PEORIA, ARIZONA - FEBRUARY 19: Bryce Miller #50 of the Seattle Mariners poses for a portrait at Peoria Sports Complex on February 19, 2026 in Peoria, Arizona. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images) | Getty Images
He’s back.
Bryce Miller takes the mound for the Mariners for the first time since the 2025 ALCS. He’s sat out the first 43 games of the new season with an oblique injury, after missing large swaths of last season with bone spurs in his elbow. I wrote before the season in our 40 in 40 series about the quick start to Miller’s career and the quick drop in performance as he tried to pitch through injury. Kate Preusser wrote more recently about his rehab starts and some of the adjustments he’s making to get right this year. What I’m looking for today is what his pitch mix looks like early and how his velocity holds up late.
With wins in games one and two, the Mariners will look to clinch the four-game series tonight, after sweeping the Astros in four games back in May, after sweeping the Astros to all but clinch the AL West last September. The Mariners have won nine straight against Houston.
Brendan Donovan is not in the lineup tonight, after being activated from the injured list at the start of the road trip. Leo Rivas is back at third base, while J.P. Crawford moves back up to the leadoff spot.
Scheduled day off for Donovan as the Mariners continue to be careful with him. He did take some early fielding work today.
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.
VS. SEATTLE: The Astros and Mariners are playing their second series of the 2026 season this week in Houston and will not see each other again until August.
Tonight, the Astros are looking to snap a nine-game losing streak to Seattle, which spans back to September of 2025.
THE ORDER: The Astros have used 43 different batting orders in their 43 games in 2026. Only LF Yordan Alvarez has started every game in the same spot in the lineup (second), while 1B Christian Walker has played in every game (42 starts).
AIR YORDAN: DH Yordan Alvarez is batting .308 (49×159) with 10 doubles, 13 HR, 29 RBI and a 1.029 OPS (.413 OBP/.616 SLG).
In the AL, he ranks tied for first in total bases (98), tied for first in extra-base hits (23), tied for third in hits, tied for third in homers, tied for third in RBI, fourth in OPS, fourth in SLG, fifth in batting average, and sixth in OBP.
EXTRA! EXTRA!:DH Yordan Alvarez has 355 career extra-base hits, which ties him with 3B Doug Rader for 10th in extra-base hits in Astros franchise history. The two immediately trail 1B Bob Watson (410) for ninth on that all-time list.
THE SHEW FITS:SS Braden Shewmake went 2×4 with an RBI last night, which extended his current hitting streak to a career-long seven games.
Shewmake has hit .357 (10×28) with three homers and a 1.036 OPS in 12 games since being acquired by the Astros in a trade from the Yankees on April 19.
STARS DOWN IN CORPUS: SS Jeremy Peña (right hamstring strain), CF Jake Meyers (right oblique strain) and LHP Josh Hader (left biceps tendinitis) all played on rehab assignments for Double A Corpus Christi last night.
Peña went 1×2 with a double and a HBP. Hader pitched 1.0 inning, allowing 1 hit with a strikeout, but faced the minimum due to a caught stealing. Meyers went 0x4.
TODAY IN ASTROS HISTORY: 2022 – The Astros beat the Nationals in Washington by a score of 6-1, extending their win streak to 11 games.
LHP Framber Valdez (1ER/7.2IP) dominates in the outing, while 2B Jose Altuve hits a leadoff homer.
The streak, which ended the following day, fell one win shy of the club record.
The win also gave manager Dusty Baker his 2,009th managerial win, which moved him past Leo Durocher (2,008) for 10th on the all-time manager win list.
