Minute Maid Park 5O1 Crawford St. Houston, TX 77OO2 Phone 713.259.8900 Houston Astros (54-73) at New York Yankees (63-61) LHP Dallas Keuchel (10-8, 3.11) vs. RHP Brandon McCarthy (4-2, 2.30) Thursday, August 21, 2014 • Yankee Stadium • New York, NY • 12:05 p.m. CT • CSN Houston GAME #128 .............. ROAD #63 10-GAME TRIP: Today is the finale of a 3-game CHASING A HIT RECORD: Jose Altuve has ABOUT THE RECORD series at Yankee Stadium and the 7th game of tallied 175 hits thru 127 team games, which puts Overall Record: ......................54-73 a 10-game road trip...the Astros are 4-2 on the him on pace for 223 hits this season...the top three Home Record: ........................29-36 trip, splitting four games vs. the Red Sox before single-season hit totals in franchise history are --with Roof Open: ...................... 9-8 taking the first two games of the current series owned by 2B Craig Biggio (210 hits in 1998), SS --with Roof Closed: .................18-28 at NYY...the trip will wrap up with a three-game Miguel Tejada (199 hits in 2009) and OF Derek --with Roof Open/Closed: ......... 2-0 series over the weekend at Cleveland (8/22-24)... Bell (198 hits in 1998)...below are where they Road Record: ..........................25-37 the current road trip matches the Astros longest stood thru 127 and 128 team games. Current Streak: ......................Won 3 trip of the season (other was 5/19-28). Hit Totals 127g 128g Final Current Road Trip: .................... 4-2 Craig Biggio (1998) 161 163 210 Last Homestand: ........................ 3-3 VS. THE YANKEES: The Astros are 4-1 vs. the Miguel Tejada (2009) 154 154 199 Last 5 Games: ............................ 3-2 Yankees this season with one game left to play... Derek Bell (1998) 154 156 198 Last 10 Games: .......................... 5-5 HOU took two of three from NYY in the season- Jose Altuve (2014) 175 ??? ??? Series Record: .....................14-22-5 opening series at Minute Maid Park, 4/1-3...A Sweeps: ..................................... 3-8 First: Last night’s win gave the Astros their first STANDING TALL: 2B Jose Altuve leads the When Scoring 4 or More Runs: . 46-19 road series victory vs. the Yankees in franchise American League in hits (175), batting average When Scoring 3 or Fewer Runs: ....8-54 history...HOU is also assured of winning the sea- (.338) and stolen bases (46)...he is looking to Shutouts: ...................................2-12 son series...prior to this season, the Astros were become the first Major Leaguer to lead his league In One-Run Games: ................13-21 just 2-13 vs. the Bronx Bombers with an 0-6 mark in those three categories since OF Ichiro Suzuki In Two-Run Games: ..................7-11 vs. them at home. (.350, 242 H, 56 SB) did so in 2001...Altuve is also vs. Left-Handed Starters: ........16-22 vying to become the first player in franchise his- vs. Right-Handed Starters: ......38-51 SWEEPSTAKES: A win today would give the As- tory to win a batting title. During the Day: ......................17-22 tros their 4th series sweep of the season, and their AL Batting Leaders At Night: .................................37-51 3rd on the road...their last sweep was a 3-gamer 1. Jose Altuve - .338 When Scoring First: ................36-23 on 7/7-9 at TEX...HOU’s other road sweep was a 2. Robinson Cano - .329 Opponent Scores First: ..........18-50 3-gamer, 5/26-28 at KC. 3. Victor Martinez - .325 Outhit Opponent: .....................39-7 Outhit by Opponent: ..............12-62 BY COMPARISON: Sunday’s win at BOS was the SPECIAL DAY: RHP Josh Fields celebrated his Equal Hits: ................................. 3-4 Astros 52nd of the season, which is one more than 29th birthday with a win in Tues. night’s game...he When Hitting Home Run: ........43-34 their overall win total in 2013...thru 127 games, is the 3rd pitcher in franchise history to register a No Home Runs: .......................11-39 the Astros are 54-73, compared to 42-85 at this win on his birthday and the first since RHP Roy Walkoff Home Runs: .................. 2-1 point last season...the 2013 club did not win their Oswalt turned the trick on 8/29/07 vs. STL. Come-from-Behind Wins: ............21 51st game until Sept. 13. Largest Comeback: ...............4 runs CARTER NAMED POTW: IF/OF Chris Carter Losses After Leading: ..................30 TODAY’S GAME: LHP Dallas Keuchel (10-8) was named the American League Player of the Last At-Bat Wins: ..........................12 will start for the Astros this afternoon vs. Yankees Week on Monday for the week of Aug. 11-17... Largest Blown Lead: ..............4 runs RHP Brandon McCarthy (4-2)...today will be during the week, Carter hit .321 (9x28) with four Extra-Inning Games: ................. 