After dropping two of three to start the week, including being shut out last night, the Houston Astros look to get back on the right track with four against the Los Angeles Angels.
enter play Thursday with an 82-70 record, good enough for first in the American League West, five games ahead of second place with 10 games remaining.Houston will turn to veteran lefty and trade deadline acquisition Yusei Kikuchi on Thursday.
In his last start, Kikuchi allowed three earned runs on three hits and two walks while striking out six in seven innings and picked up his ninth win of the season against the Angels.He has pitched to a 3.19 ERA in that time with a 0.94 WHIP and 59 strikeouts across 48 innings, providing Houston with starting rotation depth that they have been missing with a plethora of injuries to their usual suspects.The Angels will counter with a lefty of their own in Jose Suarez .
In his last game, Suarez allowed no earned runs on five hits and no walks with five strikeouts in four innings against Houston. Los Angeles has used Suarez more as a reliever this season, with 19 of his 20 games seeing the lefty come out of the pen in a long relief role. In his one start this season, Suarez allowed four earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out three in 2 2/3 innings and picking up one of his two losses.The game will be broadcast on the Space City Home Network and Bally Sports West.
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