BALTIMORE — Trade rumors swirled around the rebuilding Astros on Tuesday. Rookie Jonathan Villar just played baseball. And he accomplished one of the rarest achievements in the game. Bouncing down the third-base line as he’s regularly done since being called up July 21 from Class AAA Oklahoma City and being named the Astros’ starting shortstop, Villar pulled off a clean steal of home plate with two outs and the bases loaded in the third inning against Baltimore starting lefthander Wei-Yin Chen on Tuesday at Oriole Park. With Justin Maxwell batting, Villar moved closer and closer toward the plate, then took off. Chen didn’t notice Villar until the rookie had nearly [...]