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Houston Astros vs. Baltimore Orioles, at Minute Maid Park, May 30, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Friday, May 30, 2014

Start Time:

7:10ct (local), 8:10et

Venue:

Minute Maid Park

Tickets:

Tickets for games at Minute Maid Park

Series:

Game #2 of a 4-game series

Average Temp:

84° (based on last ten years)

Orioles

Manager:

Buck Showalter

Game #:

On This Date:

74-85

Astros

Manager:

Bo Porter

Game #:

On This Date:

26-25

Season Series
Fri, May 09, 2014 BAL  4  HOU  3     
Sat, May 10, 2014 BAL  5  HOU  4 (10)
Sun, May 11, 2014 HOU  5 @BAL  2     
Thu, May 29, 2014 HOU  3  BAL  1     

Fri, May 30, 2014 BAL    @HOU  8:10pm
Sat, May 31, 2014 BAL    @HOU  4:10pm
Sun, Jun 01, 2014 BAL    @HOU  2:10pm

                         All times ET

Baltimore Orioles

26-26, 3rd, 4½ GB, 3½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   11-12   Road:   15-14   ExtrInn: 5-2 
 vsRHP:  21-20   vsLHP:   5-6    1-Run:  11-7 
 vsEast: 13-8    vsCntrl: 7-13   vsWest:  2-2  IL: 4-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 52 Thu, May 29  @HOU  L   1-3       26-26  3rd  4.5 gb
 51 Wed, May 28  @MIL  L   3-8       26-25  3rd  4.5 gb
 50 Tue, May 27  @MIL  L   6-7 (10)  26-24  3rd  3.5 gb
 49 Mon, May 26  @MIL  W   7-6 (10)  26-23  3rd  2.5 gb
 48 Sun, May 25   CLE  W   4-2       25-23  3rd  2.5 gb
 47 Sat, May 24   CLE  L   0-9       24-23  3rd  2.5 gb
 46 Fri, May 23   CLE  W   8-4       24-22  2nd  1.5 gb
 45 Thu, May 22   CLE  L   7-8 (13)  23-22  3rd  1.5 gb
 44 Wed, May 21  @PIT  L   8-9       23-21  3rd  0.5 gb
 43 Tue, May 20  @PIT  W   9-2       23-20  1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:15-15

Houston Astros

23-32, 5th, 9½ GB, 8 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   11-15   Road:   12-17   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  17-20   vsLHP:   6-12   1-Run:   5-10
 vsEast:  5-5    vsCntrl: 6-7    vsWest: 12-18 IL: 0-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 55 Thu, May 29   BAL  W   3-1       23-32  5th  9.5 gb
 54 Wed, May 28  @KCR  W   9-3       22-32  5th 10.5 gb
 53 Tue, May 27  @KCR  W   3-0       21-32  5th 10.5 gb
 52 Mon, May 26  @KCR  W   9-2       20-32  5th 11.5 gb
 51 Sun, May 25  @SEA  W   4-1       19-32  5th 11.5 gb
 50 Sat, May 24  @SEA  W   9-4       18-32  5th 12.5 gb
 49 Fri, May 23  @SEA  L   1-6       17-32  5th 13.5 gb
 48 Thu, May 22  @SEA  L   1-3       17-31  5th 13.5 gb
 47 Wed, May 21  @LAA  L   1-2       17-30  5th 13.5 gb
 46 Tue, May 20  @LAA  L   3-9       17-29  5th 12.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, May 29, 2014 HOU  3  BAL  1        W:Josh Fields (1-3), L: Preston Guilmet (0-1), S: Chad Qualls (4)
Sun, May 11, 2014 HOU  5 @BAL  2        W:Jarred Cosart (2-3), L: Chris Tillman (3-2), S: Chad Qualls (2)
Sat, May 10, 2014 BAL  5  HOU  4 (10)   W:Ryan Webb (2-0), L: Paul Clemens (0-1), S: none
Fri, May 09, 2014 BAL  4  HOU  3        W:Wei-Yin Chen (4-2), L: Jerome Williams (1-2), S: Tommy Hunter (11)

