MEDIA INFORMATION. UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS (ALL TIMES CENTRAL) Date Game Time Opponent Pitchers Television

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1 2O15 HOUSTON ASTROS MEDIA INFORMATION Minute Maid Park 5O1 Crawford St. Houston, TX 77OO2 Phone: OO Houston Astros (1-0) at Kansas City Royals (0-1) LHP Scott Kazmir (7-11, 3.10) vs. RHP Johnny Cueto (11-13, 3.44) Friday, Oct. 9, 2015 Kauffman Stadium Kansas City, MO 2:45 PM CT FS1 ABOUT THE REGULAR SEASON* Overall Record: Home Record: with Roof Open: with Roof Closed: with Roof Open/Closed: Road Record: Current Streak:... Lost 1 Last Road Trip: Last Homestand: Last 5 Games: Last 10 Games: Series Record: Sweeps: When Scoring 4 or More Runs: When Scoring 3 or Fewer Runs: Shutouts: In One-Run Games: In Two-Run Games: vs. Left-Handed Starters: vs. Right-Handed Starters: During the Day: At Night: When Scoring First: Opponent Scores First: Outhit Opponent: Outhit by Opponent: Equal Hits: When Hitting Home Run: No Home Runs: Multi-Homer Games: Walkoff Home Runs: Come-from-Behind Wins:...41 Largest Comeback:...4 Losses After Leading:...30 Last At-Bat Wins:...15 Largest Blown Lead:...3 Extra-Inning Games: Different Batting Orders: After Six Innings: Lead: Tied: Trail: After Seven Innings: Lead: Tied: Trail: 8-54 After Eight Innings: Lead: Tied: Trail: 5-67 Astros vs. Royals (2015)^: Overall: At Minute Maid Park: At Kauffman Stadium: Astros vs. Royals (All-Time)^: Overall: Record in Houston: Record in Kansas City: * - does not include postseason ^ - includes postseason THIS DATE IN ASTROS HISTORY: Oct The Astros defeat the Braves in a famed 18 innings by a score of 7-6, which advances them to their 2nd straight National League Championship Series...the game featured a bit of everything, including grand slams by both sides by Braves 1B Adam LaRoche and Astros 1B Lance Berkman...RHP Roger Clemens stole the show, tossing 3.0 innings of scoreless relief to pick up the victory on a walkoff solo homer by LF Chris Burke...the most unheralded and overlooked hit came with 2 outs in the 9th as C Brad Ausmus hit a solo homer to tie it up and force the extrainning affair. POSTSEASON APPEARANCES: In what is the 54th year of the franchise, this marks the Astros 10th postseason appearance, their 3rd as a Wild Card participant and their 1st since moving to the American League for the 2013 season...the Astros last made the postseason in 2005, advancing to the World Series as a Wild Card team. WILD CARD HISTORY: The Astros last 2 postseason appearances in 2004 and 2005 both came as Wild Card entries from the National League Central division...both seasons proved to be historic as the club won the 1st postseason series in franchise history in 2004 and advanced to their 1st and only World Series appearance in POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE: The Astros ALDS roster features 16 players who have never appeared in a postseason game in their career prior to this season...if Jed Lowrie leads all Astros players with 19 games played in the postseason, while RHP Pat Neshek leads all pitchers with 11 postseason appearances, which includes 8 appearances for the 2014 Cardinals. BACK THEN: There are 4 current players remaining from the 2012 Astros, which finished , including 2B Jose Altuve, C Jason Castro, IF Marwin Gonzalez and LHP Dallas Keuchel... that group bottomed out in 2013 (51-111) before posting a 19-game improvement in 2014 (70-92) and a 16-game improvement this season (86-76). MIDSEASON ADDITIONS: Today s pitching matchup features Astros LHP Scott Kazmir (7-11) and Royals RHP Johnny Cueto (11-13)...interestingly enough, both pitchers were acquired by their current teams via trade within days of each other this season, as Houston acquired Kazmir from Oakland on July 23 and Kansas City acquired Cueto from Cincinnati on July 26. ON THE BUMP: The Astros have allowed just 2 earned runs through their 1st 2 postseason games, with their starters allowing both in a combined 12 innings pitched (1.50 ERA), while their relievers have tossed 6.0 scoreless frames... Houston finished the regular season with the best team ERA (3.57) in the AL, with their starting staff (3.71) ranking 2nd in the AL in ERA and their bullpen (3.27) ranking 4th. SPEED AND POWER: The Astros have 3 stolen bases and 4 home runs through their 1st 2 games this postseason...during the regular season, Houston led the American League in stolen bases (121) and ranked 2nd in the Majors in home runs (230). ALDS GAME 1: The Astros opened up this ALDS series with a 5-2 win over the Royals with RHP Collin McHugh (2ER/6IP) earning the victory in what was his 1st career postseason start...houston banged out 11 hits, including solo homers by RF George Springer (2x4, RBI) and LF Colby Rasmus (1x3, 2RBI). WE HAVE A WINNER: Including last night, RHP Collin McHugh has gone 27-7 with a 3.47 ERA (101ER/262.1IP) in his last 41 starts, dating back to Aug. 12, since that date, he ranks tied for 1st in the Majors in regular and postseason wins along with RHP Jake Arrieta (27-7) and LHP Madison Bumgarner (27-11). TODAY S MEDIA SCHEDULE: The Astros and Royals have set this tentative schedule for today: 11:15 a.m.: Manager Ned Yost in the Interview Room 11:30 a.m.: TBA Royals player in the Interview Room 11:45 a.m.: Manager A.J. Hinch in the Interview Room 12 p.m.: TBA Astros player in Interview Room 12:30 p.m.: Astros stretch on the field 12:50 p.m.: Astros batting practice ASTROS ODYSSEY: When the Astros left Houston after their win on Sept. 27, there were many scenarios abound, which eventually produced this 10-day, 4-city, 4-time zone road trip through Seattle (2-1), Arizona (2-1), New York-AL (1-0) and now Kansas City (1-0)...following today s game, the Astros will return to Minute Maid Park, where they went 53-28, which tied as the best home record in the AL this season. COMING IN HOT: The Astros are 8-2 in their last 10 games, including a 2-0 record this postseason...over this 10-game stretch, the Astros earned a postseason spot, a victory over the Yankees in the Wild Card Game and a seriesopening victory last night. 