2018 Houston Astros season

The 2018 Houston Astros season was the 57th season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise located in Houston, Texas, their 54th as the Astros, sixth in both the American League (AL) and AL West division, and 19th at Minute Maid Park. The first-time-ever defending World Series champions with a four-games-to-three decision over the Los Angeles Dodgers, Houston also won their first AL pennant and AL West division title. Their 101–61 record was the second 100-win regular season in franchise history.

2018 Houston Astros
American League West champions
League	American League
Division	West
Ballpark	Minute Maid Park
City	Houston, Texas
Record	103–59 (.636)
Divisional place	1st
Owners	Jim Crane
General managers	Jeff Luhnow
Managers	A. J. Hinch
Television	AT&T SportsNet Southwest (Todd Kalas, Geoff Blum)
Radio	Sportstalk 790 Houston Astros Radio Network (Robert Ford, Steve Sparks, Geoff Blum) KLAT (Spanish) (Francisco Romero, Alex Treviño)
Stats	ESPN.com Baseball Reference
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Houston began the season on March 29 against their in-state rivals, the Texas Rangers, as ace Justin Verlander made his first Opening Day start as a member of the Astros. George Springer recorded the first six-hit performance in a nine-inning game in franchise history on May 7. Verlander recorded his 2,500th career strikeout on May 16, becoming the 33rd pitcher in MLB history to achieve the feat. From May 25–27, Jose Altuve recorded a base hit in each of 10 consecutive at bats, breaking his own club record.

In the amateur draft, the Astros' first round selection was first baseman Seth Beer at 28th overall, and in the third round, shortstop Jeremy Peña. The Astros were recognized with the Best Team ESPY Award based on their play since the previous June.

The Astros once again sent a league-high six players to the 2018 All-Star Game, including third baseman Alex Bregman, second baseman Altuve, outfielder Springer, and pitchers Verlander, Gerrit Cole and Charlie Morton.

Houston pitching combined to establish new MLB records with 1,687 strikeouts, 96 games with 10 or more strikeouts, and became the first team in history to strike out 5 or more batters in each of 162 games.

The Astros concluded the regular season on September 30 against the Baltimore Orioles, capping off an unprecedented second consecutive 100-win season and AL West championship. With a 103–59 record, this surpassed the 1998 club for the most regular-season wins in franchise history, which was exceeded the following year. This was the 12th postseason qualification and ninth division title overall in franchise history.

Houston swept the Cleveland Indians in the American League Division Series (ALDS) to advance to the American League Championship Series (ALCS), where they lost in five games to the Boston Red Sox.

Following the season, Altuve won his fifth consecutive Silver Slugger Award, and pitcher Dallas Keuchel won his fourth Gold Glove Award. Additionally, Verlander, who led the league with 290 strikeouts, and also had a 16–9 W–L, and 2.52 earned run average (ERA), finished as runner-up for the AL Cy Young Award for the second time in three years, and built upon a late-career renaissance.

Previous season

Summary

The Houston Astros entered the 2018 Major League Baseball season as defending World Series champions after defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers in seven games. In addition to achieving their first-ever World Series championship, they claimed both their first American League (AL) pennant and AL West division championship. Center fielder George Springer was named the World Series Most Valuable Player (MVP)^[1][2] and right-handed starting pitcher Justin Verlander was the American League Championship Series (ALCS) MVP.^[3] A number of regular season and multiple-sport awards went to second baseman Jose Altuve, including the AL MVP,^[4] Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year,^[5] Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year,^[6] and The Sporting News Major League Player of the Year awards, among others.^[7]

Offseason

On January 23, 2018, first baseman Jon Singleton and pitcher Dean Deetz were suspended after testing positive for substances violating MLB's drug policy. Singleton, a former Astros' number-one prospect, had tested positive for the third time and was banned for 100 games.^[8]

Roster moves

See also: Major League Baseball transactions

• November 2, 2017: The following players became free agents at the conclusion of the World Series:^[9]
  • Carlos Beltrán (DH): Announced retirement from playing career on November 13, 2017.^[10][11]
  • Tyler Clippard (RHP): Signed a minor league contract with the Toronto Blue Jays.
  • Luke Gregerson (RHP): Signed two-year, $11 million contract with the St. Louis Cardinals, with a vesting option for the 2020 season, on December 13, 2017.^[12]
  • Francisco Liriano (LHP): Signed one-year, $4 million contract with the Detroit Tigers.^[13]
  • Cameron Maybin (OF): Signed one-year, $3.25 million contract with the Miami Marlins
• December 13: Signed free agent right-handed relief pitcher Joe Smith to a two-year contract worth $14 million.^[14]

Arbitration-eligible players

Evan Gattis (C/DH) Houston Astros December 1, 2017 Tendered contracts[15] Signed before arbitration date contract terms Ken Giles (RHP) Giles' figure of $4.6 million awarded[16] February 3, 2018 Houston Astros proposed $4.2 million Dallas Keuchel (LHP) Signed before arbitration[17] January 12, 2018 1 year, $13.2 million Jake Marisnick (CF) Signed before arbitration date contract terms Lance McCullers Jr. (RHP) Signed before arbitration date contract terms Collin McHugh (RHP) Signed before arbitration date contract terms Brad Peacock (RHP) Signed before arbitration date contract terms George Springer (CF) Signed before arbitration date contract terms Mike Fiers (RHP) Houston Astros December 1, 2017 Did not tender contract[15] Rendered free agent, signed with Detroit Tigers December 8, 2017[18] 1 year, $6 million

