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Cleveland Indians vs. Houston Astros, at Progressive Field, August 23, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Saturday, August 23, 2014

Start Time:

7:05et (local)

Venue:

Progressive Field

Tickets:

Game Tickets / Tickets for games at Progressive Field

Series:

Game #2 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

77° (based on last ten years)

Astros

Manager:

Bo Porter

Game #:

130

On This Date:

24-23

Indians

Manager:

Terry Francona

Game #:

130

On This Date:

54-46

Season Series
Fri, Aug 22, 2014 HOU  5 @CLE  1     

Sat, Aug 23, 2014 HOU    @CLE  7:05pm
Sun, Aug 24, 2014 HOU    @CLE  1:05pm
Mon, Sep 15, 2014 CLE    @HOU  8:10pm
Tue, Sep 16, 2014 CLE    @HOU  8:10pm
Wed, Sep 17, 2014 CLE    @HOU  8:10pm
Thu, Sep 18, 2014 CLE    @HOU  8:10pm

                         All times ET

Houston Astros

55-74, 4th, 22 GB, 21 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   29-36   Road:   26-38   ExtrInn: 6-4 
 vsRHP:  39-52   vsLHP:  16-22   1-Run:  13-21
 vsEast: 16-18   vsCntrl:13-13   vsWest: 22-30 IL: 4-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
129 Fri, Aug 22  @CLE  W   5-1       55-74  4th 22.0 gb
128 Thu, Aug 21  @NYY  L   0-3       54-74  4th 23.0 gb
127 Wed, Aug 20  @NYY  W   5-2       54-73  4th 22.0 gb
126 Tue, Aug 19  @NYY  W   7-4       53-73  4th 22.0 gb
125 Sun, Aug 17  @BOS  W   8-1       52-73  4th 21.5 gb
124 Sat, Aug 16  @BOS  L   7-10      51-73  4th 22.5 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:14-16

Cleveland Indians

64-63, 3rd, 7 GB, 11 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   37-25   Road:   27-38   ExtrInn: 8-6 
 vsRHP:  48-43   vsLHP:  16-20   1-Run:  18-17
 vsEast: 17-13   vsCntrl:25-26   vsWest: 12-14 IL:10-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
127 Fri, Aug 22   HOU  L   1-5       64-63  3rd  7.0 gb
126 Thu, Aug 21  @MIN  L   1-4       64-62  3rd  6.0 gb
125 Wed, Aug 20  @MIN  W   5-0       64-61  3rd  5.5 gb
124 Tue, Aug 19  @MIN  W   7-5       63-61  3rd  6.5 gb
123 Sun, Aug 17   BAL  L   1-4       62-61  3rd  6.0 gb
122 Sat, Aug 16   BAL  W   6-0       62-60  3rd  5.0 gb
121 Fri, Aug 15   BAL  W   2-1 (11)  61-60  3rd  6.0 gb
120 Wed, Aug 13   ARI  L   0-1 (12)  60-60  3rd  5.5 gb
119 Wed, Aug 13   ARI  W   3-2       60-59  3rd  5.5 gb
118 Sun, Aug 10  @NYY  W   4-1       59-59  3rd  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 22, 2014 HOU  5 @CLE  1        W:Tony Sipp (4-2), L: Cody Allen (4-3), S: none

Sun, Sep 22, 2013 CLE  9  HOU  2        W:Corey Kluber (10-5), L: Erik Bedard (4-12), S: none
Sat, Sep 21, 2013 CLE  4  HOU  1        W:Scott Kazmir (9-9), L: Paul Clemens (4-6), S: none
Fri, Sep 20, 2013 CLE  2  HOU  1  (7)   W:Zach McAllister (9-9), L: Brett Oberholtzer (4-4), S: Bryan Shaw (1)
Thu, Sep 19, 2013 CLE  2  HOU  1 (11)   W:Bryan Shaw (5-3), L: Rhiner Cruz (0-2), S: none
Sun, Apr 21, 2013 CLE  5 @HOU  4        W:Cody Allen (1-0), L: Hector Ambriz (0-1), S: Chris Perez (2)
Sat, Apr 20, 2013 CLE 19 @HOU  6        W:Corey Kluber (1-0), L: Philip Humber (0-4), S: none
Fri, Apr 19, 2013 HOU  3  CLE  2        W:Lucas Harrell (1-2), L: Brett Myers (0-3), S: Jose Veras (1)
Sun, Jun 24, 2012 HOU  7  CLE  1        W:J.A. Happ (6-7), L: Derek Lowe (7-6), S: none
Sat, Jun 23, 2012 HOU  8  CLE  1        W:Dallas Keuchel (1-0), L: Jeanmar Gomez (4-7), S: none
Season Series: 2014 - HOU over 1-0; 2013 - CLE won 6-1; 2012 - HOU won 2-1; All-Time - CLE leads 14-12

