MEDIA INFORMATION 2O15 HOUSTON ASTROS

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1 2O15 HOUSTON ASTROS MEDIA INFORMATION Minute Maid Park 5O1 Crawford St. Houston, TX 77OO2 Phone: OO Houston Astros (25-13) vs. Oakland Athletics (13-26) RHP Lance McCullers (MLB debut) vs. LHP Drew Pomeranz (2-3, 4.42) Monday, May 18, 2015 Minute Maid Park Houston, TX 7:10 PM CT ROOT SPORTS GAME #39...HOME #23 ABOUT THE RECORD Overall Record: Home Record: with Roof Open: with Roof Closed: with Roof Open/Closed: Road Record: Current Streak:...Won 5 Current Homestand: Last Road Trip: Last 5 Games: Last 10 Games: Series Record (before current series): 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: Walkoff Home Runs: Come-from-Behind Wins:...12 Largest Comeback:...3 Losses After Leading:...1 Last At-Bat Wins:...7 Largest Blown Lead:...1 Extra-Inning Games: Different Batting Orders:...36 After Six Innings: Lead: Tied: Trail: 3-12 After Seven Innings: Lead: Tied: Trail: 3-11 After Eight Innings: Lead: Tied: Trail: 2-12 Astros vs. Athletics (2015): Overall: At Minute Maid Park: At the O.co Coliseum: Astros vs. Athletics (All-Time): Overall: Record in Houston: Record in Oakland: THIS DATE IN ASTROS HISTORY: May B Jose Vizcaino hits a 9th-inning, solo home run to give the Astros a 2-1, walkoff win over Pittsburgh at Minute Maid Park...the homer comes off of Pirates RHP Sean Lowe and marked the Astros 7th consecutive win on the season. ASTROS MILESTONE TRACKER: Pat Neshek:... 2 strikeouts shy of 300 Colby Rasmus...2 hits shy of 700 TONIGHT S GAME: The Astros will open up this 3-game series tonight against the Athletics, with the 1st pitch scheduled for 7:10 p.m. CT at Minute Maid Park...the Astros will send rookie RHP Lance McCullers to the mound to make his Major League debut tonight opposite LHP Drew Pomeranz (2-3) and the A s. A RECORD START: The Astros are off to a start, which ties their best 38-game start in franchise history, also accomplished in a win tonight would give the Astros their best 39- game start in franchise history...that record is currently held by the 1998 and 1999 Astros, who both started WINNING WAYS: Houston has gone 22-8 in their last 30 contests and are 12 games over.500 on the season, their high-water mark in the Astros have won 7 of their 12 series this season, while splitting an additional 2...the Astros have reached the 25-win mark in the 38th game of this season, compared to reaching that mark it in the 59th game of last season (25-34). EARLY LOOK AT THE STANDINGS: With a record, the Astros have the best record in the American League and the 2nd-best record in Major League Baseball, trailing only the St. Louis Cardinals...the Astros are in 1st place, leading the AL West by 5.5 games, which represents a couple milestones: this marks the latest the Astros have been in 1st place in a season since May 22, 2004, when the club was and leading the NL Central. the last time the Astros led their division by 5.5-ormore games prior to this season was on Sept. 24, 2001, when the club had a 5.5 game lead in the NL Central with a record. MCCULLERS TO MAKE DEBUT: RHP Lance McCullers will make his Major League debut tonight in a start against the Oakland A s...mc- Cullers has pitched exclusively at Double A Corpus Christi this season, posting a 3-1 record with a 0.62 ERA (2ER/29IP) and 43 strikeouts in 6 games (4 starts)...mccullers will be youngest Astros player to make his Major League debut (21 years, 228 days) since 2B Jose Altuve on July 20, 2011 ( days)...he ll be the youngest starting pitcher to make his Astros debut since RHP Jordan Lyles (20.224) on May 31, 2011 at CHC. ASTROS SWEEP JAYS: The Astros completed a 4-game sweep of the visiting Toronto Blue Jays with a 4-2 win yesterday...rhp Collin McHugh (5-1) pitched the Astros to victory, holding the Jays to 2 runs on 6 hits in 7.0 innings...the offense was once again powered by the home run, this time coming off the bats of 3B Luis Valbuena and LF Colby Rasmus...RHP Luke Gregerson picked up his 10th save of the season. ODDS AND ENDS: The Astros are 14-2 in games started by LHP Dallas Keuchel and RHP Collin McHugh...the club is 22-0 when scoring 4+ runs, 6-0 when entering the 7th inning tied and 16-1 when scoring 1st. SPEED AND POWER: The Astros lead the Majors in home runs (57) and the American League in stolen bases (38)...2B Jose Altuve ranks 2nd in the AL with 13 steals on the season, while 3B Luis Valbuena ranks tied for 3rd in the AL with 10 home runs. TODAY S ROSTER MOVES: The Astros have officially selected RHP Lance McCullers to the Major League roster...the club has also placed RHP Samuel Deduno on the 15-day DL with a lower back strain (retroactive to May 14) and has transferred SS Jed Lowrie from the 15-day DL to the 60-day DL...McCullers will wear jersey number 43. FOUR MONTHS OF WORK: Over the last 4 months of regular season play, dating back to Aug. 1, 2014, RHP Collin McHugh has posted a 12-1 record with a 2.47 ERA (37ER/116.2IP) in 18 starts...in that time frame, McHugh leads the Majors in wins and ranks 7th in ERA (min. 100 IP)...within that time frame, McHugh posted an 11-game winning streak and a seperate streak in which the Astros won a franchise record 11 consecutive starts made by McHugh. ELIAS SAYS: 3B Luis Valbuena and LF Colby Rasmus each hit tiebreaking solo homers yesterday...including yesterday s win, Houston is 16-0 this season when homering more than once...the only other season in which the Astros had a 16-game winning streak in multi-homer games was in 1994, when the Astros won 22 consecutive games in that fashion...the only other teams that are undefeated in multi-homer games this season are