2 GAMES, 2 WINS: The Astros have won their 1st 2 games in a single postseason for the 2nd time in franchise history, as they also won consecutive games to open up the NLDS against the Dodgers in if Houston can win today, it would mark their 1st 3-game postseason winning streak in road games in franchise history. ASTROS & ROYALS: The Astros pitching staff has held the Royals in check this season, posting a 2.15 ERA (15ER/62.2IP) in the 7 games between the 2 clubs...during the regular season, the Astros bested the Royals 4 games to 2, sweeping a 3-game series in Houston and losing 2 of 3 in KC. THE SPRINGER SHOW: OF George Springer has hit.533 (8x15) with 2 doubles, 3 home runs, 6 RBI, 5 walks and a.667 OBP in his 4 career games at Kauffman Stadium...the Astros are 4-0 in those contests. EXTRA! EXTRA!: OF Colby Rasmus has tied a Major League record by recording an extrabase hit in each of his 1st 5 career postseason games...only 4 other players have done this in Major League history: Nelson Cruz (2010), Nomar Garciaparra ( ), Greg Luzinski ( ) and Pepper Martin (1931). COLBY JACK: OF Colby Ramus has hit 5 home runs in his last 5 games, including a 2-homer game on Saturday at ARI...in this span, Rasmus is hitting.438 (7x16) with 8 RBI, 4 walks and a.550 OBP. HIT MAN: 2B Jose Altuve recorded 3 hits last night becoming the 1st Astros player to record 3 hits in a postseason game since C Brad Ausmus went 3x4 on Oct. 19, 2005 at STL in Game 6 of the NLCS...Altuve finished his regular season with 200 hits becoming the only player in franchise history to record multiple 200-hit seasons. GOOD COMPANY: Per Elias, on Tuesday at NYY, SS Carlos Correa became the 3rd player in MLB history at age 21 or younger to hit 3rd in the starting lineup of a postseason game, joining Joe DiMaggio (1936) and Mickey Mantle (1952). UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS (ALL TIMES CENTRAL) Date Game Time Opponent Pitchers Television Sat., Oct. 10 SCHEDULED OFF DAY Sun., Oct. 11 G3-ALDS 3:10 p.m. Kansas City LHP Dallas Keuchel (20-8, 2.48) vs. RHP Edinson Volquez (13-9, 3.55) MLB Network Mon. Oct. 12 G4-ALDS 12:07 p.m. Kansas City TBA vs. TBA (If necessary) FS1 All Astros postseason games will be broadcast in English on SportsTalk 790 AM in Houston, the flagship station of the Astros Radio Network, unless otherwise indicated. KLAT, 1010 AM, is the flagship of the club s Spanish Radio Network. NL West Champions 198O, 1986 NL Central Champions 1997, 1998, 1999, 2OO1 NL Division Series Champions 2OO4 NL Champions 2OO5

2 TODAY S ASTROS STARTER: SCOTT KAZMIR W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO 2015: Career: vs. KC W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO 2015: Career: Career Complete Games: 3 Last CG: 9/11/14 at CWS Career Shutouts: 1 Last SHO: 7/3/06 vs. BOS CAREER MLB GAME-HIGHS: 2015 GAME-HIGHS: Strikeouts: 13, 8/25/07 vs. OAK 10, 4/8 vs. TEX Walks: 6 (6x), last, 9/3/10 at OAK 4, 5/11 vs. BOS Hits: 12, 4/9/06 at TOR 10, 9/25 vs. TEX Earned Runs: 13, 7/10/10 at OAK 6 (3x), last, 9/25 vs. TEX Innings Pitched: 9.0 (2x), last, 5/28/14 vs. DET 8.1, 7/18 vs. MIN Low-Hit CG: 2, 7/3/06 vs. BOS - LAST START - 9/30 at SEA: closed out his regular season vs. the Mariners in Safeco...took a no-decision in the Astros 7-6 win over SEA...allowed 4 runs in 4.1 innings, and gave up 6 hits and 2 walks...has pitched in 3 consecutive games of 4.2 innings or less for the 1st time in his career. ABOUT KAZMIR: Houston native will be making his 14th start as an Astro since being acquired via trade from Oakland on July 23, and 1st of this postseason...was acquired in exchange for 2 prospects: RHP Daniel Mengden and C Jacob Nottingham. was one of the top pitchers in the AL this season, ranking fourth in ERA and 15th in opponents batting average (.237). POSTSEASONED VET: had appeared in 8 career games (7 starts) in the postseason...his 36.1 innings in the postseason leads all current Astros pitchers...each of his 8 appearances came in the 2008 and 2009 seasons, while with the Rays and Angels, respectively. is 1-2 with a 5.20 ERA (21ER/36.1IP) in those games. LEADING THE CHARGE: since joining the Astros rotation on July 24, Houston s rotation posted the best ERA in the AL (3.36, 149ER/398.2IP). has made 13 starts for Houston, going 2-6 with a 4.17 ERA (34ER/73.1IP) and 54 strikeouts. SUCCESS vs. THE WEST: was solid against the AL West division this year...in 13 starts against TEX, OAK, LAA and SEA, went 4-3 with a 3.02 ERA (26ER/77.1IP), 26 walks and 63 strikeouts, while allowing a.226 (66x292) opponent batting average. RUN PREVENTION: allowed 1 run or less in 12 starts this season, which was tied for the 5th-most in the AL, behind RHP Sonny Gray (15), LHP David Price and Dallas Keuchel (both 16), and RHP Chris Archer (17)...his 28 starts of 1 earned run or less in the past two seasons was rank tied for 4th among AL starters in that span. HOME COOKIN : ranked 2nd in the AL in ERA at home with a 2.61 mark (28ER/96.2IP)...trailed only teammate LHP Dallas Keuchel (1.46, 21ER/129.1IP) went 4-2 with a 1.36 ERA (10ER/66IP) in his 10 home starts at O.co Coliseum., and 1-2 with a 5.28 ERA (18ER/30.2IP) in his six home starts at Minute Maid Park. STELLAR FROM THE STRETCH: overall with runners on base, has posted the 7th-lowest opponent batting average (.218, 59x271) among AL starting pitchers. WEAK CONTACT: per Fangraphs.com posted the 10th-lowest hard-hit ball % in the AL (25.7%)...teammate Dallas Keuchel (20.9%) led the Major Leagues. HISTORIC MONTH: Was named AL Pitcher of the Month for July after posting the 3rd-lowest ERA in July in Major League history (min. 25 IP)...the only 2 to top Kazmir s month were Spud Chandler (0.24) in 1941 and Frank Allen (0.25) in marked his 2nd career Pitcher of the Month Award, as he won it with TB in May of vs. KC: today will be his 21st career start, and 4th start this season against the Royals...his 21.1 innings are T-2nd among all opponents he s faced this season, behind only the Rangers (37IP). his 2.11 ERA (5ER/21.1IP) against KC this season ranked 2nd in the Majors (min. 20IP)...was behind RHP Carlos Carrasco (1.55 ERA). last faced KC on July 24, in what was his debut for the Astros... pitched 7 scoreless innings, yielding only 3 hits and a walk. SUNDAY S STARTER vs. KC - LHP Dallas Keuchel CAREER MLB SPLITS: Home: 48-36, 3.71 ERA, 132G/GS, 318ER/771.0IP Away: 50-54, 4.20 ERA, 140G/139GS, 365ER/782.1IP Kauffman Stadium: 2-4, 4.52 ERA, 12G/GS, 32ER/63.2IP Day: 33-22, 3.65 ERA, 77G/GS, 182ER/448.2IP Night: 65-68, 4.08 ERA, 195G/194GS, 501ER/1104.2IP Longest Win Streak: 6 (2x), last, Sept. 21, 2013-April 29, 2014 Longest Losing Streak: 6, Sept. 19, 2004-May 7, SPLITS: Home: 5-4, 2.61 ERA, 16G/GS, 28ER/96.2IP Away: 2-7, 3.65 ERA, 15G/GS, 35ER/86.1IP Day: 2-2, 2.36 ERA, 7G/GS, 11ER/42IP Night: 5-9, 3.32 ERA, 24G/GS, 52ER/141IP Longest Winning Streak: 2 (3x), last, July 2-Aug. 5 Longest Losing Streak: 4, May 6-June 5 KAZMIR vs. ROYALS (Career) Date Result W/L IP H R ER BB SO HR 5/12/05 at KC L /28/05 KC W 10-5 W /14/06 KC W /1/07 KC L 1-4 L /8/07 at KC L 4-12 L /26/08 at KC W /18/09 at KC W /3/09 KC W 10-4 W /2/10 at KC W 7-2 W /3/11 at KC L /27/13 at KC L 2-3 L /3/13 at KC L /13/13 KC W 5-3 W /11/13 KC L 2-6 L /16/13 at KC L 1-7 L /3/14 KC L 2-4 L /13/14 at KC L 0-3 L /19/15 at KC L /27/15 KC L 2-3 L /24/15 at