Houston Astros (34-16) vs. Baltimore orioles (25-22) rhp lance MCCULLERS (5-1, 2.43) VS. RHP ALEC ASHER (1-2, 2.17) sunday, may 28, 2017 minute maid park Houston, TX 1:10 p.m. ct ROOT SPORTS kbme 790 am la nueva 94.1 fm GAME #51...home #30 ABOUT THE RECORD Overall Record:...34-16 Home Record:...19-10 --with Roof Open:...8-5 --with Roof Closed:... 11-5 --with Roof Open/Closed:...0-0 Road Record:...15-6 Current Streak:...Won 3 Current Homestand:...5-4 Last Road Trip:...6-1 Last 5 Games:...4-1 Last 10 Games:...6-4 Series Record (includes current series):...13-3-0 Sweeps:...3-1 When Scoring 4 or More Runs:...26-4 When Scoring 3 or Fewer Runs:...8-12 Shutouts:...5-2 In One-Run Games:...8-4 In Two-Run Games:...7-3 vs. Left-Handed Starters:...7-6 vs. Right-Handed Starters:...27-10 During the Day:...8-4 At Night:...26-12 When Scoring First:...21-6 Opponent Scores First:...13-10 Outhit Opponent:...27-4 Outhit by Opponent:...5-12 Equal Hits:...2-0 When Hitting Home Run:... 27-11 No Home Runs:...7-5 Walkoff Home Runs:...1-0 Come-from-Behind Wins:... 17 Largest Comeback:...5 (3x) Losses After Leading:... 8 Last At-Bat Wins:... 5 Largest Blown Lead:... 2 Extra-Inning Games:...4-0 Different Batting Orders:... 45 After Six Innings: Lead: 25-2...Tied: 1-3... Trail: 8-11 After Seven Innings: Lead: 29-1...Tied: 2-3... Trail: 3-12 After Eight Innings: Lead: 31-0...Tied: 2-2... Trail: 1-14 Astros vs. orioles (2017): Overall:...2-0 At Minute Maid Park:...2-0 At Camden Yards:...0-0 Astros vs. orioles (all-time): Overall:...20-18 Record in Houston:...14-5 Record in Baltimore:...6-13 THIS DATE IN ASTROS HISTORY: may 28 1980 - Nolan Ryan hurles a 2-hit, 1-0 shutout vs. the Padres in the Dome. Enos Cabell drives home Jose Cruz for the game s only run. 1969 - A 7-6 win in 10 innings over the Phillies in the Dome gives the Astros a club-record tying 10-game win streak. After delivering a walk-off grand slam the night before, Doug Rader is the hero again, this time with a bases-loaded, walk-off single in the 10th to top the Phils. today s media availability The Astros clubhouse will be open from 10:10-11:00 a.m...manager AJ Hinch will be available in the Astros dugout at approximately 11:00 a.m. today s GAME: Today s game is the finale of this 3-game set vs. BAL and for the Astros 10-game homestand (5-4 thus far)...rhp Lance McCullers (5-1) starts today vs. Orioles RHP Alec Asher (1-2). sweepstakes: A win today would give the Astros their 4th series sweep of the season and their 2nd straight vs. BAL at Minute Maid Park...HOU swept a 3-game set vs. the O s here at MMP 5/24-26 of last season...hou has won 5 straight, 8 of 9 and 11 of their last 13 vs. the BAL. sir lance: RHP Lance McCullers owns the longest current scoreless streak in the Majors at 22.0 innings... he has not allowed an earned run 4 straight starts (24.0 IP)...McCullers has a ML-best 0.59 ERA in the month of May (2ER/30.1IP). Lowest ERA in May - MLB 1. Lance McCullers - 0.59 2. Alex Wood - 1.27 3. Zack Godley - 1.69 best record in baseball: The Astros enter tonight with the best record in baseball at 34-16, leading the Majors in wins (34) and winning pct. (.680). best start ever: At 34-16, the Astros are off to their best 50-game start in franchise history, two games better than their previous record of 31-19, set in 1998 and 2015.. the first 50: The Astros start to this season is similar to a few other clubs over the past five seasons... below are the last three teams with similar starts: RECORD THRU 48 final record 2016 Cubs (35-15) 103-58, WS Champs 2015 Cardinals (33-17) 100-62, Lost in NLDS 2012 Dodgers (32-18) 86-76, DNQ for postseason high-water mark: Last night s win lifted the Astros to 18 games above.500, which is their high-water mark for the year...prior to this year, the last time the Astros were 18 games above.500 was the end of the 2004 season, when they finished 22 games over with a 92-70 record. last night s recap: LHP Dallas Keuchel (8-0) returned from the DL to help lead the Astros to a 5-2 win over the Orioles last night...keuchel s line: 6 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 8 SO)...the Astros 1st 3 hitters in the lineup (George Springer, 2-run HR; Jose Altuve, 3 H, 2 2B; Carlos Correa, 2 H, RBI) combined to go 7x13 to lead the way on offense...rhp Will Harris hurled a scoreless 9th to earn his 2nd save. homeboy: Since the start of the 2015 season, LHP Dallas Keuchel is now 23-5 at Minute Maid Park with a 2.10 ERA...his 23 wins at home in that span are 1st in the Majors. Most Home Wins Since 2015 T1. Dallas Keuchel: 23-5 T3. Jon Lester: 20-11 T1. Clayton Kershaw: 22-5 T3. Rick Porcello: 20-12 T3. Zach Greinke: 20-6 blankings: Fri.night s 2-0 win was the Astros 5th shutout of the season, which ranks T-1st in the Majors (CLE also has 5). BIG D: With last night s win, LHP Dallas Keuchel leads the Majors in wins with an 8-0 mark while ranking 2nd in ERA (1.81)...his 8-0 mark is the best to start a season by an Astros starter since RHP Roger Clemens began the 2004 season at 9-0...Rocket lost his 1st gm that season in his 13th start (6/14 vs. CHC). roster move: Effective today, the Astros have placed RHP Charlie Morton (right lat strain) on the 10-day DL and have recalled RHP Jordan Jankowski from Triple A Fresno. what a relief: RHP Ken Giles, who enters today s game leading the AL in saves (14) and save pct. (93.3%) has been one of the hottest relievers in the Majors recently, recording saves in each of his last 3 apps., and in 4 of his last 5 apps...in those 5 apps., he has allowed just 1 hit and no runs with 7 K s (opp. are 1x19,.063)...Giles has posted a 1.26 ERA (2ER/14.1IP) in 14 apps. since 4/19. mlb milestone: In Thurs. night s win vs. DET, RHP Ken Giles recorded the 50,000th save in the Majors since 1969, the year that saves became an official Major League stat. PITCHING IN: The Astros pitching staff leads the Major Leagues in strikeouts and opponent batting average (.224) and ranks 2nd in ERA...MLB rankings: strikeouts opponent avg. era 1. HOU - 490 1. HOU -.228 1. LAD - 3.23 2. LAD - 472 2. LAD -.232 2. HOU - 3.39 3. ARI - 466 3. ARI -.232 3. ARI - 3.58 at the plate: Like the pitching staff, the Astros offense is among the AL leaders in several categories. hits runs slugging 1. HOU - 454 1. NYY - 245 1. NYY -.448 2. BOS - 446 2. HOU - 244 2. HOU -.446 3. TB - 433 3. TB - 235 3. OAK -.428 may flowers: Marwin Gonzalez (.373) and Carlos Correa (.366) rank 1st and 3rd in the AL in batting avg. for the month of May, respectively...gonzalez also ranks 4th in the AL in slugging pct. for May with a.746 clip. Top AL Batting Avg. - May 1. Marwin Gonzalez -.373 2. Eric Hosmer -.370 3. Carlos Correa -.366 climbing charts: OF Carlos Beltrán (1050) ranks 