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Houston Astros vs. Oakland Athletics, at Minute Maid Park, May 19, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Tuesday, May 19, 2015
Start Time:
7:10ct (local), 8:10et
Venue:
Minute Maid Park
Series:
Game #2 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
81° (based on last ten years)
Athletics
Manager:
Bob Melvin
Game #:
41
On This Date:
39-54
Astros
Manager:
A.J. Hinch
Game #:
40
On This Date:
22-26
Season Series
Mon, Apr 13, 2015 OAK  8 @HOU  1     
Tue, Apr 14, 2015 OAK  4 @HOU  0     
Wed, Apr 15, 2015 HOU  6  OAK  1     
Fri, Apr 24, 2015 HOU  5 @OAK  4 (11)
Sat, Apr 25, 2015 HOU  9 @OAK  3     
Sun, Apr 26, 2015 HOU  7 @OAK  6     
Mon, May 18, 2015 OAK  2 @HOU  1     

Tue, May 19, 2015 OAK    @HOU  8:10pm
Wed, May 20, 2015 OAK    @HOU  2:10pm
Thu, Aug 06, 2015 HOU    @OAK 10:05pm
Fri, Aug 07, 2015 HOU    @OAK 10:05pm
Sat, Aug 08, 2015 HOU    @OAK  4:05pm
Sun, Aug 09, 2015 HOU    @OAK  4:05pm
Mon, Sep 07, 2015 HOU    @OAK  4:05pm
Tue, Sep 08, 2015 HOU    @OAK 10:05pm
Wed, Sep 09, 2015 HOU    @OAK 10:05pm
Fri, Sep 18, 2015 OAK    @HOU  8:10pm
Sat, Sep 19, 2015 OAK    @HOU  7:10pm
Sun, Sep 20, 2015 OAK    @HOU  2:10pm

                         All times ET
Oakland Athletics
14-26, 5th, 11½ GB, 9½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    5-14   Road:    9-12   ExtrInn: 0-6 
 vsRHP:  13-18   vsLHP:   1-8    1-Run:   2-13
 vsEast:  1-2    vsCntrl: 2-8    vsWest: 11-16 IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 40 Mon, May 18  @HOU  W   2-1       14-26  5th 11.5 gb
 39 Sun, May 17   CHW  L   3-7       13-26  5th 12.5 gb
 38 Sat, May 16   CHW  L   3-4       13-25  5th 11.5 gb
 37 Fri, May 15   CHW  L   6-7       13-24  5th 10.5 gb
 36 Wed, May 13   BOS  L   0-2       13-23  5th  9.0 gb
 35 Tue, May 12   BOS  W   9-2       13-22  5th  8.0 gb
 34 Mon, May 11   BOS  L   4-5 (11)  12-22  5th  9.0 gb
 33 Sun, May 10  @SEA  L   3-4       12-21  5th  8.5 gb
 32 Sat, May  9  @SEA  L   2-7       12-20  5th  8.5 gb
 31 Fri, May  8  @SEA  L   3-4 (11)  12-19  5th  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30: 9-21
Houston Astros
25-14, 1st, 5½ up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   13-10   Road:   12-4    ExtrInn: 3-0 
 vsRHP:  15-9    vsLHP:  10-5    1-Run:  10-3 
 vsEast:  4-0    vsCntrl: 1-2    vsWest: 16-11 IL: 4-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 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
 33 Tue, May 12   SFG  L   1-8       20-13  1st  4.0 up
 32 Sun, May 10  @LAA  L   1-3       20-12  1st  5.0 up
 31 Sat, May  9  @LAA  W   6-5       20-11  1st  6.0 up
 30 Fri, May  8  @LAA  L   0-2       19-11  1st  5.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:21-9 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, May 18, 2015 OAK  2 @HOU  1        W:Edward Mujica (2-1), L: Joe Thatcher (0-1), S: Tyler Clippard (4)
Sun, Apr 26, 2015 HOU  7 @OAK  6        W:Tony Sipp (2-0), L: Tyler Clippard (0-2), S: Luke Gregerson (4)
Sat, Apr 25, 2015 HOU  9 @OAK  3        W:Scott Feldman (2-2), L: Kendall Graveman (1-2), S: none
Fri, Apr 24, 2015 HOU  5 @OAK  4 (11)   W:Luke Gregerson (1-0), L: Eric O'Flaherty (0-2), S: Chad Qualls (2)
Wed, Apr 15, 2015 HOU  6  OAK  1        W:Collin McHugh (2-0), L: Drew Pomeranz (1-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 14, 2015 OAK  4 @HOU  0        W:Kendall Graveman (1-1), L: Brad Peacock (0-1), S: none
Mon, Apr 13, 2015 OAK  8 @HOU  1        W:Scott Kazmir (2-0), L: Scott Feldman (0-2), S: none

Sun, Sep 07, 2014 HOU  4 @OAK  3        W:Jose Veras (4-1), L: Ryan Cook (1-3), S: Josh Fields (3)
Sat, Sep 06, 2014 OAK  4  HOU  3        W:Luke Gregerson (4-3), L: Chad Qualls (1-5), S: none
Fri, Sep 05, 2014 HOU  4 @OAK  3        W:Brett Oberholtzer (5-10), L: Jeff Samardzija (6-12), S: Tony Sipp (3)
Season Series: 2015 - HOU over 4-3; 2014 - OAK won 11-8; 2013 - OAK won 15-4; All-Time - OAK leads 34-17

SP: Sonny Gray (25, RHP, 4-1, 1.61)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (4-1) 56.0 37 11 10 15 53 1 1.61
2014 (14-10) 219.0 187 84 75 74 183 15 3.08
2013 (5-3) 64.0 51 22 19 20 67 4 2.67
Last 7 GS 3-1 48.0 36 11 10 14 50 1 1.88 65
2015-05-13 BOS L 7.0 3 1 1 0 9 0 99 76
2015-05-08 @SEA ND 6.0 6 1 1 2 9 0 104 63
2015-05-03 @TEX W 6.2 2 0 0 7 10 0 119 73
2015-04-28 LAA W 8.0 6 2 2 1 6 0 105 67
2015-04-22 @LAA W 7.0 2 1 1 2 7 0 95 74
2015-04-17 @KCR ND 6.0 11 4 4 1 5 0 102 38
2015-04-11 SEA ND 7.1 6 2 1 1 4 1 96 63
Last 5 v.HOU 2-1 22.0 20 6 5 4 20 0 2.05 63
2014-04-18 HOU W 6.0 9 3 3 2 4 0 106 44
2013-09-05 HOU L 8.0 7 3 2 1 7 0 95 64
2013-08-15 HOU W 8.0 4 0 0 1 9 0 118 82

SP: Roberto Hernandez (34, RHP, 1-3, 4.12)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (1-3) 43.2 41 25 20 12 20 6 4.12
2014 (8-11) 164.2 156 84 75 73 105 19 4.10
2013 (6-13) 151.0 164 87 82 38 113 24 4.89
Last 7 GS 1-3 43.2 41 25 20 12 20 6 4.12 49
2015-05-14 TOR ND 6.1 6 4 4 3 0 2 85 42
2015-05-08 @LAA L 7.2 7 2 2 0 3 0 92 60
2015-05-03 SEA ND 6.0 8 5 4 2 1 0 93 37
2015-04-28 @SDP W 6.0 6 3 3 1 6 2 94 53
2015-04-22 @SEA L 7.0 6 3 3 1 2 1 97 54
2015-04-17 LAA ND 6.0 3 3 3 1 6 1 96 59
2015-04-11 @TEX L 4.2 5 5 1 4 2 0 92 40
Last 5 v.OAK 2-3 29.0 29 13 12 9 23 3 3.72 53
2013-04-21 OAK W 6.0 3 1 1 3 7 0 103 66
2012-08-27 OAK L 2.1 4 3 3 1 0 1 66 36
2011-09-01 OAK L 6.0 8 4 3 2 6 0 95 46
2011-05-03 @OAK W 8.0 5 1 1 1 5 0 96 72
2010-08-24 OAK L 6.2 9 4 4 2 5 2 117 43

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

Athletics Batters (4.50 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (3.79 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 56.Hernandez
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/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Burns# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 60/41 .321/.367/.357/.724 .551/.801 .621 60/.724 3/1 0/0
16.Butler G/S/vP 46/.786 1/3.000 3/1.667 2/1.000 ··· 8/.875 4/.000 9/.708 1/2.000 167/132 .274/.317/.401/.719 .900/.673 .738 105/.564 0/0 4/0
20.Canha G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 116/81 .226/.293/.396/.689 .329/.840 .650 62/.640 3/1 5/1
4.Crisp# G/S/vP 27/1.110 3/.333 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 10/.425 2/1.000 50/32 .045/.160/.068/.228 .410/.125 .095 50/.228 0/0 0/0
23.Fuld* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.666 3/.333 3/.666 116/111 .194/.270/.301/.571 .200/.586 .488 60/.281 3/0 0/2
3.Gentry G/S/vP 1/2.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 ··· 40/22 .086/.175/.086/.261 .292/.234 .191 15/.497 1/0 0/2
15.Lawrie G/S/vP 7/.929 1/.000 3/.333 2/1.000 3/1.334 2/.000 3/.000 4/.500 1/.000 160/121 .255/.291/.336/.627 .498/.665 .593 98/.619 1/0 2/6
50.Muncy* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 29/28 .240/.310/.440/.750 /.726 1.167 29/.750 0/0 1/1
19.Phegley G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 43/20 .237/.302/.342/.644 .915/.318 .318 26/.689 0/0 1/0
22.Reddick* G/S/vP 7/1.000 2/2.500 4/.000 1/3.000 1/2.000 1/no AB 6/1.333 5/.200 3/.000 139/108 .317/.396/.545/.940 .508/1.067 .777 106/1.022 2/1 6/2
10.Semien G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 168/130 .314/.359/.513/.872 .928/.854 .890 108/.967 6/0 6/15
28.Sogard* G/S/vP 6/.334 3/.666 3/1.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 3/.333 ··· 131/107 .262/.279/.317/.597 .310/.658 .600 95/.621 1/0 0/3
21.Vogt* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 4/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.000 2/2.000 133/108 .318/.421/.627/1.048 .874/1.085 1.129 83/.962 0/0 9/2
IP 43.2 2.0 9.0 17.0 19.0 15.1 14.1 15.1 8.0 TOTAL .258/.319/.398/.716 .595/.751 .698 .693 21/3 37/43
ERA-K/9 4.12/4.1 0.00/4.5 1.00/15.0 3.18/7.4 0.47/11.4 2.93/8.2 3.14/10.7 0.59/8.8 3.38/11.2 3.55/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Phegley (7-2-1)
 Vogt (12-6-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 177/.253 7/.143 33/.138 65/.210 67/.097 54/.189 57/.180 59/.151 35/.290 .234  Reddick
 Fuld
 Crisp
 Gentry
 Burns
 Canha
0/1/33/4
5/26/2/2
10/0/0/1
9/5/3/1
0/14/0/0
21/0/0/0
OPS .762 .429 .385 .649 .309 .566 .526 .418 .698 .665
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 84/.670 5/.000 15/.486 36/.747 34/.335 19/.444 25/.390 30/.545 22/.627 .651
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 93/.841 2/1.500 18/.289 29/.530 33/.282 35/.629 32/.617 29/.291 13/.808 .677
Home 73/.861 7/.429 21/.148 39/.796 31/.395 33/.531 37/.531 30/.414 20/.633
Last 28d days 132/.766 7/.429 33/.385 41/.881 39/.364 28/.464 29/.466 30/.429 21/.702
HR/SB/CS 6/3/1 0/0/0 0/1/1 3/0/0 1/1/0 3/0/0 1/2/1 0/1/0 0/1/0 32/16/9
Usage ····X··· X······· o·ooo··· ·XX··o·· X··o·Xo· ·o··oo·· ···ooo·· ··o···o· X·······
Astros Batters (4.36 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (4.60 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 54.Gray
G/S/vB		 56.Abad*
G/S/vB		 44.Castro
G/S/vB		 36.Clippard
G/S/vB		 49.Mujica
G/S/vB		 61.Otero
G/S/vB		 33.Rodriguez
G/S/vB		 58.Scribner
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP 11/.728 2/.500 ··· 7/1.143 3/.666 10/1.489 ··· 5/.000 175/121 .316/.374/.468/.842 1.033/.759 .793 111/.922 14/4 5/0
23.Carter G/S/vP 9/.365 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 5/.650 8/.661 ··· 6/.334 146/96 .160/.274/.320/.594 .522/.631 .467 95/.766 0/0 6/2
15.Castro* G/S/vP 4/1.167 6/.167 ··· 6/.533 4/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.667 110/80 .214/.291/.388/.679 .483/.755 .801 67/.664 0/0 4/1
16.Conger# G/S/vP 8/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 41/18 .156/.325/.344/.669 .551/.817 .569 29/.626 0/0 2/1
11.Gattis G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 7/1.771 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 137/93 .183/.204/.382/.586 .476/.637 .676 83/.716 0/0 7/0
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/.750 ··· 3/.666 81/59 .228/.238/.392/.630 .762/.583 .686 64/.577 0/1 2/3
6.Marisnick G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 4/.250 ··· 2/.000 123/83 .292/.328/.451/.779 .646/.845 .490 81/.687 9/2 3/2
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 3/.666 4/.500 ··· 6/.000 5/1.400 1/2.000 1/.000 2/1.000 122/87 .234/.303/.495/.799 .820/.788 .640 86/.801 1/1 7/1
4.Springer G/S/vP 3/.666 3/1.334 ··· 3/.000 ··· 4/1.500 ··· 2/.000 143/97 .188/.322/.393/.715 .891/.634 .740 83/.827 10/1 6/3
20.Tucker* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 30/22 .320/.433/.480/.913 1.071/.854 1.233 30/.913 0/0 0/0
18.Valbuena* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/5.000 149/109 .206/.268/.463/.732 .472/.828 .773 98/.641 1/0 10/1
2.Villar# G/S/vP 10/.700 3/.333 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 50/26 .227/.306/.295/.602 .594/.607 .639 35/.740 3/0 0/4
IP 56.0 10.2 1.2 18.0 18.1 18.2 6.0 22.2 TOTAL .226/.301/.413/.714 .704/.718 .678 .745 39/9 57/20
ERA-K/9 1.61/8.5 5.91/5.9 5.40/10.6 2.50/7.5 3.44/5.9 3.38/5.3 6.00/10.5 2.38/10.7 4.02/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (13-9-2)
 Conger (3-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 216/.186 49/.293 10/.500 74/.167 72/.273 73/.232 26/.217 86/.205 .236  Marisnick
 Springer
 Conger
 Tucker
 Rasmus
 Gattis
 Villar
0/35/0/1
0/0/33/1
1/0/0/0
6/0/0/0
22/8/6/0
1/0/0/0
2/2/0/0
OPS .471 .964 1.667 .545 .748 .652 .612 .546 .667
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 116/.469 30/1.187 6/1.500 34/.211 37/.650 29/.612 14/.516 41/.533 .649
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 100/.473 19/.582 4/2.000 40/.811 35/.852 44/.677 12/.733 45/.556 .681
Road 109/.572 23/1.336 4/.833 26/.157 27/1.050 40/.696 15/.354 38/.380
Last 28d days 133/.424 25/1.027 10/1.667 51/.466 48/.743 41/.610 26/.612 56/.564
HR/SB/CS 1/2/1 2/0/0 1/0/0 2/4/0 3/1/1 2/0/0 0/0/0 2/0/1 30/19/8
Usage ·····X·· ·ooo·o·o ·······X oX···X·X X·Xo···X ·XX···X· ··oo··o· X··X·X·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  5.25

STL  4.26

PHI  3.10

 RA/G

STL  3.11

ATL  4.38

COL  5.23

 BA

D. Gordon  .406

J. Lagares  .269

C. Utley  .143

 OBP

B. Harper  .476

B. Miller  .328

E. Gattis  .204

 SLG

B. Harper  .729

D. LeMahieu  .417

J. Mercer  .204

 OPS

B. Harper  1.206

J. Soler  .744

J. Mercer  .434

 ERA

S. Miller  1.33

T. Ross  3.94

K. Kendrick  6.70

 K/9IP

J. Shields  11.93

D. Price  7.13

J. Guthrie  3.27

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.