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Boston Red Sox vs. Houston Astros, at Fenway Park, July 4, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Saturday, July 4, 2015
Start Time:
1:35et (local)
Venue:
Fenway Park
Series:
Game #2 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
79° (based on last ten years)
Astros
Manager:
A.J. Hinch
Game #:
83
On This Date:
27-30
Red Sox
Manager:
John Farrell
Game #:
84
On This Date:
90-67
Season Series
Fri, Jul 03, 2015 HOU 12 @BOS  8 (10)

Sat, Jul 04, 2015 HOU    @BOS  1:35pm
Sun, Jul 05, 2015 HOU    @BOS  1:35pm
Tue, Jul 21, 2015 BOS    @HOU  8:10pm
Wed, Jul 22, 2015 BOS    @HOU  8:10pm
Thu, Jul 23, 2015 BOS    @HOU  8:10pm

                         All times ET
Houston Astros
48-34, 1st, 5 up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   28-16   Road:   20-18   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  31-17   vsLHP:  17-17   1-Run:  12-11
 vsEast: 11-8    vsCntrl: 7-9    vsWest: 22-16 IL: 8-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 82 Fri, Jul  3  @BOS  W  12-8 (10)  48-34  1st  5.0 up
 81 Wed, Jul  1   KCR  W   6-5       47-34  1st  5.0 up
 80 Tue, Jun 30   KCR  W   4-0       46-34  1st  4.0 up
 79 Mon, Jun 29   KCR  W   6-1       45-34  1st  4.0 up
 78 Sun, Jun 28   NYY  W   3-1       44-34  1st  4.0 up
 77 Sat, Jun 27   NYY  L   6-9       43-34  1st  4.0 up
 76 Fri, Jun 26   NYY  L   2-3       43-33  1st  5.0 up
 75 Thu, Jun 25   NYY  W   4-0       43-32  1st  5.0 up
 74 Wed, Jun 24  @LAA  L   1-2 (13)  42-32  1st  4.0 up
 73 Tue, Jun 23  @LAA  W  13-3       42-31  1st  4.0 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:16-14
Boston Red Sox
37-45, 5th, 7 GB, 6 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   17-21   Road:   20-24   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  28-33   vsLHP:   9-12   1-Run:  11-10
 vsEast: 16-25   vsCntrl: 4-6    vsWest: 11-10 IL: 6-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 82 Fri, Jul  3   HOU  L   8-12(10)  37-45  5th  7.0 gb
 81 Thu, Jul  2  @TOR  W  12-6       37-44  5th  6.0 gb
 80 Wed, Jul  1  @TOR  L   2-11      36-44  5th  7.0 gb
 79 Tue, Jun 30  @TOR  W   4-3       36-43  5th  6.0 gb
 78 Mon, Jun 29  @TOR  W   3-1       35-43  5th  7.0 gb
 77 Sun, Jun 28  @TBR  W   5-3       34-43  5th  8.0 gb
 76 Sat, Jun 27  @TBR  L   1-4       33-43  5th  9.0 gb
 75 Fri, Jun 26  @TBR  W   4-3 (10)  33-42  5th  8.0 gb
 74 Thu, Jun 25   BAL  L   6-8       32-42  5th  9.0 gb
 73 Wed, Jun 24   BAL  W   5-1       32-41  5th  8.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jul 03, 2015 HOU 12 @BOS  8 (10)   W:Roberto Hernandez (3-5), L: Noe Ramirez (0-1), S: none

Sun, Aug 17, 2014 HOU  8 @BOS  1        W:Collin McHugh (6-9), L: Joe Kelly (2-3), S: none
Sat, Aug 16, 2014 BOS 10  HOU  7        W:Alex Wilson (1-0), L: Josh Fields (2-6), S: none
Fri, Aug 15, 2014 HOU  5 @BOS  3 (10)   W:Tony Sipp (3-2), L: Craig Breslow (2-4), S: none
Thu, Aug 14, 2014 BOS  9  HOU  4        W:Allen Webster (3-1), L: Scott Feldman (6-9), S: none
Sun, Jul 13, 2014 BOS 11 @HOU  0        W:Clay Buchholz (4-5), L: Brad Peacock (3-6), S: none
Sat, Jul 12, 2014 HOU  3  BOS  2        W:Josh Fields (2-4), L: Jake Peavy (1-8), S: Chad Qualls (10)
Fri, Jul 11, 2014 BOS  8 @HOU  3        W:John Lackey (10-6), L: Scott Feldman (4-6), S: none
Wed, Aug 07, 2013 BOS  7 @HOU  5        W:Junichi Tazawa (5-3), L: Josh Fields (1-2), S: Koji Uehara (11)
Tue, Aug 06, 2013 BOS 15 @HOU 10        W:Brandon Workman (2-1), L: Jordan Lyles (4-6), S: none
Season Series: 2015 - HOU over 1-0; 2014 - BOS won 4-3; 2013 - BOS won 6-1; All-Time - BOS leads 17-7

SP: Collin McHugh (28, RHP, 9-3, 4.51)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (9-3) 101.2 105 51 51 24 84 13 4.51
2014 (11-9) 154.2 117 53 47 41 157 13 2.73
2013 (0-4) 26.0 45 29 29 5 11 6 10.04
Last 7 GS 4-1 44.0 46 25 25 13 37 7 5.11 50
2015-06-28 NYY W 8.0 2 1 1 2 8 0 106 80
2015-06-23 @LAA W 8.0 9 2 2 1 6 0 114 61
2015-06-18 @COL W 6.0 4 3 3 5 8 1 112 55
2015-06-13 SEA L 3.0 9 8 8 2 1 2 74 8
2015-06-07 @TOR ND 6.0 7 3 3 1 3 2 101 48
2015-06-02 BAL W 7.0 6 4 4 2 6 0 111 53
2015-05-27 @BAL ND 6.0 9 4 4 0 5 2 101 43
Last 5 v.BOS 1-0 6.0 7 1 1 4 6 0 1.50 56
2014-08-17 @BOS W 6.0 7 1 1 4 6 0 109 56

SP: Clay Buchholz (30, RHP, 6-6, 3.48)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (6-6) 101.0 102 44 39 23 96 5 3.48
2014 (8-11) 170.1 182 108 101 54 132 17 5.34
2013 (12-1) 108.1 75 23 21 36 96 4 1.74
Last 7 GS 4-1 48.0 47 14 12 8 38 0 2.25 59
2015-06-29 @TOR W 8.0 5 1 1 0 5 0 96 73
2015-06-24 BAL W 7.0 8 1 1 1 7 0 100 63
2015-06-18 @ATL W 7.0 6 2 0 1 3 0 92 63
2015-06-13 TOR ND 6.0 8 4 4 1 7 0 105 46
2015-06-07 OAK ND 4.2 10 4 4 2 4 0 102 30
2015-06-02 MIN W 8.0 3 0 0 2 8 0 92 82
2015-05-26 @MIN L 7.1 7 2 2 1 4 0 102 59
Last 5 v.HOU 2-0 23.2 16 4 4 4 31 1 1.52 74
2014-08-15 HOU ND 7.0 7 2 2 2 9 1 110 62
2014-07-13 @HOU W 9.0 3 0 0 0 12 0 109 93
2013-04-25 HOU W 7.2 6 2 2 2 10 0 109 67

