2O15 HOUSTON ASTROS MEDIA INFORMATION Minute Maid Park 5O1 Crawford St. Houston, TX 77OO2 Phone: 713.259.89OO Houston Astros (35-28) vs. Seattle Mariners (28-34) RHP Lance McCullers (2-1, 2.32) vs. LHP Roenis Elias (3-3, 2.79) Sunday, June 14, 2015 Minute Maid Park Houston, TX 1:10 PM CT ROOT SPORTS GAME #64...HOME #34 ABOUT THE RECORD Overall Record:...35-28 Home Record:...20-14 --with Roof Open:... 9-3 --with Roof Closed:...11-9 --with Roof Open/Closed:... 0-2 Road Record:...15-14 Current Streak:... Lost 1 Last Road Trip:... 0-6 Current Homestand:... 1-1 Last 5 Games:... 1-4 Last 10 Games:... 2-8 Series Record (before current series):.. 9-7-3 Sweeps:... 4-3 When Scoring 4 or More Runs:...29-3 When Scoring 3 or Fewer Runs:...6-24 Shutouts:... 4-4 In One-Run Games:...11-8 In Two-Run Games:... 9-5 vs. Left-Handed Starters:...12-14 vs. Right-Handed Starters:...23-14 During the Day:...12-10 At Night:...23-18 When Scoring First:...23-5 Opponent Scores First:...12-23 Outhit Opponent:...22-8 Outhit by Opponent:...9-18 Equal Hits:... 4-2 When Hitting Home Run:...27-16 No Home Runs:...8-12 Walkoff Home Runs:... 0-1 Come-from-Behind Wins:...17 Largest Comeback:...4 Losses After Leading:...8 Last At-Bat Wins:...7 Largest Blown Lead:...3 Extra-Inning Games:... 3-2 Different Batting Orders:...60 After Six Innings: Lead: 23-3...Tied: 7-2...Trail: 5-23 After Seven Innings: Lead: 26-3...Tied: 6-3...Trail: 3-22 After Eight Innings: Lead: 30-1...Tied: 3-2...Trail: 2-25 Astros vs. Mariners (2015): Overall:... 7-2 At Minute Maid Park:... 5-1 At Safeco Field:... 2-1 Astros vs. Mariners (All-Time): Overall:...31-25 Record in Houston:...15-16 Record in Seattle:...16-9 THIS DATE IN ASTROS HISTORY: June 14 1996-1B Jeff Bagwell ties a Major League record and sets the franchise high with 4 doubles in the Astros 9-1 win at San Francisco...Bagwell also ties the franchise record for the most extra-base hits in a game...since Bagwell s big day, a Major Leaguer has recorded 4 doubles in a single game 13 times, most recently accomplished last year by 1B Brock Holt for the Red Sox on June 1, 2014 vs. TB. TODAY S GAME: The Astros continue this quick 5-game homestand today in the rubber game of this 3-game series with the Seattle Mariners...the Astros will send RHP Lance McCullers (2-1) to the mound in hopes of winning the series opposite LHP Roenis Elias (3-3) and the Mariners... McCullers will be making his 6th Major League start and his 1st against the Mariners. K KING: RHP Lance McCullers has 36 strikeouts over his first 31.0 career innings in the Major Leagues...that ties a club record for most strikeouts within a player s first 5 career games (also, RHP Tom Griffin in 1969)...additionally, he has currently tied a franchise record by recording at least 5 strikeouts in each of his first 5 career starts (also, Griffin in 1969). HOME WINS: Houston has gone 12-5 in their last 17 home games and 19-10 in their last 29 contests at Minute Maid Park...additionally, the Astros have won 7 of their last 8 home games against the Mariners. IN THE STANDINGS: At 35-28, the Astros are in 1st place in the AL West, currently leading the division by 1.5 games over the 2nd-place Texas Rangers...this marks the latest the Astros have been in 1st place in a season since Sept. 25, 2003, when that club was 86-73 and sharing the NL Central lead with Chicago. WINNING WAYS: The Astros are 32-23 (.581) in their last 55 contests...the Astros have 9 series wins and 3 series splits in their 19 series this season...the Astros reached the 35-win mark in the 62nd game of this season, compared to reaching that mark in the 81st game of last season (35-46) on June 27. YESTERDAY S GAME: After a 10-run win on Friday night, the Astros dropped game 2 of this 3 game series against the Seattle Mariners by 7 runs in an 8-1 defeat...rhp Collin McHugh (6-3) was handed the loss after allowing 8 runs on 9 hits in 3.0 innings...the Astros got multi-hit games out of 2 of their starters with RF George Springer going 2x4 and C Jason Castro going 2x3 with a walk. FOUR MONTHS OF WORK: Over the last 4 months of regular season play, dating back to Aug. 1, 2014, RHP Collin McHugh has posted a 13-3 record with a 3.58 ERA (58ER/145.2IP) in 23 starts...among players with at least 125.0 innings pitched in that time frame, McHugh ranks tied for 3rd in the Majors in wins and 7th in walks per 9.0 innings (1.42). SPRINGER SPRUNG: RF George Springer has hit.321 (35x109) with 8 doubles, 4 home runs, 9 RBI, 17 walks and a.417 on-base percentage over the last month (since May 13)...among AL hitters in that time frame, Springer ranks fourth in OBP, tied for 6th in doubles and 9th in batting average. LATE BLOOMERS: The Astros have scored a Major League-best 104 runs in the 7th inning or later in 2015...they rank immediately ahead of San Diego (100) and Toronto (100) in that category...houston has 17 come-from-behind wins this season. 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 Monday, 2B Jose Altuve (2,809,731) held a slim lead over 2B Omar Infante (2,650,416) of the Royals...the Astros are hoping Altuve can become just the 7th player in franchise history to earn a fan-elected start, most recently 1B Lance Berkman in 2008. QUICK LEARNER: SS Carlos Correa is hitting.263 (5x19) with a walk, a double, 2 home runs and 4 RBI in his 1st 5 career games...he is just the 4th player in franchise history to record 2 home runs within his 1st 5 career games, joining Glenn Davis (1984), Ken Caminiti (1987) and Orlando Miller (1994). SPEED AND POWER: The Astros lead the Major Leagues in home runs (83) and lead the AL in steals (50)...2B Jose Altuve leads all AL players with 17 steals, while 3B Luis Valbuena ranks tied for 6th with 13 home runs. HOMER HAPPY: The Astros have hit multiple home runs in 22 games this