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Game Preview: HOU @ MIN, 2:10pm, Sunday, August 4, 2013 @Target Field

Astros, 36-73, 36-73 5th, 27½ GB, 28½ GB in WC

SP: Brad Peacock (25, RHP, 1-3, 8.07)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (1-3) 29.0 34 26 26 17 23 8 8.07
2011 (2-0) 12.0 7 1 1 6 4 0 0.75
Last 7 GS 3-3 32.0 29 20 20 18 23 6 5.63 46
2013-04-27 @BOS L 3.1 6 5 5 5 3 0 90 26
2013-04-22 SEA L 4.1 9 7 7 1 1 3 90 17
2013-04-16 @OAK ND 4.1 4 3 3 3 7 0 92 47
2013-04-10 @SEA W 5.0 4 3 3 1 3 2 95 49
2013-04-05 OAK L 4.1 3 2 2 3 5 1 89 51
2011-09-22 @PHI W 5.2 1 0 0 2 2 0 69 67
2011-09-14 @NYM W 5.0 2 0 0 3 2 0 94 62
Has never faced MIN as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   18-37   Road:   18-36   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  26-55   vsLHP:  10-18   1-Run:  14-20
 vsEast:  6-18   vsCntrl: 7-15   vsWest: 15-31 IL: 8-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
109 Sat, Aug  3  @MIN  L   4-6       36-73  5th 27.5 gb
108 Fri, Aug  2  @MIN  L   3-4 (13)  36-72  5th 26.5 gb
107 Thu, Aug  1  @BAL  L   3-6       36-71  5th 26.5 gb
106 Wed, Jul 31  @BAL  W  11-0       36-70  5th 26.0 gb
105 Tue, Jul 30  @BAL  L   3-4       35-70  5th 27.0 gb
104 Sun, Jul 28  @TOR  L   1-2       35-69  5th 26.5 gb
103 Sat, Jul 27  @TOR  W   8-6       35-68  5th 25.5 gb
102 Fri, Jul 26  @TOR  L   6-12      34-68  5th 25.5 gb
101 Thu, Jul 25  @TOR  L   0-4       34-67  5th 24.5 gb
100 Wed, Jul 24   OAK  L   3-4       34-66  5th 24.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 4-16   Last 30: 6-24
Twins, 47-60, 47-60 4th, 15½ GB, 16½ GB in WC

SP: Mike Pelfrey (29, RHP, 4-9, 5.31)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (4-9) 98.1 122 60 58 30 59 10 5.31
2012 (0-0) 19.2 24 5 5 4 13 0 2.29
2011 (7-13) 193.2 220 111 102 65 105 21 4.74
Last 7 GS 1-3 40.2 43 17 17 10 31 4 3.76 52
2013-07-30 KCR L 4.0 8 4 4 2 4 1 93 32
2013-07-24 @LAA L 6.0 5 1 1 1 5 0 94 62
2013-07-19 CLE ND 5.2 4 2 2 3 5 0 113 55
2013-07-11 @TBR L 6.0 8 3 3 0 5 2 104 49
2013-07-06 @TOR W 6.0 3 0 0 3 2 0 97 65
2013-06-18 CHW ND 6.0 10 4 4 0 3 1 87 39
2013-06-12 PHI ND 7.0 5 3 3 1 7 0 112 61
Last 5 v.HOU 3-2 32.2 35 12 12 7 21 2 3.31 54
2010-08-27 HOU W 8.0 6 0 0 2 4 0 124 72
2008-08-25 HOU W 9.0 6 1 1 0 6 0 108 77
2007-09-07 HOU W 5.1 10 2 2 2 3 1 99 41
2007-07-06 @HOU L 6.0 7 4 4 2 5 1 96 45
2006-07-23 HOU L 4.1 6 5 5 1 3 0 81 33
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   25-27   Road:   22-33   ExtrInn: 6-6 
 vsRHP:  37-50   vsLHP:  10-10   1-Run:  16-17
 vsEast:  9-18   vsCntrl:18-25   vsWest: 12-6  IL: 8-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
107 Sat, Aug  3   HOU  W   6-4       47-60  4th 15.5 gb
106 Fri, Aug  2   HOU  W   4-3 (13)  46-60  4th 15.5 gb
105 Thu, Aug  1   KCR  L   2-7       45-60  4th 15.5 gb
104 Wed, Jul 31   KCR  L   3-4       45-59  4th 15.0 gb
103 Tue, Jul 30   KCR  L   2-7       45-58  4th 14.0 gb
102 Sun, Jul 28  @SEA  L   4-6       45-57  4th 13.0 gb
101 Sat, Jul 27  @SEA  W   4-0       45-56  4th 12.0 gb
100 Fri, Jul 26  @SEA  W   3-2 (13)  44-56  4th 12.0 gb
 99 Thu, Jul 25  @SEA  L   2-8       43-56  4th 12.0 gb
 98 Wed, Jul 24  @LAA  L   0-1       43-55  4th 12.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:11-19
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Aug 03, 2013 MIN  6  HOU  4        W:Brian Duensing (4-1), L: Lucas Harrell (5-12), S: Glen Perkins (26)
Fri, Aug 02, 2013 MIN  4  HOU  3 (13)   W:Ryan Pressly (3-2), L: Dallas Keuchel (5-6), S: none

