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Houston Astros vs. San Francisco Giants, at Minute Maid Park, May 12, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
Start Time:
7:10ct (local), 8:10et
Venue:
Minute Maid Park
Tickets:
Series:
Game #1 of a 2-game series
Average Temp:
80° (based on last ten years)
Giants
Manager:
Game #:
34
On This Date:
61-49
Astros
Manager:
Game #:
33
On This Date:
20-27
Season Series

Tue, May 12, 2015 SFG    @HOU  8:10pm
Wed, May 13, 2015 SFG    @HOU  8:10pm
Tue, Aug 11, 2015 HOU    @SFG 10:15pm
Wed, Aug 12, 2015 HOU    @SFG  3:45pm

                         All times ET
16-16, 3rd, 5½ GB, 1½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   11-9    Road:    5-7    ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  10-14   vsLHP:   6-2    1-Run:   9-3 
 vsEast:  2-2    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest: 11-14 IL: 3-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 32 Sun, May 10   MIA  W   3-2       16-16  3rd  5.0 gb
 31 Sat, May  9   MIA  L   2-6       15-16  3rd  5.0 gb
 30 Fri, May  8   MIA  W   6-0       15-15  3rd  4.5 gb
 29 Thu, May  7   MIA  L   2-7       14-15  3rd  4.5 gb
 28 Wed, May  6   SDP  L   1-9       14-14  3rd  3.5 gb
 27 Tue, May  5   SDP  W   6-0       14-13  2nd  3.5 gb
 26 Mon, May  4   SDP  W   2-0       13-13  3rd  3.5 gb
 25 Sun, May  3   LAA  W   5-0       12-13  3rd  4.5 gb
 24 Sat, May  2   LAA  W   5-4       11-13  4th  4.5 gb
 23 Fri, May  1   LAA  W   3-2       10-13  5th  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:15-15
20-12, 1st, 5 up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    8-8    Road:   12-4    ExtrInn: 3-0 
 vsRHP:  11-8    vsLHP:   9-4    1-Run:   8-2 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 1-2    vsWest: 16-10 IL: 3-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 32 Sun, May 10  @LAA  L   1-3       20-12  1st  5.0 up
 31 Sat, May  9  @LAA  W   6-5       20-11  1st  6.0 up
 30 Fri, May  8  @LAA  L   0-2       19-11  1st  5.0 up
 29 Thu, May  7  @LAA  W   3-2       19-10  1st  6.0 up
 28 Wed, May  6   TEX  L   3-11      18-10  1st  5.0 up
 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Aug 30, 2012 SFG  8 @HOU  4        W:Ryan Vogelsong (12-7), L: Fernando Rodriguez (1-9), S: Sergio Romo (8)
Wed, Aug 29, 2012 SFG  6 @HOU  4        W:George Kontos (1-0), L: Dallas Keuchel (1-7), S: Javier Lopez (5)
Tue, Aug 28, 2012 SFG  3 @HOU  2        W:Santiago Casilla (5-5), L: Wilton Lopez (5-3), S: Sergio Romo (7)
Sun, Jul 15, 2012 SFG  3  HOU  2        W:Matt Cain (10-3), L: Bud Norris (5-7), S: Santiago Casilla (23)
Sat, Jul 14, 2012 SFG  3  HOU  2 (12)   W:Jeremy Affeldt (1-1), L: Brett Myers (0-4), S: none
Fri, Jul 13, 2012 SFG  5  HOU  1        W:Madison Bumgarner (11-5), L: Wandy Rodriguez (7-7), S: Santiago Casilla (22)
Thu, Jun 14, 2012 HOU  6 @SFG  3        W:Wandy Rodriguez (6-4), L: Barry Zito (5-4), S: Brett Myers (16)
Wed, Jun 13, 2012 SFG 10  HOU  0        W:Matt Cain (8-2), L: J.A. Happ (4-7), S: none
Tue, Jun 12, 2012 SFG  6  HOU  3        W:Madison Bumgarner (8-4), L: Bud Norris (5-4), S: Santiago Casilla (17)
Sun, Aug 28, 2011 HOU  4 @SFG  3 (11)   W:Mark Melancon (7-4), L: Ramon Ramirez (2-3), S: David Carpenter (1)
Season Series: 2015 -  0-0; 2014 -  0-0; 2013 -  0-0; All-Time - SFG leads 375-343

