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Game Preview: HOU @ DET, 7:08pm, Tuesday, May 14, 2013 @Comerica Park

Astros, 10-29, 10-29 5th, 14½ GB, 13½ GB in WC

SP: Lucas Harrell (28, RHP, 3-3, 4.67)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (3-3) 44.1 52 24 23 26 28 7 4.67
2012 (11-11) 193.2 185 90 81 78 140 13 3.76
2011 (0-2) 18.0 23 12 9 8 15 0 4.50
Last 7 GS 3-2 38.1 46 23 22 24 24 7 5.17 43
2013-05-09 LAA ND 5.0 4 2 1 6 1 1 106 48
2013-05-04 DET L 4.1 10 8 8 4 3 1 107 10
2013-04-29 @NYY W 6.1 8 1 1 1 4 0 105 56
2013-04-24 SEA W 7.0 6 1 1 2 5 0 105 64
2013-04-19 CLE W 5.2 5 2 2 5 4 1 99 50
2013-04-13 @LAA ND 5.2 6 1 1 1 5 1 96 57
2013-04-07 OAK L 4.1 7 8 8 5 2 3 112 14
Last 5 v.DET 0-1 9.1 18 11 11 6 8 1 10.61 26
2013-05-04 DET L 4.1 10 8 8 4 3 1 107 10
2010-09-18 DET ND 5.0 8 3 3 2 5 0 88 42
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    6-16   Road:    4-13   ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   6-22   vsLHP:   4-7    1-Run:   3-7 
 vsEast:  1-6    vsCntrl: 1-7    vsWest:  8-16 IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 39 Mon, May 13  @DET  L   2-7       10-29  5th 14.5 gb
 38 Sun, May 12   TEX  L   7-12      10-28  5th 14.5 gb
 37 Sat, May 11   TEX  L   7-8       10-27  5th 13.5 gb
 36 Fri, May 10   TEX  L   2-4       10-26  5th 12.5 gb
 35 Thu, May  9   LAA  L   5-6       10-25  5th 11.5 gb
 34 Wed, May  8   LAA  W   3-1       10-24  5th 11.0 gb
 33 Tue, May  7   LAA  W   7-6        9-24  5th 11.0 gb
 32 Sun, May  5   DET  L   0-9        8-24  5th 12.5 gb
 31 Sat, May  4   DET  L   2-17       8-23  5th 11.5 gb
 30 Fri, May  3   DET  L   3-4        8-22  5th 10.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30: 7-23
Tigers, 21-15, 21-15 1st, ½ up

SP: Doug Fister (29, RHP, 4-1, 3.14)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (4-1) 43.0 46 20 15 8 33 1 3.14
2012 (10-10) 161.2 156 73 62 37 137 15 3.45
2011 (11-13) 216.1 193 76 68 37 146 11 2.83
Last 7 GS 4-1 43.0 46 20 15 8 33 1 3.14 53
2013-05-09 @WSN L 3.0 8 5 4 1 4 0 74 28
2013-05-03 @HOU ND 6.0 9 3 2 1 4 0 99 47
2013-04-28 ATL W 7.0 6 3 3 0 8 0 105 61
2013-04-21 @LAA ND 7.0 5 3 0 2 5 0 113 64
2013-04-16 @SEA W 7.0 4 2 2 1 5 0 107 65
2013-04-11 TOR W 8.0 8 1 1 1 5 0 107 66
2013-04-05 NYY W 5.0 6 3 3 2 2 1 96 43
Last 5 v.HOU 0-0 6.0 9 3 2 1 4 0 3.00 47
2013-05-03 @HOU ND 6.0 9 3 2 1 4 0 99 47
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   12-6    Road:    9-9    ExtrInn: 2-4 
 vsRHP:  18-11   vsLHP:   3-4    1-Run:   3-6 
 vsEast:  4-2    vsCntrl: 5-6    vsWest:  9-5  IL: 3-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 36 Mon, May 13   HOU  W   7-2       21-15  1st  0.5 up
 35 Sun, May 12   CLE  L   3-4 (10)  20-15  1st    Tied
 34 Sat, May 11   CLE  L   6-7       20-14  1st  1.0 up
 33 Fri, May 10   CLE  W  10-4       20-13  1st  1.5 up
 32 Thu, May  9  @WSN  L   4-5       19-13  1st  0.5 up
 31 Wed, May  8  @WSN  L   1-3       19-12  1st  1.5 up
 30 Sun, May  5  @HOU  W   9-0       19-11  1st  0.5 up
 29 Sat, May  4  @HOU  W  17-2       18-11  1st  0.5 up
 28 Fri, May  3  @HOU  W   4-3       17-11  1st  0.5 up
 27 Thu, May  2  @HOU  W   7-3 (14)  16-11  1st    Tied
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, May 13, 2013 DET  7  HOU  2        W:Anibal Sanchez (4-3), L: Bud Norris (4-4), S: none
Sun, May 05, 2013 DET  9 @HOU  0        W:Justin Verlander (4-2), L: Philip Humber (0-7), S: none
Sat, May 04, 2013 DET 17 @HOU  2        W:Max Scherzer (4-0), L: Lucas Harrell (3-3), S: none
Fri, May 03, 2013 DET  4 @HOU  3        W:Drew Smyly (2-0), L: Jose Veras (0-2), S: Jose Valverde (3)
Thu, May 02, 2013 DET  7 @HOU  3 (14)   W:Luke Putkonen (1-0), L: Dallas Keuchel (0-1), S: none

