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Houston Astros vs. Detroit Tigers, at Minute Maid Park, August 16, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Sunday, August 16, 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)
Tigers
Manager:
Brad Ausmus
Game #:
119
On This Date:
55-40
Astros
Manager:
A.J. Hinch
Game #:
118
On This Date:
21-24
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 HOU  5  DET  1     
Sat, Aug 15, 2015 DET  4 @HOU  2 (11)

Sun, Aug 16, 2015 DET    @HOU  2:10pm

                         All times ET
Detroit Tigers
56-60, 3rd, 14 GB, 7 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   28-30   Road:   28-30   ExtrInn: 4-8 
 vsRHP:  40-47   vsLHP:  16-13   1-Run:  19-16
 vsEast: 10-16   vsCntrl:30-20   vsWest:  9-14 IL: 7-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
116 Sat, Aug 15  @HOU  W   4-2 (11)  56-60  3rd 14.0 gb
115 Fri, Aug 14  @HOU  L   1-5       55-60  3rd 14.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:12-18
Houston Astros
63-54, 1st, 2½ up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   39-19   Road:   24-35   ExtrInn: 5-6 
 vsRHP:  41-33   vsLHP:  22-21   1-Run:  15-19
 vsEast: 14-13   vsCntrl:10-15   vsWest: 28-23 IL:11-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
117 Sat, Aug 15   DET  L   2-4 (11)  63-54  1st  2.5 up
116 Fri, Aug 14   DET  W   5-1       63-53  1st  2.5 up
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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Aug 15, 2015 DET  4 @HOU  2 (11)   W:Al Alburquerque (2-0), L: Pat Neshek (3-3), S: Neftali Feliz (7)
Fri, Aug 14, 2015 HOU  5  DET  1        W:Dallas Keuchel (14-6), L: Alfredo Simon (10-7), S: none
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
Season Series: 2015 - tied 3-3; 2014 - DET won 4-3; 2013 - DET won 6-1; All-Time - DET leads 19-16

SP: Matt Boyd (24, LHP, 1-3, 7.11)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (1-3) 19.0 31 15 15 2 15 5 7.11
Last 7 GS 1-3 19.0 31 15 15 2 15 5 7.11 40
2015-08-10 @KCR L 5.1 9 3 3 1 6 0 98 43
2015-08-05 KCR W 7.0 7 1 1 0 2 0 106 61
2015-07-02 BOS L 0.0 6 7 7 1 0 2 28 9
2015-06-27 TEX L 6.2 9 4 4 0 7 3 103 47
Has never faced HOU as starter.

SP: Mike Fiers (30, RHP, 5-9, 4.03)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (5-9) 129.2 129 64 58 47 131 16 4.03
2014 (6-5) 71.2 46 19 17 17 76 7 2.13
2013 (1-4) 22.1 28 20 18 6 15 8 7.25
Last 7 GS 2-2 44.2 31 14 13 14 36 5 2.62 60
2015-08-09 @OAK ND 6.2 5 1 1 1 4 1 95 63
2015-07-29 @SFG L 6.0 4 2 2 1 5 0 100 60
2015-07-23 @ARI L 5.0 8 5 4 2 10 1 101 41
2015-07-17 PIT W 7.0 3 1 1 1 7 1 89 73
2015-07-08 ATL ND 6.0 4 4 4 4 4 2 101 48
2015-07-03 @CIN W 7.0 3 0 0 2 2 0 113 71
2015-06-28 MIN ND 7.0 4 1 1 3 4 0 96 66
Last 5 v.DET 0-0 5.2 6 2 2 1 3 0 3.18 51
2015-05-18 @DET ND 5.2 6 2 2 1 3 0 104 51

