As New York, Houston Are Continuing Three Game Series Wednesday Night In Bronx New York Elmer Rodriguez, Peter Lambert Are Starting
New York the team that wears the pinstripes, Houston are continuing three game series Wednesday night in Bronx New York Elmer Rodriguez, Peter Lambert are starting.
Where?
On the mound!
Elmer Rodriguez, Peter Lambert are alike because they’re both right handed starting pitchers!
Elmer Rodriguez comes into the game with Houston with record of 0-2 with an earn run average of 4.76 ! Elmer Rodriguez previously pitched for New York the team that wears the pinstripes on Sunday June 21, 2026 when opposing Cincinnati batters where he pitched 4.0 innings surrendering 4 hits, 3 earned runs , 2 walks.
To who?
Tyler Stephenson who is catcher who hit home run to left center 401 feet scoring Nathaniel Lowe who is designated hitter Noelvi Marte who is right fielder extending Cincinnati’s lead 3-1 in top of 4th inning who walked 2 batters struck out 4 batters.
While Elmer Rodriguez hasn’t pitched at MLB since June 21, 2026 Peter Lambert who comes into the game with New York the team that wears the pinstripes with record of 8-7 with an earn run average of 3.68 because on Thursday August 20, 2026 in Houston’s 18-3 loss Peter Lambert pitched 3.2 innings surrendering 8 hits , 9 earned runs, 2 walks .
To who?
Zach Neto who is shortstop singled to right scoring Wade Meckler who is left fielder Vaughn Grissom who was 3rd baseman , first baseman who is second baseman in top of 2nd inning evening score at 2-2 before Tyler Heineman who is catcher hit sacrifice bunt to Lamote Wade Jr. giving Los Angeles (Angels) 3-2 lead before Los Angeles (Angels) would go on to extend that lead 5-2 -6-2 8-2 10-2 as Adam Frazier who was second baseman, left fielder would double to center scoring Brandon Lowe before Zach Neto would single to left scoring Adam Frazier at advancing Mike Trout who is center fielder to second base Wade Meckler to 3rd base before Vaughan Grissom would double to left scoring Moises Ballesteros who is designated hitter while walking 2 batters striking out 3 batters.
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Could mother nature prevent Elmer Rodriguez the possibility of starting of Peter Lambert starting?
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Could mother nature get in the way of Elmer Rodriguez possibly starting of Peter Lambert starting?
There isn’t a chance of that happening because at first pitch it’s mostly sunny with 0 % chance of rain before it turns mostly cloudy with 0 % chance of rain an hour following first pitch as well as at 9:00pm 10:00pm when the game is supposed to be over.
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New York the team that wears the pinstripes is a member of the American League East comes into second game of three game series with Houston with record of 74-57 is looking to even up the series because they lost the first game of the three game series Luis Garcia Jr. who is first baseman had a big night offensively for New York the team that wears the pinstripes as he was 4-5 contributing offensively 2 runs, 1 home run, 3 runs batted in.
Luis Garcia Jr. scored on Cody Bellinger’s 2-run home run to right 368 feet in the bottom of 3rd inning at the time putting New York the team that wears the pinstripes ahead of Houston 3-2 . In bottom of 5th inning Luis Garcia Jr. hit a 2-run home run of his own scoring Ben Rice who like Luis Garcia Jr. is first baseman though was designated hitter at the time giving New York the team that wears the pinstripes a 5-3 lead following Jeremy Pena who is shortstop hit home run to left center. . In bottom of 7th inning Luis Garcia Jr. doubled to right scoring Trent Grisham who is center fielder at the time giving New York the team that wears the pinstripes a 6-5 lead.
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New York the team that wears the pinstripes lead wouldn’t last because Fernando Cruz, Brent Headrick, Bradley Hanner surrendered runs.
To who?
Yanier Diaz who is catcher who hit home run to right 356 feet at the time evening score 6-6 before Yordan Alvarez who is designated hitter would triple to right scoring Jeremy Pena giving Houston a 7-6 lead they would go on to extend their lead 8-6 as Issac Parades would single to center scoring Yordan Alvarez making score 8-6 Houston before Yanier Diaz would single to left scoring Cam Smith on an error by left fielder Cody Bellinger who recently came on injured from recovering , rehabbing from grade 2 hamstring strain.