Sun, Jun 28, 2009 DET  4 @HOU  3        W:Bobby Seay (1-1), L: Jose Valverde (0-2), S: Fernando Rodney (17)
Sat, Jun 27, 2009 HOU  8  DET  1        W:Felipe Paulino (2-4), L: Alfredo Figaro (1-1), S: none
Fri, Jun 26, 2009 HOU  5  DET  4        W:Chris Sampson (4-0), L: Joel Zumaya (3-2), S: LaTroy Hawkins (10)
Wed, Jun 28, 2006 DET  5  HOU  0        W:Justin Verlander (10-4), L: Andy Pettitte (6-9), S: none
Tue, Jun 27, 2006 DET  4  HOU  0        W:Nate Robertson (8-3), L: Roger Clemens (0-2), S: none
Season Series: 2013 - DET over 5-0; 2012 -  0-0; 2011 -  0-0; All-Time - DET leads 11-9

Key for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids on the next pageKey for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids Below

Batter vs. Pitcher totals are career totals. All others are year-to-date.

PA - Plate Appearances (AB+BB+HBP+SH+SF+CI)
BF - Batters Faced
BA - Batting Average
OBP - On-Base Percentage
SLG - Slugging Percentage
Last 28d - PA and OPS in the last 28 days.
SB/CS - Stolen Bases and Caught Stealing
HR/E - Home Runs and Errors Made
ERA-K/9 - Earned Run Average and SO per 9 IP
Total - Team totals for those categories.
Usage - See the note below the grid.
OPS - On-Base Percentage + Slugging Percentage (a good single number for measuring a player's hitting, avg. is .750 or so)
RA/G & RS/G - Runs scored and allowed per game.
PA/vRH - Plate Appearances overall/PA's vs. Right-handed Pitchers
Catcher Def. - Catcher Defense with each catcher's Stolen Bases, Caught Stealings, and Passed Balls allowed.
G/S/vB or G/S/vP - Links to the player's 2013 gamelogs, splits, or career batter vs. pitcher results
vLH/vRH - OPS vs. left-handed pitchers and vs. right-handed pitchers
Hm or Rd, Home or Road - OPS or OPS allowed in home or road games.
OF G: LF / CF / RF - A - Outfielders with the games played by position and their total number of assists
vs LHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against left-handed batters
vs RHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against right-handed batters
HR/SB/CS - Pitcher's Home Runs, Stolen Bases and Caught Stealings allowed
MLB Best, Middle, Worst
Astros Batters (4.00 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (3.81 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 58.Fister
G/S/vB
62.Alburquerque
G/S/vB
53.Benoit
G/S/vB
40.Coke*
G/S/vB
38.Downs*
G/S/vB
56.Ortega
G/S/vB
33.Smyly*
G/S/vB
46.Valverde
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP 4/1.500 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 167/118 .333/.371/.444/.816 .984/.746 .806 104/.798 4/2 2/1
2.Barnes G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 68/32 .322/.403/.475/.878 1.200/.532 .930 50/.888 4/1 2/0
23.Carter G/S/vP 8/1.125 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 148/101 .221/.304/.458/.762 .835/.729 .906 89/.691 0/0 9/1
15.Castro* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 136/107 .248/.287/.403/.690 .421/.764 .742 85/.785 1/0 3/2