the Tigers (7-0) and Royals (6-0). BROOMS: A win yesterday gave the Astros their 2nd franchise sweep against the Blue Jays (also, June 10-12, 2005)...it marked the Astros 2nd 4-game sweep of the season after also sweeping the Mariners last homestand...the last time Houston had at least two 4-game sweeps in the same season was in 2008, when the Astros swept 4-game series at CIN (Aug. 7-10), vs. SF (Aug ) and vs. PIT (Sept. 8-11). CASTRO S KIDS: This week, the Castro s Kids program will hold book fairs at 3 different HISD schools to promote summer reading...in their 3rd year partnering with HISD elementary schools, Castro s Kids will be distributing approximately $100,000 worth of new books at Sinclair Elementary on Monday, Cornelius Elementary on Tuesday and McGowen Elementary on Wednesday... Jason and Maris Castro will be on hand at Cornelius Elementary, located at 7475 Westover St., 77087, tomorrow from 10 a.m p.m. VS. OAK: The Astros and A s will play their 3rd series of the young season this week in Houston... Oakland took the 1st series of the year at Minute Maid Park, winning 2 of 3 from April Houston would rebound to sweep the A s in Oakland from April despite the A s all-time record of against the Astros, Houston has gone 12-8 in the last 20 matchups between the 2 clubs. DIVISION SCHEDULE: On the season, the Astros are against their division and have winning records against 3 of the 4 other members of the AL West: Oakland (4-2), Los Angeles (4-3), Seattle (6-1), Texas (2-4)...these records include series victories over all 4 AL West clubs. SINGLETON NAMED PCL POTW: At Triple A Fresno, 1B Jon Singleton was named the Pacific Coast League Player of the Week (May 11-17) today...singleton recorded a league-high 23 RBI in 7 games, becoming the 1st player in the past 10 years in the PCL to drive in 20+ runs in a week. UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS (ALL TIMES CENTRAL) Date Time Opponent Pitchers Television Tue., May 19 7:10 Oakland RHP Roberto Hernandez (1-3, 4.12) vs. RHP Sonny Gray (4-1, 1.61) ROOT SPORTS Wed., May 20 1:10 Oakland LHP Dallas Keuchel (5-0, 1.87) vs. RHP Jesse Hahn (1-3, 4.42) ROOT SPORTS All Astros regular-season games are 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 TONIGHT S ASTROS STARTER: LANCE MCCULLERS W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO 2015 at AA: MiLB Career: vs. OAK W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO 2015: Career: Career MiLB Complete Games: --- Last CG: --- Career MiLB Shutouts: --- Last SHO: --- CAREER MiLB GAME-HIGHS: 2015 MiLB GAME-HIGHS: Strikeouts: 10, 4/29/14 vs. High Desert 9 (2x), last, 5/7 vs. Midland Walks: 5, 8/18/14 at Bakersfield 3 (3x), last, 5/7 vs. Midland Hits: 12, 7/31/14 vs. Lake Elsinore 4 (2x), last, 4/26 at Frisco Earned Runs: 8, 7/31/14 vs. Lake Elsinore 2, 5/2 vs. Frisco Innings Pitched: 6.1, 7/17/13 at Fort Wayne 6.0, 5/2 vs. Frisco Low-Hit CG: SPLITS at AA Corpus Christi: Home: 1-1, 1.13 ERA, 3G/GS, 2ER/16IP Away: 2-0, 0.00 ERA, 3G/1GS, 0ER/13IP Day: 1-0, 0.00 ERA, 3G/2GS, 0ER/14IP Night: 2-1, 1.20 ERA, 3G/2GS, 2ER/15IP Longest Winning Streak: 2, May 7-current Longest Losing Streak: 1, May 2 LAST MiLB APP. - 5/12 at San Antonio: tossed 4.0 perfect innings of relief, striking out 6 in Double A Corpus Christi s 3-2 win. ABOUT MCCULLERS: 21-year-old right-hander will is making his Major League debut tonight...at 21 years, 228 days, will be the youngest Astros player to make his MLB debut since Jose Altuve (21 years, 75 days) on July 20, will also become the 2nd-youngest pitcher in club history to make his debut in a start at Minute Maid Park...the youngest was LHP Carlos Hernandez (21 years, 118 days) on Aug. 18, 2001 vs. DET. will be the 3rd player to make his MLB debut for Houston this season, joining OF Preston Tucker (May 7) and RHP Asher Wojciechowksi (April 9)...Wojciechowski also made his debut in a start (vs. CLE). is in his 4th professional season since getting drafted by Houston in the supplemental 1st round (41st overall) in UNTOUCHABLE: has spent the entire season at Double A Corpus Christi...was promoted to Triple A Fresno on Thursday but did not pitch in a game with the club...allowed just 2 earned runs in his 29 innings (0.62 ERA), striking out 43. at the time of his promotion to Triple A, was leading all Double A pitchers in opponents average (.146), while ranking 2nd in ERA and T-4th in strikeouts. THIS SPRING: spent 2015 Spring Training at minor league camp, but did make 2 appearances with the Major League team... tossed 1.0 scoreless inning of relief on March 17 against the Pirates in Bradenton, striking out 1...also pitched 2.0 innings in Houston s exhibition game against the Royals at Minute Maid Park on April 4. was slated to make a start against the Marlins in Kissimmee on March 27, but the game was cancelled due to rain. PROSPECT STATUS: is currently ranked by MLB.com as Houston s No. 10 prospect...prior to the season, was ranked as a top 10 Astros prospect by multiple publications: Baseball Prospectus (#7), Baseball America (#9) and ESPN.com (#6). in 2014, was ranked by Baseball America as the No. 77 overall prospect in baseball with the Best Curveball in Houston s system. MINOR LEAGUE CAREER: has recorded 304 strikeouts in career minor league innings, posting a 3.79 ERA. last season, led the Class A Advanced Lancaster JetHawks with 115 strikeouts (threw 97.0 innings). was a Class A Midwest League All-Star in 2013 after ranking 3rd in the league in strikeouts and throwing 74.2 consecutive homerless innings to start the season. FIRST ROUND PICK: the Tampa, FL native was selected by Houston with the 41st overall pick in the 2012 draft (supplemental 1st round)...was named the 2012 Gatorade National Baseball Player of the Year after his season at Jesuit High School (FL). BLOODLINES: is the son of former Major League pitcher Lance McCullers, who pitched seven seasons in the big leagues with San Diego ( ), the Yankees ( ), Detroit (1990) and Texas (1992)...Lance Sr. was also selected with the 41st overall pick in his draft class (1982)...he went with a 3.25 ERA in 306 career games. MCCULLERS vs. ATHLETICS (Career) Date Result W/L IP H R ER BB SO HR has never faced the Athletics in his career AVG AB H HR BB SO has not faced any current A s 2015 MAJOR LEAGUE SPRING TRAINING DAY BY DAYS Date OPP Result W/L IP H R ER BB SO HR TP 3/17* at PIT W /4* KC L 1-3 L TOTALS 0-1, 6.00 ERA * - indicates relief appearance 2015 MINOR LEAGUE DAY BY DAYS Date OPP Result W/L IP H R ER BB SO HR TP 4/12 at TUL W 4-0 W /19 TUL L /26* at FRI W APRIL 1-0, 0.00 ERA /2 FRI L 0-2 L /7 MID W 3-1 W /12* at SA W 3-2 W MAY 2-1, 1.20 ERA * - indicates relief appearance TOMORROW S STARTER RHP ROBERTO HERNANDEZ W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO 2015: Career: vs. OAK W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO 2015: Career: LAST START - 5/14 vs. TOR: did not factor into the decision in Houston s 6-4, come-from-behind win over the Blue Jays... tossed 6.0 innings, allowing 4 runs on 6 hits and 3 walks...allowed 3 runs over the first 3.0 frames before going scoreless in his next 3.0 innings...retired 10 straight batters from the 3rd-6th innings. has gone at least 6.0 innings in 6 straight starts...the last time he went 6.0+ innings in 6 straight outings was from July 18- Sept. 1, 2011, when he did so in 9 straight starts. ABOUT HERNANDEZ: 34-year-old veteran right-hander is off to his best start to a season in terms of ERA since 2010, when he posted a 3.43 ERA (17ER/44.2IP) over his 1st 7 starts for Cleveland. GROUND CONTROL: ranks 8th in the AL in groundball to flyball ratio with a 2.26 mark...the Astros have 3 of the top 8 AL hurlers in GB/FB ratio, as LHP Dallas Keuchel ranks 1st (3.96) while RHP Scott Feldman ranks 4th (2.38). has been one of the top groundball pitchers in the Majors in his career...his career 2.32 GB/FB ratio ranks 2nd among active MLB pitchers (min. 1,000 IP), trailing only RHP Tim Hudson (2.33). vs. OAK: will face the A s for the first time this season, and for the first time since his last outing against the club was on 4/21/13 while with Tampa Bay...allowed 1 run on 3 hits in 6.0 innings, striking out 7 with 3 walks at the Trop Houston Astros 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 5/15 vs. TOR (6,8,4,4,3,5) W 8-4 W / Feldman 5/16 vs. TOR (6.2,5,3,3,3,10) W 6-5 W / McHugh 5/17 vs. TOR (7,6,2,2,1,9) W 4-2 W / Hernandez 5/14 vs. TOR (6.2,6,4,4,3,0) W 6-4 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 / Oberholtzer 5/13 vs. SF (3,5,1,1,2,3) W / Peacock 4/14 vs. OAK (5,5,3,3,2,3) L 0-4 L /

3 ASTROS: TOR SERIES (5/14-17):.262 (33x126) HOMESTAND (5/12-20):.232 (43x185) OPPONENTS: TOR SERIES (5/14-17):.227 (29x128) HOMESTAND (5/12-20):.252 (51x202) 27 IF Jose Altuve.323, 5 HR, 24 RBI Last Gm: 0x4 TOR Series:.286, 4x14, HR, 3RBI Homestand:.227, 5x22, HR, 3RBI Current Stk.: 0x8 Long Streak: 11,.451, 23x51, 4/21-5/2 went 0x4 yesterday vs. TOR...hit his 5th home run Fri. night...last season, did not hit his 5th homer until Aug. 11 vs. MIN...has homered twice in his last 8 games and has 3 this month...ranks T-3rd among AL second basemen in homers. returned to the leadoff spot Fri. night after making 5 straight starts in the 2-hole...ranks 5th among AL leadoff hitters with a.336 (46x137) average... has batted leadoff in 33 games...per Elias, has driven in at least 3 runs from the leadoff spot 4 times this year...no other Major League player has done that more than twice out of the leadoff spot this season. Ranks 3rd in the AL in hits (50), T-1st intentional walks (6), is 2nd in steals (13) and T-3rd in multi-hit games (16)...ranks 2nd among all AL 2nd basemen in OPS (.854), batting average, RBI and T-3rd in HR...leads the club in RBI. has hit safely in 18 of his last 25 games at a.337 (34x101) clip with 8 doubles, 4 homers, 20 RBI and a.928 OPS (.393 OBP/.535 SLG)...recorded multiple hits in 9 straight games (4/22-5/1), which tied a franchise record set by Jesus Alou (1969) and Billy Hatcher (1987). has 50 hits thru the club s first 38 games this season, which ranks T-10th in club history. was named the American League Co-Player of the Week along with Oakland A s OF Josh Reddick for the week ending May 3...hit.467 (14x30) with 7 runs, 5 doubles, 1 HR, 8 RBI, 2 steals and a OPS in the week. 23 IF Chris Carter.163, 6 HR, 16 RBI Last Gm: 1x3 TOR Series:.250, 3x12, HR, 4RBI Homestand:.235, 4x17, HR, 4RBI Current Stk.: 3,.300, 3x10, 5/15 Long Streak: 7,.346, 9x26, 4/21-4/28 went 1x3 yesterday...hit a 3-run homer Sat. night vs. TOR...3 RBI mark a season high and most since 9/5/14 at OAK...has reached base safely in 18 of his last 24 games, posting a.780 OPS (.323 OBP/.457 SLG) in that span...has 6 HR and 15 RBI in his last 23 games after going 14 games without a HR to start the year. has struggled in April throughout his career (.360 SLG,.645 OPS), but has put up solid numbers in every other month of the year...in May (.457 SLG,.732 OPS), June (.494 SLG,.807 OPS), July (.496 SLG,.828 OPS), Aug. (.513 SLG,.830 OPS), Sept. (.396 SLG,.704 OPS). has hit 72 home runs over the last 3 seasons (since 2013), which ranks T-6th in MLB with Giancarlo Stanton, trailing only Chris Davis (87), Nelson Cruz (82), Edwin Encarnacion (79), Miguel Cabrera (79) and Mike Trout (73)...ranked T-2nd in the Majors with 37 homers last year. 15 C Jason Castro.223, 4 HR, 7 RBI Last Gm: DNP TOR Series:.167, 1x6 Homestand:.231, 3x13, 2HR, 2RBI Current Stk.: 0x3 Long Streak: 7,.292, 7x24, 4/27-5/6 has sat out 2 consecutive games for the first time this season...went 0x3 with a HBP Fri. night, snapping his 5-game hitting streak...hit safely in 12 of his last 14 games at a.250 (12x48) clip...has reached base safely in 17 of his last 18 games. homered in back-to-back games from Tues.