vs. CLE 5.1 IP, 7 H, 4 SO, 3 BB, 4 ER, L, Rookie Status: Rescue. 30IP)...struck out 38 batters, which ranked as the ninthmost in Major League history in a single postseason...were the most since LHP Madison Bumgarner fanned 45 in 2014...was named the ALCS MVP after going 2-0 with a 0.56 ERA (1ER/16IP) in two starts, striking out 21 while allowing only 10 hits and two walks...pitched an epic Game 2, tossing a complete game, allowing just one run on five hits with 13 strikeouts...made his ninth career Opening Day start with the Tigers...remained with the Tigers until Aug. 31, when he was traded to Houston in exchange for three prospects...took the win on April 4 against CWS, in what was his ninth career Opening Day start, all coming with the Tigers...nine Opening Day starts ranked third in Tigers history behind RHP Jack Morris (11) and RHP George Mullin (10)...gave up two runs on six hits across 6.1 innings in the Tigers 6-3 win...struck out 10 batters, which tied for the most by a Tigers pitcher on Opening Day since 1913, equaling the mark set by RHP Jean Dubuc in 1914 vs. the St. Louis Browns and LHP Mickey Lolich in 1966 at the New York Yankees and 1970 at the Washington Senators...on July 2 vs. CLE, snapped his streak of having struck out at least one batter in 331 consecutive games, which dated back to May 4, 2007...the streak ranked as the longest streak among active pitchers and was tied with RHP Curt Schilling for the sixth-longest streak among all pitchers since 1913...struck out 10 batters on Aug. 4 at BAL...was his 40th double-digit strikeout game with the Tigers, which ranked second in Tigers franchise history...trailed only LHP Mickey Lolich (54)...made his Astros debut on Sept. 5 at SEA...allowed just one run on six hits over six innings in the Astros 3-1 win...was the first start in his career that was not with the Tigers...in his second start with Houston, led the club to a 1-0 win over the Angels...pitched 8.0 shutout innings of one-hit ball...moved to 2-0 with a 0.64 ERA (1ER/14IP) and 16 strikeouts in two starts with the Astros...per Elias, only one other pitcher in Astros history went 2-0 with at least 16 strikeouts and an ERA as low as Verlander's over his first two starts with the team: RHP Collin McHugh in 2014 (2-0, 0.59 ERA, 19 SO)...on Sept. 17 vs. SEA, made his Minute Maid Park debut...allowed only one run off three hits and a walk over 7.0 innings in the Astros AL West Division clinching 7-1 win over Seattle...struck out 10 batters...it was his fourth double-digit strikeout performance and first with the Astros...was the third time that he earned the win in a playoff clinching situation...previously did it on Sept. 24, 2006 and Sept. 24, 2014 while with Detroit...pitched 7.0 scoreless innings of one-hit ball on Sept. 22 vs. LAA at Minute Maid Park...struck out six batters and walked two in the Astros 3-0 victory...allowed one hit, which tied his lowest total of the year...in three starts from Sept. 12-22, allowed just four hits (23IP) for a .075 opponent batting average (5x67)...threw his fifth double-digit strikeout game on Sept. 27 at TEX (11 strikeouts)...was his final regular season start...pitched at least 6.0 innings in each of his last 14 starts ...was the longest active streak in the Majors...did not allow more than two runs in his final eight starts...went 7-0 with a 1.31 ERA (8ER/55IP) and 69 strikeouts in that span...recorded at least six strikeouts while walking three batters or less in each of his last 14 starts...was the second longest streak of his career, behind a 22-game run from June 25, 2011-April 21, 2012, and longest active streak by a Major League pitcher...won