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Houston Astros vs. Texas Rangers, at Minute Maid Park, August 29, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Friday, August 29, 2014
Start Time:
7:10ct (local), 8:10et
Venue:
Minute Maid Park
Tickets:
Game Tickets / Tickets for games at Minute Maid Park
Series:
Game #2 of a 4-game series
Average Temp:
77° (based on last ten years)
Rangers
Manager:
Ron Washington
Game #:
134
On This Date:
17-33
Astros
Manager:
Bo Porter
Game #:
136
On This Date:
27-21
Season Series
Fri, Apr 11, 2014 TEX  1  HOU  0 (12)
Sat, Apr 12, 2014 HOU  6 @TEX  5 (10)
Sun, Apr 13, 2014 TEX  1  HOU  0     
Mon, May 12, 2014 TEX  4 @HOU  0     
Tue, May 13, 2014 HOU  8  TEX  0     
Wed, May 14, 2014 HOU  5  TEX  4     
Mon, Jul 07, 2014 HOU 12 @TEX  7     
Tue, Jul 08, 2014 HOU  8 @TEX  3     
Wed, Jul 09, 2014 HOU  8 @TEX  4     
Fri, Aug 08, 2014 HOU  4  TEX  3     
Sat, Aug 09, 2014 HOU  8  TEX  3     
Sun, Aug 10, 2014 TEX  6 @HOU  2     
Thu, Aug 28, 2014 HOU  4  TEX  2     

Fri, Aug 29, 2014 TEX    @HOU  8:10pm
Sat, Aug 30, 2014 TEX    @HOU  7:10pm
Sun, Aug 31, 2014 TEX    @HOU  2:10pm
Mon, Sep 22, 2014 HOU    @TEX  8:05pm
Tue, Sep 23, 2014 HOU    @TEX  8:05pm
Wed, Sep 24, 2014 HOU    @TEX  8:05pm

                         All times ET
Texas Rangers
52-81, 5th, 28 GB, 26 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   24-40   Road:   28-41   ExtrInn: 2-5 
 vsRHP:  37-57   vsLHP:  15-24   1-Run:  17-19
 vsEast: 10-23   vsCntrl:14-16   vsWest: 21-32 IL: 7-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
133 Thu, Aug 28  @HOU  L   2-4       52-81  5th 28.0 gb
132 Wed, Aug 27  @SEA  W  12-4       52-80  5th 27.0 gb
131 Tue, Aug 26  @SEA  L   0-5       51-80  5th 27.0 gb
130 Mon, Aug 25  @SEA  W   2-0       51-79  5th 26.0 gb
129 Sun, Aug 24   KCR  W   3-1       50-79  5th 27.0 gb
128 Sat, Aug 23   KCR  L   3-6       49-79  5th 27.0 gb
127 Fri, Aug 22   KCR  L   3-6       49-78  5th 27.0 gb
126 Wed, Aug 20  @MIA  W   5-4       49-77  5th 26.5 gb
125 Tue, Aug 19  @MIA  L   3-4 (10)  48-77  5th 26.5 gb
124 Sun, Aug 17   LAA  W   3-2       48-76  5th 25.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:11-19
Houston Astros
57-78, 4th, 24 GB, 22 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   31-38   Road:   26-40   ExtrInn: 6-4 
 vsRHP:  41-55   vsLHP:  16-23   1-Run:  13-23
 vsEast: 16-18   vsCntrl:13-15   vsWest: 24-32 IL: 4-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
135 Thu, Aug 28   TEX  W   4-2       57-78  4th 24.0 gb
134 Wed, Aug 27   OAK  L   4-5       56-78  4th 24.0 gb
133 Tue, Aug 26   OAK  W   4-2       56-77  4th 23.0 gb
132 Mon, Aug 25   OAK  L   2-8       55-77  4th 23.0 gb
131 Sun, Aug 24  @CLE  L   1-3       55-76  4th 23.0 gb
130 Sat, Aug 23  @CLE  L   2-3       55-75  4th 22.0 gb
129 Fri, Aug 22  @CLE  W   5-1       55-74  4th 22.0 gb
128 Thu, Aug 21  @NYY  L   0-3       54-74  4th 23.0 gb
127 Wed, Aug 20  @NYY  W   5-2       54-73  4th 22.0 gb
126 Tue, Aug 19  @NYY  W   7-4       53-73  4th 22.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Aug 10, 2014 TEX  6 @HOU  2        W:Nick Martinez (2-8), L: Dallas Keuchel (10-8), S: none
Sat, Aug 09, 2014 HOU  8  TEX  3        W:Scott Feldman (6-8), L: Yu Darvish (10-7), S: none
Fri, Aug 08, 2014 HOU  4  TEX  3        W:Jose Veras (2-1), L: Neal Cotts (2-6), S: Chad Qualls (13)
Wed, Jul 09, 2014 HOU  8 @TEX  4        W:Dallas Keuchel (9-5), L: Yu Darvish (8-5), S: none
Tue, Jul 08, 2014 HOU  8 @TEX  3        W:Brad Peacock (3-5), L: Phil Irwin (0-1), S: none
Mon, Jul 07, 2014 HOU 12 @TEX  7        W:Jarred Cosart (9-6), L: Miles Mikolas (0-1), S: none
Wed, May 14, 2014 HOU  5  TEX  4        W:Chad Qualls (1-1), L: Nick Martinez (0-1), S: none
Tue, May 13, 2014 HOU  8  TEX  0        W:Dallas Keuchel (4-2), L: Matt Harrison (1-1), S: none
Mon, May 12, 2014 TEX  4 @HOU  0        W:Colby Lewis (3-2), L: Brad Peacock (0-4), S: none
Sun, Apr 13, 2014 TEX  1  HOU  0        W:Martin Perez (2-0), L: Brett Oberholtzer (0-3), S: Alexi Ogando (1)
Season Series: 2014 - HOU over 9-4; 2013 - TEX won 17-2; 2012 - TEX won 5-1; All-Time - TEX leads 63-41

