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Houston Astros vs. Boston Red Sox, at Minute Maid Park, July 11, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Friday, July 11, 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:

° (based on last ten years)

Red Sox

Manager:

John Farrell

Game #:

On This Date:

52-39

Astros

Manager:

Bo Porter

Game #:

On This Date:

15-18

Season Series

Fri, Jul 11, 2014 BOS    @HOU  8:10pm
Sat, Jul 12, 2014 BOS    @HOU  4:10pm
Sun, Jul 13, 2014 BOS    @HOU  2:10pm
Thu, Aug 14, 2014 HOU    @BOS  7:10pm
Fri, Aug 15, 2014 HOU    @BOS  7:10pm
Sat, Aug 16, 2014 HOU    @BOS  7:10pm
Sun, Aug 17, 2014 HOU    @BOS  1:35pm

                         All times ET

Boston Red Sox

41-51, 4th, 9½ GB, 13½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   23-26   Road:   18-25   ExtrInn: 6-8 
 vsRHP:  25-35   vsLHP:  16-16   1-Run:  17-19
 vsEast: 16-22   vsCntrl:11-15   vsWest:  8-8  IL: 6-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 92 Thu, Jul 10   CHW  W   4-3 (10)  41-51  4th  9.5 gb
 91 Wed, Jul  9   CHW  W   5-4       40-51  5th  9.5 gb
 90 Tue, Jul  8   CHW  L   3-8       39-51  5th 10.5 gb
 89 Mon, Jul  7   CHW  L   0-4       39-50  5th 10.0 gb
 88 Sun, Jul  6   BAL  L   6-7 (12)  39-49  5th  9.0 gb
 87 Sat, Jul  5   BAL  L   4-7       39-48  4th  8.0 gb
 86 Sat, Jul  5   BAL  W   3-2       39-47  4th  8.0 gb
 85 Wed, Jul  2   CHC  L   9-16      38-47  4th  8.5 gb
 84 Tue, Jul  1   CHC  L   1-2       38-46  4th  7.5 gb
 83 Mon, Jun 30   CHC  L   0-2       38-45  4th  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:13-17

Houston Astros

39-54, 4th, 19½ GB, 16 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   20-26   Road:   19-28   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  27-35   vsLHP:  12-19   1-Run:  10-16
 vsEast:  8-12   vsCntrl:10-9    vsWest: 17-26 IL: 4-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 93 Wed, Jul  9  @TEX  W   8-4       39-54  4th 19.0 gb
 92 Tue, Jul  8  @TEX  W   8-3       38-54  5th 20.0 gb
 91 Mon, Jul  7  @TEX  W  12-7       37-54  5th 20.0 gb
 90 Sun, Jul  6  @LAA  L   1-6       36-54  5th 20.0 gb
 89 Sat, Jul  5  @LAA  L   5-11      36-53  5th 19.0 gb
 88 Fri, Jul  4  @LAA  L   6-7       36-52  5th 18.0 gb
 87 Thu, Jul  3  @LAA  L   2-5       36-51  5th 17.0 gb
 86 Wed, Jul  2   SEA  L   2-5       36-50  5th 16.0 gb
 85 Tue, Jul  1   SEA  L   2-13      36-49  5th 16.0 gb
 84 Mon, Jun 30   SEA  L   4-10      36-48  5th 16.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Aug 07, 2013 BOS  7 @HOU  5        W:Junichi Tazawa (5-3), L: Josh Fields (1-2), S: Koji Uehara (11)
Tue, Aug 06, 2013 BOS 15 @HOU 10        W:Brandon Workman (2-1), L: Jordan Lyles (4-6), S: none
Mon, Aug 05, 2013 HOU  2  BOS  0        W:Brett Oberholtzer (2-0), L: John Lackey (7-9), S: Josh Fields (1)
Sun, Apr 28, 2013 BOS  6  HOU  1        W:John Lackey (1-1), L: Bud Norris (3-3), S: none
Sat, Apr 27, 2013 BOS  8  HOU  4        W:Felix Doubront (3-0), L: Brad Peacock (1-3), S: none
Fri, Apr 26, 2013 BOS  7  HOU  3        W:Ryan Dempster (1-2), L: Erik Bedard (0-2), S: none
Thu, Apr 25, 2013 BOS  7  HOU  2        W:Clay Buchholz (5-0), L: Philip Humber (0-5), S: none
Sun, Jul 03, 2011 BOS  2 @HOU  1        W:Josh Beckett (7-3), L: Mark Melancon (5-2), S: Jonathan Papelbon (17)
Sat, Jul 02, 2011 BOS 10 @HOU  4        W:Andrew Miller (2-0), L: J.A. Happ (3-10), S: none
Fri, Jul 01, 2011 BOS  7 @HOU  5        W:Dan Wheeler (1-1), L: Sergio Escalona (1-1), S: Jonathan Papelbon (16)
Season Series: 2014 -  0-0; 2013 - BOS won 6-1; 2012 -  0-0; All-Time - BOS leads 13-3

