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Texas Rangers vs. Houston Astros, at Globe Life Park in Arlington, September 23, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Start Time:
7:05ct (local), 8:05et
Venue:
Globe Life Park in Arlington
Tickets:
Series:
Game #2 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
85° (based on last ten years)
Astros
Manager:
Game #:
158
On This Date:
15-27
Rangers
Manager:
Game #:
157
On This Date:
28-17
Season Series
Fri, Apr 11, 2014 TEX  1  HOU  0 (12)
Sat, Apr 12, 2014 HOU  6 @TEX  5 (10)
Sun, Apr 13, 2014 TEX  1  HOU  0     
Mon, May 12, 2014 TEX  4 @HOU  0     
Tue, May 13, 2014 HOU  8  TEX  0     
Wed, May 14, 2014 HOU  5  TEX  4     
Mon, Jul 07, 2014 HOU 12 @TEX  7     
Tue, Jul 08, 2014 HOU  8 @TEX  3     
Wed, Jul 09, 2014 HOU  8 @TEX  4     
Fri, Aug 08, 2014 HOU  4  TEX  3     
Sat, Aug 09, 2014 HOU  8  TEX  3     
Sun, Aug 10, 2014 TEX  6 @HOU  2     
Thu, Aug 28, 2014 HOU  4  TEX  2     
Fri, Aug 29, 2014 TEX 13 @HOU  6     
Sat, Aug 30, 2014 HOU  2  TEX  0     
Sun, Aug 31, 2014 HOU  3  TEX  2     
Mon, Sep 22, 2014 TEX  4  HOU  3     

Tue, Sep 23, 2014 HOU    @TEX  8:05pm
Wed, Sep 24, 2014 HOU    @TEX  8:05pm

                         All times ET
69-88, 4th, 27 GB, 17½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   38-43   Road:   31-45   ExtrInn: 6-5 
 vsRHP:  49-62   vsLHP:  20-26   1-Run:  17-26
 vsEast: 16-18   vsCntrl:14-18   vsWest: 35-39 IL: 4-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
157 Mon, Sep 22  @TEX  L   3-4       69-88  4th 27.0 gb
156 Sun, Sep 21   SEA  W   8-3       69-87  4th 27.0 gb
155 Sat, Sep 20   SEA  W  10-1       68-87  4th 28.0 gb
154 Fri, Sep 19   SEA  L   5-10      67-87  4th 28.0 gb
153 Thu, Sep 18   CLE  L   1-2 (13)  67-86  4th 28.0 gb
152 Wed, Sep 17   CLE  L   0-2       67-85  4th 28.0 gb
151 Tue, Sep 16   CLE  L   2-4       67-84  4th 27.0 gb
150 Mon, Sep 15   CLE  W   3-1       67-83  4th 27.0 gb
149 Sun, Sep 14  @LAA  W   6-1       66-83  4th 27.0 gb
148 Sat, Sep 13  @LAA  L   2-5       65-83  4th 28.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15
63-93, 5th, 32½ GB, 23 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   29-46   Road:   34-47   ExtrInn: 2-5 
 vsRHP:  42-65   vsLHP:  21-28   1-Run:  22-22
 vsEast: 10-23   vsCntrl:14-19   vsWest: 29-41 IL:10-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
156 Mon, Sep 22   HOU  W   4-3       63-93  5th 32.5 gb
155 Sun, Sep 21  @LAA  W   2-1       62-93  5th 33.5 gb
154 Sat, Sep 20  @LAA  L   5-8       61-93  5th 34.5 gb
153 Fri, Sep 19  @LAA  W  12-3       61-92  5th 33.5 gb
152 Thu, Sep 18  @OAK  W   7-2       60-92  5th 34.5 gb
151 Wed, Sep 17  @OAK  W   6-1       59-92  5th 35.5 gb
150 Tue, Sep 16  @OAK  W   6-3       58-92  5th 35.5 gb
149 Sun, Sep 14   ATL  W  10-3       57-92  5th 36.0 gb
148 Sat, Sep 13   ATL  W   3-2       56-92  5th 37.0 gb
147 Fri, Sep 12   ATL  W   2-1       55-92  5th 37.0 gb
 Last 10: 9-1    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Sep 22, 2014 TEX  4  HOU  3        W:Derek Holland (2-0), L: Nick Tropeano (1-2), S: Neftali Feliz (12)
Sun, Aug 31, 2014 HOU  3  TEX  2        W:Jose Veras (3-1), L: Neal Cotts (2-8), S: Chad Qualls (16)
Sat, Aug 30, 2014 HOU  2  TEX  0        W:Scott Feldman (8-10), L: Phil Klein (0-2), S: none
Fri, Aug 29, 2014 TEX 13 @HOU  6        W:Scott Baker (3-3), L: Brett Oberholtzer (4-10), S: none
