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Game Date:
09/05/2018
8:10pm EST
Lines:
Minnesota +1.5
Houston -1.5
Total:
Over
8.5 (-120)
Under 8.5 (+100)
Community Picks: Minnesota 0% vs Houston 0%
Minnesota and Houston Thread
Team Tweets & News Articles
Steve Campion of ABC13 reports that the Astros kicked out a fan protesting reliever Roberto Osuna with a sign displaying the phone number of the Houston Area Women’s Center domestic violence hotline. The fan, Kevin Jukkola, said he has held the sign up at several other games, but security asked him to turn it over during Saturday’s game against the Angels and he was then kicked out of Minute Maid Park. Jukkola said, “Some people were not happy about it. Continue to Article
September 04, 2018 6:44:pm EST
The Houston Astros booted a customer from Minute Maid Park stadium during a game for holding up a sign that read, “Houston Domestic Violence Hot Line 713.528.2121,” the ejected fan told ABC Houston station KTRK-TV. The telephone number is a working hotline run by the Houston Area Women’s Center, a nonprofit that serves domestic abuse and sexual assault victims. Team fan Kevin Jukkola created the sign to protest the Astros’ "morally bankrupt" decision this summer to acquire pitcher Roberto Osuna from the Toronto Blue Jays, he told KTRK. Continue to Article
September 04, 2018 2:30:pm EST
George Springer knew something was different about Shohei Ohtani in his second at-bat against the Angels' pitcher him in the third inning on Sunday night. ''The velocity drop was probably the obvious,'' Springer said. Springer hit a two-run homer and finished a triple shy of the cycle to lead the Houston Astros to a 4-2 win over Los Angeles in Ohtani's return to the mound. Continue to Article
September 03, 2018 10:08:am EST
Adrian Beltre will play as often as his troublesome hamstring will let him in the final month of his 21st and possibly final season. Beltre hit his 470th career homer after 23-year-old sluggers Nomar Mazara and Ronald Guzman went deep, helping the Rangers stop a five-game losing streak with a 7-4 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday night. The 39-year-old Beltre was still with his team of the past eight seasons when the deadline passed for him to go to a contender and be eligible for the playoffs. Continue to Article
September 01, 2018 11:51:pm EST
Houston Astros manager A.J. Hinch signed a new deal with the reigning MLB World Series champions. Hinch's contract extension is through to the 2023 season, the Astros announced on Thursday. "We're thrilled to have AJ in the fold for multiple years," Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow told MLB.com. Continue to Article
August 30, 2018 8:42:pm EST
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