opening day: Houston Astros at texas rangers

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1 opening day: Houston Astros at texas rangers RHP Justin Verlander (15-8, 3.36) vs. LHP Cole Hamels (11-6, 4.20) thursday, march 29, 2018 globe life park arlington, tx 2:40 p.m. ct espn at&t sportsnet sw kbme 790 am la ranchera 850 am GAME #1...road #1 ABOUT THE RECORD Overall Record: Home Record: with Roof Open: with Roof Closed: with Roof Open/Closed: Home Record: Current Streak:...-Current Homestand: Last Road Trip:...-Last 5 Games: Last 10 Games: Series Record (prior to 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:... 0 Largest Comeback:...-Losses After Leading:... 0 Last At-Bat Wins:... 0 Largest Blown Lead:...-Extra-Inning Games: Different Batting Orders:...-After Six Innings: Lead: Tied: Trail: 0-0 After Seven Innings: Lead: Tied: Trail: 0-0 After Eight Innings: Lead: Tied: Trail: 0-0 Astros vs. rangers (2017): Overall: At Minute Maid Park: At Globe Life Park: Astros vs. rangers (all-time): Overall: Record in Houston: Record in Arlington: today s media availability The Astros clubhouse will be open from 11:40a-12:30p...manager AJ Hinch will be available in the Astros dugout at approx. 12:30 p.m. OPENING DAY: The defending World Series Champion today s media schedule: Below is the media schedule Houston Astros will begin the defense of their title today in what is their 57th year as a Major League franchise... RHP Justin Verlander, who is making his 10th career Opening Day start ( , ), will start for Houston opposite LHP Cole Hamels and the Tigers. opening day starts: With today s start, RHP Justin for Opening Day at Globe Life Park in Arlington, TX (all times are approximate): Rangers clubhouse open: 10-10:45a Jeff Banister media availability: 10:30a Astros clubhouse open: 11:40a-12:30p Rangers batting practice begins: 11:50a MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred on field: 12p AJ Hinch media availability: 12:30p Astros batting practice begins: 12:35p Pregame ceremonies begin: 2:10p First pitch: 2:40p Verlander will become the 18th pitcher in Major League history to make 10 career Opening Day starts, a group that includes only two other active pitchers: LHP CC Sabathia (11) and RHP Felix Hernandez (10, before today)...in his Opening Day starts, Verlander has gone 2-1 with a 4.50 ERA (26ER/52IP), which round numbers: OF George Springer, who hit a includes a win on Opening Day last year at CWS. leadoff homer on Opening Day last year, enters today s game with 99 career regular season home runs, also opening vs. texas: Today marks the second time for matched by Astros TV broadcaster Geoff Blum...RHP the Astros to open a season against the Rangers, Joe Smith is two games shy of 200 career appearalso doing so in their inaugural game as an American ances, 2B Jose Altuve is 18 games shy of 1,000 and League club on March 31, 2013 in Houston, an 8-2 RHP Justin Verlander is 12 wins shy of 200. Astros win...the only member of the current Astros to play in that game was 2B Jose Altuve (2x4, RBI), while altuve inked: On March 19, the Astros announced the the only members of the current Rangers to play were signing of 2B Jose Altuve to a seven-year contract that SS Elvis Andrus (0x4) and 3B Adrian Beltre (0x4). will keep the 2017 AL MVP in an Astros uniform through the 2024 season...altuve is a lifelong Astro, having road starts: Today marks the 16th time in franchise been signed by Houston as a 16-year-old amateur free history for the Astros to open the season on the road... agent out of Venezuela in September of after they are 6-9 thus far when they open on the road and playing in just four minor league seasons, he debuted all-time in season openers. with Houston in 2011 at just 21 years old and has gone on to appear in 982 regular season games and 24 Five straight: The Astros enter today riding a franchise postseason contests in an Astros uniform. record five-game winning streak on Opening Day ( ), including wins over the Rangers (2013), march madness: Today s date marks the earliest the Yankees (2014, 2016), Indians (2015) and Mariners Astros have begun a regular season in franchise his(2017)...only three other teams have longer active tory...prior to today, the earliest they had started was winning streaks on Opening Day than the Astros: March 31, which fell in 1998, 2008 and Baltimore (7), Los Angeles-NL (7) and Detroit (6). home sweet home: Following this four-game series, the opening day roster: The Astros have set their Opening Astros will return to Houston for their home opener on Day roster, which includes 13 pitchers, 12 position Monday, April 2 vs. BAL...the Astros will unveil their players and three players on the 10-day Disabled List... World Champion Pennant prior to the home opener on the DL d players are RHP Jandel Gustave (right elbow April 2 and will receive their World Championship rings surgery), RHP James Hoyt (left oblique strain) and in a pregame ceremony on April 3...they will wear their RHP Brady Rodgers (right elbow surgery) with their commemorative gold jerseys on both dates. DL stints backdated to March 26...IF Yuli Gurriel will begin the season on the restricted list. home opener coverage: The Astros are asking all media members who plan on covering the Astros the show: The Astros have three players that are mak- Home Opener on April 2 vs. BAL to RSVP with the ing their debut on an active Opening Day roster today: Communications staff...press box seating for the Home IF J.D. Davis, OF Derek Fisher and C Max Stassi... Opener will be assigned based on RSVPs. the only rookie on the Major League roster is Davis, while Stassi might be the most interesting inclusion credential distribution: The Astros will be distributing on that list given the backstop has accumulated over season credentials today until 3 p.m. from the First a year of service time across parts of five seasons Base Entrance...after today, season credentials will ( ) with the Astros. not be available for pickup again until April 2, with distribution running from 1-6 p.m. on that date. back then: The 2018 Astros feature five players remaining from the 2013 Astros, which finished : spring training wrap up: The Astros finished Spring 2B Jose Altuve, IF Marwin Gonzalez, LHP Dallas Training with a record, their best winning perkeuchel, RHP Brad Peacock and C Max Stassi... centage in an exhibition season in franchise history... that group bottomed out in 2013 (51-111), made the the 21 wins rank second in Astros history, only topped postseason in 2015 and won the World Series in by their mark in 1995, which was set by replacement players. UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS (ALL TIMES CENTRAL) Date Time Friday, March 30 Saturday, March 31 Sunday, April 1 Monday, April 2 7:05 3:05 2:05 6:10 Opponent Pitchers at Texas at Texas at Texas Baltimore LHP Dallas Keuchel (14-5, 2.90) vs. RHP Doug Fister (5-9, 4.88) RHP Lance McCullers Jr. (7-4, 4.25) vs. LHP Matt Moore (6-15, 5.52) RHP Gerrit Cole (12-12, 4.26) vs. LHP Mike Minor (6-6, 2.55) RHP Charlie Morton (14-7, 3.62) vs. TBA Television AT&T SportsNet SW FS1 + AT&T SportsNet SW AT&T SportsNet SW ESPN + AT&T SportsNet SW All Astros games are broadcast in English on SportsTalk 790 AM in Houston, the flagship station of the Astros Radio Network. La Ranchera, 850 AM, is the flagship of the club s Spanish Radio Network. AL West Champions 2017 WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS 2017 AL Champions 2017 NL CHampions 2005 AL Wild Card 2015 NL Wild Card 2004, 2005 NL Central Champions 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001 NL West Champions 1980, 1986

2 TOday S ASTROS STARTER: rhp justin verlander W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO 2017: Career: vs. TEX W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO 2017: Career: Career Complete Games: 23 Last CG: 7/30/16 vs. HOU Career Shutouts: 7 Last SHO: 8/26/15 vs. LAA CAREER MLB GAME-HIGHS: 2017 GAME-HIGHS: Strikeouts: 14 (2x), last, 8/6/12 vs. NYY 11 (2x), last, 9/27 at TEX Walks: 7, 8/16/06 at BOS 6, 4/27 at MIN Hits: 13, 8/11/06 at CWS 11, 4/15 at CLE Earned Runs: 9, 4/15/17 at CLE 9, 4/15 at CLE Innings Pitched: 9.0 (20x), last, 7/30/16 vs. HOU 8.0 (3x), last, 9/12 at LAA Low-Hit CG: 0 (2x), last, 5/7/11 at TOR none LAST start - 3/19 vs. nym (Spring Training): made his final Major League appearance of the Spring, tossing 7.0 scoreless innings and allowing just 5 hits...finished the Spring with 24 strikeouts to 2 walks. OPENING DAY: the 2017 ALCS MVP is set to make his 10th career Opening Day start, and first as an Astro...made 9 Opening Day starts with the Tigers, which was the 2nd-most in franchise history behind RHP Jack Morris (11 Opening Day starts). has led his clubs to wins in each of his last 5 Opening Day starts (since 2012), going 2-0 with a 2.01 ERA (7ER/31.1IP) and 31 strikeouts in those games. over the last 10 years (since 2007), has made more Opening Day starts (9) than all but 2 pitchers: Felix Hernandez (10) and CC Sabathia (11). lookin good in orange + blue: the 6-time All-Star, 2011 AL MVP, 2011 AL Cy Young Award winner and 2006 AL Rookie of the Year is entering his first full-season as a member of the Astros...joined the organization on Aug. 31, 2017 and helped pitch the club to its first World Series Championship title in franchise history. in 11 games (10 starts) with Houston between the regular season and postseason, went 9-1 with a 1.66 ERA (13ER/70.2IP), 81 strikeouts, 13 walks and a.164 opponent batting average (39x238)...went 5-0 with a 1.06 ERA (4ER/34IP) in 5 regular season starts, and 4-1 with a 2.21 ERA (9ER/36.2IP) in 6 postseason games (5 starts). became the first pitcher in Astros history to record the win in each of his first 9 games with the club (5 regular season, 4 postseason) season: finished 