Win 1

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1 W = 1 new piece of street art. 🤘 The newest addition to Warehouse Live in EaDo. 👀 https://t.co/p2kCGMEuF2

Location: Warehouse Live in East Downtown

Artist: @mrd1987

Win 2

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Another win, another mural. 🤘 #PaintHTown x #TakeItBack https://t.co/XBLeumaJax

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It's all in the details. 👏

Location: Lola’s in the Heights

Artist: @tarboxx2

Win 3

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Three wins = three new murals in Houston! #PaintHTown x #TakeItBack https://t.co/3kbwz9qmpA

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Behind the scenes with #artkungfu 🖌 This one's up in Northtown Plaza! 🤘

Location: Northtown Plaza

Artist: @artkungfu

Win 4

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Win #4 = Mural #4 👨‍🚀 @donkeeboy x #PaintHTown https://t.co/9KHamXf6hN

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The process. Houston's newest mural is at Velvet Taco in Montrose!

Location: Velvet Taco in Montrose

Artist: @donkeeboy

Win 5

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5 wins, 5 murals! 🚂 @fcardona1983 x #PaintHTown https://t.co/Oc7smk5l2x

Houston Astros on Twitter

@fcardona1983 The making of a Cole front. Houston's newest mural is at First Colony Mall near The Lawn!

Location: First Colony Mall near The Lawn

Artist: @frankycardona

Win 6

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Putting the whole city on our backs! Art Boy x #PaintHTown https://t.co/6lnmYYVAZ3

Houston Astros on Twitter

6th win, 6th masterpiece! Houston's newest mural is at Torchys in the Market at Springwood!

Location: Torchy’s in the Market at Springwood

Artist: @artboy76

Win 7

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The seventh mural. AL Champs. #PaintHTown x #TakeItBack https://t.co/iirdFYUv2T

Houston Astros on Twitter

Behind the scenes of another masterpiece. The newest mural can be found at the Baybrook Mall! 🤘

Location: Baybrook Mall

Artist: @gapsmack87

Win 8

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Win 8 ✔️ Mural 8 ✔️ #PaintHTown x #TakeItBack https://t.co/V9xxz6Aj3O

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The process. @capdavjon's mural is up at Towne Lake in Cypress! 🤘

Location: Towne Lake in Cypress

Artist: @capdavjon

Win 9

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Nine wins in the books. Nine murals around Houston. 🤘 #PaintHTown x #TakeItBack https://t.co/ea7z5Cbc1m

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Incredible work by colorsoner713! This one's up at LaCenterra at Cinco Ranch. 🙌 https://t.co/5jWsysRzaj

Location: LaCenterra at Cinco Ranch

Artist: @colorsoner713

Win 10

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Stargazing. #PaintHTown x #TakeItBack https://t.co/BsDszAOrM3

Houston Astros on Twitter

The latest Houston mural is in Pearland Town Center! Shoutout @gonzo247 for this one. 🤘 https://t.co/HgIHnm6NLC

Location: Pearland Town Center

Artist: @gonzo247

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The Houston Chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America has announced their Astros award winners for the 2019 season:

Astros MVP: Alex Bregman

Astros Pitcher of the Year: Justin Verlander

Astros Rookie of the Year: Yordan Alvarez

Darryl Kile Good Guy Award: Will Harris

Fred Hartman Long and Meritorious Service to Baseball Award: Astros PA announcer Bob Ford

The Houston BBWAA also announced that Brian McTaggart will return as chapter chairman for 2020.

This marks the second consecutive Astros MVP award for Alex Bregman, who led the club in numerous categories, including OPS (1.015), HR (41), runs (122), RBI (112), walks (119), OBP (.423) and SLG (.592). Bregman, who is a strong candidate for the AL MVP Award, led the AL in walks and was in the top five in HR, OPS, OBP, SLG, runs and RBI. Bregman was valuable on defense as well, starting 91 games at third base and 59 at shortstop. His .986 fielding pct. at shortstop ranked tied for second in the AL (min. 55 starts at SS).

Justin Verlander has now won back-to-back Astros Pitcher of the Year awards, having also won the honor in 2018. Verlander, who is a candidate for the AL Cy Young Award along with teammate Gerrit Cole, had one of the best seasons of his Hall of Fame caliber-career, going 21–6 in 34 starts with a 2.58 ERA and a career-high 300 strikeouts. In addition to strikeouts, Verlander also set career bests in WHIP (0.80), opponents batting avg. (.172) and opponents on-base-pct. (.219). The highlights of his season included his third career no-hitter on Sept. 1 at Toronto and reaching 3,000 career strikeouts in his final start (Sept. 28 at LAA).

Beginning with his ML debut on June 9, Yordan Alvarez was one of the most productive hitters among all players in baseball, not just rookies. For the season, the Astros record-setting rookie, a strong candidate for AL Rookie of the Year honors, hit .313 in 87 games with 26 doubles, 27 HR, 78 RBI and 52 walks. Alvarez’ 1.067 OPS is the best ever for a rookie, besting the 1.058 posted by Shoeless Joe Jackson during his 1911 rookie campaign (min. 350 PA). Alvarez also led all AL rookies in extra-base hits (53), OPS (1.067), OBP (.412) and SLG (.655) and was second in HR (27) and RBI (78).