Game Info
Game Date/Time: Wednesday, May 13, 7:10 p.m. CT
Location: Daikin Park, Houston, TX
TV: Space City Home Network
Streaming: SCHN+
Radio: KTRH 740 AM, KBME 790 AM & 94.5 FM HD2; TUDN 102.9 FM HD2 (Spanish)
ARLINGTON, TX - APRIL 03: A general view inside the stadium during the game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field on Friday, April 3, 2026 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Cooper Neill/MLB Photos via Getty Images) | MLB Photos via Getty Images
Today’s Lineups
DIAMONDBACKS
RANGERS
Ketel Marte – 2B
Joc Pederson – DH
Corbin Carroll – RF
Brandon Nimmo – RF
Geraldo Perdomo – SS
Corey Seager – SS
Nolan Arenado – 3B
Josh Jung – 3B
Ildemaro Vargas – 1B
Evan Carter – CF
Lourdes Gurriel – LF
Ezequiel Duran – 2B
Adrian Del Castillo – DH
Alejandro Osuna – LF
Gabriel Moreno – C
Jake Burger – 1B
Ryan Waldschmidt – CF
Danny Jansen – C
Ryne Nelson – RHP
Kumar Rocker – RHP
Last night was the seventh consecutive game where the Diamondbacks were held to six hits or fewer. That ties a franchise record, last done in April 2022, and previously in August 2011. The team’s .477 OPS over that time is actually lower than either streak, though due to the efforts of the pitching staff, Arizona are actually 3-4 during the current run. They went 2-5 in 2022, and 1-6 in 2011. There hasn’t been a longer streak in the majors since the Angels went nine in April last year. In the National League, the Pirates went eight in June 2023. And in case you are wondering, the last team to reach a double-digit streak of games with 6 or fewer hits each time? The 1968 Astros reached 11, the year before the mound was lowered.
Let’s hope the D-backs render that moot and the offense comes to life a bit. The three runs added in garbage time last night, because one of the Rangers’ relievers couldn’t find the strike-zone, certainly padded Arizona’s resume. But they were more because of walks than hits. I’ve no doubt the team will hit better. They have batted .152 over the past week. It’s the second lowest in franchise history for a seven-game span. The only worse was April 7-15, 2022 when Arizona hit a remarkable .135, going 28-for-208 in that span. They actually scored three more runs than the current streak, mostly because they had twice as many home-runs (6-3).
Apr 5, 2024; Arlington, Texas, USA; A view of the open roof and the sky and the field and the fans during the game between the Texas Rangers and the Houston Astros at Globe Life Field. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-Imagn Images
May 10, 2026; Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Detroit Tigers pitcher Brant Hurter (48) pitches during the third inning against the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium. Mandatory Credit: William Purnell-Imagn Images | William Purnell-Imagn Images
Detroit Tigers (18-23) vs. New York Mets (16-25)
Time/Place: 7:10 p.m., Citi Field SB Nation Site: Amazin’ Avenue Media: Detroit SportsNet, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio Network Pitching Matchup: LHP Framber Valdez (2-2, 4.57 ERA) vs. RHP Christian Scott (0-0, 3.27 ERA)
A Blue Jays logo is displayed with the CN Tower in the background outside the Rogers Centre before a Major League Baseball game between the Blue Jays and the Seattle Mariners in Toronto, Canada, on April 20, 2025. (Photo by Mike Campbell/NurPhoto via Getty Images) | NurPhoto via Getty Images
End of the series with the Rays. And then we don’t have to see them for a little while.
The Jays are saying there is nothing decided on Jose Berrios yet. They are ‘talking through a plan with doctors”, which doesn’t sound like great news. I don’t think we’ll be seeing him on a mound for a while.
Today we get to watch Dylan Cease, who’s been pretty terrific this season. And we also get Tyler Heineman, who is having a terrible time at the plate, and not all that much better behind the plate. He’s got a little bit to turn it around before Alejandro Kirk comes back, but he better start soon.
Amazingly enough the Jays are only 2.5 games back in the Wild Card race (also amazing that the White Sox hold that spot at the moment. But there are five teams between the Jays and that Wild Card spot. There are a lot of teams not playing well early this season.
The NL West rival San Francisco Giants face the Los Angeles Dodgers in the third game of their series. The Giants won series’ first two games and have won three straight overall. Scheduled starting pitchers are Robbie Ray for San Francisco, with a 2.76 ERA, and Shohei Ohtani for Los Angeles, with a 0.97 ERA.