3rd all-time in extra-base hits among switch-hitters, trailing only Eddie Murray (1099) and Chipper Jones (1055)...below is a listing of where Beltrán ranks alltime among all hitters in doubles and RBI (since 1900). Doubles (mlb history) rbi (mlb history) 29. Alex Rodriguez - 548 45. Willie McCovey - 1555 30. Manny Ramirez - 547 46. Carlos Beltran - 1551 31. Carlos Beltrán - 546 47. Fred McGriff - 1550 Japanese honors: OF Norichika Aoki is 8 hits shy of reaching 2,000 between the Majors (706) and Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan (1,284)...the 2,000-hit mark garners automatic entrance into the Meikyukai, which translates to The Golden Players Club, an equivalent to the Baseball Hall of Fame. UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS (ALL TIMES CENTRAL) Date Time Opponent Pitchers Television Mon., May 29 1:10 @Minnesota RHP Brad Peacock vs. RHP Ervin Santana (7-2, 1.80) ROOT SPORTS SW Tues., May 30 7:10 @Minnesota TBA vs. RHP José Berríos (3-0, 1.66) ROOT SPORTS SW Wed., May 31 12:10 @Minnesota RHP Joe Musgrove vs. LHP Hector Santiago (4-3, 4.07) ROOT SPORTS SW All Astros games are broadcast in English on SportsTalk 790 AM in Houston, the flagship station of the Astros Radio Network. La Nueva, 94.1 FM, is the flagship of the club s Spanish Radio Network.
today s ASTROS STARTER: RHP Lance Mccullers Jr. W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO 2017: 5-1 2.43 10 10 59.1 45 17 16 17 65 Career: 17-13 3.05 46 46 266.0 231 95 90 105 300 vs. bal W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO 2017: - - - - - - - - - - Career: 2-0 1.29 2 2 14.0 5 2 2 6 21 Career Complete Games: 1 Last CG: 6/3/15 vs. BAL Career Shutouts: 0 Last SHO: --- CAREER MLB GAME-HIGHS: 2017 GAME-HIGHS: Strikeouts: 11, 6/3/15 vs. BAL 10 (2x), last, 5/1 vs. TEX Walks: 6, 5/26/16 vs. BAL 3 (2x), last, 4/26 at CLE Hits: 8 (4x), last, 4/15/17 at OAK 8, 4/15 at OAK Earned Runs: 6, 8/3/15 at TEX 5 (2x), last, 4/26 at CLE Innings Pitched: 9.0, 6/3/15 vs. BAL 7.0 (2x), last, 5/6 at LAA Low-Hit CG: 4, 6/3/15 vs. BAL --- CAREER MLB SPLITS: Home/MMP: 12-4, 2.05 ERA, 25G/GS, 35ER/154IP Away: 5-9, 4.42 ERA, 21G/GS, 55ER/112IP Day: 7-4, 2.94 ERA, 18G/GS, 34ER/104IP Night: 10-9, 3.11 ERA, 28G/GS, 56ER/162IP Longest Winning Streak: 3 (2x), last, 5/12-current Longest Losing Streak: 4, 8/3-9/22/15 2017 SPLITS: Home: 3-0, 1.74 ERA, 5G/GS, 6ER/31IP Away: 2-1, 3.18 ERA, 5G/GS, 10ER/28.1IP Day: 2-0, 3.00 ERA, 4G/GS, 8ER/24IP Night: 3-1, 2.04 ERA, 6G/GS, 8ER/35.1IP Longest Winning Streak: 3, 5/12-current Longest Losing Streak: 1, 4/26 LAST start - 5/23 vs. det: yielded just 1 hit in 5.0 scoreless innings last Tuesday vs. the Tigers at Minute Maid Park...walked 2 batters and struck out 5...was his 3rd win in a row, which ties his longest career winning streak. making mccullers: 23-year-old is set to make his 11th start of the season and his 6th at home...the Astros have won 8 of his 10 starts this season. he currently leads AL pitchers in ERA (0.59) in the month of May...ranks as the 2nd lowest ERA during the month in franchise history, behind only RHP Nolan Ryan (0.20, 1984). zeroes abound: owns the longest active scoreless innings streak in the AL at 22.0 innings...is the longest by an Astros starting pitcher since RHP Roy Oswalt posted a 32.0-inning streak from 8/27-9/11/08...has not allowed an earned run in 4 consecutive starts (24IP). the last Astros starting pitcher to allow zero earned runs while going at least 5.0 innings in 4 consecutive starts was RHP Nolan Ryan in 1984... is the longest such streak in the Majors since RHP Zack Greinke went 6 games of at least 0ER/5IP from 6/18-7/19/2015...6 games is the longest streak since 1913. the first 3 of those 4 starts came on the road...the last Astros pitcher to last 6.0 innings in 3 consecutive starts on the road was RHP Roger Clemens from 2004-05. POUNDING THE ZONE: has been throwing strikes at the highest rate of his career this season...has 65 strikeouts and just 17 walks...has kept a high strikeout rate (27.2% this year; 30.1% in 2016) but has lowered his walk rate to 7.1% from 12.8% last season. among AL pitchers, ranks 9th in strikeouts per 9.0 innings (9.86), T-6th in strikeouts and 9th in strikeout to walk ratio (3.82). has thrown 2 double-digit strikeout games this season (has 8 in his career). making divots: leads the AL in groundball-to-flyball ratio with a 4.29 mark...has been inducing groundballs at a career-high rate this season... owns a 61.2 groundball percentage in 2017, up from 57.3 in 2016...ranks 3r in the AL in groundball percentage behind Keuchel (67.4%) and RHP Marcus Stroman (62.6%). vs. BAL: has been dominant in his 2 career starts against the Orioles, both coming at Minute Maid Park...is 2-0 with a 1.29 ERA (2ER/14IP) with at least 10 strikeouts in both starts (21K/14IP). homeboy: has set an AL record by allowing 3-or-fewer runs in 25 consecutive home starts...the streak, which covers his entire career, is tied for the 4th-longest in MLB history, last reached by RHP John Lackey (25 straight home starts for the Cardinals and Cubs between the 2014-16 seasons). this 25-game run is also a franchise record, surpassing RHP Larry Dierker (1970-72), who also did so in 22 straight starts at the Astrodome. is also the 2nd pitcher in MLB history to allow 3 runs or less in each of his first 25 career starts at home (RHP Jose Fernandez, 25 from 2013-15). owns the lowest ERA in Minute Maid Park history, as he has posted a 2.05 ERA (35ER/154IP) in 25 starts while going 12-4 (min. 150IP). also leads the AL in home ERA since 2015 (min. 125IP), immediately ahead of LHP Dallas Keuchel (2.10, 57ER/244IP). anything for the fans: holds a career 10.15 strikeouts per 9.0 innings ratio (300SO/266IP). ranks 6th among active starting pitchers in career strikeouts per 9.0 innings ratio (min. 225IP), trailing only RHP Yu Darvish (11.17), RHP Stephen Strasburg (10.45), RHP Noah Syndergaard (10.37), LHP RHP Danny Salazar (10.33) and Chris Sale (10.23). mccullers jr. VS. orioles (Career) DATE RESULT W/L IP H R ER BB SO HR 6/3/15 BAL W 3-1 W1 9.0 4 1 1 0 11 0 5/26/16 BAL W 4-2 W2 5.0 1 1 1 6 10 1 AVG AB H HR BB SO Davis.000 7 0 0 0 4 Janish.000 1 0 0 1 0 Jones.333 6 2 0 1 3 Kim.000 2 0 0 0 1 Machado.000 4 0 0 3 1 AVG AB H HR BB SO Rickard.000 2 0 0 1 2 Schoop.000 2 0 0 0 2 Smith.000 9 0 0 0 6 Trumbo.500 6 3 1 1 2 2017 regular season DAY BY DAYS Date OPP Result W/L IP H R ER BB SO HR TP 4/4 SEA W 2-1 W 1 6.0 5 1 1 2 7 0 88 4/9 KC W 5-4 - 7.0 6 3 3 0 10 2 99 4/15 at OAK W 10-6 - 4.1 8 5 5 1 6 2 97 4/20 LAA W 2-1 W 2 6.2 3 0 0 3 8 0 100 4/26 at CLE L 6-7 L 1 5.0 7 5 5 3 5 0 90 april 2-1 4.34 era 29.0 29 14 14 9 36 4 474 5/1 TEX W 6-2 - 6.1 6 2 2 2 10 1 105 5/6 at LAA L 1-2 - 