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Houston Astros vs. Minnesota Twins, at Minute Maid Park, September 6, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Sunday, September 6, 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)
Twins
Manager:
Paul Molitor
Game #:
137
On This Date:
52-53
Astros
Manager:
A.J. Hinch
Game #:
137
On This Date:
27-20
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 HOU  8  MIN  0     
Sat, Sep 05, 2015 MIN  3 @HOU  2     

Sun, Sep 06, 2015 MIN    @HOU  2:10pm

                         All times ET
Minnesota Twins
70-65, 2nd, 12 GB, 5½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   42-26   Road:   28-39   ExtrInn: 5-6 
 vsRHP:  45-45   vsLHP:  25-20   1-Run:  20-18
 vsEast: 19-14   vsCntrl:28-26   vsWest: 15-13 IL: 8-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
135 Sat, Sep  5  @HOU  W   3-2       70-65  2nd 12.0 gb
134 Fri, Sep  4  @HOU  L   0-8       69-65  2nd 13.0 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:16-14
Houston Astros
74-62, 1st, 2 up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   47-24   Road:   27-38   ExtrInn: 8-6 
 vsRHP:  48-40   vsLHP:  26-22   1-Run:  19-22
 vsEast: 18-16   vsCntrl:13-18   vsWest: 29-25 IL:14-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
136 Sat, Sep  5   MIN  L   2-3       74-62  1st  2.0 up
135 Fri, Sep  4   MIN  W   8-0       74-61  1st  3.0 up
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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Sep 05, 2015 MIN  3 @HOU  2        W:Ervin Santana (4-4), L: Luke Gregerson (7-3), S: Kevin Jepsen (11)
Fri, Sep 04, 2015 HOU  8  MIN  0        W:Collin McHugh (15-7), L: Mike Pelfrey (6-9), S: none
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
Season Series: 2015 - MIN over 3-2; 2014 - Tied 3-3; 2013 - MIN won 5-1; All-Time - MIN leads 22-15

SP: Tyler Duffey (24, RHP, 2-1, 4.56)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (2-1) 25.2 26 13 13 14 22 3 4.56
Last 7 GS 2-1 25.2 26 13 13 14 22 3 4.56 49
2015-09-01 CHW ND 4.2 3 3 3 3 2 0 61 45
2015-08-26 @TBR ND 5.1 7 2 2 4 4 1 89 46
2015-08-20 @BAL W 7.2 10 2 2 0 8 0 96 59
2015-08-15 CLE W 6.0 1 0 0 5 7 0 94 72
2015-08-05 @TOR L 2.0 5 6 6 2 1 2 60 21
Has never faced HOU as starter.

SP: Dallas Keuchel (27, LHP, 16-6, 2.24)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (16-6) 192.2 150 49 48 42 173 10 2.24
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 4-2 48.1 44 14 14 8 46 3 2.61 61
2015-08-31 SEA W 7.0 6 1 1 1 8 1 121 68
2015-08-25 @NYY W 7.0 3 0 0 0 9 0 88 80
2015-08-19 TBR ND 7.0 7 2 2 1 5 0 105 59
2015-08-14 DET W 7.0 6 1 1 1 8 0 105 68
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
Last 5 v.MIN 1-0 6.0 5 0 0 2 6 0 0.00 66
2014-06-06 @MIN W 6.0 5 0 0 2 6 0 101 66

