2O15 HOUSTON ASTROS MEDIA INFORMATION Minute Maid Park 5O1 Crawford St. Houston, TX 77OO2 Phone: 713.259.89OO Houston Astros (44-34) vs. Kansas City Royals (44-28) RHP Lance McCullers (3-2, 2.33) vs. RHP Joe Blanton (2-0, 1.73) Monday, June 29, 2015 Minute Maid Park Houston, TX 7:10 PM CT ROOT SPORTS GAME #79...HOME #42 ABOUT THE RECORD Overall Record:...44-34 Home Record:...25-16 --with Roof Open:... 9-3 --with Roof Closed:...16-11 --with Roof Open/Closed:... 0-2 Road Record:...19-18 Current Streak:...Won 1 Last Road Trip:... 4-4 Current Homestand:... 2-2 Last 5 Games:... 2-3 Last 10 Games:... 4-6 Series Record (before current series):.12-9-4 Sweeps:... 6-3 When Scoring 4 or More Runs:...37-4 When Scoring 3 or Fewer Runs:...7-30 Shutouts:... 5-4 In One-Run Games:...11-11 In Two-Run Games:...10-5 vs. Left-Handed Starters:...16-17 vs. Right-Handed Starters:...28-17 During the Day:...17-12 At Night:...27-22 When Scoring First:...31-9 Opponent Scores First:...13-25 Outhit Opponent:...31-9 Outhit by Opponent:...9-22 Equal Hits:... 4-3 When Hitting Home Run:...34-20 No Home Runs:...10-14 Walkoff Home Runs:... 0-1 Come-from-Behind Wins:...20 Largest Comeback:...4 Losses After Leading:...12 Last At-Bat Wins:...7 Largest Blown Lead:...3 Extra-Inning Games:... 3-3 Different Batting Orders:...74 After Six Innings: Lead: 31-4...Tied: 8-4...Trail: 5-26 After Seven Innings: Lead: 35-3...Tied: 6-5...Trail: 3-26 After Eight Innings: Lead: 39-1...Tied: 3-3...Trail: 2-30 Astros vs. Royals (2014): Overall:... 3-3 At Minute Maid Park:... 0-3 At Kauffman Stadium:... 3-0 Astros vs. Royals (All-Time): Overall:...22-20 Record in Houston:...9-12 Record in Kansas City:...13-8 THIS DATE IN ASTROS HISTORY: June 29 2005 - Craig Biggio is hit by a pitch for the 268th time to set a modern Major League record, surpassing Don Baylor... Biggio homers his next time up in what ends up as a 7-1 win vs. Colorado. TONIGHT S GAME: The Astros will continue this 7-game homestand against the Yankees (2-2) and Royals (3g) with the 1st of this 3-game series tonight opposite Kansas City...the Astros will send rookie RHP Lance McCullers (3-2) to the mound opposite RHP Joe Blanton (2-0) and the Royals. K KING: Over his first 46.1 career innings RHP Lance McCullers has 52 strikeouts, which is the 2nd-highest total for an Astros pitcher within their 1st 8 career games...that franchise record is 56, set by RHP Tom Griffin in 1969. BIG SERIES: This series is a matchup of the top 2 teams in the AL in Kansas City (44-28,.611) and Houston (44-34,.564)...the last time Houston played in games that featured 2 teams that were both at least 10 games over.500: At a neutral site, Sept. 15, 2008: the Astros (80-68) hosted the Cubs (89-58) at Miller Park in a neutral site game moved by Hurricane Ike. In a game at Minute Maid Park, Sept. 3, 2005: the Astros (72-62) hosted the Cardinals (85-50) in a matchup of starters RHP Roger Clemens (11-6) and RHP Chris Carpenter (19-4). HOME WINS: The Astros enter tonight with a 25-16 home record...they have gone 17-7 in their last 24 home games and 24-12 in their last 36 contests at Minute Maid Park. IN THE STANDINGS: At 44-34, the Astros are in 1st place in the AL West, currently leading the division by 4.0 games over the 2nd-place Angels...the Astros have been in 1st place in the division for 75 days this season and have held the division lead since April 19. WINNING WAYS: Houston has 12 series wins and 4 series splits in their 25 series in 2015...the Astros reached the 44-win mark in the 78th game of this season, compared to reaching that mark in the 108th game of last season (44-64) on July 30. YESTERDAY S GAME: RHP Collin McHugh (9-3) pitched the Astros to a 4-game series split with the Yankees yesterday by tossing 8.0 innings and allowing 1 run on 2 hits...in the 3-1 win, the Astros offense was powered by SS Carlos Correa, who doubled and scored twice. RACKING UP THE WINS: Dating back to Aug. 1, 2014, RHP Collin McHugh has posted a 16-3 record in 26 starts...in that time frame, McHugh leads the Majors in wins, immediately ahead of RHP Gerrit Cole (15-4). ICE CREAM SUNDAES: With yesterday s win, the Astros improved to 9-3 on Sundays this season, their best record on any single day of the week in 2015...Houston went 14-12 on Sunday s in 2014. BIG CROWDS OVER THE WEEKEND: The Astros and Yankees drew a total of 110,842 fans to the ballpark from Friday thru Sunday...this included a 41,133 sell out on Saturday...this marked Minute Maid Park s largest 3-day weekend attedance since a series with the Rangers from May 18-20, 2008 (113,261)...prior to Saturday, the last time the Astros had a sell out in a game other than Opening Day was the Saturday of that Rangers series on May 19, 2012. ALTUVE IN ALL-STAR VOTING: The Astros are strongly encouraging all fans to cast their vote for the starting lineups for the 2015 MLB All-Star Game by visiting Astros.com/vote...as of last Monday, 2B Jose Altuve (6,086,193) trailed only 2B Omar Infante (6,521,733) of the Royals. #VOTE ALTUVE: The Astros launched their Shop with an All-Star Sweepstakes last week, which offers fans who #VoteAltuve 35 times for the 2015 All-Star Game a chance to win a $1,000 shopping spree with 2B Jose Altuve at Academy Sports + Outdoors...in order to enter, fans must vote 35 times for Altuve and then post a screenshot of their ballot using #VoteAltuve on Twitter or Facebook. ELIAS SAYS: SS Carlos Correa has 27 hits, 5 home runs and 15 RBI in his first 20 games in the Major Leagues...only 2 other active players had that many hits, homers and RBI over their first 20 Big League games: Jeff Francoeur (28 hits, 7 HR, 19 RBI) and Albert Pujols (27 hits, 7 HR, 22 RBI). QUICK LEARNER: SS Carlos Correa is the 1st Major League shortstop to record 9 doubles within his 1st 20 career games (since 1914)...he s also the 1st player in Astros history, regardless of position, to hit 9 doubles within his first 20 games...correa has joined Rusty Staub (19g in 1963), George Springer (2014) and Jeff Bagwell (1991) as the only players in club history to reach base safely in 18 of their first 20 games in the Major Leagues. WHAT-A-GATTIS: Since April 