Will Harris has been a mainstay in the Astros bullpen and in the clubhouse over the past five seasons. In addition to having an outstanding season on the mound, Harris continued to show the professionalism and accountability he has become known for since joining the Astros in 2015. Statistically, 2019 was arguably Harris’ best season in the Majors as he was 4–1 in 68 relief appearances with a career-best 1.50 ERA and four saves. His 1.50 ERA was the lowest among AL relievers while his 0.93 WHIP ranked 8th. Harris also shined down the stretch, posting a 0.00 ERA in 10 Sept. appearances with a .111 opp. batting avg. (8.1 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 10 SO).

The 2019 season marked Bob Ford’s 26th as the Astros Public Address Announcer. Over the years, his signature, booming voice has become synonymous with Astros games, first in the Astrodome and now at Minute Maid Park. Since joining the Astros in 1994, Ford, a fan favorite, has the distinction of calling all five Astros World Series games. Additionally, including 2019, he will have handled the PA for 10 different postseason runs. A Galveston native, Ford’s recognizable voice has also been heard for many years on radio and TV. His resume includes stints as a DJ on Houston morning radio and extensive voiceover commercials and award-winning projects for PBS, Showtime, Encore and Cartoon Network.

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HOUSTON, TX — Major League Baseball announced today that Houston Astros right-handed pitcher Justin Verlander has been named the American League Player of the Week for the week of Aug. 26-Sept. 1. This marks the ninth career AL Player of the Week award for Verlander and first this season. His last came in Sept. of 2018.

Verlander made history on Sunday afternoon in Toronto, hurling his third career no-hitter, tallying 14 strikeouts and just one walk in a dominant, 2–0 victory. In the process, Verlander became just the sixth pitcher in ML history to hurl three no-hitters, joining Nolan Ryan (7), Sandy Koufax (4), Bob Feller (3), Cy Young (3) and Larry Corcoran (3). Verlander also made history by becoming the first pitcher ever to hurl multiple no-hitters in the same road ballpark. He also no-hit the Blue Jays in Toronto on May 7, 2011 while with Detroit.

For the week, Verlander was 2–0 in his two starts with a 0.00 ERA (0ER/14.1IP) with 18 strikeouts and one walk while allowing just four hits (.085 opponents average).

At 36 years old, Verlander is enjoying one of the most dominant seasons of his illustrious careeer and is a very solid Cy Young candidate along with teammate Gerrit Cole. Verlander is 17–5 in his 29 starts with a 2.56 ERA with 257 strikeouts in 193.0 innings of work with just 114 hits allowed. However, his ML-best .166 opponents batting average and 0.77 WHIP are what make his 2019 season truly unique. If those numbers hold up, Verlander would have the lowest opponents batting average ever in a season for starting pitcher and the second-lowest WHIP ever in a season for a starting pitcher. Additionally, Verlander also leads the AL in ERA (2.56), innings pitched (193.0), is tied for the lead in wins (17) and is second in strikeouts (257).

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HOUSTON, TX — Major League Baseball announced today that Astros OF Yordan Alvarez has been named AL Rookie of the Month and Astros IF Alex Bregman has been named AL Player of the Month. Both were recognized for the month of August.

For Alvarez, this marks the third consecutive month that he has won AL Rookie of the Month honors, becoming the first player in franchise history with this distinction and the first player from any club since Aaron Judge won the award in three straight months in 2017 (April, May, June). For Bregman, this marks his second career Player of the Month Award, with his other coming for June of 2018. Bregman is the second Astros Player of the Month winner in 2019, as Yuli Gurriel won the award for July. The Astros have now captured seven MLB monthly awards overall this season.

Alvarez, who is a solid candidate for AL Rookie of the Year honors, hit .309 in 27 games in August while leading AL rookies in HR (9), RBI (26), slugging pct. (.670), on-base-pct. (.425) and OPS (1.095). For the season, Alvarez is hitting .317 in 66 games while leading AL rookies in HR (22, T-1st), RBI (63), slugging (.671), on-base-pct. (.413) and OPS (1.084), using a minimum of 275 plate appearances. Since making his ML debut on June 9, he ranks third in the AL in OPS, fouth in RBI and tied for fourth in HR. On Monday at Milwaukee, Alvarez hit his 22nd HR of the season, which ties the franchise record for HR in a season by a rookie (set by Carlos Correa in 2015).

In his 26 games in August, Bregman led all AL hitters in batting avg. (.404), RBI (31) and on-base-pct. (.487), while ranking tied for first in doubles (14) and third in OPS (1.237). He also set club records for the month in doubles, batting average and OBP (min. 100 PA) and fell three RBI shy of the August club record of 34 set by Jeff Bagwell in 2000. Bregman’s outstanding month of August has made him a candidate for AL MVP honors for the season. Since August 1, Bregman has raised his batting average from .259 to .295 and his OPS from .909 to .985. For the season, Bregman now ranks third in the AL in OPS, second in OBP (.416), seventh in RBI (95) and slugging pct. (.570) and tied for seventh in HR (32).

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