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Houston Astros vs. Minnesota Twins, at Minute Maid Park, August 13, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Start Time:
1:10ct (local), 2:10et
Venue:
Minute Maid Park
Tickets:
Game Tickets / Tickets for games at Minute Maid Park
Series:
Game #3 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
73° (based on last ten years)
Twins
Manager:
Ron Gardenhire
Game #:
119
On This Date:
49-56
Astros
Manager:
Bo Porter
Game #:
121
On This Date:
25-24
Season Series
Fri, Jun 06, 2014 HOU  5 @MIN  4     
Sat, Jun 07, 2014 MIN  8  HOU  0     
Sun, Jun 08, 2014 HOU 14 @MIN  5     
Mon, Aug 11, 2014 MIN  4 @HOU  2     
Tue, Aug 12, 2014 HOU 10  MIN  4     

Wed, Aug 13, 2014 MIN    @HOU  2:10pm

                         All times ET
Minnesota Twins
53-65, 5th, 11 GB, 16 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   25-30   Road:   28-35   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  36-44   vsLHP:  17-21   1-Run:  17-18
 vsEast: 13-15   vsCntrl:23-21   vsWest: 10-19 IL: 7-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
118 Tue, Aug 12  @HOU  L   4-10      53-65  5th 11.0 gb
117 Mon, Aug 11  @HOU  W   4-2       53-64  5th 11.0 gb
116 Sun, Aug 10  @OAK  W   6-1       52-64  5th 11.5 gb
115 Sat, Aug  9  @OAK  L   4-9       51-64  5th 12.5 gb
114 Fri, Aug  8  @OAK  L   5-6       51-63  5th 12.5 gb
113 Thu, Aug  7  @OAK  L   0-3       51-62  5th 11.5 gb
112 Wed, Aug  6   SDP  L   4-5 (10)  51-61  5th 11.5 gb
111 Tue, Aug  5   SDP  W   3-1       51-60  5th 11.5 gb
110 Sun, Aug  3  @CHW  W  16-3       50-60  5th 12.0 gb
109 Sat, Aug  2  @CHW  W   8-6       49-60  5th 12.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-16
Houston Astros
50-70, 4th, 23½ GB, 20 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   29-35   Road:   21-35   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  35-48   vsLHP:  15-22   1-Run:  13-21
 vsEast: 12-15   vsCntrl:12-12   vsWest: 22-30 IL: 4-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
120 Tue, Aug 12   MIN  W  10-4       50-70  4th 23.5 gb
119 Mon, Aug 11   MIN  L   2-4       49-70  4th 23.5 gb
118 Sun, Aug 10   TEX  L   2-6       49-69  4th 23.5 gb
117 Sat, Aug  9   TEX  W   8-3       49-68  4th 23.5 gb
116 Fri, Aug  8   TEX  W   4-3       48-68  4th 23.5 gb
115 Thu, Aug  7  @PHI  L   5-6       47-68  4th 23.5 gb
114 Wed, Aug  6  @PHI  L   3-10      47-67  4th 22.5 gb
113 Tue, Aug  5  @PHI  L   1-2 (15)  47-66  4th 22.5 gb
112 Sun, Aug  3   TOR  W   6-1       47-65  4th 21.0 gb
111 Sat, Aug  2   TOR  W   8-2       46-65  4th 22.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Aug 12, 2014 HOU 10  MIN  4        W:Collin McHugh (5-9), L: Yohan Pino (1-5), S: none
Mon, Aug 11, 2014 MIN  4 @HOU  2        W:Brian Duensing (3-2), L: Josh Fields (2-5), S: Glen Perkins (29)
Sun, Jun 08, 2014 HOU 14 @MIN  5        W:Darin Downs (1-0), L: Sam Deduno (2-4), S: none
Sat, Jun 07, 2014 MIN  8  HOU  0        W:Kyle Gibson (5-5), L: Scott Feldman (3-4), S: none
Fri, Jun 06, 2014 HOU  5 @MIN  4        W:Dallas Keuchel (7-3), L: Phil Hughes (6-2), S: Chad Qualls (7)

Wed, Sep 04, 2013 HOU  6  MIN  5        W:Erik Bedard (4-10), L: Brian Duensing (6-2), S: none
Tue, Sep 03, 2013 MIN  9 @HOU  6 (12)   W:Caleb Thielbar (3-2), L: Kevin Chapman (0-1), S: Josh Roenicke (1)
Mon, Sep 02, 2013 MIN 10 @HOU  6        W:Josh Roenicke (3-1), L: Chia-Jen Lo (0-3), S: none
Sun, Aug 04, 2013 MIN  3  HOU  2        W:Caleb Thielbar (2-1), L: Brad Peacock (1-4), S: Glen Perkins (27)
Sat, Aug 03, 2013 MIN  6  HOU  4        W:Brian Duensing (4-1), L: Lucas Harrell (5-12), S: Glen Perkins (26)
Season Series: 2014 - HOU over 3-2; 2013 - MIN won 5-1; 2012 -  0-0; All-Time - MIN leads 18-13

SP: Kyle Gibson (26, RHP, 10-9, 4.13)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (10-9) 126.1 120 60 58 37 70 8 4.13
2013 (2-4) 51.0 69 38 37 20 29 7 6.53
Last 7 GS 4-3 41.1 43 23 21 10 23 3 4.57 49
2014-08-08 @OAK L 5.0 5 6 5 5 3 0 93 33
2014-08-03 @CHW W 7.0 6 3 3 0 6 1 105 59
2014-07-29 @KCR W 7.0 2 0 0 2 7 0 95 78
2014-07-18 TBR L 6.1 9 6 6 1 1 1 88 31
2014-07-09 @SEA W 6.0 7 0 0 1 3 0 91 60
2014-07-04 NYY L 2.0 6 6 5 1 0 0 52 21
2014-06-29 @TEX W 8.0 8 2 2 0 3 1 95 61
Last 5 v.HOU 1-0 10.0 12 4 4 4 7 1 3.60 50
2014-06-07 HOU W 7.0 3 0 0 3 5 0 106 73
2013-08-03 HOU ND 3.0 9 4 4 1 2 1 81 26

SP: Brett Oberholtzer (24, LHP, 4-7, 4.05)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (4-7) 97.2 110 45 44 22 62 8 4.05
2013 (4-5) 71.2 66 26 22 13 45 7 2.76
Last 7 GS 2-1 46.2 51 17 17 10 22 3 3.28 52
2014-08-08 TEX ND 7.0 6 2 2 1 4 1 101 60
2014-08-02 TOR W 7.0 6 2 2 1 5 0 92 61
2014-07-28 OAK W 6.2 8 3 3 1 2 1 97 47
2014-07-22 @OAK ND 7.0 6 2 2 2 0 0 99 55
2014-07-12 BOS ND 6.1 11 2 2 0 3 1 102 46
2014-07-03 @LAA L 6.1 9 5 5 3 4 0 105 36
2014-06-28 DET ND 6.1 5 1 1 2 4 0 88 61
Has never faced MIN as starter.

