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Game Preview: NYY @ HOU, 8:10pm, Wednesday, April 2, 2014 @Minute Maid Park

Yankees, 0-1, 0-1 4th, 1 GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Hiroki Kuroda (39, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2013 (11-13)			201.1	191	79	74	43	150	20	3.31
2012 (16-11)			219.2	205	86	81	51	167	25	3.32
2011 (13-16)			202.0	196	77	69	49	161	24	3.07

Last 7 GS		0-5	41.0	51	33	31	14	34	8	6.80	41
2013-09-24	TBR	L	5.2	5	5	5	2	5	1	99	42
2013-09-19	@TOR	L	6.0	8	3	3	4	7	1	102	47
2013-09-13	@BOS	L	6.0	8	5	5	2	2	0	101	36
2013-09-08	BOS	ND	6.0	5	2	2	2	6	0	117	58
2013-09-03	CHW	ND	6.1	7	4	4	2	7	1	95	48
2013-08-28	@TOR	L	5.0	9	7	5	1	4	1	99	28
2013-08-23	@TBR	L	6.0	9	7	7	1	3	4	104	28

Last 5 v.HOU		3-0	33.0	23	4	4	10	25	1	1.09	66
2013-04-30	HOU	W	7.0	4	0	0	4	8	0	108	73
2011-08-14	HOU	W	7.0	5	0	0	1	6	0	106	72
2011-06-19	HOU	ND	7.0	3	0	0	2	6	0	110	75
2010-09-10	@HOU	ND	6.0	4	1	1	2	3	0	97	61
2010-05-18	HOU	W	6.0	7	3	3	1	2	1	96	47

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

 Home:    0-0    Road:    0-1    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   0-1    vsLHP:   0-0    1-Run:   0-0 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  0-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  1 Tue, Apr  1  @HOU  L   2-6        0-1   4th  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 0-1    Last 20: 0-1    Last 30: 0-1

Astros, 1-0, 1-0 2nd, ½ GB, tied for WC

SP: Jarred Cosart (24, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2013 (1-1)			60.0	46	15	13	35	33	3	1.95

Last 7 GS		0-1	39.0	33	12	11	24	26	3	2.54	54
2013-09-09	@SEA	ND	5.0	2	1	0	6	3	0	91	58
2013-09-03	MIN	ND	4.0	5	4	4	3	5	2	90	38
2013-08-28	@CHW	ND	6.0	7	1	1	5	4	0	113	53
2013-08-20	@TEX	L	6.0	4	3	3	3	3	1	112	52
2013-08-14	@OAK	ND	6.0	3	0	0	1	4	0	99	69
2013-08-07	BOS	ND	5.0	7	2	2	5	3	0	100	43
2013-08-02	@MIN	ND	7.0	5	1	1	1	4	0	99	66

Has never faced NYY as starter.

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

 Home:    1-0    Road:    0-0    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   0-0    vsLHP:   1-0    1-Run:   0-0 
 vsEast:  1-0    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  1 Tue, Apr  1   NYY  W   6-2        1-0   2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 1-0    Last 20: 1-0    Last 30: 1-0

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Apr 01, 2014 HOU  6  NYY  2        W:Scott Feldman (1-0), L: CC Sabathia (0-1), S: none

Sun, Sep 29, 2013 NYY  5 @HOU  1 (14)   W:Matt Daley (1-0), L: Lucas Harrell (6-17), S: none
Sat, Sep 28, 2013 NYY  2 @HOU  1        W:Andy Pettitte (11-11), L: Paul Clemens (4-7), S: none
Fri, Sep 27, 2013 NYY  3 @HOU  2        W:Adam Warren (3-2), L: Brett Oberholtzer (4-5), S: David Robertson (3)
Wed, May 01, 2013 NYY  5  HOU  4        W:Boone Logan (2-1), L: Paul Clemens (1-1), S: Mariano Rivera (11)
Tue, Apr 30, 2013 NYY  7  HOU  4        W:Hiroki Kuroda (4-1), L: Philip Humber (0-6), S: Mariano Rivera (10)
Mon, Apr 29, 2013 HOU  9 @NYY  1        W:Lucas Harrell (3-2), L: Andy Pettitte (3-2), S: none
Sun, Jun 13, 2010 NYY  9  HOU  5        W:Phil Hughes (9-1), L: Brian Moehler (0-3), S: none
Sat, Jun 12, 2010 NYY  9  HOU  3        W:Javier Vazquez (6-5), L: Wandy Rodriguez (3-9), S: none
Fri, Jun 11, 2010 NYY  4  HOU  3        W:Andy Pettitte (8-1), L: Brett Myers (4-4), S: Mariano Rivera (15)
Season Series: 2014 - HOU over 1-0; 2013 - NYY won 5-1; 2012 -  0-0; All-Time - NYY leads 13-3

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

For the 2013 season

Stat Best Middle Worst	RS/G BOS 5.27 NYY 4.01 MIA 3.17	RA/G ATL 3.38 NYM 4.22 HOU 5.23	BA M. Cabrera .348 A. Pierzynski .272 D. Uggla .179	OBP M. Cabrera .442 C. Crisp .335 A. Escobar .259	SLG M. Cabrera .636 J. Loney .430 A. Hechavarria .298	OPS M. Cabrera 1.078 P. Sandoval .758 A. Escobar .559	ERA C. Kershaw 1.83 J. De La Rosa 3.49 E. Volquez 5.71	K/9IP Y. Darvish 11.89 Z. Greinke 7.50 J. Guthrie 4.72

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

BOS 5.27

NYY 4.01

MIA 3.17

RA/G

ATL 3.38

NYM 4.22

HOU 5.23

M. Cabrera .348

A. Pierzynski .272

D. Uggla .179

OBP

M. Cabrera .442

C. Crisp .335

A. Escobar .259

SLG

M. Cabrera .636

J. Loney .430

A. Hechavarria .298

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.078

P. Sandoval .758

A. Escobar .559

ERA

C. Kershaw 1.83

J. De La Rosa 3.49

E. Volquez 5.71

K/9IP

Y. Darvish 11.89

Z. Greinke 7.50

J. Guthrie 4.72

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2014 season. Player Stats for the 2013 season. We will switch to 2014 stats on May 1st.

Yankees Batters (2.00 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (2.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 48.Cosart
G/S/vB 37.Albers
G/S/vB 45.Bass
G/S/vB 66.Chapman*
G/S/vB 46.Feldman
G/S/vB 35.Fields
G/S/vB 64.Harrell
G/S/vB 60.Keuchel*
G/S/vB 39.Oberholtzer*
G/S/vB 41.Peacock
G/S/vB 50.Qualls
G/S/vB 36.Williams
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

36.Beltran# G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 3/.000 ··· 9/.730 ··· 10/.744 4/1.833 ··· ··· 17/.568 8/.700 600/429 .296/.339/.491/.830 .729/.871 .826 4/.500 2/1 24/5

29.Cervelli G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 61/36 .269/.377/.500/.877 .684/1.017 .729 / 0/0 3/4

22.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 3/.000 7/1.071 ··· 1/no AB 13/.462 ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 2/1.000 636/399 .298/.355/.426/.781 .641/.863 .773 5/.200 52/4 9/3

11.Gardner* G/S/vP ··· 10/.800 ··· ··· 17/.804 ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 609/407 .273/.344/.416/.759 .744/.767 .757 4/.250 24/8 8/3

2.Jeter G/S/vP ··· 20/.411 ··· ··· 25/.905 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.650 5/1.000 73/48 .190/.288/.254/.542 .940/.348 .457 4/.833 0/0 1/2

33.Johnson* G/S/vP 1/no AB 7/2.857 ··· 1/.000 9/.555 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.666 24/.839 407/312 .235/.305/.410/.715 .686/.723 .746 4/.750 7/4 16/4

34.McCann* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/.667 ··· ··· ··· 10/.600 9/1.056 402/291 .256/.336/.461/.796 .616/.869 .740 4/.500 0/1 20/4

14.Roberts# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 16/.771 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/2.000 4/.750 296/186 .249/.312/.392/.704 .768/.665 .678 4/.250 3/1 8/1

12.Soriano G/S/vP ··· 8/.500 5/.933 1/no AB 9/.000 2/.000 5/1.100 5/.650 3/1.667 ··· 15/1.333 1/.000 626/417 .255/.302/.489/.791 .904/.735 .725 4/.000 18/9 34/6

31.Suzuki* G/S/vP ··· 6/.666 1/.000 ··· 44/.597 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 15/.266 555/389 .262/.297/.342/.639 .753/.590 .547 / 20/4 7/3

25.Teixeira# G/S/vP ··· 18/1.264 ··· ··· 23/.941 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 5/.900 63/40 .151/.270/.340/.609 .935/.432 .448 4/1.417 0/0 3/0

IP 60.0 63.0 42.0 20.1 181.2 38.0 153.2 153.2 71.2 83.1 62.0 169.1 TOTAL .188/.297/.219/.516 .500/.512 .516 .516 0/0 0/1

ERA-K/9

1.95/5.0

3.14/5.0

5.36/6.6

1.77/6.7

3.86/6.5

4.97/9.5

5.86/5.2

5.15/7.2

2.76/5.6

5.18/8.3

2.61/7.1

4.57/5.7

2.00/3.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cervelli (2-2-0)
McCann (47-15-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 246/.220 262/.242 193/.297 87/.183 758/.234 160/.220 707/.289 682/.297 293/.237 365/.241 252/.251 728/.272 .188 Soriano
Johnson
Gardner
Suzuki
Beltran
Ellsbury 134/0/0/12
53/0/0/6
0/138/0/5
9/13/128/5
0/0/137/4
0/134/0/3

OPS .631 .621 .829 .585 .671 .783 .836 .812 .654 .779 .658 .772 .516

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 148/.489 114/.683 90/.881 42/.463 386/.670 71/.884 380/.776 162/.750 85/.745 211/.919 103/.600 402/.818 .550

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 98/.849 148/.573 103/.785 45/.706 372/.672 89/.706 327/.905 520/.832 208/.617 154/.594 149/.698 326/.716 .393

Home 73/.879 141/.558 69/.586 50/.697 381/.641 106/.729 384/.842 381/.801 154/.649 143/.864 131/.631 361/.763

Last 28d days / 4/.750 / 2/.500 26/.322 / / / / / 5/1.200 /

HR/SB/CS 3/5/3 2/2/3 4/2/2 1/1/0 19/30/3 8/2/2 20/14/4 20/7/4 7/1/4 15/12/1 4/5/1 23/9/7 0/0/0

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2014 season. Player Stats for the 2013 season. We will switch to 2014 stats on May 1st.

Astros Batters (6.00 RS/G) vs. Yankees Pitchers (6.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 18.Kuroda
G/S/vB 68.Betances
G/S/vB 27.Kelley
G/S/vB 47.Nova
G/S/vB 57.Nuno*
G/S/vB 41.Phelps
G/S/vB 35.Pineda
G/S/vB 30.Robertson
G/S/vB 52.Sabathia*
G/S/vB 48.Thornton*
G/S/vB 43.Warren
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

27.Altuve G/S/vP 6/.666 2/.000 1/3.000 ··· 2/1.000 5/1.100 ··· 2/.000 3/1.334 1/.000 3/.000 672/480 .283/.316/.363/.678 .733/.656 .726 4/1.000 35/13 5/9

23.Carter G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.500 2/1.000 5/.400 2/.500 3/1.666 9/.347 2/1.000 3/.000 585/410 .223/.320/.451/.770 .782/.765 .605 4/.500 2/0 29/5

15.Castro* G/S/vP 6/.833 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/2.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 2/2.500 ··· 491/380 .276/.350/.485/.835 .738/.864 .904 4/.500 2/1 18/5

22.Corporan# G/S/vP 5/.200 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.666 210/123 .225/.287/.361/.648 .660/.640 .655 / 0/0 7/6

30.Dominguez G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 5/.650 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 3/.333 589/424 .241/.286/.403/.690 .627/.714 .685 4/.000 0/1 21/16

21.Fowler# G/S/vP 22/.513 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 5/1.200 ··· 1/no AB 492/346 .263/.369/.407/.776 .860/.741 .874 4/1.500 19/9 12/3

9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 222/183 .221/.252/.319/.571 .575/.570 .566 / 6/2 4/10

19.Grossman# G/S/vP 4/.500 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 288/212 .268/.332/.370/.702 .785/.669 .677 4/.000 6/7 4/3

14.Guzman G/S/vP 6/1.100 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 6/1.500 ··· ··· 318/166 .226/.297/.378/.675 .691/.661 .457 4/1.250 3/0 9/6

28.Hoes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 3/2.667 ··· 2/1.000 184/122 .282/.332/.365/.696 .669/.710 .651 3/2.667 7/1 1/4

18.Krauss* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 146/131 .209/.267/.366/.633 .333/.669 .369 / 2/0 4/2

8.Presley* G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 195/144 .276/.313/.373/.686 .634/.705 .684 / 1/4 3/1

6.Villar# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 241/176 .243/.321/.319/.640 .673/.627 .837 3/.667 18/8 1/16

IP 201.1 5.0 53.1 139.1 20.0 86.2 66.1 211.0 43.1 77.0 TOTAL .273/.294/.515/.809 .889/.000 .809 .809 1/0 2/0

ERA-K/9

3.31/6.7

10.80/18.0

4.39/12.0

3.10/7.5

2.25/4.0

4.98/8.2

/0.0

2.04/10.5

4.78/7.5

3.74/6.2

3.39/7.5

6.75/12.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castro (58-19-9)
Corporan (31-10-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 824/.249 26/.375 227/.233 586/.258 82/.213 376/.265 / 262/.213 908/.272 187/.285 331/.268 .273 Krauss
Fowler
Presley
Grossman
Carter
Guzman
Hoes 18/0/9/3
0/110/0/3
12/28/12/2
45/29/2/2
49/0/2/0
35/0/5/0
3/2/44/0

OPS .683 .965 .729 .678 .654 .749 .584 .770 .738 .766 .809

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 479/.742 8/1.339 96/.760 318/.676 19/.691 224/.756 / 139/.484 213/.662 89/.638 173/.896 .333

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 345/.602 18/.804 131/.707 268/.680 63/.643 152/.738 / 123/.695 695/.804 98/.827 158/.625 .914

Road 472/.737 10/.000 125/.689 206/.781 46/.670 217/.772 / 139/.584 446/.798 74/.727 150/.676

Last 28d days / 3/.000 / / 4/.500 / / / 27/.949 / /

HR/SB/CS 20/6/6 1/0/0 8/1/3 9/7/5 2/0/0 8/3/3 // 5/7/1 28/6/4 4/5/1 10/2/0 2/1/0

Usage 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.