TONIGHT’S GAME: With just eight games remaining on their schedule, the first-place Houston Astros will welcome in the Atlanta Braves for their final home series of the 2026 regular season.
RHP Hayden Wesneski (5-2, 3.70 ERA) will make his penultimate start of the season for the Astros tonight opposite RHP Grant Holmes (9-5, 3.49 ERA) and the Braves.
THE POSTSEASON CHASE: The Astros and Rangers are locked in a tight race down the stretch for the AL West with the two teams entering play today deadlocked
at 77-77. The Astros own the tiebreaker over the Rangers with a season series victory (9-4 record).
AL WEST NEXT GAME
1. Houston: 77-77 vs. ATL (90-64)
2. Texas: 77-77 vs. TOR (76-78)
3. Seattle: 72-82 5.0 GB at COL (56-98)
GOIN’ DEEP
The Astros have hit 206 homers as a team this year and have hit 200-plus homers in a single season for the 10th time in franchise history (last, 222 HR in 2023)…the Astros rank second in the AL in home runs this season behind only the Yankees (209).
THE FIREMAN
LHP Josh Hader has converted 26 consecutive save opportunities to open his season, which is the Astros club record…should Hader finish the season without a blown save, he would become the seventh pitcher in MLB history to post 26-plus saves without a blown save and the first to do so since RHP Ken Giles in 2018 (26 SV).
Roster Moves
The Houston Astros have reinstated OF/IF Brice Mathews from the injured list and have designated OF Jorge Barrosa for assignment.
Game Info
Game Date/Time: Saturday, September 19, 6:10 p.m. CT
Location: Daikin Park, Houston, TX
TV: SCHN, SCHN2 (Spanish), Peacock (subject to blackout)
Radio: KBME 790 AM & 94.5 FM HD2; TUDN 102.9 FM HD2 (Spanish), ESPN Radio (subject to blackout)
Houston Astros lineup
SS Jeremy Pena
DH Yordan Alvarez
3B Isaac Paredes
2B Jose Altuve
C Yainer Diaz
CF Daulton Varsho
1B Christian Walker
RF Cam Smith
LF Lamont Wade Jr.
Atlanta Braves lineup
DH Drake Baldwin
RF Ronald Acuna Jr.
1B Matt Olson
CF Michael Harris II
SS Mauricio Dubon
2B Ozzie Albies
LF Mike Yastrzemski
3B Austin Riley
C Sean Murphy
