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2021 Houston Astros
American League West champions
DivisionAL West Division
BallparkMinute Maid Park
CityHouston, Texas
Record95–67 (.586)
OwnersJim Crane
ManagersDusty Baker
TelevisionAT&T SportsNet Southwest
(Todd Kalas, Geoff Blum)
RadioKTRH 740 Weekday Night Games Sportstalk 790
Houston Astros Radio Network
(Robert Ford, Steve Sparks, Geoff Blum)
KLAT (Spanish)
(Francisco Romero, Alex Treviño)
StatsESPN.com
Baseball Reference
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The 2021 Houston Astros season is the 60th season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in Houston, Texas, their 57th as the Astros, ninth in both the American League (AL) and AL West division, and 22nd at Minute Maid Park.

Four Astros players gained selection to the 2021 All-Star Game, tied for the second most from any team in baseball. First baseman Yuli Gurriel won the AL batting title, his first, with a .319 batting average, becoming the second Cuban-born player to do so.

On September 30, the Astros clinched the AL West for the fourth time in the last five seasons, as well as for their sixth playoff berth in seven years.

The Astros defeated the Chicago White Sox in the American League Division Series in four games to advance to their fifth straight year in the American League Championship Series against the Boston Red Sox, who they will face a rematch of the 2018 ALCS which they lost in five games.

Offseason

Offseason signings

Departures

On January 23, 2021, star outfielder George Springer signed a six-year deal with the Toronto Blue Jays.

On April 12, 2021, Josh Reddick signed a minor league contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Pitchers that elected for free agency included Joe Biagini, Chase De Jong, Roberto Osuna, Brad Peacock, Chris Devenski, and Dustin Garneau

Players that were traded or claimed in the offseason by a different team included Brandon Bailey, Humberto Castellanos, Cionel Pérez, Carlos Sanabria, Cy Sneed, and Jack Mayfield.

Spring Training

Spring Training Game Log

Legend
  Astros win
  Astros loss
  Postponement
Bold Astros team member
2021 Spring Training Game Log: 6–14–4 (Home: 4–6–2; Away: 2–8–2)
February: 0–1–0 (Home: 0–1–0; Away: 0–0–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1 February 28 Marlins 1–6 Daniel Castano (1–0) Brandon Bielak (0–1) — 1,569 0–1
March: 6–13–4 (Home: 4–5–2; Away: 2–8–2)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
2 March 1 @ Nationals 7–6 Ryan Hartman (1–0) Jacob Condra-Bogan (0–1) — 1,117 1–1
3 March 2 @ Mets 0–2 Marcus Stroman (1–0) Framber Valdez (0–1) Sam McWilliams (1) 1,223 1–2
4 March 4 Cardinals 14–0 Lance McCullers Jr. (1–0) Carlos Martínez (0–1) — 1,423 2–2
5 March 5 @ Marlins 0–1 Trevor Rogers (1–0) José Urquidy (0–1) Anthony Bender (1) 1,206 2–3
6 March 6 Mets 1–6 (6) Jacob deGrom (1–0) Zack Greinke (0–1) — 1,525 2–4
7 March 7 @ Cardinals 5–8 Jake Woodford (1–0 Jojanse Torres (0–1) Jesús Cruz (1) 1,334 2–5
8 March 9 Nationals 4–4 — — — 1,463 2–5
9 March 10 @ Marlins 4–4 — — — 1,255 2–5
10 March 11 Mets 0–1 Mike Montgomery (1–0) Nivaldo Rodríguez (0–1) Daniel Zamora (1) 1,534 2–6
11 March 12 @ Cardinals 3–4 Ryan Helsley (1–0) Blake Taylor (0–1) Kodi Whitley (1) 1,352 2–7
12 March 14 Nationals 5–0 Lance McCullers Jr. (2–0) Brad Hand (0–1) — 1,545 3–7
13 March 15 Marlins 5–6 Sixto Sánchez (1–0) José Urquidy (0–2) Jake Fishman (1) 1,487 3–8
14 March 16 @ Mets 3–8 Jacob deGrom (2–0) Peter Solomon (0–1) — 1,351 3–9
15 March 17 Cardinals 4–4 — — — 1,533 3–9
16 March 19 Nationals 9–10 Kyle McGowin (1–0) Seth Martinez (0–1) — 1,528 3–10
17 March 20 @ Cardinals 2–5 Jordan Hicks (1–0) Hunter Brown (0–1) Kodi Whitley (2) 1,392 3–11
18 March 21 @ Marlins 2–4 Adam Cimber (1–0) Enoli Paredes (0–1) Anthony Bass (1) 1,388 3–12
19 March 22 Mets 5–4 Bryan Abreu (1–0) Joey Lucchesi (0–1) Héctor Velázquez (1) 1,511 4–12
20 March 24 @ Nationals 11–8 Luis García (1–0) Brad Hand (0–2) Kit Scheetz (1) 1,500 5–12
21 March 25 Cardinals 3–0 José Urquidy (1–2) Daniel Ponce de Leon (0–1) Brandon Bielak (1) 1,512 6–12
22 March 26 Marlins 9–0 Trevor Rogers (3–0) Zack Greinke (0–2) — 1,569 6–13
23 March 27 @ Mets 3–8 Joey Lucchesi (1–1) Bryan Abreu (1–1) — 1,394 6–14
24 March 29 @ Nationals 2–2 — — — 1,496 6–14

