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Houston Astros vs. Detroit Tigers, at Minute Maid Park, August 14, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Friday, August 14, 2015

Start Time:

7:10ct (local), 8:10et

Venue:

Minute Maid Park

Series:

Game #1 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

73° (based on last ten years)

Tigers

Manager:

Brad Ausmus

Game #:

117

On This Date:

58-54

Astros

Manager:

A.J. Hinch

Game #:

116

On This Date:

23-25

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 10 @DET  8     

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

Detroit Tigers

55-59, 3rd, 13 GB, 7½ GB in WC / Schedule

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   28-30   Road:   27-29   ExtrInn: 3-8 
 vsRHP:  39-47   vsLHP:  16-12   1-Run:  19-16
 vsEast: 10-16   vsCntrl:30-20   vsWest:  8-13 IL: 7-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
114 Wed, Aug 12  @KCR  W   7-4       55-59  3rd 13.5 gb
113 Tue, Aug 11  @KCR  L   1-6       54-59  3rd 14.5 gb
112 Mon, Aug 10  @KCR  L   0-4       54-58  3rd 13.5 gb
111 Sun, Aug  9   BOS  L   2-7       54-57  3rd 12.5 gb
110 Sat, Aug  8   BOS  W   7-6       54-56  3rd 11.5 gb
109 Fri, Aug  7   BOS  L   2-7       53-56  3rd 11.5 gb
108 Thu, Aug  6   KCR  W   8-6       53-55  3rd 10.5 gb
107 Wed, Aug  5   KCR  W   2-1       52-55  3rd 11.5 gb
106 Tue, Aug  4   KCR  L   1-5       51-55  3rd 12.5 gb
105 Sun, Aug  2  @BAL  W   6-1       51-54  3rd 11.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18

Houston Astros

62-53, 1st, 1½ up / Schedule

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   38-18   Road:   24-35   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  40-32   vsLHP:  22-21   1-Run:  15-19
 vsEast: 14-13   vsCntrl: 9-14   vsWest: 28-23 IL:11-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
115 Wed, Aug 12  @SFG  W   2-0       62-53  1st  2.0 up
114 Tue, Aug 11  @SFG  L   1-3       61-53  1st  1.0 up
113 Sun, Aug  9  @OAK  L   4-5       61-52  1st  0.5 up
112 Sat, Aug  8  @OAK  L   1-2       61-51  1st  1.5 up
111 Fri, Aug  7  @OAK  L   1-3       61-50  1st  1.5 up
110 Thu, Aug  6  @OAK  W   5-4 (10)  61-49  1st  2.5 up
109 Wed, Aug  5  @TEX  L   3-4       60-49  1st  2.0 up
108 Tue, Aug  4  @TEX  L   3-4       60-48  1st  3.0 up
107 Mon, Aug  3  @TEX  L   9-12      60-47  1st  3.0 up
106 Sun, Aug  2   ARI  W   4-1       60-46  1st  4.0 up
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, May 24, 2015 HOU 10 @DET  8        W:Joe Thatcher (1-1), L: Alex Wilson (1-1), S: Luke Gregerson (12)
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
Season Series: 2015 - tied 2-2; 2014 - DET won 4-3; 2013 - DET won 6-1; All-Time - DET leads 18-15

SP: Alfredo Simon (34, RHP, 10-6, 4.74)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (10-6)			123.1	134	72	65	43	84	14	4.74
2014 (15-10)			196.1	181	80	75	56	127	22	3.44
2013 (6-4)			87.2	68	31	28	26	63	8	2.87

Last 7 GS		3-2	37.2	55	33	31	13	21	6	7.41	36
2015-08-08	BOS	ND	6.2	9	6	6	1	1	1	98	32
2015-07-30	@BAL	W	5.2	2	4	4	3	1	2	85	47
2015-07-25	@BOS	W	6.0	5	1	1	2	4	0	81	60
2015-07-20	SEA	ND	5.2	6	4	4	4	3	1	101	40
2015-07-11	@MIN	L	2.1	10	7	5	0	1	0	47	14
2015-07-06	@SEA	W	5.2	8	5	5	3	4	1	109	34
2015-07-01	PIT	L	5.2	15	6	6	0	7	1	109	22

Last 5 v.HOU		1-0	7.0	4	2	0	1	5	0	0.00	69
2015-05-22	HOU	W	7.0	4	2	0	1	5	0	111	69

