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Houston Astros vs. Texas Rangers, at Minute Maid Park, July 19, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Sunday, July 19, 2015
Start Time:
1:10ct (local), 2:10et
Venue:
Minute Maid Park
Series:
Game #3 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
73° (based on last ten years)
Rangers
Manager:
Jeff Banister
Game #:
91
On This Date:
27-26
Astros
Manager:
A.J. Hinch
Game #:
94
On This Date:
25-30
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 11 @HOU  3     
Fri, Jul 17, 2015 HOU  3  TEX  2     
Sat, Jul 18, 2015 TEX  7 @HOU  6     

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
43-47, 3rd, 7 GB, 6½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   16-26   Road:   27-21   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  29-28   vsLHP:  14-19   1-Run:  15-15
 vsEast: 14-7    vsCntrl:12-10   vsWest: 12-24 IL: 5-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 90 Sat, Jul 18  @HOU  W   7-6       43-47  3rd  7.0 gb
 89 Fri, Jul 17  @HOU  L   2-3       42-47  3rd  7.0 gb
 88 Sun, Jul 12   SDP  L   1-2       42-46  3rd  6.0 gb
 87 Sat, Jul 11   SDP  L   5-6       42-45  3rd  5.5 gb
 86 Fri, Jul 10   SDP  W   4-3       42-44  3rd  5.5 gb
 85 Wed, Jul  8   ARI  L   4-7       41-44  3rd  7.0 gb
 84 Tue, Jul  7   ARI  L   2-4       41-43  3rd  7.0 gb
 83 Sun, Jul  5   LAA  L   6-12      41-42  3rd  6.5 gb
 82 Sat, Jul  4   LAA  L   0-13      41-41  3rd  6.5 gb
 81 Fri, Jul  3   LAA  L   2-8       41-40  3rd  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:12-18
Houston Astros
50-43, 2nd, 1½ GB, 1 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   29-17   Road:   21-26   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  32-24   vsLHP:  18-19   1-Run:  13-14
 vsEast: 11-13   vsCntrl: 8-12   vsWest: 23-17 IL: 8-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 93 Sat, Jul 18   TEX  L   6-7       50-43  2nd  1.5 gb
 92 Fri, Jul 17   TEX  W   3-2       50-42  2nd  0.5 gb
 91 Sun, Jul 12  @TBR  L   3-4       49-42  2nd  0.5 gb
 90 Sat, Jul 11  @TBR  L   0-3       49-41  1st  0.5 up
 89 Fri, Jul 10  @TBR  L   1-3       49-40  1st  0.5 up
 88 Thu, Jul  9  @CLE  L   1-3       49-39  1st  1.5 up
 87 Wed, Jul  8  @CLE  L   2-4       49-38  1st  1.5 up
 86 Tue, Jul  7  @CLE  L   0-2       49-37  1st  2.5 up
 85 Mon, Jul  6  @CLE  W   9-4       49-36  1st  3.5 up
 84 Sun, Jul  5  @BOS  L   4-5       48-36  1st  3.0 up
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jul 18, 2015 TEX  7 @HOU  6        W:Colby Lewis (9-4), L: Scott Feldman (4-5), S: Shawn Tolleson (14)
Fri, Jul 17, 2015 HOU  3  TEX  2        W:Collin McHugh (10-5), L: Martin Perez (0-1), S: Luke Gregerson (19)
Wed, May 06, 2015 TEX 11 @HOU  3        W:Colby Lewis (2-2), L: Sam Deduno (0-1), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2015 - TEX over 5-3; 2014 - HOU won 11-8; 2013 - TEX won 17-2; All-Time - TEX leads 72-46

SP: Yovani Gallardo (29, RHP, 7-8, 2.62)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (7-8) 113.1 99 39 33 40 79 7 2.62
2014 (8-11) 192.1 195 86 75 54 146 21 3.51
2013 (12-10) 180.2 180 92 84 66 144 18 4.18
Last 7 GS 2-2 44.2 33 6 6 19 30 0 1.21 62
2015-07-12 SDP L 5.2 6 1 1 4 3 0 99 52
2015-07-07 ARI L 5.2 8 3 3 5 4 0 107 40
2015-07-02 @BAL ND 6.0 2 0 0 3 2 0 94 67
2015-06-27 @TOR W 8.1 3 0 0 2 4 0 105 79
2015-06-21 @CHW ND 5.0 5 0 0 1 3 0 98 59
2015-06-15 LAD W 7.0 4 0 0 3 4 0 101 70
2015-06-10 @OAK ND 7.0 5 2 2 1 10 0 110 68
Last 5 v.HOU 3-1 33.1 33 14 10 9 31 4 2.70 56
2015-04-11 HOU W 5.2 8 2 2 1 7 1 90 51
2013-06-20 @HOU ND 7.0 5 3 0 2 6 0 105 65
2012-09-28 HOU L 6.0 8 5 4 3 5 2 106 40
2012-08-12 @HOU W 7.2 9 3 3 2 8 0 114 55
2012-07-31 HOU W 7.0 3 1 1 1 5 1 101 71

