RHP Mike Burrows made his third major league rehab appearance with Sugar Land on Wednesday night and tossed 4.1 innings, allowing seven hits and three runs while walking two and striking out seven.
His seven strikeouts marked a high with Sugar Land on his Major League rehab assignment and was his first game with at least seven strikeouts since April 25, when he struck out seven against the New York Yankees while with Houston.
Burrows began his night by retiring the first two batters in the last of the first, but a two-out infield single brought up Joey Meneses, who hit a two-run home run to left field to give Las Vegas an early 2-0 lead.
Burrows bounced back to face the minimum in the second inning before striking out the side in the third and throwing a scoreless fourth to record three straight innings without allowing a run.
In the 5th, he surrendered a leadoff home run to Johnathan Rodriguez before retiring Meneses on a fly ball to center. Burrows was then lifted from the game after 4.1 IP.
Burrows is likely to return to Astros when rosters expand September 1st.
Burrows threw 77 pitches, 52 for strikes. He induced 4 groundball outs and 2 flyouts.
It should be noted that last night’s game took place at Las Vegas Ballpark. The park is known for being an extreme homer haven, with balls soaring through the hot desert air. Last night’s game temperature was 104 degrees.
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