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Tampa Bay Rays vs. Houston Astros, at Tropicana Field, June 22, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Sunday, June 22, 2014

Start Time:

1:40et (local)

Venue:

Tropicana Field

Tickets:

Game Tickets / Tickets for games at Tropicana Field

Series:

Game #4 of a 4-game series

Average Temp:

° (based on last ten years)

Astros

Manager:

Bo Porter

Game #:

On This Date:

26-22

Rays

Manager:

Joe Maddon

Game #:

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 TBR  8  HOU  0     

Sun, Jun 22, 2014 HOU    @TBR  1:40pm

                         All times ET

Houston Astros

33-43, 5th, 14½ GB, 8½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   17-20   Road:   16-23   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  23-28   vsLHP:  10-15   1-Run:   9-13
 vsEast:  8-11   vsCntrl: 8-8    vsWest: 14-19 IL: 3-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:16-14

Tampa Bay Rays

30-46, 5th, 12 GB, 11½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   17-23   Road:   13-23   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  24-32   vsLHP:   6-14   1-Run:  11-9 
 vsEast: 12-19   vsCntrl: 4-9    vsWest: 11-12 IL: 3-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 76 Sat, Jun 21   HOU  W   8-0       30-46  5th 12.0 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:11-19

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jun 21, 2014 TBR  8  HOU  0        W:Jake Odorizzi (3-7), L: Jake Buchanan (0-1), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2014 - TBR over 4-2; 2013 - TBR won 5-2; 2012 -  0-0; All-Time - TBR leads 15-10

SP: Dallas Keuchel (26, LHP, 8-4, 2.63)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (8-4)			95.2	79	29	28	22	79	5	2.63
2013 (6-10)			153.2	184	96	88	52	123	20	5.15
2012 (3-8)			85.1	93	56	50	39	38	14	5.27

Last 7 GS		5-2	51.2	38	11	10	11	39	1	1.74	66
2014-06-17	@WSN	L	5.0	6	4	4	4	4	0	105	39
2014-06-11	ARI	W	8.0	5	1	1	1	5	1	101	72
2014-06-06	@MIN	W	6.0	5	0	0	2	6	0	101	66
2014-05-31	BAL	L	6.0	6	3	3	3	3	0	83	48
2014-05-25	@SEA	W	9.0	4	1	0	0	6	0	106	83
2014-05-19	@LAA	W	8.2	5	2	2	1	8	0	128	73
2014-05-13	TEX	W	9.0	7	0	0	0	7	0	108	80

Last 5 v.TBR		0-1	10.0	14	8	8	5	7	2	7.20	37
2013-07-13	@TBR	ND	5.1	6	3	3	0	3	1	80	47
2013-07-01	TBR	L	4.2	8	5	5	5	4	1	108	27

SP: Erik Bedard (35, LHP, 3-5, 4.33)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (3-5)			60.1	62	35	29	26	49	4	4.33
2013 (4-12)			151.0	149	83	77	75	138	18	4.59
2012 (7-14)			125.2	129	76	70	56	118	14	5.01

Last 7 GS		1-4	33.2	38	24	19	12	32	4	5.08	45
2014-06-17	BAL	L	4.0	4	5	5	2	3	1	92	35
2014-06-11	STL	ND	4.0	8	3	3	1	4	0	80	37
2014-06-06	SEA	W	6.0	4	0	0	1	8	0	103	71
2014-06-01	@BOS	L	4.2	5	3	3	4	4	0	104	42
2014-05-26	@TOR	L	4.0	12	8	7	0	2	2	78	10
2014-05-21	OAK	L	5.1	1	3	1	3	6	1	103	61
2014-05-15	@LAA	ND	5.2	4	2	0	1	5	0	86	61

Has never faced HOU as starter.

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Astros Batters (3.80 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (4.22 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 40.Bedard*
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

27.Altuve G/S/vP ··· 4/.833 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 329/243 .336/.377/.444/.821 1.002/.755 .837 97/.840 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 1/3.000 258/197 .218/.298/.358/.657 .656/.657 .634 77/.593 0/0 6/2

22.Corporan# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 87/40 .208/.267/.416/.683 .633/.746 .591 28/.893 0/0 5/1

30.Dominguez G/S/vP ··· 7/1.262 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 305/214 .244/.295/.394/.689 .764/.657 .664 107/.618 0/1 10/6

21.Fowler# G/S/vP 8/.929 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 4/1.167 2/.500 3/1.667 2/.000 316/232 .275/.383/.394/.777 .873/.742 .670 111/.861 6/3 5/3

9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 101/84 .264/.330/.374/.704 .665/.712 .833 45/.756 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 3/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 125/45 .205/.288/.286/.574 .507/.698 .408 24/.586 2/0 2/1

8.Presley* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 181/164 .234/.282/.317/.599 .912/.566 .580 51/.675 2/0 3/0

28.Singleton* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 73/50 .203/.288/.422/.710 1.058/.566 .629 73/.710 1/2 4/3

4.Springer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 254/183 .243/.343/.463/.806 .706/.841 1.001 104/.853 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 60.1 28.1 25.0 31.1 25.1 31.2 52.0 6.2 TOTAL .236/.311/.382/.692 .738/.673 .674 .708 54/18 79/48