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Following Luis Garcia Jr. having big not offensively New York the team that wears the pinstripes losing 9-7 to Houston Tuesday night in Bronx New York because Fernando Cruz , Brent Headrick , Bradley Hanner surrendered runs manager Aaron Boone shared his on how Houston’s batters, hitters beat his relievers by saying They beat our guys tonight, so you’ve got to give them some credit thereThey got us slug for slug. We kept answering for the most part, but they just did a little bit more offensively tonight.”
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Aaron Boone wasn’t the only one to share his thoughts following Houston’s batters hitters beating his relievers as the relievers themselves in Fernando Cruz , Brent Headrick did as well t’s just that part of the year,”There’s ups and downs, like every player has. I’ve just got to be better. It’s going to come. My splitter hasn’t been as effective. There’s a little bit of mechanical change, grip. We’re playing with Major League baseball players. They’re really good at it.”“I’m really happy with where we are physically,”“I didn’t know what to expect coming in, but I trust what we’re doing. I like what we’re doing.”
According to Bryan Hoch MLB article https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/luis-garcia-jr-has-4-hits-but-bullpen-falters-in-yankees
While New York the team that wears the pinstripes is looking to even up the series Houston who is a member of American League West is looking to win the series because Houston comes into second game of three game series with record of 66-66 because they won the first game of the series on Tuesday August 25, 2026 9-7 because Yanier Diaz who is catcher who hit home run to right 356 feet at the time evening score 6-6 before Yordan Alvarez who is designated hitter would triple to right scoring Jeremy Pena giving Houston a 7-6 lead they would go on to extend their lead 8-6 as Issac Parades would single to center scoring Yordan Alvarez making score 8-6 Houston before Yanier Diaz would single to left scoring Cam Smith on an error by left fielder Cody Bellinger who recently came on injured from recovering , rehabbing from grade 2 hamstring strain.
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Offensively supporting who?
Ethan Pecko who started who pitched 4.1 innings surrendering 5 hits, 5 earned runs 4 walks while striking out 1 New York the team that wears the pinstripes batter . Bennett Sousa who came on in relief of Ethan Pecko who pitched 1.2 innings surrendering 0 hits, 0 earned runs , 0 walks while striking out 0 New York the team that wears the pinstripes batters. Steven Okert who came on in relief of Bennett Sousa who pitched 0.2 innings surrendering 2 hits, 1 earned run , 1 walk while striking out 1 New York the team that wears the pinstripes batters . Bryan Abreu who came on in relief of Steve Okert who pitched 1.0 innings surrendering 3 hits, 1 earned run , 0 walks while striking out 0 New York the team that wears the pinstripes batters . Josh Hader who came on in relief of Bryan Abreu who pitched 1.1 innings surrendering 0 hits, 0 earned runs , 0 walks while striking out 1 New York the team that wears the pinstripes batter.
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Following Houston’s 9-7 win over New York the team that wears the pinstripes manager Joe Espada shared his thoughts by saying his is the way we need to come here and play today,”“Any other way wasn’t going to be acceptable. We needed to come here today and play like a team that is hunting to win a division, and we did.”I felt with the way the game was going, it was back and forth, we got punched, we punched them back, and we got punched again and we retaliated,"We needed to win that game. We needed to go out there and make a point that we’re going to win this game, and Josh was very efficient in that third of an inning [to end the eighth] and was able to close it out.”
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Joe Espada wasn’t the only to share his thoughts following Houston’s 9-7 win over New York the team that wears the pinstripes Tuesday night in Bronx New York as Jeremy Pena who is shorstop who hit home run to left center 385 feet scoring Yanier Diaz to even the game at 5-5 in top of 6th inning shared his thoughts by saying We’ve got to keep pushing,”“This is the final stretch. Every game means so much, especially to our ballclub. We’ve got to treat every game like it’s a playoff game. We’ve got to show up and do the little things right -- move the runner, get them in, play good defense, good pitching, and win some ballgames.”
According to Brian McTaggert’s MLB article https://www.mlb.com/astros/news/alvarez-diaz-help-astros-complete-comeback-over-yankees
First pitch is set for 7:05pm Eastern Time 6:05pm Central Time from Yankee Stadium!
The game is going to be televised on Amazon Prime Video with Michael Kay or Ryan Ruocco alongside rotating analysts David Cone, Paul O Neill, Joe Girardi, Meredith Marakovits or Justin Shackil are going to be commentating! Michael Kay is the Emmy Award-winning Yankees play-by-play announcer for the YES Network who also hosts the network’s CenterStage series and its various programming specials. The 2025 season will be his 34th year broadcasting Yankees baseball: the first 10 years on radio, the latter 24 on YES.
