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Game No. 57 Preview: Houston Astros at Toronto Blue Jays

Astros have dropped two straight, time to rebound.

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Houston Astros (34-22) at Toronto Blue Jays (26-30), Jun 6, 2015 12:07 PM CDT

TV: Roots Sports SW, MLB.TV 
Radio: KBME 790 AM, KLAT 1010 AM
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Pitching matchup

LHP Brett Oberholtzer (0-0, 3.24 ERA, 1.92 WHIP) vs. RHP Drew Hutchison (4-1, 5.26 ERA, 1.31 WHIP)

Preview

You may be wondering why are the Astros starting at 1:07 PM local time? Because it's a big day in Canada. The 2015 Women's World Cup starts today and is hosted by Canada. The opening match between Canada and China is at 6:30 p.m. CT.

Back to baseball, it appears the Astros' bats got lost in the luggage as they traveled north. Houston went down in order through six innings and didn't get a run till the ninth inning. Now they face Drew Hutchison, who led the Astros to two runs over six innings in their first tussle. He's been a bit all over the place since that start, giving up four runs in two starts and pitching a complete game shutout in the other.

HOUSTON ASTROS CAREER STATISTICS VS. DREW HUTCHISON
BATTER AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.400 0.400 0.600 1.000
2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.667 0.667 1.000 1.667
2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.500 2.500
6 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0.333 0.333 0.667 1.000
4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0.250 0.250 0.500 0.750
2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.500 0.500 1.000 1.500
2 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0.500 0.500 2.000 2.500
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000 0.333 0.000 0.333
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

Brett Oberholtzer returned to the Astros active roster, after the majority of the start of the season on the shelf with a blister issue. Oberholtzer held the O's to two runs on seven hits over 5 1/3 innings in that most recent outing. Oberholtzer is 1-1 with a 3.65 ERA in two career starts against the Blue Jays.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS CAREER STATISTICS VS. BRETT OBERHOLTZER
BATTER AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
15 6 4 0 1 3 3 1 0.400 0.500 0.867 1.367
5 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 0.400 0.500 1.200 1.700
1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.500 0.500 1.000 1.500
4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.250 0.250 0.500 0.750
5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.200 0.333 0.200 0.533
3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.333 0.333 0.333 0.667
3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.333 0.333 0.333 0.667
3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.333 0.333 0.333 0.667
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
6 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

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