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Tampa Bay Rays vs. Houston Astros, at Tropicana Field, June 21, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Saturday, June 21, 2014
Start Time:
4:10et (local)
Venue:
Tropicana Field
Tickets:
Game Tickets / Tickets for games at Tropicana Field
Series:
Game #3 of a 4-game series
Average Temp:
° (based on last ten years)
Astros
Manager:
Bo Porter
Game #:
76
On This Date:
23-22
Rays
Manager:
Joe Maddon
Game #:
76
On This Date:
4-9
Season Series
Fri, Jun 13, 2014 TBR  6 @HOU  1     
Sat, Jun 14, 2014 HOU  7  TBR  3     
Sun, Jun 15, 2014 TBR  4 @HOU  3     
Thu, Jun 19, 2014 TBR  5  HOU  0     
Fri, Jun 20, 2014 HOU  3 @TBR  1     

Sat, Jun 21, 2014 HOU    @TBR  4:10pm
Sun, Jun 22, 2014 HOU    @TBR  1:40pm

                         All times ET
Houston Astros
33-42, 5th, 13½ GB, 7½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   17-20   Road:   16-22   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  23-27   vsLHP:  10-15   1-Run:   9-13
 vsEast:  8-10   vsCntrl: 8-8    vsWest: 14-19 IL: 3-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 70 Sat, Jun 14   TBR  W   7-3       32-38  5th 10.0 gb
 69 Fri, Jun 13   TBR  L   1-6       31-38  5th 10.0 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14
Tampa Bay Rays
29-46, 5th, 13 GB, 11½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   16-23   Road:   13-23   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  23-32   vsLHP:   6-14   1-Run:  11-9 
 vsEast: 12-19   vsCntrl: 4-9    vsWest: 10-12 IL: 3-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 75 Fri, Jun 20   HOU  L   1-3       29-46  5th 13.0 gb
 74 Thu, Jun 19   HOU  W   5-0       29-45  5th 12.0 gb
 73 Wed, Jun 18   BAL  L   0-2       28-45  5th 13.0 gb
 72 Tue, Jun 17   BAL  L   5-7       28-44  5th 13.0 gb
 71 Mon, Jun 16   BAL  W   5-4       28-43  5th 13.0 gb
 70 Sun, Jun 15  @HOU  W   4-3       27-43  5th 13.5 gb
 69 Sat, Jun 14  @HOU  L   3-7       26-43  5th 13.5 gb
 68 Fri, Jun 13  @HOU  W   6-1       26-42  5th 13.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:10-20

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jun 20, 2014 HOU  3 @TBR  1        W:Jarred Cosart (7-5), L: David Price (5-7), S: Chad Qualls (9)
Thu, Jun 19, 2014 TBR  5  HOU  0        W:Chris Archer (4-4), L: Collin McHugh (4-5), S: none
Sun, Jun 15, 2014 TBR  4 @HOU  3        W:David Price (5-6), L: Jerome Williams (1-3), S: Jake McGee (1)
Sat, Jun 14, 2014 HOU  7  TBR  3        W:Jarred Cosart (6-5), L: Chris Archer (3-4), S: none
Fri, Jun 13, 2014 TBR  6 @HOU  1        W:Alex Cobb (2-4), L: Collin McHugh (4-4), S: none

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)
Season Series: 2014 - TBR over 3-2; 2013 - TBR won 5-2; 2012 -  0-0; All-Time - TBR leads 14-10

SP: (2014, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
Last 7 GS
Has never faced TBR as starter.

SP: Jake Odorizzi (24, RHP, 2-7, 4.73)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (2-7) 70.1 69 37 37 28 81 7 4.73
2013 (0-1) 29.2 28 13 13 8 22 3 3.94
2012 (0-1) 7.1 8 4 4 4 4 1 4.91
Last 7 GS 1-4 37.2 28 16 16 12 44 3 3.82 56
2014-06-16 BAL ND 5.1 3 2 2 2 5 1 93 57
2014-06-10 STL L 7.1 3 1 1 1 5 1 104 72
2014-06-05 MIA L 5.0 7 4 4 0 8 0 94 45
2014-05-31 @BOS L 3.1 6 5 5 1 6 1 84 33
2014-05-25 BOS ND 6.0 4 1 1 1 5 0 108 64
2014-05-20 OAK L 4.2 4 3 3 5 8 0 113 47
2014-05-14 @SEA W 6.0 1 0 0 2 7 0 95 75
Has never faced HOU as starter.