7.0 2 1 0 2 4 1 88 5/12 at NYY W 5-1 W 3 6.0 4 0 0 0 7 0 90 5/17 at MIA W 3-0 W 4 6.0 3 0 0 2 3 0 95 5/23 DET W 6-2 W 5 5.0 1 0 0 2 5 0 96 may 3-0 0.59 era 30.1 16 3 2 8 29 2 474 tomorrow s STARTER at MIN rhp brad peacock W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO 2017: 2-0 0.87 13 1 20.2 8 2 2 12 30 Career: 13-17 4.30 73 47 284.1 255 152 136 141 261 vs. min W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO 2017: - - - - - - - - - - Career: 0-1 3.00 2 2 12.0 11 5 4 3 15 LAST start - 5/22 vs. DET: made his 1st start of the season and did not allow a run over 4.1 innings...struck out 8 batters and allowed just 1 hit (single) and 2 walks...became the 5th pitcher in club history to strike out 8 batters in a start of 4.1 innings or less, joining LHP Erik Bedard (2013), LHP Ron Villone (2003), RHP J.R. Richard (1973) and LHP Denny Lemaster (1970). his 8 strikeouts marked his most since recording 8 on 5/29/14 vs. BAL (1ER/6IP)...was his 1st scoreless start since 9/8/14 at SEA (0R/5IP). about peacock: 29-year-old is set to make his 2nd start of the season, and 14th overall appearance. has pitched well in a relief role this year, allowing just 2 runs while recording 22 strikeouts in 16.1 innings of work (1.10 ERA). has held opponents to a.116 (8x69) average. has been scoreless in 11 of his 13 outings in 2017. 2017 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 5/27 vs. BAL (6,4,1,1,2,8) W 5-2 W 8 10 5.94 95 0/1 9-1 4 3-1 8 7-1 McCullers Jr. 5/23 vs. DET (5,1,0,0,2,5) W 6-2 W 3 10 3.49 95 1/2 8-2 1 1-0 7 7-0 Morton 5/24 vs. DET (7,4,2,2,3,6) L 3-6 L 1 10 6.09 95 2/1 6-4 2 2-0 3 2-1 Musgrove 5/26 vs. BAL (7,4,0,0,0,6) W 2-0 W 1 10 4.39 90 1/2 5-5 3 2-1 3 2-1 Fiers 5/25 vs. DET (4.2,10,4,4,1,2) W 7-6 L 1 9 4.82 90 6/1 5-4 5 2-3 2 0-2 Peacock 5/22 vs. DET (4.1,1,0,0,2,8) W 1-0 - 1 2.08 70 0/0 1-0 1 1-0 0 -
ASTROS: bal series (5/26-28):.313 (21x67) homestand (5/19-28):.240 (69x288) OPPONENTS: bal series (5/26-28):.215 (14x65) homestand (5/19-28):.230 (68x296) 27 IF Jose Altuve.301, 7 HR, 23 RBI Last Gm: 3x4, RBI BAL Series:.375, 3x8, RBI Homestand:.257, 9x35, HR, 4RBI Current Stk.: 1,.750, 3x4, 5/27 Long Streak: 8,.375, 12x32, 5/14-22 went 3x4 with 2 doubles, a stolen base, 2 runs scored and an RBI last night... was his 5th game with 3+ hits (T-4th in the AL)...was his 3rd multi-double game of the year (T-2nd in the AL). ranks among the top AL players in steals (4th, 10) and hits (T-5th, 56)...209 career steals rank 6th in club history, trailing Terry Puhl by 8 for 5th place (217). has hit safely in 12 of his last 13 games...batting.325 (50x154) with 12 doubles, 2 triples, 7 HR, 23 RBI, 31 runs scored and a.954 OPS (.390 OBP/.565 SLG) over his last 41 games (since 4/11) after starting the season 6x32 (.188) over his first 8 games. leads the Majors in road batting average (.403, 29x72) and ranks 3rd in road OPS (1.202)...led the AL in road batting average in 2016 (.376). went 4x5 with 2 doubles and 2 triples on 5/17 at MIA...4 extra-base hits were a career high...became the 1st player in club history with 2 doubles and 2 triples in a game, and the 12th player in MLB history (last, Carl Crawford in 2005). 3 OF norichika aoki.265, 1 HR, 7 RBI Last Gm: DNP Homestand:.200, 3x15, RBI Current Stk.: 2,.500, 3x6, 5/24 Long Streak: 4,.467, 7x15, 4/23-27 2x3 with his Major League leading 6th outfield assist Thur. vs. DET...Wednesday s 9th inning single snapped a 4-game hitless streak, his longest this season...is 8 hits shy of reaching 2,000 between MLB (708) and Nippon Professional Baseball (JPN, 1,284)...708 hits in the Majors rank 4th all-time among Japanese-born players...trailing Ichiro (3,034), H. Matsui (1,253) and Dave Roberts (721). is the 4th Japanese-born player in Houston franchise history and the 1st since Kazuo Matsui (2008-10). has started 30 games this year (27 in LF, 3 in RF). 15 OF carlos beltran.235, 5 HR, 15 RBI Last Gm: DNP BAL Series:.250, 1x4, HR, RBI Homestand:.160, 4x25, 2HR, 3RBI Current Stk.: 1,.250, 1x4, 5/26 Long Streak: 4 (2x),.333, 6x18, 4/10-14 hit a solo HR Fri. night off Gausman...all 5 of his homers this season have come while batting left-handed. surpassed Fred McGriff Fri. night for 46th all-time in RBI in MLB history (1,551) and tied Billy Williams for 50th all-time in HR (426)...is 4 RBI shy of tying Willie McCovey for 45th and 1 HR shy of tying Mike Piazza for 49th...has 546 doubles, which ranks 31st in MLB history (1 shy of Manny Ramirez for 30th). ranks 3rd all-time in Major League history in extra-base hits by a switch-hitter (1,050)...trails only Chipper Jones (1,055) and Eddie Murray (1,099). turned 40 on 4/24...last player to play for HOU at 40 years of age was Doug Brocail (2009, 42)...last position player was Craig Biggio (2007, 41). 2 IF alex bregman.250, 3 HR, 14 RBI Last Gm: 1x4 BAL Series:.143, 1x7 Homestand:.219, 7x32, 2HR, 2RBI Current Stk.:.250, 1x4, 5/27 Long Streak: 10,.314, 11x35, 4/27-5/9 fell a triple shy of the cycle Wed., which included a 9th-inning solo HR...3 hits were his most this season, and tied a career high...has 3 HR in his last 13 games. 23-year-old is the youngest 3rd baseman in the AL...has played in all but 2 of Houston s games this season (43 starts at 3B, 3 at SS). is batting.351 (13x37) with runners in scoring position, which ranks T-12th in the AL...hit.388 (19x49) in those situations in 2016. 1 IF Carlos correa.298, 7 HR, 27 RBI Last Gm: 2x4, RBI BAL Series:.500, 4x8, RBI Homestand:.320, 8x25, 2HR, 4RBI Current Stk.: 3,.583, 7x12, 5/25 Long Streak: 6,.455, 10x22, 5/9-14 went 2x4 with an RBI single last night...has 3 consecutive multi-hit games since missing 2 games with an undisclosed illness...went 2x4 with a double Fri. night and 3x4 with a 2 run HR Thur. vs. DET...has 15 RBI in his last 15 games. is batting.366 (30x82) with 7 doubles, 5 HR, 19 RBI and a 1.076 OPS (.442 OBP/.634 SLG) in May...among AL hitters this month, ranks T-2nd in RBI, 3rd in batting, 4th in OBP, 5th in OPS, 8th in SLG and T-7th in hits. his 18 multi-hit games rank T-4th in the AL and lead the club. after Houston s game on 4/22 at TB, was batting.196 (11x56) with just 1 HR and 3 RBI in 15 games, and had gone hitless in a career-long 5 straight games...in 29 games since, has batted.348 (39x112) with 11 doubles, 6 HR, 24 RBI and a 1.024 OPS (.417 OBP/.607 SLG)...has raised his average from.196 to.298 in that span. leads all Major League shortstops in HR (48) since the start of the 2015 season... his.831 OPS trails only Corey Seager (.896) in that span. is the franchise leader in home runs by a shortstop with 48...mark the 2nd-most HR by a shortstop in Major League history prior to his 23rd birthday, behind only Alex Rodriguez (95). 