season and in those 22 games, the Astros are undefeated...per Elias, the only other season in which the Astros had a 22-game-or-longer winning streak in multihomer games was in 1994 (also 22 straight wins). SHERIFF CASTRO: C Jason Castro has caught 14 runners attempting to steal in 42 opportunities this season, meaning he s thrown out exactly 1 of 3 runners attempting to steal in 2015...his 14 catcher caught stealings rank tied for 3rd in the Majors. DIVISION SCHEDULE: After going over 3 weeks without seeing a divisional foe, the Astros reopened their division schedule on Friday... on the season, the Astros are 19-12 against their division and have winning records against 3 of the 4 other members of the AL West: Seattle (7-2), Oakland (6-3), Los Angeles (4-3) and Texas (2-4). WORKING FOR THE WEEKEND: The Astros have posted a combined 13-6 record on Saturdays and Sundays this season...they are 7-3 on Saturdays and 6-3 on Sundays...Houston is 3-1 in Sunday home games this season. MILO S MEMORIES: Hall of Fame broadcaster Milo Hamilton will join the Astros radio broadcast today for this week s segment of Milo s Memories...Hamilton, who currently serves as an advisor to Astros Owner and Chairman Jim Crane, joins the broadcast for every home Sunday game. PICNIC IN THE PARK: Following today s game, the Astros Foundation will hold its 3rd annual Picnic in the Park fundraising event in the outfield of Minute Maid Park...this event, which gives fans the rare opportunity to be on the grass at Minute Maid Park, will feature virtually all of the 2015 Astros players, along with select alumni and members of the Astros front office...all proceeds from the charitable event will benefit the Astros Foundation s cornerstone youth baseball programs in the Greater Houston Area. UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS (ALL TIMES CENTRAL) Date Time Opponent Pitchers Television Mon., June 15 7:10 Colorado LHP Dallas Keuchel (7-2, 1.90) vs. RHP Chad Bettis (2-1, 3.05) ROOT SPORTS Tue., June 16 1:10 Colorado RHP Vince Velasquez (0-0, 0.00) vs. LHP Chris Rusin (2-1, 3.38) ROOT SPORTS Wed., June 17 7:40 at Colorado LHP Brett Oberholtzer (1-1, 2.25) vs. TBA ROOT SPORTS Thur., June 18 2:10 at Colorado RHP Collin McHugh (6-3, 5.08) vs. TBA 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
TODAY S ASTROS STARTER: LANCE MCCULLERS W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO 2015-MLB: 2-1 2.32 5 5 31.0 22 9 8 6 36 2015-MiLB: 3-1 0.62 6 4 29.0 15 3 2 11 43 vs. SEA 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: 3, 5/18 vs. OAK 3 (3x), last, 5/7 vs. Midland Hits: 6, 5/23 at DET 4 (2x), last, 4/26 at Frisco Earned Runs: 3, 6/8 at CWS 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: 1-0, 1.50 ERA, 3G/GS, 3ER/18IP Away: 1-1, 3.46 ERA, 2G/GS, 5ER/13IP Day: 1-0, 3.00 ERA, 1G/GS, 2ER/6IP Night: 1-1, 2.16 ERA, 4G/GS, 6ER/25IP Longest Winning Streak: 2, May 23-June 3 Longest Losing Streak: 1, June 8-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 - 6/8 at CWS: sustained the first loss of his career in a start on June 8 in Chicago...despite the loss posted a strong outing, lasting 7.0 innings and allowed only 3 runs on 4 hits... struck out 7 batters and walked none...marked his second consecutive outing with 7+ Ks and no walks. ABOUT MCCULLERS: 21-year-old right-hander will make his 6th Major League start tonight. 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. COLLECTING K S: has 36 strikeouts over his first 5 career games, which ties him with RHP Tom Griffin (1969) for the most ever by an Astros pitcher within his first 5 career games. became 1 of 14 pitchers all-time to record 36 punchouts in his first 5 career games, and 1 of 7 to do so since 2000...also Mark Prior (43-02), Felix Hernandez (38-05), Daisuke Matsuzaka (38-07), Stephen Strasburg (48-10), Jesse Hahn (36-14) and Masahiro Tanaka (46-14). COMPLETED: in his 4th Major League start, threw his first complete game as a professional...became the first Astros rookie to toss a CG since LHP Brett Oberholtzer on Sept. 20, 2013 at CLE (6IP)...also became the first Astros rookie to strike out 11 batters in a complete game since RHP Roy Oswalt struck out 12 in a CG on Sept. 9, 2001 vs. MIL. also became just the 2nd rookie in franchise history to strike out 11+ batters without a walk in a complete game...joins RHP Shane Reynolds, who did so on July 23, 1994 vs. PIT. YOUNG GUN: became the 2nd-youngest pitcher in club history to make his debut in a start at Minute Maid Park...the youngest was LHP Carlos Hernandez (21 years, 118 days) on Aug. 18, 2001 vs. DET. was the 3rd player to make his MLB debut for Houston this season, joining OF Preston Tucker (May 7) and RHP Asher Wojciechowksi (April 9). became the 6th starting pitcher in club history to allow 1 run or less in his Major League debut, and the 1st since RHP Jarred Cosart (7/12/13). vs. SEA: will be facing the Mariners for the first time today...will be only his 2nd start against an AL West foe (other OAK in ML debut on 5/18). 