Sun, Jun 21, 2009 HOU  4 @MIN  1        W:Wandy Rodriguez (6-6), L: Glen Perkins (2-4), S: Jose Valverde (5)
Sat, Jun 20, 2009 HOU  6 @MIN  5        W:Brian Moehler (4-4), L: Sean Henn (0-3), S: Jose Valverde (4)
Fri, Jun 19, 2009 MIN  5  HOU  2        W:Kevin Slowey (10-2), L: Roy Oswalt (3-4), S: Joe Nathan (16)
Thu, Jun 22, 2006 MIN  4 @HOU  2        W:Francisco Liriano (7-1), L: Roger Clemens (0-1), S: Joe Nathan (11)
Wed, Jun 21, 2006 HOU  5  MIN  3        W:Dan Wheeler (1-4), L: Kyle Lohse (2-5), S: Brad Lidge (19)
Tue, Jun 20, 2006 MIN  6 @HOU  5 (10)   W:Joe Nathan (5-0), L: Trever Miller (0-2), S: none
Thu, Jun 14, 2001 HOU  8 @MIN  3        W:Roy Oswalt (4-1), L: Joe Mays (8-4), S: none
Wed, Jun 13, 2001 MIN  3  HOU  1        W:Eric Milton (7-3), L: Shane Reynolds (6-5), S: none
Season Series: 2013 - MIN over 2-0; 2012 -  0-0; 2011 -  0-0; All-Time - MIN leads 13-9