Regular season

Summary

All-Star Game selections

The following Astros players were selected as reserves to play at the 91st All-Star Game, hosted by the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field on July 13, 2021:[1]

  • José Altuve, second baseman: seventh selection, tied Craig Biggio for most appearances by an Astro
  • Michael Brantley, outfielder: had batted .402 with nine doubles, one triple and 16 RBI in a one-month span since returning from inury
  • Carlos Correa: shortstop: ranked fifth in AL in OPS (.926) at time of selection
  • Ryan Pressly, relief pitcher: second selection

September and October

On September 28, the Astros won 4-3 against the Tampa Bay Rays on consecutive walks with the bases loaded, which was the first time they had done so in team history and only the eighth time in Major League Baseball history since 1931. [2]

In the final game of the 2021 regular season, Yuli Gurriel hit a walk-off single to score Jason Castro and defeat the Oakland Athletics.[3] With that hit, his batting average stood at .319 to lead teammate Michael Brantley and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. of the Toronto Blue Jays (tied at .313) for the AL batting title. At age 37, Gurriel was the sixth-oldest player to win a batting title, the oldest to win their first batting title since Barry Bonds in 2002, and the first Cuban-born player since Tony Oliva in 1971.[4]

Over the final month of the season, right fielder Kyle Tucker batted .346 with eight home runs, 20 runs scored, 19 RBI, .438 on-base percentage, and .692 slugging percentage for a 1.130 OPS. He was awarded AL Player of the Month for September, his first career monthly award.[5]

Season standings

American League West

AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Houston Astros 95 67 .586 — 51‍–‍30 44‍–‍37
Seattle Mariners 90 72 .556 5 46‍–‍35 44‍–‍37
Oakland Athletics 86 76 .531 9 43‍–‍38 43‍–‍38
Los Angeles Angels 77 85 .475 18 40‍–‍42 37‍–‍43
Texas Rangers 60 102 .370 35 36‍–‍45 24‍–‍57


Record against opponents

2021 American League record

Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2021

Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET HOU KC LAA MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL
Baltimore — 6–13 0–7 2–5 2–5 3–3 4–3 2–4 2–4 8–11 3–3 3–4 1–18 4–3 5–14 7–13
Boston 13–6 — 3–4 4–2 3–3 2–5 5–2 3–3 5–2 10–9 3–3 4–3 8–11 3–4 10–9 16–4
Chicago 7–0 4–3 — 10–9 12–7 2–5 9–10 2–5 13–6 1–5 4–3 3–3 3–3 5–1 4–3 14–6
Cleveland 5–2 2–4 9–10 — 12–7 1–6 14–5 5–1 8–11 3–4 2–4 3–4 1–6 4–2 2–5 9–11
Detroit 5–2 3–3 7–12 7–12 — 5–2 8–11 1–6 8–11 3–3 1–6 5–1 4–3 6–1 3–3 11–9
Houston 3–3 5–2 5–2 6–1 2–5 — 3–4 13–6 3–4 2–4 11–8 11–8 4–2 14–5 4–2 9–11
Kansas City 3–4 2–5 10–9 5–14 11–8 4–3 — 2–4 10–9 2–4 2–5 4–3 2–4 2–4 3–4 12–8
Los Angeles 4–2 3–3 5–2 1–5 6–1 6–13 4–2 — 5–2 4–3 4–15 8–11 1–6 11–8 4–3 11–9
Minnesota 4–2 2–5 6–13 11–8 11–8 4–3 9–10 2–5 — 1–6 1–5 2–4 3–3 4–3 3–4 10–10
New York 11–8 9–10 5–1 4–3 3–3 4–2 4–2 3–4 6–1 — 4–3 5–2 8–11 6–1 8–11 12–8
Oakland 3–3 3–3 3–4 4–2 6–1 8–11 5–2 15–4 5–1 3–4 — 4–15 4–3 10–9 2–5 11–9
Seattle 4–3 3–4 3–3 4–3 1–5 8–11 3–4 11–8 4–2 2–5 15–4 — 6–1 13–6 4–2 9–11
Tampa Bay 18–1 11–8 3–3 6–1 3–4 2–4 4–2 6–1 3–3 11–8 3–4 1–6 — 3–4 11–8 15–5
Texas 3–4 4–3 1–5 2–4 1–6 5–14 4–2 8–11 3–4 1–6 9–10 6–13 4–3 — 2–4 7–13
Toronto 14–5 9–10 3–4 5–2 3–3 2–4 4–3 3–4 4–3 11–8 5–2 2–4 8–11 4–2 — 14–6

Updated with the results of all games through October 3, 2021.


