Houston Astros (11-5) AT Tampa bay rays (9-8) RHP mike fiers (0-1, 5.40) vs. rhp alex cobb (1-1, 4.50) Friday, April 21, 2017 tropicana field st. petersburg, fl 6:10 p.m. ct root sports sw (alt) kbme 790 am la nueva 94.1 fm GAME #17... road #6 ABOUT THE RECORD Overall Record:... 11-5 Home Record:...7-4 --with Roof Open:...3-3 --with Roof Closed:...4-1 --with Roof Open/Closed:...0-0 Road Record:...4-1 Current Streak:...Won 2 Recent Homestand:...3-1 Last Road Trip:...4-1 Last 5 Games:...4-1 Last 10 Games:...8-2 Series Record (prior to current series):...4-1-0 Sweeps:...1-0 When Scoring 4 or More Runs:...7-0 When Scoring 3 or Fewer Runs:...4-5 Shutouts:...2-1 In One-Run Games:...3-0 In Two-Run Games:...2-1 vs. Left-Handed Starters:...3-4 vs. Right-Handed Starters:...8-1 During the Day:...3-1 At Night:...8-4 When Scoring First:...7-2 Opponent Scores First:...4-3 Outhit Opponent:...8-2 Outhit by Opponent:...3-3 Equal Hits:...0-0 When Hitting Home Run:...9-3 No Home Runs:...2-2 Walkoff Home Runs:...1-0 Come-from-Behind Wins:... 6 Largest Comeback:... 5 Losses After Leading:... 3 Last At-Bat Wins:... 2 Largest Blown Lead:... 2 Extra-Inning Games:...2-0 Different Batting Orders:... 16 After Six Innings: Lead: 7-1...Tied: 0-1... Trail: 4-3 After Seven Innings: Lead: 8-1...Tied: 2-1... Trail: 1-3 After Eight Innings: Lead: 9-0...Tied: 2-1... Trail: 0-4 Astros vs. rays (2016): Overall:...3-3 At Minute Maid Park:...2-1 At Tropicana Field:...1-2 Astros vs. rays (all-time): Overall:...15-24 Record in Houston:...10-13 Record in St. Pete:... 5-11 THIS DATE IN ASTROS HISTORY: april 21 1999 - Jeff Bagwell has a banner day at Wrigley Field with 3 HR and 6 RBI in a 10-3 win over the Cubs. In the process, Bagwell breakss Jimmy Wynn s all-time franchise record for HR (223). 1978: In the Dome, the Astros preserve an 8-6 win vs. LA with a game-ending triple play in the bottom of the 9th. Ron Cey lines to Bob Watson, who steps on first to double off Reggie Smith and then throws to Roger Metzger at second to nail Bill Russell, tonight S GAME: Tonight is the 1st game of a 3-game series vs. the Tampa Bay Rays here at Tropicana Field...RHP Mike Fiers (0-1) will make his 3rd start of the season as he takes on Rays RHP Alex Cobb (1-1)...Overdue: The Astros are looking to turn the tide on the Rays this weekend as they enter play having dropped 7 of their last 8 contests here at the unfriendly confines of Tropicana Field...HOU was 3-3 overall vs. TB in 2016 (1-2 at TB, 2-1 at home). ROAD WARRIORS: Tonight is the start of a 6-game road trip, during which the Stros will visit TB (4/21-23) and CLE (4/25-27), respectively...hou is 4-1 (.800) thus far on the road this season, giving them the best road win pct. in the AL in this young season...their.302 (54x179) road batting avg. as a club is tops in the Majors. DOING THINGS RIGHT: Tonight will be the 10th time that the Astros have faced a RH starter in 2017...they are 8-1 in those contests thus far (3-4 vs. LH starters). taming the west: HOU is 10-3 vs. AL West opponents this season. historic start: LHP Dallas Keuchel has opened his season with four straight 7.0-inning starts, while allowing one-or-fewer runs in each outing...the only other player in Astros history to open a campaign like this was RHP Roger Clemens, who also did so in his first four starts in 2005...the last Major Leaguer to open a season with four straight 7.0-inning starts, while allowing one-or-fewer runs was RHP Matt Harvey in 2013. that s offensive: The Astros have recorded HOT CLUB: The Astros, who have won 8 of their last eight-or-more hits in nine of their last 10 games to 10 games, have the 2nd-best record in the Majors raise their team batting average from.217 (after game with an 11-5 mark (.688)...BAL is 10-4 (.714). five), to.274 entering today...houston ranks second in the AL in hits (140), batting average (.274) and in OBP historic start: At 11-5, the Astros are off to their (.347), trailing the Red Sox in all three categories...al best 16-game start since the 2006 club also went 11- rankings below: 5...that 06 club got to 13-5 start before losing their hits Avg. OBP 6th game. 1. BOS - 149 1. BOS -.288 1. BOS -.351 yesterday S RECAP: The Astros edged the Angels in a pitcher s duel at Minute Maid Park yesterday afternoon, 2-1...RHP Lance McCullers (2-0) hurled 6.2 scoreless innings to earn the win...rhp Chris Devenski (2.1 IP, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 SO) recorded the final 7 outs to earn his 1st save of the season...solo HRs by Carlos Beltran (1) and Jake Marisnick (2) provided the offense for the Astros. 2. HOU - 140 3. TB - 138 2. HOU -.274 3. NYY -.262 2. HOU -.347 3. NYY -.346 leadoff shots: OF George Springer became the first player in MLB history to hit four leadoff homers in his club s first nine games of a season, besting OF Brady Anderson, who hit four leadoff homers in the Orioles first 17 games of 1996...Anderson was also the quickest player to reach five leadoff homers in a season, doing so in the Orioles first 27 games of SPECIAL RELIEF: RHP Chris Devenski earned 1996...Springer now has 13 career leadoff homers, his 1st save of the season and second of his career which ranks tied for second in Astros history with Terry yesterday vs. LAA, hurling the final 2.1 innings in the Puhl (13), trailing only Craig Biggio (53). 2-1 win...in the process, he became the 1st reliever to record a save of 7 or more outs with a lead of 3 runs seven in 15: OF George Springer, who ranks tied or less since DET s Drew Smyly hurled a 4.0-inn save for first in the Majors in home runs, is the third player on 4/5/13 vs. NYY. in Astros history to total seven home runs in the club s first 16 games of a season...he joins Lance Berkman DEVO S DOMINANCE: Quietly, RHP Chris Devenski (eight in 2002) and Morgan Ensberg (seven in 2006) has been on an outstanding run in the Astros bullpen in that category. since the start of the 2016 season...in that span, he leads all AL hurlers in ERA (2.08, 28ER/121.2IP) and i am iron man: OF George Springer has played WHIP (0.88) using a min. of 100.0 IP...in 2017, he in a Major League-leading 203 straight team games, has tallied 25 K s in just 13.1 IP to lead all relievers which dates back to Sept. 7, 2015...his current streak in K s...per Elias, he matched a franchise record with is the 6th-longest in franchise history, surpassing 2B 20 strikeouts in his 1st 10 innings of work this season Jose Altuve (202 from 2015-16 seasons) for that (LHP Billy Wagner also had 20 K s in 1999). position on the franchise s all-time list. climbing charts: Yesterday vs. LAA, OF Carlos Beltrán hit his 422nd career HR, which ranks 4th all-time among switch-hitters...he also ranks 4th in doubles (539) and 3rd in RBI (1,542) among SH s... below is a listing of where Beltrán ranks all-time among all hitters in doubles and RBI. today s media availability The Astros clubhouse will be open from 4:004:50 p.m...manager A.J. Hinch will be available in the Astros dugout at approximately 4:50 p.m. Doubles (mlb history) T35. Joe Medwick - 540 T35 - Dave Winfield - 540 T37. Carlos Beltrán - 539 T37. Al Simmons - 539 rbi (mlb history) 46. Fred McGriff - 1550 47. Carlos Beltrán - 1542 48. Willie Stargell - 1540 49. Harry Heilman - 1539 home dominance: RHP Lance McCullers Jr. is 10-4 with a 2.18 ERA (33ER/136IP) and has allowed three-or-fewer runs in each of his 22 career starts at Minute Maid Park...the only Astros pitcher to go as many consecutive home starts without allowing four runs in a start was RHP Larry Dierker, who also did so in 22 straight games from the 1970-72 seasons in the Astrodome. TV TONIGHT: Due to a conflict with tonight s Rockets playoff game, tonight s Astros game will be carried on ROOT SPORTS Alternate Channel. UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS (ALL TIMES CENTRAL) Date Fri., April 21 Sat., April 22 Sun., April 23 Time 6:10 5:10 12:10 Opponent at Tampa Bay at Tampa Bay at Tampa Bay Pitchers RHP Mike Fiers (0-1, 5.40) vs. RHP Alex Cobb (1-1, 4.50) RHP Charlie Morton (1-1, 2.81) vs. LHP Blake Snell (0-2, 2.76) RHP Joe Musgrove (1-1, 5.87) vs. RHP Matt Andriese (1-0, 3.38) Television ROOT SPORTS SW (Alt.) ROOT SPORTS SW ROOT SPORTS SW All Astros games are broadcast in English on SportsTalk 790 AM in Houston, the flagship station of the Astros Radio Network. La Nueva, 94.1 FM, is the flagship of the club s Spanish Radio Network.