SP: Dallas Keuchel (27, LHP, 13-6, 2.40)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (13-6)			164.2	128	45	44	39	143	9	2.40
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	48.1	47	16	16	8	48	2	2.98	59
2015-08-07	@OAK	L	7.2	10	3	3	2	3	1	112	48
2015-08-01	ARI	W	6.0	2	2	2	3	8	0	108	65
2015-07-26	@KCR	L	6.2	10	5	5	0	5	1	97	39
2015-07-19	TEX	W	7.0	2	0	0	0	13	0	102	86
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

Last 5 v.DET		1-0	13.1	13	7	6	2	10	2	4.05	52
2014-05-08	@DET	W	7.2	6	2	2	0	7	1	106	66
2013-05-15	@DET	ND	5.2	7	5	4	2	3	1	88	38

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

Tigers Batters (4.39 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (3.69 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 60.Keuchel*
G/S/vB 35.Fields
G/S/vB 44.Gregerson
G/S/vB 36.Harris
G/S/vB 37.Neshek
G/S/vB 38.Perez*
G/S/vB 50.Qualls
G/S/vB 29.Sipp*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Avila* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 12/.817 164/135 .178/.319/.267/.586 .374/.632 .468 52/.451 0/1 3/0

9.Castellanos G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 420/330 .240/.295/.391/.686 .869/.636 .603 88/.810 0/1 11/6

18.Collins* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 78/75 .257/.295/.432/.727 .000/.757 .922 24/.554 1/0 2/1

20.Davis G/S/vP 7/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 4/.250 2/1.000 6/.334 3/1.000 262/152 .250/.303/.408/.711 .739/.691 .698 55/.490 17/5 3/1

12.Gose* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 353/310 .255/.308/.353/.660 .341/.703 .540 78/.410 16/8 2/3

1.Iglesias G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 382/287 .304/.346/.381/.726 .881/.676 .719 95/.657 10/7 2/11

3.Kinsler G/S/vP 21/.855 5/.800 3/.333 1/.000 9/.347 5/.650 2/.500 4/1.417 496/390 .300/.357/.426/.783 .813/.774 .747 108/1.019 8/5 6/6

55.Marte G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 54/24 .271/.340/.542/.881 .940/.798 1.192 47/.836 0/0 3/2

28.Martinez G/S/vP 3/.000 2/2.500 4/.833 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 5/1.400 1/.000 464/362 .287/.349/.555/.904 .849/.917 .853 100/.854 2/1 30/2

41.Martinez# G/S/vP 6/1.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 2/.000 4/.500 3/1.666 340/263 .244/.306/.378/.684 .866/.631 .689 106/.544 0/0 9/

34.McCann G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/5.000 284/214 .281/.313/.419/.733 1.047/.635 .692 71/.696 0/0 5/0

27.Romine# G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 116/93 .267/.316/.352/.668 .802/.633 .774 29/.410 6/5 2/4

IP 164.2 38.0 43.0 49.2 42.1 30.1 35.1 41.1 TOTAL .273/.330/.427/.756 .781/.749 .731 .697 65/38 113/56

ERA-K/9

2.40/7.8

2.37/11.6

3.35/8.0

1.63/8.3

2.76/8.9

2.97/11.6

3.82/7.4

2.40/9.4

3.49/7.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Avila (14-6-1)
McCann (25-18-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 644/.213 150/.167 174/.233 193/.167 158/.182 133/.222 143/.214 163/.200 .239 Martinez
Davis
Gose
Collins
Romine 0/0/106/13
18/39/8/2
0/95/0/2
8/0/4/1
2/0/0/0

OPS .556 .528 .646 .517 .583 .627 .609 .595 .676

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 133/.365 68/.629 93/.657 88/.512 59/.665 68/.517 53/.482 84/.568 .662

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 511/.606 82/.443 81/.632 105/.520 99/.536 65/.749 90/.682 79/.623 .686

Home 328/.440 66/.485 99/.678 84/.580 83/.575 77/.649 75/.551 67/.489

Last 28d days 109/.599 34/.487 41/.872 34/.881 29/.601 23/.445 35/.290 34/.393

HR/SB/CS 9/2/0 1/3/2 5/3/0 5/6/0 6/0/1 2/2/0 4/6/1 5/1/2 96/64/21

Usage ······X· ··X····· ·o··X··X ·o··o··o ·o··o··· ·oo·o··· ··o··o·o ····XX·o

Astros Batters (4.37 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.82 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 31.Simon
G/S/vB 62.Alburquerque
G/S/vB 45.Farmer
G/S/vB 39.Feliz
G/S/vB 32.Gorzelanny*
G/S/vB 65.Hardy*
G/S/vB 43.Rondon
G/S/vB 56.Ryan*
G/S/vB 30.Wilson
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

27.Altuve G/S/vP 7/.929 3/1.000 ··· 4/1.250 3/1.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 5/.000 473/329 .298/.344/.408/.752 .934/.675 .845 106/.756 30/11 9/5

23.Carter G/S/vP 6/.533 3/.000 ··· 5/1.850 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 380/234 .181/.297/.375/.672 .695/.658 .785 40/.608 1/2 17/6

15.Castro* G/S/vP 5/1.400 2/1.000 ··· 5/.933 3/1.334 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 290/208 .213/.276/.380/.656 .589/.684 .750 50/.709 0/0 10/1

16.Conger# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 154/74 .237/.340/.473/.813 .534/1.106 .994 38/.936 0/0 8/4

1.Correa G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 243/164 .282/.342/.541/.882 .940/.855 1.011 98/.998 9/2 14/6

11.Gattis G/S/vP 6/1.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/1.000 427/279 .236/.267/.436/.703 .650/.731 .821 83/.625 0/1 17/1

30.Gomez G/S/vP 11/.800 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 5/.200 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 364/288 .258/.320/.411/.731 .631/.756 .752 93/.609 11/6 9/6

9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 4/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/.833 252/154 .260/.298/.413/.711 .798/.657 .738 45/.777 3/3 7/6

8.Lowrie# G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 8/.542 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 116/85 .274/.397/.505/.902 1.396/.724 .742 42/.733 1/0 5/1

6.Marisnick G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 270/169 .224/.259/.352/.611 .480/.692 .489 49/.418 14/5 5/2

28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 7/.429 2/1.000 ··· 5/1.400 8/.250 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 333/244 .239/.312/.461/.774 .754/.778 .818 80/.823 2/1 15/2

20.Tucker* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 267/199 .259/.315/.462/.776 .466/.886 .871 70/.905 0/2 11/1

18.Valbuena* G/S/vP 19/.754 1/2.000 ··· 2/2.000 3/2.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 388/273 .212/.296/.430/.727 .598/.780 .775 65/.785 1/0 21/5

IP 123.1 48.1 22.0 30.0 25.1 50.0 17.2 33.1 57.2 TOTAL .242/.309/.422/.731 .716/.739 .785 .759 86/33 158/59

ERA-K/9

4.74/6.1

2.98/8.9

8.18/5.7

7.20/7.8

6.39/7.1

2.52/7.2

5.60/13.2

5.94/5.4

1.72/5.1

4.48/7.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castro (38-20-6)
Conger (26-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 538/.276 207/.246 105/.344 138/.317 124/.333 208/.228 78/.254 147/.298 222/.228 .270 Rasmus
Marisnick
Gomez
Tucker
Conger
Gonzalez
Gattis 46/33/29/6
4/79/4/6
0/83/0/2
61/0/11/1
1/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
10/0/0/0

OPS .788 .681 .994 .875 .955 .626 .715 .877 .569 .766

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 324/.905 83/.725 53/.986 67/.918 55/.878 99/.498 27/.625 46/.858 98/.644 .791

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 214/.611 124/.653 52/1.004 71/.834 69/1.015 109/.739 51/.766 101/.886 124/.508 .746

Road 265/.873 82/.615 92/1.032 70/.780 59/1.060 92/.506 33/.624 89/.894 105/.520

Last 28d days 102/.753 42/.654 40/.841 42/1.158 8/1.357 40/.796 45/.677 15/.800 41/.417

HR/SB/CS 14/10/6 4/6/0 5/0/1 5/0/2 3/2/0 0/1/0 1/2/0 7/1/1 2/2/2 130/49/26

Usage ·····X·· ··o·X·X· ···X··X· ·Xo·o··o ··X·o··· ·o···X·o ·X···X·o ···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 5.30

WSN 4.11

MIA 3.68

RA/G

STL 2.93

CLE 4.21

COL 5.22

P. Goldschmidt .341

K. Wong .268

M. Zunino .168

OBP

B. Harper .458

S. Choo .327

M. Zunino .227

SLG

B. Harper .643

S. Perez .420

M. Zunino .296

OPS

B. Harper 1.101

S. Choo .750

M. Zunino .523

ERA

Z. Greinke 1.59

J. Nelson 3.65

K. Lohse 6.14

K/9IP

C. Sale 11.56

A. Burnett 7.58

M. Buehrle 4.24

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.