A road game on day two of Grapefruit League play invites few lineup regulars and offers other players an opportunity. Houston Astros manager Joe Espada wrote out a lineup for Sunday’s trip to play the St.

For Houston Astros pitcher Ryan Gusto, last season was a dream and a disappontment all rolled into one. On Sept. 29, the Astros called him up from Triple-A Sugar Land. It was a reward for his best season as a pro player.

Travis Scott had an eventful Sunday in sunny Florida, where he was not only the one to throw the ceremonial first pitch for the Houston Astros at the team’s spring training opener, but was also the face of a bobblehead created in his likeness for the occasion.