Thu, Aug 28, 2014 HOU  4  TEX  2        W:Collin McHugh (7-9), L: Roman Mendez (0-1), S: Tony Sipp (2)
Sun, Aug 10, 2014 TEX  6 @HOU  2        W:Nick Martinez (2-8), L: Dallas Keuchel (10-8), S: none
Sat, Aug 09, 2014 HOU  8  TEX  3        W:Scott Feldman (6-8), L: Yu Darvish (10-7), S: none
Fri, Aug 08, 2014 HOU  4  TEX  3        W:Jose Veras (2-1), L: Neal Cotts (2-6), S: Chad Qualls (13)
Wed, Jul 09, 2014 HOU  8 @TEX  4        W:Dallas Keuchel (9-5), L: Yu Darvish (8-5), S: none
Tue, Jul 08, 2014 HOU  8 @TEX  3        W:Brad Peacock (3-5), L: Phil Irwin (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2014 - HOU over 11-6; 2013 - TEX won 17-2; 2012 - TEX won 5-1; All-Time - TEX leads 65-43

SP: Brett Oberholtzer (24, LHP, 5-12, 4.39)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (5-12) 139.1 161 71 68 26 91 11 4.39
2013 (4-5) 71.2 66 26 22 13 45 7 2.76
Last 7 GS 1-5 41.2 51 26 24 4 29 3 5.18 46
2014-09-17 CLE L 7.2 7 2 2 0 3 0 94 60
2014-09-12 @LAA L 4.1 5 6 4 0 6 0 75 39
2014-09-05 @OAK W 6.1 7 3 3 2 1 0 102 46
2014-08-29 TEX L 4.1 9 7 7 1 2 1 76 18
2014-08-24 @CLE L 6.2 10 3 3 0 6 0 103 48
2014-08-19 @NYY ND 5.1 7 4 4 1 7 1 94 44
2014-08-13 MIN L 7.0 6 1 1 0 4 1 100 65
Last 5 v.TEX 0-3 25.0 27 12 12 4 19 2 4.32 51
2014-08-29 TEX L 4.1 9 7 7 1 2 1 76 18
2014-08-08 TEX ND 7.0 6 2 2 1 4 1 101 60
2014-04-13 @TEX L 7.0 5 1 1 0 7 0 89 70
2013-08-12 TEX L 6.2 7 2 2 2 6 0 98 56

SP: Nick Martinez (23, RHP, 4-11, 4.85)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (4-11) 128.0 141 77 69 55 70 18 4.85
Last 7 GS 2-3 40.0 37 20 18 15 26 4 4.05 50
2014-09-18 @OAK W 5.2 3 2 2 3 2 0 79 54
2014-09-11 LAA L 6.0 4 4 2 1 3 1 103 54
2014-09-06 SEA ND 6.0 6 2 2 1 4 1 93 55
2014-08-31 @HOU ND 5.1 6 1 1 3 4 0 104 53
2014-08-26 @SEA L 5.0 6 5 5 4 0 1 97 31
2014-08-20 @MIA W 6.0 6 2 2 2 7 0 96 57
2014-08-15 LAA L 6.0 6 4 4 1 6 1 103 49
Last 5 v.HOU 1-0 10.1 11 3 3 5 10 0 2.61 53
2014-08-31 @HOU ND 5.1 6 1 1 3 4 0 104 53
2014-08-10 @HOU W 5.0 5 2 2 2 6 0 102 53
Astros Batters (3.95 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.85 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 22.Martinez
G/S/vB
65.Claudio*
G/S/vB
56.Cotts*
G/S/vB
62.Edwards
G/S/vB
30.Feliz
G/S/vB
50.Kirkman*
G/S/vB
64.Klein
G/S/vB
55.Mendez
G/S/vB
44.Patton
G/S/vB
46.Ross*
G/S/vB
37.Tolleson
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP 8/1.625 1/2.000 3/1.334 ··· 4/1.250 2/1.000 1/3.000 4/.583 ··· 4/.250 5/.650 687/528 .345/.380/.459/.839 1.026/.782 .783 107/1.004 54/9 7/10
23.Carter G/S/vP 7/.143 1/no AB 6/.334 ··· 3/2.334 2/.000 2/.000 4/.250 ··· 3/.000 5/.933 556/399 .232/.315/.503/.818 .887/.791 .809 102/.843 5/2 37/3
15.Castro* G/S/vP 8/.804 1/.000 5/.400 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· 4/1.833 1/.000 505/380 .223/.288/.367/.655 .625/.665 .606 65/.617 1/0 14/4
22.Corporan# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 1/3.000 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 4/.500 183/107 .238/.302/.384/.686 .623/.733 .645 21/.778 0/0 6/3
30.Dominguez G/S/vP 6/1.334 ··· 5/1.400 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 3/.333 6/.334 595/428 .215/.256/.332/.588 .687/.550 .552 73/.454 0/1 16/11
21.Fowler# G/S/vP 5/1.467 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 2/.000 3/1.167 ··· 2/.000 4/1.000 493/372 .273/.370/.398/.768 .880/.731 .713 102/.702 9/4 8/5
