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Houston Astros vs. Tampa Bay Rays, at Minute Maid Park, August 20, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Thursday, August 20, 2015

Start Time:

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

Venue:

Minute Maid Park

Series:

Game #4 of a 4-game series

Average Temp:

73° (based on last ten years)

Rays

Manager:

Kevin Cash

Game #:

122

On This Date:

7-9

Astros

Manager:

A.J. Hinch

Game #:

122

On This Date:

21-29

Season Series
Fri, Jul 10, 2015 TBR  3  HOU  1     
Sat, Jul 11, 2015 TBR  3  HOU  0     
Sun, Jul 12, 2015 TBR  4  HOU  3     
Mon, Aug 17, 2015 TBR  9 @HOU  2     
Tue, Aug 18, 2015 HOU  3  TBR  2 (10)
Wed, Aug 19, 2015 HOU  3  TBR  2 (13)

Thu, Aug 20, 2015 TBR    @HOU  8:10pm

                         All times ET

Tampa Bay Rays

59-61, 4th, 8½ GB, 6½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   31-31   Road:   28-30   ExtrInn: 2-10
 vsRHP:  38-47   vsLHP:  21-14   1-Run:  18-22
 vsEast: 24-26   vsCntrl:10-13   vsWest: 14-16 IL:11-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
120 Wed, Aug 19  @HOU  L   2-3 (13)  59-61  4th  8.5 gb
119 Tue, Aug 18  @HOU  L   2-3 (10)  59-60  4th  7.5 gb
118 Mon, Aug 17  @HOU  W   9-2       59-59  4th  6.5 gb
117 Sun, Aug 16  @TEX  L   3-5       58-59  4th  6.5 gb
116 Sat, Aug 15  @TEX  L   4-12      58-58  4th  6.5 gb
115 Fri, Aug 14  @TEX  L   3-5       58-57  4th  5.5 gb
114 Wed, Aug 12   ATL  W   9-6       58-56  3rd  4.5 gb
113 Tue, Aug 11   ATL  W   2-0       57-56  4th  5.0 gb
112 Sun, Aug  9   NYM  W   4-3       56-56  4th  6.0 gb
111 Sat, Aug  8   NYM  W   5-4       55-56  4th  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16

Houston Astros

66-55, 1st, 2½ up / Schedule

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

 Home:   42-20   Road:   24-35   ExtrInn: 7-6 
 vsRHP:  43-34   vsLHP:  23-21   1-Run:  18-19
 vsEast: 16-14   vsCntrl:11-15   vsWest: 28-23 IL:11-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
121 Wed, Aug 19   TBR  W   3-2 (13)  66-55  1st  2.5 up
120 Tue, Aug 18   TBR  W   3-2 (10)  65-55  1st  2.5 up
119 Mon, Aug 17   TBR  L   2-9       64-55  1st  2.5 up
118 Sun, Aug 16   DET  W   6-5       64-54  1st  3.5 up
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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Aug 19, 2015 HOU  3  TBR  2 (13)   W:Josh Fields (4-1), L: Matt Andriese (3-3), S: none
Tue, Aug 18, 2015 HOU  3  TBR  2 (10)   W:Luke Gregerson (6-2), L: Brad Boxberger (4-9), S: none
Mon, Aug 17, 2015 TBR  9 @HOU  2        W:Erasmo Ramirez (10-4), L: Scott Kazmir (6-8), S: none
Sun, Jul 12, 2015 TBR  4  HOU  3        W:Matt Moore (1-0), L: Lance McCullers (4-3), S: Brad Boxberger (23)
Sat, Jul 11, 2015 TBR  3  HOU  0        W:Jake Odorizzi (5-5), L: Dallas Keuchel (11-4), S: Brad Boxberger (22)
Fri, Jul 10, 2015 TBR  3  HOU  1        W:Erasmo Ramirez (8-3), L: Collin McHugh (9-5), S: Brad Boxberger (21)

Sun, Jun 22, 2014 TBR  5  HOU  2        W:Juan Carlos Oviedo (3-2), L: Dallas Keuchel (8-5), S: Joel Peralta (1)
Sat, Jun 21, 2014 TBR  8  HOU  0        W:Jake Odorizzi (3-7), L: Jake Buchanan (0-1), S: none
Fri, Jun 20, 2014 HOU  3 @TBR  1        W:Jarred Cosart (7-5), L: David Price (5-7), S: Chad Qualls (9)
Thu, Jun 19, 2014 TBR  5  HOU  0        W:Chris Archer (4-4), L: Collin McHugh (4-5), S: none
Season Series: 2015 - TBR over 4-2; 2014 - TBR won 5-2; 2013 - TBR won 5-2; All-Time - TBR leads 20-12

SP: Chris Archer (26, RHP, 10-9, 2.93)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (10-9)			160.0	128	60	52	41	194	14	2.93
2014 (10-9)			194.2	177	85	72	72	173	12	3.33
2013 (9-7)			128.2	107	49	46	38	101	15	3.22

Last 7 GS		1-4	44.1	46	27	24	13	53	5	4.87	52
2015-08-15	@TEX	L	5.1	11	8	7	3	4	1	98	17
2015-08-09	NYM	ND	6.0	4	3	3	4	10	0	116	58
2015-08-04	@CHW	W	7.0	6	2	2	1	7	1	107	63
2015-07-29	DET	L	7.0	3	2	0	0	11	0	101	78
2015-07-24	BAL	ND	6.0	5	1	1	2	9	0	110	65
2015-07-19	@TOR	L	7.0	5	2	2	1	6	1	106	64
2015-07-08	@KCR	L	6.0	12	9	9	2	6	2	107	16

Last 5 v.HOU		2-1	24.2	13	8	3	8	23	1	1.09	65
2014-06-19	HOU	W	6.2	3	0	0	2	8	0	102	74
2014-06-14	@HOU	L	3.0	3	6	1	3	2	0	74	38
2013-07-14	HOU	W	9.0	5	0	0	0	8	0	112	85
2013-07-04	@HOU	ND	6.0	2	2	2	3	5	1	97	62

SP: Collin McHugh (28, RHP, 13-6, 4.09)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (13-6)			152.0	158	70	69	39	123	15	4.09
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		4-2	45.0	46	15	15	12	38	2	3.00	56
2015-08-15	DET	ND	7.0	4	1	1	2	7	0	102	70
2015-08-08	@OAK	L	6.0	5	2	2	3	8	0	121	59
2015-08-02	ARI	W	7.0	8	1	1	1	6	0	100	62
2015-07-28	LAA	W	5.0	7	5	5	4	3	1	93	32
2015-07-22	BOS	W	7.0	7	2	2	1	4	0	98	58
2015-07-17	TEX	W	6.0	11	1	1	0	4	0	97	50
2015-07-10	@TBR	L	7.0	4	3	3	1	6	1	96	62

Last 5 v.TBR		0-3	18.0	13	9	6	7	18	1	3.00	57
2015-07-10	@TBR	L	7.0	4	3	3	1	6	1	96	62
2014-06-19	@TBR	L	6.0	4	2	0	3	6	0	104	63
2014-06-13	TBR	L	5.0	5	4	3	3	6	0	100	46

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

Rays Batters (3.75 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (3.69 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 31.McHugh
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

1.Beckham G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 162/81 .233/.290/.452/.742 .810/.668 .845 46/.757 3/1 6/7

13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 2/.500 4/1.250 1/.000 1/.000 405/299 .264/.312/.413/.725 .767/.710 .671 80/1.125 4/3 8/4

19.Casali G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 103/72 .237/.294/.581/.875 .719/.942 .788 61/.961 0/0 9/0

11.Forsythe G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 470/329 .282/.362/.432/.794 .952/.729 .829 93/.743 8/3 13/7

5.Guyer G/S/vP 6/.834 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 275/119 .266/.368/.395/.762 .791/.725 .778 55/.863 10/2 5/0

28.Jaso* G/S/vP 6/.500 2/1.000 4/.250 ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.000 4/.250 108/97 .323/.398/.462/.861 .705/.874 1.080 62/.778 1/1 1/0

8.Jennings G/S/vP 6/1.100 4/1.250 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.400 2/.500 93/67 .241/.312/.277/.589 .760/.521 .615 21/.733 5/2 0/0

39.Kiermaier* G/S/vP 9/.444 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 2/1.500 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 404/311 .251/.284/.402/.686 .580/.718 .790 78/.660 13/2 5/2

21.Loney* G/S/vP 9/.583 ··· 10/.522 ··· 3/.666 15/1.015 15/.575 4/.000 257/204 .266/.311/.359/.670 .631/.680 .663 75/.714 2/4 4/4

3.Longoria G/S/vP 9/.111 4/.000 5/.000 4/1.167 4/.250 1/2.000 3/.666 1/no AB 491/373 .277/.342/.425/.767 .939/.715 .699 104/.901 3/1 13/7

7.Nava# G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 3/1.167 1/.000 3/.333 102/82 .170/.267/.193/.461 .551/.439 .559 29/.510 0/0 0/0

44.Rivera G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 3/1.667 ··· ··· 279/189 .183/.215/.290/.505 .461/.526 .457 27/.500 0/0 5/10

24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 ··· 5/.400 2/1.500 ··· ··· 203/185 .234/.271/.380/.651 .951/.623 .524 46/.819 1/1 6/1

IP 152.0 41.0 48.0 54.0 44.1 32.1 38.1 44.1 TOTAL .247/.310/.391/.701 .757/.679 .718 .788 70/33 111/67

ERA-K/9

4.09/7.3

2.20/11.9

3.00/8.2

1.50/8.8

3.25/8.9

2.78/11.4

3.99/8.2

2.23/9.3

3.43/7.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Casali (18-7-0)
Rivera (33-20-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 645/.268 161/.168 189/.213 209/.164 169/.203 145/.240 155/.217 174/.195 .240 Kiermaier
Nava
Jennings
Sizemore
Jaso
Guyer 0/112/2/12
8/0/22/3
17/10/0/2
13/0/38/2
4/0/1/1
43/18/30/0

