The Houston Astros (9-15) and Cleveland Guardians (13-11) will play the 2nd game of this 3-game set tonight at Progressive Field.
RHP Ryan Weiss (0-2) will start for the Astros vs. Guardians LHP Parker Messick (3-0).
TONIGHT’S STARTER: RHP Ryan Weiss will make his second start of the season tonight.
Weiss began the 2026 season in the Astros bullpen, making 5 relief appearances before making his first career ML start on April 16 vs. COL (3.2 IP, 2 ER).
About Ryan: Weiss is back pitching in the United
States in 2026 after spending the last two seasons in the KBO. He made 46 career starts in Korea for the Hanwha Eagles and posted a 3.16 ERA, a 1.07 WHIP and 305 strikeouts in 270.1 innings over those two seasons.
The Astros signed him to a Major League deal in December.
VS. THE LAND: Tonight is the 2nd game of six scheduled meetings vs. the Guardians in 2026,
After this 3-game set at Progressive Field, the two clubs will play a 3-game series at Daikin Park, June 19-21.
The Astros were 2-4 vs. CLE last season, going 2-1 at Progressive and 0-3 at Daikin Park.
AT PROGRESSIVE: With last night’s victory, the Astros are now 5-1 in their last 6 games at Progressive Field. They were 2-0 here in 2024 and 2-1 in 2025.
UP FOR THE CHALLENGE: Since April 13, C Yainer Diaz has been successful in 9 of his last 10 ABS challenges. In that span, he has been successful twice in the same game 4 different times.
A PERFECT 10: Yordan Alvarez has had a torrid start to the 2026 season as he leads the Majors with 10 HR, which matches the club record through a player’s first 24 games of a season, joining Lance Berkman (2002).
ON THE LEADERBOARD: Alvarez currently leads the AL in WAR (1.6), RBI (21), XBH (17) and TB (65), and is 2nd in SLG (.756), OBP (.459) and OPS (1.215).
TODAY’S ROSTER MOVE: The Astros have placed OF Taylor Trammell on the 10-day IL due to a left groin strain.
To take his place on the active roster, the Astros selected OF Daniel Johnson (#31) to the Major League roster.
To make room for Johnson on the 40-man roster, the Astros designated RHP Christian Roa for assignment.
MR. 2000: 2B Jose Altuve needs to appear in one more game to reach 2,000 for his career, which will make him the 3rd Astros player to reach this milestone.
Hall of Famers Craig Biggio (2,850) and Jeff Bagwell (2,150) also surpassed 2,000 career games (all for HOU).
Only four active players have reached 2,000 career games: Andrew McCutchen (2,276), Carlos Santana (2,212), Freddie Freeman (2,199) and Paul Goldschmidt (2,082).
THE ORDER: The Astros have used 24 different batting orders in their 24 games so far this season. Only LF Yordan Alvarez has started every game in the same spot in the lineup (second).
EXTRA! EXTRA!: 2B Jose Altuve recorded his 750th career extra-base hit on Thursday (4/16 VS. COL) with his 461st career double. He also has 32 triples and 258 home runs, all coming as an Astro.
Only Craig Biggio (1,014) and Jeff Bagwell (969) have more extra-base hits than Altuve in franchise history.
BEHIND THE DISH: C Christian Vázquez is hitting .375 (12×32) with a .444 OBP and a 1.132 OPS.
He has also tallied 10 RBI in just 10 games (8 starts) and has four catcher caught stealings on the season.
HARD TO HIT: Opponents are just 7×48 (.146) vs. RHP Kai-Wei Teng, who is just the 2nd Taiwanese-born player to appear with the Astros in their history.
Among AL relievers, Teng ranks T-2nd in innings (13.2) and T-8th in strikeouts (14).
Sunday was his 4th scoreless appearance of at least 2.0 innings this season, tied for the most among AL relievers.
TODAY IN ASTROS HISTORY: 1999 – In a record-setting 10-3 win over the Cubs at Wrigley Field, Jeff Bagwell goes 3×5 with 3 HR and 6 RBI. Not only does Bagwell tie the franchise record for HR in a game, he also passes Jimmy Wynn to become the club’s all-time career HR leader. Bagwell would have another 3-HR game later that season, also in Chicago on June 9, 1999, homering 3 times at Comiskey Park vs. the ChiSox. He end his career with 449 HR, which still stands as the franchise record.
Game Info
Game Date/Time: Tuesday, April 21, 5:10 p.m. CST
Location: Progressive Field, Cleveland OH.
TV: Space City Home Network
Streaming: SCHN+
Radio: KBME 790 AM & 94.5 FM HD2; TUDN 102.9 FM HD2 (Spanish)
