Closer Luke Gregerson is likely to rejoin the Astros on Friday after the birth of his first child on Wednesday, manager A.J. Hinch said. He missed Wednesday and Thursday’s games to be with his wife and baby boy.
Jason Castro (right quad strain) was activated from the disabled list on Thursday and started at catcher. It didn’t help this series that Castro, Marwin Gonzalez and Jed Lowrie have all been banged up — Gonzalez was out of the lineup on Thursday as he deals with a sore left wrist and index finger — but all teams are banged up at this time of year.