MEDIA INFORMATION. ICE CREAM SUNDAES: The Astros are 13-8 on Sundays this season, which marks their best record on any day of the week this year.

2O15 HOUSTON ASTROS MEDIA INFORMATION Minute Maid Park 5O1 Crawford St. Houston, TX 77OO2 Phone: 713.259.89OO Houston Astros (74-62) vs. Minnesota Twins (70-65) LHP Dallas Keuchel (16-6, 2.24) vs. RHP Tyler Duffey (2-1, 4.56) Sunday, Sept. 6, 2015 Minute Maid Park Houston, TX 1:10 PM CT ROOT SPORTS GAME #137...HOME #72 ABOUT THE RECORD Overall Record:...74-62 Home Record:...47-24 --with Roof Open:... 9-3 --with Roof Closed:...38-18 --with Roof Open/Closed:... 0-3 Road Record:...27-38 Current Streak:... Lost 1 Last Road Trip:... 3-3 Current Homestand:... 2-3 Last 5 Games:... 2-3 Last 10 Games:... 5-5 Series Record (prior to current series):...20-17-6 Sweeps:...10-5 When Scoring 4 or More Runs:...59-11 When Scoring 3 or Fewer Runs:... 15-51 Shutouts:...13-9 In One-Run Games:...19-22 In Two-Run Games:...13-15 vs. Left-Handed Starters:...26-22 vs. Right-Handed Starters:...48-40 During the Day:...23-20 At Night:...51-42 When Scoring First:...52-17 Opponent Scores First:...22-45 Outhit Opponent:...53-16 Outhit by Opponent:...13-42 Equal Hits:... 8-4 When Hitting Home Run:...61-37 No Home Runs:...13-25 Walkoff Home Runs:... 4-1 Come-from-Behind Wins:...34 Largest Comeback:...4 Losses After Leading:...24 Last At-Bat Wins:...14 Largest Blown Lead:...3 Extra-Inning Games:... 8-6 Different Batting Orders:...128 After Six Innings: Lead: 54-6... Tied: 12-10.. Trail: 8-46 After Seven Innings: Lead: 59-3...Tied: 8-13...Trail: 7-46 After Eight Innings: Lead: 62-1...Tied: 8-7...Trail: 4-54 Astros vs. Twins (2015): Overall:... 2-3 At Minute Maid Park:... 1-1 At Target Field:... 1-2 Astros vs. Twins (All-Time): Overall:...15-22 Record in Houston:...7-12 Record in Minnesota:...8-10 THIS DATE IN ASTROS HISTORY: Sept. 6 1991 - RHP Pete Harnisch becomes the 2nd Astro to strike out the side on 9 pitches...it happens in the 7th inning of a 3-1 triumph over the Phillies. 1980 - Art Howe ties a club record with his 8th consecutive hit, a 2-run single that paces a 9-5 win over St. Louis in the 1st game of a twinbill. TODAY S GAME: The Astros will conclude this 7-day, 6-game homestand against Seattle (1-2) and Minnesota (1-1) with the rubber game of this 3-game series with the Twins this afternoon... LHP Dallas Keuchel (16-6) will start for the Astros opposite Twins starter RHP Tyler Duffey (2-1). HOMEBOY: LHP Dallas Keuchel is 12-0 with a 1.35 ERA (16ER/106.2IP) in his 15 starts at Minute Maid Park this season...dating back to last season, Keuchel has won 13 straight home decisions, which ties as the longest home winning streak in franchise history along with a 13-game run by RHP Danny Darwin (1989-90). SIX PACK: LHP Dallas Keuchel has gone at least 6.0-or-more innings in 38 consecutive starts, a franchise record, which dates back to July 25, 2014...Keuchel s streak is the longest by a Major Leaguer since RHP Justin Verlander did so in 63 straight starts spanning parts of 3 seasons (2010-12). WITH A WIN: A win today would give the Astros their 1st series victory over the Twins at home in franchise history...the Astros have won 3 series against the Twins in the past, all coming in Minnesota, in 2014, 2009 and 1999. ICE CREAM SUNDAES: The Astros are 13-8 on Sundays this season, which marks their best record on any day of the week this year. HOME SWEET HOME: The Astros are 47-24 at home, which ties as the best home record in the AL (also, KC)...the Astros are 23-8 in their last 31 home games and 39-15 in their last 54...prior to their series loss earlier this week to the Mariners, the Astros had won or split 12 consecutive home series (10 wins, 2 splits) dating back to June 1. IN THE STANDINGS: At 74-62 (.544), the Astros are in 1st place in the AL West with a 2.0-game lead over the 2nd-place Rangers...the Astros have been in 1st place or have shared 1st place for 40 straight days, dating back to July 28, and have owned at least a share for the division lead for 130 out of 153 days so far this season. IT S BEEN AWHILE: The Astros 74-62 record is their best after 136 games since 2001, when they were 80-56...the last time the Astros held at least a 2.0-game lead in their division this late in the season was on Sept. 14, 2003, when the Astros led the NL Central by 2.0 games over the Cubs. ABOUT LAST NIGHT: The Astros dropped a close, 3-2, game last night despite a strong pitching performance by RHP Lance McCullers (1ER/7IP) and a 3x4 night by SS Carlos Correa... tied at 1 entering the 9th, a 2-run triple by LF Eddie Rosario proved to be the difference, which handed the loss to RHP Luke Gregerson (7-3). ROOKIE RANKINGS: The Astros rookies were on display last night as RHP Lance McCullers tossed 7.0 innings, allowing just 1 run, while SS Carlos Correa went 3x4 with 3 singles...american League rookie rankings below: WAR, Pitchers 1. L. McCullers - 2.6 1. C. Correa - 2.8 2. T. May - 2.1 2. F. Lindor - 2.7 3. C. Smith - 1.7 3. D. Travis - 2.3 WAR, Position Players ERA LEADERS: The Astros own the best team ERA (3.33) in the American League, with both their bullpen (2.84) and their starting staff (3.56) ranking 2nd in the AL in ERA. Team ERA (AL) Bullpen ERA (AL) 1. Houston - 3.33 1. Kansas City - 2.43 2. Kansas City - 3.64 2. Houston - 2.84 3. Tampa Bay - 3.68 3. Baltimore - 2.88 PITCHER OF THE MONTH: On Wednesday, LHP Dallas Keuchel was named the AL Pitcher of the Month for August, making him the 1st pitcher in franchise history to win 3 Pitcher of the Month Awards in the same season (also, April, May)...in August, Keuchel went went 4-1 with a 1.94 ERA (9ER/41.2IP) in 6 starts for the Astros. SPEED AND POWER: The Astros lead the American League in stolen bases (101) and rank 2nd in the Majors in home runs (183)...individually, 2B Jose Altuve leads all AL players with 36 steals. SPREADING THE WEALTH: The Astros have set a franchise record with 10 players recording double digit homers this season...the Major League record of 11 players with double-digit homers in a single season, set by the 2004 Tigers, is reachable for the Astros, as IF Marwin Gonzalez enters today s game with 9 home runs. CARLOS CALIENTE: SS Carlos Correa leads all MLB shortstops in slugging (.509) and OPS (.855) and leads all AL shortstops in home runs (16)...shortstop rankings below (min. 300 PA): OPS (MLB) Slugging (MLB) 1. C. Correa -.855 1. C. Correa -.509 2. B. Crawford -.795 2. B. Crawford -.473 3. T. Tulowitzki -.786 3. T. Tulowitzki -.444 RETURN OF THE JEDI: Over his last 5 games, 3B Jed Lowrie has hit.529 (9x17) with 4 doubles, 2 home runs, 3 RBI and 2 walks...this hot streak comes on the heels of a season-long 0x28 run. THIS ROAD TRIP: Following today s game, the Astros will embark on a season-long, 11-day road trip in which they ll play a total of 10 divisional games at Oakland (3g), Los Angeles (3g) and Texas (4g)...on the season, the Astros are 29-25 against the AL West: Seattle (10-6), Los Angeles (8-5), Oakland (7-6) and Texas (4-8). THE ASTROS REMEMBER: Yesterday, Hall of Fame broadcaster Gene Elston, who spent 25 seasons as the club s