SP: Collin McHugh (27, RHP, 6-9, 3.00)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (6-9)			114.0	86	43	38	39	124	11	3.00
2013 (0-4)			26.0	45	29	29	5	11	6	10.04
2012 (0-4)			21.1	27	21	18	8	17	5	7.59

Last 7 GS		2-3	41.2	37	16	15	12	43	6	3.24	57
2014-08-17	@BOS	W	6.0	7	1	1	4	6	0	109	56
2014-08-12	MIN	W	6.0	4	1	1	0	3	1	93	63
2014-08-07	@PHI	ND	7.0	5	1	1	0	8	0	100	71
2014-08-01	TOR	ND	6.1	5	1	1	1	5	0	111	63
2014-07-27	MIA	L	6.1	7	4	4	1	9	2	107	51
2014-07-06	@LAA	L	4.0	4	3	2	2	4	0	70	46
2014-06-30	SEA	L	6.0	5	5	5	4	8	3	110	46

Has never faced CLE as starter.

SP: Danny Salazar (24, RHP, 4-6, 4.79)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (4-6)			67.2	75	40	36	24	73	10	4.79
2013 (2-3)			52.0	44	18	18	15	65	7	3.12

Last 7 GS		3-3	37.1	37	17	16	10	36	4	3.86	52
2014-08-17	BAL	L	5.0	4	2	2	1	4	0	91	54
2014-08-06	@CIN	L	4.0	5	5	5	0	5	2	69	37
2014-08-01	TEX	W	6.0	4	1	0	3	4	0	95	63
2014-07-27	@KCR	W	7.0	7	3	3	0	7	0	112	58
2014-07-22	@MIN	W	5.0	6	1	1	3	6	0	92	54
2014-05-15	@TOR	L	4.0	5	2	2	2	3	2	98	45
2014-05-07	MIN	ND	6.1	6	3	3	1	7	0	90	55

Has never faced HOU as starter.

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

Astros Batters (4.02 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (4.21 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 31.Salazar
G/S/vB 37.Allen
G/S/vB 48.Atchison
G/S/vB 57.Crockett*
G/S/vB 50.Hagadone*
G/S/vB 20.Lee
G/S/vB 35.Rzepczynski*
G/S/vB 27.Shaw
G/S/vB 43.Tomlin
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

27.Altuve G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 563/430 .334/.372/.439/.811 1.018/.745 .785 107/.787 46/7 6/7

23.Carter G/S/vP ··· 4/.833 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 441/309 .229/.299/.509/.808 .872/.781 .793 103/.931 2/1 30/2

15.Castro* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 426/318 .232/.303/.380/.683 .666/.689 .655 87/.694 1/0 12/4

22.Corporan# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 159/94 .234/.285/.372/.657 .658/.656 .612 31/.369 0/0 5/3

30.Dominguez G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 516/374 .226/.266/.349/.614 .742/.566 .593 98/.512 0/1 14/10

21.Fowler# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.900 ··· 374/276 .276/.382/.411/.793 .951/.737 .742 40/.954 7/3 7/3

9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 250/214 .263/.308/.384/.691 .657/.697 .725 76/.628 1/3 6/6

19.Grossman# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 291/221 .212/.331/.327/.658 .496/.709 .722 105/.741 5/1 6/2

14.Guzman G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 6/.167 ··· 160/58 .200/.275/.269/.544 .500/.624 .411 2/1.000 2/0 2/1

18.Krauss* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 187/179 .202/.283/.345/.629 1.125/.604 .767 50/.713 0/0 6/2

6.Marisnick G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 124/99 .237/.266/.288/.554 .480/.574 .330 74/.663 5/1 1/0

3.Petit G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 39/23 .316/.333/.500/.833 1.238/.565 1.250 37/.824 0/0 1/1

28.Singleton* G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 283/208 .187/.290/.374/.664 .833/.602 .622 103/.808 1/2 12/9

IP 67.2 54.2 56.2 24.0 19.1 19.1 40.2 58.1 99.1 TOTAL .241/.308/.389/.697 .756/.675 .689 .722 88/25 143/80

ERA-K/9

4.79/9.7

1.81/11.4

2.86/5.9

1.88/8.2

1.40/9.8

3.72/8.9

3.10/8.6

2.47/7.4

4.35/8.1

3.70/8.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castro (63-22-11)
Corporan (20-6-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 299/.280 217/.183 217/.216 99/.267 73/.176 85/.273 173/.250 239/.220 417/.269 .250 Grossman
Marisnick
Fowler
Krauss
Gonzalez
Carter
Sipp
Guzman 38/6/31/6
2/24/6/4
0/84/0/2
16/0/4/1
4/0/1/0
6/0/0/0
1/0/1/0
7/0/0/0

