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Texas Rangers vs. Houston Astros, at Globe Life Park in Arlington, August 3, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Monday, August 3, 2015
Start Time:
7:05ct (local), 8:05et
Venue:
Globe Life Park in Arlington
Series:
Game #1 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
97° (based on last ten years)
Astros
Manager:
A.J. Hinch
Game #:
107
On This Date:
33-20
Rangers
Manager:
Jeff Banister
Game #:
105
On This Date:
24-28
Season Series
Fri, Apr 10, 2015 HOU  5 @TEX  1     
Sat, Apr 11, 2015 TEX  6  HOU  2     
Sun, Apr 12, 2015 HOU  6 @TEX  4 (14)
Mon, May 04, 2015 TEX  2 @HOU  1     
Tue, May 05, 2015 TEX  7 @HOU  1     
Wed, May 06, 2015 TEX 11 @HOU  3     
Fri, Jul 17, 2015 HOU  3  TEX  2     
Sat, Jul 18, 2015 TEX  7 @HOU  6     
Sun, Jul 19, 2015 HOU 10  TEX  0     

Mon, Aug 03, 2015 HOU    @TEX  8:05pm
Tue, Aug 04, 2015 HOU    @TEX  8:05pm
Wed, Aug 05, 2015 HOU    @TEX  8:05pm
Mon, Sep 14, 2015 HOU    @TEX  8:05pm
Tue, Sep 15, 2015 HOU    @TEX  8:05pm
Wed, Sep 16, 2015 HOU    @TEX  8:05pm
Thu, Sep 17, 2015 HOU    @TEX  8:05pm
Fri, Sep 25, 2015 TEX    @HOU  8:10pm
Sat, Sep 26, 2015 TEX    @HOU  7:10pm
Sun, Sep 27, 2015 TEX    @HOU  2:10pm

                         All times ET
Houston Astros
60-46, 1st, 4 up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   38-18   Road:   22-28   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  38-26   vsLHP:  22-20   1-Run:  14-15
 vsEast: 14-13   vsCntrl: 9-14   vsWest: 27-17 IL:10-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
106 Sun, Aug  2   ARI  W   4-1       60-46  1st  4.0 up
105 Sat, Aug  1   ARI  W   9-2       59-46  1st  3.0 up
104 Fri, Jul 31   ARI  L   4-6 (10)  58-46  1st  2.0 up
103 Thu, Jul 30   LAA  W   3-0       58-45  1st  2.0 up
102 Wed, Jul 29   LAA  W   6-3       57-45  1st  1.0 up
101 Tue, Jul 28   LAA  W  10-5       56-45  1st    Tied
100 Sun, Jul 26  @KCR  L   1-5       55-45  2nd  1.0 gb
 99 Sat, Jul 25  @KCR  L   1-2 (10)  55-44  1st    Tied
 98 Fri, Jul 24  @KCR  W   4-0       55-43  1st    Tied
 97 Thu, Jul 23   BOS  W   5-4       54-43  2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13
Texas Rangers
51-53, 3rd, 8 GB, 4 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   20-29   Road:   31-24   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  33-30   vsLHP:  18-23   1-Run:  18-16
 vsEast: 16-9    vsCntrl:12-10   vsWest: 14-26 IL: 9-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
104 Sun, Aug  2   SFG  W   2-1       51-53  3rd  8.0 gb
103 Sat, Aug  1   SFG  L   7-9 (11)  50-53  3rd  8.0 gb
102 Fri, Jul 31   SFG  W   6-3       50-52  3rd  7.0 gb
101 Thu, Jul 30   NYY  W   7-6       49-52  3rd  8.0 gb
100 Wed, Jul 29   NYY  W   5-2       48-52  3rd  8.0 gb
 99 Tue, Jul 28   NYY  L   5-21      47-52  3rd  8.0 gb
 98 Mon, Jul 27   NYY  L   2-6       47-51  3rd  8.0 gb
 97 Sun, Jul 26  @LAA  L   7-13      47-50  3rd  7.5 gb
 96 Sat, Jul 25  @LAA  W   7-6       47-49  3rd  6.5 gb
 95 Fri, Jul 24  @LAA  W   4-2       46-49  3rd  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jul 19, 2015 HOU 10  TEX  0        W:Dallas Keuchel (12-4), L: Yovani Gallardo (7-9), S: none
Sat, Jul 18, 2015 TEX  7 @HOU  6        W:Colby Lewis (9-4), L: Scott Feldman (4-5), S: Shawn Tolleson (14)
Fri, Jul 17, 2015 HOU  3  TEX  2        W:Collin McHugh (10-5), L: Martin Perez (0-1), S: Luke Gregerson (19)
Wed, May 06, 2015 TEX 11 @HOU  3        W:Colby Lewis (2-2), L: Sam Deduno (0-1), S: none
Tue, May 05, 2015 TEX  7 @HOU  1        W:Wandy Rodriguez (1-1), L: Scott Feldman (2-3), S: none
Mon, May 04, 2015 TEX  2 @HOU  1        W:Keone Kela (2-1), L: Chad Qualls (0-2), S: Neftali Feliz (3)
Sun, Apr 12, 2015 HOU  6 @TEX  4 (14)   W:Will Harris (1-0), L: Logan Verrett (0-1), S: Sam Deduno (1)
Sat, Apr 11, 2015 TEX  6  HOU  2        W:Yovani Gallardo (1-1), L: Roberto Hernandez (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 10, 2015 HOU  5 @TEX  1        W:Collin McHugh (1-0), L: Derek Holland (0-1), S: none

Wed, Sep 24, 2014 TEX  5  HOU  1        W:Lisalverto Bonilla (3-0), L: Scott Feldman (8-12), S: none
Season Series: 2015 - TEX over 5-4; 2014 - HOU won 11-8; 2013 - TEX won 17-2; All-Time - TEX leads 72-47

SP: Lance McCullers (21, RHP, 5-3, 2.48)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (5-3) 76.1 58 24 21 27 78 3 2.48
Last 7 GS 2-2 40.1 36 15 13 17 38 2 2.90 55
2015-07-29 LAA W 7.0 5 1 1 0 5 0 99 68
2015-07-23 BOS ND 5.0 6 2 2 3 2 1 89 46
2015-07-12 @TBR L 6.0 4 4 4 3 10 0 93 55
2015-07-05 @BOS ND 5.0 7 1 1 3 3 0 101 49
2015-06-29 KCR W 7.0 4 1 1 2 6 1 102 69
2015-06-24 @LAA ND 6.0 4 1 1 3 6 0 104 63
2015-06-19 @SEA L 4.1 6 5 3 3 6 0 88 38
Has never faced TEX as starter.

SP: Colby Lewis (35, RHP, 11-4, 4.42)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (11-4) 132.1 132 69 65 25 101 16 4.42
2014 (10-14) 170.1 211 107 98 48 133 25 5.18
2012 (6-6) 105.0 99 48 40 14 93 16 3.43
Last 7 GS 4-1 44.0 44 27 25 8 33 8 5.11 49
2015-07-29 NYY W 6.0 7 2 2 0 5 1 102 55
2015-07-24 @LAA W 7.2 5 2 2 1 9 1 103 69
2015-07-18 @HOU W 7.1 4 2 2 0 7 1 100 69
2015-07-11 SDP ND 7.0 5 3 3 2 5 1 99 58
2015-07-05 LAA L 4.0 12 10 10 2 1 1 82 -3
2015-06-30 @BAL W 6.0 6 5 3 0 3 3 97 47
2015-06-25 OAK ND 6.0 5 3 3 3 3 0 100 50
Last 5 v.HOU 4-0 35.1 27 8 8 4 36 3 2.04 66
2015-07-18 @HOU W 7.1 4 2 2 0 7 1 100 69
2015-05-06 @HOU W 8.0 6 1 1 1 6 0 87 71
2015-04-12 HOU ND 7.1 7 4 4 0 5 2 99 53
2014-05-12 @HOU W 5.2 7 0 0 2 8 0 108 61
2012-06-17 HOU W 7.0 3 1 1 1 10 0 92 76

