TONIGHT’S GAME: The Astros continue a six-game road trip with the second game of a three-game series against the Kansas City Royals tonight at Kauffman Stadium.
RHP Mike Burrows will be on the mound for the Astros, opposite LHP Noah Cameron and the Royals.
ABOUT BURROWS: The 26-year old RHP Mike Burrows has been the only starting pitcher in the Astros Opening Day rotation to make every scheduled start this season, which has given him the team lead in starts (13), innings (73.1) and strikeouts (60).
Burrows is new to the organization in 2026, having been acquired from the Pirates this offseason as part of a three-team, six-player trade in which the Astros sent OF Jacob Melton and minor league RHP Anderson Brito to the Rays, while the Rays sent IF Brandon Lowe, OF Jake Mangum and LHP Mason Montgomery to the Pirates.
ROAD TRIP: The Astros are in Kansas City for a three-game series against the Royals.
Earlier this week, the Astros faced the Angels for a three-game series in Anaheim at Angel Stadium, where they went 1-2.
Houston is 16-20 on the road this season and went 7-3 on their last road trip.
PEN PALS: Since May 15, the Astros bullpen has recorded a 2.59 ERA (27ER/93.2IP) with 87 strike- outs, a 1.02 WHIP and a .180 opponent batting average.
Among AL teams since May 15, the Astros bullpen ranks first in opponent batting average, first in WHIP and first in ERA.
The Astros are also 15-11 during since May 15.
LAST NIGHT’S GAME: The Astros defeated the Royals, 10-8 last night at Kauffman Stadium.
The Astros scored nine of their 10 runs in the first inning…DH Yordan Alvarez went 3×5 with two home runs, including a grand slam and six RBI.
Marked his 25th career multi-homer game, which ranks tied for second in franchise history, behind only IF Jeff Bagwell (31).
1B Christian Walker (1×5, HR) and PH-LF Brice Matthews (1×1, HR, RBI) each homered.
The Astros bullpen combined to allow only three runs in 8.1 innings.
ON THE MEND: DH Yainer Diaz went 1×5 last night against Sacramento in a rehab appearance with Triple A Sugar Land.
VOTING COMMENCES: MLB launched the 2026 Konami eBaseball MLB All-Star Ballot last week.
The Astros on the ballot: 1B Christian Walker, 2B Jose Altuve, 3B Isaac Paredes, SS Jeremy Peña, C Yainer Diaz, DH Yordan Alvarez, OF Brice Matthews, OF Jake Meyers and OF Cam Smith.
MAKING THE PLAYS: The Astros are tied for the fewest errors in the AL (28) with the Athletics.
Houston has posted the best fielding percentage (.989) in the AL, topping the Athletics (.988), Royals (.988) and Mariners (.988) by a few percentage points.
VS. THE ROYALS: The Astros and Royals are facing each other for the first time this season.
The Astros went 3-3 against the Royals last season, including a 1-2 record at Kauffman Stadium.
The Astros own a 59-49 record all-time record against the Royals, including a 30-24 record at Kauffman Stadium.
ON THE LEADERBOARD: DH Yordan Alvarez leads the Majors in OPS (1.092), SLG (.659) and total bases (166) and is tied for the Major League lead in home runs (24).
In the AL, he ranks first in RBI (54), first in extra base hits (37), second in hits (81), second in OBP (.433), second in batting average (.321), fourth in walks (46) and fourth in runs (46)
HOMER HAPPY: DH Yordan Alvarez hit two home runs, including a grand slam in the first inning of last night’s game.
He became the third player in franchise history to record two home runs in a single inning, joining Lee May on April 29, 1974 and Jeff Bagwell on June 24, 1994.
RIBEYE STEAK: DH Yordan Alvarez also recorded six RBI in the first inning of last night’s game, becoming the first player in franchise history to record at least six RBI in a single inning, the last player in MLB history to record at least six RBI in a single inning was LAD OF Cody Bellinger on June 2, 2021 vs. STL.
He’s also the 17th player in MLB history to do so.
YORDAN’S SLAM: DH Yordan Alvarez hit his sixth career grand slam last night at KC.
Alvarez now ranks tied for fourth in franchise history in grand slams, trailing only 2B Jose Altuve (7), 3B Alex Bregman (7) and OF Carlos Lee (7).
AIR YORDAN: DH Yordan Alvarez is the first player in Astros franchise history with 24 home runs through the team’s first 71 games of a season.
He is on pace to hit 54 home runs, which would set the single-season franchise home run record, passing IF Jeff Bagwell’s 47 home runs in 2000.
Alvarez’s single-season career-high in home runs is 37, which he recorded in 2022.
ON BASE MACHINE: OF Yordan Alvarez is on a 19-game on-base streak.
During the streak, he’s batting .373 (25×67) with 18 runs, two doubles, nine home runs, 23 RBI, 15 walks and a 1.294 OPS..it is his second-longest on-base streak this season, behind a 22-game on-base streak from April 4-28.
BACK-TO-BACK: DH Yordan Alvarez and 1B Christian Walker connected on back-to-back home runs in the first inning of last night’s game at KC.
Marked the second time this season the Astros have recorded back-to-back home runs, other was on May 8 at CIN by OF Zach Cole and C Christian Vázquez.
AL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: On Monday, OF Yordan Alvarez was named the AL Player of the Week for the week of June 1-7.
For the week, he batted .476 (10×21) with six runs, one double, two HR, nine RBI, five walks and a 1.386 OPS.
WALKER, TEXAS HAMMER: In the AL, 1B Christian Walker ranks tied for third in RBI (49), fifth in extra base hits (31), sixth in total bases (131), tied for sixth in home runs (17), and 12th in SLG (.500).
In the field, Walker has not committed an error in 69 games.
HIT PAREDES: IF Isaac Paredes is one double away from recording his 100th career double.
Is looking to become just the 4th Mexican-born player in MLB history with 500 career hits, 100 doubles and 100 home runs, joining IF Vinny Castilla, IF Jorge Orta and IF Aurelio Rodríguez.
Game Date/Time: Saturday, June 13, 6:10 p.m. CT
Location: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, MO
TV: Space City Home Network
Radio: KBME 790 AM & 94.5 FM HD2; TUDN 102.9 FM HD2 (Spanish)
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