TOnight S ASTROS STARTER: RHP mike fiers W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO 2017: 0-1 5.40 2 2 10.0 11 7 6 4 8 Career: 34-38 3.89 114 97 582.2 561 274 252 172 550 vs. tb W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO 2016: 1-0 3.38 2 2 13.1 11 5 5 2 8 career: 1-0 3.38 2 2 13.1 11 5 5 2 8 Career Complete Games: 1 Last CG: 8/21/15 vs. LAD Career Shutouts: 1 Last SHO: 8/21/15 vs. LAD CAREER MLB GAME-HIGHS: 2017 GAME-HIGHS: Strikeouts: 14, 8/14/14 at CHC 5, 4/12 at SEA Walks: 5, 5/7/15 vs. LAD 3, 4/7 vs. KC Hits: 10, 6/9/12 vs. SD 6, 4/12 at SEA Earned Runs: 8, 8/13/12 at COL 5, 4/12 at SEA Innings Pitched: 9.0, 8/21/15 vs. LAD 6.0, 4/7 vs. KC Low-Hit CG: 0, 8/21/15 vs. LAD --- CAREER MLB SPLITS: Home: 19-20, 3.57 ERA, 60G/52GS, 127ER/320.1IP Away: 15-18, 4.29 ERA, 54G/45GS, 125ER/262.1IP Tropicana Field: 1-0, 2.57 ERA, 1G/GS, 2ER/7IP Day: 10-16, 3.92 ERA, 45G/38GS, 97ER/222.2IP Night: 24-22, 3.88 ERA, 69G/59GS, 155ER/360IP Longest Winning Streak: 4, 8/9/14-8/24/14 Longest Losing Streak: 6, 9/17/14-4/21/15 2017 SPLITS: Home: 0-1, 1.50 ERA, 1G/GS, 1ER/6IP Away: 0-0, 11.25 ERA, 1G/GS, 5ER/4IP Day: --- Night: 0-1, 5.40 ERA, 2G/GS, 6ER/10IP Longest Winning Streak: --- Longest Losing Streak: 1, 4/7-current LAST start - 4/12 at sea: did not factor into the decision in Houston s 10-5 win over the Mariners...gave up 5 runs on 6 hits in 4.0 innings... surrendered 2 home runs...struck out 5 and walked 1. about fiers: 31-year-old is in his 3rd season with the Astros after joining the club from Milwaukee prior to the 2015 trade deadline. in 62 starts with Houston, has gone 18-18 with a 4.01 ERA (156ER/350IP) and 315 strikeouts. a 22nd round pick by Milwaukee in 2009, Fiers spent only two seasons in the minor leagues before debuting for the Brewers in 2011. springing into action: had a great Spring Training, posting a 1.98 ERA (3ER/13.2IP) in 4 starts...struck out 13 and walked 5. vs. tb: Hollywood, Fla. native will make his 3rd career start against the Rays, and his 2nd at Tropicana Field...went 7.0 innings and allowed just 2 runs in a 4-3 Astros win on June 11, 2016 in his 1st career start at The Trop. you shall not pass: has gone 36 consecutive starts without walking more than 3 batters...streak dates back to Sept. 13, 2015. went the entire 2016 season without walking more than 3 batters in a game...his 30-start streak of allowing no more than 3 walks was the longest single-season streak by an Astros pitcher since RHP Roy Oswalt had a 32-game streak in 2006...was the 3rd-longest streak by a Major League pitcher in 2016, behind 33-game streaks from RHP Hisashi Iwakuma and RHP Rick Porcello. in 2016 he posted the lowest single-season walks per 9.0 innings ratio of his career (2.24)...walked 42 batters in 168.2 innings...ranked 10th in the AL in walks per 9.0 innings. 2016 season: racked up a 11 wins in 30 starts, tying his career high for victories in a season...was 1 of 3 Astros pitchers with double-digit victories, along with RHP Collin McHugh (13) and RHP Doug Fister (12). made 30 starts, tying his career high set in 2015 with Milwaukee (21) and Houston (9)...Astros went 14-7 over his final 21 starts of the year. deep in the heart: has posted a 7-6 record and a 3.45 ERA (49ER/127.2IP) in 22 starts at Minute Maid Park since joining the Astros. the Astros have won 7 of his last 11 starts at Minute Maid Park, and have gone 14-8 in his 22 career starts at the venue. immortalized: threw the 1st no-hitter in the history of Minute Maid Park in 2015 in what was his 3rd start with the Astros (Aug. 21 vs. LAD)...threw 134 pitches in the outing, striking out 10 and walking 3. was also his 1st career complete game, and 7th double-digit strikeout game...retired the last 21 batters he faced. fiers VS. rays (Career) DATE RESULT W/L IP H R ER BB SO HR 6/11/16 at TB W 4-3 W 1 7.0 5 2 2 1 3 2 8/26/16 TB W 5-4 - 6.1 6 3 3 1 5 0 AVG AB H HR BB SO Bourjos.286 7 2 0 0 3 Dickerson.400 5 2 0 0 0 Kiermaier.000 3 0 0 0 0 Longoria.400 5 2 1 1 0 Miller.167 6 1 1 0 2 AVG AB H HR BB SO Morrison.500 10 5 0 0 0 Souza Jr..333 3 1 0 0 0 Sucre.500 2 1 0 0 0 Weeks Jr..000 2 0 0 0 0 2017 SPRING TRAINING DAY BY DAYS Date OPP Result W/L IP H R ER BB SO HR TP 2/28 at WSH L 3-4 - 2.0 4 1 1 0 1 0 36 3/5 at MIA T 7-7 - 2.1 3 2 1 2 2 0 45 3/21 at MIA W 2-1 W 1 4.0 3 0 0 0 5 0 53 3/29 MIA T 5-5 - 5.1 2 2 1 3 5 2 82 spring 1.98 ERA 1-0 13.2 12 5 3 5 13 0 216 2017 regular season DAY BY DAYS Date OPP Result W/L IP H R ER BB SO HR TP 4/7 KC L 1-5 L 1 6.0 5 2 1 3 3 1 97 4/12 at SEA W 10-5 - 4.0 6 5 5 1 5 2 89 tomorrow s STARTER at tb rhp charlie morton W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO 2017: 1-1 2.81 3 3 16.0 17 5 5 6 13 Career: 47-72 4.50 165 164 909.0 967 513 455 343 643 vs. tb W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO 2017: - - - - - - - - - - Career: 0-1 2.57 1 1 7.0 4 3 2 1 11 LAST start - 4/17 vs. LAA: tallied his 1st win as an Astro after throwing 5.0 scoreless frames against the Angels in Houston s 3-0 victory...gave up 5 hits and 2 walks and struck out 3. was his 1st scoreless outing since April 12, 2016 vs. SD (0ER/6.2IP). pump it up: has been showcasing the velocity that was present during 2017 Spring Training and his 4-game stint with Philadelphia in 2016 (prior to his hamstring injury). in his 3 starts this season, his sinker has had an average velocity of 94.87 mph, while his curveball has averaged 80.79 mph (Brooks Baseball). vs. tb: has faced the Rays just once in his career...threw 7.0 innings and allowed 2 earned runs on June 25, 2014 at Tropicana Field... struck out a career-high 11 batters...marks his only career double-digit strikeout game. 2017 Houston Astros Starting Pitchers Run Supp Team GS Tm. W-L Tm. W-L Pitcher Last Start Result Streak GS Avg. P/GS SB/CS Record after L after L QS during QS Keuchel 4/19 vs. LAA (7,8,1,1,1,7) W 5-1 W 3 4 4.82 94 0/0 3-1 2 1-1 4 3-1 McCullers Jr. 4/20 vs. LAA (6.2,3,0,0,3,8) W 2-1 W 2 4 2.63 96 0/1 4-0 1 1-0 3 3-0 Morton 4/17 vs. LAA (5,5,0,0,2,3) W 3-0 W 1 3 1.13 90 2/0 2-1 - - 1 1-0 Musgrove 4/18 vs. LAA (5,8,5,5,1,4) L 2-5 L 1 3 5.87 92 0/0 1-2 1 1-0 0 0-0 Fiers 4/12 at SEA (4,6,5,5,1,5) W 10-5 L 1 2 3.60 93 2/0 1-1 1 0-1 1 0-1