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Twins Batters (4.31 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (3.58 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 60.Keuchel*
G/S/vB		 68.Feliz
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 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 99/68 .194/.235/.269/.504 .262/.617 .633 60/.505 1/2 0/0
2.Dozier G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 4/1.167 3/.666 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 6/.667 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 589/414 .241/.312/.470/.782 .801/.774 .747 104/.640 10/4 26/6
5.Escobar# G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/3.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· 347/233 .263/.307/.434/.742 .752/.736 .747 79/1.039 2/3 8/5
26.Fryer G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 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 26/.577 0/0 2/3
32.Hicks# G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 275/196 .268/.316/.406/.722 .954/.628 .580 47/.511 9/3 8/0
48.Hunter G/S/vP 7/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 4/.000 9/1.778 2/.000 5/.200 1/5.000 ··· 470/320 .228/.287/.394/.681 .692/.676 .746 64/.308 2/4 18/4
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 3/2.500 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 6/.900 2/.000 20/1.600 1/.000 ··· 550/375 .269/.335/.378/.712 .724/.706 .737 99/.736 1/1 8/4
9.Nunez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 176/117 .273/.309/.436/.745 .624/.807 .711 32/.942 5/4 4/3
24.Plouffe G/S/vP 4/.750 1/.000 4/.833 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 2/.000 ··· ··· 529/369 .241/.301/.432/.734 .765/.720 .672 96/.620 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 39/.666 6/1 0/1
20.Rosario* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 378/273 .271/.290/.450/.740 .683/.762 .571 92/.710 10/5 9/6
22.Sano G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 224/159 .287/.393/.596/.989 .904/1.026 .825 96/1.138 1/1 15/0
39.Santana# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 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 6/.334 ··· ··· 3/1.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.000 1/2.000 ··· 401/268 .244/.299/.319/.617 .676/.589 .605 67/.736 0/0 4/1
19.Vargas# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 170/113 .248/.288/.366/.655 .885/.538 .417 4/1.250 0/0 5/0
IP 192.2 2.0 42.0 53.0 60.1 48.2 34.2 43.1 46.1 19.1 49.2 TOTAL .248/.302/.399/.702 .723/.692 .653 .720 57/36 127/70
ERA-K/9 2.24/8.1 0.00/13.5 2.79/12.0 3.06/8.3 1.34/8.7 3.33/8.9 3.89/11.2 3.95/8.3 2.14/9.7 3.72/10.7 3.62/9.2 3.33/7.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Fryer (1-0-0)
 Herrmann (9-6-0)
 Suzuki (60-13-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 751/.213 7/.143 167/.181 210/.218 230/.154 191/.210 159/.250 174/.219 185/.202 88/.288 199/.222 .236  Rosario
 Hicks
 Robinson
 Escobar
 Hunter
 Buxton
 Nunez
 Herrmann
 Santana
64/4/34/14
0/70/2/8
52/15/11/5
35/0/1/4
0/0/100/4
0/25/0/2
3/0/0/1
0/0/2/0
0/5/1/0
OPS .551 .429 .554 .600 .473 .647 .714 .627 .596 .756 .663 .663
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 155/.393 5/.600 74/.678 112/.616 107/.449 78/.770 81/.527 64/.569 90/.613 56/.730 119/.643 .643
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 596/.593 2/.000 93/.456 98/.581 123/.495 113/.566 78/.921 110/.658 95/.579 32/.799 80/.692 .679
Home 411/.471 7/.429 83/.547 132/.612 115/.506 107/.681 96/.713 98/.555 86/.519 43/.722 121/.693
Last 28d days 107/.525 3/.000 22/.718 39/.347 38/.244 36/.884 30/1.100 34/.642 22/.586 1/.000 30/.536
HR/SB/CS 10/4/0 0/0/0 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······ ···X···· X···o··o X··X·o·o ···XX··o ···o·oX· ···X··o· ········ ·o······ ····X·X·
Astros Batters (4.32 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.39 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 56.Duffey
G/S/vB		 58.Achter
G/S/vB		 36.Boyer
G/S/vB		 55.Cotts*
G/S/vB		 38.Darnell*
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 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.000 ··· 3/.000 2/2.500 10/.675 2/3.500 ··· 4/.000 ··· 569/402 .312/.354/.424/.778 .953/.707 .854 104/.888 36/11 11/5
23.Carter G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 7/.286 ··· 11/1.073 4/.000 10/.522 1/.000 2/5.000 1/.000 1/.000 411/247 .182/.297/.375/.671 .707/.648 .770 35/.681 1/2 18/7
16.Conger# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/1.167 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 193/100 .216/.313/.449/.762 .565/.940 .917 42/.524 0/1 10/4
1.Correa G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 315/218 .279/.346/.509/.855 .976/.802 .920 80/.704 11/3 16/8
11.Gattis G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 511/340 .241/.278/.451/.729 .695/.745 .805 91/.843 0/1 22/1
30.Gomez G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/1.167 1/3.000 ··· 3/.000 7/.715 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 4/.750 1/.000 446/348 .248/.306/.387/.694 .619/.714 .663 87/.519 13/9 10/6
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.750 ··· 4/.250 2/2.000 5/1.200 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 323/203 .272/.309/.422/.731 .769/.710 .742 73/.779 4/4 9/7
8.Lowrie# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 7/.143 ··· 4/.833 ··· 4/1.250 2/.000 ··· 5/2.100 ··· 185/136 .252/.351/.465/.817 1.174/.694 .817 76/.686 1/0 7/1
6.Marisnick G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 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 ··· ··· 2/1.500 5/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 3/1.167 1/.000 2/1.000 5/.650 1/2.000 401/295 .230/.299/.449/.748 .765/.741 .774 72/.683 2/1 18/3
4.Springer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 3/.667 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 333/216 .261/.361/.447/.809 .938/.741 .771 9/.347 14/3 13/3
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 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 296/228 .250/.301/.446/.746 .466/.832 .788 33/.525 0/2 12/1
18.Valbuena* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/3.000 5/.933 ··· 1/no AB 3/.666 ··· 441/319 .208/.295/.414/.709 .572/.761 .728 56/.562 1/0 22/5
2.Villar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 106/52 .271/.324/.375/.699 .710/.687 .728 1/2.000 5/2 1/9
IP 25.2 8.1 53.2 56.0 40.2 53.0 58.1 105.2 16.0 50.1 12.2 TOTAL .243/.309/.421/.730 .732/.728 .766 .705 101/40 183/65
ERA-K/9 4.56/7.7 6.48/10.8 2.68/4.7 3.21/8.7 /0.0 4.20/4.6 3.74/4.9 2.47/7.6 3.92/8.5 6.75/10.7 2.68/8.2 6.39/9.2 4.17/6.4