his first postseason appearance of the season in Game 1 of the ALDS vs. BOS...gave up two runs in 6.2 innings...moved to 5-0 with a 2.24 ERA (14ER/56.1IP) in nine career starts in the Division Series...became the second pitcher in MLB history to post a five-game winning streak in the Division Series...joined RHP John Smoltz, who went 7-0 in 16 career Division Series games from 1995-2009...made his first-ever relief appearance in the Major Leagues in Game 4 of the ALDS at BOS...got the win after throwing 2.2 innings of relief in Houston's 5-4 win to clinch the ALDS and advance to the ALCS... entered the game with one on and no outs in the 5th inning and gave up a two-run homer to the first batter he faced (Benintendi)...did not allow another hit over the rest of his outing, as he recorded eight outs to bridge the game over to RHP Ken Giles, who got a 2.0-inning save...marked the third time in his career that he pitched in a potential series clinching game in the postseason, and the first time in his career that he gave up a run in a potential series clinching game...improved to 3-0 with a 0.46 ERA (1ER/19.2IP), four walks and 21 strikeouts in those games...the other two games were starts in Game 5 of the 2012 ALDS at OAK, and Game 5 of the 2013 ALDS at OAK...threw a complete game in Game 2 of the ALCS vs. NYY...was the 14th postseason complete game with 13+ strikeouts in the Majors since 1903...last was RHP Tim Lincecum in Game 1 of the 2010 NLDS...set a new personal postseason single game-high with 13 strikeouts...was his fifth game of 11-or-more strikeouts in his postseason career, breaking a tie with LHP Randy Johnson for the most such games in postseason history…124 pitches were the most in a postseason game since LHP Dallas Keuchel threw 124 in Game 3 of the 2015 ALDS vs. KC...led Houston to a 7-1 win, tossing 7.0 scoreless innings and allowing five hits and one walk with eight strikeouts in Game 6 of the ALCS vs. NYY...improved to 4-1 with a 1.21 ERA (5ER/37.1IP) and 41 strikeouts in five career postseason starts in elimination games...extended his scoreless innings streak in elimination games to 24.0 total innings...became the first pitcher in MLB postseason history to throw three consecutive scoreless starts in elimination games...became the second pitcher in club history to throw at least 7.0 scoreless innings in an elimination game, joining RHP Brandon Backe (2005 World Series Game 4)...joined RHP John Smoltz as the only pitchers in MLB postseason history with three starts of at least 7.0 innings and zero runs in elimination games...notched his 11th career postseason win in Game 6 of the ALCS...struck out eight Yankees batters, giving him 21 strikeouts in the ALCS...became the fourth pitcher in MLB history to strike out 20 Yankees batters in a single postseason series, joining RHP Bob Gibson (31 in the 1964 World Series), RHP Curt Schilling (26 in the 2001 World Series) and RHP Sandy Koufax (23 in the 1963 World Series)...became the eighth pitcher in MLB history to get the win in each of his first four games of a single postseason...joined RHP Michael Wacha (2013), LHP Cole Hamels (2008), RHP Josh Beckett (2007), RHP Curt Schilling (2001), LHP David Wells (1998), RHP John Smoltz (1996) and RHP Dave Stewart (1989)...took the loss in Game 6 of the World Series, despite giving up only two runs across 6.0 innings with nine strikeouts...was his first loss as an Astro...following the 2017 season was named the NY Chapter of the BBWAA co-winner of the Babe Ruth Award as Postseason MVP...shared the honors with teammate Jose Altuve.
Brian McTaggart has covered the Astros since 2004, and for MLB.com since 2009.