ERA-K/9

4.33/7.3

5.72/8.3

2.88/13.7

1.44/10.4

2.49/7.8

3.69/9.9

3.98/6.6

1.35/8.1

3.88/8.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castro (37-13-4)
Corporan (11-2-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 273/.257 125/.214 102/.176 117/.168 109/.191 133/.225 229/.241 27/.167 .240 Springer
Presley
Fowler
Grossman
Sipp
Guzman
Gonzalez 0/0/57/4
36/9/12/3
0/71/0/1
29/2/1/0
1/0/1/0
4/0/0/0
4/0/1/0

OPS .709 .713 .626 .429 .654 .679 .696 .593 .683

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 78/.836 73/.766 45/.505 39/.520 53/.698 78/.710 87/.606 10/.775 .664

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 195/.657 52/.636 57/.720 78/.385 56/.608 55/.635 142/.753 17/.489 .699

Home 147/.628 80/.675 66/.678 59/.275 66/.447 78/.699 81/.558 19/.505

Last 28d days 110/.900 37/.726 34/.684 34/.362 43/.925 37/.432 54/.656 27/.593

HR/SB/CS 4/0/0 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·o·Xo·· ·····Xo· ·X·o·X·X ··X··X·· ···oX··X X··XX··X

Rays Batters (3.67 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.47 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 60.Keuchel*
G/S/vB 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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

11.Escobar G/S/vP 5/1.267 ··· 4/.833 8/.542 2/5.000 8/.393 2/.000 286/226 .243/.316/.329/.645 .908/.574 .613 91/.564 0/1 4/8

10.Forsythe G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 137/68 .198/.248/.246/.494 .515/.473 .554 34/.388 0/0 0/1

5.Guyer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 77/42 .264/.284/.347/.631 .658/.608 .531 12/.545 1/0 1/0

24.Hanigan G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· 2/2.500 2/1.000 156/125 .241/.325/.372/.697 .522/.741 .902 30/.914 0/0 4/0

8.Jennings G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· 1/2.000 4/.500 1/no AB 12/.384 2/.000 305/232 .242/.327/.381/.708 .778/.687 .672 104/.715 12/3 6/0

20.Joyce* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 2/.000 12/1.144 1/no AB 246/224 .267/.358/.393/.751 .141/.815 .851 77/.743 1/2 3/1

39.Kiermaier* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 1/.000 91/73 .301/.363/.590/.953 .284/1.123 .993 79/.985 1/1 4/1

21.Loney* G/S/vP 5/.450 1/.000 1/.000 15/.575 3/.000 8/.875 1/.000 311/224 .280/.338/.376/.714 .681/.727 .730 107/.684 2/0 3/3

3.Longoria G/S/vP 2/.000 1/3.000 4/.500 2/.000 1/no AB 12/.584 2/.000 328/244 .261/.329/.400/.729 .849/.689 .881 108/.741 3/0 9/5

28.Molina G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 8/.500 ··· 114/91 .152/.196/.152/.349 .451/.323 .315 46/.498 1/0 0/1

1.Rodriguez G/S/vP 6/1.167 ··· 3/.666 2/1.000 4/.833 5/.400 ··· 113/49 .214/.261/.495/.756 .802/.698 .787 35/.602 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 6/.500 2/2.000 2/1.000 3/1.167 8/.393 13/1.038 ··· 270/203 .248/.327/.370/.697 .835/.653 .709 90/.659 4/2 5/6

IP 95.2 17.1 28.1 25.2 17.2 43.2 11.2 TOTAL .245/.318/.371/.688 .674/.693 .729 .696 29/12 57/37

ERA-K/9

2.63/7.4

2.60/6.8

4.13/5.7

2.10/8.8

2.04/12.2

5.56/7.0

4.63/9.2

4.16/7.4

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 376/.226 69/.234 126/.290 105/.248 67/.159 199/.292 48/.302 .256 Joyce
Kiermaier
Jennings
Forsythe
Rodriguez
Guyer
Zobrist 46/0/7/3
1/7/21/1
0/67/0/0
2/0/0/0
14/0/0/0
16/6/1/0
8/0/2/0

OPS .605 .587 .804 .623 .470 .816 .966 .716

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 104/.564 35/.493 51/.801 46/.973 34/.309 102/.835 16/1.205 .687

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 272/.621 34/.686 75/.806 59/.359 33/.637 97/.797 32/.844 .740

Road 191/.536 34/.740 63/.718 55/.600 40/.502 94/.752 26/1.317

Last 28d days 104/.652 40/.564 43/.860 42/.429 43/.669 80/.769 18/.886

HR/SB/CS 5/1/1 0/1/1 2/2/1 2/5/1 2/0/0 6/2/0 3/1/0 63/48/15

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

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 5.11

PIT 4.08

SDP 2.99

RA/G

OAK 3.29

LAA 4.19

COL 5.07

T. Tulowitzki .362

H. Ramirez .266

C. Carter .185

OBP

T. Tulowitzki .452

B. Crawford .330

Y. Alonso .250

SLG

T. Tulowitzki .654

B. Gardner .408

W. Venable .290

OPS

T. Tulowitzki 1.106

M. Joyce .751

E. Cabrera .562

ERA

J. Cueto 1.92

B. Norris 3.62

E. Stults 5.76

K/9IP

S. Strasburg 10.89

D. Keuchel 7.43

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.