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
Astros Batters (3.81 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.54 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Pelfrey
G/S/vB
61.Burton
G/S/vB
52.Duensing*
G/S/vB
50.Fien
G/S/vB
44.Gibson
G/S/vB
15.Perkins*
G/S/vB
57.Pressly
G/S/vB
20.Roenicke
G/S/vB
51.Swarzak
G/S/vB
56.Thielbar*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· 441/322 .283/.321/.362/.683 .750/.658 .669 75/.697 26/7 4/8
2.Barnes G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 282/184 .249/.302/.362/.664 .897/.542 .562 62/.680 9/7 5/2
23.Carter G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 9/.722 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· 394/279 .212/.312/.426/.739 .666/.769 .872 70/.526 0/0 19/3
15.Castro* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 392/308 .262/.324/.454/.778 .617/.821 .743 81/.648 2/1 13/4
22.Corporan# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 148/76 .244/.306/.400/.706 .630/.783 .709 30/.340 0/0 6/5
30.Dominguez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 386/280 .236/.268/.400/.668 .654/.674 .548 68/.822 0/0 14/11
10.Elmore G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 89/60 .231/.307/.308/.615 .641/.602 .636 44/.649 0/3 1/5
19.Grossman# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 155/121 .244/.349/.321/.669 .908/.598 .712 24/1.315 4/4 1/1
28.Hoes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 18/13 .167/.167/.167/.333 .400/.308 .400 18/.333 1/0 0/0
59.Krauss* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 61/53 .190/.230/.379/.609 .250/.665 .719 38/.608 2/0 3/1
6.Villar# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.167 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 56/39 .200/.308/.267/.574 .421/.637 .482 56/.574 6/2 0/3
29.Wallace* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 142/108 .221/.282/.466/.747 .359/.875 .850 75/.821 0/0 8/2
IP 98.1 47.0 40.2 46.2 36.1 43.0 52.2 45.0 70.2 27.1 TOTAL .235/.295/.376/.671 .694/.663 .673 .663 71/35 106/80
ERA-K/9 5.31/5.4 3.26/8.4 4.65/8.2 2.70/10.2 6.69/5.0 2.09/11.1 3.08/6.1 3.20/6.4 3.06/6.4 0.66/8.6 4.30/6.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (46-14-9)
 Corporan (18-7-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 433/.307 202/.235 188/.307 175/.191 168/.325 165/.197 219/.245 192/.224 281/.258 98/.102 .278  Barnes
 Grossman
 Krauss
 Carter
 Hoes
 Elmore
8/68/13/5
18/25/2/2
10/0/6/0
40/0/2/0
1/2/3/0
7/0/1/0
OPS .817 .676 .795 .505 .864 .553 .640 .696 .668 .400 .760
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 238/.803 99/.646 99/.824 71/.509 99/.898 46/.552 102/.648 77/.868 135/.852 47/.332 .775
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 195/.835 103/.704 89/.758 104/.502 69/.817 119/.553 117/.634 115/.581 146/.500 51/.463 .748
Home 243/.847 103/.743 93/.795 81/.398 72/1.027 78/.390 95/.591 100/.685 138/.667 34/.213
Last 28d days 95/.773 33/.379 41/.967 42/.458 115/.836 43/.793 50/.615 33/.484 58/.418 30/.629
HR/SB/CS 10/7/2 3/9/2 2/2/1 4/3/1 5/4/1 3/0/0 1/1/0 5/1/1 6/1/3 2/1/0 102/41/23
Usage ····X··· ·o·X···o X···X··· oo·X···· X·····X· XX·o···· ·X··X··· ·oX·X··X X·X···XX ·o·o··o·
Twins Batters (4.02 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.28 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 43.Peacock
G/S/vB
54.Blackley*
G/S/vB
68.Cisnero
G/S/vB
48.Cosart
G/S/vB
50.Fields
G/S/vB
63.Lo
G/S/vB
65.Oberholtzer*
G/S/vB
53.Wright*
G/S/vB
61.Zeid
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
31.Arcia* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 234/159 .265/.325/.419/.743 .704/.763 .729 32/.413 1/2 6/1
17.Bernier G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 25/20 .250/.375/.350/.725 1.350/.566 .425 25/.725 1/1 0/0
8.Carroll G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 185/148 .216/.272/.246/.517 .761/.457 .651 32/.450 2/0 0/2
55.Colabello G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 63/50 .167/.206/.267/.473 .154/.559 .203 47/.552 0/0 2/0
9.Doumit# G/S/vP ··· 6/.167 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 7/.715 ··· 391/276 .244/.309/.389/.699 .714/.692 .707 94/.714 1/0 9/3
2.Dozier G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/3.000 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 381/298 .239/.310/.398/.709 .919/.652 .827 89/.734 8/6 9/3
25.Florimon# G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 300/234 .232/.286/.353/.639 .341/.721 .573 65/.792 8/3 7/10
12.Herrmann* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 57/53 .265/.357/.449/.806 1.167/.781 .722 41/.626 0/0 2/0
7.Mauer* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 443/331 .320/.402/.463/.864 .834/.875 .820 72/.908 0/1 8/2
33.Morneau* G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 1/2.000 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 434/309 .265/.325/.403/.728 .611/.777 .887 95/.686 0/0 9/2
24.Plouffe G/S/vP ··· 6/1.166 ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 319/247 .239/.299/.391/.690 .920/.623 .729 80/.436 1/0 10/8
11.Thomas* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 185/133 .230/.310/.352/.661 .645/.667 .774 80/.574 1/3 4/3
IP 29.0 35.0 42.2 28.0 18.0 1.2 14.1 39.2 2.2 TOTAL .242/.313/.379/.692 .694/.691 .719 .635 35/22 95/47
ERA-K/9 8.07/7.1 4.89/7.5 3.59/8.6 0.96/3.5 6.50/8.5 0.00/5.3 3.77/6.3 4.08/8.6 0.00/0.0 4.88/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Doumit (21-7-1)
 Herrmann (1-0-0)
 Mauer (19-16-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 138/.286 150/.228 190/.280 107/.194 80/.257 9/.375 58/.246 174/.277 9/.000 .278  Arcia
 Thomas
 Doumit
 Herrmann
 Colabello
37/0/15/4
18/23/4/4
1/0/23/4
2/0/6/1
0/0/2/0
OPS .998 .817 .781 .517 .913 .819 .680 .786 .111 .812
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 75/1.237 65/.602 91/.811 67/.540 27/.786 7/.452 22/.699 89/.801 5/.200 .842
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 63/.734 85/.996 99/.754 40/.479 53/.976 2/2.000 36/.667 85/.771 4/.000 .788
Road 96/.953 66/.439 68/.678 79/.444 28/1.035 9/.819 38/.373 84/.881 9/.111
Last 28d days / 27/.801 32/1.084 107/.517 24/1.103 9/.819 24/.250 31/.804 9/.111
HR/SB/CS 8/5/0 10/0/2 3/5/1 0/4/1 5/0/1 0/0/0 2/0/0 5/5/1 0/0/0 138/64/21
Usage ········ ·Xo···o· ·X·X··o· ·X····X· ·X··o·X· ·X·X···· ···X···· ·o··X·o· ·oo·o···

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.