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Houston Astros (24-13) vs. Toronto Blue Jays (17-21), May 17, 2015 1:10 PM CDT
TV: Roots Sports SW, MLB.TV
Radio: KBME 790 AM, KLAT 1010 AM
Pitching matchup
RHP Collin McHugh (4-1, 3.50 ERA, 1.19 WHIP) vs. LHP Mark Buehrle (5-2, 5.54 ERA, 1.69 WHIP)
Preview
The extra-base hits keep on coming for the Astros. They added four last night, bumping their total for this series to 15 - nine doubles and six home runs.
Houston sends out Doctor McHugh to get the series sweep over the Blue Jays. McHugh had his 11-game winning streak snapped in his last start. He lasted only 4 2/3 innings while giving up 7 runs total (3 earned). Before that game, McHugh had pitched 5 2/3 innings in all previous six of his previous starts. In one career start against the Blue Jays on August 1, 2014, McHugh allowed just one runs over 6 1/3 innings.
TORONTO BLUE JAYS CAREER STATISTICS VS. COLLIN MCHUGH | ||||||||||||
BATTER | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Michael Saunders | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0.417 | 0.462 | 0.917 | 1.378 |
Jose Bautista | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.667 |
Dioner Navarro | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.500 | 0.333 | 0.500 | 0.833 |
Jose Reyes | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.250 | 0.250 | 0.750 | 1.000 |
Justin Smoak | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.250 | 0.250 | 0.250 | 0.500 |
Danny Valencia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.667 | 1.000 |
Josh Donaldson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.250 | 0.000 | 0.250 |
Ryan Goins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Mark Buehrle takes the mound for the Jays today. Buehrle is one the last member of the 2005 White Sox team that beat the Astros in the World Series. The Astros have never been able to get to the left-hander, he is 4-0 with a 0.89 ERA in four starts against Houston in his career. Buehrle this has been sharp, minus one outing were he gave up eight runs, he has a 4.03 ERA in 35 2/3 innings.
HOUSTON ASTROS CAREER STATISTICS VS. MARK BUEHRLE | ||||||||||||
BATTER | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Jed Lowrie | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0.250 | 0.273 | 0.250 | 0.523 |
Jose Altuve | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.364 | 0.364 | 0.455 | 0.818 |
Chris Carter | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.364 | 0.462 | 0.545 | 1.007 |
Evan Gattis | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.667 | 0.667 | 1.000 | 1.667 |
Robbie Grossman | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.333 | 0.429 | 0.333 | 0.762 |
L.J. Hoes | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.286 | 0.286 | 0.286 | 0.571 |
Colby Rasmus | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.667 |
Jonathan Villar | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.286 | 0.375 | 0.286 | 0.661 |
Luis Valbuena | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0.125 | 0.333 | 0.500 | 0.833 |
Jason Castro | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Matt Dominguez | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.125 | 0.000 | 0.125 |