primary play-by-play voice, passed away at the age of 93...Elston was a part of the Astros original broadcast team in 1962 and stayed with the club through 1985. CLUBHOUSE TIMES: The Astros clubhouse will be open from 9:40-11 a.m. today with Astros manager A.J. Hinch being available at approximately 11 a.m. in the Astros dugout. MINOR LEAGUE PLAYOFFS: The Astros have 7 affiliates that have clinched a postseason berth this season, besting their previous franchise record of 6, set in 2013...while 5 affiliates have yet to start postseason play, and with the DSL Astros being eliminated, only the Rookie Level Greeneville Astros were in postseason action last night, as they defeated Kingsport 3-1 to advance to the Appalachian League Championship Series for the 2nd time in the last 3 years. UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS (ALL TIMES CENTRAL) Date Time Opponent Pitchers Television Mon., Sept. 7 3:07 at Oakland RHP Mike Fiers (7-9, 3.54) vs. LHP Felix Doubront (2-1, 3.99) ROOT SPORTS Tue., Sept. 8 9:07 at Oakland LHP Scott Kazmir (7-9, 2.50) vs. RHP Sonny Gray (12-7, 2.36) ROOT SPORTS Wed., Sept. 9 9:07 at Oakland TBA vs. RHP Aaron Brooks (1-1, 6.91) 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: DALLAS KEUCHEL W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO 2015: 16-6 2.24 27 27 192.2 150 49 48 42 173 Career: 37-33 3.58 103 94 631.2 614 272 251 181 480 vs. MIN W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO 2015: - - - - - - - - - - Career: 1-1 1.17 2 1 7.2 7 1 1 3 6 Career Complete Games: 9 Last CG: 6/25/15 vs. NYY Career Shutouts: 3 Last SHO: 6/25/15 vs. NYY CAREER MLB GAME-HIGHS: 2015 GAME-HIGHS: Strikeouts: 13, 7/19/15 vs. TEX 13, 7/19 vs. TEX Walks: 6, 7/31/12 at MIL 4, 6/20 at SEA Hits: 13, 7/4/14 at LAA 10 (2x), 8/7 at OAK Earned Runs: 7 (2x), last, 9/29/12 at MIL 5 (2x), last, 7/26 at KC Innings Pitched: 9.0 (7x), last, 6/25/15 vs. NYY 9.0 (3x), last, 6/25 vs. NYY Low-Hit CG: 4 (5x), last, 5/30/15 vs. CWS 4, 5/30 vs. CWS LAST START - 8/31 vs. SEA: notched his 16th win of the season, and improved to 12-0 at home with his 7.0-inning, 1-run performance...his 121 pitches marked the 2nd-most in his career, behind a 128-pitch outing on May 19, 2014 at LAA (2ER/8.2IP). allowed a HR at Minute Maid Park for the first time since 8/10/14 vs. TEX...had gone 17 consecutive starts and 122.2 IP) at home without allowing a HR...marked the 2nd-longest streak in club history behind RHP Joaquin Andujar s 28g run from 1977-80. ABOUT BIG D: tonight will be his 28th start of the season...in 27 total outings, has 22 quality starts, which leads the AL and ranks T-4th in the Majors behind RHP Zack Greinke (25), RHP Jake Arrieta (24) and LHP Clayton Kershaw (23). STOCKPILING HARDWARE: on Sept. 2, Keuchel made club history by winning his franchise record 3rd Pitcher of the Month Award this season (April, May and August)...the last ML pitcher to win the award 3x in one season was RHP Jake Peavy (2007). during the month of August, he went 4-1 with a 1.94 ERA (9ER/41.2IP) in six starts...he collected 41 strikeouts, while allowing just a.221 opponent batting average in the month. GOIN DEEP: has gone at least 6.0 innings in 38 consecutive outings, which is a club record and the longest active streak in the Majors...the last Major League pitcher to go 6.0 innings in 38 consecutive outings was RHP Justin Verlander, who did so in 63 straight outings from Aug. 22, 2010-July 26, 2012. TOP OF THE CHARTS: his Major League-leading groundball to flyball ratio (4.29) is the 2nd-highest mark recorded by a ML pitcher, behind only RHP Brandon Webb (4.34 in 2005) in a single season since the stat was 1st tracked in 1987. leads all AL pitchers in WAR (7.0) and ERA (2.24), ranks T-1st in wins (15) with Felix Hernandez, 2nd in innings pitched (196.1), 4th in opp. batting avg. (.213) and T-3rd in CG s (3). DEFENDING HOUSTON: is undefeated at home this season, as he has gone 12-0 with a 1.35 ERA (16ER/106.2IP) and 111 strikeouts at Minute Maid Park...his ERA at home leads the Majors and is the lowest produced by an AL pitcher in a single season since RHP Nolan Ryan put up a 1.07 (21ER/176.1IP) mark for the California Angels in 1972. is the 1st pitcher in club history to win his first 12 home decisions...just 7 other pitchers in the last century have started a season 12-0 or better at home, with the last being LHP Johan Santana (12-0 in 2006). has won his last 13 decisions at home (since 9/20/14), which ties the longest home winning streak in club history with LHP Danny Darwin s franchise-record, 13-game streak from 1989-90. in his 7 home starts since the debut of the new fan section Keuchel s Korner, has gone 6-0 with a 1.06 ERA (6ER/51IP) and 61 strikeouts. THE MIDAS TOUCH: after becoming the 1st pitcher in club history to win a Gold Glove Award last year, currently leads all MLB pitchers in assists (48), and leads all AL pitchers in total chances (61)...has not committed an error this season. KEUCHEL S RISE: was the starting pitcher for the AL in the 2015 All-Star Game...was his 1st ever AS selection...became the 4th pitcher in club history to start an ASG, joining RHP Roger Clemens (2004), RHP Mike Scott (1987) and RHP J.R. Richard (1980). vs. MIN: today will be only his 3rd appearance, and 2nd start against the Twins...last faced MIN on 6/6/14...took the win, pitching 6.0 scoreless innings and allowing only 5 hits with 6 strikeouts. CAREER MLB SPLITS: Home/MMP: 23-13, 2.99 ERA, 55G/49GS, 114ER/342.2IP Away: 14-20, 4.27 ERA, 48G/45GS, 137ER/289IP Day: 11-13, 3.41 ERA, 32G/GS, 84ER/222IP Night: 26-20, 3.67 ERA, 71G/62GS, 167ER/409.2IP Longest Win Streak: 8, Sept. 14, 2014-May 20, 2015 Longest Losing Streak: 7, July 4-Aug. 29, 2012 2015 SPLITS: Home: 12-0, 1.35 ERA, 15G/GS, 16ER/106.2IP Away: 4-6, 3.35 ERA, 12G/GS, 32ER/86IP Day: 4-3, 2.33 ERA, 9G/GS, 17ER/65.2IP Night: 12-3, 2.20 ERA, 18G/GS, 31ER/127IP Longest Winning Streak: 6, April 6-May 20 Longest Losing Streak: 1 (6x), last, Aug. 7 KEUCHEL vs. TWINS (Career) Date Result W/L IP H R ER BB SO HR 8/2/13* at MIN L 4-3 L 1 1.2 2 1 1 1 0 0 6/6/14 at MIN W 5-4 W 1 6.0 5 0 0 2 6 0 * - indicates relief appearance AVG AB H HR BB SO Dozier.250 4 1 0 0 1 Escobar.500 2 1 0 0 0 Fryer 1.000 1 1 0 0 0 Hicks 1.000 1 1 0 1 0 Hunter.000 7 0 0 0 1 AVG AB H HR BB SO Mauer.500 2 1 0 1 0 Plouffe.250 4 1 0 0 1 Santana.000 3 0 0 0 2 Suzuki.167 6 1 0 0 0 2015 REGULAR SEASON DAY BY DAYS Date OPP Result W/L IP H R ER BB SO HR TP 4/6 CLE W 2-0 W 1 7.0 3 0 0 3 4 0 103 4/12 at TEX W 6-4 - 7.0 6 2 2 3 3 0 94 4/18 LAA W 4-0 W 2 6.0 2 0 0 3 7 0 105 4/24 at OAK W 5-4 - 9.0 2 0 0 2 4 0 106 4/29 at SD W 7-2 W 3 8.0 3 1 1 0 4 0 115 APRIL 3-0, 0.73 ERA 37.0 16 3 3 11 22 0 523 5/4 TEX L 2-1 - 8.0 5 1 1 2 8 0 110 5/9 at LAA W 6-5 W 4 6.2 8 4 4 2 7 1 103 5/15 TOR W 8-4 W 5 6.0 8 4 4 3 5 0 102 5/20 OAK W 6-1 W 6 7.0 6 1 0 2 4 0 106 5/25 at BAL L 3-4 L 1 8.0 6 4 4 1 3 2 98 5/30 CWS W 3-0 W 7 9.0 4 0 0 0 11 0 113 MAY 4-1, 3.28 ERA 35.2 33 14 13 10 27 3 632 6/4 BAL L 2-3 - 6.0 6 2 2 1 7 0 108 6/9 at CWS L 2-4 L 2 7.0 7 2 2 2 5 1 109 6/15 COL W 6-3 W 8 6.2 4 3 3 2 4 0 106 6/20 at SEA L 3-6 L 3 6.0 5 5 5 4 7 3 103 6/25 