MEDIA INFORMATION 2O15 HOUSTON ASTROS

2O15 HOUSTON ASTROS MEDIA INFORMATION Minute Maid Park 5O1 Crawford St. Houston, TX 77OO2 Phone: 713.259.89OO Houston Astros (62-53) vs. Detroit Tigers (55-59) LHP Dallas Keuchel (13-6, 2.40) vs. RHP Alfredo Simon (10-6, 4.74) Friday, Aug. 14, 2015 Minute Maid Park Houston, TX 7:10 PM CT ROOT SPORTS GAME #116...HOME #57 ABOUT THE RECORD Overall Record:...62-53 Home Record:...38-18 --with Roof Open:... 9-3 --with Roof Closed:...29-13 --with Roof Open/Closed:... 0-2 Road Record:...24-35 Current Streak:...Won 1 Last Road Trip:... 2-7 Last Homestand:... 5-1 Last 5 Games:... 1-4 Last 10 Games:... 3-7 Series Record (prior to current series):...17-15-5 Sweeps:... 9-5 When Scoring 4 or More Runs:...52-9 When Scoring 3 or Fewer Runs:... 10-44 Shutouts:...11-6 In One-Run Games:...15-19 In Two-Run Games:...12-12 vs. Left-Handed Starters:...22-21 vs. Right-Handed Starters:...40-32 During the Day:...20-19 At Night:...42-34 When Scoring First:...43-16 Opponent Scores First:...19-37 Outhit Opponent:...44-13 Outhit by Opponent:...12-37 Equal Hits:... 6-3 When Hitting Home Run:...51-32 No Home Runs:...11-21 Walkoff Home Runs:... 2-1 Come-from-Behind Wins:...29 Largest Comeback:...4 Losses After Leading:...22 Last At-Bat Wins:...10 Largest Blown Lead:...3 Extra-Inning Games:... 5-5 Different Batting Orders:...108 After Six Innings: Lead: 44-6...Tied: 11-6...Trail: 7-41 After Seven Innings: Lead: 50-3...Tied: 8-9...Trail: 4-41 After Eight Innings: Lead: 54-1...Tied: 6-5...Trail: 2-47 Astros vs. Tigers (2015): Overall:... 2-2 At Minute Maid Park:... 0-0 At Comerica Park:... 2-2 Astros vs. Tigers (All-Time): Overall:...15-18 Record in Houston:... 7-6 Record in Detroit:...8-12 THIS DATE IN ASTROS HISTORY: Aug. 14 2010 - RHP Bud Norris sets a then Minute Maid Park record and a current Astros record with 14 strikeouts in a 3-2 win over the Pirates...Norris allows 2 earned runs in 7.0 IP...Hunter Pence supplies the offense, going 3x4 with a homer...since Norris outing, 5 pitchers have recorded 14+ strikeouts at the venue, all opponent pitchers. TONIGHT S GAME: The Astros will open up their longest homestand of the season tonight in game 1 of a 3-game series with the Tigers... LHP Dallas Keuchel (13-6) starts tonight for Houston opposite Tigers starter RHP Alfredo Simon (10-6). WORKHORSE: LHP Dallas Keuchel has gone at least 6.0-or-more innings in 34 consecutive starts, a franchise record, which dates back to July 25, 2014...Keuchel s streak is the longest by a Major Leaguer since RHP Justin Verlander did so in 63 straight starts spanning parts of 3 seasons (2010-12). HOMEBOY: LHP Dallas Keuchel is 10-0 with a 1.26 ERA (12ER/85.2IP) in his 12 starts at Minute Maid Park this season...dating back to last season, Keuchel has won 11 straight home decisions, which is the longest streak since RHP Danny Darwin won a franchise-record 13 straight home decisions from the 1989-90 seasons. Longest Home Winning Streaks in Astros History 1. Danny Darwin 13g 4/26/89-8/26/90 T2. Dallas Keuchel 11g 9/20/14-current T2. J.R. Richard 11g 7/9/78-4/10/79 IN THE STANDINGS: At 62-53 (.539), the Astros are in 1st place in the AL West with a 1.5-game lead over the 2nd-place Angels...through Aug. 12 of last season, the Astros were 50-72 and 23.5 games behind the 1st place A s. IT S BEEN AWHILE: The Astros 62-53 record is their best after 115 games since 2005, when they were 62-52-1...the last time Houston was in sole possession of 1st place in their division this late in a season was on Sept. 21, 2003, when they were 84-71 and leading the NL Central Division by a half game. BEST HOME RECORD IN AL: The Astros 38-18 (.679) home record gives them the best winning percentage at home in the AL...the Astros, who have won 14 of their last 16 games at Minute Maid Park, have gone 30-9 in their last 39 home games and have won or split 9 consecutive home series (8 wins, 1 split). WELL ROUNDED: The Astros enter tonight s game ranking 2nd in the American League in team ERA (3.49), tied for 3rd in runs scored (502) and 4th in team fielding percentage (.986)... Houston is the only AL team that ranks within the top 4 in all of these categories. ERA Runs Scored Fielding % 1. OAK (3.47) 1. TOR (615) 1. BAL (.989) 2. HOU (3.49) 2. NYY (542) 2. DET (.987) 3. TB (3.58) T3. HOU (502) 3. SEA (.987) 4. KC (3.60) T3. TEX (502) 4. HOU (.986) SUNDAY S RECAP: The Astros picked up a much-needed victory on Thursday, ending their long 9-game road trip with a 2-0 win over the Giants in San Francisco...RHP Scott Feldman (5-5) earned the win and was the benificiary of solo home runs from CF Colby Rasmus and 3B Jed Lowrie. INTERLEAGUE SUCCESS: With Sunday s win, the Astros improved to 11-3 (.786) in Interleague play this season, which is tops in the Majors...this includes series victories over the Padres (3-0), Rockies (4-0), D-backs (2-1) and a season series split with the Giants (2-2). TOMORROW S ACTIVITIES: Tomorrow, the Astros will hold several activities to commemorate the 2005 National League Championship club, including a sold out Legends Luncheon, an autograph signing and an on-field ceremony...all activities will feature many members of the 2005 team and will be open to the media. THIS WEEKEND S GIVEAWAYS: To kick off Astros Legends Weekend, the Astros will be giving away 2005 NLCS T-shirts to 10,000 fans tonight... tomorrow, a 2005 Commemorative Tumbler giveaway, presented by Houston Methodist, will be available for 10,000 fans. HOMER-HAPPY: The Astros lead the Majors in home runs (158) and have hit multiple home runs in 46 games this season, which ranks 3rd in the Majors...they are 39-7 in those 46 contests. SPREADING THE WEALTH: The Astros have 8 players with 10-or-more homers this season and have 2B Jose Altuve (9 HR) and C Hank Conger (8) closing in on double digits...the franchise record for players with 10-plus homers in a single season is 9, set in 2000. WHAT A STEAL: The Astros lead the AL in stolen bases with 86...2B Jose Altuve leads the AL in steals with 30 after leading the AL with 56 stolen bases last season. EXCLUSIVE CLUB: 2B Jose Altuve has reached 30 steals in 4 consecutive seasons...he joins Michael Bourn (2008-11), Jose Cruz (1977-80), Cesar Cedeno (1972-77) and Enos Cabell (1976-79) as the only players in club history with 4 straight 30+ steal seasons. CALIENTE CARLOS: SS Carlos Correa, the youngest position player in the Majors at 20, is among the AL rookie leaders in several categories...he currently ranks 1st in slugging pct. (.541) and extra-base hits (29), tied for 1st in RBI (37) and 2nd in HR (14). HAPPY RETURNS: Since returning from the DL on July 18, RHP Scott Feldman has gone 1-1 with a 2.93 ERA (10ER/30.2IP) in 5 starts...he missed nearly 2 months of the season recovering from a torn right medial meniscus. KEUCHEL S KORNER: Keuchel s Korner returns tonight in sections 107-109 along the 3rd base line at Minute Maid Park...the tickets, which come with a signature Dallas Keuchel beard giveaway as well as a limited-edition T-shirt, can be purchased by visiting www.astros.com/ keuchelskorner. ASTROS RBI RESULTS: The Astros RBI Junior, Senior and Softball teams advanced to the 2015 MLB