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Houston Astros vs. Minnesota Twins, at Minute Maid Park, September 4, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Friday, September 4, 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)
Twins
Manager:
Paul Molitor
Game #:
135
On This Date:
49-56
Astros
Manager:
A.J. Hinch
Game #:
135
On This Date:
18-27
Season Series
Fri, Aug 28, 2015 MIN  3  HOU  0     
Sat, Aug 29, 2015 HOU  4 @MIN  1     
Sun, Aug 30, 2015 MIN  7  HOU  5     

Fri, Sep 04, 2015 MIN    @HOU  8:10pm
Sat, Sep 05, 2015 MIN    @HOU  7:10pm
Sun, Sep 06, 2015 MIN    @HOU  2:10pm

                         All times ET
Minnesota Twins
69-64, 2nd, 13 GB, 5½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   42-26   Road:   27-38   ExtrInn: 5-6 
 vsRHP:  44-44   vsLHP:  25-20   1-Run:  19-18
 vsEast: 19-14   vsCntrl:28-26   vsWest: 14-12 IL: 8-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
133 Thu, Sep  3   CHW  L   4-6       69-64  2nd 13.0 gb
132 Wed, Sep  2   CHW  W   3-0       69-63  2nd 12.0 gb
131 Tue, Sep  1   CHW  W   8-6       68-63  2nd 12.0 gb
130 Sun, Aug 30   HOU  W   7-5       67-63  2nd 13.0 gb
129 Sat, Aug 29   HOU  L   1-4       66-63  2nd 14.0 gb
128 Fri, Aug 28   HOU  W   3-0       66-62  2nd 13.0 gb
127 Thu, Aug 27  @TBR  L   4-5       65-62  2nd 13.0 gb
126 Wed, Aug 26  @TBR  W   5-3       65-61  2nd 12.0 gb
125 Tue, Aug 25  @TBR  W  11-7       64-61  2nd 13.0 gb
124 Sun, Aug 23  @BAL  W   4-3 (12)  63-61  2nd 12.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:15-15
Houston Astros
73-61, 1st, 2 up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   46-23   Road:   27-38   ExtrInn: 8-6 
 vsRHP:  47-39   vsLHP:  26-22   1-Run:  19-21
 vsEast: 18-16   vsCntrl:12-17   vsWest: 29-25 IL:14-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
134 Wed, Sep  2   SEA  L   3-8       73-61  1st  2.0 up
133 Tue, Sep  1   SEA  L   5-7       73-60  1st  3.0 up
132 Mon, Aug 31   SEA  W   8-3       73-59  1st  4.0 up
131 Sun, Aug 30  @MIN  L   5-7       72-59  1st  3.0 up
130 Sat, Aug 29  @MIN  W   4-1       72-58  1st  4.0 up
129 Fri, Aug 28  @MIN  L   0-3       71-58  1st  4.0 up
128 Wed, Aug 26  @NYY  W   6-2       71-57  1st  5.5 up
127 Tue, Aug 25  @NYY  W  15-1       70-57  1st  4.5 up
126 Mon, Aug 24  @NYY  L   0-1       69-57  1st  3.5 up
125 Sun, Aug 23   LAD  W   3-2 (10)  69-56  1st  4.0 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Aug 30, 2015 MIN  7  HOU  5        W:Ervin Santana (3-4), L: Lance McCullers (5-5), S: none
Sat, Aug 29, 2015 HOU  4 @MIN  1        W:Mike Fiers (7-9), L: Mike Pelfrey (6-8), S: Luke Gregerson (25)
Fri, Aug 28, 2015 MIN  3  HOU  0        W:Kyle Gibson (9-9), L: Scott Kazmir (7-9), S: Kevin Jepsen (9)

