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FIRST-HALF RESULTS: At 49-42 (.538), the Astros finished the first half of play in 2nd place in the AL West, trailing the 1st place Angels by just a half game...the 49 wins mark the most by the club in the 1st half since the 2003 season (50-44)...the last time the Astros finished the 1st half of play at least 7 games over .500 was in 2001 (48-38)...BY COMPARISON: In 2014, the Astros were 40-56 (.417) at the break and 19.5 games out of 1st place.

HOT START: The Astros got off to a scorching start and posted franchise-best records thru several game numbers early in the season...this season, the Astros set franchise-best records thru game number 25 (18-7), 26 (18-8), 40 (26-14), 41 (27-14), 47 (30-17), 54 (34-20) and 55 (34-21).

FIRST-HALF PITCHING: The Astros pitching staff has allowed just a .237 opponent batting av-erage this season, which ranks as the 2nd-lowest allowed thru the All-Star Game in franchise his-tory (.232, 1986)...the clubs 694 strikeouts in the 1st half of play are the 3rd-highest total in franchise history and their most since the 2004 season (705).

TATER TALLY: The Astros 124 home runs are the 3rd-hightest total prior to the All-Star Break in franchise history. Most HR Pre-All-Star Break1. 2001 - 134 (86g)2. 2000 - 127 (87g)3. 2015 - 124 (91g)

HOME COOKIN: The Astros are 28-16 at home and have the 3rd-best winning percentage (.636) at home in the AL...the Astros have gone 20-7 in their last 27 home games and 27-12 in their last 39 contests at Minute Maid Park.

ROAD RECORD: The Astros finished the 1st half of the season with a 21-26 road record, which marks the 1st time theyve reached 21 road wins prior to the All-Star Game since the 2008 season (22-30)...Houston started the season hot on the road, going 12-3 in their 1st 15 road games, which marked their best road start thru 15 games in franchise history.

TEAM OFFENSIVE RANKINGS: The Astros lead the Major Leagues in home runs (124) and rank 1st in the AL in steals (69)...Houston also ranks 4th in the AL in runs scored (395) and in walks (279) and 5th in slugging pct. (.417)...AL rankings:

Home Runs Stolen Bases Runs1. HOU - 124 1. HOU - 69 1. TOR - 4862. NYY - 116 2. TB - 62 2. NYY - 4093. TOR - 115 3. DET - 57 3. DET - 3984. BAL - 110 4. TEX - 54 4. HOU - 395

PITCHING IN: The Astros rank 2nd in the AL in bullpen ERA (2.67), trailing only Kansas City (2.11)...the bullpen has picked up 17 wins, which ties as the most by an AL team in 2015.

ALL YOU NEED IS GLOVE: The Astros rank 2nd in the AL with a .987 team fielding percentage...individually, LHP Dallas Keuchel, the reigning AL Gold Glove winner, leads all AL pitchers in assists (37) and has yet to commit an error...ad-ditionally in the AL, 3B Luis Valbuena (2nd, .978) and C Jason Castro (4th, .998) rank highly in fielding percentage at their respective positions.

Houston Astros Midseason ReviewALL-STAR GAME RECAP: In the 86th annual MLB All-Star Game last night, the AL defeated the NL 6-3 at Cincinnatis Great American Ball Park...LHP Dallas Keuchel started for the AL, tossing 2.0 innings and allowing 1 run on 2 hits...2B Jose Altuve started and played 4.0 innings at 2nd base, going 0x2 at the plate.

THREE ASTROS ALL-STARS: The Astros had 2 players, 2B Jose Altuve and LHP Dal-las Keuchel, and their manager A.J. Hinch in uniform for the 86th annual All-Star Game last night...Altuve was elected via the fan vote, Keuchel was elected via the player vote and Hinch was selected by Royals manager Ned Yost to join his staff for the Midsummer Classic.