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

Twins Batters (4.21 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.72 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 39.Oberholtzer*
G/S/vB		 58.Buchanan
G/S/vB		 38.Downs*
G/S/vB		 35.Fields
G/S/vB		 48.Foltynewicz
G/S/vB		 50.Qualls
G/S/vB		 29.Sipp*
G/S/vB		 55.Veras
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
31.Arcia* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.500 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 255/179 .231/.310/.424/.733 .570/.802 .661 66/.868 1/2 10/3
2.Dozier G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/1.400 3/.333 ··· 3/.000 3/.000 2/.000 527/383 .239/.338/.424/.763 .763/.762 .731 103/.705 19/6 20/8
5.Escobar# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 3/.666 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 2/1.500 347/250 .275/.316/.398/.714 .735/.705 .705 73/.706 1/1 3/5
26.Fryer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 48/35 .244/.292/.356/.647 .692/.629 .688 26/.906 1/0 1/1
7.Mauer* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/.400 2/2.500 1/.000 1/.000 20/1.600 2/1.000 348/235 .273/.345/.357/.702 .537/.782 .716 9/.944 3/0 2/0
9.Nunez G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 155/90 .250/.279/.365/.644 .492/.760 .552 50/.450 7/3 3/4
27.Parmelee* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 6/1.166 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/1.750 1/.000 206/145 .253/.306/.389/.695 .852/.629 .765 58/.670 0/3 6/2
24.Plouffe G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 6/1.000 3/1.167 1/2.000 3/.666 2/.000 6/.750 431/308 .249/.320/.402/.722 .753/.709 .689 97/.705 1/1 8/9
39.Santana# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· 248/176 .320/.360/.476/.837 .727/.881 .908 105/.868 10/3 5/4
1.Schafer* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 4/3.000 3/.000 5/.800 119/95 .186/.272/.245/.517 .323/.563 .564 40/.589 21/2 0/0
8.Suzuki G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 4/.000 5/1.600 381/269 .301/.361/.386/.747 .780/.732 .681 70/.687 0/0 2/3
19.Vargas# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 50/35 .283/.340/.435/.775 .690/.812 .736 50/.775 0/0 2/1
IP 97.2 23.0 31.0 44.2 4.2 40.0 35.0 29.2 TOTAL .248/.321/.378/.700 .682/.707 .695 .708 72/25 91/64
ERA-K/9 4.05/5.7 4.30/4.7 4.06/6.7 4.84/12.3 9.64/9.6 3.38/8.3 2.83/11.1 5.46/8.8 4.38/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Fryer (13-1-0)
 Suzuki (43-13-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 417/.286 100/.281 130/.228 188/.243 22/.381 168/.269 137/.168 136/.241 .266  Arcia
 Parmelee
 Escobar
 Nunez
 Santana
 Schafer
0/0/61/7
13/3/29/3
2/1/0/2
11/0/2/2
0/41/0/1
21/11/6/0
OPS .739 .751 .634 .647 1.171 .687 .526 .769 .741
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 98/.647 64/.726 71/.616 79/.713 15/1.467 78/.871 68/.455 51/.886 .735
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 319/.768 36/.786 59/.655 109/.598 7/.571 90/.537 69/.594 85/.707 .747
Home 232/.776 42/.628 70/.626 95/.592 13/1.218 88/.760 66/.394 79/.929
Last 28d days 112/.668 72/.689 27/.237 49/.558 22/1.171 36/.960 35/.515 40/.786
HR/SB/CS 8/7/2 2/1/1 0/3/1 2/4/0 2/0/0 4/7/2 4/0/0 4/3/0 109/75/25
Usage ····X··· ·X·····X ··X···XX ·X·X·o·o X··X··X· ····Xo·· X····o·o o·o·o··o
Astros Batters (3.97 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.54 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 44.Gibson
G/S/vB		 61.Burton
G/S/vB		 21.Deduno
G/S/vB		 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB		 50.Fien
G/S/vB		 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB		 57.Pressly
G/S/vB		 51.Swarzak