26, DH Evan Gattis has hit.261 (57x218) with 10 doubles, 12 HR and 46 RBI in his 59 games...in that time frame, he ranks 1st in the AL in RBI and tied for 9th in HR. HOMER HAPPY: The Astros have hit multiple home runs in 10 of their last 15 games, which included a franchise-record, 9-consecutive games with multiple homers...the Astros have hit multiple home runs in 32 games this season with Houston going 29-3 in those contests...their 32 multi-homer games are the most in the Majors. WILL THE THRILL: RHP Will Harris has been one of the most effective relievers in the Majors in 2015, posting a 1.03 ERA (4ER/35IP) in 30 appearances...additionally, he has allowed just 13 hits in his 35.0 IP while tallying 37 strikeouts. Lowest ERA (AL) Lowest Opp. Avg. (MLB) 1. W. Davis - 0.27 1. A. Miller -.090 2. A. Miller - 1.03 2. W. Harris -.112 3. W. Harris - 1.03 3. D. Betances -.116 WHATABURGER APPEARANCE: Astros 1B Chris Carter will be signing autographs tomorrow at the 9029 Spencer Highway Whataburger location in La Porte, TX...he will be joined by Astros mascot Orbit and the Shooting Stars team...the free autograph session will run from 11 a.m.-12 p.m. and will also feature giveaways and prizes for those in attendance. HOOKS TO HOST ALL-STAR GAME: The Corpus Christi Hooks are hosting the Texas League All-Star Game tomorrow at Whataburger Field at 7:30 p.m...the Hooks placed 6 players on the South roster in RHP Travis Ballew, RHP Chris Devenski, IF Conrad Gregor, RHP Jandel Gustave, C Roberto Pena and IF Tyler White. UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS (ALL TIMES CENTRAL) Date Time Opponent Pitchers Television Tue., June 30 7:10 Kansas City LHP Dallas Keuchel (9-3, 2.17) vs. LHP Danny Duffy (2-3, 5.44) ROOT SPORTS Wed., July 1 7:10 Kansas City RHP Vince Velasquez (0-0, 3.72) vs. RHP Edinson Volquez (8-4, 3.18) ROOT SPORTS Thur., July 2 SCHEDULED OFF DAY 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. 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TONIGHT S ASTROS STARTER: LANCE MCCULLERS W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO 2015-MLB: 3-2 2.33 8 8 46.1 32 15 12 16 52 2015-MiLB: 3-1 0.62 6 4 29.0 15 3 2 11 43 vs. KC W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO 2015/Career: - - - - - - - - - - Career MiLB Complete Games: --- Last CG: 6/3/15 vs. BAL Career MiLB Shutouts: --- Last SHO: --- CAREER MLB GAME-HIGHS: 2015 MiLB GAME-HIGHS: Strikeouts: 11, 6/3 vs. BAL 9 (2x), last, 5/7 vs. Midland Walks: 4, 6/14 vs. SEA 3 (3x), last, 5/7 vs. Midland Hits: 6 (2x), last, 6/19 at SEA 4 (2x), last, 4/26 at Frisco Earned Runs: 3 (2x), last, 6/19 at SEA 2, 5/2 vs. Frisco Innings Pitched: 9.0, 6/3 vs. BAL 6.0, 5/2 vs. Frisco Low-Hit CG: 4, 6/3 vs. BAL - 2015 MLB SPLITS: Home/MMP: 2-0, 1.17 ERA, 4G/GS, 3ER/23IP Away: 1-2, 3.47 ERA, 4G/GS, 9ER/23.1IP Day: 2-0, 1.59 ERA, 3G/GS, 3ER/17IP Night: 1-2, 2.76 ERA, 5G/GS, 9ER/29.1IP Longest Winning Streak: 2, May 23-June 3 Longest Losing Streak: 1 (2x), last, June 19-current 2015 SPLITS at AA Corpus Christi: Home: 1-1, 1.13 ERA, 3G/GS, 2ER/16IP Away: 2-0, 0.00 ERA, 3G/1GS, 0ER/13IP Day: 1-0, 0.00 ERA, 3G/2GS, 0ER/14IP Night: 2-1, 1.20 ERA, 3G/2GS, 2ER/15IP Longest Winning Streak: 2, May 7-current Longest Losing Streak: 1, May 2 LAST START - 6/24 at LAA: did not factor into the decision in Houston s 2-1 loss in Anaheim...tossed 6.0 innings, allowing 1 run on 4 hits and 3 walks with 6 strikeouts...was his 4th career quality start in 8 totals starts. ABOUT MCCULLERS: 21-year-old right-hander will make his 9th Major League start tonight, and 1st against the Royals. is in his 4th professional season since being drafted by Houston in the supplemental 1st round (41st overall) in 2012...selected by the Astros to the Major League roster on May 18. K KING: his 52 strikeouts mark the 2nd most ever recorded by an Astros pitcher through his first 8 career games...the record is currently held by RHP Tom Griffin (56 in 1969). since 2012, only 4 other pitchers recorded 52+ strikeouts within their first 8 career games: Masahiro Tanaka, Yu Darvish, Danny Salazar and Matt Harvey. QUITE A START: has been one of the best pitchers in the American League since making his MLB debut on May 18...since making his debut, ranks 2nd in the AL in opponents average (.189) and 6th in strikeouts and ERA. ROOKIE RANKS: among AL rookies, ranks 4th in strikeouts, 6th in opponents average, T-7th in wins, 6th in ERA and 8th in innings pitched (min. 25IP). PUTTING UP ZEROS: on June 14 vs. SEA, tossed 5.0 hitless innings (walked 4 and threw 90 pitches, and the Astros were ahead 11-0 after 5.0 innings)...at 21 years, 255 days, became the youngest pitcher to toss 5.0+ hitless innings in a start since RHP Phil Hughes (20.311) on May 1, 2007 at TEX...since 1970, only 4 pitchers younger than McCullers have recorded a start of 5.0+ hitless innings: Hughes, LHP Wilson Alvarez (1991), RHP Dennis Blair (1975) and LHP Vida Blue (1970). YOUNG GUN: in his 4th Major League start (June 3 vs. BAL), threw his first complete game as a professional in a 4-hit, 11-strikeout effort...allowed 1 run but did not walk a batter. per Elias, at age 21, became the 4th-youngest pitcher in the last 50 seasons with more than 10 strikeouts and no walks in a complete game...the 3 younger pitchers to do so over that span were RHP Dwight Gooden (2x, at age 19 for the 1984 Mets), RHP Bert Blyleven (at age 20 for the 1971 Twins) and RHP Kerry Wood (at age 20 for the 1998 Cubs, while tying a Major League record with 20 strikeouts in a 9.0-inning game). became the first Astros rookie to strike out 11 batters in a complete game since RHP Roy Oswalt fanned 12 on 9/9/01 vs. MIL... also became just the 2nd rookie in franchise history to strike out 11+ batters without a walk in a complete game, joining RHP Shane Reynolds (7/23/94 vs. PIT). MBL DEBUT: became the 2nd-youngest pitcher in club history to make his debut in a start at Minute Maid Park, behind LHP Carlos Hernandez (21 years, 118 days) on Aug. 18, 2001 vs. DET. became the 6th starter in club history to allow 1 run or less in his MLB debut (last, RHP Jarred Cosart on 7/12/13 at TB). UNTOUCHABLE: prior to his promotion, spent