11 c EVAN GATTIS.279, 3 HR, 19 RBI Last Gm: 1x4 BAL Series:.375, 3x8 Homestand:.292, 7x24, 2RBI Current Stk.: 2,.375, 3x8, 5/26 Long Streak: 9,.314, 11x35, 4/25-5/7 doubled last night in a start at DH...went 2x4 on Fri. in a start at catcher, recording 1 caught stealing...has caught 4 of the Astros 5 shutout wins this season (19 starts at catcher this year). has 19 strikeouts in 127 plate appearances this year for a career-low 15% strikeout rate...had a career-high 25.5% strikeout rate last season...owns an 8.7% walk rate (highest of his career). is batting.359 (14x39) with runners in scoring position (ranks T-8th in the AL). 9 IF Marwin Gonzalez.292, 11 HR, 28 RBI Last Gm: 2x3 BAL Series:.667, 2x3 Homestand:.348, 8x23, 2HR, 4RBI Current Stk.: 2,.500, 3x6, 5/25 Long Streak: 11,.405, 15x37, 5/1-16 hit 2 singles and walked last night...hit a 2-run homer Thur. vs. DET...doubled in 3 straight games from 5/21-23, which was the longest streak of his career...has reached base safely in 20 consecutive starts (since 4/22), batting.382 (26x68) with 5 doubles, 8 HR, 22 RBI and a 1.278 OPS in that span. leads the club in HR and RBI...among AL players with at least 125 PA s, ranks 3rd in at-bat to home run ratio (10.27), 4th in OPS (1.019) and 4th in SLG (.628). leads the AL in batting average in May (.373, 22x59) and ranks 3rd in OBP (.457), and 4th in SLG (.746) and OPS (1.203). started this month on an 11-game hitting streak...was the 2nd-longest streak of his career, and longest since hitting in a career-long 13 games (2016). at 11 homers (40 games), is just 2 shy of tying his single-season career high of 13 set in 2016...last season, did not hit his 11th HR until 8/16/16 (103 games). recently had a 4-game HR streak (4/30-5/4), a streak of 5 consecutive starts with a HR (4/27-5/4), and a streak of 6 consecutive starts with an RBI (4/26-5/4)...per Elias: became the 1st position player in the modern era to hit a HR in 4 straight starts, each at a different position...2b-4/27, 3B-4/30, LF-5/2, 1B-5/3. 10 IF YULI GURRIEL.256, 4 HR, 15 RBI Last Gm: 0x4 BAL Series:.125, 1x8 Homestand:.125, 3x24, HR, RBI Current Stk.: 0x5 Long Streak: 4 (2x), last,.400, 6x15, 5/14-16 hit a 416-foot solo homer Tues. and was HBP in his next plate appearance...has been hit by a pitch 5 times this season, which ranks T-4th in the AL...the Astros have had 23 HBP s this season, which ranks T-1st with LAA among AL teams. has 2 HR and 5 RBI over his last 10 games...hit 1st grand slam of his career on 5/15 at MIA, setting a career-high with 4 RBI...marked the 1st time in club history that the Astros hit grand slams on consecutive days. was hitting.095 (2x21) after his first 6 games...has gone on to hit.281 (38x135) with 8 doubles, 4 HR, 15 RBI in his last 37 games (since 4/10). tied for the lead among all AL rookies in doubles (8) and ranks 3rd in batting average and hits (40). 6 OF Jake Marisnick.277, 6 HR, 9 RBI Last Gm: 0x3 BAL Series:.167, 1x6, HR, RBI Homestand:.333, 5x15, 2HR, 3RBI Current Stk.: 0x5 Long Streak: 2 (5x), last,.500, 2x4, 5/25-current was HBP and stole a base last night in a start in CF...has started 2 straight games, and 4 of the last 5. hit a go-ahead, solo home run in the 3rd inning on Fri. that proved to be the difference...was his 2nd consecutive plate appearance with a HR, as he hit a game-winning 8th inning solo HR on Thur. vs. DET...has 4 HR in his last 7 games with a plate appearance...at 6 HR, has already eclipsed his HR total from the entire 2016 season...hit 5 HR in 311 PA last year...has 6 HR in 73 PA this year. per Elias, his HR on Thur. vs. DET was the 1st by a player this season after entering the game as a pinch runner. is slashing.274/.354/.569 this season (.925 OPS)...all of those marks would be single-season career highs...ranks 8th among AL outfielders in OPS (min. 50PA). the Astros have won 9 of his last 10 starts...has made 19 starts this season (16 in CF, 3 in LF), but has played in 36 total games. among all Major League outfielders since 2014, 7th in defensive runs saved with 51, trailing only Kiermaier, Heyward, Inciarte, Cain, Dyson and Betts. 16 C brian mccann.264, 6 HR, 25 RBI Last Gm: 0x2 DET Series: 0x2 Homestand: 0x2 Current Stk.: 0x8 Long Streak: 4 (2x),.333,.462, 6x13, 4/14-19 went 0x2 with 2 walks last night in a start at catcher after being activated from the 7-day concussion DL today...placed on the DL on 5/21 (retro to 5/20)...prior to hitting the DL, was leading the club and all AL catchers in RBI...ranked in the top 5 AL catchers in OBP (2nd), batting average (4th), OPS (3rd), slugging (3rd), walks (T-2nd) and HR (3rd). is batting.280 (7x25) with 9 RBI and a 1.080 OPS off southpaws this season. has 19 walks and 17 strikeouts this season...is walking at a career-high rate (14.6%), and his strikeout rate of 13.1% is his lowest since 2008 (11.2%). 22 OF josh reddick.280, 6 HR, 20 RBI Last Gm: DNP BAL Series:.250, 1x4 Homestand:.250, 6x24, HR, 2RBI Current Stk.: 1,.250, 1x4, 5/26 Long Streak: 8,.344, 11x32, 5/7-16 doubled Fri. night and has reached base safely in 7 straight games. ranks among 8th among AL outfielders in batting average. is hitting.316 (25x79) with a.915 OPS at home...ranks 12th in the AL in home batting average...in 19 games at home since changing his walkup song to Ric Flair s entrance music, has hit.328 (20x61) with 3 doubles, 1 triple, 4 HR, 8 RBI and a.992 OPS. batting.286 (38x133) with all 14 of his extra-base hits and an.827 OPS against right-handed pitchers...hitting.250 (6x24) vs. lefties. 4 OF George Springer.242, 10 HR, 25 RBI Last Gm: 2x5, HR, 2RBI BAL Series:.333, 3x9, HR, 2RBI Homestand:.176, 6x34, HR, 2RBI Current Stk.: 2,.333, 3x9, 5/26 Long Streak: 13,.333, 17x51, 4/30-5/14 recorded his 2nd straight multi-hit game and hit a 447-foot 2-run HR (3rd-longest HR hit at Minute Maid Park this season)...has reached in 8 straight games. tied for the Major League lead in leadoff homers (5) with Corey Dickerson...has 14 career leadoff HR, which ranks 2nd in club history behind Craig Biggio (53). leads the AL in batting avg. w/risp and 2 outs (.533, 8x15, 11 RBI). recorded his 4th career multi-hr game and 1st of the season in Game 2 of 5/14 doubleheader at NYY...hit a leadoff HR off RHP Masahiro Tanaka, and then homered off him again to lead off the 2nd inning...per Elias, became the 4th player in MLB s expansion era (since 1961) to hit home runs to lead off each of the first 2.0 innings of a game, joining Chad Curtis-DET (1995 vs. CWS), Stan Javier-SF (1999 vs. SD) and Manny Machado-BAL (2015 vs. PHI). his 2 HR on 5/14 at NYY snapped a 19-game homerless streak...was tied for the longest homerless streak of his career (4/16-5/7/14, 1st 19g of his MLB career).
