Luis Castillo

The 31-year-old right-hander racked up seven strikeouts on the afternoon while issuing a pair of free passes. The Angels had plenty of traffic on base against him -- putting two men on three times in the first four innings -- but were never able to break through. Castillo generated nine swings and misses on 100 pitches on the day, registering a CSW of 31 percent. He'll look to replicate this fine outing as he carries a 3.38 ERA, 1.16 WHIP and a 126/37 K/BB ratio (130 1/3 innings) into Tuesday's battle against the Red Sox.

The Angels weren't able to get anything going against Luis Castillo in this one, but finally broke through and scored a pair of runs in the eighth inning, with Drury's RBI knock off of Trent Thornton playing Kevin Pillar with the go-ahead run. The 31-year-old slugger finished the day 2-for-4 and is now hitting .172/.253/.213 with a homer and eight RBI.

Diaz gave the Astros a 3-0 lead with a two-run single off Luis Castillo in the third inning. The backstop has driven in 51 runs while hitting 284 with a .719 OPS on the 2024 campaign.

All three runs allowed by Castillo came in the the third inning. That's three more runs than Seattle scored, so it's the 10th loss of the season for the 31-year-old. He didn't have his best swing-and-miss stuff with only six whiffs against the Astros, but he pitched well enough to win. His team just didn't hit nearly enough for that to matter. Castillo takes a 3.55 ERA into a start next week against the Angels.

The real surprise here is that it'll be George Kirby and Bryan Woo taking the ball this weekend against the division-rival Astros. However, Seattle manager Scott Servais told reporters recently that they don't want Woo to have an extended break between starts. It's possible those long layoffs have been leading to physical issues.