13.Cedeno G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· 4/.000 63/30 .281/.323/.404/.726 1.214/.237 .737 41/.807 1/0 1/4
22.Corporan# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 50/22 .289/.360/.444/.804 .703/.943 1.405 38/.910 0/0 2/1
8.Crowe# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 3/1.000 5/.650 ··· ··· ··· ··· 15/14 .200/.200/.400/.600 .000/.643 15/.600 1/0 1/0
30.Dominguez G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 141/95 .256/.293/.361/.654 .551/.701 .559 90/.726 0/0 2/4
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 102/88 .269/.296/.430/.726 .962/.690 .827 69/.596 4/1 3/3
19.Grossman# G/S/vP 4/.833 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 83/63 .211/.317/.268/.585 .705/.544 .406 83/.585 2/3 0/1
14.Martinez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 66/40 .222/.242/.397/.639 .439/.763 .707 23/.696 1/0 2/1
38.Paredes# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 27/18 .200/.259/.320/.579 .333/.708 .833 27/.579 1/0 0/0
12.Pena* G/S/vP 9/.222 ··· 15/.600 7/1.286 2/1.000 2/1.000 4/2.417 1/.000 147/110 .230/.340/.365/.705 .878/.646 .923 93/.690 0/0 3/0
IP 43.0 14.0 17.0 9.2 17.2 6.1 23.1 6.0 TOTAL .247/.305/.397/.701 .786/.666 .745 .709 21/8 39/22
ERA-K/9 3.14/6.9 2.57/16.1 1.59/11.6 7.45/9.3 2.55/11.2 0.00/8.6 1.93/9.3 1.50/7.5 3.42/9.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (17-4-3)
 Corporan (4-3-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 190/.271 67/.245 66/.155 40/.242 69/.190 23/.095 90/.190 22/.053 .235  Barnes
 Martinez
 Crowe
 Paredes
 Grossman
 Carter
8/7/13/1
12/0/4/1
2/0/1/1
0/0/6/0
5/17/0/0
20/0/0/0
OPS .668 .690 .551 .758 .594 .269 .483 .234 .642
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 90/.564 31/.651 39/.571 19/.356 30/.626 12/.258 37/.276 13/.408 .610
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 100/.759 36/.724 27/.520 21/1.095 39/.568 11/.282 53/.628 9/.000 .676
Home 85/.672 36/.761 26/.711 19/.906 34/.934 14/.452 34/.362 15/.277
Last 28d days 108/.698 44/.651 37/.537 24/.638 40/.774 23/.269 56/.437 22/.234
HR/SB/CS 1/1/0 0/0/0 2/3/0 1/0/0 2/0/0 0/0/0 0/1/1 0/1/0 17/22/6
Usage ····X··· ··X····· ·X·o·X·· ·o······ ·Xo·X··· Xo···o·· ··X·X··· ·X··o···
Tigers Batters (5.42 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (6.21 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 64.Harrell
G/S/vB
62.Ambriz
G/S/vB
54.Blackley*
G/S/vB
68.Cisnero
G/S/vB
56.Clemens
G/S/vB
31.Gonzalez
G/S/vB
60.Keuchel*
G/S/vB
41.Veras
G/S/vB
53.Wright*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP 7/1.171 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 109/93 .190/.257/.330/.587 .125/.671 .729 61/.647 0/0 4/0
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 8/1.333 7/.629 1/.000 2/3.500 1/.000 8/1.250 3/.667 3/.000 1/.000 170/137 .369/.441/.584/1.025 .966/1.037 1.154 108/1.071 1/0 7/2
12.Dirks* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 2/1.000 2/2.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 111/98 .260/.345/.427/.773 1.017/.744 .927 71/.891 4/0 4/0