ASTROS: laa series (4/17-20):.267 (32x120) LAST road TRIP (4/10-16):.302 (54x179) OPPONENTS: laa series (4/17-20):.215 (28x130) LAST ROAD TRIP (4/10-16):.269 (46x171) 27 IF Jose Altuve.311, 0 HR, 5 RBI Last Gm: 0x3 LAA Series:.286, 4x14, 3RBI Last Road Trip:.529, 9x17, 2RBI Current Stk.: 0x6 Long Streak: 7,.500, 13x26, 4/11-19 went 0x3 yesterday vs. LAA...snapped his season-long 7-game hitting streak, which he was batting.500 (13x26) during the run. also snapped his streak of reaching base safely, which he had done so in 10 consecutive games...had an.522 OBP in that span. has reached base safely in 11 of 13 games in his career at Tropicana Field... owns a.320 (16x50) batting average at the venue. reached base safely in 11 consecutive plate appearances from 4/11-14...became the first Astros player to reach base safely in 11 consecutive plate appearances since Bill Spiers, who set a franchise record by reaching in 13 consecutive PA s in 1997. has 205 career stolen bases...surpassed Jeff Bagwell (202 SB) for 6th place on the club s all-time stolen base list...is 12 steals shy of tying Terry Puhl (217) for 5th place. 3 OF norichika aoki.324, 1 HR, 4 RBI Last Gm: DNP LAA Series:.200, 2x10 Last Road Trip:.500, 6x12, HR, 4RBI Current Stk.: 0x4 Long Streak: 3 (2x),.500, 6x12, 4/12-15 has 4 multi-hit games in his last 6 contests, batting.364 (8x22) with 1 HR and 4 RBI in that span. hit a solo homer on 4/14 at OAK, his 1st homer since Sept. 30 vs. OAK. is just 24 hits away from 2,000 career hits between the Major Leagues (692) and Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan (1284)...his 692 hits in the Majors rank 4th all-time among Japanese-born players, trailing only Ichiro Suzuki (3,030), Hideki Matsui (1,253) and Dave Roberts (721). became the 2nd Japanese-born player in club history to start on Opening Day, joining Kazuo Matsui, who started on Opening Day in 2009 and 2010. 15 OF carlos beltran.259, 1 HR, 6 RBI Last Gm: 1x4, HR, RBI LAA Series:.167, 2x12, HR, RBI Last Road Trip:.286, 6x21, 4RBI Current Stk.: 2,.250, 2x8, 4/18 Long Streak: 4 (2x), last,.333, 6x18, 4/10-14 went 1x4 with a homer yesterday vs. LAA...it was his 1st HR for the Astros since 10/17/04, Game 4 of the NLCS vs. STL at Minute Maid Park...has hit safely in 10 of his last 12 starts (.294, 15x51). ranks T-15th in the AL in multi-hit games (5)...ranks T-2nd on the club in hits (15). is approaching a number of historical milestones...has collected 1,542 RBI, 539 doubles and 422 home runs in his career...is 8 RBI shy of tying Fred McGriff for 46th all-time...is 1 double shy of tying Joe Medwick and Dave Winfield for 35th all-time...is 9 HR shy of tying Cal Ripken Jr. for 48th all-time. owns 1,039 extra-base hits, which is 2 XBH from tying Pete Rose for the 3rd most XBH by a switch hitter in ML history. started at DH on Opening Day at 39 years, 344 days old...the only player in club history to start on Opening Day at an older age was Craig Biggio in 2007 (41.109) and 2006 (40.110). 2 IF alex bregman.255, 0 HR, 4 RBI Last Gm: 1x3 LAA Series:.308, 4x13, RBI Last Road Trip:.333, 6x18, 3RBI Current Stk.: 2,.333, 2x6, 4/19 Long Streak: 3 (2x),.385, 5x13, 4/10-12 1x3 with a double yesterday vs. LAA...has doubled in consecutive games...has 3 multi-hit games in his last 8 contests, batting.333 (9x27) with 4 RBI in that span. started in 3 games at SS from 4/17-4-19 while Correa was sidelined with a hand injury...has appeared in 10 career game at shortstop (7 start)...in his 10 games at the position, has batted.357 (10x28) with 1 HR, 5 RBI and a 1.062 OPS. has hit.500 (7x14) with runners in scoring position this season, which ranks T-1st in the AL. at 23 years, 4 days old, became the youngest 3rd baseman in club history to start on Opening Day (previously Matt Dominguez, 23.215 in 2013). 2016 USA TODAY Minor League Player of the Year and 2016 Astros Minor League Player of the Year made first career Opening Day roster this year. 1 IF Carlos correa.224, 1 HR, 3 RBI Last Gm: 0x2 LAA Series: 0x2 Last Road Trip:.227, 5x22 Current Stk.: 0x11 Long Streak: 2,.556, 5x9, 4/9-10 returned to the starting lineup yesterday vs. LAA...went 0x2 with a walk...had missed 3 games from 4/17-19...suffered a right hand contusion on 4/15 after getting hit by a RHP Frankie Montas fastball. hit a 449-foot solo HR off RHP Felix Hernandez on Opening Day, becoming the 1st Astros player to HR on OD in consecutive seasons since Richard Hidalgo (1999-2000)...homered off RHP Masahiro Tanaka on OD of 2016 at NYY. is 1 of 4 Major Leaguers who have homered in each of the last 2 Opening Day games: also Freddy Galvis, Scooter Gennett, Bryce Harper (HR d in last 3). is the franchise leader in home runs by a shortstop with 42...surpassed Adam Everett (35 HR) last season. 11 c EVAN GATTIS.290, 0 HR, 5 RBI Last Gm: 0x2 LAA Series:.300, 3x10, RBI Last Road Trip:.143, 1x7, 3RBI Current Stk.: 0x2 Long Streak: 3,.417, 5x12, 4/5-9 0x2 with a walk in a start at DH yesterday vs. LAA...went 2x4 with a pair of singles and an RBI Wed. vs. LAA...has made 5 starts behind the plate and 4 starts at DH. recorded a bases clearing double as a pinch hitter in the 6th inning on 4/11 at SEA...is batting.316 (12x38) with a 1.133 OPS in his career as a pinch hitter. drew a walk-off walk on 4/9 vs. KC in the 12th inning...reached base safely a career-high 5 times and drew a career-high 3 walks. has recorded just 4 strikeouts in 37 plate appearances this year (10.8% strikeout rate)...his career strikeout rate is 22.2%. 