NYY W 4-0 W 9 9.0 6 0 0 1 12 0 116 6/30 KC W 4-0 W 10 8.0 7 0 0 1 7 0 106 JUNE 3-2, 2.53 ERA 42.2 35 12 12 11 42 4 648 7/6 at CLE W 9-4 W 11 6.0 9 3 3 1 8 0 101 7/11 at TB L 0-3 L 4 7.0 7 3 3 2 4 0 96 7/19 TEX W 10-0 W 12 7.0 2 0 0 0 13 0 102 7/26 at KC L 1-5 L 5 6.2 10 5 5 0 5 1 97 JULY 2-2, 3.71 ERA 26.2 28 11 11 3 30 1 396 8/1 ARI W 9-2 W 13 6.0 2 2 2 3 8 0 108 8/7 at OAK L 1-3 L 6 7.2 10 3 3 2 3 1 112 8/14 DET W 5-1 W 14 7.0 6 1 1 1 8 0 105 8/19 TB W 3-2 - 7.0 7 2 2 1 5 0 105 8/25 at NYY W 15-1 W 15 7.0 3 0 0 0 9 0 88 8/31 SEA W 8-3 W 16 7.0 6 1 1 1 8 1 121 AUGUST 4-1, 1.94 ERA 41.2 34 9 9 8 41 2 639 TOMORROW S STARTER at OAK - RHP MIKE FIERS W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO 2015: 7-9 3.54 26 25 150.0 137 67 59 55 151 Career: 23-28 3.54 76 60 373.2 338 162 147 117 379 vs. OAK W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO 2015: 0-0 1.35 1 1 6.2 5 1 1 1 4 Career: 0-0 1.35 1 1 6.2 5 1 1 1 4 LAST APP. - 8/29 vs. MIN: in his 1st start since throwing a nohitter on 8/21, posted another solid performance at MIN... lasted 6.0 innings, while allowing only 1 run on 3 hits with 4 strikeouts. GETTING COMFORTABLE: Fier s has started 4 games with the Astros since joining the club after being acquired from Milwaukee via trade on 7/30...in those starts is 2-0 with 0.67 ERA (2ER/27IP) while fanning 24. 2015 Houston Astros Starting Pitchers Run Supp Team GS Tm. W-L Tm. W-L Pitcher Last Start Result Streak GS Avg. P/GS SB/CS Record after L after L QS during QS Keuchel 8/31 vs. SEA (7,6,1,1,1,8) W 8-3 W 3 27 5.33 105 4/0 19-8 15 11-4 22 17-5 McHugh 9/4 vs. MIN (7.2,7,0,0,1,6) W 8-0 W 2 27 5.31 102 6/3 17-10 13 8-5 19 13-6 Feldman 9/1 vs. SEA (2.2,3,3,3,5,2) L 5-7 W 1 18 3.07 98 11/2 8-10 5 4-1 12 8-4 McCullers 9/5 vs. MIN (7,3,1,1,2,8) L 2-3 L 2 17 3.82 94 3/1 7-10 6 2-4 9 5-4 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 Kazmir 9/2 vs. SEA (4.1,7,3,2,2,5) L 3-8 L 1 8 2.77 102 2/0 3-5 3 0-3 4 3-1 Oberholtzer 7/9 at CLE (5,7,3,3,1,3) L 1-3 L 1 8 4.70 82 4/2 4-4 6 3-3 2 2-0 Velasquez 7/21 vs. BOS (6,7,3,3,0,7) W 8-3 W 1 7 5.68 94 2/2 4-3 2 1-1 3 1-2 Fiers 8/29 at MIN (6,3,1,1,3,5) W 4-1 W 2 4 4.33 106 0/1 3-1 4 3-1 3 2-1 Straily 8/4 at TEX (4.2,6,4,4,3,3) L 3-4 L 1 3 5.28 91 2/0 1-2 2 0-2 1 0-1 Wojciechowski 4/26 at OAK (4,5,5,5,2,4) W 7-6 L 1 3 6.00 83 1/0 2-1 1 0-1 - - Deduno 5/6 vs. TEX (4.2,11,10,10,3,4) L 3-11 L 1 2 1.50 76 3/1 1-1 1 0-1 - - 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: MIN SERIES (9/4-6):.300 (21x70) HOMESTAND (8/31-9/6):.284 (48x169) OPPONENTS: MIN SERIES (9/4-6):.190 (12x63) HOMESTAND (8/31-9/6):.247 (42x170) 27 IF Jose Altuve.312, 11 HR, 55 RBI Last Gm: 0x5 MIN Series:.111, 1x9 Homestand:.316, 6x19, RBI Current Stk.: 0x8 Long Streak: 14,.375, 21x56, 6/22-7/6 has reached base safely in 30 of his last 32 games...had a career-long on-base streak of 29 games, which was the longest by an Astro since Willy Taveras (31g) in 2006. the 2015 AL All-Star leads the AL in hits (164) and steals (36), and ranks T-1st in 3+ hit games (17) and 6th in batting average...leads Majors in hits (733) and steals (160) since start of the 2012 season. is 6 hits shy of 800 for his career...looking to become the 20th player in club history to reach 800 hits...would become just the 10th player in Major League history to record 800 hits and 150 steals through his first 5 seasons in the big leagues. has hit.383 (57x149) vs. left-handed pitchers this season, which ranks 2nd in the Majors...leads all active players in career batting average against lefties with a.355 mark (245x691, min. 700PA). has hit.352 (25x71) against the Twins in his career...is hitting.332 (89x268) at home. 23 IF Chris Carter.182, 18 HR, 52 RBI Last Gm: DNP MIN Series: 0x1 Homestand: 0x3 Current Stk.: 0x3 Long Streak: 12,.375, 15x40, 5/23-6/4 went 0x1 with a walk Fri. night as a PH-first baseman...hit a 3-run homer in the 9th inning last Sun. at MIN...was his 1st HR since July 28 vs. LAA, snapping a 42 at-bat homerless streak...leads the club in walks (53) and ranks 3rd in RBI and T-3rd HR...has made 92 starts at 1B and 7 at DH. 13 of his 18 homers this season have come at home, where he has posted a.770 OPS...his 44 HR at Minute Maid Park rank 8th all-time at the venue... is 2 HR shy of tying Richard Hidalgo for 7th place (46 HR from 2000-05). 16 C Hank Conger.216, 10 HR, 27 RBI Last Gm: 0x3 MIN Series:.286, 2x7, HR, 5RBI Homestand:.250, 4x16, 2HR, 6RBI Current Stk.:0x3 Long Streak: 3 (3x), last,.600, 6x10, 7/28-8/1 went 0x3 with a walk last night...hit a grand slam and tied a career-high with 5 RBI Fri. night...was his 2nd career grand slam (also Aug. 1 vs. ARI)...became the 1st Astro with multiple grand slams in a single season since Chris Carter in 2014...became the 3rd catcher in club history with multiple grand slams in a single season, joining Tony Eusebio (1995) and Mark Bailey (1985). has recorded 5 RBI in a single game 3 times in his career (previously Aug. 1 vs. ARI)...is the 1st catcher in franchise history to have 2 games with 5+ RBI in the same season. 10 HR are a career-high...is the 11th catcher in club history to reach the 10-HR plateau in a single year...the Astros have multiple catchers with 10+ HR in a single year for the 1st time in club history (Castro has 11). since 6/1, has 8 HR, 23 RBI and an.824 OPS (.324 OBP/.500 SLG) in 43g. switch-hitter is batting.273 (24x88) with a.940 OPS (.360 OBP/.580 SLG) against right-handed pitchers this season...hitting.247 (23x93) with 8 homers, 21 RBI and a.917 OPS in 30 home games this year...has made 46 starts at catcher. 1 IF Carlos Correa.279, 16 HR, 46 RBI Last Gm: 3x4 MIN Series:.375, 3x8, RBI Homestand:.300, 6x20, HR, 3RBI Current Stk.: 1,.750, 3x4, 9/5 Long Streak: 9,.379, 11x29, 7/11-24 tied a career high with 3 hits last night (accomplished 8 times, last, July 8 vs. LAA)...has 9 homers and an.884 OPS (.374 OBP/.510 SLG) in 41 games since the All-Star Break. 20-year-old is the youngest position player in MLB and leads all AL shortstops in HR, despite playing in just 73g...leads Major League shortstops with at least 300 PAs in OPS (.855), SLG (.509) and ranks 2nd in OBP (.346). per Elias, his 16 homers are the 2nd-most by a shortstop before his 21st birthday in MLB history, behind only Alex Rodriguez (26)... is the only shortstop in the last century to record 16 HR within his 1st 72 Major League games (Nomar Garciaparra ranks 2nd with 10 HR). his 16 HR rank 5th all-time among Astros rookies...immediately trails Hunter Pence (17HR) for 4th place. on the season, leads all AL rookies in HR, SLG and OPS, ranks 2nd in RBI and OBP, and 3rd in AVG (min 300 PA s)...was named the AL June Rookie of the Month. 