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Houston Astros vs. Detroit Tigers, at Minute Maid Park, June 27, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Friday, June 27, 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)
Tigers
Manager:
Brad Ausmus
Game #:
77
On This Date:
47-54
Astros
Manager:
Bo Porter
Game #:
81
On This Date:
23-21
Season Series
Mon, May 05, 2014 DET  2  HOU  0     
Tue, May 06, 2014 DET 11  HOU  4     
Wed, May 07, 2014 DET  3  HOU  2     
Thu, May 08, 2014 HOU  6 @DET  2     

Fri, Jun 27, 2014 DET    @HOU  8:10pm
Sat, Jun 28, 2014 DET    @HOU  4:10pm
Sun, Jun 29, 2014 DET    @HOU  2:10pm

                         All times ET
Detroit Tigers
43-32, 1st, 4½ up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   19-19   Road:   24-13   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  29-24   vsLHP:  14-8    1-Run:  13-9 
 vsEast: 10-5    vsCntrl:19-15   vsWest: 12-9  IL: 2-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 75 Thu, Jun 26  @TEX  W   6-0       43-32  1st  4.5 up
 74 Wed, Jun 25  @TEX  W   8-6       42-32  1st  4.0 up
 73 Tue, Jun 24  @TEX  W   8-2       41-32  1st  3.0 up
 72 Sun, Jun 22  @CLE  W  10-4       40-32  1st  2.5 up
 71 Sat, Jun 21  @CLE  W   5-4 (10)  39-32  1st  1.5 up
 70 Fri, Jun 20  @CLE  W   6-4       38-32  1st  0.5 up
 69 Thu, Jun 19   KCR  W   2-1       37-32  2nd  0.5 gb
 68 Wed, Jun 18   KCR  L   1-2       36-32  2nd  1.5 gb
 67 Tue, Jun 17   KCR  L   4-11      36-31  2nd  0.5 gb
 66 Mon, Jun 16   KCR  L   8-11      36-30  1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:15-15
Houston Astros
34-46, 5th, 15 GB, 11½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   18-22   Road:   16-24   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  23-29   vsLHP:  11-17   1-Run:   9-14
 vsEast:  8-12   vsCntrl: 8-8    vsWest: 14-19 IL: 4-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 80 Thu, Jun 26   ATL  W   6-1       34-46  5th 15.0 gb
 79 Wed, Jun 25   ATL  L   0-4       33-46  5th 15.5 gb
 78 Tue, Jun 24   ATL  L   2-3       33-45  5th 14.5 gb
 77 Sun, Jun 22  @TBR  L   2-5       33-44  5th 14.5 gb
 76 Sat, Jun 21  @TBR  L   0-8       33-43  5th 14.5 gb
 75 Fri, Jun 20  @TBR  W   3-1       33-42  5th 13.5 gb
 74 Thu, Jun 19  @TBR  L   0-5       32-42  5th 13.5 gb
 73 Wed, Jun 18  @WSN  L   5-6       32-41  5th 12.5 gb
 72 Tue, Jun 17  @WSN  L   5-6       32-40  5th 11.5 gb
 71 Sun, Jun 15   TBR  L   3-4       32-39  5th 11.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, May 08, 2014 HOU  6 @DET  2        W:Dallas Keuchel (3-2), L: Drew Smyly (2-2), S: none
Wed, May 07, 2014 DET  3  HOU  2        W:Rick Porcello (5-1), L: Brad Peacock (0-3), S: Joe Nathan (7)
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)
Season Series: 2014 - DET over 3-1; 2013 - DET won 6-1; 2012 -  0-0; All-Time - DET leads 15-11

SP: Justin Verlander (31, RHP, 6-7, 4.82)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (6-7) 104.2 116 64 56 42 77 9 4.82
2013 (13-12) 218.1 212 94 84 75 217 19 3.46
2012 (17-8) 238.1 192 81 70 60 239 19 2.64
Last 7 GS 1-5 44.2 60 39 35 18 30 7 7.05 37
2014-06-21 @CLE ND 7.0 5 2 2 1 8 1 100 66
2014-06-16 KCR L 6.0 12 7 7 2 2 1 97 20
2014-06-11 @CHW L 5.2 8 7 7 4 6 1 122 27
2014-06-05 TOR L 7.0 8 6 5 4 4 2 107 39
2014-05-30 @SEA W 7.2 5 3 3 1 7 1 120 63
2014-05-25 TEX L 5.1 11 9 6 3 1 1 109 14
2014-05-20 @CLE L 6.0 11 5 5 3 2 0 116 29
Last 5 v.HOU 2-0 20.1 12 3 3 6 22 0 1.33 69
2013-05-05 @HOU W 7.0 2 0 0 2 9 0 116 80
2009-06-26 @HOU ND 5.1 7 3 3 4 6 0 118 44
2006-06-28 HOU W 8.0 3 0 0 0 7 0 97 83

