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Tampa Bay Rays vs. Houston Astros, at Tropicana Field, July 10, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Friday, July 10, 2015
Start Time:
7:10et (local)
Venue:
Tropicana Field
Series:
Game #1 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
° (based on last ten years)
Astros
Manager:
A.J. Hinch
Game #:
89
On This Date:
19-14
Rays
Manager:
Kevin Cash
Game #:
90
On This Date:
4-6
Season Series

Fri, Jul 10, 2015 HOU    @TBR  7:10pm
Sat, Jul 11, 2015 HOU    @TBR  4:10pm
Sun, Jul 12, 2015 HOU    @TBR  1:10pm
Mon, Aug 17, 2015 TBR    @HOU  8:10pm
Tue, Aug 18, 2015 TBR    @HOU  8:10pm
Wed, Aug 19, 2015 TBR    @HOU  8:10pm
Thu, Aug 20, 2015 TBR    @HOU  8:10pm

                         All times ET
Houston Astros
49-39, 1st, 1½ up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   28-16   Road:   21-23   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  32-21   vsLHP:  17-18   1-Run:  12-12
 vsEast: 11-10   vsCntrl: 8-12   vsWest: 22-16 IL: 8-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 88 Thu, Jul  9  @CLE  L   1-3       49-39  1st  1.5 up
 87 Wed, Jul  8  @CLE  L   2-4       49-38  1st  1.5 up
 86 Tue, Jul  7  @CLE  L   0-2       49-37  1st  2.5 up
 85 Mon, Jul  6  @CLE  W   9-4       49-36  1st  3.5 up
 84 Sun, Jul  5  @BOS  L   4-5       48-36  1st  3.0 up
 83 Sat, Jul  4  @BOS  L   1-6       48-35  1st  4.0 up
 82 Fri, Jul  3  @BOS  W  12-8 (10)  48-34  1st  5.0 up
 81 Wed, Jul  1   KCR  W   6-5       47-34  1st  5.0 up
 80 Tue, Jun 30   KCR  W   4-0       46-34  1st  4.0 up
 79 Mon, Jun 29   KCR  W   6-1       45-34  1st  4.0 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15
Tampa Bay Rays
43-45, 4th, 4½ GB, 4½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   21-27   Road:   22-18   ExtrInn: 2-6 
 vsRHP:  28-37   vsLHP:  15-8    1-Run:  11-16
 vsEast: 21-20   vsCntrl: 6-11   vsWest: 10-11 IL: 6-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 88 Thu, Jul  9  @KCR  L   3-8       43-45  4th  4.5 gb
 87 Wed, Jul  8  @KCR  L   7-9       43-44  4th  3.5 gb
 86 Tue, Jul  7  @KCR  L   1-7       43-43  4th  2.5 gb
 85 Tue, Jul  7  @KCR  L   5-9       43-42  4th  2.5 gb
 84 Sun, Jul  5  @NYY  W   8-1       43-41  3rd  2.0 gb
 83 Sat, Jul  4  @NYY  L   2-3       42-41  3rd  3.0 gb
 82 Fri, Jul  3  @NYY  L   5-7 (12)  42-40  3rd  2.0 gb
 81 Thu, Jul  2   CLE  L   4-5 (10)  42-39  3rd  1.0 gb
 80 Wed, Jul  1   CLE  L   1-8       42-38  3rd  1.0 gb
 79 Tue, Jun 30   CLE  L   2-6       42-37  1st    Tied
 Last 10: 1-9    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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
Sun, Jun 15, 2014 TBR  4 @HOU  3        W:David Price (5-6), L: Jerome Williams (1-3), S: Jake McGee (1)
Sat, Jun 14, 2014 HOU  7  TBR  3        W:Jarred Cosart (6-5), L: Chris Archer (3-4), S: none
Fri, Jun 13, 2014 TBR  6 @HOU  1        W:Alex Cobb (2-4), L: Collin McHugh (4-4), S: none
Sun, Jul 14, 2013 TBR  5  HOU  0        W:Chris Archer (4-3), L: Erik Bedard (3-6), S: none
Sat, Jul 13, 2013 TBR  4  HOU  3        W:Roberto Hernandez (5-10), L: Lucas Harrell (5-10), S: Fernando Rodney (22)
Fri, Jul 12, 2013 HOU  2 @TBR  1        W:Jarred Cosart (1-0), L: David Price (3-5), S: Jose Veras (18)
Season Series: 2015 -  0-0; 2014 - TBR won 5-2; 2013 - TBR won 5-2; All-Time - TBR leads 16-10

SP: (2015, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
Last 7 GS
Has never faced TBR as starter.

