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Houston Astros vs. Texas Rangers, at Minute Maid Park, August 31, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Sunday, August 31, 2014
Start Time:
1:10ct (local), 2:10et
Venue:
Minute Maid Park
Tickets:
Game Tickets / Tickets for games at Minute Maid Park
Series:
Game #4 of a 4-game series
Average Temp:
77° (based on last ten years)
Rangers
Manager:
Ron Washington
Game #:
136
On This Date:
23-29
Astros
Manager:
Bo Porter
Game #:
138
On This Date:
27-19
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 13 @HOU  6     
Sat, Aug 30, 2014 HOU  2  TEX  0     

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
53-82, 5th, 29 GB, 21 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   24-40   Road:   29-42   ExtrInn: 2-5 
 vsRHP:  37-58   vsLHP:  16-24   1-Run:  17-19
 vsEast: 10-23   vsCntrl:14-16   vsWest: 22-33 IL: 7-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
135 Sat, Aug 30  @HOU  L   0-2       53-82  5th 29.0 gb
134 Fri, Aug 29  @HOU  W  13-6       53-81  5th 28.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18
Houston Astros
58-79, 4th, 25 GB, 17 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   32-39   Road:   26-40   ExtrInn: 6-4 
 vsRHP:  41-56   vsLHP:  17-23   1-Run:  13-23
 vsEast: 16-18   vsCntrl:13-15   vsWest: 25-33 IL: 4-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
137 Sat, Aug 30   TEX  W   2-0       58-79  4th 25.0 gb
136 Fri, Aug 29   TEX  L   6-13      57-79  4th 25.0 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Aug 30, 2014 HOU  2  TEX  0        W:Scott Feldman (8-10), L: Phil Klein (0-2), S: none
Fri, Aug 29, 2014 TEX 13 @HOU  6        W:Scott Baker (3-3), L: Brett Oberholtzer (4-10), S: none
Thu, Aug 28, 2014 HOU  4  TEX  2        W:Collin McHugh (7-9), L: Roman Mendez (0-1), S: Tony Sipp (2)
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
Season Series: 2014 - HOU over 10-5; 2013 - TEX won 17-2; 2012 - TEX won 5-1; All-Time - TEX leads 64-42

SP: Nick Martinez (23, RHP, 3-10, 5.31)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (3-10) 105.0 122 68 62 47 57 16 5.31
Last 7 GS 2-4 38.0 40 24 24 16 28 4 5.68 45
2014-08-26 @SEA L 5.0 6 5 5 4 0 1 97 31
2014-08-20 @MIA W 6.0 6 2 2 2 7 0 96 57
2014-08-15 LAA L 6.0 6 4 4 1 6 1 103 49
2014-08-10 @HOU W 5.0 5 2 2 2 6 0 102 53
2014-08-04 @CHW L 5.0 8 5 5 3 4 1 97 32
2014-07-29 NYY L 5.2 6 6 6 3 2 1 83 32
2014-07-22 @NYY ND 5.1 3 0 0 1 3 0 67 64
Last 5 v.HOU 1-0 5.0 5 2 2 2 6 0 3.60 53
2014-08-10 @HOU W 5.0 5 2 2 2 6 0 102 53

SP: Dallas Keuchel (26, LHP, 10-9, 3.05)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (10-9) 171.1 163 64 58 43 128 10 3.05
2013 (6-10) 153.2 184 96 88 52 123 20 5.15
2012 (3-8) 85.1 93 56 50 39 38 14 5.27
Last 7 GS 1-3 51.0 42 17 14 13 36 4 2.47 61
2014-08-26 OAK ND 7.0 5 2 1 3 3 0 118 61
2014-08-21 @NYY L 8.0 7 3 3 0 5 0 96 61
2014-08-15 @BOS ND 7.0 6 3 3 3 8 1 103 58
2014-08-10 TEX L 6.0 6 5 5 3 4 1 97 41
2014-08-05 @PHI ND 7.0 5 1 1 1 4 1 114 66
2014-07-30 OAK W 9.0 4 1 1 3 5 1 111 77
2014-07-25 MIA L 7.0 9 2 0 0 7 0 98 62
Last 5 v.TEX 2-3 36.0 35 22 20 8 27 2 5.00 50
2014-08-10 TEX L 6.0 6 5 5 3 4 1 97 41
2014-07-09 @TEX W 6.2 8 4 4 1 3 0 109 44
2014-05-13 TEX W 9.0 7 0 0 0 7 0 108 80
2013-09-25 @TEX L 5.2 6 7 6 3 5 1 97 33
2013-08-11 TEX L 8.2 8 6 5 1 8 0 116 53

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

Rangers Batters (4.00 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.66 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 60.Keuchel*
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
1.Andrus G/S/vP 26/.439 ··· 1/5.000 5/.000 1/.000 5/1.200 5/1.600 9/.833 586/431 .266/.319/.337/.656 .782/.613 .658 108/.600 23/13 2/15
7.Arencibia G/S/vP 9/.347 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 2/.000 3/.000 187/129 .170/.230/.351/.581 .759/.503 .665 59/.494 0/0 8/4
29.Beltre G/S/vP 25/.800 ··· ··· 5/1.200 ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 8/.750 505/381 .325/.380/.498/.878 .973/.848 .792 100/.873 1/1 17/11
61.Chirinos G/S/vP 6/1.100 ··· 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 3/.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 238/160 .177/.248/.326/.573 .717/.507 .607 19/.675 1/0 9/3
2.Martin* G/S/vP 16/.467 ··· 5/.500 2/2.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 2/.000 475/361 .274/.327/.369/.696 .517/.752 .639 81/.770 22/10 6/6
12.Odor* G/S/vP 6/.167 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.333 1/.000 325/232 .248/.281/.381/.662 .588/.691 .754 84/.641 2/6 7/9
51.Rios G/S/vP 18/.918 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 3/.000 6/2.100 13/.558 502/378 .278/.307/.396/.703 .907/.637 .693 67/.407 16/9 4/6
19.Robertson G/S/vP 6/.833 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 145/65 .302/.375/.364/.739 .880/.568 .776 49/.977 4/4 0/2
9.Rosales G/S/vP 9/.833 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 ··· 88/37 .321/.391/.500/.891 .924/.851 .900 58/.952 1/0 3/1
16.Rua G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/6 .250/.250/.250/.500 .000/.667 .500 8/.500 0/0 0/0
6.Telis# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 16/10 .250/.250/.313/.563 .667/.500 .563 16/.563 0/0 0/0
IP 171.1 26.2 12.2 51.1 11.2 45.2 42.0 35.1 TOTAL .255/.314/.376/.690 .745/.670 .701 .666 79/52 96/92
ERA-K/9 3.05/6.7 5.74/4.7 7.82/9.2 4.73/11.6 4.63/8.5 3.55/7.7 3.21/10.9 4.84/8.9 4.35/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Arencibia (9-2-2)
 Chirinos (40-25-5)
 Telis (0-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 698/.255 121/.318 62/.286 220/.250 53/.313 192/.273 162/.152 159/.227 .267  Martin
 Robertson
 Rios
 Choice
0/126/0/7
26/18/10/6
0/0/110/5
38/7/8/4
OPS .670 .830 .931 .656 .898 .693 .488 .723 .737
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 177/.608 70/.822 35/.826 101/.692 28/1.292 97/.820 81/.408 63/.751 .735
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 521/.691 51/.836 27/1.042 119/.624 25/.490 95/.572 81/.568 96/.706 .738
Home 304/.658 57/.753 23/1.209 110/.599 23/.970 102/.812 75/.410 88/.886
Last 28d days 143/.627 48/.874 29/.635 51/.721 50/.923 30/.828 35/.506 37/.567
HR/SB/CS 10/1/3 3/1/1 3/0/0 2/7/0 2/0/0 5/9/2 4/0/2 4/4/0 121/87/29
Usage ····X··· ·X·····o ···X···X ··X·Xo·· ·X·X··X· ···Xo··· ··o··X·o ···o·X·X
Astros Batters (3.96 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.97 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 22.Martinez
G/S/vB		 65.Claudio*
G/S/vB		 56.Cotts*
G/S/vB		 62.Edwards
G/S/vB		 30.Feliz
G/S/vB		 45.Holland*
G/S/vB		 64.Klein
G/S/vB		 55.Mendez
G/S/vB		 46.Ross*
G/S/vB		 37.Tolleson
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP 5/1.350 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 3/.667 12/.697 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 4/.833 598/457 .332/.370/.434/.805 .984/.748 .829 107/.730 49/7 6/9