-Wed...marked the 4th time in his career he homered in back-to-back games (last, 8/28-29/14)...is tied for 3rd place on the club s all-time home runs list by a catcher with Brad Ausmus (41HR). ranks 4th among Major League catchers with a 38.1% caught stealing percentage (8-for-21)...marks his best caught stealing % since his rookie season in 2010 (35.4%). is T-6th among AL catchers in homers...has been one of the top catchers in the AL over the last 3 seasons...among all AL catchers since 2013, ranks 2nd in HR (33), doubles (58) extra-base hits (93), runs (108), hits (219), SLG (.435) and RBI (107), and 3rd in BB (84). 16 C Hank Conger.156, 2 HR, 3 RBI Last Gm: 0x3 TOR Series: 0x5 Homestand: 0x5 Current Stk.: 0x13 Long Streak: 1 (3x), last,.750, 3x4, 5/2 0x3 yesterday vs. TOR...was the first time this season he s started 2 consecutive games...on 5/6 vs. TEX played LF...marked his first Major League appearance in the outfield. has started 5 of Dallas Keuchel s last 6 starts...keuchel has allowed 6 runs in 37.2 innings (1.43 ERA) in those outings. went 3x4 with a solo homer 5/2 vs. SEA...was his 1st multi-hit game of the season, and first 3-hit game since 5/11/14 at TOR...the 7th inning HR marked his first career HR from the right side of the plate. Conger has posted a.325 OBP in his 13 games (10 starts at catcher) this season, going 5x32 with 7 walks. 11 OF Evan Gattis.188, 7 HR, 20 RBI Last Gm: 0x4 TOR Series:.250, 3x12, HR, 2RBI Homestand:.211, 4x19, HR, 2RBI Current Stk.: 0x6 Long Streak: 4 (2x), last,.375, 6x16, 5/1-5/4 0x4 yesterday vs. TOR...went 2x4 with a 2-run homer Sat. vs. TOR...was his 7th multi-hit game this season...is hitting.247 (18x73) with 3 doubles, 6 HR, 19 RBI and a.776 OPS and.536 SLG in his last 20 games. is 2nd on the club in RBI...HOU is 8-1 in games in which he s driven in a run...ranks 2nd among AL DH s in homers (6) and 4th in RBI (18). had the 4th multi-hr game of his career 5/2 vs. SEA, and his 1st since 5/25/14 vs. COL...drove in 4 total runs, which tied a career high (3x, last, 4/26/15 at OAK). homered in 3 straight games (5/1-3) for the 1st time in his career...the last Astro to homer in 3 straight games was Chris Carter from 8/25-27/14. has started 30 of the Astros 33 American League games at DH...has 1 start at a position other than DH this year...started in LF on 4/28 at SD. 9 IF Marwin Gonzalez.234, 2 HR, 10 RBI Last Gm: 1x4, HR, RBI TOR Series:.250, 2x8, HR, 2RBI Homestand:.182, 2x11, HR, 2RBI Current Stk.: 2,.250, 2x8, 5/15 Long Streak: 7,.296, 8x27, 4/11-26 blasted his 2nd HR of the season Sat. night vs. TOR...was his first HR in 74 at-bats (last 4/11)...has hit in 15 of his 21 games with a plate appearance...9 of his 18 hits this year have been for extra bases (2 HR, 7 2B). has started 14 games at SS, 1 at 3B and 4 games at 1B...mark his 1st career starts at 1B...prior to this year, had played just 1.0 inning at the position. has hit.268 (97x362) with 22 doubles, 1 triple, 8 homers, 33 RBI and a.710 OPS (.310 OBP/.401 SLG) in his 126 games since the start of OF Jake Marisnick.291, 3 HR, 15 RBI Last Gm: 0x2, RBI TOR Series:.182, 2x11, 2RBI Homestand:.158, 3x19, 2RBI Current Stk.: 0x4 Long Streak: 11,.432, 16x37, 4/20-5/3 went 0x2 with a sac fly yesterday vs. TOR...has RBI in consecutive games for the second time this season...was moved back to the 9-spot for his last 2 starts after batting leadoff in 5 straight starts...has hit.143 (3x21) in the leadoff spot as opposed to.360 (18x50) batting 9th. ranks 6th in the AL in steals (9)...his 2 multi-steal games also rank T-1st in the AL with Jose Ramirez, Jose Altuve, Rajai Davis, Jacoby Ellsbury, Delino DeShields and Brett Gardner...is 9-for-10 in SB attempts on the season...is 23-for-28 (82.1%) in his career in stolen base attempts. among AL center fielders, ranks 6th in OPS (.782) and batting average, T-4th in homers, and 5th in RBI. 28 OF Colby Rasmus.236, 7 HR, 14 RBI Last Gm: 1x3, HR, RBI TOR Series:.273, 3x11, HR, RBI Homestand:.222, 4x18, HR, 2RBI Current Stk.: 2,.429, 3x7, 5/16 Long Streak: 3 (3x),.429, 6x14, 4/25-27 went 1x3 with a solo homer yesterday vs. TOR which gave HOU the goahead lead in the 6th...was on the first pitch of the AB, and is now hitting.500 (6x12) with a double and 2 homers on 0-0 counts...has 6 homers, 12 RBI and a.839 OPS (.315 OBP/.524 SLG) in his last 23 games. has 14 extra-base hits on the year (7 HR, 6 2B, 1 3B), which ranks T-8th among AL outfielders...his 7 homers rank 5th. is faring well against right-handed pitching this year to the tune of a.235 (19x81) batting average with 10 extra-base hits (3 doubles, 1 triple, 6 homers), 12 RBI and an.798 OPS...has hit.256 (538x2101) with a.467 SLG in his career against righties. has made 30 starts this season, 18 in left field, 5 in center field and 7 in right field...entering this season, had started only 4 career games in left field and 6 in right field, all coming with the Cardinals in OF George Springer.190, 6 HR, 15 RBI Last Gm: 1x3 TOR Series:.143, 2x14, HR, 2RBI Homestand:.176, 3x17, 2HR, 3RBI Current Stk.: 1,.333, 1x3, 5/17 Long Streak: 4 (2x), last,.294, 5x17, 4/28-5/1 went 1x3 with a walk yesterday vs. TOR...hit a solo home run Fri. night... has 2 home runs and 3 RBI in his 