2017 game Notes ASTROS (2-1) at (1-2) RHP Mike Fiers (0-0, -.--) vs. RHP Jeremy Guthrie (0-0, 9.00) The Ballpark of the Palm Beaches, West Palm Beach, FL - 1:05 p.m. ET grand opening: Today marks the grand opening of the brand-new, state-of-the-art Spring Training ballpark, spring training roster The Ballplark of the Palm Beaches...the Astros and Nationals are sharing the facility...Washington will be (20 + 9) the home team for today’s 1:05 p.m. ET game...today’s game will be televised by ROOT Sports Southwest. 69 Kevin Chapman LHP 47 RHP start it up: 38 Dayan Diaz* RHP RHP Mike Fiers will get the start for Houston today in his Spring Training debut...RHP Jeremy 45 Michael Feliz RHP Guthrie will take the mound for Washington in what will be his 2nd appearance of the Spring...Fiers, 31, is a 54 Mike Fiers RHP Hollywood, Fla. native and is in his 3rd season with Houston...last season, racked up a career-high 11 wins in 67 Edison Frias* RHP 53 RHP 30 starts, posting his lowest-career walks per 9.0 innings ratio (2.24)...was traded to Houston from Milwaukee in 44 RHP 2015 and posted a 3.32 ERA in 10 games to help push Houston to the playoffs that year...tossed a no-hitter on 64 Reymin Guduan LHP Aug. 21, 2015 vs. LAD, marking the 11th no-hitter in club history and the first in the history of . 61 Jandel Gustave RHP 36 RHP 70 Brian Holmes* LHP today’s scheduled relievers: RHP Ken Giles, RHP Will Harris, RHP Jandel Gustave, RHP Dayan 51 RHP Diaz, RHP Jordan Jankowski, LHP Kevin Chapman and LHP Ashur Tolliver are scheduled to see action 65 Jordan Jankowski* RHP 60 Keuchel LHP today. 79 Francis Martes* RHP 43 Lance McCullers Jr. RHP commish availability: MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred will be available to the media today at 11:45 31 Collin McHugh RHP 50 RHP a.m. ET in the Auxiliary TV booth, which is located in the press box of The Ballpark of the Palm Beaches. 59 RHP 63 David Paulino RHP pregame festivities: Today’s pregame ceremony will include Major League 41 RHP 66 Tyson Perez* RHP Commissioner Rob Manfred, Principal Owners of the Washington Nationals Ted and Annette Lerner and 58 C.J. Riefenhauser* LHP members of the Lerner family, Owner and Chairman of the , , and members of his 62 Brady Rodgers RHP family and executive team...they will be joined on the field by the Mayor and Vice Mayor of Palm Beach 29 Tony Sipp LHP 74 Cy Sneed* RHP County, current and former County Administrator, current and former members of the Palm Beach County 46 Ashur Tolliver LHP Commission, the Mayor of West Palm Beach, current and former members of the West Palm Beach City 68 Aaron West* RHP Commission and the former CEO of the Economic Council of Palm Beach County...our nation’s colors (3+3) will be presented by the West Palm Beach Police Department Honor Guard, led by Lt. Frank DiStefano... 30 * the National Anthem will be performed by Palm Beach Opera Soprano Jessica Fishenfeld...there will also 11 be a flyover by the U.S. Coast Guard from Air Station Miami. 16 Brian McCann 12 Max Stassi 72 Garrett Stubbs* LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION: ROOT Sports Southwest will televise its first Astros game of the Spring today in what is the inaugural game of The Ballpark of the Palm Beaches...it also marks the debut of the Astros infielders (8+3) 27 Jose Altuve new TV broadcast team of Todd Kalas and Geoff Blum...Julia Morales returns as in-game reporter...ROOT 2 will carry 10 exhibition games overall, including Mar. 1-2 this week. 28 Reid Brignac* 1 root lineup: 73 J.D. Davis* ROOT Sports will broadcast a total of 10 Astros Spring Training games, including the Astros 9 Marwin Gonzalez Friday night exhibition game against the Cubs on March 30 at Minute Maid Park...the following games 10 will also air on ROOT Sports Southwest: Feb. 28 at WSH, March 1 vs. MIA, March 2 vs. WSH, March 17 vs. 19 Colin Moran 23 AJ Reed ATL, March 19 vs. NYY, March 22 vs. MIN, March 25 vs. WSH, March 26 at WSH, March 27 vs. STL. 21 Jonathan Singleton* 13 Tyler White sad passing: Regrettably, the Astros announced Saturday that longtime Astros executive Jamie Hildreth outfielders (9+4) passed away on Friday...he was 72 years old...Astros President of Business Operations Reid Ryan: “Words 3 Norichika Aoki cannot express how shocked and devastated all of us are right now. Jamie gave so much of himself to the 80 Andrew Aplin Astros organization and was loved and respected by so many in the Astros family and beyond. We are in 15 Carlos Beltrán 77 * mourning over the loss of a great friend and very, very special man”...Hildreth, who was the Astros Sr. Vice 76 Alejandro Garcia* President of Broadcasting and Alumni Relations, was in his 31st season with the organization. 35 Teoscar Hernandez 75 Jon Kemmer* TICKET INFO: 18 Astros Spring Training season, group and individual game tickets can now be purchased at 78 Ramon Laureano* The Ballpark of the Palm Beaches...tickets can also be purchased online at www.astros.com/SpringTraining 6 Jake Marisnick or by calling 877-935-5668. 22 4 20 Preston Tucker yesterday’s recap: A 4-run 9th inning propelled the Astros past the Mets, 5-2, yesterday in Port St. * - Non-roster invitee Lucie...a number of Astros players made their Spring debuts, including CF George Springer (0x3), 2B Jose Altuve (1x2, RBI), RF Josh Reddick (1x3), 1B Yuli Gurriel (0x3) and C Brian McCann (0x2)...2B Tony Kemp (1x1, 2RBI) hit a 2-run single in the 9th inning to pad Houston’s lead...starter RHP Joe Musgrove (1ER/2IP) allowed just 1 run, a leadoff homer, in his 2.0 innings.

UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS (ALL TIMES EASTERN) Date Time Opponent Pitchers Radio/Television Tues., Feb 28 1:05 at Washington RHP Mike Fiers (0-0, -.--) vs. RHP Jeremy Guthrie (0-0, 9.00) ROOT/KBME Wed., Mar. 1 1:05 Miami RHP Chris Devenski (0-0, -.--) vs. RHP Tom Koehler (0-0, 0.00) ROOT/KBME from the backfields: The Astros will have 3 minor league players joining the Major League club for today’s game: RHP Dean Deetz, IF Mott Hyde, LHP Albert Minnis...these players are all participating in a minor league mini-camp, as minor league Spring Training does not officially begin until March 5. off to japan: OF Norichika Aoki left the Astros yesterday morning for Japan and the 2017 ...Aoki started both of Houston’s games this Spring, going 3x6 with a stolen base...this marks Aoki’s 3rd trip to the WBC, as he played for Team Japan in 2006 and 2009.

WBC INFO: The Astros have 8 players participating in the 2017 World Baseball Classic: Jose Altuve (Venezuela), Norichika Aoki (Japan), Carlos Beltrán (Puerto Rico), Alex Bregman (U.S.A.), Kevin Chapman (Canada), Dayan Diaz (Colombia), Carlos Correa (Puerto Rico) and Luke Gregerson (U.S.A.)...the WBC begins on March 7 in Japan, and also in the U.S., Venezuela and Puerto Rico, where exhibitions vs. MLB teams will be played.

2016 recap: The Astros finished last season in 3rd place in the AL West with an 84-78 record, marking the first time that they posted back-to-back winning seasons since 2005-06...Jose Altuve had a banner season, taking home Sporting News Player of the Year and MLBPA Player’s Choice Player of the Year honors and his 2nd AL batting crown in 3 seasons (.338, 108 R, 216 H, 42 2B, 24 HR, 96 RBI, 30 SB)...Evan Gattis led the club in HR with a career-best 32...after a 7-17 record in April, the Astros rebounded to go 77-61 the rest of the way to get back into playoff contention (eliminated on final weekend). video uploads: Video highlights and postgame sound bites following today’s game will be uploaded to MLBPressbox.com for media to download... highlights, b-roll and sound bites will be uploaded to the site throughout Spring Training. minor league camp: Minor league pitchers and catchers will report to Spring Training on March 5, with the first workout taking place the following day...the first full squad workout for minor league players will be on March 11.

ASTROLINE: Astroline has moved to West Palm Beach, and will be held weekly at 8 p.m. ET (7 p.m. CT) from Duffy’s Sports Grill of Clematis, located at 225 N Clematis St., West Palm Beach, FL 33401...Astros radio broadcasters Robert Ford and Steve Sparks will alternate hosting duties... the next Astroline is on March 2...Astroline, presented by Karbach Brewing Co., airs on the Astros Radio Network, the Astros flagship stationKBME SportsTalk 790 and streams online at Astros.com/Astroline.

