The Houston Astros (11-18) begin a 6-game road trip tonight with the first game of a 3-game series against the Baltimore Orioles (13-15) at Camden Yards.
RHP Kai-Wei Teng (1-1, 2.16 ERA) will make his first start and 12th appearance of the season as he takes on Orioles starter RHP Shane Baz (0-2, 5.08 ERA).
ABOUT TENG: RHP Kai-Wei Teng makes his first start of the season tonight after beginning the season in the Astros bullpen.
In his 11 appearances out of the pen, he went 1-1 with 2.16 ERA (4ER/16.IP).
Tough To Hit: Teng has posted a .155 opponents batting avg., allowing just 9 hits in his 16.2 IP.
Last Appearance: Was on 4/25 vs. NYY (0.1 IP, 1 ER).
As A Starter: Teng has made 7 ML starts in his career, all while with SF in 2025.
Last Start: Teng’s last start was on Sept. 20, 2025 at Dodgers Stadium (ND, 3.0 IP, 1 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 SO).
Fun Facts: With his first ML win on Aug. 8, 2025 vs. WAS, Teng became the 8th Taiwanese-born pitcher in MLB history to earn a victory. Teng is the 2nd Taiwanese-born player/ pitcher to play for the Astros, joining RHP Chien Jen-Lo (2013).
VS. THE O’S: Tonight is the first of 6 scheduled matchups vs. the Orioles this season.
The Astros were 4-3 vs. BAL in 2025 with a 3-1 mark at Camden Yards when the two clubs last faced, Aug. 21-24.
Following the current series, the two clubs will next meet for a 3-game set at Daikin Park, July 17-19.
ON THE ROAD AGAIN: The Astros are on the road again for a 6-game trip following brief, 3-game homestand vs. NYY (Fri-Sun.).
After this 3-game series ends on Thursday, HOU will head to Beantown for a 3-game series vs. the Red Sox at Fenway Park this weekend.
ON THE OFFENSIVE: The Astros lead the AL in most key offensive categories: Runs (151), AVG (.259), OPS (.783), Doubles (63), OBP (.345), SLG (.438), Total Bases (430).
CAMDEN CRUSHER: Jose Altuve has a .377 (60×169) career avg. at Camden Yards with .444/.616/1.060 splits in 38 games. His .377 avg and 1.060 OPS at Camden Yards rank 2nd-best all-time, using a minimum of 150 ABs.
Vs. The O’s: Additionally, Altuve’s .321 career avg. vs. the Orioles overall is his 2nd-best vs. any AL club and his 6th-best vs. any MLB club overall.
Altuve has posted aa .300+ career batting avg. vs. 15 opposing teams.
CLIMBING THE CHARTS: Jose Altuve, who played his 2,000th career game on April 21 at CLE, is approaching more career milestones.
He needs 3 RBI to become the 5th player in franchise history to reach 900.
With 238 career HR, he needs one more to tie Lou Whitaker for 7th place all-time among 2nd basemen.
MAN ON FIRE: Yordan Alvarez has had a torrid start to this season, hitting .358 with 11 HR and 26 RBI. In addition to batting avg. and RBI, Alvarez also leads the AL in OPS (1.220), Offensive WAR (1.9), SLG (.755), OBP (.465) and Total Bases (80)….
Additionally, Alvarez also has the longest current hitting streak in the Majors at 12 games (.400, 20×50, 5 HR), his career best was a 13-game streak, May 2-16, 2023.
WALKER, TEXAS HAMMER: Christian Walker is hitting .417 (10×24) over the past week (since 4/20) with 3 HR and 7 RBI.
Walker was 6×12 (.500) in the series over the weekend vs. NYY with 5 RBI.
Among The Leaders: For the season, Walker enters tonight ranked T-3rd in the AL in RBI (23), 5th in SLG (.573), 6th in TB (59), 7th in OPS (.946) and 8th in doubles (8).
GUN ‘EM DOWN: In just 14 games (11 starts), C Christian Vázquez has thrown out seven baserunners attempting to steal (in 14 attempts), ranking tied for second in the AL in that category.
THE ORDER: The Astros have used 29 different batting orders in their 28 games so far this season.
Only LF Yordan Alvarez has started every game in the same spot in the lineup (second).
STALKING THE PUMA: LF Yordan Alvarez has matched the Astros franchise record with 11 home runs in the club’s first 29 games of a season, a feat he also accomplished in the 2022 season.
The only other Astro with 11 homers with the club’s first 29 games was OF Lance Berkman, who did so in both 2002 and 2006.
ON THE MEND: RHP Cody Bolton began a rehab assignment with Triple A Sugar Land on Sunday. In his outing, he allowed 1 run on 2 hits and 1 walk in 2.0 innings.
OF Zach Dezenzo also went 0x4 with a walk on Sunday with Sugar Land in his rehab appearance.
TODAY IN ASTROS HISTORY: 2000 – In Milwaukee, RHP Chris Holt turns in the best performance of his career with a 1-hit, 7-0 shutout of the Brewers. The only hit allowed by Holt was a Ron Belliard single in the 2nd inning.
1998 – In the Dome, a 10th-inning, walk-off single by Sean Berry lifts the Astros to a 4-3, come-from-behind win over the Mets. The Astros trailed, 3-1 entering the bottom of the 9th before rallying for 2 runs off Mets closer John Franco to tie it.
Game Info
Game Date/Time: Tuesday, April 28, 5:35 p.m. CST
Location: Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore, MD
TV: Space City Home Network
Streaming: SCHN+
Radio: KTRH 740 AM & 99.1 FM HD2; TUDN 102.9 FM HD2 (Spanish)
