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Game Preview: HOU @ OAK, 10:05pm, Friday, September 6, 2013 @O.co Coliseum

Astros, 47-93, 47-93 5th, 33½ GB, 33 GB in WC

SP: Dallas Keuchel (25, LHP, 5-8, 4.77)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (5-8) 132.0 151 77 70 44 99 18 4.77
2012 (3-8) 85.1 93 56 50 39 38 14 5.27
Last 7 GS 1-2 45.1 45 23 22 14 33 5 4.37 51
2013-08-31 SEA L 7.0 4 3 3 2 8 0 109 63
2013-08-25 TOR ND 7.0 4 0 0 3 2 0 105 68
2013-08-17 @LAA ND 4.0 8 4 4 3 1 1 86 28
2013-08-11 TEX L 8.2 8 6 5 1 8 0 116 53
2013-07-27 @TOR W 7.1 10 6 6 1 6 3 100 39
2013-07-22 OAK ND 6.0 5 1 1 4 5 0 88 59
2013-07-13 @TBR ND 5.1 6 3 3 0 3 1 80 47
Last 5 v.OAK 0-1 12.0 15 7 7 5 9 1 5.25 45
2013-07-22 OAK ND 6.0 5 1 1 4 5 0 88 59
2013-05-26 OAK L 6.0 10 6 6 1 4 1 110 31
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   23-49   Road:   24-44   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  36-65   vsLHP:  11-28   1-Run:  18-28
 vsEast:  9-21   vsCntrl: 9-20   vsWest: 21-43 IL: 8-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
140 Thu, Sep  5  @OAK  W   3-2       47-93  5th 33.5 gb
139 Wed, Sep  4   MIN  W   6-5       46-93  5th 34.0 gb
138 Tue, Sep  3   MIN  L   6-9 (12)  45-93  5th 35.0 gb
137 Mon, Sep  2   MIN  L   6-10      45-92  5th 34.0 gb
136 Sun, Sep  1   SEA  W   2-0       45-91  5th 34.0 gb
135 Sat, Aug 31   SEA  L   1-3       44-91  5th 35.0 gb
134 Fri, Aug 30   SEA  L   1-7       44-90  5th 34.0 gb
133 Thu, Aug 29   SEA  L   2-3       44-89  5th 34.0 gb
132 Wed, Aug 28  @CHW  L   1-6       44-88  5th 33.5 gb
131 Tue, Aug 27  @CHW  L   3-4       44-87  5th 32.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:11-19
Athletics, 80-60, 80-60 2nd, ½ GB, 2½ up in WC

SP: A.J. Griffin (25, RHP, 12-9, 3.84)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (12-9) 176.0 156 81 75 49 141 33 3.84
2012 (7-1) 82.1 74 29 28 19 64 10 3.06
Last 7 GS 3-2 42.1 35 21 18 20 35 10 3.83 53
2013-09-01 TBR W 7.0 5 1 1 1 7 1 102 69
2013-08-26 @DET W 5.0 7 4 4 1 4 2 91 40
2013-08-21 SEA L 6.0 5 4 4 4 7 2 105 49
2013-08-16 CLE ND 5.0 4 1 0 5 3 0 104 55
2013-08-11 @TOR ND 5.2 5 3 2 6 2 0 103 45
2013-08-04 TEX L 6.2 5 4 3 1 7 2 108 56
2013-07-29 TOR W 7.0 4 4 4 2 5 3 99 56
Last 5 v.HOU 2-0 18.0 15 9 9 5 23 5 4.50 55
2013-07-24 @HOU W 6.1 6 3 3 0 8 2 95 57
2013-05-25 @HOU W 5.2 5 4 4 1 7 3 101 49
2013-04-16 HOU ND 6.0 4 2 2 4 8 0 106 60
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   44-27   Road:   36-33   ExtrInn: 7-5 
 vsRHP:  55-41   vsLHP:  25-19   1-Run:  26-18
 vsEast: 17-15   vsCntrl:16-11   vsWest: 34-27 IL:13-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
140 Thu, Sep  5   HOU  L   2-3       80-60  2nd  0.5 gb
139 Wed, Sep  4   TEX  W  11-4       80-59  1st    Tied
138 Tue, Sep  3   TEX  L   1-5       79-59  2nd  1.0 gb
137 Mon, Sep  2   TEX  W   4-2       79-58  1st    Tied
136 Sun, Sep  1   TBR  W   5-1       78-58  2nd  1.0 gb
135 Sat, Aug 31   TBR  W   2-1       77-58  2nd  2.0 gb
134 Fri, Aug 30   TBR  W   4-3       76-58  2nd  2.0 gb
133 Thu, Aug 29  @DET  L   6-7       75-58  2nd  3.0 gb
132 Wed, Aug 28  @DET  W  14-4       75-57  2nd  2.5 gb
