Carter set an Astros franchise record Wednesday with his seventh multi-homer game of the season. He totaled three hits on the night and drove in three in the 4-1 win over the Angels.

Carter has 35 home runs this season, 22 of which have come in his last 51 games. He's only one homer shy of the MLB lead behind Giancarlo Stanton and Nelson Cruz.

Carter homered for the third consecutive game during Wednesday's 5-4 loss to Oakland.

Carter's ninth inning solo shot off interim A's closer Eric O'Flaherty was his 33rd home run of the season and 14th since the the All-Star break.

Carter hit a go-ahead three-run homer in the eighth inning of Tuesday's 4-2 win over the Athletics.

Carter took A's reliever Luke Gregerson deep for his 32nd home run of the season. The Astros' slugger is hitting .283/.323/.663 with 11 home runs and 28 RBI in August.

Carter clubbed his 31st home run of the season during Monday's loss to the Athletics.

Carter's two-run shot in the eighth inning off Jeff Samardzija was his only hit of the game in four at-bats. The 27-year-old DH appears to have Samardzija's number, hitting .417 with two doubles and two home runs against him lifetime.

Carter is out of the lineup Sunday against the Indians, Jose de Jesus Ortiz of the Houston Chronicle reports.

Carter has appeased fantasy owners with eight home runs and 21 RBI in August, but his issues will contact appear to have reared their head again. The slugger has amassed 13 strikeouts over his last five starts, yet again enhancing his reputation as a streaky hitter. He'll give way to Dexter Fowler at DH on Sunday, but his game-changing power will continue to afford him an everyday role with the Astros.

Carter hit a three-run home run -- his 30th of the season -- in Tuesday's 7-4 win over the Yankees.

Carter also struck out four times Tuesday, but his home run off Yankees' closer David Robertson broke a tie game in the ninth inning. His 30 home runs are a new career high for a season after he hit 29 homers for the Astros in 2013.

Carter stayed hot Tuesday night, blasting two home runs while driving in five in a 10-4 rout of the Twins.

Carter's sixth multi-homer game of the season tied Lance Berkman's club record set in 2006. Since July 3, Carter is hitting .325 and leads MLB with 15 home runs, a .756 slugging percentage and a 1.138 OPS.

Carter smacked his 26th home run of the season -- a solo shot -- during Monday's loss to the Twins.

The home run off Twins starter Tommy Milone was Carter's fifth in 10 August games.

Carter hit a pair of homers and drove in four runs during Thursday's loss to the Phillies.

Carter's late-summer surge continues. The 27-year-old DH is hitting .400/.423/.800 with three home runs, eight RBI and a steal through six games in August.

Carter (illness) is back in the lineup Thursday vs. the Blue Jays.

Carter has dealt with flu-like symptoms and a flood of trade rumors over the last 24 hours, but he'll head back into the lineup healthy and as a member of the Astros. The slugger will slot in at the DH spot and bat third in the order.

Joel Sherman of the New York Post reports that the Astros are looking to trade Chris Carter.

Carter has 21 home runs in 93 games this season but is also sporting a weak .212 batting average and .291 on-base percentage. The 27-year-old will be arbitration-eligible for the first time heading into 2015 and is under contractual control through 2018, so Houston will want something fairly significant in return.

Carter was a late scratch from Wednesday's game with flu-like symptoms.

Carter will be replaced in the lineup by Rob Grossman, though the new batting order hasn't been reported yet. The illness shouldn't keep him out of the lineup too long, but he could miss a couple days depending on how it affects him.

Chris Carter was scratched from Wednesday's lineup due to a stomach bug.

Carter has been throwing up and is not feeling well enough to play. It's poor timing, as he's red-hot with eight homers over his last 19 games. He should be fine in a day or two, though.

Chris Carter hit a three-run homer off Jesse Chavez on Monday, giving him 21 homers this year.

He hit the first of the Astros' four homers tonight. Carter is 10-for-29 in his last eight games, raising his average from .200 to .214.

Chris Carter went 3-for-5 with two doubles and two RBI in Tuesday's 3-2 win over the A's.

Carter has now blown by the Mendoza Line, as he's up to a .213 average. The two RBI brought him up to 43 on the year. Carter hasn't ever been one to hit for average, but he does have nineteen home runs and a .478 slugging percentage, which tells you that he makes his hits count. Always a hot/cold slugger, Carter's on the scorching side this month, slashing .306/.352/.735 for July.

Chris Carter hit a pair of solo homers in Friday's loss to the Red Sox.

Carter has two two-homer games over the past four days and has gone deep six times over his last six games. He's now tied for eighth in the AL with 19 homers, though he's done it with a .203 batting average and a .280 on-base percentage. In other words, he's pretty much doing what was expected of him.

Chris Carter hit two home runs as the Astros bested the Rangers 8-3 on Tuesday.

Carter connected off of Neftali Feliz in the sixth inning before taking Aaron Poreda deep in the eighth. The homers give him four jacks in his last four games, and he's 7-for-20 with six runs scored and seven RBI in his last five. The blasts give him 17 home runs overall. It's about all he does well -- he's batting just .194/.274/.446 for the year -- but in AL-only leagues where pop is hard to come by, Carter is a decent source of power, if nothing else.

Chris Carter hit a grand slam in a losing cause Saturday against the Angels.

It was his second career slam, the other also coming this year. Despite that, Carter has just 35 RBI to go along with his 15 homers this year. His average has been below the Mendoza Line for a month now, and he shows no real sign of taking a step forward. 30-homer power alone isn't enough to make him a decent regular.

Chris Carter went 1-for-5 with a walk-off solo home run in Thursday's 10-inning win over the D'Backs.

Carter picked a good time to get his first hit of the ballgame, blasting his 13th homer of the season off of J.J. Putz to send the Astros home happy. Aside from the power, though, Carter has left a lot to be desired offensively. He's slashing .199/.291/.464 with 69 strikeouts in 223 plate appearances.

Chris Carter hit a pair of solo homers Wednesday versus the Diamondbacks.

Carter's last four hits have all been homers. They've been spread out over nine days, but that's still pretty good. Overall, Carter is hitting .199 with 12 homers and 29 RBI in 191 at-bats. Lifetime, he has 60 homers in 1,029 at-bats, but he still hasn't proven himself to be a quality regular. He has to improve the rest of the way to remain in Houston's plans for 2015.