Game log

Legend
  Astros win
  Astros loss
  Postponement
Bold Astros team member
2021 Game Log: 95–67 (Home: 51–30; Away: 44–37)
April: 14–12 (Home: 7–7; Away: 7–5)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/Streak
1 April 1 @ Athletics 8–1 Greinke (1–0) Bassitt (0–1) — 10,436 1–0 W1
2 April 2 @ Athletics 9–5 Abreu (1–0) Luzardo (0–1) — 5,446 2–0 W2
3 April 3 @ Athletics 9–1 McCullers Jr. (1–0) Irvin (0–1) Raley (1) 5,803 3–0 W3
4 April 4 @ Athletics 9–2 Bielak (1–0) Manaea (0–1) — 4,504 4–0 W4
5 April 5 @ Angels 6–7 Watson (1–0) Smith (0–1) Mayers (1) 13,447 4–1 L1
6 April 6 @ Angels 4–2 Pressly (1–0) Iglesias (1–1) — 11,122 5–1 W1
7 April 8 Athletics 6–2 Javier (1–0) Irvin (0–2) — 21,765 6–1 W2
8 April 9 Athletics 2–6 Petit (2–0) Abreu (1–1) — 21,768 6–2 L1
9 April 10 Athletics 3–7 Montas (1–1) Urquidy (0–1) — 21,760 6–3 L2
10 April 12 Tigers 2–6 Mize (1–0) Greinke (1–1) — 15,779 6–4 L3
11 April 13 Tigers 2–8 Boyd (2–1) Odorizzi (0–1) — 17,080 6–5 L4
12 April 14 Tigers 4–6 Fulmer (1–0) McCullers Jr. (1–1) Garcia (2) 14,720 6–6 L5
13 April 16 @ Mariners 5–6 Misiewicz (2–0) Stanek (0–1) — 8,967 6–7 L6
14 April 17 @ Mariners 1–0 Greinke (2–1) Flexen (1–1) Pressly (1) 8,960 7–7 W1
15 April 18 @ Mariners 2–7 Newsome (1–0) Odorizzi (0–2) — 8,959 7–8 L1
16 April 20 @ Rockies 2–6 Gray (2–1) L. García (0–1) — 10,144 7–9 L2
17 April 21 @ Rockies 3–6 Gomber (1–2) Urquidy (0–2) — 7,120 7–10 L3
18 April 22 Angels 8–2 Javier (2–0) Cobb (1–1) — 13,985 8–10 W1
19 April 23 Angels 5–4 (10) Pressly (2–0) Iglesias (1–2) — 21,728 9–10 W2
20 April 24 Angels 16–2 Emanuel (1–0) Canning (1–2) — 21,820 10–10 W3
21 April 25 Angels 2–4 Rodriguez (1–0) L. García (0–2) Iglesias (3) 21,781 10–11 L1
22 April 26 Mariners 5–2 Urquidy (1–2) Sheffield (1–2) Pressly (2) 11,862 11–11 W1
23 April 27 Mariners 2–0 Javier (3–0) Gonzales (1–3) Pressly (3) 14,413 12–11 W2
24 April 28 Mariners 7–5 Smith (1–1) Montero (2–1) Stanek (1) 12,707 13–11 W3
25 April 29 Mariners 0–1 Kikuchi (1–1) L. García (0–3) Graveman (3) 14,149 13–12 L1
26 April 30 @ Rays 9–2 McCullers Jr. (2–1) Yarbrough (1–3) — 6,169 14–12 W1
May: 15–12 (Home: 11–5; Away: 4–7)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/Streak
27 May 1 @ Rays 3–1 Urquidy (2–2) Fleming (1–3) Pressly (4) 7,335 15–12 W2
28 May 2 @ Rays 4–5 Springs (2–0) Raley (0–1) Castillo (7) 6,933 15–13 L1
29 May 4 @ Yankees 3–7 Luetge (2–0) Bielak (1–1) — 10,850 15–14 L2
30 May 5 @ Yankees 3–6 Loáisiga (3–1) Raley (0–2) Chapman (7) 9,895 15–15 L3
31 May 6 @ Yankees 7–4 Scrubb (1–0) Green (0–3) Pressly (5) 10,042 16–15 W1
32 May 7 Blue Jays 10–4 Urquidy (3–2) Stripling (0–2) — 25,410 17–15 W2
33 May 8 Blue Jays 4–8 Matz (5–2) Javier (3–1) — 25,794 17–16 L1
34 May 9 Blue Jays 7–4 Abreu (2–1) Pearson (0–1) Pressly (6) 24,355 18–16 W1
35 May 10 Angels 4–5 Suárez (1–0) Bielak (1–2) Iglesias (6) 13,695 18–17 L1
36 May 11 Angels 5–1 McCullers Jr. (3–1) Slegers (2–1) — 17,350 19–17 W1
37 May 12 Angels 9–1 Bielak (2–2) Heaney (1–3) — 13,668 20–17 W2
38 May 13 Rangers 4–3 (11) Raley (1–2) Martin (0–1) — 16,340 21–17 W3
39 May 14 Rangers 10–4 Greinke (3–1) Benjamin (0–2) — 24,495 22–17 W4
40 May 15 Rangers 6–5 L. García (1–3) Dunning (2–3) Pressly (7) 25,858 23–17 W5
41 May 16 Rangers 6–2 Raley (2–2) Rodríguez (1–2) — 26,069 24–17 W6