Trades
December 20, 2017[19] To Houston Astros Player to be named later or cash considerations To Atlanta Braves Preston Tucker (LF) January 13, 2018[20] To Houston Astros Gerrit Cole (RHSP) To Pittsburgh Pirates Michael Feliz (RHRP), Jason Martin (OF), Colin Moran (3B), and Joe Musgrove (RHP)

Regular season

Summary

March—April

Justin Verlander was the Opening Day starting pitcher for Houston at Globe Life Park in Arlington, versus Cole Hamels of the Texas Rangers. It was Verlander's tenth career Opening Day start and first with Houston, as all nine previous had come as a member of the Detroit Tigers.^[21] George Springer led the game off with a home run, becoming the first MLB player to lead off with a home run in consecutive Opening Days. He had homered off Felix Hernandez of the Seattle Mariners in the first inning of Opening Day 2017 at Minute Maid Park.^[22] Verlander pitched six shutout innings and struck out five. The Astros won by a final score of 4–1.^[23]

Second baseman Jose Altuve reached 1,000 games played in his career on April 17, 2018, versus the Mariners. He became the 20th player to appear in 1,000 games for the Astros.^[24]

Verlander was named AL Player of the Week on April 17. In 15 innings over one start each versus the Rangers and Twins, he struck 20 and allowed a .100 opponents' batting average.^[25]

May

On May 7, 2018, Springer homered versus the Oakland Athletics and became the first player in Astros franchise history to record six hits in a nine-inning game. Joe Morgan had six hits in a twelve-inning game for the Astros on June 8, 1965.^[26]

On May 16, 2018, Verlander threw a complete-game shutout against the Los Angeles Angels for his eighth career shutout and 24th complete game. He struck out Shohei Ohtani in the top of the ninth inning for his 2,500th career strikeout, becoming the 33rd pitcher in Major League history to cross that threshold. He was second among active leaders in strikeouts behind CC Sabathia.^[27]

Over three games versus the Cleveland Indians spanning May 25–27, Altuve recorded a base hit in each of 10 consecutive at bats, breaking his own club record of eight which he had set the year prior. The streak included three doubles, one triple, and one home run.^[28] In the finale on May 27, a pitching duel emerged between former UCLA teammates Cole and Trevor Bauer. However, each bullpen implodes in the eighth inning which results in a 10–9 decision for the Indians.^[29]

Verlander was named AL Pitcher of the Month for May, his fifth career award. In six starts, he produced a 0.86 ERA and .437 OPS against, allowed nine extra base hits, while striking out 50 over 41+2⁄3 innings. He started and ended the month by dominating the Yankees—the only lineup in baseball with an OPS over .800—with 20 strikeouts in 14+2⁄3 innings, eight hits, and one run allowed.^[30]

July

Lance McCullers Jr. started on July 6 by holding the Chicago White Sox hitless for the first 5+1⁄3 innings on the way to setting a career-high with 12 strikeouts over 7 innings. He finished with 1 run allowed on 3 hits to lead an 11–4 win.^[31]

On July 13, 2018, Charlie Morton was added to the American League (AL) roster for the 2018 MLB All-Star game making the Astros the only MLB team at the time to have all of their starting pitchers having at least one selection to participate in the MLB All-Star game.

September

On September 26, 2018, Houston won the AL West division title after the Oakland Athletics were defeated by the Seattle Mariners, following an Astros' 4–1 win against the Toronto Blue Jays.

Astros pitchers set a new MLB record by striking out 1,687 opposing batters during the season.^[32] The team had 96 games in which they struck out 10 or more batters, also a record.^[33] In addition, they were the first team to strike out 5 or more batters in each of 162 games.^[34]

Season standings

American League West

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AL West

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Houston Astros	103	59	.636	—	46‍–‍35	57‍–‍24
Oakland Athletics	97	65	.599	6	50‍–‍31	47‍–‍34
Seattle Mariners	89	73	.549	14	45‍–‍36	44‍–‍37
Los Angeles Angels	80	82	.494	23	42‍–‍39	38‍–‍43
Texas Rangers	67	95	.414	36	34‍–‍47	33‍–‍48

American League Wild Card

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Division leaders

Team	W	L	Pct.
Boston Red Sox	108	54	.667
Houston Astros	103	59	.636
Cleveland Indians	91	71	.562

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Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	100	62	.617	+3
Oakland Athletics	97	65	.599	—
Tampa Bay Rays	90	72	.556	7
Seattle Mariners	89	73	.549	8
Los Angeles Angels	80	82	.494	17
Minnesota Twins	78	84	.481	19
Toronto Blue Jays	73	89	.451	24
Texas Rangers	67	95	.414	30
Detroit Tigers	64	98	.395	33
Chicago White Sox	62	100	.383	35
Kansas City Royals	58	104	.358	39
Baltimore Orioles	47	115	.290	50