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). in 2014, was ranked by Baseball America as the No. 77 overall prospect in baseball with the Best Curveball in HOU s system. MINOR LEAGUE CAREER: has recorded 304 strikeouts in 256.2 career minor league innings, posting a 3.79 ERA. last season, led the Class A Advanced Lancaster JetHawks with 115 strikeouts (threw 97.0 innings). was a Class A Midwest League All-Star in 2013 after ranking 3rd in the league in strikeouts and throwing 74.2 consecutive homerless innings to start the season. MCCULLERS vs. MARINERS (Career) Date Result W/L IP H R ER BB SO HR has not faced the Mariners in his career AVG AB H HR BB SO has not faced any current Mariners 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 JUNE 1-1, 2.25 ERA 16.0 8 4 4 0 18 1 203 TOMORROW S STARTER vs. COL - LHP DALLAS KEUCHEL W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO 2015: 7-2 1.90 13 13 94.2 66 21 20 24 72 Career: 28-29 3.76 89 80 533.2 530 244 223 163 379 vs. COL W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO 2015: - - - - - - - - - - Career: - - - - - - - - - - LAST START - 6/9 at CWS: took his 2nd loss of the season despite tallying his 10th quality start...lasted 7.0 innings, allowing only 2 runs on 7 hits. GOIN DEEP: Has gone 24 consecutive starts lasting 6.0 innings or longer...it is the longest active streak of its kind in the Majors...RHP Max Scherzer follows Keuchel at 18 games...the last Astros pitcher to last at least 6.0 innings in 24 consecutive games was RHP Brett Myers who went 32 in a row from April 7-Sept. 24, 2010. vs. COL: has not faced the Rockies in his career...col is one of 6 teams that Keuchel has not pitched against...he is 2-3 with a 3.65 ERA (15ER/37IP) with 19 strikeouts against NL West opponents all-time. GROUNDED: his 4.62 groundball to flyball ratio leads the Majors (171GB/37FB)...has allowed just 12 extra base hits all year and ranks 1st in the Majors in opponents slugging % (.254). TOP OF THE CHARTS: ranks 1st among AL pitchers in opponents average (.189) and in wins above replacement (4.0, per Baseball Reference), and 2nd in ERA and 1st in innings pitched (94.2). PITCHER OF THE MONTH: was named AL Pitcher of the Month, for the 2nd consecutive month on June 3...joined LHP Andy Pettitte (July, Sept., 2005) and LHP Randy Johnson (Aug., Sept., 1998) as the only pitchers in club history to win the award 2 times in a single season...keuchel went 4-1 in his 6 starts in May, posting a 2.62 ERA (13ER/44.2IP). 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 6/9 at CWS (7,7,2,2,2,5) L 2-4 L 1 13 3.80 106 2/0 9-4 7 6-1 10 7-3 McHugh 6/13 vs. SEA (3,9,8,8,2,1) L 1-8 L 1 13 5.65 98 3/3 8-5 6 3-3 7 5-2 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 6/8 at CWS (7,4,3,3,0,7) L 1-3 L 1 5 2.61 97 0/0 2-3 3 1-3 3 2-1 Oberholtzer 6/12 vs. SEA (8,3,0,0,2,5) W 10-0 W 1 4 5.40 83 4/1 3-1 4 3-1 - - 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 - - Velasquez 6/10 at CWS (5,3,0,0,4,5) L 1-4 - 1 1.80 89 0/2 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: SEA SERIES (6/12-14):.262 (17x65) LAST ROAD TRIP (6/5-10):.207 (41x198) OPPONENTS: SEA SERIES (6/12-14):.243 (17x70) LAST ROAD TRIP (6/5-10):.286 (54x189) 27 IF Jose Altuve.290, 5 HR, 27 RBI Last Gm: DNP SEA Series:.500, 1x2 Last Road Trip:.231, 6x26, RBI Current Stk.: 1,.500, 1x2, 6/12 Long Streak: 11,.451, 23x51, 4/21-5/2 did not play yesterday...is day-to-day with right hamstring discomfort... left the game on Friday night after running out a groundout to first base... leads the AL in steals and ranks T-7th in hits (71), T-5th in multi-hit games (23), T-3rd in intentional walks (6) and T-2nd in infield hits (13)...ranks 5th among MLB 2nd basemen in RBI and ranks 3rd on the club. ranks 2nd among MLB 2nd basemen in fielding percentage (.997, 1E/299TC) with Brian Dozier (.997, 1E/311TC)...leads all AL 2nd basemen in assists (198) and is T-2nd in double plays (41). hitting.354 (28x79) with a.416 OBP vs. lefties this season...owns a career.348 (216x621) average vs. lefties, which is tops in the Majors since he debuted in 2011. leads the Majors in hits (474) and steals (108) since 2013. became the first player in club history to reach 700 hits within his first 600 career games...has 702 hits in 575 career games. 23 IF Chris Carter.208, 11 HR, 31 RBI Last Gm: 1x3 SEA Series:.500, 3x6, HR, RBI Last Road Trip :.125, 2x16, RBI Current Stk.: 4,.417, 5x12, 6/9 Long Streak: 12,.375, 15x40, 5/23-6/4 1x3 with a walk yesterday...has hit in 16 of his last 20 games at a.323 clip (20x62) with 5 doubles, 4 homers, 11 RBI and a 1.033 OPS (.436 OBP/.597 SLG)...homered on Friday night, which marked his MLB-leading 7th homer against the Mariners since 2014 (4 in 2014; 3 in 2015). has clubbed 14 homers in 55 career games against the Mariners (tied for his most homers against any club with LAA)...since 2010 (the year of his MLB debut) ranks T-2nd in homers against Seattle with Brandon Moss, behind Yoenis Cespedes (15HR). has recorded an RBI in 8 of his last 18 games...has 6 HR and 19 RBI in his last 28 games...all of his HR (11) and RBI (31) have come in his last 48g... went 14g without a HR to start the year...ranks 2nd on the club in RBI. has hit 48 home runs since 2014, which ranks T-4th in the Majors with Jose Abreu (48), behind Mike Trout (54), Nelson Cruz (58) and Giancarlo Stanton (60). recorded the 11th multi-hr game of his career on 5/3 vs. BAL...is T-5th in club history in multi-hr games with Richard Hidalgo...his 11 multi-hr games since 2013 are tied for the most in MLB with Edwin Encarnacion. 15 C Jason Castro.224, 7 HR, 15 RBI Last Gm: 2x3 SEA Series:.500, 3x6, HR, 2RBI Last Road Trip:.090, 1x11, HR, RBI Current Stk.: 2,.500, 3x6, 6/12 Long Streak: 7,.292, 7x24, 4/27-5/6 went 2x3 with a double, a walk and a run scored last night...homered off Felix Hernandez on Friday night, snapping an 0x8 streak...has an.815 OPS (.292 OBP/.524 SLG) in his 8 games in June. his 7 homers ranks T-5th among AL catchers...ranks T-2nd all-time in Astros history in home runs by a catcher (44 HR)...is tied with John Bateman, as both trail current Astros TV broadcaster Alan Ashby (69) for the club record...has 2 HR and 3 RBI in his last 6 games... has 6 homers in his last 23 games. caught a career-high 3 runners attempting to steal (Shuck, Garcia twice) Wed. night at CWS...tied a franchise record, last achieved by Brad Ausmus on April 19, 2003 at MIL...ranks T-2nd in the AL in runners caught stealing (14) and ranks 5th in catcher caught stealing percentage (33.3). 