11 OF Evan Gattis.241, 22 HR, 73 RBI Last Gm: 1x4 MIN Series:.375, 3x8 Homestand:.278, 5x18, 3RBI Current Stk.: 3,.333, 4x12, 9/2 Long Streak: 9 (2x), last,.371, 13x35, 6/28-7/8 went 1x4 last night...ranks 2nd on the club in multi-hit games (33), leads the club in RBI and ranks T-1st in homers...ranks T-4th in the AL in goahead RBI (24). ranks T-3rd in the Majors with 9 triples...had just 1 triple in his career prior to this season...the last Astro to record 9 or more triples in a season was Michael Bourn, who tallied 12 in 2009...is the 1st player since Roy Howell (1980) to record 9 triples in a season without stealing a base. is the only player in club history to post a 9-triple, 22-homer, 73-RBI season...only 3 other Major Leaguers have put together seasons like this over the last 5 years: Carlos Gomez (2013), Curtis Granderson (2011) and Mike Trout (2013-14). has 114 starts at DH and 11 in LF...ranks 3rd among DHs in HR (19) and 4th in RBI (64). 30 OF Carlos Gomez.248, 10 HR, 53 RBI Last Gm: 0x4 MIN Series:.125, 1x8 Homestand:.235, 4x17, 2RBI Current Stk.: 0x6 Long Streak: 9 (2x), last,.314, 11x35, 8/25-9/4 snapped his season-high tying 9-game hitting streak with an 0x4 last night...hit.314 (11x35) with 3 doubles, 1 HR and 6 RBI over the course of his streak...has hit safely in 13 of his last 17 games. has started 31 of the Astros 33 games, all in CF, since being acquired from MIL on 7/30 along with RHP Mike Fiers. is 1 of just 12 active players with 100 homers and 200 steals...he and Mike Trout are the Major League players with at least 100 steals and 50 HR over the last 4 seasons. hitting.213 (26x122) with 5 doubles, 2 HR and 10 RBI in his 31g as an Astro. was a Twin for the 2008-09 seasons, playing in 290 games after getting dealt from the Mets in the LHP Johan Santana trade. 9 IF Marwin Gonzalez.272, 9 HR, 31 RBI Last Gm: 2x4 MIN Series:.500, 2x4 Homestand:.250, 3x12 Current Stk.: 1,.500, 2x4, 9/5 Long Streak: 8,.370, 10x27, 6/14-22 went 2x4 with a stolen base and a run scored last night...in his last 61 games since June 14, has hit.320 (54x169) with 7 doubles, 1 triple, 7 homers, 18 RBI and an.869 OPS (.372 OBP/.497 SLG)...switch-hitter is batting.278 (30x108) vs. left-handed pitchers this year. has started 29 games at SS, 15 at 1B, 14 at 3B, 9 at 2B and 6 in LF...had not started at 1B prior to 2015, playing just 1.0 inn. at the position. 8 IF Jed Lowrie.252, 7 HR, 20 RBI Last Gm: 1x3, HR, RBI MIN Series:.667, 4x6, HR, RBI Homestand:.529, 9x17, 2HR, 3RBI Current Stk.: 5,.529, 9x17, 8/31 Long Streak: 5 (2x), last,.529, 9x17, 8/31-current went 1x3 with a walk and a 9th inning, solo homer to pull Houston within 1 last night...extended his hitting streak to a season-high tying 5 games... was his 2nd 9th-inning HR of the season (also April 9 vs. CLE) and his 4th in the last 2 seasons. has hit.500 (11x22) with 3 doubles, 2 homers, 5 RBI and a 1.565 OPS in close and late situations...batting average in close and late situations is tied for the Major League lead (min. 20PA)...a close and late plate appearance is in the 7th inning or later, team is either leading by 1, tied, or has the potential tying run on-base, at-bat or on-deck. has hit in all 5 games on the current homestand (.529, 9x17) since snapping a season-long 0x28 streak on Aug. 31...has recorded 4 doubles, 2 HR and 3 multi-hit games during the streak...has played in 29 games and made 27 starts (all at 3B) since returning to action from the DL. has made 27 starts at 3B for Houston this year, 16 at SS and 1 at DH...prior to this season, his last start at 3B was on 9/27/11 at BAL while with BOS. 6 OF Jake Marisnick.234, 7 HR, 26 RBI Last Gm: 0x0 as DR MIN Series: 0x0 Homestand:.333, 2x6, HR, RBI Current Stk.: 1,.667, 2x3, 9/1 Long Streak: 11,.432, 16x37, 4/20-5/3 played 1.0 innning in CF last night...went 2x3 with a solo HR and 2 runs scored in his last start on Tues. night...has started 72 games in CF, 8 in RF and 6 in LF...in his last 19 games, has hit.293 (12x41) with 1 double, 1 triple, 2 homers, 5 RBI and 3 steals. is 17-for-23 (73.9%) in SB att. s this season and 31-for-41 (75.6%) in career. 28 OF Colby Rasmus.230, 18 HR, 48 RBI Last Gm: 0x0 as PH MIN Series:.500, 2x4, HR, 2RBI Homestand:.308, 4x13, HR, 2RBI Current Stk.: 3,.333, 4x12, 9/1 Long Streak: 4,.385, 5x13, 6/12-15 walked in the 9th inning in a pinch-hit plate appearance...has gone 1x7 with 3 walks in the pinch this year...9 of his last 15 hits have been for extra bases (3 2B, 3B, 5 HR)...ranks 7th among AL outfielders in homers. his 41 extra-base hits (21 doubles, 2 triples, 18 homers) are his most since hitting 49 in the 2013 season with Toronto. has made 94 starts this season, 36 in LF, 36 in RF and 24 in CF. 4 OF George Springer.261, 13 HR, 29 RBI Last Gm: 0x4 MIN Series:.125, 1x8 Homestand:.125, 1x8 Current Stk.: 0x7 Long Streak: 14,.458, 27x59, 6/7-21 went 0x4 with a walk last night in what was his 2nd game since being activated from the 15-Day DL...originally placed on the DL on 7/2 with a right wrist fracture. batted.250 (4x16) with a double and 3 runs scored in 4 games with Corpus Christi on rehab assignment. hit.321 (36x112) with 6 homers, 12 RBI and an.905 OPS (.387 OBP/.518 SLG) in 29 games in June...prior to hitting the DL, ranked T-5th in the AL in steals (14-for-17)...among AL outfielders, ranked 5th in OBP (.365) and homers, 6th in extra-base hits (27) and 4th in OPS (.822). 12 C Max Stassi.250, 0 HR, 1 RBI Last Gm: DNP SEA Series:.333, 1x3, RBI Homestand:.333, 1x3, RBI Current Stk.: 1,.333, 1x3, 9/1 Long Streak: 1,.333, 1x3, 9/1-current went 1x3 with an RBI Tues. night vs. SEA in what was his 1st start of the season...recalled from Triple A Fresno on Aug. 29 to take the roster spot of the injured Castro...marks his 1st Major League stint of the season. has appeared in 12 ML games with HOU over the 2013-15 seasons, combining to hit.323 (10x31) with 2 doubles and 6 RBI. 20 OF Preston Tucker.250, 12 HR, 32 RBI Last Gm: 1x3, RBI MIN Series:.250, 1x4, RBI Homestand:.250, 2x8, 2RBI Current Stk.: 1,.333, 1x4, 9/5 Long Streak: 5,.333, 6x18, 6/12-18 went 1x3 with an RBI double last night...was his 3rd appearance since since being recalled from Triple A...in his last 34 ML games, has hit.270 (33x122) with 4 doubles, 8 homers and 13 RBI. hitting.265 (56x211) vs. RHP with all 12 of his HR (.512 SLG,.832 OPS), and 31 of his 32 RBI. ranks T-4th among AL rookies in HR (12), 4th in extra-base hits (29), and T-3rd in doubles (18). has made 70 starts since joining the Astros (56 in LF, 12 in RF, 2 at DH). 18 IF Luis Valbuena.208, 22 HR, 49 RBI Last Gm: DNP MIN Series: 0x2 Homestand: 0x5, RBI Current Stk.: 0x10 Long Streak: 8,.267, 8x30, 5/13-21 6 walks in his last 9g...in last 28g has hit.256 (20x78) with 3 HR, 9 RBI. has made 18 starts at 1B this season (1st of his career)...has also started 90 games at 3B and 1 at DH...18 of his last 25 starts have been at 1B. his 22 HR rank T-1st among Astros hitters and are a career high...17 of his 22 HR this season have come against RHP s. 2 IF Jonathan Villar.271, 1 HR, 7 RBI Last Gm: 0x0 as PR MIN Series: 1.000, 1x1 Homestand: 1.000, 1x1 Current Stk.: 2,.400, 2x5, 6/8 Long Streak: 3 (4x), last,.500, 5x10, 5/29-31 pinch-ran last night...knocked a pinch-hit single and scored Fri...was recalled from Triple A Tuesday...marks his 3rd ML stint this season...made the OD roster and was optioned on 4/22...last stint was from 4/28-6/9. has started 26 games for Houston this season (18 at SS; 6 at 3B; 2 in LF)... has also appeared in CF in 2 games and at 2B in 1 game. in his last 26 ML games, has hit.303 (20x66) with 5 2B, 1 HR and 6 RBI.

