Astros vs. Mariners Game Thread: Game 44, 5/13/2026
HOUSTON, TX - MAY 11: Braden Shewmake #28 of the Houston Astros bats during the game between the Seattle Mariners and the Houston Astros at Daikin Park on Monday, May 11, 2026 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Logan Riely/MLB Photos via Getty Images) | MLB Photos via Getty Images TONIGHT’S GAME: The Houston Astros (16-27) will continue their homestand tonight in the third game of a four-game series against the rival Seattle Mariners (21-22). Astros starter RHP Lance McCullers Jr.
(2-3, 7. 41 ERA), a veteran of nine Major League seasons, enters tonight’s game with 898 career strikeouts and is looking to become the 15th pitcher in franchise history to reach 900 career strikeouts. He’ll be opposed by the Texas native RHP Bryce Miller (NR), who’s returning from the IL today to make his 2026 debut.
LANCE VS. THE M’S: RHP Lance McCullers Jr. is set to make his eighth start of the season and his second against the Mariners, also April 11 at SEA (4.
1IP). McCullers has gone 10-3 in 21 career starts against the Mariners and also faced them once in the postseason, in Game 3 of the 2022 ALDS, in which McCullers tossed 6. 0 shutout innings in the Astros 1-0 win in 18 innings.
FIGHTIN’ AGGIES: The Astros will face off tonight against Texas A&M Aggie RHP Bryce Miller, who pitched three years at A&M (2019-21) before being selected by the Mariners in the fourth round of the 2021 draft. Notably, Astros SS Braden Shewmake also played three seasons at A&M (2017-19) and was a teammate of Miller’s in the 2019 season. The 2019 Aggies made it to the finals of the Morgantown Regional, losing to Duke, a team that featured Astros OF Joey Loperfido .