16 C Hank Conger.203, 3 HR, 5 RBI Last Gm: DNP SEA Series: --- Last Road Trip:.200, 2x10 Current Stk.: 0x1 Long Streak: 3,.444, 4x9, 6/1-4 entered the game Wed. night at CWS as a pinch hitter for Marisnick in the 9th...has made 17 starts, all at catcher...has reached base safely in 10 of his last 14 games. has 3 homers in 59 at-bats, which is good for the 3rd-best at-bat to home run ratio (19.33) among AL catchers, behind Stephen Vogt (13.45, 1HR/148AB) and Russell Martin (18.40, 10HR/184AB) (min. 50AB)...6 of his 13 hits this year have been extra-base hits (3 doubles, 3 homers)...4 of his last 7 hits have gone for extra-bases. after starting the season hitting.156 (5x32) in his first 13 appearances, has hit.250 (8x32) with 3 doubles, a homer in his last 11 games. 1 IF Carlos Correa.263, 2 HR, 4 RBI Last Gm: 0x3 SEA Series:.143, 1x7, HR, RBI Last Road Trip:.333, 4x12, HR, 3RBI Current Stk.: 0x5 Long Streak: 4,.313, 5x16, 6/8-12 went 0x3 with a walk yesterday...snapped his 4-game hitting streak to start his career...became 1 of 8 players in club history to record a hit in each of his first 4 career games, and the first since George Springer hit safely in each of his first 5 games in 2014. homered on Fri. night in what was his first career game at Minute Maid Park...became the 3rd player is Astros history to have 2 homers in his first 4 career games, joining Glenn Davis (1984) and Ken Caminiti (1987)...also became the first Astros player with 4 RBI in his 1st 4 games since Orlando Miller plated 5 runs in his 1st 4 career games in 1994. went 1x4 with an RBI-single off LHP Chris Sale in his Major League debut on Monday after being selected to the Major League roster. at 20 years, 259 days, became the youngest player in club history to make a start at shortstop (previously Alex Taveras, 20 years, 341 days on Sept. 14, 1976)...became the youngest Astros position player to make his MLB debut since Derrel Thomas on Sept. 14, 1971 (20 years, 243 days)...also became the youngest shortstop to record a hit and an RBI in his MLB debut since Starlin Castro (20 years, 44 days) on May 7, 2010 at CIN. in 53 combined games between Triple A (24g) and Double A (29) this season, hit.335 (72x215) with 21 doubles, 10 homers, 44 RBI, 18 steals and a 1.007 OPS (.407 OBP/.600 SLG). selected by HOU with the 1st overall pick in the 2012 draft...is ranked by ESPN.com as the #1 overall prospect in baseball...is the 3rd member of HOU s 2012 draft class to make the Majors, joining RHP Lance Mc- Cullers (1st RD, 41st overall) and OF Preston Tucker (7th RD). 11 OF Evan Gattis.223, 12 HR, 39 RBI Last Gm: 0x4 SEA Series:.143, 1x7, RBI Last Road Trip:.160, 4x25, 2RBI Current Stk.: 0x4 Long Streak: 9,.432, 16x37, 5/24-6/2 has hit in 14 of his last 19 games at a.297 (22x74) clip with 5 doubles, 1 triple, 4 homers, 14 RBI and an.887 OPS. in his last 45 games since April 26, leads the AL in RBI (38) and ranks T-4th in homers (11)...has hit.255 (42x165) with an.809 OPS (.282 OBP/.527 SLG) in that span. ranks T-11th in the AL in HR and T-9th in RBI...ranks 2nd on the club in homers and leads the club in RBI...the Astros are 15-5 when he drives in a run this season...10 of his last 22 hits have gone for extra bases (5 doubles, 1 triple, 4 homers). ranks 2nd among DH s in HR (11) and RBI (37)...has started 57g at DH... has 1 start at a position other than DH this year (LF on 4/28 at SD). 9 IF Marwin Gonzalez.212, 2 HR, 13 RBI Last Gm: 0x4 SEA Series:.143, 1x7 Last Road Trip:.111, 1x9 Current Stk.: 0x4 Long Streak: 7,.296, 8x27, 4/11-26 made his 2nd start of the season at second base yesterday...has started 24 games at SS, 3 at 3B, 2 at 2B and 5 at 1B...had not started at 1B prior to 2015, playing just 1.0 inn at the position. 11 of his 28 hits this year have been for extra bases (2 HR, 9 2B). has hit.257 (107x417) with 24 doubles, 1 triple, 8 homers, 36 RBI in his 143 games since the start of 2014. 6 OF Jake Marisnick.244, 4 HR, 18 RBI Last Gm: 0x4 SEA Series: 0x6 Last Road Trip:.182, 2x11, HR, 2RBI Current Stk.: 0x13 Long Streak: 11,.432, 16x37, 4/20-5/3 snapped an 0x11 with a solo homer against his former organization Sun. at TOR, going 2x3 with a HBP...was his 1st homer since 5/1 vs. SEA (a span of 96 at-bats)...ranks 4th on the club with 12 multi-hit games. ranks T-10th in the AL in steals (10)...is 10-for-13 (76.9%) in SB attempts on the season...is 24-for-31 (77.4%) in his career in stolen base attempts. among AL center fielders, ranks T-4th in homers (4), and 7th in RBI (18). 28 OF Colby Rasmus.242, 8 HR, 17 RBI Last Gm: 1x3 SEA Series:.333, 2x6 Last Road Trip:.250, 3x12 Current Stk.: 2,.333, 2x6, 6/12 Long Streak: 3 (4x),.333, 4x12, 5/19-21 went 1x3 with a double and a walk yesterday...has doubled in each of his last 2 games and has 4 doubles in his last 4 games...his 22 extra-base hits rank T-5th among AL outfielders and rank T-2nd on the club...among AL outfielders, ranks T-8th in homers. is hitting.375 (9x24) in his last 7 starts after being held hitless for 5 games from 5/22-26, his longest hitless streak this season. after starting the year 5x26 (.192), has hit.252 (34x135) with 7 HR, 15 RBI and an.816 OPS in his last 43 games...10 of his last 16 hits dating back to 5/16 have been for extra bases (8 2B, 2 HR). his last 2 homers have come against southpaws...hitting.250 (10x40) with an.875 OPS (.375 OBP/.500 SLG) vs. LHP this season...entered the year with a career.213 (153x717) average and.648 OPS vs. LHP. has made 43 starts this season, 23 in LF, 14 in CF and 6 in RF. 4 OF George Springer.260, 8 HR, 21 RBI Last Gm: 2x4, RBI SEA Series:.429, 3x7, 2RBI Last Road Trip:.440, 11x25 Current Stk.: 6,.500, 12x24, 6/7 Long Streak: 6,.500, 12x24, 6/7-current went 2x4 with an RBI-double yesterday...is on a season-long 6-game hitting streak, batting.500 (12x24) in that span...has