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Detroit Tigers vs. Houston Astros, at Comerica Park, May 24, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Sunday, May 24, 2015
Start Time:
1:08et (local)
Venue:
Comerica Park
Series:
Game #4 of a 4-game series
Average Temp:
70° (based on last ten years)
Astros
Manager:
A.J. Hinch
Game #:
45
On This Date:
15-29
Tigers
Manager:
Brad Ausmus
Game #:
45
On This Date:
58-47
Season Series
Thu, May 21, 2015 DET  6  HOU  5 (11)
Fri, May 22, 2015 DET  6  HOU  2     
Sat, May 23, 2015 HOU  3 @DET  2     

Sun, May 24, 2015 HOU    @DET  1:08pm
Fri, Aug 14, 2015 DET    @HOU  8:10pm
Sat, Aug 15, 2015 DET    @HOU  7:10pm
Sun, Aug 16, 2015 DET    @HOU  2:10pm

                         All times ET
Houston Astros
28-16, 1st, 5½ up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   15-10   Road:   13-6    ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  17-10   vsLHP:  11-6    1-Run:  11-4 
 vsEast:  4-0    vsCntrl: 2-4    vsWest: 18-11 IL: 4-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 44 Sat, May 23  @DET  W   3-2       28-16  1st  5.5 up
 43 Fri, May 22  @DET  L   2-6       27-16  1st  4.5 up
 42 Thu, May 21  @DET  L   5-6 (11)  27-15  1st  5.5 up
 41 Wed, May 20   OAK  W   6-1       27-14  1st  5.5 up
 40 Tue, May 19   OAK  W   6-4       26-14  1st  5.5 up
 39 Mon, May 18   OAK  L   1-2       25-14  1st  5.5 up
 38 Sun, May 17   TOR  W   4-2       25-13  1st  5.5 up
 37 Sat, May 16   TOR  W   6-5       24-13  1st  4.5 up
 36 Fri, May 15   TOR  W   8-4       23-13  1st  4.5 up
 35 Thu, May 14   TOR  W   6-4       22-13  1st  4.5 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:20-10
Detroit Tigers
26-18, 2nd, 3 GB, 3½ up in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   14-11   Road:   12-7    ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  18-15   vsLHP:   8-3    1-Run:   9-8 
 vsEast:  1-3    vsCntrl:18-10   vsWest:  2-1  IL: 5-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 44 Sat, May 23   HOU  L   2-3       26-18  2nd  3.0 gb
 43 Fri, May 22   HOU  W   6-2       26-17  2nd  2.0 gb
 42 Thu, May 21   HOU  W   6-5 (11)  25-17  2nd  2.0 gb
 41 Wed, May 20   MIL  W   5-2       24-17  2nd  2.5 gb
 40 Tue, May 19   MIL  L   1-8       23-17  2nd  2.5 gb
 39 Mon, May 18   MIL  L   2-3       23-16  2nd  1.5 gb
 38 Sun, May 17  @STL  L   1-2       23-15  2nd  1.0 gb
 37 Sat, May 16  @STL  W   4-3 (10)  23-14  1st    Tied
 36 Fri, May 15  @STL  W  10-4       22-14  2nd  1.0 gb
 35 Thu, May 14   MIN  W  13-1       21-14  2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, May 23, 2015 HOU  3 @DET  2        W:Lance McCullers (1-0), L: Kyle Lobstein (3-5), S: Luke Gregerson (11)
Fri, May 22, 2015 DET  6  HOU  2        W:Alfredo Simon (5-2), L: Collin McHugh (5-2), S: none
Thu, May 21, 2015 DET  6  HOU  5 (11)   W:Alex Wilson (1-0), L: Tony Sipp (2-1), S: none