All-Star Notebook this was the 1st All-Star selection for Keuchel, who

received more player votes than any other pitcher. Keuchel is the 4th pitcher in franchise history to

start an All-Star Game, joining RHP Roger Clem-ens (2004), RHP Mike Scott (1987) and RHP J.R. Richard (1980).

this was the 1st All-Star start for Altuve (3rd selec-tion overall).

Altuve is the 1st Astros starter elected via the fan vote since 1B Lance Berkman in 2008.

WINNING MONTHS: The Astros have had winning records in each of the 1st three months of 2015...this marks the 1st time since 2001 that Houston has begun a season with three consecu-tive .500-or-better months.

FIRST-HALF WINS: After 81 games, the exact midway point of the season, the Astros were 47-34, giving them their best record at the midway point since the 1999 club posted the same mark...in the clubs 54 seasons of existence, Houston has reached the 47-win mark within the 1st 81 games of the year on five occasions (1972, 1979, 1998-99, 2015).

BIG SERIES IN JUNE: The Astros and Royals series in late June featured the top 2 teams in the American League with Houston entering the series 44-34 and Kansas City 44-38...the Astros ended up taking a 3-game sweep...prior to this series, the last time Houston played in games that featured 2 teams that were both at least 10 games over .500: At a neutral site, Sept. 15, 2008: the Astros (80-68)

hosted the Cubs (89-58) at Miller Park in a neutral site game moved by Hurricane Ike.

In a game at Minute Maid Park, Sept. 3, 2005: the Astros (72-62) hosted the Cardinals (85-50) in a matchup of starters RHP Roger Clemens (11-6) and RHP Chris Carpenter (19-4).

BIG CROWDS FOR YANKEES: The Astros and Yankees drew a total of 110,842 fans to the ball-park from June 26-28...this included a 41,133 sellout on June 27...this marked Minute Maid Parks largest 3-day weekend attedance since a series with the Rangers from May 18-20, 2012 (113,261)...prior to Saturday, the last time the Astros had a sell out in a game other than Open-ing Day was the Saturday of that Rangers series on May 19, 2012.

DIVISION SCHEDULE: On the season, the As-tros are 22-16 against the AL West: Seattle (9-4), Los Angeles (5-5), Oakland (6-3) and Texas (2-4)...the Astros will open up the 2nd half with a 3-game set with the Rangers at Minute Maid Park.

ASTROS 2015 TIMELINE

April 6 .......... Win on Opening DayApril 12 ... Win in 14 innings at TEXApril 16 ......Altuve movie premiersApril 19 .............Astros in 1st placeApril 28 ......... Lowrie Placed on DLApril 30 ......Altuve with walk-off hitMay 3 ..................Win 10th straightMay 4 .... Keuchel named AL POTMMay 7 ............ Tucker makes debutMay 18 ..... McCullers makes debutJune 3 .... Keuchel named AL POTMJune 4 .... Hinch named to ASG StaffJune 8 ............ Correa makes debutJune 8 .....................2015 MLB DraftJune 10 ..... Velasquez makes debutJune 15 .... Tucker (1st round) signsJune 21 ...Hit 2+ HR in 8 straight gmsJune 26 .. Bregman (1st round) signsJune 27 ...Astros host NYY in selloutJune 30 ...Cameron (1st round) signsJuly 1 ....Astros sweep 1st-place KCJuly 2 .......... Springer Placed on DLJuly 2 ............ Correa named ROTMJuly 5 ............Altuve named to ASGJuly 6 ......... Keuchel named to ASGJuly 13 ...Keuchel named ASG starterJuly 14 .....................2015 MLB ASG

