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Houston Astros vs. Minnesota Twins, at Minute Maid Park, May 2, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Monday, May 2, 2016
Start Time:
7:10ct (local), 8:10et
Venue:
Minute Maid Park
Series:
Game #1 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
80° (based on last ten years)
Twins
Manager:
Paul Molitor
Game #:
26
On This Date:
53-42
Astros
Manager:
A.J. Hinch
Game #:
27
On This Date:
26-19
Season Series

Mon, May 02, 2016 MIN    @HOU  8:10pm
Tue, May 03, 2016 MIN    @HOU  8:10pm
Wed, May 04, 2016 MIN    @HOU  8:10pm
Mon, Aug 08, 2016 HOU    @MIN  8:10pm
Tue, Aug 09, 2016 HOU    @MIN  8:10pm
Wed, Aug 10, 2016 HOU    @MIN  8:10pm
Thu, Aug 11, 2016 HOU    @MIN  1:10pm

                         All times ET
Minnesota Twins
7-18, 5th, 10½ GB, 7½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    6-8    Road:    1-10   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:   7-15   vsLHP:   0-3    1-Run:   4-7 
 vsEast:  0-3    vsCntrl: 2-10   vsWest:  3-0  IL: 2-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 25 Sun, May  1   DET  L   5-6        7-18  5th 10.5 gb
 24 Sat, Apr 30   DET  L   1-4        7-17  5th  9.5 gb
 23 Fri, Apr 29   DET  L   2-9        7-16  5th  8.5 gb
 22 Wed, Apr 27   CLE  L   5-6        7-15  5th  9.0 gb
 21 Tue, Apr 26   CLE  W   6-5        7-14  5th  8.0 gb
 20 Mon, Apr 25   CLE  W   4-3        6-14  5th  8.0 gb
 19 Sun, Apr 24  @WSN  L   5-6 (16)   5-14  5th  8.0 gb
 18 Sat, Apr 23  @WSN  L   0-2        5-13  5th  7.0 gb
 17 Fri, Apr 22  @WSN  L   4-8        5-12  5th  6.5 gb
 16 Thu, Apr 21  @MIL  W   8-1        5-11  5th  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30: 7-18
Houston Astros
8-17, 5th, 6 GB, 6½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    4-6    Road:    4-11   ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   7-13   vsLHP:   1-4    1-Run:   3-4 
 vsEast:  2-4    vsCntrl: 3-4    vsWest:  2-7  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 25 Sun, May  1  @OAK  W   2-1        8-17  5th  6.0 gb
 24 Sat, Apr 30  @OAK  L   0-2        7-17  5th  7.0 gb
 23 Fri, Apr 29  @OAK  L   4-7        7-16  5th  6.0 gb
 22 Wed, Apr 27  @SEA  W   7-4        7-15  5th  5.0 gb
 21 Tue, Apr 26  @SEA  L   1-11       6-15  5th  5.5 gb
 20 Mon, Apr 25  @SEA  L   2-3        6-14  5th  4.5 gb
 19 Sun, Apr 24   BOS  L   5-7 (12)   6-13  5th  4.0 gb
 18 Sat, Apr 23   BOS  W   8-3        6-12  5th  4.0 gb
 17 Fri, Apr 22   BOS  L   2-6        5-12  5th  5.0 gb
 16 Thu, Apr 21  @TEX  L   4-7        5-11  5th  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30: 8-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Sep 06, 2015 HOU  8  MIN  5        W:Dallas Keuchel (17-6), L: Trevor May (8-9), S: Luke Gregerson (26)
Sat, Sep 05, 2015 MIN  3 @HOU  2        W:Ervin Santana (4-4), L: Luke Gregerson (7-3), S: Kevin Jepsen (11)
Fri, Sep 04, 2015 HOU  8  MIN  0        W:Collin McHugh (15-7), L: Mike Pelfrey (6-9), S: none
Sun, Aug 30, 2015 MIN  7  HOU  5        W:Ervin Santana (3-4), L: Lance McCullers (5-5), S: none
Sat, Aug 29, 2015 HOU  4 @MIN  1        W:Mike Fiers (7-9), L: Mike Pelfrey (6-8), S: Luke Gregerson (25)
Fri, Aug 28, 2015 MIN  3  HOU  0        W:Kyle Gibson (9-9), L: Scott Kazmir (7-9), S: Kevin Jepsen (9)
Wed, Aug 13, 2014 MIN  3 @HOU  1        W:Kyle Gibson (11-9), L: Brett Oberholtzer (4-8), S: Glen Perkins (30)
Tue, Aug 12, 2014 HOU 10  MIN  4        W:Collin McHugh (5-9), L: Yohan Pino (1-5), S: none
Mon, Aug 11, 2014 MIN  4 @HOU  2        W:Brian Duensing (3-2), L: Josh Fields (2-5), S: Glen Perkins (29)
Sun, Jun 08, 2014 HOU 14 @MIN  5        W:Darin Downs (1-0), L: Sam Deduno (2-4), S: none
Season Series: 2016 -  0-0; 2015 - Tied 3-3; 2014 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - MIN leads 22-16

SP: Jose Berrios (22, RHP, 0-1, 11.25)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (0-1) 4.0 6 5 5 2 5 0 11.25
Last 7 GS 0-1 4.0 6 5 5 2 5 0 11.25 33
2016-04-27 CLE L 4.0 6 5 5 2 5 0 93 33
Has never faced HOU as starter.

