Postgame Notes 0831

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Monday, August 31, 2015 0LQXWH 0DLG 3DUN +RXVWRQ 7H[DV +286721 $67526 YV 6($77/( 0$5,1(56 $VWURV 6WDUWHU LHP Dallas Keuchel ....... (121TP, 75K) 0DULQHUV 6WDUWHU LHP Vidal Nuno ........ (105TP, 69K) 6DYH none 5RRI 6WDWXV Closed *DPH $WWHQGDQFH .................................... 19,923 6HDVRQ7RWDO $YHUDJH... 1,763,035 (26,314/67gms) :3 LHP Dallas Keuchel (16-6) /3 LHP Vidal Nuno (0-2) $67526 127(6 The Astros have won 22 of their last 27 games at home and are 46-21 (.687) at Minute Maid Park this sea- son...marks the best home record in the AL, ahead of the Royals (45-21, .682)...tonight’s win pushed the Astros to 14 games above .500, which ties their high water mark on the season. /+3 'DOODV .HXFKHO notched his AL-leading 16th win of the season, and improved to 12-0 at home with his 7.0-inning, 1-run performance...his 121 pitches marked the 2nd-most in his career, behind a 128-pitch outing on May 19, 2014 at LAA (2ER/8.2IP)...became 1 of just 8 pitchers in the last century to start a season 12-0 or better at home (last, /+3 -RKDQ 6DQWDQD in 2006)...Keuchel has won 13 straight decisions at home dating back to last season, which ties the franchise record set by 5+3 'DQQ\ 'DUZLQ from 1989-90. .HXFKHO now has 12 starts this season in which he’s gone 7.0+ innings while giving up 1 run or less...that’s the most in the AL and tied for the most in the Majors with 5+3 -DNH $UULHWD and 5+3 =DFN *UHLQNH. .HXFKHO allowed a HR at Minute Maid Park for the first time since Aug. 10, 2014 vs. TEX ($GULDQ %HOWUH)... had gone 17 consecutive starts and 122.2 IP (including tonight’s 1st inning) at home without allowing a HR, which marked the 2nd-longest streak in club history behind 5+3 -RDTXLQ $QGXMDU·V 28g run from 1977-80. % -RVH $OWXYH extended his career-long on-base streak to 28 games with a 3x5 night...marks the longest streak by an Astro since 0LFKDHO %RXUQ had a 28-game run from 2010-11...Altuve’s streak has spanned the entire month of August...led the Majors in hits in August (45) while hitting .375 (45x120) with a .411 OBP...his 45 hits in August tied him for the most ever recorded by an Astros player during the month with Jesus Alou’s 45-hit August in 1970. After missing the last 4 games with a sore left hamstring, 66 &DUORV &RUUHD went 2x4 with his 16th HR of the year...leads all AL rookies and all AL shortstops in HR, despite playing in just 69g...per ESPN Stats & Info, he is just the 2nd shortstop in MLB history to record 16 HR before turning 21, joining $OH[ 5RGULJXH] (26). % -HG /RZULH snapped an 0x28 streak with a go-ahead solo home run in the 4th inning. 6($77/( 127(6 %5) 0DUN 7UXPER extended his hitting streak to 10 games with his 7th career multi-homer game, and his 2nd of the season (also May 12 vs.WSH)...homered off .HXFKHO in the 2nd inning...is hitting .325 (13x40) over the course of his streak...in his career, Trumbo is 6x13 (.462) with 3 homers against .HXFKHO...in his last 45 games, is hitting .303 (47x155) with 9 homers and 23 RBI. $67526 (;75$6 Due to the roster expansion in September, Astros batting practice will begin 15 minutes earlier...as a re- sult, beginning tomorrow the Astros clubhouse will open at 2:50 p.m. for 7:10 p.m. start time games, and manager $- +LQFK will address the media at approximately 3:35 p.m. In the 2nd game of his rehab assignment at Double A, 2) *HRUJH 6SULQJHU went 1x4 with a run scored. 5 + ( /2 5(&25' 0$5,1(56 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 8 2 5 61-71 $67526 1 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 x 8 11 1 5 73-59 *2,1· '((3 3/$<(5 ,11,1* 3,7&+(5 &2817 /2&$7,21 ',67$1&( 522) Trumbo (9) 2nd Keuchel 0-0 right 412’ closed Lowrie (6) 4th Nuno 0-1 right 332’ closed Conger (9) 4th Nuno 0-0 left 397’ closed Correa (16) 5th Nuno 1-1 left-center 421’ closed Trumbo (19) 9th Perez 0-2 left 386’ closed

