Mike Burrows Posts Back-to-Back Scoreless Outings at Triple-A Sugar Land
Mike Burrows followed a 4 1/3-inning scoreless Friday with 4 2/3 scoreless innings for Sugar Land, per Brian McTaggart.
Mike Burrows has now posted back-to-back scoreless outings at Triple-A Sugar Land, logging 4 1/3 innings Friday and 4 2/3 innings in his next appearance, per Houston Astros beat reporter Brian McTaggart.
The consecutive clean lines are worth noting for an Astros organization that has had a rough week on the pitching front. Peter Lambert allowed 9 earned runs in 3 2/3 innings in a recent outing, tying his career high and pushing his ERA from 3.11 to 3.68 — the kind of start that tends to sharpen attention on who might be available from Triple-A.
What we don't know yet
No call-up has been reported. Whether Burrows's current stretch translates into a roster move remains an open question, and the Astros have not announced any corresponding transaction tied to these outings. The club did recently recall infielder Raynel Delgado from Sugar Land, so the pipeline is active — but connecting that move to Burrows would be inferring beyond what the material supports.
Two scoreless outings totaling 9 innings is the fact on the table. What Houston does with it is still to be determined.
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