the entire season at Double A Corpus Christi...was promoted to Triple A Fresno on 5/14 but did not pitch in a game with the club...allowed just 2 earned runs in his 29 innings (0.62 ERA), striking out 43. at the time of his promotion to Triple A, was leading all of Double A in opp. avg. (.146), while ranking 2nd in ERA and T-4th in K s. PROSPECT STATUS: is currently ranked by MLB.com as Houston s No. 10 prospect...prior to the season, was ranked as a top 10 Astros prospect by multiple publications: Baseball Prospectus (#7), Baseball America (#9) and ESPN.com (#6). MCCULLERS vs. ROYALS (Career) Date Result W/L IP H R ER BB SO HR has never faced the Royals AVG AB H HR BB SO has not faced any current Royals players 2015 MINOR LEAGUE DAY BY DAYS Date OPP Result W/L IP H R ER BB SO HR TP 4/12 at TUL W 4-0 W 1 5.0 4 0 0 3 7 0 76 4/19 TUL L 2-5 - 5.0 2 0 0 3 5 0 63 4/26* at FRI W 5-2 - 4.0 4 1 0 0 9 0 71 APRIL 1-0, 0.00 ERA 14.0 10 1 0 6 21 0 210 5/2 FRI L 0-2 L 1 6.0 2 2 2 2 7 1 91 5/7 MID W 3-1 W 2 5.0 3 0 0 3 9 0 83 5/12* at SA W 3-2 W 3 4.0 0 0 0 0 6 0 83 MAY 2-1, 1.20 ERA 15.0 5 2 2 5 22 1 257 * - indicates relief appearance 2015 REGULAR SEASON DAY BY DAYS Date OPP Result W/L IP H R ER BB SO HR TP 5/18 OAK L 1-2 - 4.2 3 1 1 3 5 0 93 5/23 at DET W 3-2 W 1 6.0 6 2 2 1 6 0 100 5/29 CWS L 3-6 - 4.1 5 2 1 2 7 0 89 MAY 1-0, 2.40 ERA 15.0 14 5 4 6 18 0 282 6/3 BAL W 3-1 W 2 9.0 4 1 1 0 11 0 107 6/8 at CWS L 1-3 L 1 7.0 4 3 3 0 7 1 96 6/14 SEA W 13-0 W 3 5.0 0 0 0 4 4 0 90 6/19 at SEA L 2-5 L 2 4.1 6 5 3 3 6 0 88 6/24 at LAA L 1-2 - 6.0 4 1 1 3 6 0 104 JUNE 2-2, 2.30 ERA 31.1 18 10 8 10 34 1 485 TOMORROW S STARTER vs. KC - LHP DALLAS KEUCHEL W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO 2015: 9-3 2.17 16 16 116.1 81 29 28 31 95 Career: 30-30 3.74 92 83 555.1 545 252 231 170 402 vs. KC W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO 2015: - - - - - - - - - - Career: 1-0 4.26 2 2 12.2 15 6 6 5 11 LAST START - 6/25 vs. NYY: in the debut of Keuchel s Korner fan section, threw his 3rd career shutout while setting a career high with 12 strikeouts (previously 11, 5/30 vs. CWS). was his 3rd complete game of the season (9th of his career)...is tied for the Major League lead in complete games with Mark Buehrle and David Price, while his 8 complete games since 2014 are tops in MLB...was also his 2nd shutout of the season (also tied for the Major League-lead). ABOUT BIG D: tomorrow will be his 17th start of the season... in 16 total outings, has 12 quality starts, which is tied for the AL-lead with RHP Sonny Gray. named the AL Pitcher of the Month in both April and May. has gone at least 6.0 innings in 27 consecutive starts, which is the longest active streak in the Majors, and the longest by an Astro since RHP Brett Myers went 32 straight (4/7-9/24/10). TOP OF THE CHARTS: leads the Majors in groundball to flyball ratio (4.81) and innings pitched (116.1), and in opponents batting average (.194)...ranks 2nd in the AL in ERA and 1st in wins above replacement (4.1, per Baseball Reference). vs. KC: will make his 3rd career start against the Royals...last faced KC on April 16, 2014, allowing 2 runs in 6.0 innings with 5 strikeouts in the Astros 4-6 loss. 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 6/25 vs. NYY (9,6,0,0,1,12) W 4-0 W 1 16 4.02 106 2/0 11-5 9 7-2 12 9-3 McHugh 6/28 vs. NYY (8,2,1,1,2,8) W 3-1 W 3 16 6.29 101 3/3 11-5 8 5-3 10 8-2 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 Feldman 5/26 at BAL (6,4,1,1,3,2) W 4-1 W 2 10 4.20 99 5/2 5-5 2 1-1 7 5-2 McCullers 6/24 at LAA (6.0,4,1,1,3,6) L 1-2 L 1 8 4.27 96 0/0 3-5 5 2-3 4 2-2 Oberholtzer 6/27 vs. NYY (1.1,4,6,6,3,1) L 6-9 W 2 7 5.13 81 4/2 4-3 5 3-2 2 2-0 Velasquez 6/21 at SEA (6.1,5,2,2,1,2) L 2-3 - 4 5.59 93 1/2 2-2 2 1-1 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 - - 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: NYY SERIES (6/25-28):.236 (29x123) RECENT ROAD TRIP (6/17-24):.258 (76x295) OPPONENTS: NYY SERIES (6/25-28):.203 (27x133) RECENT ROAD TRIP (6/17-24):.228 (62x272) 27 IF Jose Altuve.292, 6 HR, 30 RBI Last Gm: 1x2 NYY Series:.429, 6x14, HR, RBI Last Road Trip:.200, 3x15, RBI Current Stk.: 7,.333, 9x27, 6/22 Long Streak: 11,.451, 23x51, 4/21-5/2 went 1x2 yesterday vs. NYY...has hit safely in all 7 games since returning to action on 6/22 (missed 4 games while nursing discomfort in his right hamstring)...is 9x27 (.333) with 3 doubles, 1 homer, 2 RBI, 4 stolen bases and a.935 OPS (.379 OBP/.556 SLG) during his 7-game hitting streak. tied the game at 6-6 with a solo homer off Tanaka on Saturday, following up Correa s 2-run homer...marked the 5th time this season the Astros hit back-to-back home runs (last, 6/2 vs. BAL, Gattis/Valbuena off Wright). on Thurs. became the first Major Leaguer this season to record 2 steals and 2 doubles in the same game...the last to do it was Baltimore s Steve Pearce on July 3, 2014 vs. TEX...Altuve s 2 career multi-double, multi-steal games are tied for the most in club history with Cesar Cedeno and Derek Bell. leads the AL in steals (21), ranks 3rd in infield hits (15), T-5th in intentional walks (7) and 11th in hits (82)...among AL 2nd basemen, ranks 3rd in hits and T-4th in RBI...ranks 2nd among AL 2nd basemen in fielding percentage (.994, 2E/335TC), 3rd in assists (215) and 4th in double plays (44). hitting.337 (31x92) with a.404 OBP vs. LHP this season...owns a career.345 (219x634) average vs. LHP, which is tops in MLB since 2011 (his debut season in the Majors). 