Record against opponents

2018 American League record Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2018 v t e
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	HOU	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	—	3–16	3–4	2–5	2–4	1–6	2–4	1–5	1–6	7–12	1–5	1–6	8–11	3–4	5–14	7–13
Boston	16–3	—	3–4	3–4	4–2	3–4	5–1	6–0	4–3	10–9	2–4	4–3	11–8	6–1	15–4	16–4
Chicago	4–3	4–3	—	5–14	7–12	0–7	11–8	2–5	7–12	2–4	2–5	2–4	4–2	4–3	2–4	6–14
Cleveland	5–2	4–3	14–5	—	13–6	3–4	12–7	3–3	10–9	2–5	2–4	2–5	2–4	4–2	3–4	12–8
Detroit	4–2	2–4	12–7	6–13	—	1–5	8–11	3–4	7–12	3–4	0–7	3–4	2–4	3–4	4–3	6–14
Houston	6–1	4–3	7–0	4–3	5–1	—	5–1	13–6	4–2	2–5	12–7	9–10	3–4	12–7	4–2	13–7
Kansas City	4–2	1–5	8–11	7–12	11–8	1–5	—	1–6	10–9	2–5	2–5	1–5	0–7	2–5	2–5	6–14
Los Angeles	5–1	0–6	5–2	3–3	4–3	6–13	6–1	—	4–3	1–5	10–9	8–11	1–6	13–6	4–3	10–10
Minnesota	6–1	3–4	12–7	9–10	12–7	2–4	9–10	3–4	—	2–5	2–5	1–5	3–4	2–4	4–2	8–12
New York	12–7	9–10	4–2	5–2	4–3	5–2	5–2	5–1	5–2	—	3–3	5–1	10–9	4–3	13–6	11–9
Oakland	5–1	4–2	5–2	4–2	7–0	7–12	5–2	9–10	5–2	3–3	—	9–10	2–5	13–6	7–0	12–8
Seattle	6–1	3–4	4–2	5–2	4–3	10–9	5–1	11–8	5–1	1–5	10–9	—	6–1	10–9	3–4	6–14
Tampa Bay	11–8	8–11	2–4	4–2	4–2	4–3	7–0	6–1	4–3	9–10	5–2	1–6	—	5–1	13–6	7–13
Texas	4–3	1–6	3–4	2–4	4–3	7–12	5–2	6–13	4–2	3–4	6–13	9–10	1–5	—	3–3	9–11
Toronto	14–5	4–15	4–2	4–3	3–4	2–4	5–2	3–4	2–4	6–13	0–7	4–3	6–13	3–3	—	13–7

Game log

Past Games Legend
Astros Win (#bfb)	Astros Loss (#fcc)	Game Postponed (#bbb)	Clinched Playoff Berth (#039)	Clinched Division (#090)
Bold denotes an Astros pitcher