reached base safely in 14 of his last 26 plate appearances (4 doubles, 7 singles, walk, HBP)... leads the AL in batting average (.391, 18x46) and OBP (.440) in June. hit leadoff yesterday for the 18th time this season...mark his only career starts batting leadoff...has reached base safely in all but 1 of those games...hitting.357 (25x70) with a.430 OBP as the leadoff hitter this year. is 32x89 (.360) with 8 doubles and 2 homers in his last 23 games...has reached base safely in 43 of his last 47 games, posting a.394 OBP and a.503 SLG (.897 OPS) in that span. 35 walks rank 4th in the AL...is T-5th in the AL in steals (13-for-14). went 5x5 with 5 singles Wed. night at CWS...the 5 hits in a game set a career high... was the 12th time an Astros batter recorded at least 5 singles in a single game in club history (last, Biggio on 6/28/07, the night of his 3000th hit). has made 57 starts in RF, hitting either 1st (18g), 2nd (10g), 3rd (26g) or 4th (3g)...has 28 homers and 72 RBI in 135 career Major League games. 20 OF Preston Tucker.253, 2 HR, 9 RBI Last Gm: DNP SEA Series:.250, 1x4 Last Road Trip:.067, 1x15 Current Stk.: 1,.250, 1x4, 6/12 Long Streak: 4,.467, 7x15, 5/14-18 went 1x4 Fri. night with a walk...has hit safely in 14 of his last 24g (.272, 22x81, 2HR, 7RBI)...has 23 hits through his first 27 career games. his 8 doubles this season rank 6th among AL rookies, and are the 2ndmost by a player in club history through his first 27 career games behind J.D. Martinez (10)...ranks 8th among all AL rookies in OPS (.733), 5th in OBP (.327), 8th in slugging (.407) and T-7th in HR (min. 100PA). left-handed hitter is 11x34 (.324) with a.761 OPS against lefties. hit the 1st two homers of his career in the series at DET (5/21-24), and both were pinch-hit homers...joined Dave Bergman as the only players in Astros history to record their first 2 career home runs in the pinch. has made 24 starts since joining the Astros (22 in LF, 2 at DH). 18 IF Luis Valbuena.179, 13 HR, 24 RBI Last Gm: 0x3 SEA Series:.143, 1x7, HR, 3RBI Last Road Trip: 0x13 Current Stk.: 0x6 Long Streak: 8,.267, 8x30, 5/13-21 went 0x3 with a walk last night...hit a 3-run homer off Felix Hernandez Fri. night, snapping a season-long 0x20 streak...his 13 HR lead all Astros hitters and rank T-6th in the AL...11 of his 13 HR s this season have been solo blasts, while 11 of his 13 have come against right-handed pitching... has 6 homers in his last 26 games and 8 in his last 35...9 of his last 15 hits have driven in a run. 13 HR rank 2nd among AL third basemen...is 1 of 3 Astros 3rd basemen all-time to record at least 13 homers in the teams first 63 games of a season: Morgan Ensberg (18 in 2006, 15 in 2005) and Ken Caminiti (15 in 2000). his 4 homers against SEA this season rank T-1st with Gattis for most in the Majors.
ASTROS HITTERS vs. UPCOMING STARTERS ASTROS vs. ELIAS AVG AB H HR RBI BB K Altuve.250 8 2 1 1 1 0 Carter.143 7 1 0 0 2 4 Castro.286 7 2 0 0 1 4 Gattis.333 3 1 1 2 0 0 Marisnick.250 4 1 1 1 1 0 Rasmus.000 3 0 0 0 0 3 Springer.000 2 0 0 0 1 2 Valbuena.333 3 1 0 0 0 0 ASTROS vs. BETTIS (tomorrow) AVG AB H HR RBI BB K Gattis.250 4 1 0 1 0 0 ASTROS vs. RUSIN (Tuesday) AVG AB H HR RBI BB K no current Astros have faced Rusin ASTROS HITTERS vs. MARINERS ASTROS vs. MARINERS (2014): AVG AB H HR RBI Altuve.351 74 26 1 8 Carter.255 47 12 4 9 Castro.172 64 11 1 7 Conger.214 28 6 1 2 Gattis.333 15 5 1 3 Gonzalez.297 37 11 2 3 Marisnick.278 18 5 2 7 Rasmus.273 11 3 0 0 Springer.167 42 7 4 10 ASTROS vs. MARINERS (2015): AVG AB H HR RBI Altuve.323 31 10 1 8 Carter.269 26 7 3 5 Castro.269 26 7 1 2 Conger.750 4 3 1 1 Correa.143 7 1 1 1 Gattis.189 37 7 4 11 Gonzalez.308 26 8 0 3 Marisnick.310 29 9 1 3 Rasmus.321 28 9 2 2 Springer.267 30 8 1 4 Tucker.250 4 1 0 0 Valbuena.200 30 6 4 7 Astros Hitters vs. LHP (2015) Player.AVG AB H Altuve.354 79 28 Carter.221 77 17 Castro.239 46 11 Conger.158 38 6 Correa.385 13 5 Gattis.188 80 15 Gonzalez.220 41 9 Marisnick.152 66 10 Rasmus.250 40 10 Springer.296 71 21 Tucker.324 34 11 Valbuena.109 64 7 Astros Hitters vs. RHP (2015) Player.AVG AB H Altuve.260 169 44 Carter.200 125 25 Castro.217 106 23 Conger.269 26 7 Correa.000 6 0 Gattis.243 144 35 Gonzalez.209 91 19 Marisnick.304 102 31 Rasmus.240 121 29 Springer.241 137 33 Tucker.211 57 12 Valbuena.210 143 30 ASTROS vs. MARINERS (Career): AVG AB H HR RBI Altuve.323 189 61 3 28 Carter.239 184 44 14 33 Conger.218 87 19 4 8 Rasmus.265 113 30 6 16 Castro.234 145 34 2 12 Correa.143 7 1 1 1 Gattis.231 52 12 5 14 Gonzalez.322 87 28 5 10 Marisnick.298 47 14 3 10 Springer.208 72 15 5 14 Tucker.250 4 1 0 0 Valbuena.203 79 16 5 9 Astros Hitters vs. LHP (Career) Player.AVG AB H Altuve.348 621 216 Carter.226 486 110 Castro.206 360 74 Conger.189 95 18 Correa.385 13 5 Gattis.260 246 64 Gonzalez.214 168 36 Marisnick.218 147 32 Rasmus.215 757 163 Springer.245 143 35 Tucker.324 34 11 Valbuena.211 336 71 Astros Hitters vs. RHP (Career) Player.AVG AB H Altuve.284 1710 486 Carter.218 1061 231 Castro.253 1144 289 Conger.227 657 149 Correa.000 6 0 Gattis.241 701 169 Gonzalez.249 658 164 Marisnick.239 351 84 Rasmus.256 2141 548 Springer.242 360 87 Tucker.211 57 12 Valbuena.227 1680 381 Catchers Statistics CATCHING STATS Team Player CS/ATT % PO PB Record ERA Castro 14/42.333 0 3 27-19 3.67 (162ER/397IP) Conger 1/12.083 0 0 8-9 3.71 (69ER/167.1IP) Pitchers 3/3 1.000 3 TOTAL 18/57.316 3 3 35-28 3.68 (231ER/565.1IP) RUNS BY INNING 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 X Total Astros 30 23 34 21 20 28 38 32 26 8 260 Opp. 38 29 29 24 40 23 19 22 14 8 246 Record by Days Mon. 