RBI World Series, which marked the 1st time in RBI World Series history for a city to place a participant in all 3 divisions...while the Seniors and Softball teams have been eliminated, the Juniors have advanced to tomorrow s Championship Game with a 4-2 win over Arizona RBI today. MEDIA WALL OF HONOR: Voting for the 2015 Houston Baseball Media Wall of Honor, which is open to season-credentialed media, will run through Sunday s game..the 5 nominees for induction are Larry Dierker, Kenny Hand, Richard Justice, Clark Nealon and Harry Shattuck. UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS (ALL TIMES CENTRAL) Date Time Opponent Pitchers Television Sat., Aug. 15 6:10 Detroit RHP Collin McHugh (13-6, 4.22) vs. RHP Justin Verlander (1-5, 4.57) ROOT SPORTS Sun., Aug 16 1:10 Detroit RHP Mike Fiers (5-9, 4.03) vs. LHP Matt Boyd (1-3, 7.11) ROOT SPORTS All Astros regular-season games are broadcast in English on SportsTalk 790 AM in Houston, the flagship station of the Astros Radio Network, unless otherwise indicated. KLAT, 1010 AM, is the flagship of the club s Spanish Radio Network. NL West Champions 198O, 1986 NL Central Champions 1997, 1998, 1999, 2OO1 NL Division Series Champions 2OO4 NL Champions 2OO5

TONIGHT S ASTROS STARTER: DALLAS KEUCHEL W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO 2015: 13-6 2.40 23 23 164.2 128 45 44 39 143 Career: 34-33 3.68 99 90 603.2 592 268 247 178 450 vs. DET W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO 2015: - - - - - - - - - - Career: 1-1 5.09 3 2 17.2 20 11 10 6 14 Career Complete Games: 9 Last CG: 6/25/15 vs. NYY Career Shutouts: 3 Last SHO: 6/25/15 vs. NYY CAREER MLB GAME-HIGHS: 2015 GAME-HIGHS: Strikeouts: 13, 7/19/15 vs. TEX 13, 7/19 vs. TEX Walks: 6, 7/31/12 at MIL 4, 6/20 at SEA Hits: 13, 7/4/14 at LAA 10 (2x), 8/7 at OAK Earned Runs: 7 (2x), last, 9/29/12 at MIL 5 (2x), last, 7/26 at KC Innings Pitched: 9.0 (7x), last, 6/25/15 vs. NYY 9.0 (3x), last, 6/25 vs. NYY Low-Hit CG: 4 (5x), last, 5/30/15 vs. CWS 4, 5/30 vs. CWS LAST START - 8/7 at OAK: took the loss in Houston s 3-1 defeat to Oakland...allowed 3 runs on 10 hits in 7.2 innings ABOUT BIG D: tonight will be his 24th start of the season...in 23 total outings, has 18 quality starts, which is tied for the AL-lead with RHP Sonny Gray. GOIN DEEP: has gone at least 6.0 innings in 34 consecutive outings, which is a club record and the longest active streak in the Majors...prior to Keuchel, RHP Brett Myers held the Astros record by going 6.0 innings in 32 straight starts from April 7-Sept. 24, 2010. the last Major League pitcher to go 6.0 innings in 34 consecutive outings was RHP Justin Verlander, who did so in 63 straight outings from Aug. 22, 2010-July 26, 2012. TOP OF THE CHARTS: leads all of Major League Baseball in groundball to flyball ratio (4.73)...ranks T-2nd in the AL in wins (13), 2nd in innings pitched (164.2) and WAR (5.2), T-2nd in complete games (3), 4th in ERA (2.40) and 5th in opponent batting average (.213). DEFENDING HOUSTON: is undefeated at home this season, as he has gone 10-0 with a 1.26 ERA (12ER/85.2IP) and 82 strikeouts at Minute Maid Park...ranks 2nd in the Majors in home ERA behind teammate LHP Scott Kazmir (1.22). is the 1st pitcher in club history to win his first 10 home decisions...the last Major Leaguer to start a season 10-0 at home was RHP Zack Greinke, who started the 2011 season 11-0 at home. also leads the Majors in wins at home (10). from June 25-July 19, put up 3 consecutive scoreless starts at home...prior to Keuchel, the last Astros pitcher to throw 3 consecutive scoreless starts at home was LHP Randy Johnson from Aug. 7-Sept. 7, 1998 (4 starts). in his 4 home starts since the debut of the new fan section Keuchel s Korner, has gone 4-0 with a 0.60 ERA (2ER/30IP) and 40 strikeouts. THE MIDAS TOUCH: after becoming the 1st pitcher in club history to win a Gold Glove Award last year, currently leads all MLB pitchers in assists (42) and leads all AL pitchers in total chances (52)...has not committed an error this season. CO-PLAYER OF THE WEEK: was named the AL Co-Player of the Week with OF Lorenzo Cain on July 20, following his dominating performance over the Rangers on July 19. marked his 1st weekly award this season, but has 2 AL Pitcher of the Month awards under his belt this year (April and May)... is the 1st player in club history to win 2 monthly awards and 1 weekly award in the same season. became the 2nd Astro this year to win an AL Player of the Week award, joining 2B Jose Altuve (May 19-25). KEUCHEL S RISE: was the starting pitcher for the American League in the 2015 All-Star Game in what was his 1st ever All- Star selection...became the 4th pitcher in club history to start an All-Star Game, joining RHP Roger Clemens (2004), RHP Mike Scott (1987) and RHP J.R. Richard (1980). vs. DET: is making just his 3rd start, and 4th career appearance against the Tigers tonight...faced Detroit twice in 2013, once in relief and once as a starter. last faced the Tigers on 5/8/14...went 7.2 innings and allowed only 2 runs on 6 hits with 7 strikeouts to earn his 3rd win of 2014... was the first of a 4-game winning streak. CAREER MLB SPLITS: Home/MMP: 21-13, 3.08 ERA, 52G/46GS, 110ER/321.2IP Away: 13-20, 4.37 ERA, 47G/44GS, 137ER/282IP Day: 11-13, 3.41 ERA, 32G/GS, 84ER/222IP Night: 23-20, 3.84 ERA, 67G/58GS, 163ER/381.2IP Longest Win Streak: 8, Sept. 14, 2014-May 20, 2015 Longest Losing Streak: 7, July 4-Aug. 29, 2012 2015 SPLITS: Home: 10-0, 1.26 ERA, 12G/GS, 12ER/85.2IP Away: 3-6, 3.65 ERA, 11G/GS, 32ER/79IP Day: 4-3, 2.33 ERA, 9G/GS, 17ER/65.2IP Night: 9-3, 2.45 ERA, 14G/GS, 27ER/99IP Longest Winning Streak: 6, April 6-May 20 Longest Losing Streak: 1 (6x), last, Aug. 7-current KEUCHEL vs. TIGERS (Career) Date Result W/L IP H R ER BB SO HR 5/2/13* DET L 3-7 L 1 4.1 7 4 4 4 4 0 5/15/13 at DET W 7-5 - 5.2 7 5 4 2 3 1 5/8/14 DET W 6-2 W 1 7.2 6 2 2 0 7 1 * - indicates relief appearance AVG AB H HR BB SO Cabrera.143 7 1 0 2 1 Castellanos.333 3 1 0 0 0 Davis.000 7 0 0 0 0 Holaday.000 2 0 0 0 1 AVG AB H HR BB SO Kinsler.316 19 6 1 2 2 Martinez.000 3 0 0 0 2 Martinez.500 6 3 1 0 1 Romine.667 3 2 0 0 0 2015 REGULAR SEASON DAY BY DAYS Date OPP Result W/L IP H R ER BB SO HR TP 4/6 CLE W 2-0 W 1 7.0 3 0 0 3 4 0 103 4/12 at TEX W 6-4 - 7.0 6 2 2 3 3 0 94 4/18 LAA W 4-0 W 2 6.0 2 0 0 3 7 0 105 4/24 at OAK W 5-4 - 9.0 2 0 0 2 4 0 106 4/29 at SD W 7-2 W 3 8.0 3 1 1 0 4 0 115 APRIL 3-0, 0.73 ERA 37.0 16 3 3 11 22 0 523 5/4 TEX L 2-1 - 8.0 5 1 1 2 8 0 110 5/9 at LAA W 6-5 W 4 6.2 8 4 4 2 7 1 103 5/15 TOR W 8-4 W 5 6.0 8 4 4 3 5 0 102 5/20 OAK W 6-1 W 6 7.0 6 1 0 2 4 0 106 5/25 at BAL L 3-4 L 1 8.0 6 4 4 1 3 2 98 5/30 CWS W 3-0 W 7 9.0 4 0 0 0 11 0 113 MAY 4-1, 3.28 ERA 35.2 33 14 13 10 27 3 632 6/4 BAL L 2-3 - 6.0 6 2 2 1 7 0 108 6/9 at CWS L 2-4 L 2 7.0 7 2 2 2 5 1 109 6/15 COL W 6-3 W 8 6.2 4 3 3 2 4 0 106 6/20 at SEA L 3-6 L 3 6.0 5 5 5 4 7 3 103 6/25 NYY W 4-0 W 9 9.0 6 0 0 1 12 0 116 6/30 KC W 4-0 W 10 8.0 7 0 0 1 7 0 106 JUNE 3-2, 2.53 ERA 42.2 35 12 12 11 42 4 648 7/6 at CLE W 9-4 W 11 6.0 9 3 3 1 8 0 101 7/11 at TB L 0-3 L 4 7.0 7 3 3 2 4 0 96 7/19 TEX W 10-0 W 12 7.0 2 0 0 0 13 0 102 7/26 at KC L 1-5 L 5 6.2 10 5 5 0 5 1 97 JULY 2-2, 3.71 ERA 26.2 28 11 11 3 30 1 396 8/1 ARI W 9-2 W 13 6.0 2 2 2 3 8 0 108 8/7 at OAK L 1-3 L 6 7.2 10 3 3 2 3 1 112 AUGUST 1-1, 3.29 ERA 13.2 12 5 5 5 11 1 220 TOMORROW S STARTER vs. DET - RHP COLLIN MCHUGH W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO 2015: 13-6 4.22 23 23 145.0 154 69 68 37 116 Career: 24-23 4.20 63 57 347.0 343 172 162 91 301 vs. DET W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO 2015: 0-1 3.86 1 1 7.0 9 3 3 1 2 Career: 0-1 3.86 1 1 7.0 9 3 3 1 2 LAST START - 8/8 at OAK: recorded his 6th loss of the season, despite tallying his 15th quality start...pitched 6.0 innings, allowing only 2 runs on 5 hits...struck out 8 batters, which was the 5th time this season he s tallied 8-or-more punchouts in a game this season. IN A GROOVE: has won 7 of his last 10 starts, while allowing 3 earned runs or less in 9 of those 10 outings...has gone 7-3 with a 3.17 ERA (23ER/65.1IP) in that span. vs. DET: has faced the Tigers only once in his career, which came earlier this season on May 22 at Comerica Park...allowed 3 runs in 7.0 innings of work for his 2nd loss of 2015. 2015 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 8/7 at OAK (7.2,10,3,3,2,3) L 1-3 L 1 23 4.70 105 2/0 15-8 14 10-4 18 13-5 McHugh 8/8 at OAK (6,5,2,2,3,8) L 1-2 L 1 23 5.59 101 5/3 15-8 12 7-5 15 11-4 Feldman 8/12 at SF (6,4,0,0,1,4) W 2-0 W 1 15 3.47 98 8/2 7-8 4 3-1 10 7-3 McCullers 8/3 at TEX (0.1,7,6,6,1,1) L 9-12 L 1 14 4.58 92 1/0 6-8 7 2-5 6 4-2 Hernandez 6/5 at TOR (5.2,9,6,5,2,1) L 2-6 L 2 11 4.23 95 8/3 5-6 2 1-1 5 2-3 Oberholtzer 7/9 at CLE (5,7,3,3,1,3) L 1-3 L 1 8 4.70 82 4/2 4-4 6 3-3 2 2-0 Velasquez 7/21 vs. BOS (6,7,3,3,0,7) W 8-3 W 1 7 5.68 94 2/2 4-3 2 1-1 3 1-2 Kazmir 8/11 at SF (5.2,7,3,2,2,3) L 1-3 L 2 4 2.42 102 1/0 2-2 2 0-2 2 2-0 Straily 8/4 at TEX (4.2,6,4,4,3,3) L 3-4 L 1 3 5.28 91 2/0 1-2 2 0-2 1 0-1 Wojciechowski 4/26 at OAK (4,5,5,5,2,4) W 7-6 L 1 3 6.00 83 1/0 2-1 1 0-1 - - Deduno 5/6 vs. TEX (4.2,11,10,10,3,4) L 3-11 L 1 2 1.50 76 3/1 1-1 1 0-1 - - Fiers 8/9 at OAK (6.2,5, 1, 1,1, 4) L 4-5 - 1 1.35 95 0/1 0-1 1 0-1 1 0-1 Peacock 4/14 vs. OAK (5,5,3,3,2,3) L 0-4 L 1 1 0.00 85 0/0 0-1 1 0-1 - -

ASTROS: SF SERIES (8/11-12):.167 (10x60) RECENT ROAD TRIP (8/3-12):.201 (59x294) OPPONENTS: SF SERIES (8/11-12):.194 (12x62) RECENT ROAD TRIP (8/3-12):.262 (78x298) 27 IF Jose Altuve.298, 9 HR, 48 RBI Last Gm: 0x3 SF Series:.286, 2x7 Road Trip:.306, 11x36 Current Stk.: 0x5 Long Streak: 14,.375, 21x56, 6/22-7/6 went 0x3 with a walk Wed. at SF...hit.306 (11x36) on the recent 10-game road trip...has 3 multi-hit games in his last 6 contests...has hit safely in 37 of his last 44 games at a.313 (57x182) clip with 10 doubles, 4 homers, 20 RBI and 13 steals. the 2015 AL All-Star starter leads the AL in steals (30) and is 9th in hits (129)...leads Majors in hits (699) and steals (154) since start of the 2012 season...hitting.317 (32x101) since the All-Star Break. his 9 homers are a career high for a single season...among AL 2nd basemen, ranks 2nd in hits, 3rd in batting average, 4th in RBI, and T-4th in HR. is hitting.362 vs. left-handed pitchers this season, which ranks 4th in AL...has hit.350 (234x669) vs. lefties in his career, which leads all active Major League players (min. 700 PAs). is the only Major Leaguer to reach 30 steals in each of the last 4 seasons...has joined Michael Bourn (2008-11), Jose Cruz (1977-80), Cesar Cedeno (1972-77) and Enos Cabell (1976-79) as the only players in club history with 4 straight 30-plus steal seasons. is 1 of just 20 players in Major League history to record 750 hits and 150 steals before his age-26 season...the last players to do so were Elvis Andrus (2014), Hanley Ramirez (2009), Jose Reyes (2008), Carl Crawford (2007), Edgar Renteria (2002), and Alex Rodriguez (2001). 23 IF Chris Carter.181, 17 HR, 48 RBI Last Gm: 0x0 as PH SF Series:.333, 1x3, RBI Last Road Trip:.182, 2x11, RBI Current Stk.: 1,.333, 1x3, 8/11 Long Streak: 12,.375, 15x40, 5/23-6/4 walked in his pinch-hit plate appearance Wed. at SF...was then caught stealing...ranks 3rd in the Majors in pitches per plate appearance with 4.32 behind Curtis Granderson (4.33) and Mike Trout (4.35)...ranks T-10th in the AL in walks (50)...ranks T-2nd on the club in HR and RBI. has made 86 starts at 1B and 7 as DH. 13 of his 17 homers this season have come at home, where he has posted a.785 OPS...ranks T-8th in the AL in homers at home...his 44 HR at Minute Maid Park rank 8th all-time at the venue...is 2 HR shy of tying Richard Hidalgo for 7th place (46 HR from 2000-05). 15 C Jason Castro.213, 10 HR, 29 RBI Last Gm: 0x3 SF Series: 0x3 Last Road Trip:.130, 3x23, HR, 4RBI Current Stk.: 0x7 Long Streak: 7 (2x), last,.385, 10x26, 7/22-8/3 went 0x3 with a walk Wed. at SF...is hitting.244 (11x45) with 3 doubles, 3 homers, 10 RBI and an.511 SLG in his last 13 games. ranks 4th among AL catchers in runners caught stealing (17), 2nd in fielding pct. (.998) and T-5th in HR...per Baseball Prospectus, has been the AL s 2nd-best pitch framer this season behind only CWS Tyler Flowers. has made 78 starts, all at catcher...houston is 45-33 in his starts. ranks 2nd on the Astros all-time home runs list by a catcher (47 HR), trailing Astros TV broadcaster Alan Ashby (69) for the club record... ranks 6th on the club list in catcher caught stealings with 84...trails Tony Eusebio for 5th place (91)...Ashby (251) also holds this club record. hit his 3rd career grand slam on 8/3 at TEX...was the Astros 2nd GS this season, and the 2nd in a 3-game span (also Conger)...per Elias, marked the 1st time since 1985 that 2 Astros catchers hit grand slams in the same season (Mark Bailey and Ashby). 16 C Hank Conger.237, 8 HR, 21 RBI Last Gm: DNP SF Series: 0x3 Last Road Trip: 0x9, RBI Current Stk.: 0x9 Long Streak: 3 (3x), last,.600, 6x10, 7/28-8/1 went 0x3 Tues. night at SF in a start at cacher...has made 37 starts this year, all at catcher...since the start of June, has hit.296 (24x81) with 6 doubles, 6 homers, 17 RBI and a.927 OPS (.367 OBP/.560 SLG) in 30 games. switch-hitter is batting.328 (21x64) with a 1.106 OPS (.419 OBP/.688 SLG) against right-handed pitchers this season...leads all AL hitters in OPS and SLG against righties (min. 50 PA)...is hitting.275 (19x69) with 6 homers, 15 RBI and a.994 OPS in 22 home games this year. among AL catchers with at least 125 plate appearances, ranks 2nd in OPS (.848), and 3rd in SLG (.496) and OBP (.352). his 8 HR are a career-high...went 3x4 with a grand slam, a solo HR and a career-high tying 5 RBI on 8/1 vs. ARI...was his 1st career multi-hr game, and grand slam...was also Houston s 1st grand slam of the season. 1 IF Carlos Correa.282, 14 HR, 37 RBI Last Gm: 1x4 SF Series:.250, 2x8 Last Road Trip:.182, 6x33, 2HR, 5RBI Current Stk.: 1,.250, 1x4, 8/14 Long Streak: 9,.379, 11x29, 7/11-24 went 1x4 on Wed. at SF...has hit 6 homers in his last 14 games...is hitting.291 (25x102) with 5 doubles, 7 homers, 18 RBI and a.975 OPS (.382 OBP/.593 SLG) in his 24 games since the All-Star Break. 