2015 /GRAPEFRUIT LEAGUE Astros (3-2-1) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (3-2)

LHP Brett Oberholtzer (0-1, 0.00) vs. RHP Carlos Martinez (1-0, 0.00) Tuesday, March 10, 2015 - Osceola County Stadium, Kissimmee, FL - 1:05 p.m. ET

TODAY’S GAME: The Astros return home to Kissimmee, FL, today to take on the St. Louis Cardinals for the second and final matchup of the Spring between the two clubs...LHP Brett Oberholtzer will make his second start of the Spring, and second start vs. the Car- dinals for the Astros vs. St. Louis RHP Carlos Martinez.

YESTERDAY’S RECAPS: The Astros defeated the Blue Jays in Dunedin by a score of 1-0...RHP Collin McHugh was strong in his second start of the Spring (3.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 SO)...RHP Roberto Hernandez (2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 0 SO) picked up the win in his Spring debut while RHP Asher Wojciechowski fired 3.0 scoreless with 3 ...RHP picked up the with a scoreless 9th ...DH Jon Singleton (2x3) had two hits, including a double, while CF Jake Marisnick (1x3, RBI) drove in the only run of the day.

WHO’S HOT?: OF Robbie Grossman ranks T-2nd among Major League players with a .600 (6x10) batting average...Grossman has a double, a homer, 2 walks and 3 RBI...1B Jon Singleton ranks T-1st in the Majors in doubles (4) and is hitting .500 (5x10)...RHP Collin McHugh ranks tied for first among MLB in innings (5.0) and tied for fourth in strikeouts (6).

B-GAME ADDED: HOU will host ATL in a B-Game tomorrow (March 11) at 10:00 a.m....LHP will start for the Astros.

SPLIT SQUADS: The Astros will play their second and final split-squad game on Monday, April 16 (vs. ATL/at WSH).

UPCOMING STARTERS: RHP Dan Straily will start on Thursday at home vs. Detroit, which will also be his 2nd consecutive start vs. the Tigers...RHP Scott Feldman will take the hill against the Nationals in Viera on Friday...RHP Collin McHugh will make his 3rd start of the Spring on Saturday at Atlanta for Houston’s first night game of the Spring.

TONIGHT’S ASTROLINE AT DISNEY: LHP Dallas Keuchel will be tonight’s guest on Astroline, which will be broadcast live from the ESPN Club at Disney’s BoardWalk in Lake Buena Vista weely during Spring Training... radio color commentator Steve Sparks will serve as the host...Astroline, which is presented by Karbach Brewing Co., will air on KBME SportsTalk 790 AM and will stream online at Astros.com/Astroline...Fans can submit questions to the show via Twitter using the hashtag #Astroline, before and during the show...fans may also post questions on the Astros Facebook page at www.facebook.com/Astros...as always, fans will also have the option to call the show with questions at 713-212-5790.

TODAY’S SCHEDULED PITCHERS: LHP #39 Brett Oberholtzer: Today is his 2nd appearance of the Spring, and 2nd against the Cardinals...tossed 2.0 innings, allow- ing 1 unearned run on 4 hits with 2 strikeouts on 3/6 at STL...received the loss in Hosuton’s 5-2 defeat...has appeared in 37 Major League games over the past two seasons, posting a 9-18 record with a 3.85 ERA...in 2014, his 1.75 walks per 9.0 innings pitched ratio was 3rd-best in the AL among southpaws behind David Price (1.38) and Wei-Yin Chen (1.70)...allowed two walks or less in 22 of his 24 starts last season...his run support average of 3.19 in 2014 ranked 108th out of 112 pitchers with 140-or-more innings pitched...in 2013, posted a 2.24 ERA in 10 starts after joining the rotation on July 31...acquired by HOU from ATL on July 31, 2011 as part of a five- player deal involving OF .