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BOSTON, MA - MAY 07: Griffin Jax #22 of the Tampa Bay Rays pitches during the game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park on Thursday, May 7, 2026 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Joe Sullivan/MLB Photos via Getty Images) | MLB Photos via Getty Images
DETROIT, MICHIGAN - APRIL 15: at Seth Lugo #67 of the Kansas City Royals looks on against the Detroit Tigers Comerica Park on April 15, 2026 in Detroit, Michigan. All players are wearing the number 42 in honor of Jackie Robinson Day. (Photo by Nic Antaya/Getty Images) | Getty Images
After a tough loss on the South Side last night, the boys in blue are back at it again this evening. Game two of the series is very important if they want to get back home with an even record or better on this road trip.
This might be the most favorable pitching matchup of the the three game set. Seth Lugo has been possibly the most consistent starter for Kansas City thus far giving up 2 or fewer runs in six out of eight starts and getting 6 or more innings that often as well. He is coming off of a 4 inning start that did not go so well, so looking to get back on track.
The White Sox starter is Noah Shultz, a 22 year-old lefty who is very interesting, but not established yet. His 4.68 ERA is not great and a lot of that has to do with a 5.76 BB/9 innings rate. Royals hitters need to be selective against him and take any free passes that he gives. Left handed pitching has been a problem for the Royals for a couple of years now, and so far this year the team is posting a 91 wRC+ when facing a southpaw compared to a 100 against right handed foes.
To adjust to the lefty, Lane Thomas is slotted third and Salvy is back in his cleanup spot despite recent struggles. Starling Marte and Nick Lofting will also get starts, meaning that Isbel, Caglianone, and Massey will be on the bench tonight. Here is what that lineup looks like:
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN - MAY 12: Miguel Andujar #41 of the San Diego Padres hits a solo home run against the Milwaukee Brewers during the sixth inning at American Family Field on May 12, 2026 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images) | Getty Images
San Diego Padres (24-17) at Milwaukee Brewers (23-16), May 13, 2026, 4:40 p.m. PST
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Location: American Family Field – Milwaukee, Wisc.
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ATLANTA, GEORGIA - MAY 12: Dansby Swanson #7 of the Chicago Cubs converses with Ozzie Albies #1 of the Atlanta Braves during batting practice at Truist Park on May 12, 2026 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) | Getty Images
The stage is set, and the Chicago Cubs are looking for a get -back against the NL East-leading Atlanta Braves.
As leaders of the central themselves, they’re not going to be an easy team to keep at bay, especially if they can get some early runs. The Braves, however, are known to find their ways to win late if they have to, and won’t back down without a fight.
It’s all happening tonight at 7:15 p.m EST in Atlanta.
May 12, 2026; Arlington, Texas, USA; Texas Rangers first baseman Joc Pederson (3) runs the baes after hitting a home run during the first inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Globe Life Field. Mandatory Credit: Andrew Dieb-Imagn Images | Andrew Dieb-Imagn Images
Texas Rangers lineup for May 13, 2026 against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the series finale featuring Kumar Rocker for the Rangers and Ryne Nelson for the D-Backs in a battle between a couple of righties.
The Rangers were back in the win column yesterday evening with the roof open. Tonight the roof will be open again as Texas attempts to close out the series with a victory to conclude an otherwise successful homestand. Guess who is back in the leadoff spot. (Hint: It’s Joc Pederson.)
San Diego Padres catcher Freddy Fermin (54) beats the throw to Milwaukee Brewers second baseman Brice Turang (2) on a single by center fielder Jackson Merrill during the third inning of their game Tuesday, May 12, 2026 at American Family Field in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. | Mark Hoffman/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images
Fresh off a 6-4 series opening win on Tuesday night, the Milwaukee Brewers and San Diego Padres are back at it with both teams’ respective aces on the mound.