Wed, Aug 13, 2014 MIN  3 @HOU  1        W:Kyle Gibson (11-9), L: Brett Oberholtzer (4-8), S: Glen Perkins (30)
Tue, Aug 12, 2014 HOU 10  MIN  4        W:Collin McHugh (5-9), L: Yohan Pino (1-5), S: none
Mon, Aug 11, 2014 MIN  4 @HOU  2        W:Brian Duensing (3-2), L: Josh Fields (2-5), S: Glen Perkins (29)
Sun, Jun 08, 2014 HOU 14 @MIN  5        W:Darin Downs (1-0), L: Sam Deduno (2-4), S: none
Sat, Jun 07, 2014 MIN  8  HOU  0        W:Kyle Gibson (5-5), L: Scott Feldman (3-4), S: none
Fri, Jun 06, 2014 HOU  5 @MIN  4        W:Dallas Keuchel (7-3), L: Phil Hughes (6-2), S: Chad Qualls (7)
Wed, Sep 04, 2013 HOU  6  MIN  5        W:Erik Bedard (4-10), L: Brian Duensing (6-2), S: none
Season Series: 2015 - MIN over 2-1; 2014 - Tied 3-3; 2013 - MIN won 5-1; All-Time - MIN leads 21-14

SP: Mike Pelfrey (31, RHP, 6-8, 3.85)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (6-8) 142.2 164 69 61 42 71 7 3.85
2014 (0-3) 23.2 29 23 21 18 10 5 7.99
2013 (5-13) 152.2 184 92 88 53 101 13 5.19
Last 7 GS 1-1 37.2 43 19 15 9 21 0 3.58 48
2015-08-29 HOU L 3.2 7 4 4 2 2 0 78 31
2015-08-23 @BAL ND 4.2 9 3 3 1 3 0 93 36
2015-08-18 @NYY ND 5.1 5 1 1 1 4 0 104 57
2015-08-12 TEX W 7.0 4 1 1 1 4 0 101 68
2015-08-07 @CLE ND 3.2 9 7 4 1 2 0 74 22
2015-08-02 SEA ND 8.0 4 0 0 1 3 0 102 76
2015-07-28 PIT ND 5.1 5 3 2 2 3 0 87 49
Last 5 v.HOU 3-1 31.0 36 9 9 9 19 1 2.61 53
2015-08-29 HOU L 3.2 7 4 4 2 2 0 78 31
2013-08-04 HOU ND 5.0 7 2 2 3 4 0 104 46
2010-08-27 HOU W 8.0 6 0 0 2 4 0 124 72
2008-08-25 HOU W 9.0 6 1 1 0 6 0 108 77
2007-09-07 HOU W 5.1 10 2 2 2 3 1 99 41

SP: Collin McHugh (28, RHP, 14-7, 3.92)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (14-7) 165.1 168 73 72 43 136 16 3.92
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 45.1 41 14 14 15 41 2 2.78 58
2015-08-26 @NYY W 6.1 5 2 2 2 8 1 107 61
2015-08-20 TBR L 7.0 5 1 1 2 5 0 108 66
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
Last 5 v.MIN 1-0 10.1 7 4 4 5 9 2 3.48 55
2014-08-12 MIN W 6.0 4 1 1 0 3 1 93 63
2014-06-08 @MIN ND 4.1 3 3 3 5 6 1 101 46