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Astros Batters (4.56 RS/G) vs. Red Sox Pitchers (4.78 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 11.Buchholz
G/S/vB		 68.Barnes
G/S/vB		 32.Breslow*
G/S/vB		 59.Layne*
G/S/vB		 41.Ogando
G/S/vB		 28.Ross*
G/S/vB		 36.Tazawa
G/S/vB		 19.Uehara
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP 12/.166 1/2.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 9/.666 4/.250 3/.000 1/.000 324/214 .303/.348/.424/.772 .852/.731 .731 76/.824 23/7 7/3
23.Carter G/S/vP 9/.777 1/2.000 2/2.500 1/.000 11/.598 3/.000 4/.500 4/.750 318/200 .197/.311/.405/.717 .726/.711 .655 103/.771 1/0 15/6
15.Castro* G/S/vP 9/.819 1/no AB 2/.500 3/.666 6/.000 5/1.400 2/1.000 4/1.250 219/153 .214/.283/.378/.661 .575/.700 .598 64/.587 0/0 7/1
16.Conger# G/S/vP 6/1.100 ··· 2/.000 ··· 9/.444 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 101/41 .230/.330/.425/.755 .575/1.027 .668 36/.799 0/0 4/2
1.Correa G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 103/56 .300/.320/.570/.890 .971/.821 .987 103/.890 4/0 6/2
11.Gattis G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 305/192 .242/.272/.450/.722 .665/.754 .639 94/.669 0/0 13/0
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP 9/.555 ··· 4/.000 ··· 3/1.334 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 179/113 .240/.266/.398/.663 .734/.623 .705 57/.833 3/2 5/6
3.Presley* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/4 .400/.400/.400/.800 2.000/.500 .800 5/.800 0/0 0/0
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 26/.423 ··· 6/.834 1/2.000 4/.250 5/.250 5/.400 4/.000 218/154 .247/.321/.485/.806 .838/.792 .793 54/.870 1/1 10/1
13.Santana G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 42/21 .256/.310/.462/.771 .588/.960 .844 42/.771 2/1 2/0
21.Singleton* G/S/vP 6/.167 1/.000 3/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 18/14 .188/.278/.250/.528 .000/.690 .333 18/.528 1/0 0/0
20.Tucker* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 160/105 .248/.319/.421/.739 .542/.848 .694 72/.706 0/0 4/0
18.Valbuena* G/S/vP 8/.625 1/.000 5/1.200 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 302/205 .197/.278/.435/.713 .596/.768 .626 90/.840 1/0 19/4
IP 101.0 21.0 30.1 26.0 36.1 27.1 34.1 29.0 TOTAL .243/.311/.428/.738 .725/.746 .731 .785 66/20 116/42
ERA-K/9 3.48/8.6 5.14/9.0 4.15/6.5 3.46/9.7 2.72/6.9 4.28/5.9 2.62/9.7 2.79/9.3 4.53/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (31-19-3)
 Conger (15-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 421/.262 101/.344 132/.286 113/.227 144/.212 121/.286 136/.217 116/.204 .268  Rasmus
 Presley
 Conger
 Tucker
 Gattis
 Santana
38/25/8/1
0/1/0/0
1/0/0/0
38/0/3/0
4/0/0/0
3/1/9/0
OPS .671 .960 .863 .668 .672 .820 .567 .595 .749
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 213/.633 42/.774 48/.812 57/.463 49/.613 44/.751 55/.569 55/.520 .708
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 208/.710 59/1.084 84/.891 56/.882 95/.703 77/.855 81/.566 61/.663 .782
Home 209/.748 29/1.192 61/.777 46/.775 68/.749 66/.741 70/.655 61/.573
Last 28d days 136/.688 36/1.245 32/.978 42/.871 51/.409 45/.796 43/.619 39/.615
HR/SB/CS 5/2/4 5/5/0 6/1/2 2/2/0 5/0/1 4/0/0 3/3/1 2/0/0 83/42/21
Usage ····X··· Xo····X· oX·····o X··o···o ·X·X·X·o ··X····· ·····X·o o··ooX·o
Red Sox Batters (4.18 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (3.79 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.McHugh
G/S/vB		 56.Hernandez
G/S/vB		 35.Fields
G/S/vB		 44.Gregerson
G/S/vB		 36.Harris
G/S/vB		 37.Neshek
G/S/vB		 29.Sipp*
G/S/vB		 47.Straily
G/S/vB		 54.Thatcher*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
50.Betts G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 3/.666 ··· 347/267 .278/.328/.453/.781 .739/.793 .829 98/1.055 13/4 9/1
2.Bogaerts G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 5/.400 ··· 306/227 .300/.336/.411/.747 .846/.713 .825 105/.755 4/1 3/5
31.De Aza* G/S/vP 2/1.000 16/.938 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.666 9/1.069 2/.000 195/161 .260/.313/.475/.788 .464/.855 .744 76/1.030 3/3 6/1
10.Hanigan G/S/vP 4/.333 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/5.000 77/62 .206/.333/.286/.619 .883/.555 .804 10/.311 0/0 1/0
26.Holt* G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 5/.400 3/1.167 1/no AB 248/192 .298/.386/.433/.819 .797/.825 .720 112/.860 5/1 2/4
3.Leon# G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 95/71 .146/.222/.159/.381 .091/.479 .365 38/.305 0/0 0/1
16.Marrero G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/3 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 6/.000 0/0 0/0
12.Napoli G/S/vP ··· 28/.744 3/.333 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 7/.000 1/.000 295/214 .195/.298/.363/.662 .804/.610 .754 87/.478 2/1 10/5
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 3/.333 27/1.161 3/2.000 4/.500 ··· 4/.750 9/.222 5/.650 4/.000 315/226 .233/.321/.433/.753 .333/.933 .823 101/.919 0/0 14/0
13.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 1/no AB 5/.600 5/1.600 4/.000 3/.333 5/1.600 5/.000 287/209 .280/.328/.500/.828 .952/.783 .795 68/.916 3/3 17/3
48.Sandoval# G/S/vP ··· 10/1.000 ··· 18/.411 6/.333 ··· 3/1.167 5/.000 8/.250 284/205 .272/.317/.400/.717 .397/.845 .873 91/.835 0/0 7/10
18.Victorino G/S/vP ··· 10/.555 ··· 7/.829 3/.000 1/no AB 1/no AB 3/.333 3/.000 66/37 .255/.379/.345/.724 1.082/.458 .749 / 3/0 1/0
IP 101.2 80.0 25.0 32.1 37.1 31.0 29.2 4.2 17.2 TOTAL .256/.321/.399/.720 .683/.733 .768 .787 34/14 80/48
ERA-K/9 4.51/7.4 4.39/4.5 2.88/13.0 3.34/8.9 0.96/9.2 2.90/8.1 2.73/10.0 7.71/13.4 2.04/10.2 3.56/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hanigan (12-3-0)
 Leon (7-9-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 428/.269 335/.274 101/.184 125/.202 138/.113 118/.191 119/.220 23/.300 73/.238 .235  Betts
 De Aza
 Ramirez
 Holt
 Victorino
0/78/0/6
33/0/26/4
62/0/0/2
12/2/17/1
0/0/20/1
OPS .749 .778 .556 .585 .415 .578 .650 .841 .575 .670
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 199/.678 161/.738 44/.660 67/.618 65/.374 43/.582 57/.601 10/.786 46/.551 .652
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 229/.811 174/.813 57/.474 58/.546 73/.451 75/.575 62/.693 13/.846 27/.617 .683
Road 247/.735 174/.811 54/.655 53/.553 72/.358 57/.670 65/.718 23/.841 34/.570
Last 28d days 136/.739 55/.509 43/.643 33/.394 46/.739 46/.718 42/.783 23/.841 27/.607
HR/SB/CS 13/3/3 9/10/3 1/2/2 4/3/0 4/2/0 4/0/1 4/1/2 1/0/0 0/2/0 72/46/20
Usage ·····X·· o·····XX o·o···X· X·o··o·· o···X··o X·oX··X· X·····oo X······· o·o·o··o

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 2015 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

TOR  5.45

PIT  4.08

PHI  3.37

 RA/G

STL  2.87

MIN  4.13

COL  5.10

 BA

P. Goldschmidt  .354

G. Springer  .264

C. Utley  .179

 OBP

P. Goldschmidt  .470

H. Ramirez  .328

O. Infante  .239

 SLG

B. Harper  .702

D. Espinosa  .423

C. Utley  .275

 OPS

B. Harper  1.167

K. Seager  .751

C. Utley  .532

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.58

J. Lester  3.74

K. Lohse  6.24

 K/9IP

C. Sale  12.28

W. Chen  7.39

M. Pelfrey  4.33

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.