Tanner Bibee allowed four hits and four runs – three earned – with two walks and seven strikeouts over 5 1/3 innings in a loss to the Astros on Friday.
Bibee dealt with a bit of poor luck in this outing. The first run he gave up was unearned due to a throwing error from rookie Khalil Watson. Then, Jeremy Peña hit a solo home run that cleared the Crawford boxes in left field by about one inch. Lastly, Bibee let two hitters reach base in the sixth inning before being yanked with one out. Reliever Matt Festa instantly – literally on the first pitch he threw – gave up a three-run home run to Jose Altuve that put Bibee on the wrong side of this decision. Things are just not going right for Bibee right now who will take a 4.03 ERA into his next scheduled start against the White Sox.