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The Houston Astros are turning their Double-A affiliate’s weekend finale into an injury rehab day at the ballpark.
The outfielder has been out a month with a quad injury but is set to join several teammates rehabbing with Double-A Corpus Christi.
Kai-Wei Teng (3-3) allowed two hits in six innings, struck out six and walked three as the Astros won their second straight and third in four games. Three relievers followed, with Bryan King working around a ninth-inning single to finish a three-hitter for his sixth save.
The Astros are considered a team by rival executives that could "crush" being a selling team at the trade deadline.
Astros infielder Jose Altuve has provided an update on his oblique injury ahead of their game against the Cubs.
The Houston Astros have been in desperate need of pitching help, and they're getting it from an unlikely source.
Blanked by Astros' Kai-Wei Teng, Cubs fail to score on starting pitcher for fourth straight game originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The Chicago Cubs are not hitting at home.