ABOUT THE RECORDOverall Record: ......................49-42Home Record: ........................28-16--with Roof Open: ...................... 9-3--with Roof Closed: .................19-11--with Roof Open/Closed: ......... 0-2Road Record: ..........................21-26Current Streak: ...................... Lost 6Last Road Trip: .......................... 2-8Last Homestand: ........................ 5-2Last 5 Games: ............................ 0-5Last 10 Games: .......................... 2-8Series Record (includes current series): .13-12-4Sweeps: ..................................... 7-4When Scoring 4 or More Runs: ....42-5When Scoring 3 or Fewer Runs: ....7-37Shutouts: .................................... 7-5In One-Run Games: ................12-13In Two-Run Games: ..................10-9vs. Left-Handed Starters: ........17-19vs. Right-Handed Starters: ......32-23During the Day: ......................17-16At Night: .................................32-26When Scoring First: ................34-13Opponent Scores First: ...........15-29Outhit Opponent: ...................35-12Outhit by Opponent: ..............10-27Equal Hits: ................................. 4-3When Hitting Home Run: ........39-25No Home Runs: .......................10-17Walkoff Home Runs: .................. 0-1Come-from-Behind Wins: ............22Largest Comeback: .......................4Losses After Leading: ..................17Last At-Bat Wins: ............................8Largest Blown Lead: ......................3Extra-Inning Games: ................. 4-3Different Batting Orders: .............86After Six Innings:Lead: 35-4 ....Tied: 9-5 .....Trail: 5-33After Seven Innings:Lead: 39-3 ....Tied: 7-6 .....Trail: 3-33After Eight Innings:Lead: 43-1 ....Tied: 4-3 .....Trail: 2-38

UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS (ALL TIMES CENTRAL)Date Time Opponent Pitchers Television July 13-16 ALL-STAR BREAKFri., July 17 7:10 Texas RHP Collin McHugh (9-5, 4.50) vs. LHP Martin Perez (2015 debut) ROOT SPORTSSat., July 18 6:10 Texas RHP Scott Feldman (4-4, 4.80) vs. RHP Colby Lewis (8-4, 4.77) ROOT SPORTSSun., July 19 1:10 Texas LHP Dallas Keuchel (11-4, 2.23) vs. RHP Yovani Gallardo (7-8, 2.62) ROOT SPORTS All Astros regular-season games are broadcast in English on SportsTalk 790 AM in Houston, the flagship station of the Astros Radio Network, un-less otherwise indicated. KLAT, 1010 AM, is the flagship of the clubs Spanish Radio Network.

INTERLEAGUE PLAY: The Astros have gone 8-1 in Interleague games this season, including series victories over the Padres (3-0) and Rockies (4-0) and a series split with the Giants (1-1)...the 8 Interleague wins this season have already surpassed Houstons total from 2014 (5-15).

HOMER HAPPY: The Astros have hit multiple home runs in 36 games this season, which ties Toronto for the Major League lead...in those 36 contests, Houston has gone 32-4.

HOME RUN STREAK: The Astros hit at least 1 home run in 10 straight games from June 14-23, which marked the longest Astros streak since the 2007 team had a 12-game run from July 28-Aug. 10...the 10-game streak included a run of hitting multiple home runs in a franchise record 8 straight games from June 14-21.

LATE RUNS: The Astros have scored 136 runs in the 7th inning or later, which ranks 3rd in MLB, trailing only Toronto (144) and Oakland (141).

ICE CREAM SUNDAES: The Astros are 9-5 on Sundays this season, their best record on any single day of the week in 2015.

MINOR LEAGUE UPDATE: While the Major League squad has posted a winning record so far, the Astros minor league system has also been producing solid results with Houston currently having the best combined record in the minors among all 30 organizations at 282-213 (.570).

KEUCHEL NAMED ALL-STAR STARTER: On Monday, LHP Dallas Keuchel (11-4) was named the starting pitcher for the American League All-Star Team...Keuchel currently leads all Major League pitchers in innings pitched, while ranking 1st in the AL in WAR (4.7), tied for 1st in wins, 2nd in ERA, tied for 2nd in complete games and 4th in opponent batting average (.208)...AL rankings:

ERA Innings WAR1. Gray - 2.04 1. Keuchel - 137.1 1. Keuchel - 4.72. Keuchel - 2.23 2. Kluber - 133.1 2. Gray - 4.43. Santiago - 2.33 3. Samardzija - 125.1 3. Sale - 3.4

RACKING UP THE WINS: Dating back to Aug. 1, 2014, RHP Collin McHugh has posted a 16-5 record in 28 starts...in that time frame, McHugh ranks tied for 2nd in the Majors in wins trailing only RHP Gerrit Cole (17-4).

