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Chicago White Sox vs. Houston Astros, at U.S. Cellular Field, June 9, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Start Time:

7:10ct (local), 8:10et

Venue:

U.S. Cellular Field

Series:

Game #2 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

72° (based on last ten years)

Astros

Manager:

A.J. Hinch

Game #:

On This Date:

27-22

White Sox

Manager:

Robin Ventura

Game #:

On This Date:

48-46

Season Series
Fri, May 29, 2015 CHW  6 @HOU  3 (11)
Sat, May 30, 2015 HOU  3  CHW  0     
Sun, May 31, 2015 CHW  6 @HOU  0     
Mon, Jun 08, 2015 CHW  3  HOU  1     

Tue, Jun 09, 2015 HOU    @CHW  8:10pm
Wed, Jun 10, 2015 HOU    @CHW  8:10pm

                         All times ET

Houston Astros

34-25, 1st, 3 up / Schedule

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

 Home:   19-13   Road:   15-12   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  22-14   vsLHP:  11-10   1-Run:  11-8 
 vsEast:  8-6    vsCntrl: 4-7    vsWest: 18-11 IL: 4-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 59 Mon, Jun  8  @CHW  L   1-3       34-25  1st  3.0 up
 58 Sun, Jun  7  @TOR  L   6-7       34-24  1st  3.5 up
 57 Sat, Jun  6  @TOR  L   2-7       34-23  1st  3.5 up
 56 Fri, Jun  5  @TOR  L   2-6       34-22  1st  4.5 up
 55 Thu, Jun  4   BAL  L   2-3       34-21  1st  5.5 up
 54 Wed, Jun  3   BAL  W   3-1       34-20  1st  6.0 up
 53 Tue, Jun  2   BAL  W   6-4       33-20  1st  5.0 up
 52 Mon, Jun  1   BAL  W   5-2       32-20  1st  4.0 up
 51 Sun, May 31   CHW  L   0-6       31-20  1st  4.0 up
 50 Sat, May 30   CHW  W   3-0       31-19  1st  5.0 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15

Chicago White Sox

26-30, 5th, 6½ GB, 5½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   14-12   Road:   12-18   ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  23-24   vsLHP:   3-6    1-Run:  11-7 
 vsEast:  2-4    vsCntrl:13-21   vsWest:  7-3  IL: 4-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 56 Mon, Jun  8   HOU  W   3-1       26-30  5th  6.5 gb
 55 Sun, Jun  7   DET  L   4-6       25-30  5th  7.5 gb
 54 Sat, Jun  6   DET  L   1-7       25-29  5th  6.5 gb
 53 Fri, Jun  5   DET  W   4-3 (11)  25-28  5th  6.5 gb
 52 Thu, Jun  4  @TEX  L   1-2 (11)  24-28  5th  7.5 gb
 51 Wed, Jun  3  @TEX  W   9-2       24-27  5th  6.5 gb
 50 Tue, Jun  2  @TEX  L   2-15      23-27  5th  7.0 gb
 49 Sun, May 31  @HOU  W   6-0       23-26  5th  7.0 gb
 48 Sat, May 30  @HOU  L   0-3       22-26  5th  7.5 gb
 47 Fri, May 29  @HOU  W   6-3 (11)  22-25  4th  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Jun 08, 2015 CHW  3  HOU  1        W:Chris Sale (6-2), L: Lance McCullers (2-1), S: David Robertson (11)
Sun, May 31, 2015 CHW  6 @HOU  0        W:John Danks (3-4), L: Roberto Hernandez (2-4), S: none
Sat, May 30, 2015 HOU  3  CHW  0        W:Dallas Keuchel (7-1), L: Jose Quintana (2-6), S: none
Fri, May 29, 2015 CHW  6 @HOU  3 (11)   W:Dan Jennings (1-1), L: Josh Fields (2-1), S: David Robertson (10)

Sun, Jul 20, 2014 HOU 11 @CHW  7        W:Tony Sipp (2-1), L: Daniel Webb (5-3), S: none
Sat, Jul 19, 2014 CHW  4  HOU  3        W:Hector Noesi (4-7), L: Dallas Keuchel (9-6), S: Zach Putnam (3)
Fri, Jul 18, 2014 CHW  3  HOU  2        W:Daniel Webb (5-2), L: Scott Feldman (4-7), S: Zach Putnam (2)
Sun, May 18, 2014 HOU  8  CHW  2        W:Brad Peacock (1-4), L: John Danks (3-4), S: none
Sat, May 17, 2014 HOU  6  CHW  5        W:Jarred Cosart (3-3), L: Hector Noesi (0-4), S: Chad Qualls (3)
Fri, May 16, 2014 CHW  7 @HOU  2        W:Jose Quintana (2-3), L: Collin McHugh (2-2), S: none
Season Series: 2015 - CHW over 3-1; 2014 - Tied 3-3; 2013 - HOU won 4-3; All-Time - CHW leads 20-18