ASTROS HITTERS vs. upcoming starters ASTROS vs. asher AVG AB H HR RBI BB K no Astros have faced Asher ASTROS HITTERS vs. orioles ASTROS vs. orioles (2016): AVG AB H HR RBI Altuve.258 31 8 1 7 Aoki.133 15 2 0 0 Beltrán.283 46 13 3 7 Bregman.368 19 7 2 6 Correa.188 32 6 0 5 Gattis.345 29 10 2 4 Gonzalez.056 18 1 0 0 Gurriel.500 2 1 0 0 Marisnick.200 10 2 1 1 McCann.250 48 12 1 7 Reddick.833 12 10 0 3 Springer.500 30 15 4 7 ASTROS vs. orioles (2017): AVG AB H HR RBI Altuve.375 8 3 0 1 Beltrán.250 4 1 1 1 Bregman.143 7 1 0 0 Correa.500 8 4 0 1 Gattis.375 8 3 0 0 Gonzalez.667 3 2 0 0 Gurriel.125 8 1 0 0 Marisnick.167 6 1 1 1 McCann.000 2 0 0 0 Reddick.250 4 1 0 0 Springer.444 9 4 1 2 Astros Hitters vs. LHP (2017) PLAYER.AVG AB H Altuve.275 40 11 Aoki.263 19 5 Beltrán.244 41 10 Bregman.314 35 11 Correa.263 38 10 Gattis.167 24 4 Gonzalez.273 33 9 Gurriel.128 39 5 Marisnick.222 27 6 McCann.280 25 7 Reddick.250 24 6 Springer.250 44 11 Astros Hitters vs. LHP (career) PLAYER.AVG AB H Altuve.342 930 318 Aoki.307 704 216 Beltrán.284 2577 732 Bregman.275 91 25 Correa.255 310 79 Gattis.267 544 145 Gonzalez.256 469 120 Gurriel.175 80 14 Marisnick.228 359 82 McCann.259 1542 399 Reddick.219 753 165 Springer.265 419 111 Astros Hitters vs. rhp (2017) PLAYER.AVG AB H Altuve.308 146 45 Aoki.265 83 22 Beltrán.231 121 28 Bregman.233 133 31 Correa.308 130 40 Gattis.310 87 27 Gonzalez.300 80 24 Gurriel.299 117 35 Marisnick.316 38 12 McCann.259 85 22 Reddick.286 133 38 Springer.239 134 32 Astros Hitters vs. rhp (Career) PLAYER.AVG AB H Altuve.300 2617 784 Aoki.277 1778 492 Beltrán.279 6886 1923 Bregman.252 278 70 Correa.288 822 237 Gattis.246 1303 320 Gonzalez.261 1166 304 Gurriel.291 206 60 Marisnick.228 662 151 McCann.269 3820 1027 Reddick.271 2062 558 Springer.253 1086 275 ASTROS vs. orioles (Career): AVG AB H HR RBI Altuve.342 111 38 2 14 Aoki.273 44 12 0 1 Beltrán.292 295 86 12 44 Bregman.308 26 8 2 6 Correa.250 40 10 0 6 Gattis.355 62 22 4 11 Gonzalez.151 53 8 1 2 Gurriel.200 10 2 0 0 Marisnick.100 30 3 2 2 McCann.255 192 49 7 24 Reddick.341 138 47 8 23 Springer.347 98 34 9 15 CATCHING STATS INDIVIDUAL STATS TEAM STATS PLAYER CS/ATT % PO PB RECORD ERA Gattis 4/16.250 0 2 11-8 3.83 (71ER/167IP) McCann 5/18.278 0 1 21-8 3.12 (93ER/268.1IP) Pitchers - - - - - - TOTAL 9/36.250 0 4 34-16 3.41 (172ER/453.1IP) RUNS BY INNING TEAM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 X TOTAL Astros 34 15 26 29 23 28 36 26 20 7 244 Opponents 22 20 15 19 30 16 13 22 24 1 182 Record by Day Mon. 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Sun. 5-1 7-1 6-2 3-3 6-2 2-5 5-2 Record By Month April May June July August Sept/Oct. 16-9 18-7 - - - - DISABLED LIST PLAYER INJURY DATE ON DATE OFF GAMES McHugh right shoulder tendinitis 3/30 50 (34-16) Paulino right arm inflammation 3/30 5/12 35 (24-11) Gustave right forearm tightness 4/19 36 (25-11) Marisnick concussion 4/25 5/1 6 (3-3) Hernandez left knee contusion 4/26 5/14 16 (11-5) Keuchel pinched nerve in neck 5/17 5/27 9 (5-4) McCann concussion 5/20 5/27 7 (4-3) Morton right lat strain 5/28 MULTI-HIT GAMES 2 3 4 5+ TOTAL CAREER-HIGH Altuve 8 4 1-13 4 (21x) - 5/17/17 at MIA Aoki 6 1 - - 7 4 (6x) - 6/10/15 at NYY Beltrán 9 1 - - 10 4 (24x) - 8/10/16 vs. OAK Bregman 5 1 - - 6 3 (5x) - 5/24/17 vs. DET Correa 15 2 1-18 4 (2x) - 5/3/17 vs. TEX Gattis 6 1 - - 7 4 (4x) - 8/12/16 at TOR Gonzalez 9 - - - 9 4 (2x) - 8/11/16 at MIN Gurriel 6 4 - - 10 4 (3x) - 4/28/17 vs. OAK Marisnick 1 2 - - 3 4-8/11/14 vs. MIN McCann 8 1 - - 9 4 (12x) - 9/21/16 at TB Reddick 10 2 - - 12 4 (6x) - 7/2/16 vs. PIT Springer 12 - - - 12 5-6/10/15 at CWS MULTI-RBI GAMES 2 3 4 5+ TOTAL CAREER-HIGH Altuve 3 2 - - 5 6-7/24/16 vs. LAA Aoki 2 - - - 2 4-8/5/14 at ARI Beltrán - 1 - - 1 7-5/2/12 vs. PIT Bregman - - 1-1 4-5/14/17 at NYY Correa 7 1 - - 8 4 (5x) -8/9/16 at MIN Gattis 4 1 - - 5 4 (7x) - 8/11/16 at MIN Gonzalez 8 1-1 10 5-5/2/17 vs. TEX Gurriel 1-1 - 2 4-5/15/17 at MIA Marisnick - - 1-1 4-5/16/17 at MIA McCann 2 2 2-6 5 (7x) - 8/17/15 vs. MIN Reddick 3 2 - - 5 6-5/16/14 at CLE Springer 5 - - 1 6 5 (4x) - 4/5/17 vs. SEA STARTS BY LINEUP/POSITION BY BATTING ORDER: 1: Springer (31-13), Reddick (3-3) 2: Reddick (20-7), Bregman (6-3), Beltrán (7-2), Altuve (1-1), Aoki (0-1), Gonzalez (0-2) 3: Altuve (33-12), Correa (0-4) 4: Correa (30-10), Beltrán (2-2), McCann (1-3), Gattis (1-1) 5: Beltrán (17-9), Gattis (9-5), McCann (6-2), Gonzalez (2-0), Gurriel (1-0) 6: Gurriel (12-7), Bregman (8-3), Gattis (3-4), McCann (5-1), Gonzalez (3-1), Reddick (2-0), Beltrán (1-0) 7: Gonzalez (7-6), Gurriel (8-5), McCann (7-2), Gattis (6-0), Bregman (4-2), Reddick (1-1), Aoki (1-0) 8: Bregman (12-6), Gurriel (6-2), Gonzalez (5-2), Aoki (3-2), Marisnick (2-1), McCann (2-1), Gattis (1-1), Reddick (1-1), Centeno (2-0) 9: Aoki (15-8), Marisnick (12-4), Gonzalez (2-1), Bregman (1-1), Gurriel (0-1), Kemp (0-1), Keuchel (1-0), McCullers (1-0), Musgrove (1-0), Reddick (1-0) BY DEFENSIVE POSITION: C: McCann (21-8), Gattis (11-8), Centeno (2-0) 1B: Gurriel (27-15), Gonzalez (7-1) 2B: Altuve (34-12), Gonzalez (0-4) SS: Correa (30-15), Bregman (2-1), Gonzalez (2-0) 3B: Bregman (29-13), Gonzalez (5-2) LF: Aoki (19-9), Gonzalez (5-4), Beltrán (4-2), Reddick (4-0), Marisnick (2-0), Kemp (0-1) CF: Springer (22-9), Marisnick (11-5), Reddick (1-2) RF: Reddick (24-11), Springer (8-3), Aoki (1-2), Beltrán (1-0) DH: Beltrán (22-11), Gattis (9-3), McCann (0-1), Altuve (0-1)
2017 HOUSTON ASTROS BULLPEN REPORT 2017 W-L-S ERA IP H R ER BB-I SO When Bullpen Allows Runs: 15-15 Starters 23-10-0 3.49 291.0 260 120 113 92-2 281 When Bullpen Allows No Runs: 18-1 Relievers 11-6-18 3.27 162.1 122 62 59 63-3 209 When No Relievers Are Used: 1-0 PITCHER LAST APP. (IP,H,R,ER,BB,K) PITCHES 1B/RET. RI/SC SV/OPP TEAM REC. (IN RELIEF APPS.) 47-Chris Devenski 5/26 vs. BAL (1,3,0,0,0,1)-H5 16 17/10 10/2 2/3 12-5 45-Michael Feliz 5/25 vs. DET (1.1,1,0,0,2,1) 32 18/14 15/6 0/1 10-8 53-Ken Giles 5/26 vs. BAL (1,0,0,0,0,1)-S14 9 22/18 6/4 14/15 20-2 44-Luke Gregerson 5/27 vs. BAL (0.2,1,0,0,0,1)-H9 12 22/16 1/1 0/2 18-4 36-Will Harris 5/27 vs.bal (1,0,0,0,0,2)-SV2 11 21/18 4/3 1/2 16-5 51-James Hoyt 5/27 vs. BAL (1.1,1,0,0,0,2)-H3 21 10/8 5/1 0/0 6-4 65-Jordan Jankowski 5/24 vs. DET (1,2,2,2,0,3) 31 1/1 - - 0-1 29-Tony Sipp 5/27 vs. BAL (0.0,1,1,1,0,0) 2 15/10 2/0 0/0 5-10 2017 BULLPEN TOTALS 144/105 54/20 18/24 33-16 47 RHP chris devenski 3-3-2, 3.10 ERA, 17G Last Win: 5/23 vs. DET Save: 5/5 at LAA Loss: 5/24 vs. DET Blown SV: 5/14 at NYY (1) BAL Series: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0ER/1IP), 1G Homestand: 1-1-0, 3.86 (2ER/4.2IP), 3G pitched out of a bases-loaded, no outs jam in hurling a scoreless inning Fri. night vs. BAL...15 of his 16 pitches were strikes. leads all Major League relievers in strikeouts (47)...ranks 2nd among AL relievers in innings pitched (29.0) and 6th in strikeouts per 9.0 (14.79). since the 2016 season, has thrown at least 2.0 innings in 27 relief outings (most in the Majors in that span). has allowed just 5 of his 40 inherited runners to score in his career (12.5%)... ranks 2nd among AL relievers in inherited runners scored percentage since 2016. leads the AL in ERA (2.36, 36ER/137.1IP) and WHIP (0.91) since start of 2016 among pitchers with at least 125IP. 41.2% of his pitches this season have been changeups, which is the highest mark among all Major League pitchers (min. 20IP). 