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Sun. 4-5 5-4 5-5 3-3 5-5 7-3 6-3 Record By Months April May June July August Sept/Oct. 15-7 16-13 4-8 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 55 (32-23) Lowrie right thumb ligament tear 4/28 44 (23-21) 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 25 (10-15) Feldman torn right medial meniscus 5/27 15 (5-10) 2015 Starting Lineups By Batting Order: 1: Altuve (26-14), Springer (6-12), Marisnick (3-2) 2: Valbuena (16-6), Altuve (8-12), Springer (5-5), Gonzalez (3-1), Villar (1-2), Grossman (1-1), Correa (0-1), Tucker (1-0) 3: Springer (19-7), Valbuena (6-6), Tucker (5-6), Lowrie (4-3), Gattis (1-5), Altuve (0-1) 4: Gattis (26-19), Carter (1-5), Lowrie (3-0), Rasmus (1-2), Springer (3-0), Valbuena (1-1), Tucker (0-1) 5: Rasmus (14-7), Carter (8-12), Gattis (3-2), Tucker (3-2), Valbuena (2-3), Lowrie (3-1), Castro (2-0), Correa (0-1) 6: Carter (13-5), Castro (7-6), Valbuena (2-7), Rasmus (5-2), Gonzalez (3-2), Tucker (1-1), Villar (2-1), Correa (1-2), Gattis (1-0), Marisnick (0-1), Lowrie (0-1) 7: Carter (8-5), Castro (8-4), Marisnick (7-4), Villar (2-6), Conger (2-3), Gonzalez (2-2), Rasmus (2-2), Valbuena (2-1), Lowrie (1-1), Grossman (1-0) 8: Castro (9-8), Gonzalez (8-7), Conger (6-6), Rasmus (4-4), Tucker (3-2), Villar (2-0), Carter (2-0), Grossman (1-0), Valbuena (0-1) 9: Marisnick (16-16), Grossman (4-6), Villar (7-3), Gonzalez (4-2), Castro (1-1), Hernandez (1-0), Keuchel (1-0), McHugh (1-0) STARTS BY LINEUP/POSITION Multi-Hit Games 2 3 4 5+ Total Career-High Altuve 17 5 1-23 4 (10x) - 4/28/15 at SD Carter 6 - - - 6 4 (2x) - 6/23/13 at CHC Castro 5 - - - 5 4-5/26/13 vs. OAK Conger 1 1 - - 2 3 (3x) - 5/11/14 at TOR Correa 1 - - - 1 2-6/9/15 at CWS Gattis 12 2 - - 14 4-4/16/14 at PHI Gonzalez 5 1 - - 6 4-5/26/14 at KC Marisnick 11 1 - - 12 4-8/11/14 vs. MIN Rasmus 8 2 - - 10 5-6/5/12 at CWS Springer 11 1-1 13 5-6/10/15 at CWS Tucker 5 1 - - 6 3-5/14/15 vs. TOR Valbuena 6 1 - - 7 3 (21x) - 4/28/15 at SD Multi-RBI Games 2 3 4 5+ Total Career-High Altuve 1 4 - - 5 4 (2x) - 8/17/14 at BOS Carter 9 1 - - 10 5 (2x) - 8/12/14 vs. MIN Castro 2 - - - 2 4 (2x) - 8/28/14 vs. TEX Conger 1 - - - 1 5-5/11/14 at TOR Correa 1 - - - 1 2-6/9/15 at CWS Gattis 9 2 2-13 4 (3x) - 5/3/15 vs. SEA Gonzalez 2 - - - 2 3 (2x) - 7/7/14 at TEX Marisnick 3 - - - 3 3 (2x) - 9/21/14 vs. SEA Rasmus 4 1 - - 5 6-6/2/11 vs. SF Springer - - - 1 1 5 (2x) - 4/28/15 at SD Tucker - 1 - - 1 3-5/24/15 at DET Valbuena 2 2 - - 4 3 (21x) - 4/20/15 at SEA By Defensive Position: C: Castro (27-19), Conger (8-9) 1B: Carter (31-27), Gonzalez (4-1) 2B: Altuve (34-27), Gonzalez (1-1) SS: Gonzalez (14-10), Villar (9-9), Lowrie (11-5), Correa (1-4) 3B: Valbuena (29-25), Villar (5-1), Gonzalez (1-2) LF: Rasmus (15-8), Tucker (12-11), Grossman (7-7), Villar (0-2), Gattis (1-0) CF: Marisnick (26-23), Rasmus (9-5) RF: Springer (33-24), Rasmus (2-4) DH: Gattis (30-26), Tucker (1-1), Carter (1-0), Lowrie (0-1)
2015 HOUSTON ASTROS BULLPEN REPORT 2015 W-L-S ERA IP H R ER BB-I SO When Bullpen Allows Runs: 13-20 Starters 22-19-0 4.12 382.0 384 188 175 106-2 279 When Bullpen Does Not Allow a Run: 20-7 Relievers 13-9-21 2.75 183.1 126 58 56 47-1 203 When No Relievers Are Used: 2-1 Pitcher Last App. (IP,H,R,ER,BB,K) Pitches 1B/Ret. RI/SC SV/OPP Team Rec. (in relief apps.) 35-Josh Fields 6/9 at CWS (1,0,0,0,1,3) 24 17/12 7/1 0/1 7-10 44-Luke Gregerson 6/13 vs. SEA (1,0,0,0,0,1) 14 26/20 0/0 15/17 23-3 36-Will Harris 6/10 at CWS (1,1,1,1,0,1)-BS1 15 23/18 12/1 0/1 11-12 56-Roberto Hernandez 6/13 vs. SEA (4,4,0,0,0,5) 63 1/0 0/0 0/0 0-1 37-Pat Neshek 6/10 at CWS (0.2,3,2,2,1,1) 26 26/20 7/0 1/1 21-5 50-Chad Qualls 6/13 vs. SEA (1,0,0,0,0,0) 11 24/14 4/2 4/6 16-7 29-Tony Sipp 6/10 at CWS (1,1,1,1,1,0)-L3 14 23/14 11/3 0/1 13-10 54-Joe Thatcher 6/12 vs. SEA (1,1,0,0,1,3) 23 21/17 17/7 0/0 9-11 2015 BULLPEN TOTALS 178/128 64/16 21/28 33-27 35 RHP Josh Fields 2-1-0, 2.25 ERA, 17G Last Win: 5/15 vs. TOR Save: none in 15 Loss: 5/29 vs. CWS Blown SV: 4/27 at SD SEA Series: --- Last Road Trip: 0-0-0, 9.00 (2ER/2IP), 2G entered Tuesday night s game at CWS with no outs and runners on 2nd and 3rd...walked the 1st batter he faced before striking out 3 consecutive hitters...has been scoreless in 13 of his last 15 appearances. has held opponents hitless in 10 of his last 14 outings, allowing just 5 hits over 13.1 innings in that span (.119, 5x42)...has been scoreless in 14 of his 17 total outings in 2015. has 28 strikeouts and 7 walks in his 16.0 innings this season...leads all American League relievers with a 15.75 strikeouts per 9.0 innings ratio. following a brief stint in the minors in 2014, has gone 6-4 with a 2.30 ERA (15ER/58.2IP), 83 strikeouts, 17 walks and a.197 opponents average (41x208) in his last 57 outings (dating back to 5/17/14). 44 RHP Luke Gregerson 2-1-15, 4.32 ERA, 26G Last Win: 4/30 vs. SEA Save: 6/2 vs. BAL Loss: 6/7 at TOR Blown SV: 6/7 at TOR SEA Series: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0ER/1IP), 1G Last Road Trip: 0-1-0, 81.00 (3ER/0.1IP), 1G pitched a scorless 9th inning yesterday vs. SEA...retired 3 of 4 batters faced (Trumbo reached on an error)...has successfully converted 15- of-17 save opportunities (88.2%) this season and ranks T-6th in the AL in saves. has not allowed an earned run in 20 of his 26 outings this season...has held right-handed hitters to a.217 (10x46) average. recorded 9 saves in May, which ranked T-3rd in the AL, and T-3rd all-time in club history for a single season. the Astros have gone 23-3 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)...was also the longest streak by a player to start his career with the Astros...previously held by Roger Clemens (7g in 2004) and Peter Munro (7g in 2002). 