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

Astros Batters (3.85 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (4.28 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 23.Odorizzi
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/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP ··· 4/.833 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 325/239 .336/.375/.445/.821 1.002/.754 .836 97/.847 26/3 2/2
23.Carter G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/2.667 2/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 243/155 .185/.272/.426/.698 .711/.690 .622 67/.770 0/1 13/2
15.Castro* G/S/vP ··· 4/.250 1/no AB ··· 2/.500 1/.000 2/.000 1/3.000 255/194 .221/.302/.363/.665 .656/.668 .648 78/.612 0/0 6/2
22.Corporan# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 84/37 .216/.277/.432/.710 .633/.813 .641 29/.859 0/0 5/1
30.Dominguez G/S/vP ··· 7/1.262 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 302/211 .246/.298/.399/.697 .764/.667 .677 108/.661 0/1 10/6
21.Fowler# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 4/1.167 2/.500 3/1.667 1/.000 312/228 .279/.388/.400/.788 .873/.756 .688 111/.881 6/3 5/3
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 98/81 .273/.340/.386/.727 .665/.740 .900 45/.803 0/2 2/2
19.Grossman# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 126/89 .168/.288/.280/.568 .439/.621 .693 71/.583 3/0 2/1
14.Guzman G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 125/45 .205/.288/.286/.574 .507/.698 .408 24/.586 2/0 2/1
8.Presley* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 178/161 .238/.287/.323/.610 .912/.577 .598 52/.729 2/0 3/0
28.Singleton* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 70/47 .213/.300/.443/.743 1.058/.604 .678 70/.743 1/2 4/3
4.Springer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 250/179 .247/.344/.470/.814 .706/.853 1.023 104/.895 1/2 13/6
2.Villar# G/S/vP ··· 3/2.333 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 229/156 .205/.257/.352/.609 .651/.589 .438 65/.529 13/4 6/11
IP 70.1 28.1 24.1 31.1 25.1 31.2 52.0 5.2 TOTAL .238/.313/.385/.698 .738/.682 .686 .733 54/18 79/48
ERA-K/9 4.73/10.4 5.72/8.3 2.96/13.7 1.44/10.4 2.49/7.8 3.69/9.9 3.98/6.6 1.59/9.5 3.93/8.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (37-13-4)
 Corporan (10-2-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 307/.256 125/.214 100/.181 117/.168 109/.191 133/.225 229/.241 24/.190 .243  Springer
 Presley
 Fowler
 Grossman
 Sipp
 Guzman
 Gonzalez
0/0/56/4
35/9/12/3
0/70/0/1
29/2/1/0
1/0/1/0
4/0/0/0
4/0/1/0
OPS .725 .713 .640 .429 .654 .679 .696 .673 .689
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 178/.745 73/.766 43/.531 39/.520 53/.698 78/.710 87/.606 9/.873 .674
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 129/.694 52/.636 57/.720 78/.385 56/.608 55/.635 142/.753 15/.557 .701
Home 180/.618 80/.675 64/.702 59/.275 66/.447 78/.699 81/.558 16/.607
Last 28d days 112/.633 38/.706 32/.730 34/.362 46/.856 43/.645 54/.656 24/.673
HR/SB/CS 7/2/4 2/1/0 4/3/1 0/1/1 2/4/0 5/2/0 5/1/0 1/0/0 69/30/11
Usage ····X··· ·o·Xo··· ·o·Xo··o ····Xo·o X·o·X·X· ·X··X··X ··oX··X· ··XX··XX
Rays Batters (3.61 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.43 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 38.Downs*
G/S/vB		 44.Farnsworth
G/S/vB		 50.Qualls
G/S/vB		 29.Sipp*