SP: Dallas Keuchel (27, LHP, 7-1, 1.85)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (7-1)			87.2	59	19	18	22	67	3	1.85
2014 (12-9)			200.0	187	71	65	48	146	11	2.93
2013 (6-10)			153.2	184	96	88	52	123	20	5.15

Last 7 GS		4-1	50.2	43	16	15	11	45	3	2.66	62
2015-06-04	BAL	ND	6.0	6	2	2	1	7	0	108	58
2015-05-30	CHW	W	9.0	4	0	0	0	11	0	113	90
2015-05-25	@BAL	L	8.0	6	4	4	1	3	2	98	56
2015-05-20	OAK	W	7.0	6	1	0	2	4	0	106	65
2015-05-15	TOR	W	6.0	8	4	4	3	5	0	102	42
2015-05-09	@LAA	W	6.2	8	4	4	2	7	1	103	47
2015-05-04	TEX	ND	8.0	5	1	1	2	8	0	110	74

Last 5 v.CHW		2-1	20.1	20	6	5	4	20	0	2.21	60
2015-05-30	CHW	W	9.0	4	0	0	0	11	0	113	90
2014-07-19	@CHW	L	5.0	12	4	3	2	5	0	103	32
2013-06-16	CHW	W	6.1	4	2	2	2	4	0	92	59

SP: Carlos Rodon (22, LHP, 1-0, 3.12)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (1-0)			34.2	35	14	12	22	35	1	3.12

Last 7 GS		1-0	28.1	26	12	10	18	31	1	3.18	54
2015-06-04	@TEX	ND	6.0	5	1	1	3	10	0	108	65
2015-05-29	@HOU	ND	6.1	8	3	1	0	4	0	92	53
2015-05-20	CLE	ND	6.0	4	1	1	5	4	0	103	59
2015-05-15	@OAK	ND	4.0	5	5	5	6	5	1	96	31
2015-05-09	CIN	W	6.0	4	2	2	4	8	0	108	60

Last 5 v.HOU		0-0	6.1	8	3	1	0	4	0	1.42	53
2015-05-29	@HOU	ND	6.1	8	3	1	0	4	0	92	53

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Astros Batters (4.17 RS/G) vs. White Sox Pitchers (4.59 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 55.Rodon*
G/S/vB 33.Duke*
G/S/vB 48.Noesi
G/S/vB 52.Petricka
G/S/vB 57.Putnam
G/S/vB 30.Robertson
G/S/vB 40.Webb
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

27.Altuve G/S/vP 3/1.334 2/1.000 10/.900 4/.500 1/no AB 3/.333 4/.500 257/176 .300/.340/.409/.749 .964/.653 .789 106/.603 17/6 5/1

23.Carter G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· 7/.286 3/1.334 1/.000 6/2.100 4/.750 224/144 .195/.304/.379/.683 .653/.699 .647 100/.864 1/0 10/4

15.Castro* G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.834 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 157/115 .218/.287/.394/.681 .645/.695 .614 62/.678 0/0 6/1

16.Conger# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 71/29 .200/.314/.400/.714 .657/.796 .696 37/.691 0/0 3/2

11.Gattis G/S/vP 3/1.334 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 220/146 .230/.259/.469/.728 .616/.784 .660 103/.887 0/0 12/0

9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.500 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 125/90 .221/.228/.344/.572 .618/.554 .562 55/.509 1/1 2/4

6.Marisnick G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 171/109 .259/.300/.405/.705 .516/.816 .935 67/.463 10/3 4/2

28.Rasmus* G/S/vP ··· 16/.464 3/1.667 1/.000 1/.000 12/.000 ··· 169/125 .242/.308/.484/.791 .850/.771 .831 64/.778 1/1 8/1

4.Springer G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 7/1.572 2/.000 2/.500 ··· 4/.500 230/156 .236/.354/.419/.773 .845/.739 .802 111/.867 12/2 8/3

20.Tucker* G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 88/60 .263/.330/.438/.767 .816/.744 .696 74/.810 0/0 2/0

18.Valbuena* G/S/vP 3/.000 5/.000 3/.000 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 217/156 .184/.253/.398/.651 .410/.749 .540 88/.618 1/0 12/2

2.Villar# G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/no AB 3/.666 ··· 105/51 .263/.317/.368/.686 .710/.659 .660 69/.821 4/2 1/9

IP 34.2 23.0 29.2 19.0 17.2 24.2 6.2 TOTAL .234/.302/.411/.713 .706/.716 .717 .729 48/15 78/32

ERA-K/9

3.12/9.1

3.52/8.6

6.67/6.1

3.79/6.2

4.08/13.2

2.19/13.5

0.00/9.4

4.26/8.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castro (28-14-3)
Conger (10-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 157/.269 94/.256 136/.283 83/.316 77/.231 95/.176 24/.217 .270 Springer
Marisnick
Rasmus
Conger
Tucker
Gattis
Villar 0/0/53/3
0/51/0/2
32/17/6/1
1/0/0/0
21/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
4/2/0/0

OPS .712 .783 .884 .774 .703 .529 .511 .755

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 55/.652 29/.974 73/.827 29/.837 32/.787 39/.394 8/1.071 .739

