3B Luis Valbuena will undergo season-ending surgery on his injured right hamstring in the next few days, Houston manager A.J. Hinch said on Tuesday. Valbuena, who has not played since July 26, hit .260 with 13 home runs and 40 RBIs in 90 games this season.

3B Luis Valbuena will undergo surgery to repair a right hamstring tendon and will miss the remainder of the season, manager A.J. Hinch said."(Valbuena) tried to play through it and see if he could rehab it," Hinch said. "Turns out he couldn't. Surgery is the next consideration, and he'll miss the remainder of the season."Valbuena batted .260 with 13 homers and 40 RBIs in 90 games this season. The 30-year-old Venezuelan has hit .232 with 83 homers and 269 RBIs in 798 career contests.

3B Luis Valbuena (strained right hamstring) could begin a rehab assignment during the Astros' current seven-game road trip. "He ran a couple of back-to-back days, which is nice," manager A.J. Hinch said.

3B Luis Valbuena (strained right hamstring) could begin a rehab assignment during the Astros current seven-game road trip if he does not have any setbacks working out with the team."He ran a couple of back-to-back days, which is nice," manager A.J. Jinch said. "He's going to take ground balls and move around a little bit. Take batting practice. ... We'd like to push him the most we can without jeopardizing the rehab he has already done."

3B Luis Valbuena has ramped up baseball activities and will accompany the team on its upcoming road trip through Baltimore and Pittsburgh. Valbuena was placed on the 15-day disabled list on July 27 with a right hamstring injury.

3B Luis Valbuena was placed on the 15-day disabled list Friday, retroactive to July 27, because of a lower right hamstring injury. "I tried, but bothered me a lot," Valbuena said. "I couldn't run, I couldn't do anything." "We had to make a move," manager A.J. Hinch said. "We're pretty banged up. But most important, it's about Valbuena's diagnosis." Hinch said rookie Alex Bregman and IF Tyler White would play third during Valbuena's absence.

3B Luis Valbuena (right hamstring) was placed on the 15-day disabled list Friday.

3B Luis Valbuena met with a physician on Wednesday, but the extent of his right hamstring injury remains undetermined. Valbuena strained his hamstring running out of the box in the second inning Tuesday night and left the game. The injury is not considered serious enough to warrant a stint on the 15-day disabled list.

3B Luis Valbuena had his right hamstring strain examined by a physician on Wednesday and his availability for the weekend series in Detroit remains in question. Valbuena will not play Friday but will undergo treatment to determine when he might return. The Astros open a seven-game homestand next Monday against the Blue Jays.

3B Luis Valbuena departed in the second inning with a right hamstring strain and was listed as day-to-day. Valbuena collapsed attempting to beat out a ground ball to Yankees SS Didi Gregorius and required help to leave the field. Valbuena reached base four times in four plate appearances on Monday night.

3B Luis Valbuena stole second base in the fourth inning, his first steal of the season and first since April 19, 2015 against the Angels. He finished 3-for-3 with a walk, matching his season high for hits. It marked the sixth time this season he has reached base safely four times in a game, which doubles his previous career high of three set last season.

3B Luis Valbuena went into Saturday's game with two home runs in four career at-bats against Seattle closer Steve Cishek, but he struck out looking to leave a runner on third in the ninth. Valbuena went 0-for-4 in the 1-0 loss, with his strikeout coming on a 3-2 count.

NEW YORK -- Stephen Strasburg completed an unbeaten first half of the season Friday night, when the right-handed pitcher allowed one run over seven strong innings to earn the win as the Washington Nationals beat the New York Mets 3-1 at Citi FieldThe Mets lost for just the second time in nine games, but it was a costly defeat. A pair of All-Stars, outfielder Yoenis Cespedes and right-handed pitcher Noah Syndergaard, left with injuries. Cespedes exited after the third inning with a strained right quad while Syndergaard left with two outs in the fifth due to arm fatigue.Clint Robinson hit a two-run homer in the second for the Nationals while Daniel Murphy continued to dominate his former team with an RBI double in the third. Murphy is batting .409 with five homers and 15 RBIs this season against the Mets, with whom he played the first seven seasons of his career before signing with Washington in December.Angels 9, Orioles 5BALTIMORE -- Daniel Nava had a pair of RBIs and leaping grab to rob... [More]

3B Luis Valbuena hit a go-ahead home run in the eighth inning off Mariners RHP Edwin Diaz, a two-run shot that put the Astros ahead to stay. It marked his second consecutive game with a home run, and all 11 of his homers have come since May 7. It was his seventh career go-ahead homer in the eighth inning or later.

3B Luis Valbuena clubbed his 10th home run of the season off Mariners RHP Taijuan Walker in the second inning to become the sixth Astro with double-digit homers this season. It marks the third time in club history that the Astros have had six players with 10-plus homers before the All-Star break (also 2000 and 2001).

3B Luis Valbuena, who left after one inning Friday with lower back tightness, was back in the Astros' lineup on Saturday.

3B Luis Valbuena left after one inning with lower left back tightness. Manager A.J. Hinch said Valbuena is fine and he removed him as a precaution with the Astros leading 9-0. Hinch said Valbuena would be in the lineup Saturday.

3B Luis Valbuena had an RBI single and also hit his sixth home run in his last 22 games. All eight of his homers have come since May 7, and during that 36-game span he is batting .282 (35-for-124) with 17 RBIs and an .892 OPS. His homer off Reds LHP Brandon Finnegan was just his second off a southpaw this season and only his seventh in 33 career home runs with the Astros.

3B Luis Valbuena, who had a key home run in the ninth inning of Saturday's win, had a costly error in the Rays' five-run fifth inning, letting a potential double play ball glance off his glove for a run-scoring error. Valbuena went 0-for-4 at the plate as well, dropping his season average to .236.

3B Luis Valbuena homered for a third consecutive game via a two-run shot in the third inning. It marks the first time he has homered in three consecutive games and all five of his home runs this season have come since May 7. Valbuena is batting .308 with four home runs and 10 RBIs over his last nine games.