Future Games Legend
Home Game	Away Game

Regular season

2018 Game Log: 103–59 (Home: 46–35; Away: 57–24)
March: 2–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 2–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 1 March 29 @ Rangers 4–1 Verlander (1–0) Hamels (0–1) — 47,253 1–0 W1 2 March 30 @ Rangers 1–5 Fister (1–0) Keuchel (0–1) — 35,469 1–1 L1 3 March 31 @ Rangers 9–3 McCullers (1–0) Moore (0–1) — 36,892 2–1 W1
April: 18–9 (Home: 10–6; Away: 8–3) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 4 April 1 @ Rangers 8–2 Cole (1–0) Minor (0–1) — 26,758 3–1 W2 5 April 2 Orioles 6–1 Morton (1–0) Tillman (0–1) — 42,675 4–1 W3 6 April 3 Orioles 10–6 Rondón (1–0) Araújo (0–1) — 37,106 5–1 W4 7 April 4 Orioles 3–2 Peacock (1–0) Castro (0–1) — 27,698 6–1 W5 8 April 6 Padres 1–4 Perdomo (1–1) McCullers (1–1) Hand (2) 41,138 6–2 L1 9 April 7 Padres 1–0 Devenski (1–0) Erlin (0–1) — 42,306 7–2 W1 10 April 8 Padres 4–1 Morton (2–0) Ross (1–1) Peacock (1) 37,093 8–2 W2 11 April 9 @ Twins 2–0 Verlander (2–0) Rogers (1–1) Giles (1) 15,521 9–2 W3 12 April 10 @ Twins 1–4 Odorizzi (1–0) Keuchel (0–2) Rodney (2) 15,500 9–3 L1 13 April 11 @ Twins 8–9 Rodney (1–1) Peacock (1–1) — 15,438 9–4 L2 14 April 13 Rangers 3–2 Smith (1–0) Jepsen (0–2) Devenski (1) 32,129 10–4 W1 15 April 14 Rangers 5–6 (10) Kela (1–0) Harris (0–1) Claudio (1) 40,679 10–5 L1 16 April 15 Rangers 1–3 (10) Kela (2–0) Rondón (1–1) Diekman (1) 31,803 10–6 L2 17 April 16 @ Mariners 1–2 Paxton (1–1) Keuchel (0–3) Díaz (7) 12,923 10–7 L3 18 April 17 @ Mariners 4–1 McCullers (2–1) Altavilla (1–2) Devenski (2) 15,382 11–7 W1 19 April 18 @ Mariners 7–1 Cole (2–0) Leake (2–1) — 14,643 12–7 W2 20 April 19 @ Mariners 9–2 Morton (3–0) Gonzales (1–2) — 16,927 13–7 W3 21 April 20 @ White Sox 10–0 Verlander (3–0) Shields (1–2) — 14,211 14–7 W4 22 April 21 @ White Sox 10–1 Keuchel (1–3) Giolito (0–3) — 23,902 15–7 W5 23 April 22 @ White Sox 7–1 McCullers (3–1) Bummer (0–1) — 17,167 16–7 W6 24 April 23 Angels 0–2 Skaggs (3–1) Cole (2–1) Middleton (6) 29,606 16–8 L1 25 April 24 Angels 7–8 Johnson (2–0) Smith (1–1) Bedrosian (1) 36,457 16–9 L2 26 April 25 Angels 5–2 Verlander (4–0) Tropeano (1–2) Giles (2) 29,777 17–9 W1 27 April 27 Athletics 1–8 Manaea (4–2) Keuchel (1–4) — 32,636 17–10 L1 28 April 28 Athletics 11–0 McCullers (4–1) Mengden (2–3) — 41,493 18–10 W1 29 April 29 Athletics 8–4 Harris (1–1) Cahill (1–1) — 39,131 19–10 W2 30 April 30 Yankees 2–1 Morton (4–0) Gray (1–2) Giles (3) 30,061 20–10 W3
May: 16–12 (Home: 7–5; Away: 9–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 31 May 1 Yankees 0–4 Robertson (2–1) Giles (0–1) — 34,386 20–11 L1 32 May 2 Yankees 0–4 Severino (5–1) Keuchel (1–5) — 31,617 20–12 L2 33 May 3 Yankees 5–6 Shreve (1–0) Harris (1–2) Chapman (7) 34,838 20–13 L3 34 May 4 @ D-backs 8–0 Cole (3–1) Medlen (0–1) — 29,463 21–13 W1 35 May 5 @ D-backs 3–4 Boxberger (1–2) Devenski (1–1) — 39,154 21–14 L1 36 May 6 @ D-backs 1–3 Koch (2–0) Verlander (4–1) Boxberger (11) 35,632 21–15 L2 37 May 7 @ Athletics 16–2 Keuchel (2–5) Anderson (0–1) — 7,360 22–15 W1 38 May 8 @ Athletics 4–2 McCullers (5–1) Manaea (4–4) Giles (4) 9,675 23–15 W2 39 May 9 @ Athletics 4–1 Cole (4–1) Mengden (2–4) Giles (5) 18,044 24–15 W3 40 May 11 Rangers 0–1 Hamels (2–4) Verlander (4–2) Kela (8) 34,297 24–16 L1 41 May 12 Rangers 6–1 Morton (5–0) Fister (1–4) — 36,482 25–16 W1 42 May 13 Rangers 6–1 Keuchel (3–5) Moore (1–5) — 39,405 26–16 W2 43 May 14 @ Angels 1–2 Heaney (2-2) McCullers (5-2) Anderson (1) 28,229 26–17 L1 44 May 15 @ Angels 5–3 McHugh (1–0) Álvarez (2–1) Giles (6) 28,358 27–17 W1 45 May 16 @ Angels 2–0 Verlander (5–2) Richards (4–2) — 28,078 28–17 W2 46 May 18 Indians 4–1 Morton (6–0) Clevinger (3–1) Giles (7) 35,959 29–17 W3 47 May 19 Indians 4–5 Kluber (7–2) Keuchel (3–6) Allen (6) 39,926 29–18 L1 48 May 20 Indians 3–1 McCullers (6–2) Carrasco (5–3) Giles (8) 30,770 30–18 W1 49 May 22 Giants 11–2 Cole (5–1) Suárez (1–4) — 35,638 31–18 W2 50 May 23 Giants 4–1 Verlander (6–2) Samardzija (1–3) Giles (9) 31,929 32–18 W3 51 May 24 @ Indians 8–2 Morton (7–0) Clevinger (3–2) — 19,660 33–18 W4 52 May 25 @ Indians 11–2 Smith (2–1) Miller (1–3) — 29,431 34–18 W5 53 May 26 @ Indians 6–8 Carrasco (6–3) McCullers (6–3) Allen (8) 30,639 34–19 L1 54 May 27 @ Indians 9–10 (14) Otero (1–1) Peacock (1–2) — 27,765 34–20 L2 55 May 28 @ Yankees 5–1 Verlander (7–2) Germán (0–3) — 46,583 35–20 W1 56 May 29 @ Yankees 5–6 (10) Chapman (2–0) Peacock (1–3) — 45,458 35–21 L1 57 May 30 @ Yankees 3–5 Severino (8–1) Keuchel (3–7) Chapman (12) 45,229 35–22 L2 58 May 31 Red Sox 4–2 McCullers (7–3) Pomeranz (1–3) Giles (10) 30,658 36–22 W1
June: 19–8 (Home: 8–6; Away: 11–2) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 59 June 1 Red Sox 7–3 Cole (6–1) Sale (5–3) — 37,244 37–22 W2 60 June 2 Red Sox 3–5 Price (6–4) Harris (1–3) Kimbrel (19) 38,640 37–23 L1 61 June 3 Red Sox 3–9 Porcello (8–2) Morton (7–1) — 33,431 37–24 L2 62 June 5 Mariners 1–7 Paxton (5–1) Keuchel (3–8) — 35,646 37–25 L3 63 June 6 Mariners 7–5 Devenski (2–1) Nicasio (1–3) Rondón (1) 30,361 38–25 W1 64 June 7 @ Rangers 5–2 Cole (7–1) Hamels (3–6) — 30,236 39–25 W2 65 June 8 @ Rangers 7–3 Verlander (8–2) Fister (1–7) — 31,722 40–25 W3 66 June 9 @ Rangers 4–3 Sipp (1–0) Leclerc (1–2) Rondón (2) 38,068 41–25 W4 67 June 10 @ Rangers 8–7 Harris (2–3) Kela (3–3) Rondón (3) 30,251 42–25 W5 68 June 12 @ Athletics 6–3 McCullers (8–3) Mengden (6–6) Giles (11) 11,742 43–25 W6 69 June 13 @ Athletics 13–5 Cole (8–1) Blackburn (1–1) — 9,164 44–25 W7 70 June 14 @ Athletics 7–3 Verlander (9–2) Montas (3–1) — 13,009 45–25 W8 71 June 15 @ Royals 7–3 Morton (8–1) Junis (5–7) — 27,603 46–25 W9 72 June 16 @ Royals 10–2 Keuchel (4–8) Duffy (3–7) — 20,657 47–25 W10 73 June 17 @ Royals 7–4 Sipp (2–0) Maurer (0–3) Rondón (4) 22,326 48–25 W11 74 June 18 Rays 5–4 McHugh (2–0) Romo (1–2) — 34,151 49–25 W12 75 June 19 Rays 1–2 Snell (9–4) Rondón (1–2) Romo (4) 37,414 49–26 L1 76 June 20 Rays 5–1 Morton (9–1) Eovaldi (1–3) — 43,409 50–26 W1 77 June 22 Royals 0–1 Grimm (1–2) Giles (0–2) Hill (1) 39,357 50–27 L1 78 June 23 Royals 4–3 (12) McHugh (3–0) Grimm (1–3) — 40,028 51–27 W1 79 June 24 Royals 11–3 Cole (9–1) Hammel (2–9) — 41,823 52–27 W2 80 June 25 Blue Jays 3–6 Happ (10–3) Verlander (9–3) Oh (2) 28,791 52–28 L1 81 June 26 Blue Jays 7–0 Morton (10–1) Borucki (0–1) — 38,700 53–28 W1 82 June 27 Blue Jays 7–6 Harris (3–3) Tepera (5–3) — 39,191 54–28 W2 83 June 28 @ Rays 1–0 McCullers (9–3) Yarbrough (7–4) Rondón (5) 12,305 55–28 W3 84 June 29 @ Rays 2–3 Font (2–3) Cole (9–2) Alvarado (2) 15,797 55–29 L1 85 June 30 @ Rays 2–5 Nuño (2–0) Verlander (9–4) Romo (7) 18,378 55–30 L2