SP: Dallas Keuchel (28, LHP, 2-3, 4.41)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (2-3) 32.2 33 16 16 13 27 1 4.41
2015 (20-8) 232.0 185 68 64 51 216 17 2.48
2014 (12-9) 200.0 187 71 65 48 146 11 2.93
Last 7 GS 4-3 45.2 41 19 19 17 40 2 3.74 55
2016-04-26 @SEA L 6.0 6 5 5 2 5 0 107 43
2016-04-21 @TEX L 6.0 13 6 6 0 5 1 99 27
2016-04-15 DET W 8.0 5 0 0 1 4 0 108 75
2016-04-10 @MIL L 5.2 6 3 3 6 8 0 110 47
2016-04-05 @NYY W 7.0 3 2 2 4 5 0 106 64
2015-10-02 @ARI W 6.0 6 2 2 2 3 1 99 53
2015-09-27 TEX W 7.0 2 1 1 2 10 0 122 77
Last 5 v.MIN 2-0 14.0 10 3 3 4 18 3 1.93 68
2015-09-06 MIN W 8.0 5 3 3 2 12 3 113 70
2014-06-06 @MIN W 6.0 5 0 0 2 6 0 101 66

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

Twins Batters (3.40 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.96 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 60.Keuchel*
G/S/vB		 47.Devenski
G/S/vB		 45.Feliz
G/S/vB		 35.Fields
G/S/vB		 53.Giles
G/S/vB		 44.Gregerson
G/S/vB		 36.Harris
G/S/vB		 37.Neshek
G/S/vB		 29.Sipp*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
31.Arcia* G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 55/51 .255/.309/.431/.740 1.000/.720 .650 55/.740 0/0 3/1
2.Dozier G/S/vP 8/.875 ··· ··· 4/1.167 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/3.000 3/.000 111/98 .184/.273/.327/.599 .930/.557 .711 107/.623 2/0 3/2
5.Escobar# G/S/vP 5/1.400 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/3.000 91/72 .256/.297/.314/.611 .757/.572 .625 87/.568 0/1 0/4
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 7/.629 ··· ··· 3/2.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 20/1.600 111/90 .337/.459/.461/.920 .714/.974 .949 107/.917 1/0 1/0
12.Murphy G/S/vP 5/.800 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 38/34 .086/.111/.114/.225 .500/.191 .263 38/.225 0/0 0/1
9.Nunez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 65/60 .373/.415/.441/.856 .000/.923 .875 65/.856 5/2 0/3
52.Park G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 77/71 .232/.299/.551/.849 .167/.904 .626 73/.848 0/0 6/0
11.Polanco# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/7 .143/.222/.286/.508 .000/.619 .583 9/.508 0/0 0/0
20.Rosario* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 84/66 .190/.220/.329/.549 .494/.559 .595 80/.538 2/0 3/2
22.Sano G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 106/94 .258/.377/.427/.804 1.125/.769 .793 102/.839 0/0 3/1
39.Santana# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 38/36 .297/.316/.351/.667 .000/.705 .333 38/.667 3/3 0/0
8.Suzuki G/S/vP 9/.222 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 2/.000 2/.000 4/.000 58/44 .216/.263/.314/.577 .490/.600 .606 54/.616 0/0 0/1
IP 32.2 18.2 5.1 9.1 10.0 10.0 11.2 7.0 9.0 TOTAL .242/.311/.379/.691 .603/.706 .653 .697 15/6 21/18
ERA-K/9 4.41/7.4 1.45/7.7 15.19/11.9 7.71/12.6 9.00/12.6 1.80/6.3 0.77/8.5 5.14/10.3 5.00/9.0 4.80/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Murphy (4-1-1)
 Suzuki (8-2-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 138/.266 71/.239 32/.393 42/.325 52/.348 37/.121 45/.186 27/.167 40/.278 .282  Rosario
 Arcia
 Sano
 Santana
20/4/0/2
9/0/6/1
0/0/19/0
1/7/2/0
OPS .707 .610 1.183 .882 1.044 .398 .386 .772 .933 .801
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 29/.464 35/.473 23/1.085 18/.859 27/.993 20/.259 25/.457 8/1.518 22/1.010 .841
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 109/.773 36/.743 9/1.431 24/.899 25/1.096 17/.548 20/.300 19/.461 18/.833 .764
Home 29/.385 29/.596 / 15/.600 27/.965 21/.401 17/.364 12/.258 19/.760
Last 28d days 138/.707 71/.610 32/1.183 42/.882 52/1.044 37/.398 45/.386 27/.772 40/.933
HR/SB/CS 1/1/0 1/2/0 3/2/0 1/0/0 4/1/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 3/1/0 3/1/0 33/11/4
Usage ·····X·· ·X·····X ·····X·· ······o· ··o·X··X o···X··X o···X·o· ··o····o o·o·o··X
