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Game Preview: HOU @ DET, 1:05pm, Saturday, March 1, 2014 @Comerica Park

Astros, 51-111, 51-111

SP: Scott Feldman (30, RHP, 12-12, 3.86)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (12-12) 181.2 159 87 78 56 132 19 3.86
2012 (6-11) 123.2 139 79 70 32 96 14 5.09
2011 (2-1) 32.0 25 14 14 10 22 3 3.94
Last 7 GS 2-3 42.1 33 18 17 17 31 5 3.61 55
2013-09-27 BOS L 2.1 8 8 8 1 1 1 57 9
2013-09-22 @TBR L 6.1 6 3 3 2 7 1 91 54
2013-09-17 @BOS ND 5.0 2 2 1 6 3 1 103 54
2013-09-11 NYY ND 7.2 3 3 3 2 6 2 112 65
2013-09-06 CHW W 9.0 5 0 0 1 3 0 106 79
2013-08-31 @NYY L 7.0 6 1 1 1 5 0 111 65
2013-08-25 OAK W 5.0 3 1 1 4 6 0 102 59
Last 5 v.DET 0-3 22.2 36 26 22 13 9 7 8.74 31
2012-08-10 DET L 5.2 6 4 4 1 2 1 88 42
2010-07-19 @DET ND 5.0 7 5 5 2 1 3 86 32
2010-04-24 DET L 3.2 8 8 4 4 1 0 93 18
2009-07-29 DET L 2.1 10 6 6 2 1 2 71 12
2008-08-18 DET ND 6.0 5 3 3 4 4 1 94 50
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   24-57   Road:   27-54   ExtrInn: 4-8 
 vsRHP:  38-78   vsLHP:  13-33   1-Run:  18-36
 vsEast:  9-24   vsCntrl: 9-24   vsWest: 25-51 IL: 8-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
162 Sun, Sep 29   NYY  L   1-5 (14)  51-111 5th 45.0 gb
161 Sat, Sep 28   NYY  L   1-2       51-110 5th 44.0 gb
160 Fri, Sep 27   NYY  L   2-3       51-109 5th 44.0 gb
159 Wed, Sep 25  @TEX  L   3-7       51-108 5th 43.0 gb
158 Tue, Sep 24  @TEX  L   2-3       51-107 5th 43.0 gb
157 Mon, Sep 23  @TEX  L   0-12      51-106 5th 43.0 gb
156 Sun, Sep 22  @CLE  L   2-9       51-105 5th 42.0 gb
155 Sat, Sep 21  @CLE  L   1-4       51-104 5th 41.0 gb
154 Fri, Sep 20  @CLE  L   1-2  (7)  51-103 5th 40.0 gb
153 Thu, Sep 19  @CLE  L   1-2 (11)  51-102 5th 39.0 gb
 Last 10: 0-10   Last 20: 4-16   Last 30: 7-23
Tigers, 93-69, 93-69

SP: (2013, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
Last 7 GS
Has never faced HOU as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   51-30   Road:   42-39   ExtrInn: 6-13
 vsRHP:  66-46   vsLHP:  27-23   1-Run:  20-26
 vsEast: 17-15   vsCntrl:47-29   vsWest: 17-17 IL:12-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
162 Sun, Sep 29  @MIA  L   0-1       93-69  1st  1.0 up
161 Sat, Sep 28  @MIA  L   1-2 (10)  93-68  1st  2.0 up
160 Fri, Sep 27  @MIA  L   2-3       93-67  1st  3.0 up
159 Wed, Sep 25  @MIN  W   1-0       93-66  1st  4.5 up
158 Tue, Sep 24  @MIN  W   4-2       92-66  1st  4.5 up
157 Mon, Sep 23  @MIN  L   3-4 (11)  91-66  1st  4.5 up
156 Sun, Sep 22   CHW  L   3-6       91-65  1st  5.0 up
155 Sat, Sep 21   CHW  W   7-6 (12)  91-64  1st  6.0 up
154 Fri, Sep 20   CHW  W  12-5       90-64  1st  6.0 up
153 Thu, Sep 19   SEA  W   5-4       89-64  1st  6.0 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, May 15, 2013 HOU  7 @DET  5        W:Hector Ambriz (1-2), L: Al Alburquerque (0-1), S: Jose Veras (5)
Tue, May 14, 2013 DET  6  HOU  2        W:Doug Fister (5-1), L: Lucas Harrell (3-4), S: none
Mon, May 13, 2013 DET  7  HOU  2        W:Anibal Sanchez (4-3), L: Bud Norris (4-4), S: none
Sun, May 05, 2013 DET  9 @HOU  0        W:Justin Verlander (4-2), L: Philip Humber (0-7), S: none
Sat, May 04, 2013 DET 17 @HOU  2        W:Max Scherzer (4-0), L: Lucas Harrell (3-3), S: none
Fri, May 03, 2013 DET  4 @HOU  3        W:Drew Smyly (2-0), L: Jose Veras (0-2), S: Jose Valverde (3)
Thu, May 02, 2013 DET  7 @HOU  3 (14)   W:Luke Putkonen (1-0), L: Dallas Keuchel (0-1), S: none

Sun, Jun 28, 2009 DET  4 @HOU  3        W:Bobby Seay (1-1), L: Jose Valverde (0-2), S: Fernando Rodney (17)
Sat, Jun 27, 2009 HOU  8  DET  1        W:Felipe Paulino (2-4), L: Alfredo Figaro (1-1), S: none
Fri, Jun 26, 2009 HOU  5  DET  4        W:Chris Sampson (4-0), L: Joel Zumaya (3-2), S: LaTroy Hawkins (10)
Season Series: 2013 - DET over 6-1; 2012 -  0-0; 2011 -  0-0; All-Time - DET leads 12-10

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 2013 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

For the 2012 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

TEX  4.99

MIN  4.33

HOU  3.60

 RA/G

TBR  3.56

LAA  4.31

COL  5.49

 BA

B. Posey  .336

A. Rodriguez  .272

C. Pena  .197

 OBP

J. Mauer  .416

A. Jones  .334

D. Stubbs  .277

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .606

H. Ramirez  .437

J. Weeks  .304

 OPS

M. Cabrera  .999

A. Pagan  .778

J. Weeks  .609

 ERA

C. Kershaw  2.53

T. Cahill  3.78

R. Romero  5.77

 K/9IP

M. Scherzer  11.08

U. Jimenez  7.28

H. Alvarez  3.80

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2013 season. Player Stats for the 2012 season. We will switch to 2013 stats on May 1st.

Astros Batters (3.77 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (3.85 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 62.Alburquerque
G/S/vB		 52.Alvarez*
G/S/vB		 44.Chamberlain
G/S/vB		 40.Coke*
G/S/vB		 45.Crosby*
G/S/vB		 46.Krol*
G/S/vB		 36.Nathan
G/S/vB		 56.Ortega
G/S/vB		 39.Putkonen
G/S/vB		 57.Reed
G/S/vB		 43.Rondon
G/S/vB		 33.Smyly*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP 1/3.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 630/461 .290/.340/.399/.740 .911/.676 .754 107/.807 33/11 7/11
23.Carter G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 260/151 .239/.350/.514/.864 .898/.837 .888 87/.762 0/0 16/6
15.Castro* G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 295/238 .257/.334/.401/.735 .361/.831 .668 9/.000 0/0 6/6
22.Corporan# G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 85/66 .269/.310/.449/.758 .433/.855 .702 44/.380 0/1 4/2
30.Dominguez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 113/88 .284/.310/.477/.787 .655/.824 .992 88/.738 0/0 5/1
21.Fowler# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.667 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 530/363 .300/.389/.474/.863 .857/.866 .720 14/.742 12/5 13/6
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 219/164 .234/.280/.327/.607 .296/.713 .601 6/.667 3/3 2/5
19.Grossman# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 / /// / / / /
14.Guzman G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 321/179 .247/.319/.418/.737 .942/.580 .748 45/.559 3/3 9/2
28.Hoes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 54/.812 0/0 0/0
18.Krauss* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 64/.765 / /
12.Stassi G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 1/.000 / /
6.Villar# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 112/.566 / /
IP 13.1 20.2 54.0 12.1 64.1 2.2 16.0 99.1 TOTAL .240/.299/.375/.674 .687/.669 .680 .628 110/61 148/125
ERA-K/9 0.68/12.2 /0.0 4.35/9.6 4.00/8.5 9.49/6.6 /0.0 2.80/10.9 3.38/13.3 3.94/5.6 /0.0 /0.0 3.99/8.5 3.61/8.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (57-13-8)
 Corporan (14-7-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 53/.133 / 95/.302 245/.324 59/.313 / 257/.231 13/.250 72/.302 / / 416/.247 .247  Fowler
 Guzman
 Hoes
0/131/0/4
52/0/7/4
1/0/0/0
OPS .420 .835 .854 1.003 .631 .891 .777 .732 .681
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 24/.345 / 37/.609 130/.685 20/.900 / 151/.617 6/.167 38/.890 / / 127/.671 .691
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 29/.484 / 58/.962 115/1.050 39/1.055 / 106/.650 7/1.429 34/.653 / / 289/.759 .670
Home 29/.276 / 48/.985 118/.804 59/1.003 / 149/.702 10/.644 26/.863 / / 193/.765
Last 28d days 36/.597 39/.751 24/1.230 16/1.261 / 10/1.200 36/.314 / 28/.706 29/.986 3/.000 30/.707
HR/SB/CS 0/1/1 // 3/4/0 5/5/2 2/2/0 // 7/3/1 1/0/0 0/1/1 // // 12/8/6 128/128/29
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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2013 season. Player Stats for the 2012 season. We will switch to 2013 stats on May 1st.

Tigers Batters (4.91 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.23 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 46.Feldman
G/S/vB		 37.Albers
G/S/vB		 45.Bass
G/S/vB		 66.Chapman*
G/S/vB		 68.Cisnero
G/S/vB		 56.Clemens
G/S/vB		 48.Cosart
G/S/vB		 26.Crain
G/S/vB		 38.Downs*
G/S/vB		 35.Fields
G/S/vB		 63.Lo
G/S/vB		 54.Martinez
G/S/vB		 39.Oberholtzer*
G/S/vB		 41.Peacock
G/S/vB		 50.Qualls
G/S/vB		 44.Valdes*
G/S/vB		 43.White
G/S/vB		 61.Zeid
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP 5/1.100 4/1.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· 6/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 3/.666 ··· 434/331 .243/.352/.384/.736 .539/.796 .772 71/.956 2/0 9/6
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 14/2.022 15/.583 ··· ··· 2/3.500 1/.000 ··· 15/1.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/.476 3/2.334 3/5.000 ··· 697/502 .330/.393/.606/.999 .913/1.027 1.094 82/.768 4/1 44/13
9.Castellanos G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 16/.625 / /
20.Davis G/S/vP 16/.625 9/.444 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 6/.733 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 487/322 .257/.309/.378/.687 .783/.638 .701 63/.733 46/13 8/8
12.Dirks* G/S/vP 3/.666 5/.800 ··· ··· 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 344/261 .322/.370/.487/.857 .751/.889 .906 64/.635 1/1 8/3
50.Holaday G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/9 .250/.250/.333/.583 1.250/.250 .700 3/1.000 0/0 0/0
48.Hunter G/S/vP 25/.949 8/1.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/1.500 ··· 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.667 6/2.100 ··· 584/425 .313/.365/.451/.817 .868/.798 .802 83/.756 9/1 16/4
1.Iglesias G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/4.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 77/45 .118/.200/.191/.391 .536/.284 .222 43/.502 1/0 1/2
14.Jackson G/S/vP 10/.744 12/.666 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 11/.909 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 3/2.000 ··· 617/432 .300/.377/.479/.856 .856/.856 .851 106/.682 12/9 16/1
32.Kelly* G/S/vP 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 127/113 .186/.276/.248/.523 .298/.551 .545 35/.442 2/0 1/3
3.Kinsler G/S/vP 6/.334 14/1.038 2/.000 ··· 1/3.000 1/2.000 3/1.167 10/.000 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 4/.750 6/.334 2/.500 ··· 2/.500 3/1.167 731/550 .256/.326/.423/.749 .988/.671 .886 114/.784 21/9 19/18
4.Lombardozzi# G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 416/315 .273/.317/.354/.671 .532/.715 .716 46/.600 5/3 3/4
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 4/3.000 14/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/2.500 ··· 16/.599 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/2.333 ··· ··· / /// / 86/.903 / /
26.Perez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/1 .500/.500/.500/1.000 .000/2.000 10/.200 0/0 0/0
IP 123.2 60.1 97.0 48.0 20.2 52.1 31.0 98.0 TOTAL .283/.346/.434/.780 .764/.788 .821 .718 35/20 176/76
ERA-K/9 5.09/7.0 2.39/6.6 4.73/7.4 /0.0 /0.0 /0.0 /0.0 2.44/11.2 3.48/8.7 /0.0 /0.0 /0.0 /0.0 /0.0 5.33/4.6 2.90/10.2 5.51/5.9 /0.0 4.79/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (79-34-10)
 Holaday (3-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 536/.279 241/.215 411/.243 / / / / 194/.171 86/.237 / / / / / 231/.297 113/.168 459/.288 / .272  Hunter
 Davis
 Jackson
 Kelly
 Lombardozzi
 Dirks
0/0/134/14
114/6/24/8
0/137/0/5
18/8/35/3
41/0/0/2
59/1/24/1
OPS .745 .642 .719 .561 .655 .809 .467 .854 .792
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 294/.752 101/.702 201/.756 / / / / 77/.717 38/.408 / / / / / 98/.988 49/.443 249/.833 / .805
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 242/.736 140/.600 210/.683 / / / / 117/.456 48/.859 / / / / / 133/.679 64/.484 210/.880 / .782
Road 254/.658 109/.579 199/.774 / / / / 85/.468 23/.524 / / / / / 97/.706 44/.604 233/.805 /
Last 28d days 125/.702 34/.301 29/.941 44/.548 / 73/.773 22/.551 / 9/.111 34/.535 28/.472 31/1.225 99/.659 100/.621 32/.540 / / 45/.614
HR/SB/CS 14/20/3 9/6/2 10/15/3 // // // // 5/6/2 1/3/1 // // // // // 7/12/1 3/0/1 13/13/4 // 191/98/37
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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.