Astros' McCullers Stretches to Three Innings in Second Rehab Start

Houston Astros pitcher Lance McCullers Jr. made his second rehab appearance Wednesday for Triple-A Sugar Land.

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Lance McCullers Jr. tossed three innings Wednesday for the Sugar Land Space Cowboys in Oklahoma City. The righty punched out four batters on 52 pitches, 30 being strikes.

Yielding two runs, McCullers surrendered three hits, two walks and a hit batter in his outing. The righty generated four whiffs while throwing his whole arsenal and touching 94.1 mph on his sinker, according to Baseball Savant.

McCullers struck out three batters over two frames in his first rehab appearance with Double-A Corpus Christi on Friday. Issuing a run on a run on two hits and a hit batter, the righty finished at 40 pitches in his first live action since last October.  

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