ASTROS HITTERS vs. UPCOMING STARTERS ASTROS vs. DUFFEY AVG AB H HR RBI BB K no current Astros have faced Duffey Astros Hitters vs. LHP (2015) Player.AVG AB H Altuve.383 149 57 Carter.191 136 26 Conger.152 79 12 Correa.314 86 27 Gattis.229 157 36 Gomez.207 87 18 Gonzalez.278 108 30 Lowrie.325 40 13 Marisnick.181 116 21 Rasmus.225 89 20 Springer.278 97 27 Stassi.500 2 1 Tucker.200 65 13 Valbuena.159 107 17 Villar.265 49 13 Astros Hitters vs. LHP (Career) Player.AVG AB H Altuve.355 691 245 Carter.218 545 119 Conger.176 136 24 Correa.314 86 27 Gattis.263 323 85 Gomez.253 1004 254 Gonzalez.243 235 57 Lowrie.285 761 217 Marisnick.218 197 43 Rasmus.215 806 173 Springer.243 169 41 Stassi.300 10 3 Tucker.200 65 13 Valbuena.214 379 81 Villar.245 192 47 RUNS BY INNING Astros Hitters vs. RHP (2015) Player.AVG AB H Altuve.284 377 107 Carter.175 211 37 Conger.273 88 24 Correa.264 197 52 Gattis.247 324 80 Gomez.259 321 83 Gonzalez.269 193 52 Lowrie.227 119 27 Marisnick.269 175 47 Rasmus.232 272 63 Springer.251 187 47 Stassi.000 2 0 Tucker.265 211 56 Valbuena.227 282 64 Villar.277 47 13 Astros Hitters vs. RHP (Career) Player.AVG AB H Altuve.286 1918 549 Carter.212 1147 243 Conger.231 719 166 Correa.264 197 52 Gattis.243 881 214 Gomez.261 2468 644 Gonzalez.259 760 197 Lowrie.248 1651 410 Marisnick.236 424 100 Rasmus.254 2292 582 Springer.246 410 101 Stassi.333 21 7 Tucker.265 211 56 Valbuena.228 1819 415 Villar.225 377 85 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 X Total Astros 67 58 65 68 66 63 70 55 52 17 581 Opp. 80 64 48 43 68 49 48 43 36 15 494 Record by Days Mon. Tues. Wed. Thur. Fri. Sat. Sun. 8-9 12-8 12-9 8-5 11-11 10-12 13-8 Record By Months April May June July August Sept/Oct. 15-7 16-13 15-14 12-12 15-13 1-3 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 4/15 128 (71-57) Lowrie right thumb ligament tear 4/28 7/30 82 (45-37) Springer concussion 5/6 5/13 7 (2-5) Oberholtzer left index finger blister 5/14 6/1 17 (10-7) Deduno lower right back strain 5/14 102 (54-48) Feldman torn right medial meniscus 5/27 7/18 45 (20-25) Marisnick left hamstring strain 6/19 7/5 15 (8-7) Qualls pinched nerve in neck 6/25 7/10 14 (7-7) Springer right wrist fracture 7/2 9/4 53 (27-26) Castro right quad strain 8/29 7 (3-4) ASTROS HITTERS vs. TWINS ASTROS vs. TWINS (2014): AVG AB H HR RBI Altuve.375 24 9 1 5 Carter.300 20 6 4 11 Lowrie.111 18 2 0 0 Conger.091 11 1 0 0 Gomez.222 18 4 1 4 Gonzalez.231 13 3 1 2 Marisnick.545 11 6 1 1 Springer.273 11 3 2 3 Rasmus.250 8 2 0 0 Villar.600 5 3 0 1 ASTROS vs. TWINS (2015): AVG AB H HR RBI Altuve.333 24 8 1 2 Carter.400 5 2 1 3 Conger.188 16 3 1 5 Correa.375 8 3 0 1 Gattis.222 18 4 0 1 Gomez.326 46 15 0 4 Gonzalez.471 17 8 0 0 Lowrie.286 14 4 1 1 Marisnick.273 11 3 0 1 Rasmus.235 17 4 1 2 Springer.125 8 1 0 0 Stassi.000 1 0 0 0 Tucker.250 4 1 0 1 Valbuena.100 10 1 0 2 Villar 1.000 1 1 0 0 ASTROS vs. TWINS (Career): AVG AB H HR RBI Altuve.352 71 25 2 9 Carter.217 83 18 8 23 Conger.163 43 7 1 6 Correa.375 8 3 0 1 Gattis.273 22 6 2 6 Gomez.331 121 40 6 20 Gonzalez.344 32 11 1 2 Lowrie.270 89 24 5 14 Marisnick.409 22 9 1 2 Rasmus.270 63 17 2 7 Springer.211 19 4 2 3 Stassi.000 1 0 0 0 Tucker.250 4 1 0 1 Valbuena.160 100 16 1 7 Villar.346 26 9 0 1 Multi-Hit Games 2 3 4 5+ Total Career-High Altuve 30 14 3-47 4 (12x) - 8/30/15 at MIN Carter 10 - - - 10 4 (2x) - 6/23/13 at CHC Conger 4 3 - - 7 3 (5x) - 8/1/15 vs. ARI Correa 12 8 - - 20 3 (8x) - 9/5/15 vs. MIN Gattis 30 2 1-33 4 (2x) - 6/14/15 vs. SEA Gomez 18 3 1-22 4 (15x) - 6/6/15 at MIN Gonzalez 15 5 - - 20 4-5/26/14 at KC Lowrie 9 2 - - 11 4 (5x) - 8/9/13 at TOR Marisnick 16 1 - - 17 4-8/11/14 vs. MIN Rasmus 17 3 - - 20 5-6/5/12 at CWS Springer 12 4-1 17 5-6/10/15 at CWS Stassi - - - - - 2 (3x) - 8/28/14 at NYM Tucker 12 3 1-16 4-7/6/15 at CLE Valbuena 17 2 1-20 4-7/19/15 vs. TEX Villar 5 - - - 5 3 (6x) - 6/8/14 at MIN Multi-RBI Games 2 3 4 5+ Total Career-High Altuve 4 4 1-9 4 (3x) - 7/28/15 vs. LAA Carter 15 2 - - 17 5 (2x) - 8/12/14 vs. MIN Conger 3 1-2 6 5 (3x) - 9/4/15 vs. MIN Correa 10 2 1-13 4-6/23/15 at LAA Gattis 15 2 3-20 4 (4x) - 8/25/15 at NYY Gomez 6 1 2 2 11 5 (4x) - 7/11/15 at LAD Gonzalez 8 - - - 8 3 (2x) - 7/7/14 at TEX Lowrie 5 1 - - 6 4 (6x) - 9/11/13 at MIN Marisnick 4 - - - 4 3 (2x) - 9/21/14 vs. SEA Rasmus 11 4 - - 15 6-6/2/11 vs. SF Springer 2 - - 1 3 5 (2x) - 4/28/15 at SD Stassi - - - - - 2 (2x) - 8/28/14 at NYM Tucker 3 3 - - 6 3 (3x) - 7/22/15 vs. BOS Valbuena 5 3 2-10 4 (2x) - 7/19/15 vs. TEX Villar 1 - - - 1 3 (2x) - 5/3/14 vs. SEA 2015 Starting Lineups By Batting Order: 1: Altuve (52-42), Springer (19-18), Marisnick (3-2) 2: Altuve (12-13), Tucker (10-12), Valbuena (16-6), Gonzalez (12-7), Correa (9-7), Gomez (6-7), Springer (5-5), Villar (1-2), Grossman (1-2), Lowrie (1-2) 3: Correa (27-26), Springer (19-7), Tucker (7-9), Valbuena (6-6), Gattis (5-7), Altuve (5-4), Lowrie (5-3) 4: Gattis (42-33), Lowrie (11-4), Valbuena (7-7), Rasmus (5-8), Carter (4-5), Tucker (2-4), Springer (3-0), Gomez (0-1) 5: Rasmus (24-15), Carter (13-13), Gattis (12-14), Valbuena (7-5), Gomez (5-7), Lowrie (6-4), Tucker (5-3), Castro (2-0), Correa (0-1) 6: Carter (20-13), Rasmus (12-14), Valbuena (5-10), Castro (8-6), Gattis (7-3), Gonzalez (5-2), Lowrie (3-3), Conger (3-1), Gomez (2-2), Singleton (3-1), Correa (1-2), Santana (2-1), Villar (2-1), Tucker (1-2), Marisnick (0-1) 7: Carter (16-8), Valbuena (12-9), Conger (6-9), Marisnick (10-4), Castro (8-4), Gonzalez (3-8), Rasmus (4-5), Villar (2-6), Tucker (4-2), Santana (2-2), Singleton (3-1), Gattis (1-2), Hoes (1-1), Lowrie (1-1), Grossman (1-0) 8: Castro (18-13), Gonzalez (15-11), Conger (10-9), Valbuena (5-8), Rasmus (5-4), Tucker (4-5), Marisnick (6-2), Carter (3-4), Singleton (1-4), Santana (2-1), Hoes (2-0), Villar (2-0), Grossman (1-0), Stassi (0-1) 9: Marisnick (31-27), Castro (16-14), Grossman (4-6), Villar (7-3), Gonzalez (6-3), Conger (3-5), Presley (1-3), McHugh (2-0), Feldman (1-0), Hernandez (1-0), Kazmir (0-1), Keuchel (1-0), Oberholtzer (1-0) STARTS BY LINEUP/POSITION By Defensive Position: C: Castro (52-37), Conger (22-24), Stassi (0-1) 1B: Carter (50-42), Valbuena (10-8), Gonzalez (9-7), Singleton (5-5) 2B: Altuve (69-58), Gonzalez (5-4) SS: Correa (37-36), Gonzalez (17-12), Villar (9-9), Lowrie (11-5) 3B: Valbuena (47-43), Lowrie (16-11), Gonzalez (6-7), Villar (5-1) LF: Tucker (26-30), Rasmus (22-14), Grossman (7-7), Gattis (8-3), Gonzalez (5-1), Marisnick (3-3), Presley (0-2), Santana (2-0), Villar (0-2), Hoes (1-0) CF: Marisnick (41-31), Gomez (14-17), Rasmus (13-11), Springer (5-3), Presley (1-0) RF: Springer (41-27), Rasmus (15-21), Tucker (6-6), Santana (4-4), Marisnick (6-2), Hoes (2-1), Presley (0-1) DH: Gattis (58-56), Carter (6-1), Singleton (2-1), Tucker (1-1), Altuve (0-1), Lowrie (0-1), Valbuena (1-0) Catchers Statistics CATCHING STATS Team Player CS/ATT % PO PB Record ERA Castro 19/59.322 0 7 52-37 3.37 (291ER/776.1IP) Conger 1/34.029 0 0 22-24 3.16 (152ER/432.1IP) Stassi 1/3.333 0 0 0-1 7.88 (7ER/8.0IP) Pitchers 3/3 1.000 5 TOTAL 25/102.245 5 7 74-62 3.33 (450ER/1216.2IP)