5th in the 2017 AL Cy Young Award voting after another strong season split between Detroit (28g) and Houston (5g)... eclipsed the 200-strikeout mark for the 7th time in his career, and the 200-inning mark for the 10th time in his career. became the 12th pitcher in Major League history to record 7 seasons with at least 200 innings pitched and 200 strikeouts...joined RHP Nolan Ryan (14), LHP Randy Johnson (12), RHP Roger Clemens (12), RHP Tom Seaver (10), RHP Bob Gibson (9), RHP Bert Blyleven (8), LHP Steve Carlton (8), RHP Gaylord Perry (8), RHP Pedro Martinez (7), LHP Mickey Lolich (7) and RHP Walter Johnson (7). quest for 200: is just 12 wins shy of 200 for his career...only 111 pitchers in Major League history have reached the 200-win mark, including 92 in the modern era (since 1900). chasing nolan: ranks T-41st in Major League history with 2,416 career strikeouts...is tied with RHP Luis Tiant and trails LHP Jamie Moyer by 25 strikeouts for 40th place. make it eight: enters the 2018 season riding a 7-game winning streak that dates back to one of his final starts as a member of the Tigers organization (Aug. 20, 2017)...has made 8 starts during his streak, going 7-0 with a 1.31 ERA (8ER/55IP) and 69 strikeouts in that span. current streak marks the 3rd-longest active winning streak in the Majors, behind streaks of 2 relief pitchers: RHP Brandon Morrow (9 games) and RHP Josh Fields (8 games). vs. tex: his last regular season start was against the Rangers on Sept. 27, struck out 11 batters over 6.0 innings of 2-run ball, leading the Astros to a 12-2 victory. has recorded 19 strikeouts in his last 12.0 innings vs. the Rangers. CAREER MLB SPLITS: Home: 99-50, 3.18 ERA, 189G/GS, 446ER/1263.2IP Away: 89-64, 3.74 ERA, 196G/GS, 533ER/128.1IP Globe Life Park: 5-2, 3.70 ERA, 8G/GS, 20ER/48.2IP Day: 72-36, 3.15 ERA, 144G/GS, 335ER/956IP Night: , 3.65 ERA, 241G/GS, 644ER/1589IP Longest Winning Streak: 12, 7/21-9/18/11 Longest Losing Streak: 4 (3x), last, 8/27-9/20/ SPLITS: Home: 8-2, 2.45 ERA, 15G/GS, 26ER/95.2IP Away: 7-6, 4.16 ERA, 18G/GS, 51ER/110.1IP Day: 6-3, 3.80 ERA, 12G/GS, 29ER/68.2IP Night: 9-5, 3.15 ERA, 21G/GS, 48ER/137.1IP Longest Winning Streak: 7, 8/20-9/27 Longest Losing Streak: 3, 7/2-14 verlander VS. rangers (Career) DATE RESULT W/L IP H R ER BB SO HR 4/8/06 at TEX W 7-0 W /13/06 TEX L 11-3 L /6/07 at TEX W 10-0 W /12/07 TEX W 5-1 W /22/08 TEX W 10-2 W /11/09 TEX W /20/09 TEX W 5-3 W /29/09 at TEX W 13-5 W /11/11 TEX L 2-0 L /21/12 TEX W 3-2 W /11/12 at TEX L /16/13 at TEX L 10-4 L /14/13 TEX W 5-0 W /25/14 TEX L 12-4 L /21/15 TEX L 2-0 L /28/15 at TEX W 7-4 W /8/16 TEX L /20/17 TEX W 9-3 W /15/17 at TEX L 10-4 L /27/17 at TEX W 12-2 W AVG AB H HR BB SO Andrus Beltre Centeno Chirinos Choo DeShields AVG AB H HR BB SO Gallo Mazara Odor Profar Robinson SPRING TRAINING DAY BY DAYS Date OPP Result W/L IP H R ER BB SO HR TP 2/26 NYM W /3 WSH L /9 STL W /14 STL L 1-3 L /19 NYM W 2-0 W spring totals 1.64 era Tomorrow S STARTER at tex lhp dallas keuchel W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO 2017: Career: vs. TEX W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO 2017: Career: LAST start - 3/25 at MIA (spring training): started the Astros final Grapefruit League game of the Spring, allowing 2 runs on 6 hits in 5.0 innings pitched. big dallas: the 2-time AL All-Star (2015, 2017), 3-time Rawlings Gold Glove Award winner and 2015 AL Cy Young Award winner is entering his 7th season with the Astros. was named the 2017 Astros Co-Pitcher of the Year by the Houston Chapter of the BBWAA (with Brad Peacock) Houston Astros Starting Pitchers Pitcher Last Start Result Streak GS Run Supp Avg. P/GS SB/CS Team Record GS Tm. W-L after L after L QS Tm. W-L during QS Verlander Keuchel McCullers Jr Cole Morton

3 ASTROS: TEX series (3/29-4/1):.--- (0x0) spring training:.269 (306x1139) OPPONENTS: tex series (3/29-4/1):.--- (0x0) spring training:.241 (278x1291) 27 IF Jose Altuve.346, 24 HR, 81 RBI* 27-year-old signed the largest contract in franchise history on March 19, a 7-year deal that will keep him in Houston through the 2024 season. was voted the AL MVP in 2017 after leading the Majors with a career-high.346 batting average...led the AL with 204 hits, becoming the first player in Major League history to be the outright leader in hits in his league in 4 consecutive seasons...was his 4th straight 200-hit season...posted career-highs in runs (112), OBP (.410), SLG (.547) and OPS (.957)...was an All-Star and Silver Slugger. this marks his 7th time on an Opening Day roster...has hit.304 (7x23) with 5 runs, 1 double and 3 RBI in 6 career OD starts...his 6 career OD Day starts at 2B rank 4th in club history behind Craig Biggio (14), Joe Morgan (8) and Bill Doran (8). in the 2017 playoffs, set a club record for hits in a single postseason (22)...set an MLB record for RBI in a single postseason by a 2nd baseman (14)...his 7 postseason HR ranked T-4th all-time...hit.310 with a OPS in 18 games. has reached base safely in each of his last 18 games at Globe Life Park, since the start of the 2016 season (T-2nd longest active streak at the venue)...has hit.309 (21x68) with 4 HR and 12 RBI at the venue in that span. hit.269 (14x52) with 2 homers and 5 RBI in 20 games this Spring Training. 