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Astros Batters (4.46 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.80 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 48.Lewis
G/S/vB		 58.Claudio*
G/S/vB		 41.Diekman*
G/S/vB		 47.Dyson
G/S/vB		 71.Freeman*
G/S/vB		 43.Klein
G/S/vB		 44.Patton
G/S/vB		 37.Tolleson
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP 20/.650 1/2.000 3/1.334 ··· 1/3.000 3/1.000 1/.000 8/.393 432/292 .299/.344/.420/.764 .933/.685 .678 94/.739 28/9 9/4
23.Carter G/S/vP 8/.536 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/5.000 6/.750 367/227 .181/.297/.382/.679 .702/.665 .576 40/.465 1/1 17/6
15.Castro* G/S/vP 15/.276 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 266/188 .221/.286/.388/.673 .603/.705 .603 38/.816 0/0 9/1
16.Conger# G/S/vP 21/.571 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 143/68 .254/.352/.508/.860 .556/1.187 .686 39/1.160 0/0 8/3
1.Correa G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 204/130 .299/.348/.567/.915 1.009/.864 .826 87/.928 5/1 12/6
11.Gattis G/S/vP 9/.555 ··· 5/.200 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 396/256 .247/.278/.457/.735 .659/.777 .639 79/.758 0/1 17/1
30.Gomez G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 328/256 .263/.326/.420/.746 .639/.775 .741 82/.786 8/6 8/6
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP 8/.375 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/.000 241/148 .268/.308/.429/.737 .845/.671 .735 53/.866 3/3 7/6
8.Lowrie# G/S/vP 21/.783 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 6/.334 86/61 .282/.407/.521/.928 1.520/.667 1.118 12/.523 1/0 4/0
6.Marisnick G/S/vP 7/1.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 3/.666 262/164 .231/.267/.364/.631 .496/.715 .800 54/.482 14/5 5/2
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 15/1.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.500 301/218 .237/.306/.452/.757 .726/.767 .711 74/.615 1/1 13/2
20.Tucker* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 244/177 .265/.320/.469/.789 .443/.924 .721 70/.881 0/1 10/1
18.Valbuena* G/S/vP 11/.455 ··· 1/2.000 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 362/250 .202/.285/.413/.698 .615/.734 .617 51/.535 1/0 19/5
IP 132.1 15.2 38.2 46.0 25.1 17.0 16.1 46.1 TOTAL .246/.312/.429/.741 .728/.747 .696 .744 76/28 148/53
ERA-K/9 4.42/6.9 2.87/7.5 4.89/11.6 3.72/8.0 3.20/8.5 5.82/6.4 7.71/9.4 3.11/9.3 4.52/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (33-19-5)
 Conger (23-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 550/.260 66/.211 182/.258 199/.257 111/.226 82/.297 70/.233 187/.236 .266  Marisnick
 Rasmus
 Gomez
 Tucker
 Conger
 Gattis
0/79/2/6
46/32/22/5
0/75/0/2
54/0/10/1
1/0/0/0
8/0/0/0
OPS .720 .762 .749 .686 .665 .879 .826 .666 .759
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 329/.759 34/.716 74/.755 85/.591 60/.880 44/1.135 27/.697 109/.749 .758
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 221/.664 32/.813 108/.743 114/.758 51/.431 38/.598 43/.901 78/.546 .761
Home 260/.685 34/.687 95/.692 124/.657 62/.810 34/.620 31/.958 93/.763
Last 28d days 108/.581 / 31/.603 41/1.033 38/.644 23/.691 37/.668 47/.760
HR/SB/CS 16/7/2 4/0/0 3/3/1 4/7/1 2/2/1 4/2/0 4/0/1 6/1/0 116/53/17
Usage ····X··· ········ ooX····· oX··X··· ·o·X·Xoo ·····XX· ·····X·X ·oXXo···
Rangers Batters (4.39 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (3.65 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 43.McCullers
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		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP ··· 7/.000 4/.000 3/.000 6/.500 7/.858 6/1.333 431/277 .256/.307/.344/.650 .708/.617 .736 87/.828 11/5 4/18
29.Beltre G/S/vP ··· 8/1.000 7/1.000 2/1.000 13/.975 3/1.000 7/.429 367/242 .262/.305/.394/.699 .753/.672 .705 91/.825 1/0 8/8
17.Choo* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 2/.000 2/.000 4/1.250 4/.250 397/252 .239/.321/.417/.737 .579/.828 .818 70/.848 2/1 13/3
7.DeShields G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 257/167 .273/.364/.391/.755 .768/.747 .809 84/.728 16/3 0/3
84.Fielder* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 8/1.750 2/.000 3/1.167 14/.214 6/.333 446/270 .329/.399/.499/.898 .802/.961 .854 90/.716 0/0 15/4
38.Gimenez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 6/3 .200/.200/.400/.600 .000/1.000 .600 6/.600 0/0 0/0
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP ··· 6/1.667 3/.000 ··· 6/.666 4/.250 7/2.571 118/74 .245/.297/.445/.742 .640/.803 .908 81/.649 0/0 5/0
2.Martin* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 3/.666 2/.000 2/.000 4/.000 5/.000 309/198 .220/.265/.314/.578 .571/.582 .470 29/.355 14/5 5/1
18.Moreland* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/1.000 3/.333 1/3.000 2/.500 5/.000 319/219 .284/.335/.510/.846 .652/.934 .777 67/.752 1/0 16/3
12.Odor* G/S/vP ··· 1/4.000 2/1.000 2/2.000 1/.000 5/.650 7/.829 265/169 .262/.326/.451/.777 .751/.791 .675 91/.928 5/3 8/12
9.Rosales G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/3.000 2/.000 120/48 .220/.292/.339/.631 .585/.699 .627 15/.400 3/4 3/3
16.Rua G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 79/32 .208/.228/.429/.656 .712/.574 .659 23/.850 0/0 4/0
8.Wilson G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 63/43 .169/.222/.169/.392 .311/.428 .274 4/1.000 0/0 0/0
IP 76.1 34.1 40.1 46.2 40.0 31.1 36.2 TOTAL .252/.317/.406/.723 .686/.744 .741 .753 61/21 108/81
ERA-K/9 2.48/9.2 2.62/11.8 3.12/7.8 1.35/8.7 2.93/8.6 4.31/8.1 2.70/9.3 3.47/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Gimenez (2-0-0)
 Wilson (15-6-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 312/.207 136/.175 157/.221 179/.149 150/.186 130/.235 145/.203 .237  Martin
 DeShields
 Choo
 Hamilton
 Rua
 Rosales
0/90/0/13
35/34/0/4
0/0/91/2
22/0/10/1
20/0/4/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .603 .543 .626 .493 .602 .663 .613 .669
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 162/.538 61/.684 84/.632 81/.507 58/.678 45/.544 74/.548 .656
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 150/.675 75/.427 73/.619 98/.481 92/.556 85/.724 71/.676 .680
Road 144/.640 70/.597 58/.540 95/.410 67/.635 55/.819 78/.725
Last 28d days 74/.696 25/.657 32/.789 33/.722 30/.717 23/.391 22/.232
HR/SB/CS 3/1/0 1/2/2 5/3/0 5/5/0 6/0/1 4/6/1 5/1/2 86/56/20
Usage ····X··· ·oo··o·o o·ooX··· ··o··o·· o·ooo··· ··X··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  5.29

PIT  4.13

NYM  3.55

 RA/G

STL  2.93

CLE  4.22

COL  5.15

 BA

M. Cabrera  .350

H. Ramirez  .266

M. Zunino  .180

 OBP

P. Goldschmidt  .458

C. Davis  .327

M. Zunino  .237

 SLG

B. Harper  .672

M. Moustakas  .420

B. Hamilton  .288

 OPS

B. Harper  1.128

K. Wong  .751

M. Zunino  .554

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.41

J. Zimmermann  3.54

K. Kendrick  6.43

 K/9IP

C. Kershaw  11.68

K. Hendricks  7.56

M. Pelfrey  4.26

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.