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The Houston Astros have lost six games in a row, and Carlos Correa was blunt in his profane assessment of the team’s recent play.
The Astros lost 6-2 to the Seattle Mariners on Monday at T-Mobile Park, the final game of a four-game sweep of their American League West rivals. It was their eighth loss in their last nine games, and the skid has dropped them to last in the AL West.
“I don’t want to link our mistakes to the injuries. Our failures are because we play s—ty baseball. We’re a good club that plays bad baseball,” Correa said, via MLB.com.
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Houston Astros’ Carlos Correa reacts after striking out during the third inning against the Athletics in West Sacramento, Calif., on April 5, 2026. (Sara Nevis/AP Photo)
While Correa won’t attribute the team’s struggles to injuries, the lineup and pitching staff have been ravaged by them early in the season.
The Astros placed All-Star shortstop Jeremy Peña on the 10-day injured list with a hamstring strain and rookie right-hander Tatsuya Imai on the 15-day injured list with right arm fatigue Monday. Since the start of the season, the team has placed starting pitcher Cristian Javier (Grade 2 right shoulder strain), outfielder Jake Meyers (Grade 2 right oblique strain), Hunter Brown (Grade 2 right shoulder strain) on the injured list.
They were already without star closer Josh Hader in the bullpen, who was placed on IL in late March with left biceps tendonitis.
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Houston Astros second baseman Jose Altuve and third baseman Carlos Correa watch the final inning of their loss to the Athletics at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento, Calif., on April 3, 2026. (D. Ross Cameron/Imagn Images)
Astros manager Joe Espada promised that the team will fight through their current struggles.
“We’ll get through this,” Espada said. “But I feel good. I just don’t like it when our players are injured. They work really hard in the fall to get back in shape, and the expectations are for us to go out there and perform and get back to the postseason, and that makes it hard to get our guys to step up. But we’re going to fight through this.”
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Houston Astros’ Carlos Correa flips the bat while rounding the bases after hitting a three-run home run against the Boston Red Sox in the fifth inning in Houston, Texas, on April 1, 2026. (Michael Wyke/AP Photo)
Correa, a three-time All-Star, has been one of the few Astros players immune to the team’s early-season struggles, hitting .291 with a home run and nine RBI while playing strong defense at both shortstop and third base.
The Astros (6-11) will look to turn things around when they play the Colorado Rockies (6-10) on Tuesday at 20.10 ET.