2 IF alex bregman.284, 19 HR, 71 RBI* 24-year-old is coming off his first-full Major League season, a year where he was 1 of 5 Major Leaguers to reach the following totals: 39 doubles, 19 homers and 17 steals (also Jose Altuve, Elvis Andrus, Mookie Betts, José Ramírez). in 2017, led AL 3rd basemen in fielding percentage (.970) and ranked 3rd in OPS (.827) behind Josh Donaldson (.990) and Mike Moustakas (.858)...ranked 9th among all AL hitters in batting average vs. lefties (.331). is on the Astros Opening Day roster for the 2nd consecutive season...last year, became the youngest player in club history to start at 3rd base on Opening Day. hit 4 HR in the 2017 postseason: 2 off Sale, and 1 off Kershaw and Jansen... became the 2nd player in MLB history to record in RBI in each of his first 5 career World Series games, joining Amos Otis (1980). hit.296 (16x54) with 4 doubles, 1 triple, 1 HR and 8 RBI in 22 Spring games. 1 IF Carlos correa.315, 24 HR, 84 RBI* 23-year-old was an All-Star for the first time in his career in posted career highs in batting average, OBP (.391), SLG (.550), OPS (.941) and runs (82). was on his way towards being an AL MVP contender in 2017 before suffering a torn ligament in his left thumb in July...despite spending close to to 2 months on the DL and playing in just 109 regular season games, still set a new franchise record for home runs by a shortstop (24), topping the record he set in 2015 (22). this marks the 3rd time in his career that he has made the Astros Opening Day roster...has homered on Opening Day in each of his 2 career Opening Day starts... homered off RHP Felix Hernandez in 2017 and RHP Masahiro Tanaka in has gone 7x10 with 3 doubles, 2 HR and 7 RBI in his last 2 games at Globe Life Park...hit.393 with 6 HR, 17 RBI and a OPS vs. TEX in 13 games in is the only player in MLB history to record 7 postseason homers prior to turning 24 years old...hit 5 HR in the 2017 postseason and tied a club record for RBI in a single postseason with 14...his 10 extra-base hits in the 2017 playoffs tied an MLB record by a shortstop (also Rich Aurilia in 2002). hit.300 (18x60) with 3 doubles, 3 homers and 11 RBI in 22 Spring games. 28 IF j.d. davis.226, 4 HR, 7 RBI* 24-year-old is on an Opening Day roster for the 1st time in his career...made his Major League debut with Houston in 2017, playing in 24 total games (14 starts). in 2017, was the Double A Corpus Christi Player of the Year...hit 23 homers across the Double A (87g) and Triple A (16g) levels...was a Double A Texas League Midseason and Postseason All-Star. made the Astros roster after a tremendous Spring in which he hit.385 (25x65) with 5 HR and 10 RBI in 24 games...led the Majors in hits (25) and ranked 2nd in batting average and 8th in OPS (1.067). 21 of derek fisher.212, 5 HR, 17 RBI* 24-year-old is on an Opening Day roster for the 1st time in his career...made his MLB debut in 2017, hitting 4 doubles and 5 HR with 17 RBI in 53 games...was on the Astros playoff rosters in the ALDS, ALCS and World Series (5 games). was a Triple A Pacific Coast League Midseason and Postseason All-Star in 2017 after batting.318 with 26 doubles, 21 homers and a.967 OPS in 84 games at Triple A Fresno...also started the 2017 SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game. batted.300 (15x50) with 4 doubles, 1 triple, 1 HR and 8 RBI in 22 Spring games. 11 c EVAN GATTIS.263, 12 HR, 55 RBI* 31-year-old is entering his 4th season with the Astros...hit 22 doubles and 12 home runs with 55 RBI in 84 regular season games last year in a season hampered by 2 DL stints...was great in the postseason, batting.267 (8x30) with 2 doubles, 1 HR, 3 RBI and an.858 OPS in 13 games. this marks his 5th time on a Major League Opening Day roster, and 3rd with Houston (was on the DL to start the 2016 season). has faced LHP Cole Hamels more than any other pitcher in his career in the Majors...has tagged him for 3 HR while batting.360 (9x25). batted.263 (10x38) with 2 RBI in 19 Spring games. 9 IF Marwin Gonzalez.303, 23 HR, 90 RBI* 29-year-old is coming off a career-year in which he ranked among the AL leaders in multiple categories: OPS (7th,.907), batting average (9th), OBP (9th,.377) and SLG (10th,.530)...led the Astros in RBI. in 2017, became the first player in MLB history to have a season with 30 doubles and 20 homers while appearing in multiple games at all of the following positions: left field, right field, first base, second base, third base, shortstop. is on the Astros Opening Day roster for the 7th consecutive season...has started on Opening Day twice in his career: 2016 at NYY (1B) and 2012 vs. COL (SS). ranked 4th in the AL in road batting average last season (.326, 72x221)...has reached base safely in 12 consecutive games at Globe Life Park. had a number of crucial defensive plays and hits in the 2017 postseason, none bigger than his 9th-inning, game-tying solo homer off RHP Kenley Jansen in Game 2 of the World Series at LAD. batted.316 (18x57) with 3 doubles, 2 homers and 6 RBI in 21 games this Spring. 