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

Twins Batters (4.35 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (3.61 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		 56.Thatcher*
G/S/vB		 67.Velasquez
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
25.Buxton G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 96/65 .189/.232/.256/.487 .262/.598 .608 57/.477 1/2 0/0
2.Dozier G/S/vP 6/.333 4/1.167 2/.000 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 6/.667 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 581/406 .243/.315/.475/.790 .801/.785 .762 103/.646 10/4 26/6
5.Escobar# G/S/vP 4/.250 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/3.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· 340/226 .265/.311/.441/.752 .752/.751 .767 79/1.034 2/3 8/5
26.Fryer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 21/17 .167/.286/.222/.508 .250/.561 .091 0/ 0/0 0/1
12.Herrmann* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 102/80 .160/.218/.298/.516 .234/.588 .480 30/.500 0/0 2/3
48.Hunter G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 4/.000 9/1.778 2/.000 5/.200 1/5.000 ··· 467/317 .230/.289/.397/.686 .692/.683 .756 64/.326 2/4 18/4
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 3/.666 3/2.500 ··· ··· 2/1.000 6/.900 2/.000 20/1.600 ··· ··· 542/368 .268/.334/.377/.711 .729/.702 .735 99/.765 1/1 8/4
9.Nunez G/S/vP 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 176/117 .273/.309/.436/.745 .624/.807 .711 33/.912 5/4 4/3
24.Plouffe G/S/vP 4/.250 4/.833 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 2/.000 ··· ··· 521/361 .242/.300/.434/.734 .765/.720 .670 95/.578 2/1 18/9
21.Robinson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 190/111 .254/.305/.329/.634 .608/.653 .673 43/.726 6/1 0/1
20.Rosario* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 370/265 .271/.291/.446/.737 .683/.758 .557 91/.718 10/5 9/6
22.Sano G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 216/151 .294/.403/.617/1.019 .904/1.073 .873 95/1.151 1/1 15/0
39.Santana# G/S/vP 6/.833 3/.666 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 2/2.500 ··· ··· 264/184 .217/.241/.297/.538 .633/.498 .473 1/.000 7/4 0/16
8.Suzuki G/S/vP 4/1.250 ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.000 1/2.000 ··· 395/262 .244/.298/.320/.618 .676/.590 .606 64/.802 0/0 4/1
19.Vargas# G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 170/113 .248/.288/.366/.655 .885/.538 .417 4/1.250 0/0 5/0
IP 165.1 42.0 52.0 59.1 48.2 34.2 43.1 46.1 19.0 49.2 TOTAL .249/.303/.401/.704 .724/.696 .657 .727 57/36 127/70
ERA-K/9 3.92/7.4 2.79/12.0 2.77/8.3 1.37/8.7 3.33/8.9 3.89/11.2 3.95/8.3 2.14/9.7 3.79/10.4 3.62/9.2 3.36/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Fryer (1-0-0)
 Herrmann (9-6-0)
 Suzuki (59-13-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 699/.263 167/.181 204/.214 227/.156 191/.210 159/.250 174/.219 185/.202 87/.292 199/.222 .237  Rosario
 Robinson
 Hunter
 Escobar
 Buxton
 Nunez
 Herrmann
 Santana
62/4/34/14
52/15/10/5
0/0/99/4
35/0/1/4
0/24/0/2
3/0/0/1
0/0/2/0
0/5/1/0
OPS .708 .554 .581 .480 .647 .714 .627 .596 .765 .663 .665
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 338/.616 74/.678 109/.595 106/.453 78/.770 81/.527 64/.569 90/.613 55/.744 119/.643 .644
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 361/.796 93/.456 95/.564 121/.503 113/.566 78/.921 110/.658 95/.579 32/.799 80/.692 .682
Home 346/.714 83/.547 126/.581 112/.521 107/.681 96/.713 98/.555 86/.519 42/.741 121/.693
Last 28d days 107/.522 22/.718 40/.389 38/.384 37/.858 31/1.062 36/.605 30/.573 / 30/.536
HR/SB/CS 16/6/3 2/3/2 5/3/0 5/7/0 7/0/1 4/2/0 5/7/2 5/1/2 1/2/0 4/4/3 109/75/24
Usage ········ ·X······ ··o··o·· ·X·o·o·· ·XX··o·· ·o·oX··· ·X··o·X· ········ ········ ··X·X···
Astros Batters (4.31 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.38 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Pelfrey
G/S/vB		 58.Achter
G/S/vB		 36.Boyer
G/S/vB		 55.Cotts*
G/S/vB		 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB		 50.Fien
G/S/vB		 49.Jepsen
G/S/vB		 65.May
G/S/vB		 61.O'Rourke*
G/S/vB		 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB		 59.Tonkin