SP: (2015, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
Last 7 GS
Has never faced HOU as starter.

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

Astros Batters (4.44 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (3.83 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 59.Bellatti
G/S/vB		 26.Boxberger
G/S/vB		 31.Cedeno*
G/S/vB		 54.Geltz
G/S/vB		 47.Gomes
G/S/vB		 40.Jepsen
G/S/vB		 57.McGee*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/1.029 1/.000 350/237 .298/.342/.413/.755 .828/.720 .705 82/.856 25/8 7/3
23.Carter G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/.393 4/1.833 331/210 .190/.305/.391/.696 .718/.683 .619 95/.624 1/1 15/6
15.Castro* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 6/.334 ··· 231/162 .208/.277/.362/.639 .579/.667 .565 66/.516 0/0 7/1
16.Conger# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 111/50 .240/.336/.448/.784 .565/1.059 .744 35/.934 0/0 5/3
1.Correa G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 129/79 .282/.310/.524/.834 1.027/.713 .868 113/.800 5/0 7/3
11.Gattis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 329/212 .246/.274/.457/.730 .642/.778 .669 97/.772 0/0 15/1
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 196/127 .250/.273/.410/.683 .761/.641 .732 64/.926 3/2 6/6
6.Marisnick G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 214/136 .244/.280/.381/.660 .570/.714 .843 36/.569 11/4 5/2
3.Presley* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 11/10 .300/.364/.300/.664 2.000/.522 .664 11/.664 0/0 0/0
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 ··· 1/5.000 4/.833 1/2.000 9/1.111 238/172 .243/.311/.463/.774 .810/.759 .744 63/.728 1/1 10/1
21.Singleton* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 27/23 .125/.222/.167/.389 .000/.461 .205 27/.389 1/0 0/0
20.Tucker* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 186/128 .259/.323/.429/.752 .513/.865 .726 85/.773 0/1 5/0
18.Valbuena* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/.833 1/.000 315/214 .201/.286/.434/.719 .620/.766 .645 90/.898 1/0 19/4
IP 12.0 33.0 24.2 41.0 28.1 35.0 17.1 TOTAL .242/.308/.422/.731 .723/.735 .717 .767 69/23 122/46
ERA-K/9 1.50/8.2 3.55/12.3 3.28/7.3 3.51/9.7 3.81/6.7 3.34/7.7 1.56/14.0 3.64/8.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (31-19-3)
 Conger (15-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 50/.167 144/.234 111/.276 158/.171 120/.259 153/.248 63/.161 .238  Marisnick
 Rasmus
 Conger
 Tucker
 Presley
 Gattis
0/64/0/5
41/27/9/1
1/0/0/0
40/0/8/0
1/1/1/0
5/0/0/0
OPS .562 .716 .758 .542 .736 .693 .400 .678
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 25/.558 74/.636 59/.561 81/.569 57/.680 80/.804 22/.500 .683
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 25/.566 70/.802 52/1.000 77/.513 63/.781 73/.576 41/.346 .673
Home 14/.298 76/.639 51/.830 84/.556 64/.739 77/.539 33/.493
Last 28d days 7/.286 53/.927 37/.668 54/.585 31/.835 38/.910 26/.392
HR/SB/CS 1/0/1 5/2/3 3/1/0 4/4/2 4/3/0 4/3/2 1/0/0 90/51/27
Usage ·X······ ··X··ooo ··o·X·oo X·X···XX ··X··oo· ··o···Xo ······oo
Rays Batters (3.66 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (3.81 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 56.Hernandez
G/S/vB		 35.Fields
G/S/vB		 44.Gregerson
G/S/vB		 36.Harris
G/S/vB		 37.Neshek
G/S/vB		 29.Sipp*
G/S/vB		 54.Thatcher*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Butler G/S/vP 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 206/144 .295/.350/.442/.792 .839/.770 .758 84/.636 5/2 6/0
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 5/1.400 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 321/250 .222/.275/.350/.625 .583/.637 .708 103/.726 3/3 5/2
19.Casali G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 32/27 .250/.313/.464/.777 .200/.875 .357 32/.777 0/0 1/0
7.DeJesus* G/S/vP 40/.888 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 4/.000 4/.500 ··· 227/219 .272/.330/.393/.724 .268/.740 .552 71/.552 3/2 5/1
10.Elmore G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 131/87 .214/.269/.308/.577 .860/.437 .686 67/.416 1/1 2/5
11.Forsythe G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 343/247 .277/.362/.427/.788 .874/.756 .794 102/.797 7/2 9/4
5.Guyer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 199/93 .259/.355/.359/.714 .698/.733 .772 47/.627 9/2 2/0
28.Jaso* G/S/vP 14/.536 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 16/15 .583/.625/.917/1.542 /1.517 15/1.517 0/0 1/0
39.Kiermaier* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 297/240 .255/.291/.422/.713 .638/.731 .589 102/.753 9/1 4/1
21.Loney* G/S/vP ··· ··· 9/.583 ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 15/.553 150/121 .279/.333/.390/.723 .646/.742 .659 32/.819 2/2 3/1
3.Longoria G/S/vP 15/.582 2/.000 4/.000 2/1.500 3/.333 1/no AB ··· 352/275 .281/.352/.423/.775 .909/.739 .847 110/.804 2/1 9/5
44.Rivera G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 232/159 .176/.214/.296/.510 .444/.541 .541 60/.696 0/0 5/7
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· ··· 143/132 .243/.273/.316/.589 .788/.573 .744 39/.599 1/1 1/1
IP 83.2 29.0 33.1 39.2 32.1 32.0 18.1 TOTAL .241/.306/.380/.685 .727/.671 .667 .688 61/27 77/45
ERA-K/9 4.41/4.5 2.48/12.1 3.24/8.6 0.91/9.1 2.78/8.1 3.09/9.3 3.44/10.8 3.58/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Casali (9-3-0)
 Rivera (28-18-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 354/.278 116/.170 129/.203 149/.120 122/.186 128/.214 81/.265 .238  Kiermaier
 DeJesus
 Butler
 Sizemore
 Jaso
 Elmore
 Guyer
0/80/2/8
42/0/2/2
18/0/2/1
4/0/29/1
1/0/0/1
4/0/0/0
37/10/14/0
OPS .781 .540 .582 .430 .561 .655 .674 .677
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 173/.741 51/.677 70/.590 70/.392 46/.548 63/.562 51/.609 .656
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 181/.817 65/.431 59/.571 79/.464 76/.567 65/.741 30/.785 .693
Road 193/.813 69/.607 57/.549 83/.392 61/.630 74/.718 42/.762
Last 28d days 74/.591 54/.609 32/.188 49/.615 40/.521 44/.745 29/.820
HR/SB/CS 9/10/3 1/2/2 4/3/0 4/2/0 4/0/1 5/1/2 0/2/0 75/46/20
Usage ··X··Xo· X··XX·o· o·····X· ·o··X·o· ·o·o··X· X·o·X·X· ·o·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  5.34

SFG  4.07

PHI  3.40

 RA/G

STL  2.87

MIA  4.06

COL  5.12

 BA

M. Cabrera  .350

K. Calhoun  .266

S. Drew  .181

 OBP

B. Harper  .471

E. Encarnacion  .330

O. Infante  .243

 SLG

B. Harper  .709

E. Longoria  .423

B. Hamilton  .290

 OPS

B. Harper  1.181

C. Coghlan  .753

O. Infante  .547

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.39

J. Niese  3.58

K. Lohse  6.29

 K/9IP

C. Sale  11.78

J. Samardzija  7.33

M. Pelfrey  4.45

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.