131 Tue, Aug 27  @DET  W   6-3  (5)  74-57  2nd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Sep 05, 2013 HOU  3 @OAK  2        W:Brad Peacock (4-5), L: Sonny Gray (2-3), S: Josh Fields (3)
Thu, Aug 15, 2013 OAK  5  HOU  0        W:Sonny Gray (1-1), L: Erik Bedard (3-9), S: none
Wed, Aug 14, 2013 HOU  2 @OAK  1 (11)   W:Lucas Harrell (6-13), L: Sean Doolittle (3-4), S: Josh Fields (2)
Tue, Aug 13, 2013 HOU  5 @OAK  4        W:Jordan Lyles (5-6), L: Bartolo Colon (14-5), S: Chia-Jen Lo (1)
Wed, Jul 24, 2013 OAK  4 @HOU  3        W:A.J. Griffin (9-7), L: Travis Blackley (1-1), S: Ryan Cook (2)
Tue, Jul 23, 2013 HOU  5  OAK  4        W:Josh Fields (1-1), L: Grant Balfour (0-2), S: none
Mon, Jul 22, 2013 OAK  4 @HOU  3        W:Ryan Cook (3-2), L: Wesley Wright (0-4), S: Grant Balfour (26)
Sun, May 26, 2013 OAK  6 @HOU  2        W:Bartolo Colon (5-2), L: Dallas Keuchel (1-2), S: none
Sat, May 25, 2013 OAK 11 @HOU  5        W:A.J. Griffin (5-3), L: Lucas Harrell (3-6), S: none
Fri, May 24, 2013 OAK  6 @HOU  5        W:Pat Neshek (1-0), L: Jose Veras (0-3), S: Grant Balfour (10)
Season Series: 2013 - OAK over 12-4; 2012 -  0-0; 2011 -  0-0; All-Time - OAK leads 17-5

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 (3.89 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.91 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 64.Griffin
G/S/vB
50.Balfour
G/S/vB
13.Blevins*
G/S/vB
60.Chavez
G/S/vB
48.Cook
G/S/vB
62.Doolittle*
G/S/vB
65.Figueroa*
G/S/vB
54.Gray
G/S/vB
47.Neshek
G/S/vB
61.Otero
G/S/vB
58.Scribner
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP 9/1.319 3/.333 1/3.000 4/.500 2/1.500 4/.833 ··· 7/.572 2/.500 1/.000 2/.000 574/411 .276/.310/.351/.661 .690/.649 .613 110/.580 31/9 4/9
2.Barnes G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 6/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 391/260 .246/.295/.355/.650 .835/.558 .524 89/.622 10/10 7/3
23.Carter G/S/vP 9/.347 ··· ··· 4/.250 5/.000 5/.200 ··· 6/.533 2/3.500 1/.000 1/.000 506/352 .220/.320/.454/.774 .775/.774 .915 100/.965 2/0 27/3
15.Castro* G/S/vP 9/1.666 2/.500 1/.000 3/.666 2/2.500 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 482/373 .282/.357/.495/.852 .753/.881 .800 68/1.161 2/1 18/5
39.Clark G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 18/7 .000/.056/.000/.056 .091/.000 .333 18/.056 0/0 0/0
8.Crowe# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/1.250 ··· ··· ··· 100/77 .250/.310/.337/.647 .911/.571 .800 22/.909 4/1 1/3
30.Dominguez G/S/vP 7/1.000 5/1.850 1/.000 3/.666 5/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/3.000 501/360 .239/.277/.404/.681 .655/.691 .670 96/.816 0/0 19/12
10.Elmore G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 130/81 .243/.313/.330/.643 .702/.605 .655 31/.522 1/5 2/8
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP 4/.750 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 216/178 .217/.250/.318/.568 .591/.563 .587 28/.417 6/2 4/10
19.Grossman# G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 288/212 .268/.332/.370/.702 .785/.669 .728 110/.674 6/7 4/3
28.Hoes G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 138/94 .252/.290/.336/.626 .536/.668 .668 104/.618 7/1 1/4