20-year-old is the youngest position player in MLB and leads all AL shortstops in homers, despite playing in just 56 games...among Major League shortstops with at least 230 PA s, ranks 1st in OPS (.882) and SLG (.541), and 3rd in OBP (.342). since making his MLB debut on June 8, ranks T-5th in AL in extra-base hits (29)...leads the Astros in RBI (37), hits (62), doubles (15) and HR (14) in that span. is the only shortstop in the last century to record 14 homers within his 1st 56 Major League games...the only other shortstop to record a 14-HR season at age 20-or-younger was Alex Rodriguez in 1996 (36HR). leads all AL rookies in extra-base hits, SLG and OPS, and ranks T-1st in RBI, 3rd in OBP and 4th in batting average (min. 200 PA)...was named the AL June Rookie of the Month in his 1st month in the Major Leagues. 11 OF Evan Gattis.236, 17 HR, 60 RBI Last Gm: 0x3 SF Series:.143, 1x7 Last Road Trip:.100, 3x30, RBI Current Stk.: 0x4 Long Streak: 9 (2x), last,.371, 13x35, 6/28-7/8 went 0x3 in a start in LF on Wed. at SF...started both of the club s games at SF in LF...has 94 starts at DH and 10 in LF. leads the club in RBI, and ranks T-6th in the AL in go-ahead RBI (20)...has hit.276 (55x199) with 11 HR, 36 RBI and a.513 SLG in 53 home games. his 8 triples rank T-2nd in the AL and are a career high (had just 1 triple in his career prior to this season)...the last Astro to record 8 or more triples in a season was Michael Bourn, who tallied 12 in 2009. is the 1st player since Bobby Bonilla (1995) to record 8 triples in a season without stealing a base...the last player with 9 triples and no steals in a single season was Roy Howell in 1980. is T-3rd among DH s in HR (14) and 5th in RBI (52). 30 OF Carlos Gomez.258, 9 HR, 47 RBI Last Gm: 0x1 as PH SF Series:.200, 1x5 Last Road Trip:.212, 7x33, HR, 2RBI Current Stk.: 2,.250, 1x4, 8/9 Long Streak: 9,.357, 15x42, 5/27-6/6 went 0x1 as a pinch-hitter Wed. at SF...marked the 1st game he has not started since joining the Astros...has made 11 starts, all in CF, since being acquired from MIL on 7/30 along with RHP Mike Fiers and slot number 76 in the 2015-16 international pool in exchange for 4 prospects. hit his 100th career HR on 8/4 at TEX...per ESPN Stats and Info., is 1 of just 12 active players with 100 homers and 200 steals...is 1 of 2 Major League players with at least 100 steals and 50 HR over the last 4 seasons, joining OF Mike Trout. a 2013 Rawlings Gold Glove Award winner, is one of the game s top defensive center fielders...since 2007, his debut season in the Majors, has saved more runs defensively (83) than any other Major League center fielder (per Baseball Info Solutions). has hit.341 (30x88) with 7 doubles, 4 homers, 14 RBI and a.969 OPS (.389 OBP/.580 SLG) in 22 games against AL opponents this season...has hit.315 (79x251) against AL foes over the last 3 seasons. 9 IF Marwin Gonzalez.260, 7 HR, 22 RBI Last Gm: 0x1 as PH-1B SF Series: 0x2 Last Road Trip:.091, 1x11 Current Stk.: 0x6 Long Streak: 8,.370, 10x27, 6/14-22 went 0x1 as a pinch-hitter on Wed. at SF, remaining in the game at 1B...has gone 2x12 (.167) as a pinch-hitter this season...is hitting.320 (33x103) with 6 doubles, 5 homers and 9 RBI his last 42 games. switch-hitter is batting.284 (25x88) vs. LHP this year. his 7 homers are a career-high, surpassing his 2014 total of 6. has started 25 games at SS, 13 at 3B, 11 at 1B and 9 at 2B...had not started at 1B prior to 2015, playing just 1.0 inning at the position...since 2014, has played every position on the diamond aside from center field, catcher and pitcher...played 4 games in LF and 1 in RF last year. 8 IF Jed Lowrie.274, 5 HR, 14 RBI Last Gm: 1x4, HR, RBI SF Series:.143, 1x7, HR, RBI Last Road Trip:.300, 6x20, HR, 4RBI Current Stk.: 1,.250, 1x4, 8/12 Long Streak: 5,.353, 6x17, 8/1-6 hit a solo homer in the 8th inning on Wed. at SF...marked his 1st homer since returning from the DL on 7/30 (torn ligament in right thumb)... has played in 11 games and made 10 starts (all at 3B) since returning to action, going 8x35 (.229) with 3 doubles, 1 HR, 4 RBI and a.333 OBP. in his last 20 games dating back to 4/18, the Astros have gone 13-7...has hit.286 (18x63) with 6 doubles, 2 homers, 9 RBI, 15 runs scored and an.894 OPS in that span. prior to hitting the DL, was one of the hottest hitters in the AL...ranked 5th in OBP (.432), T-6th in walks (12), 7th in OPS (.999) and 9th in slugging (.567) among all AL hitters at the time of his DL placement...was leading all AL shortstops in slugging, OPS and homers at the time of his injury. has made 16 starts at SS for Houston this year, 10 at 3B and 1 at DH...prior to this season, his last start at 3B was on 9/27/11 at BAL while with BOS. 6 OF Jake Marisnick.224, 5 HR, 21 RBI Last Gm: 0x0 as DR SF Series: 0x3 Last Road Trip: 0x8 Current Stk.: 0x13 Long Streak: 11,.432, 16x37, 4/20-5/3 entered Wed. s game in RF as a defensive replacement...has started 71 games in CF, 2 in RF and 2 in LF. is 14-for-19 (73.7%) in SB att. s this season and 28-for-37 (75.7%) in career. 28 OF Colby Rasmus.239, 15 HR, 42 RBI Last Gm: 1x3, HR, RBI SF Series:.333, 1x3, HR, RBI Last Road Trip:.259, 7x27, 2HR, 6RBI Current Stk.: 3,.364, 4x11, 8/8 Long Streak: 4,.385, 5x13, 6/12-15 hit a go-ahead, solo homer on Wed. at SF...also walked...marked his 2nd straight game with a go-ahead homer, as he hit a 3-run, 9th inning HR on Sun. at OAK that put Houston ahead 4-3...has 8 go-ahead RBI this season. in 10 games in August, has hit.300 (9x30) with 2 doubles, 2 homers, 6 RBI and a.983 OPS (.417 OBP/.567 SLG). is slugging.487 vs. RHP s, as 13 of his 15 HR s have come against righties...is batting.281 (18x64) with 3 doubles, 5 homer, 28 RBI and a.965 OPS with runners in scoring position. ranks 4th among the club s hitters in WAR (2.4) per Baseball Reference... has made 80 starts this season, 31 in LF, 24 in CF and 25 in RF. 20 OF Preston Tucker.259, 11 HR, 29 RBI Last Gm: 1x3 SF Series:.333, 1x3 Last Road Trip:.190, 4x21, HR, RBI Current Stk.: 1,.333, 1x3, 8/13 Long Streak: 5,.333, 6x18, 6/12-18 went 1x3 with a walk on Wed. at SF...in his last 27 games, has hit.301 (28x93) with 4 doubles, 7 homers and 10 RBI. hitting.280 (51x182) vs. RHP with all 11 of his HR (.544 SLG,.886 OPS), and 28 of his 29 RBI. ranks 3rd among AL rookies in HR (11), 2nd doubles (17) and T-2nd in extra-base hits (28) behind only Correa. has made 63 starts since joining the Astros (51 in LF, 10 in RF, 2 at DH). 18 IF Luis Valbuena.212, 21 HR, 43 RBI Last Gm: 0x2 SF Series: 0x2 Last Road Trip:.364, 8x22, HR, 3RBI Current Stk.: 0x5 Long Streak: 8,.267, 8x30, 5/13-21 went 0x2 with a walk Wed. at SF...has walked in 3 straight games...has hit safely in 7 of his last 11 games at.364 (12x33) with 2 HR, 3 RBI and a 1.053 OPS (.447 OBP/.606 SLG). has made 7 starts at first base this season (1st of his career at the position)...has also started 87 games at 3B...7 of his last 10 starts have been at 1B. his 21 HR lead all Astros hitters and are a career high...16 of his 21 HR this season have come against right-handed pitching...is just the 6th third baseman in club history to have a 20-homer season: also Matt Dominguez (2013), Ty Wigginton (2008), Morgan Ensberg (2003, 2005-06), Vinny Castilla (2001) and Doug Rader (1970, 1972-73). has hit 5 HR on the 1st pitch...is 14x33 (.424) with a.909 SLG when putting the ball in play on the 1st pitch.

