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Houston Astros vs. Cleveland Indians, at Minute Maid Park, September 16, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Tuesday, September 16, 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:

71° (based on last ten years)

Indians

Manager:

Terry Francona

Game #:

154

On This Date:

47-54

Astros

Manager:

Tom Lawless

Game #:

151

On This Date:

20-23

Season Series
Fri, Aug 22, 2014 HOU  5 @CLE  1     
Sat, Aug 23, 2014 CLE  3  HOU  2     
Sun, Aug 24, 2014 CLE  3  HOU  1     
Mon, Sep 15, 2014 HOU  3  CLE  1     

Tue, Sep 16, 2014 CLE    @HOU  8:10pm
Wed, Sep 17, 2014 CLE    @HOU  8:10pm
Thu, Sep 18, 2014 CLE    @HOU  8:10pm

                         All times ET

Cleveland Indians

77-73, 3rd, 7 GB, 6½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   45-30   Road:   32-43   ExtrInn:12-7 
 vsRHP:  54-49   vsLHP:  23-24   1-Run:  22-20
 vsEast: 17-13   vsCntrl:36-34   vsWest: 14-16 IL:10-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
150 Mon, Sep 15  @HOU  L   1-3       77-73  3rd  7.0 gb
149 Sun, Sep 14  @DET  L   4-6       77-72  3rd  6.0 gb
148 Sat, Sep 13  @DET  L   4-5       77-71  3rd  5.0 gb
147 Fri, Sep 12  @DET  L   2-7       77-70  3rd  4.0 gb
146 Thu, Sep 11   MIN  W   2-0       77-69  3rd  3.0 gb
145 Thu, Sep 11   MIN  W   8-2       76-69  3rd  3.0 gb
144 Tue, Sep  9   MIN  L   3-4       75-69  3rd  4.5 gb
143 Mon, Sep  8   LAA  L   3-12      75-68  3rd  4.0 gb
142 Sun, Sep  7   CHW  W   2-0       75-67  3rd  4.0 gb
141 Sat, Sep  6   CHW  W   3-1       74-67  3rd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:17-13

Houston Astros

67-83, 4th, 27 GB, 16½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   36-39   Road:   31-44   ExtrInn: 6-4 
 vsRHP:  47-58   vsLHP:  20-25   1-Run:  17-24
 vsEast: 16-18   vsCntrl:14-15   vsWest: 33-37 IL: 4-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
150 Mon, Sep 15   CLE  W   3-1       67-83  4th 27.0 gb
149 Sun, Sep 14  @LAA  W   6-1       66-83  4th 27.0 gb
148 Sat, Sep 13  @LAA  L   2-5       65-83  4th 28.0 gb
147 Fri, Sep 12  @LAA  L   3-11      65-82  4th 27.0 gb
146 Wed, Sep 10  @SEA  W   5-2       65-81  4th 25.5 gb
145 Tue, Sep  9  @SEA  W   2-1       64-81  4th 25.5 gb
144 Mon, Sep  8  @SEA  L   1-4       63-81  4th 25.5 gb
143 Sun, Sep  7  @OAK  W   4-3       63-80  4th 24.5 gb
142 Sat, Sep  6  @OAK  L   3-4       62-80  4th 24.5 gb
141 Fri, Sep  5  @OAK  W   4-3       62-79  4th 23.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Sep 15, 2014 HOU  3  CLE  1        W:Collin McHugh (10-9), L: Zach McAllister (3-7), S: Chad Qualls (18)
Sun, Aug 24, 2014 CLE  3  HOU  1        W:Trevor Bauer (5-7), L: Brett Oberholtzer (4-9), S: Cody Allen (17)
Sat, Aug 23, 2014 CLE  3  HOU  2        W:Cody Allen (5-3), L: Jake Buchanan (1-3), S: none
Fri, Aug 22, 2014 HOU  5 @CLE  1        W:Tony Sipp (4-2), L: Cody Allen (4-3), S: none