42 May 18 @ Athletics 5–6 Petit (5–0) Abreu (2–2) — 4,838 24–18 L1
43 May 19 @ Athletics 8–1 Greinke (4–1) Montas (5–3) — 3,925 25–18 W1
44 May 20 @ Athletics 8–4 L. García (2–3) Irvin (3–5) — 4,562 26–18 W2
45 May 21 @ Rangers 5–7 (10) Hearn (2–1) Abreu (2–3) — 30,445 26–19 L1
46 May 22 @ Rangers 4–8 Allard (1–0) Scrubb (1–1) — 38,055 26–20 L2
47 May 23 @ Rangers 2–3 (10) King (5–3) Pressly (2–1) — 36,444 26–21 L3
48 May 25 Dodgers 2–9 Kershaw (7–3) Greinke (4–2) — 34,443 26–22 L4
49 May 26 Dodgers 5–2 L. García (3–3) Bauer (5–3) Abreu (1) 30,939 27–22 W1
50 May 28 Padres 3–10 (11) Melancon (1–0) Raley (2–3) — 32,045 27–23 L1
51 May 29 Padres 8–11 (12) Adams (2–0) Garza (0–1) Díaz (1) 31,323 27–24 L2
52 May 30 Padres 7–4 Greinke (5–2) Snell (1–2) — 29,019 28–24 W1
53 May 31 Red Sox 11–2 Urquidy (4–2) Rodríguez (5–4) — 28,543 29–24 W2
June: 19–9 (Home: 8–4; Away: 11–5)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/Streak
54 June 1 Red Sox 5–1 L. García (4–3) Richards (4–4) — 23,449 30–24 W3
55 June 2 Red Sox 2–1 Valdez (1–0) Pivetta (6–1) Pressly (8) 22,664 31–24 W4
56 June 3 Red Sox 1–5 Pérez (4–2) Odorizzi (0–3) — 24,853 31–25 L1
57 June 4 @ Blue Jays 13–1 Greinke (6–2) Ryu (5–3) — 5,510 32–25 W1
58 June 5 @ Blue Jays 2–6 Stripling (2–3) Urquidy (4–3) — 5,327 32–26 L1
59 June 6 @ Blue Jays 6–3 L. García (5–3) Matz (6–3) Pressly (9) 5,404 33–26 W1
60 June 8 @ Red Sox 7–1 Valdez (2–0) Pérez (4–3) — 23,604 34–26 W2
61 June 9 @ Red Sox 8–3 Odorizzi (1–3) Eovaldi (7–3) Javier (1) 21,007 35–26 W3
62 June 10 @ Red Sox 8–12 Hernández (1–2) Taylor (0–1) — 23,378 35–27 L1
63 June 11 @ Twins 6–4 Stanek (1–1) Shoemaker (2–8) Pressly (10) 17,223 36–27 W1
64 June 12 @ Twins 2–5 Berríos (7–2) L. García (5–4) Rogers (6) 18,767 36–28 L1
65 June 13 @ Twins 14–3 Valdez (3–0) Pineda (3–4) — 19,147 37–28 W1
66 June 15 Rangers 6–3 (10) Pressly (3–1) Evans (0–2) — 26,379 38–28 W2
67 June 16 Rangers 8–4 Greinke (7–2) Lyles (2–5) — 22,735 39–28 W3
68 June 17 White Sox 10–2 Urquidy (5–3) Cease (5–3) — 21,795 40–28 W4
69 June 18 White Sox 2–1 Pressly (4–1) Crochet (2–3) — 30,898 41–28 W5
70 June 19 White Sox 7–3 Valdez (4–0) Lynn (7–3) — 35,210 42–28 W6
71 June 20 White Sox 8–2 McCullers Jr. (4–1) Keuchel (6–2) — 39,821 43–28 W7
72 June 21 @ Orioles 10–2 Odorizzi (2–3) Akin (0–3) — 7,414 44–28 W8
73 June 22 @ Orioles 3–1 Greinke (8–2) López (2–9) Pressly (11) 8,510 45–28 W9
74 June 23 @ Orioles 13–0 Urquidy (6–3) Eshelman (0–1) — 10,013 46–28 W10
75 June 24 @ Tigers 12–3 L. García (6–4) Ureña (2–8) — 12,656 47–28 W11
— June 25 @ Tigers PPD, RAIN; rescheduled for Jun 26
76 June 26 (1) @ Tigers 1–3 (7) Mize (5–4) Valdez (4–1) Cisnero (3) 12,422 47–29 L1
77 June 26 (2) @ Tigers 3–2 (7) McCullers Jr. (5–1) Fulmer (4–4) Pressly (12) 13,950 48–29 W1
78 June 27 @ Tigers 1–2 (10) Soto (4–1) Taylor (0–2) — 13,532 48–30 L1
79 June 28 Orioles 7–9 Fry (2–2) Bielak (2–3) Plutko (1) 24,419 48–31 L2
80 June 29 Orioles 3–13 Wells (1–0) Garza (0–2) Tate (1) 30,346 48–32 L3
81 June 30 Orioles 2–5 Scott (3–3) L. García (6–5) Sulser (3) 28,124 48–33 L4
July: 16–8 (Home: 8–4; Away: 8–4)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/Streak
82 July 1 @ Indians 7–2 Valdez (5–1) Mejía (1–3) — 13,772 49–33 W1
83 July 2 @ Indians 6–3 McCullers Jr. (6–1) Hentges (1–3) Pressly (13) 24,337 50–33 W2