6 OF Jake Marisnick.243, 16 HR, 35 RBI* 27-year-old was having the best offensive season of his career in 2017 before having his campaign cut short in mid-september after suffering a fractured right thumb...clubbed a career-high 16 home runs in just 106 games, setting career higs in runs (50), walks (20), OPS (.815), OBP (.319) and SLG (.496). this marks his 4th consecutive appearance on an Opening Day roster...has played on Opening Day twice in his career...was a defensive replacement in 2017 and started in CF (0x2, RBI) in batted.207 (12x58) with 5 RBI in 23 games this Spring. 16 C brian mccann.241, 18 HR, 62 RBI* 34-year-old enters his 2nd season with the Astros... last season, fell 1 homer shy of tying the Astros single-season club record for a catcher (Gattis: 19 in 2016). the 2018 season marks his 12th on an Opening Day roster...in 11 career starts on Opening Day, has hit.325 (13x40) with 3 HR and 7 RBI. started at catcher in 17 of Houston s 18 postseason games in became the 9th player in MLB history to start at least 17 games at catcher in a single postseason, and the 1st since Buster Posey in has 66 career at-bats vs. LHP Cole Hamels, the 2nd-most against any pitcher in his career behind RHP Ricky Nolasco (78AB)...has 3 HR and 16 RBI vs. Hamels. 22 OF josh reddick.314, 13 HR, 82 RBI* 31-year-old enters the 2nd year of a 4-year contract he signed with Houston prior to last season...had the best offensive season of his career in 2017, posting career highs in hits (150), doubles (34), batting average, OBP (.363), SLG (.484) and OPS (.847). this marks his 6th time on an Opening Day roster...has started on Opening Day in each of the last 5 seasons (went 1x3 in a start in RF last year). ranked 4th in the AL in batting average and 10th in strikeout rate (13.3%) in ranked T-1st in the Majors in sac-flys (12), and led the Majors in times reaching base via catcher s interference (7-club record)...led the AL in batting average at home (.344), ranked 4th in batting w/risp and 2 outs (.381), and 5th in batting average with 2 strikes (.257). started all of Houston s 18 postseason games in 2017 in right field...hit.375 (6x16) in the ALDS vs. BOS, with his biggest hit coming in Game 4 of the series when he hit an 8th inning go-ahead RBI-single off RHP Craig Kimbrel to push Houston to the ALCS. hit.357 (15x42) with 2 doubles, 2 triples, 1 HR and 10 RBI in 19 Spring games. 4 OF George Springer.283, 34 HR, 85 RBI* 28-year-old was was an All-Star and Silver Slugger for the 1st time in his career in 2017, and was named the 2017 World Series MVP...ranked T-10th in the AL with 34 homers, all of which he hit while batting leadoff...set a single-season franchise record and tied the 7th-most homers ever recorded by a leadoff hitter in a single season...9 leadoff homers were a club record (T-4th in AL history). has started in Opening Day in each of the last 3 seasons...hit a leadoff homer off RHP Felix Hernandez on Opening Day 2017, becoming the 2nd player in club history to do so (also Terry Puhl in 1980 and 1978). in 2017, ranked T-2nd in the AL in runs (112) and 9th in OPS (.889). tied Carlos Beltrán for the club record for extra-base hits in a single postseason (11) in received World Series MVP honors after setting a Fall Classic record for extra-base hits (8) and tying the record for homers (5). drove in 20 runs in 17 games against the Rangers in 2017, batting.343 (24x70) with 6 homers.. hit.288 (15x52) with 5 doubles, 1 HR and 3 RBI in 20 Spring Training games. 12 C max stassi.167, 2 HR, 4 RBI* 27-year-old is on an Opening Day roster for the 1st time in his career...played in 14 games with the Astros in 2017, making 6 starts at catcher. was a Triple A Pacific Coast League Midseason All-Star in 2017 after hitting.266 with 12 homers, 33 RBI and an.856 OPS (.383 OBP/.473 SLG) with Fresno. played in 23 Spring Training games, batting.140 (6x43) with 2 HR and 5 RBI. * STATISTICS