5 games since returning from the 7-day Concussion DL on Wed. has 5 homers in his last 16 games...has reached base safely in 20 of his last 22 contests, posting a.344 OBP and a.506 SLG (.850 OPS). made 1 rehab appearance with Double A Corpus Christi, going 1x4 with a single as the DH...has made 30 starts in right field, hitting either 2nd (10g), 3rd (17g) or 4th (3g). is tied for T-3rd in the AL in steals (10)...ranks T-5th in the AL in walks (21)...has gone 9-for-10 in stolen base attempts this season, after collecting just 5 steals in 78 games last year. has 26 homers and 66 RBI in just 110 career Major League games... marks the most homers hit by an Astro in his first 110 career MLB games (previously Glenn Davis with 21)...the only Astros with more RBI in their first 110 games: Chris Truby (77), J.D. Martinez (72), Davis (70), and Hunter Pence (69). 20 OF Preston Tucker.333, 0 HR, 3 RBI Last Gm: DNP TOR Series:.545, 6x11, RBI Homestand:.545, 6x11, RBI Current Stk.: 3,.545, 6x11, 5/14 Long Streak: 3,.545, 6x11, 5/14-current went 1x3 with a walk and run scored Sat. night vs. TOR...recorded 2 doubles Fri. night, following up his 3x4, 2-double performance on Thursday night...became the first rookie in Astros history to record multiple doubles in consecutive games, and the 17th player overall...prior to Tucker, the last to do it was Chris Carter from July 20-22, his 4 doubles mark the most ever recorded by an Astros player within his 1st 7 games...g. Davis (1984), J.R. Towles (2007) and J. Villar (2013) held the previous record with 3 doubles a piece in their 1st 6G. 24-year-old left-handed slugger was selected to the Major League roster from Triple A Fresno last on 5/7 before making his Major League debut in a start in left field at LAA. went 1x3 with a walk and an RBI-single in his MLB debut on 5/7 at LAA... became the 6th player in club history to record a hit, a walk and an RBI in his big league debut...also Jon Singleton (2014), Ken Caminiti (1987), Keith Drumright (1978), John Paciorek (1963) and Rusty Staub (1963). was leading all of minor league baseball in HR (10) and RBI (32) prior to joining the Major League club...played in 25 games at Triple A, batting.320 with a OPS (.378 OBP/.650 SLG) which ranked 5th in the PCL. 18 IF Luis Valbuena.206, 10 HR, 16 RBI Last Gm: 1x4, HR, RBI TOR Series:.250, 4x16, 2HR, 3RBI Homestand:.227, 5x22, 3HR, 4RBI Current Stk.: 5,.263, 5x19, 5/13 Long Streak: 5 (2x), last,.263, 5x19, 5/13-current went 1x4 with a solo homer yesterday vs. TOR...his 10 homers lead all Astros hitters...9 of his 10 homers this season have been solo blasts, while 8 of his 10 homers have come against right-handed pitching...has 3 homers in his last 5 games and 5 in his last of his last 6 hits have driven in a run. T-3rd in the AL in homers, and leads all AL third basemen...joined Morgan Ensberg (12 in 2006) as the only Astros third basemen to record 10 homers in the club s first 38 games of a season. has reached base safely in 16 of his last 19 games (16 hits, 5 walks)... has hit 9 homers over his last 26 games...did not his hit his 10th homer last season until Aug. 3 (99g)...is hitting.242 (24x99) with 14 RBI and an.828 OPS against righties this year. 2 IF Jonathan Villar.238, 0 HR, 4 RBI Last Gm: 2x3, RBI TOR Series:.500, 3x6, 3RBI Homestand:.444, 4x9, 3RBI Current Stk.: 3,.444, 4x9, 5/13 Long Streak: 3 (2x), last,.444, 4x9, 5/13-current went 2x3 with 2 doubles and an RBI yesterday vs. TOR...marked his first multi-hit game of the season, and second-career multi-double game... was his first since July 23, 2013 vs. OAK...after going his first 17 games this season without an XBH, has 3 doubles in his last 2 starts. switch-hitter has hit.273 (6x22) against right-handed pitchers this season. has made 11 starts this season (8 at SS, 3 at 3B)...has also appeared in CF in 2 games and at 2B in 1 game this year. is 38-for-50 (76%) in stolen base attempts in his career...swiped at least 17 bases in each of the last two seasons, while playing in less than 87 games in each of those seasons.

4 ASTROS HITTERS vs. UPCOMING STARTERS ASTROS vs. POMERANZ AVG AB H HR RBI BB K Altuve Carter Castro Conger Gattis Gonzalez Marisnick Rasmus Springer Valbuena Villar ASTROS vs. GRAY (Tomorrow) AVG AB H HR RBI BB K Altuve Carter Castro Conger Gattis Grossman Rasmus Springer Villar ASTROS vs. HAHN (Wednesday) AVG AB H HR RBI BB K Gattis ASTROS HITTERS vs. ATHLETICS ASTROS vs. ATHLETICS (2014): AVG AB H HR RBI Altuve Carter Castro Conger Gattis Gonzalez Grossman Marisnick Rasmus Springer ASTROS vs. ATHLETICS (2015): AVG AB H HR RBI Altuve Carter Castro Conger Gattis Gonzalez Marisnick Rasmus Springer Valbuena Villar Astros Hitters vs. LHP (2015) Player.AVG AB H Altuve Carter Castro Conger Gattis Gonzalez Marisnick Rasmus Springer Tucker Valbuena Villar Astros Hitters vs. RHP (2015) Player.AVG AB H Altuve Carter Castro Conger Gattis Gonzalez Marisnick Rasmus Springer Tucker Valbuena Villar ASTROS vs. ATHLETICS (Career): AVG AB H HR RBI Altuve Carter Castro Conger Gattis Gonzalez Marisnick Rasmus Springer Valbuena Villar Astros Hitters vs. LHP (Career) Player.AVG AB H Altuve Carter Castro Conger Gattis Gonzalez Marisnick Rasmus Springer Tucker Valbuena Villar Astros Hitters vs. RHP (Career) Player.AVG AB H Altuve Carter Castro Conger Gattis Gonzalez Marisnick Rasmus Springer Tucker Valbuena Villar Catchers Statistics CATCHING STATS Team Player CS/ATT % PO PB Record ERA Castro 8/ (98ER/250IP) Conger 0/ (34ER/97IP) Pitchers 0/ TOTAL 8/ (133ER/347IP) RUNS BY INNING X Total Astros Opp Record by Days Mon. Tues. Wed. Thur. Fri. Sat. 