ASTROS HITTERS vs. UPCOMING STARTERS ASTROS vs. SIMON AVG AB H HR RBI BB K Altuve.333 6 2 0 1 1 0 Carter.200 5 1 0 0 1 2 Castro.600 5 3 0 0 0 0 Gattis.250 4 1 0 0 1 1 Gomez.300 10 3 0 2 0 1 Gonzalez.000 2 0 0 0 0 0 Lowrie.333 3 1 0 0 0 0 Rasmus.143 7 1 0 0 0 5 Tucker.000 3 0 0 0 0 0 Valbuena.188 16 3 1 3 3 2 ASTROS vs. VERLANDER (tomorrow) AVG AB H HR RBI BB K Altuve.667 3 2 0 1 0 0 Carter.000 3 0 0 0 0 3 Castro.000 5 0 0 0 1 2 Gomez.091 11 1 0 2 0 3 Gonzalez.000 2 0 0 0 0 0 Lowrie.182 11 2 0 2 1 2 Rasmus.250 8 2 0 0 2 2 Valbuena.105 19 2 1 5 5 5 ASTROS HITTERS vs. TIGERS ASTROS vs. TIGERS (2014): AVG AB H HR RBI Altuve.367 30 11 0 3 Carter.056 18 1 0 1 Castro.150 20 3 1 1 Conger.091 11 1 0 0 Gonzalez.571 7 4 0 1 Lowrie.261 23 6 0 4 Rasmus.200 15 3 0 0 ASTROS vs. TIGERS (2015): AVG AB H HR RBI Altuve.083 12 1 0 1 Carter.200 15 3 0 0 Castro.364 11 4 0 3 Conger.250 4 1 0 1 Gattis.250 16 4 1 4 Gomez.462 13 6 1 4 Gonzalez.417 12 5 0 2 Marisnick.091 11 1 0 0 Rasmus.083 12 1 0 0 Tucker.444 9 4 2 4 Valbuena.071 14 1 0 0 Astros Hitters vs. LHP (2015) Player.AVG AB H Altuve.362 127 46 Carter.190 121 23 Castro.231 78 18 Conger.149 67 10 Correa.300 70 21 Gattis.221 140 31 Gomez.209 67 14 Gonzalez.284 88 25 Lowrie.400 25 10 Marisnick.156 96 15 Rasmus.233 73 17 Tucker.200 65 13 Valbuena.168 101 17 Astros Hitters vs. RHP (2015) Player.AVG AB H Altuve.272 309 84 Carter.176 199 35 Castro.205 185 38 Conger.328 64 21 Correa.273 150 41 Gattis.244 266 65 Gomez.271 266 72 Gonzalez.245 147 36 Lowrie.229 70 16 Marisnick.266 154 41 Rasmus.241 224 54 Tucker.280 182 51 Valbuena.230 243 56 ASTROS vs. TIGERS (Career): AVG AB H HR RBI Altuve.281 57 16 0 5 Carter.092 65 6 0 1 Castro.158 57 9 2 7 Conger.133 30 4 0 3 Gattis.222 27 6 1 5 Gomez.245 110 27 2 13 Gonzalez.244 41 10 0 4 Lowrie.315 73 23 1 11 Marisnick.091 11 1 0 0 Rasmus.253 87 22 3 12 Tucker.444 9 4 2 4 Valbuena.202 104 21 1 6 Astros Hitters vs. LHP (Career) Player.AVG AB H Altuve.350 669 234 Carter.219 530 116 Castro.207 392 81 Conger.177 124 22 Correa.300 70 21 Gattis.261 306 80 Gomez.254 984 250 Gonzalez.242 215 52 Lowrie.287 746 214 Marisnick.209 177 37 Rasmus.215 790 170 Tucker.200 65 13 Valbuena.217 373 81 RUNS BY INNING Astros Hitters vs. RHP (Career) Player.AVG AB H Altuve.284 1850 526 Carter.212 1135 241 Castro.249 1223 304 Conger.235 695 163 Correa.273 150 41 Gattis.242 823 199 Gomez.262 2413 633 Gonzalez.254 714 181 Lowrie.249 1602 399 Marisnick.233 403 94 Rasmus.255 2244 573 Tucker.280 182 51 Valbuena.229 1780 407 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 X Total Astros 59 46 60 61 53 56 61 52 41 13 502 Opp. 71 58 45 34 60 45 37 37 25 12 424 Record by Days Mon. Tues. Wed. Thur. Fri. Sat. Sun. 7-7 10-7 10-8 8-4 8-10 8-10 11-7 Record By Months April May June July August Sept/Oct. 15-7 16-13 15-14 12-12 4-7 0-0 DISABLED LIST Player Injury Date On Date Off Games Fields right groin strain 3/27 4/24 15 (8-7) Peacock right hip surgery 3/30 4/14 7 (3-4) Oberholtzer left index finger blister 3/31 5/13 33 (20-13) Peacock left intercostal strain 4/15 107 (59-48) Lowrie right thumb ligament tear 4/28 7/30 82 (45-37) Springer concussion 5/6 5/13 7 (2-5) Oberholtzer left index finger blister 5/14 6/1 17 (10-7) Deduno lower right back strain 5/14 81 (42-39) Feldman torn right medial meniscus 5/27 7/18 45 (20-25) Marisnick left hamstring strain 6/19 7/5 15 (8-7) Qualls pinched nerve in neck 6/25 7/10 14 (7-7) Springer right wrist fracture 7/2 34 (16-18) 2015 Starting Lineups By Batting Order: 1: Altuve (41-34), Springer (18-17), Marisnick (3-2) 2: Altuve (11-12), Valbuena (16-6), Tucker (9-10), Correa (9-7), Springer (5-5), Gonzalez (7-3), Gomez (3-7), Villar (1-2), Grossman (1-1) 3: Correa (17-19), Springer (19-7), Tucker (7-9), Valbuena (6-6), Altuve (5-4), Gattis (4-5), Lowrie (4-3) 4: Gattis (39-30), Valbuena (7-7), Carter (4-5), Lowrie (5-2), Tucker (2-4), Rasmus (2-4), Springer (3-0), Gomez (0-1) 5: Rasmus (23-14), Carter (13-13), Gattis (8-14), Valbuena (7-5), Lowrie (5-3), Tucker (4-3), Castro (2-0), Correa (0-1) 6: Carter (20-13), Rasmus (9-12), Castro (8-6), Valbuena (5-8), Gonzalez (4-2), Conger (3-1), Gattis (3-1), Singleton (3-1), Correa (1-2), Lowrie (1-2), Santana (2-1), Villar (2-1), Tucker (1-2), Marisnick (0-1) 7: Carter (12-7), Conger (6-9), Marisnick (10-4), Valbuena (6-7), Castro (8-4), Gonzalez (3-6), Villar (2-6), Rasmus (3-4), Tucker (4-1), Santana (2-2), Singleton (3-1), Hoes (1-1), Lowrie (1-1), Grossman (1-0) 8: Castro (18-12), Gonzalez (13-11), Conger (6-8), Rasmus (5-4), Valbuena (3-5), Tucker (4-3), Carter (3-3), Singleton (1-4), Marisnick (2-2), Santana (2-1), Hoes (2-0), Villar (2-0), Grossman (1-0) 9: Marisnick (27-24), Castro (9-11), Grossman (4-6), Villar (7-3), Gonzalez (6-3), Presley (1-3), Conger (2-2), McHugh (2-0), Feldman (1-0), Hernandez (1-0), Kazmir (0-1), Keuchel (1-0), Oberholtzer (1-0) Catchers Statistics STARTS BY LINEUP/POSITION CATCHING STATS Team Player CS/ATT % PO PB Record ERA Castro 17/55.309 0 6 45-33 3.56 (268ER/678.1IP) Conger 1/27.037 0 0 17-20 3.35 (128ER/344.0IP) Pitchers 3/3 1.000 5 TOTAL 21/85.247 5 6 62-53 3.49 (396ER/1022.1IP) Multi-Hit Games 2 3 4 5+ Total Career-High Altuve 24 10 2-36 4 (11x) - 7/23/15 vs. BOS Carter 10 - - - 10 4 (2x) - 6/23/13 at CHC Castro 9 - - - 9 4-5/26/13 vs. OAK Conger 3 3 - - 6 3 (5x) - 8/1/15 vs. ARI Correa 7 7 - - 14 3 (7x) - 7/28/15 vs. LAA Gattis 24 2 1-27 4 (2x) - 6/14/15 vs. SEA Gomez 16 3 1-20 4 (15x) - 6/6/15 at MIN Gonzalez 12 2 - - 14 4-5/26/14 at KC Lowrie 5 1 - - 6 4 (5x) - 8/9/13 at TOR Marisnick 13 1 - - 14 4-8/11/14 vs. MIN Rasmus 14 3 - - 17 5-6/5/12 at CWS Tucker 12 3 1-16 4-7/6/15 at CLE Valbuena 16 2 1-19 4-7/19/15 vs. TEX Multi-RBI Games 2 3 4 5+ Total Career-High Altuve 3 4 1-8 4 (3x) - 7/28/15 vs. LAA Carter 15 1 - - 16 5 (2x) - 8/12/14 vs. MIN Castro 2 3 - - 5 4 (3x) - 8/3/15 at TEX Conger 3 1-1 5 5 (2x) - 8/1/15 vs. ARI Correa 8 2 1-11 4-6/23/15 at LAA Gattis 13 2 2-17 4 (3x) - 5/3/15 vs. SEA Gomez 6 1 1 2 10 5 (4x) - 7/11/15 at LAD