TONIGHT’S GAME: The first-place Astros continue their six-game road trip tonight and will hand the ball to RHP Hunter Brown (3-1) for game two of their three-game set at Oracle Park.
The Giants will counter with LHP Carson Whisenhunt (2-3), who will be making his 6th start of the season.
THE TURNAROUND: After a slow start to the season, the Astros are 41-28 since May 22, which is the second best record in the AL in that span.
On that date, the Astros were 20-31, 11 games under, which is their low water
mark for the season.
THAT’S OFFENSIVE: The Astros lead the AL in SLG (.414), and OPS (.735), while ranking second in home runs (162), OBP (.320) and hits (991).
In the Majors, the Astros rank third in homers, trailing only the Nationals (171) and Yankees (167).
DIESEL POWER: RHP Hunter Brown will make his 12th start of the season and his ninth since returning from a lengthy stint on the IL with a right shoulder strain.
The 2025 All-Star has begun to round into form over his last three starts, including two quality starts, going 2-0 with a 2.41 ERA (5ER/18.2IP) with 20 strikeouts, a .169 opponent batting average (11×65) and a 0.80 WHIP.
Brown is set to make his 1st appearance at Oracle Park and his 2nd appearance vs. the Giants (also, May 2, 2023, at Daikin Park).
AYA IN ACTION: TheAstros Nike RBI Softball Team recorded a 2-1 win over Roberto Clemente Nike RBI Softball Team in day two of the 2026 Nike RBI Softball World Series in Vero Beach, FL.
The team’s next game will be at 8 a.m. CT tomorrow vs. the US Virgin Islands Nike RBI Team, with the winner advancing to the Nike RBI Softball World Series Championship.
The Astros Nike RBI Softball Team, which has won five Nike RBI World Series Softball Championships, is making its 12th appearance in the Nike RBI Softball World Series.
ROAD WARRIORS: The Astros continue a six- game West Coast road-trip with the second game of a three game series tonight at Oracle Park, the club’s first trip to the venue since a three-game series from June 10-12, 2024.
Houston has gone 24-15 (.615) on their last five road trips and are 30- 21 (.588) on the road since going 1-9 on their first road trip of the season.
Houston is 31-30 overall on the road in 2026.
YESTERDAY’S GAME: Down to their final strike, the Astros rallied for a 6-3 win in 10 innings last night at Oracle Park.
RF Cam Smith, who also hit a solo homer in the 7th inning, drove in the game-tying run with a two out single in the 9th inning.
SS Jeremy Peña (RBI single) and 3B Isaac Paredes (two-run double) put the Astros out in front in extras and LHP Josh Hader tossed 2.0 perfect innings to finish out the win, marking his longest appearance of the season.
RHP Hayden Wesneski got the start and matched his career high by tossing 7.0 innings, allowing three runs on five hits with two walks and four strikeouts.
The Astros have won all three of Wesneski’s starts this season.
ROSTER MOVES: OF Nelson Velázquez reported to the Major League team today (wearing No. 30).
To make room for Velázquez on the active roster, the Astros optioned OF Jake Meyers to Triple A Sugar Land following last night’s game.
Velázquez, 27, has played in 34 games for the Cardinals this season and 228 career games at the Major League level, also appearing with the Cubs (2022-23) and Royals (2023-24).
Velázquez owns a career .739 OPS vs. left-handed pitching in the Majors.
VS. THE GIANTS: The Astros have a long history with the Giants, having played them 742 times, their second-most against a single opponent, trailing only the Reds (860g).
This series marks the Astros’ first trip to Oracle Park since June 10-12, 2024 (Giants went 2-1).
The Astros have a pair of players who spent portions of their Major League careers with the Giants in LHP Steven Okert (2016-18) and OF LaMonte Wade Jr. (2021-25).
MVP-CALIBER: Yordan Alvarez leads the AL in all three Triple Crown categories, ranking first in batting average (.323), HR (35), and RBI (86).
Additionally, he leads MLB in OPS (1.059), OBP (.435), SLG (.624), and TB (269).
In the AL, he ranks first in hits (139), extra-base hits (60), and runs (80), and tied for second in walks (82)
HADERADE: LHP Josh Hader has been stellar since returning from injury in early June, going 4-1 with a 1.00 ERA (3ER/27IP), 38 strikeouts, a .110 opponent batting average (10×91) and a 0.74 WHIP, while also converting all 16 of his save opportunities.
Since being reinstated from the IL on June 3, he ranks second in opponent batting average (.110), third in SO/9 (12.67) and fifth in ERA among AL relievers (min. 25 IP).
CAM JAM: RF Cam Smith has homered three times and logged two three-hit games through his first three appearances of this current road trip, including his fourth career multi-homer game last Friday at SD.
So far this road trip, Smith has batted .545 (6×11) with five runs, three homers, four RBI and a walk.
He has also hit safely in eight of his last 10 games (since July 29 at LAA), batting .432 (16×37) with 10 runs, two doubles, one triple, three home runs, eight RBI and a 1.246 OPS over that stretch.
THREES COMPANY: 2B Jose Altuve enters tonight’s game with 224 career games of 3+ hits, which is just one game of 3+ hits from tying Hall of Famer Craig Biggio (225) for the most in Astros franchise history.
Altuve has multiple hits in six of his last 12 games (since July 28 at LAA), batting .319 (15×47) in that span.
BIG WES: RHP Hayden Wesneski parroted the first two successful outings of his season by matching his career high of 7.0 innings in last night’s win, allowing three runs on five hits with two walks and four strikeouts.
Wesneski has gone 2-0 with a 3.86 ERA (8ER/18.2IP) through his first three starts of the season after missing 14 months due to Tommy John surgery.
Game Info
Game Date/Time: Tuesday, August 11, 8:45 p.m. CT
Location: Oracle Park, San Francisco, CA
TV: Space City Home Network
Radio: KBME 790 AM & 94.5 FM HD2; TUDN 102.9 FM HD2 (Spanish)