OPS .804 .579 .585 .727 .546 .775 .672 .610 .755 .707

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 129/.685 108/.419 79/.643 60/.597 43/.571 27/.603 93/.399 90/.855 219/.692 .703

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 170/.892 109/.745 138/.553 39/.927 30/.510 58/.853 80/1.016 149/.464 198/.825 .711

Home 143/.783 114/.527 103/.566 55/.717 38/.473 33/.858 75/.496 116/.595 236/.819

Last 28d days 91/.667 39/.525 41/.561 36/.848 44/.396 28/.605 20/.633 42/.509 56/.711

HR/SB/CS 10/2/1 5/2/1 4/1/2 2/1/0 2/2/0 3/4/2 1/1/1 4/6/1 17/1/2 111/71/36

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

Indians Batters (4.31 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.67 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 31.McHugh
G/S/vB 58.Buchanan
G/S/vB 66.Chapman*
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

4.Aviles G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.750 3/1.334 ··· 306/188 .249/.277/.342/.619 .642/.604 .649 68/.605 12/5 5/5

24.Bourn* G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 5/.200 ··· 5/.000 335/244 .262/.319/.370/.690 .517/.755 .774 26/.610 8/4 3/2

23.Brantley* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 4/.000 532/363 .311/.370/.499/.869 .706/.942 .941 98/.830 15/1 18/1

8.Chisenhall* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 407/331 .285/.351/.445/.795 .833/.787 .769 72/.474 2/1 11/16

38.Dickerson* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 100/87 .227/.306/.341/.647 .657/.645 .764 50/.479 3/0 2/1

10.Gomes G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 411/294 .284/.324/.477/.800 .895/.763 .800 67/.913 0/0 17/12

62.Holt G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 17/6 .400/.438/.467/.904 1.100/.533 .813 17/.904 0/1 0/0

22.Kipnis* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/1.000 440/303 .248/.320/.349/.670 .507/.745 .633 96/.632 18/2 6/6

55.Perez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 43/31 .256/.310/.385/.694 .432/.798 .820 28/.555 0/0 1/1

11.Ramirez# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 111/86 .227/.272/.268/.540 .399/.581 .384 68/.617 3/0 1/3

41.Santana# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 508/352 .228/.366/.428/.794 .815/.785 .664 98/.783 3/1 21/10

6.Walters# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 81/60 .213/.272/.547/.818 1.331/.633 .631 39/.921 0/0 8/0

IP 114.0 23.2 9.2 48.1 8.0 44.0 40.2 32.1 TOTAL .253/.320/.395/.715 .654/.740 .727 .692 76/21 123/99

ERA-K/9

3.00/9.8

4.18/4.6

9.31/10.2

5.03/12.1

6.75/6.8

3.07/7.8

2.43/10.6

5.01/8.6

4.35/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Gomes (51-27-6)
Perez (5-4-0)
Santana (8-4-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 464/.208 102/.286 51/.308 210/.262 38/.378 183/.264 154/.156 147/.231 .267 Brantley
Dickerson
Bourn
Aviles
Walters
Holt 77/46/0/11
19/5/6/3
0/71/0/3
24/3/0/1
4/0/0/0
1/2/6/0

OPS .622 .757 .987 .683 1.043 .666 .481 .740 .739

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 261/.640 64/.726 29/.950 95/.738 21/1.474 90/.804 78/.393 55/.852 .739

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 203/.598 38/.797 22/1.013 115/.636 17/.529 93/.541 76/.572 92/.680 .739

Road 216/.557 60/.851 33/.943 110/.712 25/.960 90/.555 86/.563 68/.527

Last 28d days 125/.642 56/.676 18/.607 53/.837 38/1.043 36/.871 37/.465 36/.732

HR/SB/CS 11/6/5 2/1/1 2/0/0 2/7/0 2/0/0 4/8/2 4/0/2 4/3/0 116/83/28

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

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 4.83

HOU 4.02

SDP 3.30

RA/G

SEA 3.18

CHC 4.19

COL 5.27

J. Altuve .334

E. Andrus .271

C. Davis .192

OBP

G. Stanton .405

H. Pence .333

G. Beckham .263

SLG

J. Abreu .600

G. Jones .413

Z. Cozart .295

OPS

G. Stanton .970

Y. Cespedes .754

Z. Cozart .566

ERA

C. Kershaw 1.82

A. Harang 3.50

E. Jackson 6.09

K/9IP

Y. Darvish 11.35

M. Estrada 7.45

K. Correia 4.62

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.