composite Getty image.

Astros manager Dusty Baker spoke with the media prior to Wednesday's game against the Angels and discussed the latest on Michael Brantley, Chas McCormick, Jose Abreu, and Mauricio Dubon.

Brantley is headed back to Houston as he is dealing with soreness, but Baker hopes to have him back in Chicago.

 

Chas McCormick appears to be dealing with the same lower back soreness that caused him to go on the IL. Jake Meyers has been playing well in his absence.

 

The Astros big free agent acquisition, Jose Abreu, is out of today's lineup and Baker believes he is dealing with some type of discomfort, but Abreu has yet to confirm it.

 

Yainer Diaz is playing first base for the Astros in the finale against the Angels, but it sounds like Abreu should be good to go against the White Sox on Friday. When asked about moving Abreu out of the cleanup spot when he returns, Baker expressed his displeasure with batting Yordan Alvarez and Kyle Tucker back-to-back.

He also doesn't want to move Bregman out of the two-spot, so it looks like Abreu will return to his normal place in the lineup in Chicago.

Finally, Mauricio Dubon's hamstring injury doesn't appear serious, but he likely won't play on Wednesday.

 

Hopefully, the Astros are back to full strength soon, and we can finally see what this roster is capable of.

Next up: The Astros play the White Sox in Chicago on Friday.

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The Rangers beat the Astros, 7-3. Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images.

Wyatt Langford homered with a career-high tying four hits and Adolis García added a solo shot to lead the Texas Rangers to a 7-3 win over the Houston Astros on Friday night.

The Rangers jumped on Lance McCullers Jr. (2-4) early. There were two outs with the bases loaded in the first when Evan Carter’s single to right field knocked in a pair to put the Rangers up 2-0.

The AL West-leading Astros cut the deficit to 2-1 when Cam Smith scored on a groundout in the bottom of the inning.

García homered for a second straight game with one out in the third that made it 3-1. Carter walked with two outs before a single from Jake Burger. Jonah Heim’s double to right field scored them both to extend the lead to 5-1.

McCullers allowed six hits and five runs in three innings as Houston’s losing streak reached a season-high four games.

Langford’s blast came with two outs in the seventh to push the lead to 7-3.

Jack Leiter (5-6) yielded five hits and three runs while striking out six in 5 1/3 innings.

Christian Walker singled to open Houston’s fourth before Victor Caratini’s home run to right field got the Astros within 5-3.Burger was replaced in the middle of the sixth inning with discomfort in his left quad.

Houston’s top prospect, second baseman Brice Matthews, went 0 for 4 with with three strikeouts in his major league debut.

Key moment

Heim’s two RBI double in the third that pushed the lead to four.

Key stat

The Rangers forced McCullers to throw 36 pitches in the first inning.

Up next

Houston LHP Framber Valdez (10-4, 2.90 ERA) opposes RHP Jacob deGrom (9-2, 2.29) when the series continues Saturday.

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