Jeremy Rakes

1 month ago | mlb.com | Jeremy Rakes

HOUSTON — El dominicano Jeremy Peña ha superado las expectativas del mánager de los Astros, el boricua Joe Espada, desde que fue colocado como primer bate en el orden ofensivo. Para Peña, todo lo demás sigue igual; simplemente está bateando en otra posición del lineup.

1 month ago | bvmsports.com | Jeremy Rakes

1 month ago | mlb.com | Jeremy Rakes

Peña, who also had an RBI double in the sixth to cut Kansas City’s lead to 3-2, extended his hitting streak to seven games and has hit safely in 16 of his past 17 games. HOUSTON – Jeremy Peña went 4-for-4 with two RBIs and drove in the go-ahead run in the eighth as the Astros rallied for a 4-3 win over the Royals on Wednesday night at Daikin Park.

1 month ago | mlb.com | Jeremy Rakes

Valdez was efficient, cruising through the Royals’ order the first time on 23 pitches, including a six-pitch, two-minute first inning. He retired the first nine batters he faced on six groundouts and three strikeouts. HOUSTON -- Framber Valdez threw eight stellar innings and Isaac Paredes hit a walk-off solo home run in the ninth as the Astros beat the Royals, 2-1, on Tuesday night at Daikin Park.

1 month ago | mlb.com | Jeremy Rakes

HOUSTON -- Chase Petty saw some improvements in his second Major League start Sunday, but the 22-year-old rookie right-hander knows he still has work to do moving forward. Petty’s command was an issue against Houston as he surrendered six hits and six walks to go with four strikeouts. Of his 90 pitches, only half were strikes. “He’s trying to soften it up to start the hitters up because everything is pretty hard, and he wasn’t really commanding anything,” Cincinnati manager Terry Francona said.