July: 13–11 (Home: 7–7; Away: 6–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 86 July 1 @ Rays 2–3 Snell (11–4) Morton (10–2) Romo (8) 19,334 55–31 L3 87 July 3 @ Rangers 5–3 Keuchel (5–8) Bibens-Dirkx (1–2) Rondón (6) 40,165 56–31 W1 88 July 4 @ Rangers 5–4 (10) McHugh (4–0) Martin (1–2) Giles (12) 43,592 57–31 W2 89 July 5 White Sox 4–3 Smith (3–1) Soria (0–3) — 34,955 58–31 W3 90 July 6 White Sox 11–4 McCullers (10–3) López (4–6) Peacock (2) 38,153 59–31 W4 91 July 7 White Sox 12–6 Morton (11–2) Shields (3–10) — 39,568 60–31 W5 92 July 8 White Sox 2–1 Keuchel (6–8) Giolito (5–8) Rondón (7) 41,654 61–31 W6 93 July 9 Athletics 0–2 Montas (5–2) Peacock (1–4) Treinen (23) 28,301 61–32 L1 94 July 10 Athletics 6–5 (11) McHugh (5–0) Treinen (5–2) — 34,585 62–32 W1 95 July 11 Athletics 3–8 Bassitt (2–3) McCullers (10–4) — 41,119 62–33 L1 96 July 12 Athletics 4–6 Petit (3–2) Devenski (2–2) Trivino (4) 38,900 62–34 L2 97 July 13 Tigers 3–0 Keuchel (7–8) Fiers (6–6) Rondón (8) 38,843 63–34 W1 98 July 14 Tigers 9–1 Cole (10–2) Fulmer (3–9) — 40,405 64–34 W2 99 July 15 Tigers 3–6 VerHagen (1–2) Verlander (9–5) — 39,455 64–35 L1 89th All-Star Game in Washington, D.C. 100 July 20 @ Angels 3–1 Keuchel (8–8) Skaggs (7–6) Rondón (9) 42,422 65–35 W1 101 July 21 @ Angels 7–0 Verlander (10–5) Tropeano (3–5) — 44,264 66–35 W2 102 July 22 @ Angels 5–14 Heaney (6–6) McCullers (10–5) — 35,298 66–36 L1 103 July 24 @ Rockies 8–2 (10) Rondón (2–2) Davis (0–3) — 43,184 67–36 W1 104 July 25 @ Rockies 2–3 Davis (1–3) McHugh (5–1) — 40,948 67–37 L1 105 July 27 Rangers 2–11 Gallardo (5–1) Keuchel (8–9) — 42,592 67–38 L2 106 July 28 Rangers 3–7 Jurado (1–1) Verlander (10–6) — 43,093 67–39 L3 107 July 29 Rangers 3–4 Minor (7–6) McCullers (10–6) Kela (24) 40,560 67–40 L4 108 July 30 @ Mariners 0–2 Paxton (9–4) Cole (10–3) Díaz (40) 35,198 67–41 L5 109 July 31 @ Mariners 5–2 Morton (12–2) Leake (8–7) Rondón (10) 28,478 68–41 W1
August: 14–12 (Home: 3–6; Away: 11–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 110 August 1 @ Mariners 8–3 Keuchel (9–9) LeBlanc (6–2) — 34,575 69–41 W2 111 August 3 @ Dodgers 2–1 Verlander (11–6) Wood (7–6) Rondón (11) 53,598 70–41 W3 112 August 4 @ Dodgers 14–0 Peacock (2–4) Maeda (7–7) — 53,119 71–41 W4 113 August 5 @ Dodgers 2–3 Buehler (5–4) Cole (10–4) Jansen (31) 50,628 71–42 L1 114 August 6 @ Giants 3–1 Osuna (1–0) Smith (1–2) Rondón (12) 40,251 72–42 W1 115 August 7 @ Giants 2–1 Smith (4–1) Black (1–1) Rondón (13) 41,613 73–42 W2 116 August 9 Mariners 6–8 Paxton (10–5) Verlander (11–7) Díaz (43) 34,976 73–43 L1 117 August 10 Mariners 2–5 Warren (1–1) Cole (10–5) Díaz (44) 41,236 73–44 L2 118 August 11 Mariners 2–3 LeBlanc (7–2) Morton (12–3) Díaz (45) 38,888 73–45 L3 119 August 12 Mariners 3–4 (10) Duke (5–4) Osuna (1–1) Díaz (46) 40,048 73–46 L4 120 August 14 Rockies 1–5 Márquez (10–9) Verlander (11–8) — 35,813 73–47 L5 121 August 15 Rockies 12–1 Cole (11–5) Anderson (6–5) — 29,967 74–47 W1 122 August 17 @ Athletics 3–4 (10) Treinen (6–2) Sipp (2–1) — 23,535 74–48 L1 123 August 18 @ Athletics 1–7 Cahill (5–2) Keuchel (9–10) — 32,204 74–49 L2 124 August 19 @ Athletics 9–4 Verlander (12–8) Manaea 11–9) — 29,143 75–49 W1 125 August 20 @ Mariners 4–7 Colomé (4–5) McHugh (5–2) Díaz (48) 27,072 75–50 L1 126 August 21 @ Mariners 3–2 Valdez (1–0) Detwiler (0–1) Rondón (14) 25,415 76–50 W1 127 August 22 @ Mariners 10–7 Morton (13–3) Gonzales (12–9) Osuna (10) 31,062 77–50 W2 128 August 24 @ Angels 9–3 Keuchel (10–10) Heaney (7–8) — 42,788 78–50 W3 129 August 25 @ Angels 8–3 Verlander (13–8) Barría (8–8) — 41,654 79–50 W4 130 August 26 @ Angels 3–1 Valdez (2–0) Peña (1–4) Osuna (11) 37,530 80–50 W5 131 August 27 Athletics 11–4 Cole (12–5) Anderson (3–4) — 43,171 81–50 W6 132 August 28 Athletics 3–4 Familia (8–4) Osuna (1–2) Treinen (33) 33,136 81–51 L1 133 August 29 Athletics 5–4 Osuna (2–2) Familia (8–5) — 32,926 82–51 W1 134 August 30 Angels 2–5 Heaney (8–8) Verlander (13–9) — 30,371 82–52 L1 135 August 31 Angels 0–3 Barría (9–8) Valdez (2–1) Parker (13) 35,675 82–53 L2
September: 21–6 (Home: 11–3; Away: 10–3) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 136 September 1 Angels 7–3 Smith (5–1) Bedrosian (5–4) — 41,622 83–53 W1 137 September 2 Angels 4–2 Cole (13–5) Ohtani (4–2) Osuna (12) 41,506 84–53 W2 138 September 3 Twins 4–1 Keuchel (11–10) Gibson (7–12) Peacock (3) 39,559 85–53 W3 139 September 4 Twins 5–2 Verlander (14–9) May (3–1) Osuna (13) 31,315 86–53 W4 140 September 5 Twins 9–1 Valdez (3–1) Odorizzi (5–10) — 31,011 87–53 W5 141 September 7 @ Red Sox 6–3 Pressly (2–1) Kelly (4–2) Osuna (14) 36,930 88–53 W6 142 September 8 @ Red Sox 5–3 Morton (14–3) Rodríguez (12–4) Osuna (15) 36,684 89–53 W7 143 September 9 @ Red Sox 5–6 Kimbrel (5–1) Rondón (2–3) — 32,787 89–54 L1 144 September 10 @ Tigers 3–2 Verlander (15–9) Liriano (4–10) Osuna (16) 19,711 90–54 W1 145 September 11 @ Tigers 5–4 Harris (4–3) Zimmermann (7–7) Osuna (17) 19,432 91–54 W2 146 September 12 @ Tigers 5–4 Cole (14–5) Norris (0–4) Pressly (1) 22,666 92–54 W3 147 September 14 D-backs 2–4 Ziegler (2–6) Rondón (2–4) Hirano (2) 36,924 92–55 L1 148 September 15 D-backs 10–4 Morton (15–3) Godley (14–10) — 38,345 93–55 W1 149 September 16 D-backs 5–4 Verlander (16–9) Greinke (14–10) Osuna (18) 37,889 94–55 W2 150 September 17 Mariners 1–4 Cook (2–1) Rondón (2–5) Díaz (56) 43,145 94–56 L1 151 September 18 Mariners 7–0 James (1–0) Leake (10–10) – 35,715 95–56 W1 152 September 19 Mariners 0–9 Lawrence (1–0) Keuchel (11–11) – 31,229 95–57 L1 153 September 21 Angels 11–3 Cole (15–5) Heaney (9–10) — 39,977 96–57 W1 154 September 22 Angels 10–5 McHugh (6–2) Buttrey (0–1) — 41,822 97–57 W2 155 September 23 Angels 6–2 Valdez (4–1) Skaggs (8–9) — 43,247 98–57 W3 156 September 24 @ Blue Jays 5–3 Keuchel (12–11) Estrada (7–14) Osuna (19) 23,463 99–57 W4 157 September 25 @ Blue Jays 4–1 James (2–0) Gaviglio (3–9) Osuna (20) 28,440 100–57 W5 158 September 26 @ Blue Jays 1–3 Biagini (4–7) Devenski (2–3) Giles (25) 22,828 100–58 L1 — September 27 @ Orioles Postponed (rain). Makeup date: September 29. 159 September 28 @ Orioles 2–1 Sipp (3–1) Scott (3–3) Osuna (21) 18,434 101–58 W1 160 September 29 (1) @ Orioles 4–3 Harris (5–3) Gilmartin (1–1) Rondón (15) 26,020 102–58 W2 161 September 29 (2) @ Orioles 5–2 Peacock (3–4) Ramírez (1–8) Pressly (2) 26,020 103–58 W3 162 September 30 @ Orioles 0–4 Fry (1–2) Peacock (3–5) — 24,916 103–59 L1

