C Evan Gattis hit his seventh homer of the season Friday in the 12-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays to extend his hit streak to nine games. He is batting .351 (13-for-37) with six doubles, three homers and 11 RBIs in that span

C Evan Gattis doubled in the sixth inning, giving the Astros a double in a franchise-record 39 consecutive games. Gattis later homered in the ninth off Yankees RHP Dellin Betances, the first home run Betances allowed this season.

C Evan Gattis matched a career-high with four hits in Wednesday's win Minnesota. He had a solo homer and matched a season-high with three RBIs in the game.

DH Evan Gattis singled in the first inning and extended his hitting streak to a season-long eight games. It marks his longest streak since a nine-game run from May 24-June 2, 2015. Gattis now owns the longest hitting streak by an Astros player this season, eclipsing the seven-game streak by 2B Jose Altuve.

C Evan Gattis recorded three hits, a single-game high this season. He doubled twice for his first game with multiple extra-base hits since Sept. 21, 2016, at Oakland, when he homered twice. He is batting .389 (7-for-18) with two homers, two doubles and eight RBIs over his last five games.

DH Evan Gattis drew a bases-loaded walk in the 12th inning against the Royals on Sunday, his career-high third walk of the game. Gattis finished 2-for-3 and reached base five times, also a career high. His walk-off walk was the ninth in club history and the first since Derek Bell did so in the 10th inning on July 17, 1999, against the Detroit Tigers.

C/DH Evan Gattis was slowed by a sore shoulder to open spring training but that issue was temporary and Gattis returned to action early enough to log ample innings behind the plate. His spring numbers weren't good -- .225/.319/.250 slash line over his first 40 at-bats -- but Gattis' role backing up Brian McCann behind the plate and Carlos Beltran as the designated hitter is secure.

C/DH Evan Gattis returned behind the plate after spending his first season in Houston working almost exclusively as the designated hitter. Not only did Gattis produce at a much better clip while catching (.992 OPS with 19 homers and 41 RBIs) as opposed to being the DH (.709 OPS with 13 homers and 31 RBIs in 79 more plate appearances), he managed just fine defensively as the backstop. The club holds a $5.2 million team option on Gattis for 2017.

C Evan Gattis hit his 32nd home run in the sixth inning, extending his single-season career high. It was his 10th homer this month, which trails Lance Berkman (2005) and Richard Hidalgo (2000), who both his 11, for the club record in September.

DH Evan Gattis clubbed his 31st home run on the first pitch of the second inning, his ninth homer this month. Gattis is tied for the third-most homers hit in September in club history with Lance Berkman (2006). Berkman (2005) and Richard Hidalgo (2000) share the club record with 11 home runs.

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Evan Gattis stayed red-hot and the Houston Astros kept pushing hard for a wild-card playoff berth in the American League on Wednesday at the Oakland Coliseum.Gattis hit his 29th and 30th home runs of the season, powering the Astros to a 6-5 victory over the Oakland A's. Gattis set career highs with each home run and now has 100 in his career. He has hit eight home runs against the A's this season and six home runs overall in Houston's past 10 games.The Astros, who are trailing Baltimore by one game for the American League's second wild-card spot, beat the A's for the seventh straight time and completed their second straight three-game series sweep of Oakland. They went 5-1 on their six-game road trip.McHugh (12-10) allowed two runs and six hits in 5 2/3 innings, striking out five and walking two. He won his 11th straight September game in 13 starts since 2014 with the Astros and improved to 6-1 in his career against Oakland.Dodgers 9, Giants 3LOS ANGELES -- Yasiel Puig... [More]

DH/C Evan Gattis hit his 29th and 30th home runs of the season, powering the Astros to a 6-5 victory against the A's on Wednesday. Gattis set new career highs with each home run and now has 100 blasts for his career. He has hit eight home runs against the A's this season, and he has six home runs overall in Houston's past 10 games. "It feels like he's hitting a homer every day," Astros RHP Collin McHugh said. "I know he loves hitting in this park. He loves hitting against this team. That's really cool for him to get his 100th homer, 30th on the year in a big game like this in a tough situation."

DH/C Evan Gattis hit his career-high 28th home run of the season Monday night in a 4-2 victory against Oakland. He pulled into a tie with RF George Springer for the team lead in homers. Gattis lined a solo shot to left-center off A's rookie RHP Jharel Cotton in the second inning. Gattis hit 27 home runs last year.

DH Evan Gattis continues to swing a hot bat as he notched his 27th home run of the season with a solo shot in Friday's fifth inning. Gattis has 10 home runs since July 31, with a .302 batting average during that span.

DH Evan Gattis clubbed his 26th home run with one out in the ninth inning off Rangers RHP Sam Dyson to send the game into extra innings. It was his second ninth-inning homer in as many games and third this season. It marked his first game-tying home run in the ninth inning since May 21, 2013 with the Braves.

C Evan Gattis set a franchise record for home runs by a catcher when he hit his 17th on Sunday night against the Cubs. Gattis, who entered Monday with 25 homers overall, surpassed the mark of 16 home runs set by John Bateman in 1966 and matched by Jason Castro in 2013. Gattis is batting .280 with 36 RBIs in 49 games behind the plate.

C Evan Gattis has 16 home runs as a catcher this season. That ties the Astros record for homers by a catcher, done previously by Juan Castro in 2013 and John Bateman in 1966.

C Evan Gattis has 16 home runs at his position this season. That ties the Astros' record for most homers by a catcher, done previously by Juan Castro in 2013 and John Bateman in 1966.

C Evan Gattis continued his recent power surge with a homer in the fifth inning Sunday at Texas. It marked the fifth homer Gattis has hit in the past nine games. His homer was also his 16th as a catcher, which matches the Houston club record set by Jason Castro in 2013.

DH Evan Gattis continued his strong recent play by going 3-for-4 with a solo homer in the sixth inning. Gattis is hitting .337 with six home runs and 16 RBIs in 29 games since July 31.