-RHP #45 Samuel Deduno: Today will be his 2nd outing of the Spring...hurled 2.0 scoreless innings in relief, allowing 1 with 2 strikeouts on 3/6 at STL...began the 2014 season with the Twins before being claimed off waivers by the Astros on Aug. 30...posted a 3.12 ERA (3ER/8.2IP) in five apps. (1 GS) for the Astros after joining the club...overall, made 35 combined apps. for the Twins and Astros last season (9 GS)...his lone start for the Astros came on Sept. 27 vs. the Mets at where he hurled 4.0 shutout innings with four punchouts...has made 74 career apps. (42 starts) in parts of five Major League seasons...is 16-19 in his career with a 4.20 ERA...his career 2.69 groundball-flyball ratio ranks 8th among all current ML pitchers (min. 250 IP)...shined for Team Dominican in the 2014 World Baseball Classic...was starter and winner in the Championship Game vs. Puerto Rico, hurling 5.0 scoreless innings... was 2-0 with an 0.69 ERA (1ER/13IP) in the Classic overall with 17 K’s.

-RHP #50 Chad Qualls: Today will be his second outing of the Spring...tossed 1.0 hitless inning on 3/7 vs. NYY...returned to the Astros last season as the club’s and saved 19 games for Houston while posting a 3.33 ERA (19ER/51.1IP)...gave up just 5 walks all season, as opposed to 43 strikeouts in 51.1 innings...led all MLB relievers in walks per 9.0 innings (0.88), which also was the second-lowest mark by an Astros reliver in club history...ranked third among MLB relivers in to walk ratio (8.60)...one of just two pitchers to make at least 50 appearances in each of the last 10 seasons (also Matt Thornton)...ranks eighth on the club’s all-time appearance list (320), and since 2004 ranks second in the Majors in appearances (721) and relief innings (708.2) behind Francisco Rodriguez.

-RHP #44 : Today will be his second outing of the Spring... tossed 1.0 hitless inning on 3/7 vs. NYY...veteran reliever signed a three-year contract with Houston this offseason...sports a career 2.75 ERA (128ER/419.1IP) across 6 Major League seasons and has appeared in at least 60 games in each of those 6 years...is one of just 5 MLB pitchers to reach 60 games in every season since 2009: also Breslow, Papelbon, Thornton, Ziegler...435 games pitched since 2009 are the most in the Majors in that span...posted a 5-5 record and a 2.12 ERA (17ER/72.1IP) in 72 appearances for the last season.

-RHP #35 Josh Fields: Today will be his second outing of the Spring...struck out all 3 batters he faced on 3/7 vs. NYY...entering his third season with the Astros after getting selected from Boston in the Rule 5 Major League Draft prior to the 2013 season...led all Astros relievers in strikeouts in 2014 by fanning 70 batters in 54.2 innings...his 21 multi-strikeout games were the most by an Astros reliever since RHP Jose Valverde in 2008 (25)...had a dominant final few months of the 2014 season...from May 17 through the end of the year, went 4-3 with two saves, a 2.32 ERA (11ER/42.2IP), 10 walks, 55 strikeouts and a .208 opponents’ batting average. UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS (ALL TIMES EASTERN) Date Time Opponent Pitchers Radio/Television Tues., March 10 1:05 St. Louis LHP Brett Oberholtzer (0-1, 0.00) vs. RHP Carlos Martinez (1-0, 0.00) KBME/none Wed., March 11 1:05 B-Game vs. ATL LHP Dallas Keuchel vs. TBA none/none Thur., March 12 1:05 Detroit RHP Dan Straily (0-0, 9.00) vs. RHP Drew VerHagen (1-0, 6.00) KPRC/none Fri., March 13 1:05 at Washington RHP Scott Feldman (0-0, 4.50) vs. TBA KBME/none BAT MEETING TODAY: Representatives from the Baseball Assistance Team met with the Astros players this morning at 8:45 a.m...BAT visits every club during Spring Training to provide info on their services.

