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Game Preview: HOU @ DET, 7:08 pm, Wednesday, May 7, 2014 @Comerica Park

Astros, 10-23, 10-23 5th, 9 GB, 7½ GB in WC

SP: Brad Peacock (26, RHP, 0-2, 5.26)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (0-2) 25.2 28 19 15 20 24 2 5.26
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 2-2 40.2 36 21 16 18 38 4 3.54 53
2014-05-02 SEA ND 6.0 6 4 2 3 6 1 92 51
2014-04-25 OAK ND 5.0 5 5 3 6 3 0 92 38
2014-04-20 @OAK L 5.0 5 2 2 3 4 1 83 50
2013-09-24 @TEX L 6.0 6 3 3 1 7 1 95 54
2013-09-18 CIN ND 5.2 6 4 3 3 5 0 98 45
2013-09-11 @SEA W 6.0 3 1 1 1 4 1 105 65
2013-09-05 @OAK W 7.0 5 2 2 1 9 0 97 67
Has never faced DET as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    6-13   Road:    4-10   ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:   8-15   vsLHP:   2-8    1-Run:   3-6 
 vsEast:  3-3    vsCntrl: 0-5    vsWest:  7-13 IL: 0-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 33 Tue, May  6  @DET  L   4-11      10-23  5th  9.0 gb
 32 Mon, May  5  @DET  L   0-2       10-22  5th  9.0 gb
 31 Sun, May  4   SEA  L   7-8       10-21  5th  9.0 gb
 30 Sat, May  3   SEA  L   8-9       10-20  5th  8.0 gb
 29 Fri, May  2   SEA  W   5-4 (11)  10-19  5th  8.0 gb
 28 Wed, Apr 30   WSN  L   0-7        9-19  5th  9.0 gb
 27 Tue, Apr 29   WSN  L   3-4        9-18  5th  8.0 gb
 26 Sun, Apr 27   OAK  W   5-1        9-17  5th  6.5 gb
 25 Sat, Apr 26   OAK  W   7-6        8-17  5th  7.5 gb
 24 Fri, Apr 25   OAK  L   5-12       7-17  5th  8.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30: 8-22
Tigers, 19-9, 19-9 1st, 5 up

SP: Rick Porcello (25, RHP, 4-1, 3.66)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (4-1) 32.0 28 13 13 4 22 3 3.66
2013 (13-8) 177.0 185 87 85 42 142 18 4.32
2012 (10-12) 176.1 226 101 90 44 107 16 4.59
Last 7 GS 5-1 44.2 39 16 16 6 41 4 3.22 58
2014-05-02 @KCR W 7.0 4 2 2 0 6 1 106 67
2014-04-25 @MIN W 5.0 6 4 4 1 4 1 92 42
2014-04-20 LAA W 7.0 5 1 1 1 4 0 103 66
2014-04-11 @SDP L 6.1 10 5 5 0 5 1 91 38
2014-04-05 BAL W 6.2 3 1 1 2 3 0 94 65
2013-09-21 CHW ND 6.2 6 2 2 0 9 0 101 63
2013-09-16 SEA W 6.0 5 1 1 2 10 1 105 66
Last 5 v.HOU 0-0 7.0 5 3 3 0 7 2 3.86 62
2013-05-02 @HOU ND 7.0 5 3 3 0 7 2 97 62
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   11-5    Road:    8-4    ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:  10-8    vsLHP:   9-1    1-Run:   6-2 
 vsEast:  2-1    vsCntrl:11-4    vsWest:  4-1  IL: 2-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 28 Tue, May  6   HOU  W  11-4       19-9   1st  5.0 up
 27 Mon, May  5   HOU  W   2-0       18-9   1st  4.5 up
 26 Sun, May  4  @KCR  W   9-4       17-9   1st  4.5 up
 25 Sat, May  3  @KCR  W   9-2       16-9   1st  4.0 up
 24 Fri, May  2  @KCR  W   8-2       15-9   1st  3.0 up
 23 Wed, Apr 30  @CHW  W   5-1       14-9   1st  1.5 up
 22 Tue, Apr 29  @CHW  W   4-3       13-9   1st  1.5 up
 21 Sat, Apr 26  @MIN  L   3-5       12-9   1st  1.0 up
 20 Fri, Apr 25  @MIN  W  10-6       12-8   1st  2.0 up
 19 Thu, Apr 24   CHW  W   7-4       11-8   1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 9-1    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:19-9 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, May 06, 2014 DET 11  HOU  4        W:Robbie Ray (1-0), L: Brett Oberholtzer (0-6), S: none
Mon, May 05, 2014 DET  2  HOU  0        W:Max Scherzer (4-1), L: Jarred Cosart (1-3), S: Joe Nathan (6)