23.Carter G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 5/.400 ··· 2/2.500 18/.771 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 4/.833 472/332 .226/.299/.509/.808 .885/.777 .832 105/.925 2/1 33/2
15.Castro* G/S/vP 5/.650 ··· 4/.500 ··· 2/.500 6/1.834 ··· 1/.000 4/1.833 1/.000 448/338 .227/.297/.383/.680 .653/.688 .721 81/.630 1/0 14/4
22.Corporan# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 5/1.100 ··· 2/.500 ··· 3/.666 170/101 .240/.296/.377/.672 .619/.710 .703 31/.513 0/0 5/3
30.Dominguez G/S/vP 4/1.500 ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 9/.365 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 5/.400 533/386 .222/.265/.341/.606 .725/.561 .624 84/.448 0/1 14/10
21.Fowler# G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 406/303 .274/.374/.409/.783 .922/.736 .849 72/.823 7/3 8/3
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 275/235 .272/.320/.398/.717 .745/.713 .727 85/.734 1/4 6/6
19.Grossman# G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· 6/.334 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.250 317/240 .212/.326/.320/.646 .520/.686 .571 101/.696 5/1 6/2
14.Guzman G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 172/64 .200/.279/.265/.544 .502/.616 .635 12/.533 3/0 2/2
18.Krauss* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 200/190 .201/.285/.335/.620 1.100/.593 .500 39/.809 0/0 6/2
6.Marisnick G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 151/120 .238/.272/.280/.551 .516/.561 .679 89/.672 5/1 1/0
3.Petit G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 53/31 .275/.302/.431/.733 1.123/.459 .624 36/.717 0/0 1/1
28.Singleton* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 304/226 .180/.293/.360/.653 .839/.589 .670 95/.566 1/3 12/10
IP 105.0 6.2 57.1 4.2 22.1 11.2 23.2 70.1 64.1 TOTAL .240/.308/.386/.694 .751/.673 .704 .688 92/27 149/86
ERA-K/9 5.31/4.9 1.35/12.1 3.77/9.4 0.00/7.7 2.82/5.7 /0.0 3.86/10.8 1.90/6.1 5.63/5.9 2.80/8.8 4.71/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (66-22-11)
 Corporan (21-7-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 469/.295 30/.250 245/.250 20/.222 86/.182 / 49/.182 95/.152 324/.313 263/.207 .276  Grossman
 Marisnick
 Fowler
 Krauss
 Carter
 Sipp
 Guzman
 Gonzalez
43/6/32/6
2/26/13/6
0/91/0/3
19/0/5/1
6/0/0/0
1/0/1/0
8/0/0/0
4/0/1/0
OPS .851 .586 .685 .578 .624 .697 .527 .839 .654 .776
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 257/.901 13/.538 85/.720 8/1.071 45/.532 / 20/1.128 50/.642 101/.797 106/.634 .786
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 212/.792 17/.620 160/.666 12/.258 41/.722 / 29/.399 45/.403 223/.858 157/.668 .766
Road 315/.805 15/.708 128/.760 11/.455 43/.792 / 28/1.002 49/.636 130/.878 131/.637
Last 28d days 120/.838 30/.586 42/.678 20/.578 32/.672 / 42/.477 39/.676 41/.706 47/.417
HR/SB/CS 16/4/4 0/0/0 4/1/1 0/1/0 5/1/0 // 2/1/0 2/2/0 9/2/2 9/4/2 139/65/31
Usage ····X··· ·X··X··o ·X····oo ····X··· ·····XX· X·o····· ··X····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  4.72

TEX  4.00

SDP  3.29

 RA/G

SEA  3.27

PIT  4.11

COL  5.15

 BA

J. Altuve  .332

A. Gonzalez  .273

C. Davis  .188

 OBP

G. Stanton  .403

N. Aoki  .331

G. Beckham  .263

 SLG

J. Abreu  .605

B. Dozier  .417

A. Callaspo  .302

 OPS

J. Abreu  .985

J. Heyward  .751

Z. Cozart  .578

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.73

M. Buehrle  3.50

E. Jackson  6.09

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.35

C. Lewis  7.34

K. Correia  4.56

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.