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 102/.744 65/.708 63/.950 54/.740 45/.638 56/.622 16/.250 .763

Home 62/.632 42/.452 76/.806 47/.600 43/.570 54/.299 5/.400

Last 28d days 101/.709 33/.930 58/.972 43/.707 21/.516 42/.674 24/.511

HR/SB/CS 1/5/0 4/1/1 7/1/0 1/0/0 3/2/1 3/2/0 0/0/0 55/33/10

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White Sox Batters (3.63 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (3.90 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 60.Keuchel*
G/S/vB 35.Fields
G/S/vB 44.Gregerson
G/S/vB 36.Harris
G/S/vB 37.Neshek
G/S/vB 50.Qualls
G/S/vB 29.Sipp*
G/S/vB 54.Thatcher*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

79.Abreu G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 3/1.666 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 222/181 .275/.333/.471/.804 .644/.840 .793 93/.742 0/0 9/4

15.Beckham G/S/vP 9/.555 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 6/.533 3/.833 115/79 .255/.313/.382/.695 .471/.794 .657 71/.640 0/1 3/2

64.Bonifacio# G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 8/.700 ··· 3/.666 5/.500 ··· 1/.000 58/33 .200/.228/.218/.446 .458/.436 .616 29/.393 0/2 0/1

53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 11/.819 2/2.500 11/.664 1/.000 4/.250 4/1.167 7/.619 2/1.000 240/187 .228/.264/.259/.523 .176/.621 .479 108/.451 0/0 1/2

1.Eaton* G/S/vP 8/.750 1/.000 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 4/.833 1/2.000 231/176 .234/.290/.360/.650 .436/.720 .639 116/.740 3/2 3/3

21.Flowers G/S/vP 5/1.350 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 1/5.000 127/109 .198/.236/.322/.559 .520/.565 .438 61/.502 0/0 3/0

26.Garcia G/S/vP 6/1.166 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 194/158 .296/.351/.453/.803 .848/.792 .724 74/.874 1/3 7/1

12.Gillaspie* G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.000 2/.000 125/122 .246/.280/.373/.653 .667/.653 .751 46/.572 0/1 2/7

25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 9/.347 1/2.000 4/.500 2/3.500 2/.000 9/.347 2/3.500 11/.364 217/169 .240/.359/.404/.764 .560/.827 .654 103/.814 0/0 7/0

10.Ramirez G/S/vP 10/.422 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 4/.750 2/.500 5/.400 ··· 221/184 .233/.253/.319/.572 .564/.574 .687 104/.495 7/2 2/5

5.Sanchez# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 85/70 .145/.205/.184/.389 .414/.383 .205 82/.352 0/1 0/1

20.Shuck* G/S/vP 3/.000 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 64/58 .268/.333/.286/.619 .333/.641 .802 37/.664 4/1 0/0

58.Soto G/S/vP 17/.561 1/.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/3.000 ··· 81/62 .211/.259/.342/.601 .721/.565 .658 41/.617 0/0 2/4

IP 87.2 15.0 24.0 27.2 21.2 20.1 20.2 11.1 TOTAL .240/.294/.351/.645 .516/.677 .639 .614 18/15 39/36

ERA-K/9

1.85/6.9

2.40/15.0

4.50/10.1

0.65/10.4

2.08/7.9

4.43/9.8

2.18/10.4

2.38/10.4

3.64/7.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Flowers (22-8-4)
Soto (11-2-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 335/.189 58/.176 97/.242 96/.080 76/.162 83/.224 80/.189 46/.225 .240 Garcia
Eaton
Cabrera
Shuck
Bonifacio 0/0/48/8
0/52/0/4
55/0/0/3
3/4/12/2
1/3/0/0

OPS .486 .494 .717 .304 .484 .647 .555 .558 .676

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 69/.316 26/.656 51/.739 46/.295 26/.367 33/.355 37/.699 26/.573 .652

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 266/.530 32/.362 46/.693 50/.312 50/.540 50/.821 43/.435 20/.533 .694

Road 143/.509 28/.757 42/.652 49/.300 31/.526 35/.676 39/.590 24/.477

Last 28d days 141/.539 35/.490 47/.918 39/.321 31/.262 35/.657 24/.792 15/.358

HR/SB/CS 3/2/0 0/2/2 4/3/0 2/1/0 3/0/0 3/3/1 2/1/1 0/1/0 51/38/15

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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 2015 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

TOR 5.32

DET 4.12

PHI 3.22

RA/G

STL 2.95

DET 4.17

COL 5.02

D. Gordon .366

S. Castro .265

S. Drew .168

OBP

P. Goldschmidt .466

G. Polanco .324

O. Infante .225

SLG

B. Harper .706

G. Springer .419

M. Cabrera .259

OPS

B. Harper 1.170

N. Markakis .748

M. Cabrera .523

ERA

S. Gray 1.65

A. Warren 3.64

K. Lohse 6.59

K/9IP

D. Salazar 11.82

Y. Ventura 7.28

J. Guthrie 3.73

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.