23 IF Chris Carter.198, 13 HR, 37 RBI Last Gm: 0x3 NYY Series:.182, 2x11, HR, 2RBI Last Road Trip:.182,6x33, HR, 4RBI Current Stk.: 0x5 Long Streak: 12,.375, 15x40, 5/23-6/4 0x3 yesterday...went 2x4 with a double and solo homer Saturday...was his 3rd game this season with 2 extra-base hits...6 of his last 8 hits have been for extra bases (4 2B, 2 HR)...his 13 multi-rbi games this season rank T-5th in the AL. leads the Majors in pitches per plate appearance (4.36) and ranks T-4th in the AL in walks (40). over his last 34 games (since May 23), is hitting.248 (28x113) with 9 doubles, 6 homers, 17 RBI and an.861 OPS (.374 OBP/.487 SLG). all of his HR (13) and RBI (37) have come in his last 63 games, as he went his first 12 games without a HR or RBI...ranks 2nd on the club in RBI. 15 C Jason Castro.215, 7 HR, 17 RBI Last Gm: 0x2, RBI NYY Series:.111,1x9, RBI Last Road Trip:.238, 5x21, RBI Current Stk.: 0x2 Long Streak: 7,.292, 7x24, 4/27-5/6 went 0x2 with an 8th-inning RBI sac-fly yesterday vs. NYY...his 7 HR rank T-6th among AL catchers...ranks T-2nd all-time in Astros history in HR s by a catcher (44 HR)...is tied with John Bateman, as both trail current Astros TV broadcaster Alan Ashby (69) for the club record. ranks 3rd in the AL in runners caught stealing (15) and 5th in catcher caught stealing percentage (33.3%)...according to Baseball Prospectus, has been the AL s best pitch framer this season (4th in MLB). caught a career-high 3 runners attempting to steal on 6/10 at CWS...this tied a club record, last achieved by Brad Ausmus on 4/19/03 at MIL. 16 C Hank Conger.238, 4 HR, 11 RBI Last Gm: DNP NYY Series:.500, 1x2 Last Road Trip:.300, 3x10, RBI Current Stk.: 2,.571, 4x7, 6/23 Long Streak: 3,.444, 4x9, 6/1-4 1x2 with a double and walk in his last start on Friday...has made 22 starts this year (all at catcher)...among AL catchers with at least 90 plate appearances, ranks 3rd in at-bat to home run ratio (19.25, 77AB/4HR) and on-base percentage (.356), 4th in OPS (.823) and 5th in slugging (.468). is hitting.288 (15x52) with an.851 OPS (.351 OBP/.500 SLG) in his last 17 games...against right-handed pitchers this year, is batting.324 (11x34) with a 1.027 OPS (.439 OBP/.588 SLG). 9 of his 20 hits this year have been extra-base hits (5 doubles, 4 homers)...7 of his last 14 hits have gone for extra-bases. 1 IF Carlos Correa.314, 5 HR, 15 RBI Last Gm: 2x3 NYY Series:.375, 6x16, HR, 3RBI Last Road Trip:.278, 10x36, 2HR, 8RBI Current Stk.: 3,.500, 6x12, 6/26 Long Streak: 5,.417, 10x24, 6/14-6/18 went 2x3 with 2 doubles and 2 runs scored yesterday...hit his 1st double to center field and scored after an E8...is the 1st shortstop since at least 1914 to record 9 doubles within his first 20 games in the Major Leagues... the last Major Leaguer with 9 doubles in his first 20 career games, regardless of position, was Cleveland s Carlos Santana in 2010. ranks T-2nd among AL shortstops in homers (5) despite playing in just 20 games...among MLB shortstops with at least 80 plate appearances, ranks 1st in OPS (.930) and SLG (.593)...among AL shortstops with 80+ PA s, ranks 2nd in OBP (.337) and batting average. in June, leads all AL rookies in OPS (.930), slugging percentage (.593), RBI (15) and doubles (9), while ranking T-1st in HR (5), 2nd in batting average (.314), and 3rd in hits (27), steals (4) and OBP (.337). his 14 extra-base hits mark the most by a player in club history through his first 20 games...is just the 2nd MLB shortstop since at least 1914 to hit 5 homers within his first 20 career games, joining Josh Rutledge (6 in 2012)...has reached base safely in 18 of his 20 career games. became the 3rd youngest player in the modern era to steal 3 bases in a game when he did so on 6/18 at COL at the age of 20 years and 269 days (Elias Sports Bureau)...Rickey Henderson (8/23/79, 20.241) and Ty Cobb (9/2/1907, 20.258) were the only 2 to do it at a younger age. 20-year-old is the youngest position player in the Majors...ranked by ESPN.com as the #1 overall prospect in baseball...selected by Houston with the 1st overall pick in the 2012 draft. 11 OF Evan Gattis.235, 13 HR, 47 RBI Last Gm: 1x3, RBI NYY Series:.357, 5x14, 4RBI Last Road Trip:.185, 5x27, HR, 4RBI Current Stk.: 1,.333, 1x3, 6/28 Long Streak: 9,.432, 16x37, 5/24-6/2 went 1x3 with a go-ahead, RBI-triple in the 7th inning yesterday...was his 3rd triple of the season, and 4th of his career...leads the club in RBI... Astros are 19-7 when he drives in a run this season. ranks T-9th in the AL in RBI...his 15 multi-rbi games rank T-2nd in the AL with Stephen Vogt, behind only Jose Bautista (16)...his 46 RBI since April 26 lead the AL in that span. in his last 33 games has hit.291 (37x127) with 7 doubles, 2 triples, 5 homers, 22 RBI and an.822 OPS...ranks T-2nd on the club in homers and T-2nd among designated hitters (12)...ranks T-2nd among DH s in RBI (45)...has started 68 games at DH and 2 in LF. 9 IF Marwin Gonzalez.238, 4 HR, 17 RBI Last Gm: 0x0 as PR NYY Series: 0x3 Last Road Trip:.429, 9x21, HR, 2RBI Current Stk.: 0x3 Long Streak: 8,.370, 10x27, 6/14-22 pinch-ran for Gattis yesterday in the 7th...has hit safely in 9 of his last 11 games with a PA at.344 (11x32) with 3 doubles, 2 HR and 4 RBI. has started 24 games at SS, 8 at 2B, 6 at 1B and 4 at 3B...had not started at 1B prior to 2015, playing just 1.0 inn at the position. 16 of his 39 hits this year have been for extra bases (4 HR, 12 2B). has hit.263 (118x449) with 27 doubles, 1 triple, 10 homers and 40 RBI in his 156 games since the start of 2014. 28 OF Colby Rasmus.247, 10 HR, 26 RBI Last Gm: DNP NYY Series:.200, 1x5, RBI Last Road Trip:.238, 5x21, HR, 2RBI Current Stk.: 0x3 Long Streak: 4,.385, 5x13, 6/12-15 has not played in the last 2 games...was scratched from the starting lineup Saturday with skin irritation...is hitting.268 (15x56) with an.810 OPS in 19 games in June...hitting.321 (18x56) in his last 15 starts. among AL outfielders, ranks T-7th in extra-base hits (25), 7th in OPS (.815) and T-8th in homers...ranks 5th among AL outfielders with 67 homers since 2012, behind only Mike Trout (111), Adam Jones (102), Jose Bautista (94) and Nelson Cruz (85) in that span. has made 52 starts this season, 26 in LF, 20 in CF and 6 in RF. 13 OF Domingo Santana.241, 2 HR, 6 RBI Last Gm: 1x3 NYY Series:.286, 2x7 Last Road Trip:.182, 4x22, 2HR, 5RBI Current Stk.: 2,.286, 2x7, 6/27 Long Streak: 2 (2x), last,.429, 3x7, 6/22-23 went 1x3 yesterday...has hit in 4 of his last 5 games at a.263 (5x19) clip... this is his 1st MLB stint of the season, and 3rd of his career...was recalled from Triple A on 6/16...has made 8 starts (6 in RF, 2 in LF). has 2 homers and 2 doubles in his 10 games (.517 SLG,.808 OPS). 