The Houston Astros shut out the Chicago Cubs 2-0 Sunday afternoon to clinch their weekend series. The game’s lone scoring happened in the bottom of the fifth inning, when Jose Altuve homered to ...

However, early in the game, the Astros saw one of their star players, shortstop Jeremy Peña, get hit by a pitch, which later forced him to leave the game prematurely, as reported by outlets ...

Only the Rangers are allowing fewer runs per game than the Astros, but no pitching staff in the sport is striking out more hitters than Houston’s. None is generating a higher whiff rate, either.