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	AVG	SLG
Alex Bregman	157	594	105	170	51	1	31	103	10	96	.286	.532
George Springer	140	544	102	144	26	0	22	71	6	64	.265	.434
Yuli Gurriel	136	537	70	156	33	1	13	85	5	23	.291	.428
Jose Altuve	137	534	84	169	29	2	13	61	17	55	.316	.451
Marwin González	145	489	61	121	25	3	16	68	2	53	.247	.409
Josh Reddick	134	433	63	105	13	2	17	47	7	49	.242	.400
Evan Gattis	128	407	49	92	17	0	25	78	1	33	.226	.452
Carlos Correa	110	402	60	96	20	1	15	65	3	53	.239	.405
Tony Kemp	97	255	37	67	15	0	6	30	9	32	.263	.392
Max Stassi	88	221	28	50	13	0	8	27	0	23	.226	.394
Jake Marisnick	103	213	34	45	8	1	10	28	6	15	.211	.399
Tyler White	66	210	27	58	12	3	12	42	0	24	.276	.533
Brian McCann	63	189	22	40	3	0	7	23	0	19	.212	.339
Martín Maldonado	41	108	15	25	4	1	4	12	0	3	.231	.398
J. D. Davis	42	103	9	18	2	0	1	5	0	10	.175	.223
Derek Fisher	42	79	13	13	2	2	4	11	2	5	.165	.392
Kyle Tucker	28	64	10	9	2	1	0	4	1	6	.141	.203
Tim Federowicz	10	34	4	7	3	0	0	2	0	1	.206	.294
Myles Straw	9	9	4	3	0	0	1	1	2	1	.333	.667
A. J. Reed	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Pitcher Totals	162	25	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.080	.080
Team Totals	162	5453	797	1390	278	18	205	763	71	565	.255	.425