6-4 Keuchel’s first career app. vs. the Yankees. home runs and nine RBI with a .750 slugging Different Batting Orders: ...........110 percentage and a 1.083 OPS. After Six Innings: WORKHORSE: LHP Dallas Keuchel leads Lead: 43-13 .....Tied: 5-9 ...Trail: 6-51 the AL in complete games with four, which are BIG C!: Chris Carter has eight home runs and 19 After Seven Innings: the most in one season by an Astros southpaw RBI in his last 14 games and is hitting .316 (18x57) Lead: 45-7 ......Tied: 6-8 ...Trail: 3-58 since LHP Randy Johnson tallied four in 1998... in that span with...since July 1, he leads the Majors After Eight Innings: Ground Control: For virtually the entire season, in HR (17), RBI (42), SLG (.675) and OPS (1.020)... Lead: 48-4 ......Tied: 6-8 ...Trail: 0-61 Keuchel has had the best groundball/flyball ratio he has hit .299 (47x157) in that span. 2014 Record vs. Yankees: in the Majors (currently at 3.29) and the best SINCE JULY 1 - MLB Overall in 2014: ......................... 4-1 groundball pct. rate (currently at 62.4%) Home Runs Slugging OPS At Minute Maid Park: ................. 2-1 1. Carter-17 1. Carter-.675 1.Carter-1.020 At Yankee Stadium: .................... 2-0 LAST NIGHT’S RECAP: A 4-run rally in the 7th 2. Rizzo-12 2. Ortiz-.613 2.Werth-1.016 All-Time vs. Yankees: inning lifted the Astros to a come-from-behind, 3. 3 Tied-11 3. Werth-.592 3. Ortiz-.980 Overall:.... ................................6-14 5-2 win over the Yankees last night...RHP Scott Record in Houston: .................... 2-7 Feldman (7-9) picked up the win (6.2 IP, 2 ER)... 30 HR CLUB: Tues. night’s HR was #30 on the Record in New York: .................. 4-7 RHP Jose Veras hurled a scoreless 9th to earn season for Chris Carter, which is a career high his 1st save of the season...in the pivotal 7th in- for him...he is the 1st Astros player to reach 30 THIS DATE IN ASTROS HISTORY: ning, the Astros tallied hits in five consecutive HR since Lance Berkman (34) and Carlos Lee August 21 AB’s...Robbie Grossman (2x5, 2 RBI), Matt (32), both in 2007. Dominguez (2x4) and Jake Marisnick (2x4) 1999 - Astros leave no runners on base in had multi-hit games. POWER SURGE: The Astros are second in the a 5-4 victory over Florida. Jeff Bagwell’s Majors in HR since July 1 with 54...they have hit 30 solo shot in the ninth wins it after Bill Spi- BRONX BOMBER: With last night’s win, RHP long balls in their last 22 games...for the season, ers, Glen Barker and Carl Everett went Scott Feldman improved to 2-0 vs. the Yankees the Astros are 3rd in the AL in HR with 141. deep for the other four runs. Doug Henry this season with a 1.37 ERA (2ER/13.1IP). MOST HR - AL MOST HR Since July1 wins in relief of Jose Lima. 1. Baltimore - 161 1. Baltimore - 61 1966 - Dave Giusti has a banner day, hurl- RECENT STROS: The Astros have won three 2. Toronto - 143 2. Houston - 54 ing a 6-hit, 11-0 shutout vs. the Reds while straight games, four of their last five and are 10-8 3. Houston - 141 3. Chicago (NL) - 49 driving in six runs, which was a club re- in the month of August. cord that stood for 23 years. The win com- COLLIN CARD: RHP Collin McHugh has pletes a 4-game sweep of Cincinnati. IN THE DAYLIGHT: The Astros are 17-22 in day posted a 1.42 ERA (3ER/19.1IP) in his four starts games this season...LHP Tony Sipp has not al- this month, which ranks 2nd in the AL...McHugh lowed a run in his 12 day game apps., allowing is also currently among the AL leaders in both just six hits while punching out 18 in 12.2 innings opponents batting avg. (.208) and SO/9IP ratio of work...among the starters, LHP Brett Ober- (9.79)...he has tallied 124 K’s while allowing 86 holtzer has the staff’s best ERA in the daytime hits in 114.0 IP. with a 1.67 mark in five starts (6ER/32.1IP). Lowest August ERA - AL 1. Iwakuma - 0.61 YOUNGBLOODS: The Astros and Indians have 2. McHugh - 1.42 the youngest ML rosters in the Majors with an 3. Tillman - 1.57 average age of 27.0. UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS (ALL TIMES CENTRAL) Date Time Opponent Pitchers Television Fri., Aug. 22 6:05 at Cleveland RHP Brad Peacock (3-8, 5.47) vs.