Kyle Tucker

Tucker, who leads the Astros in home runs, on-base percentage and slugging percentage, left Monday's game in the third inning.

Houston's starting pitchers ran into more injury trouble, plus notes on center fielder Jake Meyers' throwing arm.

Intrigue around Alex Bregman and Kyle Tucker will dominate discourse this spring.

The blowout blew up Houston’s pursuit of a second consecutive World Series title while leaving a city to wonder where this all went awry.

Dusty Baker is contemplating a lineup change to circumvent the struggles of Tucker and other Astros.

Jose Altuve does deserve some blame for the Astros' loss, but seven innings' worth of wasted at-bats magnified his mental mistake.

No more Silver Boots to award. The Rangers and Astros now have a heated, chippy rivalry — and a best-of-seven to crown a pennant winner.

Tucker rounded the bases for what was briefly ruled an inside-the-park home run, until an official scoring change took away his milestone.

The Astros' loss Tuesday puts the Rangers one game behind first place. Seattle is 1 1/2 games back and owns the tiebreaker over Houston.

Also in the notes: Whether Hector Neris could return; a vexing competition for third playoff starter; Kyle Tucker's monster year and payday.

Astros outfielder Kyle Tucker sometimes hit barehanded. Then MLB's pitch clock encroached on his routine, so he switched to batting gloves.

“Let’s say this: Kyle Tucker will be a Houston Astro for his career,” GM Dana Brown said Wednesday. But that doesn't line up with history.

Twenty hours after their worst loss of the season, the Astros grabbed their greatest win.

Coming off a Gold Glove campaign, some numbers say no right fielder has been worse. What has changed for Tucker this year?

The Mariners, suffering from a slow start to the season, again had too many strikeouts and bad decisions on the bases.

“You put this guy in a different uniform, other places, he would be one of the faces of the game," teammate Lance McCullers Jr. said.

Less than one year into baseball’s new labor agreement, trouble already is brewing.

The unassuming 24-year-old Astros right fielder is "the same guy every day," down to his pre-pitch routine and his pregame meals.