SP: Chris Heston (27, RHP, 2-3, 3.38)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (2-3) 37.1 42 17 14 10 29 2 3.38
2014 (0-0) 5.1 6 3 3 3 4 0 5.06
Last 7 GS 2-3 41.1 48 20 17 12 31 2 3.70 50
2015-05-06 SDP L 5.0 11 5 5 3 4 0 87 26
2015-05-01 LAA ND 6.1 5 1 1 1 5 0 97 63
2015-04-24 @COL L 5.1 11 6 6 1 4 1 88 25
2015-04-18 ARI W 7.2 5 1 1 1 6 1 112 70
2015-04-13 COL L 7.0 7 2 1 2 5 0 90 60
2015-04-08 @ARI W 6.0 3 2 0 2 5 0 91 65
2014-09-28 SDP ND 4.0 6 3 3 2 2 0 77 38
Has never faced HOU as starter.

SP: Collin McHugh (28, RHP, 4-0, 3.23)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. SFG Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (4-0) 39.0 36 14 14 7 33 5 3.23
2014 (11-9) 154.2 117 53 47 41 157 13 2.73
2013 (0-4) 26.0 45 29 29 5 11 6 10.04
Last 7 GS 5-0 45.0 40 17 17 8 39 6 3.40 57
2015-05-07 @LAA ND 7.1 5 2 2 1 7 1 97 66
2015-05-02 SEA W 7.0 6 4 4 2 3 4 106 50
2015-04-27 @SDP ND 6.0 7 3 3 0 5 0 95 51
2015-04-21 @SEA W 7.0 7 3 3 2 3 0 105 52
2015-04-15 OAK W 5.2 6 1 1 0 11 0 102 64
2015-04-10 @TEX W 6.0 5 1 1 2 4 0 85 60
2014-09-21 SEA W 6.0 4 3 3 1 6 1 86 57
Has never faced SFG as starter.
Giants Batters (3.16 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (3.75 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.McHugh
G/S/vB
66.Chapman*
G/S/vB
35.Fields
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
23.Aoki* G/S/vP 7/.666 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 2/.000 147/104 .282/.361/.366/.727 .669/.749 .846 104/.637 9/2 1/0
13.Arias G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 1/2.000 3/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 25/12 .250/.250/.375/.625 .769/.455 1.000 15/.667 1/0 1/2
9.Belt* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 1/2.000 3/.666 2/2.000 8/1.089 97/79 .306/.392/.424/.815 .399/.916 .784 79/.923 0/1 0/1
7.Blanco* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 6/.533 4/.500 5/.400 5/.650 7/.000 68/61 .230/.309/.377/.686 .786/.675 .626 36/.699 1/1 0/1
35.Crawford* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 1/.000 3/.666 3/1.000 12/.614 115/88 .253/.357/.465/.821 1.016/.762 .711 80/.980 1/2 5/3
5.Duffy G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 73/51 .273/.310/.364/.673 .468/.767 .519 48/.646 0/0 1/2
43.Maxwell G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 93/65 .241/.304/.410/.714 .745/.700 .754 78/.727 1/0 3/0
14.McGehee G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 89/69 .179/.225/.286/.510 .578/.491 .574 67/.447 0/1 2/5
16.Pagan# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 5/2.300 2/.000 9/1.000 1/.000 7/1.071 128/92 .322/.344/.405/.749 .801/.728 .922 91/.682 3/1 0/0
12.Panik* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 123/97 .284/.344/.413/.757 .664/.781 .626 88/.836 1/0 2/0
28.Posey G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 7/.929 2/.000 4/.833 1/no AB 1/.000 124/97 .287/.371/.417/.788 .659/.824 .895 89/.787 0/0 4/0
29.Sanchez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 3/1.334 31/23 .194/.194/.258/.452 .250/.522 .563 14/.500 0/0 0/0
34.Susac G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 31/21 .250/.323/.393/.715 .900/.611 .873 31/.715 0/0 1/1
IP 39.0 4.0 6.0 15.0 12.1 11.1 13.1 7.2 TOTAL .257/.321/.374/.694 .659/.706 .712 .714 17/8 20/18
ERA-K/9 3.23/7.6 2.25/11.2 1.50/15.0 0.60/12.0 3.65/9.5 3.97/11.9 0.68/8.1 2.35/10.5 3.45/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Posey (5-4-0)
 Sanchez (4-1-2)
 Susac (9-1-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 156/.245 14/.154 23/.190 53/.063 45/.205 48/.220 52/.152 31/.276 .230  Maxwell
 Blanco
 Aoki
 Belt
 Pagan
0/0/24/1
2/6/11/0
30/0/1/0
1/0/0/0