Kay was a part of YES’ Yankees team that won a 2024 New York Emmy Award for its season-long coverage, a 2023 Emmy Award for its pre-game shows and a 2022 Emmy Award for Single Game Coverage.
Kay’s Centerstage show won a 2020 New York Emmy for best Interview/Discussion show. He also won a 2015 New York Emmy Award for his play-by-play work on YES’ Yankees telecasts, and a 2017 New York Emmy for his CenterStage hosting duties. In total, Kay has earned 19 Emmy wins while at YES. He also won CableFAX Program Awards in 2011 and 2013 for his CenterStage hosting duties.
From February 2014 to December 2024, Kay co-hosted The Michael Kay Show, a sports talk show heard weekdays from 3 to 6:30 pm ET on ESPN Radio in New York, which was simulcast live on YES. On January 6, 2025, Kay began solo hosting his new eponymous show on the same station from 1-3 pm ET weekdays.
During the 2022 and 2023 MLB seasons, Kay co-hosted, with former Yankee Alex Rodriguez, special “KayRod Casts,” alternate broadcasts on ESPN2 that aired alongside ESPN’s traditional Sunday Night Baseball broadcasts.
In November 2016, Kay was inducted into the New York State Baseball Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the New York State Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame in October 2018. The following month, he was awarded the Lou Gehrig Sports Award by the Greater New York Chapter of the A.L.S. Association.
Kay received the Vin Scully Award for Excellence in Sports Broadcasting from WFUV Radio in November 2018; WFUV is the radio station for Fordham University, Kay’s alma mater. Previous recipients of the Vin Scully Award include Dick Enberg, Ernie Harwell, Bob Costas, Al Michaels, Verne Lundquist, Pat Summerall and Mike “Doc” Emrick.
He was inducted into the inaugural Hall of Fame class of the prestigious Bronx High School of Science in February 2018. Kay was awarded the Italian American Baseball Federation Media Award in December 2022. In 2005, Kay was honored in his home borough of the Bronx with an honorary street sign erected on the Grand Concourse in his name. In December 2023, Kay was honored as a National Honoree by the Stamford (Ct.) Old Timers Athletic Association.
Kay handled play-by-play duties for ESPN’s coverage of the Astros-Tigers and the Blue Jays-Twins American League Wild Card Series in 2024 and 2023, respectively. He also did play-by-play on the ESPN Radio Network for the 2016 Blue Jays-Rangers American League Division Series, the 2013 Tigers-Athletics American League Division Series and the 2008 Phillies-Brewers National League Division Series. He also was a frequent contributor to ESPN’s Emmy Award-winning Sports Reporters television show.
Before joining the YES Network in 2002, Kay worked at the MSG Network since 1989 as a Yankees reporter. In 1992, he added Knicks locker room reporter to his responsibilities and continued in that role until the 1998-99 season.
Kay was awarded the Dick Young Award for Excellence in Sports Media by the New York Pro Baseball Scouts in 1995. In 1998, he was on the MSG Network team that won a New York Emmy for “Outstanding Live Sports Coverage – Series.” In 1996 and 1997, he was a member of the MSG Network team that won New York Emmys for “Outstanding Live Sports Coverage - Single Program” for Dwight Gooden’s no-hitter and “The Battle for New York: Yankees vs. Mets.” He was also part of the Yankees/MSG Network production team nominated for New York Emmy Awards for six consecutive years.
In addition to his television work, the Bronx, NY, native worked as a Yankees analyst on WABC Radio from 1992 through the 2001 season, which concluded with the classic Yankees-Diamondbacks World Series. Kay was a winner of “Best Sports Reporter” honors at the 2000 New York Metro Achievement in Radio Awards. In 1998, Kay also began co-hosting Sports Talk with John Sterling and Michael Kay, a nightly sports radio call-in show which aired on WABC Radio during the winter months.
Shortly after graduating from Fordham University in 1982 with a B.A. in Communications, Kay worked at SportsPhone and as the public address announcer for the New York Pro Summer Basketball League.
In 1982, Kay landed the job as general assignment writer for the New York Post. Two years later, he began covering college basketball (1984-85) and then spent two years as the writer covering the New Jersey Nets. In 1987, he moved to baseball at the Post, serving as the Yankees beat reporter. While he was in that position, he got his first television job with MSG Network as host of the Hot Stove League segment of MSG’s SportsNight.