G/S/vB		 56.Thielbar*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP 5/.600 3/2.000 2/2.000 2/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 2/.000 7/.829 1/.000 522/392 .339/.375/.446/.821 1.014/.755 .844 104/.869 46/6 5/6
23.Carter G/S/vP 2/.000 1/no AB 2/.500 11/1.073 4/.000 1/.000 2/.000 5/.600 3/.333 402/273 .230/.303/.521/.824 .895/.792 .819 99/1.067 2/1 28/2
15.Castro* G/S/vP 5/.000 1/.000 3/.666 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.333 399/299 .229/.293/.377/.671 .645/.679 .711 87/.602 0/0 11/3
22.Corporan# G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.650 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 147/83 .239/.288/.388/.676 .669/.681 .726 27/.382 0/0 5/3
30.Dominguez G/S/vP 5/.600 2/.000 5/.400 2/.500 2/.000 2/1.500 2/.000 4/.000 ··· 483/348 .231/.273/.356/.629 .751/.582 .647 98/.540 0/1 13/9
21.Fowler# G/S/vP 3/2.000 ··· 2/2.500 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 334/240 .270/.377/.396/.774 .907/.721 .858 / 6/3 6/3
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 216/184 .268/.319/.384/.703 .677/.708 .674 65/.684 1/3 5/6
19.Grossman# G/S/vP 2/2.000 3/.000 4/.750 2/1.000 3/1.000 2/.000 2/1.000 5/.900 1/.000 249/183 .203/.331/.319/.649 .495/.705 .593 95/.721 4/1 5/2
Hoes G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/2.000 3/.000 3/.000 1/.000 134/59 .175/.233/.292/.525 .718/.285 .500 27/.493 0/0 3/2
18.Krauss* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 180/173 .191/.272/.333/.606 1.286/.576 .501 55/.657 0/0 6/2
6.Marisnick G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 95/74 .244/.274/.300/.574 .571/.575 .795 45/.775 5/1 1/0
3.Petit G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 32/19 .258/.281/.387/.668 .891/.526 .644 32/.668 0/0 1/1
28.Singleton* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 244/179 .191/.283/.377/.660 .890/.575 .721 89/.697 1/2 10/8
IP 126.1 46.0 83.0 43.0 50.1 50.1 11.0 59.0 38.0 TOTAL .240/.308/.389/.697 .756/.674 .710 .705 85/24 133/76
ERA-K/9 4.13/5.0 4.30/6.7 4.55/7.2 2.30/5.9 2.86/7.3 2.68/10.6 0.82/5.7 4.12/5.2 3.08/6.6 4.38/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (56-19-9)
 Corporan (19-6-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 528/.247 196/.244 370/.266 174/.239 201/.245 210/.246 42/.158 250/.265 154/.255 .276  Grossman
 Hoes
 Marisnick
 Krauss
 Fowler
 Carter
 Sipp
 Gonzalez
31/6/28/4
36/0/12/4
0/24/0/3
15/0/3/1
0/75/0/1
6/0/0/0
1/0/1/0
4/0/1/0
OPS .662 .714 .747 .655 .649 .647 .425 .704 .696 .744
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 293/.727 88/.617 198/.803 80/.567 97/.729 58/.716 18/.411 123/.685 83/.715 .739
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 235/.579 108/.790 172/.683 94/.731 104/.576 152/.620 24/.428 127/.723 71/.673 .749
Road 319/.678 90/.596 191/.785 89/.531 110/.659 95/.502 24/.523 117/.872 77/.727
Last 28d days 105/.670 36/.767 65/.906 26/.359 46/.847 47/.675 42/.425 52/.784 36/.735
HR/SB/CS 8/5/2 6/9/0 7/10/1 3/1/2 5/1/0 2/2/0 0/2/0 3/1/0 2/4/1 97/72/14
Usage ····X··· ····o·X· ···X···· ·X···Xo· ··X·o··o ·oo···Xo ·o·X·X·· o··XX·X· o···oo·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  4.92

ARI  4.03

SDP  3.24

 RA/G

SEA  3.23

PIT  4.11

COL  5.23

 BA

T. Tulowitzki  .340

D. Jeter  .273

C. Davis  .197

 OBP

T. Tulowitzki  .432

D. Wright  .331

G. Beckham  .264

 SLG

T. Tulowitzki  .603

C. Yelich  .416

Z. Cozart  .298

 OPS

T. Tulowitzki  1.035

J. Ellsbury  .756

Z. Cozart  .567

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.78

Z. Wheeler  3.53

E. Jackson  5.61

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.35

A. Wainwright  7.35

K. Correia  4.39

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.