The Houston Astros (8-15) begin a 3-game series vs. the Cleveland Guardians (13-10) tonight at Progressive Field in Cleveland, OH.
RHP Spencer Arrighetti (1-0, 1.50 ERA) will make his second start of the season as he takes on CLE RHP Slade Cecconi (0-2, 5.03 ERA).
SPENCER’S GIFTS: Tonight will be the 2nd start of the season for RHP Spencer Arrighetti.
He earned the win in his first start on April 15 vs. COL, allowing just one run and thee hits in 6.0 innings of work with 10 strikeouts. It marked his 5th
career game with 10+ strikeouts and his 1st since punching out 11 on Aug. 28, 2024 at PHI.
VS. CLE: Tonight will be Arrighetti’s 3rd app. and 2nd career start vs. CLE. He has had some success vs. the Guardians in limited action (0-0, 2.25 ERA, 2 G, 1 GS, 8 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 6 BB, 10 SO). His last app. vs. CLE was in relief on Sept. 27, 2024 (hurled 2.1 scoreless frames).
VS. THE LAND: Tonight is the first 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 here at Progressive and 0-3 at Daikin Park.
ON THE STAND: The Astros went 2-4 on their just-concluded homestand, going 2-1 vs. COL and 0-3 vs. STL, respectively. HOU is 7-6 at home overall in 2026.
QUICK ROADSTOP: The Astros will play just these three games in CLE on the current road trip before returning home for a weekend series vs. NYY.
NEED A WIN: The Astros need a win tonight to snap an 8-game road losing streak.
A PERFECT 10: In yesterday’s game, Yordan Alvarez contiued his torrid start to the 2026 season with his ML-leading 10th HR.
He has now homered in 3 consecutive games for the 4th time in his career (last: July 1-3, 2024). Additionally, his 10 HR match the club record through a player’s first 23 games of a season with Lance Berkman (2002).
Alvarez has also matched his career high by recording an RBI in his 6th consecutive game, doing so for the 3rd time (last: Aug. 6-12, 2024).
ON THE LEADERBOARD: Alvarez currently leads the AL in WAR (1.6), RBI (21), XBH (17) and TB (64), and is 2nd in SLG (.790), OBP (.471) and OPS (1.261).
TODAY’S ROSTER MOVES: The Astros have placed IF Nick Allen on the 10-day IL (retro 4/19) due to mid-back spasms.
To take his place on the active roster, the Astros selected IF Braden Shewmake to the Major League roster.
To make room for Shewmake on 40-man roster, the Astros transferred RHP Cristian Javier to the 60-day IL.
RHP J.P. France has been outrighted to Triple A Sugar Land.
NEW ARRIVAL: OF Dustin Harris was claimed off waivers from the White Sox on Saturday and joined the club yesterday.
Harris entered yesterday’s game as pinch-hitter and ended up getting two AB’s (0x2 with two lineouts).
Harris was 3×12 (.250) in six games for the White Sox with 4 walks and 2 SB (.438 OBP).
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).
Yesterday was his 4th scoreless appearance of at least 2.0 innings this season, tied for the most among AL relievers.
TODAY IN ASTROS HISTORY: 2005 – Craig Biggio collects his 1,000th career RBI in a 6-1 win over the Brewers at Minute Maid Park. Biggio ends up going 2×4 in the game with HR and 2 RBI. RHP Roy Oswalt goes the distance to pick up the win, allowing just 1 run on 4 hits with 8 strikeouts and no walks.
Game Info
Game Date/Time: Monday, April 20, 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)
