The Astros return home Thursday to start their final 2024 homestand, a seven-game set against the Los Angeles Angels and then Seattle. Left-hander Yusei Kikuchi will take the mound for Houston at Minute Maid Park on Thursday, with first pitch slated for 7:10 p.m. CT.

A flying bat helped the Yankees clinch a playoff spot on Wednesday night at T-Mobile Park. Anthony Rizzo, who had two hits and two RBIs, drove in Jasson Dominguez with a double to give the Yankees a 2-1 lead,

Nobody in either clubhouse had ever seen it happen before. When the New York Yankees threw out the Seattle Mariners’ Julio Rodríguez at third base because Rodríguez forgot to return to the bag after nearly getting hit by a flying baseball bat,

The Astros lost their series finale in San Diego on Wednesday, but woke up Thursday morning with their five-game lead in the American League West intact after the Mariners fell to the Yankees 2-1 in extra innings courtesy of a strange baserunning mistake by Julio Rodriguez.

After avoiding being hit by a loose bat, Julio Rodriguez, the potential tying run for the Mariners, found himself picked off third base during a stunning to 2-1 loss to the Yankees.

The Seattle Mariners take on the New York Yankees after Julio Rodríguez had four hits against the Yankees on Tuesday.