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HOUSTON ASTROS (10-5-1) vs. st. louis cardinals (6-6-2)RHP Justin Verlander (0-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Miles Mikolas (0-2, 19.29)

friday, march 9, 2018 • fitteam ballpark of the palm beaches • west palm beach, FL • 6:05 p.m. ET • kbme 790 am • fs midwest

astros spring training roster

pitchers (20 + 5)66 Rogelio Armenteros* RHP52 Buddy Boshers LHP45 Gerrit Cole RHP47 Chris Devenski RHP53 Ken Giles RHP64 Reymin Guduan LHP61 Jandel Gustave RHP36 Will Harris RHP68 Mike Hauschild* RHP51 James Hoyt RHP60 Dallas Keuchel LHP58 Francis Martes RHP43 Lance McCullers Jr. RHP69 Brendan McCurry* RHP31 Collin McHugh RHP50 Charlie Morton RHP63 David Paulino RHP41 Brad Peacock RHP71 Matt Ramsey* LHP62 Brady Rodgers RHP30 Héctor Rondón RHP29 Tony Sipp LHP38 Joe Smith RHP67 Trent Thornton* RHP35 Justin Verlander RHP

CATCHERS (3+2)44 Tim Federowicz*11 Evan Gattis 16 Brian McCann 12 Max Stassi77 Garrett Stubbs*

infielders (9+1)27 Jose Altuve 2 Alex Bregman1 Carlos Correa 28 J.D. Davis9 Marwin Gonzalez 10 Yuli Gurriel 18 Tony Kemp76 JackMayfield*23 AJ Reed 13 Tyler White

outfielders (4+2)21 Derek Fisher74 Jon Kemmer*6 Jake Marisnick 22 Josh Reddick 4 George Springer79 Kyle Tucker*

* - Non-roster invitee

UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS (ALL TIMES EASTERN)Date Time Opponent Pitchers Radio/TelevisionSat., March 10 1:05 Washington LHP Dallas Keuchel (0-0, 10.80) vs. RHP Erick Fedde (0-1, 3.00) KBME/noneSun., March 11 1:10 at New York (NL) RHP Lance McCullers Jr. (0-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Jacob deGrom (2018 debut) KBME/WPIX NYMon., March 12 SCHEDULED OFF DAYTues., March 13 1:10 at New York (NL) RHP Gerrit Cole (1-0, 1.04) vs. TBA KBME/none

tonight’s game: The 2017 World Series Champion Houston Astros will play their second night game of the spring tonight as they host their former NL Central rivals, the St. Louis Cardinals...RHP Justin Verlander (0-0) will get the start for Houston opposite south Florida native RHP Miles Mikolas (0-2).

tonight’s starter: RHP Justin Verlander (0-0) is making his third Spring Training start tonight and his first sinceMarch 3 vs.WSH (0ER/3IP)...Verlanderhas been sharp this spring, tossing a combined 5.0 innings with nine strikeouts and only two hits allowed...acquired last August from the Tigers, Verlander impressed in his 10 regular season and postseason starts for Houston in 2017, posting a 9-1 record and a 1.66 ERA (13ER/70.2IP) in those outings.

tonight’s pitchers: Following RHP Justin Ver-lander tonight will be RHP Brad Peaock, RHP Chris Devenski, RHP Ken Giles, RHP Brendan McCurry, RHP Matt Ramsey, LHP Reymin Guduan and LHP Buddy Boshers.

minor league call-ups: The following Astros minor league players will be available in the Major League game tonight: OF Ronnie Dawson, IF Alex De Goti, IF Anibal Sierra, RHP Cy Sneed and OF Stephen Wrenn.

on the airwaves: Tonight’s game will be aired on the radio in Houston live at 5 p.m. CT on KBME SportsTalk 790 AM...Astros radio play-by-play broadcaster Robert Ford will be joined on the call today by Double A Cor-pus Christi Hooks play-by-play broadcaster Michael Coffin...the game can also be heard live on MLB.com, SiriusXM and on the MLB At-Bat App...RADIO IN WPB: All Saturday and Sunday Astros Spring Training games will be broadcast live in West Palm Beach on 93.3 FM WAVE.

