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Houston Astros (39-28) at Colorado Rockies (28-37), Jun 18, 2015 2:10 PM CDT
TV: Roots Sports SW, MLB.TV
Radio: KBME 790 AM, KLAT 1010 AM
Pitching matchup
LHP Dallas Keuchel (8-2, 2.04 ERA, 0.95 WHIP) vs. RHP Taijuan Walker (4-6, 5.00 ERA, 1.44 WHIP)
Preview
Well, there goes the winning streak. Lance McCullers showed electric stuff once again but the Astros bats couldn't keep up with the Mariners.
Now Houston turns to Dallas Keuchel to start a new winning streak. Looking back at the Chris' notes from the series preview:
Saturday, Cy Young leader Dallas Keuchel (8-2, 2.04 ERA, 2.88 FIP, 12.8 K-BB%) will face off against 22-year-old Taijuan Walker (4-6, 5.00 ERA, 4.24 FIP, 12.6 K-BB%). The Astros won't let Walker's season ERA catch them unawares; the former top prospect hasn't allowed more than three runs in a start since May 24th, and has only allowed two runs in his past 13 innings pitched. The batters will have to contend with his high-90's fastball, cutter, low-70's curve, and a splitter.
Keuchel hasn't pitched at least six innings or more in all 14 starts this season. Keuchel is 3-3 with a 2.25 ERA in 44 career innings against the Mariners. He is 2-1 with 1.17 ERA in four career appearances in Seattle.
| SEATTLE MARINERS CAREER STATISTICS VS. DALLAS KEUCHEL | ||||||||||||
| BATTER | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Nelson Cruz"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Nelson Cruz | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0.500 | 0.500 | 0.900 | 1.400 |
| Austin Jackson"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Austin Jackson | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.444 | 0.500 | 0.556 | 1.056 |
| Kyle Seager"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Kyle Seager | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.211 | 0.211 | 0.211 | 0.421 |
| Mark Trumbo | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0.571 | 0.625 | 1.714 | 2.339 |
| Stefen Romero"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Stefen Romero | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.300 | 0.300 | 0.600 | 0.900 |
| Seth Smith"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Seth Smith | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.778 | 1.111 |
| Mike Zunino | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.300 | 0.300 | 0.400 | 0.700 |
| Robinson Cano"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Robinson Cano | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0.154 | 0.214 | 0.154 | 0.368 |
| Willie Bloomquist"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Willie Bloomquist | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.500 | 0.333 | 0.500 | 0.833 |
| Brad Miller"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Brad Miller | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0.125 | 0.300 | 0.125 | 0.425 |
| Logan Morrison"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Logan Morrison | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.667 |
| Dustin Ackley | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| James Jones | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Chris Taylor"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Chris Taylor | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Walker is 1-3 with a 2.84 ERA in eight appearance in seattle.
| HOUSTON ASTROS CAREER STATISTICS VS. TAIJUAN WALKER | ||||||||||||
| BATTER | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Jose Altuve"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Jose Altuve | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.375 | 0.412 | 0.688 | 1.099 |
| Marwin Gonzalez"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Marwin Gonzalez | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.250 | 0.250 | 0.583 | 0.833 |
| Colby Rasmus"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Colby Rasmus | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.750 | 0.750 | 2.000 | 2.750 |
| Hank Conger"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Hank Conger | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 |
| Jake Marisnick"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Jake Marisnick | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.500 | 0.667 | 0.500 | 1.167 |
| George Springer"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">George Springer | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0.333 | 0.375 | 0.833 | 1.208 |
| Jonathan Villar"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Jonathan Villar | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.222 | 0.222 | 0.333 | 0.556 |
| Jason Castro"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Jason Castro | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.091 | 0.091 | 0.091 | 0.182 |
| Evan Gattis"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Evan Gattis | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.200 | 0.200 | 0.800 | 1.000 |
| Robbie Grossman"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Robbie Grossman | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.200 | 0.333 | 0.200 | 0.533 |
| L.J. Hoes"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">L.J. Hoes | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.250 | 0.250 | 0.250 | 0.500 |
| Jed Lowrie"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Jed Lowrie | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.250 | 0.250 | 0.250 | 0.500 |
| Luis Valbuena"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Luis Valbuena | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.250 | 0.400 | 0.250 | 0.650 |
| Chris Carter"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Chris Carter | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.000 | 0.375 | 0.000 | 0.375 |
| Jon Singleton"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Jon Singleton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.667 | 0.000 | 0.667 |
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