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Houston Astros vs. Seattle Mariners, at Minute Maid Park, September 2, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Start Time:

7:10ct (local), 8:10et

Venue:

Minute Maid Park

Series:

Game #3 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

73° (based on last ten years)

Mariners

Manager:

Lloyd McClendon

Game #:

134

On This Date:

11-23

Astros

Manager:

A.J. Hinch

Game #:

134

On This Date:

22-26

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 HOU  8  SEA  3     
Tue, Sep 01, 2015 SEA  7 @HOU  5     

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

62-71, 4th, 11 GB, 12 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   29-36   Road:   33-35   ExtrInn:10-11
 vsRHP:  46-44   vsLHP:  16-27   1-Run:  26-22
 vsEast: 15-17   vsCntrl:13-18   vsWest: 27-26 IL: 7-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
133 Tue, Sep  1  @HOU  W   7-5       62-71  4th 11.0 gb
132 Mon, Aug 31  @HOU  L   3-8       61-71  4th 12.0 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14

Houston Astros

73-60, 1st, 3 up / Schedule

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

 Home:   46-22   Road:   27-38   ExtrInn: 8-6 
 vsRHP:  47-38   vsLHP:  26-22   1-Run:  19-21
 vsEast: 18-16   vsCntrl:12-17   vsWest: 29-24 IL:14-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
133 Tue, Sep  1   SEA  L   5-7       73-60  1st  3.0 up
132 Mon, Aug 31   SEA  W   8-3       73-59  1st  4.0 up
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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Sep 01, 2015 SEA  7 @HOU  5        W:Logan Kensing (1-0), L: Pat Neshek (3-4), S: Tom Wilhelmsen (7)
Mon, Aug 31, 2015 HOU  8  SEA  3        W:Dallas Keuchel (16-6), L: Vidal Nuno (0-3), S: none
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
Season Series: 2015 - HOU over 10-5; 2014 - SEA won 10-9; 2013 - SEA won 10-9; All-Time - HOU leads 34-28

SP: Taijuan Walker (22, RHP, 10-7, 4.53)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (10-7)			153.0	148	82	77	37	145	22	4.53
2014 (2-3)			38.0	31	12	11	18	34	2	2.61
2013 (1-0)			15.0	11	7	6	4	12	0	3.60

Last 7 GS		3-0	46.1	37	18	17	10	41	4	3.30	59
2015-08-28	@CHW	W	6.1	3	0	0	1	6	0	86	72
2015-08-23	CHW	W	5.2	7	5	5	0	4	1	87	39
2015-08-17	@TEX	ND	6.0	10	3	3	1	3	0	96	42
2015-08-11	BAL	ND	6.0	5	2	2	1	6	0	101	59
2015-08-05	@COL	ND	7.1	5	3	3	3	5	1	101	58
2015-07-31	@MIN	W	9.0	1	1	1	1	11	1	101	91
2015-07-26	TOR	ND	6.0	6	4	3	3	6	1	98	49

Last 5 v.HOU		3-1	26.1	31	17	16	9	34	7	5.47	48
2015-06-20	HOU	W	6.1	5	3	3	0	11	2	94	62
2015-05-02	@HOU	L	3.0	9	8	7	1	2	3	70	12
2015-04-21	HOU	ND	5.1	4	1	1	4	8	0	102	60
2014-09-19	@HOU	W	5.2	8	2	2	2	7	0	96	50
2014-06-30	@HOU	W	6.0	5	3	3	2	6	2	94	54

SP: Scott Kazmir (31, LHP, 7-9, 2.45)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (7-9)			154.0	121	52	42	48	137	12	2.45
2014 (15-9)			190.1	171	81	75	50	164	16	3.55
2013 (10-9)			158.0	162	76	71	47	162	19	4.04

Last 7 GS		2-4	44.1	37	17	13	13	36	5	2.64	57
2015-08-28	@MIN	L	7.0	3	3	3	1	6	1	100	64
2015-08-22	LAD	W	6.0	6	1	1	1	8	0	98	63
2015-08-17	TBR	L	5.1	9	6	6	3	6	1	109	29
2015-08-11	@SFG	L	5.2	7	3	2	2	3	2	106	46
2015-08-05	@TEX	L	5.2	6	4	1	2	5	1	100	50
2015-07-30	LAA	ND	7.2	3	0	0	3	5	0	111	75
2015-07-24	@KCR	W	7.0	3	0	0	1	3	0	91	73

Last 5 v.SEA		2-1	31.0	20	10	9	6	28	1	2.61	62
2015-07-02	SEA	W	8.0	2	0	0	0	7	0	105	85
2014-05-05	SEA	L	6.0	8	4	4	2	3	1	99	41
2014-04-13	@SEA	ND	6.0	2	0	0	0	9	0	82	77
2013-07-24	@SEA	W	8.0	1	1	0	2	7	0	103	83
2013-05-20	SEA	ND	3.0	7	5	5	2	2	0	63	25

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

Mariners Batters (3.90 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (3.58 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 26.Kazmir*
G/S/vB 35.Fields
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 56.Thatcher*
G/S/vB 67.Velasquez
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

22.Cano* G/S/vP 43/.662 3/1.334 6/.666 1/.000 3/.666 18/.777 5/.000 13/1.462 6/.666 4/.500 551/362 .282/.330/.429/.760 .667/.809 .750 105/.899 2/6 14/6

23.Cruz G/S/vP 28/.632 4/1.250 8/.625 5/.200 7/.286 1/.000 3/.000 6/.834 2/2.000 4/.500 562/399 .311/.381/.590/.971 1.123/.910 1.018 104/.907 3/2 39/4

30.Gutierrez G/S/vP 21/1.334 ··· 3/.000 ··· 7/.619 1/2.000 3/.000 3/.333 3/.666 2/1.000 137/46 .310/.358/.643/1.001 1.051/.900 1.044 65/1.130 0/0 11/0

6.Hicks G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 8/5 .143/.250/.143/.393 .667/.200 .393 8/.393 1/0 0/1

4.Marte# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 120/56 .269/.345/.356/.700 .663/.744 .591 96/.740 3/1 0/2

5.Miller* G/S/vP 10/.522 4/2.500 4/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 3/.000 5/1.000 5/.500 4/.833 423/322 .249/.325/.389/.714 .458/.797 .618 60/.672 12/2 9/16

63.Montero G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 78/24 .200/.231/.347/.577 .497/.750 .677 47/.362 0/0 2/1

20.Morrison* G/S/vP 5/.200 1/.000 3/1.666 1/.000 2/2.500 1/no AB 2/1.000 4/1.250 8/.875 2/.500 439/306 .221/.297/.373/.670 .481/.753 .702 51/.715 7/2 14/3

36.O'Malley# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· / /// / / / /

17.Romero G/S/vP 5/1.400 3/.333 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /

15.Seager* G/S/vP 13/.231 7/.953 11/1.055 3/.667 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 7/.286 11/.819 4/.000 558/370 .262/.317/.439/.757 .800/.734 .843 106/.698 6/4 21/13

7.Smith* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 8/.542 6/.000 2/.000 5/.800 11/.473 4/.750 8/.000 3/1.667 367/332 .255/.333/.463/.796 .719/.804 .764 47/.865 0/0 10/1

2.Sucre G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 80/55 .111/.135/.181/.316 .499/.235 .108 33/.419 0/0 1/0

35.Trumbo G/S/vP 5/.400 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 9/.222 2/2.500 3/.000 3/.000 1/.000 3/1.666 441/289 .252/.299/.456/.756 .844/.709 .714 80/.931 0/0 20/4

IP 154.0 41.0 52.0 58.0 48.1 34.0 42.0 46.1 19.0 49.2 TOTAL .246/.307/.408/.714 .719/.712 .711 .780 59/34 161/74

ERA-K/9

2.45/8.0

2.20/11.9

2.77/8.3

1.40/8.8

3.35/8.9

3.97/11.4

4.07/8.1

2.14/9.7

3.79/10.4

3.62/9.2

3.34/7.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hicks (3-0-0)
Sucre (5-8-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 623/.216 161/.168 204/.214 221/.154 186/.207 157/.254 169/.219 185/.202 87/.292 199/.222 .236 Cruz
Smith
Trumbo
Gutierrez
Miller
Marte
Morrison 0/0/80/6
55/0/39/4
6/0/63/4
30/0/4/2
10/5/3/1
0/2/0/0
1/0/2/0

OPS .605 .516 .581 .473 .635 .724 .634 .596 .765 .663 .663

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 149/.666 71/.631 109/.595 103/.455 74/.745 79/.541 63/.545 90/.613 55/.744 119/.643 .640

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 474/.585 90/.425 95/.564 118/.488 112/.566 78/.921 106/.684 95/.579 32/.799 80/.692 .681

Home 333/.489 77/.467 126/.581 106/.507 102/.660 94/.729 93/.563 86/.519 42/.741 121/.693

Last 28d days 103/.771 16/.393 47/.425 35/.352 32/.810 29/1.141 34/.581 33/.517 / 30/.536

HR/SB/CS 12/7/0 1/3/2 5/3/0 5/6/0 7/0/1 4/2/0 5/7/2 5/1/2 1/2/0 4/4/3 108/73/24

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

Astros Batters (4.32 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (4.61 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 32.Walker
G/S/vB 53.Guaipe
G/S/vB 27.Kensing
G/S/vB 49.Olmos*
G/S/vB 31.Ramirez
G/S/vB 50.Rasmussen*
G/S/vB 59.Rollins*
G/S/vB 39.Smith
G/S/vB 54.Wilhelmsen
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

27.Altuve G/S/vP 17/1.100 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 5/.000 6/.533 556/389 .318/.361/.433/.794 .953/.727 .888 109/.974 36/11 11/5

23.Carter G/S/vP 11/.273 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 10/.633 409/246 .182/.296/.376/.672 .703/.651 .771 41/.626 1/2 18/7

16.Conger# G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 5/.200 181/89 .212/.311/.436/.747 .571/.924 .910 34/.305 0/1 9/4

1.Correa G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 303/206 .279/.347/.518/.865 .976/.813 .946 85/.789 11/3 16/8

11.Gattis G/S/vP 8/1.250 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 3/1.666 5/.200 499/328 .239/.277/.454/.731 .695/.749 .812 90/.759 0/1 22/1

30.Gomez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 434/336 .249/.306/.389/.695 .619/.717 .664 92/.469 13/8 10/6

9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP 14/.714 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 7/.286 319/199 .269/.307/.421/.728 .769/.704 .735 73/.722 4/4 9/7

8.Lowrie# G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 7/.971 174/125 .228/.333/.416/.749 1.174/.591 .680 79/.507 1/0 6/1

6.Marisnick G/S/vP 6/1.167 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 313/190 .234/.269/.375/.643 .591/.678 .562 48/.748 17/6 7/2

28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 7/1.857 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 6/2.000 392/287 .227/.296/.442/.738 .773/.724 .751 79/.641 2/1 17/3

12.Stassi G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/2 .250/.250/.250/.500 1.000/.000 .667 4/.500 0/0 0/0

18.Valbuena* G/S/vP 7/1.262 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 1/no AB 435/313 .210/.297/.418/.715 .572/.770 .741 62/.735 1/0 22/5

2.Villar# G/S/vP 9/.555 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.650 105/51 .263/.317/.368/.686 .710/.659 .706 / 4/2 1/9

IP 153.0 14.2 6.2 12.2 3.0 11.2 21.0 58.1 50.0 TOTAL .243/.308/.421/.729 .733/.727 .766 .678 100/39 180/64

ERA-K/9

4.53/8.5

6.75/6.7

6.75/9.4

2.13/2.8

15.00/6.0

12.34/10.0

8.57/8.1

2.78/11.6

3.60/8.6

4.32/7.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Conger (31-1-0)
Stassi (2-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 639/.252 68/.371 29/.167 55/.217 20/.400 63/.386 104/.379 238/.198 216/.257 .257 Rasmus
Marisnick
Gomez
Gonzalez
Conger
Gattis
Villar 53/34/40/7
9/80/13/6
0/100/0/3
9/0/0/1
1/0/0/0
11/0/0/0
4/2/0/0

OPS .716 1.041 .602 .610 1.083 .936 1.006 .558 .730 .736

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 347/.685 27/1.394 11/.864 12/.733 10/1.557 29/.932 30/1.137 105/.608 89/.925 .766

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 292/.754 41/.815 18/.465 43/.576 10/.650 34/.937 74/.954 133/.519 127/.595 .717

Road 372/.738 37/1.315 17/.494 31/.707 20/1.083 40/.819 49/.825 119/.717 126/.714

Last 28d days 98/.654 38/.995 29/.602 55/.610 / 50/1.111 50/1.004 62/.562 49/.457

HR/SB/CS 22/4/3 4/1/1 1/0/0 0/1/0 0/0/0 1/1/0 3/2/0 2/5/1 3/2/1 152/53/30

Usage ····X··· o·X····· o··X·X·X ··X····X ········ ·Xoo···· ··X····· o·X·X··X o··Xo··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 5.49

CHC 4.11

ATL 3.61

RA/G

STL 3.01

LAA 4.14

COL 5.29

M. Cabrera .359

C. Gonzalez .268

C. Carter .182

OBP

B. Harper .461

E. Longoria .328

O. Infante .232

SLG

B. Harper .630

N. Walker .427

B. Hamilton .290

OPS

B. Harper 1.091

M. Byrd .754

O. Infante .540

ERA

Z. Greinke 1.59

J. Nelson 3.70

K. Lohse 6.27

K/9IP

C. Sale 12.10

S. Miller 7.69

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.