KC W 4-0 W AVG AB H HR BB SO Butera Cain Colon Dyson Escobar Gordon Hosmer AVG AB H HR BB SO Infante Morales Moustakas Orlando Perez Rios Zobrist REGULAR SEASON DAY BY DAYS Date OPP Result W/L IP H R ER BB SO HR TP 4/8 TEX W 10-0 W /13 at HOU W 8-1 W /19 at KC L /24 HOU L APRIL 2-0, 0.99 ERA /1 at TEX W /6 at MIN L 0-13 L /11 BOS L /17 CWS L 3-7 L /22 at TB L 2-5 L /27 DET L MAY 0-3, 4.65 ERA /5 at BOS L 2-4 L /11 TEX W 7-0 W /16 at SD W /21 LAA W 3-2 W /27 KC L 2-3 L JUNE 2-2, 2.53 ERA /2 SEA W 4-0 W /8 at NYY L /18 MIN W /24 at KC W 4-0 W /30 LAA W JULY 2-0, 0.26 ERA /5 at TEX L 3-4 L /11 at SF L 1-3 L /17 TB L 2-9 L /22 LAD W 3-1 W /28 at MIN L 0-3 L August 1-4, 3.94 ERA /2 SEA L /8 at OAK L 0-4 L /14 at TEX L /19 OAK W /25 TEX L 2-6 L /30 at SEA W September 0-2, 6.52 ERA Houston Astros Regular Season Starting Pitchers Run Supp Team GS Tm. W-L Tm. W-L Pitcher Last Start Result Streak GS Avg. P/GS SB/CS Record after L after L QS during QS Keuchel 10/2 at ARI (6,6,2,2,2,3) W 21-5 W / McHugh 10/3 at ARI (7,6,1,1,1,6) W 6-2 W / McCullers 10/4 at ARI (5,6,3,2,2,6) L 3-4 W / Feldman 9/1 vs. SEA (2.2,3,3,3,5,2) L 5-7 W / Kazmir 9/30 at SEA (4.1,7,6,4,2,3) W 7-6 L / Hernandez 6/5 at TOR (5.2,9,6,5,2,1) L 2-6 L / Fiers 9/29 at SEA (5.2,5,4,3,1,7) L 4-6 L / Oberholtzer 7/9 at CLE (5,7,3,3,1,3) L 1-3 L / Velasquez 7/21 vs. BOS (6,7,3,3,0,7) W 8-3 W / Straily 8/4 at TEX (4.2,6,4,4,3,3) L 3-4 L / Wojciechowski 4/26 at OAK (4,5,5,5,2,4) W 7-6 L / Deduno 5/6 vs. TEX (4.2,11,10,10,3,4) L 3-11 L / Peacock 4/14 vs. OAK (5,5,3,3,2,3) L 0-4 L /

3 ASTROS: 2015 POSTSEASON:.242 (16x66) 2015 SEASON:.250 (1363x5459) OPPONENTS: 2015 POSTSEASON:.143 (9x63) 2015 SEASON:.241 (1308x5434) 27 IF Jose Altuve.444, 0 HR, 2 RBI 30 OF Carlos Gomez.333, 1 HR, 1 RBI ALDS: 3x5, RBI Postseason Career: (4x9) 2015 Season.: (200x638) Career: (830x2721) 2015 AL All-Star went 3x5 with an RBI-single and a run scored last night in Game 1 of the ALDS at KC...became the 1st Astro to record 3 hits in a postseason game since Brad Ausmus went 3x4 in Game 6 of the NLCS at STL...made his 1st career playoff appearance in the AL Wild Card Game at NYY...hit an RBI-single off Dellin Betances in the 7th. has tied a club record for most hits within a player s first two postseason games (4)...Kevin Bass set the record with 4 hits in his first two career playoff games in the 1986 NLCS against the Mets. 25-year-old led the American League in hits (200) and steals (38) for the 2nd consecutive season, joining NYY s Snuffy Stirnweiss ( ) as the only players in Major League history to lead the American League in both hits and steals in back-to-back seasons. became the 1st player in club history to reach 200 hits in 2 seasons (led MLB with a franchise-record 225 hits in 2014)...the only other player in club history to record a 200-hit season was Craig Biggio in 1998 (210). hit.372 (70x188) vs. left-handed pitchers, which led the Majors. 23 IF Chris Carter.250, 0 HR, 0 RBI ALDS: 1x4 Postseason Career: (1x4) 2015 Season.: (78x391) Career: (377x1736) went 1x4 last night at KC in Game 1 of the ALDS...made his 1st career postseason appearance in Tuesday s AL Wild Card Game at NYY, drawing a walk in each of his 3 plate appearances...tied a club record for walks in a postseason game (last, Lance Berkman in Game 4 of the 2005 World Series)...became the 2nd player in MLB history to record 3 walks in his 1st career postseason game, joining Frank Thomas, who walked 4 times in Game 1 of the 1993 ALCS vs. TOR. 28-year-old led the Astros in walks (54), ranked 3rd in RBI and 4th in HR in his 3rd season with HOU...became the 1st Astro to reach 24 HR in 3 straight years since Carlos Lee ( ) and Hunter Pence ( ). over the Astros final 15g of the regular season (dating back to 9/18), led the Majors in OPS (1.376) and SLG (.971) (min. 30PA), batting.353 (12x34) with 3 doubles, 6 HR, 10 RBI and a OPS (.405 OBP/.971 SLG). 15 C Jason Castro.000, 0 HR, 0 RBI AL Wild Card: 0x4 Postseason Career: (0x6) 2015 Season.: (71x337) Career: (400x1689) has caught each of the Astros 2 playoff games this year...marks his 1st trip to the postseason...prior to Castro in Tuesday s Wild Card win at NYY, the last Houston backstop to catch a shutout in the postseason was Brad Ausmus in Game 5 of the 2004 NLCS vs. STL (Backe 8IP/Lidge 1IP). 28-year-old made 102 starts behind the dish as one of the top all-around catchers in the game, with Houston going (.588) in his starts. threw out 24-of-66 runners attempting to steal (32.3%)...marked the best caught stealing % by a Houston catcher since Brad Ausmus threw out 40% of runners attempting to steal (30-for-75) in Castro ranked 5th among AL catchers in CS %, and 2nd in fld. % (.999, 1E/840TC). is 1st catcher in club history to post 3 seasons of 10+ HR...1 of 3 AL catchers to post 10+ HR in each of last 3 years (Salvador Perez, Yan Gomes. 16 C Hank Conger.---, 0 HR, 0 RBI ALDS: DNP Postseason Career: (0x1) 2015 Season.: (46x33) Career: (200x889) 27-year-old has played in 1 career postseason game...went 0x1 as a pinch-hitter in Game 3 of the 2014 ALDS for the Angels. the switch-hitter batted.279 (29x104) with 6 doubles, 7 HR, 22 RBI and an.892 OPS (.353 OBP/.538 SLG) against RHP s...hit 8 of his 11 HR at home, where he posted an.899 OPS (.330 OBP/.568 SLG) in 31 games. became the 11th catcher in club history to reach double-digit homers in a single season... led all Major League catchers in at-bat to home run ratio with a mark (190AB/11HR) (min. 175 PA). 1 IF Carlos Correa.111, 0 HR, 0 RBI ALDS: 1x5 Postseason Career: (1x9) 2015 Season.: (108x387) Career: (108x387) 21-year-old went 1x5 last night in Game 1 of the ALDS at KC...at 21 years, 15 days old, became the youngest player in club history to record a hit in the playoffs...record was previously held by Richard Hidalgo, who went 1x4 at 23 years, 98 days old in Game 4 of the 1998 NLDS at SD. made his 1st career postseason appearance in the Wild Card Game at NYY...at 21 years, 14 days, became the youngest player in club history to appear in a playoff game...previously Richard Hidalgo (22 years, 94 days) in Game 1 of the 1997 NLDS at ATL...became the 3rd-youngest player to start a playoff game at SS in MLB history, behind Miguel Cabrera (2003 NLCS) and Travis Jackson (1924 World Series). per Elias, became the 3rd player in MLB history age 21 or younger to hit in the 3rd spot in the order in a playoff game, joining Joe DiMaggio (1936 World Series) and Mickey Mantle (1952 World Series). set a franchise rookie record for HR in a season (previously Berkman with 21 in 2000), in addition to hitting the most HR by a shortstop in club history for a single season (previously Dickie Thon with 20 in 1983). despite being the youngest position player in the Majors and playing in just 99 games, led all Major League shortstops in homers, OPS (.857) and slugging (.512), while ranking 4th in on-base percentage (.345). 