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Houston Astros vs. Chicago White Sox, at Minute Maid Park, May 29, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Friday, May 29, 2015
Start Time:
7:10ct (local), 8:10et
Venue:
Minute Maid Park
Series:
Game #1 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
78° (based on last ten years)
White Sox
Manager:
Robin Ventura
Game #:
51
On This Date:
38-52
Astros
Manager:
A.J. Hinch
Game #:
49
On This Date:
23-22
Season Series

Fri, May 29, 2015 CHW    @HOU  8:10pm
Sat, May 30, 2015 CHW    @HOU  4:10pm
Sun, May 31, 2015 CHW    @HOU  2:10pm
Mon, Jun 08, 2015 HOU    @CHW  8:10pm
Tue, Jun 09, 2015 HOU    @CHW  8:10pm
Wed, Jun 10, 2015 HOU    @CHW  8:10pm

                         All times ET
Chicago White Sox
21-25, 5th, 7 GB, 3 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   12-10   Road:    9-15   ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:  19-21   vsLHP:   2-4    1-Run:  10-6 
 vsEast:  2-4    vsCntrl:12-19   vsWest:  3-0  IL: 4-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 46 Thu, May 28  @BAL  L   3-6       21-25  5th  7.0 gb
 45 Thu, May 28  @BAL  W   3-2       21-24  5th  7.0 gb
 44 Wed, May 27  @TOR  W   5-3 (10)  20-24  4th  7.0 gb
 43 Tue, May 26  @TOR  L   9-10      19-24  4th  8.0 gb
 42 Mon, May 25  @TOR  L   0-6       19-23  4th  8.0 gb
 41 Sun, May 24   MIN  L   1-8       19-22  4th  8.0 gb
 40 Sat, May 23   MIN  L   3-4       19-21  4th  8.0 gb
 39 Fri, May 22   MIN  W   3-2       19-20  4th  7.0 gb
 38 Thu, May 21   CLE  L   2-5       18-20  4th  7.0 gb
 37 Wed, May 20   CLE  L   3-4       18-19  4th  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:14-16
Houston Astros
30-18, 1st, 6 up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   15-10   Road:   15-8    ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  19-11   vsLHP:  11-7    1-Run:  11-6 
 vsEast:  5-2    vsCntrl: 3-4    vsWest: 18-11 IL: 4-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 48 Wed, May 27  @BAL  L   4-5       30-18  1st  6.0 up
 47 Tue, May 26  @BAL  W   4-1       30-17  1st  6.5 up
 46 Mon, May 25  @BAL  L   3-4       29-17  1st  5.5 up
 45 Sun, May 24  @DET  W  10-8       29-16  1st  6.5 up
 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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
Wed, Aug 28, 2013 CHW  6  HOU  1        W:Chris Sale (10-12), L: Lucas Harrell (6-15), S: none
Tue, Aug 27, 2013 CHW  4  HOU  3        W:Donnie Veal (2-3), L: Erik Bedard (3-10), S: Addison Reed (36)
Mon, Aug 26, 2013 HOU 10 @CHW  8        W:David Martinez (1-0), L: Addison Reed (5-2), S: Jordan Lyles (1)
Mon, Jun 17, 2013 CHW  4 @HOU  2        W:Nate Jones (3-4), L: Bud Norris (5-7), S: Addison Reed (20)
Season Series: 2015 -  0-0; 2014 - Tied 3-3; 2013 - HOU won 4-3; All-Time - Tied 17-17

SP: Carlos Rodon (22, LHP, 1-0, 4.03)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (1-0) 22.1 22 10 10 19 21 1 4.03
Last 7 GS 1-0 16.0 13 8 8 15 17 1 4.50 50
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
Has never faced HOU as starter.

SP: Lance McCullers (21, RHP, 1-0, 2.53)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (1-0) 10.2 9 3 3 4 11 0 2.53
Last 7 GS 1-0 10.2 9 3 3 4 11 0 2.53 57
2015-05-23 @DET W 6.0 6 2 2 1 6 0 100 57
2015-05-18 OAK ND 4.2 3 1 1 3 5 0 93 56
Has never faced CHW as starter.

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

White Sox Batters (3.63 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (3.85 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 43.McCullers
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/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
79.Abreu G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 3/1.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 193/159 .277/.337/.480/.817 .690/.843 .794 108/.761 0/0 8/3
15.Beckham G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 6/.533 2/1.000 81/55 .254/.333/.394/.728 .573/.797 .632 57/.590 0/1 2/2
64.Bonifacio# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 8/.700 ··· 3/.666 5/.500 ··· 1/.000 50/33 .213/.245/.213/.458 .500/.436 .412 35/.507 0/2 0/1
53.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/2.500 10/.733 ··· 4/.250 4/1.167 6/.733 2/1.000 200/156 .250/.291/.283/.574 .166/.689 .624 113/.562 0/0 1/0
1.Eaton* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB 1/2.000 185/145 .238/.292/.355/.647 .550/.674 .634 102/.770 1/2 2/3
21.Flowers G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 1/5.000 103/88 .206/.252/.320/.572 .629/.563 .684 56/.582 0/0 2/0
26.Garcia G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 156/132 .327/.365/.456/.821 .982/.792 1.040 80/.875 1/3 4/1
12.Gillaspie* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.000 2/.000 111/108 .240/.279/.385/.664 .667/.664 .515 55/.780 0/1 2/7
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.666 2/3.500 1/.000 9/.347 1/5.000 11/.364 175/138 .241/.371/.393/.765 .564/.822 .924 94/.861 0/0 5/0
10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 3/1.000 2/.500 4/.500 ··· 178/152 .237/.253/.331/.584 .481/.601 .495 101/.624 4/2 2/5
5.Sanchez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 48/42 .163/.213/.209/.422 .833/.357 .538 45/.357 0/0 0/1
20.Shuck* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 57/52 .294/.339/.314/.653 .200/.693 .557 44/.714 4/0 0/0
58.Soto G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 66/54 .190/.227/.317/.545 .606/.531 .471 44/.614 0/0 2/4
IP 10.2 3.2 11.2 20.2 22.2 17.2 18.1 17.2 9.2 TOTAL .250/.303/.358/.661 .552/.685 .667 .683 13/13 30/33
ERA-K/9 2.53/9.3 0.00/7.3 0.77/15.4 3.92/8.7 0.40/11.5 2.55/8.1 2.45/10.3 1.53/10.2 2.79/10.2 3.57/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Flowers (20-7-3)
 Soto (9-1-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 44/.225 14/.154 43/.154 81/.224 80/.082 63/.194 75/.206 68/.177 40/.250 .242  Garcia
 Eaton
 Shuck
 Cabrera
 Bonifacio
0/0/39/6
0/42/0/3
3/4/10/2
46/0/0/1
0/3/0/0
OPS .620 .522 .414 .706 .286 .565 .533 .550 .606 .682
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 18/.590 5/.000 19/.488 41/.801 38/.329 21/.400 30/.393 33/.661 24/.571 .669
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 26/.641 9/.833 24/.351 40/.610 42/.246 42/.643 45/.616 35/.449 16/.650 .691
Home 20/.594 7/.429 21/.148 44/.891 35/.384 36/.571 40/.489 35/.412 20/.633
Last 28d days 44/.620 14/.522 30/.244 37/.867 37/.362 27/.333 38/.569 24/.833 21/.602
HR/SB/CS 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/1/1 4/0/0 1/1/0 3/0/0 1/3/1 2/1/1 0/1/0 42/27/12
Usage ·····X·· ·······X ·X··o··o ··o·XX·· ·····o·X ··o··o·· ··o·X·X· ·o·····o ····oo·o
Astros Batters (4.44 RS/G) vs. White Sox Pitchers (4.67 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 55.Rodon*
G/S/vB		 33.Duke*
G/S/vB		 43.Jennings*
