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Houston Astros (9-18) at Minnesota Twins (8-19), May 4, 2016, 7:10 PM CDT
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Radio: KBME 790, La Nueva 94.1 FM (En Español)
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Pitching Matchup
RHP Mike Fiers (2-1, 4.97 ERA, 1.28 WHIP) vs. RHP Phil Hughes (1-4, 4.45 ERA, 1.25 WHIP)
Preview
The Houston Astros are 2-1 in May. Yay! The team is 9-18 overall. Boo! Houston sends out Mike Fiers in hopes of picking up the team's second series victory in 2016.
Fiers has been trending in the right direction. He is coming off his best start in 2016, allowing two runs on seven hits over seven innings in Oakland. In three home start this season, Fiers is 2-1 with a 4.76 ERA and a 1.24 WHIP. The long ball has been an issue, he has given up four at home so far and seven overall.
Current Twins are .228 (13x57) vs. Fiers with a .277 BABIP, 3.83 FIP, 16.9 K%, and 15.5 BB%. Fiers is 2-1 with a 1.65 ERA and a 1.134 WHIP in his career against the Twins.
| MINNESOTA TWINS CAREER STATISTICS VS. MIKE FIERS | ||||||||||||
| BATTER | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Brian Dozier | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.273 | 0.385 | 0.364 | 0.748 |
| Eddie Rosario | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.375 | 0.375 | 0.500 | 0.875 |
| Eduardo Escobar | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0.400 | 0.500 | 0.800 | 1.300 |
| Joe Mauer | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.222 | 0.300 | 0.222 | 0.522 |
| Eduardo Nunez | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.667 |
| Trevor Plouffe | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.167 | 0.444 | 0.167 | 0.611 |
| Kurt Suzuki | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.143 | 0.250 | 0.143 | 0.393 |
| Byron Buxton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| John Hicks | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Miguel Sano | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.333 | 0.000 | 0.333 |
| Danny Santana | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.250 | 0.000 | 0.250 |
Phil Hughes started the season with four straight quality starts. The streak was broken in his last start as he went only five innings and allowed four runs on seven hits against the Tigers.
Hughes is making his first major league start at Minute Maid Park in his 10-year career. Hughes is 1-1 with a 7.71 ERA in two career starts against Houston.
Current Astros are batting .143 (5x35) against Hughes with a .087 BABIP, 6.50 FIP, 22.0 K%, and a 9.8 B%.
| HOUSTON ASTROS CAREER STATISTICS VS. PHIL HUGHES | ||||||||||||
| BATTER | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Jose Altuve | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.667 |
| Marwin Gonzalez | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.500 | 0.500 | 2.000 | 2.500 |
| Erik Kratz | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.667 | 1.000 |
| Colby Rasmus | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0.071 | 0.235 | 0.286 | 0.521 |
| George Springer | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 1.333 | 1.667 |
| Jason Castro | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Carlos Gomez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.500 | 0.000 | 0.500 |
| Jon Singleton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Luis Valbuena | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |