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Houston Astros vs. Seattle Mariners, at Minute Maid Park, August 31, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Monday, August 31, 2015
Start Time:
7:10ct (local), 8:10et
Venue:
Minute Maid Park
Series:
Game #1 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
75° (based on last ten years)
Mariners
Manager:
Lloyd McClendon
Game #:
132
On This Date:
18-16
Astros
Manager:
A.J. Hinch
Game #:
132
On This Date:
28-19
Season Series
Mon, Apr 20, 2015 HOU  7 @SEA  5     
Tue, Apr 21, 2015 HOU  6 @SEA  3     
Wed, Apr 22, 2015 SEA  3  HOU  2     
Thu, Apr 30, 2015 HOU  3  SEA  2 (10)
Fri, May 01, 2015 HOU  4  SEA  3     
Sat, May 02, 2015 HOU 11  SEA  4     
Sun, May 03, 2015 HOU  7  SEA  6     
Fri, Jun 12, 2015 HOU 10  SEA  0     
Sat, Jun 13, 2015 SEA  8 @HOU  1     
Sun, Jun 14, 2015 HOU 13  SEA  0     
Fri, Jun 19, 2015 SEA  5  HOU  2     
Sat, Jun 20, 2015 SEA  6  HOU  3     
Sun, Jun 21, 2015 HOU  6 @SEA  2     

Mon, Aug 31, 2015 SEA    @HOU  8:10pm
Tue, Sep 01, 2015 SEA    @HOU  8:10pm
Wed, Sep 02, 2015 SEA    @HOU  8:10pm
Mon, Sep 28, 2015 HOU    @SEA 10:10pm
Tue, Sep 29, 2015 HOU    @SEA 10:10pm
Wed, Sep 30, 2015 HOU    @SEA 10:10pm

                         All times ET
Seattle Mariners
61-70, 4th, 11 GB, 12 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   29-36   Road:   32-34   ExtrInn:10-11
 vsRHP:  45-44   vsLHP:  16-26   1-Run:  26-22
 vsEast: 15-17   vsCntrl:13-18   vsWest: 26-25 IL: 7-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
131 Sun, Aug 30  @CHW  L   5-6 (11)  61-70  4th 11.0 gb
130 Sat, Aug 29  @CHW  W   7-6       61-69  4th 11.0 gb
129 Fri, Aug 28  @CHW  W   2-0       60-69  4th 11.0 gb
128 Thu, Aug 27  @CHW  L   2-4       59-69  4th 12.0 gb
127 Wed, Aug 26   OAK  W   8-2       59-68  4th 11.5 gb
126 Tue, Aug 25   OAK  W   6-5       58-68  4th 11.5 gb
125 Mon, Aug 24   OAK  L   5-11      57-68  4th 11.5 gb
124 Sun, Aug 23   CHW  W   8-6       57-67  4th 11.5 gb
123 Sat, Aug 22   CHW  L   3-6 (10)  56-67  4th 11.5 gb
122 Fri, Aug 21   CHW  L   4-11      56-66  4th 10.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
Houston Astros
72-59, 1st, 3 up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   45-21   Road:   27-38   ExtrInn: 8-6 
 vsRHP:  47-38   vsLHP:  25-21   1-Run:  19-21
 vsEast: 18-16   vsCntrl:12-17   vsWest: 28-23 IL:14-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
131 Sun, Aug 30  @MIN  L   5-7       72-59  1st  3.0 up
130 Sat, Aug 29  @MIN  W   4-1       72-58  1st  4.0 up
129 Fri, Aug 28  @MIN  L   0-3       71-58  1st  4.0 up
128 Wed, Aug 26  @NYY  W   6-2       71-57  1st  5.5 up
127 Tue, Aug 25  @NYY  W  15-1       70-57  1st  4.5 up
126 Mon, Aug 24  @NYY  L   0-1       69-57  1st  3.5 up
125 Sun, Aug 23   LAD  W   3-2 (10)  69-56  1st  4.0 up
124 Sat, Aug 22   LAD  W   3-1       68-56  1st  4.0 up
123 Fri, Aug 21   LAD  W   3-0       67-56  1st  3.5 up
122 Thu, Aug 20   TBR  L   0-1       66-56  1st  2.5 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jun 21, 2015 HOU  6 @SEA  2        W:Will Harris (4-0), L: J.A. Happ (3-4), S: none
Sat, Jun 20, 2015 SEA  6  HOU  3        W:Taijuan Walker (5-6), L: Dallas Keuchel (8-3), S: Carson Smith (5)
Fri, Jun 19, 2015 SEA  5  HOU  2        W:Roenis Elias (4-4), L: Lance McCullers (3-2), S: Carson Smith (4)
Sun, Jun 14, 2015 HOU 13  SEA  0        W:Lance McCullers (3-1), L: Roenis Elias (3-4), S: none
Sat, Jun 13, 2015 SEA  8 @HOU  1        W:Mike Montgomery (1-1), L: Collin McHugh (6-3), S: none
Fri, Jun 12, 2015 HOU 10  SEA  0        W:Brett Oberholtzer (1-1), L: Felix Hernandez (9-3), S: none
Sun, May 03, 2015 HOU  7  SEA  6        W:Pat Neshek (2-0), L: Carson Smith (0-1), S: Luke Gregerson (6)
Sat, May 02, 2015 HOU 11  SEA  4        W:Collin McHugh (4-0), L: Taijuan Walker (1-3), S: none
Fri, May 01, 2015 HOU  4  SEA  3        W:Josh Fields (1-0), L: Roenis Elias (0-1), S: Luke Gregerson (5)
Thu, Apr 30, 2015 HOU  3  SEA  2 (10)   W:Luke Gregerson (2-0), L: Dominic Leone (0-2), S: none
Season Series: 2015 - HOU over 9-4; 2014 - SEA won 10-9; 2013 - SEA won 10-9; All-Time - HOU leads 33-27

SP: Vidal Nuno (27, LHP, 0-2, 2.88)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (0-2) 56.1 54 18 18 13 53 9 2.88
2014 (2-12) 161.2 157 89 82 46 129 25 4.56
2013 (1-2) 20.0 16 5 5 6 9 2 2.25
Last 7 GS 0-3 35.0 43 21 21 10 29 8 5.40 45
2015-08-22 CHW ND 6.2 5 1 1 1 4 1 102 63
2015-08-16 @BOS ND 4.1 9 4 4 1 2 2 84 30
2015-08-10 BAL L 5.0 5 2 2 0 5 1 94 54
2015-08-04 @COL ND 3.2 5 3 3 2 3 2 62 40
2014-09-24 @MIN L 5.0 3 2 2 4 6 0 105 55
2014-09-18 @COL ND 5.1 8 3 3 1 7 1 98 46
2014-09-12 SDP L 5.0 8 6 6 1 2 1 77 28
Has never faced HOU as starter.

SP: Dallas Keuchel (27, LHP, 15-6, 2.28)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (15-6) 185.2 144 48 47 41 165 9 2.28
2014 (12-9) 200.0 187 71 65 48 146 11 2.93
2013 (6-10) 153.2 184 96 88 52 123 20 5.15
Last 7 GS 4-2 48.1 40 13 13 7 51 2 2.42 64
2015-08-25 @NYY W 7.0 3 0 0 0 9 0 88 80
2015-08-19 TBR ND 7.0 7 2 2 1 5 0 105 59
2015-08-14 DET W 7.0 6 1 1 1 8 0 105 68
2015-08-07 @OAK L 7.2 10 3 3 2 3 1 112 48
2015-08-01 ARI W 6.0 2 2 2 3 8 0 108 65
2015-07-26 @KCR L 6.2 10 5 5 0 5 1 97 39
2015-07-19 TEX W 7.0 2 0 0 0 13 0 102 86
Last 5 v.SEA 3-2 35.0 26 13 12 9 32 3 3.09 61
2015-06-20 @SEA L 6.0 5 5 5 4 7 3 103 45
2014-09-20 SEA W 8.0 7 1 1 1 8 0 120 71
2014-05-25 @SEA W 9.0 4 1 0 0 6 0 106 83
2014-05-03 SEA L 6.0 4 4 4 3 3 0 92 48
2014-04-21 @SEA W 6.0 6 2 2 1 8 0 113 59

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Mariners Batters (3.89 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (3.56 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 60.Keuchel*
G/S/vB		 44.Gregerson
G/S/vB		 36.Harris
G/S/vB		 37.Neshek
G/S/vB		 38.Perez*
G/S/vB		 50.Qualls
G/S/vB		 29.Sipp*
G/S/vB		 67.Velasquez
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
22.Cano* G/S/vP 17/.301 5/.400 1/.000 3/.666 17/.828 5/.000 13/1.462 2/.500 542/357 .283/.330/.432/.763 .671/.811 .756 107/.956 2/5 14/6
23.Cruz G/S/vP 15/1.616 7/.714 4/.250 7/.286 1/.000 3/.000 6/.834 2/1.000 553/393 .314/.383/.598/.981 1.121/.924 1.039 106/1.008 3/2 39/3
30.Gutierrez G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 7/.619 ··· 3/.000 3/.333 ··· 128/41 .305/.352/.636/.987 1.078/.795 1.025 62/1.193 0/0 10/0
6.Hicks G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/2 .200/.200/.200/.400 .667/.000 .400 5/.400 0/0 0/0
16.Jackson G/S/vP 13/.917 2/.000 2/.000 6/.500 ··· 6/.334 11/.382 ··· 448/298 .272/.312/.387/.699 .767/.664 .667 99/.837 15/9 8/3
4.Marte# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 111/50 .289/.355/.381/.736 .698/.783 .639 93/.766 3/1 0/2
5.Miller* G/S/vP 14/.585 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 5/1.000 2/.500 415/318 .243/.321/.387/.708 .435/.794 .602 57/.654 11/2 9/15
63.Montero G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 74/24 .211/.243/.366/.609 .538/.750 .749 49/.388 0/0 2/1
20.Morrison* G/S/vP 6/.334 3/1.666 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 4/1.250 2/.500 438/305 .219/.295/.364/.659 .481/.738 .681 52/.622 7/2 13/3
15.Seager* G/S/vP 22/.454 10/1.167 2/no AB 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 7/.286 2/.000 549/364 .262/.317/.442/.759 .802/.737 .851 108/.694 5/4 21/12
7.Smith* G/S/vP 12/1.250 8/.542 6/.000 1/.000 5/.800 11/.473 4/.750 2/3.000 363/328 .254/.331/.458/.789 .719/.796 .750 46/.882 0/0 10/1
2.Sucre G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 77/55 .116/.141/.188/.329 .578/.235 .118 35/.406 0/0 1/0
35.Trumbo G/S/vP 11/2.145 1/.000 1/.000 8/.250 1/.000 3/.000 3/.000 2/.000 433/285 .250/.298/.436/.734 .796/.701 .668 80/.838 0/0 17/4
IP 185.2 51.0 57.0 47.1 33.0 42.0 46.1 45.1 TOTAL .246/.306/.406/.713 .719/.710 .708 .785 56/33 156/70
ERA-K/9 2.28/8.0 2.82/8.3 1.42/9.0 3.04/8.9 3.55/11.5 4.07/8.1 2.14/9.7 3.57/9.3 3.32/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hicks (2-0-0)
 Sucre (4-8-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 724/.212 200/.213 218/.157 181/.201 152/.248 169/.219 185/.202 183/.223 .236  Cruz
 Trumbo
 Smith
 Jackson
 Gutierrez
 Miller
 Morrison
 Marte
0/0/78/6
6/0/62/4
54/0/39/4
0/107/0/2
29/0/4/2
10/3/3/1
1/0/2/0
0/2/0/0
OPS .549 .582 .479 .613 .699 .634 .596 .657 .661
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 146/.361 107/.587 101/.464 70/.681 77/.556 63/.545 90/.613 110/.655 .636
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 578/.597 93/.577 117/.493 111/.572 75/.854 106/.684 95/.579 73/.660 .680
Home 384/.462 122/.584 103/.522 97/.620 89/.688 93/.563 86/.519 105/.686
Last 28d days 114/.599 43/.418 39/.420 31/.667 28/.913 35/.564 40/.529 14/.298
HR/SB/CS 9/3/0 5/3/0 5/6/0 6/0/1 3/2/0 5/7/2 5/1/2 3/4/2 103/70/23
Usage ·····X·· ·o·····o ·o··o··· ·o··X··· X·····o· o·X···oo ····o··o X····X·o
Astros Batters (4.29 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (4.58 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 38.Nuno*
G/S/vB		 53.Guaipe
G/S/vB		 27.Kensing
G/S/vB		 49.Olmos*
G/S/vB		 50.Rasmussen*
G/S/vB		 59.Rollins*
G/S/vB		 39.Smith
G/S/vB		 54.Wilhelmsen
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 6/.533 546/387 .313/.357/.431/.787 .941/.725 .878 109/.898 34/11 11/5
23.Carter G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 10/.633 406/246 .183/.296/.378/.673 .708/.651 .776 39/.625 1/2 18/7
16.Conger# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.200 176/88 .212/.314/.424/.738 .535/.935 .903 33/.220 0/1 8/4
1.Correa G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 294/204 .278/.347/.510/.856 .936/.822 .934 85/.691 11/3 15/7
11.Gattis G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.666 4/.250 490/326 .240/.276/.456/.731 .687/.753 .815 89/.733 0/1 22/1
30.Gomez G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 426/335 .248/.307/.391/.698 .642/.713 .669 93/.521 13/8 10/6
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 6/.334 310/197 .273/.309/.429/.738 .787/.711 .760 69/.744 4/4 9/7
8.Lowrie# G/S/vP 5/.450 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 7/.971 166/124 .218/.325/.387/.713 1.076/.596 .595 75/.452 1/0 5/1
6.Marisnick G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 306/189 .232/.265/.365/.630 .565/.671 .533 44/.622 17/6 6/2
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 6/2.000 387/286 .227/.297/.443/.740 .807/.716 .756 82/.674 2/1 17/3
12.Stassi G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 1/.000 0/0 0/
18.Valbuena* G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 1/no AB 434/312 .211/.297/.419/.717 .572/.773 .745 68/.728 1/0 22/5
IP 56.1 14.0 5.2 12.2 9.2 21.0 57.1 49.0 TOTAL .242/.308/.419/.726 .724/.727 .762 .651 98/39 176/63
ERA-K/9 2.88/8.5 7.07/6.4 7.94/11.1 2.13/2.8 12.10/10.2 8.57/8.1 2.83/11.3 3.67/8.6 4.29/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Conger (30-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 232/.252 64/.362 25/.150 55/.217 53/.383 104/.379 234/.197 213/.261 .257  Rasmus
 Marisnick
 Gomez
 Gonzalez
 Conger
 Gattis
51/34/39/7
9/80/11/6
0/98/0/3
7/0/0/1
1/0/0/0
11/0/0/0
OPS .732 1.044 .620 .610 .942 1.006 .554 .741 .734
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 60/.602 26/1.452 10/.971 12/.733 28/.967 30/1.137 102/.595 88/.937 .768
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 172/.777 38/.773 15/.421 43/.576 25/.909 74/.954 132/.523 125/.606 .711
Road 101/.761 33/1.356 13/.490 31/.707 30/.790 49/.825 115/.715 123/.733
Last 28d days 91/.943 46/1.157 25/.620 55/.610 48/.958 50/1.004 59/.536 46/.489
HR/SB/CS 9/2/0 4/0/1 1/0/0 0/1/0 1/1/0 3/2/0 2/5/1 3/2/1 148/51/30
Usage ····X··· X······· ·X·X·X·X X····XX· oo····X· X·····X· X·X··X·o ·Xo··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  5.52

OAK  4.11

ATL  3.65

 RA/G

STL  2.98

MIA  4.18

COL  5.30

 BA

M. Cabrera  .358

T. Frazier  .266

C. Carter  .183

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .460

C. Gonzalez  .330

O. Infante  .232

 SLG

B. Harper  .629

S. Choo  .426

B. Hamilton  .290

 OPS

B. Harper  1.085

K. Calhoun  .757

O. Infante  .539

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.61

N. Karns  3.69

K. Lohse  6.27

 K/9IP

C. Sale  12.03

J. Chavez  7.73

M. Buehrle  4.21

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.