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Game Preview: NYY @ HOU, 8:10pm, Thursday, April 3, 2014 @Minute Maid Park

Yankees, 0-2, 0-2 5th, 1½ GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Ivan Nova (27, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2013 (9-6)			139.1	135	49	48	44	116	9	3.10
2012 (12-8)			170.1	194	100	95	56	153	28	5.02
2011 (16-4)			165.1	163	74	68	57	98	13	3.70

Last 7 GS		2-2	45.2	40	16	15	17	27	5	2.96	56
2013-09-26	TBR	L	7.0	8	2	2	1	5	1	105	57
2013-09-21	SFG	W	9.0	6	0	0	1	7	0	108	81
2013-09-15	@BOS	L	4.0	6	5	4	4	2	1	89	30
2013-09-10	@BAL	ND	6.0	6	4	4	2	2	1	79	44
2013-09-05	BOS	ND	4.0	5	3	3	2	3	1	96	41
2013-08-31	BAL	W	9.0	3	0	0	1	5	0	104	85
2013-08-25	@TBR	ND	6.2	6	2	2	6	3	1	102	51

Has never faced HOU as starter.

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

 Home:    0-0    Road:    0-2    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   0-2    vsLHP:   0-0    1-Run:   0-0 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  0-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  2 Wed, Apr  2  @HOU  L   1-3        0-2   5th  1.5 gb
  1 Tue, Apr  1  @HOU  L   2-6        0-1   4th  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 0-2    Last 20: 0-2    Last 30: 0-2

Astros, 2-0, 2-0 2nd, ½ GB

SP: Brett Oberholtzer (24, LHP, 0-0, undef)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2013 (4-5)			71.2	66	26	22	13	45	7	2.76

Last 7 GS		2-4	43.2	41	18	14	9	27	5	2.89	55
2013-09-27	NYY	L	5.1	5	3	2	1	4	0	81	51
2013-09-20	@CLE	L	6.0	4	2	0	3	2	0	107	59
2013-09-14	LAA	L	6.0	6	4	4	2	4	1	93	46
2013-09-07	@OAK	L	6.0	7	1	1	0	5	1	100	59
2013-09-01	SEA	W	9.0	4	0	0	1	5	0	113	83
2013-08-26	@CHW	ND	5.1	8	5	4	1	3	2	102	36
2013-08-18	@LAA	W	6.0	7	3	3	1	4	1	97	49

Last 5 v.NYY		0-1	5.1	5	3	2	1	4	0	3.38	51
2013-09-27	NYY	L	5.1	5	3	2	1	4	0	81	51

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

 Home:    2-0    Road:    0-0    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   1-0    vsLHP:   1-0    1-Run:   0-0 
 vsEast:  2-0    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  2 Wed, Apr  2   NYY  W   3-1        2-0   2nd  0.5 gb
  1 Tue, Apr  1   NYY  W   6-2        1-0   2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-0    Last 20: 2-0    Last 30: 2-0

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Apr 02, 2014 HOU  3  NYY  1        W:Jarred Cosart (1-0), L: Hiroki Kuroda (0-1), S: Josh Fields (1)
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
Season Series: 2014 - HOU over 2-0; 2013 - NYY won 5-1; 2012 -  0-0; All-Time - NYY leads 13-4

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 (1.50 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (1.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 39.Oberholtzer*
G/S/vB 37.Albers
G/S/vB 45.Bass
G/S/vB 66.Chapman*
G/S/vB 48.Cosart
G/S/vB 35.Fields
G/S/vB 64.Harrell
G/S/vB 60.Keuchel*
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 ··· 4/1.167 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 10/.744 4/1.833 ··· 17/.568 9/.611 600/429 .296/.339/.491/.830 .729/.871 .826 8/.625 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 ··· 2/no AB 6/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/.666 ··· 2/1.000 636/399 .298/.355/.426/.781 .641/.863 .773 9/.222 52/4 9/3

11.Gardner* G/S/vP ··· 10/.800 ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 1/.000 3/1.334 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 609/407 .273/.344/.416/.759 .744/.767 .757 8/.542 24/8 8/3

2.Jeter G/S/vP ··· 21/.390 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.650 6/1.100 73/48 .190/.288/.254/.542 .940/.348 .457 8/.542 0/0 1/2

33.Johnson* G/S/vP 1/2.000 7/2.857 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 24/.839 407/312 .235/.305/.410/.715 .686/.723 .746 6/.500 7/4 16/4

34.McCann* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/.667 ··· ··· 10/.600 10/1.171 402/291 .256/.336/.461/.796 .616/.869 .740 8/.750 0/1 20/4

14.Roberts# G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 4/.750 296/186 .249/.312/.392/.704 .768/.665 .678 8/.929 3/1 8/1