Sun, Sep 22, 2013 CLE  9  HOU  2        W:Corey Kluber (10-5), L: Erik Bedard (4-12), S: none
Sat, Sep 21, 2013 CLE  4  HOU  1        W:Scott Kazmir (9-9), L: Paul Clemens (4-6), S: none
Fri, Sep 20, 2013 CLE  2  HOU  1  (7)   W:Zach McAllister (9-9), L: Brett Oberholtzer (4-4), S: Bryan Shaw (1)
Thu, Sep 19, 2013 CLE  2  HOU  1 (11)   W:Bryan Shaw (5-3), L: Rhiner Cruz (0-2), S: none
Sun, Apr 21, 2013 CLE  5 @HOU  4        W:Cody Allen (1-0), L: Hector Ambriz (0-1), S: Chris Perez (2)
Sat, Apr 20, 2013 CLE 19 @HOU  6        W:Corey Kluber (1-0), L: Philip Humber (0-4), S: none
Season Series: 2014 - tied 2-2; 2013 - CLE won 6-1; 2012 - HOU won 2-1; All-Time - CLE leads 16-13

SP: Corey Kluber (28, RHP, 15-9, 2.45)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (15-9)			212.2	187	69	58	46	230	14	2.45
2013 (11-5)			147.1	153	67	63	33	136	15	3.85
2012 (2-5)			63.0	76	44	36	18	54	9	5.14

Last 7 GS		3-3	47.0	43	15	11	11	53	4	2.11	62
2014-09-11	MIN	W	8.1	8	2	2	0	7	0	110	66
2014-09-06	CHW	W	9.0	5	1	0	0	8	0	104	83
2014-09-01	DET	L	2.2	6	5	2	2	2	3	57	32
2014-08-27	@CHW	L	6.1	9	3	3	2	8	0	118	49
2014-08-21	@MIN	L	7.0	6	3	3	4	8	1	109	57
2014-08-15	BAL	ND	7.2	5	1	1	2	10	0	116	73
2014-08-09	@NYY	W	6.0	4	0	0	1	10	0	109	73

Last 5 v.HOU		1-0	5.1	6	2	2	1	6	1	3.38	53
2013-09-22	HOU	W	5.1	6	2	2	1	6	1	81	53

SP: Nick Tropeano (23, RHP, 1-0, 3.60)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (1-0)			5.0	4	2	2	2	5	0	3.60

Last 7 GS		1-0	5.0	4	2	2	2	5	0	3.60	54
2014-09-10	@SEA	W	5.0	4	2	2	2	5	0	80	54

Has never faced CLE as starter.

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

Indians Batters (4.19 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.53 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 63.Tropeano
G/S/vB 58.Buchanan
G/S/vB 66.Chapman*
G/S/vB 44.Deduno
G/S/vB 67.De Leon
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

36.Aguilar G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 31/10 .154/.258/.154/.412 .521/.200 .522 11/.282 0/0 0/2

4.Aviles G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 4/1.250 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.750 4/1.000 ··· 339/200 .247/.271/.340/.611 .661/.576 .587 42/.693 13/5 5/8

24.Bourn* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 4/.000 11/.733 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 5/.200 ··· 5/.000 436/301 .264/.323/.373/.696 .570/.754 .651 114/.680 10/6 3/2

23.Brantley* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 20/.825 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 4/.000 628/414 .322/.381/.500/.881 .800/.920 .828 108/.833 21/1 19/1

8.Chisenhall* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 14/1.271 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 485/381 .287/.348/.448/.796 .794/.797 .836 83/.749 2/1 13/17

72.Giambi* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.333 62/62 .145/.242/.291/.533 /.533 .601 10/.775 0/0 2/

53.Gimenez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 122/90 .255/.328/.345/.673 .657/.679 .788 4/.250 0/1 0/2

10.Gomes G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 8/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 477/334 .284/.319/.470/.788 .827/.772 .790 68/.695 0/0 18/12

62.Holt G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 58/23 .264/.316/.283/.599 .717/.411 .607 42/.479 1/1 0/0

22.Kipnis* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 15/.283 1/.000 4/.500 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/.750 536/358 .243/.316/.335/.651 .508/.723 .663 107/.571 22/3 6/6

7.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 9/1.000 1/3.000 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 5/.400 3/.333 426/345 .266/.325/.384/.709 .638/.726 .636 21/.714 2/3 7/3

55.Perez G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 79/54 .257/.297/.343/.640 .345/.778 .675 45/.550 0/0 1/3

