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Houston Astros vs. Oakland Athletics, at Minute Maid Park, August 27, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Wednesday, August 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 #3 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
73° (based on last ten years)
Athletics
Manager:
Bob Melvin
Game #:
132
On This Date:
45-54
Astros
Manager:
Bo Porter
Game #:
134
On This Date:
24-18
Season Series
Fri, Apr 18, 2014 OAK 11  HOU  3     
Sat, Apr 19, 2014 OAK  4  HOU  3     
Sun, Apr 20, 2014 OAK  4  HOU  1     
Thu, Apr 24, 2014 OAK 10 @HOU  1     
Fri, Apr 25, 2014 OAK 12 @HOU  5     
Sat, Apr 26, 2014 HOU  7  OAK  6     
Sun, Apr 27, 2014 HOU  5  OAK  1     
Tue, Jul 22, 2014 HOU  3 @OAK  2 (12)
Wed, Jul 23, 2014 OAK  9  HOU  7     
Thu, Jul 24, 2014 OAK 13  HOU  1     
Mon, Jul 28, 2014 HOU  7  OAK  3     
Tue, Jul 29, 2014 OAK  7 @HOU  4     
Wed, Jul 30, 2014 HOU  8  OAK  1     
Mon, Aug 25, 2014 OAK  8 @HOU  2     
Tue, Aug 26, 2014 HOU  4  OAK  2     

Wed, Aug 27, 2014 OAK    @HOU  8:10pm
Fri, Sep 05, 2014 HOU    @OAK 10:05pm
Sat, Sep 06, 2014 HOU    @OAK  4:05pm
Sun, Sep 07, 2014 HOU    @OAK  4:05pm

                         All times ET
Oakland Athletics
77-54, 2nd, 1 GB, 5½ up in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   43-23   Road:   34-31   ExtrInn:11-6 
 vsRHP:  55-38   vsLHP:  22-16   1-Run:  18-17
 vsEast: 20-12   vsCntrl:16-14   vsWest: 30-22 IL:11-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
131 Tue, Aug 26  @HOU  L   2-4       77-54  2nd  1.0 gb
130 Mon, Aug 25  @HOU  W   8-2       77-53  1st    Tied
129 Sun, Aug 24   LAA  L   4-9       76-53  2nd  1.0 gb
128 Sat, Aug 23   LAA  W   2-1       76-52  1st    Tied
127 Fri, Aug 22   LAA  W   5-3       75-52  2nd  1.0 gb
126 Wed, Aug 20   NYM  L   5-8       74-52  2nd  1.5 gb
125 Tue, Aug 19   NYM  W   6-2       74-51  2nd  0.5 gb
124 Sun, Aug 17  @ATL  L   3-4       73-51  1st    Tied
123 Sat, Aug 16  @ATL  L   3-4       73-50  1st    Tied
122 Fri, Aug 15  @ATL  L   2-7       73-49  1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16
Houston Astros
56-77, 4th, 23 GB, 22 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   30-37   Road:   26-40   ExtrInn: 6-4 
 vsRHP:  40-55   vsLHP:  16-22   1-Run:  13-22
 vsEast: 16-18   vsCntrl:13-15   vsWest: 23-31 IL: 4-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
133 Tue, Aug 26   OAK  W   4-2       56-77  4th 23.0 gb
132 Mon, Aug 25   OAK  L   2-8       55-77  4th 23.0 gb
131 Sun, Aug 24  @CLE  L   1-3       55-76  4th 23.0 gb
130 Sat, Aug 23  @CLE  L   2-3       55-75  4th 22.0 gb
129 Fri, Aug 22  @CLE  W   5-1       55-74  4th 22.0 gb
128 Thu, Aug 21  @NYY  L   0-3       54-74  4th 23.0 gb
127 Wed, Aug 20  @NYY  W   5-2       54-73  4th 22.0 gb
126 Tue, Aug 19  @NYY  W   7-4       53-73  4th 22.0 gb
125 Sun, Aug 17  @BOS  W   8-1       52-73  4th 21.5 gb
124 Sat, Aug 16  @BOS  L   7-10      51-73  4th 22.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Aug 26, 2014 HOU  4  OAK  2        W:Josh Fields (4-6), L: Luke Gregerson (3-3), S: Chad Qualls (15)
Mon, Aug 25, 2014 OAK  8 @HOU  2        W:Jeff Samardzija (6-10), L: Scott Feldman (7-10), S: none
Wed, Jul 30, 2014 HOU  8  OAK  1        W:Dallas Keuchel (10-7), L: Jason Hammel (8-9), S: none
Tue, Jul 29, 2014 OAK  7 @HOU  4        W:Evan Scribner (1-0), L: Chad Qualls (1-2), S: Sean Doolittle (16)
Mon, Jul 28, 2014 HOU  7  OAK  3        W:Brett Oberholtzer (3-7), L: Jesse Chavez (8-7), S: none
Thu, Jul 24, 2014 OAK 13  HOU  1        W:Jeff Samardzija (4-8), L: Scott Feldman (4-8), S: none
Wed, Jul 23, 2014 OAK  9  HOU  7        W:Jesse Chavez (8-6), L: Brad Peacock (3-7), S: Sean Doolittle (15)
Tue, Jul 22, 2014 HOU  3 @OAK  2 (12)   W:Darin Downs (2-1), L: Fernando Abad (2-4), S: Chad Qualls (11)
Sun, Apr 27, 2014 HOU  5  OAK  1        W:Collin McHugh (2-0), L: Tommy Milone (0-2), S: none
Sat, Apr 26, 2014 HOU  7  OAK  6        W:Jerome Williams (1-1), L: Sean Doolittle (0-2), S: Raul Valdes (1)
Season Series: 2014 - OAK over 9-6; 2013 - OAK won 15-4; 2012 -  0-0; All-Time - OAK leads 29-11

