TONIGHT’S GAME: The Houston Astros (28-36) will continue their nine-game homestand tonight as they open a three-game series against the Athletics (30-32) at Daikin Park.
RHP Peter Lambert (4-4, 3.77 ERA) will make his ninth start of the year for the Astros tonight opposite the A’s and RHP Jack Perkins (2-2, 5.46 ERA), who’s making his first start of the season after beginning the year in the bullpen.
DRIVING THE LAMBO: Tonight’s Astros starter RHP Peter Lambert has been solid in his eight starts for
the Astros, going 4-4 with a 3.77 ERA (19ER/45.1IP) with 43 strikeouts and a .207 opponent average.
Lambert pitched last year for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows in the NPB, posting a 3.98 ERA (55ER/124.1IP) with 111 strikeouts in 23 appearances in Japan.
He began this season at Triple A Sugar Land (1.84 ERA in three appearances) before being called up to join the rotation on April 17.
VS. THE A’S: The Astros are hosting the A’s in Houston for their first series in the Bayou City since last July.
The Astros are 1-2 vs. the A’s in 2026 and are looking to reverse their luck vs. the A’s this season after going 5-8 against them in 2025. That marked the Astros first season series loss to the A’s since the 2020 season (3-7).
FROM THE TRAINER’S ROOM: The Astros have 10 players on the Major League Injured List
• RHP Ronel Blanco (rt. elbow surgery) and RHP Hayden Wesneski (rt. elbow surgery) are continuing with their live BP progressions in West Palm Beach.
• RHP Hunter Brown (rt. shoulder sprain) made his third rehab start last night working 4.1 innings on 57 pitches for Triple A Sugar Land at El Paso (SD). He allowed one run on three hits with four strikeouts.
• RHP Cristian Javier (rt. shoulder strain) made his first rehab start on Wednesday night for Double A Corpus Christi vs. Arkansas (SEA) tossing 0.2 of an inning on 28 pitches.
• RHP Lance McCullers Jr. (rt. shoulder inflammation) and LHP Bennett Sousa (lt. elbow inflammation) continue to advance in their throwing progressions.
• LHP Brandon Walter (lt. elbow surgery) continues his throwing progression in West Palm Beach.
• C Yainer Diaz (lt. oblique strain) continues baseball activity, including hitting BP on the field.
• IF Braden Shewmake (rt. adductor strain) is in West Palm Beach beginning therapeutic exercises.
ON THE LEADER BOARD: DH Yordan Alvarez leads MLB in OPS (1.077), SLG (.649), and total bases (148), and leads the AL lead in batting average (.316) and HR (21).
Also in the AL, he ranks tied for first in extra-base hits (34), second in hits (72), second in OBP (.428), and tied for second in RBI (44).
WALKER, TEXAS HAMMER: 1B Christian Walker leads the AL in RBI with 45, which is one RBI more than teammate DH Yordan Alvarez (44), and ranks tied for sixth in the AL in homers (16).
Walker also has not committed an error in 63 games.
FIRE STARTER: SS Jeremy Peña is batting .328 (20×61) with three home runs, 10 RBI and an .874 OPS in 16 games since being activated from the IL on May 18. The Astros are 9-7 since his return.
SEÑOR CIEN: 3B Isaac Paredes hit his 100th career homer last night becoming just the fourth Mexican-born player in MLB history to the reach milestone, joining Vinny Castilla (320), Jorge Orta (130), and Aurelio Rodriguez (124).
Paredes just reached another milestone on Sunday, becoming the 10th Mexican player to reach 500 career hits.
TODAY IN ASTROS HISTORY: 1969 – The Astros select RHP James Rodney Richard with the second overall pick in the draft (Jeff Burroughs was selected first by the Washington Senators).
J.R. Richard would go on to post a 107-71 record in his 10 seasons in Houston and is the only pitcher in club history with two 300-strikeout seasons (1978-79).
Game Info
Game Date/Time: Friday, June 5, 7:10 p.m. CT
Location: Daikin Park, Houston, TX
TV: Space City Home Network, SCHN2 (Spanish)
Streaming: SCHN+
Radio: KTRH 740 AM, KBME 790 AM & 94.5 FM HD2; TUDN 102.9 FM HD2 (Spanish)