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/.000 4/.750 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 303/262 .269/.318/.387/.705 .776/.693 .696 39/.714 2/4 6/7
19.Grossman# G/S/vP 6/.167 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 3/.000 5/1.000 402/302 .231/.336/.333/.669 .578/.699 .729 94/.740 8/3 6/3
14.Guzman G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/1.167 3/.666 182/68 .189/.269/.250/.519 .485/.577 .358 19/.388 3/0 2/2
Hoes G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 135/60 .174/.231/.289/.521 .718/.280 .546 1/.000 0/0 3/2
18.Krauss* G/S/vP 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 206/196 .196/.282/.326/.608 1.100/.580 .753 14/.377 0/0 6/4
6.Marisnick G/S/vP 4/.000 1/2.000 3/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 4/1.167 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 220/168 .250/.284/.324/.608 .679/.586 .463 83/.718 11/3 3/2
3.Petit G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 90/61 .284/.300/.432/.732 1.094/.562 1.000 46/.696 0/0 2/2
8.Presley* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 259/234 .252/.291/.360/.650 .810/.634 .610 38/.651 5/1 6/0
28.Singleton* G/S/vP 5/.200 1/.000 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 2/.000 354/265 .169/.288/.338/.626 .805/.565 .636 60/.413 2/3 13/11
12.Stassi G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 15/12 .333/.333/.400/.733 1.000/.667 .556 15/.733 0/0 0/1
2.Villar# G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 280/188 .212/.268/.349/.617 .667/.593 .497 33/.764 17/4 6/17
IP 128.0 10.2 63.2 8.1 29.2 4.1 17.0 31.1 7.0 75.2 70.2 TOTAL .243/.310/.385/.695 .752/.675 .678 .707 117/36 162/104
ERA-K/9 4.85/4.9 3.38/10.9 4.10/8.8 4.32/9.8 2.12/6.1 2.08/6.3 2.65/10.6 2.30/5.8 1.29/9.0 6.42/5.8 2.80/8.7 4.57/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (77-23-11)
 Corporan (23-7-1)
 Stassi (2-1-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 564/.283 49/.267 274/.255 43/.351 114/.184 18/.267 72/.164 129/.167 27/.160 356/.324 291/.210 .273  Marisnick
 Grossman
 Hoes
 Fowler
 Presley
 Krauss
 Gonzalez
 Sipp
 Carter
 Guzman
2/28/29/6
62/6/32/6
36/0/12/4
0/108/0/4
43/21/17/3
19/0/5/1
4/0/1/0
1/0/1/0
6/0/0/0
8/0/0/0
OPS .822 .682 .712 .820 .588 .789 .652 .555 .422 .864 .657 .769
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 316/.862 20/.411 96/.801 17/.971 59/.478 14/1.045 30/1.080 65/.574 7/.929 111/.791 122/.648 .774
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 248/.774 29/.875 178/.665 26/.709 55/.701 4/.000 42/.353 64/.533 20/.255 245/.897 169/.663 .764
Home 203/.877 29/.789 136/.650 25/.981 62/.445 8/.708 34/.464 64/.485 17/.310 216/.863 146/.665
Last 28d days 95/.682 29/.875 36/.995 23/1.039 28/.481 18/.789 35/.629 42/.757 27/.422 50/.781 37/.600
HR/SB/CS 18/4/4 0/1/0 6/3/1 0/2/0 5/1/0 0/3/0 2/4/0 2/2/0 0/0/0 9/2/2 10/4/2 157/82/33
Usage ····X··· ···o···· ····o·o· ···X···· Xo····o· ·oo·oo·· ···X·o·· X·o···X· ··X·X··· ···X·X·· ·o··Xo··
Rangers Batters (3.98 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.49 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 39.Oberholtzer*
G/S/vB
58.Buchanan
G/S/vB
66.Chapman*
G/S/vB
44.Deduno
G/S/vB
67.De Leon
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/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP 13/.265 1/.000 1/5.000 6/.533 3/.000 2/.000 5/.000 2/.500 5/1.200 5/1.600 10/.956 659/482 .263/.314/.333/.648 .785/.599 .653 91/.596 26/14 2/18