SP: Drew Pomeranz (25, LHP, 5-4, 2.91)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (5-4) 55.2 46 21 18 23 48 7 2.91
2013 (0-4) 21.2 25 15 15 19 19 4 6.23
2012 (2-9) 96.2 97 57 53 46 83 14 4.93
Last 7 GS 3-3 37.0 33 18 15 17 32 5 3.65 52
2014-06-16 TEX L 3.2 8 8 7 2 4 1 79 17
2014-06-10 @LAA ND 7.0 4 1 0 3 2 0 89 66
2014-06-05 @NYY L 7.0 6 2 1 1 7 1 101 65
2014-05-30 LAA W 5.1 4 5 5 3 5 2 95 42
2014-05-25 @TOR L 4.0 5 2 2 4 3 1 90 43
2014-05-20 @TBR W 5.0 3 0 0 2 3 0 89 62
2014-05-13 CHW W 5.0 3 0 0 2 8 0 82 67
Last 5 v.HOU 0-1 2.0 7 6 6 1 3 0 27.00 20
2011-09-23 @HOU L 2.0 7 6 6 1 3 0 46 20

SP: Brad Peacock (26, RHP, 3-8, 5.30)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (3-8) 107.0 114 68 63 55 93 17 5.30
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 1-3 29.0 38 27 25 13 24 9 7.76 39
2014-08-22 @CLE ND 5.0 2 1 1 0 4 1 62 63
2014-08-16 @BOS ND 4.1 7 6 5 2 3 2 94 28
2014-08-11 MIN ND 5.0 7 2 1 1 5 0 115 51
2014-08-06 @PHI L 5.0 7 8 8 4 4 1 92 21
2014-07-23 @OAK L 3.2 7 7 7 5 2 3 89 16
2014-07-13 BOS L 0.1 2 1 1 1 1 1 27 43
2014-07-08 @TEX W 5.2 6 2 2 0 5 1 94 54
Last 5 v.OAK 1-2 25.0 26 19 17 18 25 4 6.12 44
2014-07-23 @OAK L 3.2 7 7 7 5 2 3 89 16
2014-04-25 OAK ND 5.0 5 5 3 6 3 0 92 38
2014-04-20 @OAK L 5.0 5 2 2 3 4 1 83 50
2013-09-05 @OAK W 7.0 5 2 2 1 9 0 97 67
2013-04-16 @OAK ND 4.1 4 3 3 3 7 0 92 47

