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The Houston Chronicle's coverage of the Astros and Major League Baseball from @matthewkawahara and more. Mostly automated tweets.

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In an emotional moment, Justin Verlander's daughter Genevieve ran to the mound to embrace her father before he was removed from the final start of his career. https://t.co/jYaevmHCuI

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Given a chance for some breathing room ahead of Texas Rangers in the AL West, Astros drop a game to the Athletics and must regroup. Again. https://t.co/Ygkrl29dAJ

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A missed double play allowed the A's to score 6 runs in the 6th inning to take a 6-5 win and leave Astros tied in AL West with 2 games to go. https://t.co/v6taAeikTw

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The Astros are tied with Texas for first place in the AL West after Houston dropped a 6-5 game to the Athletics. Two games to go in the season. https://t.co/tOlTwvkEtI

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After years away from affiliated baseball, Australian left-hander Josh Hendrickson made his Houston Astros debut in a tight AL West race. https://t.co/tyr5m3dwYV

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Called up after outfield injuries, Lucas Spence hit his first 3 MLB homers in a 7-5 win that kept Houston tied for first in the AL West. https://t.co/HktZfLWY3f

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Lucas Spence hit three home runs and another rookie Miguel Ullola pitched strong in relife as Houston beat the Athletics to stay atop AL West. https://t.co/lsSvSq7hXS

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The Astros are tied with Texas for first place in the AL West after Houston beat the Athletics behind three homers from rookie Lucas Spence. https://t.co/DUDRJJhDOw

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Houston Astros shortstop Jeremy Peña returns after missing one game from being hit by a pitch on his arm. https://t.co/zqt30qHDk5

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Daulton Varsho would not be eligible to return until Oct. 3, which means he would also miss a potential wild-card playoff series. https://t.co/r3uNfHoSRn

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Josh Hader threw 44 pitches Wednesday, his most in a game since 2019. That leaves in question how much the Astros' closer will be available during the final series against the A's. https://t.co/QceAzRX8Za

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Houston had a chance to essentially go up two games with four to play, but couldn't finish the job and will enter the final four games only holding the tiebreaker over Texas. https://t.co/zqQ7wxieMn

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The Astros are tied with Texas for first place in the AL West after Houston lost in 10 innings to Seattle and missed a chance to take a lead. https://t.co/9yQoIkpbV3

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After being hit by a pitch late in Tuesday’s game, Peña was “pretty sore” and didn’t start against Seattle. https://t.co/va4LYGzkDm

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The outfielder is going back on the IL after being hurt in his second game back following a two-month absence. https://t.co/JPfJZT3XP3

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Cristian Javier suffered a strained right groin on Tuesday against Seattle and will end a frustrating season on the injured list. https://t.co/mtWUhAOIXS

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Justin Verlander, who will make the final start of his career Saturday, says he doesn't want to make a decision yet about which logo will be on his Hall of Fame plaque: Astros or Tigers. https://t.co/syynCtvZDO

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The Astros lost Cristian Javier, Brice Matthews and Jeremy Peña to injuries but still beat the Mariners 7-0 to regain control of the AL West. https://t.co/JyGf45Q3uY

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Houston ended a three-game losing streak with the win in Seattle and are tied for first in AL West and hold tiebreaker over Texas Rangers. https://t.co/6Tmit1IIDl

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Houston's win over Seattle on Monday and Texas' loss to the NY Mets gave the Astros control of the AL West. A look at final 5 games. https://t.co/XUouYQPJad