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Houston Astros vs. Tampa Bay Rays, at Minute Maid Park, June 13, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Friday, June 13, 2014
Start Time:
7:10ct (local), 8:10et
Venue:
Minute Maid Park
Tickets:
Game Tickets / Tickets for games at Minute Maid Park
Series:
Game #1 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
73° (based on last ten years)
Rays
Manager:
Joe Maddon
Game #:
68
On This Date:
6-8
Astros
Manager:
Bo Porter
Game #:
69
On This Date:
17-29
Season Series

Fri, Jun 13, 2014 TBR    @HOU  8:10pm
Sat, Jun 14, 2014 TBR    @HOU  4:10pm
Sun, Jun 15, 2014 TBR    @HOU  2:10pm
Thu, Jun 19, 2014 HOU    @TBR  7:10pm
Fri, Jun 20, 2014 HOU    @TBR  7:10pm
Sat, Jun 21, 2014 HOU    @TBR  4:10pm
Sun, Jun 22, 2014 HOU    @TBR  1:40pm

                         All times ET
Tampa Bay Rays
25-42, 5th, 13½ GB, 12 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   14-20   Road:   11-22   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  20-28   vsLHP:   5-14   1-Run:   9-9 
 vsEast: 11-17   vsCntrl: 4-9    vsWest:  7-10 IL: 3-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 67 Wed, Jun 11   STL  W   6-3       25-42  5th 14.0 gb
 66 Tue, Jun 10   STL  L   0-1       24-42  5th 15.0 gb
 65 Mon, Jun  9   SEA  L   0-3       24-41  5th 15.0 gb
 64 Sun, Jun  8   SEA  L   0-5       24-40  5th 14.0 gb
 63 Sat, Jun  7   SEA  L   4-7       24-39  5th 14.0 gb
 62 Fri, Jun  6   SEA  W   4-0       24-38  5th 14.0 gb
 61 Thu, Jun  5   MIA  L   6-11      23-38  5th 14.0 gb
 60 Wed, Jun  4   MIA  L   4-5       23-37  5th 13.0 gb
 59 Tue, Jun  3  @MIA  L   0-1       23-36  5th 12.0 gb
 58 Mon, Jun  2  @MIA  L   1-3       23-35  5th 11.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30: 9-21
Houston Astros
31-37, 5th, 10 GB, 6½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   16-18   Road:   15-19   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  22-24   vsLHP:   9-13   1-Run:   9-10
 vsEast:  6-7    vsCntrl: 8-8    vsWest: 14-19 IL: 3-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 68 Thu, Jun 12   ARI  W   5-4 (10)  31-37  5th 10.0 gb
 67 Wed, Jun 11   ARI  W   5-1       30-37  5th 10.5 gb
 66 Tue, Jun 10  @ARI  L   1-4       29-37  5th 10.5 gb
 65 Mon, Jun  9  @ARI  W   4-3       29-36  5th 10.5 gb
 64 Sun, Jun  8  @MIN  W  14-5       28-36  5th 11.5 gb
 63 Sat, Jun  7  @MIN  L   0-8       27-36  5th 11.5 gb
 62 Fri, Jun  6  @MIN  W   5-4       27-35  5th 11.5 gb
 61 Thu, Jun  5   LAA  W   8-5       26-35  5th 11.5 gb
 60 Wed, Jun  4   LAA  L   0-4       25-35  5th 12.5 gb
 59 Tue, Jun  3   LAA  W   7-2       25-34  5th 11.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jul 14, 2013 TBR  5  HOU  0        W:Chris Archer (4-3), L: Erik Bedard (3-6), S: none
Sat, Jul 13, 2013 TBR  4  HOU  3        W:Roberto Hernandez (5-10), L: Lucas Harrell (5-10), S: Fernando Rodney (22)
Fri, Jul 12, 2013 HOU  2 @TBR  1        W:Jarred Cosart (1-0), L: David Price (3-5), S: Jose Veras (18)
Thu, Jul 04, 2013 TBR  7 @HOU  5 (11)   W:Jamey Wright (2-1), L: Josh Fields (0-1), S: Fernando Rodney (18)
Wed, Jul 03, 2013 HOU  4  TBR  1        W:Bud Norris (6-7), L: Roberto Hernandez (4-10), S: Jose Veras (17)
Tue, Jul 02, 2013 TBR  8 @HOU  0        W:David Price (2-4), L: Erik Bedard (3-4), S: none
Mon, Jul 01, 2013 TBR 12 @HOU  0        W:Matt Moore (11-3), L: Dallas Keuchel (4-5), S: none
Sun, Jun 26, 2011 TBR 14 @HOU 10        W:J.P. Howell (1-1), L: Wilton Lopez (1-4), S: none
Sat, Jun 25, 2011 TBR  7 @HOU  2        W:Wade Davis (7-5), L: Bud Norris (4-6), S: Kyle Farnsworth (16)
Fri, Jun 24, 2011 TBR  5 @HOU  1        W:James Shields (8-4), L: Wandy Rodriguez (5-4), S: none
Season Series: 2014 -  0-0; 2013 - TBR won 5-2; 2012 -  0-0; All-Time - TBR leads 11-8