G/S/vB		 36.Williams
G/S/vB		 61.Zeid
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
11.Escobar G/S/vP ··· 4/.833 8/.542 2/5.000 6/.533 2/.000 282/222 .247/.320/.335/.655 .908/.585 .631 91/.614 0/1 4/8
10.Forsythe G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 137/68 .198/.248/.246/.494 .515/.473 .554 38/.400 0/0 0/1
5.Guyer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 72/37 .265/.286/.353/.639 .658/.621 .534 11/.855 1/0 1/0
24.Hanigan G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/1.000 152/121 .233/.320/.361/.681 .522/.722 .882 27/.819 0/0 4/0
8.Jennings G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 4/.500 1/no AB 10/.347 2/.000 300/227 .238/.322/.375/.698 .778/.673 .651 101/.684 12/3 6/0
20.Joyce* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 2/.000 11/1.255 1/no AB 242/220 .265/.351/.387/.738 .141/.803 .831 76/.693 1/2 3/1
39.Kiermaier* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 86/68 .304/.360/.595/.955 .284/1.138 1.001 74/.990 1/1 4/1
21.Loney* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 15/.575 3/.000 6/.833 1/.000 306/219 .277/.337/.376/.713 .681/.725 .728 106/.671 2/0 3/3
3.Longoria G/S/vP 1/3.000 4/.500 2/.000 1/no AB 10/.700 2/.000 323/239 .261/.328/.402/.730 .849/.689 .887 108/.797 2/0 9/5
28.Molina G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 8/.500 ··· 114/91 .152/.196/.152/.349 .451/.323 .315 50/.455 1/0 0/1
1.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 2/1.000 4/.833 5/.400 ··· 113/49 .214/.261/.495/.756 .802/.698 .787 36/.741 1/0 7/1
19.Sands G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 19/11 .222/.263/.389/.652 .625/.664 .879 19/.652 0/0 1/
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 2/2.000 2/1.000 3/1.167 8/.393 11/1.101 ··· 265/198 .247/.322/.370/.692 .835/.646 .701 85/.642 4/2 5/6
IP 17.1 28.1 25.2 17.2 40.0 11.2 TOTAL .244/.316/.370/.686 .674/.690 .725 .697 28/12 57/37
ERA-K/9 2.60/6.8 4.13/5.7 2.10/8.8 2.04/12.2 5.40/7.0 4.63/9.2 4.10/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hanigan (10-7-1)
 Molina (19-4-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 69/.234 126/.290 105/.248 67/.159 182/.299 48/.302 .255  Joyce
 Kiermaier
 Jennings
 Forsythe
 Rodriguez
 Guyer
 Zobrist
46/0/7/3
1/7/20/1
0/66/0/0
2/0/0/0
14/0/0/0
15/6/1/0
8/0/2/0
OPS .587 .804 .623 .470 .831 .966 .714
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 35/.493 51/.801 46/.973 34/.309 95/.846 16/1.205 .682
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 34/.686 75/.806 59/.359 33/.637 87/.815 32/.844 .740
Road 34/.740 63/.718 55/.600 40/.502 77/.774 26/1.317
Last 28d days 40/.564 43/.860 42/.429 43/.669 63/.801 18/.886
HR/SB/CS 0/1/1 2/2/1 2/5/1 2/0/0 6/2/0 3/1/0 63/47/15
Usage ··oo·X·o ··oX·o·X Xo······ ··oo·oo· ···o·X·· ··oo·ooX

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  5.15

NYY  4.11

SDP  3.00

 RA/G

OAK  3.32

LAA  4.22

COL  5.01

 BA

T. Tulowitzki  .363

T. Hunter  .266

C. Carter  .185

 OBP

T. Tulowitzki  .451

D. Wright  .330

Y. Alonso  .250

 SLG

T. Tulowitzki  .658

M. Reynolds  .407

W. Venable  .295

 OPS

T. Tulowitzki  1.109

P. Sandoval  .749

E. Cabrera  .559

 ERA

J. Cueto  1.92

J. Weaver  3.67

E. Stults  5.76

 K/9IP

S. Strasburg  10.89

T. Wood  7.37

K. Correia  4.60

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.