22-year-old is ranked by MLB.com as the Astros No. 3 prospect...appeared in 56 games this season with Triple A Fresno, posting a.320 batting average (63x197) with 11 homers, 13 doubles, 3 triples and 38 RBI...at the time of his recall, had reached base safely via hit or walk in 34 consecutive games with Fresno. 21 IF Jon Singleton.000, 0 HR, 0 RBI Last Gm: DNP NYY Series: 0x4 Last Road Trip: --- Current Stk.: 0x4 Long Streak: --- went 0x4 Saturday in what was his 1st Major League game this season...23- year-old was recalled from Triple A Fresno on Friday, marking his first Major League stint of 2015. made his MLB debut with the Astros last year and played in 95 games...his 13 homers and 44 RBI last season were the most by an Astros rookie first baseman since Jeff Bagwell reached both marks in 1991 (14HR/80RBI). ranked 3rd in all of minor league baseball and led the Triple A level with 17 home runs this season at the time of his recall...was tied for the minor league lead in RBI (66) with Astros Class A Advanced 1B A.J. Reed. in 70 total games at Triple A this year, hit.280 (74x264) with 17 doubles, 17 homers, 66 RBI and a.940 OPS (.387 OBP/.553 SLG). was named the Pacific Coast League s Player of the Month for May...his 37 RBI during the month marked the most by a Triple A player in a single month since Brett Lawrie and Mike Carp each put up 37 RBI in May of 2011...Singleton hit 10 homers in the month, including 3 grand slams and 5 total homers over a 5-game span. 4 OF George Springer.266, 12 HR, 27 RBI Last Gm: 1x4 NYY Series:.143, 2x14, RBI Road Trip:.313, 10x32, 2HR, 3RBI Current Stk.: 2,.286, 2x7, 6/27 Long Streak: 14,.458, 27x59, 6/7-21 has hit in each of his last 2 games following a season-long, 0x17 stretch... recently had a career-long, 14-game hitting streak in which he hit.458 (27x59) with 4 doubles, 4 home runs, 7 RBI and a.492 OB...was the longest hitting streak by an Astro since Jose Altuve also hit in 14 straight from Aug. 23-Sept. 7, 2014. has hit.333 (35x105) with 5 homers, 10 RBI and a.906 OPS (.391 OBP/.514 SLG) in 27 games in June...for the season, ranks T-4th in the AL in walks (37) and T-7th in steals (13-for-16)...among AL outfielders, ranks 5th in OBP (.363) and homers, and 6th in OPS (.817) and extra-base hits (26). his 32 homers in his first 150 career games are a franchise record...glenn Davis previously held that record with 29. has hit leadoff in 32g this season, reaching base safely in all but 3 of those games...hitting.328 (42x128) with a.399 OBP as the leadoff hitter this year...ranks 4th among all AL leadoff hitters in average and 3rd in OBP...hit his 1st career leadoff homer last 6/19 at SEA, which was also the Astros 1st leadoff homer of the season. 20 OF Preston Tucker.244, 4 HR, 16 RBI Last Gm: 1x3 NYY Series:.182, 2x11, RBI Last Road Trip:.200, 5x25, 2HR, 4RBI Current Stk.: 1,.333, 1x3, 6/28 Long Streak: 5,.333, 6x18, 6/12-6/18 doubled and scored yesterday...has hits in 9 of his last 14 games...has 32 hits through his first 41 career games. leads all AL rookies with 12 doubles...the only player in club history to record more doubles within his first 41 games was Hunter Pence in 2007 (15)...also ranks 3rd among all AL rookies in SLG (.427), 5th in OPS (.735), T-5th in HR and T-6th in OBP (.308) (min. 140PA). has made 34 starts since joining the Astros (32 in LF, 2 at DH). 18 IF Luis Valbuena.195, 19 HR, 35 RBI Last Gm: 0x3 NYY Series:.077, 1x13 Last Road Trip:.308, 8x26, 3HR, 5RBI Current Stk.: 0x3 Long Streak: 8,.267, 8x30, 5/13-21 has hit safely in 6 of his last 10 games, and his hitting.260 (13x50) with a double, 6 homers, 11 RBI and a 1.013 OPS in his last 14 games. his 19 HR lead all Astros hitters and rank T-2nd in the AL with Nelson Cruz, J.D. Martinez and Mike Trout, behind only Albert Pujols (23)... also leads all AL third basemen in homers...14 of his 19 HR this season have been solo blasts, while 14 of his 19 have come against right-handed pitching...has 12 homers in his last 40 games. has already set his career high for homers in a season, 3 more than the 16 he hit in 149 games last year for the Cubs...his 19 homers are the most by an Astros 3B through the club s first 78 games of a season since current Astros minor league special assignment coach Morgan Ensberg hit 21 in 2005.
ASTROS HITTERS vs. UPCOMING STARTERS ASTROS vs. BLANTON AVG AB H HR RBI BB K Altuve.357 14 0 0 0 0 3 Carter.375 8 0 3 5 2 1 Castro.111 9 0 0 0 1 2 Gonzalez.500 6 0 1 2 0 1 Rasmus.333 6 0 0 1 0 2 Valbuena.000 8 0 0 0 1 1 ASTROS vs. DUFFY (tomorrow) AVG AB H HR RBI BB K Altuve.500 4 2 0 0 0 0 Carter.500 2 1 1 1 2 1 Castro.000 1 0 0 0 0 1 Gonzalez 1.000 1 1 0 0 0 0 Rasmus.000 5 0 0 0 0 4 Springer.500 2 1 1 2 2 0 ASTROS vs. VOLQUEZ (Wednesday) AVG AB H HR RBI BB K Altuve.000 4 0 0 0 0 0 Castro.500 2 1 0 1 0 0 Gattis.000 5 0 0 0 0 0 Gonzalez.000 3 0 0 0 1 1 Rasmus.357 14 5 1 6 0 4 Valbuena.429 7 3 1 2 2 1 ASTROS HITTERS vs. ROYALS ASTROS vs. ROYALS (2014): AVG AB H HR RBI Altuve.214 28 6 0 0 Carter.182 11 2 2 4 Castro.381 21 8 1 4 Conger.333 12 4 0 0 Gonzalez.538 13 7 0 1 Rasmus.250 12 3 1 2 Springer.400 20 8 2 5 ASTROS vs. ROYALS (Career): AVG AB H HR RBI Altuve.183 60 11 0 2 Carter.186 43 8 3 5 Castro.313 48 15 2 7 Conger.321 28 9 1 1 Gattis.000 8 0 0 0 Gonzalez.333 30 10 0 1 Rasmus.248 105 26 6 16 Springer.400 20 8 2 5 Valbuena.222 81 18 1 5 Astros Hitters vs. LHP (2015) Player.AVG AB H Altuve.337 92 31 Carter.200 95 19 Castro.237 59 14 Conger.180 50 9 Correa.317 41 13 Gattis.218 101 22 Gonzalez.263 57 15 Rasmus.259 54 14 Santana.200 15 3 Singleton.000 1 0 Springer.280 93 26 Tucker.244 45 11 Valbuena.167 84 14 Astros Hitters vs. RHP (2015) Player.AVG AB H Altuve.270 189 51 Carter.196 158 31 Castro.205 127 26 Conger.324 34 11 Correa.311 45 14 Gattis.244 176 43 Gonzalez.224 107 24 Rasmus.243 140 34 Santana.286 14 4 Singleton.000 3 0 Springer.259 174 45 Tucker.244 86 21 Valbuena.208 173 36 Astros Hitters vs. LHP (Career) Player.AVG AB H Altuve.345 634 219 Carter.222 504 112 Castro.206 373 77 Conger.196 107 21 Correa.317 41 13 Gattis.266 267 71 Gonzalez.228 184 42 Rasmus.217 771 167 Santana.125 24 3 Singleton.244 78 19 Springer.242 165 40 Tucker.244 45 11 Valbuena.219 356 78 Astros Hitters vs. RHP (Career) Player.AVG AB H Altuve.285 1730 493 Carter.217 1094 237 Castro.251 1165 292 Conger.230 665 153 Correa.311 45 14 Gattis.241 733 177 Gonzalez.251 674 169 Rasmus.256 2160 553 Santana.182 22 4 Singleton.140 236 33 Springer.249 397 99 Tucker.244 86 21 Valbuena.226 1710 387 Catchers Statistics CATCHING STATS Team Player CS/ATT % PO PB Record ERA Castro 15/45.333 0 3 33-23 3.60 (195ER/487.2IP) Conger 1/16.063 0 0 11-11 3.54 (84ER/213.1IP) Pitchers 3/3 1.000 3 TOTAL 19/64.297 3 3 44-34 3.58 (279ER/701IP) RUNS BY INNING 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 X Total Astros 44 35 45 32 31 36 43 41 31 8 346 Opp. 48 36 32 29 48 26 26 26 17 9 297 Record by Days Mon. 