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 10/.900 3/.666 ··· 3/.333 3/.666 212/148 .299/.346/.428/.774 1.021/.671 .753 102/.619 15/5 5/1
23.Carter G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 7/.286 3/1.334 1/.000 4/2.500 3/1.000 183/122 .177/.284/.329/.613 .548/.645 .522 93/.730 0/0 7/3
15.Castro* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 6/.834 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 138/103 .226/.297/.403/.700 .661/.714 .813 66/.756 0/0 5/1
16.Conger# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 49/20 .175/.313/.350/.663 .619/.725 .569 28/.646 0/0 2/1
11.Gattis G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 175/120 .218/.251/.473/.724 .535/.810 .731 95/.875 0/0 10/0
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 6/.500 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 105/80 .245/.252/.392/.645 .792/.600 .744 63/.607 0/1 2/3
6.Marisnick G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 144/95 .271/.308/.414/.721 .524/.826 .530 76/.403 9/3 3/2
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP ··· 16/.464 ··· 3/1.667 1/.000 1/.000 12/.000 ··· 152/110 .239/.303/.500/.803 .843/.787 .750 79/.791 1/1 8/1
4.Springer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 7/1.572 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.667 184/127 .230/.350/.434/.784 .947/.712 .763 80/.889 11/1 7/3
20.Tucker* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 56/40 .306/.393/.531/.923 1.000/.893 1.032 56/.923 0/0 2/0
18.Valbuena* G/S/vP ··· 5/.000 3/1.167 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 183/134 .198/.262/.413/.675 .466/.754 .781 91/.607 1/0 10/2
2.Villar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 71/36 .246/.300/.292/.592 .638/.548 .624 51/.660 4/1 0/6
IP 22.1 20.0 20.0 24.2 15.1 15.1 20.2 1.0 TOTAL .234/.304/.416/.720 .721/.720 .700 .703 42/12 66/26
ERA-K/9 4.03/8.5 3.60/8.6 6.75/7.7 5.84/7.3 4.11/5.9 4.70/12.4 2.61/13.5 0.00/9.0 4.35/8.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (22-12-2)
 Conger (5-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 105/.268 82/.264 90/.253 111/.240 67/.328 68/.254 81/.192 3/.000 .264  Springer
 Marisnick
 Rasmus
 Conger
 Tucker
 Gattis
 Villar
0/0/42/2
0/42/0/1
28/13/6/1
1/0/0/0
13/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
2/2/0/0
OPS .748 .776 .659 .801 .821 .740 .581 .000 .747
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 34/.721 23/.753 40/.748 67/.737 27/.825 29/.821 35/.382 2/.000 .713
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 71/.760 59/.783 50/.571 44/.900 40/.819 39/.675 46/.728 1/.000 .766
Road 43/.904 41/1.076 35/.596 49/.852 26/1.000 28/.896 37/.886 3/.000
Last 28d days 89/.745 44/.976 50/.807 64/.853 44/.782 40/.766 52/.769 3/.000
HR/SB/CS 1/4/0 3/0/1 0/0/0 6/1/0 1/0/0 3/2/0 3/2/0 0/0/0 46/29/8
Usage ········ Xoo····· o···X··· ···X···o ooX··o·· ·o······ ·Xo···o· 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  5.20

DET  4.20

PHI  3.12

 RA/G

STL  3.04

BAL  4.24

COL  5.13

 BA

D. Gordon  .376

T. Tulowitzki  .266

S. Drew  .162

 OBP

B. Harper  .470

B. Dozier  .328

S. Drew  .232

 SLG

B. Harper  .745

D. Fowler  .425

J. Ramirez  .252

 OPS

B. Harper  1.215

C. Santana  .756

J. Ramirez  .517

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.48

J. Happ  3.71

J. Guthrie  6.70

 K/9IP

D. Salazar  12.05

J. Odorizzi  7.19

J. Guthrie  3.54

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.