SP: Scott Baker (32, RHP, 2-3, 5.45)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (2-3) 66.0 68 40 40 12 44 10 5.45
2013 (0-0) 15.0 9 6 6 4 6 3 3.60
2011 (8-6) 134.2 126 50 47 32 123 15 3.14
Last 7 GS 1-3 35.2 39 23 23 8 16 7 5.80 44
2014-08-24 KCR W 5.0 5 1 1 1 1 1 71 53
2014-07-13 LAA L 4.0 9 5 5 1 3 0 77 26
2014-07-03 @BAL L 4.2 7 3 3 1 2 0 77 39
2014-05-27 @MIN ND 6.0 3 2 2 0 4 1 80 62
2014-05-23 @DET L 6.0 8 6 6 2 1 2 87 31
2013-09-20 ATL ND 4.0 4 5 5 3 1 2 70 32
2013-09-14 @PIT ND 6.0 3 1 1 0 4 1 75 66
Last 5 v.HOU 0-0 6.1 6 3 3 1 6 0 4.26 54
2009-06-20 HOU ND 6.1 6 3 3 1 6 0 101 54

SP: Brett Oberholtzer (24, LHP, 4-9, 4.01)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (4-9) 116.2 133 53 52 23 79 10 4.01
2013 (4-5) 71.2 66 26 22 13 45 7 2.76
Last 7 GS 2-2 46.2 49 17 17 6 28 4 3.28 54
2014-08-24 @CLE L 6.2 10 3 3 0 6 0 103 48
2014-08-19 @NYY ND 5.1 7 4 4 1 7 1 94 44
2014-08-13 MIN L 7.0 6 1 1 0 4 1 100 65
2014-08-08 TEX ND 7.0 6 2 2 1 4 1 101 60
2014-08-02 TOR W 7.0 6 2 2 1 5 0 92 61
2014-07-28 OAK W 6.2 8 3 3 1 2 1 97 47
2014-07-22 @OAK ND 7.0 6 2 2 2 0 0 99 55
Last 5 v.TEX 0-2 20.2 18 5 5 3 17 1 2.18 62
2014-08-08 TEX ND 7.0 6 2 2 1 4 1 101 60
2014-04-13 @TEX L 7.0 5 1 1 0 7 0 89 70
2013-08-12 TEX L 6.2 7 2 2 2 6 0 98 56