84 July 3 @ Indians 3–2 Odorizzi (3–3) Morgan (1–3) Pressly (14) 24,961 51–33 W3
85 July 4 @ Indians 4–3 (10) Taylor (1–2) Clase (3–3) Raley (2) 17,412 52–33 W4
86 July 6 Athletics 9–6 Abreu (3–3) Wendelken (1–1) Pressly (15) 26,353 53–33 W5
87 July 7 Athletics 4–3 Taylor (2–2) Manaea (6–6) Pressly (16) 21,150 54–33 W6
88 July 8 Athletics 1–2 Montas (8–7) McCullers Jr. (6–2) Diekman (7) 29,243 54–34 L1
89 July 9 Yankees 0–4 Luetge (3–1) Odorizzi (3–4) — 40,857 54–35 L2
90 July 10 Yankees 0–1 Cole (9–4) Greinke (8–3) — 41,259 54–36 L3
91 July 11 Yankees 8–7 Garza Jr. (1–2) Green (3–5) — 37,928 55–36 W1
– July 13 91st All-Star Game AL 5–2 NL Ohtani (1–0) Burnes (0–1) Hendriks (1) 49,184 55–36 N/A
92 July 16 @ White Sox 7–1 McCullers Jr. (7–2) Cease (7–5) — 34,516 56–36 W2
93 July 17 @ White Sox 1–10 Giolito (8–6) Odorizzi (3–5) — 34,304 56–37 L1
94 July 18 @ White Sox 0–4 Rodón (8–3) Valdez (5–2) — 34,148 56–38 L2
95 July 19 Indians 4–3 Greinke (9–3) Mejía (1–5) Pressly (17) 21,963 57–38 W1
96 July 20 Indians 9–3 L. García (7–5) McKenzie (1–4) — 26,586 58–38 W2
97 July 21 Indians 4–5 Shaw (3–3) Pruitt (0–1) Karinchak (11) 21,712 58–39 L1
98 July 23 Rangers 7–3 Bielak (3–3) Allard (2–8) — 38,853 59–39 W1
99 July 24 Rangers 4–1 Valdez (6–2) Gibson (6–3) — 37,050 60–39 W2
100 July 25 Rangers 3–1 Greinke (10–3) Santana (0–1) Pressly (18) 35,627 61–39 W3
101 July 26 @ Mariners 8–11 Graveman (4–0) Stanek (1–2) Sewald (4) 15,162 61–40 L1
102 July 27 @ Mariners 8–6 McCullers Jr. (8–2) Flexen (9–5) — 18,930 62–40 W1
103 July 28 @ Mariners 11–4 Odorizzi (4–5) Kikuchi (6–6) — 18,908 63–40 W2
104 July 30 @ Giants 9–6 Valdez (7–2) Gausman (9–5) — 28,020 64–40 W3
105 July 31 @ Giants 6–8 Jackson (2–0) Taylor (2–3) McGee (22) 27,324 64–41 L1
August: 14–13 (Home: 7–5; Away: 7–8)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/Streak
106 August 1 @ Giants 3–5 Webb (5–3) L. García (7–6) McGee (23) 29,655 64–42 L2
107 August 3 @ Dodgers 3–0 McCullers Jr. (9–2) Buehler (11–2) Stanek (2) 52,692 65–42 W1
108 August 4 @ Dodgers 5–7 Scherzer (9–4) Odorizzi (4–6) — 52,724 65–43 L1
109 August 5 Twins 3–5 Jax (2–1) Valdez (7–3) Colomé (4) 26,208 65–44 L2
110 August 6 Twins 4–5 (11) Minaya (2–0) Montero (5–4) — 29,631 65–45 L3
111 August 7 Twins 4–0 L. García (8–6) Pineda (4–7) — 29,647 66–45 W1
112 August 8 Twins 5–7 Maeda (5–4) McCullers Jr. (9–3) Colomé (5) 26,825 66–46 L1
113 August 10 Rockies 5–0 Odorizzi (5–6) Gray (7–8) — 28,931 67–46 W1
114 August 11 Rockies 5–1 Valdez (8–3) Senzatela (2–9) — 22,200 68–46 W2
115 August 13 @ Angels 4–1 Greinke (11–3) Sandoval (3–6) Pressly (19) 23,981 69–46 W3
116 August 14 @ Angels 8–2 L. García (9–6) Barría (2–1) — 27,121 70–46 W4
117 August 15 @ Angels 1–3 Detmers (1–2) McCullers Jr. (9–4) Iglesias (26) 19,281 70–47 L1
118 August 16 @ Royals 6–7 Barlow (5–3) Y. García (3–8) — 10,228 70–48 L2
119 August 17 @ Royals 1–3 Lynch (3–3) Valdez (8–4) Brentz (2) 9,748 70–49 L3
120 August 18 @ Royals 2–3 Tapia (1–0) Taylor (2–4) Barlow (7) 12,278 70–50 L4
121 August 19 @ Royals 6–3 (10) Pressly (5–1) Davis (0–3) Javier (2) 9,884 71–50 W1
122 August 20 Mariners 12–3 McCullers Jr. (10–5) Kikuchi (7–7) — 26,899 72–50 W2
123 August 21 Mariners 15–1 Odorizzi (6–6) Gilbert (5–5) — 29,908 73–50 W3