K KING: Over his first 64.1 career innings RHP Lance McCull-ers has 71 strikeouts, which is the 2nd-highest total for an Astros pitcher within their 1st 11 career games...that franchise record is 79, set by RHP Tom Griffin in 1969.

DECISIONS, DECISIONS: RHP Vince Velasquez did not record a decision in his 1st 5 career starts, which tied a MLB record...he tied RHP Hideo Nomo (1995), RHP Marc Valdes (1995-96) and RHP Chris Brock (1997) for this oddity.

WILL THE THRILL: RHP Will Harris has been one of the most effective relievers in the Majors in 2015, posting a 0.87 ERA (4ER/41.2IP) in 36 appearances...additionally, he has allowed just 16 hits in his 41.1 IP while tallying 42 strikeouts.

Lowest ERA (AL) Lowest Opp. Avg. (MLB)1. W. Davis - 0.46 1. A. Miller - .0972. M. Lowe - 0.64 2. W. Harris - .1163. W. Harris - 0.87 3. D. Betances - .126

HARRIS HISTORIC HALF: While RHP Will Harris ranks highly among current relievers in ERA and opponent batting average, he also has posted some of the best numbers in franchise history for a pitcher prior to the All-Star Game...Harris .116 opponent bat-ting average is the lowest ever by an Astro at the half, besting LHP Billy Wagner, who allowed a .126 mark in 1999...Harris ranks 2nd all-time in ERA at the break, trailing only RHP Larry Anderson, who posted a 0.67 ERA prior to the break in 1989.

NESHEKS STREAK: RHP Pat Neshek began his season with 24 consecutive appearances without issuing a walk (20.2IP)...this ranks as the 2nd-longest streak in Major League history to begin a season...RHP Mark Eichhorn owns the MLB record, posting 30 appearances (40.1IP) without issuing a walk to open the 1991 season for the California Angels.

CORREA NAMED ROOKIE OF THE MONTH: 20-year-old Astros SS Carlos Correa, who debuted on June 8, was named AL Rookie of the Month for June...during the month, he hit .287 (27x94) with 9 doubles, 5 home runs, 15 RBI, 4 stolen bases and a .543 slugging percentage in his 21 games...among AL rookies in June, Correa ranked 1st in OPS (.852), doubles, RBI and SLG...additionally, he ranked tied for 1st in home runs and 3rd in hits and batting average.

POWER AT THE CORNER: 3B Luis Valbuena has hit a career-high 19 home runs through the clubs 1st 91 games of the season...the last Astros 3rd baseman to reach this number of homers thru 91 team games was 3B Morgan Ensberg, who also hit 19 in 2006.

BIRTHDAY BOY: OF Preston Tucker went 4x5 on July 6 at CLE with a double, HR and two RBI on what was his 25th birthday...as a result, he became the 2nd Astros player ever to tally 4 hits on his birthday, joining Jeff Bagwell, who went 4x5 on May 27, 2003, in a 7-4 win vs. STL on what was his 35th birthday.

QUICK LEARNER: SS Carlos Correa became the 1st Major League shortstop to record 9 doubles within his 1st 20 career games (since 1914)...he was also the 1st player in Astros history, regard-less of position, to hit 9 doubles within his first 20 games...Correa joined Rusty Staub (19g in 1963), George Springer (2014) and Jeff Bagwell (1991) as the only players in club history to reach base safely in 18 of their first 20 games in the Major Leagues.

THE SPRINGER SHOW: Before going down with a fractured right wrist, OF George Springer was one of the most dynamic players in the Majors, posting an .822 OPS, which ranks 7th among AL outfielders.

RUN PRODUCER: Since April 26, Evan Gattis leads the AL in RBI with 53...in that span, he has hit .264 (70x265) with 14 home runs.