4 ASTROS HITTERS vs. UPCOMING STARTERS ASTROS vs. hamels AVG AB H HR RBI BB K Altuve Bregman Correa Fisher Gattis Gonzalez Marisnick McCann Reddick Springer ASTROS vs. fister (tomorrow) AVG AB H HR RBI BB K Altuve Bregman Correa Fisher Gattis Gonzalez McCann Reddick Springer ASTROS HITTERS vs. rangers ASTROS vs. rangers (2017): AVG AB H HR RBI Altuve Bregman Correa Davis Fisher Gattis Gonzalez Marisnick McCann Reddick Springer Stassi ASTROS vs. rangers (career): AVG AB H HR RBI Altuve Gattis Bregman Gonzalez Correa Davis Fisher Marisnick McCann Reddick Springer Stassi Astros Hitters vs. LHP (2017) PLAYER.AVG AB H Altuve Bregman Correa Davis Fisher Gattis Gonzalez Marisnick McCann Reddick Springer Stassi Astros Hitters vs. LHP (career) PLAYER.AVG AB H Altuve Bregman Correa Davis Fisher Gattis Gonzalez Marisnick McCann Reddick Springer Stassi Record by Day Mon. Tues. Wed. Thur. Fri. Sat. Sun Record By Month mar./april May June July August Sept/Oct DISABLED LIST Astros Hitters vs. rhp (2017) PLAYER.AVG AB H Altuve Bregman Correa Davis Fisher Gattis Gonzalez Marisnick McCann Reddick Springer Stassi Astros Hitters vs. rhp (Career) PLAYER.AVG AB H Altuve Bregman Correa Davis Fisher Gattis Gonzalez Marisnick McCann Reddick Springer Stassi RUNS BY INNING TEAM X TOTAL Astros Opponents PLAYER INJURY DATE ON DATE OFF GAMES Gurriel right elbow surgery 3/26 - Hoyt left oblique strain 3/26 Rodgers right elbow surgery 3/26 CATCHING STATS INDIVIDUAL STATS TEAM STATS PLAYER CS/ATT % PO PB RECORD ERA Gattis McCann Stassi Pitchers TOTAL MULTI-HIT GAMES TOTAL CAREER-HIGH Altuve (24x) - 7/24/17 at PHI Bregman (14x) - 9/29/17 at BOS Correa (6x) - 9/28/17 at BOS Davis (3x) - 9/2/17 vs. NYY Fisher /31/17 vs. TB Gattis (5x) - 5/31/17 at MIN Gonzalez (3x) - 9/25/17 at TEX Marisnick /11/14 vs. MIN McCann (13x) - 6/7/17 at KC Reddick (6x) - 7/2/16 vs. PIT Springer /10/15 at CWS Stassi (5x) - 8/15/17 at ARI MULTI-RBI GAMES TOTAL CAREER-HIGH Altuve /24/16 vs. LAA Bregman /14/17 at NYY Correa /9/17 at TOR Davis /12/17 at TEX Fisher (5x) - 9/17/17 vs. SEA Gattis (8x) - 7/9/17 at TOR Gonzalez /2/17 vs. TEX Marisnick /31/17 vs. TB McCann (7x) - 8/17/15 vs. MIN Reddick /16/14 at CLE Springer (5x) - 7/7/17 at TOR Stassi (3x) - 8/15/17 at ARI BY BATTING ORDER: 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: STARTS BY LINEUP/POSITION BY DEFENSIVE POSITION: C: 1B: 2B: SS: 3B: LF: CF: RF: DH:

5 2018 HOUSTON ASTROS BULLPEN REPORT 2018 W-L-S ERA IP H R ER BB-I SO When Bullpen Allows Runs: 0-0 Starters When Bullpen Allows No Runs: 0-0 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.) 47-Chris Devenski Ken Giles Will Harris Collin McHugh Brad Peacock Héctor Rondón Tony Sipp Joe Smith BULLPEN TOTALS 0/0 0/0 0/ RHP chris devenski 8-5-4, 2.68 ERA, 62G* Spring: 0-0-0, 3.38 ERA (3ER/8IP), 7G 27-year old is coming off his 1st-career All-Star season...won a career-high 8 games in 2017 (2nd in MLB among relievers) and was among the top AL relievers in strikeouts (T-2nd, 100), holds (T-6th, 24), WHIP (11th, 0.94) and opponent batting average (12th,.174). last season, led the Majors in opponent batting average vs. left-handed hitters with a.111 mark (16x144)...was the 2nd-lowest single-season mark by any Major League pitcher since the 1974 season (the year splits were 1st tracked)...only RHP Jonathan Papelbon in 2007 posted a better mark (.104, 12x115). this marks his 2nd career appearance on an Opening Day roster, as he made the club out of Spring Training last year...did not pitch on Opening Day in pitched in 10 games during the 2017 postseason, striking out 8 batters in 8.0 innings pitched...was the winning pitcher in Game 2 of the World Series at LAD... was the first World Series win in franchise history. struck out 12 batters and walked none in 8.0 Spring Training innings. 53 RHP ken giles , 2.30 ERA, 63G* Spring: 0-0-1, 1.17 ERA (1ER/7.2IP), 8G 27-year-old was one of the top closers in the game last year, as he ranked 2nd in the AL in save percentage (89.5%) by recording 34 saves in 38 opportunities... was just 0.2 percentage points behind RHP Craig Kimbrel (89.7%, 35-for-39) for the AL lead...ranked T-4th in the AL in saves. this marks his 4th appearance on an Opening Day roster...has pitched for the Astros on Opening Day in each of the last 2 seasons...got the save in last year s 3-0 win over the Mariners (0ER/1IP)...got a hold in Houston s 5-3 win over the Yankees in 2016 after pitching the 8th inning (1ER/1IP). made 7 appearances in the 2017 postseason...recorded 2 saves, including the series-clinching Game 4 of the ALDS at BOS (2IP), and Game 1 of the ALCS vs. NYY (1.2IP). had a solid Spring, striking out 11 and walking 1 in 7.2 innings (1.17 ERA). 36 RHP will harris 3-2-2, 2.98 ERA, 46G* Spring: 1-0-0, 2.16 ERA (2ER/8.1IP), 9G 33-year-old and 2016 All-Star had another strong season in 2017, posting his 3rd consecutive season with an ERA below is 1 of 3 AL pitchers to maintain an ERA below 3.00 in each of the last 3 seasons (min. 45IP), along with LHP Andrew Miller and RHP Cody Allen. has been scoreless in each of his last 15 regular season road games (14.1IP), dating back to May 17, is T-7th longest road scoreless streak in club history, and the longest since LHP Travis Blackley s 17-game run in marks his 5th career Opening Day roster...has pitched on Opening Day once in his career: 2014 when he was a member of the D-backs (0ER/2IP). had a 2.25 ERA in 6 playoff games in 2017 (scoreless in 3 World Series games). pitched in 9 games this Spring, striking out 8 in 8.1 innings pitched. 