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Game Preview: TBR @ HOU, 8:10pm, Wednesday, July 3, 2013 @Minute Maid Park

Rays, 45-39, 45-39 3rd, 5½ GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Roberto Hernandez (32, RHP, 4-9, 4.98)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (4-9) 90.1 99 54 50 21 74 15 4.98
2012 (0-3) 14.1 17 15 12 3 2 4 7.53
2011 (7-15) 188.2 205 125 110 60 109 22 5.25
Last 7 GS 2-5 45.2 51 25 24 8 32 6 4.73 49
2013-06-26 TOR L 8.0 6 3 3 1 5 2 118 62
2013-06-21 @NYY L 7.0 9 5 5 0 4 1 93 43
2013-06-16 KCR L 5.2 9 4 4 1 2 1 88 36
2013-06-11 BOS W 7.0 8 3 3 2 7 0 122 54
2013-06-06 @DET L 5.1 10 4 4 1 6 1 84 37
2013-05-29 @MIA W 8.2 3 1 0 0 5 0 92 81
2013-05-24 NYY L 4.0 6 5 5 3 3 1 84 30
Has never faced HOU as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   25-18   Road:   20-21   ExtrInn: 3-5 
 vsRHP:  30-29   vsLHP:  15-10   1-Run:   8-12
 vsEast: 20-24   vsCntrl:10-12   vsWest:  6-2  IL: 9-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 84 Tue, Jul  2  @HOU  W   8-0       45-39  3rd  5.5 gb
 83 Mon, Jul  1  @HOU  W  12-0       44-39  3rd  5.5 gb
 82 Sun, Jun 30   DET  W   3-1       43-39  3rd  6.0 gb
 81 Sat, Jun 29   DET  W   4-3 (10)  42-39  4th  6.0 gb
 80 Fri, Jun 28   DET  L   3-6       41-39  4th  7.0 gb
 79 Wed, Jun 26   TOR  L   0-3       41-38  4th  5.5 gb
 78 Tue, Jun 25   TOR  W   5-1       41-37  4th  4.5 gb
 77 Mon, Jun 24   TOR  W   4-1       40-37  4th  4.5 gb
 76 Sun, Jun 23  @NYY  W   3-1       39-37  4th  5.0 gb
 75 Sat, Jun 22  @NYY  L   5-7       38-37  4th  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
Astros, 30-54, 30-54 5th, 19 GB, 18½ GB in WC

SP: Bud Norris (28, RHP, 5-7, 3.35)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (5-7) 102.0 108 45 38 32 71 7 3.35
2012 (7-13) 168.1 165 90 87 66 165 23 4.65
2011 (6-11) 186.0 177 93 78 70 176 24 3.77
Last 7 GS 1-3 46.0 44 16 14 12 36 2 2.74 57
2013-06-28 LAA ND 7.0 4 1 0 1 5 0 94 71
2013-06-22 @CHC ND 6.0 6 3 2 3 5 1 97 52
2013-06-17 CHW L 6.0 8 4 4 0 4 0 99 44
2013-06-11 @SEA L 7.0 5 3 3 1 6 1 94 60
2013-06-06 BAL L 7.0 9 3 3 1 7 0 106 53
2013-06-01 @LAA W 6.0 4 0 0 3 6 0 100 67
2013-05-27 COL ND 7.0 8 2 2 3 3 0 110 53
Last 5 v.TBR 0-1 10.0 12 8 7 6 15 3 6.30 45
2011-06-25 TBR L 5.0 6 3 3 3 5 0 95 45
2010-05-23 TBR ND 5.0 6 5 4 3 10 3 114 44
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   16-31   Road:   14-23   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  21-40   vsLHP:   9-14   1-Run:  12-12
 vsEast:  2-10   vsCntrl: 7-13   vsWest: 13-24 IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 84 Tue, Jul  2   TBR  L   0-8       30-54  5th 19.0 gb
 83 Mon, Jul  1   TBR  L   0-12      30-53  5th 18.5 gb
 82 Sun, Jun 30   LAA  L   1-3       30-52  5th 18.0 gb
 81 Sat, Jun 29   LAA  L   2-7       30-51  5th 17.0 gb
 80 Fri, Jun 28   LAA  L   2-4       30-50  5th 17.0 gb
 79 Wed, Jun 26   STL  W   4-3       30-49  5th 15.5 gb
 78 Tue, Jun 25   STL  L   5-13      29-49  5th 15.5 gb
 77 Sun, Jun 23  @CHC  L   6-14      29-48  5th 15.5 gb
 76 Sat, Jun 22  @CHC  W   4-3       29-47  5th 14.5 gb
 75 Fri, Jun 21  @CHC  L   1-3       28-47  5th 15.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jul 02, 2013 TBR  8 @HOU  0        W:David Price (2-4), L: Erik Bedard (3-4), S: none
Mon, Jul 01, 2013 TBR 12 @HOU  0        W:Matt Moore (11-3), L: Dallas Keuchel (4-5), S: none

Sun, Jun 26, 2011 TBR 14 @HOU 10        W:J.P. Howell (1-1), L: Wilton Lopez (1-4), S: none
Sat, Jun 25, 2011 TBR  7 @HOU  2        W:Wade Davis (7-5), L: Bud Norris (4-6), S: Kyle Farnsworth (16)
Fri, Jun 24, 2011 TBR  5 @HOU  1        W:James Shields (8-4), L: Wandy Rodriguez (5-4), S: none
Sun, May 23, 2010 TBR 10 @HOU  6        W:David Price (7-1), L: Brian Moehler (0-1), S: Rafael Soriano (13)
Sat, May 22, 2010 TBR  4 @HOU  2        W:Jeff Niemann (4-0), L: Wandy Rodriguez (2-6), S: Rafael Soriano (12)
Fri, May 21, 2010 HOU  2  TBR  1        W:Brett Myers (3-3), L: Matt Garza (5-2), S: Matt Lindstrom (10)
Sun, Jun 22, 2008 HOU  3 @TBR  2        W:Brandon Backe (5-8), L: Scott Kazmir (6-3), S: Jose Valverde (18)
Sat, Jun 21, 2008 TBR  4  HOU  3        W:Dan Wheeler (2-3), L: Doug Brocail (2-3), S: none
Season Series: 2013 - TBR over 2-0; 2012 -  0-0; 2011 - TBR won 3-0; All-Time - TBR leads 8-6