Wed, May 15, 2013 HOU  7 @DET  5        W:Hector Ambriz (1-2), L: Al Alburquerque (0-1), S: Jose Veras (5)
Tue, May 14, 2013 DET  6  HOU  2        W:Doug Fister (5-1), L: Lucas Harrell (3-4), S: none
Mon, May 13, 2013 DET  7  HOU  2        W:Anibal Sanchez (4-3), L: Bud Norris (4-4), S: none
Sun, May 05, 2013 DET  9 @HOU  0        W:Justin Verlander (4-2), L: Philip Humber (0-7), S: none
Sat, May 04, 2013 DET 17 @HOU  2        W:Max Scherzer (4-0), L: Lucas Harrell (3-3), S: none
Fri, May 03, 2013 DET  4 @HOU  3        W:Drew Smyly (2-0), L: Jose Veras (0-2), S: Jose Valverde (3)
Thu, May 02, 2013 DET  7 @HOU  3 (14)   W:Luke Putkonen (1-0), L: Dallas Keuchel (0-1), S: none
Sun, Jun 28, 2009 DET  4 @HOU  3        W:Bobby Seay (1-1), L: Jose Valverde (0-2), S: Fernando Rodney (17)
Season Series: 2014 - DET over 2-0; 2013 - DET won 6-1; 2012 -  0-0; All-Time - DET leads 14-10

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

COL  5.89

BOS  4.15

SDP  2.68

 RA/G

ATL  2.97

NYM  4.28

ARI  5.53

 BA

T. Tulowitzki  .421

M. Brantley  .269

R. Ibanez  .138

 OBP

T. Tulowitzki  .522

D. Navarro  .337

Y. Alonso  .193

 SLG

T. Tulowitzki  .794

E. Aybar  .413

N. Schierholtz  .228

 OPS

T. Tulowitzki  1.317

J. Smoak  .752

Y. Alonso  .422

 ERA

J. Cueto  1.31

C. Morton  3.45

K. Correia  6.09

 K/9IP

S. Strasburg  13.05

T. Ross  7.62

K. Correia  3.97

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

Astros Batters (3.39 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (3.82 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 21.Porcello
G/S/vB		 62.Alburquerque
G/S/vB		 44.Chamberlain
G/S/vB		 40.Coke*
G/S/vB		 46.Krol*
G/S/vB		 60.Miller
G/S/vB		 36.Nathan
G/S/vB		 57.Reed
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.500 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 150/112 .279/.333/.382/.716 1.001/.616 .620 113/.688 11/1 1/0
23.Carter G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 4/.000 ··· 116/78 .170/.276/.380/.656 .536/.715 .661 86/.676 0/0 4/1
15.Castro* G/S/vP 3/1.666 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.000 ··· 120/89 .214/.317/.379/.695 .499/.770 .696 93/.762 0/0 4/2
22.Corporan# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/14 .167/.188/.367/.554 .500/.631 .293 21/.533 0/0 2/0
30.Dominguez G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 1/.000 123/89 .227/.301/.391/.692 .669/.701 .757 91/.743 0/1 4/3
21.Fowler# G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.667 ··· 125/98 .248/.320/.354/.674 .793/.639 .549 108/.564 3/2 2/0
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 34/28 .281/.324/.406/.730 1.000/.670 .700 27/.850 0/1 1/1
14.Guzman G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 67/27 .203/.239/.328/.567 .457/.733 .396 44/.422 0/0 2/1
28.Hoes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 53/19 .128/.226/.213/.439 .580/.211 .461 37/.223 0/0 1/1
18.Krauss* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 74/73 .154/.257/.262/.518 .000/.526 .603 54/.597 0/0 2/1
8.Presley* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 83/76 .238/.253/.388/.641 1.143/.594 .583 61/.607 0/0 3/0
4.Springer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/2.000 78/55 .222/.282/.264/.546 .542/.547 .626 78/.546 1/2 0/5
6.Villar# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 112/79 .250/.312/.510/.822 .910/.784 .533 82/.864 6/1 5/5
IP 32.0 12.0 11.1 7.2 10.0 6.1 11.2 12.0 TOTAL .217/.288/.364/.652 .651/.652 .619 .653 22/8 33/24
ERA-K/9 3.66/6.2 4.50/10.5 3.97/11.9 9.39/4.7 2.70/5.4 2.84/5.7 4.63/9.2 3.00/5.2 3.47/8.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (19-8-1)
 Corporan (4-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 121/.243 53/.286 47/.273 38/.382 40/.205 27/.269 50/.233 50/.261 .237  Presley
 Hoes
 Springer
 Fowler
 Gonzalez
 Krauss
 Guzman
11/5/8/3
10/0/7/1
0/0/18/1
0/29/0/0
2/0/1/0
2/0/0/0
2/0/0/0
OPS .673 .749 .683 1.098 .738 .644 .715 .690 .684
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 64/.659 30/.707 22/.718 20/1.084 21/.443 8/.625 25/.836 22/.718 .637
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 57/.689 23/.802 25/.653 18/1.111 19/1.053 19/.652 25/.598 28/.668 .729
Home 48/.429 36/.727 25/.900 16/1.367 16/.979 23/.522 31/.636 32/.592
Last 28d days 98/.744 37/.661 35/.530 32/.961 31/.858 27/.644 28/.484 41/.693
HR/SB/CS 3/1/1 2/3/0 0/1/1 1/0/1 3/0/0 0/0/0 2/1/0 0/1/0 20/22/11
Usage ····X··· o·X···o· ···o··oX ···X···· ··o·o··· X······· ·o·····o o···o·o·
Tigers Batters (5.11 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.33 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Peacock
G/S/vB		 45.Bass
G/S/vB		 68.Cisnero
G/S/vB		 38.Downs*
G/S/vB		 35.Fields
G/S/vB		 50.Qualls
G/S/vB		 29.Sipp*
G/S/vB		 36.Williams
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/3.000 1/2.000 11/.899 3/1.666 76/52 .238/.360/.413/.773 .759/.775 .746 55/.892 0/2 2/0
24.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/3.000 ··· 1/3.000 7/.476 6/4.333 11/1.091 124/91 .293/.339/.466/.804 .915/.766 .916 94/.806 0/0 3/1
9.Castellanos G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 98/68 .244/.276/.422/.698 .767/.670 .755 78/.614 0/0 4/1
20.Davis G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 4/.000 2/1.500 3/1.666 95/69 .337/.389/.442/.831 .868/.818 .880 75/.835 11/2 2/1
50.Holaday G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 29/21 .296/.345/.333/.678 .500/.749 .727 25/.791 1/0 0/2
48.Hunter G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/.250 4/2.083 107/75 .333/.355/.529/.885 .623/.990 .817 83/.836 1/1 4/1
14.Jackson G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 7/.000 6/.666 116/84 .289/.371/.464/.835 .938/.796 .923 86/.763 4/1 2/3
32.Kelly* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 5/.200 1/.000 26/24 .292/.346/.417/.763 2.000/.652 1.167 19/.610 0/0 0/0
3.Kinsler G/S/vP 6/.334 2/.000 2/2.500 2/.000 4/1.000 2/.500 2/2.000 27/.949 129/96 .308/.341/.425/.766 1.018/.676 .773 97/.771 3/2 2/1
28.Martinez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 6/1.000 25/18 .273/.320/.409/.729 .143/.951 .583 25/.729 1/0 0/0
41.Martinez# G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 3/1.666 1/.000 118/86 .320/.381/.524/.906 1.183/.802 .784 88/.904 1/1 5/2
27.Romine# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 58/45 .240/.333/.260/.593 .825/.526 .636 47/.641 3/0 0/2
29.Worth G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.667 16/8 .286/.313/.357/.670 .536/.804 1.000 16/.670 0/1 0/1
IP 25.2 16.2 4.2 1.1 12.0 9.0 1.2 21.0 TOTAL .288/.342/.433/.775 .841/.751 .805 .768 25/10 24/19
ERA-K/9 5.26/8.4 4.32/2.2 9.64/9.6 0.00/6.9 12.00/11.2 5.00/13.0 0.00/10.6 6.00/6.0 5.04/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (16-8-1)
 Holaday (3-2-0)
 Martinez (3-1-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 122/.277 69/.219 25/.400 5/.200 61/.340 44/.390 5/.000 96/.306 .268  Davis
 Kelly
 Hunter
 Martinez
 Jackson
21/1/0/2
0/0/5/0
0/0/25/0
5/0/1/0
0/27/0/0
OPS .789 .682 .930 .400 .898 .968 .000 .874 .769
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 84/.690 35/.519 13/1.038 2/1.000 30/1.026 25/1.176 3/.000 58/.968 .742
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 38/.997 34/.839 12/.817 3/.000 31/.766 19/.702 2/.000 38/.734 .796
Road 36/.789 23/.642 6/1.100 1/.000 33/1.041 21/.907 / 24/.804
Last 28d days 91/.809 53/.681 25/.930 5/.400 48/1.006 31/.919 5/.000 66/.796
HR/SB/CS 2/3/1 3/1/0 0/1/0 0/1/0 1/1/0 1/3/1 0/0/0 4/1/0 34/23/9
Usage ····X··· ·X··X··o X··oX·o· o·o····· X··X···X ····o··X ····X··· ··Xo····

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.