SP: Brad Peacock (26, RHP, 2-4, 4.50)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (2-4) 66.0 63 35 33 38 60 7 4.50
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 40.1 35 16 16 18 36 5 3.57 54
2014-06-15 TBR ND 4.0 3 2 2 4 3 0 91 47
2014-06-10 @ARI ND 6.0 3 1 1 3 4 1 91 63
2014-06-05 LAA W 5.0 6 3 3 1 1 0 81 43
2014-05-29 BAL ND 6.0 6 1 1 0 8 0 93 64
2014-05-18 CHW W 6.2 5 2 2 4 5 0 104 57
2014-05-12 TEX L 6.0 8 4 4 2 11 2 106 49
2014-05-07 @DET L 6.2 4 3 3 4 4 2 105 54
Last 5 v.DET 0-1 6.2 4 3 3 4 4 2 4.05 54
2014-05-07 @DET L 6.2 4 3 3 4 4 2 105 54

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

Tigers Batters (4.67 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.41 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Peacock
G/S/vB		 38.Downs*
G/S/vB		 50.Qualls
G/S/vB		 29.Sipp*
G/S/vB		 55.Veras
G/S/vB		 36.Williams
G/S/vB		 61.Zeid
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 11/.899 2/2.500 3/1.666 ··· 216/165 .231/.349/.368/.717 .579/.761 .821 69/.716 0/3 4/2
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· 8/.411 6/4.333 4/.000 11/1.091 ··· 321/241 .325/.377/.557/.934 .760/.990 .952 102/.943 0/1 13/4
9.Castellanos G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 266/187 .266/.301/.399/.700 .863/.634 .599 91/.812 1/1 5/6
20.Davis G/S/vP 6/.167 2/.000 4/.000 2/1.500 2/.000 3/1.666 1/.000 233/156 .278/.322/.412/.734 .872/.666 .772 70/.649 21/6 5/2
50.Holaday G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 74/37 .290/.324/.333/.658 .473/.844 .657 27/.810 1/1 0/4
48.Hunter G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.250 1/no AB 4/2.083 1/.000 250/184 .262/.288/.430/.718 .689/.729 .801 63/.510 1/1 9/4
14.Jackson G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 7/.000 1/.000 6/.666 ··· 289/217 .252/.316/.370/.686 .850/.633 .531 88/.667 8/3 3/4
32.Kelly* G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 3/.666 5/.200 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 96/83 .233/.313/.291/.603 .785/.578 .513 24/.426 3/1 0/1
3.Kinsler G/S/vP 10/.522 2/.000 2/.500 2/2.000 4/1.833 27/.949 3/1.167 338/256 .302/.338/.476/.814 .747/.837 .762 109/.834 8/3 9/2
28.Martinez G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 5/.400 6/1.000 ··· 137/99 .310/.343/.627/.970 .534/1.133 1.062 73/1.124 2/2 9/2
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· 3/.666 3/1.666 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· 320/239 .333/.394/.611/1.004 1.191/.938 1.127 105/.979 2/2 20/4
27.Romine# G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 141/115 .215/.271/.262/.533 .760/.481 .397 24/.652 4/1 1/7
30.Suarez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 64/42 .264/.361/.528/.889 1.214/.754 .751 64/.889 0/1 3/3
IP 66.0 18.0 26.1 20.0 13.2 44.2 13.1 TOTAL .277/.330/.443/.773 .780/.771 .761 .808 51/27 81/54
ERA-K/9 4.50/8.2 2.50/6.5 2.05/8.9 1.80/11.7 7.90/9.2 5.44/7.0 4.05/8.1 4.11/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (34-23-2)
 Holaday (12-3-1)
 Martinez (3-1-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 292/.250 71/.231 107/.243 75/.143 65/.250 203/.291 55/.300 .255  Davis
 Jackson
 Kelly
 Hunter
 Martinez
54/4/0/5
0/70/0/2
4/3/8/0
0/0/59/0
19/0/15/0
OPS .735 .588 .611 .435 .829 .815 .912 .714
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 165/.678 37/.500 46/.973 40/.290 28/.889 103/.826 16/1.205 .680
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 127/.807 34/.686 61/.347 35/.599 37/.789 100/.803 39/.791 .741
Home 206/.745 37/.449 52/.622 35/.359 33/1.125 109/.870 29/.541
Last 28d days 63/.688 38/.575 35/.514 43/.654 1/.000 71/.760 25/.788
HR/SB/CS 7/6/1 0/1/1 2/5/1 2/0/0 2/2/0 6/2/0 3/1/0 66/50/17