SP: Dallas Keuchel (27, LHP, 11-4, 2.23)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (11-4) 137.1 104 35 34 34 114 7 2.23
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 4-3 49.2 45 16 16 12 47 4 2.90 60
2015-07-11 @TBR L 7.0 7 3 3 2 4 0 96 53
2015-07-06 @CLE W 6.0 9 3 3 1 8 0 101 49
2015-06-30 KCR W 8.0 7 0 0 0 7 0 106 75
2015-06-25 NYY W 9.0 6 0 0 1 12 0 116 86
2015-06-20 @SEA L 6.0 5 5 5 4 7 3 103 45
2015-06-15 COL W 6.2 4 3 3 2 4 0 106 56
2015-06-09 @CHW L 7.0 7 2 2 2 5 1 109 58
Last 5 v.TEX 1-1 34.2 30 14 14 11 21 1 3.63 55
2015-05-04 TEX ND 8.0 5 1 1 2 8 0 110 74
2015-04-12 @TEX ND 7.0 6 2 2 3 3 0 94 57
2014-08-31 TEX ND 7.0 5 2 2 2 3 0 101 60
2014-08-10 TEX L 6.0 6 5 5 3 4 1 97 41
2014-07-09 @TEX W 6.2 8 4 4 1 3 0 109 44