7.Arencibia G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 3/.000 3/.000 218/144 .175/.234/.365/.599 .799/.499 .532 35/.623 0/0 10/4
29.Beltre G/S/vP 10/1.400 1/no AB ··· 9/2.112 2/1.000 1/.000 6/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.000 9/.666 590/441 .323/.386/.490/.876 .991/.839 .957 102/.833 1/1 18/11
61.Chirinos G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 324/225 .243/.297/.408/.704 .753/.683 .625 36/.823 0/1 11/4
15.Choice G/S/vP 7/1.429 2/1.000 1/5.000 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 280/188 .182/.250/.320/.570 .709/.505 .547 57/.634 1/0 9/4
2.Martin* G/S/vP 12/.606 ··· 6/.400 3/1.667 1/.000 6/.334 2/2.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 3/.000 562/418 .277/.330/.371/.701 .583/.741 .786 100/.786 29/11 7/8
12.Odor* G/S/vP 5/.200 2/3.500 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 3/.666 4/.250 1/.000 398/283 .258/.296/.394/.690 .631/.713 .578 89/.829 3/7 8/9
51.Rios G/S/vP 9/.333 1/.000 ··· 8/.625 ··· ··· 4/.000 1/.000 3/.000 6/2.100 14/.607 521/388 .280/.311/.398/.709 .898/.646 .712 28/.706 17/9 4/6
19.Robertson G/S/vP 6/.900 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 185/82 .275/.337/.335/.672 .811/.499 .572 47/.528 4/4 0/2
60.Rodriguez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/7 .222/.300/.222/.522 .000/.762 .583 10/.522 0/0 0/1
9.Rosales G/S/vP 5/.800 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/3.000 2/.000 ··· 165/95 .291/.360/.419/.779 .903/.694 .764 89/.655 4/2 4/1
16.Rua G/S/vP 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 88/63 .302/.318/.395/.714 .858/.657 .636 88/.714 1/0 1/0
3.Sardinas# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 115/86 .262/.295/.308/.603 .824/.528 .694 43/.531 3/1 0/4
20.Smolinski G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 70/55 .354/.400/.508/.908 1.533/.736 1.102 30/.885 0/0 2/0
6.Telis# G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 64/53 .262/.286/.279/.564 .400/.596 .577 60/.569 0/0 0/1
IP 139.1 32.0 19.2 96.2 4.2 34.2 54.2 15.1 49.1 48.0 44.0 TOTAL .257/.315/.375/.690 .756/.665 .678 .694 97/57 105/104
ERA-K/9 4.39/5.9 5.06/5.1 5.03/8.7 4.66/7.4 5.79/3.8 5.45/7.0 4.45/11.5 4.70/7.6 3.47/7.7 3.19/11.4 3.89/10.0 4.15/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Arencibia (9-3-3)
 Chirinos (44-26-5)
 Telis (13-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 599/.290 142/.310 90/.276 429/.258 24/.400 148/.226 231/.242 69/.286 207/.273 188/.155 193/.216 .261  Martin
 Robertson
 Rios
 Choice
 Smolinski
 Rua
0/147/0/10
30/20/16/7
0/0/114/6
41/7/17/5
10/0/5/0
13/0/0/0
OPS .737 .819 .804 .742 1.158 .695 .637 .792 .686 .494 .669 .718
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 144/.726 84/.828 49/.746 223/.779 12/.900 83/.671 105/.665 37/1.011 105/.844 93/.472 74/.725 .717
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 455/.740 58/.802 41/.863 206/.702 12/1.417 65/.726 126/.613 32/.548 102/.532 95/.516 119/.637 .718
Road 287/.699 70/.847 51/.722 208/.780 12/1.694 72/.645 114/.686 38/.813 92/.600 107/.543 89/.495
Last 28d days 101/.723 36/.904 33/.701 31/.614 24/1.158 15/1.267 14/.214 26/.490 21/.952 29/.472 38/.384
HR/SB/CS 11/9/2 4/1/1 3/0/0 9/13/1 1/1/1 2/4/1 2/7/0 2/1/0 5/9/2 4/2/2 4/6/0 132/102/31
Usage ·····X·· ···X··o· oo··X··o ···XX··o o··X··X· ···o··X· ········ ··X··o·· ····o··o ·X··o··· ·o··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

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.