Sun, Jun 29, 2014 HOU  6  DET  4        W:Scott Feldman (4-5), L: Drew Smyly (4-7), S: Tony Sipp (1)
Sat, Jun 28, 2014 DET  4 @HOU  3        W:Phil Coke (1-1), L: Jerome Williams (1-4), S: Joe Nathan (17)
Fri, Jun 27, 2014 HOU  4  DET  3 (11)   W:Jake Buchanan (1-1), L: Blaine Hardy (0-1), S: none
Thu, May 08, 2014 HOU  6 @DET  2        W:Dallas Keuchel (3-2), L: Drew Smyly (2-2), S: none
Wed, May 07, 2014 DET  3  HOU  2        W:Rick Porcello (5-1), L: Brad Peacock (0-3), S: Joe Nathan (7)
Tue, May 06, 2014 DET 11  HOU  4        W:Robbie Ray (1-0), L: Brett Oberholtzer (0-6), S: none
Mon, May 05, 2014 DET  2  HOU  0        W:Max Scherzer (4-1), L: Jarred Cosart (1-3), S: Joe Nathan (6)
Season Series: 2015 - DET over 2-1; 2014 - DET won 4-3; 2013 - DET won 6-1; All-Time - DET leads 18-14

SP: Roberto Hernandez (34, RHP, 2-3, 3.99)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (2-3) 49.2 48 27 22 14 23 7 3.99
2014 (8-11) 164.2 156 84 75 73 105 19 4.10
2013 (6-13) 151.0 164 87 82 38 113 24 4.89
Last 7 GS 2-2 45.0 43 22 21 10 21 7 4.20 51
2015-05-19 OAK W 6.0 7 2 2 2 3 1 105 51
2015-05-14 TOR ND 6.1 6 4 4 3 0 2 85 42
2015-05-08 @LAA L 7.2 7 2 2 0 3 0 92 60
2015-05-03 SEA ND 6.0 8 5 4 2 1 0 93 37
2015-04-28 @SDP W 6.0 6 3 3 1 6 2 94 53
2015-04-22 @SEA L 7.0 6 3 3 1 2 1 97 54
2015-04-17 LAA ND 6.0 3 3 3 1 6 1 96 59
Last 5 v.DET 2-3 25.2 38 22 19 12 18 2 6.66 38
2013-06-06 @DET L 5.1 10 4 4 1 6 1 84 37
2011-09-06 DET L 1.1 8 7 7 1 0 0 41 9
2011-08-11 DET L 7.0 7 4 3 2 6 0 110 53
2011-06-15 @DET W 5.0 7 4 2 2 3 1 103 42
2010-07-17 DET W 7.0 6 3 3 6 3 0 118 50

SP: Anibal Sanchez (31, RHP, 3-5, 5.60)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (3-5) 54.2 55 35 34 15 48 9 5.60
2014 (8-5) 126.0 108 55 48 30 102 4 3.43
2013 (14-8) 182.0 156 56 52 54 202 9 2.57
Last 7 GS 2-4 41.2 44 30 29 13 33 6 6.26 45
2015-05-19 MIL L 3.2 7 7 7 2 2 3 66 19
2015-05-14 MIN W 8.0 5 1 1 1 9 0 111 76
2015-05-09 KCR L 6.0 9 6 5 3 2 1 99 31
2015-05-03 @KCR W 7.1 4 3 3 1 4 0 104 61
2015-04-28 @MIN L 7.0 9 3 3 0 6 0 105 53
2015-04-23 NYY ND 6.1 1 1 1 4 8 0 111 71
2015-04-18 CHW L 3.1 9 9 9 2 2 2 80 6
Last 5 v.HOU 2-1 31.2 32 13 10 7 30 0 2.84 56
2013-05-13 HOU W 7.0 6 2 2 1 8 0 113 64
2012-05-08 @HOU ND 7.0 5 2 0 2 8 0 104 69
2012-04-15 HOU ND 6.0 5 3 2 3 7 0 104 56
2011-04-10 @HOU L 4.2 13 6 6 0 2 0 91 16
2010-08-20 HOU W 7.0 3 0 0 1 5 0 88 75

