Houston Astros center fielder Brice Matthews left the game against Texas with a left knee injury after crashing back into the wall while pulling back a ball hit by Josh Jung.

The Astros' Yordan Alvarez is getting the second All-Star Game start of his career and is batting near the top of the American League lineup for Tuesday's game in Philadelphia.

On Sunday morning, the Milwaukee Brewers announced that they had made a trade with the Houston Astros for a player.

In the final game of a three-game set at Globe Life Field, the Texas Rangers (48-47) take on the Houston Astros (47-50), Sunday at 2:35 p.m. ET. Hoping to find out who’s available to play for the Rangers and the Astros?

The Astros need to take the W Saturday evening to skirt around falling further behind in the division title race.

Pregame analysis and predictions of the Houston Astros vs. Texas Rangers MLB game to be played on July 12, 2026 on ESPN.

After the Astros had tied the game in the seventh, reliever Bryan King allowed four runs in the eighth to give Rangers a win.

After missing the last nine games due to injury, Jeremy Peña is back in the Astros' lineup.