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Houston Astros vs. Minnesota Twins, at Minute Maid Park, August 11, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Monday, August 11, 2014

Start Time:

7:10ct (local), 8:10et

Venue:

Minute Maid Park

Tickets:

Game Tickets / Tickets for games at Minute Maid Park

Series:

Game #1 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

73° (based on last ten years)

Twins

Manager:

Ron Gardenhire

Game #:

117

On This Date:

56-49

Astros

Manager:

Bo Porter

Game #:

119

On This Date:

26-26

Season Series
Fri, Jun 06, 2014 HOU  5 @MIN  4     
Sat, Jun 07, 2014 MIN  8  HOU  0     
Sun, Jun 08, 2014 HOU 14 @MIN  5     

Mon, Aug 11, 2014 MIN    @HOU  8:10pm
Tue, Aug 12, 2014 MIN    @HOU  8:10pm
Wed, Aug 13, 2014 MIN    @HOU  2:10pm

                         All times ET

Minnesota Twins

52-64, 5th, 11½ GB, 15½ GB in WC / Schedule

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   25-30   Road:   27-34   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  35-43   vsLHP:  17-21   1-Run:  17-18
 vsEast: 13-15   vsCntrl:23-21   vsWest:  9-18 IL: 7-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
116 Sun, Aug 10  @OAK  W   6-1       52-64  5th 11.5 gb
115 Sat, Aug  9  @OAK  L   4-9       51-64  5th 12.5 gb
114 Fri, Aug  8  @OAK  L   5-6       51-63  5th 12.5 gb
113 Thu, Aug  7  @OAK  L   0-3       51-62  5th 11.5 gb
112 Wed, Aug  6   SDP  L   4-5 (10)  51-61  5th 11.5 gb
111 Tue, Aug  5   SDP  W   3-1       51-60  5th 11.5 gb
110 Sun, Aug  3  @CHW  W  16-3       50-60  5th 12.0 gb
109 Sat, Aug  2  @CHW  W   8-6       49-60  5th 12.0 gb
108 Fri, Aug  1  @CHW  L   8-10      48-60  5th 12.0 gb
107 Thu, Jul 31  @KCR  L   3-6       48-59  5th 11.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17

Houston Astros

49-69, 4th, 23½ GB, 19½ GB in WC / Schedule

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   28-34   Road:   21-35   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  34-48   vsLHP:  15-21   1-Run:  13-21
 vsEast: 12-15   vsCntrl:11-11   vsWest: 22-30 IL: 4-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
118 Sun, Aug 10   TEX  L   2-6       49-69  4th 23.5 gb
117 Sat, Aug  9   TEX  W   8-3       49-68  4th 23.5 gb
116 Fri, Aug  8   TEX  W   4-3       48-68  4th 23.5 gb
115 Thu, Aug  7  @PHI  L   5-6       47-68  4th 23.5 gb
114 Wed, Aug  6  @PHI  L   3-10      47-67  4th 22.5 gb
113 Tue, Aug  5  @PHI  L   1-2 (15)  47-66  4th 22.5 gb
112 Sun, Aug  3   TOR  W   6-1       47-65  4th 21.0 gb
111 Sat, Aug  2   TOR  W   8-2       46-65  4th 22.0 gb
110 Fri, Aug  1   TOR  W   3-1       45-65  4th 22.0 gb
109 Thu, Jul 31   TOR  L   5-6       44-65  4th 23.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jun 08, 2014 HOU 14 @MIN  5        W:Darin Downs (1-0), L: Sam Deduno (2-4), S: none
Sat, Jun 07, 2014 MIN  8  HOU  0        W:Kyle Gibson (5-5), L: Scott Feldman (3-4), S: none
Fri, Jun 06, 2014 HOU  5 @MIN  4        W:Dallas Keuchel (7-3), L: Phil Hughes (6-2), S: Chad Qualls (7)

