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Houston Astros vs. Texas Rangers, at Minute Maid Park, May 6, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
Start Time:
7:10ct (local), 8:10et
Venue:
Minute Maid Park
Tickets:
Tickets for games at Minute Maid Park
Series:
Game #3 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
79° (based on last ten years)
Rangers
Manager:
Jeff Banister
Game #:
27
On This Date:
20-26
Astros
Manager:
A.J. Hinch
Game #:
28
On This Date:
15-30
Season Series
Fri, Apr 10, 2015 HOU  5 @TEX  1     
Sat, Apr 11, 2015 TEX  6  HOU  2     
Sun, Apr 12, 2015 HOU  6 @TEX  4 (14)
Mon, May 04, 2015 TEX  2 @HOU  1     
Tue, May 05, 2015 TEX  7 @HOU  1     

Wed, May 06, 2015 TEX    @HOU  8:10pm
Fri, Jul 17, 2015 TEX    @HOU  8:10pm
Sat, Jul 18, 2015 TEX    @HOU  7:10pm
Sun, Jul 19, 2015 TEX    @HOU  2:10pm
Mon, Aug 03, 2015 HOU    @TEX  8:05pm
Tue, Aug 04, 2015 HOU    @TEX  8:05pm
Wed, Aug 05, 2015 HOU    @TEX  8:05pm
Mon, Sep 14, 2015 HOU    @TEX  8:05pm
Tue, Sep 15, 2015 HOU    @TEX  8:05pm
Wed, Sep 16, 2015 HOU    @TEX  8:05pm
Thu, Sep 17, 2015 HOU    @TEX  8:05pm
Fri, Sep 25, 2015 TEX    @HOU  8:10pm
Sat, Sep 26, 2015 TEX    @HOU  7:10pm
Sun, Sep 27, 2015 TEX    @HOU  2:10pm

                         All times ET
Texas Rangers
10-16, 5th, 7½ GB, 6½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    3-9    Road:    7-7    ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:   6-9    vsLHP:   4-7    1-Run:   3-3 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  9-15 IL: 1-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 26 Tue, May  5  @HOU  W   7-1       10-16  5th  7.5 gb
 25 Mon, May  4  @HOU  W   2-1        9-16  5th  8.5 gb
 24 Sun, May  3   OAK  L   1-7        8-16  5th  9.5 gb
 23 Sat, May  2   OAK  W   8-7 (10)   8-15  5th  8.5 gb
 22 Fri, May  1   OAK  L   5-7        7-15  5th  8.5 gb
 21 Wed, Apr 29   SEA  L   2-5        7-14  5th  7.0 gb
 20 Tue, Apr 28   SEA  L   1-2        7-13  5th  6.0 gb
 19 Mon, Apr 27   SEA  L   1-3        7-12  5th  5.0 gb
 18 Sun, Apr 26  @LAA  W   5-4 (11)   7-11  3rd  4.0 gb
 17 Sat, Apr 25  @LAA  L   1-4        6-11  5th  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:10-16
Houston Astros
18-9, 1st, 6 up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    8-7    Road:   10-2    ExtrInn: 3-0 
 vsRHP:  10-5    vsLHP:   8-4    1-Run:   6-2 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 1-2    vsWest: 14-7  IL: 3-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 27 Tue, May  5   TEX  L   1-7       18-9   1st  6.0 up
 26 Mon, May  4   TEX  L   1-2       18-8   1st  7.0 up
 25 Sun, May  3   SEA  W   7-6       18-7   1st  7.0 up
 24 Sat, May  2   SEA  W  11-4       17-7   1st  6.0 up
 23 Fri, May  1   SEA  W   4-3       16-7   1st  5.0 up
 22 Thu, Apr 30   SEA  W   3-2 (10)  15-7   1st  4.0 up
 21 Wed, Apr 29  @SDP  W   7-2       14-7   1st  4.0 up
 20 Tue, Apr 28  @SDP  W  14-3       13-7   1st  4.0 up
 19 Mon, Apr 27  @SDP  W   9-4       12-7   1st  3.0 up
 18 Sun, Apr 26  @OAK  W   7-6       11-7   1st  2.5 up
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:18-9 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, May 05, 2015 TEX  7 @HOU  1        W:Wandy Rodriguez (1-1), L: Scott Feldman (2-3), S: none
Mon, May 04, 2015 TEX  2 @HOU  1        W:Keone Kela (2-1), L: Chad Qualls (0-2), S: Neftali Feliz (3)
Sun, Apr 12, 2015 HOU  6 @TEX  4 (14)   W:Will Harris (1-0), L: Logan Verrett (0-1), S: Sam Deduno (1)
Sat, Apr 11, 2015 TEX  6  HOU  2        W:Yovani Gallardo (1-1), L: Roberto Hernandez (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 10, 2015 HOU  5 @TEX  1        W:Collin McHugh (1-0), L: Derek Holland (0-1), S: none