11 OF Evan Gattis.125, 0 HR, 1 RBI ALDS: 1x4, RBI Postseason Career: (6x22) 2015 Season.: (139x566) Career: (322x1289) 29-year-old went 1x4 with an RBI-groundout in Game 1 of the ALDS last night at KC...has played in 6 career postseason games...played in 4 games in the 2013 NLDS with Atlanta. led the Astros in HR and RBI in his 1st year with the club...posted singleseason career highs in games (153, previously 108 in 2014), runs (66), hits, multi-hit games (40), 3B (11), HR, RBI, BB (30) and XBH s (58). finished T-3rd in the Majors in triples with 11...had just 1 triple in his career prior to this season...the last Astro to record 11 triples in a season was Michael Bourn, who tallied 12 in was the 1st player since Dale Long (1955) to record 11 triples in a season without stealing a base. was the 1st player in club history to reach 11 triples, 27 HR and 88 RBI in a single year, and the 1st Major Leaguer since Jimmy Rollins (2007). ALDS: 0x0 as PR Postseason Career: (6x21) 2015 Season.: (111x435) Career: (908x3499) 29-year-old pinch ran last night for Gattis in the 8th inning...hit a solo homer off Masahiro Tanaka in the AL Wild Card Game at NYY...has played in 11 career playoff games, batting.286 (6x21) with 2 homers, 3 RBI and a.946 OPS (.375 OBP/.571 SLG)...played in Game 2 of the 2009 ALDS at NYY while with Minnesota, and played in the 2011 NLDS and NLCS with Milwaukee. started in CF in the Wild Card Game...was just his 3rd start since Sept. 12, as he has been battling intercostal discomfort. hit safely in 15 of his last 18 games with a PA in the regular season, batting.304 (21x69) with 7 doubles, 3 HR, 9 RBI and a.355 OBP in that span. 9 IF Marwin Gonzalez.000, 0 HR, 0 RBI ALDS: 0x0 Postseason Career: (0x1) 2015 Season.: (96x344) Career: (268x1038) 26-year-old played the final 2.0 innings of last night s game at KC at first base...has entered both of the Astros postseason games as a defensive replacement at first base...marks his 1st trip to the playoffs. posted single-season career highs in games (120), starts (86), hits, doubles (18), homers, RBI, slugging percentage (.442) and OPS (.759). played 1B (43g), SS (32g), 3B (21g), 2B (15g) and LF (15g). hit.295 (41x139) with 8 doubles, 1 triple, 6 HR, 14 RBI,.843 OPS (.347 OBP/.496 SLG) against LHP s this season...over his final 70 games of the year, hit.321 (68x212) with 9 doubles, 1 triple, 10 HR, 21 RBI,.885 OPS. 8 IF Jed Lowrie.000, 0 HR, 0 RBI ALDS: DNP Postseason Career: (9x57) 2015 Season.: (51x230) Career: (638x2483) flew out to left field in his pinch-hit plate appearance against LHP Andrew Miller in the 9th inning of the AL Wild Card Game. 31-year-old owns the most postseason experience on the club, as he has played in 19 playoff games across 5 different years...prior to 2015, played in 9 games with Boston in the 2008 ALDS and ALCS, 3 games with Boston in the 2009 ALDS, 5 games with Oakland in the 2013 ALDS and 1 game with Oakland in the 2014 Wild Card Game. hit.412 (14x34) with 3 doubles, 4 homers, 12 RBI and a ML-leading OPS (.556 OBP/.853 SLG) (min. 40PA) in close and late situations. played in 69 games, making 45 starts at 3B, 16 at SS and 1 at DH...prior to 2015, had not started a game at 3B since Sept. 27, 2011 at BAL. 6 OF Jake Marisnick.500, 0 HR, 0 RBI ALDS: 2x4, 2B Postseason Career: (2x4) 2015 Season.: (80x339) Career: (155x669) went 2x4 with a double and a run scored in Game 1 of the ALDS at KC... marked his 1st career postseason start (2nd appearance). 24-year-old set career highs in nearly every offensive category after playing in a career-high 133 games (previously 65 in 2014)...made 101 starts in the outfield, including 84 in CF, 9 in LF and 8 in RF. finished 8th in the AL in steals with 24...went 24-for-33 (72.7%) in SB att. s. in 24g in Sept., hit.267 (12x45) with 2 2B, 3 HR, 10 RBI, 5 SB,.881 OPS. 28 OF Colby Rasmus.333, 2 HR, 3 RBI ALDS: 1x3, HR, 2RBI, BB, SB Postseason Career: (6x15) 2015 Season.: (103x432) Career: (775x3169) homered for the 2nd straight playoff game in Game 1 of the ALDS at KC last night...became the 1st player in club history to record a homer, walk and steal in a playoff game...became the 1st Astros player since Chris Burke in 2005 to homer in back-to-back postseason games. has tied an MLB record by starting his career with an extra-base hit in each of his first 5 career postseason games...4 other players have done this: Nelson Cruz (2010), Nomar Garciaparra ( ), Greg Luzinski ( ), Pepper Martin (1931). has played in 5 career postseason games...started in CF in all 3 games of the 2009 NLDS while with STL. 29-year-old outfielder set a career high for HR in a season...ranked 7th among AL outfielders in HR. from Sept.thru Oct., hit.289 (24x83) with 8 HR, 15 RBI and a OPS... made 115 starts this season, 47 in LF, 37 in RF and 30 in CF. 4 OF George Springer.375, 1 HR, 1 RBI AL Wild Card: 2x4, HR, RBI, BB, 2R Postseason Career: (3x8) 2015 Season.: (107x388) Career: (175x683) went 2x4 with a solo homer, walk and 2 runs scored in Game 1 of the ALDS at KC...doubled in the Wild Card Game in what was his 1st career playoff game. 25-year-old made 27 starts after returning from the DL on 9/4...hit.345 (29x84) with 4 2B, 2 3B, 3 HR, 12 RBI and a.952 OPS in his final 20g...hit.179 (5x28) with no HR and no RBI in his first 7g back from the DL. 36 career HR mark the 2nd-most by an Astro through his first 2 seasons in the Majors, behind Pence (42HR) and ahead of Bagwell (33HR). ranked 5th among AL outfielders in OBP (.367) and 8th in OPS (.826). 20 OF Preston Tucker.---, 0 HR, 0 RBI ALDS: DNP Postseason Career: Season.: (73x300) Career: (73x300) 25-year-old made his MLB debut with Houston this season, ranking 6th among AL rookies in doubles (19) and T-5th in HR (13). left-handed hitter hit.255 (60x235) with 17 doubles, 13 homers, 32 RBI and an.807 OPS (.314 OBP/.494 SLG) against right-handed pitchers. recorded a club-high 2 pinch-hit home runs (.231, 3x13, as PH overall). 18 IF Luis Valbuena.143, 0 HR, 0 RBI ALDS: 0x3, BB Postseason Career: (1x7) 2015 Season.: (97x434) Career: (512x2243) went 0x3 with a walk last night at KC...this is his 1st career trip to the postseason...has started both of Houston s playoff games at 3B. 29-year-old set single-season career highs in HR (T-2nd on the club) and RBI in what was his 1st year with HOU...made 27 starts at 1B (1st of his career)...also started 93 games at 3B and 2 at DH. hit.438 (14x32) with 4 doubles, 3 homers, 7 RBI and a OPS (.514 OBP/.844 SLG) over his final 15 games of the season...led the AL and ranked 2nd in the Majors in OPS in that span (min. 25 PA).

