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Houston Astros (12-7) at San Diego Padres (11-10), 9:10 p.m. (CST)
TV: Roots Sports SW, MLB.TV
Radio: KBME 790 AM, KLAT 1010 AM
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Pitching matchup
RHP Roberto Hernadez (0-2, 3.57 ERA, 1.13 WHIP) vs. RHP Tyson Ross (1-1, 3.97 ERA, 1.68 WHIP)
Preview
Once again the 2015 Astros responded when their opponent tied or took the lead late in a game. Monday, the Astros exploded for five runs in the eighth and ninth inning after James Shields left the game. It's been a trend this season, the Astros highest RBI totals per inning have been in the seventh (10) and eighth inning (11).
After finding a way to scrap out a win against Shields, Houston faces Tyson Ross. Ross has given up 10 runs in 22 2/3 innings this season. He has also struck out 28 batters but he has walked 16 in the same stretch. Ross has been dominate but wild.
| HOUSTON ASTROS CAREER STATISTICS VS. TYSON ROSS | ||||||||||||
| BATTER | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Evan Gattis | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.667 | 1.000 |
| Colby Rasmus | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.250 | 0.250 | 0.250 | 0.500 |
| Luis Valbuena | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.250 | 0.250 | 0.250 | 0.500 |
| Hank Conger | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Roberto Hernadez hopes to continue his serviceable work for the Astros. Herandez has posted back-to-back quality starts coming into today's game. He has walked just two batters in those two starts, while striking out eight.
| SAN DIEGO PADRES CAREER STATISTICS VS. ROBERTO HERNANDEZ | ||||||||||||
| BATTER | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Alexi Amarista | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.800 | 0.800 | 1.400 | 2.200 |
| Melvin Upton Jr. | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.211 | 0.318 | 0.263 | 0.581 |
| Yonder Alonso | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.667 | 0.667 | 0.667 | 1.333 |
| Jedd Gyorko | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.400 | 0.400 | 1.000 | 1.400 |
| Rymer Liriano | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.333 | 0.500 | 0.333 | 0.833 |
| Cory Spangenberg | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.500 | 0.500 | 0.500 | 1.000 |
| Justin Upton | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0.143 | 0.333 | 0.286 | 0.619 |
| Abraham Almonte | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Will Middlebrooks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Wil Nieves | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Derek Norris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Yangervis Solarte | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Will Venable | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.200 | 0.000 | 0.200 |
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