tonight’s telecast: Tonight’s game is being televised live by FS Midwest by the Cardinals TV crew...it will be available on tape delay in Houston, airing on MLB Network at 7 p.m. CT.

yesterday’s win: The Astros defeated the Braves yesterday in Lake Buena Vista by a score of 6-4 with the winning runs being driven in by LF Jon Kemmer on a two-out single in the top of the 9th...RHP Francis Martes started for Houston and tossed 3.0 scoreless frames...RF Derek Fisher (1x4, 2RBI) and 2B Tyler White (2x3, 2RBI) each hit long home runs in the victory.

gose returned: Officially today, the Astros have returned Rule 5 selection LHP Anthony Gose to the Texas Rangers...following the move, the Astros Spring Training roster now stands at 46 players.

this week’s roster moves: On Wednesday, the As-tros reassigned IF Randy César, RHP Jacob Dorris, OF Drew Ferguson, RHP Riley Ferrell, OF Alejandro Garcia, C Jamie Ritchie, OF Myles Straw, IF Nick Tanielu and LHP Framber Valdez to minor league camp...additionally, the club optioned LHP Cionel Perez to minor league camp this week.

tonight’s festivities: Tonight is Hispanic Heritage Night at the ballpark, which will include a Carnaval Parade before the game and a postgame Friday Night Fireworks show...additionally, the Astros will give the first1,000fansinattendanceafree#StroZoneT-shirt.

white house visit: The Houston Astros will visit the White House on Monday, March 12, in recognition of their 2017 World Series Championship.

guest instructors in camp: Hall of Famer and Astros special assistant to the GM Craig Biggio arrived at Astros Spring Training camp yesterday...Rich Dauer, theAstrosfirstbasecoachfrom2015-17,willbewiththe club from today through Sunday...Hall of Famer and Astros executive advisor Nolan Ryan will be in camp from March 17-20...Enos Cabell, Jeff Bagwell and Phil Garner have all served as guest instructors at various times this Spring Training.

regular season credentials: The Astros are now accepting full-season and daily credential applica-tions for the 2018 regular season on credentials.mlb.com...the deadline to apply for Astros full-season credentials is March 16...all credential requests must go through credentials.mlb.com.

astros foundation efforts: Volunteers from the Astros Foundation will join more than 4,000 volunteers from the 4B Disaster Response Network and Eight Days of Hope to aid in their Hurricane Harvey recovery efforts throughout the Houston area, March 10-24...the Astros Foundation will fund meals for volunteers, provide uniforms and equipment to Dickinson Little League and volunteer to refurbish Dickinson LL ball-fieldsandcomplexesthroughoutthe15days.

video uploads: Video highlights, b-roll and postgame sound bites will be uploaded to MLBPressbox.com fol-lowing tonight’s game and throughout Spring Training for media to download.

2018 SPRING TRAINING SCHEDULE/RESULTSDay Date Opponent Site FINAL astros POR OPPONENT POR SAVE

Friday&^ February 23 Washington W. PALM BEACH W 3-2 Dorris (1-0) Dragmire (0-1) Hauschild (1)Saturday&^# February24 Atlanta W.PALMBEACH W6-1 McHugh(1-0) Newcomb(0-1) -Sunday^# February25 St.Louis Jupiter W7-3 Cole(1-0) Mikolas(0-1) -Monday&@ February 26 New York (NL) W. PALM BEACH W 8-7 McCurry (1-0) Bashlor (1-1) -Monday# February26 Miami Jupiter L0-11 Martes(0-1) Ureña (1-0) -Tuesday@ February 27 New York (NL) Port St. Lucie W 8-2 Peacock (1-0) Matz (0-1) -Wednesday&@ February 28 Minnesota (ss) W. PALM BEACH L 2-4 Boshers (0-1) Romero (1-0) Littell (2)Thursday&@ March 1 Boston W. PALM BEACH W 10-5 Guduan (1-0) Smith (0-1) -Friday&^ March 2 New York (NL) (ss) W. PALM BEACH T 7-7 - - -Saturday&^ March 3 Washington W. PALM BEACH L 1-8 Ramsey (0-1) Kintzler (1-0) -Sunday#^ March4 St.Louis Jupiter W4-1 Peacock(2-0) Wacha(0-1) McCurry(1)Monday&@ March 5 Miami W. PALM BEACH W 5-3 Harris (1-0) Despaigne (1-1) Valdez (1)Tuesday# March6 Washington W.PalmBeach W10-5 Morton(1-0) Cole(0-1) -Tuesday@ March 6 New York (NL) Port St. Lucie L 5-9 Armenteros (0-1) Bashlor (2-1) -Wednesday@ March 7 Miami W. PALM BEACH L 6-7 Ferrell (0-1) Mazza (1-0) Guerra (2)Thursday@ March 8 Atlanta Lake Buena Vista W 6-4 McCurry (2-0) Winkler (0-1) -Friday^ March 9 St. Louis W. PALM BEACH 6:05 pmSaturday^ March 10 Washington W. PALM BEACH 1:05 pmSunday^ March 11 New York (NL) Port St. Lucie 1:10 pmMonday March 12 No Game ScheduledTuesday@ March 13 New York (NL) (ss) Port St. Lucie 1:10 pmWednesday@ March 14 St. Louis W. PALM BEACH 1:05 pmThursday@ March 15 Washington W. Palm Beach 1:05 pmFriday^ March 16 New York (AL) Tampa 6:35 pmSaturday^ March 17 Miami Jupiter 1:05 pmSunday&^ March 18 Atlanta W. PALM BEACH 1:05 pmMonday&@ March 19 New York (NL) W. PALM BEACH 1:05 pmTuesday March 20 No Game ScheduledWednesday$@ March 21 Washington W. Palm Beach 1:05 pmThursday@ March 22 Miami W. PALM BEACH 1:05 pmFriday@ March 23 Minnesota Fort Myers 1:05 pmFriday March 23 Washington W. Palm Beach 6:05 pmSaturday#^ March24 Boston FortMyers 1:05pmSunday^ March 25 Miami (ss) Jupiter 1:05 pmMonday^ March 26 Milwaukee Minute Maid Park 7:10 pmTuesday March 27 Milwaukee Minute Maid Park 1:10 pmAlltimeslocal &AT&TSportsNetSW ^KBME-AM #MLBNetwork @tapedelayedKBME-AM $ESPN2

PITCHER DAY-BY-DAYS:rogelio armenterosDate/Opp IP H R ER BB K2/23 vs. WSH 2.0 0 0 0 1 32/27 at NYM (H1) 3.0 3 1 1 0 53/6 at NYM (BS1, L1) 1.1 5 5 5 2 1

buddy boshersDate/Opp IP H R ER BB K2/23 vs. WSH 1.0 0 0 0 0 12/25 at STL 1.0 1 0 0 0 12/28 vs. MIN (L) 0.1 1 2 0 1 03/4 at STL (H1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 13/6 at NYM (BS1) 1.0 1 1 1 0 0

GERRIT COLEDate/Opp IP H R ER BB K2/25 at STL (W1) 2.0 0 0 0 0 23/2 vs. NYM 3.0 2 1 1 2 23/7 vs. MIA 3.2 4 0 0 1 4

chris devenskiDate/Opp IP H R ER BB K2/27 at NYM 1.0 2 1 1 0 23/2 vs. NYM 1.0 1 1 0 0 13/5 vs. MIA 1.1 0 0 0 0 2

KEN GILESDate/Opp IP H R ER BB K2/26 vs. NYM 1.0 1 0 0 0 13/2 vs. NYM (BS1) 0.2 3 4 0 0 03/6 at WSH 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 ANTHONY GOSEDate/Opp IP H R ER BB K3/3 vs. WAS 0.0 0 3 2 3 0

reymin guduanDate/Opp IP H R ER BB K2/23 vs. WSH (H1) 1.0 0 0 0 2 02/25 at STL 1.0 2 0 0 0 13/1 vs. BOS (W1) 1.1 1 0 0 0 13/4 at STL (H2) 1.0 1 0 0 0 33/6 at WSH (H3) 0.1 2 1 1 1 1

