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Houston Astros (11-20) vs. Seattle Mariners (18-12), May 8, 2016, 1:10 PM CDT
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Online: MLB.TV
Radio: KBME 790, La Nueva 94.1 FM (En Español)
M's SB Nation Blog: Lookout Landing
Pitching Matchup
RHP Collin McHugh (3-3, 6.59 ERA, 1.83 WHIP) vs. RHP Hisashi Iwakuma (1-3, 4.03 ERA, 1.32 WHIP)
Preview
The Houston Astros shoot for a series split after two tough losses against the Mariners in a four-game series. The Astros will be in action on Mother's Day wearing pink accent uniforms and pink hats.
Collin McHugh will take the mound for the Astros on Sunday. McHugh hasn't figured it out in 2016 minus his home-opener starting. He has given up 32 hits over his last four starts. In his one start against Seattle this season, he allowed two run over five innings on five hits.
Current Mariners are batting .221 (25x113) against McHugh with a .241 BABIP, 3.96 FIP, 19.7 K%, and a 4.9 BB%.
| SEATTLE MARINERS CAREER STATISTICS VS. COLLIN MCHUGH | ||||||||||||
| BATTER | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Robinson Cano | 25 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0.320 | 0.346 | 0.560 | 0.906 |
| Nelson Cruz | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0.308 | 0.308 | 0.769 | 1.077 |
| Mike Zunino | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0.235 | 0.278 | 0.588 | 0.866 |
| Seth Smith | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.273 | 0.385 | 0.455 | 0.839 |
| Norichika Aoki | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.250 | 0.333 | 0.250 | 0.583 |
| Steve Clevenger | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.400 | 0.400 | 0.400 | 0.800 |
| Leonys Martin | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.167 | 0.167 | 0.167 | 0.333 |
| Kyle Seager | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0.095 | 0.130 | 0.190 | 0.321 |
| Chris Iannetta | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0.100 | 0.250 | 0.400 | 0.650 |
| Ketel Marte | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.667 |
| Dae-Ho Lee | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Adam Lind | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Stefen Romero | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Hisashi Iwakuma struggled against Houston this season, he allowed five runs in five innings on seven hits. In his last start, Iwakuma was stellar. He allowed one run on four hits over seven innings in Oakland.
Current Astros are batting .311 (38x122) against Iwakuma with a .344 BABIP, 3.99 FIP, 19.8 K%, and a 2.3 BB%.
| HOUSTON ASTROS CAREER STATISTICS VS. HISASHI IWAKUMA | ||||||||||||
| BATTER | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Jose Altuve | 30 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0.433 | 0.394 | 0.700 | 1.094 |
| Marwin Gonzalez | 16 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.500 | 0.500 | 0.750 | 1.250 |
| Jason Castro | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0.200 | 0.259 | 0.240 | 0.499 |
| Colby Rasmus | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0.158 | 0.158 | 0.316 | 0.474 |
| George Springer | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0.250 | 0.250 | 0.583 | 0.833 |
| Jake Marisnick | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.500 | 0.500 | 0.750 | 1.250 |
| Carlos Correa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.500 | 0.667 | 0.500 | 1.167 |
| Evan Gattis | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.143 | 0.125 | 0.143 | 0.268 |
| Carlos Gomez | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.250 | 0.400 | 0.250 | 0.650 |
| Max Stassi | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.500 | 0.500 | 0.500 | 1.000 |
| Luis Valbuena | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.125 | 0.111 | 0.500 | 0.611 |
| Jon Singleton | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.000 | 0.200 | 0.000 | 0.200 |
| Preston Tucker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |