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Detroit Tigers vs. Houston Astros, at Comerica Park, May 23, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Saturday, May 23, 2015
Start Time:
4:08et (local)
Venue:
Comerica Park
Series:
Game #3 of a 4-game series
Average Temp:
70° (based on last ten years)
Astros
Manager:
A.J. Hinch
Game #:
44
On This Date:
21-26
Tigers
Manager:
Brad Ausmus
Game #:
44
On This Date:
48-46
Season Series
Thu, May 21, 2015 DET  6  HOU  5 (11)
Fri, May 22, 2015 DET  6  HOU  2     

Sat, May 23, 2015 HOU    @DET  4:08pm
Sun, May 24, 2015 HOU    @DET  1:08pm
Fri, Aug 14, 2015 DET    @HOU  8:10pm
Sat, Aug 15, 2015 DET    @HOU  7:10pm
Sun, Aug 16, 2015 DET    @HOU  2:10pm

                         All times ET
Houston Astros
27-16, 1st, 4½ up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   15-10   Road:   12-6    ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  17-10   vsLHP:  10-6    1-Run:  10-4 
 vsEast:  4-0    vsCntrl: 1-4    vsWest: 18-11 IL: 4-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 43 Fri, May 22  @DET  L   2-6       27-16  1st  4.5 up
 42 Thu, May 21  @DET  L   5-6 (11)  27-15  1st  5.5 up
 41 Wed, May 20   OAK  W   6-1       27-14  1st  5.5 up
 40 Tue, May 19   OAK  W   6-4       26-14  1st  5.5 up
 39 Mon, May 18   OAK  L   1-2       25-14  1st  5.5 up
 38 Sun, May 17   TOR  W   4-2       25-13  1st  5.5 up
 37 Sat, May 16   TOR  W   6-5       24-13  1st  4.5 up
 36 Fri, May 15   TOR  W   8-4       23-13  1st  4.5 up
 35 Thu, May 14   TOR  W   6-4       22-13  1st  4.5 up
 34 Wed, May 13   SFG  W   4-3       21-13  1st  4.0 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:20-10
Detroit Tigers
26-17, 2nd, 2 GB, 3½ up in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   14-10   Road:   12-7    ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  18-14   vsLHP:   8-3    1-Run:   9-7 
 vsEast:  1-3    vsCntrl:18-10   vsWest:  2-0  IL: 5-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 43 Fri, May 22   HOU  W   6-2       26-17  2nd  2.0 gb
 42 Thu, May 21   HOU  W   6-5 (11)  25-17  2nd  2.0 gb
 41 Wed, May 20   MIL  W   5-2       24-17  2nd  2.5 gb
 40 Tue, May 19   MIL  L   1-8       23-17  2nd  2.5 gb
 39 Mon, May 18   MIL  L   2-3       23-16  2nd  1.5 gb
 38 Sun, May 17  @STL  L   1-2       23-15  2nd  1.0 gb
 37 Sat, May 16  @STL  W   4-3 (10)  23-14  1st    Tied
 36 Fri, May 15  @STL  W  10-4       22-14  2nd  1.0 gb
 35 Thu, May 14   MIN  W  13-1       21-14  2nd  1.0 gb
 34 Wed, May 13   MIN  L   2-6       20-14  2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, May 22, 2015 DET  6  HOU  2        W:Alfredo Simon (5-2), L: Collin McHugh (5-2), S: none
Thu, May 21, 2015 DET  6  HOU  5 (11)   W:Alex Wilson (1-0), L: Tony Sipp (2-1), S: none

Sun, Jun 29, 2014 HOU  6  DET  4        W:Scott Feldman (4-5), L: Drew Smyly (4-7), S: Tony Sipp (1)
Sat, Jun 28, 2014 DET  4 @HOU  3        W:Phil Coke (1-1), L: Jerome Williams (1-4), S: Joe Nathan (17)
Fri, Jun 27, 2014 HOU  4  DET  3 (11)   W:Jake Buchanan (1-1), L: Blaine Hardy (0-1), S: none
Thu, May 08, 2014 HOU  6 @DET  2        W:Dallas Keuchel (3-2), L: Drew Smyly (2-2), S: none
Wed, May 07, 2014 DET  3  HOU  2        W:Rick Porcello (5-1), L: Brad Peacock (0-3), S: Joe Nathan (7)
Tue, May 06, 2014 DET 11  HOU  4        W:Robbie Ray (1-0), L: Brett Oberholtzer (0-6), S: none
Mon, May 05, 2014 DET  2  HOU  0        W:Max Scherzer (4-1), L: Jarred Cosart (1-3), S: Joe Nathan (6)
Wed, May 15, 2013 HOU  7 @DET  5        W:Hector Ambriz (1-2), L: Al Alburquerque (0-1), S: Jose Veras (5)
Season Series: 2015 - DET over 2-0; 2014 - DET won 4-3; 2013 - DET won 6-1; All-Time - DET leads 18-13

SP: Lance McCullers (21, RHP, 0-0, 1.93)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (0-0) 4.2 3 1 1 3 5 0 1.93
Last 7 GS 0-0 4.2 3 1 1 3 5 0 1.93 56
2015-05-18 OAK ND 4.2 3 1 1 3 5 0 93 56
Has never faced DET as starter.

SP: Kyle Lobstein (25, LHP, 3-4, 4.29)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (3-4) 42.0 46 21 20 13 19 3 4.29
2014 (1-2) 39.1 35 20 19 14 27 3 4.35
Last 7 GS 3-4 42.0 46 21 20 13 19 3 4.29 48
2015-05-18 MIL L 6.2 7 3 3 1 3 2 103 50
2015-05-13 MIN L 2.1 7 6 6 1 1 1 53 19
2015-05-07 @CHW W 7.2 5 1 0 2 3 0 100 68
2015-05-01 @KCR L 7.1 10 4 4 1 2 0 100 43
2015-04-26 CLE W 7.0 6 3 3 2 4 0 86 55
2015-04-21 NYY L 6.0 3 1 1 4 3 0 96 61
2015-04-12 @CLE W 5.0 8 3 3 2 3 0 97 40
Has never faced HOU as starter.

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Astros Batters (4.40 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (3.95 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 53.Lobstein*
G/S/vB		 62.Alburquerque
G/S/vB		 44.Chamberlain
G/S/vB		 32.Gorzelanny*
G/S/vB		 65.Hardy*
G/S/vB		 60.Nesbitt
G/S/vB		 38.Soria
G/S/vB		 30.Wilson
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 3/.333 3/1.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/2.500 5/.000 194/137 .299/.352/.435/.787 1.012/.697 .827 114/.784 14/5 5/0
23.Carter G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 2/.000 162/108 .157/.265/.321/.587 .480/.639 .671 97/.673 0/0 7/3
15.Castro* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 3/1.334 1/5.000 ··· 4/1.000 ··· 121/90 .229/.298/.422/.720 .637/.749 .614 69/.783 0/0 5/1
16.Conger# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/.200 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 45/19 .167/.318/.333/.652 .566/.768 .782 28/.577 0/0 2/1
11.Gattis G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 154/106 .192/.221/.404/.625 .522/.671 .454 92/.779 0/0 8/0
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 5/.600 89/67 .233/.241/.395/.637 .762/.597 .549 66/.568 0/1 2/3
6.Marisnick G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 133/90 .287/.326/.434/.760 .600/.839 1.044 87/.678 9/3 3/2
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 7/.286 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 2/1.500 138/99 .238/.297/.516/.813 .874/.789 .864 88/.815 1/1 8/1
4.Springer G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 160/111 .214/.344/.420/.764 .908/.702 .761 84/.878 10/1 6/3
20.Tucker* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 37/29 .281/.378/.500/.878 1.071/.825 .690 37/.878 0/0 1/0
18.Valbuena* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 3/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 6/1.133 1/.000 166/122 .205/.271/.437/.708 .475/.794 .632 99/.694 1/0 10/2
2.Villar# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 58/30 .231/.298/.288/.587 .579/.593 .494 43/.692 3/0 0/5
IP 42.0 14.2 13.0 14.1 15.2 17.1 19.0 18.0 TOTAL .228/.300/.414/.714 .709/.716 .730 .734 39/11 62/23
ERA-K/9 4.29/4.1 4.91/4.9 1.38/6.2 3.14/6.9 3.45/6.9 3.12/6.8 1.42/7.1 1.50/5.5 3.58/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (18-11-2)
 Conger (5-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 179/.277 69/.283 56/.321 59/.296 68/.259 70/.222 68/.156 62/.167 .251  Springer
 Marisnick
 Rasmus
 Conger
 Tucker
 Gattis
 Villar
0/0/37/2
0/38/0/1
25/10/6/1
1/0/0/0
8/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
2/2/0/0
OPS .733 .827 .848 .808 .703 .593 .460 .444 .697
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 63/.558 31/.984 21/.952 27/.968 33/.579 32/.820 35/.570 34/.599 .741
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 116/.829 38/.698 35/.780 32/.679 35/.826 38/.397 33/.343 28/.254 .657
Home 93/.804 47/.931 30/.680 35/.724 36/.905 46/.731 32/.554 38/.428
Last 28d days 131/.756 37/.589 41/.943 27/.947 33/.542 44/.645 42/.663 52/.392
HR/SB/CS 3/3/1 3/3/0 1/0/0 1/1/0 0/0/0 1/0/1 2/0/0 1/1/0 36/20/11
Usage ····X··· ···X···X XooX··Xo o····X·o ·ooX··XX ·oo·X·oX ·oX···X· ·X·ooo··
Tigers Batters (4.42 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (3.84 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 43.McCullers
G/S/vB		 58.Buchanan
G/S/vB		 35.Fields
G/S/vB		 44.Gregerson
G/S/vB		 36.Harris
G/S/vB		 37.Neshek
G/S/vB		 50.Qualls
G/S/vB		 29.Sipp*
G/S/vB		 54.Thatcher*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 1/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/2.417 10/.533 6/4.333 ··· 186/147 .342/.446/.600/1.046 1.154/1.019 .891 109/1.096 1/1 10/0
9.Castellanos G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 167/138 .240/.287/.396/.684 .774/.664 .768 97/.648 0/1 4/3
52.Cespedes G/S/vP ··· 3/1.667 6/.500 ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· 175/140 .293/.320/.488/.808 .655/.846 .794 103/.793 3/2 5/2
18.Collins* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/9 .286/.444/.286/.730 /.730 .730 9/.730 0/0 0/
20.Davis G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 4/.250 5/.400 3/1.000 1/2.000 101/65 .281/.360/.438/.798 .983/.695 .849 57/.783 11/1 1/1
12.Gose* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 132/118 .331/.366/.468/.834 .690/.850 .911 86/.820 7/3 1/2
50.Holaday G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/10 .300/.300/.700/1.000 /1.000 1.111 10/1.000 0/0 1/0
1.Iglesias G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 134/100 .322/.379/.413/.792 1.083/.691 .737 72/.703 7/1 1/3
3.Kinsler G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/1.000 2/.500 1/.000 8/.393 2/.500 4/1.417 1/2.000 192/149 .302/.375/.391/.766 .627/.807 .749 113/.787 6/0 0/2
28.Martinez G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.500 1/.000 3/.000 5/1.400 1/.000 1/.000 175/138 .266/.337/.487/.824 .712/.850 .938 100/.823 1/1 9/1
34.McCann G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/5.000 ··· 92/66 .299/.330/.437/.766 1.012/.678 .572 67/.873 0/0 2/0
26.Perez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 23/13 .087/.087/.087/.174 .200/.154 .182 13/.154 1/0 0/0
27.Romine# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 32/29 .310/.375/.310/.685 1.167/.641 .353 24/.583 4/3 0/1
IP 4.2 3.2 9.1 17.2 21.2 16.0 16.1 17.0 8.1 TOTAL .280/.346/.428/.774 .823/.760 .774 .773 41/13 37/18
ERA-K/9 1.93/9.6 0.00/7.3 0.96/15.5 4.08/7.1 0.42/11.2 2.81/8.4 2.76/11.6 1.06/9.5 3.24/11.9 3.50/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Holaday (2-0-0)
 McCann (10-7-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 20/.176 14/.154 35/.161 70/.231 77/.086 57/.196 67/.200 65/.169 36/.281 .240  Cespedes
 Martinez
 Gose
 Davis
 Romine
41/0/0/4
0/0/40/4
0/31/0/1
3/16/5/1
2/0/0/0
OPS .594 .522 .422 .716 .297 .589 .537 .493 .677 .677
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 13/.580 5/.000 17/.548 39/.845 37/.339 20/.421 26/.374 32/.508 23/.598 .658
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 7/.619 9/.833 18/.289 31/.560 40/.258 37/.676 41/.627 33/.478 13/.808 .691
Road / 7/.619 14/.845 26/.432 42/.221 21/.619 27/.606 30/.596 16/.732
Last 28d days 20/.594 14/.522 31/.440 41/.909 43/.310 26/.269 38/.515 35/.539 18/.708
HR/SB/CS 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/1/1 3/0/0 1/1/0 3/0/0 1/3/1 1/1/1 0/1/0 36/23/11
Usage ····X··· ·X··X··· ·o··o·oo ···X·XX· ·XX·X··o ··oo·o·· X··o···o ·ooo··o· ·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 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  5.14

CHC  4.22

PHI  3.11

 RA/G

STL  3.10

MIN  4.39

COL  5.28

 BA

D. Gordon  .386

J. Martinez  .266

C. Carter  .157

 OBP

B. Harper  .475

A. Hechavarria  .327

E. Gattis  .221

 SLG

B. Harper  .750

S. Souza  .417

J. Ramirez  .254

 OPS

B. Harper  1.225

B. Moss  .749

J. Ramirez  .519

 ERA

S. Miller  1.33

C. Kluber  3.79

K. Kendrick  6.58

 K/9IP

D. Salazar  12.36

S. Miller  7.17

J. Guthrie  3.42

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.