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Sun. 5-6 7-4 6-6 5-3 5-7 7-5 9-3 Record By Months April May June July August Sept/Oct. 15-7 16-13 13-14 0-0 0-0 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 70 (41-29) Lowrie right thumb ligament tear 4/28 59 (32-27) Springer concussion 5/6 5/13 6 (2-4) Oberholtzer left index finger blister 5/13 6/1 17 (10-7) Deduno lower right back strain 5/14 40 (19-21) Feldman torn right medial meniscus 5/27 30 (14-16) Marisnick left hamstring strain 6/19 10 (4-6) Qualls pinched nerve in neck 6/25 4 (2-2) 2015 Starting Lineups By Batting Order: 1: Altuve (26-15), Springer (15-17), Marisnick (3-2) 2: Valbuena (16-6), Altuve (8-12), Correa (9-7), Springer (5-5), Gonzalez (3-1), Villar (1-2), Grossman (1-1), Tucker (1-0) 3: Springer (19-7), Tucker (7-9), Valbuena (6-6), Altuve (5-4), Gattis (3-5), Lowrie (4-3) 4: Gattis (30-23), Carter (4-5), Valbuena (2-3), Lowrie (3-0), Rasmus (1-2), Springer (3-0), Tucker (1-1) 5: Rasmus (18-10), Carter (10-14), Gattis (4-3), Valbuena (4-3), Tucker (3-2), Lowrie (3-1), Castro (2-0), Correa (0-1) 6: Carter (16-8), Castro (8-6), Valbuena (3-7), Rasmus (6-3), Gonzalez (3-2), Tucker (1-1), Villar (2-1), Correa (1-2), Conger (2-0), Santana (1-1), Gattis (1-0), Marisnick (0-1), Lowrie (0-1), Singleton (0-1) 7: Marisnick (10-4), Carter (8-6), Castro (8-4), Villar (2-6), Valbuena (4-3), Conger (2-4), Gonzalez (2-2), Rasmus (2-2), Santana (2-2), Lowrie (1-1), Tucker (2-0), Grossman (1-0) 8: Gonzalez (12-9), Castro (10-8), Conger (6-6), Rasmus (4-4), Tucker (3-3), Valbuena (3-2), Carter (2-1), Santana (1-1), Villar (2-0), Grossman (1-0) 9: Marisnick (17-16), Castro (5-5), Grossman (4-6), Villar (7-3), Gonzalez (5-3), Conger (1-1), McHugh (2-0), Hernandez (1-0), Keuchel (1-0), Oberholtzer (1-0) STARTS BY LINEUP/POSITION Multi-Hit Games 2 3 4 5+ Total Career-High Altuve 17 6 1-24 4 (10x) - 4/28/15 at SD Carter 9 - - - 9 4 (2x) - 6/23/13 at CHC Castro 6 - - - 6 4-5/26/13 vs. OAK Conger 2 2 - - 4 3 (4x) - 6/23/15 at LAA Correa 3 4 - - 7 3 (4x) - 6/27/15 vs. NYY Gattis 15 2 1-18 4 (2x) - 6/14/15 vs. SEA Gonzalez 7 1 - - 8 4-5/26/14 at KC Rasmus 11 2 - - 13 5-6/5/12 at CWS Santana 1 - - - 1 2-6/23/15 at LAA Singleton - - - - - 3 (3x) - 8/2/14 vs. TOR Springer 12 4-1 17 5-6/10/15 at CWS Tucker 6 1 - - 7 3-5/14/15 vs. TOR Valbuena 9 2 - - 11 3 (22x) - 6/23/15 at LAA Multi-RBI Games 2 3 4 5+ Total Career-High Altuve 1 4 - - 5 4 (2x) - 8/17/14 at BOS Carter 12 1 - - 13 5 (2x) - 8/12/14 vs. MIN Castro 2 - - - 2 4 (2x) - 8/28/14 vs. TEX Conger 2 1 - - 3 5-5/11/14 at TOR Correa 2 1 1-4 4-6/23/15 at LAA Gattis 11 2 2-15 4 (3x) - 5/3/15 vs. SEA Gonzalez 3 - - - 3 3 (2x) - 7/7/14 at TEX Rasmus 5 3 - - 8 6-6/2/11 vs. SF Santana - 1 - - 1 3-6/18/15 at COL Singleton - - - - - 4 (2x) - 7/7/14 at TEX Springer 1 - - 1 2 5 (2x) - 4/28/15 at SD Tucker - 2 - - 2 3 (2x) - 6/18/15 at COL Valbuena 3 3 1-7 4-6/16/15 vs. COL By Defensive Position: C: Castro (33-23), Conger (11-11) 1B: Carter (39-33), Gonzalez (5-1) 2B: Altuve (39-31), Gonzalez (5-3) SS: Gonzalez (14-10), Correa (10-10), Villar (9-9), Lowrie (11-5) 3B: Valbuena (38-30), Villar (5-1), Gonzalez (1-3) LF: Tucker (17-15), Rasmus (17-9), Grossman (7-7), Villar (0-2), Gattis (1-1), Santana (2-0) CF: Marisnick (30-24), Rasmus (12-7), Springer (2-3) RF: Springer (40-26), Rasmus (2-4), Santana (2-4) DH: Gattis (37-31), Tucker (1-1), Carter (1-0), Lowrie (0-1), Singleton (0-1)
2015 HOUSTON ASTROS BULLPEN REPORT 2015 W-L-S ERA IP H R ER BB-I SO When Bullpen Allows Runs: 17-25 Starters 29-21-0 4.07 468.2 454 227 212 145-3 365 When Bullpen Does Not Allow a Run: 24-8 Relievers 15-13-24 2.60 232.1 161 70 67 65-1 240 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.) 68-Michael Feliz 5/31 vs. CWS (1,1,0,0,0,1) 17 1/0 0/0 0/0 0-1 35-Josh Fields 6/27 vs. NYY (2,2,0,0,0,1) 26 24/17 10/1 0/1 10-14 44-Luke Gregerson 6/28 vs. NYY (1,0,0,0,0,0)-S18 13 31/22 1/0 18/20 27-4 36-Will Harris 6/26 vs. NYY (0.1,2,1,1,1,0)-L1, BS2 15 30/21 18/5 0/2 14-16 56-Roberto Hernandez 6/27 vs. NYY (3.2,1,0,0,3,2) 51 5/1 1/0 0/0 1-4 37-Pat Neshek 6/27 vs. NYY (1,2,2,1,1,0)-L1 25 32/24 9/0 1/1 25-7 29-Tony Sipp 6/27 vs. NYY (1,1,1,1,0,0) 15 31/19 13/3 0/1 17-14 54-Joe Thatcher 6/26 vs. NYY (0.2,1,0,0,0,1) 11 28/21 19/7 0/0 13-15 2015 BULLPEN TOTALS 227/156 82/21 24/32 41-33 68 RHP Michael Feliz 0-0-0, 0.00 ERA, 1G Last Win: none in 15 Save: none in 15 Loss: none in 15 Blown SV: none in 15 NYY Series: --- Last Road Trip: --- hard-throwing right-hander was recalled from Double A Corpus Christi yesterday...is his 2nd stint in the Majors this season...made his Major League debut on 5/31 vs. CWS, tossing a scoreless inning of relief, before getting optioned back to Double A on 6/1. 21-year-old has split his season between Class A Advanced Lancaster (8g) and Double A Corpus Christi (5g)...in those 55.0 combined innings and 8 total starts between the 2 levels, has gone 2-3 with a 4.25 ERA (26Er/55IP) and 51 strikeouts...in his last 2 starts at Double A, has gone 1-1 with a 0.87 ERA (1ER/10.1IP). was added to the 40-man roster this offseason...tabbed by multiple outlets as a top-10 Astros prospect prior to the season: Baseball America (#4), Baseball Prospectus (#6), ESPN.com (#7), MLB.com (#5)...pitched in the 2014 SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game at Target Field. 