SP: Alex Cobb (26, RHP, 1-4, 4.39)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (1-4) 41.0 39 20 20 11 34 4 4.39
2013 (11-3) 143.1 120 46 44 45 134 13 2.76
2012 (11-9) 136.1 130 67 61 40 106 11 4.03
Last 7 GS 1-4 41.0 39 20 20 11 34 4 4.39 52
2014-06-07 SEA L 4.1 10 7 7 1 2 1 72 16
2014-06-02 @MIA L 6.0 5 3 3 2 5 0 91 53
2014-05-27 @TOR L 5.0 9 6 6 1 7 2 87 31
2014-05-22 OAK ND 6.2 3 0 0 2 6 0 96 72
2014-04-12 @CIN W 7.0 4 0 0 0 5 0 87 74
2014-04-06 TEX ND 7.0 3 0 0 1 6 0 97 76
2014-04-01 TOR L 5.0 5 4 4 4 3 1 104 40
Has never faced HOU as starter.

SP: Collin McHugh (27, RHP, 4-3, 2.82)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (4-3) 54.1 37 18 17 19 60 4 2.82
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 39.0 32 17 16 16 41 4 3.69 55
2014-06-08 @MIN ND 4.1 3 3 3 5 6 1 101 46
2014-06-03 LAA W 5.0 2 0 0 2 4 0 97 65
2014-05-27 @KCR W 7.0 5 0 0 0 9 0 102 76
2014-05-21 @LAA L 7.0 4 2 2 2 7 1 112 66
2014-05-16 CHW L 5.1 3 4 4 4 7 1 92 49
2014-05-10 @BAL ND 6.1 7 2 2 2 4 1 101 53
2014-05-04 SEA L 4.0 8 6 5 1 4 0 85 27
Has never faced TBR as starter.

