The Houston Astros (5-3) travel to the Athletics (2-5) this afternoon in Sacrament0 in the second game of a three game series.
Astros game three starterRHP Tatsuya Imai will make his second start of the season for the Astros, this time opposite RHP Luis Morales and the Athletics.
Saturday’S TILT: The Astros and Athletics will play the second game of their three-game series this afternoon as Houston looks to bounce back after last night’s loss.
ON THE HUNT: RHP Tatsuya Imai is making his second career start after getting knocked around in 2.2 innings in game four. He carries am 13.50 ERA with four strikeouts and four walks.
Imai did not give up any runs this spring in more than ten innings of work. He is coming in off a sparkling career in the Japanese Professional League and remains a high ranking rookie of the year candidate this season.
ASTROS VS. Morales: The Astros are squaring off against Morales for the first time. He pitched in only ten games last year as a rookie.
RIVALRY VS. THE ATHLETICS: The Astros and Athletics have squared off 182 times in their history. They have a 101-82 against the Athletics in their lifetime. However, the Athletics were 8-5 against the Astros in the 2025 season and 0-1 so far on the 2026 season.
MR. 500: LF Yordan Alvarez recorded his 500th career RBI last night on a sac-fly RBI in the third inning…became the 15th player in franchise history to record 500 RBI…is also the fastest player in franchise history to record 500 career RBI doing so in just 685 games, passing 1B Jeff Bagwell, who recorded 500 RBI in 717 games.
Game Info
Game Date/Time: Friday, April 3, 3:05 p.m. CST
Location: Sutter Health Park, Sacramento, CA
TV: Space City Home Network
Streaming: SCHN
Radio: KBME 790 AM; TUDN 102.9 FM HD2 (Spanish)
Astros Lineup
SS Jeremy Pena
LF Yordan Alvarez
2B Jose Altuve
3B Carlos Correa
1B Christian Walker
RF Joey Loperfido
DH Yainer Diaz
CF Jake Meyers
C Christian Vazquez
Athletics Lineup
1B Nick Kurtz
C Shea Langeliers
LF Tyler Soderstrom
DH Brent Rooker
SS Jacob Wilson
RF Lawrence Butler
3B Max Muncy
2B Jeff McNeil
CF Denzel Clarke
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