45 RHP MICHAEL feliz 1-0-0, 2.66 ERA, 18G Last Win: 4/21 at TB Save: none in 17 Loss: none in 17 Blown SV: 4/6 vs. SEA Homestand: 0-0-0, 6.75 (3ER/4IP), 3G last app. was Thurs. night vs. DET (1.1 IP, 1 H, 2 BB, 1 SO)...each of his last 5 outings have been more than 1.0 inning...the last Astro to post 5 straight multi-inning relief outings was RHP Chris Devenski (9/20/16-4/9/17)...the last to do it in 6 straight games was RHP Scott Feldman in 2016 (6/24-7/31). has 19 strikeouts in 11.2 innings pitched this month...ranks 3rd in the Majors and 2nd in the AL in strikeouts per 9.0 innings in May (14.66, min. 10IP). has been scoreless in 11 of his last 14 appearances, going 1-0 with a 2.40 ERA (4ER/15IP), 24 strikeouts, 9 walks and 8 hits allowed (.154 opp. avg.). owns an active 8-game winning streak dating back to 5/24/16, which is the T-3rd-longest active streak in the Majors...also ties as the 2nd-longest winning streak by a reliever in franchise history and is the longest since RHP Todd Jones also had an 8-game run from 6/11/94-6/3/95. 53 RHP ken giles 1-1-14, 3.10 ERA, 22G Last Win: 5/5 at LAA Save: 5/25 vs. DET Loss: 4/6 vs. SEA Blown SV: 5/5 at LAA BAL Series: 0-0-1, 0.00 (0ER/1IP), 1G Homestand: 0-0-3, 0.00 (0ER/4IP), 4G recorded his 14th save of the season Fri. night...hurled just 9 pitches in retiring the side in order. leads the AL in saves (14) and in save pct. (93.3%). has recorded saves in his last 3 apps., and in 4 of his last 5 apps...has posted a 1.29 ERA (2ER/14IP) with 19 strikeouts and 3 walks in his 14 save opportunities. Thurs. night snapped an 8-game streak at Minute Maid Park where he did not allow a baserunner...was tied for the longest streak by a reliever in club history with RHP Brandon Lyon (2010) and RHP Octavio Dotel (2002)...has been scoreless in each of his last 10 home games, going 7-for-7 in save opportunities while holding opposing hitters to an.036 batting average (1x28). 14 saves are tied for the most in club history through the first 49 games of a season with RHP Jose Valverde, who had 14 thru the first 48 games in 2008. has posted a 1.17 ERA (2ER/15.1IP) in his last 17 gms with a.151 (8x53) opp. avg. in that span, allowing just 11 baserunners (8 singles, 3 walks). 44 RHP Luke Gregerson 2-1-0, 6.27 ERA, 22G Last Win: 5/25 vs. DET Save: none in 17 Loss: 4/8 vs. KC Blown SV: 5/25 vs. DET Homestand: 1-0-0, 3.86 (1ER/2.1IP), 3G hurled 0.2 scoreless inn. last night, earning a Hold. got the win Thurs. night vs. DET...pitched the 8th inning and allowed 1 run on 1 hit and 2 walks...has been scoreless in 6 of his last 8 outings. has posted 9 holds this season, which ranks T-7th in the AL. has tallied 20 K s in 18.2 IP this season. his swing and miss % this season (32.9%) is right in line with his career average (32.6%)...his.320 BABIP is by far the highest of his career...had posted a BABIP below.270 in 5 consecutive seasons leading up to 2017. 36 RHP Will Harris 1-1-2, 2.49 ERA, 21G Last Win: 4/15 at OAK Save: 5/2 vs. TEX Loss: 5/14 at NYY (1) Blown SV: none in 17 Homestand: 0-0-0, 3.00 (1ER/3IP), 3G hurled a scoreless 9th last night to earn his 2nd SV of the season. owns a 7-8 record with 16 saves and a 2.13 ERA (37ER/156.2IP) in 155 games in his career with the Astros (since 2015)...was 5-5 with a 4.26 ERA (47ER/99.1IP) in his 110 appearances prior to joining the Houston bullpen. has been one of the top relievers in the game since 2015...ranks among the top 10 AL relievers in holds (4th, 51), ERA (6th), appearances (8th) and WHIP (10th, 0.98) in that span. among relief pitchers with at least 100.0 innings, ranks 2nd in club history in ERA (2.13) behind only RHP Chris Devenski (2.01). 51 RHP james hoyt 1-0-0, 1.46 ERA, 10G Last Win: 5/2 vs. TEX Save: none in 17 Loss: none in 17 Blown SV: none in 17 Homestand: 0-0-0, 3.00 (1ER/3IP), 3G hurled 1.1 scoreless innings in last night s win, earning his 3rd hold...has been scoreless in 8 of his 10 outings this season. ranks 5th among AL relievers in strikeouts per 9.0 innings ratio (16.05)...has 22 strikeouts and 3 walks in 12.1 innings this year for a 7.33 K/BB ratio, which ranks T-7th in the AL...in 31 career Major League games, has 50 punchouts in 34.1 innings. this is his 3rd career Major League stint...30-year-old made 2 stints with Houston last season (Aug. 3-19, Sept. 2-end of season). 65 RHP jordan jankowski 0-0-0, 18.00 ERA, 1G Last Win: none in 17 Save: none in 17 Loss: none in 17 Blown SV: none in 17 Homestand: 0-0-0, 18.00 (2ER/1IP), 1G recalled from Triple A Fresno, effective today...was optioned to Triple A Fresno following Fri. night s game. 28-year-old made his Major League debut Wed. night, striking out 3 in the 8th inning...became just the 9th reliever in club history to strike out 3+ batters in his Major League debut, and the first since RHP Joe Musgrove struck out 8 in 4.1 relief innings on 8/2/16. was selected to the Major League roster on Monday..,marked his 1st career appearance on a Major League roster. has pitched in 17 games at Triple A Fresno this season, going 1-1 with a 1.42 ERA (3ER/19IP) and 22 strikeouts...has held right-handed hitters to a.146 batting average this season. was a 34th round selection by Houston in the 2012 draft...is the 5th player to make his MLB debut with the Astros from that draft class, joining SS Carlos Correa (1st overall) RHP Lance McCullers Jr. (41st overall), RHP Brady Rodgers (3rd round) and OF Preston Tucker (7th round). 