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

Rays Batters (3.61 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.43 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.McHugh
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
7.DeJesus* G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· 3/.667 ··· 4/1.500 4/.500 7/.286 194/188 .263/.351/.439/.789 .750/.789 .765 71/.769 0/2 5/0
11.Escobar G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.167 2/1.500 6/.333 2/5.000 4/.000 251/194 .251/.328/.332/.660 .863/.599 .685 87/.595 0/1 3/8
10.Forsythe G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 127/63 .181/.236/.233/.469 .491/.446 .418 45/.390 0/0 0/1
24.Hanigan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 132/105 .207/.298/.328/.625 .352/.696 .447 17/.118 0/0 3/0
8.Jennings G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 3/.666 1/no AB 8/.393 267/197 .239/.331/.374/.705 .766/.683 .777 92/.652 12/3 5/0
20.Joyce* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 10/1.178 218/198 .262/.349/.383/.731 .155/.793 .597 73/.630 1/2 3/0
39.Kiermaier* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 55/43 .347/.418/.673/1.092 .432/1.281 .909 51/1.184 1/0 3/0
21.Loney* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 14/.464 1/.000 5/1.000 271/193 .286/.347/.386/.733 .722/.737 .722 101/.653 2/0 3/3
3.Longoria G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 9/.778 288/210 .263/.330/.386/.716 .815/.680 .515 105/.679 2/0 7/5
28.Molina G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 7/.286 105/82 .135/.184/.135/.320 .451/.283 .372 56/.347 0/0 0/1
1.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/.333 5/.400 104/44 .211/.262/.484/.746 .809/.662 .716 42/.625 1/0 6/1
19.Sands G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 9/4 .125/.222/.125/.347 .000/.833 .000 9/.347 0/0 0/
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 2/2.000 6/.167 10/1.000 235/177 .246/.325/.367/.692 .817/.653 .604 55/.614 4/2 5/5
IP 54.1 14.2 25.0 27.0 23.2 14.1 37.1 TOTAL .242/.316/.363/.679 .661/.685 .628 .628 27/11 49/33
ERA-K/9 2.82/9.9 1.23/7.3 3.96/5.8 6.00/12.3 2.28/8.7 2.51/12.6 5.30/6.8 4.11/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hanigan (8-7-1)
 Molina (17-4-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 219/.188 56/.208 109/.269 119/.262 95/.242 54/.137 168/.289 .252  Joyce
 Kiermaier
 DeJesus
 Rodriguez
 Forsythe
 Zobrist
 Jennings
42/0/5/3
1/5/13/1
11/3/0/0
14/0/0/0
2/0/0/0
4/0/2/0
0/58/0/0
OPS .554 .514 .768 .720 .625 .464 .828 .707
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 118/.495 28/.474 45/.791 53/.709 42/1.020 29/.352 88/.870 .673
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 101/.624 28/.555 64/.751 66/.730 53/.324 25/.600 80/.782 .736
Home 97/.586 26/.352 56/.854 58/.591 50/.647 20/.368 93/.854
Last 28d days 94/.505 42/.562 38/.713 58/.539 38/.316 37/.691 63/.748
HR/SB/CS 4/1/2 0/1/1 2/1/1 2/2/0 2/5/1 2/0/0 6/2/0 59/40/14
Usage ····X··· o···X·oo ··XoX··o o·X·X··X oo·o··oo o··X·oX· ···o·XX·
Astros Batters (3.90 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (4.39 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 53.Cobb
G/S/vB		 50.Balfour
G/S/vB		 26.Boxberger
G/S/vB		 57.McGee*
G/S/vB		 46.Oviedo
G/S/vB		 62.Peralta
G/S/vB		 27.Ramos*
G/S/vB		 49.Yates
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP ··· 4/.833 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 305/228 .319/.361/.429/.790 .996/.718 .808 113/.833 24/3 2/2
23.Carter G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· ··· 3/2.667 ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 223/142 .199/.291/.464/.756 .778/.743 .823 75/.891 0/1 13/2
15.Castro* G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 230/177 .224/.300/.366/.666 .641/.674 .681 82/.623 0/0 6/2
22.Corporan# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 81/37 .225/.288/.451/.738 .679/.813 .821 33/.906 0/0 5/1
30.Dominguez G/S/vP ··· 6/1.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 273/194 .241/.293/.390/.683 .747/.656 .663 111/.630 0/1 9/7
21.Fowler# G/S/vP 4/.000 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 280/210 .287/.396/.401/.797 .812/.792 .900 113/.919 6/3 4/3
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 87/76 .269/.337/.385/.722 .855/.702 .563 47/.668 0/2 2/2
19.Grossman# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 112/81 .188/.297/.313/.610 .492/.653 .472 57/.670 3/0 2/1
14.Guzman G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 118/45 .200/.288/.286/.574 .500/.698 .707 34/.507 2/0 2/1
8.Presley* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 168/152 .250/.292/.340/.631 .971/.595 .641 65/.718 2/0 3/0
28.Singleton* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 44/31 .250/.295/.525/.820 1.385/.603 .815 44/.820 1/1 3/3
4.Springer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 220/162 .259/.355/.497/.852 .732/.890 .661 101/1.129 1/2 12/6
2.Villar# G/S/vP ··· 3/2.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 203/141 .200/.260/.346/.606 .647/.588 .842 59/.387 11/4 5/8
IP 41.0 26.0 21.2 29.1 21.1 28.2 47.2 1.1 TOTAL .241/.315/.392/.707 .754/.689 .722 .751 50/17 74/45
ERA-K/9 4.39/7.5 5.88/7.6 2.49/12.9 1.53/10.4 2.11/9.3 4.08/9.4 4.15/6.4 0.00/13.8 4.08/8.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (30-12-4)
 Corporan (10-2-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 170/.252 115/.204 89/.178 108/.162 91/.190 122/.234 211/.242 4/.000 .248  Springer
 Presley
 Fowler
 Sipp
 Guzman
 Gonzalez
 Grossman
0/0/49/3
30/9/12/3
0/63/0/1
0/0/1/0
3/0/0/0
4/0/1/0
25/2/1/0
OPS .688 .724 .608 .416 .588 .709 .701 .000 .697
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 95/.590 70/.771 36/.609 37/.515 44/.630 72/.742 81/.652 2/.000 .682
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 75/.818 45/.648 53/.607 71/.365 47/.535 50/.660 130/.732 2/.000 .709
Road 72/.728 45/.782 33/.549 53/.616 38/1.054 52/.691 136/.792 /
Last 28d days 97/.811 43/.731 42/.525 35/.203 47/.648 43/.612 64/.705 4/.000
HR/SB/CS 4/1/1 2/1/0 3/3/1 0/1/1 0/4/0 5/2/0 5/1/0 0/0/0 59/26/11
Usage ·····X·· ·X··X·Xo ·X·o···o ··X·o·oX ·X···o·· ··o·X·oX ·o·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  5.09

ARI  4.10

SDP  3.03

 RA/G

OAK  3.12

PIT  4.20

ARI  4.88

 BA

T. Tulowitzki  .356

M. Holliday  .265

J. Gyorko  .162

 OBP

T. Tulowitzki  .448

Y. Escobar  .328

J. Gyorko  .213

 SLG

T. Tulowitzki  .667

Y. Molina  .412

J. Gyorko  .270

 OPS

T. Tulowitzki  1.115

S. Perez  .744

J. Gyorko  .482

 ERA

T. Hudson  1.81

J. Quintana  3.59

E. Stults  5.79

 K/9IP

S. Strasburg  11.13

D. Keuchel  7.44

C. Young  4.30

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.