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Boston Red Sox vs. Houston Astros, at Fenway Park, August 16, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Saturday, August 16, 2014

Start Time:

7:10et (local)

Venue:

Fenway Park

Tickets:

Game Tickets / Tickets for games at Fenway Park

Series:

Game #3 of a 4-game series

Average Temp:

75° (based on last ten years)

Astros

Manager:

Bo Porter

Game #:

124

On This Date:

21-23

Red Sox

Manager:

John Farrell

Game #:

123

On This Date:

50-52

Season Series
Fri, Jul 11, 2014 BOS  8 @HOU  3     
Sat, Jul 12, 2014 HOU  3  BOS  2     
Sun, Jul 13, 2014 BOS 11 @HOU  0     
Thu, Aug 14, 2014 BOS  9  HOU  4     
Fri, Aug 15, 2014 HOU  5 @BOS  3 (10)

Sat, Aug 16, 2014 HOU    @BOS  7:10pm
Sun, Aug 17, 2014 HOU    @BOS  1:35pm

                         All times ET

Houston Astros

51-72, 4th, 22½ GB, 21½ GB in WC / Schedule

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   29-36   Road:   22-36   ExtrInn: 6-4 
 vsRHP:  36-50   vsLHP:  15-22   1-Run:  13-21
 vsEast: 13-16   vsCntrl:12-13   vsWest: 22-30 IL: 4-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
123 Fri, Aug 15  @BOS  W   5-3 (10)  51-72  4th 22.5 gb
122 Thu, Aug 14  @BOS  L   4-9       50-72  4th 23.5 gb
121 Wed, Aug 13   MIN  L   1-3       50-71  4th 23.5 gb
120 Tue, Aug 12   MIN  W  10-4       50-70  4th 23.5 gb
119 Mon, Aug 11   MIN  L   2-4       49-70  4th 23.5 gb
118 Sun, Aug 10   TEX  L   2-6       49-69  4th 23.5 gb
117 Sat, Aug  9   TEX  W   8-3       49-68  4th 23.5 gb
116 Fri, Aug  8   TEX  W   4-3       48-68  4th 23.5 gb
115 Thu, Aug  7  @PHI  L   5-6       47-68  4th 23.5 gb
114 Wed, Aug  6  @PHI  L   3-10      47-67  4th 22.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:12-18

Boston Red Sox

55-66, 5th, 14½ GB, 16½ GB in WC / Schedule

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   28-32   Road:   27-34   ExtrInn: 6-10
 vsRHP:  36-45   vsLHP:  19-21   1-Run:  24-23
 vsEast: 19-32   vsCntrl:14-15   vsWest: 13-11 IL: 9-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
121 Fri, Aug 15   HOU  L   3-5 (10)  55-66  5th 14.5 gb
120 Thu, Aug 14   HOU  W   9-4       55-65  5th 14.5 gb
119 Wed, Aug 13  @CIN  W   5-4       54-65  5th 15.0 gb
118 Tue, Aug 12  @CIN  W   3-2       53-65  5th 15.0 gb
117 Sun, Aug 10  @LAA  W   3-1       52-65  5th 15.0 gb
116 Sat, Aug  9  @LAA  L   4-5 (19)  51-65  5th 16.0 gb
115 Fri, Aug  8  @LAA  W   4-2       51-64  5th 15.0 gb
114 Thu, Aug  7  @STL  L   2-5       50-64  5th 15.0 gb
113 Wed, Aug  6  @STL  W   2-1       50-63  5th 14.0 gb
112 Tue, Aug  5  @STL  L   2-3       49-63  5th 15.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 15, 2014 HOU  5 @BOS  3 (10)   W:Tony Sipp (3-2), L: Craig Breslow (2-4), S: none
Thu, Aug 14, 2014 BOS  9  HOU  4        W:Allen Webster (3-1), L: Scott Feldman (6-9), S: none
Sun, Jul 13, 2014 BOS 11 @HOU  0        W:Clay Buchholz (4-5), L: Brad Peacock (3-6), S: none
Sat, Jul 12, 2014 HOU  3  BOS  2        W:Josh Fields (2-4), L: Jake Peavy (1-8), S: Chad Qualls (10)
Fri, Jul 11, 2014 BOS  8 @HOU  3        W:John Lackey (10-6), L: Scott Feldman (4-6), S: none

Wed, Aug 07, 2013 BOS  7 @HOU  5        W:Junichi Tazawa (5-3), L: Josh Fields (1-2), S: Koji Uehara (11)
Tue, Aug 06, 2013 BOS 15 @HOU 10        W:Brandon Workman (2-1), L: Jordan Lyles (4-6), S: none
Mon, Aug 05, 2013 HOU  2  BOS  0        W:Brett Oberholtzer (2-0), L: John Lackey (7-9), S: Josh Fields (1)
Sun, Apr 28, 2013 BOS  6  HOU  1        W:John Lackey (1-1), L: Bud Norris (3-3), S: none
Sat, Apr 27, 2013 BOS  8  HOU  4        W:Felix Doubront (3-0), L: Brad Peacock (1-3), S: none
Season Series: 2014 - BOS over 3-2; 2013 - BOS won 6-1; 2012 -  0-0; All-Time - BOS leads 16-5

SP: Brad Peacock (26, RHP, 3-8, 5.25)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (3-8)			97.2	105	61	57	53	86	14	5.25
2013 (5-6)			83.1	78	51	48	37	77	15	5.18
2011 (2-0)			12.0	7	1	1	6	4	0	0.75

Last 7 GS		1-4	31.2	42	26	24	15	26	7	6.82	41
2014-08-11	MIN	ND	5.0	7	2	1	1	5	0	115	51
2014-08-06	@PHI	L	5.0	7	8	8	4	4	1	92	21
2014-07-23	@OAK	L	3.2	7	7	7	5	2	3	89	16
2014-07-13	BOS	L	0.1	2	1	1	1	1	1	27	43
2014-07-08	@TEX	W	5.2	6	2	2	0	5	1	94	54
2014-07-02	SEA	L	5.1	6	4	4	2	6	0	97	44
2014-06-27	DET	ND	6.2	7	2	1	2	3	1	92	55

Last 5 v.BOS		0-2	3.2	8	6	6	6	4	1	14.73	35
2014-07-13	BOS	L	0.1	2	1	1	1	1	1	27	43
2013-04-27	@BOS	L	3.1	6	5	5	5	3	0	90	26

SP: Rubby De La Rosa (25, RHP, 4-4, 3.21)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (4-4)			67.1	65	25	24	22	48	8	3.21
2013 (0-2)			11.1	15	7	7	2	6	2	5.56
2012 (0-0)			0.2	0	2	2	2	0	0	27.00

Last 7 GS		2-2	42.0	44	17	16	15	25	5	3.43	51
2014-08-10	@LAA	W	7.0	5	1	1	3	8	1	110	68
2014-08-05	@STL	ND	6.0	6	1	1	3	3	0	94	56
2014-07-29	TOR	L	6.0	9	3	3	2	1	1	112	41
2014-07-24	@TOR	L	4.0	9	7	6	2	1	1	92	17
2014-07-19	KCR	W	7.0	5	1	1	4	2	0	104	61
2014-07-09	CHW	ND	5.0	6	3	3	0	3	2	84	46
2014-06-21	@OAK	ND	7.0	4	1	1	1	7	0	100	71

Last 5 v.HOU		0-1	4.2	6	5	5	3	6	0	9.64	35
2011-06-18	HOU	L	4.2	6	5	5	3	6	0	85	35

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Astros Batters (3.95 RS/G) vs. Red Sox Pitchers (4.26 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 62.De La Rosa
G/S/vB 35.Badenhop
G/S/vB 32.Breslow*
G/S/vB 59.Layne*
G/S/vB 54.Mujica
G/S/vB 36.Tazawa
G/S/vB 19.Uehara
G/S/vB 30.Wilson
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