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
Rays Batters (4.74 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.26 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 20.Norris
G/S/vB
54.Blackley*
G/S/vB
68.Cisnero
G/S/vB
56.Clemens
G/S/vB
50.Fields
G/S/vB
65.Oberholtzer*
G/S/vB
41.Veras
G/S/vB
53.Wright*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
11.Escobar G/S/vP ··· 5/.650 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 2/.000 302/206 .243/.310/.353/.663 .814/.591 .583 100/.625 2/1 6/4
5.Fuld* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 115/82 .200/.268/.300/.568 1.029/.401 .569 24/.761 3/1 2/0
8.Jennings G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 347/240 .257/.322/.441/.762 .969/.670 .789 112/.818 10/6 10/1
2.Johnson* G/S/vP 6/.500 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB 4/.750 261/188 .238/.314/.429/.743 .702/.758 .779 73/.450 6/3 11/2
20.Joyce* G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 279/239 .239/.319/.462/.781 .575/.817 .746 95/.657 6/1 14/1
59.Lobaton# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 159/102 .285/.338/.424/.761 .729/.770 .747 51/.792 0/0 4/2
21.Loney* G/S/vP 16/1.134 4/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.500 4/.000 2/1.000 314/228 .316/.367/.477/.845 .950/.805 .938 103/.722 3/1 9/6
3.Longoria G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 3/2.000 ··· 348/245 .301/.371/.549/.920 1.075/.857 .928 96/.998 0/0 17/4
28.Molina G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 160/108 .259/.316/.329/.645 .721/.609 .735 52/.722 2/0 1/4
9.Myers G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 66/43 .290/.318/.452/.770 .798/.755 .661 66/.770 0/1 3/0
1.Rodriguez G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 107/26 .258/.340/.409/.748 .789/.624 .687 34/.732 1/1 2/1
30.Scott* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/1.000 ··· 176/127 .242/.324/.405/.729 .684/.747 .675 68/.771 0/0 5/1
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 6/1.133 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 358/241 .268/.358/.387/.745 .575/.821 .675 115/.855 5/1 5/3
IP 102.0 26.0 34.2 42.0 12.0 4.0 35.0 30.0 TOTAL .261/.330/.422/.752 .806/.728 .739 .758 38/18 96/35
ERA-K/9 3.35/6.3 5.54/8.0 2.34/8.6 5.14/7.1 4.50/6.0 11.25/4.5 3.60/9.8 4.20/8.1 4.83/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Lobaton (31-6-2)
 Molina (33-9-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 431/.274 113/.255 148/.261 181/.256 47/.217 20/.400 141/.203 134/.298 .282  Johnson
 Zobrist
 Jennings
 Fuld
 Rodriguez
 Joyce
 Scott
 Myers
38/0/0/6
0/0/34/1
0/78/0/1
33/9/17/0
22/0/4/0
28/0/42/0
5/0/0/0
0/0/13/0
OPS .725 .868 .698 .815 .712 1.250 .650 .783 .817
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 234/.838 52/.617 64/.752 75/.904 13/.385 6/.833 68/.684 66/.755 .844
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 197/.595 61/1.100 84/.658 106/.755 34/.840 14/1.429 73/.618 68/.807 .797
Home 266/.681 75/1.104 101/.780 92/.889 35/.686 20/1.250 93/.662 70/.716
Last 28d days 135/.641 18/1.095 45/.785 35/.778 40/.662 11/1.091 31/.670 28/.837
HR/SB/CS 7/7/4 7/0/2 2/3/1 10/1/0 3/0/0 2/0/0 4/3/0 2/5/0 107/49/14
Usage ····X··· ···Xo··X ··X···X· ·X··X··· X··X··oo X······· ··X···o· ·X·X··o·
Astros Batters (3.69 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (4.29 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 40.Hernandez
G/S/vB
43.Farnsworth
G/S/vB
57.McGee*
G/S/vB
62.Peralta
G/S/vB
27.Ramos*
G/S/vB
56.Rodney
G/S/vB
54.Torres*
G/S/vB
35.Wright
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 343/250 .286/.324/.368/.692 .736/.675 .677 92/.584 18/5 3/7
2.Barnes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 200/126 .256/.311/.356/.667 .919/.522 .715 83/.513 7/5 3/2
23.Carter G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 311/224 .226/.318/.444/.763 .727/.776 .577 90/.816 0/0 15/3
15.Castro* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 292/236 .265/.325/.473/.799 .615/.843 .880 85/.778 2/1 11/4
13.Cedeno G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 138/78 .232/.271/.320/.591 .819/.414 .633 47/.419 2/1 1/11
22.Corporan# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 1/2.000 114/53 .284/.354/.461/.815 .714/.940 .673 37/.487 0/0 5/3
30.Dominguez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 303/220 .226/.256/.392/.648 .650/.647 .811 85/.563 0/0 11/9
10.Elmore G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 32/20 .233/.258/.267/.525 .606/.474 .358 20/.358 0/1 0/3
59.Krauss* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/11 .083/.083/.167/.250 .000/.273 .500 12/.250 0/0 0/1
14.Martinez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 233/165 .245/.272/.395/.667 .675/.663 .602 85/.507 2/0 7/2
38.Paredes# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 98/66 .189/.237/.267/.504 .299/.601 .553 17/.118 2/3 1/1
12.Pena* G/S/vP 17/.520 9/1.931 ··· 4/2.417 ··· 7/1.857 ··· 6/.750 292/232 .221/.333/.378/.711 .867/.671 .625 66/.568 1/3 8/0
29.Wallace* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 46/32 .114/.152/.227/.379 .143/.488 .428 20/.650 0/0 1/0
IP 90.1 23.1 31.2 37.1 38.0 34.2 23.0 38.2 TOTAL .235/.293/.375/.668 .715/.651 .662 .563 46/27 80/66
ERA-K/9 4.98/7.4 5.01/4.6 4.83/11.4 2.89/8.7 4.03/6.9 4.41/12.2 0.39/12.1 3.03/8.6 4.06/8.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (37-10-6)
 Corporan (12-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 390/.277 100/.298 136/.221 148/.174 161/.261 153/.205 82/.080 159/.201 .240  Barnes
 Martinez
 Paredes
 Krauss
 Carter
 Elmore
8/46/13/4
42/0/15/3
0/0/29/0
1/0/1/0
32/0/2/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .782 .840 .655 .544 .659 .675 .265 .563 .695
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 230/.858 36/.848 49/.663 85/.507 57/.852 85/.734 31/.299 92/.523 .729
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 160/.677 64/.836 87/.649 63/.595 104/.554 68/.604 51/.244 67/.615 .664
Road 179/.842 47/1.018 66/.629 72/.536 71/.607 45/.494 49/.234 77/.544
Last 28d days 142/.823 34/.364 40/.475 40/.646 56/.694 42/.593 47/.331 42/.346
HR/SB/CS 15/13/2 4/5/0 4/3/0 3/0/1 2/2/0 3/3/1 0/1/0 2/9/2 84/64/15
Usage ······X· o·o·o··o ··o····X o·oo···· ·X··X··· ··XX···· ···X···· o···o·oo

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.