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Astros Batters (4.36 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (3.93 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 19.Sanchez
G/S/vB		 62.Alburquerque
G/S/vB		 44.Chamberlain
G/S/vB		 32.Gorzelanny*
G/S/vB		 65.Hardy*
G/S/vB		 60.Nesbitt
G/S/vB		 38.Soria
G/S/vB		 30.Wilson
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP 8/.500 3/1.000 3/.333 3/1.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/2.500 5/.000 198/138 .294/.345/.428/.773 .967/.692 .795 113/.759 14/5 5/1
23.Carter G/S/vP 6/.000 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 2/.000 166/108 .168/.277/.329/.606 .541/.639 .708 97/.710 0/0 7/3
15.Castro* G/S/vP 11/.546 1/2.000 2/.500 3/1.334 2/2.500 ··· 4/1.000 ··· 125/90 .232/.304/.420/.724 .661/.749 .628 69/.813 0/0 5/1
16.Conger# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/.200 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 45/19 .167/.318/.333/.652 .566/.768 .782 28/.577 0/0 2/1
11.Gattis G/S/vP 3/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 158/107 .187/.215/.393/.609 .490/.665 .425 91/.731 0/0 8/0
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP 4/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 5/.600 93/68 .244/.253/.411/.664 .792/.618 .603 66/.599 0/1 2/3
6.Marisnick G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 137/91 .278/.316/.421/.737 .559/.829 .975 87/.594 9/3 3/2
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 22/.641 2/1.000 3/.000 7/.286 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 2/1.500 138/99 .238/.297/.516/.813 .874/.789 .864 83/.817 1/1 8/1
4.Springer G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 164/112 .207/.335/.407/.743 .848/.695 .717 83/.870 10/1 6/3
20.Tucker* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 41/29 .286/.390/.486/.876 1.000/.825 .717 41/.876 0/0 1/0
18.Valbuena* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/2.000 2/.000 3/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 6/1.133 1/.000 166/122 .205/.271/.437/.708 .475/.794 .632 98/.701 1/0 10/2
2.Villar# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 62/31 .250/.311/.304/.615 .657/.573 .596 47/.720 3/1 0/6
IP 54.2 16.1 13.0 15.0 16.2 17.1 19.0 18.0 TOTAL .228/.300/.411/.711 .706/.714 .724 .729 39/12 62/25
ERA-K/9 5.60/7.9 4.41/6.6 1.38/6.2 3.00/7.2 3.24/7.5 3.12/6.8 1.42/7.1 1.50/5.5 3.56/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (18-11-2)
 Conger (5-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 231/.262 75/.273 56/.321 61/.286 71/.246 70/.222 68/.156 62/.167 .251  Springer
 Marisnick
 Rasmus
 Conger
 Tucker
 Gattis
 Villar
0/0/38/2
0/39/0/1
26/10/6/1
1/0/0/0
9/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
2/2/0/0
OPS .764 .784 .848 .780 .671 .593 .460 .444 .694
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 125/.707 33/.984 21/.952 28/.930 34/.561 32/.820 35/.570 34/.599 .743
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 106/.826 42/.627 35/.780 33/.658 37/.776 38/.397 33/.343 28/.254 .652
Home 148/.803 53/.858 30/.680 37/.681 39/.830 46/.731 32/.554 38/.428
Last 28d days 134/.749 43/.552 41/.943 29/.881 34/.517 40/.556 37/.574 52/.392
HR/SB/CS 9/5/1 3/3/0 1/0/0 1/1/0 0/0/0 1/0/1 2/0/0 1/1/0 36/20/12
Usage ····X··· X···X··· ·XooX··X oo····X· X·ooX··X ··oo·X·o ··oX···X ··X·ooo·
Tigers Batters (4.36 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (3.80 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 56.Hernandez
G/S/vB		 58.Buchanan