Thu, Aug 01, 2013 BAL  6  HOU  3        W:Bud Norris (7-9), L: Jordan Lyles (4-5), S: Jim Johnson (37)
Wed, Jul 31, 2013 HOU 11 @BAL  0        W:Brett Oberholtzer (1-0), L: Miguel Gonzalez (8-5), S: none
Tue, Jul 30, 2013 BAL  4  HOU  3        W:Wei-Yin Chen (6-3), L: Lucas Harrell (5-11), S: Jim Johnson (36)
Thu, Jun 06, 2013 BAL  3 @HOU  1        W:Miguel Gonzalez (3-2), L: Bud Norris (5-5), S: Jim Johnson (20)
Wed, Jun 05, 2013 HOU 11  BAL  7        W:Dallas Keuchel (3-2), L: Freddy Garcia (2-3), S: none
Tue, Jun 04, 2013 BAL  4 @HOU  1        W:Chris Tillman (5-2), L: Lucas Harrell (4-7), S: Jim Johnson (19)
Season Series: 2014 - tied 2-2; 2013 - BAL won 4-2; 2012 -  0-0; All-Time - BAL leads 12-7

SP: Miguel Gonzalez (30, RHP, 3-3, 4.35)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (3-3)			51.2	54	28	25	19	46	8	4.35
2013 (11-8)			171.1	157	81	72	53	120	24	3.78
2012 (9-4)			105.1	92	38	38	35	77	13	3.25

Last 7 GS		3-2	40.1	36	16	14	16	41	3	3.12	55
2014-05-25	CLE	W	6.0	4	2	2	4	4	0	100	56
2014-05-20	@PIT	W	6.0	7	2	2	0	7	1	100	57
2014-05-10	HOU	ND	7.0	6	2	2	2	6	1	90	61
2014-05-04	@MIN	L	4.2	6	3	3	4	7	0	94	43
2014-04-27	KCR	L	6.0	6	4	3	1	4	0	98	49
2014-04-22	@TOR	ND	5.2	4	3	2	2	7	1	102	56
2014-04-16	TBR	W	5.0	3	0	0	3	6	0	98	64

Last 5 v.HOU		1-1	16.2	20	12	7	5	18	3	3.78	48
2014-05-10	HOU	ND	7.0	6	2	2	2	6	1	90	61
2013-07-31	HOU	L	3.2	9	9	4	2	5	2	86	20
2013-06-06	@HOU	W	6.0	5	1	1	1	7	0	95	64

SP: Brett Oberholtzer (24, LHP, 1-6, 5.32)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (1-6)			44.0	55	27	26	12	39	5	5.32
2013 (4-5)			71.2	66	26	22	13	45	7	2.76

Last 7 GS		1-5	38.1	50	24	23	11	34	5	5.40	45
2014-05-24	@SEA	W	6.0	6	3	2	1	8	0	97	57
2014-05-06	@DET	L	6.0	9	4	4	1	4	1	105	41
2014-04-30	WSN	L	4.2	11	6	6	2	5	1	90	21
2014-04-24	OAK	L	3.2	8	6	6	2	4	2	93	23
2014-04-19	@OAK	ND	5.2	8	1	1	2	3	0	94	50
2014-04-13	@TEX	L	7.0	5	1	1	0	7	0	89	70
2014-04-08	@TOR	L	5.1	3	3	3	3	3	1	92	50

Last 5 v.BAL		1-0	7.0	3	0	0	0	6	0	0.00	77
2013-07-31	@BAL	W	7.0	3	0	0	0	6	0	87	77

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

Orioles Batters (4.23 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.49 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 39.Oberholtzer*
G/S/vB 38.Downs*
G/S/vB 44.Farnsworth
G/S/vB 35.Fields
G/S/vB 50.Qualls
G/S/vB 29.Sipp*
G/S/vB 36.Williams
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