OPS .723 .516 .592 .501 .619 .653 .621 .583 .672

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 302/.636 71/.631 100/.609 96/.489 64/.694 73/.523 57/.483 87/.587 .653

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 343/.800 90/.425 89/.574 113/.511 105/.576 72/.792 98/.699 87/.579 .686

Home 318/.736 77/.467 114/.585 100/.539 94/.641 89/.688 87/.580 78/.478

Last 28d days 108/.672 32/.290 51/.626 43/.601 33/.866 28/.619 38/.427 38/.469

HR/SB/CS 15/6/3 1/3/2 5/3/0 5/6/0 6/0/1 2/2/0 5/7/1 5/1/2 99/67/21

Usage ····X··· o·ooo··· oX··oo·o oo·X···o o···oo·o o·X····o o··Xo··· ··X·o···

Astros Batters (4.32 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (3.84 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 22.Archer
G/S/vB 26.Boxberger
G/S/vB 31.Cedeno*
G/S/vB 37.Colome
G/S/vB 54.Geltz
G/S/vB 47.Gomes
G/S/vB 57.McGee*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

27.Altuve G/S/vP 10/.600 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/.666 503/354 .307/.349/.412/.761 .944/.687 .851 112/.685 32/11 9/5

23.Carter G/S/vP 8/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 7/.953 388/236 .180/.296/.373/.669 .674/.666 .774 40/.492 1/2 17/7

15.Castro* G/S/vP 12/.444 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 1/no AB 304/219 .211/.276/.375/.651 .583/.679 .730 57/.726 0/0 10/1

16.Conger# G/S/vP 6/.733 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 163/79 .223/.327/.446/.773 .522/1.030 .903 35/.719 0/1 8/4

1.Correa G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 270/187 .286/.356/.539/.895 .976/.859 1.013 104/.936 10/2 15/7

11.Gattis G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 451/298 .238/.271/.442/.712 .637/.750 .826 87/.655 0/1 18/1

30.Gomez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 385/305 .250/.313/.395/.707 .614/.731 .700 92/.501 12/7 9/6

9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP 1/3.000 4/1.833 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 4/1.250 274/169 .268/.306/.433/.739 .832/.683 .793 56/.784 3/3 8/7

8.Lowrie# G/S/vP ··· 2/3.000 4/1.417 ··· ··· 3/.000 3/.333 138/106 .267/.377/.474/.851 1.346/.706 .693 64/.688 1/0 5/1

6.Marisnick G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 279/173 .228/.262/.359/.621 .496/.700 .514 42/.555 16/5 5/2

28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 14/.643 2/1.500 ··· ··· 2/2.500 6/.533 11/.909 351/258 .232/.305/.462/.767 .844/.739 .797 82/.735 2/1 17/3

20.Tucker* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 285/217 .253/.305/.453/.758 .466/.852 .817 71/.709 0/2 12/1

18.Valbuena* G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 403/287 .209/.293/.419/.712 .592/.760 .742 65/.724 1/0 21/5

IP 160.0 48.0 37.1 87.2 57.1 42.2 35.0 TOTAL .242/.309/.420/.729 .721/.733 .775 .705 92/35 164/63

ERA-K/9

2.93/10.9

3.19/11.1

2.17/9.4

4.11/6.6

3.45/8.3

3.80/7.4

2.57/12.3

3.64/8.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castro (39-20-6)
Conger (28-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 641/.215 210/.235 154/.227 369/.277 220/.171 173/.234 137/.195 .237 Rasmus
Marisnick
Gomez
Tucker
Conger
Gonzalez
Gattis 48/34/32/6
4/80/7/6
0/88/0/2
64/0/13/1
1/0/0/0
3/0/0/0
11/0/0/0

OPS .589 .705 .604 .733 .545 .666 .538 .676

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 325/.595 112/.670 85/.458 197/.760 105/.569 81/.630 45/.579 .662

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 316/.582 98/.746 69/.796 172/.702 115/.521 92/.696 92/.517 .690

Road 290/.628 101/.842 86/.519 171/.726 114/.593 89/.671 71/.530

Last 28d days 131/.637 41/.856 35/.229 46/.419 43/.598 37/.270 53/.725

HR/SB/CS 14/6/7 6/4/3 3/1/2 9/3/5 7/5/2 5/3/1 3/0/0 124/65/33

Usage ····X··· oo·····X o··o·X·· o··X···o ·oo··X·· X·o·o··· ·X···X·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 5.24

LAA 4.06

ATL 3.68

RA/G

STL 2.91

CLE 4.22

COL 5.30

D. Gordon .334

F. Galvis .267

M. Zunino .175

OBP

B. Harper .454

C. Gonzalez .326

M. Zunino .231

SLG

B. Harper .634

E. Longoria .425

B. Hamilton .290

OPS

B. Harper 1.088

N. Walker .751

O. Infante .529

ERA

Z. Greinke 1.58

D. Haren 3.63

K. Lohse 6.11

K/9IP

C. Sale 11.90

S. Miller 7.58

M. Buehrle 4.25

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.