Gonzalez 5 - - - 5 3 (2x) - 7/7/14 at TEX Lowrie 3 1 - - 4 4 (6x) - 9/11/13 at MIN Marisnick 3 - - - 3 3 (2x) - 9/21/14 vs. SEA Rasmus 8 4 - - 12 6-6/2/11 vs. SF Tucker 3 3 - - 6 3 (3x) - 7/22/15 vs. BOS Valbuena 3 3 2-8 4 (2x) - 7/19/15 vs. TEX By Defensive Position: C: Castro (45-33), Conger (17-20) 1B: Carter (46-40), Gonzalez (8-4), Singleton (5-5), Valbuena (3-4) 2B: Altuve (57-49), Gonzalez (5-4) SS: Correa (27-29), Gonzalez (15-10), Villar (9-9), Lowrie (11-5) 3B: Valbuena (47-40), Gonzalez (5-7), Lowrie (5-5), Villar (5-1) LF: Tucker (26-25), Rasmus (18-13), Grossman (7-7), Gattis (7-3), Marisnick (1-1), Presley (0-2), Santana (2-0), Villar (0-2), Hoes (1-0) CF: Marisnick (40-31), Rasmus (13-11), Gomez (3-8), Springer (5-3), Presley (1-0) RF: Springer (40-26), Rasmus (11-14), Tucker (4-6), Santana (4-4), Hoes (2-1), Marisnick (1-1), Presley (0-1) DH: Gattis (47-47), Carter (6-1), Singleton (2-1), Tucker (1-1), Altuve (0-1), Lowrie (0-1)

2015 HOUSTON ASTROS BULLPEN REPORT 2015 W-L-S ERA IP H R ER BB-I SO When Bullpen Allows Runs: 24-33 Starters 42-35-0 3.84 693.0 676 317 296 205-4 542 When Bullpen Does Not Allow a Run: 35-19 Relievers 20-18-30 2.73 329.1 242 107 100 97-6 320 When No Relievers Are Used: 3-1 Pitcher Last App. (IP,H,R,ER,BB,K) Pitches 1B/Ret. RI/SC SV/OPP Team Rec. (in relief apps.) 35-Josh Fields 8/11 at SF (1,0,0,0,2,2) 24 39/27 15/3 0/2 17-22 44-Luke Gregerson 8/12 at SF (1,0,0,0,0,1)-S23 11 45/30 4/1 23/28 38-7 36-Will Harris 8/12 at SF (0.1,0,0,0,0,0)-H6 2 46/30 27/6 1/3 22-24 37-Pat Neshek 8/12 at SF (1,0,0,0,0,2)-H25 9 49/38 20/1 1/2 36-13 38-Oliver Perez 8/12 at SF (0.2,1,0,0,0,1)-H1 12 3/3 3/0 0/0 1-2 50-Chad Qualls 8/11 at SF (1,0,0,0,0,1) 8 41/28 10/4 0/2 23-24 29-Tony Sipp 8/9 at OAK (0.2,1,0,0,1,1) 16 45/28 23/7 0/2 22-23 2015 BULLPEN TOTALS 334/241 130/31 30/45 59-52 35 RHP Josh Fields 3-1-0, 2.37 ERA, 39G Last Win: 7/23 vs. BOS Save: none in 15 Loss: 5/29 vs. CWS Blown SV: 7/1 vs. KC SF Series: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0ER/1IP), 1G Last Road Trip: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0ER/3.2IP), 3G tossed a scoreless inning Tues. night, striking out 2...walked 2 batters (1 intentional) and stranded 1 inherited runner...was his 1st outing since Aug. 5 at TEX...made 3 scoreless appearances the past road trip. has been scoreless in 12 of his last 13 games, going 1-0 with a 1.38 ERA (2ER/13IP) and 13 strikeouts in that span. leads the Astros relief corps in strikeouts (49) and ranks 9th among all AL relievers with an 11.61 strikeouts per 9.0 IP ratio (49SO/38IP). has allowed just 22 hits in his 38.0 innings this season, ranking T-5th among AL relievers in opponent batting average (.167, 22x132)...has yielded just 10 hits to right-handed hitters in 72 at-bats all season (.139 average). has stranded 12-of-15 inherited runners this season (80.0%). has allowed just 1 homer in his 39 games (38.0IP) this season...since 2014, has allowed just 3 home runs in 93 appearances and 92.2 innings pitched (0.29 HR/9IP). following a brief stint in the minors in 2014, has gone 7-4 with a 2.34 ERA (21ER/80.2IP), 104 strikeouts, 25 walks and a.189 opponent average (54x286) in his last 79 outings dating back to May 17, 2014. 44 RHP Luke Gregerson 5-2-23, 3.35 ERA, 45G Last Win: 8/6 at OAK Save: 8/12 at SF Loss: 8/9 at OAK Blown SV: 8/9 at OAK SF Series: 0-0-1, 0.00 (0ER/1IP), 1G Last Road Trip: 1-1-1, 6.75 (2ER/2.2IP), 3G entered Wednesday s game in SF in the 9th inning, and retired all 3 batters faced for his 23rd save this season...his 5 wins rank T-5th among AL relievers. is only the 7th pitcher in Astros franchise history to record at least 23 saves and 5 wins in Astros history...the last to do so was Jose Valverde (44SV, 6W) in 2008. has successfully converted 23-of-28 save opportunities (82.1%) this season and ranks T-8th in the AL in saves...his 23 saves are the most by and Astros pitcher since RHP Matt Lindstrom recorded 23 in 2010. has been scoreless in 16 of his last 19 outings (18IP), going 3-1 with 8 saves, a 2.00 ERA and 10 strikeouts. has held right-handed hitters to a.218 (17x78) average...ranks 8th among AL relievers in groundball percentage (59.3%). 36 RHP Will Harris 4-2-1, 1.63 ERA, 46G Last Win: 6/21 at SEA Save: 8/6 at OAK Loss: 7/25 at KC Blown SV: 7/3 at BOS SF Series: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0ER/0.1IP), 1G Last Road Trip: 0-0-1, 6.00 (2ER/3IP), 4G pitched 0.1 of a scoreless inning Wednesday at SF..retired his only batter faced, inducing an Adrianza groundout...tallied his 1st career Major League save 8/6 at OAK after tossing a scoreless 10th inning. has allowed 9 earned runs in his club-leading 49.2 relief innings, which is good for the 6th-lowest ERA (1.63) among AL relievers. ranks T-5th among all AL relievers in opp. avg. (.167, 29x174), as he has allowed just 29 hits in 49.2 innings...has 46 strikeouts in his 49.2 innings. his.167 opponents batting average ranks as the T-4th lowest with RHP Josh Fields ever produced by an Astros reliever for a single season, behind LHP Tony Sipp (.157, 2014), and LHP Billy Wagner (.165, 1996 and.135, 1999). Harris first-half opponents batting average of.116 was the lowest ever recorded by an Astro during the first half of a season...his 0.87 ERA prior to the All-Star Break was the 2nd-lowest produced by an Astros player, trailing only RHP Larry Anderson, who posted an 0.67 ERA in the first half of the 1989 season. 