124 August 22 Mariners 3–6 (11) Sewald (8–3) Stanek (1–3) Ramírez (1) 27,526 73–51 L1
125 August 23 Royals 1–7 Lynch (4–3) Greinke (11–4) — 18,742 73–52 L2
126 August 24 Royals 4–0 L. García (10–6) Singer (3–9) — 22,964 74–52 W1
127 August 25 Royals 6–5 (10) Graveman (5–0) Payamps (0–3) — 21,052 75–52 W2
128 August 27 @ Rangers 5–4 Maton (3–0) Martin (3–4) Pressly (20) 29,286 76–52 W3
129 August 28 @ Rangers 5–2 Valdez (9–4) Allard (3–11) Pressly (21) 37,810 77–52 W4
130 August 29 @ Rangers 2–13 Hearn (4–4) Greinke (11–5) — 31,062 77–53 L1
131 August 30 @ Mariners 4–3 Maton (4–0) Smith (2–3) Pressly (22) 11,630 78–53 W1
132 August 31 @ Mariners 0–4 Sewald (9–3) Graveman (5–1) — 10,452 78–54 L1
September: 15–12 (Home: 8–4; Away: 7–8)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/Streak
133 September 1 @ Mariners 0–1 Sheffield (6–8) Odorizzi (6–7) Sewald (8) 10,519 78–55 L2
134 September 3 @ Padres 6–3 Taylor (3–4) Pagán (4–1) Pressly (23) 37,033 79–55 W1
135 September 4 @ Padres 2–10 Musgrove (10–8) Valdez (9–5) — 35,338 79–56 L1
136 September 5 @ Padres 3–4 Melancon (4–2) Stanek (1–4) — 35,007 79–57 L2
137 September 6 Mariners 11–2 McCullers Jr. (11–4) Kikuchi (7–8) Bielak (1) 25,802 80–57 W1
138 September 7 Mariners 5–4 (10) Stanek (2–4) Ramírez (1–3) — 20,353 81–57 W2
139 September 8 Mariners 5–8 Castillo (3–5) Pressly (5–2) — 19,089 81–58 L1
140 September 10 Angels 10–5 Valdez (10–5) Ohtani (9–2) — 28,740 82–58 W1
141 September 11 Angels 2–4 Suárez (7–7) L. García (10–7) Iglesias (31) 31,547 82–59 L1
142 September 12 Angels 3–1 McCullers Jr. (12–4) Quijada (0–1) Pressly (24) 28,763 83–59 W1
143 September 13 @ Rangers 15–1 Javier (4–1) Howard (0–4) — 18,903 84–59 W2
144 September 14 @ Rangers 1–8 Lyles (9–11) Greinke (11–6) — 19,451 84–60 L1
145 September 15 @ Rangers 7–2 Urquidy (7–3) Arihara (2–4) — 20,991 85–60 W1
146 September 16 @ Rangers 12–1 García (11–7) Otto (0–2) — 19,121 86–60 W2
147 September 17 Diamondbacks 4–3 (10) Stanek (3–4) Clippard (1–1) — 22,595 87–60 W3
148 September 18 Diamondbacks 4–6 (10) Wendelken (3–2) Y. García (3–9) Clippard (6) 25,314 87–61 L1
149 September 19 Diamondbacks 7–6 Solomon (1–0) Sittinger (0–1) Pressly (25) 23,888 88–61 W1
150 September 20 @ Angels 10–0 Valdez (11–5) Barría (2–4) — 16,070 89–61 W2
151 September 21 @ Angels 10–5 Urquidy (8–3) Naughton (0–3) — 18,332 90–61 W3
152 September 22 @ Angels 9–5 (12) Y. García (4–9) Selman (0–1) — 14,863 91–61 W4
153 September 23 @ Angels 2–3 Warren (2–0) McCullers Jr. (12–5) Iglesias (33) 19,829 91–62 L1
154 September 24 @ Athletics 2–14 Montas (13–9) Bielak (3–4) — 21,105 91–63 L2
155 September 25 @ Athletics 1–2 Chafin (2–3) Pressly (5–3) — 13,037 91–64 L3
156 September 26 @ Athletics 3–4 Trivino (7–7) Stanek (3–5) — 12,288 91–65 L4
157 September 28 Rays 4–3 Maton (5–0) Fleming (10–7) — 32,297 92–65 W1
158 September 29 Rays 0–7 Rasmussen (4–1) García (11–8) — 28,321 92–66 L1
159 September 30 Rays 3–2 McCullers Jr. (13–5) Yarbrough (9–7) Pressly (26) 31,608 93–66 W1
October: 2–1 (Home: 2–1; Away: 0–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/Streak
160 October 1 Athletics 6–8 Manaea (11–10) Valdez (11–6) Trivino (22) 26,672 93–67 L1
161 October 2 Athletics 10–4 Maton (6–0) Blackburn (1–4) — 29,208 94–67 W1
162 October 3 Athletics 7–6 Taylor (4–4) Trivino (7–8) — 29,752 95–67 W2

