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Game Preview: HOU @ TEX, 7:15pm, Saturday, July 6, 2013 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Astros, 31-56, 31-56 5th, 20 GB, 19½ GB in WC

SP: Dallas Keuchel (25, LHP, 4-5, 4.65)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (4-5) 79.1 95 47 41 27 62 13 4.65
2012 (3-8) 85.1 93 56 50 39 38 14 5.27
Last 7 GS 3-4 42.0 49 21 20 11 34 6 4.29 49
2013-07-01 TBR L 4.2 8 5 5 5 4 1 108 27
2013-06-21 @CHC L 6.0 9 3 3 1 9 3 92 50
2013-06-16 CHW W 6.1 4 2 2 2 4 0 92 59
2013-06-10 @SEA L 6.0 7 2 1 0 6 1 100 58
2013-06-05 BAL W 6.0 5 1 1 2 3 0 100 59
2013-05-31 @LAA W 7.0 6 2 2 0 4 0 90 61
2013-05-26 OAK L 6.0 10 6 6 1 4 1 110 31
Last 5 v.TEX 0-0 11.0 9 3 3 6 5 1 2.45 54
2013-05-10 TEX ND 6.0 5 2 2 2 3 1 83 55
2012-06-17 @TEX ND 5.0 4 1 1 4 2 0 91 53
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   17-32   Road:   14-24   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  22-42   vsLHP:   9-14   1-Run:  12-12
 vsEast:  3-11   vsCntrl: 7-13   vsWest: 13-25 IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 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
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:11-19
Rangers, 50-36, 50-36 2nd, ½ GB, 2½ up in WC

SP: Yu Darvish (26, RHP, 8-3, 2.78)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (8-3) 113.1 78 37 35 37 151 14 2.78
2012 (16-9) 191.1 156 89 83 89 221 14 3.90
Last 7 GS 1-1 46.2 36 16 14 15 60 6 2.70 62
2013-06-30 CIN W 6.2 4 0 0 4 8 0 117 70
2013-06-25 @NYY ND 5.1 7 3 3 2 6 3 110 46
2013-06-18 OAK L 6.0 6 5 4 2 10 2 109 50
2013-06-13 TOR ND 7.0 3 1 1 2 9 0 110 74
2013-06-08 @TOR ND 7.0 6 3 2 3 7 0 111 59
2013-06-02 KCR ND 7.0 3 0 0 2 6 0 99 75
2013-05-27 @ARI ND 7.2 7 4 4 0 14 1 116 63
Last 5 v.HOU 3-0 23.2 11 5 5 5 33 3 1.90 76
2013-05-11 @HOU W 7.0 3 3 3 3 8 2 105 64
2013-04-02 @HOU W 8.2 1 0 0 0 14 0 111 96
2012-06-15 HOU W 8.0 7 2 2 2 11 1 110 69
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   26-18   Road:   24-18   ExtrInn: 1-6 
 vsRHP:  34-26   vsLHP:  16-10   1-Run:  15-8 
 vsEast:  9-10   vsCntrl: 9-8    vsWest: 24-12 IL: 8-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 86 Fri, Jul  5   HOU  W  10-5       50-36  2nd  0.5 gb
 85 Thu, Jul  4   SEA  W   5-4       49-36  2nd  0.5 gb
 84 Wed, Jul  3   SEA  L   2-4 (10)  48-36  2nd  0.5 gb
 83 Tue, Jul  2   SEA  L   2-9       48-35  2nd  0.5 gb
 82 Sun, Jun 30   CIN  W   3-2       48-34  1st  0.5 up
 81 Sat, Jun 29   CIN  L   4-6 (11)  47-34  1st  0.5 up
 80 Fri, Jun 28   CIN  W   4-0       47-33  1st  0.5 up
 79 Thu, Jun 27  @NYY  W   2-0       46-33  1st  0.5 up
 78 Wed, Jun 26  @NYY  W   8-5       45-33  1st    Tied
 77 Tue, Jun 25  @NYY  L   3-4       44-33  1st    Tied
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jul 05, 2013 TEX 10  HOU  5        W:Nick Tepesch (4-6), L: Lucas Harrell (5-9), S: none
Sun, May 12, 2013 TEX 12 @HOU  7        W:Nick Tepesch (3-3), L: Jordan Lyles (1-1), S: none
Sat, May 11, 2013 TEX  8 @HOU  7        W:Yu Darvish (6-1), L: Philip Humber (0-8), S: Joe Nathan (11)
Fri, May 10, 2013 TEX  4 @HOU  2        W:Robbie Ross (1-0), L: Wesley Wright (0-1), S: Joe Nathan (10)
Wed, Apr 03, 2013 TEX  4 @HOU  0        W:Alexi Ogando (1-0), L: Philip Humber (0-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 02, 2013 TEX  7 @HOU  0        W:Yu Darvish (1-0), L: Lucas Harrell (0-1), S: none
Sun, Mar 31, 2013 HOU  8  TEX  2        W:Bud Norris (1-0), L: Matt Harrison (0-1), S: Erik Bedard (1)

Sun, Jun 17, 2012 TEX  9  HOU  3        W:Colby Lewis (6-5), L: Fernando Rodriguez (1-7), S: none
Sat, Jun 16, 2012 TEX  8  HOU  3        W:Justin Grimm (1-0), L: Lucas Harrell (6-5), S: none
Fri, Jun 15, 2012 TEX  6  HOU  2        W:Yu Darvish (8-4), L: Jordan Lyles (1-3), S: none
Season Series: 2013 - TEX over 6-1; 2012 - TEX won 5-1; 2011 - TEX won 4-2; All-Time - TEX leads 48-31

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 (3.72 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 11.Darvish
G/S/vB
56.Cotts*
G/S/vB
44.Frasor
G/S/vB
36.Nathan
G/S/vB
46.Ross*
G/S/vB
52.Scheppers
G/S/vB
49.Tepesch
G/S/vB
55.Wolf
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP 10/.100 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/2.000 6/1.000 1/.000 357/264 .287/.323/.366/.689 .736/.672 .714 102/.592 19/6 3/7
2.Barnes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 2/.000 212/136 .247/.308/.342/.650 .913/.506 .581 83/.449 9/5 3/2
23.Carter G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/1.250 6/.733 1/no AB 323/235 .229/.322/.464/.786 .783/.787 .975 91/.864 0/0 17/3
15.Castro* G/S/vP 9/.333 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 6/1.667 1/2.000 305/249 .269/.331/.473/.804 .615/.847 .733 86/.798 2/1 11/4
13.Cedeno G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 1/.000 147/86 .226/.268/.308/.576 .805/.412 .502 49/.417 2/1 1/11
22.Corporan# G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 114/53 .284/.354/.461/.815 .714/.940 1.098 36/.501 0/0 5/3
30.Dominguez G/S/vP 3/3.334 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 310/226 .224/.253/.386/.639 .642/.639 .466 82/.533 0/0 11/9
10.Elmore G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 38/26 .212/.270/.242/.513 .606/.467 .818 26/.367 0/1 0/3
59.Krauss* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 15/14 .067/.067/.133/.200 .000/.214 .000 15/.200 0/0 0/1
14.Martinez G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 5/.600 2/1.000 243/173 .248/.273/.400/.673 .700/.662 .755 83/.552 2/0 7/2
38.Paredes# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 103/70 .181/.235/.255/.491 .290/.584 .397 17/.180 3/3 1/1
12.Pena* G/S/vP 10/.200 10/.856 16/1.018 12/.523 1/.000 1/.000 5/.400 2/1.000 301/240 .217/.327/.368/.695 .851/.656 .793 63/.576 1/3 8/0
29.Wallace* G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 1/.000 58/44 .164/.207/.382/.589 .143/.738 .167 32/.926 0/0 3/1
IP 113.1 23.2 23.1 37.2 39.2 42.2 85.1 27.1 TOTAL .234/.293/.376/.669 .719/.652 .677 .578 50/28 84/67
ERA-K/9 2.78/12.0 1.14/10.6 2.70/10.0 1.43/9.3 2.27/8.8 1.48/6.1 4.85/7.4 1.98/2.0 3.66/8.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (40-11-7)
 Corporan (12-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 455/.190 96/.193 98/.218 142/.156 170/.243 168/.190 372/.272 114/.260 .248  Barnes
 Martinez
 Elmore
 Paredes
 Krauss
 Carter
8/49/13/4
42/0/17/3
3/0/0/0
0/0/30/0
2/0/1/0
34/0/2/0
OPS .598 .555 .665 .454 .646 .564 .752 .614 .701
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 274/.636 50/.728 32/.433 75/.533 62/.826 82/.646 211/.871 63/.627 .740
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 181/.538 46/.373 66/.776 67/.370 108/.544 86/.484 161/.596 51/.595 .665
Home 268/.633 56/.588 49/.591 69/.345 97/.600 90/.621 201/.801 70/.593
Last 28d days 106/.668 55/.593 29/.507 48/.399 48/.693 51/.667 110/.897 49/.626