SP: John Lackey (35, RHP, 9-6, 3.84)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (9-6)			117.1	123	54	50	23	106	13	3.84
2013 (10-13)			189.1	179	80	74	40	161	26	3.52
2011 (12-12)			160.0	203	119	114	56	108	20	6.41

Last 7 GS		3-3	45.2	48	26	24	9	38	6	4.73	51
2014-07-05	BAL	L	5.1	10	5	5	1	11	2	120	38
2014-06-29	@NYY	W	5.0	6	5	4	1	2	2	96	38
2014-06-23	@SEA	L	3.2	7	7	7	2	3	1	74	20
2014-06-18	MIN	ND	9.0	3	0	0	1	9	0	105	89
2014-06-13	CLE	W	6.2	7	3	3	1	5	1	110	52
2014-06-08	@DET	W	8.0	7	3	2	1	5	0	112	62
2014-06-02	@CLE	L	8.0	8	3	3	2	3	0	96	55

Last 5 v.HOU		1-1	16.2	21	9	9	8	18	2	4.86	47
2013-08-05	@HOU	L	6.0	8	2	2	2	10	0	113	56
2013-04-28	HOU	W	6.0	5	1	1	2	4	0	81	60
2007-06-18	HOU	ND	4.2	8	6	6	4	4	2	103	24

SP: Scott Feldman (31, RHP, 4-5, 3.86)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (4-5)			84.0	87	46	36	21	52	9	3.86
2013 (12-12)			181.2	159	87	78	56	132	19	3.86
2012 (6-11)			123.2	139	79	70	32	96	14	5.09

Last 7 GS		1-3	36.1	39	24	20	8	30	6	4.95	48
2014-07-05	@LAA	ND	6.0	6	2	2	0	5	0	104	57
2014-06-29	DET	W	6.0	7	2	2	1	4	1	107	53
2014-06-24	ATL	L	6.0	4	3	3	1	5	2	107	56
2014-06-18	@WSN	ND	5.0	6	2	2	3	5	0	103	49
2014-06-12	ARI	ND	6.1	4	3	2	0	6	1	94	61
2014-06-07	@MIN	L	1.2	1	3	0	2	2	0	58	47
2014-06-01	BAL	L	5.1	11	9	9	1	3	2	106	12

Last 5 v.BOS		1-2	22.0	33	27	20	12	12	6	8.18	33
2013-09-27	BOS	L	2.1	8	8	8	1	1	1	57	9
2013-09-17	@BOS	ND	5.0	2	2	1	6	3	1	103	54
2013-07-27	BOS	L	5.0	6	4	4	2	1	1	90	38
2012-07-23	BOS	W	7.0	7	1	1	0	5	1	105	64
2008-08-12	@BOS	ND	2.2	10	12	6	3	2	2	90	1

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

Red Sox Batters (3.76 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.68 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 46.Feldman
G/S/vB 45.Bass
G/S/vB 38.Downs*
G/S/vB 35.Fields
G/S/vB 54.Martinez
G/S/vB 50.Qualls
G/S/vB 29.Sipp*
G/S/vB 55.Veras
G/S/vB 61.Zeid
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