2015 HOUSTON ASTROS BULLPEN REPORT 2015 W-L-S ERA IP H R ER BB-I SO When Bullpen Allows Runs: 27-39 Starters 50-39-0 3.56 829.2 785 352 328 243-4 675 When Bullpen Does Not Allow a Run: 43-22 Relievers 24-23-32 2.84 387.0 289 135 122 114-10 389 When No Relievers Are Used: 4-1 Pitcher Last App. (IP,H,R,ER,BB,K) Pitches 1B/Ret. RI/SC SV/OPP Team Rec. (in relief apps.) 68-Michael Feliz 9/4 vs. MIN (1,0,0,0,0,2) 15 2/1 0/0 0/0 1-1 35-Josh Fields 9/2 vs. SEA (1,3,3,3,0,2) 16 44/30 19/4 0/2 19-25 44-Luke Gregerson 9/5 vs. MIN (1,2,2,2,0,1)-L3 25 54/36 4/1 25/30 44-10 36-Will Harris 9/5 vs. MIN (1,0,0,0,0,1) 17 55/38 30/6 1/3 29-26 37-Pat Neshek 9/2 vs. SEA (0.1,1,2,0,2,0)-L5 18 57/42 21/1 1/2 41-16 38-Oliver Perez 9/2 vs. SEA (0.2,0,0,0,0,0) 8 9/5 7/2 0/0 3-6 50-Chad Qualls 9/2 vs. SEA (1.1,1,0,0,0,2) 24 50/36 16/5 0/2 26-30 29-Tony Sipp 8/26 at NYY (0.2,0,0,0,1,1)-H10 13 50/33 25/7 0/2 24-26 54-Joe Thatcher 9/4 vs. MIN (0.1,0,0,0,0,1) 6 36/26 19/7 0/0 17-19 67-Vince Velasquez 9/1 vs. SEA (4.1,3,2,2,2,4) 65 6/4 4/1 0/0 3-3 2015 BULLPEN TOTALS 391/282 147/34 32/47 70-61 68 RHP Michael Feliz 0-0-0, 0.00 ERA, 2G Last Win: none in 15 Save: none in 15 Loss: none in 15 Blown SV: none in 15 MIN Series: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0ER/1IP), 1G Homestand: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0ER/1IP), 1G pitched the final scoreless inning Fri. night...was his 2nd Major League appearance, and 2nd this season...retired all 3 batters faced, with 2 strikeouts...has fanned 3 batters in his 2.0 IP this season. was recalled from Double A Corpus Christi Friday for his 3rd Major League stint of the season...did not pitch in his last stint with the club (June 28-July 1)...1st stint was from May 29-June 1. 21-year-old has made 23 app s (17 starts) between Double A Corpus Christi and Class A Advanced Lancaster this season, going 7-4 with a 2.83 ERA (35ER/111.1IP), 103 strikeouts and a.203 opp. avg...since making his Double A debut on May 26, has ranked among the top 5 Double A pitchers in ERA (5th, 2.17), opp. avg. (1st,.185) and WHIP (2nd, 0.92) 35 RHP Josh Fields 4-1-0, 2.79 ERA, 44G Last Win: 8/19 vs. TB Save: none in 15 Loss: 5/29 vs. CWS Blown SV: 7/1 vs. KC Homestand: 0-0-0, 27.00 (3ER/1IP), 1G allowed a 3-run HR to L. Morrison on Wed. vs. SEA...was 2nd HR he s allowed all season, and 4th in the last 2 years (96.2IP for a 0.37 HR/9IP)... recalled from Double A on Tues. after being optioned on Aug. 20. has been scoreless in 16 of his last 18 Major League games. is posting career-bests in a number of categories, including ERA, WHIP (1.00), opponent batting average (.181) and strikeouts per 9.0 innings (12.00, 56SO/42IP)...ranks 10th among AL relievers in opponent batting average (.181, 27x149) and 7th in strikeouts per 9.0 innings. 44 RHP Luke Gregerson 7-3-25, 3.06 ERA, 54G Last Win: 8/23 vs. LAD Save: 8/29 at MIN Loss: 9/5 vs. MIN Blown SV: 8/9 at OAK MIN Series: 0-1-0, 18.00 (2ER/1IP), 1G Homestand: 0-1-0, 9.00 (2ER/2IP), 2G took his 3rd loss of the season last night...allowed 2 runs on 2 hits in the 9th inning...in his 1st season as a closer, has successfully converted 25-of-30 save opportunities (83.3%)...his 25 saves are the most by an Astros pitcher since RHP Jose Valverde also recorded 25 in 2009. 7 wins rank T-1st among AL relievers with RHP Wade Davis...is the 3rd pitcher in club history to record 7 W and 25 SV in a single year: RHP Doug Jones (11W/36SV in 92) and RHP Dave Smith (9W/27SV in 85). has been scoreless in 23 of his last 27 outings (27IP), going 5-2 with 10 saves, a 2.00 ERA (6ER/27IP) and 20 strikeouts. 36 RHP Will Harris 5-2-1, 1.34 ERA, 55G Last Win: 8/16 vs. DET Save: 8/6 at OAK Loss: 7/25 at KC Blown SV: 7/3 at BOS MIN Series: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0ER/1IP), 1G Homestand: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0ER/3.1IP), 3G threw a scoreless 8th inning last night...retired all 3 batters faced with a strikeout...has set career highs in wins, innings (60.1), saves, strikeouts (58) and groundball % (52.3%)...his 5 relief wins rank T-7th in the AL. has allowed 9 earned runs in his club-leading 60.1 relief innings, which is good for the 3rd-lowest ERA (1.34) among AL relievers. ranks T-3rd among all AL relievers in opp. avg. (.154, 32x208), as he has allowed just 32 hits...has 58 strikeouts in his 60.1 innings. his 1.34 ERA ranks as the lowest produced by a Houston reliever for a single season in club history (ahead of RHP Don McMahon: 1.53 in 62)...his 1st-half opp. batting avg. (.116; 16x138) was a club record. 37 RHP Pat Neshek 3-5-1, 3.33 ERA, 57G Last Win: 5/7 at LAA Save: 5/20 vs. OAK Loss: 9/2 vs. SEA Blown SV: 7/3 at BOS Homestand: 0-2-0, 9.00 (2ER/2IP), 2G took the loss for the 2nd straight night on Wed. after allowing 2 unearned runs following his 1st career error (was his 354th career outing). has allowed just 1 of his 21 inherited runners to score...leads the club in relief appearances (57)...28 holds on the season rank 2nd in the AL... only 2 other pitchers in club history have recorded 28+ holds in a single year: Octavio Dotel (33 in 03; 31 in 02) and Brad Lidge (28 in 03). grew up in Minnesota, graduating from Park Center HS in 1999...was a 6th round pick by the Twins in 2002 and spent his first 4 Major League seasons with the club (3.05 ERA in 129.2IP with MIN). 