Usage ········ ·o······ ··o···Xo X·o····· o······· ·o···X·· o·o·····
Astros Batters (3.74 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.39 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Verlander
G/S/vB		 62.Alburquerque
G/S/vB		 44.Chamberlain
G/S/vB		 40.Coke*
G/S/vB		 65.Hardy*
G/S/vB		 63.McCoy*
G/S/vB		 36.Nathan
G/S/vB		 55.Smith
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 346/251 .334/.376/.438/.813 .970/.752 .787 89/.844 30/3 2/2
23.Carter G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 258/159 .187/.271/.413/.684 .648/.707 .741 71/.660 0/1 13/2
15.Castro* G/S/vP 3/.333 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 ··· 270/202 .221/.300/.358/.658 .653/.661 .690 72/.570 0/0 6/3
22.Corporan# G/S/vP 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 91/41 .210/.267/.407/.674 .635/.725 .762 27/.671 0/0 5/1
30.Dominguez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 320/219 .236/.291/.390/.681 .753/.648 .717 99/.639 0/1 11/6
21.Fowler# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.667 ··· 334/240 .270/.377/.396/.774 .907/.721 .858 106/.871 6/3 6/3
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 104/84 .255/.320/.362/.682 .563/.712 .571 39/.576 0/2 2/2
14.Guzman G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 132/45 .212/.295/.288/.584 .527/.698 .693 24/.571 2/0 2/1
Hoes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 80/30 .200/.278/.329/.607 .792/.315 .625 3/.000 0/0 2/1
8.Presley* G/S/vP 7/.929 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 182/164 .232/.280/.315/.596 .859/.566 .616 35/.452 3/0 3/0
28.Singleton* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 86/57 .208/.279/.416/.695 1.122/.494 .786 86/.695 1/2 4/3
4.Springer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 271/191 .241/.343/.474/.817 .699/.861 .649 97/.735 1/2 15/7
2.Villar# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 239/162 .205/.258/.352/.610 .657/.588 .779 63/.559 14/4 6/11
IP 104.2 29.0 32.2 27.2 6.0 1.0 28.2 2.0 TOTAL .234/.309/.379/.688 .730/.669 .703 .665 60/18 83/50
ERA-K/9 4.82/6.6 3.10/10.2 2.76/9.9 5.53/6.5 1.50/10.5 0.00/9.0 6.28/9.1 18.00/18.0 4.05/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (39-14-4)
 Corporan (11-3-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 464/.280 122/.239 131/.225 127/.313 22/.053 4/.250 132/.284 12/.500 .258  Springer
 Presley
 Hoes
 Fowler
 Guzman
 Sipp
 Gonzalez
0/0/61/5
37/9/12/3
19/0/7/2
0/75/0/1
5/0/0/0
1/0/1/0
4/0/1/0
OPS .781 .670 .590 .832 .234 .500 .778 1.167 .723
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 275/.702 61/.700 68/.622 54/.617 12/.083 3/.000 74/.853 10/1.400 .669
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 189/.893 61/.641 63/.557 73/1.002 10/.425 1/2.000 58/.683 2/.000 .781
Road 229/.742 56/.615 57/.380 70/.840 10/.100 4/.500 64/.876 12/1.167
Last 28d days 118/.922 29/.785 35/.479 47/.675 22/.234 4/.500 45/.855 12/1.167
HR/SB/CS 9/7/3 4/4/0 1/2/1 3/1/1 0/0/0 0/0/0 4/6/0 0/0/0 65/49/27
Usage ·····X·· ·oX··oo· ·X····oo ·oo··X·· ·X··oo·· ····o··· ·X···XXo ··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  5.10

PIT  4.10

SDP  3.01

 RA/G

STL  3.41

BOS  4.20

COL  5.19

 BA

T. Tulowitzki  .352

J. Reyes  .267

C. Carter  .187

 OBP

T. Tulowitzki  .447

S. Castro  .332

N. Schierholtz  .254

 SLG

T. Tulowitzki  .625

A. Ramirez  .413

W. Venable  .278

 OPS

T. Tulowitzki  1.072

S. Choo  .746

W. Venable  .539

 ERA

J. Cueto  1.86

D. Price  3.63

R. Nolasco  5.74

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.03

B. McCarthy  7.42

C. Young  4.48

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.