Facing a major-league caliber lineup, Lance McCullers flashed All-Star stuff against the Washington Nationals today in Spring Training action. He went four innings, mixing a variety of breaking balls, blanking the Nats, while whiffing six and walking none. He allowed three hits, two were swinging bunt infield hits by Juan Soto. His command and control were impressive, requiring only 35 pitches in his four innings.
Astros starting position players broke their Spring Training home run drought, getting a two-run dinger from Carlos Correa scoring Kyle Tucker in the fourth and a solo dinger from Yuli Gurriel in the sixth.