In 1989, Kay moved to the New York Daily News, where he was the Yankees beat reporter before taking the job as a Yankees broadcaster on WABC Radio in 1992. With that jump, Kay became the first newspaper reporter in any sport to make the move into the broadcast booth full-time, performing both play-by-play and analysis.
Kay stayed on the radio for 10 years, broadcasting the Yankees’ four World Series championships during that time, before moving to the television side to become the lead play-by-play man for YES in 2002.
Kay has been involved in the Baseball Assistance Team (B.A.T.), a charitable organization whose mission is to assist baseball community members. He co-hosted the 2013 B.A.T. fundraising dinner in New York. Kay also was master of ceremonies at the 2013 Thurman Munson Awards fundraising dinner in New York.
Kay is active with the Alzheimer’s Association in memory of his mother, Rose, who passed away from the disease in 2006. He also teamed up with former Yankees manager Joe Girardi and Girardi’s Catch 25 Foundation to organize annual charity dinners to raise money for Alzheimer’s research.
Kay and his wife Jodi Applegate have a daughter, Caledonia Rose Kay, born in January 2013, and a son, Charles Applegate Kay, born in November 2014.
Ryan Ruocco, who joined YES in 2007 as a statistician for the network’s New York Yankees telecasts, holds down various roles within the network’s Yankees coverage. He backs up YES’ play-by-play man Michael Kay, fills in hosting YES’ Yankees Pre- and Post-Game Shows and periodically handles clubhouse reporting duties. Ruocco also shares play-by-play duties with veteran Ian Eagle on YES’ Brooklyn Nets telecasts.
Ruocco has won six Emmy Awards while at YES. He was a part of the YES team which won a 2024 Emmy in the Live Sporting Event/Season category and was a member of the YES team which won a 2022 Emmy in the Live Sporting Event/Game category. Ruocco also earned individual New York Emmy nominations in 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 for his work at the network.
In addition to his YES work, Ruocco is one of the primary NBA play-by-play voices on ESPN, is the lead play-by-play announcer for the network’s women’s college basketball package and is the lead play-by-play announcer for the WNBA on ESPN. Ruocco is also executive producer of the 2024 documentary Sue Bird: In the Clutch.
He also handled periodic NFL play-by-play on ESPN Radio, college football and college basketball play- by-play on ESPN’s television networks, and he co-hosted ESPN Radio New York’s mid-day show.
Ruocco also co-hosted the popular R2C2 podcast with former Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia from 2017 to 2023.
Prior to joining YES, Ruocco handled basketball and football play-by-play at WFUV, Fordham University’s radio station while he was a student there. He also hosted WFUV’s One on One, New York’s longest-running sports call-in show. In 2008, he received Fordham’s prestigious Marty Glickman Award, named for the legendary play-by-play announcer.
Ruocco, who grew up in Fishkill, N.Y., graduated on the Dean’s List from Fordham in 2008 with a B.S. in Communications.
David Cone, the strikeout artist who endeared himself to New York Yankees fans for his numerous clutch performances and for hurling a perfect game in 1999, initially joined YES as a Yankees analyst in 2002. After pitching for the Mets in 2003 and then retiring from baseball, he re-joined YES as an analyst for the 2008 and 2009 seasons. After a year away from the mic, he came back again to YES in 2011 and has been with the network ever since. Cone has won five New York Emmy Awards while at YES.
Since 2022, Cone has been a game analyst on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball telecasts in addition to his YES duties. In 2019, he collaborated on a book with YES colleague Jack Curry called Full Count: The Education of a Pitcher, which was a New York Times best-seller.
Cone compiled a 194-126 record, 3.46 ERA and 2,688 strikeouts in his 17-year Major League career. He captured the American League Cy Young Award in 1994 and was a five-time All-Star (1988, 1992, 1994, 1997 and 1999). The Kansas City, Mo. native, known for coming up big in critical games, posted an 8-3 postseason record and played on five world championship teams: the 1992 Blue Jays and the 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2000 Yankees.
The flame-throwing right-hander was drafted by his hometown Kansas City Royals in the third round of the 1981 amateur draft and made his Major League debut with the Royals in 1986. He played the next five and a half seasons with the Mets; in 1988, he ran up a 20-3 record, 2.22 ERA and 213 strikeouts, and on October 6, 1991, he struck out 19 Phillies in a game.
