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Houston Astros (1-1) at New York Yankees (1-1), Apr 7, 2016, 3:05 PM CDT
Radio: KTRH 740, Spanish: La Nueva 94.1 FM
TV: MLB.TV, Roots Sports Southwest,
SB Nation Blog: Pinstripe Alley
Pitching Matchup:
2016 Spring Training Stats
RHP Mike Fiers (0-0, 4.91 ERA, 1.36 WHIP) vs. RHP Nathan Eovaldi (1-1, 3.07 ERA, 1.50 WHIP)
Preview:
Mike Fiers misses a return to Milwaukee next series to start in New York. It will be his first start against the Bronx Bombers. Fiers was 2-1 with a 3.32 ERA in 10 starts with the Astros last season. Current Yankees are batting .318 (7x22) against Fiers with .389 BABIP, 17.4 K%, and 4.3 BB%.
| NEW YORK YANKEES CAREER STATISTICS VS. MIKE FIERS | ||||||||||||
| BATTER | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Chase Headley | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 |
| Starlin Castro | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.250 | 0.333 | 0.375 | 0.708 |
| Donovan Solano | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.400 | 0.500 | 0.400 | 0.900 |
| Aaron Hicks | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.667 |
| Carlos Beltran | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Houston native Nathan Eovaldi missed the Astros last season but is 1-0 with a 0.90 ERA in three career starts against the Astros. Houston batters are batting .152 (10x66) with a .200 BABIP, 23.4 K% and 11.7 BB% against Eovaldi.
| HOUSTON ASTROS CAREER STATISTICS VS. NATHAN EOVALDI | ||||||||||||
| BATTER | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Evan Gattis | 20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0.300 | 0.333 | 0.450 | 0.783 |
| Carlos Correa | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.429 | 0.429 | 0.429 | 0.857 |
| Carlos Gomez | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0.333 | 0.455 | 0.444 | 0.899 |
| Jose Altuve | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.222 | 0.300 | 0.222 | 0.522 |
| Luis Valbuena | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.091 | 0.167 | 0.091 | 0.258 |
| Marwin Gonzalez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Erik Kratz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.333 | 0.000 | 0.333 |
| Colby Rasmus | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.286 | 0.000 | 0.286 |
| George Springer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Preston Tucker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |