"It's very frustrating," said Pelfrey, who threw 70 pitches, 42 for strikes. "I feel bad for the bullpen. They've had to pick me up for a month or however long it's been. It seems like forever. Obviously, the pitch count wasn't crazy high tonight, but I couldn't get anybody out. So it's just frustrating. I need to go deeper and be better and I haven't done that."
But the way he struggled against the Astros was rare, as he was hurt by a pair of homers -- a two-run blast from Colby Rasmus in the second and an opposite-field grand slam from Hank Conger in the fourth.