After short stints with the Blue Jays and the Royals (again), he joined the Yankees in 1995. His finest season in pinstripes was 1998, when he was 20-7 with a 3.55 ERA and 209 strikeouts. A year later, on July 18, 1999, he hurled a perfect game against the Montreal Expos, only the second inter-league perfect game in Major League history. Fellow Yankee Don Larsen’s World Series gem in 1956 was the first.
While with the Yankees from 1995-2000, Cone was 64-40 with a 3.91 ERA and 888 strikeouts. He pitched for Boston in 2001, sat out the 2002 season, and pitched briefly for the Mets in 2003 before retiring.
Paul O’Neill is in his 24th season as a New York Yankees analyst for the YES Network. He has earned five New York Emmy Awards for his work at YES.
O’Neill played Major League Baseball for 17 seasons, from 1985 to 2001. He appeared in six World Series and earned five World Series rings, one with the Cincinnati Reds and four with the New York Yankees. He also played in five All-Star games.
The Yankees honored him on August 21, 2022, by permanently retiring his No. 21 during “Paul O’Neill Day” at Yankee Stadium.
O’Neill began his MLB career in 1985 with the Reds. After eight seasons with Cincinnati, O’Neill joined the Yankees in 1993, with whom he won the American League batting title in 1994 with a .359 average. From July 23, 1995, until May 7, 1997, O’Neill played 235 games in right field without making an error. In 1997, he led the American League in hitting with men on base with a .429 average. On Aug. 25, 2001, O’Neill became the oldest Major Leaguer to steal 20 bases and hit 20 home runs in the same season.
He was inducted into the New York State Baseball Hall of Fame in November 2017. In 2008, O’Neill was named “Father of the Year” by The National Father’s Day Council at its 67th Annual Father of the Year awards dinner in New York.
Former New York Yankees catcher Joe Girardi, who helped lead the Yankees to three World Championships in the 1990s as a player and later guided the team to the 2009 World Championship as a manager, re-joined the YES Network as a Yankees analyst in advance of the 2024 season. He previously had been a Yankees analyst for YES in 2004 and 2007.
In addition to managing the Yankees from 2008 to 2017, Girardi managed the Philadelphia Phillies from the 2020 season until June of 2022, and he also held that role with the Florida Marlins in 2006, with whom Girardi earned the National League Manager of the Year Award. Girardi also was the Yankees’ bench coach under manager Joe Torre during the 2005 season.
From 2022-24, Girardi served as a Chicago Cubs analyst on the Marquee Sports Network. Previously, he was an analyst with the MLB Network in 2018 and 2019. In addition, he was an analyst during the 2003 National League Division Series for ESPN Radio and provided the 2007 World Series pre-game analysis for FOX Sports.
In addition to his analyst work during his previous stints at YES, he won a New York Emmy Award for his hosting efforts on the network’s Kids on Deck series and was the star of The Joe Girardi Show.
A Peoria, Ill. Native, Girardi graduated from Spalding (Ill.) Institute in 1982 after earning All-State honors in baseball. He then played at Northwestern University, where he was a two-time All-Big Ten selection and three-time Academic All-American. He received his bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from Northwestern in 1986.
He was drafted by the Cubs in the fifth round of the 1986 amateur draft. He broke into the majors in 1989 with the Cubs and later played three seasons for the Colorado Rockies (1993-1995). Girardi was acquired by the Yankees prior to the 1996 season and played key roles as New York won the World Series in 1996, 1998 and 1999.
One month after departing the Yankees as a free agent in November 1999, Girardi signed with the Cubs and played three additional seasons for Chicago, making the National League All-Star team in 2000.
He played one season for the St. Louis Cardinals in 2003 before signing with the Yankees as a free agent in February 2004. Girardi retired at the end of spring training, then joined YES.
Emmy Award-winning Meredith Marakovits was named the YES Network’s New York Yankees clubhouse reporter in March 2012. She reports on the team within the network’s Yankees game telecasts, pre- and post-game shows, Yankees Batting Practice Today and Yankees Hot Stove. She also periodically hosts the network’s Brooklyn Nets pre- and post-game shows.
Justin Shackil begins his sixth season covering the Yankees for YES Network, serving in a variety of roles, including clubhouse reporting and studio hosting. In addition to his baseball duties at YES Network, Shackil has called play-by-play for Brooklyn Nets, New York Liberty and college basketball broadcasts.