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

Athletics Batters (4.80 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.65 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Peacock
G/S/vB		 58.Buchanan
G/S/vB		 66.Chapman*
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
7.Callaspo# G/S/vP 6/.750 ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 5/.800 4/.000 6/.833 405/263 .240/.304/.311/.615 .532/.660 .528 79/.620 0/1 4/8
4.Crisp# G/S/vP 18/1.346 2/.500 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 8/.542 7/.453 420/303 .251/.346/.391/.737 .668/.764 .664 86/.543 16/4 8/3
20.Donaldson G/S/vP 16/1.167 1/.000 1/.000 5/.933 ··· 2/.500 1/no AB 6/1.300 559/415 .252/.340/.461/.801 1.069/.711 .848 95/.820 8/0 25/20
35.Freiman G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 58/17 .241/.293/.556/.849 .959/.561 1.033 23/1.157 0/0 4/2
23.Fuld* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 298/219 .255/.339/.347/.686 .713/.677 .755 70/.578 17/4 2/2
3.Gentry G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 230/112 .261/.323/.295/.618 .655/.578 .502 12/.473 19/1 0/1
15.Gomes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 2/.500 2/.500 7/.286 279/111 .237/.333/.343/.677 .783/.520 .612 33/.623 0/0 6/3
37.Moss* G/S/vP 12/.432 2/1.000 1/.000 5/.200 ··· 2/1.000 4/.833 3/1.667 494/403 .248/.338/.461/.799 .796/.799 .879 76/.539 1/0 23/4
36.Norris G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 3/.666 344/206 .279/.370/.440/.810 .935/.725 .708 76/.587 2/1 10/3
12.Parrino# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 41/24 .167/.244/.333/.577 .502/.631 .410 27/.477 0/0 1/1
16.Reddick* G/S/vP 11/.739 2/2.500 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/1.250 4/.250 ··· 308/217 .255/.313/.436/.749 .449/.874 .690 79/.888 1/1 10/4
28.Sogard* G/S/vP 13/1.308 2/1.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 3/.000 259/222 .218/.305/.276/.580 .358/.616 .434 60/.827 10/2 1/6
17.Soto G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 6/1.500 41/26 .250/.268/.375/.643 .481/.731 .572 30/.578 0/0 1/0
21.Vogt* G/S/vP 5/.600 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.500 231/198 .318/.346/.505/.851 .680/.880 .874 71/.717 1/0 9/1
IP 107.0 24.0 11.2 50.1 9.1 45.0 41.0 33.2 TOTAL .249/.324/.397/.721 .702/.729 .686 .663 71/14 131/87
ERA-K/9 5.30/7.8 4.50/4.5 7.71/10.0 4.83/11.8 5.79/9.7 3.00/7.8 3.29/10.8 5.08/8.8 4.34/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Norris (41-7-7)
 Soto (5-1-0)
 Vogt (0-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 477/.275 106/.301 57/.267 217/.254 43/.341 186/.260 159/.155 155/.234 .267  Gentry
 Fuld
 Moss
 Reddick
 Gomes
 Crisp
 Vogt
 Parrino
15/44/26/8
17/56/7/7
43/0/32/5
0/1/82/3
71/0/11/2
0/87/0/0
1/0/17/0
2/0/0/0
OPS .816 .788 .867 .666 .957 .655 .498 .744 .737
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 277/.803 66/.757 33/.813 100/.700 24/1.364 93/.777 80/.414 61/.780 .736
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 200/.835 40/.829 24/.919 117/.636 19/.474 93/.541 79/.584 94/.722 .737
Home 283/.779 42/.628 18/1.056 107/.617 13/1.218 96/.746 72/.428 84/.934
Last 28d days 86/.887 52/.817 24/.445 53/.824 43/.957 32/.645 35/.506 41/.689
HR/SB/CS 17/7/1 2/1/1 2/0/0 2/7/0 2/0/0 4/8/2 4/0/2 4/4/0 117/85/28
Usage ····X··· ···o···· ···XX·o· Xo··o·oX ··X····· o···o··o ·X·oo··X ·X·X··X·
Astros Batters (3.96 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.55 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
G/S/vB		 56.Abad*
G/S/vB		 60.Chavez
G/S/vB		 48.Cook
G/S/vB		 44.Gregerson
G/S/vB		 39.O'Flaherty*
G/S/vB		 61.Otero
