Henry Sosa #67

Single ... Attended Liceo Sergio Augusto Beras in Dominican Republic.

2011

Made 10 starts for Houston and tossed 6.0+ innings in seven of those 10 outings...finished the year by posting quality starts in five of his last seven appearances (since Aug. 25)...acquired from San Francisco, along with minor league RHP Jason Stoffel, on July 19 in exchange for IF Jeff Keppinger...began the year in SF's organization in Triple A Fresno's bullpen (3-1, 10.41) before being sent to Double A Richmond (5-2, 2.68) to become a starter...at that point, was acquired by Houston and sent to Double A Corpus Christi for three starts (2-0, 2.89)...transferred to Triple A Oklahoma City for his last minor league start on Aug. 5 (0ER/7.0IP)...had his contract purchased from OKC on Aug. 10 and finished his campaign by making 10 starts in the Astros rotation...made his MLB debut on Aug. 10 at Arizona (4ER/6IP)...allowed four earned runs in each of his first three outings before earning his first big league win on Aug. 25 at SF (1ER/6IP) on three-days rest...became the fifth Astros pitcher, second starter, to earn their first ML win in 2011, joining: Fernando Abad, Jordan Lyles, Aneury Rodriguez and Fernando Rodriguez...2011 marked the fourth time Houston has had five-or-more hurlers earn their first ML wins in the same season...as a starter at the Double A and Triple A levels, combined to post a 6-2 record and a 2.69 ERA (18ER/60.1IP) in 10 starts...went 1-2 with a 6.23 ERA (18ER/26IP) and 18 strikeouts in seven starts for the Estrellas de Oriente of the Dominican Winter League in 2011.

2010

Posted 7-8 record with 4.07 ERA (53er, 115.0ip) in 36 games (14 starts) for triple-A Fresno ... Started year working out of bullpen, going 4-1 with 2.98 ERA (15er, 45.1ip) in 22 outings ... Went 3-7 as starter with 4.78 ERA (37er, 69.2ip) in 14 games...allowing .287 (80-for-279) avg. against ... Compiled monthly ERAs of 1.35 (2er, 13.1ip) and 1.26 (2er, 14.1ip) in April and May, respectively.

2009

Was on his way to posting his best professional season before right elbow strain cut his campaign short...went 6-0 with 2.36 ERA (19er, 72.1ip) in 14 starts for double-A Connecticut, established professional-best in innings pitched...allowed 2 runs-or-less in 12 of his 14 starting assignments, although just 4 of his 14 outings were quality starts...was placed on disabled list July 2-end of season with strain in his right elbow and was transferred to 60-day DL Aug. 5...

2008

Compiled a 3-4 record with 4.31 ERA (27ER/56.1OIP) with 58 strikeouts in 12 starts for Class A Advanced San Jose...missed majority of season due to muscle strain in chest and was limited to just 14 games (12 starts) between Class A Augusta and Class A Advanced San Jose

2007

Posted a 6-0 record with 0.73 ERA in 13 games (10 starts) for the GreenJackets...named to South Atlantic League mid-season All-Star squad...also participated for World Team in All-Star Futures Game played at AT&T Park

2006

Went 2-1 with 3.90 ERA in nine games (six starts) for Giants in Arizona League...allowed 20 hits in 32.1 innings, but recorded 41 strikeouts and just 12 walks... fanned eight batters over 5.0 shutout innings to earn win July 12..

2005

Logged a 5-6 mark with 3.58 ERA in second season with DSL-Giants.

2004

Posted 0-5 record and 5.30 (21ER/35.2IP) figure in 13 games (seven starts) in his first professional season with DSL-Giants.