On radio, Shackil worked on the WFAN Yankees Radio Network for three seasons as a fill-in play-by-play announcer and postgame host. Shackil has also worked for the New York Yankees since 2015, hosting the team’s in-stadium pre-game shows and working with its in-house production team. In addition, he has co-hosted the Toeing The Slab pitching podcast with David Cone and YES researcher James Smyth. Shackil currently serves as a host and blow-by-blow announcer for Matchroom Boxing on DAZN.
His additional work credits include hosting for NBA Entertainment, SiriusXM Sports, Westwood One and radio play-by-play for the Double-A baseball teams: Mobile BayBears, Tennessee Smokies and Trenton Thunder. Shackil graduated from Fordham University in 2009.
According to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/team/broadcasters
On Space City Home Network Todd Kalas, Geoff Blum, Julia Morales are commentating!
The 2026 season marks Todd Kalas’ 34th year as an MLB broadcaster and 10th as the Astros play-by-play voice on television. The Astros have advanced to the postseason in eight of Todd’s nine seasons with the club.
Kalas has won five Lone Star Emmys for his work on Astros telecasts.
Todd is the son of Hall of Famer and former Astros broadcaster Harry Kalas.
Prior to joining the Astros in 2017, Todd spent the previous 19 seasons (1998-2016) as part of the Tampa Bay Rays TV broadcast team. While his primary duties for the Rays were as pre- and postgame host and in-game reporter, Todd also handled play-by-play duties for hundreds of Rays games on both television and radio during his time there.
Known for his distinctive voice and personality, Todd grew to be a popular figure with Rays fans as a result of his work on the broadcasts and was a three-time Suncoast Emmy award winner. Prior to joining the Rays, Todd worked with the New York Mets radio (1992-93) and Philadelphia Phillies television (1994-96) broadcast teams.
A native Houstonian, Todd was born at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital in Houston while his father, Harry, served as an Astros broadcaster from 1965-70. Harry would later call Phillies games from 1971-2009 en route to a Hall of Fame career. When the Phillies and Rays met in the 2008 World Series, Todd and his father called an inning together on radio during Game One of the Fall Classic.
Todd graduated with a degree in broadcast journalism from Syracuse University, and began his baseball career with the Louisville Redbirds in 1991.
In past years, Todd has called college football, basketball and baseball games and has been a studio host for NHL and NBA teams.
Todd and his wife, Michele, reside in Houston.
Geoff Blum returns for his 14th season with the Astros TV broadcast team in 2026, which will be his 10th as the everyday color analyst for Astros telecasts. Geoff, who retired after 14 Major League seasons as an infielder (1999-2012), made the transition from the playing field to the broadcast booth in 2013.
Geoff has won five Lone Star Emmys for his work on Astros broadcasts.
During his playing career, Geoff had two stints with the Astros, totaling five seasons in Houston (2002-03, 2008-10). Over the course of his tenure with the Astros, Geoff hit .259 with 228 RBI, 46 homers, 77 doubles and a .711 OPS.
A switch-hitter, Geoff was known as one of the top pinch-hitters and utility players in baseball, appearing at all four infield positions in nine straight years (2000-08). He appeared in the postseason three times in his career (2005-06, 2011).
Geoff was originally drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 1994 June Draft. Prior to his professional career, Geoff was a standout at the University of California, Berkeley. He also played a season in the Cape Cod League.
Geoff and his wife, Kory, have four daughters: Mia Lea and triplets Ava, Audrey and Kayla.
Julia Morales returns for her 14th season as the Astros TV sideline reporter. As a reporter and anchor for Space City Home Network, Julia serves as the primary in-game reporter on Houston Astros telecasts. She has five Lone Star Emmys for her work covering the Astros.
Before moving to Houston, Julia worked as a sports reporter for Time Warner Cable News, formerly YNN in Austin, covering a wide range of events, including the Super Bowl, NBA Finals, World Series, and the College Baseball WS.
Prior to joining the Time Warner Cable sports crew, Julia was the weekend sports anchor/reporter for KYTX-TV in Tyler, TX. Julia began her television career at KTEN-TV in Denison, Texas.
A native of Crandall, TX, Julia spent two years as a “World Famous Kilgore College Rangerette” before graduating from UT Austin, where she was a member of Texas Pom for the Longhorns’ 2005 National Championship season.
Julia and husband Matt are the parents to their five-year-old daughter Valerie Rose.
Julia is extremely passionate about animals and served on the Advisory Board for Houston Pets Alive!, a no-kill animal rescue.
According to https://www.mlb.com/astros/team/broadcasters