59.Krauss* G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 90/80 .167/.211/.310/.521 .200/.563 .665 16/.388 2/0 3/1
44.Pagnozzi G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 8/8 .125/.125/.125/.250 /.250 .667 8/.250 0/0 0/0
6.Villar# G/S/vP 3/.000 2/2.500 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 7/.429 ··· ··· ··· 138/104 .263/.341/.356/.697 .720/.690 .495 73/.738 12/6 0/7
29.Wallace* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 8/.125 1/2.000 ··· ··· 243/184 .225/.292/.450/.743 .458/.836 .780 81/.725 1/1 12/3
IP 176.0 54.2 53.0 50.1 61.0 58.0 0.0 43.0 37.2 31.1 21.2 TOTAL .241/.300/.382/.682 .699/.676 .686 .713 97/51 136/102
ERA-K/9 3.84/7.2 2.47/10.0 3.57/8.0 4.11/8.1 2.07/8.9 3.57/7.6 /0.0 2.51/9.2 3.58/6.7 1.15/6.0 4.57/5.0 3.61/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (58-19-10)
 Clark (2-6-2)
 Elmore (0-0-0)
 Pagnozzi (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 730/.232 226/.204 221/.227 222/.237 255/.221 230/.222 2/1.000 171/.204 166/.265 125/.269 95/.239 .245  Barnes
 Grossman
 Crowe
 Hoes
 Elmore
 Carter
 Krauss
8/98/13/7
45/29/2/2
13/5/20/1
1/2/31/0
7/0/1/0
43/0/2/0
11/0/9/0
OPS .706 .609 .690 .643 .560 .608 3.000 .538 .764 .601 .749 .686
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 405/.681 112/.524 98/.788 120/.646 115/.729 80/.571 1/3.000 96/.595 58/.956 62/.555 42/.525 .708
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 325/.736 114/.696 123/.611 102/.638 140/.427 150/.627 1/ 75/.467 108/.662 63/.645 53/.921 .667
Home 377/.677 131/.554 102/.682 121/.738 146/.506 139/.628 2/3.000 110/.447 77/.608 93/.561 37/.809
Last 28d days 127/.761 50/.746 34/.796 49/.571 55/.733 40/.910 2/3.000 156/.557 12/1.333 43/.699 9/.476
HR/SB/CS 33/4/2 6/0/1 7/2/2 3/1/0 1/14/1 4/5/1 0/0/0 2/1/1 6/2/1 0/1/0 3/6/0 143/77/25
Usage ····X··· ···o·XXX ··X····o ··X····· o··oo·X· ····oX·o ··o····· X····X·· ········ ···Xoo·X ··X·····
Athletics Batters (4.49 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.28 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 60.Keuchel*
G/S/vB
66.Chapman*
G/S/vB
56.Clemens
G/S/vB
48.Cosart
G/S/vB
67.De Leon
G/S/vB
50.Fields
G/S/vB
21.Humber
G/S/vB
63.Lo
G/S/vB
65.Oberholtzer*
G/S/vB
43.Peacock
G/S/vB
61.Zeid
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Barton* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 6/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 56/50 .220/.286/.340/.626 .667/.621 .606 33/.713 0/0 2/0
18.Callaspo# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.167 1/.000 2/.000 8/.661 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 440/305 .258/.334/.357/.691 .781/.651 .627 90/.791 0/2 6/15
52.Cespedes G/S/vP 4/1.750 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/1.500 3/.666 ··· ··· 5/.400 1/5.000 505/351 .232/.291/.422/.713 .792/.679 .756 101/.675 6/7 21/4
35.Choice G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/1 .200/.333/.200/.533 .650/.000 .533 6/.533 0/0 0/0
4.Crisp# G/S/vP 9/1.270 1/.000 3/1.000 4/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 7/.715 ··· ··· 9/2.238 ··· 496/314 .260/.331/.437/.769 .628/.859 .658 79/1.005 17/4 18/0