4 ASTROS HITTERS vs. TONIGHT S STARTER ASTROS vs. CUETO AVG AB H HR RBI BB K Altuve Carter Castro Gomez Lowrie Rasmus Valbuena ASTROS HITTERS vs. ROYALS ASTROS vs. ROYALS (2015): AVG AB H HR RBI Altuve Carter Castro Conger Correa Gattis Gomez Gonzalez Marisnick Rasmus Springer Tucker Valbuena Astros Hitters vs. LHP (2015) Player.AVG AB H Altuve Carter Castro Conger Correa Gattis Gomez Gonzalez Lowrie Marisnick Rasmus Springer Tucker Valbuena Astros Hitters vs. RHP (2015) Player.AVG AB H Altuve Carter Castro Conger Correa Gattis Gomez Gonzalez Lowrie Marisnick Rasmus Springer Tucker Valbuena ASTROS vs. ROYALS (Career): AVG AB H HR RBI Altuve Carter Castro Conger Correa Gattis Gomez Gonzalez Lowrie Marisnick Rasmus Springer Tucker Valbuena Astros Hitters vs. LHP (Career) Player.AVG AB H Altuve Carter Castro Conger Correa Gattis Gomez Gonzalez Lowrie Marisnick Rasmus Springer Tucker Valbuena Astros Hitters vs. RHP (Career) Player.AVG AB H Altuve Carter Castro Conger Correa Gattis Gomez Gonzalez Lowrie Marisnick Rasmus Springer Tucker Valbuena Record by Days Mon. 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Sun Record By Months April May June July August Sept/Oct DISABLED LIST Player Injury Date On Date Off Games Fields right groin strain 3/27 4/24 15 (8-7) Peacock right hip surgery 3/30 4/14 7 (3-4) Oberholtzer left index finger blister 3/31 5/13 33 (20-13) Peacock left intercostal strain 4/ (83-71) Lowrie right thumb ligament tear 4/28 7/30 82 (45-37) Springer concussion 5/6 5/13 7 (2-5) Oberholtzer left index finger blister 5/14 6/1 17 (10-7) Deduno lower right back strain 5/ (66-62) Feldman torn right medial meniscus 5/27 7/18 45 (20-25) Marisnick left hamstring strain 6/19 7/5 15 (8-7) Qualls pinched nerve in neck 6/25 7/10 14 (7-7) Springer right wrist fracture 7/2 9/4 53 (27-26) Castro right quad strain 8/29 9/17 17 (6-11) Feldman right shoulder strain 9/14 19 (9-10) 2015 Starting Lineups By Batting Order: 1: Altuve (62-49), Springer (21-25), Marisnick (3-2) 2: Altuve (14-20), Springer (14-12), Tucker (10-12), Valbuena (16-6), Gonzalez (12-7), Correa (9-7), Gomez (6-7), Lowrie (2-2), Villar (1-2), Grossman (1-2) 3: Correa (39-40), Springer (19-7), Tucker (7-9), Valbuena (6-6), Gattis (5-7), Altuve (5-4), Lowrie (5-3) 4: Gattis (47-36), Lowrie (15-9), Rasmus (7-10), Valbuena (7-7), Carter (4-5), Tucker (2-4), Gomez (1-5), Springer (3-0) 5: Rasmus (30-20), Gattis (13-18), Carter (13-13), Lowrie (8-9), Valbuena (9-5), Gomez (5-7), Tucker (5-3), Castro (2-0), Correa (0-1), Gonzalez (1-0) 6: Carter (22-16), Rasmus (13-16), Gattis (11-9), Valbuena (5-10), Castro (8-6), Gonzalez (8-5), Gomez (4-2), Lowrie (3-3), Conger (3-1), Singleton (3-1), Correa (1-2), Santana (2-1), Villar (2-1), Tucker (1-2), Marisnick (0-1) 7: Carter (19-11), Valbuena (16-12), Conger (6-10), Gonzalez (4-11), Marisnick (10-4), Castro (8-4), Rasmus (5-5), Tucker (6-4), Villar (3-7), Santana (2-2), Singleton (3-1), Gattis (1-2), Hoes (1-1), Lowrie (1-2), Grossman (1-0) 8: Castro (24-15), Gonzalez (16-12), Conger (11-14), Valbuena (6-11), Tucker (5-6), Marisnick (6-3), Rasmus (5-4), Carter (4-4), Singleton (1-4), Santana (2-1), Stassi (1-2), Hoes (2-0), Villar (2-0), Grossman (1-0) 9: Marisnick (37-35), Castro (18-17), Conger (5-6), Grossman (4-6), Villar (7-3), Gonzalez (6-3), Presley (1-3), McHugh (3-0), Keuchel (2-0), Feldman (1-0), Hernandez (1-0), Kazmir (0-1), McCullers (0-1), Oberholtzer (1-0), Stassi (0-1) STARTS BY LINEUP/POSITION RUNS BY INNING X Total Astros Opp Multi-Hit Games Total Career-High Altuve (12x) - 8/30/15 at MIN Carter (2x) - 6/23/13 at CHC Castro /26/13 vs. OAK Conger (5x) - 8/1/15 vs. ARI Correa (10x) - 9/26/15 vs. TEX Gattis (2x) - 6/14/15 vs. SEA Gomez (15x) - 6/6/15 at MIN Gonzalez /26/14 at KC Lowrie (5x) - 8/9/13 at TOR Marisnick /11/14 vs. MIN Rasmus /5/12 at CWS Springer /10/15 at CWS Tucker /6/15 at CLE Valbuena /19/15 vs. TEX Multi-RBI Games Total Career-High Altuve (3x) - 7/28/15 vs. LAA Carter (2x) - 8/12/14 vs. MIN Castro (3x) - 8/3/15 at TEX Conger (3x) - 9/4/15 vs. MIN Correa (3x) - 10/2/15 at ARI Gattis (4x) - 8/25/15 at NYY Gomez (4x) - 7/11/15 at LAD Gonzalez (2x) - 7/7/14 at TEX Lowrie (7x) - 9/6/15 vs. MIN Marisnick (4x) - 9/7/15 at OAK Rasmus /2/11 vs. SF Springer (2x) - 4/28/15 at SD Tucker (3x) - 7/22/15 vs. BOS Valbuena (2x) - 7/19/15 vs. TEX By Defensive Position: C: Castro (60-42), Conger (25-31), Stassi (1-3) 1B: Carter (56-49), Valbuena (14-13), Gonzalez (11-9), Singleton (5-5) 2B: Altuve (81-72), Gonzalez (5-4) SS: Correa (49-50), Gonzalez (17-12), Villar (9-9), Lowrie (11-5) 3B: Valbuena (50-43), Lowrie (23-22), Gonzalez (7-9), Villar (6-2) LF: Tucker (29-33), Rasmus (28-19), Grossman (7-7), Gonzalez (8-4), Gattis (8-3), Marisnick (3-6), Presley (0-2), Santana (2-0), Villar (0-2), Hoes (1-0) CF: Marisnick (47-37), Gomez (17-21), Rasmus (16-15), Springer (5-3), Presley (1-0) RF: Springer (52-41), Rasmus (16-21), Tucker (6-6), Santana (4-4), Marisnick (6-2), Hoes (2-1), Presley (0-1) DH: Gattis (68-68), Carter (6-1), Singleton (2-1), Tucker (1-1), Valbuena (1-1), Altuve (0-1), Lowrie (0-1) Catchers Statistics CATCHING STATS Team Player CS/ATT % PO PB Record ERA Castro 20/ (348ER/892.1IP) Conger 1/ (196ER/506.2IP) Stassi 1/ (28ER/43IP) Pitchers 5/ TOTAL 27/ (572ER/1441IP)

