HOUSTON — Soon after Lance McCullers Jr.’s family received online death threats following a tough start by the Houston Astros’ pitcher, his 5-year-old daughter, Ava, overheard wife Kara ...

But it's even more meaningful for McCullers personally, considering what he's been through over the last few weeks and years. As if having to wade through two lost seasons due to a flexor tendon issue weren't hard enough,

To say Lance McCullers is "back" would be to ignore that his sinker is still down about 3 mph from when we last saw him healthy, but he showed in his 12-strikeout effort against t

The Houston Astros stayed red-hot on Wednesday afternoon, beating the Athletics 5-3 at Daikin Park. Houston came back from 3-2 in the seventh inning by posting

Lance McCullers Jr. started on the mound for the fifth time this year. He pitched for 6.0 innings, finishing with 12 strikeouts. He allowed five hits, three earned runs and a walk to notch his first quality start of the 2025 campaign.

Given everything he's been through, the fact that Lance McCullers made it back to the majors at all was a pretty big win. But when he was tagged for seven earned runs with just six strikeouts in 8 innings across his first three starts of the season,

Victor Caratini hit a two-run single with the bases loaded in the seventh to break a tie, and Lance McCullers Jr. struck out 12 batters in six innings in his longest outing since 2022 to send the Astros to their season-high fourth win in a row,