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 42/1.022 2/.500 1/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 5/1.850 10/.533 6/4.333 ··· 190/151 .342/.447/.595/1.042 1.154/1.015 .890 108/1.042 1/1 10/0
9.Castellanos G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 171/142 .234/.281/.386/.667 .774/.644 .734 97/.648 0/1 4/3
52.Cespedes G/S/vP 2/3.000 3/1.667 6/.500 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· 179/144 .286/.313/.476/.789 .655/.822 .760 103/.759 3/2 5/3
18.Collins* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/12 .200/.333/.200/.533 /.533 .533 12/.533 0/0 0/
20.Davis G/S/vP 22/.979 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 4/.250 5/.400 3/1.000 2/1.000 102/65 .278/.356/.433/.790 .954/.695 .833 53/.657 11/1 1/1
12.Gose* G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 135/121 .331/.366/.472/.838 .690/.854 .914 89/.826 7/3 1/2
50.Holaday G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/10 .300/.300/.700/1.000 /1.000 1.111 10/1.000 0/0 1/0
1.Iglesias G/S/vP 5/.800 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 136/102 .333/.388/.423/.811 1.083/.719 .772 70/.743 7/1 1/3
3.Kinsler G/S/vP 26/.535 1/.000 4/1.000 2/.500 1/.000 9/.347 2/.500 4/1.417 1/2.000 196/153 .295/.367/.382/.749 .627/.784 .720 112/.744 6/0 0/2
28.Martinez G/S/vP 5/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 3/.333 1/.000 3/.000 5/1.400 1/.000 1/.000 179/142 .265/.335/.481/.817 .712/.839 .919 100/.812 1/1 9/1
34.McCann G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/5.000 ··· 95/69 .300/.330/.444/.774 1.012/.692 .595 66/.903 0/0 2/0
26.Perez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 24/14 .083/.083/.083/.167 .200/.143 .167 14/.143 1/0 0/0
27.Romine# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 32/29 .310/.375/.310/.685 1.167/.641 .353 24/.583 4/3 0/1
IP 49.2 3.2 9.1 18.2 22.2 16.2 16.1 17.0 8.2 TOTAL .279/.343/.424/.767 .820/.753 .762 .752 41/13 37/19
ERA-K/9 3.99/4.2 0.00/7.3 0.96/15.5 3.86/7.7 0.40/11.5 2.70/8.1 2.76/11.6 1.06/9.5 3.12/11.4 3.46/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Holaday (2-0-0)
 McCann (10-8-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 202/.259 14/.154 35/.161 73/.221 80/.082 59/.190 67/.200 65/.169 37/.273 .239  Cespedes
 Martinez
 Gose
 Davis
 Romine
42/0/0/4
0/0/41/4
0/32/0/1
3/17/5/1
2/0/0/0
OPS .777 .522 .422 .686 .286 .569 .537 .493 .658 .672
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 100/.713 5/.000 17/.548 39/.845 38/.329 20/.421 26/.374 32/.508 23/.598 .657
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 102/.835 9/.833 18/.289 34/.510 42/.246 39/.641 41/.627 33/.478 14/.747 .684
Road 104/.694 7/.619 14/.845 29/.387 45/.206 23/.565 27/.606 30/.596 17/.686
Last 28d days 130/.822 14/.522 31/.440 41/.909 46/.290 28/.250 38/.515 30/.634 19/.669
HR/SB/CS 7/6/1 0/0/0 0/1/1 3/0/0 1/1/0 3/0/0 1/3/1 1/1/1 0/1/0 36/23/11
Usage ····X··· ··X··X·· ··o··o·o X···X·XX o·XX·X·· o··oo·o· ·X··o··· ··ooo··o 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 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  5.07

ATL  4.21

PHI  3.22

 RA/G

STL  3.09

BAL  4.33

COL  5.34

 BA

D. Gordon  .379

M. Trumbo  .268

C. Carter  .168

 OBP

B. Harper  .464

Z. Cozart  .325

E. Gattis  .215

 SLG

B. Harper  .729

K. Kiermaier  .418

J. Ramirez  .248

 OPS

B. Harper  1.194

A. Hechavarria  .740

J. Ramirez  .507

 ERA

A. Burnett  1.37

J. Teheran  3.91

K. Kendrick  6.58

 K/9IP

D. Salazar  12.36

J. Happ  7.23

J. Guthrie  3.42

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.