Astros Batters (3.68 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.64 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 17.Berrios
G/S/vB		 58.Abad*
G/S/vB		 50.Fien
G/S/vB		 49.Jepsen
G/S/vB		 65.May
G/S/vB		 51.Meyer
G/S/vB		 61.O'Rourke*
G/S/vB		 57.Pressly
G/S/vB		 59.Tonkin
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 2/2.500 10/.675 3/3.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 114/92 .306/.404/.633/1.036 1.206/.998 1.185 114/1.036 9/1 7/2
15.Castro* G/S/vP ··· 8/.821 ··· 6/.334 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 63/45 .151/.286/.245/.531 .229/.658 .769 63/.531 1/0 0/2
1.Correa G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 103/85 .264/.379/.425/.804 .750/.806 .768 103/.804 3/2 3/3
11.Gattis G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.500 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 53/34 .229/.283/.375/.658 .924/.502 .426 53/.658 0/0 1/
30.Gomez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 7/.715 3/.333 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.333 1/.000 83/66 .213/.241/.275/.516 .849/.431 .394 83/.516 2/2 0/0
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP ··· 6/1.166 2/2.000 5/1.200 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 50/27 .213/.260/.362/.622 .991/.333 .950 50/.622 2/0 1/1
23.Kratz G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 20/16 .053/.100/.053/.153 .250/.125 .000 20/.153 0/0 0/1
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP ··· 7/1.286 4/.000 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/2.000 99/83 .253/.384/.557/.941 .648/.988 .967 99/.941 1/1 7/0
4.Springer G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 1/5.000 3/.667 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 110/92 .267/.327/.446/.773 1.044/.723 .984 110/.773 1/4 4/0
20.Tucker* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 54/49 .196/.241/.392/.633 .000/.700 .328 54/.633 0/0 2/0
18.Valbuena* G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 1/3.000 5/.933 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 69/59 .183/.290/.250/.540 .633/.523 .697 69/.540 0/0 0/2
13.White G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 90/69 .238/.300/.475/.775 .788/.769 .524 90/.775 0/0 5/3
IP 4.0 10.2 11.1 10.2 15.0 1.0 7.0 15.1 12.0 TOTAL .229/.312/.406/.718 .780/.702 .746 .718 19/10 30/16
ERA-K/9 11.25/11.2 0.00/10.9 7.15/8.0 4.22/5.9 2.40/13.8 18.00/9.0 1.29/6.4 3.52/8.8 1.50/11.2 4.05/8.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (8-2-3)
 Kratz (3-2-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 20/.353 39/.171 52/.347 44/.250 65/.193 9/.625 28/.208 69/.279 53/.227 .267  Springer
 Rasmus
 Gomez
 Tucker
0/0/25/3
21/4/2/3
0/22/0/2
6/0/0/0
OPS .921 .402 .976 .770 .626 1.417 .655 .812 .823 .759
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 14/1.238 13/.077 20/.879 14/.896 21/.143 2/2.500 7/.143 28/.618 21/.693 .782
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 6/.167 26/.558 32/1.038 30/.711 44/.851 7/1.071 21/.825 41/.929 32/.894 .746
Road / 20/.368 32/.973 18/1.076 28/.821 / 22/.687 36/.776 26/1.177
Last 28d days 20/.921 34/.429 46/.883 39/.729 57/.625 9/1.417 28/.655 62/.886 53/.823
HR/SB/CS 0/1/0 0/0/0 3/1/0 2/1/0 1/1/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 3/0/0 2/3/0 28/12/3
Usage ····X··· o·o·o·oX ··X·Xo·o o····ooX XX··X·XX ··X····· ·oo····X X·····XX ·oo·X··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 2016 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

CHC  6.04

LAD  4.08

TBR  3.21

 RA/G

WSN  2.54

DET  4.08

MIL  5.92

 BA

M. Prado  .410

S. Souza  .260

D. Norris  .150

 OBP

D. Fowler  .470

J. Bradley  .333

E. Aybar  .180

 SLG

A. Diaz  .703

M. Ozuna  .432

E. Aybar  .198

 OPS

A. Diaz  1.139

G. Parra  .769

E. Aybar  .377

 ERA

J. Zimmermann  .55

J. Teheran  3.72

W. Peralta  7.50

 K/9IP

J. Fernandez  12.54

K. Maeda  7.88

M. Perez  4.20

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.