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· ··· 4/1.000 3/.000 2/2.500 9/.762 2/3.500 ··· 4/.000 ··· 560/393 .315/.358/.429/.788 .953/.719 .875 104/.943 36/11 11/5
23.Carter G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 7/.286 11/1.073 4/.000 10/.522 1/.000 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· 409/246 .182/.296/.376/.672 .703/.651 .771 41/.626 1/2 18/7
16.Conger# G/S/vP 5/.200 ··· ··· 4/1.167 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 185/93 .213/.310/.438/.747 .571/.916 .903 38/.354 0/1 9/4
1.Correa G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 307/210 .276/.345/.513/.858 .976/.804 .930 80/.718 11/3 16/8
11.Gattis G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 503/332 .239/.276/.452/.729 .695/.745 .807 87/.812 0/1 22/1
30.Gomez G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 5/1.400 1/3.000 3/.000 7/.715 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 4/.750 ··· 438/340 .250/.310/.393/.702 .619/.726 .679 87/.534 13/9 10/6
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.750 4/.250 2/2.000 4/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 319/199 .269/.307/.421/.728 .769/.704 .735 71/.743 4/4 9/7
8.Lowrie# G/S/vP 7/.143 ··· ··· 7/.143 4/.833 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 5/2.100 ··· 178/129 .235/.337/.431/.768 1.174/.622 .721 74/.563 1/0 6/1
6.Marisnick G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· 5/2.250 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 313/190 .234/.269/.375/.643 .591/.678 .562 46/.782 17/6 7/2
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 7/.453 ··· 2/1.500 5/.000 2/.000 3/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/2.000 5/.650 ··· 396/291 .227/.295/.440/.735 .773/.721 .745 75/.677 2/1 17/3
12.Stassi G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/2 .250/.250/.250/.500 1.000/.000 .667 4/.500 0/0 0/0
20.Tucker* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 292/224 .250/.301/.445/.746 .466/.834 .789 36/.537 0/2 12/1
18.Valbuena* G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/3.000 5/.933 ··· 1/no AB 3/.666 ··· 439/317 .209/.296/.416/.712 .572/.766 .736 60/.623 1/0 22/5
2.Villar# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 105/51 .263/.317/.368/.686 .710/.659 .706 / 4/2 1/9
IP 142.2 7.1 52.2 56.0 40.2 53.0 57.1 105.2 15.0 50.1 11.2 TOTAL .242/.308/.420/.728 .733/.726 .765 .689 100/40 180/65
ERA-K/9 3.85/4.5 7.36/11.1 2.73/4.6 3.21/8.7 4.20/4.6 3.74/4.9 2.35/7.5 3.92/8.5 7.20/11.4 2.68/8.2 6.17/7.7 4.15/6.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Conger (33-1-1)
 Stassi (2-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 616/.294 32/.214 217/.255 236/.242 172/.245 214/.255 235/.201 452/.276 67/.200 207/.246 55/.313 .271  Rasmus
 Marisnick
 Gomez
 Gonzalez
 Tucker
 Conger
 Villar
 Gattis
53/34/41/8
9/80/13/6
0/101/0/3
9/0/0/1
66/0/13/1
1/0/0/0
4/2/0/0
11/0/0/0
OPS .743 .741 .720 .735 .709 .671 .557 .746 .642 .637 .965 .747
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 297/.779 15/1.012 76/.461 98/.551 68/.800 91/.803 125/.669 239/.737 39/.562 54/.915 24/1.148 .738
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 319/.710 17/.529 141/.858 138/.867 104/.650 123/.575 110/.432 213/.756 28/.756 153/.540 31/.810 .753
Road 311/.883 19/1.207 108/.860 87/.617 86/.630 108/.611 118/.636 192/.741 34/.710 81/.445 29/.810
Last 28d days 91/.717 26/.656 20/.583 53/.892 49/.664 62/.700 48/.316 48/.703 23/1.051 31/.854 4/1.250
HR/SB/CS 7/7/1 2/1/0 5/4/4 10/7/0 3/3/0 6/4/1 4/3/2 10/8/2 2/1/0 6/1/0 4/4/0 139/69/19
Usage ·····X·· ········ X····X·o o·X··X·X X····Xo· o·X·oo·X ·oo···X· ·oo·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  5.49

NYM  4.14

ATL  3.58

 RA/G

STL  3.02

LAA  4.14

COL  5.26

 BA

M. Cabrera  .361

E. Longoria  .268

L. Valbuena  .209

 OBP

B. Harper  .464

Y. Cespedes  .329

O. Infante  .231

 SLG

B. Harper  .627

Y. Solarte  .428

B. Hamilton  .290

 OPS

B. Harper  1.090

E. Longoria  .755

O. Infante  .537

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.59

C. Hamels  3.70

K. Lohse  6.27

 K/9IP

C. Sale  12.10

S. Miller  7.69

M. Buehrle  4.21

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.