The Houston Astros (6-6) seek to salvage the finale of this 3-game series with the Colorado Rockies (5-6) in Denver.<\/p>\n
RHP Cristian Javier will be on the mound for the Astros opposite RHP Michael Lorenzen and the Rockies.<\/p>\n
TODAY\u2019S ASTROS STARTER: RHP Cristian Javier is set to make his third start of the season.<\/p>\n
In his last start on April 3 at ATH, he allowed six runs on six hits and five walks with two strikeouts in 3.2 innings. He<\/p>\n
is coming off a strong Spring Training in which he posted 1.69 ERA (2ER\/10.2IP) in three official appearances.<\/p>\n
Javier, who was limited to just eight starts in 2025 while recovering from Tommy John surgery, is 35-23 in his career with a 3.81 ERA (231ER\/546.1IP).<\/p>\n
ROAD TRIP: Today is the sixth game of a 10-game road trip for the Astros. After this three-game set at COL, the Astros will travel to Seattle for a four-game series at T-Mobile Park (Fri-Mon.).<\/p>\n
The Astros are 1-4 so far on this trip. Houston went 41-40 on the road last season.<\/p>\n
AGAINST THE ROCKIES: The Astros and Rockies face each other today for the third of six scheduled matchups in 2026.<\/p>\n
The Astros went 4-2 against the Rockies in the in 2025, including a 2-1 record at Coors Field.<\/p>\n
The Astros own a 110-89 all-time record against the Rockies. The Rockies will travel to Daikin Park for a three-game series from April 14-16.<\/p>\n
LEAGUE LEADERS: The Astros lead the Majors in runs (78), doubles (34) total bases (196), hits (114), walks (65) and OBP (.379).<\/p>\n
Individually, LF Yordan Alvarez leads the Majors in walks (13) and ranks second in OBP (.540).<\/p>\n
2B Jose Altuve leads the Majors in runs (12) and 1B Christian Walker ranks tied for first in the Majors in doubles (6) and third in RBI (13).<\/p>\n
WALKER AT COORS: 1B Christian Walker has batted .346 (66×191) with 12 doubles, 15 HR, 40 RBI and a 1.050 OPS in 49 career games at Coors Field. His 1.050 OPS at Coors Field is the highest among active players, directly ahead of PHI IF Bryce Harper (1.036 OPS).<\/p>\n
MR. SMITH: RF Cam Smith has recorded a hit in eight consecutive games, which is the longest hitting streak of his career.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s batting .407 (11×27) with two doubles, six RBI, four walks, two stolen bases and a 1.299 OPS during the streak. It is also tied for the longest active hitting streak in the Majors.<\/p>\n
HOT START: The Astros have scored 78 runs this season, which is the most in the Majors. The 78 runs are also the second-most in the first 12 games to begin a season in franchise history, directly behind the 2004 season, where the Astros scored 84 runs in the first 12 games of the season.<\/p>\n
AL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: On Monday, LF Yordan Alvarez was named the American League Player of the Week for the week of March 30-April 5. Alvarez batted .471 (8×17) with two doubles, three home runs, eight RBI, seven walks and a 1.733 OPS for the week. This marked the fourth time that Alvarez has been named the AL Player of the Week.<\/p>\n
FUTURE HALL OF FAMER: 2B Jose Altuve recorded his 2,400th career hit on Mon. night at COL on a double in the first inning. He became the second active player to record at least 2,400 hits, joining LAD IF Freddie Freeman.<\/p>\n
Altuve also joins IF Craig Biggio as the only two players in franchise history with at least 2,400 hits.<\/p>\n
YORDAN\u2019S UPCOMING MILESTONES: LF Yordan Alvarez recorded his 174th career home run on Sunday at ATH.<\/p>\n
The home run tied him with franchise icon OF George Springer for seventh on the Astros all-time list. Next up on the Astros all-time list is 3B Alex Bregman (191 HR).<\/p>\n
THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER: RF Cam Smith went 2×4 with a home run, double and two runs scored on Mon. night vs. COL. The home run was launched 462 feet, making it the longest home run by any player in the Majors this season. The second longest home run this season was 460 feet by PHI OF Kyle Schwarber.<\/p>\n
Game Date\/Time: Wednesday, April 7, 2:10 p.m. CST<\/p>\n
Location: Coors Field, Denver, CO.<\/p>\n
TV: Space City Home Network<\/p>\n
Radio: KBME 790 AM & 94.5 FM HD2; TUDN 102.9 FM HD2 (Spanish)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Houston Astros (6-6) seek to salvage the finale of this 3-game series with the Colorado Rockies (5-6)…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":670741,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2389],"tags":[42,5,139,54,67679,78642,3211,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-670740","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston-astros","8":"tag-astros","9":"tag-baseball","10":"tag-houston","11":"tag-houston-astros","12":"tag-houston-astros-game-information","13":"tag-houston-astros-scores-standings","14":"tag-houstonastros","15":"tag-mlb"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116370551482879405","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=670740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670740\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/670741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=670740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=670740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=670740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}