31 RHP collin mchugh 5-2-0, 3.55 ERA, 12G* Spring: 1-0-0, 5.91 ERA (7ER/10.2IP), 6G 30-year-old is entering a bullpen role after spending the last 4 seasons pitching out of the Astros rotation...has made 6 career regular season relief appearances, all of which came during the seasons with the Mets...made 2 relief appearances in the 2017 postseason: ALCS Game 3 at NYY (0ER/4IP), WS Game 5 vs. LAD (3ER/2IP). posted a solid 3.55 ERA in 12 starts last season in an injury-delayed year... implemented a new slider that saw him generate a 43.9% whiff rate on the pitch, the 10th-best mark among AL starters on the pitch (min. 100 pitches). this is his 3rd career appearance on an Opening Day roster (was on DL in 2017). fanned 17 batters in 10.2 innings pitched this Spring Training. 41 RHP brad peacock , 3.00 ERA, 34G/21GS* Spring: 3-0-0, 0.90 ERA (1ER/10IP), 7G 30-year-old was the Astros 2017 Co-Pitcher of the Year as voted by the Houston Chapter of the BBWAA...was dynamic as both a starter (10-2, 3.22 ERA) and reliever (3-0, 1.77 ERA)...led the AL in winning percentage (.867), a new single-season franchise record. was one of the top strikeout pitchers in baseball last season, fanning 161 batters in innings pitched...his strikeouts per 9.0 innings ratio ranked 4th in the AL among pitchers with at least innings, trailing LHP Chris Sale (12.93), RHP Corey Kluber (11.71) and RHP Chris Archer (11.15). this is his 4th career appearance on an Opening Day roster. was a postseason hero for the Astros in started Game 3 of the ALDS before making 6 relief appearances...got the save in Game 3 of the World Series (3.2IP), which was tied for the 2nd-longest hitless relief outing to finish a World Series game in MLB history...also pitched 2.0 scoreless in Game 7 of the WS. made 2 starts and 5 relief appearances in Spring Training, striking out 13 and walking 3...allowed 1 run in 10.0 innings for a 0.90 ERA. 30 RHP héctor rondón 4-1-0, 4.24 ERA, 61G* Spring: 0-0-0, 7.71 ERA (4ER/4.2IP), 5G 30-year-old signed a 2-year deal with the Astros as a free agent this offseason... has been consistently one of the hardest-throwing relievers in the game...posted an average fastball velocity of 96.8 miles per hour in posted a career-high strikeouts per 9.0 innings ratio in 2017, as he struck out 69 batters in 57.1 innings pitched. is on his 6th career Opening Day roster...has pitched on Opening Day once in his career: 2015 when he was with the Cubs (0ER/1IP). fanned 7 batters in 4.2 Spring Training innings...gave up 4 runs in his first outing before going scoreless in his last LHP Tony Sipp 0-1-0, 5.79 ERA, 46G* Spring: 0-0-0, 4.82 ERA (5ER/9.1IP), 10G 34-year-old enters the final year of a 3-year deal he signed as a free agent prior to the 2016 season...in 222 games as an Astro since 2014, has gone 8-10 with a 3.82 ERA (79ER/186IP) and 204 strikeouts. this marks his 8th time on an Opening Day roster...has pitched on Opening Day 3 times in his career, last in 2015 with Houston (0ER/1IP) in a 2-0 win over CLE. led the Astros with 10 Spring outings, striking out 9 in 9.1 innings pitched. 38 RHP joe smith 3-0-1, 3.33 ERA, 59G* Spring: 0-0-0, 1.08 ERA (1ER/8.1IP), 8G 34-year-old signed a 2-year contract with the Astros this offseason as a free agent...is one of the most successful and reliable relievers in the game, and has never posted an ERA higher than 3.83 in any of his 11 Major League seasons. split the 2017 season between Toronto (38g) and Cleveland (21g)...played a key role for the Indians down the stretch run, putting up a 3.44 ERA (7ER/18.1IP) in 21 games while striking out 20 batters to no walks...on the year, his strikeouts per 9.0 innings ratio (11.83, 71SO/54IP) and 7.10 strikeout to walk ratio (71SO/10BB) were both career best marks. is 2 outings away from 700 for his career. this marks his 11th appearance on an Opening Day roster...has pitched on Opening Day 4 times in his career and has been scoreless in every outing, allowing 4 hits and 1 walk in 4.2 innings pitched...has pitched on Opening Day in 2017 (0ER/1.2IP), 2013 (0ER/1IP), 2012 (0ER/1.2IP) and 2007 (0ER/0.1IP). was scoreless in 4 ALDS games with the Indians in 2017 (2.1IP). had a very efficient Spring Training, allowing just 1 run on 5 hits and 1 walk in 8.1 innings pitched across 8 games. * STATISTICS VS. TEX 2017 G W-L-S ERA IP ER Cole Devenski Giles Harris Keuchel McCullers Jr McHugh Morton Peacock Rondón Sipp Smith Verlander G W-L-S ERA IP ER Cole Devenski Giles Harris Keuchel McCullers Jr McHugh Morton Peacock Rondón Sipp Smith Verlander CAREER G W-L-S ERA IP ER Cole Devenski Giles Harris Keuchel McCullers Jr McHugh Morton Peacock Rondón Sipp Smith Verlander