NEW LOOK STAFF: The Astros made some new additions to their coaching staff this offseason, which is led by new manager A.J. Hinch...2014 staffers (pitching ) and (bullpen coach) have returned to the club in 2015 in their same roles from last season, while the new additions to the staff are Trey Hillman (bench coach), (hitting coach), (third base coach), (first base coach) and Alan Zinter (assistant hitting coach).

ROOT DEBUT: The Astros will make their debut on their new television home, ROOT SPORTS, during Spring Training with 4 televised games: March 17 at PIT, March 20 vs. WSH, March 22 vs. PIT, March 23 vs. ATL...Bill Brown, Alan Ashby, Geoff Blum and Julia Morales return to call the action in 2015...the network is available to AT&T U-verse subscribers on channels 758 (SD) and 1758 (HD), and DIRECTV customers on channel 674...local Comcast customers can see the network via channels 39 (SD) and 639 (HD)...for a full schedule and channel listings, visit ROOTSPORTS.com.

ASTROS ON THE AIRWAVES: Virtually all 2015 Astros Spring Training games will be broadcast on SportsTalk 790 AM or KPRC 950 AM...the broadcast team of Robert Ford and Steve Sparks will call the action for the 3rd consecutive season...Astros Spring Training weeknight and weekend games will be broadcast live, while weekday Spring Training afternoon games will be broad- cast on tape delay in the evenings...all broadcasts can be heard live on SiriusXM satellite radio and MLB.com Gameday Audio.

MINOR LEAGUE CAMP: The first workout for minor league pitchers and catchers was yesterday...for position players, March 13.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTORS IN CAMP: Several former Astros stars will serve as guest instructors in 2015...below is a tentative schedule: Jeff Bagwell: March 10-14, Jose Cruz: March 10-16, Craig Biggio: March 16-20, Lance Berkman and Roger Clemens: both have had stints at Astros camp, and Clemens will return at a date TBD...NOTE - Several additional, former Astros players are currently in camp as members of the minor league staff, including Cesar Cedeno, Morgan Ensberg, Adam Everett, Doug Brocail and Mark Bailey. DAY-BY-DAYS:

MARK APPEL WILL HARRIS CHAD QUALLS Date/Opp IP H R ER BB K Date/Opp IP H R ER BB K Date/Opp IP H R ER BB K 3/5 vs. PHI (W1) 2.0 3 1 1 0 2 3/6 at STL 1.2 2 0 0 0 0 3/7 vs. NYY 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 JAKE BUCHANAN 3/9 at TOR 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 BRADY RODGERS Date/Opp IP H R ER BB K ROBERTO HERNANDEZ Date/Opp IP H R ER BB K 3/5 vs. PHI (H1) 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 Date/Opp IP H R ER BB K 3/5 vs. PHI 0.2 3 2 2 0 0 3/8 at DET (W1) 1.1 4 2 0 0 0 3/9 at TOR (W1) 2.0 0 0 0 2 0 3/8 at DET 1.2 2 4 4 3 0 KEVIN CHAPMAN JAMES HOYT TONY SIPP Date/Opp IP H R ER BB K Date/Opp IP H R ER BB K Date/Opp IP H R ER BB K 3/6 at STL 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3/6 at STL 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 3/7 vs. NYY 1.0 2 1 1 1 1 3/8 at DET 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 3/8 vs. ATL 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 JASON STOFFEL SAMUEL DEDUNO JORDAN JANKOWSKI Date/Opp IP H R ER BB K Date/Opp IP H R ER BB K Date/Opp IP H R ER BB K 3/5 vs. PHI (S1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 3/6 at STL 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 3/7 vs. NYY (L1) 1.2 5 5 5 1 3 3/8 vs. ATL 2.0 1 1 1 1 1 DARIN DOWNS DALLAS KEUCHEL DAN STRAILY Date/Opp IP H R ER BB K Date/Opp IP H R ER BB K Date/Opp IP H R ER BB K 3/7 vs. NYY 1.0 2 2 2 2 0 3/7 vs. NYY 2.0 1 0 0 1 1 3/8 at DET 2.0 4 2 2 0 1 MICHAL FELIZ COLLIN McHUGH Date/Opp IP H R ER BB K Date/Opp IP H R ER BB K Date/Opp IP H R ER BB K 3/8 vs. ATL 2.0 1 0 0 1 1 3/5 vs. PHI 2.0 0 0 0 1 3 3/5 vs. PHI (H1) 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 SCOTT FELDMAN 3/9 at TOR 3.0 3 0 0 1 3 3/8 at DET 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 Date/Opp IP H R ER BB K PAT NESHEK ALEX WHITE 3/8 vs. ATL 2.0 2 1 1 1 2 Date/Opp IP H R ER BB K Date/Opp IP H R ER BB K JOSH FIELDS 3/8 vs. ATL 1.0 2 0 0 1 1 3/6 at STL 0.1 3 4 4 2 0 Date/Opp IP H R ER BB K BRETT OBERHOLTZER ASHER WOJCIECHOWSKI 3/7 vs. NYY 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 Date/Opp IP H R ER BB K Date/Opp IP H R ER BB K LUKE GREGERSON 3/6 at STL (L1) 2.0 4 1 0 0 2 3/5 vs. PHI (H1) 2.0 1 0 0 1 0 Date/Opp IP H R ER BB K 3/9 at TOR 3.0 2 0 0 0 3 3/7 vs. NYY 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2015 SPRING TRAINING SCHEDULE/RESULTS