37 RHP Pat Neshek 3-2-1, 2.76 ERA, 49G Last Win: 5/7 at LAA Save: 5/20 vs. OAK Loss: 7/31 vs. ARI Blown SV: 7/3 at BOS SF Series: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0ER/1IP), 1G Last Road Trip: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0ER/2.1IP), 3G pitched 1.0 scoreless inning Wednesday at SF...retired all 3 batters faced with 2 strikeouts for his 25th hold of the season. leads all ML relievers in inherited runners scored percentage, as he has allowed just 1 of his 20 inherited runners to score (5.0%, min. 20 IR)...leads the club in relief appearances with 49. his 25 holds on the season rank 2nd in the Majors and are the most by an Astros pitcher since 2003 (Dotel-33 and Lidge-28)...only 2 pitchers in club history have recorded more holds in a single season than Neshek: RHP Octavio Dotel (33 in 2003; 31 in 2002) and RHP Brad Lidge (28 in 2003). has posted a 2.08 ERA (8ER/34.2IP) with 19 holds over his last 41 games. has 42 strikeouts and 6 walks this season...set a club record by starting the season with 24 consecutive games without a walk...was also the 2nd-longest start of season streak in MLB history, behind RHP Mark Eichhorn,who went 30 consecutive games without a walk for the Angels in 1991. has held opponents to a.182 average, with a.156 mark (15x96) against righties, which ranks 8th among AL relievers (min. 90 AB). 38 LHP Oliver Perez 2-1-0, 2.97 ERA, 51G Last Win: 7/27 at SEA Save: none in 15 Loss: 5/15 at PHI Blown SV: 7/27 at SEA SF Series: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0ER/1IP), 2G Last Road Trip: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0ER/1.1IP), 3G entered Wednesday s game in the 7th, and allowed only 1 hit in 0.2 of a scoreless inning...was his 3rd appearance with Houston since being acquired from ARI on Aug. 7 in exchange for minor league LHP Junior Garcia...all 3 of his outings with Houston have been less than 0.2 of a scoreless inning...had been with the D-backs since the start of the 2014 season. is holding left-handed hitters to a.188 avg (12x64) this season...has tallied 38 K s in his 30.1 IP this season...has stranded 31 of 40 (77.5%) inherited runners this season between Houston and Arizona. Over the past 3 seasons, has 188 strikeouts in 142.2 innings pitched. since converting to full-time reliever in 2012, has posted a 3.04 ERA and 212 strikeouts in 213 relief apps. (171.2 innings pitched). 50 RHP Chad Qualls 1-4-4, 3.82 ERA, 40G Last Win: 5/13 vs. SF Save: 5/14 vs. TOR Loss: 6/22 at LAA Blown SV: 5/29 vs. CWS SF Series: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0ER/1IP), 1G Last Road Trip: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0ER/3.1IP), 4G hurled 1.0 scoreless inning Tues. night, striking out 1 and retiring all 3 batters he faced...since being activated from the 15-day DL on July 10, as posted a 0.84 ERA (1ER/10.2IP) in 12 appearances. was on the DL from 6/25-7/9 due to a pinched nerve in his neck. ranks 2nd among AL relievers in groundball percentage (66.7%). ranks 6th on the Astros all-time appearance list with 361...he trails RHP Brad Lidge, who made 378 appearances in his 6-year career (2002-07) with Houston. 29 LHP Tony Sipp 2-4-0, 2.40 ERA, 45G Last Win: 4/26 at OAK Save: none in 15 Loss: 7/5 at BOS Blown SV: 7/31 vs. ARI SF Series: --- Last Road Trip: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0ER/4.2IP), 4G pitched 0.2 of an inning Sun. at OAK...did not allow a run and recorded 1 strikeout, but allowed 1 of his 2 inherited runners to score...has hurled 4.2 scoreless inn. on the past road trip (4 apps.). earned his 9th hold of the season in 8/6 s 5-4 win with a scoreless 8th inning of work. has tallied 43 K s in his 41.1 IP this season. has held lefties to a.211 batting average (16x76) this season and a.172 avg (28x163) over the past 2 seasons combined. overall, has posted a.177 opp. avg. over the past 2 seasons combined in 101 apps. (92.01 IP, 58 H). vs. DET 2014 G W-L-S ERA IP ER Feldman 1 1-0-0 3.00 6.0 2 Fields 1 0-0-0 67.50 0.2 5 Fiers - - - - - Gregerson 2 0-0-0 0.00 2.2 0 Harris - - - - - Kazmir 2 1-0-0 1.26 14.1 2 Keuchel 1 1-0-0 2.35 7.2 2 McHugh - - - - - Neshek - - - - - Perez 2 0-0-0 0.00 1.2 0 Qualls 4 0-0-0 0.00 4.0 0 Sipp 2 0-0-1 0.00 2.1 0 2015 G W-L-S ERA IP ER Feldman 1 0-0-0 6.00 6.0 4 Fields 2 0-0-0 0.00 1.1 0 Fiers 1 0-0-0 3.18 5.2 2 Gregerson 2 0-0-2 4.50 2.0 1 Harris 2 0-0-0 0.00 2.2 0 Kazmir 1 0-0-0 0.00 3.0 0 Keuchel - - - - - McHugh 1 0-1-0 3.86 7.0 3 Neshek 1 0-0-0 0.00 0.2 0 Perez - - - - - Qualls 2 0-0-0 13.50 2.0 3 Sipp 1 0-1-0-0.0 1 CAREER G W-L-S ERA IP ER Feldman 13 1-3-0 7.16 44.0 35 Fields 3 0-0-0 22.50 2.0 5 Fiers 1 0-0-0 3.18 5.2 2 Gregerson 4 0-0-2 1.93 4.2 1 Harris 2 0-0-0 0.00 2.2 0 Kazmir 16 5-5-0 3.39 85.0 32 Keuchel 3 1-1-0 5.09 17.2 10 McHugh 1 0-1-0 3.86 7.0 3 Neshek 23 3-2-0 3.75 24.0 10 Perez 5 0-1-0 5.00 9.0 5 Qualls 11 0-1-0 3.86 11.2 5 Sipp 30 1-1-1 3.12 26.0 9

2015 Houston Astros High/Low GENERAL Longest Winning Streak... 10, 4/24-5/3 Longest Winning Streak, Home...7, 7/19-30 Longest Winning Streak, Road... 7, 4/24-5/7 Most Consecutive Losses... 7, 6/4-10 Most Consecutive Losses, Home...4 (2x), last, 5/4-5/12 Most Consecutive Losses, Road... 7, 5/27-6/10 Longest Game, Time...4:31, 6/24 at LAA Shortest Game, Time...2:09, 5/8 at LAA Longest Game, Innings...14, 4/12 at TEX Best Homestand, Percentage....833 (5-1) (2x), last, 7/28-8/2 Worst Homestand, Percentage....333 (1-2), 4/6-9 Best Road Trip, Percentage....889 (8-1), 4/20-29 Worst Road Trip, Percentage....000 (0-6), 6/5-10 Most Runners Left on Base...13, 4/11 at TEX Double Plays Turned...3 (7x), last, 5/26 at BAL Triple Plays Turned... 1, 5/23 at DET Opponent Double Plays Turned... 3 (5x), last, 7/17 vs. TEX Most Errors...3, 4/11 at TEX Largest Margin of Victory... 13, 6/14 vs. SEA Largest Margin of Defeat... 8 (11-3 loss), 5/6 vs. TEX Biggest Comeback to Win... 4 runs (2x), last, 6/2 vs. BAL Most Games Over.500...14 (3x), last, after game on 8/2 Biggest Lead Lost to Lose... 3 runs (2x), last, 7/31 vs. ARI Highest Attendance, Home...43,753, 4/6 vs. CLE Highest Attendance, Road... 48,885, 4/10 at TEX TEAM BATTING Most Runs, Game... 14, 4/28 at SD Fewest Runs, Game...0 (5x), last, 7/11 at CLE Most Runs, Inning... 8, 6/12 vs. SEA (1st) Most Hits, Game... 17, 4/28 at SD & 7/3 at BOS Most Hits, Inning...7, 7/3 at BOS (4th) Fewest Hits, Game...1 (2x), last, 5/10 at LAA Most Doubles, Game... 6, 4/28 at SD Most Triples, Game...1 (13x), last, 8/11 at SF Most Homers, Game...5, 5/2 vs. SEA Most Consecutive Games, Homer... 