29 LHP Tony Sipp 0-0-0, 3.46 ERA, 15G Last Win: none in 17 Save: none in 17 Loss: none in 17 Blown SV: none in 17 Homestand: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0ER/2.1IP), 2G faced 1 batter in last night s win (allowed double to C. Davis)...prior to last night, his last app. was Sunday vs. CLE...hurled his 3rd consecutive perfect relief outing, striking out 1...snapped a streak in which he had gone 3 consecutive multi-inning outings (tied as the longest streak of his career, also 7/16-23/10). has allowed just 1 H and no runs in his last 7 apps. with 2 BB and 9 K s in 8.1 IP...opp. are 2x28 (.071) in that span. struck out 3 over a career-high 2.2 innings on Tues. at MIA...became the first Astros left-handed reliever to allow no hits and no walks in an outing of 2.2 innings or more since LHP C.J. Nitkowski went 3.0 perfect frames on 4/9/98 at SF. has held righties to an.056 (1x18) average this season, and lefties to.241 (6x29). vs. bal 2016 G W-L-S ERA IP ER Devenski 1 1-0-0 2.25 4.0 1 Feliz 2 1-0-0 0.00 3.0 0 Fiers 1 1-0-0 1.29 7.0 1 Giles 4 0-0-2 4.50 4.0 2 Gregerson 3 0-0-1 0.00 3.0 0 Harris 3 0-0-0 0.00 3.0 0 Hoyt 1 0-0-0 54.00 0.2 4 Jankowski - - - - - Keuchel 1 1-0-0 2.25 8.0 2 McCullers Jr. 1 1-0-0 1.80 5.0 1 Musgrove 1 0-1-0 13.50 5.1 8 Peacock 2 0-0-0 4.50 2.0 1 Sipp 2 0-0-0 0.00 2.1 0 2017 G W-L-S ERA IP ER Devenski 1 0-0-0 0.00 1.0 0 Feliz - - - - - Fiers - - - - - Giles 1 0-0-1 0.00 1.0 0 Gregerson 1 0-0-0 0.00 0.2 0 Harris 1 0-0-1 0.00 1,0 0 Hoyt 1 0-0-0 0.00 1.1 0 Jankowski - - - - - Keuchel 1 1-0-0 1.50 6.0 1 McCullers Jr. - - - - - Musgrove 1 1-0-0 0.00 7.0 0 Peacock - - - - - Sipp 1 0-0-0-0.0 1 career G W-L-S ERA IP ER Devenski 2 1-0-0 1.80 5.0 1 Feliz 2 1-0-0 0.00 3.0 0 Fiers 1 1-0-0 1.29 7.0 1 Giles 7 0-0-3 2.57 7.0 2 Gregerson 14 1-1-4 2.19 12.1 3 Harris 8 1-0-1 0.00 8.2 0 Hoyt 2 0-0-0 18.00 2.0 4 Jankowski - - - - - Keuchel 6 3-2-0 2.93 40.0 13 McCullers Jr. 2 2-0-0 1.29 14.0 2 Musgrove 2 1-1-0 5.83 12.1 8 Peacock 3 0-0-0 2.25 8.0 2 Sipp 19 0-1-0 1.596 17.0 3
2017 Houston Astros High/Low GENERAL Longest Winning Streak... 5 (2x), last, 5/7-13 Longest Winning Streak, Home... 4, 4/30-5/3 Longest Winning Streak, Road... 5, 4/11-21 Most Consecutive Losses... 3 (2x), last, 5/19-21 Most Consecutive Losses, Home... 3 (2x), last, 5/19-21 Most Consecutive Losses, Road... 2, 4/26-27 Longest Game, Time...4:25, 4/5 vs. SEA Shortest Game, Time...2:29, 4/3 vs. SEA Longest Game, Innings...13.0, 4/5 vs. SEA Best Homestand, Percentage... 1.000 (2-0), 5/9-10 Worst Homestand, Percentage....571 (4-3), 4/3-9 Best Road Trip, Percentage...857 (6-1), 5/11-17 Worst Road Trip, Percentage....500 (3-3), 4/21-27 Most Runners Left on Base...16, 5/4 vs. TEX Double Plays Turned... 3 (3x), 5/10 vs. ATL Opponent Double Plays Turned...3 (8x), last, 5/10 vs. ATL Most Errors... 3 (3x), last, 5/16 at MIA Largest Margin of Victory... 10, 5/16 at MIA (12-2) Largest Margin of Defeat... 6 (2x), 5/4 vs. TEX (4-10), 4/10 at SEA (0-6) Biggest Comeback to Win...5 (3x), last, 5/2 vs. TEX (down 0-5, won 8-7) Most Games Over.500...18, 34-16, after game on 5/27 Biggest Lead Lost to Lose...2 runs (4x), last, 2-0 lead, lost 5-3 on 5/19 vs. CLE Highest Attendance, Home...41,678, 4/3 vs. SEA Highest Attendance, Road... 47,883, 5/14 (2) at NYY TEAM BATTING Most Runs, Game...12, 5/16 at MIA Fewest Runs, Game... 0 (2x), last, 5/20 vs. CLE Most Runs, Inning...6, 5/14 (2) at NYY (1st) Most Hits, Game...16, 4/12 at SEA Most Hits, Inning...6, 5/2 vs. TEX (8th) Fewest Hits, Game... 3 (2x), last, 5/20 vs. CLE Most Doubles, Game... 4 (3x), last, 5/11 at NYY Most Triples, Game...2, 5/17 at MIA Most Homers, Game... 4 (4x), last, 5/25 vs. DET Most Consecutive Games, Homer...6, 4/18-23 Most Consecutive Games, No Homer... 1 (11x), last, 5/22 Most Extra-Base Hits, Game... 7, 5/3 vs. TEX Fewest Extra-Base Hits, Game... 0 (2x), last, 5/20 vs. CLE Most Total Bases, Game... 28, 5/3 vs. TEX Most Walks, Game... 10, 5/4 vs. TEX Fewest Walks, Game...0 (2x), 4/29 vs. OAK & 5/26 vs. BAL Most Strikeouts, Game...13, 4/26 at CLE Fewest Strikeouts, Game... 1, 5/3 vs. TEX Most Stolen Bases, Game... 5, 4/15 at OAK Most Opponent Stolen Bases, Game... 3 (3x), last, 5/11 at NYY Longest Scoreless Inning Streak...13.0 innings, 5/19 (7th)-5/21 (1st) INDIVIDUAL BATTING Most At-Bats, Game...7, Springer, 4/5 vs. SEA Most Runs, Game...3 (5x), last, Marisnick, 5/16 at MIA Most Hits, Game... 4 (2x), last, Altuve, 5/17 at MIA Most Consecutive Hits (in ABs)... 7, Altuve, 4/11-14 Most Doubles, Game...2 (7x), last, Altuve, 5/27 vs. BAL Most Triples, Game...2, Altuve, 5/17 at MIA Most Home Runs, Game...2 (3x), last, Marisnick, 5/16 at MIA Most RBI, Game... 5, Gonzalez, 5/2 vs. TEX Most Walks, Game...3 (2x), last, Reddick, 5/4 vs. TEX Most Strikeouts, Game... 4, Marisnick, 5/12 at NYY Most Stolen Bases, Game... 2, Altuve, 4/15 at OAK Longest Hitting Streak... 13, Springer, 4/30-5/14 TEAM PITCHING Fewest Runs, Game... 0 (5x), last, 5/26 vs. BAL Most Runs, Game...11, 5/14 at NYY (1) Fewest Hits, Game... 1, 5/22 vs. DET Most Hits, Game... 14, 5/25 vs. DET Fewest Walks, Game...0 (4x), last, 5/26 vs. BAL Most Walks, Game... 8, 4/5 vs. SEA Most Strikeouts, Game... 17, 4/9 vs. KC Longest Scoreless Inning Streak... 20.0 (2x), last, 5/21 (5th)-5/23 (6th) INDIVIDUAL PITCHING Longest Winning Streak... 8, Keuchel, 4/4-current Longest Losing Streak...3, Musgrove, 4/18-5/4 Most Innings Pitched, Starter...9.0, Keuchel, 4/25 at CLE Most Innings Pitched, Relief...4.0 (3x), last, Tolliver, 5/21 vs. CLE Fewest Hits, Complete Game...6, Keuchel, 4/25 at CLE Fewest Walks, Complete Game...3, Keuchel, 4/25 at CLE Most Walks, Game... 4 (3x), last, Morton, 5/14 (2) at NYY Most Strikeouts, Game... 12, Morton, 4/28 vs. OAK Most Strikeouts, Inning... 3 (25x), last, Jankowski, 5/24 vs. DET (9th) Most Hit By Pitch, Game... 2 (2x), last, McCullers Jr., 5/17 at MIA Longest Scoreless Inning Streak...22.0, McCullers Jr., 5/6-current ASTROS HOME RUNS ASTROS LAST HOME RUNS (*-TEAM RECORD WHEN HOMERING) PLAYER DATE OPPONENT/PITCHER AB SINCE LAST TEAM REC.* Altuve 5/21/17 CLE/Salazar 25 4-3 Aoki 4/14/17 @OAK/Graveman 79 1-0 Beltrán 5/26/17 BAL/Gausman 1 4-1 Bregman 5/24/17 DET/J.Wilson 11 1-2 Correa 5/25/17 DET/Verlander 10 6-1 Gattis 5/7/17 @LAA/Shoemaker 43 1-2 Gonzalez 5/25/17 DET/Verlander 4 6-4 Gurriel 5/23/17 DET/Zimmermann 13 3-1 Marisnick 5/26/17 BAL/Gausman 5 5-0 Reddick 5/19/17 CLE/Bauer 22 5-1 Springer 5/27/17 BAL/Miley 2 7-2 Astros HR Chart Solo 2-Run 3-Run GS Total Altuve 4 2 1-7 Aoki 1 - - - 1 Beltrán 5 - - - 5 Bregman 2 - - 1 3 Centeno 2 - - - 2 Correa 3 3 1-7 Gattis 2 1 - - 3 Gonzalez 5 4 1 1 11 Gurriel 3 - - 1 4 Marisnick 4 2 - - 6 McCann 3 1 2-6 Reddick 4 2 - - 6 Springer 7 2 1-10 TOTALS 45 17 6 3 71 MULTI-HOMER GAMES (3): Marisnick (1): 5/16 at MIA; Springer (1): 5/14 at NYY (g2); Gonzalez (1): 5/2 vs. TEX 2017 GRAND SLAMS (3) 2017 OPPONENT GRAND SLAMS PLAYER DATE OPP./PITCHER PLAYER DATE OPP./PITCHER Gonzalez 5/2 TEX/Kela Bregman 5/14 (2) at NYY/Tanaka Gurriel 5/15 at MIA/Tazawa 2017 BACK-TO-BACK HOME RUN COMBOS (3) PLAYERS DATE OPP./PITCHER(S) 1. Correa/Beltrán 5/9 ATL/Colón 2. Springer/Reddick 5/14 (2) at NYY/Tanaka 3. Gonzalez/Bregman 5/21 CLE/McAllister 2017 PINCH-HIT HOME RUNS PLAYER DATE OPP./PITCHER(S) 2017 LEADOFF HOME RUNS (5): Springer (5): 4/3 vs. SEA; 4/6 vs. SEA; 4/9 vs. KC; 4/11 at SEA, 5/14 at NYY (2) 2017 WALK-OFF HOME RUNS (1): Springer (1): 4/5 vs. SEA 2017 LAST AT-BAT WINS (6) NO.