9.Raburn G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/2.667 ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 4/.250 1/2.000 212/75 .200/.250/.297/.547 .596/.463 .675 8/1.357 0/0 4/2

11.Ramirez# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 213/144 .255/.300/.330/.630 .699/.596 .695 111/.740 8/1 1/3

41.Santana# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 22/.391 1/5.000 3/1.667 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 3/2.667 608/412 .234/.365/.444/.809 .866/.782 .872 112/.843 4/2 27/11

1.Sellers G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 21/13 .188/.316/.188/.503 .533/.490 .503 0/ 0/1 0/0

39.Shuck* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 4/.250 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 99/78 .147/.173/.221/.395 .255/.429 .327 11/.000 2/0 2/0

6.Walters# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 132/93 .172/.235/.410/.645 .982/.499 .821 61/.565 0/0 9/1

IP 5.0 28.1 16.2 93.2 1.0 33.2 54.2 13.0 48.2 46.2 41.1 TOTAL .255/.320/.392/.712 .674/.729 .702 .685 96/26 135/111

ERA-K/9

3.60/9.0

5.40/4.8

5.94/9.7

4.71/7.2

27.00/9.0

4.81/6.7

4.45/11.5

5.54/8.3

3.51/7.6

3.28/11.4

4.14/10.0

4.23/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Gimenez (11-2-1)
Gomes (58-29-6)
Perez (12-6-1)
Santana (8-4-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 20/.222 127/.310 78/.281 416/.262 10/.714 142/.218 231/.242 61/.309 204/.272 182/.148 183/.221 .263 Brantley
Murphy
Bourn
Raburn
Shuck
Aviles
Walters
Holt 97/46/0/12
2/0/111/6
0/94/0/4
20/0/25/3
22/0/7/2
27/3/3/1
6/0/2/0
1/7/21/0

OPS .578 .805 .858 .747 2.129 .636 .637 .868 .687 .488 .682 .723

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 15/.564 71/.810 42/.778 213/.783 3/2.000 80/.625 105/.665 32/1.116 104/.833 89/.471 69/.709 .722

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 5/.600 56/.795 36/.936 203/.711 7/2.171 62/.649 126/.613 29/.607 100/.543 93/.505 114/.667 .723

Home / 57/.753 30/1.075 208/.715 / 70/.626 117/.589 23/.970 112/.756 75/.410 94/.864

Last 28d days 20/.578 25/1.004 33/.510 38/.868 10/2.129 9/.444 28/.291 23/.514 25/.800 31/.551 41/.485

HR/SB/CS 0/0/0 3/1/1 3/0/0 9/10/1 1/1/0 0/4/1 2/7/0 2/0/0 5/9/2 4/2/2 4/6/0 126/96/30

Usage ·····X·· ···o···o o·X····X o··X···· ···X···X ··o··o·o ······o· ··oX···o o······· ·X···o·o ·oo··o··

Astros Batters (3.94 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (4.15 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 28.Kluber
G/S/vB 49.Adams
G/S/vB 37.Allen
G/S/vB 48.Atchison
G/S/vB 57.Crockett*
G/S/vB 50.Hagadone*
G/S/vB 20.Lee
G/S/vB 34.McAllister
G/S/vB 56.Price
G/S/vB 35.Rzepczynski*
G/S/vB 27.Shaw
G/S/vB 43.Tomlin
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

27.Altuve G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 4/.500 1/4.000 ··· ··· ··· 6/.900 ··· 4/1.000 3/.666 ··· 656/500 .342/.379/.455/.834 1.027/.773 .890 106/.890 52/8 7/10

23.Carter G/S/vP 9/1.301 ··· 6/.750 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 11/1.264 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 527/373 .236/.313/.513/.826 .891/.799 .843 98/.849 5/1 36/2

15.Castro* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.333 2/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 3/1.667 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 488/366 .229/.295/.378/.673 .635/.686 .738 70/.571 1/0 14/4

22.Corporan# G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 179/104 .238/.303/.369/.672 .632/.702 .703 23/.669 0/0 5/3

30.Dominguez G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 575/412 .217/.260/.333/.593 .705/.549 .635 70/.396 0/1 15/10

21.Fowler# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 6/.733 ··· 460/342 .272/.373/.404/.776 .886/.738 .852 98/.677 9/4 8/5

