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.

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.

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.