WILL HARRISDate/Opp IP H R ER BB K2/26 at MIA 0.1 1 3 2 1 03/2 vs. NYM (H1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 03/5 vs. MIA (W1) 1.0 0 0 0 1 13/7 vs. MIA (H2) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2

mike hauschildDate/Opp IP H R ER BB K2/23 vs. WSH (S1) 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 2/26 vs. NYM (BS1) 1.1 3 3 3 1 23/4 at STL (H1) 2.0 1 0 0 1 33/8 at ATL (H2) 2.0 1 0 0 1 2

JAMES HOYTDate/Opp IP H R ER BB K2/26 at MIA 1.2 4 4 4 1 03/1 vs. BOS 1.0 0 0 0 0 13/3 vs. WAS 1.0 1 0 0 1 03/6 at WSH 0.2 2 2 2 0 03/8 at ATL (BS1) 1.0 3 3 2 0 1

dallas keuchelDate/Opp IP H R ER BB K3/5 vs. MIA 1.2 4 2 2 1 3

FRANCIS MARTESDate/Opp IP H R ER BB K2/26 at MIA (L1) 1.1 3 3 1 1 13/3 vs. WAS 2.2 1 1 1 1 43/8 at ATL 3.0 2 0 0 1 3

LANCE MCCULLERS JR.Date/Opp IP H R ER BB K2/28 vs. MIN 2.0 0 0 0 0 33/5 vs. MIA (H1) 2.2 1 0 0 2 2

BRENDAN MCCURRYDate/Opp IP H R ER BB K2/24 vs. ATL (H1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 12/26 vs. NYM (BS1, W1) 1.2 2 0 0 1 23/2 vs. NYM 1.0 0 0 0 0 33/4 at STL (S1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 23/8 at ATL (W2) 2.0 3 0 0 1 1

collin mchughDate/Opp IP H R ER BB K2/24 vs. ATL (W1) 2.0 1 0 0 1 53/1 vs. BOS (BS1) 1.2 4 3 3 0 13/6 at NYM 3.0 3 3 2 1 2

charlie mortonDate/Opp IP H R ER BB K3/1 vs. BOS 2.0 2 0 0 0 13/6 at WSH (W1) 3.0 3 0 0 0 6

DAVID PAULINODate/Opp IP H R ER BB K2/24 vs. ATL (H1) 2.0 1 0 0 0 32/28 vs. MIN 2.2 0 0 0 2 23/6 at NYM 3.0 1 0 0 0 3

brad peacockDate/Opp IP H R ER BB K2/27 at NYM (W1) 2.0 1 0 0 2 33/4 at STL (W2) 2.0 0 0 0 0 3

CIONEL PEREZDate/Opp IP H R ER BB K2/24 vs. ATL 1.0 1 1 0 1 02/27 at NYM 1.0 0 0 0 0 03/3 vs. WAS 2.0 1 0 0 0 1

matt ramseyDate/Opp IP H R ER BB K2/23 vs. WSH (BS1) 0.2 3 2 2 1 22/25 at STL 1.0 2 0 0 0 12/28 vs. MIN 1.0 0 0 0 1 23/3 vs. WAS 0.1 3 4 4 1 13/6 at WSH 2.0 0 0 0 0 2

HECTOR RONDONDate/Opp IP H R ER BB K2/26 vs. NYM 0.2 4 4 4 1 1

TONY SIPPDate/Opp IP H R ER BB K2/26 vs. NYM (H1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 13/1 vs. BOS 1.0 0 0 0 0 03/4 at STL (H2) 1.0 1 0 0 0 13/7 vs. MIA (BS1) 0.2 4 4 4 1 0

JOE SMITHDate/Opp IP H R ER BB K2/28 vs. MIN 1.0 1 2 0 0 03/4 at STL (H1) 1.0 2 1 1 1 13/7 vs. MIA (H2) 1.1 1 0 0 0 0

trent thorntonDate/Opp IP H R ER BB K2/23 vs. WSH (H1) 2.0 0 0 0 2 12/26 at MIA 2.0 1 0 0 0 23/2 vs. NYM 2.1 4 1 1 0 33/6 at WSH (H2) 2.0 4 2 2 1 3

justin verlanderDate/Opp IP H R ER BB K2/26 vs. NYM 2.0 0 0 0 0 43/3 vs. WAS 3.0 2 0 0 0 5