6 2018 Houston Astros High/Low GENERAL Longest Winning Streak... Longest Winning Streak, Home... Longest Winning Streak, Road... Most Consecutive Losses... Most Consecutive Losses, Home... Most Consecutive Losses, Road... Longest Game, Time... Shortest Game, Time... Longest Game, Innings... Best Homestand, Percentage... Worst Homestand, Percentage... Best Road Trip, Percentage... Worst Road Trip, Percentage... Most Runners Left on Base... Double Plays Turned... Opponent Double Plays Turned... Most Errors... Largest Margin of Victory... Largest Margin of Defeat... Biggest Comeback to Win... Most Games Over Biggest Lead Lost to Lose... Highest Attendance, Home... Highest Attendance, Road... TEAM BATTING Most Runs, Game... Fewest Runs, Game... Most Runs, Inning... Most Hits, Game... Most Hits, Inning... Fewest Hits, Game... Most Doubles, Game... Most Triples, Game... Most Homers, Game... Most Consecutive Games, Homer... Most Consecutive Games, No Homer... Most Extra-Base Hits, Game... Fewest Extra-Base Hits, Game... Most Total Bases, Game... Most Walks, Game... Fewest Walks, Game... Most Strikeouts, Game... Fewest Strikeouts, Game... Most Stolen Bases, Game... Most Opponent Stolen Bases, Game... Longest Scoreless Inning Streak... INDIVIDUAL BATTING Most At-Bats, Game... Most Runs, Game... Most Hits, Game... Most Consecutive Hits (in ABs)... Most Doubles, Game... Most Triples, Game... Most Home Runs, Game... Most RBI, Game... Most Walks, Game... Most Strikeouts, Game... Most Stolen Bases, Game... Longest Hitting Streak... ASTROS LAST HOME RUNS (*-TEAM RECORD WHEN HOMERING) PLAYER DATE OPPONENT/PITCHER AB SINCE LAST TEAM REC.* Altuve 9/19/17 CWS/Giolito Bregman Correa Davis Fisher 9/17/17 SEA/Moore Gattis 9/23/17 LAA/Paredes Gonzalez Marisnick McCann Reddick Springer Stassi 8/23/17 WSH/Grace Astros HR Chart Solo 2-Run 3-Run GS Total Altuve Bregman Correa Davis Fisher Gattis Gonzalez Marisnick McCann Reddick Springer Stassi TOTALS MULTI-HOMER GAMES: 2018 GRAND SLAMS 2018 OPPONENT GRAND SLAMS PLAYER DATE OPP./PITCHER PLAYER DATE OPP./PITCHER 2018 BACK-TO-BACK HOME RUN COMBOS PLAYERS DATE OPP./PITCHER(S) 2018 PINCH-HIT HOME RUNS PLAYER DATE OPP./PITCHER(S) 2018 LEADOFF HOME RUNS: 2018 WALK-OFF HOME RUNS: ASTROS HOME RUNS 2018 LAST AT-BAT WINS NO.-DATE-OPP. SCORE GAME-WINNING PLAY ASTROS EJECTIONS DATE PERSONNEL UMPIRE SITUATION REPLAY REVIEWS (0) Date/Opp. (Inn.) Play Challenger Result Time TEAM PITCHING Fewest Runs, Game... Most Runs, Game... Fewest Hits, Game... Most Hits, Game... Fewest Walks, Game... Most Walks, Game... Most Strikeouts, Game... Longest Scoreless Inning Streak... INDIVIDUAL PITCHING Longest Winning Streak... Longest Losing Streak... Most Innings Pitched, Starter... Most Innings Pitched, Relief... Fewest Hits, Complete Game... Fewest Walks, Complete Game... Most Walks, Game... Most Strikeouts, Game... Most Strikeouts, Inning... Most Hit By Pitch, Game... Longest Scoreless Inning Streak... ATTENDANCE Home:... Home Average:... Road:... Road Average:...

7 HOUSTON ASTROS 2018 DAY-BY-DAY Date Game Opponent W-L /Score Record Pos. GB Astros Opp. Save Attendance Home Attendance POR POR (*-denotes sellout) 3/29 3/30 3/31 4/1 4/2 5 BAL 4/3 6 BAL 4/4 7 BAL 4/6 8 SD 4/7 9 SD 4/8 10 SD 4/9 4/10 4/11 4/13 14 TEX 4/14 15 TEX 4/15 16 TEX 4/16 4/17 4/18 4/19 4/20 4/21 4/22 4/23 24 LAA 4/24 25 LAA 4/25 26 LAA 4/27 27 OAK 4/28 28 OAK 4/29 29 OAK 4/30 30 NYY 5/1 31 NYY 5/2 32 NYY 5/3 33 NYY 5/4 5/5 5/6 5/7 5/8 5/9 5/11 40 TEX 5/12 41 TEX 5/13 42 TEX 5/14 5/15 5/16 5/18 46 CLE 5/19 47 CLE 5/20 48 CLE 5/22 49 SF 5/23 50 SF 5/24 5/25 5/26 5/27 5/28 5/29 5/30 5/31 58 BOS 6/1 59 BOS 6/2 60 BOS 6/3 61 BOS 6/5 62 SEA 6/6 63 SEA 6/7 6/8 6/9 6/10 6/12 6/13 6/14 6/15 6/16 6/17 6/18 74 TB 6/19 75 TB 6/20 76 TB 6/22 77 KC 6/23 78 KC 6/24 79 KC 6/25 80 TOR 6/26 81 TOR 6/27 82 TOR 6/28 6/29 6/30 7/1 7/3 7/4 7/5 89 CWS 7/6 90 CWS 7/7 91 CWS 7/8 92 CWS 7/9 93 OAK 7/10 94 OAK 7/11 95 OAK 7/12 96 OAK 7/13 97 DET 7/14 98 DET 7/15 99 DET

8 HOUSTON ASTROS 2018 DAY-BY-DAY Date Game Opponent W-L /Score Record Pos. GB Astros Opp. Save Attendance Home Attendance POR POR (*-denotes sellout) 7/17 All-Star Game (Washington, D.C.) 7/20 7/21 7/22 7/24 7/25 7/ TEX 7/ TEX 7/ TEX 7/30 7/31 8/1 8/3 8/4 8/5 8/6 8/7` 8/9 116 SEA 8/ SEA 8/ SEA 8/ SEA 8/ COL 8/ COL 8/17 8/18 8/19 8/20 8/21 8/22 8/24 8/25 8/26 8/ OAK 8/ OAK 8/ OAK 8/ LAA 8/ LAA 9/1 136 LAA 9/2 137 LAA 9/3 138 MIN 9/4 139 MIN 9/5 140 MIN 9/7 9/8 9/9 9/10 9/11 9/12 9/ ARI 9/ ARI 9/ ARI 9/ SEA 9/ SEA 9/ SEA 9/ LAA 9/ LAA 9/ LAA 9/24 9/25 9/26 9/27 9/28 9/29 9/ ASTROS TRANSACTIONS TRANSACTIONS: 3/29: Placed IF Yuli Gurriel on the restricted list...3/28: Placed RHP Jandel Gustave on the 10-day DL (retro to 3/26); placed RHP James Hoyt on the 10-day DL (retro to 3/26); placed RHP Brady Rodgers on the 10-day DL (retro to 3/26)...3/19: Signed IF Jose Altuve to a seven-year contract...2/5: Signed OF George Springer to a two-year contract...1/22: Claimed LHP Buddy Boshers off waivers from Minnesota...1/13: Acquired RHP Gerrit Cole from Pittsburgh in exchange for RHP Michael Feliz, IF Colin Moran, RHP Joe Musgrove and OF Jason Martin.