38 LHP Oliver Perez 2-2-0, 3.72 ERA, 57G Last Win: 7/27 at SEA Save: none in 15 Loss: 8/24 at NYY Blown SV: 7/27 at SEA Homestand: 0-0-0, 10.80 (2ER/1.2IP), 2G entered Wednesday s game with the bases loaded and 1 out...retired the only 2 batters he faced, but 1 of his 3 inherited runners scored on a fielder s choice groundout...snapped a string of 3 straight outings in which he allowed a run...prior to his 3-outing streak, had not allowed an earned run in 28 consecutive games (17.2IP) dating back to June 4, which was the longest active streak in the Majors. has made 9 appearances with Houston (5ER/5.2IP, 7.94 ERA) since being acquired from ARI on Aug. 7 in exchange for minor league LHP Junior Garcia. is holding left-handed hitters to a.187 avg (14x75) this season...has tallied 43 K s in his 34.2 IP this season...has stranded 33 of 44 (75.0%) inherited runners this season between Houston and Arizona. 50 RHP Chad Qualls 1-4-4, 3.95 ERA, 49G Last Win: 5/13 vs. SF Save: 5/14 vs. TOR Loss: 6/22 at LAA Blown SV: 5/29 vs. CWS Homestand: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0ER/1.1IP), 1G tossed 1.1 scoreless innings on Wed. vs. SEA, striking out 2...since being activated from the 15-day DL on July 10, has posted a 2.41 ERA (5ER/18.2IP) with 17 strikeouts and 11 hits allowed (.172 opp. avg.) in 21 appearances...on the DL from 6/25-7/9 (pinched nerve in neck). ranks 4th among AL relievers in groundball percentage (64.5%)...lefties are just 11x56 (.196) off him this season. ranks 6th on the Astros all-time appearance list with 370...he trails RHP Brad Lidge, who made 378 appearances in his 6-year career (2002-07) with Houston. 29 LHP Tony Sipp 2-4-0, 2.14 ERA, 50G Last Win: 4/26 at OAK Save: none in 15 Loss: 7/5 at BOS Blown SV: 7/31 vs. ARI Homestand: --- tossed 0.2 of a scoreless inning on Aug. 26 at NYY...was his 10th hold of the season...has tossed 14.0 scoreless innings since the All-Star Break. has held lefties to a.235 batting average (19x81) this season and a.185 avg (31x168) over the past 2 seasons combined. overall, has posted a.179 opponent average over the past 2 seasons combined in 106 apps. (97.0 IP, 62 H). 56 LHP Joe Thatcher 1-3-0, 3.72 ERA, 37G Last Win: 5/24 at DET Save: none in 15 Loss: 7/8 at CLE Blown SV: none in 15 MIN Series: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0ER/0.1IP), 1G Homestand: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0ER/0.1IP), 1G in his 1st outing since being selected to the Major League roster Tuesday, pitched a perfect 0.1 of an inning last night...struck out his only batter faced...was DFA d on July 21 and assigned to Triple A Fresno...appeared in 9 games with Fresno, allowing only 1 earned run in 8.2 innings (1.04 ERA) with 10 strikeouts. has been scoreless in 18 of his last 22 Major League outings (10.2IP)... has been scoreless in 30 of his 37 outings overall. has held lefties to a.261 (12x46) average this season with 2 extra-base hits...in his career, has held LHH s to a.233 (113x485) average. 67 RHP Vince Velasquez 1-1-0, 3.62 ERA, 13G/7GS Last Win: 7/21 vs. BOS Save: none in 15 Loss: 7/7 at CLE Blown SV: none in 15 Homestand: 0-0-0, 4.15 (2ER/4.1IP), 1G tossed 4.1 inn. of relief Tues. night, allowing 2 runs on 3 hits with 2 walks and 4 strikeouts...was the longest relief outing of his career...marked his 4th appearance since his most recent recall on Aug. 20...this is his 3rd Major League stint with HOU this season (also 6/10-7/7, 7/21-8/2). his last 6 big league outings have been out of the bullpen, in which he s posted a 2.31 ERA (3ER/11.2IP)...made 7 starts to begin his Major League career this season, posting a 1-1 record with a 4.03 ERA (17ER/38IP) and 38 strikeouts. made 4 relief appearances with Double A Corpus Christi in his most recent stint with the club...went 1-0 with a 4.05 ERA (3ER/6.2IP) and 8 strikeouts. vs. MIN 2014 G W-L-S ERA IP ER Feldman 1 0-1-0 0.00 1.2 0 Feliz - - - - - Fields 3 0-1-0 12.00 3.0 4 Fiers - - - - - Gregerson 3 0-1-0 10.13 2.2 3 Harris 1 0-0-0 0.00 1.0 0 Kazmir 2 2-0-0 5.68 12.2 8 Keuchel 1 1-0-0 0.00 6.0 0 McCullers - - - - - McHugh 2 1-0-0 3.48 10.1 4 Neshek - - - - - Perez 1 0-0-0 0.00 0.1 0 Qualls 2 0-0-1 0.00 2.0 0 Sipp 4 0-0-0 7.36 3.2 3 Thatcher - - - - - Velasquez - - - - - 2015 G W-L-S ERA IP ER Feldman - - - - - Feliz 1 0-0-0 0.00 1.0 0 Fields - - - - - Fiers 3 1-1-0 2.08 17.1 4 Gregerson 2 0-1-1 9.00 2.0 2 Harris 2 0-0-0 0.00 2.0 0 Kazmir 3 0-2-0 4.22 21.1 10 Keuchel - - - - - McCullers 2 0-1-0 2.78 13 4 McHugh 1 1-0-0 0.00 7.2 0 Neshek 1 0-0-0 0.00 1.0 0 Perez 1 0-0-0 27.00 0.2 2 Qualls 2 0-0-0 13.50 1.1 2 Sipp - - - - - Thatcher 1 0-0-0 0.00 0.1 0 Velasquez 1 0-0-0 0.00 1.0 0 CAREER G W-L-S ERA IP ER Feldman 14 2-3-0 5.23 43.0 25 Feliz 1 0-0-0 0.00 1.0 0 Fields 6 0-1-0 8.53 6.1 6 Fiers 5 2-1-0 1.65 27.1 5 Gregerson 5 0-2-1 9.64 4.2 5 Harris 3 0-0-0 0.00 3.0 0 Kazmir 16 7-6-0 3.58 103.0 41 Keuchel 2 1-1-0 1.17 7.2 1 McCullers 2 0-1-0 2.78 13 4 McHugh 3 2-0-0 2.00 18.0 4 Neshek 3 0-0-0 0.00 3.0 0 Perez 9 0-2-0 4.58 17.2 9 Qualls 13 0-1-1 6.75 8.0 6 Sipp 38 1-2-0 4.63 35.0 18 Thatcher 1 0-0-0 0.00 0.1 0 Velasquez 1 0-0-0 0.00 1.0 0

GENERAL Longest Winning Streak... 10, 4/24-5/3 Longest Winning Streak, Home...7, 7/19-30 Longest Winning Streak, Road... 7, 4/24-5/7 Most Consecutive Losses... 7, 6/4-10 Most Consecutive Losses, Home...4 (2x), last, 5/4-5/12 Most Consecutive Losses, Road... 7, 5/27-6/10 Longest Game, Time...4:31, 6/24 at LAA Shortest Game, Time...2:09, 5/8 at LAA Longest Game, Innings...14, 4/12 at TEX Best Homestand, Percentage....833 (5-1) (2x), last, 7/28-8/2 Worst Homestand, Percentage....333 (1-2), 4/6-9 Best Road Trip, Percentage....889 (8-1), 4/20-29 Worst Road Trip, Percentage....000 (0-6), 6/5-10 Most Runners Left on Base...13, 4/11 at TEX Double Plays Turned...3 (7x), last, 5/26 at BAL Triple Plays Turned... 1, 5/23 at DET Opponent Double Plays Turned... 3 (5x), last, 7/17 vs. TEX Most Errors...3, 4/11 at TEX Largest Margin of Victory... 14, 8/25 at NYY (15-1) Largest Margin of Defeat... 8 (11-3 loss), 5/6 vs. TEX Biggest Comeback to Win... 4 runs (2x), last, 6/2 vs. BAL Most Games Over.500...14 (6x), last, after game on 8/31 Biggest Lead Lost to Lose... 3 runs (2x), last, 7/31 vs. ARI Highest Attendance, Home...43,753, 4/6 vs. CLE Highest Attendance, Road... 48,885, 4/10 at TEX TEAM BATTING Most Runs, Game...15, 8/25 at NYY Fewest Runs, Game...0 (9x), last, 8/28 at MIN Most Runs, Inning... 