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Rangers Batters (4.21 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (3.81 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 60.Keuchel*
G/S/vB		 56.Hernandez
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 37/.449 27/.796 7/.000 4/.000 3/.000 6/.500 6/1.000 6/1.333 4/1.500 371/246 .245/.302/.327/.629 .699/.593 .570 78/.709 10/5 3/16
29.Beltre G/S/vP 34/.732 29/1.162 8/1.000 7/1.000 2/1.000 13/.975 3/1.000 7/.429 2/3.500 306/210 .258/.291/.394/.685 .735/.661 .685 85/.640 1/0 7/7
61.Chirinos G/S/vP 12/.523 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 3/.666 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 225/156 .216/.306/.433/.739 .746/.736 .709 55/.827 0/0 9/4
17.Choo* G/S/vP 19/.505 ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 2/.000 2/.000 4/1.250 4/.250 4/.666 352/227 .227/.308/.388/.696 .469/.822 .636 70/.644 1/1 11/3
7.DeShields G/S/vP 5/1.267 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 203/141 .276/.367/.402/.769 .801/.754 .687 35/.895 15/2 0/2
84.Fielder* G/S/vP 17/.607 6/1.167 2/.000 8/1.750 2/.000 3/1.167 14/.214 6/.333 5/.400 387/238 .338/.401/.514/.915 .802/.987 .931 88/.869 0/0 14/4
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 15/1.000 27/1.115 6/1.667 3/.000 ··· 6/.666 4/.250 7/2.571 1/5.000 64/47 .254/.313/.508/.821 1.055/.743 .704 38/.696 0/0 3/0
2.Martin* G/S/vP 21/.450 6/.900 2/2.000 3/.666 2/.000 2/.000 4/.000 5/.000 ··· 290/185 .219/.261/.319/.580 .586/.577 .678 54/.340 13/5 5/1
18.Moreland* G/S/vP 8/.536 14/.742 2/.000 3/1.000 3/.333 1/3.000 2/.500 5/.000 1/.000 282/193 .287/.333/.529/.862 .681/.945 .952 84/.890 1/0 16/3
12.Odor* G/S/vP 12/.350 2/.500 1/4.000 2/1.000 2/2.000 1/.000 5/.650 7/.829 3/.666 203/135 .261/.335/.433/.768 .654/.824 .779 84/1.097 5/3 5/8
9.Rosales G/S/vP 15/.539 6/1.500 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 ··· 105/45 .234/.314/.351/.665 .656/.677 .663 4/.500 3/4 3/3
16.Rua G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 56/27 .182/.196/.382/.578 .483/.682 .605 26/.577 0/0 3/0
6.Telis# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/
IP 137.1 83.2 30.0 34.1 42.1 34.1 26.0 33.2 19.0 TOTAL .250/.314/.405/.719 .672/.744 .699 .750 57/20 97/70
ERA-K/9 2.23/7.5 4.41/4.5 3.00/12.3 3.15/8.7 0.85/8.9 2.88/7.9 4.85/8.0 2.94/9.1 3.79/10.4 3.60/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Chirinos (26-8-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 535/.208 354/.278 122/.189 133/.205 159/.120 129/.192 110/.242 133/.205 87/.292 .240  Martin
 DeShields
 Choo
 Hamilton
 Rua
 Rosales
0/76/0/12
28/22/0/3
0/0/80/2
13/0/6/1
13/0/3/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .547 .781 .592 .579 .436 .578 .704 .629 .765 .681
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 118/.359 173/.741 55/.765 73/.594 73/.434 49/.579 42/.586 67/.526 55/.744 .663
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 417/.601 181/.817 67/.449 60/.561 86/.438 80/.577 68/.775 66/.729 32/.799 .696
Home 281/.469 161/.743 53/.574 76/.602 70/.507 66/.549 58/.559 58/.532 42/.741
Last 28d days 118/.625 48/.592 49/.854 21/.190 42/.671 33/.638 7/.762 30/.695 26/1.403
HR/SB/CS 7/2/0 9/10/3 1/2/2 4/3/0 4/3/0 4/0/1 4/6/1 5/1/2 1/2/0 79/50/20
Usage ·······X ········ X······· ·o······ ·X····oX ·X····o· o······· X······o o·····o·
Astros Batters (4.34 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.49 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Gallardo
G/S/vB		 63.Bass
G/S/vB		 71.Freeman*
G/S/vB		 50.Kela
G/S/vB		 44.Patton
G/S/vB		 52.Scheppers
G/S/vB		 37.Tolleson
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP 22/.546 2/.000 1/3.000 2/.000 1/.000 11/1.000 8/.393 372/252 .294/.338/.417/.755 .862/.705 .823 97/.859 26/8 8/3
23.Carter G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 10/1.067 6/.750 340/215 .185/.300/.380/.680 .693/.672 .777 64/.486 1/1 15/6
15.Castro* G/S/vP 19/1.276 2/1.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 5/.800 1/.000 240/167 .210/.283/.360/.643 .575/.675 .721 53/.445 0/0 7/1
16.Conger# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 1/5.000 120/58 .233/.336/.456/.792 .577/1.026 .856 30/.977 0/0 6/3
1.Correa G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 149/92 .282/.315/.521/.837 1.017/.726 .828 91/.819 5/0 8/3
11.Gattis G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 348/223 .241/.267/.446/.713 .666/.739 .788 85/.734 0/0 15/1
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP 13/.923 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.000 209/132 .255/.280/.410/.690 .793/.632 .616 46/.926 3/2 6/6
Hoes G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 8/3 .375/.375/.375/.750 .800/.667 .667 7/.857 0/0 0/0
6.Marisnick G/S/vP 2/.000 2/3.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/.666 223/141 .239/.274/.376/.650 .579/.692 .494 23/.429 11/4 5/2
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 24/1.037 ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 2/.000 2/1.500 257/184 .234/.304/.455/.758 .766/.753 .798 60/.493 1/1 11/2
21.Singleton* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 37/30 .188/.297/.219/.516 .452/.531 .753 37/.516 1/0 0/0
20.Tucker* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 201/143 .250/.313/.408/.721 .513/.809 .757 77/.637 0/1 5/0
18.Valbuena* G/S/vP 27/.745 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 326/223 .197/.282/.426/.708 .639/.739 .782 63/.780 1/0 19/5
IP 113.1 47.2 20.0 38.2 11.1 30.1 38.1 TOTAL .240/.307/.418/.724 .730/.721 .748 .688 70/23 126/48
ERA-K/9 2.62/6.3 4.15/6.6 3.60/8.1 3.03/8.8 7.94/8.8 4.45/7.4 3.52/9.6 4.22/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (31-19-3)
 Conger (19-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 471/.231 201/.266 84/.230 164/.267 47/.214 134/.212 160/.264 .262  Marisnick
 Rasmus
 Hoes
 Conger
 Tucker
 Gattis
0/69/0/6
44/31/11/3
2/0/2/0
1/0/0/0
43/0/10/0
5/0/0/0
OPS .617 .757 .620 .698 .774 .684 .729 .744
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 230/.639 91/.762 43/.777 76/.749 17/.761 58/.753 92/.836 .739
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 241/.595 110/.751 41/.460 88/.653 30/.781 76/.633 68/.580 .748
Road 234/.610 71/.854 40/.472 86/.610 24/.705 77/.666 81/.641
Last 28d days 107/.556 48/.647 39/.482 37/.992 35/.661 38/.515 29/1.082
HR/SB/CS 7/5/3 5/1/0 1/2/1 3/6/1 3/0/1 4/1/0 5/1/0 94/46/15
Usage ······X· ········ oX····oo ·o····X· ·X····oo X·····oo X······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  5.31

BOS  4.13

CHW  3.39

 RA/G

STL  2.95

SEA  4.03

PHI  5.08

 BA

M. Cabrera  .350

K. Seager  .271

M. Zunino  .160

 OBP

B. Harper  .464

D. Espinosa  .330

M. Zunino  .221

 SLG

B. Harper  .706

L. Duda  .424

B. Hamilton  .283

 OPS

B. Harper  1.170

J. Upton  .757

M. Zunino  .509

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.39

C. Hamels  3.63

K. Lohse  6.17

 K/9IP

C. Kershaw  11.95

W. Chen  7.36

M. Pelfrey  4.45

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.