5 2015 HOUSTON ASTROS POSTSEASON BULLPEN REPORT 2015 W-L-S ERA IP H R ER BB-I SO When Bullpen Allows Runs: 0-0 Starters When Bullpen Does Not Allow a Run: 2-0 Relievers When No Relievers Are Used: 0-0 Pitcher Last App. (IP,H,R,ER,BB,K) Pitches 1B/Ret. RI/SC SV/OPP Team Rec. (in relief apps.) 35-Josh Fields Mike Fiers Luke Gregerson 10/8 at KC (1,0,0,0,0,2)-S2 13 2/2 0/0 2/ Will Harris 10/8 at KC (0.2,2,0,0,0,1)-H2 17 2/2 0/0 0/ Lance McCullers Pat Neshek Oliver Perez 10/8 at KC (0.1,0,0,0,0,0)-H1 3 1/1 2/0 0/ Tony Sipp 10/8 at KC (1,0,0,0,0,0)-H2 17 2/2 0/0 0/ BULLPEN TOTALS 7/7 2/0 2/ RHP Josh Fields -, -.-- ERA, 0G ALDS: --- Cr. Postseason: : 4-1-0, 3.55 ERA (20ER/50.2IP) Career: , 4.27 ERA (20ER/143.1IP) last pitched on 9/30 at SEA...pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, allowing 2 hits with 3 strikeouts. made 54 appearances for the 2nd consecutive season, in what was his 3rd as a Major Leaguer...led all Astros relievers in strikeouts per 9.0 innings ratio (11.90), ranked 2nd in strikeouts (57), and 5th innings (50.2). posted career-bests in a number of categories, including ERA, WHIP (1.14), opponent batting average (.210) and strikeouts per 9.0 innings (11.90, 67SO/50.2IP)...ranked 5th among AL relievers in strikeouts per 9.0 innings. 21 multi-strikeout games led all Astros relievers and ranked T-11th among AL relievers...his SO/9IP ratio marked the highest by an Astros reliever since RHP Brad Lidge (12.48) in RHP Mike Fiers -, -.-- ERA, 0G ALDS: --- Cr. Postseason: : , 3.69 ERA (74ER/180.1IP) Career: , 3.61 ERA, (162ER/404IP) was slotted into the Astros rotation on Aug. 9, and 9 nine starts for the club...set career highs in starts (30), innings pitched (180.1), strikeouts (180), and posted his lowest ERA (3.69) in a season when pitching at least 100 innings. made his only relief appearance this season (his Astros debut) on Aug. 3 at TEX...pitched 5.0 innings in relief, which was the Astros longest relief outing this season...prior to the appearance, his last game out of the bullpen was June 24, 2014 vs. WSH. 44 RHP Luke Gregerson 0-0-2, 0.00 ERA, 2G ALDS: 0-0-1, 0.00 ERA (0ER/1IP) Cr. Postseason: 0-0-2, 0.00 ERA (0ER/2.2IP) 2015: , 3.10 (21ER/61IP) Career: , 2.79 ERA (149ER/4801.1IP) pitched a scoreless 9th inning last night at KC...struck out 2 of his 4 batters faced, to earn his 2nd postseason save...is the only Astros closer in franchise history to record a save in each of his 1st 2 postseason appearances with the club. has 2 strikeouts in both of his postseason appearances this season...is 1 of 4 Astros relievers in franchise history to fan at least 2 batters in his 1st 2 postseason appearances with the club...the last to do so was RHP Brad Lidge and LHP Mike Gallo, who both did it in made 64 appearances for Houston as the club s primary closer. in his first season as a closer, successfully converted 31-of-36 save opportunities (86.1%)...ranked 10th in the AL in saves...his 31 saves marked the most by and Astros pitcher since RHP Jose Valverde recorded 44 in his 7 wins ranked T-2nd among AL relievers with, behind only RHP Wade Davis (8)...became the 2nd pitcher in franchise history to record 7 wins and 31 saves in a single season, joining RHP Doug Jones (11 W, 36 SV in 1992). ranked 6th among AL relievers in groundball percentage (61.0%)...prior to this season, his previous career high in GB % was 52.7%, set in RHP Will Harris 0-0-0, 0.00 ERA, 2G ALDS: 0-0-0, 0.00 ERA (0ER/0.2IP) Cr. Postseason: 0-0-0, 0.00 ERA (0ER/1.2IP) 2015: 5-5-2, 1.90 ERA (15ER/71IP) Career: , 3.28 ERA (67ER/170.1IP) entered the game last night in the 8th at KC...gave up 2 hits and struck out 1 in his 0.2 innings pitched...was only his 2nd career postseason appearance, and 2nd this season. set career highs in almost every pitching category in what was his 4th ML season...made 68 appearances (71.0IP), while posting career lows in ERA (1.90), opponent batting average (.168) and WHIP (0.90). owned the 4th-lowest ERA (1.90) among AL relievers...his ERA ranked was tied for the 12th-lowest produced by a Houston reliever for a single season in club history...the last Astros reliever to post a lower ERA than Harris was LHP Billy Wagner (1.57) in ranked 4th among all AL relievers in opp. avg. (.168, 42x250), as he allowed just 42 hits...his.168 opponents batting average ranked as the 4th lowest ever produced by an Astros reliever for a single season, behind LHP Tony Sipp (.157, 2014), and LHP Billy Wagner (.165, 1996 and.135, 1999). 43 RHP Lance McCullers -, -.-- ERA, 0G ALDS: --- Cr. Postseason: : 6-7-0, 3.22 ERA (45ER/125.2IP) Career: 6-7-0, 3.22 ERA (45ER/125.2IP) made his Major League debut this season, and started in 22 games. led all AL rookies in ERA, opponent batting average (.226) and strikeouts per 9.0 innings (9.24, 129SO/125.2IP) (min. 100IP), and ranked 3rd in strikeouts. his 2.4 WAR ranked third all AL rookie pitchers, behind LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (2.5) and RHP Cody Anderson (2.4)...ranked 10th among Astros rookie pitcher all time. is the first pitcher in club history to allow three earned runs or less in 20 of his first 22 starts...in the last 25 years (since 1990), only one other AL pitcher has done this: RHP Aaron Sale. his 129 strikeouts rank second all-time in club history within a player s first 22 career games, behind RHP Tom Griffin (145 in 1969). 