Wed, Sep 04, 2013 HOU  6  MIN  5        W:Erik Bedard (4-10), L: Brian Duensing (6-2), S: none
Tue, Sep 03, 2013 MIN  9 @HOU  6 (12)   W:Caleb Thielbar (3-2), L: Kevin Chapman (0-1), S: Josh Roenicke (1)
Mon, Sep 02, 2013 MIN 10 @HOU  6        W:Josh Roenicke (3-1), L: Chia-Jen Lo (0-3), S: none
Sun, Aug 04, 2013 MIN  3  HOU  2        W:Caleb Thielbar (2-1), L: Brad Peacock (1-4), S: Glen Perkins (27)
Sat, Aug 03, 2013 MIN  6  HOU  4        W:Brian Duensing (4-1), L: Lucas Harrell (5-12), S: Glen Perkins (26)
Fri, Aug 02, 2013 MIN  4  HOU  3 (13)   W:Ryan Pressly (3-2), L: Dallas Keuchel (5-6), S: none
Sun, Jun 21, 2009 HOU  4 @MIN  1        W:Wandy Rodriguez (6-6), L: Glen Perkins (2-4), S: Jose Valverde (5)
Season Series: 2014 - HOU over 2-1; 2013 - MIN won 5-1; 2012 -  0-0; All-Time - MIN leads 17-12

SP: Tommy Milone (27, LHP, 6-3, 3.55)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (6-3)			96.1	91	42	38	26	61	12	3.55
2013 (12-9)			156.1	160	83	72	39	126	25	4.14
2012 (13-10)			190.0	207	90	79	36	137	24	3.74

Last 7 GS		3-0	42.1	44	18	17	8	25	7	3.61	52
2014-07-04	TOR	ND	6.0	4	0	0	1	6	0	100	69
2014-06-29	@MIA	W	7.0	4	3	2	2	3	1	95	60
2014-06-22	BOS	ND	5.0	8	5	5	1	3	2	95	33
2014-06-17	TEX	W	5.2	5	3	3	1	3	1	87	49
2014-06-11	@LAA	W	6.2	6	1	1	2	4	0	95	60
2014-06-06	@BAL	ND	6.0	8	3	3	0	3	2	94	47
2014-05-31	LAA	ND	6.0	9	3	3	1	3	1	85	44

Last 5 v.HOU		1-1	32.0	35	17	17	3	22	2	4.78	49
2014-04-27	@HOU	L	6.2	5	4	4	2	2	0	103	48
2013-07-22	@HOU	ND	6.0	6	3	3	1	5	0	93	52
2013-05-24	@HOU	ND	7.0	8	5	5	0	6	2	94	47
2013-04-15	HOU	W	6.2	8	2	2	0	6	0	101	56
2011-09-09	HOU	ND	5.2	8	3	3	0	3	0	89	44

SP: Brad Peacock (26, RHP, 3-8, 5.44)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (3-8)			92.2	98	59	56	52	81	14	5.44
2013 (5-6)			83.1	78	51	48	37	77	15	5.18
2011 (2-0)			12.0	7	1	1	6	4	0	0.75

Last 7 GS		1-4	30.2	38	26	25	18	24	7	7.34	40
2014-08-06	@PHI	L	5.0	7	8	8	4	4	1	92	21
2014-07-23	@OAK	L	3.2	7	7	7	5	2	3	89	16
2014-07-13	BOS	L	0.1	2	1	1	1	1	1	27	43
2014-07-08	@TEX	W	5.2	6	2	2	0	5	1	94	54
2014-07-02	SEA	L	5.1	6	4	4	2	6	0	97	44
2014-06-27	DET	ND	6.2	7	2	1	2	3	1	92	55
2014-06-15	TBR	ND	4.0	3	2	2	4	3	0	91	47

Last 5 v.MIN		0-1	7.0	4	3	3	2	10	2	3.86	65
2013-08-04	@MIN	L	7.0	4	3	3	2	10	2	117	65

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Twins Batters (4.22 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.73 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 41.Peacock
G/S/vB 58.Buchanan
G/S/vB 38.Downs*
G/S/vB 35.Fields
G/S/vB 48.Foltynewicz
G/S/vB 50.Qualls
G/S/vB 29.Sipp*
G/S/vB 55.Veras
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