MOST AL RBI - Since 4/261. E. Gattis - 53T2. J. Bautista - 50T2. K. Morales - 50

UP THE CHARTS: With 7 home runs this season, C Jason Castro (44 HR) is tied for 2nd on the Astros all-time list for home runs by a catcher with John Bateman (44)...Castro now only trails Alan Ashby (69) in that category.

JUNE DRAFT: The Astros have signed 34 of their 42 selections from the 2015 MLB Draft with the deadline for clubs to sign players this Friday, July 17 at 4 p.m. CT...Houston signed all of their selections taken in the top 21 rounds (23 players).

FUTURES GAME RESULTS: The Astros had 2 players selected into the 2015 Futures Game, with prospects RHP Mark Appel and 2B Tony Kemp playing for the U.S. Team...both made their mark as Kemp went 0x1 with 2 walks and a run scored, while Appel tossed 1.0 scoreless frame in the 10-1 U.S. win.

BIG DREAMS: THE JOSE ALTUVE STORY: The Astros hosted a Hollywood-style premiere screening of Big Dreams: The Jose Altuve Story documentary on April 16 at the Majestic Metro theater in downtown Houstonthe documentary tells the story of Altuves meteoric rise from undersized, little known prospect to history-making All-Star and batting champion.

50th ANNIVERSARY OF ASTRODOME: The Astros celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Eighth Wonder of the World, the Astro-dome, on April 17-18the team celebrated with special giveaways, including a Jimmy Wynn bobblehead and a 1965 replica Astrodome giveawayAstros players also wore throwback uniforms, and members of the groundscrew wore spacesuitsmembers of the 1st Astros team participated in a special pregame ceremony with NASA astronauts, recreating the 1st pitch from the Astrodomes 1st regular season game on April 12, 1965.

CANELO VS. KIRKLAND: On May 9, boxing superstars Canelo Alvarez and James Kirkland faced off in the 1st live boxing match to take place at Minute Maid Parkthe 12-round super welter-weight bout, which took place before a crowd of over 31,000, was broadcast live on HBO to millions across the country.

FLOOD RELIEF EFFORTS: After the historic floods that hit Hous-ton on May 25, the Astros and Astros Foundation hosted a food and materials drive supporting the Houston Food Bank over a 7-game homestand from May 29-June 4the Astros Foundation presented the Houston Food Bank with a check for $10,000 as part of the relief effort, and partnered with Aramark to donate 2,000 lunches for those displaced in the Greater Houston Area.

CENTER FIELD RENOVATION: On June 4, the Astros announced conceptual plans for the proposed renovation of the center field area of Minute Maid Parkconstruction would begin immediately following the 2015 season and would be ready by the start of the 2016 seasonthe renovation would include improved seating op-tions, new food and beverage options, the addition of escalators to improve fan access and revisions to the playing field including the removal of Tals Hillthe design of the new center field area was in partnership with MSA Sport and influenced by feedback from fans, current and former players and front office personnel.

PICNIC IN THE PARK: The Astros Foundation hosted their 3rd annual Picnic in the Park fundraising event in the outfield of Min-ute Maid Park on Sunday, June 14the sold-out charitable fund-raiser, which gives fans the rare opportunity to be on the grass at Minute Maid Park, featured the entire 2015 Astros roster, alumni and members of the Astros front officefans were treated to an hour-long autograph session with Astros players, a picnic buffet, a complimentary picnic mat and activities for families and children...all proceeds from the event benefitted the Astros Foundations cornerstone youth baseball programs in the Greater Houston Area.

KEUCHELS KORNER: The Astros debuted the new Keuchels Korner fan section, located in sections 105 and 106 along the 3rd base line on June 25the ticket promotion, which takes place at every home game that Dallas Keuchel starts for the rest of the Astros regular season, comes with a signature Keuchel beard give-away as well as a limited-edition T-shirtKeuchels Korner tickets become available for purchase 4 days prior to a Dallas Keuchel start, pending the Astros starting rotation.