0/29/0/0
OPS .692 .599 .499 .276 .636 .633 .437 .635 .655
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 79/.578 9/.222 11/.636 28/.335 18/.471 23/.428 29/.566 19/.594 .666
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 77/.815 5/1.400 12/.350 25/.205 27/.741 25/.798 23/.279 12/.705 .645
Home 52/.809 14/.599 11/.182 17/.368 24/.652 28/.709 23/.455 16/.500
Last 28d days 132/.706 14/.599 23/.499 36/.323 30/.633 36/.672 35/.364 22/.654
HR/SB/CS 5/0/1 1/0/1 0/1/1 1/1/0 3/0/0 1/2/0 0/1/0 0/1/0 28/14/7
Usage ····X··· ······X· ·o·o··X· ·····X·· ··X·o··· ··X····X ·····o·· ····oXo·
Astros Batters (4.38 RS/G) vs. Giants Pitchers (3.88 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 53.Heston
G/S/vB
41.Affeldt*
G/S/vB
46.Casilla
G/S/vB
70.Kontos
G/S/vB
49.Lopez*
G/S/vB
63.Machi
G/S/vB
52.Petit
G/S/vB
54.Romo
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 147/100 .338/.390/.489/.879 1.169/.749 .855 110/.963 11/4 4/0
23.Carter G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 121/78 .151/.256/.302/.558 .503/.588 .344 93/.665 0/0 5/2
15.Castro* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 5/.600 ··· ··· 1/2.000 92/65 .220/.293/.354/.647 .462/.727 .783 67/.594 0/0 2/1
16.Conger# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 34/15 .185/.333/.407/.741 .690/.795 .653 25/.683 0/0 2/1
11.Gattis G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/1.667 114/76 .183/.211/.394/.605 .545/.635 .743 85/.753 0/0 6/0
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 67/48 .242/.254/.394/.648 .842/.570 .773 57/.585 0/1 1/2
19.Grossman# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 51/27 .152/.235/.261/.496 .345/.634 .479 40/.443 0/0 1/0
6.Marisnick G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 100/65 .319/.364/.516/.880 .670/.999 .561 75/.895 9/2 3/1
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP ··· 7/.286 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 5/.400 3/1.000 102/75 .239/.314/.511/.825 .606/.892 .619 79/.823 1/1 6/1
20.Tucker* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 14/10 .100/.357/.100/.457 .250/.543 14/.457 0/0 0/0
18.Valbuena* G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 5/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 3/.666 2/.000 126/91 .202/.270/.421/.691 .390/.808 .696 96/.713 1/0 7/1
2.Villar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 36/19 .182/.250/.182/.432 .180/.663 .399 26/.509 3/0 0/4
IP 37.1 8.0 14.1 19.0 7.2 15.2 17.0 10.1 TOTAL .228/.304/.408/.712 .672/.731 .657 .750 36/9 45/17
ERA-K/9 3.38/7.0 2.25/2.2 1.88/6.9 1.42/5.7 2.35/4.7 5.17/5.7 3.71/7.4 3.48/15.7 3.63/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (11-7-2)
 Conger (3-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 160/.282 35/.267 61/.250 74/.203 27/.154 70/.220 71/.219 44/.200 .250  Marisnick
 Grossman
 Conger
 Tucker
 Gattis
 Villar
 Rasmus
0/29/0/1
16/0/4/0
1/0/0/0
3/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
2/2/0/0
19/7/5/0
OPS .747 .705 .679 .519 .416 .590 .719 .548 .692
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 68/.974 18/.722 22/.770 24/.683 17/.301 21/.403 26/.736 16/1.038 .765
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 92/.578 17/.686 39/.631 50/.445 10/.600 49/.667 45/.709 28/.291 .654
Road 51/.885 7/.619 16/.375 34/.631 12/.333 24/.519 42/.989 13/.481
Last 28d days 109/.824 23/.598 47/.729 52/.502 20/.463 51/.579 53/.609 35/.567
HR/SB/CS 2/1/2 0/1/0 1/1/1 1/2/0 0/0/0 0/1/1 2/0/0 0/2/0 26/18/6
Usage ·····X·· ·o··Xo·· ·oX····o ··o·oXX· ··o··X·· ··X·oX·· ···X·oo· ·Xo····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

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.