Mobile Site You Are Here > Home > Game Previews > HOU @ TBR, Sunday, July 14, 2013

Game Preview: HOU @ TBR, 1:40pm, Sunday, July 14, 2013 @Tropicana Field

Astros, 33-60, 33-60 5th, 21½ GB, 20½ GB in WC

SP: Erik Bedard (34, LHP, 3-5, 4.67)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (3-5) 86.2 86 47 45 44 73 14 4.67
2012 (7-14) 125.2 129 76 70 56 118 14 5.01
2011 (5-9) 129.1 118 63 52 48 125 14 3.62
Last 7 GS 3-3 42.2 38 21 19 21 31 4 4.01 51
2013-07-07 @TEX L 6.1 5 5 4 5 4 2 104 44
2013-07-02 TBR L 5.1 6 4 4 6 3 0 95 37
2013-06-26 STL W 6.0 7 3 3 1 6 2 96 51
2013-06-19 MIL ND 7.1 4 1 1 2 8 0 98 72
2013-06-14 CHW W 6.0 3 1 0 3 6 0 104 67
2013-06-08 @KCR L 4.2 8 6 6 3 2 0 91 23
2013-06-03 @LAA W 7.0 5 1 1 1 2 0 92 64
Last 5 v.TBR 1-3 25.2 29 20 16 14 23 3 5.61 44
2013-07-02 TBR L 5.1 6 4 4 6 3 0 95 37
2011-08-16 TBR L 6.0 7 3 1 0 6 1 102 56
2011-07-29 TBR L 1.1 3 5 5 4 2 0 57 26
2011-06-05 TBR ND 7.0 8 3 3 0 7 0 111 56
2008-04-08 @TBR W 6.0 5 5 3 4 5 2 107 47
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   17-32   Road:   16-28   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  23-46   vsLHP:  10-14   1-Run:  13-15
 vsEast:  4-12   vsCntrl: 7-13   vsWest: 14-26 IL: 8-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 93 Sat, Jul 13  @TBR  L   3-4       33-60  5th 21.5 gb
 92 Fri, Jul 12  @TBR  W   2-1       33-59  5th 20.5 gb
 91 Wed, Jul 10  @STL  L   4-5       32-59  5th 21.5 gb
 90 Tue, Jul  9  @STL  L   5-9       32-58  5th 21.5 gb
 89 Sun, Jul  7  @TEX  L   4-5       32-57  5th 20.0 gb
 88 Sat, Jul  6  @TEX  W   9-5       32-56  5th 19.0 gb
 87 Fri, Jul  5  @TEX  L   5-10      31-56  5th 20.0 gb
 86 Thu, Jul  4   TBR  L   5-7 (11)  31-55  5th 19.0 gb
 85 Wed, Jul  3   TBR  W   4-1       31-54  5th 18.0 gb
 84 Tue, Jul  2   TBR  L   0-8       30-54  5th 19.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:11-19
Rays, 54-41, 54-41 2nd, 3½ GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Chris Archer (24, RHP, 3-3, 3.59)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (3-3) 42.2 34 19 17 21 32 5 3.59
2012 (1-3) 29.1 23 17 15 13 36 3 4.60
Last 7 GS 3-2 38.2 27 14 12 18 28 3 2.79 56
2013-07-09 MIN W 6.0 3 1 0 0 2 0 84 66
2013-07-04 @HOU ND 6.0 2 2 2 3 5 1 97 62
2013-06-29 DET ND 5.0 5 3 3 3 3 1 94 45
2013-06-23 @NYY W 6.0 6 1 1 1 4 0 92 59
2013-06-18 @BOS L 4.2 5 4 3 5 5 0 109 40
2013-06-12 BOS L 4.0 4 2 2 4 7 1 103 49
2013-06-07 BAL W 7.0 2 1 1 2 2 0 84 69
Last 5 v.HOU 0-0 6.0 2 2 2 3 5 1 3.00 62
2013-07-04 @HOU ND 6.0 2 2 2 3 5 1 97 62
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   33-19   Road:   21-22   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  36-31   vsLHP:  18-10   1-Run:  11-13
 vsEast: 20-24   vsCntrl:17-12   vsWest:  8-4  IL: 9-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 95 Sat, Jul 13   HOU  W   4-3       54-41  2nd  3.5 gb
 94 Fri, Jul 12   HOU  L   1-2       53-41  2nd  4.5 gb
 93 Thu, Jul 11   MIN  W   4-3       53-40  2nd  3.5 gb
 92 Wed, Jul 10   MIN  W   4-3 (13)  52-40  2nd  3.5 gb
 91 Tue, Jul  9   MIN  W   4-1       51-40  2nd  3.5 gb
 90 Mon, Jul  8   MIN  W   7-4       50-40  2nd  3.5 gb
 89 Sun, Jul  7   CHW  W   3-1       49-40  2nd  4.5 gb
 88 Sat, Jul  6   CHW  W   3-0       48-40  3rd  5.5 gb
 87 Fri, Jul  5   CHW  W   8-3       47-40  4th  6.5 gb
 86 Thu, Jul  4  @HOU  W   7-5 (11)  46-40  4th  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 9-1    Last 20:16-4    Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jul 13, 2013 TBR  4  HOU  3        W:Roberto Hernandez (5-10), L: Lucas Harrell (5-10), S: Fernando Rodney (22)
Fri, Jul 12, 2013 HOU  2 @TBR  1        W:Jarred Cosart (1-0), L: David Price (3-5), S: Jose Veras (18)
Thu, Jul 04, 2013 TBR  7 @HOU  5 (11)   W:Jamey Wright (2-1), L: Josh Fields (0-1), S: Fernando Rodney (18)
Wed, Jul 03, 2013 HOU  4  TBR  1        W:Bud Norris (6-7), L: Roberto Hernandez (4-10), S: Jose Veras (17)
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)
Season Series: 2013 - TBR over 4-2; 2012 -  0-0; 2011 - TBR won 3-0; All-Time - TBR leads 10-8

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 (3.77 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (4.09 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 22.Archer
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/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 384/286 .280/.316/.353/.669 .718/.652 .668 100/.562 21/6 3/8
2.Barnes G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/no AB 231/151 .236/.295/.337/.632 .864/.511 .557 78/.412 9/6 4/2
23.Carter G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 3/2.667 2/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 334/241 .229/.326/.469/.795 .760/.809 .982 76/.989 0/0 18/3
15.Castro* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.167 325/267 .270/.332/.478/.810 .685/.838 .755 81/.796 2/1 12/4
13.Cedeno G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 5/.400 150/89 .221/.262/.301/.564 .805/.398 .476 40/.353 2/1 1/11
22.Corporan# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 1/2.000 122/56 .282/.347/.445/.793 .689/.923 .987 26/.603 0/0 5/3
30.Dominguez G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 329/240 .227/.257/.383/.640 .687/.623 .487 77/.583 0/0 11/9
10.Elmore G/S/vP 2/no AB 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 59/43 .235/.310/.314/.624 .708/.591 .823 47/.573 0/3 1/4
59.Krauss* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/27 .188/.212/.313/.525 .333/.568 .573 33/.525 0/0 1/1
14.Martinez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 265/190 .255/.280/.394/.675 .707/.662 .746 83/.602 2/0 7/2
44.Maxwell G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 111/81 .238/.306/.376/.683 .833/.625 .663 28/.690 2/1 1/2
12.Pena* G/S/vP 2/.000 9/1.931 1/.000 5/1.850 ··· 7/1.857 ··· 6/.750 317/255 .215/.329/.359/.688 .836/.653 .771 57/.598 1/3 8/0
29.Wallace* G/S/vP 3/1.666 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 84/64 .218/.274/.449/.723 .153/.904 .766 58/.974 0/0 4/1
IP 42.2 26.1 37.1 42.0 40.2 40.1 26.1 43.0 TOTAL .235/.295/.376/.670 .712/.656 .678 .623 53/31 90/69
ERA-K/9 3.59/6.7 4.44/5.5 4.34/11.8 3.21/9.2 4.20/6.9 3.79/12.5 0.34/11.3 2.93/8.4 3.86/8.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (43-13-7)
 Corporan (13-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 183/.221 110/.282 154/.207 167/.174 176/.276 175/.203 95/.081 179/.212 .237  Barnes
 Martinez
 Maxwell
 Elmore
 Krauss
 Carter
8/54/13/5
43/0/22/3
0/23/7/3
4/0/0/0
6/0/1/0
36/0/2/0
OPS .693 .793 .630 .552 .674 .640 .273 .586 .684
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 124/.734 41/.791 54/.599 95/.507 65/.806 99/.709 35/.323 105/.583 .718
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 59/.599 69/.795 100/.647 72/.612 111/.597 76/.553 60/.242 74/.591 .652
Home 90/.588 58/.662 83/.567 90/.484 105/.716 126/.706 42/.319 93/.616
Last 28d days 116/.651 24/.523 39/.429 40/.646 40/.686 42/.458 41/.387 42/.614
HR/SB/CS 5/7/0 4/6/0 5/3/0 4/0/1 2/2/0 3/3/1 0/1/0 2/9/2 92/68/20
Usage ····X··· ···X···· o·ooo··o o·oX·o·X ···o···· o··XXo·o ··o·Xo·· ···X·o··
Rays Batters (4.67 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.26 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 45.Bedard*
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/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
11.Escobar G/S/vP 4/.250 5/.650 1/3.000 1/.000 2/1.500 1/3.000 1/.000 2/.000 341/237 .247/.307/.364/.670 .819/.604 .706 98/.691 3/1 7/4
5.Fuld* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 123/87 .194/.258/.287/.545 .993/.376 .535 20/.721 3/1 2/0
8.Jennings G/S/vP 8/1.625 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 2/2.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 394/275 .265/.334/.442/.776 .955/.698 .744 112/.862 15/6 10/1
2.Johnson* G/S/vP 3/.666 4/.500 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/2.000 4/.750 287/213 .236/.314/.437/.751 .692/.771 .741 58/.685 7/3 13/2
20.Joyce* G/S/vP 6/.167 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 310/269 .241/.323/.442/.764 .561/.797 .768 76/.409 6/1 14/1
59.Lobaton# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 177/117 .270/.331/.396/.728 .688/.739 .723 41/.536 0/1 4/2
21.Loney* G/S/vP 3/1.167 4/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.500 6/.000 2/1.000 355/261 .316/.367/.467/.835 .904/.810 .747 102/.829 3/1 9/6
3.Longoria G/S/vP 7/.629 ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 4/1.500 ··· 395/280 .277/.354/.506/.860 1.013/.800 .830 96/.669 1/0 18/4
28.Molina G/S/vP 16/.544 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 183/125 .252/.306/.331/.637 .671/.620 .545 56/.751 2/1 2/4
9.Myers G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 3/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 108/75 .280/.315/.400/.715 .713/.715 .815 108/.715 2/1 3/0
1.Rodriguez G/S/vP 9/.611 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 121/29 .255/.328/.387/.715 .742/.629 .752 41/.651 1/1 2/1
30.Scott* G/S/vP 5/1.350 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/1.000 ··· 216/154 .274/.361/.478/.840 .830/.843 .923 72/1.049 0/0 8/1
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 20/.526 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/.500 2/.000 400/267 .263/.350/.387/.737 .588/.807 .827 109/.693 6/1 6/3
IP 86.2 29.0 37.2 43.1 14.1 7.1 39.1 32.2 TOTAL .260/.330/.418/.748 .792/.728 .760 .734 49/20 105/36
ERA-K/9 4.67/7.6 4.97/7.4 2.87/8.8 5.19/7.1 5.65/6.3 7.36/4.9 3.20/9.6 4.41/8.3 4.84/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Lobaton (34-6-2)
 Molina (34-14-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 382/.261 124/.240 163/.262 188/.259 58/.250 34/.333 157/.201 145/.292 .281  Johnson
 Zobrist
 Jennings
 Fuld
 Rodriguez
 Joyce
 Scott
 Myers
40/0/0/6
0/0/34/1
0/88/0/1
37/10/17/0
25/0/4/0
36/0/43/0
5/0/0/0
0/0/23/0
OPS .810 .813 .717 .814 .812 .989 .619 .809 .814
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 73/.853 56/.570 71/.743 76/.913 15/.414 13/.885 78/.673 72/.771 .840
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 309/.799 68/1.029 92/.697 112/.749 43/.945 21/1.048 79/.567 73/.842 .795
Road 190/.937 48/.375 52/.525 96/.737 18/1.036 14/.593 56/.606 73/.922
Last 28d days 106/.754 23/.919 41/.877 35/.848 45/.722 25/.818 31/.440 32/.853
HR/SB/CS 14/3/1 7/0/2 2/4/1 10/1/0 4/0/1 2/0/0 4/3/0 4/5/0 117/56/18
Usage ······X· o······X ···X···· ···o··Xo o······o ········ ·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.