50.Betts G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 32/17 .207/.258/.379/.637 .486/.779 .833 32/.637 0/1 1/0

2.Bogaerts G/S/vP 2/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 354/243 .237/.314/.353/.667 .744/.632 .616 79/.232 2/2 6/13

25.Bradley* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 293/179 .218/.298/.307/.604 .644/.578 .534 71/.618 6/0 1/0

37.Carp* G/S/vP 12/.788 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 85/64 .219/.318/.288/.605 .396/.677 .548 3/.667 0/1 0/0

7.Drew* G/S/vP 11/1.545 ··· 2/.000 2/2.500 ··· 6/.334 2/.000 3/.666 1/.000 92/71 .128/.185/.233/.417 .195/.481 .187 76/.448 1/1 2/2

5.Gomes G/S/vP 4/1.250 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/.500 2/.500 7/.286 2/3.500 218/102 .239/.335/.359/.694 .856/.515 .636 50/.619 0/0 5/2

26.Holt* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 263/158 .306/.351/.426/.777 .850/.728 .726 115/.717 6/1 2/6

12.Napoli G/S/vP 32/1.124 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 5/1.400 1/no AB 312/224 .265/.388/.435/.822 .849/.811 .837 101/.802 2/2 10/5

29.Nava# G/S/vP 5/1.400 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/3.000 ··· 181/149 .226/.320/.302/.622 .254/.706 .631 66/.682 2/1 2/4

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 15/1.150 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 8/.250 3/.333 1/.000 380/249 .258/.358/.486/.844 .859/.836 .919 101/.862 0/0 19/0

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 17/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 4/3.500 5/.400 1/.000 410/291 .279/.346/.380/.726 .794/.699 .763 110/.741 2/6 4/2

3.Ross G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 114/63 .173/.239/.365/.604 .855/.421 .755 31/.733 0/1 5/4

55.Vazquez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/ .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ 3/.000 0/0 0/0

IP 84.0 21.0 22.0 31.0 3.0 31.2 25.2 19.1 17.1 TOTAL .242/.319/.365/.684 .695/.679 .660 .630 29/19 66/55

ERA-K/9

3.86/5.6

6.00/3.0

4.50/7.4

5.23/13.1

3.00/12.0

1.99/8.2

2.81/12.6

6.98/8.4

6.23/8.3

4.38/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Ross (20-7-2)
Vazquez (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 364/.266 92/.279 93/.262 133/.248 12/.182 131/.248 99/.154 90/.239 78/.324 .262 Bradley
Nava
Gomes
Betts
Holt
Carp 1/76/6/10
18/0/27/4
55/0/11/2
0/4/4/1
7/2/18/1
12/0/0/0

OPS .729 .826 .702 .697 .705 .618 .503 .755 1.025 .733

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 166/.737 47/.625 49/.662 55/.759 5/1.400 58/.889 49/.348 34/.742 26/1.365 .708

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 198/.721 45/1.029 44/.748 78/.652 7/.286 73/.414 50/.649 56/.759 52/.857 .753

Home 204/.763 54/.728 48/.676 59/.580 / 62/.570 47/.374 43/1.070 42/.769

Last 28d days 95/.710 15/1.400 34/1.042 14/.500 12/.705 36/.600 45/.550 26/.561 41/1.130

HR/SB/CS 9/18/3 5/1/0 0/2/1 2/2/0 1/0/0 2/6/2 3/0/0 2/2/0 6/1/0 82/59/20

Usage ·····X·· ····oX·· ··oo·oo· ··XX··X· ····X··· ·oX·o··· ··oX·Xo· ·X·X···X ··o··XX·

Astros Batters (3.89 RS/G) vs. Red Sox Pitchers (4.34 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 41.Lackey
G/S/vB 35.Badenhop
G/S/vB 32.Breslow*
G/S/vB 22.Doubront*
G/S/vB 30.Miller*
G/S/vB 54.Mujica
G/S/vB 36.Tazawa
G/S/vB 19.Uehara
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