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP 1/2.000 1/.000 16/.751 3/1.000 5/.000 2/2.000 6/1.867 580/447 .333/.371/.437/.808 1.018/.745 .838 107/.734 47/7 6/8
23.Carter G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 16/.698 7/.476 3/2.000 ··· 4/.250 454/322 .227/.297/.513/.811 .872/.786 .839 104/.956 2/1 32/2
15.Castro* G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 15/.833 3/1.667 2/2.500 2/.000 ··· 440/331 .224/.293/.367/.660 .659/.660 .684 85/.581 1/0 12/4
22.Corporan# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 1/no AB 1/2.000 1/no AB 162/97 .240/.298/.377/.675 .658/.686 .712 26/.490 0/0 5/3
30.Dominguez G/S/vP 1/2.000 2/.000 9/.666 9/.000 2/.000 3/.000 6/1.166 522/379 .223/.262/.344/.607 .736/.558 .626 89/.461 0/1 14/10
21.Fowler# G/S/vP ··· 4/1.250 8/.900 1/no AB 17/1.059 7/.629 2/.000 391/293 .272/.376/.409/.785 .951/.729 .860 57/.848 7/3 8/3
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 8/.875 2/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 2/.000 264/227 .266/.314/.389/.704 .723/.700 .700 78/.660 1/3 6/6
19.Grossman# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 6/.333 1/.000 1/no AB 1/no AB 2/1.000 308/238 .211/.326/.322/.648 .496/.692 .570 109/.696 5/1 6/2
14.Guzman G/S/vP 8/1.300 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 3/1.000 2/1.000 163/61 .196/.270/.264/.533 .500/.591 .626 5/.400 2/0 2/1
18.Krauss* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 12/.416 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 192/184 .202/.281/.341/.622 1.125/.598 .496 42/.728 0/0 6/2
6.Marisnick G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 137/112 .237/.263/.282/.545 .480/.560 .692 86/.640 5/1 1/0
3.Petit G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 44/28 .286/.318/.452/.771 1.238/.509 .646 38/.788 0/0 1/1
28.Singleton* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 5/.900 ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 294/218 .186/.296/.372/.667 .842/.606 .701 98/.754 1/3 12/10
IP 55.2 51.0 140.1 42.2 59.0 14.1 72.0 TOTAL .239/.307/.386/.693 .757/.670 .703 .693 89/26 146/84
ERA-K/9 2.91/7.8 1.59/8.5 3.40/8.5 2.95/8.6 2.44/7.3 1.26/7.6 2.25/4.0 3.27/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (65-22-11)
 Corporan (20-6-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 228/.225 189/.158 597/.251 173/.184 231/.213 58/.173 287/.247 .234  Grossman
 Marisnick
 Fowler
 Krauss
 Gonzalez
 Carter
 Sipp
 Guzman
41/6/32/6
2/25/9/5
0/87/0/2
17/0/4/1
4/0/1/0
6/0/0/0
1/0/1/0
7/0/0/0
OPS .647 .468 .685 .596 .594 .438 .598 .650
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 47/.782 86/.491 344/.676 65/.824 92/.511 25/.547 123/.650 .662
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 181/.611 103/.449 253/.698 108/.462 139/.651 33/.354 164/.560 .641
Road 132/.680 86/.392 318/.746 79/.571 110/.686 32/.582 140/.558
Last 28d days / 27/.305 64/.696 32/.510 30/.614 20/.451 42/.562
HR/SB/CS 7/5/0 4/2/2 15/4/3 3/2/0 5/9/0 0/2/0 3/2/3 118/73/14
Usage ··X···X· ··X···X· ··o····X o··o···o ·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  4.80

SEA  4.00

SDP  3.31

 RA/G

SEA  3.17

CHC  4.11

COL  5.20

 BA

J. Altuve  .333

D. Navarro  .272

C. Davis  .188

 OBP

G. Stanton  .404

A. Gonzalez  .334

G. Beckham  .260

 SLG

J. Abreu  .599

B. Zobrist  .416

Z. Cozart  .302

 OPS

J. Abreu  .967

M. Montero  .749

Z. Cozart  .576

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.82

W. Peralta  3.56

E. Jackson  6.09

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.35

J. Lackey  7.34

K. Correia  4.58

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.