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Astros’ lineup and preview for Thursday
Astros right-hander Brett Myers (3-12, 4.76 ERA) tries to snap his career-long, six-game losing streak tonight in the finale of a four-game series against the D-backs at Chase Field. Myers leads the team and is 13th in the NL with 153 innings pitched, having thrown at least six innings in 53 of his 57 starts with the Astros since the start of last year.
Arizona counters with left-hander Joe Saunders (8-9, 3.67 ERA).
Here is the Astros’ starting lineup:
CF Jason Bourgeois — Returns to the lineup after being out Wednesday. He’s hitting .103 (4-for-39) since July 30.
2B Jose Altuve — Has hit safely in 16 of his 20 Major League games and has started 15 of the Astros’ last 16 games.
LF J.D. Martinez — Has 11 RBI in his last seven games and has hit safely in seven of his 11 games.
1B Carlos Lee — Hitting .148 in August.
3B Jimmy Paredes — Five of his 10 hits have been for extra bases.
RF Jason Michaels — He’s 2-for-11 with two walks in his career against Arizona starter Joe Saunders.
SS Clint Barmes — Hitting .315 in 36 games since Hune 26 with 5 homers and 14 RBIs.
C Humberto Quintero — Hitting .324 durig his current career-long 10-game hitting streak.
RHP Brett Myers — Has quality starts in seven of his last 10 starts.
Astros lineup and notes
Astros’ rookie-laden starting lineup for Wednesday against the Diamondbacks, including some notes. Right-hander Henry Sosa was called up from Triple-A following Tuesday’s game to make the start in what will be his Major League debut. He’ll be the ninth Astros player to make his debut this year.
Here is the lineup:
CF J.B. Shuck — Has reached base safely in four of the five games in which he’s played.
2B Jose Altuve — Has hit safely in 15 of his 19 games and has started 14 of the Astros’ last 15 games.
LF J.D. Martinez — Is the only Astros player and the fifth player in MLB history to hit four homers and have 12 RBIs in his first 10 career MLB games.
1B Carlos Lee — Hitting .174 in August.
RF Brian Bogusevic — Hit his first career homer last night in his 65th career game.
3B Jimmy Paredes — Has reached base safely in six of his seven Major League games.
SS Clint Barmes — Hitting .280 with five homers and 14 RBIs in 43 road games.
C Humberto Quintero — Enters the game with a career-high nine-game hitting streak.
RHP Henry Sosa — In in his only start with Triple-A Oklahoma
City, tossed seven scoreless innings, allowing fivehits and three walks.
Astros-Diamondbacks lineups for Sunday
Here are the lineups for Sunday’s series between the Diamondbacks and the Astros:
ASTROS
CF Michael Bourn
2B Jeff Keppinger
RF Hunter Pence
LF Carlos lee
1B Brett Wallace
3B Chris Johnson
SS Clint Barmes
C J.R. Towles
LHP J.A. Happ
DIAMONDBACKS
SS Willie Bloomquist
2B Ryan Roberts
RF Justin Upton
CF Chris Young
LF Xavier Nady
1B Juan Mirando
3B Melvin Morda
C Henry Blanco
RHP Josh Collmenter
Brian McTaggart
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