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Houser

Houser allowed one run in four innings before giving up a double, a homer and another double with one out in the fifth. The Giants didn’t trust him to get through the inning at that point, denying him a chance to qualify for the win. It’s the third straight outing in which Houser has failed to complete five innings, and he remains 2-5 with a 5.49 ERA overall. He’s due to make his next start Tuesday against the Nationals.

Houser surrendered eight hits even though only five of the 15 balls in play against him were hit hard, and his average EV against was 83.4 mph. He dropped to 2-5 with a 5.59 ERA. The velocity gain Houser experienced last year has held up in 2026, but he’s giving up harder contact anyway, and the Giants defense hasn’t done him many favors. He might wind up in middle relief at some point, but he’ll likely start again Thursday against his old friends in Milwaukee.

Houser had scattered three hits over four scoreless innings before running into trouble in the fifth. The White Sox started the fifth with three straight hits and a groundout to bring in two runs. Miguel Vargas followed with a double to drive in one more, and that would do it for Houser. He exited the game with two outs at 79 pitches. He struck out five. The 33-year-old right-hander holds a 5.30 ERA, 1.48 WHIP, and a 31/19 K/BB ratio across 52 2/3 innings. He’s lined up for a start against the Rockies in Colorado on Friday.

Houser worked around five walks, giving up only three singles and a double. He has a 2.04 ERA in four starts this month, though his 10/9 K/BB in 17 2/3 innings is far from encouraging. He still seems like a poor play in mixed leagues. He’ll face the White Sox at home next weekend.

Houser pitched well for the second straight outing, holding the Dodgers to two runs into the sixth inning. Los Angeles brought a run in on a sacrifice fly in the first inning, followed by a solo homer by Shohei Ohtani in the third. Houser would depart with a runner on and two outs in the sixth at 91 pitches. He struck out four. The 33-year-old right-hander earns his first win and will take a 5.79 ERA, 1.48 WHIP, and a 23/14 K/BB ratio into a start against the Athletics in Sacramento on Sunday.

Having thrown just 74 pitches, Houser seemed quite surprised to be pulled from a 1-1 game after Matt Chapman committed an error on a Fernando Tatis Jr. grounder to start the seventh. Keaton Winn replaced him and issued a walk before retiring the next two guys. Matt Gage took over at that point and gave up a two-run triple to right on a ball that should have been caught by Jesus Rodriguez and certainly would have been caught by Jung Hoo Lee if the Giants hadn’t been playing him in center to try to add some more offense. That put Houser in line for the loss, and he fell to 0-4 with a 6.19 ERA. He’ll get the Dodgers next.

The 33-year-old right-hander also issued a pair of walks in the contest while striking out two. Most of the damage done against him came in the opening inning as he served up back-to-back homers to Trea Turner and Kyle Schwarber to open the game. The Phillies pushed an additional run across while chasing him in the fifth. Houser got six swings and misses on 68 pitches on the day, registering a CSW of just 25 percent. He’ll carry an unsightly 7.12 ERA, 1.71 WHIP and a 16/10 K/BB ratio (30 1/3 innings) into Wednesday’s matchup against the Padres.

Liam Hicks and Connor Norby homered off him. Even though Houser’s velocity is still up from his career norms, he’s sporting an 11 percent strikeout rate that is way down from his career average of 18 percent. His walk and groundball rates remain strong and he’s kind of unlucky to be 0-3 with a 7.36 ERA after five starts, but the Giants should be thinking about stretching out Blade Tidwell and shifting Houser to middle relief.

Houser surrendered a leadoff homer to James Wood in the first inning. He got into trouble in the second, giving up four more runs, three earned, on three hits, a walk, a hit batter, and an error. Houser finally tossed a clean inning in the third and settled in nicely, keeping the Nationals from scoring again until he departed with two outs in the sixth at 88 pitches. He struck out just one. The 33-year-old right-hander ends the day with a 5.40 ERA, 1.57 WHIP, and an 11/7 K/BB ratio across 21 2/3 innings. He’s scheduled for a start against the Marlins in San Francisco on Friday.

Houser also issued a pair of free passes on the day while striking out three. He served up a two-run homer to Samuel Basallo in the first inning then kept the O’s at bay until Pete Alonso smacked a two-run double while chasing Houser in the fifth inning. He got seven swings and misses on 88 pitches on the afternoon, posting an underwhelming CSW of 24 percent. He’ll try once more to pick up his first victory of the season as he brings a 5.06 ERA, 1.56 WHIP and a 10/5 K/BB ratio (16 innings) into Saturday’s matchup against the Nationals in Washington.