31.Arcia* G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 251/175 .227/.307/.396/.702 .570/.759 .606 62/.756 1/2 8/3

2.Dozier G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 5/1.400 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 3/.000 2/.000 519/375 .240/.340/.426/.766 .763/.767 .737 95/.720 19/6 20/8

5.Escobar# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/3.000 339/242 .274/.315/.394/.709 .735/.698 .695 65/.678 1/1 3/5

26.Fryer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 48/35 .244/.292/.356/.647 .692/.629 .688 26/.906 1/0 1/1

9.Nunez G/S/vP 1/3.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 154/90 .252/.281/.367/.648 .500/.760 .559 49/.459 7/3 3/4

27.Parmelee* G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/1.166 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/1.750 1/.000 202/141 .253/.307/.392/.699 .852/.633 .775 54/.684 0/3 6/2

24.Plouffe G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/1.000 3/1.167 ··· 3/.666 2/.000 5/.933 423/300 .249/.322/.405/.726 .753/.715 .697 89/.725 1/1 8/9

39.Santana# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· 239/168 .315/.357/.473/.830 .738/.868 .902 96/.855 10/2 5/3

1.Schafer* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/3.000 2/.000 5/.800 112/89 .188/.271/.250/.521 .338/.564 .576 33/.619 19/2 0/0

8.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 4/.000 4/1.167 373/261 .305/.366/.390/.755 .780/.744 .694 62/.729 0/0 2/3

19.Vargas# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 41/26 .297/.366/.405/.771 .690/.819 .720 41/.771 0/0 1/1

16.Willingham G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.666 2/1.000 ··· 6/1.666 7/.000 3/1.167 278/194 .210/.345/.402/.747 .786/.730 .753 79/.686 1/0 12/0

IP 92.2 20.0 31.0 43.2 3.2 40.0 34.0 28.2 TOTAL .248/.322/.376/.698 .684/.705 .692 .700 70/24 88/62

ERA-K/9

5.44/7.9

4.95/5.0

4.06/6.7

4.53/12.2

4.91/9.7

3.38/8.3

2.91/11.4

5.65/8.8

4.40/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Fryer (13-1-0)
Suzuki (43-12-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 416/.275 89/.278 130/.228 182/.242 16/.333 168/.269 134/.172 132/.241 .266 Arcia
Parmelee
Willingham
Nunez
Escobar
Schafer
Santana 0/0/60/7
13/3/28/3
53/0/0/3
11/0/2/2
2/1/0/2
19/11/6/0
0/39/0/0

OPS .814 .763 .634 .643 .842 .687 .538 .769 .740

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 237/.770 57/.722 71/.616 74/.716 11/1.055 78/.871 67/.462 49/.931 .729

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 179/.870 32/.824 59/.655 108/.591 5/.400 90/.537 67/.612 83/.685 .750

Home 260/.772 31/.613 70/.626 89/.581 7/.452 88/.760 63/.414 75/.939

Last 28d days 48/1.263 61/.693 27/.237 43/.531 16/.842 36/.960 32/.567 36/.790

HR/SB/CS 14/7/1 2/1/0 0/3/1 2/3/0 0/0/0 4/7/2 4/0/0 4/3/0 106/73/24

Usage ····X··· ·····X·· X···XX·· ·X·o·o·· ·X··X··· ··Xo···· ···o·o·· o·o··o··

Astros Batters (3.93 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.52 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS G/S/vB 61.Burton
G/S/vB 21.Deduno
G/S/vB 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB 50.Fien
G/S/vB 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB 57.Pressly
G/S/vB 51.Swarzak
G/S/vB 56.Thielbar*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

27.Altuve G/S/vP 17/.544 3/2.000 2/2.000 2/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 1/.000 6/1.000 1/.000 513/386 .335/.372/.437/.810 .982/.751 .822 95/.813 46/6 4/6

23.Carter G/S/vP 12/.258 1/no AB 2/.500 11/1.073 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 5/.600 3/.333 394/268 .226/.299/.497/.797 .861/.767 .768 91/.968 2/1 25/2