35 RHP Josh Fields 2-1-0, 1.85 ERA, 24G Last Win: 5/15 vs. TOR Save: none in 15 Loss: 5/29 vs. CWS Blown SV: 4/27 at SD NYY Series: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0ER/2IP), 1G Last Road Trip: 0-0-0, 1.80 (1ER/5IP), 5G tossed 2.0 scoreless innings Sat., allowing 2 hits while striking out 1... tied his longest relief outing of the season (also 5/5 vs. TEX)...has been scoreless in 19 of his last 22 appearances, posting a 1.57 ERA (4ER/23IP) in that time frame. has held opponents hitless in 15 of his last 21 outings, allowing just 9 hits over 21.2 innings in that span (.129, 9x70)...has yielded just 5 hits to right-handed hitters in 45 at-bats (.111 average). has 36 strikeouts and 9 walks in his 24.1 innings this season...ranks 5th among all AL relievers with a 13.32 strikeouts per 9.0 ratio...also ranks 11th among AL relievers in ERA. following a brief stint in the minors in 2014, has gone 6-4 with a 2.15 ERA (16ER/67IP), 91 strikeouts, 19 walks and a.191 opponents average (45x236) in his last 64 outings (dating back to 5/17/14). 44 RHP Luke Gregerson 2-1-18, 3.56 ERA, 31G Last Win: 4/30 vs. SEA Save: 6/28 vs. NYY Loss: 6/7 at TOR Blown SV: 6/7 at TOR NYY Series: 0-0-1, 0.00 (0ER/1IP), 1G Last Road Trip: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0ER/2.1IP), 2G entered the game yesterday in the 9th, and pitched 1.0 perfect frame for his 18th save this season..has successfully converted 18-of-20 save opportunities (90%) this season and ranks 5th in the AL in saves...is the 1st Astros pitcher to record 18 saves in the team s first 79 games since RHP Matt Lindstrom recorded 18 in 2010. has not allowed an earned run in 25 of his 31 outings this season...has held right-handed hitters to a.192 (10x52) average. the Astros have gone 27-4 in games he has appeared in...the Astros won each of his first 21 games he appeared in this season, which marked the longest start of season streak in club history (previously Donne Wall: 10 games in 1996). 36 RHP Will Harris 4-1-0, 1.03 ERA, 30G Last Win: 6/21 at SEA Save: none in 15 Loss: 6/26 vs. NYY Blown SV: 6/26 vs. NYY NYY Series: 0-1-0, 27.00 (1ER/0.1IP), 1G Last Road Trip: 1-0-0, 0.00 (0ER/3.2IP), 4G received his 1st loss of the season Fri. night after giving up a 3-run homer to Chris Young in the 7th inning...allowed 2 total hits and 1 walk in his 0.1 innings, and was credited with 1 run allowed (2 inherited runners). Friday night snapped a string of 6 scoreless outings...was just the 4th time this season he allowed a run (30 total appearances. has allowed 4 runs in his 35.0 innings for the 3rd-lowest ERA among all AL relievers, behind only RHP Wade Davis (0.27) and LHP Andrew Miller (1.03)...leads the Astros relief corps in wins and ranks T-2nd among AL relievers in victories. ranks 2nd among all Major League relievers in opponents average (.112, 13x116), as he has allowed just 13 hits in 35.0 innings...lefties are 5x56 (.089) against him while right-handed hitters are 8x60 (.133)...has 37 strikeouts in his 35.0 innings. 56 RHP Roberto Hernandez 2-5-0, 4.44 ERA, 16G/12GS Last Win: 5/19 vs. OAK Save: none in 15 Loss: 6/5 at TOR Blown SV: none in 15 NYY Series: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0ER/5IP), 2G Last Road Trip: 0-0-0, 2.25 (1ER/4IP), 2G pitched for the 2nd straight game Sat., tossing 3.2 scoreless innings of relief...allowed just 1 hit with 3 walks and 2 strikeouts...was his 4th multi-inning relief appearance, and 5th relief outing overall...has posted a 0.69 ERA (1ER/13IP) in his 5 relief outings this season. began the season with a 3.99 ERA (22ER/49.2IP) in his 1st 8 starts before allowing 16 earned runs in 16.1 innings pitched in his last 3 starts. made just 3 relief appearances last season (0ER/2IP), but has made 46 relief appearances in his career, posting a 3.54 ERA (24ER/61IP) in those outings...most of those relief outings came in his rookie season of 2006 (31g), but has made a total of 16 relief apps. over the last 3 years. ranks 9th in the AL in GB/FB ratio (1.99) (min. 70IP) and 2nd on the team behind the Major League leader, LHP Dallas Keuchel (4.81). 37 RHP Pat Neshek 3-1-1, 2.86 ERA, 32G Last Win: 5/7 at LAA Save: 5/20 vs. OAK Loss: 6/27 vs. NYY Blown SV: none in 15 NYY Series: 0-1-0, 9.00 (1ER/1IP), 1G Last Road Trip: 0-0-0, 2.25 (1ER/4IP), 4G received his 1st loss of the season Sat. after allowing 2 runs (1 earned) on 2 hits and 1 walk in 1.0 inning...has allowed runs in 3 of his last 7 games following a string of 17 consecutive scoreless outings...has been hitless in 8 of his last 11 outings. has posted a 1.74 ERA (4ER/20.2IP) with 14 holds over his last 24 games... has 19 holds on the season, which ranks 3rd in the Majors. has 27 strikeouts and 4 walks this season...ranks 5th among ML relievers in strikeout to walk ratio (6.75)...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.188 average (19x101), including a.229 mark (8x35) vs. lefties and a.167 mark (11x66) against righties. 29 LHP Tony Sipp 2-3-0, 2.86 ERA, 31G Last Win: 4/26 at OAK Save: none in 15 Loss: 6/10 at CWS Blown SV: 5/3 vs. SEA NYY Series: 0-0-0, 6.75 (1ER/1.1IP), 2G Last Road Trip: 0-0-0, 5.40 (2ER/3.1IP), 4G allowed a solo homer Sat. in his 1.0 inning of relief. has not allowed a run in 8 of his last 12 apps and has not allowed an earned run in 23 of his 31 outings this season. has allowed 22 hits this season for a.214 opp. avg. (22x103)...lefties have hit.208 (10x48) and righties have hit.218 (12x55) off of Sipp. 54 LHP Joe Thatcher 1-2-0, 2.16 ERA, 28G Last Win: none in 15 Save: none in 15 Loss: 6/24 at LAA Blown SV: none in 15 NYY Series: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0ER/0.2IP), 1G Last Road Trip: 0-1-0, 4.50 (1ER/2IP), 4G tossed 0.2 of a scoreless inning Friday night, striking out 1 while allowing 1 hit. has been scoreless in 13 of his last 14 outings (8.2IP)...has been scoreless in 24 of his 28 total outings. 18 of his 28 appearances this season have been less than a full inning... has 246 career apps. out of 389 total that were less than 1.0 full inning. has held lefties to a.216 (8x37) average this season with no extra-base hits...in his career, has held LHH s to a.229 (109x476) average. vs. KC 2014 G W-L-S ERA IP ER Feliz - - - - - Fields 3 0-0-0 0.00 3.0 0 Gregerson 2 0-0-0 0.00 0.2 0 Harris - - - - - Hernandez - - - - - Keuchel 1 0-0-0 3.00 6.0 2 McCullers - - - - - McHugh 1 1-0-0 0.00 7.0 0 Neshek 2 0-0-1 5.40 1.2 1 Sipp 2 0-0-0 0.00 2.1 0 Thatcher - - - - - Velasquez - - - - - 2015 G W-L-S ERA IP ER Feliz - - - - - Fields - - - - - Gregerson - - - - - Harris - - - - - Hernandez - - - - - Keuchel - - - - - McCullers - - - - - McHugh - - - - - Neshek - - - - - Sipp - - - - - Thatcher - - - - - Velasquez - - - - - CAREER G W-L-S ERA IP ER Feliz - - - - - Fields 4 0-0-0 2.25 4.0 1 Gregerson 2 0-0-0 0.00 0.2 0 Harris - - - - - Hernandez 19 6-6-0 4.88107.0 58 Keuchel 2 1-0-0 4.26 12.2 6 McCullers - - - - - McHugh 1 1-0-0 0.00 7.0 0 Neshek 19 1-0-1 2.66 20.1 6 Sipp 32 1-0-0 2.90 31.0 10 Thatcher - - - - - Velasquez - - - - -