9 IF Marwin Gonzalez.158, 3 HR, 6 RBI Last Gm: 0x3 LAA Series: 0x10 Last Road Trip:.076, 1x13 Current Stk.: 0x14 Long Streak: 5,.333, 5x15, 4/4-9 0x3 yesterday vs. LAA...has gone hitless in 5 consecutive games, which is his longest hitless streak this season...has 3 starts in LF, 4 at 1B and 4 at 3B. prior to Sat., had reached base safely in a career long 20-straight games, from 9/19/16-4/14/17...posted a.359 OBP in that span. hit a game-tying, 2-run HR in the 7th inning on 4/9 vs. KC...was his 40th career homer, and just his 5th career HR that wasn t a solo shot. became the 7th player in club history to homer in each of his first 2 starts of a season, and the first since Carlos Correa did it last year. became the 4th player in club history to record an RBI in each of his first 4 starts of a season...richard Hidalgo (2001, 2004), Rusty Staub (1968) and Eddie Matthews (1967) are the only other players who did this. 10 IF YULI GURRIEL.279, 1 HR, 3 RBI Last Gm: DNP LAA Series:.500, 4x8, HR, 2RBI Last Road Trip:.429, 6x14, RBI Current Stk.: 3,.500, 4x8, 4/17 Long Streak: 3 (2x), last,.500, 4x8, 4/17-current went 1x2 with an RBI and HBP Wed. night vs. LAA...doubled and hit his 1st HR of the season Tues. vs. LAA...has started 12 games (all at 1B)...has hit in 6 of his last 7 games at a.455 (10x22) clip with 2 doubles, 1 HR. at 32 years, 298 days old, became the oldest rookie in club history to make an Opening Day start...is the Astros oldest rookie since Robinson Cancel played 2 games in 2011 at 35. Cuban-native signed a 5-year deal with Houston last July and made his Major League debut in August, ultimately playing in 36 games (21 at 3B; 5 at 1B). 6 OF Jake Marisnick.313, 2 HR, 2 RBI Last Gm: 1x3, HR, RBI LAA Series:.333, 1x3, HR, RBI Last Road Trip:.500, 2x4 Current Stk.: 2,.500, 3x6, 4/15 Long Streak: 2 (2x), last, 2,.500, 3x6, 4/15-current went 1x3 with a solo homer yesterday vs. LAA...has made 5 starts (all in CF) but has played in 14 of Houston s 16 games...is batting.308 (4x13) in his starts this season. hit a game-tying solo home run off a RHP Kelvin Herrera slider in the 9th inning on 4/9 vs. KC...was a 331-foot shot into the Crawford Boxes...marked the 1st time any Major League player has homered off Herrera s slider...both of his last 2 HR have come in the 9th inning (last, 9/3/16 at TEX off Alvarez). is regarded as one of the top defensive outfielders in the game...among all Major League outfielders since 2014, ranks T-5th in defensive runs saved with 48, trailing only Kiermaier, Heyward, Inciarte and Cain. 16 C brian mccann.268, 2 HR, 7 RBI Last Gm: 0x3 LAA Series:.273, 3x11 Last Road Trip:.250, 3x12, 5RBI Current Stk.: 0x6 Long Streak: 4 (2x), last,.333,.462, 6x13, 4/14-19 0x3 yesterday vs. LAA...snapped his streak of reaching base safely at 10 games...also caught his 1st would-be base stealer of the season. has posted an.793 OPS this season (.354 OBP/.439 SLG), which ranks 2nd among AL catchers behind Salvador Perez (.803)...has 7 walks and just 5 strikeouts this season. has recorded 234 home runs as a catcher in his career, which ranks 11th all-time in Major League history...is 5 homers shy of tying Roy Campanella for 10th... ranks 2nd all-time in HR by a left-handed hitting catcher, behind Yogi Berra (291). both of his HR this season have come while batting 8th...has 9 HR in his career while batting 8th in the order...prior to this season, his last homer while batting 8th was on 6/14/07 at MIN off LHP Johan Santana. 22 OF josh reddick.341, 1 HR, 4 RBI Last Gm: 0x0 as DR-LF LAA Series:.545, 6x11, HR, 2RBI Last Road Trip:.364, 4x11, 2RBI Current Stk.: 1,.750, 3x4, 4/19 Long Streak: 3,.250, 3x12, 4/3-5 did not record an AB yesterday, entering the game in the 9th in left field...fell a single shy of the cycle Wed., recording his 1st triple and homer of the season, with his 3rd double...tied his most XBH in a game, last occurring on 8/9/13 (3HR).. has 4 multi-hit games in his last 7 contests with an AB (.455, 10x22). played 1st base on Saturday due to Correa s injury...was his 1st career MLB appearance at the position. set single-season career highs in avg. and OBP (.345) last year...hit.296 (72x243) with an.816 OPS for Oakland before the Dodgers acquired. recorded a 12.8% strikeout rate in 2016, which was lower than all but 23 Major League hitters (min. 400PA)...struck out just 56 times in 439 plate appearances. 4 OF George Springer.221, 7 HR, 12 RBI Last Gm: 0x4 LAA Series:.188, 3x16, HR, RBI Last Road Trip:.208, 5x24, 2HR, 3RBI Current Stk.: 0x9 Long Streak: 6,.286, 8x28, 4/11-18 went 0x4 yesterday vs. LAA...hit a 441-foot homer to the newly-renovated CF area Tues...became the 2nd player in Astros history to hit 7 homers over the club s first 14 games of a season...joined Lance Berkman, who homered 8 times over Houston s first 14 games in 2002. his 7 homers in April rank T-8th in club history for a single month of April...the last Astros player to reach 7 HR in April was Colby Rasmus in 2016. ranks T-1st the AL lead (with Khris Davis) in HR and ranks T-8th in RBI. hit his 4th leadoff homer of the season on 4/11 at SEA of LHP Ariel Miranda... became the first player in Major League history to record 4 leadoff HR within his team s first 9 games of a season...finished 2016 with 8 leadoff HR in 162 games... his 13 career leadoff HR rank T-2nd in club history with Terry Puhl, and behind Craig Biggio (53). per Elias, became the 1st player in club history to hit a leadoff HR one game after hitting a walk-off homer when he did so from April 5-6 vs. SEA...the last MLB player to accomplish this was Scott Hairston for SD from Aug. 3-4, 2007... Springer became the 1st player in MLB history to do this in April. since officially moving into the leadoff position in the Astros lineup on May 24, 2016, Houston has gone 78-55 (.586)...that s the 2nd-best winning percentage in the AL in that span behind Cleveland (79-54,.594).