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 4/15 30 (22-8) Lowrie right thumb ligament tear 4/28 19 (13-6) Springer concussion 5/6 5/13 6 (2-4) Oberholtzer left index finger blister 5/13 4 (4-0) Deduno lower right back strain 5/14 Multi-Hit Games Total Career-High Altuve (10x) - 4/28/15 at SD Carter (2x) - 6/23/13 at CHC Castro /26/13 vs. OAK Conger (3x) - 5/11/14 at TOR Gattis /16/14 at PHI Gonzalez /26/14 at KC Marisnick /11/14 vs. MIN Rasmus /5/12 at CWS Springer /26/14 at KC Tucker /14/15 vs. TOR Valbuena (21x) - 4/28/15 at SD Villar (6x) - 6/8/14 at MIN Multi-RBI Games Total Career-High Altuve (2x) - 8/17/14 at BOS Carter (2x) - 8/12/14 vs. MIN Castro (2x) - 8/28/14 vs. TEX Conger /11/14 at TOR Gattis (3x) - 5/3/15 vs. SEA Gonzalez (2x) - 7/7/14 at TEX Marisnick (2x) - 9/21/14 vs. SEA Rasmus /2/11 vs. SF Springer (2x) - 4/28/15 at SD Tucker /7/15 at LAA Valbuena (21x) - 4/20/15 at SEA Villar /3/14 vs. SEA 2015 Starting Lineups By Batting Order: 1: Altuve (22-11), Marisnick (4-1) 2: Valbuena (14-4), Springer (5-5), Altuve (3-2), Gonzalez (2-1), Grossman (1-1) 3: Springer (15-4), Valbuena (5-5), Lowrie (4-3), Gattis (1-1) 4: Gattis (16-8), Carter (1-3), Lowrie (3-0), Springer (3-0), Rasmus (1-1), Valbuena (1-1) 5: Carter (7-5), Rasmus (9-3), Gattis (3-2), Lowrie (3-1), Castro (2-0), Valbuena (0-2), Tucker (1-0) 6: Castro (7-6), Carter (7-3), Gonzalez (3-2), Rasmus (4-0), Valbuena (1-1), Gattis (1-0), Lowrie (0-1), Tucker (1-0), Villar (1-0), 7: Marisnick (7-4), Carter (6-2), Castro (3-2), Rasmus (2-2), Gonzalez (2-1),Villar (2-1), Lowrie (1-1), Conger (1-0), Grossman (1-0) 8: Conger (6-3), Castro (6-2), Rasmus (4-4), Gonzalez (4-2), Tucker (3-2), Carter (1-0), Grossman (1-0) 9: Marisnick (10-6), Grossman (4-6), Villar (6-1), Gonzalez (2-0), Hernandez (1-0), Keuchel (1-0), McHugh (1-0) STARTS BY LINEUP/POSITION By Defensive Position: C: Castro (18-10), Conger (7-3) 1B: Carter (21-13), Gonzalez (4-0) 2B: Altuve (25-13) SS: Lowrie (11-5), Gonzalez (8-6), Villar (6-2) 3B: Valbuena (21-13), Villar (3-0), Gonzalez (1-0) LF: Rasmus (13-5), Grossman (7-7), Tucker (4-1), Gattis (1-0) CF: Marisnick (20-12), Rasmus (5-1) RF: Springer (23-9), Rasmus (2-4) DH: Gattis (20-11), Tucker (1-1), Carter (1-0), Lowrie (0-1)

5 2015 HOUSTON ASTROS BULLPEN REPORT 2015 W-L-S ERA IP H R ER BB-I SO When Bullpen Allows Runs: 11-9 Starters When Bullpen Does Not Allow a Run: 14-4 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.) 58-Jake Buchanan Josh Fields 5/16 vs. TOR (0.1,0,0,0,1,1)-H1 10 9/6 5/1 0/ Luke Gregerson 5/17 vs. TOR (1,2,0,0,0,1)-S /13 0/0 10/ Will Harris 5/15 vs. TOR (1,0,0,0,0,2)-H1 9 14/11 3/0 0/ Pat Neshek 5/17 vs. TOR (1,0,0,0,0,0)-H /13 6/0 0/ Chad Qualls 5/15 vs. TOR (1,0,0,0,0,0) 11 16/10 4/2 4/ Tony Sipp 5/16 vs. TOR (1,0,0,0,0,3)-H /9 8/2 0/ Joe Thatcher 5/7 at LAA (0,1,0,0,0,0) 1 12/9 10/6 0/ BULLPEN TOTALS 110/80 41/13 15/ RHP Jake Buchanan 0-0-0, -.-- ERA, 0G Last Win: none in 15 Save: none in 15 Loss: none in 15 Blown SV: none in 15 TOR Series: --- Homestand: --- was recalled from Triple A Fresno Thursday...this is his first stint in the Majors this season...pitched in 17 games (2 starts) across 2 stints after making his Major League debut with Houston last season...posted a 61.5 groundball percentage which ranked 2nd on the club in 2014 (min 10IP). owned a 3-1 record with a 5.08 ERA (19ER/33.2IP) in 6 games (5 starts) this season with Triple A Fresno..in his last outing, a start on 5/10 vs. Tacoma, allowed only 2 runs in a season-long 7.2 innings. went 1-0 with a 5.40 ERA (5ER/8.1IP) with 4 strikeouts in 6 relief appearances this spring. 45 RHP Samuel Deduno 0-1-1, 6.86 ERA, 9G/2GS Last Win: none in 15 Save: 4/12 at TEX Loss: 5/6 vs. TEX Blown SV: none in 15 TOR Series: --- Homestand: 0-0-0, 6.00 (2ER/3IP), 2G was placed on the 15-day Disabled List today with a lower right back strain...allowed 2 runs on 3 hits in 2.0 innings Wed. night vs. SF in what was his 2nd relief appearance since rejoining the bullpen after making 2 starts for Houston...went 0-1 with an ERA (11ER/8.2IP) in his 2 starting assignments...began the season in the Astros bullpen...has posted a 2.61 ERA (3ER/10.1IP) with 1 save and 8 strikeouts in his 6 relief outings. has allowed just 10 hits in his 12.1 relief innings (.227 opp. average). has made 39 relief appearances in the Majors, going 0-2 with 1 save, a 3.43 ERA (29ER/76IP) and 72 strikeouts...in 44 career starts in the big leagues, has gone with a 4.68 ERA (124ER/238.1IP). 35 RHP Josh Fields 2-0-0, 1.13 ERA, 9G Last Win: 5/15 vs. TOR Save: none in 15 Loss: none in 15 Blown SV: 4/27 at SD TOR Series: 1-0-0, 0.00 (0ER/2IP), 3G Homestand: 1-0-0, 0.00 (0ER/2IP), 3G tossed 0.1 of a scoreless inning Sat. night, striking out 1 and stranding 1 inherited runner...has pitched in the first 3 games of the Toronto series... has been scoreless in his last 7 outings, and 8 of his 9 outings overall. has 13 punchouts in his 8.0 innings...has more strikeouts than baserunners allowed (4 hits, 3 walks). was activated from the 15-day Disabled List on 4/25...was originally placed on the DL with a right groin strain he suffered during Spring Training...pitched in 5 games in a rehab assignment with Triple A Fresno, posting a 3.00 ERA (2ER/6IP) with 4 walks and 3 strikeouts. following a brief stint in the minors in May of 2014, has gone 6-3 with 2 saves, a 2.13 ERA (12ER/50.2IP), 68 strikeouts, 13 walks and a.200 opponents average (36x180) in 49 games with Houston (since 5/17/14). 