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son...marks the best home record in the AL, ahead of the Royals (45-21, .682)...tonight’s win pushed the Astros to 14 games above .500, which ties their high water mark on the season.

�� /+3�'DOODV�.HXFKHO�notched his AL-leading 16th win of the season, and improved to 12-0 at home with his 7.0-inning, 1-run performance...his 121 pitches marked the 2nd-most in his career, behind a 128-pitch outing on May 19, 2014 at LAA (2ER/8.2IP)...became 1 of just 8 pitchers in the last century to start a season 12-0 or better at home (last, /+3�-RKDQ�6DQWDQD�in 2006)...Keuchel has won 13 straight decisions at home dating back to last season, which ties the franchise record set by 5+3�'DQQ\�'DUZLQ�from 1989-90.

�� .HXFKHO�now has 12 starts this season in which he’s gone 7.0+ innings while giving up 1 run or less...that’s the most in the AL and tied for the most in the Majors with 5+3�-DNH�$UULHWD�and 5+3�=DFN�*UHLQNH.

�� .HXFKHO�allowed a HR at Minute Maid Park for the first time since Aug. 10, 2014 vs. TEX ($GULDQ�%HOWUH)...had gone 17 consecutive starts and 122.2 IP (including tonight’s 1st inning) at home without allowing a HR, which marked the 2nd-longest streak in club history behind 5+3�-RDTXLQ�$QGXMDU·V�28g run from 1977-80.

�� �%�-RVH�$OWXYH�extended his career-long on-base streak to 28 games with a 3x5 night...marks the longest streak by an Astro since 0LFKDHO�%RXUQ�had a 28-game run from 2010-11...Altuve’s streak has spanned the entire month of August...led the Majors in hits in August (45) while hitting .375 (45x120) with a .411 OBP...his 45 hits in August tied him for the most ever recorded by an Astros player during the month with Jesus Alou’s 45-hit August in 1970.

�� After missing the last 4 games with a sore left hamstring, 66�&DUORV�&RUUHD�went 2x4 with his 16th HR of the year...leads all AL rookies and all AL shortstops in HR, despite playing in just 69g...per ESPN Stats & Info, he is just the 2nd shortstop in MLB history to record 16 HR before turning 21, joining $OH[�5RGULJXH] (26).

�� �%�-HG�/RZULH�snapped an 0x28 streak with a go-ahead solo home run in the 4th inning.6($77/(�127(6��� �%�5)�0DUN�7UXPER�extended his hitting streak to 10 games with his 7th career multi-homer game, and

his 2nd of the season (also May 12 vs. WSH)...homered off .HXFKHO�in the 2nd inning...is hitting .325 (13x40) over the course of his streak...in his career, Trumbo is 6x13 (.462) with 3 homers against .HXFKHO...in his last 45 games, is hitting .303 (47x155) with 9 homers and 23 RBI.

$67526�(;75$6��� Due to the roster expansion in September, Astros batting practice will begin 15 minutes earlier...as a re-

sult, beginning tomorrow the Astros clubhouse will open at 2:50 p.m. for 7:10 p.m. start time games, and manager $�-��+LQFK�will address the media at approximately 3:35 p.m.

�� In the 2nd game of his rehab assignment at Double A, 2)�*HRUJH�6SULQJHU�went 1x4 with a run scored.

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