36 RHP Will Harris 2-0-0, 0.94 ERA, 23G Last Win: 6/1 vs. BAL Save: none in 15 Loss: none in 15 Blown SV: 6/10 at CWS SEA Series: --- Last Road Trip: 0-0-0, 9.00 (2ER/2IP), 2G gave up a solo homer for the 2nd straight outing on Wed. at CWS...prior to this 2-game stretch, had allowed just 1 run in 21 appearances (26.2IP)... has allowed just 3 runs in his 28.2 innings for the 4th-lowest ERA among AL relievers, behind RHP Dellin Betances (0.28), RHP Wade Davis (0.33) and RHP Jason Frasor (0.49). has retired 33 of his last 38 batters he has faced...has been scoreless in 20 of his 23 apps. overall. has stranded 11-of-12 inherited runners this season, which is tied for the 4th-best inherited runners scored % in the AL (8.3%). leads all Major League relievers in opponents average (.087, 8x92), as he has allowed just 8 hits in 28.2 innings...lefties are 4x44 (.091) against him while right-handed hitters are 4x48 (.083)...has 33 strikeouts in his 28.2 innings. 56 RHP Roberto Hernandez 2-5-0, 4.89 ERA, 12/11GS Last Win: 5/19 vs. OAK Save: none in 15 Loss: 6/5 at TOR Blown SV: none in 15 SEA Series: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0ER/3IP), 1G Last Road Trip: 0-1-0, 7.94 (5ER/5.2IP), 1G/GS made his first appearance out of the bullpen yesterday, pitching 4 scoreless innings...was his 1st relief appearance since May 16, 2014 vs. CIN with PHI...was his longest relief outing of his career (previously 3.2IP, 2x, last, 9/3/13 at LAA)...struck out 5 and walked none in the contest... the last time he matched those totals was a start on Aug. 8, 2014 at MIL. 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 42 relief appearances in his career, posting a 4.31 ERA (23ER/48IP) in those outings...most of those relief outings came in his rookie season of 2006 (31g), but has made a total of 11 relief apps. over the last 2 years. ranks 12th in the AL in ground ball/fly ball ratio (2.03) and 3rd on the team behind LHP Dallas Keuchel (4.62) and RHP Scott Feldman (2.39). 37 RHP Pat Neshek 3-0-1, 2.82 ERA, 26G Last Win: 5/7 at LAA Save: 5/20 vs. OAK Loss: none in 15 Blown SV: none in 15 SEA Series: --- Last Road Trip: 0-0-0, 10.80 (2ER/1.2IP), 2G gave up a 2-run homer to Jose Abreu Wed. at CWS...also gave up his 2nd walk all season...has walked a batter in 2 straight games after setting 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 California Angels in 1991. Wednesday also snapped a 17 game scoreless streak for Neshek...was tied for the longest active scoreless appearance streak in the Majors (also RHP Kenley Jansen). has 20 strikeouts and 2 walks this season...ranks 4th among AL relievers in strikeout to walk ratio (10.00). has held opponents to a.190 average (15x79), including a.222 mark (6x27) vs. lefties and a.173 mark (9x52) against righties. 50 RHP Chad Qualls 1-3-4, 5.06 ERA, 24G Last Win: 5/13 vs. SF Save: 5/14 vs. TOR Loss: 6/4 vs. BAL Blown SV: 5/29 vs. CWS SEA Series: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0ER/1IP), 1G Last Road Trip: 0-0-0, --- (2ER/0IP), 1G pitched a scoreless 8th inning yesterday vs. SEA, inducing 3 straight groundouts...was his 1st scoreless outing in his last 4 appearances. has 22 K s in his 21.1 IP this season...ranks 2nd among MLB relievers in groundball % (73.3%). has made 16 career appearances against the Mariners in his career and has not allowed a run in each of those outings with 16 strikeouts in 13.1 innings...his 0.00 ERA vs. SEA ranks T-1st in the Majors with David Robertson (min. 13 IP). ranks 8th on the Astros franchise list in pitching appearances with 344 in an Astros uniform...is just 1 apps. behind RHP Larry Dierker, who made 345 apps. in his Astros career from 1964-76. 29 LHP Tony Sipp 2-3-0, 2.49 ERA, 23G Last Win: 4/26 at OAK Save: none in 15 Loss: 6/10 at CWS Blown SV: 5/3 vs. SEA SEA Series: --- Last Road Trip: 0-1-0, 3.00 (1ER/3IP), 3G took the loss on Wed. at CWS after allowing a solo homer to Geovany Soto on the first pitch he threw in the 7th inning...snapped a string of 3 straight scoreless outings...has allowed a run in 4 of his last 7 outings after allowing just 2 runs in his first 16 outings (17IP) this season. has not allowed an earned run in 18 of his 23 outings this season. has allowed 15 hits this season for a.195 opp. avg. (15x77)...lefties have hit.235 (8x34) while he s allowed 7 hits to righties all season (.163, 7x43). 54 LHP Joe Thatcher 1-1-0, 2.13 ERA, 21G Last Win: none in 15 Save: none in 15 Loss: 5/18 vs. OAK Blown SV: none in 15 SEA Series: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0ER/1IP), 1G Last Road Trip: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0ER/1.2IP), 3G tossed a scoreless 9th inning Fri. night, striking out 3...marked his most strikeouts since fanning 3 on July 13, 2013 vs. SF...has been scoreless in each of his last 7 outings...has been scoreless in 18 of his 21 total outings. 14 of his 21 appearances this season have been less than a full inning... has 242 career app s out of 383 total that were less than 1.0 full inning. has held lefties to a.231 (6x26) average this season with no extra-base hits...in his career, has held LHH s to a.230 (107x465) average. vs. SEA 2014 G W-L-S ERA IP ER Fields 7 0-1-2 4.50 6.0 3 Gregerson 9 1-0-1 0.00 8.0 0 Harris - - - - - Hernandez - - - - - Keuchel 4 3-1-0 2.17 29.0 7 McCullers - - - - - McHugh 5 3-2-0 4.11 30.2 14 Neshek - - - - - Oberholtzer 1 1-0-0 3.00 6.0 2 Qualls 5 0-0-0 0.00 4.2 0 Sipp 6 0-0-1 3.38 5.1 2 Thatcher 8 1-1-0 11.25 4.0 5 Velasquez - - - - - 2015 G W-L-S ERA IP ER Fields 1 1-0-0 0.00 1.1 0 Gregerson 5 1-0-3 3.60 5.0 2 Harris 3 0-0-0 0.00 3.0 0 Hernandez 3 0-1-0 3.71 17.0 7 Keuchel 2 1-1-0 1.13 16.0 2 McCullers - - - - - McHugh 3 2-1-0 7.94 17.0 15 Neshek 4 1-0-0 0.00 3.0 0 Oberholtzer 1 1-0-0 0.00 8.0 0 Qualls 4 0-0-1 0.00 3.2 0 Sipp 3 1-0-0 0.00 3.1 0 Thatcher 4 0-0-0 2.45 3.2 1 Velasquez - - - - - CAREER G W-L-S ERA IP ER Fields 10 1-1-3 6.75 9.1 7 Gregerson 23 3-1-4 1.19 22.2 3 Harris 3 0-0-0 0.00 3.0 0 Hernandez 12 2-5-0 3.48 72.1 28 Keuchel 7 3-3-0 2.25 44.0 11 McCullers - - - - - McHugh 8 5-3-0 5.48 47.2 29 Neshek 20 2-0-0 3.31 16.1 6 Oberholtzer 3 3-0-0 0.78 23.0 2 Qualls 16 0-0-1 0.00 13.1 0 Sipp 25 3-0-1 1.44 25.0 4 Thatcher 23 2-1-0 5.28 15.1 9 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-current Longest Game, Time... 4:24, 4/12 at TEX Shortest Game, Time...2:09, 5/8 at LAA Longest Game, Innings...14, 4/12 at TEX Best Homestand, Percentage....778 (7-2), 5/12-20 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...11, 4/28 at SD 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... 7, 6/1-7 Most Consecutive Games, No Homer... 2 (3x), last, 5/22-23 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 (3x), last, 4/24 at OAK Fewest Walks, Game...0 (5x), last, 6/5 at TOR Most Strikeouts, Game...16 (2x), last, 6/8 at CWS 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 (8x), last, Altuve, 4/28 at SD Most Runs, Game...3 (3x), last, Gattis, 5/3 vs. SEA Most Consecutive Hits (in ABs)... 6, Springer, 6/10-12 Most Doubles, Game...2 (7x), last, Tucker, 5/29 vs. CWS Most Triples, Game... 1 (4x), last, Gattis, 5/21 at DET Most Home Runs, Game... 2 (3x), Carter, 6/3 vs. BAL Most RBI, Game... 5, Springer, 4/28 at SD Most Walks, Game...3 (2x), last, Springer, 5/18 vs. OAK Most Strikeouts, Game...4 (3x), last, Marisnick, 5/14 vs. TOR Most Stolen Bases, Game... 3, Springer, 4/27 at SD Longest Hitting Streak...12, Carter, 5/23-6/4 TEAM PITCHING Fewest Runs, Game... 0 (4x), last, 6/12 vs. SEA Most Runs, Game... 11, 5/6 vs. TEX Fewest Hits, Game... 3 (3x), last, 4/29 at SD Most Hits, Game... 14, 5/24 at DET Fewest Walks, Game... 0 (8x), last, 6/8 at CWS Most Walks, Game... 7, 4/12 at TEX Most Strikeouts, Game...15, 5/16 vs. TOR Longest Scoreless Inning Streak... 13.2 innings, 4/17-19 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 (3x), last, McCullers, 6/3 vs. BAL 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...4 (2x), last, Wojciechowski, 4/26 at OAK Most Strikeouts, Game... 11 (3x), last, McCullers, 6/3 vs. BAL Most Strikeouts, Inning... 3 (21x), last, Fields, 6/9 at CWS (5th) Most Hit By Pitch, Game... 2 (2x), last, McCullers, 5/29 vs. CWS Longest Scoreless Inning Streak... 15.0, Keuchel, 4/18-24 ATTENDANCE Home:... 793,921/34 games Home Average:... 23,351 Road:... 787,368/29 games Road Average:... 27,151 ASTROS HOME RUNS Astros Last Home Runs (*-team record when homering) Player Date Opponent/Pitcher AB Since Last Team Rec.* Altuve 5/15/15 TOR/Dickey 100 4-1 Carter 6/12/15 SEA/Furbush 3 8-2 Castro 6/12/15 SEA/Hernandez 5 4-3 Conger 6/4/15 BAL/Chen 13 2-1 Correa 6/12/15 SEA/Beimel 5 1-1 Gattis 6/2/15 BAL/Wright 40 10-1 Gonzalez 5/16/15 TOR/Gallardo 56 1-1 Marisnick 5/1/15 SEA/Elias 15 3-1 Rasmus 5/19/15 OAK/Abad 46 8-0 Springer 6/3/15 BAL/Gonzalez 35 7-1 Tucker 5/21/15 @DET/Soria 55 2-0 Valbuena 6/12/15 SEA/Hernandez 6 11-1 HR Chart Solo 2-Run 3-Run GS Total Altuve 2-3 - 5 Carter 6 4 1-11 Castro 6 1 - - 7 Conger 2 1 - - 3 Correa 1 1 - - 2 Gattis 4 6 2-12 Gonzalez 2 - - - 2 Marisnick 2 2 - - 4 Rasmus 3 5 - - 8 Springer 7 1 - - 8 Tucker 1-1 - 2 Valbuena 11 1 1-13 Multi-Homer Games (3): Carter (1): 6/3 vs. BAL; Gattis (1): 5/3 vs. SEA; Valbuena (1): 4/20 at SEA. The Astros have not hit a Grand Slam, leadoff home run or inside-thepark home run this season. 2015 Back-to-Back Home Run Combos (4) 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 2015 Pinch-Hit Home Runs (2) Player Date Opp./Pitcher(s) Tucker 5/21 @DET/Soria Tucker 5/24 @DET/Sanchez 2015 Walk-Off Home Runs Player Date Opp./Pitcher(s) 2015 Last At-Bat Wins (7) No.-Date-Opp. Score Game-Winning Play 1. 4/12 at TEX 6-4 (14) Conger 2-run homer in top 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 (1) Date Personnel Umpire Situation 4/22 at SEA Hudgens Barrett Arguing called 3rd strike from bench Astros Replay Reviews (31) Date/Opp. (Inn.) Play Challenger Result Time 1. 4/9 vs. CLE (6th) Force out at 1B Houston Stands 2:22 2. 4/10 at TEX (9th) Force out at 1B Texas Confirmed 1:36 3. 4/12 at TEX (14th) No HBP Texas Overturned 1:54 4. 4/13 vs. OAK (8th) Force out at 1B Oakland Stands 1:40 5. 4/14 vs. OAK (6th) Safe at 2B Houston Overturned 0:55 6. 4/19 vs. LAA (1st) Safe call at 1B Los Angeles Stands 2:50 7. 4/19 vs. LAA (7th) Home run call Crew Chief Overturned 1:40 8. 4/20 at SEA (1st) Safe at 1B Seattle Overturned 0:33 9. 4/21 at SEA (3rd) Out call at HP Houston Overturned 2:32 10. 4/26 at OAK (9th) Safe at 3B Oakland Confirmed 1:00 11. 4/27 at SD (1st) Out call at 1B San Diego Overturned 2:40 12. 4/28 at SD (5th) HBP San Diego Confirmed 0:52 13. 5/3 vs. SEA (3rd) Out call at Home Houston Overturned 2:50 14. 5/3 vs. SEA (4th) Out call at 3B Houston Stands 2:45 15. 5/4 vs. SEA (5th) Out at 1B Texas Confirmed 1:15 16. 5/12 vs. SF (6th) Safe at 1B Houston Overturned 0:28 17. 5/13 vs. SF (4th) Safe at 1B San Francisco Overturned 2:39 18. 5/13 vs. SF (8th) Out at 2B San Francisco Confirmed 1:40 19. 5/19 vs. OAK (2nd) Out call at Home Oakland Stands 2:50 20. 5/19 vs. OAK (7th) Safe at 2B Crew Chief Overturned 0:55 21. 5/23 at DET (1st) Safe at 1st Detroit Overturned 0:50 22. 5/24 at DET (1st) Out at 1st Astros Overturned 1:00 23. 5/26 at BAL (4th) Safe at 3B Astros Confirmed 1:19 24. 5/29 vs. CWS (6th) Safe at 1B Chicago Confirmed 1:27 25. 5/29 vs. CWS (9th) Out at 1B Houston Confirmed 1:34 26. 6/1 vs. CWS (3rd) Safe at 1B Chicago Overturned 1:15 27. 6/5 at TOR (3rd) Out at 2B Toronto Stands 4:25 28. 6/6 at TOR (4th) Safe at 2B Houston Confirmed 1:45 29. 6/8 at CWS (4th) Out call at 1B Houston Overturned 0:50 30. 6/10 at CWS (2nd) Out call at 2B Chicago Stands 2:50 31. 6/10 at CWS (8th) Safe at HP Houston Overturned 1:15 CHALLENGES: Houston has been involved in 31 total replay reviews, including 12 Astros challenges, 17 opponent challenges and 2 crew chief reviews. The Astros have been successful in 7 of their 12 challenges.