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 5/.800 ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 1/.000 7/1.071 3/.333 1/.000 18/1.000 167/120 .289/.413/.556/.969 1.084/.924 1.051 107/.828 0/1 9/1
34.Garcia G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
48.Hunter G/S/vP 3/2.000 4/1.167 1/.000 2/1.000 2/1.500 4/.500 3/.000 ··· ··· 156/126 .333/.372/.442/.814 .774/.823 .770 96/.682 1/0 1/1
4.Infante G/S/vP 4/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 10/.500 1/.000 133/102 .312/.338/.456/.794 .889/.764 1.084 88/.871 1/0 3/3
32.Kelly* G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/1.667 1/no AB 1/.000 51/40 .200/.294/.289/.583 .909/.481 .754 37/.726 1/0 0/0
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 4/1.250 1/no AB 4/1.833 2/.000 2/2.500 2/.500 ··· 2/1.500 2/2.000 150/107 .213/.273/.309/.582 .612/.570 .595 97/.609 0/0 2/0
55.Pena# G/S/vP 2/3.500 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 2/.000 46/21 .256/.267/.419/.685 .341/1.081 .673 38/.626 0/0 2/0
27.Peralta G/S/vP 8/.625 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.333 2/.500 3/.333 2/2.000 5/.900 ··· 148/112 .326/.381/.455/.835 1.053/.767 .900 94/.860 2/1 3/2
39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 27/19 .154/.185/.269/.454 .679/.368 .182 13/.481 0/0 0/0
18.Tuiasosopo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/2.000 1/3.000 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 43/14 .324/.419/.541/.959 .675/1.429 .959 30/.977 0/0 2/0
IP 44.1 17.1 12.1 14.1 26.0 12.0 22.1 15.0 16.0 TOTAL .284/.350/.434/.784 .789/.782 .864 .774 15/2 39/12
ERA-K/9 4.67/5.7 6.23/7.3 4.38/5.9 5.02/4.4 4.15/6.6 8.25/5.2 4.43/5.2 4.20/9.6 2.81/5.1 5.84/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (16-6-3)
 Pena (6-0-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 203/.302 81/.319 52/.214 60/.291 104/.208 56/.306 102/.297 59/.226 72/.313 .300  Hunter
 Dirks
 Tuiasosopo
 Kelly
0/0/33/3
28/0/0/2
15/0/0/0
10/4/7/0
OPS .884 .813 .851 .844 .729 .985 .856 .645 .819 .896
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 115/.881 33/.941 25/.609 30/.833 48/.762 33/.881 34/.786 30/.657 32/.624 .932
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 88/.888 48/.726 27/1.094 30/.856 56/.703 23/1.135 68/.891 29/.630 40/.954 .862
Road 50/.767 37/.799 18/.421 15/.533 65/.694 38/.926 19/.440 15/.690 37/.715
Last 28d days 131/.823 45/.750 52/.851 60/.844 66/.687 40/1.094 72/.956 35/.419 48/.916
HR/SB/CS 7/1/2 1/2/0 4/0/0 2/0/1 7/1/0 4/0/0 4/1/0 1/0/0 1/3/0 63/21/7
Usage ····X··· ····X·X· ···Xo·o· ··X····· X··oX··· ·X···X·· ···X··o· ·o···oo· ···X····

Usage -- each character represents the number of pitches thrown by the pitcher for yesterday, two days ago, three days ago, ...., up to eight days ago:
· - did not pitch; o - less than 16 pitches; X - at least 16 pitches (the median relief outing)
An Example ( ·X···o·X ): Yesterday off, 16 or more pitches, three days off, less than 16 pitches, day off, 16 or more pitches (8 days ago). Yesterday is in bold for improved scanning.