McHugh was excellent in Sunday's win over the Mariners, striking out 10 and walking four across six scoreless innings.

EDGE Analysis

McHugh impressively threw 66 percent of his pitches for strikes, including 12 of the swinging variety, and he impressively retired the side in order in four of his six innings. McHugh has been excellent of late, as he has posted a 2.41 ERA and an 8.9 K/9 rate over his last six starts, coming within a single out of tossing a quality start in each outing. His resurgence has been a big boost to the Astros in recent weeks, and he will look to keep it rolling Saturday at the Angels.

McHugh (5-6) allowed four runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out three over six innings, but received no decision Friday against the Athletics.

EDGE Analysis

McHugh left the contest with a 6-4 lead, but the bullpen was unable to protect it for him. This was the first time he's allowed more than two earned runs in a start over his last five starts, and his ERA is now at 4.59. He'll make his next start after the All-Star break.

McHugh (5-6) allowed two runs on five hits and four walks while striking out nine over 5.2 innings to take the loss Sunday against the White Sox.

EDGE Analysis

Despite struggling to keep runners off the bases, McHugh left the contest with only a 2-1 deficit before the bullpen allowed the deficit to grow in an Astros' loss. He's now allowed two or fewer earned runs in each of his last four starts to lower his ERA to 4.50 on the season. He'll make his next start Friday against the Athletics.

McHugh allowed two runs on six hits and three walks with three strikeouts over six innings in a no-decision Monday against the Angels.

EDGE Analysis

McHugh now has three straight no-decisions despite quality starts in all three outings. He had a tough opening to the season, as he owned a 6.59 ERA after his first six starts, but he has tightened things up since then. In his 10 starts since, he now owns a 3.71 ERA with a sharp 59:17 K:BB. That's right about in line with his performance from 2015 -- 3.89 ERA, 3.2 K/BB in 203.2 innings -- and a fair representation of what to expect from McHugh going forward.

McHugh (5-5) pitched seven innings, allowing two runs on five hits while walking one and striking out six Tuesday against the Angels. He did not factor in the decision.

EDGE Analysis

For the first time this season, McHugh has put together back-to-back quality starts. He need 111 pitches -- his second highest total of the season -- to lower his ERA to a season-best 4.70. McHugh has only won one of his last eight starts, but he's pitched well enough to win a handful of them. Despite his recent improvement, the 29-year-old seemingly has no chance to repeat many (if any) of the numbers from last season's breakout performance.

McHugh limited the Cardinals to one run over 6.2 innings Wednesday, but received no decision in an eventual 4-1 win. He struck out six while allowing seven hits and two walks.

EDGE Analysis

He matched zeroes with Adam Wainwright almost all the way through this game, only to give up a run in the seventh, but the Astros rallied to ensure he avoided the loss. After consecutive four-run outings, this is a breath of fresh air for McHugh, but he's got a long way to go yet to correct his ugly season stats. That highly inflated .359 BABIP will come down, bringing his ratios down with it, but it's highly unlikely that we'll ever see him match the sort of elite numbers he put up two seasons ago -- not to mention last year's 19 wins.

McHugh lasted just 3.2 innings, giving up four runs on seven hits while walking one and striking out six in Thursday's loss to the Rangers.

EDGE Analysis

Thursday marked the first time all season that McHugh couldn't get past the fourth inning. Things went south quickly for the right-hander after he cruised through the first two innings without allowing a baserunner. In the bottom of the third, the first four Rangers got aboard in what wound up being a three-run inning. The situation didn't improve when Prince Fielder sent a ball 414 feet into the stands to lead off the fourth. Two more hits in the inning and McHugh's day was over. His ERA ballooned back over 5.00 after a brief, two-game hiatus from the five-plus mark. Things won't exactly get any easier when he heads to St. Louis for his next start Wednesday.

McHugh didn't factor into the decision against the A's on Saturday, giving up five hits, four earned runs and three walks over 5.1 innings. He also struck out five.

EDGE Analysis

The 28-year-old couldn't quite produce an outing the caliber of his complete-game effort versus the D-backs on May 30, but did enough to keep the Astros in the game after some early trouble. McHugh surrendered a two-run double to Chris Coghlan and a sacrifice fly to Josh Phegley in the second inning, before seeing his club tie the score back up in the home half of the frame. He held the A's scoreless otherwise, and was pulled after throwing 100 pitches in just over five innings. He'll try to get back in the win column at Globe Life Park next Thursday versus the Rangers.

McHugh (5-4) earned the win by tossing a complete game Monday against the Diamondbacks, allowing three runs on five hits. He walked one and struck out eight in the start.

EDGE Analysis

McHugh has seen his strikeout totals soar in this last three starts, fanning 26 in 21.1 innings. The righty's ERA and WHIP are still inflated from his horrendous first start of the season, but McHugh has consistently been lowering those numbers ever since. He'll take the ball next on Saturday against the Athletics.

McHugh struck out a season-high 10 batters Wednesday, but lasted just 5.1 innings against Baltimore, allowing three runs on eight hits and a walk.

EDGE Analysis

Despite this falling short even of the low standard for a quality start, it's promising to see the 28-year-old righty walk just one while missing plenty of bats for the second straight outing. Unfortunately, McHugh will probably be left remembering the painful ending more than anything else, as he gave up three hits and a wild pitch before being lifted. Fortunately, the Astros went on to win anyway.