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Tigers Batters (4.35 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (3.67 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 54.Fiers
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/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 44/.462 0/1 3/0
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 3/1.333 3/1.667 2/2.500 1/.000 7/1.571 23/1.082 10/.533 6/4.333 342/269 .349/.456/.570/1.027 1.061/1.017 1.043 9/.730 1/1 15/3
9.Castellanos G/S/vP 2/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· 428/335 .237/.292/.385/.677 .862/.626 .589 93/.786 0/1 11/6
18.Collins* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 83/80 .266/.301/.430/.732 .000/.760 .904 29/.597 1/0 2/1
20.Davis G/S/vP 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 4/.250 2/1.000 6/.334 3/1.000 266/152 .246/.298/.402/.700 .712/.691 .676 57/.472 17/5 3/1
12.Gose* G/S/vP 3/.666 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 361/314 .252/.306/.348/.655 .356/.699 .533 79/.420 17/8 2/3
1.Iglesias G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 390/292 .306/.346/.383/.730 .885/.678 .726 96/.629 10/7 2/11
3.Kinsler G/S/vP 3/.333 6/.666 4/.250 1/.000 10/.311 5/.650 2/.500 4/1.417 505/396 .299/.354/.422/.777 .809/.767 .735 111/1.009 8/5 6/6
55.Marte G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 54/24 .271/.340/.542/.881 .940/.798 1.192 44/.813 0/0 3/2
28.Martinez G/S/vP 3/1.667 2/2.500 5/.650 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 6/1.167 1/.000 473/368 .284/.347/.547/.893 .823/.911 .834 101/.861 2/1 30/2
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 6/.833 2/.000 4/.500 3/1.666 349/269 .244/.304/.377/.680 .858/.628 .682 107/.537 0/0 9/0
34.McCann G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/5.000 293/219 .276/.310/.411/.721 1.038/.620 .671 77/.685 0/0 5/0
27.Romine# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 117/93 .264/.313/.349/.662 .768/.633 .762 26/.330 6/5 2/4
IP 129.2 39.0 45.0 49.2 43.1 30.1 36.1 42.1 TOTAL .271/.328/.423/.751 .772/.745 .722 .694 66/38 113/56
ERA-K/9 4.03/9.1 2.31/11.3 3.20/8.2 1.63/8.3 3.32/8.9 2.97/11.6 3.72/7.7 2.34/9.1 3.46/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (14-6-1)
 McCann (28-18-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 558/.260 154/.169 180/.225 193/.167 166/.200 133/.222 146/.209 166/.197 .239  Martinez
 Gose
 Davis
 Collins
 Romine
0/0/108/13
0/97/0/2
19/39/8/2
9/0/4/1
2/0/0/0
OPS .755 .527 .623 .517 .618 .627 .596 .592 .672
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 256/.719 69/.620 94/.650 88/.512 62/.718 68/.517 54/.472 85/.561 .661
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 302/.785 85/.451 86/.594 105/.520 104/.562 65/.749 92/.666 81/.624 .681
Home 274/.778 70/.486 105/.637 84/.580 91/.640 77/.649 78/.529 70/.486
Last 28d days 96/.795 32/.290 47/.753 34/.881 37/.756 19/.541 32/.222 33/.442
HR/SB/CS 16/10/4 1/3/2 5/3/0 5/6/0 6/0/1 2/2/0 4/6/1 5/1/2 96/65/21
Usage ······X· o···X··· oo·o··X· ···o··o· oo·o··o· ···oo·o· o···o··o o·····XX
Astros Batters (4.35 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.79 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 48.Boyd*
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		 30.Wilson
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP ··· 4/.750 ··· 5/.933 3/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 6/.000 482/338 .299/.344/.407/.750 .934/.674 .837 105/.743 31/11 9/5
23.Carter G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 5/1.850 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 382/235 .183/.298/.379/.677 .690/.669 .794 42/.657 1/2 17/6
15.Castro* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· 5/.933 4/1.000 3/1.666 ··· ··· 297/213 .211/.273/.378/.651 .574/.682 .732 53/.726 0/0 10/1
16.Conger# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 154/74 .237/.340/.473/.813 .534/1.106 .994 34/.889 0/0 8/4
1.Correa G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 252/173 .286/.357/.540/.897 .940/.878 1.039 98/.955 10/2 14/7
11.Gattis G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 434/286 .235/.267/.437/.704 .650/.732 .820 81/.624 0/1 17/1
30.Gomez G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 5/.200 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 373/297 .251/.312/.401/.712 .631/.732 .711 93/.543 11/6 9/6
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 ··· 3/.000 5/.500 2/.000 ··· 7/.715 258/158 .263/.300/.413/.713 .790/.666 .741 49/.816 3/3 7/6
8.Lowrie# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 9/.730 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 125/94 .279/.392/.500/.892 1.396/.731 .749 51/.742 1/0 5/1
6.Marisnick G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.334 271/170 .227/.262/.355/.617 .480/.700 .500 43/.495 15/5 5/2
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 5/1.400 8/.250 3/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 337/248 .236/.309/.455/.764 .754/.764 .792 75/.744 2/1 15/2
20.Tucker* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 276/208 .254/.308/.461/.769 .466/.871 .847 70/.809 0/2 12/1
18.Valbuena* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/2.000 3/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 392/277 .213/.296/.428/.724 .598/.776 .769 61/.717 1/0 21/5
IP 19.0 50.1 22.0 31.0 26.1 50.2 18.2 59.0 TOTAL .242/.309/.421/.730 .714/.738 .779 .735 89/33 159/60
ERA-K/9 7.11/7.1 2.86/8.8 8.18/5.7 7.26/7.5 6.15/7.5 2.49/7.5 5.79/13.5 1.83/5.2 4.46/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (39-20-6)
 Conger (26-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 87/.369 213/.243 105/.344 143/.320 127/.327 210/.226 83/.264 228/.231 .269  Rasmus
 Marisnick
 Gomez
 Tucker
 Conger
 Gonzalez
 Gattis
46/33/30/6
4/79/5/6
0/85/0/2
63/0/12/1
1/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
11/0/0/0
OPS .998 .671 .994 .872 .938 .620 .762 .577 .764
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 32/1.180 86/.723 53/.986 69/.920 56/.861 100/.493 30/.811 100/.631 .787
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 55/.892 127/.637 52/1.004 74/.827 71/1.000 110/.732 53/.733 128/.533 .746
Road 24/.938 88/.594 92/1.032 75/.781 62/1.023 94/.494 38/.743 111/.538
Last 28d days 51/.773 42/.542 40/.841 44/1.149 11/1.067 42/.755 40/.635 39/.469
HR/SB/CS 5/0/1 4/6/0 5/0/1 5/0/2 3/2/0 0/1/0 2/2/0 2/3/2 131/52/26
Usage ·····X·· oo··o·X· ·····X·· o··Xo·o· ·o··X·o· o··o···X X··X···X oX······

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  5.25

LAA  4.10

MIA  3.64

 RA/G

STL  2.91

CLE  4.18

COL  5.27

 BA

P. Goldschmidt  .341

R. Cano  .267

C. Carter  .183

 OBP

B. Harper  .456

K. Wong  .327

O. Infante  .232

 SLG

B. Harper  .644

J. Heyward  .423

B. Hamilton  .294

 OPS

B. Harper  1.100

X. Bogaerts  .750

O. Infante  .529

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.59

C. Carrasco  3.68

K. Lohse  6.14

 K/9IP

C. Sale  11.56

S. Gray  7.57

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.