ASTROS HITTERS vs. upcoming starters ASTROS vs. cobb AVG AB H HR RBI BB K Beltran.000 3 0 0 0 0 0 Gonzalez.000 2 0 0 0 0 1 McCann.500 12 6 2 3 2 0 Reddick.067 15 1 0 0 0 5 Springer.000 3 0 0 0 0 3 ASTROS vs. snell (tomorrow) AVG AB H HR RBI BB K Altuve.000 2 0 0 0 0 1 Aoki.000 2 0 0 0 0 1 Beltran.500 4 2 1 2 1 1 Bregman.500 2 1 1 2 0 1 Correa 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 0 Gattis 1.000 2 2 0 1 0 0 Gonzalez.500 2 1 0 0 0 0 Gurriel.500 2 1 0 1 0 0 Marisnick.000 1 0 0 0 0 1 McCann.000 3 0 0 0 1 3 Springer 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 0 ASTROS vs. andriese (sunday) AVG AB H HR RBI BB K Altuve.750 4 3 0 0 0 0 Aoki.000 1 0 0 0 0 0 Beltran.143 7 1 1 1 0 1 Correa 1.000 1 1 0 1 0 0 Gattis.000 3 0 0 0 1 0 Gonzalez.250 4 1 0 0 0 1 Marisnick.000 2 0 0 0 0 1 McCann.250 4 1 0 0 0 0 Reddick.000 4 0 0 0 0 1 Springer.333 3 1 0 0 0 1 ASTROS HITTERS vs. rays ASTROS vs. rays (2016): AVG AB H HR RBI Altuve.292 24 7 1 4 Aoki.300 20 6 0 1 Beltran.188 48 9 4 5 Bregman.364 11 4 1 3 Correa.455 11 5 1 1 Gattis.222 18 4 1 3 Gonzalez.304 23 7 0 1 Gurriel.400 10 4 0 2 Marisnick.143 14 2 1 1 McCann.292 48 14 3 8 Reddick.200 15 3 0 0 Springer.160 25 4 0 0 ASTROS vs. rays (career): AVG AB H HR RBI Altuve.276 98 27 2 7 Aoki.364 33 12 0 2 Beltran.206 282 58 7 21 Bregman.364 11 4 1 3 Correa.289 38 11 2 4 Gattis.227 44 10 2 6 Gonzalez.268 56 15 1 3 Gurriel.400 10 4 0 2 Marisnick.136 22 3 1 1 McCann.268 183 49 11 33 Reddick.206 160 33 3 10 Springer.122 49 6 1 2 Astros Hitters vs. LHP (2017) PLAYER.AVG AB H Altuve.158 19 3 Aoki.200 10 2 Beltran.304 23 7 Bregman.294 17 5 Correa.250 20 5 Gattis.300 10 3 Gonzalez.231 13 3 Gurriel.143 21 3 Marisnick.200 10 2 McCann.286 14 4 Reddick.250 12 3 Springer.261 23 6 Astros Hitters vs. LHP (career) PLAYER.AVG AB H Altuve.341 909 310 Aoki.306 695 213 Beltran.285 2559 729 Bregman.260 73 19 Correa.253 292 74 Gattis.272 530 144 Gonzalez.254 449 114 Gurriel.194 62 12 Marisnick.229 341 78 McCann.258 1532 396 Reddick.219 741 162 Springer.266 398 106 RUNS BY INNING Record by Day Mon. Tues. Wed. Thur. Fri. Sat. Sun. 2-1 2-1 3-0 1-1 1-1 1-1 1-0 Record By Month April May June July August Sept/Oct. 11-5 - - - - - DISABLED LIST Astros Hitters vs. rhp (2017) PLAYER.AVG AB H Altuve.381 42 16 Aoki.375 24 9 Beltran.229 35 8 Bregman.237 38 9 Correa.207 29 6 Gattis.286 21 6 Gonzalez.120 25 3 Gurriel.409 22 9 Marisnick.429 7 3 McCann.269 26 7 Reddick.375 32 12 Springer.200 45 9 Astros Hitters vs. rhp (Career) PLAYER.AVG AB H Altuve.300 2513 755 Aoki.279 1719 479 Beltran.280 6800 1903 Bregman.262 183 48 Correa.282 721 203 Gattis.242 1237 299 Gonzalez.255 1111 283 Gurriel.306 111 34 Marisnick.225 631 142 McCann.269 3761 1012 Reddick.271 1961 532 Springer.253 997 252 TEAM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 X TOTAL Astros 6 1 7 4 5 10 15 8 7 4 67 Opponents 2 8 6 1 14 5 1 10 7 1 55 PLAYER INJURY DATE ON DATE OFF GAMES McHugh right shoulder tendinitis 3/30 16 (11-5) Paulino right arm inflammation 3/30 16 (11-5) Gustave right forearm tightness 4/20 (retro 4/19) 2 (2-0) BY BATTING ORDER: 1: Springer (11-5) 2: Bregman (6-3), Reddick (4-1), Beltrán (1-0), Gonzalez (0-1) 3: Altuve (11-5) 4: Correa (9-4), Beltrán (1-1), McCann (1-0) 5: Beltrán (7-4), McCann (2-1), Gattis (2-0) 6: Bregman (5-1), Gattis (2-2), Gurriel (1-2), Reddick (2-0), McCann (1-0) 7: Gonzalez (2-3), McCann (2-1), Gattis (3-0), Gurriel (2-0), Reddick (1-1), Aoki (1-0) 8: Gurriel (4-2), McCann (2-1), Gonzalez (3-0), Reddick (1-1), Aoki (1-0), Marisnick (0-1) 9: Aoki (5-3), Marisnick (3-1), Gonzalez (2-0), Gurriel (0-1), Reddick (1-0) STARTS BY LINEUP/POSITION CATCHING STATS INDIVIDUAL STATS TEAM STATS PLAYER CS/ATT % PO PB RECORD ERA Gattis 0/8.000 0 1 3-2 3.27 (16ER/44IP) McCann 1/6.167 0 0 8-3 3.06 (36ER/106IP) Pitchers - - - - - - TOTAL 1/14.071 0 1 11-5 3.12 (52ER/150IP) MULTI-HIT GAMES 2 3 4 5+ TOTAL CAREER-HIGH Altuve 3 2 - - 5 4 (20x) - 8/11/16 at MIN Aoki 4 - - - 4 4 (6x) - 6/10/15 at NYY Beltrán 5 - - - 5 4 (24x) - 8/10/16 vs. OAK Bregman 3 - - - 3 3 (4x) - 9/4/16 at TEX Correa 3 1 - - 4 4-4/6/16 at NYY Gattis 3 - - - 3 4 (4x) - 8/12/16 at TOR Gonzalez - - - - - 4 (2x) - 8/11/16 at MIN Gurriel 2 1 - - 3 3-4/11/17 at SEA Marisnick 1 - - - 1 4-8/11/14 vs. MIN McCann 3 - - - 3 4 (12x) - 9/21/16 at TB Reddick 2 2 - - 4 4 (6x) - 7/2/16 vs. PIT Springer 4 - - - 4 5-6/10/15 at CWS MULTI-RBI GAMES 2 3 4 5+ TOTAL CAREER-HIGH Altuve 1 - - - 1 6-7/24/16 vs. LAA Aoki 2 - - - 2 4-8/5/14 at ARI Beltrán - 1 - - 1 7-5/2/12 vs. PIT Bregman - - - - - 3 (4x) - 9/8/16 at CLE Correa 1 - - - 1 4 (5x) -8/9/16 at MIN Gattis - 1 - - 1 4 (7x) - 8/11/16 at MIN Gonzalez 2 - - - 2 3 (4x) - 9/23/16 vs. LAA Gurriel - - - - - 2 (3x) - 9/17/16 at SEA Marisnick - - - - - 3 (4x) - 9/7/15 at OAK McCann - 1 - - 1 5 (7x) - 8/17/15 vs. MIN Reddick 2 - - - 2 6-5/16/14 at CLE Springer 1 - - 1 2 5 (4x) - 4/5/17 vs. SEA BY DEFENSIVE POSITION: C: McCann (8-3), Gattis (3-2) 1B: Gurriel (7-5), Gonzalez (4-0) 2B: Altuve (11-5) SS: Correa (9-4), Bregman (2-1) 3B: Bregman (9-3), Gonzalez (2-2) LF: Aoki (7-3), Gonzalez (1-2), Beltrán (2-0), Reddick (1-0) CF: Springer (8-3), Marisnick (3-2) RF: Reddick (8-3), Springer (3-2) DH: Beltrán (7-5), Gattis (4-0)