The Brewers will have Jacob Misiorowski starting tonight. He’s coming off an electric start against the Yankees where he struck out 11 and threw the most pitches 103+ MPH in a game of any pitcher in MLB history. Misiorowski maintained his velocity deep into that start, where he went six shutout innings against one of the best lineups in baseball. He’ll look to shut down the Padres lineup that’s also filled with stars tonight.
The Padres will have Michael King on the bump. King has a 2.76 ERA on the season and is coming off a great outing against the Cardinals where he threw six innings of one run ball, allowing just one hit and striking out six. He’s allowed the highest walk rate of his career this season at 11.1%, though it’s still early. Opponents are hitting just .179 against him.
The Brewers lineup will once again be without Christian Yelich. He returned from the IL for Tuesday night’s game but is not starting tonight. According to Pat Murphy, Yelich is dealing with a little back soreness. Yelich was pushing to be able to play, but Murphy decided to play it cautious and try to let the sore back calm down before it becomes a larger problem.
That means the top of the Brewers lineup will have Jackson Chourio, Brice Turang, and William Contreras in the first three spots. Jake Bauers will bat cleanup and DH while Andrew Vaughn bats fifth and is at first base. Garrett Mitchell, Luis Rengifo, Sal Frelick, and Joey Ortiz round out the rest of the lineup in support of Misiorowski.
The Padres have their big bats all at the top of the order, with Jackson Merrill, Fernando Tatis Jr, Manny Machado, and Miguel Andujar making up the first four spots. Xander Bogaerts is no slouch either batting fifth.
It should be quite the pitching matchup tonight. Can Miz repeat the types of performances he’s had lately? First pitch is at 6:40 PM.
CINCINNATI, OHIO - MAY 12: Jacob Young #30 and Luis García Jr. #2 of the Washington Nationals celebrate after García Jr. hit a home run during the second inning against the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park on May 12, 2026 in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images) | Getty Images
The Nats won the first game of the series emphatically in Cincinnati. They hit a whopping six home runs in the 10-4 blow out win. Now, they will look to follow that up with another strong performance to claim a series win. Hopefully they do not drop the ball like they did in Miami.
With a lefty on the mound, the Nats lineup looks pretty different. Curtis Mead and Joey Wiemer will be in the lineup after missing out last night. Wiemer will be in right field, which pushes James Wood to left field and Daylen Lile to DH. Mead will be over at first base and hit second. Keibert Ruiz remains behind the plate and Jake Irvin will be on the mound in this one.
The Reds only made one personnel change, but there is a lot of movement around the lineup. Former Nat Nathaniel Lowe will be DH’ing tonight for the Reds. TJ Friedl will move way down the lineup from leadoff to 8th. Sal Stewart goes from DH to third base in this one and Will Benson will be in the leadoff spot. Nick Lodolo makes his second start of the season after missing the first month with an injury.
Boy was last night fun! Hopefully the boys can follow that up with another good performance. This offense has been such a fun story this season and it makes the team very exciting. Let’s hope for more fireworks tonight. Follow along in the comments down below and let’s go Nats!
May 12, 2026; New York City, New York, USA; New York Mets right fielder Tyrone Taylor (28), center fielder A.J. Ewing (9) and left fielder Carson Benge (3) celebrate after winning against the Detroit Tigers at Citi Field. Mandatory Credit: John Jones-Imagn Images | John Jones-Imagn Images
Mets lineup
Carson Benge – RF
Bo Bichette – SS
Juan Soto – DH
Mark Vientos – 1B
Marcus Semien – 2B
Brett Baty – 3B
Tyrone Taylor – LF
A.J. Ewing – CF
Luis Torrens – C
Christian Scott – RHP
Tigers lineup
Kevin McGonigle – 3B
Dillon Dingler – C
Colt Keith – DH
Riley Greene – LF
Matt Vierling – CF
Wenceel Perez – RF
Spencer Torkelson – 1B
Zach McKinstry – 2B
Zack Short – SS
Framber Valdez – LHP
Broadcast info
First pitch: 7:10pm EDT TV: SNY Radio: Audacy Mets Radio WHSQ 880AM, Audacy App, 92.3 HD2