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

Rangers Batters (3.96 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.63 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 39.Oberholtzer*
G/S/vB		 58.Buchanan
G/S/vB		 66.Chapman*
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
35.Adduci* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 111/102 .173/.245/.235/.480 .000/.520 .376 55/.291 3/1 1/0
1.Andrus G/S/vP 10/.000 ··· 1/5.000 5/.000 1/.000 5/1.200 5/1.600 9/.833 577/425 .268/.321/.337/.658 .773/.619 .662 109/.631 23/13 2/15
7.Arencibia G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 2/.000 3/.000 187/129 .170/.230/.351/.581 .759/.503 .665 67/.503 0/0 8/4
29.Beltre G/S/vP 7/1.285 ··· ··· 5/1.200 ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 8/.750 497/376 .325/.378/.498/.876 .954/.852 .786 101/.816 1/1 17/11
28.Carp* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 149/123 .175/.289/.230/.519 .361/.553 .498 46/.342 0/1 0/2
61.Chirinos G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 291/207 .236/.286/.414/.700 .786/.666 .811 48/.818 0/1 11/2
15.Choice G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 231/155 .168/.242/.303/.545 .618/.511 .556 12/.167 1/0 8/2
2.Martin* G/S/vP 12/.606 ··· 5/.500 2/2.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 2/.000 471/357 .274/.328/.370/.698 .517/.755 .641 86/.764 22/10 6/6
12.Odor* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.333 1/.000 317/226 .245/.279/.371/.650 .602/.668 .736 85/.585 2/5 6/9
51.Rios G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 3/.000 6/2.100 13/.558 493/372 .281/.310/.399/.709 .905/.648 .706 67/.422 16/9 4/6
19.Robertson G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 140/63 .296/.367/.360/.727 .870/.553 .758 48/.953 3/4 0/2
9.Rosales G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 ··· 80/31 .314/.392/.514/.907 .921/.887 .928 51/.967 1/0 3/1
6.Telis# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/4 .375/.375/.500/.875 .500/1.250 .875 8/.875 0/0 0/0
IP 116.2 24.0 12.2 51.1 9.2 45.2 42.0 35.1 TOTAL .255/.314/.375/.690 .736/.672 .700 .640 78/51 94/90
ERA-K/9 4.01/6.1 4.50/4.5 7.82/9.2 4.73/11.6 5.59/10.2 3.55/7.7 3.21/10.9 4.84/8.9 4.33/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Arencibia (9-2-2)
 Chirinos (40-25-5)
 Telis (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 498/.289 106/.301 62/.286 220/.250 46/.333 192/.273 162/.152 159/.227 .267  Martin
 Robertson
 Rios
 Choice
 Adduci
 Carp
0/125/0/7
26/17/10/5
0/0/108/5
36/7/8/4
20/0/8/1
13/0/1/0
OPS .739 .788 .931 .656 .963 .693 .488 .723 .737
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 125/.746 66/.757 35/.826 101/.692 26/1.402 97/.820 81/.408 63/.751 .736
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 373/.737 40/.829 27/1.042 119/.624 20/.450 95/.572 81/.568 96/.706 .738
Home 259/.757 42/.628 23/1.209 110/.599 16/1.207 102/.812 75/.410 88/.886
Last 28d days 137/.676 33/.753 29/.635 51/.721 46/.963 30/.828 36/.490 37/.567
HR/SB/CS 10/7/2 2/1/1 3/0/0 2/7/0 2/0/0 5/9/2 4/0/2 4/4/0 119/86/28
Usage ····X··· ·····o·· ·X···XX· X·Xo··o· ·X··X··· ·Xo···o· o··X·oo· ·o·X·X··
Astros Batters (3.96 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.98 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 25.Baker
G/S/vB		 65.Claudio*
G/S/vB		 56.Cotts*
G/S/vB		 62.Edwards
G/S/vB		 30.Feliz
G/S/vB		 64.Klein
G/S/vB		 55.Mendez
G/S/vB		 37.Tolleson