Source:

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Justin Verlander	16	9	2.52	34	34	0	214.0	156	63	60	37	290
Dallas Keuchel	12	11	3.74	34	34	0	204.2	211	92	85	58	153
Gerrit Cole	15	5	2.88	32	32	0	200.1	143	68	64	64	276
Charlie Morton	15	3	3.13	30	30	0	167.0	130	63	58	64	201
Lance McCullers Jr.	10	6	3.86	25	22	0	128.1	100	60	55	50	112
Collin McHugh	6	2	1.99	58	0	0	72.1	45	18	16	21	94
Brad Peacock	3	5	3.46	61	1	3	65.0	56	26	25	20	96
Héctor Rondón	2	5	3.20	63	0	15	59.0	58	22	21	20	67
Will Harris	5	3	3.49	61	0	0	56.2	48	22	22	14	64
Chris Devenski	2	3	4.18	50	1	2	47.1	42	23	22	13	51
Joe Smith	5	1	3.74	56	0	0	45.2	34	20	19	12	46
Tony Sipp	3	1	1.86	54	0	0	38.2	27	8	8	13	42
Framber Valdez	4	1	2.19	8	5	0	37.0	22	10	9	24	34
Ken Giles	0	2	4.99	34	0	12	30.2	36	17	17	3	31
Ryan Pressly	1	0	0.77	26	0	2	23.1	11	2	2	3	32
Josh James	2	0	2.35	6	3	0	23.0	15	6	6	7	29
Roberto Osuna	2	2	1.99	23	0	12	22.2	17	5	5	3	19
Cionel Pérez	0	0	3.97	8	0	0	11.1	6	5	5	7	12
Reymin Guduan	0	0	2.70	3	0	0	3.1	1	1	1	0	4
Dean Deetz	0	0	5.40	4	0	0	3.1	4	2	2	1	3
J. D. Davis	0	0	9.00	1	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	0	1
James Hoyt	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0.1	1	0	0	1	0
Team Totals	103	59	3.11	162	162	46	1455.0	1164	534	503	435	1687