Wed, Sep 24, 2014 TEX  5  HOU  1        W:Lisalverto Bonilla (3-0), L: Scott Feldman (8-12), S: none
Tue, Sep 23, 2014 TEX  2  HOU  1        W:Nick Martinez (5-11), L: Brett Oberholtzer (5-13), S: Neal Cotts (2)
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
Season Series: 2015 - TEX over 3-2; 2014 - HOU won 11-8; 2013 - TEX won 17-2; All-Time - TEX leads 70-45

SP: Colby Lewis (35, RHP, 1-2, 3.00)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (1-2) 30.0 26 10 10 8 23 3 3.00
2014 (10-14) 170.1 211 107 98 48 133 25 5.18
2012 (6-6) 105.0 99 48 40 14 93 16 3.43
Last 7 GS 1-3 42.0 41 19 18 14 33 6 3.86 52
2015-05-01 OAK ND 6.0 2 0 0 2 8 0 97 74
2015-04-25 @LAA L 5.0 4 2 2 2 4 0 94 53
2015-04-18 @SEA L 5.2 10 3 3 2 2 1 103 37
2015-04-12 HOU ND 7.1 7 4 4 0 5 2 99 53
2015-04-07 @OAK W 6.0 3 1 1 2 4 0 93 64
2014-09-25 OAK ND 7.0 6 1 1 5 7 0 113 63
2014-09-20 @LAA L 5.0 9 8 7 1 3 3 83 21
Last 5 v.HOU 4-0 34.2 27 8 8 4 35 4 2.08 65
2015-04-12 HOU ND 7.1 7 4 4 0 5 2 99 53
2014-05-12 @HOU W 5.2 7 0 0 2 8 0 108 61
2012-06-17 HOU W 7.0 3 1 1 1 10 0 92 76
2012-05-20 @HOU W 8.0 4 1 1 1 6 1 122 75
2011-06-29 @HOU W 6.2 6 2 2 0 6 1 74 60

SP: Sam Deduno (31, RHP, 0-0, 2.70)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (0-0) 13.1 10 4 4 5 11 0 2.70
2014 (2-6) 100.2 97 53 50 46 83 9 4.47
2013 (8-8) 108.0 105 48 46 41 67 7 3.83
Last 7 GS 1-3 29.2 34 21 21 17 20 4 6.37 42
2015-05-01 SEA ND 4.0 3 1 1 2 4 0 61 54
2014-09-27 @NYM ND 4.0 2 0 0 1 4 0 65 61
2014-06-14 @DET L 2.2 7 7 7 2 3 2 67 17
2014-06-08 HOU L 3.0 3 5 5 4 1 1 79 30
2014-06-03 @MIL W 5.0 6 2 2 4 2 0 93 45
2014-05-29 TEX ND 5.1 9 4 4 1 2 0 102 35
2014-05-24 @SFG L 5.2 4 2 2 3 4 1 92 54
Last 5 v.TEX 0-1 15.2 26 14 14 5 5 3 8.04 32
2014-05-29 TEX ND 5.1 9 4 4 1 2 0 102 35
2012-08-24 @TEX L 5.0 11 7 7 1 0 1 85 16
2012-07-07 @TEX ND 5.1 6 3 3 3 3 2 83 44

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

Rangers Batters (3.77 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (3.59 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 45.Deduno
G/S/vB		 66.Chapman*
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/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP 7/.453 2/5.000 6/.000 4/.000 2/.000 5/.000 6/1.000 6/1.333 2/2.000 116/71 .240/.298/.317/.616 .861/.462 .615 104/.644 4/1 1/7
29.Beltre G/S/vP 10/1.900 1/.000 7/.858 7/1.000 2/1.000 12/1.060 3/1.000 5/.600 1/3.000 112/72 .219/.268/.343/.611 .651/.588 .653 101/.680 1/0 2/4
88.Blanks G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/3.000 ··· 25/15 .391/.440/.826/1.266 2.000/.708 1.375 25/1.266 1/0 3/0
61.Chirinos G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 61/39 .154/.250/.327/.577 1.118/.270 .508 55/.621 0/0 2/2
17.Choo* G/S/vP 12/.817 5/.200 1/no AB 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 4/1.250 4/.250 2/1.000 86/54 .151/.267/.315/.583 .659/.539 .523 79/.597 0/0 2/1
3.Corporan# G/S/vP 5/.650 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 43/27 .206/.326/.353/.679 .913/.491 .582 39/.720 0/0 1/0
7.DeShields G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 23/7 .143/.217/.238/.455 .536/.286 .708 22/.382 3/0 0/1
84.Fielder* G/S/vP 12/1.292 1/.000 1/.000 7/2.024 1/.000 3/1.167 14/.214 5/.400 4/.500 113/66 .350/.407/.485/.893 .759/.988 .821 101/.901 0/0 2/4
2.Martin* G/S/vP 3/1.667 6/.400 2/2.000 3/.666 2/.000 1/.000 4/.000 5/.000 ··· 111/64 .221/.255/.298/.553 .676/.460 .743 99/.559 6/2 1/0
12.Odor* G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 5/.650 6/1.000 3/.666 99/61 .151/.263/.244/.507 .449/.543 .400 89/.539 1/2 1/3
43.Peguero* G/S/vP 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.334 1/no AB 49/42 .184/.367/.368/.736 .971/.697 .473 49/.736 1/0 1/0
9.Rosales G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 ··· 29/2 .148/.207/.259/.466 .425/1.000 .399 26/.522 0/0 1/1
20.Smolinski G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 60/24 .146/.300/.229/.529 .678/.303 .523 56/.548 1/0 1/0
IP 13.1 4.0 4.2 13.0 13.0 10.1 10.1 12.1 6.1 TOTAL .220/.302/.346/.647 .736/.588 .631 .682 18/5 19/24
ERA-K/9 2.70/7.4 2.25/11.2 1.93/17.2 2.77/6.9 0.00/11.8 4.35/10.5 3.48/12.2 0.73/8.0 2.84/11.4 3.22/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Chirinos (11-2-1)
 Corporan (7-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 55/.213 14/.154 19/.222 47/.178 46/.049 39/.211 42/.194 49/.163 25/.261 .224  Martin
 Choo
 Peguero
 DeShields
 Smolinski
0/25/0/4
0/0/20/1
12/1/5/1
4/3/0/1
15/0/6/0
OPS .634 .599 .541 .568 .201 .684 .567 .467 .541 .643
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 35/.649 9/.222 10/.700 27/.682 26/.157 17/.500 21/.301 28/.588 16/.579 .661
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 20/.600 5/1.400 9/.347 20/.413 20/.259 22/.818 21/.786 21/.308 9/.472 .623
Home 39/.596 14/.599 11/.182 24/.643 10/.100 24/.652 28/.709 20/.526 11/.364
Last 28d days 55/.634 14/.599 19/.541 44/.608 43/.215 34/.559 42/.567 46/.500 24/.564
HR/SB/CS 0/3/0 1/0/1 0/0/0 2/0/0 0/1/0 3/0/0 1/2/0 0/1/0 0/1/0 23/13/5
Usage ····X··· X···o··· X···X··· ··X·Xoo· ···o···X ··o·oo·· ·X··oo·· ··X··X·X o··o····
Astros Batters (4.70 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.58 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 48.Lewis
G/S/vB		 63.Bass
G/S/vB		 58.Claudio*
G/S/vB		 30.Feliz