8, 6/12 vs. SEA (1st) Most Hits, Game... 17, 4/28 at SD & 7/3 at BOS Most Hits, Inning...7, 7/3 at BOS (4th) Fewest Hits, Game... 1 (3x), last, 8/20 vs. TB Most Doubles, Game... 6, 4/28 at SD Most Triples, Game...2, 8/16 vs. DET Most Homers, Game...5, 5/2 vs. SEA Most Consecutive Games, Homer... 10, 6/14-23 Most Consecutive Games, No Homer... 3, 6/24-26 Most Extra-Base Hits, Game... 10, 4/28 at SD Fewest Extra-Base Hits, Game...0 (9x), last, 8/24 at NYY Most Total Bases, Game... 34, 4/28 at SD Most Walks, Game...8 (2x), last, 8/25 at NYY Fewest Walks, Game...0 (13x), last, 8/23 vs. LAD Most Strikeouts, Game...19, 8/19 vs. TB Fewest Strikeouts, Game... 2, 7/9 at CLE Most Stolen Bases, Game...4, 4/26 at OAK Most Opponent Stolen Bases, Game...5, 6/6 at TOR Longest Scoreless Inning Streak...17.1 innings, 4/8-9 INDIVIDUAL BATTING Most At-Bats, Game... 6 (18x), last, Gomez, 8/25 at NYY Most Runs, Game... 3 (13x), last, Rasmus, Gattis, 8/25 at NYY Most Hits, Game...5, Springer, 6/10 at CWS Most Consecutive Hits (in ABs)... 6, Springer, 6/10-12 Most Doubles, Game... 2 (10x), last, Lowrie, 9/2 vs. SEA Most Triples, Game...1 (17x), last, Rasmus, 8/25 at NYY Most Home Runs, Game... 2 (10x), last, Rasmus, 8/16 vs. DET Most RBI, Game... 5 (4x), last, Conger, 9/4 vs. MIN Most Walks, Game...3 (5x), last, Valbuena, 8/28 at MIN Most Strikeouts, Game... 5, Conger, 8/19 vs. TB Most Stolen Bases, Game...3 (2x), last, Correa, 6/18 at COL Longest Hitting Streak... 14 (2x), last, Altuve, 6/22-7/6 TEAM PITCHING Fewest Runs, Game...0 (13x), last, 9/4 vs. MIN Most Runs, Game...12, 8/3 at TEX Fewest Hits, Game...0, 8/22 vs. LAD Most Hits, Game...15 (3x), last, 8/17 vs. DET Fewest Walks, Game...0 (16x), last, 8/25 at NYY Most Walks, Game...7 (3x), last, 9/1 vs. SEA Most Strikeouts, Game...15, 5/16 vs. TOR Longest Scoreless Inning Streak... 20 innings, 6/13-15 INDIVIDUAL PITCHING Longest Winning Streak...6, Keuchel, 4/6-5/20 Longest Losing Streak... 4, Sipp, 5/21-current Most Innings Pitched, Starter... 9.0 (5x), last, Fiers, 8/22 vs. LAD Most Innings Pitched, Relief... 5.0, Fiers, 8/3 at TEX Fewest Hits, Complete Game...0, Fiers, 8/22 vs. LAD Fewest Walks, Complete Game...0 (2x), last, McCullers, 6/3 vs. BAL Most Walks, Game...5 (2x), last, Feldman, 9/1 vs. SEA Most Strikeouts, Game... 13, Keuchel, 7/19 vs. TEX Most Hit By Pitch, Game...2 (3x), last, Kazmir, 8/28 at MIN Longest Scoreless Inning Streak...19.0, Keuchel, 6/25-7/6 ATTENDANCE Home:... 1,855,311/71 games Home Average:... 26,131 Road:... 1,823,931/65 games Road Average:... 28,060 2015 Houston Astros High/Low ASTROS HOME RUNS Astros Last Home Runs (*-team record when homering) Player Date Opponent/Pitcher AB Since Last Team Rec.* Altuve 8/30/15 @MIN/May 22 7-4 Carter 8/30/15 @MIN/O Rourke 3 13-4 Conger 9/4/15 MIN/Pelfrey 5 6-3 Correa 8/31/15 SEA/Nuno 17 9-6 Gattis 8/26/15 @NYY/Warren 28 15-5 Gomez 8/25/15 @NYY/Capuano 34 1-1 Gonzalez 8/25/15 @NYY/Rumbelow 32 7-2 Lowrie 9/5/15 MIN/Jepsen 0 5-2 Marisnick 9/1/15 SEA/Elias 1 5-2 Rasmus 9/4/15 MIN/Pelfrey 3 15-2 Springer 6/30/15 KC/Duffy 11 10-2 Stassi - - 31 0-0 Tucker 8/15/15 DET/Rondon 20 8-3 Valbuena 8/22/15 LAD/Greinke 28 15-4 Villar 6/6/15 @TOR/Delabar 8 0-1 Astros HR Chart Solo 2-Run 3-Run GS Total Altuve 6 2 3-11 Carter 9 7 2-18 Conger 6 2-2 10 Correa 8 7 1-16 Gattis 12 8 2-22 Gomez 1-1 - 2 Gonzalez 9 - - - 9 Marisnick 4 3 - - 7 Lowrie 6 1 - - 7 Rasmus 8 8 2-18 Springer 11 2 - - 13 Tucker 9 2 1-12 Valbuena 17 3 2-22 Villar 1 - - - 1 TOTALS 115 47 18 3 183 Multi-Homer Games (11): Gattis (2): 8/26 at NYY; 5/3 vs. SEA; Rasmus (1): 8/16 vs. DET; Conger (1): 8/1 vs. ARI; Correa (1): 8/1 vs. ARI; Tucker (1): 7/22 vs. BOS; Valbuena (3): 6/23 at LAA, 6/16 vs. COL, 4/20 at SEA; Springer (1): 6/15 vs. COL; Carter (1): 6/3 vs. BAL; 2015 Grand Slams (3) Players Date Opp./Pitcher(s) 1. Conger 8/1 ARI/Hellickson 2. Castro 8/3 @TEX/Lewis 3. Conger 9/4 MIN/Pelfrey 2015 Back-to-Back Home Run Combos (6) Players Date Opp./Pitcher(s) 1. Gattis/Rasmus 5/2 SEA/Walker 2. Altuve/Valbuena 5/2 SEA/Walker/Medina 3. Gattis/Carter 5/30 CWS/Jennings 4. Gattis/Valbuena 6/2 BAL/Wright 5. Correa/Altuve 6/27 NYY/Tanaka 6. Correa/Gattis 7/5 BOS/Ogando 2015 Pinch-Hit Home Runs (4) Player Date Opp./Pitcher(s) 1. Tucker 5/21 @DET/Soria 2. Tucker 5/24 @DET/Sanchez 3. Santana 6/18 @COL/Oberg 4. Rasmus 7/23 BOS/Ogando 2015 Leadoff Home Runs (1) Player Date Opp./Pitcher(s) 1. Springer 6/19 @SEA/Elias 2015 Walkoff Home Runs (4) Player Date Opp./Pitcher(s) 1. Altuve 7/23 BOS/Breslow 2. Castro 7/30 LAA/Salas 3. Gonzalez 8/18 TB/Boxberger 4. Castro 8/23 LAD/Hatcher 2015 Last At-Bat Wins (14) No.-Date-Opp. Score Game-Winning Play 1. 4/12 at TEX 6-4 (14) Conger 2-run homer in top 14 2. 4/24 at OAK 5-4 (11) Grossman 2-run single in top 11 3. 4/26 at OAK 7-6 Gattis 2-run double in top 9 4. 4/30 vs. SEA 3-2 (10) Altuve RBI-single in bottom 10 (walkoff win #1) 5. 5/4 vs. SEA 7-6 Gattis solo homer in bottom 8 6. 5/7 at LAA 3-2 Altuve RBI-fielders choice in top 9 7. 5/13 vs. SF 4-3 Springer solo homer in bottom 8 8. 7/23 vs. BOS 5-4 Altuve solo homer in bottom 9 (walkoff win #2) 9. 7/30 vs. LAA 3-0 Castro 3-run homer in bottom 9 (walkoff win #3) 10. 8/6 at OAK 5-4 (10) Lowrie RBI-single in top 10 11. 8/16 vs. DET 6-5 Altuve RBI-single in bottom 9 (walkoff win #4) 12. 8/18 vs. TB 3-2 (10) Gonzalez solo homer in bottom 10 (walkoff win #5) 13. 8/19 vs. TB 3-2 (13) Correa RBI-single in bottom 13 (walkoff win #6) 14. 8/23 vs. LAD 3-2 (10) Castro solo homer in bottom 10 (walkoff win #7) Astros Ejections (6) Date Personnel Umpire Situation 1. 4/22 at SEA Hudgens Barrett Arguing called 3rd strike from bench 2. 6/20 at SEA Hinch DiMuro Arguing replay challenge 3. 6/27 vs. NYY Oberholtzer Drake While pitching to Rodriguez 4. 7/11 at TB Strom Gibson Disputing strike zone 5. 8/15 vs. DET Hinch B. Miller Arguing replay challenge 6. 8/26 at NYY Rasmus Holbrook Arguing called 3rd strike Last 3 Reviews in Astros games No./Date/Opp. (Inn.) Play Challenger Result Time 83. 8/31 vs. SEA (5th) Out play at 2B Seattle Overturned 1:29 84. 9/2 vs. SEA (7th) Safe call at 3B Houston Stands 2:55 85 9/4 vs. MIN (1st) Potential HP Violation Minnesota Confirmed 1:00 CHALLENGES: Houston has been involved in 85 total replay reviews, including 41 Astros challenges, 33 opponent challenges and 11 crew chief reviews. The Astros have been successful in 22 of their 41 challenges.