10, 6/14-23 Most Consecutive Games, No Homer... 3, 6/24-26 Most Extra-Base Hits, Game... 10, 4/28 at SD Fewest Extra-Base Hits, Game...0 (7x), last, 7/7 at CLE Most Total Bases, Game... 34, 4/28 at SD Most Walks, Game... 8, 8/5 at TEX Fewest Walks, Game...0 (11x), last, 8/11 at SF Most Strikeouts, Game...17, 6/18 at COL Fewest Strikeouts, Game... 2, 7/9 at CLE Most Stolen Bases, Game...4, 4/26 at OAK Most Opponent Stolen Bases, Game...5, 6/6 at TOR Longest Scoreless Inning Streak...17.1 innings, 4/8-9 INDIVIDUAL BATTING Most At-Bats, Game... 6 (14x), last, 3 players, 7/3 at BOS Most Runs, Game... 3 (11x), last, Conger, 7/28 vs. LAA Most Hits, Game...5, Springer, 6/10 at CWS Most Consecutive Hits (in ABs)... 6, Springer, 6/10-12 Most Doubles, Game...2 (9x), last, Correa, 6/28 vs. NYY Most Triples, Game... 1 (13x), last, Gattis, 8/11 at SF Most Home Runs, Game...2 (9x), last, Conger/Correa, 8/1 vs. ARI Most RBI, Game... 5 (3x), last, Conger, 8/1 vs. ARI Most Walks, Game...3 (3x), last, Rasmus, 8/4 at TEX Most Strikeouts, Game... 4 (5x), last, Carter, 6/20 at SEA Most Stolen Bases, Game...3 (2x), last, Correa, 6/18 at COL Longest Hitting Streak... 14 (2x), last, Altuve, 6/22-7/6 TEAM PITCHING Fewest Runs, Game... 0 (11x), last, 8/12 at SF Most Runs, Game...12, 8/3 at TEX Fewest Hits, Game...2 (3x), last, 8/1 vs. ARI Most Hits, Game... 15 (2x), last, 8/3 at TEX Fewest Walks, Game...0 (15x), last, 7/29 vs. LAA Most Walks, Game... 7 (2x), last, 6/27 vs. NYY Most Strikeouts, Game...15, 5/16 vs. TOR Longest Scoreless Inning Streak... 20 innings, 6/13-15 INDIVIDUAL PITCHING Longest Winning Streak...6, Keuchel, 4/6-5/20 Longest Losing Streak... 4, Sipp, 5/21-current Most Innings Pitched, Starter... 9.0 (4x), last, Keuchel, 6/25 vs. NYY Most Innings Pitched, Relief... 5.0, Fiers, 8/3 at TEX Fewest Hits, Complete Game... 4 (2x), last, McCullers, 6/3 vs. BAL Fewest Walks, Complete Game...0 (2x), last, McCullers, 6/3 vs. BAL Most Walks, Game...5, McHugh, 6/18 at COL Most Strikeouts, Game... 13, Keuchel, 7/19 vs. TEX Most Hit By Pitch, Game... 2 (2x), last, McCullers, 5/29 vs. CWS Longest Scoreless Inning Streak...19.0, Keuchel, 6/25-7/6 ATTENDANCE Home:... 1,469,760/56 games Home Average:... 26,246 Road:... 1,615,143/59 games Road Average:... 27,375 ASTROS HOME RUNS Astros Last Home Runs (*-team record when homering) Player Date Opponent/Pitcher AB Since Last Team Rec.* Altuve 7/23/15 BOS/Breslow 72 6-3 Carter 7/28/15 LAA/Wilson 20 13-3 Castro 8/3/15 @TEX/Lewis 21 5-5 Conger 8/1/15 ARI/Hellickson 11 4-3 Correa 8/6/15 @OAK/Rodriguez 18 7-6 Gattis 8/2/15 ARI/Ray 26 12-4 Gomez 8/4/15 @TEX/Gallardo 25 0-1 Gonzalez 7/23/15 BOS/Miley 31 5-2 Lowrie 8/12/15 @SF/Kontos 0 4-1 Marisnick 6/17/15 @COL/Freidrich 71 4-1 Rasmus 8/12/15 @SF/Heston 0 13-2 Tucker 8/8/15 @OAK/Chavez 9 9-1 Valbuena 8/7/15 @OAK/Gray 7 14-4 Astros HR Chart Solo 2-Run 3-Run GS Total Altuve 5 1 3-9 Carter 9 7 1-17 Castro 6 1 2 1 10 Conger 5 2-1 8 Correa 7 6 1-14 Gattis 8 7 2-17 Gomez 1 - - - 1 Gonzalez 7 - - - 7 Marisnick 3 2 - - 5 Lowrie 4 1 - - 5 Rasmus 6 7 2-15 Springer 11 2 - - 13 Tucker 8 2 1-11 Valbuena 16 3 2-21 TOTALS 98 41 16 2 158 Multi-Homer Games (9): Conger (1): 8/1 vs. ARI; Correa (1): 8/1 vs. ARI; Tucker (1): 7/22 vs. BOS; Valbuena (3): 6/23 at LAA, 6/16 vs. COL, 4/20 at SEA; Springer (1): 6/15 vs. COL; Carter (1): 6/3 vs. BAL; Gattis (1): 5/3 vs. SEA 2015 Grand Slams (2) Players Date Opp./Pitcher(s) 1. Conger 8/1 ARI/Hellickson 2. Castro 8/3 @TEX/Lewis 2015 Back-to-Back Home Run Combos (6) Players Date Opp./Pitcher(s) 1. Gattis/Rasmus 5/2 SEA/Walker 2. Altuve/Valbuena 5/2 SEA/Walker/Medina 3. Gattis/Carter 5/30 CWS/Jennings 4. Gattis/Valbuena 6/2 BAL/Wright 5. Correa/Altuve 6/27 NYY/Tanaka 6. Correa/Gattis 7/5 BOS/Ogando 2015 Pinch-Hit Home Runs (4) Player Date Opp./Pitcher(s) 1. Tucker 5/21 @DET/Soria 2. Tucker 5/24 @DET/Sanchez 3. Santana 6/18 @COL/Oberg 4. Rasmus 7/23 BOS/Ogando 2015 Leadoff Home Runs (1) Player Date Opp./Pitcher(s) 1. Springer 6/19 @SEA/Elias 2015 Walkoff Home Runs (2) Player Date Opp./Pitcher(s) 1. Altuve 7/23 BOS/Breslow 2. Castro 7/30 LAA/Salas 2015 Last At-Bat Wins (10) No.-Date-Opp. Score Game-Winning Play 1. 4/12 at TEX 6-4 (14) Conger 2-run homer in top 14 2. 4/24 at OAK 5-4 (11) Grossman 2-run single in top 11 3. 4/26 at OAK 7-6 Gattis 2-run double in top 9 4. 4/30 vs. SEA 3-2 (10) Altuve RBI-single in bottom 10 (walkoff win #1) 5. 5/4 vs. SEA 7-6 Gattis solo homer in bottom 8 6. 5/7 at LAA 3-2 Altuve RBI-fielders choice in top 9 7. 5/13 vs. SF 4-3 Springer solo homer in bottom 8 8. 7/23 vs. BOS 5-4 Altuve solo homer in bottom 9 (walkoff win #2) 9. 7/30 vs. LAA 3-0 Castro 3-run homer in bottom 9 (walkoff win #3) 10. 8/6 at OAK 5-4 (10) Lowrie RBI-single in top 10 Astros Ejections (4) Date Personnel Umpire Situation 1. 4/22 at SEA Hudgens Barrett Arguing called 3rd strike from bench 2. 6/20 at SEA Hinch DiMuro Arguing replay challenge 3. 6/27 vs. NYY Oberholtzer Drake While pitching to Rodriguez 4. 7/11 at TB Strom Gibson Disputing strike zone Last 5 Astros Replay Reviews Date/Opp. (Inn.) Play Challenger Result Time 26. 7/28 vs. LAA (1st) Safe call at 1B Houston Stands 3:25 27. 7/30 vs. LAA (8th) Out call at 1B Houston Overturned 1:53 28. 8/1 vs. ARI (8th) Out call at HP Houston Stands 3:20 29. 8/6 at OAK (9th) Safe call at 1B Houston Stands 2:02 30. 8/9 at OAK (3rd) Safe call at 1B Houston Overturned 2:20 Last 5 Reviews in Astros games No./Date/Opp. (Inn.) Play Challenger Result Time 62. 7/30 vs. LAA (8th) Out call at 1B Houston Overturned 1:53 63. 8/1 vs. ARI (8th) Out call at HP Houston Stands 3:20 64. 8/6 at OAK (9th) Safe call at 1B Houston Stands 2:02 65. 8/9 at OAK (3rd) Safe call at 1B Houston Overturned 2:20 66. 8/9 at OAK (4th) Out call at 2B Oakland Confirmed 0:54 CHALLENGES: Houston has been involved in 66 total replay reviews, including 30 Astros challenges, 28 opponent challenges and 8 crew chief reviews. The Astros have been successful in 15 of their 30 challenges.