G/S/vB		 50.Kela
G/S/vB		 44.Patton
G/S/vB		 57.Pimentel
G/S/vB		 37.Tolleson
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP 14/.786 2/.000 1/2.000 4/1.250 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 7/.453 127/84 .348/.397/.496/.892 1.157/.761 .897 119/.939 10/2 3/0
23.Carter G/S/vP 5/.600 2/1.000 1/no AB 5/1.850 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/.750 101/62 .146/.248/.258/.506 .525/.494 .250 94/.546 0/0 3/2
15.Castro* G/S/vP 12/.083 2/1.000 1/.000 5/.933 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 78/54 .221/.308/.368/.675 .523/.746 .762 71/.677 0/0 2/0
16.Conger# G/S/vP 17/.706 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 28/11 .227/.370/.500/.870 .697/1.121 .733 28/.870 0/0 2/1
11.Gattis G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 97/63 .194/.216/.430/.647 .570/.688 .708 90/.698 0/0 6/0
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP 4/.750 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 56/39 .291/.304/.473/.776 .941/.704 .944 56/.776 0/1 1/2
19.Grossman# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/1.000 46/22 .146/.239/.244/.483 .345/.641 .422 45/.494 0/0 1/0
6.Marisnick G/S/vP 3/2.334 2/3.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 82/50 .351/.395/.581/.976 .734/1.141 .588 77/1.035 9/1 3/1
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 9/1.444 ··· ··· 5/1.400 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 82/59 .257/.329/.554/.883 .664/.958 .636 76/.909 1/1 5/1
4.Springer G/S/vP 7/.572 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 119/81 .192/.311/.374/.685 .722/.667 .687 112/.669 10/1 4/2
18.Valbuena* G/S/vP 5/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 3/.666 ··· 2/no AB 1/.000 105/75 .211/.276/.474/.750 .459/.865 .726 98/.807 1/0 7/0
2.Villar# G/S/vP 2/.500 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 28/13 .154/.214/.154/.368 .205/.558 .325 28/.368 1/0 0/4
IP 30.0 20.0 2.2 11.1 13.0 8.1 11.0 TOTAL .239/.314/.432/.745 .713/.762 .656 .771 33/6 41/14
ERA-K/9 3.00/6.9 3.60/6.3 3.38/0.0 4.76/9.6 2.08/6.2 /0.0 1.08/5.4 4.91/12.3 4.05/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (10-5-2)
 Conger (3-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 118/.239 80/.230 10/.111 54/.306 55/.275 / 32/.214 44/.238 .264  Marisnick
 Springer
 Gattis
 Villar
 Rasmus
 Grossman
0/24/0/1
0/0/27/1
1/0/0/0
1/2/0/0
19/6/0/0
14/0/3/0
OPS .692 .630 .544 .779 .700 .505 .606 .736
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 65/.821 32/.677 6/.833 28/.833 26/.814 / 9/.889 22/.500 .768
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 53/.540 48/.596 4/.000 26/.721 29/.599 / 23/.333 22/.718 .715
Road 67/.777 32/.605 / 29/.580 32/.871 / 2/.500 25/.490
Last 28d days 97/.732 71/.665 10/.544 50/.844 50/.662 / 32/.505 41/.652
HR/SB/CS 3/1/1 2/1/0 1/0/0 1/0/1 1/2/0 // 0/2/1 1/0/0 25/18/5
Usage ····X··· ···X···o ··ooo·o· ·o·Xo··o ·X·oo·X· ··o···X· o···X··o

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  5.36

CLE  4.20

PHI  2.75

 RA/G

STL  2.77

ARI  4.21

COL  5.46

 BA

D. Gordon  .422

J. Soler  .265

C. Utley  .103

 OBP

A. Rizzo  .473

J. Soler  .327

C. Utley  .182

 SLG

N. Cruz  .766

P. Sandoval  .402

J. Werth  .203

 OPS

A. Gonzalez  1.179

J. Soler  .725

C. Utley  .389

 ERA

D. Keuchel  .80

J. Hammel  3.73

K. Kendrick  8.73

 K/9IP

J. Shields  11.90

C. Sabathia  7.10

K. Gibson  2.97

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.