9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 293/252 .268/.318/.390/.709 .776/.697 .722 54/.777 2/4 6/7

19.Grossman# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 372/278 .223/.327/.333/.660 .565/.693 .596 94/.638 7/2 6/2

14.Guzman G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 6/.167 ··· 181/68 .190/.271/.252/.522 .490/.577 .635 21/.349 3/0 2/2

Hoes G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 135/60 .174/.231/.289/.521 .718/.280 .500 1/.000 0/0 3/2

18.Krauss* G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 ··· 2/1.500 1/2.000 ··· 205/195 .197/.283/.328/.611 1.100/.583 .486 21/.508 0/0 6/4

6.Marisnick G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 195/147 .239/.275/.283/.558 .666/.523 .650 78/.592 10/2 1/2

3.Petit G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 74/47 .292/.311/.458/.769 1.177/.538 .647 35/.697 0/0 2/1

8.Presley* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 7/.762 2/1.000 ··· 238/217 .249/.291/.348/.640 .874/.618 .652 17/.494 4/1 5/0

28.Singleton* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 342/253 .175/.292/.349/.642 .805/.584 .647 70/.536 2/3 13/10

12.Stassi G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/5 .200/.200/.200/.400 /.400 5/.400 0/0 0/0

2.Villar# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 266/177 .202/.260/.343/.603 .654/.576 .731 19/.669 15/4 6/16

IP 212.2 5.1 64.1 68.1 26.2 21.0 25.2 78.1 2.2 43.1 71.1 104.0 TOTAL .241/.310/.385/.695 .757/.672 .713 .658 110/32 156/97

ERA-K/9

2.45/9.7

11.81/6.8

2.10/11.6

2.63/5.8

1.69/7.8

2.14/10.3

4.56/8.4

5.74/7.5

20.25/3.3

2.91/8.7

2.65/7.4

4.76/8.1

3.65/8.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castro (73-23-11)
Corporan (23-7-1)
Stassi (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 859/.234 25/.333 259/.193 265/.221 108/.245 82/.200 115/.270 351/.290 19/.500 186/.248 291/.217 445/.279 .251 Marisnick
Grossman
Hoes
Fowler
Presley
Krauss
Sipp
Carter
Guzman
Gonzalez 2/26/25/6
56/6/32/6
36/0/12/4
0/103/0/4
42/21/14/3
19/0/5/1
1/0/1/0
6/0/0/0
8/0/0/0
4/0/1/0

OPS .630 .943 .610 .599 .676 .593 .784 .784 1.766 .671 .607 .778 .707

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 452/.706 9/1.111 126/.446 94/.670 66/.560 47/.594 30/.681 165/.837 5/1.100 101/.431 110/.787 228/.718 .701

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 407/.547 16/.842 133/.770 171/.561 42/.857 35/.590 85/.821 186/.738 14/1.988 85/.982 181/.499 217/.843 .712

Road 402/.651 7/.619 120/.651 141/.598 49/.689 38/.608 74/.823 176/.743 / 106/.775 153/.660 203/.694

Last 28d days 140/.756 9/1.000 49/.823 51/.618 11/.573 15/.708 33/.791 50/.756 19/1.766 13/.639 59/.524 31/1.023

HR/SB/CS 14/8/9 1/0/0 7/4/1 4/2/2 2/1/0 2/2/0 3/4/3 7/9/2 3/0/0 1/2/1 6/10/2 18/1/2 131/85/40

Usage ····X··· ·······o ·o··o··· XoX···o· oo··o··o o······o oX·X···· X······X ·······X ·ooo··o· ·XX·X··· ···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

LAA 4.91

KCR 3.99

SDP 3.23

RA/G

SEA 3.28

NYY 4.07

COL 5.13

J. Altuve .342

N. Markakis .272

C. Davis .196

OBP

V. Martinez .400

B. Holt .331

M. Dominguez .260

SLG

J. Abreu .602

D. Murphy .414

Z. Cozart .298

OPS

J. Abreu .986

T. Plouffe .748

Z. Cozart .570

ERA

C. Kershaw 1.70

J. Hammel 3.60

C. Buchholz 5.19

K/9IP

C. Kershaw 10.64

J. Peavy 7.23

K. Correia 4.68

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.