44 RHP Luke Gregerson , 3.18 ERA, 17G Last Win: 4/30 vs. SEA Save: 5/17 vs. TOR Loss: none in 15 Blown SV: 4/24 at OAK TOR Series: 0-0-2, 9.00 (2ER/2IP), 2G Homestand: 0-0-3, 6.00 (2ER/3IP), 3G recorded his 10th save of the season yesterday, working around 2 hits... has successfully converted 10-of-11 save opportunities this season and ranks T-5th in the AL in saves...has allowed only 13 hits in his 17.0 IP for a.210 (13x62) opponents batting average...has also walked just 3 batters. is the first Houston closer with 10 saves in the club s first 38 games of a season since Brad Lidge had 11 saves in the Astros first 38 games in the only other Houston closers to do this: Billy Wagner (11 in 1999, 10 in 1998) and Dave Smith (10 in 1986). the Astros have won all 17 games that Gregerson has appeared in this season...that s the longest start of season streak in club history (previously Donne Wall: 10 games in 1996)...is also the longest streak by a player to start his career with the Astros...previously held by Roger Clemens (7g in 2004) and Peter Munro (7g in 2002). leads the Majors in relief appearances since 2009 with ranks 2nd among Major League relievers in innings pitched in that span (436.1). 36 RHP Will Harris 1-0-0, 0.50 ERA, 13G Last Win: 4/12 at TEX Save: none in 15 Loss: none in 15 Blown SV: none in 15 TOR Series: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0ER/1IP), 1G Homestand: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0ER/3IP), 3G entered the game Fri. night vs. TOR in the 7th inning...inherited 2 runners with no outs, and went on to retire all 3 batters faced with 2 punchouts... has 24 strikeouts in his 18.0 innings...ranks 4th among AL relievers in strikeouts per batter faced (.375). has allowed just 5 hits in his 18.0 IP this season for an.085 opp. average (5x59), which ranks 2nd among AL relievers behind Andrew Miller... has held lefties to 3x30 (.100) while righties are 2x29 off him (.069). had a streak of 26 straight scoreless appearances (28.2IP) dating back to Aug. 19 of last season which was broken up on May 6 vs. TEX...was the longest active scoreless innings streak in the Majors, and was the 2nd-longest active scoreless appearance streak in MLB behind LHP Aroldis Chapman (27.1IP, 27g). 37 RHP Pat Neshek 3-0-0, 2.93 ERA, 17G Last Win: 5/7 at LAA Save: none in 15 Loss: none in 15 Blown SV: none in 15 TOR Series: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0ER/2IP), 2G Homestand: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0ER/3IP), 3G tossed a perfect 8th inning yesterday vs. TOR, recording his 9th hold of the year...ranks T-2nd in the AL in holds. with 3 wins this season and 7 last year for the Cardinals, his 10 relief wins over the last 2 seasons rank T-4th in the Majors. has not allowed a run in each of his last 9 outings dating back to 4/27 (6.2IP)...ranks T-2nd among AL relievers in wins this season. has 14 strikeouts and no walks in his 15.1 innings...ranks T-1st among MLB relievers in strikeout to walk ratio. 50 RHP Chad Qualls 1-2-4, 3.14 ERA, 16G Last Win: 5/13 vs. SF Save: 5/14 vs. TOR Loss: 5/4 vs. SEA Blown SV: 4/12 at TEX TOR Series: 0-0-1, 0.00 (0ER/2IP), 2G Homestand: 1-0-1, 0.00 (0ER/3IP), 3G pitched a perfect 8th inning Fri. night vs. TOR inducing 3 groundouts... has been scoreless in 13 of his 16 outings this year. has 17 strikeouts in his 14.1 innings pitched this season (10.67 strikeout per nine innings)...has a.180 (9x50) opponents batting average...ranks 4th among AL relievers in groundball % (70.6%). ranks 8th on the club s all-time appearance list (336) behind RHP Larry Dierker (345)...jumped 12 spots on the list in LHP Tony Sipp 2-0-0, 0.59 ERA, 14G Last Win: 4/26 at OAK Save: none in 15 Loss: none in 15 Blown SV: 5/3 vs. SEA TOR Series: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0ER/1IP), 1G Homestand: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0ER/2IP), 2G struck out all 3 batters he faced Sat. night in the 8th inning...has not allowed an earned run in 13 of his 14 outings this season, and each of his last 12. has allowed just 8 hits this season for a.151 opponents average (8x53)... lefties have hit.192 (5x26) while he s allowed just 3 hits to right-handed hitters all season (.111, 3x27)...has limited opponents to a.204 batting average (238x1166) in his career. has made at least 50 apps. in 5 straight seasons ( )...is 1 of only 7 lefties in the Majors to make 50+ apps in each of the last 5 years. owns a career 1.83 ERA (20ER/98.1) in 116 one-run games. 54 LHP Joe Thatcher 0-0-0, 2.35 ERA, 12G Last Win: none in 15 Save: none in 15 Loss: none in 15 Blown SV: none in 15 TOR Series: --- Homestand: --- faced 1 hitter on 5/7 at LAA (Calhoun) and allowed an RBI single...has not allowed a run in each of his last 7 outings...has been scoreless in 10 of his 12 total outings. 5 of his 11 appearances this season have been 0.1 of an inning or less... has made 235 career-appearances out of 374 total that were less than 1.0 full inning. in his career, has held left-handed hitters to a.232 (106x457) average. vs. OAK 2014 G W-L-S ERA IP ER Buchanan Feldman Fields Gregerson Harris Hernandez Keuchel McCullers McHugh Neshek Qualls Sipp Thatcher G W-L-S ERA IP ER Buchanan Feldman Fields Gregerson Harris Hernandez Keuchel McCullers McHugh Neshek Qualls Sipp Thatcher CAREER G W-L-S ERA IP ER Buchanan Feldman Fields Gregerson Harris Hernandez Keuchel McCullers McHugh Neshek Qualls Sipp Thatcher

6 2015 Houston Astros High/Low GENERAL Longest Winning Streak... 10, 4/24-5/3 Longest Winning Streak, Home... 6, 4/18-5/3 Longest Winning Streak, Road... 7, 4/24-5/7 Most Consecutive Losses... 3, 5/4-6 Most Consecutive Losses, Home...4 (2x), last, 5/4-5/12 Most Consecutive Losses, Road...1 (4x), last, 5/10-current Longest Game, Time... 4:24, 4/12 at TEX Shortest Game, Time...2:09, 5/8 at LAA Longest Game, Innings...14, 4/12 at TEX Best Homestand, Percentage (4-3), 4/30-5/6 Worst Homestand, Percentage (1-2), 4/6-9 Best Road Trip, Percentage (8-1), 4/20-29 Worst Road Trip, Percentage (2-2), 5/7-10 Most Runners Left on Base...13, 4/11 at TEX Double Plays Turned... 3 (4x), last, 5/14 vs. TOR Opponent Double Plays Turned...3 (2x), last, 5/1 vs. SEA Most Errors...3, 4/11 at TEX Largest Margin of Victory...11, 4/28 at SD Largest Margin of Defeat... 8, 5/6 vs. TEX Biggest Comeback to Win... 3 runs (2x), last, 5/16 vs. TOR Most Games Over , after game on 5/17 Biggest Lead Lost to Lose... 1 run, 5/4 vs. TEX Highest Attendance, Home...43,753, 4/6 vs. CLE Highest Attendance, Road... 48,885, 4/10 at TEX TEAM BATTING Most Runs, Game... 14, 4/28 at SD Fewest Runs, Game... 0 (2x), last, 4/14 vs. OAK Most Runs, Inning... 5, 4/21 at SEA (8th) Most Hits, Game... 17, 4/28 at SD Most Hits, Inning... 5 (2x), last, 5/15 vs. TOR (2nd) Fewest Hits, Game...1 (2x), last, 5/10 at LAA Most Doubles, Game... 6, 4/28 at SD Most Triples, Game... 1 (3x), last, 4/28 at SD Most Homers, Game...5, 5/2 vs. SEA Most Consecutive Games, Homer... 5 (3x), last, 4/25-29 Most Consecutive Games, No Homer...2 (2x), last, 5/7-8 Most Extra-Base Hits, Game... 10, 4/28 at SD Fewest Extra-Base Hits, Game...0 (5x), last, 5/10 at LAA Most Total Bases, Game... 34, 4/28 at SD Most Walks, Game... 7 (3x), last, 4/24 at OAK Fewest Walks, Game...0 (2x), last, 5/15 vs. TOR Most Strikeouts, Game...16, 4/9 vs. CLE Fewest Strikeouts, Game...4 (2x), last, 5/2 vs. SEA Most Stolen Bases, Game...4, 4/26 at OAK Most Opponent Stolen Bases, Game...2, 4/9 vs. CLE Longest Scoreless Inning Streak innings, 4/8-9 INDIVIDUAL BATTING Most At-Bats, Game...6 (8x), last, Altuve, 4/28 at SD Most Runs, Game...3 (3x), last, Gattis, 5/3 vs. SEA Most Consecutive Hits (in ABs)... 5, Lowrie, 4/20-22 Most Doubles, Game...2 (6x), last, Villar, 5/17 vs. TOR Most Triples, Game... 1 (3x), last, Marisnick, 4/28 at SD Most Home Runs, Game...2 (2x), Gattis, 5/3 vs. SEA Most RBI, Game... 5, Springer, 4/28 at SD Most Walks, Game... 3, Springer, 4/27 at SD Most Strikeouts, Game...4 (3x), last, Marisnick, 5/14 vs. TOR Most Stolen Bases, Game... 3, Springer, 4/27 at SD Longest Hitting Streak...11, Altuve, 4/21-5/2 TEAM PITCHING Fewest Runs, Game...0 (2x), last, 4/18 vs. LAA Most Runs, Game...8 (2x), last, 5/12 vs. SF Fewest Hits, Game... 3 (3x), last, 4/29 at SD Most Hits, Game... 13, 5/6 vs. TEX Fewest Walks, Game... 0 (5x), last, 4/29 at SD Most Walks, Game... 7, 4/12 at TEX Most Strikeouts, Game...15, 5/16 vs. TOR Longest Scoreless Inning Streak innings, 4/17-19 INDIVIDUAL PITCHING Longest Winning Streak... 5, Keuchel, 4/6-current Longest Losing Streak...2 (3x), last, Feldman, 5/5-10 Most Innings Pitched, Starter , Keuchel, 4/24 at OAK Most Innings Pitched, Relief (2x), last, Wojciechowski, 4/13 vs. OAK Fewest Hits, Complete Game... Fewest Walks, Complete Game... Most Walks, Game...4 (2x), last, Wojciechowski, 4/26 at OAK Most Strikeouts, Game...11, McHugh, 4/15 vs. OAK Most Strikeouts, Inning...3 (15x), last, McHugh, 5/17 vs. TOR (2nd) Most Hit By Pitch, Game...2, Qualls, 4/12 at TEX Longest Scoreless Inning Streak , Keuchel, 4/18-24 ASTROS HOME RUNS Astros Last Home Runs (*-team record when homering) Player Date Opponent/Pitcher AB Since Last Team Rec.* Altuve 5/15/15 TOR/Dickey Carter 5/16/15 TOR/Hendriks Castro 5/13/15 SF/Hudson Conger 5/2/15 SEA/Olson Gattis 5/16/15 TOR/Estrada Gonzalez 5/16/15 TOR/Gallardo Marisnick 5/1/15 SEA/Elias Rasmus 5/17/15 TOR/Buehrle Springer 5/15/15 TOR/Dickey Tucker Valbuena 5/17/15 TOR/Buehrle Villar TEX/Klein Multi-HR Games Season Career Altuve 0 0 Carter 0 10 Castro 0 3 Conger 0 0 Gattis 1 4 Gonzalez 0 0 Marisnick 0 0 Rasmus 0 4 Springer 0 1 Tucker 0 0 Valbuena 1 2 Villar Grand Slams 2015 Opponent Grand Slams Player Date Opp./Pitcher Player Date Opp./Pitcher 2015 Inside-the-Park Home Runs 2015 Opponent Inside-the-Park Home Runs Player Date Opp./Pitcher Player Date Opp./Pitcher 2015 Leadoff Home Runs Player Date Opp./Pitcher 2015 Back-to-Back Home Run Combos (2) Players Date Opp./Pitcher(s) Gattis/Rasmus 5/2 SEA/Walker Altuve/Valbuena 5/2 SEA/Walker/Medina 2015 Pinch-Hit Home Runs Player Date Opp./Pitcher(s) 2015 Walk-Off Home Runs Player Date Opp./Pitcher(s) 2015 Last At-Bat Wins (7) 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 8 Astros Ejections (1) Date Personnel Umpire Situation 4/22 at SEA Hudgens Barrett Arguing called 3rd strike from bench Astros Replay Reviews (18) Date/Opp. (Inn.) Play Challenger Result Time 1. 4/9 vs. CLE (6th) Force out at 1B Houston Stands 2: /10 at TEX (9th) Force out at 1B Texas Confirmed 1: /12 at TEX (14th) No HBP Texas Overturned 1: /13 vs. OAK (8th) Force out at 1B Oakland Stands 1: /14 vs. OAK (6th) Safe at 2B Houston Overturned 0: /19 vs. LAA (1st) Safe call at 1B Los Angeles Stands 2: /19 vs. LAA (7th) Home run call Crew Chief Overturned 1: /20 at SEA (1st) Safe at 1B Seattle Overturned 0: /21 at SEA (3rd) Out call at HP Houston Overturned 2: /26 at OAK (9th) Safe at 3B Oakland Confirmed 1: /27 at SD (1st) Out call at 1B San Diego Overturned 2: /28 at SD (5th) HBP San Diego Confirmed 0: /3 vs. SEA (3rd) Out call at Home Houston Overturned 2: /3 vs. SEA (4th) Out call at 3B Houston Stands 2: /4 vs. SEA (5th) Out at 1B Texas Confirmed 1: /12 vs. SF (6th) Safe at 1B Houston Overturned 0: /13 vs. SF (4th) Safe at 1B San Francisco Overturned 2: /13 vs. SF (8th) Out at 2B San Francisco Confirmed 1:40 CHALLENGES: Houston has been involved in 18 total replay reviews, including 6 Astros challenges, 11 opponent challenges and 1 crew chief review. The Astros have been successful in 4 of their 6 challenges. ATTENDANCE Home: ,008/22 games Home Average:... 22,955 Road: ,849/16 games Road Average:... 26,866