On deck: Chicago Cubs at Astros

When/where: 1:10 p.m. today, 7:10 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday; Minute Maid Park.

TV/radio: ATTSW, Wednesday on ESPN; 790 AM, 740 AM (except today), 850 AM (Spanish), 101.7 FM (Spansh).

Pitchers: Today, RHP Gerrit Cole (4-5, 4.11) vs. LHP Cole Hamels (4-0, 3.38); Tuesday, RHP Corbin Martin (1-1, 4.97) vs. LHP (Jon Lester (3-3, 2.68); Wednesday, LHP Wade Miley (5-2, 3.32) vs. Kyle Hendricks (4-4, 3.34).

Astros (35-19) update: Their 20-7 home record is the best in the American League. … If his rehab assignment goes well, six-time All-Star Jose Altuve (strained left hamstring) should return for the latter part of this series … Former Pirate Gerrit Cole will reconnect with an old National League Central foe. In 14 career starts against the Cubs, Cole has a 2.50 ERA with 103 strikeouts in 90 innings . … Catcher Garrett Stubbs is scheduled to make his first major league start Tuesday. … With 10 homers in May, Alex Bregman is one shy of Jimmy Wynn’s club-record 11 for the month, set in 1969 . ... The Astros averaged three runs per game in their last eight contests with 17 extrabase hits.

Cubs (30-21) update: This is the Cubs’ first trip to Minute Maid Park since 2016. … Third baseman Kris Bryant exited Sunday’s 10-2 loss to the Reds after colliding with Jayson Heyward in the outfield. Bryant was evaluated for a concussion and cleared to fly with the team to Houston. His status will be updated before Monday’s opener. … The Cubs have the third-best team OPS in baseball, trailing the second-ranked Astros and top-ranked Twins. Chicago is the best-hitting team in the National League. … Four of the Cubs qualified hitters — Bryant, Willson Contreras, Anthony Rizzo and Javier Baez — have at least a .900 OPS.