2017 HOUSTON ASTROS BULLPEN REPORT 2017 W-L-S ERA IP H R ER BB-I SO When Bullpen Allows Runs: 5-4 Starters 7-3-0 3.18 93.1 86 34 33 27-1 83 When Bullpen Allows No Runs: 6-1 Relievers 4-2-4 3.02 56.2 37 21 19 23-0 68 When No Relievers Are Used: 0-0 PITCHER LAST APP. (IP,H,R,ER,BB,K) PITCHES 1B/RET. RI/SC SV/OPP TEAM REC. (IN RELIEF APPS.) 47-Chris Devenski 4/20 vs. LAA (2.1,3,1,1,0,4)-SV1 39 5/4 2/0 0/0 5-0 45-Michael Feliz 4/18 vs. LAA (1,1,0,0,1,3) 20 5/5 6/3 0/1 2-3 53-Ken Giles 4/19 vs. LAA (1,0,0,0,0,0) 8 7/5 0/0 3/3 6-1 44-Luke Gregerson 4/17 vs. LAA (1,0,0,0,0,1)-H4 11 8/7 0/0 0/1 6-2 61-Jandel Gustave 4/18 vs. LAA (1,0,0,0,1,0) 10 6/1 3/0 0/0 3-3 36-Will Harris 4/19 vs. LAA (1,0,0,0,0,0) 11 6/6 1/0 0/0 6-0 51-James Hoyt - - - - - - 41-Brad Peacock 4/18 vs. LAA (2,0,0,0,0,3) 23 5/3 3/1 0/0 2-3 29-Tony Sipp 4/15 at OAK (1.1,1,0,0,1,2) 28 5/3 0/0 0/0 3-2 2017 BULLPEN TOTALS 47/34 16/4 3/5 11-5 47 RHP chris devenski 1-0-1, 1.35 ERA, 5G Last Win: 4/9 vs. KC Save: 4/20 vs. LAA Loss: none in 17 Blown SV: none in 17 LAA Series: 0-0-1, 2.08 (0ER/4.1IP), 2G Last Road Trip: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0ER/1IP), 1G hurled the final 2.1 inn. to earn his 1st SV of the season in yesterday s 2-1 win vs. LAA...was 1st SV of 7 or more outs with a lead of 3 runs or less since DET s Drew Smyly hurled a 4.0-inn. SV on 4/5/13 vs. NYY. has tallied 25 K s in just 13.1 IP...leads all relievers in K s. per Elias, reached 20 strikeouts in his 1st 10 innings this season which matched a team record for fewest innings into a season required to amass 20 strikeouts, originally set by LHP Billy Wagner (1999). is the 1st reliever in club history to start a season by recording 3+ strikeouts in each of his 1st 5 appearances. leads the AL in ERA (2.08, 28ER/121.2IP) and WHIP (0.88) since 2016 among pitchers with at least 100.0 inning pitched...ranks 2nd in the Majors in both categories in that span behind onlsy Kershaw (1.83 ERA, 36ER/177.1IP; 0.73 WHIP). 45 RHP MICHAEL feliz 0-0-0, 2.84 ERA, 5G Last Win: none in 17 Save: none in 17 Loss: none in 17 Blown SV: 4/6 vs. SEA LAA Series: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0ER/1IP), 1G Last Road Trip: 0-0-0, 6.74 (2ER/2.2IP), 2G pitched a scoreless 6th inning on Tuesday vs. LAA...yielded 1 hit and 1 walk with 3 strikeouts. joined the upper echelon of baseball s strikeout pitchers in a breakout 2016... ranked 10th among all Major League relievers in strikeout rate (35.2%), trailing only Andrew Miller (44.7%), Dellin Betances (42.1%), Kenley Jansen (41.4%), Edwin Díaz (40.6%), Aroldis Chapman (40.5%), Craig Kimbrel (37.7%), Kyle Barraclough (36.9%), Shawn Kelley (35.7%) and Ken Giles (35.7%). established a new club record for strikeouts per 9.0 innings by a rookie relief pitcher in 2016 (13.15, 95SO/65IP)...surpassed the record that was previously set by LHP Billy Wagner in 1996 (11.67, 67SO/51.2IP)...fell two strikeouts shy of the club record for a rookie reliever held by RHP Brad Lidge (97 in 2003). 53 RHP ken giles 0-1-3, 6.43 ERA, 7G Last Win: none in 17 Save: 4/17 vs. LAA Loss: 4/6 vs. SEA Blown SV: none in 17 LAA Series: 1-0-0, 0.00 (0ER/2IP), 2G Last Road Trip: 0-0-0, 13.50 (3ER/2IP), 2G tossed a scoreless 8th inning Wed. night vs. LAA, retiring the 1, 2 and 3 batters in order (Escobar, Trout, Pujols). earned his 3rd save of the season with a perfect 9th inning Monday night vs. LAA, striking out 2...has tallied 11 K s in his 7.0 IP. recorded the save in each of Houston s first 2 games this season...became the 3rd pitcher in franchise history to record a save in each of the Astros 1st 2 games of a season...joined LHP Billy Wagner (1997) and RHP Dave Smith (1987). became the 6th MLB reliever since 2000 with 250+ strikeouts within his first 3 MLB seasons...also Dotel, Kimbrel, Marmol, Lidge, Venters. 44 RHP Luke Gregerson 0-1-0, 7.36 ERA, 8G Last Win: none in 17 Save: none in 17 Loss: 4/8 vs. KC Blown SV: 4/8 vs. KC LAA Series: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0ER/1IP), 1G Last Road Trip: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0ER/3IP), 3G tossed a scoreless 8th inning Mon. night vs. LAA. has been scoreless in 7 of his 8 appearances this season, allowing just 3 hits in 7.0 IP in those 7 outings...allowed 6 runs on 4/8 vs. KC. in 2016, led the Majors in swing-and-miss percentage, as 42.6% of all swings against him were whiffs (min. 200 batters faced)...was the 2nd highest mark by an Astros pitcher since 1988, behind a 48.1% mark set by Brad Lidge in 2004. is 2-0 with a 1.80 ERA (2ER/10IP) in 10 career app. vs. TB (.147 opp. avg). 36 RHP Will Harris 1-0-0, 0.00 ERA, 6G Last Win: 4/15 at OAK Save: none in 17 Loss: none in 17 Blown SV: none in 17 LAA Series: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0ER/1IP), 1G Last Road Trip: 1-0-0, 0.00 (0ER/2IP), 2G recorded his 6th consecutive scoreless appearance Wed. night vs. LAAt, pitching a perfect 9th inning. has given up just 1 run in April during his Astros career, which began in 2015...has posted an 0.32 ERA (1ER/28IP) with 27 strikeouts in April during that span...gave up a run in his first outing of the 2016 season before rattling off a club-record, 26-game scoreless appearance streak. was an All-Star for the 1st time in his career in 2016...for the season, tallied 15 saves and a 2.25 ERA (16ER/64IP) in 66 appearances...in addition to his club-record scoreless streak, also had a franchise-record, 37-game streak without allowing an extra-base hit (April 7-July 5). 51 RHP james hoyt 0-0-0, --- ERA, 0G Last Win: none in 17 Save: none in 17 Loss: none in 17 Blown SV: none in 17 LAA Series: --- Last Road Trip: --- recalled from Triple A Fresno on Thurs. after RHP Jandel Gustave was placed on the 10-day DL (tightness, rt forearm). at Fresno, had 5 scoreless appearances (5IP), going 1-0 with 1 save and 8 strikeouts...last pitched on Tuesday vs. Las Vegas (0ER/1IP). was the final cut of Spring Training for the Astros, as he went 1-0 with a 3.18 ERA (4ER/11.1IP) in 10 games for Houston this spring...fanned 14 in his 11.1 innings pitched. 30-year-old made his MLB debut with the Astros in 2016, going 1-1 with a 4.50 ERA (11ER/22IP) with 28 strikeouts in 22 appearances. 