27.Altuve G/S/vP 6/.334 1/.000 1/2.000 4/.500 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 405/298 .339/.378/.437/.815 .959/.762 .818 100/.892 41/3 2/4

23.Carter G/S/vP 3/.000 3/1.000 1/.000 5/.400 2/.000 3/.000 2/.000 2/1.500 292/186 .198/.277/.447/.724 .811/.675 .698 65/.634 0/1 17/2

15.Castro* G/S/vP 6/1.167 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 300/225 .228/.303/.366/.669 .756/.639 .676 66/.674 0/0 7/3

22.Corporan# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· 119/62 .259/.305/.444/.750 .682/.813 .826 38/.775 0/0 5/3

30.Dominguez G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 373/261 .235/.284/.369/.653 .796/.592 .692 96/.565 0/1 11/7

9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· 141/119 .273/.336/.414/.750 .604/.778 .733 50/.829 1/3 4/2

19.Grossman# G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 143/104 .179/.289/.309/.598 .415/.665 .429 27/.542 3/0 3/1

14.Guzman G/S/vP 5/1.600 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.333 4/.750 ··· 2/.500 147/56 .211/.286/.286/.571 .526/.648 .654 29/.562 2/0 2/1

6.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/25 .345/.424/.586/1.010 1.292/.925 2.000 33/1.010 0/0 1/0

Hoes G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 103/45 .187/.245/.297/.542 .777/.255 .554 26/.282 0/0 2/1

28.Singleton* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 143/101 .200/.294/.392/.686 1.048/.538 .641 95/.591 1/2 6/5

4.Springer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 330/237 .238/.342/.475/.818 .771/.831 .670 106/.780 5/2 19/7

IP 117.1 45.0 32.0 55.2 35.2 33.2 37.2 43.2 TOTAL .239/.311/.388/.698 .769/.669 .700 .682 77/19 100/58

ERA-K/9

3.84/8.1

3.00/5.4

5.06/5.9

5.17/6.3

2.27/14.4

5.61/7.2

2.63/9.3

1.65/11.7

3.88/8.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castro (44-15-5)
Corporan (15-5-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 490/.266 185/.300 152/.287 253/.262 146/.186 145/.316 152/.252 161/.179 .260 Springer
Hoes
Hernandez
Grossman
Guzman
Gonzalez
Sipp 0/5/71/6
25/0/8/4
5/0/0/1
31/2/3/1
5/0/0/0
4/0/1/0
1/0/1/0

OPS .720 .754 .786 .806 .510 .899 .667 .527 .731

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 283/.699 71/.767 68/.765 71/.708 55/.491 55/1.161 71/.664 88/.473 .746

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 207/.748 114/.747 84/.802 182/.844 91/.521 90/.737 81/.670 73/.589 .718

Road 206/.759 66/.863 68/.765 107/.664 74/.666 56/.663 66/.637 65/.526

Last 28d days 99/.824 43/1.015 57/.850 43/.664 33/.429 39/.990 40/.746 56/.648

HR/SB/CS 13/15/1 1/2/1 2/1/0 9/8/0 1/1/0 6/4/1 3/0/0 6/0/1 94/58/16

Usage ·····X·· ··o·Xo·· ·oX·oX·· ···X···· X·X·o··· ·o··XX·· oo··o··· Xo··Xo··

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

LAA 5.05

PIT 4.10

SDP 2.97

RA/G

OAK 3.38

TBR 4.17

TEX 5.23

T. Tulowitzki .350

N. Castellanos .271

C. Carter .198

OBP

T. Tulowitzki .441

J. Loney .330

N. Schierholtz .251

SLG

J. Abreu .629

B. Dozier .413

E. Cabrera .290

OPS

T. Tulowitzki 1.057

B. Dozier .750

E. Cabrera .546

ERA

C. Kershaw 1.78

N. Eovaldi 3.61

R. Nolasco 5.90

K/9IP

C. Kershaw 11.78

Y. Ventura 7.52

K. Correia 4.27

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.