27.Altuve G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/.666 3/.000 1/.000 3/.000 535/405 .334/.370/.438/.808 1.014/.740 .778 108/.808 46/6 5/6

23.Carter G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 2/2.500 ··· 4/.500 4/.500 2/1.500 ··· 414/285 .233/.304/.515/.819 .895/.786 .815 103/1.087 2/1 28/2

15.Castro* G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 2/.500 1/.000 3/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 408/306 .230/.297/.376/.672 .646/.681 .630 87/.665 0/0 11/3

22.Corporan# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 151/86 .239/.287/.384/.671 .658/.680 .634 31/.398 0/0 5/3

30.Dominguez G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/2.000 3/.666 2/.000 1/2.000 496/359 .229/.270/.356/.627 .755/.578 .616 103/.563 0/1 14/9

21.Fowler# G/S/vP 4/.833 5/.000 2/1.000 1/no AB 12/.500 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 347/252 .272/.383/.395/.778 .919/.724 .704 13/.872 6/3 6/3

9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.000 228/195 .267/.316/.386/.701 .656/.709 .756 73/.654 1/3 5/6

19.Grossman# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 3/.000 263/196 .213/.332/.339/.671 .487/.734 .768 102/.787 4/1 6/2

18.Krauss* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 180/173 .191/.272/.333/.606 1.286/.576 .728 55/.657 0/0 6/2

6.Marisnick G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/2.000 107/85 .245/.271/.304/.575 .545/.583 .293 57/.734 5/1 1/0

3.Petit G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/19 .281/.303/.406/.709 .973/.526 1.000 33/.709 0/0 1/1

28.Singleton* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 257/189 .182/.280/.360/.640 .848/.563 .563 95/.673 1/2 10/8

IP 67.1 56.0 44.0 7.1 44.0 50.2 56.2 6.1 TOTAL .240/.308/.388/.696 .754/.673 .685 .712 85/24 135/76

ERA-K/9

3.21/6.4

2.57/5.1

5.11/5.5

1.23/7.4

4.50/6.1

3.20/9.4

1.27/11.1

2.84/5.7

3.85/7.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castro (56-19-10)
Corporan (20-6-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 280/.259 231/.282 206/.302 27/.083 187/.310 212/.263 209/.182 26/.320 .257 Grossman
Marisnick
Fowler
Krauss
Carter
Sipp
Gonzalez 34/6/28/5
0/24/3/4
0/78/0/1
15/0/3/1
6/0/0/0
1/0/1/0
4/0/1/0

OPS .762 .711 .837 .352 .835 .701 .507 .946 .728

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 161/.810 95/.731 91/.832 16/.192 78/1.004 104/.675 114/.414 13/1.462 .751

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 119/.698 136/.698 115/.841 11/.606 109/.711 108/.726 95/.615 13/.397 .706

Home 125/.669 139/.658 111/.890 11/.091 106/.967 112/.708 115/.482 22/1.045

Last 28d days 105/.915 41/.598 49/.931 24/.348 37/.603 53/.777 41/.445 13/1.000

HR/SB/CS 8/3/0 1/4/1 6/1/0 0/0/0 6/4/1 4/0/0 6/0/1 1/0/0 119/74/20

Usage ·····X·· o·oo··o· oX····X· o··o··oo o·oo·oo· oXX···XX o··X·XoX ·o······

Red Sox Batters (3.83 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.72 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 41.Peacock
G/S/vB 58.Buchanan
G/S/vB 66.Chapman*
G/S/vB 38.Downs*
G/S/vB 35.Fields
G/S/vB 48.Foltynewicz
G/S/vB 50.Qualls
G/S/vB 29.Sipp*
G/S/vB 55.Veras
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

2.Bogaerts G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 460/320 .231/.294/.346/.640 .733/.600 .713 86/.541 2/2 8/17

25.Bradley* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/no AB ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 379/235 .211/.283/.287/.570 .644/.524 .603 68/.379 8/0 1/0

39.Brown* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/ .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ 1/.000 0/0 0/0

61.Butler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/5 .000/.125/.000/.125 .333/.000 8/.125 0/0 0/1

52.Cespedes G/S/vP 10/1.400 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 6/.500 2/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 4/.000 483/364 .254/.298/.465/.764 .778/.759 .767 91/.854 3/2 20/5

26.Holt* G/S/vP 1/5.000 ··· ··· 2/no AB ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 398/245 .299/.347/.411/.758 .800/.731 .800 110/.577 6/2 3/7

7.Johnson* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 2/.500 2/2.000 236/195 .214/.297/.362/.659 .664/.657 .696 19/.328 2/1 6/9

16.Middlebrooks G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB 121/87 .176/.264/.278/.542 .638/.503 .644 39/.369 1/0 2/2

12.Napoli G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 2/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 7/.953 408/289 .267/.387/.455/.842 .913/.813 .849 79/.847 2/2 15/6

29.Nava# G/S/vP 4/1.167 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 1/no AB 2/2.500 265/222 .258/.336/.331/.666 .309/.739 .664 70/.748 2/1 2/4

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 3/2.500 ··· ··· 3/1.000 2/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 8/.250 5/.400 487/324 .248/.339/.486/.825 .878/.797 .744 84/.780 0/0 26/0

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 4/1.417 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 2/1.500 3/.666 4/3.500 7/.429 531/379 .282/.345/.379/.723 .750/.713 .705 98/.738 5/6 5/2

55.Vazquez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 87/65 .237/.291/.303/.593 .394/.657 .663 72/.506 0/0 0/4

IP 97.2 23.0 5.2 31.1 45.0 7.0 41.0 37.0 31.1 TOTAL .243/.316/.368/.683 .698/.676 .705 .634 37/20 90/72

ERA-K/9

5.25/7.9

4.30/4.7

11.12/12.6

4.31/6.6

5.20/12.4

7.71/7.7

3.29/8.1

2.68/10.9

5.17/8.9

4.40/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butler (1-0-0)
Vazquez (8-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 439/.277 100/.281 33/.348 133/.228 193/.254 34/.394 173/.274 143/.160 142/.231 .267 Bradley
Cespedes
Nava
Holt
Brown
Johnson 1/103/6/13
94/9/0/12
31/0/40/6
8/10/32/1
0/0/1/0
4/0/1/0

OPS .816 .751 1.227 .642 .675 1.109 .694 .502 .743 .742

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 252/.792 64/.726 20/1.079 73/.635 82/.754 20/1.447 81/.874 73/.422 52/.866 .740

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 187/.847 36/.786 13/1.371 60/.649 111/.616 14/.643 92/.547 70/.585 90/.680 .743

Road 156/.884 58/.845 15/1.409 63/.659 93/.701 21/1.048 80/.602 75/.615 63/.517

Last 28d days 71/1.115 72/.689 / 30/.290 51/.708 34/1.109 37/.989 38/.472 46/.711

HR/SB/CS 14/7/1 2/1/1 2/0/0 0/3/1 2/4/0 2/0/0 4/8/2 4/0/0 4/3/0 111/76/25

Usage ····X··· ····X··· ········ ·o···X·· ··X·X·X· ·X·X··X· ··o····X o·oX···· X··o·o·o

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 2014 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

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

OAK 4.84

MIA 3.99

SDP 3.24

RA/G

SEA 3.19

PIT 4.16

COL 5.19

J. Altuve .334

D. Navarro .272

C. Davis .193

OBP

A. McCutchen .411

C. Blackmon .331

G. Beckham .264

SLG

J. Abreu .600

J. Reyes .410

J. Bradley .287

OPS

J. Abreu .962

M. Montero .751

J. Bradley .570

ERA

C. Kershaw 1.78

A. Sanchez 3.53

E. Jackson 5.74

K/9IP

Y. Darvish 11.35

J. Lackey 7.37

K. Correia 4.39

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.