Postseason

Game Log

2021 Postseason Game Log: 4–2 (Home: 3–1; Away: 1–1)
ALDS vs White Sox: 3–1 (Home: 2–0; Away: 1–1)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/Streak
1 October 7 White Sox 6–1 McCullers Jr. (1–0) Lynn (0–1) — 40,497 1–0 W1
2 October 8 White Sox 9–4 Stanek (1–0) Bummer (0–1) — 41,315 2–0 W2
3 October 10 @ White Sox 6–12 Kopech (1–0) Y. García (0–1) — 40,288 2–1 L1
— October 11 @ White Sox Postponed (rain, makeup October 12)
4 October 12 @ White Sox 10–1 Y. García (1–1) Rodón (0–1) — 40,170 3–1 W1
ALCS vs Red Sox: 1–1 (Home: 1–1; Away: 0–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/Streak
1 October 15 Red Sox 5–4 Stanek (1–0) Robles (0–1) Pressly (1) 40,534 1–0 W1
2 October 16 Red Sox 5–9 Eovaldi (1–0) García (0–1) — 41,476 1–1 L1
3 October 18 @ Red Sox – — –
4 October 19 @ Red Sox – — –
5 October 20 @ Red Sox – — –
6† October 22 Red Sox – — –
7† October 23 Red Sox – — –
† - if necessary

American League Division Series (ALDS) vs. Chicago White Sox

Main article: 2021 American League Division Series

The Astros played the Chicago White Sox in the ALDS. The managers of the two clubs—Dusty Baker of the Astros and Tony La Russa of the White Sox—had faced each other over 200 times previously as managers of other major league clubs. This series capped a historic rivalry in two intertwining professional baseball careers of which both spanned more than 50 years.[6]

Game 1

The Astros started Lance McCullers Jr., while the White Sox started Lance Lynn. The Astros got the scoring started with a line drive single off the bat of rookie center fielder Jake Meyers. The Astros tacked on two more runs in the third on a Alex Bregman fielders choice and a Yordan Álvarez double that made it 3-0 Astros. Michael Brantley added on to the lead with a two run single to make it 5-0. Álvarez added a solo homer to cap the scoring for Houston as McCullers would pitch 6+2⁄3 innings of scoreless ball. The White Sox would get on the board in the 8th inning on a José Abreu single that made it 6-1 before Astros closer Ryan Pressly shut the door in the 9th inning to seal the Game 1 victory for the Astros.

Game 2

The Astros started Framber Valdez, while the White Sox started Lucas Giolito. The White Sox got the scoring started with a fielder's choice RBI from Eloy Jiménez. The Astros took the lead in the bottom of the 2nd with an RBI single from Kyle Tucker and a Chas McCormick sacrifice fly made it 2-1 Astros. The White Sox would storm back in the 5th, on RBI singles from Luis Robert & José Abreu and a sac fly from Yasmani Grandal. The Astros would tie it in the bottom half of the 5th from a 2 run single from AL batting champion Yuli Gurriel. The Astros would blow it open in the 7th off relievers Aaron Bummer and Craig Kimbrel, with Yordan Álvarez driving in José Altuve, Carlos Correa driving in both Alex Bregman and Yordan Álvarez before Tucker hit a 2 run home run to left to cap off the scoring. Astros relievers Ryan Pressly & Kendall Graveman each worked scoreless innings to seal the Game 2 win and give the Astros a 2-0 lead heading to Guaranteed Rate Field for Game 3.

Game 3

The Astros started Luis García, while the White Sox started Dylan Cease. The White Sox once again got on the board first with an Eloy Jiménez RBI single. The Astros would strike back in the 2nd on a Kyle Tucker RBI double and a Jake Meyers RBI single. Tucker hit his 2nd homer of the series to make it 5-1 in the 3rd. The White Sox would answer with 5 runs in the bottom of the third. Yasmani Grandal hit a 2 run homer and Leury García hit a go ahead three run home run. The Astros would tie in the top of the 4th on a Alex Bregman RBI single. The White Sox would put up 3 in the bottom of the 4th on RBI singles from José Abreu, Eloy Jiménez along with a fielder's choice RBI off the bat of Grandal to make it 9-6 Chicago. Andrew Vaughn would come off the bench and double in Yoan Moncada, García would double in Vaughn and Anderson would single in Garcia to make it 12-6. That would be the end of scoring and White Sox closer Liam Hendriks would shut the door to send the series to a Game 4.

Game 4

The Astros started Game 1 starter Lance McCullers Jr., while the White Sox started Carlos Rodón. The game was postponed on October 11th and was moved to October 12th. The White Sox again got the scoring started with a solo homer from rookie Gavin Sheets. The Astros would take the lead in the 3rd on an RBI double from Carlos Correa. The Astros would take on 3 more runs in the 4th on an RBI single from Martín Maldonado and an RBI double from Alex Bregman. Another run would score for Houston as Michael Brantley would drive in Chas McCormick and would tack on another run on an RBI single from Brantley that scored José Altuve. Altuve would break the game wide open with a 3-run homer off White Sox closer Liam Hendriks. Astros closer Ryan Pressly would allow a single to Eloy Jiménez but shut the door afterwards to send Houston to their 5th straight ALCS.