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Burnett (2,513), Bartolo Colon (2,516), Javier Vazquez (2,536), Jerry Koosman (2,556), Bob Feller (2,581), Warren Spahn (2,583), Tom Glavine (2,607), Chuck Finley (2,610) and David Cone (2,668)... struck out 38.9% of all left-handed hitters he faced, the second-best mark among MLB starters behind Gerrit Cole (41.1%)...started for the Astros on Opening Day on March 29 at TEX in what was his 10th-career Opening Day start...pitched Houston to a 4-1 win...marked the sixth-consecutive Opening Day game that he pitched his club to a victory...threw 7.0 scoreless innings with nine strikeouts to lead Houston to a 2-0 shutout over the Twins at Target Field on April 9...the game time temperature was 35 degrees...improved to 7-1 (.875) at Target Field, the highest winning percentage in the history of the venue...tabbed the AL Player of the Week for the week of April 9-15...went 1-0 with an 0.60 ERA (1ER/15IP) and 20 strikeouts in his two starts, allowing just five hits and two walks for an opponent batting average of .100 (5x50)...dominated the Rangers on April 15 in Houston, tossing 8.0 innings while allowing one run on one hit with 11 strikeouts...the only blemish was a solo homer by Robinson Chirinos...did not factor into the decision in the Astros 3-1 loss in 10 innings...per STATS Inc., Verlander (11K, 1H) and Rangers starter Bartolo Colon (7K, 1H) became the first opposing starters in the live-ball era to combine for at least 18 strikeouts and two-or-fewer hits allowed...became the second pitcher in club history to begin a season by going scoreless in each of his first three road starts (19IP), joining Roger Clemens, who did so across his first five starts and 32.0 innings pitched on the road in 2005...posted an 11-game regular season winning streak that spanned from Aug. 20, 2017-April 25, 2018...was one win shy of his career-long streak...joined Roger Clemens (2004) as the only pitchers to start their careers with the Astros on a nine-game regular season winning streak...on May 1 vs. NYY, struck out 14 hitters over 8.0 scoreless innings, allowing just three hits... tied his single-game career-high for strikeouts and tied the Minute Maid Park record for strikeouts in a single game...became the fourth pitcher in MLB history to strike out 14+ Yankees hitters without a walk in a single game...also Pedro Martinez (17 on Sept. 10, 1999), Curt Schilling (16 on Sept. 1, 1997) and Urban Shocker (14 on July 13, 1920)...tossed a five-hit complete game shutout on May 16 at LAA... struck out seven batters on 118 pitches, reaching 2,500 career strikeouts...struck out Shohei Ohtani for his 2,500th career strikeout... became the sixth pitcher in MLB history to reach 2,500 career strikeouts prior to his 400th career game, joining also Randy Johnson, Nolan Ryan, Pedro Martinez, Roger Clemens and Tom Seaver...was his first shutout since Aug. 26, 2015 vs. LAA...posted a 1.08 ERA through his first 11 starts of the season...marked the lowest ERA by a pitcher through his first 11 starts of a season since 2010, when Ubaldo Jimenez posted a 0.78 ERA for the Rockies over his first 11 starts...was named the AL Pitcher of the Month for May...marked his fifth career monthly award (also July 2016, Sept. 2012, June 2011, May 2009)...joined Corey Kluber as the only active pitchers with five career Pitcher of the Month Awards... during six starts during the month, went 3-2 with an 0.86 ERA (4ER/41.2IP), 50 strikeouts and a complete game shutout...led the AL in ERA during the month while ranking second in opponent average (.153), tied for second in innings and tied for third in strikeouts...posted the third-lowest ERA in a single month of May in team history, behind Nolan Ryan (0.20 ERA in 1984) and Mike Cuellar (0.86 ERA in 1968)...allowed one earned run or less in six straight starts from May 1-28, the second-longest streak of his career (7-game run during his 2011 MVP season)...became the first AL pitcher since Tom Candiotti (1991) to allow one earned run or less in each of his first six road starts of a season...made his 400th career start on June 14 at OAK (3ER/7IP)...allowed three earned runs or fewer in each of his first 21 career starts with Houston, a new franchise record (previously 14 starts by Darryl Kile in 1991)...was the second-longest streak overall in club history, behind Larry Dierker's 22-start streak set from 1972-74...faced the Tigers for the first time on July 15 at Minute Maid Park (5ER/6IP)...became the fifth pitcher in MLB history to have a game with 12+ strikeouts while allowing at least four homers...had the best first-half to a season of his career...his 160 strikeouts, 2.05 ERA, .180 opponent batting average and .544 opponent OPS were all career-best marks in a single season prior to the ASG...his 2.05 ERA ranked fourth in franchise history for a single season prior to the All-Star Break (min.

Houston Astros activated RHP Justin Verlander from the 10-day injured list. “This guy tried to come back big time and put in a lot of hours trying to come back and help this team.”.

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