41 RHP brad peacock 2-0-0, 0.00 ERA, 5G Last Win: 4/12 at SEA Save: none in 17 Loss: none in 17 Blown SV: none in 17 LAA Series: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0ER/2IP), 1G Last Road Trip: 1-0-0, 0.00 (0ER/1IP), 1G pitched 2.0 perfect innings Tuesday vs. LAA with 3 strikeouts...has been scoreless in all 5 of his apps this season...marks the longest scoreless streak of his career. opponents are just 1x24 off him...has given up just 1 hit in his 7.2 innings this season for an.042 opponent batting average (ranks T-2nd among qualifying AL relievers). his 2 wins this season are his 1st since Sept. 2, 2014 vs. LAA. pitched well for Houston down the 2016 stretch run...entered the rotation on Sept. 6 and made 5 starts, going 0-1 with a 3.65 ERA (10ER/24.2IP) and 21 strikeouts. 29 LHP Tony Sipp 0-0-0, 2.70 ERA, 5G Last Win: none in 17 Save: none in 17 Loss: none in 17 Blown SV: none in 17 LAA Series: --- Last Road Trip: 0-0-0, 3.37 (1ER/2.2IP), 3G made his longest outing of the season Saturday at OAK, pitching 1.1 scoreless inning...has been scoreless in 4 of 5 outings this season. has had success in his career vs. TB: 21 G, 1.53 ERA (3ER/17.2IP), 11 H, 21 SO,.177 opp. avg. for his career, has held lefties to a.221 (162x732) average and righties to a.214 (164x766) average in his career...over his first 2 seasons with Houston (2014-15) kept lefties to a.185 (34x184) average and righties to a.183 (35x191) average. ranks among the top 5 active left-handed relievers in career appearances (4th, 485), career opponent batting average (4th,.218) and career strikeouts (5th, 434). vs. TB 2016 G W-L-S ERA IP ER Devenski 1 0-0-0 0.00 1.0 0 Feliz 3 0-0-0 15.43 2.1 4 Fiers 2 1-0-0 3.38 13.1 5 Giles 2 1-0-0 4.50 2.0 1 Gregerson 1 0-0-0 0.00 1.0 0 Harris 2 0-0-1 4.50 2.0 1 Hoyt - - - - - Keuchel 2 1-1-0 4.50 12.0 6 McCullers Jr. 1 0-1-0 6.00 6.0 4 Morton - - - - - Musgrove - - - - - Peacock 1 0-0-0 9.00 1.0 1 Sipp 2 0-0-0 6.75 1.1 13 career G W-L-S ERA IP ER Devenski 2 0-0-0 0.00 3.2 0 Feliz 3 0-0-0 15.43 2.1 4 Fiers 2 1-0-0 3.38 13.1 5 Giles 3 1-0-0 3.00 3.0 1 Gregerson 11 2-0-0 1.80 10.0 2 Harris 8 0-0-1 3.86 7.0 3 Hoyt - - - - - Keuchel 7 1-4-0 4.70 44.0 23 McCullers Jr. 2 0-2-0 6.00 12.0 8 Morton 1 0-1-0 2.57 7.0 2 Musgrove - - - - - Peacock 2 0-0-0 5.40 5.0 3 Sipp 21 0-0-1 1.53 17.2 3
2017 Houston Astros High/Low GENERAL Longest Winning Streak... 5, 4/11-17 Longest Winning Streak, Home... 3, 4/3-5 Longest Winning Streak, Road... 4, 4/11-current Most Consecutive Losses... 3, 4/6-8 Most Consecutive Losses, Home... 3, 4/6-8 Most Consecutive Losses, Road... 1, 4/10 Longest Game, Time...4:25, 4/5 vs. SEA Shortest Game, Time...2:29, 4/3 vs. SEA Longest Game, Innings...13.0, 4/5 vs. SEA Best Homestand, Percentage....571 (3-1), 4/17-20 Worst Homestand, Percentage....571 (4-3), 4/3-9 Best Road Trip, Percentage....800 (4-1), 4/10-15 Worst Road Trip, Percentage....800 (4-1), 4/10-15 Most Runners Left on Base...12, 4/5 vs. SEA Double Plays Turned... 3, 4/19 vs. LAA Opponent Double Plays Turned...3 (3x), last, 4/9 vs. KC Most Errors... 3, 4/17 vs. OAK Largest Margin of Victory... 5 (2x), last, 4/14 at OAK (7-2) Largest Margin of Defeat...6, 4/10 at SEA (0-6) Biggest Comeback to Win...5 (2x), last, 4/15 at OAK (down 0-5, won 10-6) Most Games Over.500... 6, after game on 4/20 Biggest Lead Lost to Lose... 1 run (2x), last, 2-1 lead, lost 5-2 on 4/18 Highest Attendance, Home...41,678, 4/3 vs. SEA Highest Attendance, Road... 44,856, 4/10 at SEA TEAM BATTING Most Runs, Game... 10 (2x), last, 4/15 at OAK Fewest Runs, Game...0, 4/10 at SEA Most Runs, Inning... 4 (2x), last, 4/15 at OAK (8th) Most Hits, Game...16, 4/12 at SEA Most Hits, Inning...4 (5x), last, 4/12 at SEA (5th, 7th, 8th) Fewest Hits, Game... 5, 4/4 vs. SEA Most Doubles, Game... 4, 4/5 vs. SEA Most Triples, Game...1, 4/19 vs. LAA Most Homers, Game... 3, 4/9 vs. KC Most Consecutive Games, Homer...4, 4/3-6 Most Consecutive Games, No Homer...1 (4x), last, 4/17 vs. OAK Most Extra-Base Hits, Game... 5, 4/5 vs. SEA Fewest Extra-Base Hits, Game... 1 (4x), last, 4/15 at OAK Most Total Bases, Game... 21, 4/9 vs. KC Most Walks, Game... 8 (2x), last, 4/15 at OAK Fewest Walks, Game...1 (2x), last, 4/18 vs. LAA Most Strikeouts, Game... 11, 4/4 vs. SEA Fewest Strikeouts, Game... 3, 4/14 at OAK Most Stolen Bases, Game... 5, 4/15 at OAK Most Opponent Stolen Bases, Game... 3 (2x), last, 4/7 vs. KC Longest Scoreless Inning Streak... 12.0 innings, 4/6 (4th)-4/7 (6th) INDIVIDUAL BATTING Most At-Bats, Game...7, Springer, 4/5 vs. SEA Most Runs, Game...3 (3x), last, Reddick, 4/19 vs. LAA Most Hits, Game...3 (6x), last, Reddick, 4/19 vs. LAA Most Consecutive Hits (in ABs)... 7, Altuve, 4/11-14 Most Doubles, Game... 2, Altuve, 4/14 at OAK Most Triples, Game...1, Reddick, 4/19 vs. LAA Most Home Runs, Game...1 (19x) Most RBI, Game...5, Springer, 4/5 vs. SEA Most Walks, Game...3, Gattis, 4/9 vs. KC Most Strikeouts, Game...3 (2x), last, Gonzalez, 4/18 vs. LAA Most Stolen Bases, Game... 2, Altuve, 4/15 at OAK Longest Hitting Streak... 7, Altuve, 4/11-19 ASTROS LAST HOME RUNS (*-TEAM RECORD WHEN HOMERING) PLAYER DATE OPPONENT/PITCHER AB SINCE LAST TEAM REC.* Altuve 9/13/16 TEX/Griffin 130 0-0 Aoki 4/14/17 @OAK/Graveman 16 1-0 Beltrán 4/20/17 LAA/Shoemaker 3 1-0 Bregman 9/10/16 CHC/Lackey 78 0-0 Correa 4/3/17 SEA/Hernández 47 1-0 Gattis 9/28/16 SEA/Vincent 37 0-0 Gonzalez 4/9/17 KC/Wood 25 2-1 Gurriel 4/18/17 LAA/Nolasco 5 0-1 Marisnick 4/20/17 LAA/Shoemaker 1 2-0 McCann 4/8/17 KC/Duffy 30 1-1 Reddick 4/19/17 LAA/Morin 0 1-0 Springer 4/18/17 LAA/Nolasco 10 5-2 Astros HR Chart Solo 2-Run 3-Run GS Total Altuve - - - - - Aoki 1 - - - 1 Beltrán 1 - - - 1 Bregman - - - - - Correa 1 - - - 1 Gattis - - - - - Gonzalez 2 1 - - 3 Gurriel 1 - - - 1 Marisnick 2 - - - 2 McCann 2 - - - 2 Reddick - 1 - - 1 Springer 5 1 1-7 TOTALS 13 3 1-17 MULTI-HOMER GAMES: ASTROS HOME RUNS 2017 GRAND SLAMS 2017 OPPONENT GRAND SLAMS PLAYER DATE OPP./PITCHER PLAYER DATE OPP./PITCHER 2017 BACK-TO-BACK HOME RUN COMBOS PLAYERS DATE OPP./PITCHER(S) 2017 PINCH-HIT HOME RUNS PLAYER DATE OPP./PITCHER(S) 2017 LEADOFF HOME RUNS (4): Springer (4): 4/3 vs. SEA; 4/6 vs. SEA; 4/9 vs. KC; 4/11 at SEA 2017 WALK-OFF HOME RUNS (1): Springer (1): 4/5 vs. SEA 2017 LAST AT-BAT WINS (2) NO.