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 3/.667 ··· 1/no AB 4/.833 589/452 .332/.369/.434/.803 .988/.745 .825 107/.730 49/7 6/8
23.Carter G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 5/.400 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 2/.000 4/.833 463/327 .230/.300/.518/.818 .901/.784 .853 104/1.024 2/1 33/2
15.Castro* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 444/335 .227/.297/.377/.674 .659/.679 .711 85/.648 1/0 13/4
22.Corporan# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 3/.666 166/99 .240/.297/.373/.670 .638/.692 .700 27/.470 0/0 5/3
30.Dominguez G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 5/.400 530/385 .223/.265/.343/.607 .726/.563 .627 89/.469 0/1 14/10
21.Fowler# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 400/299 .273/.375/.407/.782 .941/.728 .849 66/.821 7/3 8/3
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 270/232 .265/.315/.386/.700 .703/.700 .694 84/.652 1/3 6/6
19.Grossman# G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/1.250 313/238 .215/.330/.325/.655 .535/.692 .587 105/.695 5/1 6/2
14.Guzman G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 165/61 .193/.267/.260/.527 .490/.591 .612 5/.000 3/0 2/1
18.Krauss* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 196/188 .199/.281/.335/.616 1.125/.592 .488 42/.712 0/0 6/2
6.Marisnick G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 144/117 .228/.264/.272/.536 .444/.558 .663 90/.641 5/1 1/0
3.Petit G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 46/28 .295/.326/.477/.803 1.268/.509 .704 33/.785 0/0 1/1
28.Singleton* G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 300/224 .182/.293/.364/.658 .842/.594 .680 99/.701 1/3 12/10
IP 66.0 5.0 56.1 4.2 22.1 10.0 23.2 63.0 TOTAL .239/.308/.386/.693 .755/.671 .703 .700 92/26 148/84
ERA-K/9 5.45/6.0 0.00/9.0 3.36/9.6 0.00/7.7 2.82/5.7 2.70/9.9 1.90/6.1 2.86/8.9 4.72/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (65-22-11)
 Corporan (21-6-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 276/.263 20/.158 238/.243 20/.222 86/.182 40/.139 95/.152 257/.207 .277  Grossman
 Marisnick
 Fowler
 Krauss
 Carter
 Sipp
 Guzman
 Gonzalez
42/6/32/6
2/25/11/5
0/89/0/3
18/0/4/1
6/0/0/0
1/0/1/0
7/0/0/0
4/0/1/0
OPS .776 .411 .669 .578 .624 .614 .527 .657 .777
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 136/.756 9/.556 84/.712 8/1.071 45/.532 17/1.153 50/.642 103/.654 .784
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 140/.795 11/.282 154/.645 12/.258 41/.722 23/.226 45/.403 154/.659 .770
Road 121/.729 5/.200 121/.732 11/.455 43/.792 19/.968 49/.636 125/.642
Last 28d days 38/.734 20/.411 38/.523 20/.578 38/.797 34/.467 47/.682 47/.477
HR/SB/CS 10/4/0 0/0/0 4/1/1 0/1/0 5/1/0 2/1/0 2/2/0 9/4/2 138/65/30
Usage ····X··· ··X··oX· ····oo·· ··X···X· ···XX··· o·····X· X····X·· o···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  4.80

SEA  4.00

SDP  3.30

 RA/G

SEA  3.23

CHC  4.14

COL  5.20

 BA

J. Altuve  .332

C. Johnson  .272

C. Davis  .188

 OBP

G. Stanton  .403

A. Pujols  .333

G. Beckham  .264

 SLG

J. Abreu  .599

I. Kinsler  .414

Z. Cozart  .308

 OPS

J. Abreu  .969

M. Ozuna  .752

Z. Cozart  .586

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.73

W. Peralta  3.56

E. Jackson  6.09

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.35

H. Iwakuma  7.29

K. Correia  4.58

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.