12.Soriano G/S/vP 3/1.667 9/.444 5/.933 1/no AB 2/.000 2/.000 5/1.100 5/.650 ··· 15/1.333 2/.000 626/417 .255/.302/.489/.791 .904/.735 .725 8/.000 18/9 34/6

31.Suzuki* G/S/vP ··· 6/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 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 ··· 19/1.192 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 6/.733 63/40 .151/.270/.340/.609 .935/.432 .448 8/.661 0/0 3/0

IP 71.2 63.0 42.0 20.1 60.0 38.0 153.2 153.2 83.1 62.0 169.1 TOTAL .200/.288/.231/.518 1.000/.480 .518 .518 1/0 0/2

ERA-K/9

2.76/5.6

3.14/5.0

5.36/6.6

1.77/6.7

1.95/5.0

4.97/9.5

5.86/5.2

5.15/7.2

5.18/8.3

2.61/7.1

4.57/5.7

1.50/6.5

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 293/.237 262/.242 193/.297 87/.183 246/.220 160/.220 707/.289 682/.297 365/.241 252/.251 728/.272 .200 Soriano
Johnson
Suzuki
Gardner
Beltran
Ellsbury 134/0/0/12
53/0/0/6
9/13/128/5
0/138/0/5
0/0/137/4
0/134/0/3

OPS .654 .621 .829 .585 .631 .783 .836 .812 .779 .658 .772 .518

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 85/.745 114/.683 90/.881 42/.463 148/.489 71/.884 380/.776 162/.750 211/.919 103/.600 402/.818 .574

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 208/.617 148/.573 103/.785 45/.706 98/.849 89/.706 327/.905 520/.832 154/.594 149/.698 326/.716 .347

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

Last 28d days / 9/.667 / 6/1.000 19/.421 3/.000 / / / 5/1.200 5/.650

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

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

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 (4.50 RS/G) vs. Yankees Pitchers (4.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 47.Nova
G/S/vB 68.Betances
G/S/vB 27.Kelley
G/S/vB 18.Kuroda
G/S/vB 57.Nuno*
G/S/vB 41.Phelps
G/S/vB 35.Pineda
G/S/vB 30.Robertson
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 ··· 2/.000 1/3.000 9/.444 2/1.000 5/1.100 ··· 2/.000 2/.500 3/.000 672/480 .283/.316/.363/.678 .733/.656 .726 8/.661 35/13 5/9

23.Carter G/S/vP 2/.500 1/.000 2/.000 5/.000 2/1.000 6/.333 2/.500 3/1.666 2/1.000 3/.000 585/410 .223/.320/.451/.770 .782/.765 .605 7/.286 2/0 29/5

15.Castro* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 9/.708 1/.000 3/2.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.666 ··· 491/380 .276/.350/.485/.835 .738/.864 .904 8/.393 2/1 18/5

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

30.Dominguez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 5/.000 3/.000 6/1.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 589/424 .241/.286/.403/.690 .627/.714 .685 7/.714 0/1 21/16

21.Fowler# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 25/.822 ··· 4/.250 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 492/346 .263/.369/.407/.776 .860/.741 .874 8/1.875 19/9 12/3

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

19.Grossman# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 7/1.029 2/.000 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 288/212 .268/.332/.370/.702 .785/.669 .677 8/.679 6/7 4/3

14.Guzman G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 6/1.100 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 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 ··· 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 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 146/131 .209/.267/.366/.633 .333/.669 .369 3/.000 2/0 4/2

8.Presley* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 5/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 195/144 .276/.313/.373/.686 .634/.705 .684 3/.000 1/4 3/1

6.Villar# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 241/176 .243/.321/.319/.640 .673/.627 .837 6/.533 18/8 1/16

IP 139.1 5.0 53.1 201.1 20.0 86.2 66.1 43.1 77.0 TOTAL .213/.273/.508/.781 .882/.679 .781 .781 2/0 4/0

ERA-K/9

3.10/7.5

10.80/18.0

4.39/12.0

3.31/6.7

2.25/4.0

4.98/8.2

/0.0

2.04/10.5

3.74/6.2

3.39/7.5

5.06/10.1

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 586/.258 26/.375 227/.233 824/.249 82/.213 376/.265 / 262/.213 187/.285 331/.268 .213 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 .678 .965 .729 .683 .654 .749 .584 .738 .766 .781

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 318/.676 8/1.339 96/.760 479/.742 19/.691 224/.756 / 139/.484 89/.638 173/.896 .690

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 268/.680 18/.804 131/.707 345/.602 63/.643 152/.738 / 123/.695 98/.827 158/.625 .845

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

Last 28d days / 3/.000 1/.000 22/.658 4/.500 7/1.229 / / 2/.500 /

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

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

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.