23.Cruz G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.000 4/.250 1/5.000 1/.000 5/1.000 20/1.863 222/179 .310/.378/.660/1.038 1.414/.957 1.128 108/1.109 0/2 19/0

19.Davis* G/S/vP 3/.666 2/1.500 3/2.334 1/.000 2/.000 4/.000 8/1.375 165/117 .237/.364/.444/.808 .843/.791 .846 71/.878 2/0 7/1

3.Flaherty* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 1/no AB ··· 5/.200 107/87 .206/.280/.289/.569 .513/.582 .617 33/.703 0/0 1/2

2.Hardy G/S/vP 2/.000 1/no AB 7/1.571 2/3.000 11/.455 5/.400 20/.956 182/143 .296/.322/.361/.683 .593/.707 .711 104/.764 0/0 0/1

40.Hundley G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 5/1.000 ··· ··· 75/63 .260/.280/.342/.622 .500/.646 .635 39/.420 0/0 1/1

10.Jones G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 5/.650 1/.000 3/.666 4/.000 12/.969 228/177 .289/.307/.436/.743 1.336/.580 .791 112/.844 3/0 6/3

36.Joseph G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 27/11 .043/.154/.043/.197 .192/.200 .125 27/.197 0/0 0/0

9.Lough* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.333 97/88 .161/.232/.207/.438 .000/.481 .584 31/.421 5/1 0/1

13.Machado G/S/vP 3/.000 2/2.000 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 7/1.429 112/88 .216/.270/.284/.555 .292/.631 .518 103/.585 0/0 2/6

21.Markakis* G/S/vP 3/.666 4/.000 12/.781 1/.000 1/2.000 9/.555 13/1.121 240/180 .300/.350/.395/.745 .655/.776 .767 116/.716 3/2 3/0

28.Pearce G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 6/.334 2/.000 1/.000 72/57 .324/.361/.574/.935 .905/.942 .823 53/.990 1/0 4/0

6.Schoop G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 166/128 .223/.261/.363/.624 .384/.690 .759 76/.573 0/0 5/6

27.Young G/S/vP ··· ··· 16/.313 ··· 7/.572 8/.708 3/.000 78/52 .284/.321/.378/.699 .615/.740 .684 29/.562 0/0 1/0

IP 44.0 8.1 20.2 20.0 16.1 9.2 29.1 TOTAL .264/.316/.407/.722 .725/.722 .762 .724 15/6 53/25

ERA-K/9

5.32/8.0

2.16/7.6

3.48/5.2

7.20/12.6

2.76/10.5

0.00/12.1

5.52/6.1

4.20/7.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hundley (13-1-2)
Joseph (6-4-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 198/.306 33/.233 88/.273 89/.253 68/.281 31/.033 132/.300 .257 Lough
Young
Markakis
Jones
Cruz
Pearce
Flaherty 32/3/0/3
5/0/0/2
0/0/48/2
0/51/0/2
26/0/5/0
5/0/1/0
1/0/1/0

OPS .815 .603 .769 .679 .699 .098 .843 .717

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 48/.590 18/.631 40/.861 42/.819 32/1.024 18/.170 73/.850 .700

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 150/.892 15/.564 48/.693 47/.544 36/.422 13/.000 59/.835 .733

Home 70/1.079 14/.368 46/.988 43/.559 31/.755 13/.000 76/.875

Last 28d days 53/.709 33/.603 39/.785 40/.545 24/.212 26/.117 56/.688

HR/SB/CS 5/5/1 0/1/1 2/0/1 1/2/0 1/4/1 0/0/0 5/2/0 48/33/12

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

Astros Batters (3.80 RS/G) vs. Orioles Pitchers (4.48 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 50.Gonzalez
G/S/vB 35.Brach
G/S/vB 53.Britton*
G/S/vB 63.Guilmet
G/S/vB 17.Matusz*
G/S/vB 66.McFarland*
G/S/vB 56.O'Day
G/S/vB 58.Webb
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

27.Altuve G/S/vP 7/.629 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 3/2.333 1/.000 1/.000 253/189 .325/.368/.440/.808 1.027/.732 .843 121/.892 19/3 2/1