-DATE-OPP. SCORE GAME-WINNING PLAY 1. 4/5 vs. SEA 5-3 (13) Springer 3-run HR in bottom 13 (walkoff win #1) 2. 4/9 vs. KC 5-4 (12) Gattis bases loaded walk in bottom 12 (walkoff win #2) ASTROS EJECTIONS DATE PERSONNEL UMPIRE SITUATION REPLAY REVIEWS (11) Date/Opp. (Inn.) Play Challenger Result Time 4/4 vs. SEA (1st) Safe at 1B SEA Overturned 2:00 4/5 vs. SEA (7th) Safe at 1B HOU Stands 1:30 4/5 vs. SEA (11th) Out at 1B SEA Stands 2:00 4/6 vs. SEA (2nd) Safe at 1B HOU Overturned 1:05 4/8 vs. KC (5th) Out at 2B HOU Stands 2:18 4/8 vs. KC (7th) Safe at 2B KC Overturned 2:13 4/9 vs. KC (2nd) Safe at 2B KC Overturned 1:40 4/10 at SEA (3rd) Out at 2B SEA Stands 1:37 4/14 at OAK (6th) Safe at 1B OAK Stands 0:34 4/17 vs. LAA (7th) Safe at 1B LAA Overturned 1:08 4/18 vs. LAA (4th) Out at 2B HOU Stands 2:25 The Astros have challenged 4 calls this season and have been successful in overturning calls once. TEAM PITCHING Fewest Runs, Game... 0 (2x), last, 4/17 vs. LAA Most Runs, Game...6 (2x), last, 4/15 at OAK Fewest Hits, Game...3, 4/3 vs. SEA Most Hits, Game... 11, 4/10 at SEA Fewest Walks, Game... 0, 4/9 vs. KC Most Walks, Game... 8, 4/5 vs. SEA Most Strikeouts, Game... 17, 4/9 vs. KC Longest Scoreless Inning Streak...12.0, 4/3 (1st)-4/4 (3rd) INDIVIDUAL PITCHING Longest Winning Streak... 3, Keuchel, 4/4-active Longest Losing Streak... 1 (5 players have active streaks) Most Innings Pitched, Starter...7.0 (5x), last, Keuchel, 4/19 vs. LAA Most Innings Pitched, Relief...4.0 (2x), last, Devenski, 4/9 vs. KC Fewest Hits, Complete Game... Fewest Walks, Complete Game... Most Walks, Game... 3 (3x), last, Fiers, 4/7 vs. KC Most Strikeouts, Game... 10, McCullers, 4/9 vs. KC Most Strikeouts, Inning...3 (8x), last, Feliz, 4/18 vs. LAA (6th) Most Hit By Pitch, Game...1 (6x), last, Morton, 4/17 vs. LAA Longest Scoreless Inning Streak...11.0, Keuchel, 4/3-8 ATTENDANCE Home:...292,486 Home Average:... 26,590/11 games Road:... 113,387 Road Average:... 22,677/5 games
HOUSTON ASTROS 2017 DAY-BY-DAY Date Game Opponent W-L /Score Record Pos. GB Astros Opp. Save Attendance Home Attendance POR POR (*-denotes sellout) 4/3 1 SEA W 3-0 1-0 T-1st - Keuchel (1-0) Hernandez (0-1) Giles (1) 41,678* 41,678 4/4 2 SEA W 2-1 2-0 1st (1.0) McCullers (1-0) Iwakuma (0-1) Giles (2) 21,406 63,084 4/5 3 SEA W 5-3 (13) 3-0 1st (1.0) Peacock (1-0) De Jong (0-1) - 20,303 83,387 4/6 4 SEA L 2-4 3-1 1st (1.0) Giles (0-1) Altavilla (1-0) Díaz (1) 18,362 101,749 4/7 5 KC L 1-5 3-2 T-1st - Fiers (0-1) Vargas (1-0) - 30,491 132,240 4/8 6 KC L 3-7 3-3 T-2nd 1.0 Gregerson (0-1) Duffy (1-0) - 35,373 167,613 4/9 7 KC W 5-4 (12) 4-3 2nd 1.0 Devenski (1-0) Strahm (0-2) - 32,411 200,024 4/10 8 @SEA L 0-6 4-4 T-2nd 1.5 Morton (0-1) Paxton (1-0) - 44,856-4/11 9 @SEA W 7-5 5-4 2nd 1.5 Musgrove (1-0) Miranda (0-1) - 18,527-4/12 10 @SEA W 10-5 6-4 T-1st - Peacock (2-0) Altavilla (1-1) - 14,479-4/14 11 @OAK W 7-2 7-4 1st (1.0) Keuchel (2-0) Madson (0-1) - 15,385-4/15 12 @OAK W 10-6 8-4 1st (2.0) Harris (1-0) Casilla (0-1) - 20,140-4/16 @OAK PPD - rain 4/17 13 LAA W 3-0 9-4 1st (3.5) Morton (1-1) Chávez (1-2) Giles (3) 23,501 223,525 4/18 14 LAA L 2-5 9-5 1st (2.5) Musgrove (1-1) Nolasco (1-2) Bedrosian (3) 21,760 245,285 4/19 15 LAA W 5-1 10-5 1st (3.0) Keuchel (3-0) Ramirez (2-2) - 24,028 269,313 4/20 16 LAA W 2-1 11-5 1st (3.0) McCullers (2-0) Shoemaker (0-1) Devenski (1) 23,173 292,486 4/21 17 @TB 4/22 18 @TB 4/23 19 @TB 4/25 20 @CLE 4/26 21 @CLE 4/27 22 @CLE 4/28 23 OAK 4/29 24 OAK 4/30 25 OAK 5/1 26 TEX 5/2 27 TEX 5/3 28 TEX 5/4 29 TEX 5/5 30 @LAA 5/6 31 @LAA 5/7 32 @LAA 5/9 33 ATL 5/10 34 ATL 5/11 35 @NYY 5/12 36 @NYY 5/13 37 @NYY 5/14 38 @NYY 5/15 39 @MIA 5/16 40 @MIA 5/17 41 @MIA 5/19 42 CLE 5/20 43 CLE 5/21 44 CLE 5/22 45 DET 5/23 46 DET 5/24 47 DET 5/25 48 DET 5/26 49 BAL 5/27 50 BAL 5/28 51 BAL 5/29 52 @MIN 5/30 53 @MIN 5/31 54 @MIN 6/2 55 @TEX 6/3 56 @TEX 6/4 57 @TEX 6/5 58 @KC 6/6 59 @KC 6/7 60 @KC 6/8 61 @KC 6/9 62 LAA 6/10 63 LAA 6/11 64 LAA 6/12 65 TEX 6/13 66 TEX 6/14 67 TEX 6/16 68 BOS 6/17 69 BOS 6/18 70 BOS 6/19 71 @OAK 6/20 72 @OAK 6/21 73 @OAK 6/22 74 @OAK 6/23 75 @SEA 6/24 76 @SEA 6/25 77 @SEA 6/27 78 OAK 6/28 79 OAK 6/29 80 OAK 6/30 81 NYY 7/1 82 NYY 7/2 83 NYY 7/4 84 @ATL 7/5 85 @ATL 7/6 86 @TOR 7/7 87 @TOR 7/8 88 @TOR 7/9 89 @TOR 7/11 All-Star Game (Miami) 7/14 90 MIN 7/15 91 MIN 7/16 92 MIN 7/17 93 SEA 7/18 94 SEA 7/19 95 SEA 7/21 96 @BAL 7/22 97 @BAL 7/23 98 @BAL
HOUSTON ASTROS 2017 DAY-BY-DAY Date Game Opponent W-L /Score Record Pos. GB Astros Opp. Save Attendance Home Attendance POR POR (*-denotes sellout) 7/24 99 @PHI 7/25 100 @PHI 7/26 101 @PHI 7/28 102 @DET 7/29 103 @DET 7/30 104 @DET 7/31 105 TB 8/1 106 TB 8/2 107 TB 8/3 108 TB 8/4 109 TOR 8/5 110 TOR 8/6 111 TOR 8/8 112 @CWS 8/9 113 @CWS 8/10 114 @CWS 8/11 115 @TEX 8/12 116 @TEX 8/13 117 @TEX 8/14 118 @ARI 8/15 119 @ARI 8/16 120 ARI 8/17 121 ARI 8/18 122 OAK 8/19 123 OAK 8/20 124 OAK 8/22 125 WAS 8/23 126 WAS 8/24 127 WAS 8/25 128 @LAA 8/26 129 @LAA 8/27 130 @LAA 8/29 131 TEX 8/30 132 TEX 8/31 133 TEX 9/1 134 NYM 9/2 135 NYM 9/3 136 NYM 9/4 137 @SEA 9/5 138 @SEA 9/6 139 @SEA 9/8 140 @OAK 9/9 141 @OAK (1) 9/9 142 @OAK (2) 9/10 143 @OAK 9/12 144 @LAA 9/13 145 @LAA 9/14 146 @LAA 9/15 147 SEA 9/16 148 SEA 9/17 149 SEA 9/19 150 CWS 9/20 151 CWS 9/21 152 CWS 9/22 153 LAA 9/23 154 LAA 9/24 155 LAA 9/25 156 @TEX 9/26 157 @TEX 9/27 158 @TEX 9/28 159 @BOS 9/29 160 @BOS 9/30 161 @BOS 10/1 162 @BOS 2017 ASTROS TRANSACTIONS TRANSACTIONS: 4/20: Recalled RHP James Hoyt from Triple A; placed RHP Jandel Gustave on the 10-day DL (retro 4/19)...4/2: Placed RHP Collin McHugh on the 10-day DL (retro 3/30); placed RHP David Paulino on the 10-day DL (retro 3/30).