15.Castro* G/S/vP 6/.334 1/.000 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 391/296 .234/.299/.386/.685 .680/.687 .740 79/.665 0/0 11/3

22.Corporan# G/S/vP 6/.833 ··· 5/.650 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 147/83 .239/.288/.388/.676 .669/.681 .726 27/.382 0/0 5/3

30.Dominguez G/S/vP 11/.582 2/.000 5/.400 2/.500 2/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 475/343 .233/.274/.359/.633 .753/.587 .655 90/.552 0/1 13/9

9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 212/180 .263/.316/.381/.697 .677/.701 .663 61/.662 1/3 5/6

19.Grossman# G/S/vP 4/.500 3/.000 4/.750 2/1.000 3/1.000 1/.000 1/2.000 4/.250 1/.000 239/177 .203/.336/.320/.656 .530/.700 .599 85/.748 4/1 5/2

Hoes G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/2.000 3/.000 3/.000 1/.000 134/59 .175/.233/.292/.525 .718/.285 .500 27/.493 0/0 3/2

18.Krauss* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 176/170 .189/.267/.333/.600 1.167/.578 .487 51/.643 0/0 6/2

6.Marisnick G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 87/70 .195/.230/.207/.437 .235/.488 .609 37/.500 5/0 0/0

3.Petit G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 28/19 .286/.286/.429/.714 1.111/.526 .696 28/.714 0/0 1/1

13.Santana G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 14/8 .000/.071/.000/.071 .167/.000 .000 1/ 0/0 0/0

28.Singleton* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 236/176 .191/.280/.383/.662 .907/.577 .731 81/.709 1/2 10/8

IP 96.1 46.0 83.0 42.1 50.1 49.1 9.2 58.1 37.1 TOTAL .239/.307/.386/.693 .753/.670 .703 .686 85/23 128/74

ERA-K/9

3.55/5.7

4.30/6.7

4.55/7.2

2.34/5.7

2.86/7.3

2.74/10.6

0.93/5.6

4.17/5.2

3.13/6.8

4.36/6.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castro (54-18-8)
Corporan (19-6-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 405/.245 196/.244 370/.266 172/.242 201/.245 206/.246 38/.176 247/.264 151/.254 .275 Hoes
Grossman
Marisnick
Santana
Krauss
Carter
Sipp
Gonzalez 36/0/12/4
31/6/26/3
0/22/0/3
2/0/2/1
14/0/3/1
6/0/0/0
1/0/1/0
4/0/1/0

OPS .705 .714 .747 .663 .649 .650 .472 .700 .696 .741

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 76/.766 88/.617 198/.803 79/.575 97/.729 57/.729 17/.437 121/.671 80/.717 .741

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 329/.691 108/.790 172/.683 93/.739 104/.576 149/.619 21/.490 126/.729 71/.673 .741

Road 203/.779 90/.596 191/.785 87/.544 110/.659 91/.502 20/.633 114/.869 74/.730

Last 28d days / 36/.767 65/.906 24/.390 46/.847 43/.692 38/.472 49/.770 33/.742

HR/SB/CS 12/4/0 6/9/0 7/10/1 3/1/2 5/1/0 2/2/0 0/2/0 3/1/0 2/4/1 92/72/13

Usage ··o·X··· ·X·····X ···Xo··· X·o··o·· o···Xo·· ·X·X···· ·XX·X··· ··oo·X··

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 2014 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

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

OAK 4.90

ARI 4.03

SDP 3.22

RA/G

SEA 3.25

PIT 4.11

COL 5.25

T. Tulowitzki .340

A. Jackson .273

C. Davis .193

OBP

T. Tulowitzki .432

A. Jackson .332

G. Beckham .265

SLG

J. Abreu .610

M. Holliday .414

J. Bradley .289

OPS

T. Tulowitzki 1.035

K. Suzuki .755

J. Bradley .571

ERA

C. Kershaw 1.78

M. Garza 3.58

E. Jackson 5.61

K/9IP

Y. Darvish 11.35

J. Lackey 7.41

K. Correia 4.25

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.