Source:

Postseason

2018 Postseason Game Log (4–4)
AL Division Series (3–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Series 1 October 5 Indians 7–2 Verlander (1–0) Kluber (0–1) — 43,514 1–0 2 October 6 Indians 3–1 Cole (1–0) Carrasco (0–1) Osuna (1) 43,520 2–0 3 October 8 @ Indians 11–3 McHugh (1–0) Bauer (0–1) — 37,252 3–0
AL Championship Series (1–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Series 1 October 13 @ Red Sox 7–2 Verlander (1–0) Kelly (0–1) — 38,007 1–0 2 October 14 @ Red Sox 5–7 Barnes (1–0) Cole (0–1) Kimbrel (1) 37,960 1–1 3 October 16 Red Sox 2–8 Eovaldi (1–0) Smith (0–1) — 43,102 1–2 4 October 17 Red Sox 6–8 Kelly (1–1) James (0–1) Kimbrel (2) 43,277 1–3 5 October 18 Red Sox 1–4 Price (1–0) Verlander (1–1) Kimbrel (3) 43,210 1–4

Postseason rosters

Playoff rosters
American League Division Series Pitchers: 29 Tony Sipp 31 Collin McHugh 35 Justin Verlander 36 Will Harris 43 Lance McCullers Jr. 45 Gerrit Cole 50 Charlie Morton 54 Roberto Osuna 55 Ryan Pressly 60 Dallas Keuchel 63 Josh James Catchers: 11 Evan Gattis 15 Martín Maldonado 16 Brian McCann Infielders: 1 Carlos Correa 2 Alex Bregman 9 Marwin González 10 Yuli Gurriel 13 Tyler White 27 Jose Altuve Outfielders: 4 George Springer 18 Tony Kemp 22 Josh Reddick 26 Myles Straw
American League Championship Series Pitchers: 29 Tony Sipp 30 Héctor Rondón 31 Collin McHugh 35 Justin Verlander 38 Joe Smith 43 Lance McCullers Jr. 45 Gerrit Cole 50 Charlie Morton 54 Roberto Osuna 55 Ryan Pressly 60 Dallas Keuchel 63 Josh James Catchers: 11 Evan Gattis 15 Martín Maldonado 16 Brian McCann Infielders: 1 Carlos Correa 2 Alex Bregman 9 Marwin González 10 Yuli Gurriel 13 Tyler White 27 Jose Altuve Outfielders: 4 George Springer 6 Jake Marisnick 18 Tony Kemp 22 Josh Reddick

Roster

2018 Houston Astros
Roster
Pitchers 45 Gerrit Cole 67 Dean Deetz 47 Chris Devenski 53 Ken Giles 64 Reymin Guduan 36 Will Harris 51 James Hoyt 63 Josh James 60 Dallas Keuchel 43 Lance McCullers Jr. 31 Collin McHugh 50 Charlie Morton 54 Roberto Osuna 41 Brad Peacock 59 Cionel Pérez 55 Ryan Pressly 30 Héctor Rondón 29 Tony Sipp 38 Joe Smith 65 Framber Valdez 35 Justin Verlander		Catchers 19 Tim Federowicz 11 Evan Gattis 15 Martín Maldonado 16 Brian McCann 12 Max Stassi Infielders 27 Jose Altuve  2 Alex Bregman  1 Carlos Correa 28 J. D. Davis 10 Yuli Gurriel 23 A. J. Reed 13 Tyler White		Outfielders 21 Derek Fisher  9 Marwin González 18 Tony Kemp  6 Jake Marisnick 22 Josh Reddick  4 George Springer 26 Myles Straw  3 Kyle Tucker		Manager 14 A. J. Hinch Coaches 46 Jeff Albert (assistant hitting) 85 Javier Bracamonte (bullpen catcher) 37 Alex Cintrón (first base) 20 Joe Espada (bench) 39 Dave Hudgens (hitting)  8 Gary Pettis (third base) 56 Brent Strom (pitching) 55 Doug White (bullpen)

Awards and achievements

• Darryl Kile Good Guy Award:^[35] Charlie Morton

Minor league system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Fresno Grizzlies	Pacific Coast League	Rodney Linares
AA	Corpus Christi Hooks	Texas League	Omar López
A-Advanced	Buies Creek Astros	Carolina League	Morgan Ensberg
A	Quad Cities River Bandits	Midwest League	Mickey Storey
A-Short Season	Tri-City ValleyCats	New York–Penn League	Jason Bell
Rookie	GCL Astros	Gulf Coast League	Wladimir Sutil
Rookie	DSL Astros	Dominican Summer League	Charlie Romero (Blue) Carlos Lugo (Orange)

See also

• Texas portal
• Baseball portal

• List of Major League Baseball 100 win seasons
• List of Major League Baseball franchise postseason streaks
• List of Major League Baseball single-game hits leaders