23.Carter G/S/vP 8/.250 ··· 5/2.100 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 184/117 .196/.283/.423/.706 .739/.687 .721 84/.823 0/0 8/2

15.Castro* G/S/vP 9/1.806 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 4/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· 195/144 .231/.308/.387/.695 .626/.722 .697 93/.636 0/0 6/2

22.Corporan# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 64/29 .193/.254/.421/.675 .587/.780 .707 31/.804 0/0 4/0

30.Dominguez G/S/vP 7/1.142 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 218/152 .246/.298/.397/.695 .794/.652 .702 112/.676 0/1 7/3

21.Fowler# G/S/vP 4/.833 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 9/.619 224/167 .259/.375/.360/.735 .771/.722 .916 117/.795 6/3 3/1

9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 65/58 .300/.344/.400/.744 .857/.730 .566 40/.801 0/2 1/1

19.Grossman# G/S/vP 2/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 73/52 .141/.247/.281/.528 .349/.598 .253 18/.465 2/0 2/1

14.Guzman G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 108/39 .206/.287/.299/.586 .512/.723 .710 45/.550 2/0 2/1

18.Krauss* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· 122/119 .178/.279/.318/.596 1.667/.566 .467 57/.658 0/0 4/2

8.Presley* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 2/.000 2/.000 144/128 .244/.278/.348/.626 .971/.583 .636 71/.664 1/0 3/0

4.Springer G/S/vP 3/2.667 ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 170/125 .268/.359/.523/.882 .734/.931 .711 103/1.166 1/2 10/6

6.Villar# G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 173/119 .196/.253/.361/.614 .683/.582 .892 75/.440 11/1 5/7

IP 51.2 11.1 28.2 7.0 18.1 11.0 20.2 23.0 TOTAL .238/.311/.389/.699 .736/.684 .720 .763 42/12 59/32

ERA-K/9

4.35/8.0

4.76/8.8

0.94/5.6

2.57/11.6

3.44/5.9

5.73/5.7

0.87/7.0

3.13/7.8

4.31/7.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castro (27-10-1)
Corporan (6-2-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 225/.271 51/.298 109/.175 26/.080 83/.278 54/.383 83/.222 93/.233 .267 Presley
Springer
Fowler
Guzman
Gonzalez
Krauss
Grossman 26/7/10/3
0/0/38/2
0/50/0/0
3/0/0/0
3/0/1/0
3/0/0/0
14/2/1/0

OPS .789 .821 .479 .315 .820 1.027 .652 .585 .754

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 123/.670 16/1.429 43/.428 11/.000 35/.721 22/1.282 27/.792 32/.563 .753

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 102/.932 35/.558 66/.516 15/.557 48/.896 32/.851 56/.583 61/.594 .755

Road 117/.933 44/.789 57/.560 10/.700 54/.942 9/.778 50/.772 59/.603

Last 28d days 111/.715 51/.821 42/.439 26/.315 34/.599 36/1.163 37/.540 47/.545

HR/SB/CS 8/7/1 2/2/0 1/0/0 1/1/0 2/0/1 1/0/0 2/0/0 1/2/0 55/38/9

Usage ····X··· ·X·X·X·· ··oXX··X X·X·X··X ·oo·X·oo ··o··Xo· ··Xo··oX o·oo·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

COL 5.02

BOS 4.09

SDP 3.24

RA/G

OAK 3.15

DET 4.26

ARI 4.95

T. Tulowitzki .369

E. Longoria .264

C. Santana .159

OBP

T. Tulowitzki .471

J. Heyward .330

J. Gyorko .218

SLG

T. Tulowitzki .702

B. Lawrie .409

B. Miller .255

OPS

T. Tulowitzki 1.174

B. Gardner .736

B. Miller .493

ERA

A. Wainwright 1.67

T. Roark 3.47

K. Correia 6.34

K/9IP

S. Strasburg 10.67

A. Cashner 7.38

C. Young 3.77

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.