37 RHP Pat Neshek -, -.-- ERA, 0G ALDS: --- Cr. Postseason: 0-2-0, 2.89 ERA (3ER/9.1IP) 2015: 3-6-1, 3.62 ERA (22ER/54.2IP) Career: , 2.92 (109ER/366.1IP) has made 11 postseason appearances, 8 for STL in 2014, 1 with OAK in 2012 and 2 with MIN in owns a 2.89 ERA (3ER/9.1IP) in 11 postseason outings over his career... had 6 strikeouts and no walks in 7.2 innings in the NLDS and NLCS with the Cards last year. ranked 2nd among Astros pitchers this season in relief appearances with 66...ranked 5th among AL relievers in inherited runners scored percentage (14.8%), as he has allowed just 4 of his 27 inherited runners to score (min. 25 IR). his 28 holds on the season rank 4th in the AL...only 2 other pitchers in club history have recorded 28+ holds in a single year: Octavio Dotel (33 in 03; 31 in 02) and Brad Lidge (28 in 03). 38 LHP Oliver Perez 0-0-0, 0.00 ERA, 1G ALDS: 0-0-0, 0.00, (0ER/0.1IP) Cr. Postseason: 1-0-0, 4.50 ERA, 6ER/12IP) 2015: 2-4-0, 4.17 ERA, (19ER/41IP) Career: , 4.44 ERA, (639ER/1294IP) entered the game last night at KC in the 8th, win 2 runners on base and 2 outs...retired his only batter faced, getting Hosmer to foul out to end the inning. has made 3 career postseason appearances, 2 as a starter with the Mets in the 2006 NLCS, and 1 this season with the Astros in the ALDS. was 2-1 in 48 relief appearances for the D-backs in 2015 with a 3.10 ERA (10ER/29IP) while posting a.223 opponents batting average and 37 strikeouts in 29.0 innings pitched...left-handed batters were hitting just.183 (11x60) off him before the trade...since joining the Astros, went 0-3 with a 6.75 ERA (9ER/12IP) and 14 strikeouts in 12 innings pitched. is 1 of 5 lefty relievers with 60 games and 40 strikeouts in each of the last 3 seasons ( ), joining Mike Dunn, Tony Watson, Glen Perkins and Brett Cecil. his career 9.40 strikeouts per 9.0 inning ratio is 3rd among active pitchers (min. 1,000.0 IP), behind Max Scherzer and Clayton Kershaw. stranded 37 of 49 (75.7%) inherited runners this season between Houston and Arizona. 29 LHP Tony Sipp 0-0-0, 0.00 ERA, 2G ALDS: 0-0-0, 0.00 ERA (0ER/1IP) Cr. Postseason: 0-0-0, 0.00 ERA (0ER/2IP) 2015: 3-4-0, 1.99 ERA (12ER/54.1IP) Career: , 3.50 ERA (141ER/363IP) made his 2nd postseason appearance on last night at KC, pitching a scoreless 7th inning...retired all 3 batters faced via groundout. finished 2nd among Astros relievers in ERA for the 2nd consecutive year. among AL lefty relievers, ranked 2nd in ERA behind Zach Britton (1.92), and ranked 4th in opp. avg. (.208)...also ranked 6th in strikeouts per 9.0 innings (10.27, 62SO/54.1IP). his 1.99 ERA (12ER/54.1IP) was the lowest of his career, and ranked 6th all-time among left-handed Astros relievers, and was the lowest since Billy Wagner posted a 1.78 ERA in held righties to a.190 batting average (19x100) this season and a.183 avg. (35x191) over the past 2 seasons combined. was scoreless in 49 of his 60 appearances this season. vs. KC 2014 G W-L-S ERA IP ER Fields Fiers Gregerson Harris Kazmir Keuchel McCullers McHugh Neshek Perez Sipp G W-L-S ERA IP ER Fields Fiers Gregerson Harris Kazmir Keuchel McCullers McHugh Neshek Perez Sipp CAREER G W-L-S ERA IP ER Fields Fiers Gregerson Harris Kazmir Keuchel McCullers McHugh Neshek Perez Sipp

6 2015 Houston Astros Regular Season High/Low GENERAL Longest Winning Streak... 10, 4/24-5/3 Longest Winning Streak, Home...7, 7/19-30 Longest Winning Streak, Road... 7, 4/24-5/7 Most Consecutive Losses... 7, 6/4-10 Most Consecutive Losses, Home...4 (2x), last, 5/4-5/12 Most Consecutive Losses, Road... 7, 5/27-6/10 Longest Game, Time...4:31, 6/24 at LAA Shortest Game, Time...2:09, 5/8 at LAA Longest Game, Innings...14, 4/12 at TEX Best Homestand, Percentage (5-1) (2x), last, 7/28-8/2 Worst Homestand, Percentage (1-2), 4/6-9 Best Road Trip, Percentage (8-1), 4/20-29 Worst Road Trip, Percentage (0-6), 6/5-10 Most Runners Left on Base...13, 4/11 at TEX Double Plays Turned...3 (7x), last, 5/26 at BAL Triple Plays Turned... 1, 5/23 at DET Opponent Double Plays Turned...4, 9/19 vs. OAK Most Errors...4, 9/30 at SEA Largest Margin of Victory... 16, 10/2 at ARI (21-6) Largest Margin of Defeat... 8 (11-3 loss), 5/6 vs. TEX Biggest Comeback to Win... 4 runs (2x), last, 6/2 vs. BAL Most Games Over (6x), last, after game on 8/31 Biggest Lead Lost to Lose...3 runs (3x), last, 9/18 vs. OAK Highest Attendance, Home...43,753, 4/6 vs. CLE Highest Attendance, Road... 48,885, 4/10 at TEX TEAM BATTING Most Runs, Game... 21, 10/2 at ARI Fewest Runs, Game... 0 (10x), last, 9/8 at OAK Most Runs, Inning... 8, 6/12 vs. SEA (1st) Most Hits, Game... 19, 10/2 at ARI Most Hits, Inning...7, 7/3 at BOS (4th) Fewest Hits, Game... 1 (3x), last, 8/20 vs. TB Most Doubles, Game... 6, 4/28 at SD Most Triples, Game...2, 8/16 vs. DET Most Homers, Game... 6, 9/26 vs. TEX Most Consecutive Games, Homer... 10, 6/14-23 Most Consecutive Games, No Homer... 