HR/SB/CS 14/7/1 1/1/0 3/3/0 2/2/1 2/1/0 3/1/3 11/4/0 0/0/0 81/36/10
Usage ·····X·· ·Xo··oX· oo···o·o ·Xo··XX· ··X··o·o ·Xo··o·· X·····X· X··X··X·
Rangers Batters (4.35 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.29 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 60.Keuchel*
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
1.Andrus G/S/vP 6/.533 14/.517 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 4/1.500 4/.833 376/269 .243/.297/.285/.582 .534/.600 .500 101/.493 18/3 0/8
29.Beltre G/S/vP 6/.334 14/.742 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 4/.500 ··· 361/275 .307/.349/.516/.865 .873/.863 .930 106/.843 0/0 17/8
43.Beltre* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/10 .400/.400/.400/.800 /.800 .571 10/.800 1/1 0/0
27.Berkman# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/5.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 8/1.357 2/3.000 279/202 .256/.355/.380/.735 .801/.708 .740 54/.618 0/0 6/1
61.Chirinos G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 22/15 .190/.227/.286/.513 .286/.624 .308 9/.222 0/0 0/0
17.Cruz G/S/vP 6/1.166 11/1.055 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/1.667 346/254 .268/.327/.521/.847 .798/.864 .823 104/.936 5/1 21/2
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 6/.666 15/1.114 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/2.667 5/1.267 266/187 .283/.362/.438/.800 .697/.844 .825 86/.645 4/3 8/9
2.Martin* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 222/176 .296/.342/.453/.796 .506/.876 .940 81/.928 18/2 5/2
18.Moreland* G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 2/.000 269/170 .265/.320/.494/.814 .784/.831 .871 53/.458 0/0 12/3
7.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.333 5/.400 310/217 .221/.281/.386/.667 .548/.718 .768 92/.718 1/4 10/2
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 2/1.000 3/.000 248/160 .275/.310/.421/.731 .640/.780 .680 92/.663 0/1 7/0
13.Profar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 123/83 .259/.325/.380/.705 .644/.731 .738 58/.681 0/2 3/4
8.Soto G/S/vP 2/.500 4/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 6/1.500 7/.715 95/63 .181/.277/.325/.602 .225/.802 .839 12/.417 0/1 3/2
IP 79.1 27.1 36.2 42.0 13.0 7.1 37.1 30.2 TOTAL .260/.321/.419/.740 .704/.755 .758 .691 56/20 102/45
ERA-K/9 4.65/7.0 5.27/7.6 2.95/8.6 5.14/7.1 5.54/6.2 7.36/4.9 3.38/9.7 4.11/8.2 4.84/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Chirinos (0-0-0)
 Pierzynski (28-5-3)
 Soto (8-5-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 354/.295 119/.253 158/.268 181/.256 52/.220 34/.333 149/.198 136/.293 .281  Martin
 Murphy
 Beltre
 Cruz
4/61/8/5
83/0/0/5
0/3/1/0
0/0/80/0
OPS .830 .851 .723 .815 .730 .989 .626 .771 .816
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 88/.846 54/.593 69/.746 75/.904 15/.414 13/.885 75/.644 66/.755 .838
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 266/.824 65/1.085 89/.706 106/.755 37/.854 21/1.048 74/.609 70/.783 .799
Road 124/.736 43/.422 47/.528 89/.735 12/.788 14/.593 48/.625 64/.856
Last 28d days 118/.881 24/.966 47/.908 35/.778 39/.601 25/.818 39/.577 29/.733
HR/SB/CS 13/4/1 7/0/2 2/3/1 10/1/0 3/0/0 2/0/0 4/3/0 2/5/0 110/52/15
Usage ····X··· Xo····Xo ·Xo··X·· ····X··X ·X·X··X· X··X···· ·Xo··X·· ·o··X·X·

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.