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TODAY'S STARTING PITCHERS:
| 2016 | W | L | ERA | FIP | K% | BB% | AVG | BABIP | HR | GS | IP | fWAR |
| Mike Fiers | 3 | 3 | 5.00 | 4.49 | 16.6% | 4.2% | .289 | .316 | 11 | 11 | 66.2 | 0.9 |
| Chris Archer | 4 | 7 | 4.73 | 4.62 | 27.2% | 10.5% | .259 | .324 | 14 | 13 | 72.1 | 0.4 |
Chris Archer's strikeouts returned in his last start against the Diamondbacks as he racked up 12 K's in just six innings of work, however, his home run problems remained as he gave up two more to total 14 on the year. He only gave up three runs though on five hits, while he walked three to go with his impressive strikeout total as he picked up his 4th victory of the season, snapping three game losing skid.
Mike Fiers Scouting Report:
The Astros never know what they're going to get when Fiers takes the mound this year as he has one outing where he allowed seven runs and was out of the game before recording four innings pitched and then following that start, he gave up a lone run in six innings. His last time out was on the sixth against the Rangers where he allowed four runs on eight hits -- one home run -- while he walked a batter and struck out two, pitching two outs into the fifth inning.
His Arsenal:
| PITCH | AVG. VELO. | FREQUENCY | vs LHB | vs RHB |
| Fastball | 90.1 MPH |
40.5% vs LHB *** 48.3% vs RHB |
High and away from the hitter | Tends to pitch anywhere up in the zone |
| Cutter | 87.0 MPH |
15.8% vs LHB *** 9.1% vs RHB |
High and inside on the batter | High and away from the batter |
| Change-up | 83.5 MPH |
24.4% vs LHB *** 16.9% vs RHB |
Low and away from the zone | Anywhere below the zone |
| Slider | 82.4 MPH |
0.2% vs LHB *** 14.0% vs RHB |
Sporadic | Low and away from the zone |
| Curveball | 74.5 MPH |
18.7% vs LHB *** 11.5% vs RHB |
Low and inside, off the plate | Low and away from the zone |
His Splits:
| 2016 | TBF | wOBA | AVG | OBP | SLG | HR | K% | BB% |
| vs LHB | 135 | .327 | .292 | .319 | .442 | 4 | 16.3% | 2.2% |
| vs RHB | 149 | .362 | .286 | .329 | .521 | 7 | 16.8% | 6.0% |
| HOME | 168 | .305 | .252 | .292 | .415 | 6 | 20.8% | 4.8% |
| AWAY | 116 | .403 | .342 | .371 | .582 | 5 | 10.3% | 3.5% |