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Houston Astros (3-4) vs. Kansas City Royals (4-2), Apr 12, 2016, 7:10 PM CDT
TV: ROOT SPORTS Southwest, MLB Network (Out of Market Only)
Online: MLB.TV
Radio: KBME 790, La Nueva 94.1 FM (En Español)
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Pitching Matchup
RHP Mike Fiers (0-0, 9.00 ERA, 1.80 WHIP) vs. RHP Kris Medlen (6-2, 4.01 ERA, 1.27 WHIP in ‘15)
Preview
The Houston Astros started off their home campaign on the right foot with a handful of extra-base hits and an 8-2 win over the Royals. The Astros sent out Mike Fiers in game two against Kris Medlen who make his first start of the season.
Fiers allowed five runs on nine hits over five innings against the Yankees in his first start. Fiers aims to right the ship like Collin McHugh the night before.
In one start against the Royals during the regular season, Fiers allowed six runs on eight hits over five innings in 2015. In the playoffs, he pitched one relief against Kansas City and gave up a run.
Current Royals are batting .278 (10x36) against Fiers with .345 BABIP, 3.002 FIP, 15.56 K%, and a 9.00 BB%.
| KANSAS CITY ROYALS CAREER STATISTICS VS. MIKE FIERS | ||||||||||||
| BATTER | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Kendrys Morales | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.667 | 0.667 | 0.667 | 1.333 |
| Lorenzo Cain | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.500 | 0.667 | 1.500 | 2.167 |
| Tony Cruz | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.500 | 0.500 | 0.500 | 1.000 |
| Alcides Escobar | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.667 |
| Alex Gordon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.667 | 1.000 | 1.667 |
| Eric Hosmer | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.500 | 0.667 | 0.500 | 1.167 |
| Omar Infante | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.200 | 0.200 | 0.200 | 0.400 |
| Mike Moustakas | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.667 |
| Salvador Perez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Medlen was skipped in the first go-around of starts for the Royals. He will be making his first start of the season on Tuesday. This spring, he was 1-1 with a 5.94 ERA.
Medlen signed with the Royals before the 2015 season and was sent the 60-day disabled list twice during the year.
Current Astros are batting .214 (3x14) with a .231 BABIP, 4.450 FIP, 6.25 K%, and 13.00 BB%.
| HOUSTON ASTROS CAREER STATISTICS VS. KRIS MEDLEN | ||||||||||||
| BATTER | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Erik Kratz | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.333 | 0.429 | 0.5 | 0.929 |
| Marwin Gonzalez | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.5 |
| Luis Valbuena | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.9 |
| Carlos Gomez | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Jose Altuve | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Colby Rasmus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 |