3, 6/24-26 Most Extra-Base Hits, Game... 10, 4/28 at SD Fewest Extra-Base Hits, Game...0 (9x), last, 8/24 at NYY Most Total Bases, Game... 37, 10/2 at ARI Most Walks, Game...9, 9/22 vs. LAA Fewest Walks, Game...0 (13x), last, 8/23 vs. LAD Most Strikeouts, Game...19, 8/19 vs. TB Fewest Strikeouts, Game... 2, 7/9 at CLE Most Stolen Bases, Game...4, 4/26 at OAK Most Opponent Stolen Bases, Game...5, 6/6 at TOR Longest Scoreless Inning Streak innings, 4/8-9 INDIVIDUAL BATTING Most At-Bats, Game...7, Springer, 10/2 at ARI Most Runs, Game...4 (3x), last, Correa/Springer/Rasmus, 10/2 at ARI Most Hits, Game...5, Springer, 6/10 at CWS Most Consecutive Hits (in ABs)... 6, Springer, 6/10-12 Most Doubles, Game... 2 (15x), last, Springer, 10/4 at ARI Most Triples, Game... 1 (24x), last, Altuve, 10/4 at ARI Most Home Runs, Game... 2 (14x), last, Rasmus, 10/3 at ARI Most RBI, Game... 5 (4x), last, Conger, 9/4 vs. MIN Most Walks, Game...3 (5x), last, Valbuena, 8/28 at MIN Most Strikeouts, Game... 5, Conger, 8/19 vs. TB Most Stolen Bases, Game...3 (2x), last, Correa, 6/18 at COL Longest Hitting Streak (2x), last, Altuve, 6/22-7/6 TEAM PITCHING Fewest Runs, Game...0 (13x), last, 9/4 vs. MIN Most Runs, Game...14, 9/16 at TEX Fewest Hits, Game...0, 8/22 vs. LAD Most Hits, Game...16, 9/16 at TEX Fewest Walks, Game...0 (18x), last, 9/22 vs. LAA Most Walks, Game... 9, 9/7 at OAK Most Strikeouts, Game...15, 5/16 vs. TOR Longest Scoreless Inning Streak innings, 6/13-15 INDIVIDUAL PITCHING Longest Winning Streak...6 (2x), last, McHugh, 8/26-current Longest Losing Streak... 6, Neshek, 6/27-current Most Innings Pitched, Starter (5x), last, Fiers, 8/22 vs. LAD Most Innings Pitched, Relief , Fiers, 8/3 at TEX Fewest Hits, Complete Game...0, Fiers, 8/22 vs. LAD Fewest Walks, Complete Game...0 (2x), last, McCullers, 6/3 vs. BAL Most Walks, Game...5 (2x), last, Feldman, 9/1 vs. SEA Most Strikeouts, Game... 13, Keuchel, 7/19 vs. TEX Most Hit By Pitch, Game...2 (3x), last, Kazmir, 8/28 at MIN Longest Scoreless Inning Streak , Keuchel, 6/25-7/6 ATTENDANCE Home:... 2,153,585/81 games Home Average:... 26,587 Road:... 2,252,747/81 games Road Average:... 27,811 ASTROS HOME RUNS Astros Last Home Runs (*-team record when homering) Player Date Opponent/Pitcher AB Since Last Team Rec.* Altuve Carter Ramirez Castro 8/23/15 LAD/Hatcher Conger Correa Gattis Gomez Gonzalez Lowrie Marisnick Rasmus Springer La Rosa Tucker Valbuena Astros HR Chart Solo 2-Run 3-Run GS Total Altuve Carter Castro Conger Correa Gattis Gomez Gonzalez Marisnick Lowrie Rasmus Springer Tucker Valbuena TOTALS Multi-Homer Games (15): Altuve (1): 9/26 vs. TEX; Correa (2): 9/26 vs. TEX, 8/1 vs. ARI; Gattis (2): 8/26 at NYY; 5/3 vs. SEA; Rasmus (3): 10/3 at ARI, 9/20 vs. OAK, 8/16 vs. DET; Conger (1): 8/1 vs. ARI; Tucker (1): 7/22 vs. BOS; Valbuena (3): 6/23 at LAA, 6/16 vs. COL, 4/20 at SEA; Springer (1): 6/15 vs. COL; Carter (1): 6/3 vs. BAL; 2015 Grand Slams (4) Players Date Opp./Pitcher(s) 1. Conger 8/1 ARI/Hellickson 2. Castro 3. Conger 9/4 MIN/Pelfrey 4. Lowrie 9/6 MIN/May 2015 Back-to-Back Home Run Combos (8) Players Date Opp./Pitcher(s) 1. Gattis/Rasmus 5/2 SEA/Walker 2. Altuve/Valbuena 5/2 SEA/Walker/Medina 3. Gattis/Carter 5/30 CWS/Jennings 4. Gattis/Valbuena 6/2 BAL/Wright 5. Correa/Altuve 6/27 NYY/Tanaka 6. Correa/Gattis 7. Gonzalez/Carter 9/22 LAA/Santiago 8. Rasmus/Valbuena 2015 Pinch-Hit Home Runs (6) Player Date Opp./Pitcher(s) 1. Tucker 2. Tucker 3. Santana 4. Rasmus 7/23 BOS/Ogando 5. Villar 6. Lowrie Leadoff Home Runs (1): Springer: 6/19 at SEA (Elias) Walkoff Home Runs (4): Castro: 8/23 vs. LAD (Hatcher); Gonzalez: 8/18 vs. TB (Boxberger); Castro: 7/30 vs. LAA (Salas); Altuve: 7/23 vs. BOS (Breslow) 2015 Last At-Bat Wins (15) No.-Date-Opp. Score Game-Winning Play 1. 4/12 at TEX 6-4 (14) Conger 2-run homer in top /24 at OAK 5-4 (11) Grossman 2-run single in top /26 at OAK 7-6 Gattis 2-run double in top /30 vs. SEA 3-2 (10) Altuve RBI-single in bottom 10 (walkoff win #1) 5. 5/4 vs. SEA 7-6 Gattis solo homer in bottom /7 at LAA 3-2 Altuve RBI-fielders choice in top /13 vs. SF 4-3 Springer solo homer in bottom /23 vs. BOS 5-4 Altuve solo homer in bottom 9 (walkoff win #2) 9. 7/30 vs. LAA 3-0 Castro 3-run homer in bottom 9 (walkoff win #3) 10. 8/6 at OAK 5-4 (10) Lowrie RBI-single in top /16 vs. DET 6-5 Altuve RBI-single in bottom 9 (walkoff win #4) 12. 8/18 vs. TB 3-2 (10) Gonzalez solo homer in bottom 10 (walkoff win #5) 13. 8/19 vs. TB 3-2 (13) Correa RBI-single in bottom 13 (walkoff win #6) 14. 8/23 vs. LAD 3-2 (10) Castro solo homer in bottom 10 (walkoff win #7) 15. 9/13 at LAA 5-3 Lowrie 3-run homer in top 9 Astros Ejections (6) Date Personnel Umpire Situation 1. 4/22 at SEA Hudgens Barrett Arguing called 3rd strike from bench 2. 6/20 at SEA Hinch DiMuro Arguing replay challenge 3. 6/27 vs. NYY Oberholtzer Drake While pitching to Rodriguez 4. 7/11 at TB Strom Gibson Disputing strike zone 5. 8/15 vs. DET Hinch B. Miller Arguing replay challenge 6. 8/26 at NYY Rasmus Holbrook Arguing called 3rd strike CHALLENGES: Houston has been involved in 101 total replay reviews, including 48 Astros challenges, 39 opponent challenges and 13 crew chief reviews. The Astros have been successful in 24 of their 48 challenges.