PITCHER DAY-BY-DAYS: michael feliz david Paulino ashur tolliver Date/Opp IP H R ER BB K Date/Opp IP H R ER BB K Date/Opp IP H R ER BB K 2/27 at NYM 2.0 1 1 1 0 3 2/27 at NYM 2.0 0 0 0 1 0 2/26 at ATL 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 Luke gregerson tyson perez framber valdez Date/Opp IP H R ER BB K Date/Opp IP H R ER BB K Date/Opp IP H R ER BB K 2/26 at ATL 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 2/26 at ATL (H1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 2/27 at NYM (S1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 reymin guduan brady rodgers aaron west Date/Opp IP H R ER BB K Date/Opp IP H R ER BB K Date/Opp IP H R ER BB K 2/26 at ATL (W1) 1.1 1 0 0 0 3 2/26 at ATL 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 2/26 at ATL 0.2 0 0 0 3 0 jordan jankowski tony sipp keegan yuhl Date/Opp IP H R ER BB K Date/Opp IP H R ER BB K Date/Opp IP H R ER BB K 2/26 at ATL 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 2/27 at NYM 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 2/26 at ATL (S1) 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 2/27 at NYM (W1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 joe musgrove Date/Opp IP H R ER BB K 2/27 at NYM 2.0 3 1 1 0 1 2017 SPRING TRAINING SCHEDULE/RESULTS Day Date Opponent Site Time/Result POR OPPONENT POR Saturday^ February 25 Detroit Lakeland L, 4-11 Frias (0-1) Hardy (1-0) none Sunday^ February 26 Atlanta Disney W, 3-2 Guduan (1-0) Ramirez (0-1) Yuhl (1) Monday#^ February 27 New York (NL) Port St. Lucie W, 5-2 Yuhl (1-0) Gorzelanny (0-1) Valdez (1) Tuesday#^* February 28 Washington West Palm Beach 1:05 pm Wednesday#@* March 1 Miami W. PALM BEACH 1:05 pm Thursday#@* March 2 Washington W. PALM BEACH 1:05 pm Friday#@ March 3 New York (NL) Port St. Lucie 1:10 pm Saturday^ March 4 New York (NL) W. PALM BEACH 1:05 pm Sunday^ March 5 Miami Jupiter 1:05 pm Monday@ March 6 Boston W. PALM BEACH 1:05 pm Tuesday March 7 No Game Scheduled Wednesday& March 8 New York (NL) (ss) W. PALM BEACH 1:05 pm Thursday@ March 9 St. Louis Jupiter 1:05 pm Friday& March 10 New York (NL) (ss) Port St. Lucie 1:10 pm Saturday^ March 11 Miami W. PALM BEACH 1:05 pm Sunday^ March 12 Washington West Palm Beach 1:05 pm Monday#@ March 13 St. Louis Jupiter 1:05 pm Tuesday@ March 14 New York (NL) W. PALM BEACH 1:05 pm Wednesday& March 15 Washington W. PALM BEACH 1:05 pm Thursday March 16 No Game Scheduled Friday&* March 17 Atlanta W. PALM BEACH 1:05 pm Boston Fort Myers 1:05 pm Saturday*^ March 18 Washington West Palm Beach 1:05 pm Sunday#*^ March 19 New York (AL) W. PALM BEACH 1:05 pm Monday& March 20 St. Louis W. PALM BEACH 6:05 pm Tuesday@ March 21 Miami Jupiter 1:05 pm Wednesday#@* March 22 Minnesota W. PALM BEACH 1:05 pm Thursday March 23 No Game Scheduled Friday& March 24 New York (NL) Port St. Lucie 1:10 pm Saturday#^* March 25 Washington W. PALM BEACH 1:05 pm Sunday#^* March 26 Washington W. Palm Beach 1:05 pm Monday#@* March 27 St. Louis W. PALM BEACH 6:05 pm Tuesday& March 28 Miami Jupiter 1:05 pm Wednesday@ March 29 Miami W. PALM BEACH 1:05 pm Thursday#^* March 30 Chicago (NL) MINUTE MAID 7:10 pm Friday#@ March 31 Chicago (NL) MINUTE MAID 1:10 pm All times local *ROOT Sports ^ KBME-AM &KTRH #MLB Network @tape delayed on KBME 790 AM