2015 Houston Astros High/Low GENERAL Longest Winning Streak... 10, 4/24-5/3 Longest Winning Streak, Home... 6, 4/18-5/3 Longest Winning Streak, Road... 7, 4/24-5/7 Most Consecutive Losses... 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....800 (4-1), 6/12-16 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 (4x), last, 6/13 vs. SEA Most Errors...3, 4/11 at TEX Largest Margin of Victory... 13, 6/14 vs. SEA Largest Margin of Defeat... 8, 5/6 vs. TEX Biggest Comeback to Win... 4 runs (2x), last, 6/2 vs. BAL Most Games Over.500...13 (4x), last, after game on 6/2 Biggest Lead Lost to Lose... 3 runs, 6/7 at TOR 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 (3x), last, 5/31 vs. CWS Most Runs, Inning... 8, 6/12 vs. SEA (1st) Most Hits, Game... 17, 4/28 at SD Most Hits, Inning...6 (2x), last, 6/12 vs. SEA (1st) Fewest Hits, Game...1 (2x), last, 5/10 at LAA Most Doubles, Game... 6, 4/28 at SD Most Triples, Game...1 (5x), last, 5/24 at DET Most Homers, Game...5, 5/2 vs. SEA Most Consecutive Games, Homer... 10, 6/14-6/23 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 (6x), last, 5/18 vs. OAK Most Total Bases, Game... 34, 4/28 at SD Most Walks, Game...7 (4x), last, 6/14 vs. SEA Fewest Walks, Game... 0 (7x), last, 6/28 vs. NYY Most Strikeouts, Game...17, 6/18 at COL Fewest Strikeouts, Game...4 (2x), last, 5/2 vs. SEA 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 (11x), last, Altuve, 6/24 at LAA Most Runs, Game...3 (8x), last, Altuve, 6/25 vs. NYY 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 (5x), last, Gattis, 6/28 vs. NYY Most Home Runs, Game...2 (6x), last, Valbuena, 6/23 at LAA Most RBI, Game... 5, Springer, 4/28 at SD Most Walks, Game...3 (2x), last, Springer, 5/18 vs. OAK 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, Springer, 6/7-21 TEAM PITCHING Fewest Runs, Game...0 (6x), last, 6/25 vs. NYY Most Runs, Game... 11, 5/6 vs. TEX Fewest Hits, Game...2 (2x), last, 6/28 vs. NYY Most Hits, Game... 14, 5/24 at DET Fewest Walks, Game... 0 (9x), last, 6/17 at COL 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... 3, Sipp, 5/21-current Most Innings Pitched, Starter... 9.0 (4x), last, Keuchel, 6/25 vs. NYY Most Innings Pitched, Relief... 4.0 (3x), last, Hernandez, 6/13 vs. SEA 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... 12, Keuchel, 6/25 vs. NYY Most Strikeouts, Inning... 3 (27x), last, Keuchel, 6/25 vs. NYY (6th) Most Hit By Pitch, Game... 2 (2x), last, McCullers, 5/29 vs. CWS Longest Scoreless Inning Streak... 15.0, Keuchel, 4/18-24 ASTROS HOME RUNS Astros Last Home Runs (*-team record when homering) Player Date Opponent/Pitcher AB Since Last Team Rec.* Altuve 6/27/15 NYY/Tanaka 3 4-2 Carter 6/27/15 NYY/Tanaka 5 9-3 Castro 6/12/15 SEA/Hernandez 35 4-3 Conger 6/16/15 COL/Brown 13 3-1 Correa 6/23/15 @LAA/Wilson 20 3-1 Gattis 6/20/15 @SEA/Walker 35 10-2 Gonzalez 6/19/15 @SEA/Elias 15 2-2 Rasmus 6/21/15 @SEA/Wilhelmsen 17 10-0 Santana 6/22/15 @LAA/Santiago 18 1-1 Singleton 9/5/14 @OAK/Samardzija 43 0-0 Springer 6/21/15 @SEA/Nuno 24 9-2 Tucker 6/18/15 @COL/Hale 30 4-0 Valbuena 6/23/15 @LAA/Bedrosian 18 14-2 HR Chart Solo 2-Run 3-Run GS Total Altuve 3-3 - 6 Carter 7 5 1-13 Castro 6 1 - - 7 Conger 3 1 - - 4 Correa 1 3 1-5 Gattis 5 6 2-13 Gonzalez 4 - - - 4 Grossman - - 1-1 Lowrie 3 1 - - 4 Marisnick 3 2 - - 5 Rasmus 3 6 1-10 Santana 1-1 - 2 Springer 11 1 - - 12 Tucker 3-1 - 4 Valbuena 14 3 2-19 Villar 1 - - - 1 TOTALS 68 29 13-110 Multi-Homer Games (6): 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. The Astros have not hit a Grand Slam, walk-off home run or inside-thepark home run this season. 2015 Back-to-Back Home Run Combos (5) Players Date Opp./Pitcher(s) Gattis/Rasmus 5/2 SEA/Walker Altuve/Valbuena 5/2 SEA/Walker/Medina Gattis/Carter 5/30 CWS/Jennings Gattis/Valbuena 6/2 BAL/Wright Correa/Altuve 6/27 NYY/Tanaka 2015 Pinch-Hit Home Runs (3) Player Date Opp./Pitcher(s) Tucker 5/21 @DET/Soria Tucker 5/24 @DET/Sanchez Santana 6/18 @COL/Oberg 2015 Leadoff Home Runs (1) Player Date Opp./Pitcher(s) Springer 6/19 @SEA/Elias 2015 Last At-Bat Wins (7) No.-Date-Opp. Score Game-Winning Play 1. 4/12 at TEX 6-4 (14) Conger 2-run homer in top 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 Astros Ejections (3) Date Personnel Umpire Situation 4/22 at SEA Hudgens Barrett Arguing called 3rd strike from bench 6/20 at SEA Hinch DiMuro Arguing replay challenge 6/27 vs. NYY Oberholtzer Drake While pitching to Rodriguez Last 5 Astros Replay Reviews Date/Opp. (Inn.) Play Challenger Result Time 15. 6/20 at SEA (6th) Fan Interference Houston Confirmed 1:05 16. 6/22 at LAA (2nd) Safe call at 2B Houston Overturned 2:17 17. 6/24 at LAA (9th) Out call at 1B Houston Confirmed 1:05 18. 6/27 vs. NYY (1st) Out call at 1B Houston Overturned 1:06 19. 6/27 vs. NYY (8th) Safe call at 1B Houston Stands 3:55 Last 5 Reviews in Astros games No./Date/Opp. (Inn.) Play Challenger Result Time 40. 6/24 at LAA (9th) Out call at 1B Houston Confirmed 1:05 41. 6/24 at LAA (9th) Out call at 2B Crew Chief Stands 2:35 42. 6/24 at LAA (10th) Out call at 2B Crew Chief Confirmed 2:24 43. 6/27 vs. NYY (1st) Out call at 1B Houston Overturned 1:06 44. 6/27 vs. NYY (8th) Safe call at 1B Houston Stands 3:55 CHALLENGES: Houston has been involved in 44 total replay reviews, including 19 Astros challenges, 19 opponent challenges and 6 crew chief reviews. The Astros have been successful in 10 of their 19 challenges. ATTENDANCE Home:... 1,006,624/41 games Home Average:... 24,552 Road:... 1,068,672/37 games Road Average:... 28,883