Day Date Opponent Site Time/Result POR OPPONENT POR SAVE Thursday** March 5 Philadelphia KISSIMMEE W, 6-3 Appel (1-0) Gonzalez (0-1) Stoffel (1) Friday** March 6 St. Louis Jupiter L, 2-5 Oberholtzer (0-1) Gonzales (1-0) Siegrist (1) Saturday^ March 7 New York (AL) KISSIMMEE L, 4-9 Jankowski (0-1) Cotham (1-0) none Sunday^ March 8 Atlanta KISSIMMEE T, 2-2 none none none Detroit Lakeland W, 14-9 Buchanan (1-0) Gorzelanny (0-1) none Monday+ March 9 Toronto (ss) Dunedin W, 1-0 Hernandez (1-0) Tepera (0-1) Harris (1) Tuesday+ March 10 St. Louis KISSIMMEE 1:05 pm Wednesday March 11 No Game Scheduled Thursday** March 12 Detroit KISSIMMEE 1:05 pm Friday+ March 13 Washington Viera 1:05 pm Saturday^ March 14 Atlanta Disney 6:05 pm Sunday^ March 15 Washington KISSIMMEE 1:05 pm Monday**# March 16 Atlanta KISSIMMEE 1:05 pm Washington Viera 1:05 pm Tuesday*#** March 17 Pittsburgh Bradenton 1:05 pm Wednesday March 18 No Game Scheduled Thursday**# March 19 New York (NL) (ss) Port St. Lucie 1:10 pm Friday*#** March 20 Washington KISSIMMEE 1:05 pm Saturday^ March 21 New York (AL) Tampa 1:05 pm Sunday^*# March 22 Pittsburgh KISSIMMEE 1:05 pm Monday*#** March 23 Atlanta KISSIMMEE 1:05 pm Tuesday**# March 24 New York (NL) (ss) Port St. Lucie 1:10 pm Wednesday**# March 25 Philadelphia Clearwater 1:05 pm Thursday March 26 No Game Scheduled Friday** March 27 Miami KISSIMMEE 6:05 pm Saturday^ March 28 Miami Jupiter 1:05 pm Sunday^ March 29 New York (AL) KISSIMMEE 1:05 pm Monday** March 30 Toronto KISSIMMEE 6:05 pm Tuesday^ March 31 Atlanta Disney 6:05 pm Wednesday** April 1 Detroit KISSIMMEE 1:05 pm Thursday April 2 Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, TX 6:05 pm Friday^ April 3 Kansas City HOUSTON 7:05 pm Saturday^ April 4 Kansas City HOUSTON 3:05 pm

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