20.Donaldson G/S/vP 8/.661 1/.000 3/.000 5/1.800 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 7/.286 ··· 581/407 .293/.369/.485/.854 1.015/.786 .841 109/.877 3/2 20/12
7.Freiman G/S/vP 6/1.833 2/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 187/41 .276/.332/.406/.737 .830/.406 .877 34/.967 0/0 4/1
8.Lowrie# G/S/vP 10/.400 1/2.000 2/.500 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 6/.334 ··· ··· 7/.000 1/2.000 576/371 .287/.346/.431/.777 .762/.780 .732 109/.712 1/0 10/16
37.Moss* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 5/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 443/366 .250/.332/.500/.832 .687/.863 .775 79/1.166 4/1 26/8
36.Norris G/S/vP 7/.762 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 264/121 .232/.338/.393/.731 .983/.427 .894 18/1.033 3/0 8/3
12.Parrino# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 27/12 .120/.185/.160/.345 .552/.083 .091 1/.000 0/0 0/1
15.Smith* G/S/vP 9/1.111 ··· 1/5.000 5/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.000 ··· 384/298 .241/.318/.368/.686 .628/.703 .634 37/.555 0/0 7/0
28.Sogard* G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.600 ··· 3/1.000 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 7/1.857 1/.000 368/302 .265/.323/.375/.698 .616/.715 .700 79/.554 8/5 2/6
22.Suzuki G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 302/239 .231/.287/.330/.616 .664/.604 .631 39/.816 2/0 4/6
21.Vogt* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 3/1.000 ··· 107/93 .258/.305/.423/.727 .857/.705 .674 61/.704 0/0 3/1
19.Weeks# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/
25.Young G/S/vP 12/.833 ··· 3/.666 5/.200 ··· 1/.000 5/.200 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 324/180 .192/.281/.369/.650 .701/.610 .634 52/.626 8/3 11/2
IP 132.0 11.1 56.1 55.0 2.2 31.0 45.1 12.0 48.1 65.2 16.0 TOTAL .248/.322/.408/.730 .752/.719 .710 .787 61/23 152/85
ERA-K/9 4.77/6.8 2.38/6.4 5.91/6.2 2.13/4.9 10.13/3.3 5.81/9.3 8.54/5.6 5.25/7.5 2.79/5.6 5.62/8.4 5.63/6.8 4.85/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Norris (32-12-6)
 Suzuki (56-7-2)
 Vogt (14-8-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 578/.288 46/.184 250/.280 224/.228 15/.385 130/.235 218/.328 56/.244 194/.238 292/.245 73/.281 .275  Cespedes
 Crisp
 Young
 Moss
 Smith
 Choice
87/18/0/8
0/91/0/2
15/49/24/2
2/2/22/1
45/0/9/1
0/0/1/0
OPS .797 .627 .891 .637 1.015 .822 .960 .686 .652 .814 .767 .803
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 136/.821 20/.217 109/.893 128/.479 8/.946 54/.923 120/1.280 27/.476 64/.852 175/.920 32/.545 .815
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 442/.790 26/.947 141/.890 96/.853 7/1.095 76/.750 98/.565 29/.872 130/.553 117/.660 41/.931 .792
Road 225/.824 16/.259 139/.825 151/.521 1/.000 45/.928 134/.828 26/.584 87/.698 176/.761 31/.811
Last 28d days 111/.645 45/.643 42/.921 92/.712 7/.786 34/.579 39/.689 39/.777 109/.682 127/.661 49/.838
HR/SB/CS 18/5/4 1/0/0 15/5/1 3/5/3 0/0/0 7/1/2 8/5/0 1/0/1 5/0/4 13/9/1 2/3/1 174/81/35
Usage ·····X·· o·XX···X ···X···· ··X····· o·o····· X··X···· ······X· ···X···o ····X··· X·····X· ··X···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.