TONIGHT’S GAME: The Houston Astros (26-32), who have won six of their last seven games, will open a 10-day, nine-game homestand tonight against the NL Central division leading Milwaukee Brewers (33-20).
RHP Kai-Wei Teng (3-3, 2.19 ERA), a native of Taiwan, will get the start for the Astros tonight on AAPI night at the ballpark. He’ll be opposed by rookie RHP Coleman Crow (0-0, 2.61 ERA), who’s making just his third Major League start.
AAPI NIGHT: The Astros will honor Asian American and Pacific Islander
(AAPI) Heritage Night tonight.
The celebration will include a private pregame reception in the 42 Room, pregame performance by the Taiwanese Association of America, local community and organizational tabling throughout Hall of Fame Alley, a ceremonial first pitch, and more.
FOR STARTERS: Astros starters have a combined ERA of 3.20 (27ER/76IP) over the last 13 games (since May 15) with a 1.01 WHIP. In that span, they have allowed just 44 hits in 76.0 innings for a Major League-best .169 opponent average, while also ranking first in the AL in WHIP and fifth in ERA.
Astros starters have allowed one or fewer runs seven times in the last 13 games.
HOMER HAPPY: The Astros have slugged 16 homers in their last seven games.
Houston now ranks second in the AL in homers with 76, trailing only the Yankees (83) in that category.
AIR YORDAN: DH Yordan Alvarez had a three-game span from Monday thru Wednesday in Arlington in which he went 6×12 with five homers and eight RBI.
Some notes on his sizzling run:
• he became the first Astros player with multiple homers in back-back games since Jose Altuve turned the trick, Sept. 4 (2 HR) and Sept. 5 (3 HR) at TEX.
• he matched the club record for HR in a three-game span. That record is shared by Jose Altuve (2023), Richard Hidalgo (2000) and Glenn Davis (1990).
• he became the fifth Astros player with multiple homers in consecutive games: the others: Jose Altuve, 9/4-5, 2023 at TEX; Richard Hidalgo, 9/9-10, 2000 at CHC; Moises Alou, 8/13/2000 at PHI, 8/14/2000 vs. PIT; Doug Rader, 7/20-21/1973 vs. NYM.
FROM THE TRAINER’S ROOM: The Astros have 12 players on the Major League Injured List.
• RHP Ronel Blanco (rt. elbow surgery) and RHP Hayden Wesneski (rt. elbow surgery) have began live BP progressions in West Palm Beach.
• RHP Hunter Brown (rt. shoulder sprain) will make his second rehab start tonight at Triple A Sugar Land, he worked 2.0 scoreless innings on 35 pitches in his first rehab outing on Sunday at Double A Corpus Christi.
• LHP Josh Hader (lt. biceps tendinitis) made his ninth rehab app. last night, tossing 22 pitches in 0.2 of an inning at Triple A. Hader also pitched on Wednesday, giving him appearances on back-to-back days.
• RHP Cristian Javier (rt. shoulder strain) is scheduled to throw live batting practice today at Daikin Park.
• RHP Lance McCullers Jr. (rt. shoulder inflammation) and LHP Bennett Sousa (lt. elbow inflammation) have began throwing progressions.
• LHP Brandon Walter (lt. elbow surgery) continues his throwing progression this week in West Palm Beach.
• 2B Jose Altuve (lt. oblique strain) was in West Palm Beach rehabbing earlier this week. He has rejoined the team in Houston to continue his baseball activity.
• C Yainer Diaz (lt. oblique strain) has began baseball activity.
• OF Joey Loperfido (rt. quad strain) continued his rehab assignment last night at Triple A Sugar Land, going 0x4 in a start at DH. He also played on Wednesday night at Triple A (1×2, 2 BB).
ON THE LEADER BOARD: DH Yordan Alvarez currently leads the Majors in OPS (1.073), SLG (.654) and total bases (134).
In the AL, he ranks first in extra-base hits (31), tied for first in HR (20), second in batting avg. (.307), second in OBP (.419), tied for second in hits (63), fourth in RBI (39), tied for seventh in walks (37), and ninth in runs (37).
WALKER, TEXAS HAMMER: 1B Christian Walker has four homers and nine RBI in his last five games.
For the season, he has been one of the top hitters in the AL, ranking third in the AL in RBI (40), tied for fifth in extra-base hits (25), sixth in HR (15), seventh in SLG (.519) and seventh in total bases (108).
Walker also has not committed an error in his 57 games played.
TODAY IN ASTROS HISTORY: 2017 – In a Memorial Day matchup in Minnesota, the Astros trailed 8-2 before scoring 11 runs in the 8th inning en route to a 16-8 win over the homestanding Twins. It marks just the fourth 11-run inning in franchise history and the first since the 1994 season.
in the inning, the Astros hammer out eight hits, including just one homer, a three-run shot by DH Carlos Beltrán. Four different Astros record three-plus hits, including Beltrán (4×5), 2B Jose Altuve (3×5), SS Carlos Correa (3×5) and 1B Marwin Gonzalez (3×5).
Game Info
Game Date/Time: Friday, May 29, 7:10 p.m. CT
Location: Daikin Park, Houston, TX
TV: Space City Home Network
Streaming: SCHN+
Radio: KTRH 740 AM, KBME 790 AM & 94.5 FM HD2; TUDN 102.9 FM HD2 (Spanish)