Division Series roster

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American League Championship Series vs. Boston Red Sox

Main article: 2021 American League Championship Series

This is Houston's fifth straight ALCS appearance. The Astros face the Boston Red Sox in a rematch of the 2018 ALCS, which the Astros lost in five games. The Red Sox' opponent will have home field advantage. In Game 1, Altuve and Correa played their 65th career postseason game together, which is the most for a second baseman/shortstop duo in MLB history (this is also in addition to Altuve-Bregman-Correa-Gurriel being the most experineced playoff quartet with 61 games). [7]

ALCS Schedule[8]
Date Day Start time (CST) Location Score Television
October 15 Friday 7:09pm Houston Astros 4, Red Sox 3 Fox
October 16 Saturday 3:20pm Houston Red Sox 9, Astros 5 Fox/Fox Sports 1
October 18 Monday 7:08pm Astros at Red Sox Fox Sports 1
October 19 Tuesday 7:08pm Astros at Red Sox
October 20† Wednesday TBA Astros at Red Sox
October 22† Friday TBA Red Sox at Astros
October 23† Saturday TBA Red Sox at Astros Fox/Fox Sports 1

† if necessary


Game 1

The Astros started Framber Valdez, while the Red Sox started Chris Sale. The Astros got on the board first with a sacrifice fly from Yordan Álvarez. The Red Sox would respond with a game tying home run from Kiké Hernández, a fielders choice RBI from J. D. Martinez and a RBI double from Hunter Renfroe before knocking Valdez out of the game after 2+2⁄3. Sale would last only 2+2⁄3 as well before being pulled. The Astros would tie it on Altuve's 20th career postseason home run, tying him with Hall of Famer and Yankees former captain Derek Jeter. The Astros would retake the lead on a solo homer from Carlos Correa before adding another run on a sac fly in the 8th. Hernández hit another homer off Astros closer Ryan Pressly before Pressly shut the door to seal the 5-4 Game 1 win for Houston.

Game 2

The Astros started Luis García, while the Red Sox started Nathan Eovaldi. The Red Sox got things started with a grand slam from DH J.D. Martinez. The Red Sox would add another slam in the 2nd to make it 8-0 as Luis García left the game with a right knee injury. Kiké Hernández would add another run on a home run off Jake Odorizzi. The Astros would add three runs in the 4th off starter Nathan Eovaldi with an RBI double from Kyle Tucker and an RBI single from Yuli Gurriel. The Astros would tack on two more runs with homers from Gurriel and Jason Castro before the Red Sox sealed the win, 9-5.

Game 3

The Astros will start José Urquidy

Game 4

Championship Series roster

2021 Houston Astros
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Awards and achievements

91st All-Star Game selections
Player Pos. Sel. Ref.
José Altuve 2B 7th [1]
Michael Brantley OF 5th
Carlos Correa SS 2nd
Ryan Pressly RHP 2nd
Main article: 2021 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
Houston Astros award winners
Name of award Recipient Ref
American League Player of the Month September Kyle Tucker [5]

AL batting leaders

Houston Astros batting leaders
Category Player Figure AL rank Player Figure AL rank Player Figure AL rank
Batting average Yuli Gurriel .319 1st Michael Brantley .311 2nd Kyle Tucker .294 9th
On-base percentage Yuli Gurriel .383 2nd Carlos Correa .366 9th
Reference:[9]

AL pitching leaders

AL fielding leaders

Roster

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38 active, 0 inactive, 0 non-roster invitees

7-, 10-, or 15-day injured list
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Farm system

For the 2021 Baseball Season, these are the Minor League Teams Of The Houston Astros after MLB announced a trimmed down Minor League System.

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Sugar Land Skeeters Triple-A West Mickey Storey
AA Corpus Christi Hooks Double-A Central Gregorio Petit
High-A Asheville Tourists High-A East Nate Shaver
Low-A Fayetteville Woodpeckers Low-A East Rey Hernandez
Rookie FCL Astros Florida Complex League Ricardo Rivera
Rookie DSL Astros Dominican Summer League Carlos Lugo

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Lerner, Danielle (July 4, 2021). "Astros' Jose Altuve, Carlos Correa, Michael Brantley, Ryan Pressly selected as All-Star reserves". Houston Chronicke. Retrieved October 14, 2021.
  2. ^ https://twitter.com/theaceofspaeder/status/1443053629984886789?s=19
  3. ^ Lerner, Danielle (October 6, 2021). "After worst year of his career, batting champ Yuli Gurriel primed for World Series run at age 37". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
  4. ^ Young, Matt (October 3, 2021). "Yuli Gurriel becomes second Astros player to win a batting title". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved October 3, 2021.
  5. ^ a b Adler, David (October 4, 2021). "Tucker, O'Neill top players for September". MLB.com. Retrieved October 14, 2021.
  6. ^ Young, Matt (October 6, 2021). "Details behind the longtime feud between Dusty Baker, Tony La Russa: The Astros, White Sox managers have a long history with each other". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved October 14, 2021.
  7. ^ https://twitter.com/astros/status/1449237971824173056?t=6d95J0JSoizMIrGV6QlbDw&s=19
  8. ^ "MLB Postseason". MLB.com. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
  9. ^ a b 2021 American League batting leaders. Retrieved October 13, 2021. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  10. ^ 2021 American League pitching leaders. Retrieved October 13, 2021. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
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