-DATE-OPP. SCORE GAME-WINNING PLAY 1. 4/5 vs. SEA 5-3 (13) Springer 3-run HR in bottom 13th (walkoff win #1) 2. 4/9 vs. KC 5-4 (12) Gattis bases loaded walk in bottom 12th (walkoff win #2) 3. 4/23 at TB 6-4 (10) McCann RBI-single in top 10th 4. 5/2 vs. TEX 8-7 Gonzalez grand slam in bottom 8th 5. 5/5 at LAA 7-6 (10) Correa RBI-single in top 10th 6. 5/25 vs. BAL 7-6 Marisnick solo HR in bottom 8th ASTROS EJECTIONS DATE PERSONNEL UMPIRE SITUATION REPLAY REVIEWS (25) Date/Opp. (Inn.) Play Challenger Result Time 4/4 vs. SEA (1st) Safe at 1B SEA Overturned 2:00 4/5 vs. SEA (7th) Safe at 1B HOU Stands 1:30 4/5 vs. SEA (11th) Out at 1B SEA Stands 2:00 4/6 vs. SEA (2nd) Safe at 1B HOU Overturned 1:05 4/8 vs. KC (5th) Out at 2B HOU Stands 2:18 4/8 vs. KC (7th) Safe at 2B KC Overturned 2:13 4/9 vs. KC (2nd) Safe at 2B KC Overturned 1:40 4/10 at SEA (3rd) Out at 2B SEA Stands 1:37 4/14 at OAK (6th) Safe at 1B OAK Stands 0:34 4/17 vs. LAA (7th) Safe at 1B LAA Overturned 1:08 4/18 vs. LAA (4th) Out at 2B HOU Stands 2:25 4/21 at TB (2nd) Out at 1B TB Overturned 0:48 4/21 at TB (3rd) Safe at 2B HOU Overturned 0:43 4/23 at TB (2nd) Safe at 1B TB Overturned 0:49 4/23 at TB (7th) Safe at 1B TB Stands 2:02 4/23 at TB (7th) HBP HOU Stands 1:49 4/27 at CLE (1st) Catch in RF HOU Stands 1:25 4/28 vs. OAK (4th) Out at 2B OAK Stands 1:26 4/29 vs. OAK (4th) Out at 3B HOU Stands 1:41 4/29 vs. OAK (9th) Out at 1B CC Overturned 0:54 4/30 vs. OAK (4th) No HR Crew Chief Confirmed 1:00 5/1 vs. TEX (7th) Safe at 2B TEX Confirmed 1:17 5/5 at LAA (1st) Safe at 2B HOU Overturned 5/7 at LAA (5th) Out at 2B HOU Overturned 2:31 5/20 vs. CLE (6th) Safe at 2B CLE Overturned 1:42 5/22 vs. DET (5th) Safe at 2B HOU Overturned 0:55 5/25 vs. DET (5th) No HR Crew Chief Confirmed 1:05 5/27 vs. BAL (1st) Safe at 2B BAL Overturned The Astros have been successful in 5 of their 11 (45.5%) overall challenges in 2017. ATTENDANCE Home:...809,592 Home Average:... 27,916/29 games Road:...510,033 Road Average:... 24,287/20 games
HOUSTON ASTROS 2017 DAY-BY-DAY Date Game Opponent W-L /Score Record Pos. GB Astros Opp. Save Attendance Home Attendance POR POR (*-denotes sellout) 4/3 1 SEA W 3-0 1-0 T-1st - Keuchel (1-0) Hernandez (0-1) Giles (1) 41,678* 41,678 4/4 2 SEA W 2-1 2-0 1st (1.0) McCullers (1-0) Iwakuma (0-1) Giles (2) 21,406 63,084 4/5 3 SEA W 5-3 (13) 3-0 1st (1.0) Peacock (1-0) De Jong (0-1) - 20,303 83,387 4/6 4 SEA L 2-4 3-1 1st (1.0) Giles (0-1) Altavilla (1-0) Díaz (1) 18,362 101,749 4/7 5 KC L 1-5 3-2 T-1st - Fiers (0-1) Vargas (1-0) - 30,491 132,240 4/8 6 KC L 3-7 3-3 T-2nd 1.0 Gregerson (0-1) Duffy (1-0) - 35,373 167,613 4/9 7 KC W 5-4 (12) 4-3 2nd 1.0 Devenski (1-0) Strahm (0-2) - 32,411 200,024 4/10 8 @SEA L 0-6 4-4 T-2nd 1.5 Morton (0-1) Paxton (1-0) - 44,856-4/11 9 @SEA W 7-5 5-4 2nd 1.5 Musgrove (1-0) Miranda (0-1) - 18,527-4/12 10 @SEA W 10-5 6-4 T-1st - Peacock (2-0) Altavilla (1-1) - 14,479-4/14 11 @OAK W 7-2 7-4 1st (1.0) Keuchel (2-0) Madson (0-1) - 15,385-4/15 12 @OAK W 10-6 8-4 1st (2.0) Harris (1-0) Casilla (0-1) - 20,140-4/16 @OAK PPD - rain 4/17 13 LAA W 3-0 9-4 1st (3.5) Morton (1-1) Chávez (1-2) Giles (3) 23,501 223,525 4/18 14 LAA L 2-5 9-5 1st (2.5) Musgrove (1-1) Nolasco (1-2) Bedrosian (3) 21,760 245,285 4/19 15 LAA W 5-1 10-5 1st (3.0) Keuchel (3-0) Ramirez (2-2) - 24,028 269,313 4/20 16 LAA W 2-1 11-5 1st (3.0) McCullers (2-0) Shoemaker (0-1) Devenski (1) 23,173 292,486 4/21 17 @TB W 6-3 12-5 1st (3.0) Feliz (1-0) Cobb (1-2) Giles (4) 17,693-4/22 18 @TB L 3-6 12-6 1st (2.0) Morton (1-2) Pruitt (2-0) Colome (4) 17,008-4/23 19 @TB W 6-4 (10) 13-6 1st (3.0) Gregerson (1-1) Garton (0-1) Giles (5) 15,548-4/25 20 @CLE W 4-2 14-6 1st (4.0) KEUCHEL (4-0) Tomlin (1-3) - 14,581-4/26 21 @CLE L 6-7 14-7 1st (4.0) McCullers Jr. (2-1) Bauer (2-2) Allen (4) 16,052-4/27 22 @CLE L 3-4 14-8 1st (3.0) Devenski (1-1) Kluber (3-1) Allen (5) 14,452-4/28 23 OAK W 9-4 15-8 1st (3.0) Morton (2-2) Cotton (2-3) - 28,472 320,958 4/29 24 OAK L 1-2 15-9 1st (3.0) Musgrove (1-2) Triggs (4-1) Casilla (4) 32,147 353,105 4/30 25 OAK W 7-2 16-9 1st (3.0) Keuchel (5-0) Hahn (1-2) Giles (6) 34,880 387,985 5/1 26 TEX W 6-2 17-9 1st (3.5) Devenski (2-1) Cashner (0-3) Giles (7) 22,556 410,541 5/2 27 TEX W 8-7 18-9 1st (3.5) Hoyt (1-0) Kela (0-1) Harris (1) 26,208 436,749 5/3 28 TEX W 10-1 19-9 1st (4.5) Morton (3-2) Martinez (0-1) - 27,439 464,188 5/4 29 TEX L 4-10 19-10 1st (4.5) Musgrove (1-3) Griffin (3-0) - 27,391 491,579 5/5 30 @LAA W 7-6 (10) 20-10 1st (5.5) Giles (1-1) Norris (0-1) - 34,556-5/6 31 @LAA L 1-2 20-11 1st (4.5) Devenski (2-2) Norris (1-1) - 41,097-5/7 32 @LAA W 5-3 21-11 1st (5.5) Fiers (1-1) Shoemaker (1-2) Giles (8) 38,383-5/9 33 ATL W 8-3 22-11 1st (6.0) Morton (4-2) Colón (1-4) - 28,724 520,303 5/10 34 ATL W 4-2 23-11 1st (6.0) Musgrove (2-3) Garcia (1-2) Giles (9) 23,676 543,979 5/11 35 @NYY W 3-2 24-11 1st (7.0) Keuchel (6-0) Pineda (3-2) Giles (10) 39,050-5/12 36 @NYY W 5-1 25-11 1st (8.0) McCullers Jr. (3-1) Montgomery (2-2) - 41,150-5/14 37 @NYY (1) L 6-11 25-12 1st (7.5) Harris (1-1) Warren (1-0) - - - 5/14 38 @NYY (2) W 10-7 26-12 1st (7.5) Morton (5-2) Tanaka (5-2) - 47,833* - 5/15 39 @MIA W 7-2 27-12 1st (8.0) Musgrove (3-3) Tazawa (1-1) - 16,448-5/16 40 @MIA W 12-2 28-12 1st (8.0) Keuchel (7-0) Koehler (1-2) - 18,056-5/17 41 @MIA W 3-0 29-12 1st (8.0) McCullers Jr. (4-1) Ureña (1-2) Giles (11) 24,699-5/19 42 CLE L 3-5 29-13 1st (6.5) Morton (5-3) Bauer (4-4) Allen (11) 36,446 580,425 5/20 43 CLE L 0-3 29-14 1st (6.5) Fiers (1-2) Clevinger (2-1) Allen (12) 34,698 615,123 5/21 44 CLE L 6-8 29-15 1st (5.5) Musgrove (3-4) Salazar (3-4) - 33,476 648,599 5/22 45 DET W 1-0 30-15 1st (6.0) Devenski (3-2) Fulmer (5-2) Giles (12) 22,146 670,745 5/23 46 DET W 6-2 31-15 1st (7.0) McCullers (5-1) Zimmermann (4-3) - 23,179 693,924 5/24 47 DET L 3-6 31-16 1st (7.0) Devenski (3-3) Greene (1-0) - 26,481 720,405 5/25 48 DET W 7-6 32-16 1st (8.0) Gregerson (2-1) A.Wilson (1-2) Giles (13) 25,046 745,451 5/26 49 BAL W 2-0 33-16 1st (9.0) Musgrove (4-4) Gausman (2-4) Giles (14) 31,380 776,831 5/27 50 BAL W 5-2 34-16 1st (9.0) Keuchel (8-0) Miley (1-3) Harris (2) 32,761 5/28 51 BAL 5/29 52 @MIN 5/30 53 @MIN 5/31 54 @MIN 6/2 55 @TEX 6/3 56 @TEX 6/4 57 @TEX 6/5 58 @KC 6/6 59 @KC 6/7 60 @KC 6/8 61 @KC 6/9 62 LAA 6/10 63 LAA 6/11 64 LAA 6/12 65 TEX 6/13 66 TEX 6/14 67 TEX 6/16 68 BOS 6/17 69 BOS 6/18 70 BOS 6/19 71 @OAK 6/20 72 @OAK 6/21 73 @OAK 6/22 74 @OAK 6/23 75 @SEA 6/24 76 @SEA 6/25 77 @SEA 6/27 78 OAK 6/28 79 OAK 6/29 80 OAK 6/30 81 NYY 7/1 82 NYY 7/2 83 NYY 7/4 84 @ATL 7/5 85 @ATL 7/6 86 @TOR 7/7 87 @TOR 7/8 88 @TOR 7/9 89 @TOR 7/11 All-Star Game (Miami) 7/14 90 MIN 7/15 91 MIN 7/16 92 MIN 7/17 93 SEA 7/18 94 SEA 7/19 95 SEA 7/21 96 @BAL 7/22 97 @BAL 7/23 98 @BAL