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 113/.265 35/.194 222/.259 236/.242 / 172/.245 214/.255 242/.206 452/.276 71/.190 207/.246 61/.333 .272  Rasmus
 Marisnick
 Gomez
 Springer
 Tucker
 Gonzalez
 Conger
 Gattis
 Villar
54/34/42/8
10/81/13/6
0/103/0/4
0/10/68/4
68/0/13/1
9/0/0/1
1/0/0/0
11/0/0/0
4/2/0/0
OPS .765 .673 .722 .735 .709 .671 .582 .746 .622 .637 .968 .747
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 60/.967 15/1.012 77/.482 98/.551 / 68/.800 91/.803 129/.719 239/.737 40/.547 54/.915 28/1.198 .746
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 53/.543 20/.450 145/.847 138/.867 / 104/.650 123/.575 113/.431 213/.756 31/.720 153/.540 33/.756 .748
Road 71/.947 22/1.020 113/.857 87/.617 / 86/.630 108/.611 125/.682 192/.741 38/.662 81/.445 35/.843
Last 28d days 100/.660 24/.170 19/.440 49/.939 / 42/.734 56/.639 51/.445 43/.706 21/1.006 31/.854 10/1.100
HR/SB/CS 3/0/0 2/1/0 5/4/4 10/7/0 // 3/3/0 6/4/1 5/4/2 10/8/2 2/1/0 6/1/0 4/4/0 142/70/19
Usage ····X··· ·o······ ·oX····X ··o·X··X ··X····X ··o·X·oo X··oo··· ···oo·o· ·o····X· ····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  5.46

OAK  4.16

ATL  3.56

 RA/G

STL  3.04

OAK  4.15

COL  5.24

 BA

M. Cabrera  .357

J. Mauer  .269

L. Valbuena  .208

 OBP

B. Harper  .469

R. Martin  .330

O. Infante  .231

 SLG

B. Harper  .647

E. Longoria  .430

B. Hamilton  .290

 OPS

B. Harper  1.116

E. Longoria  .760

O. Infante  .539

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.59

N. Karns  3.69

K. Lohse  6.20

 K/9IP

C. Sale  12.10

S. Miller  7.71

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.