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Boston Red Sox vs. Houston Astros, at Fenway Park, May 12, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Thursday, May 12, 2016
Start Time:
7:10et (local)
Venue:
Fenway Park
Series:
Game #1 of a 4-game series
Average Temp:
65° (based on last ten years)
Astros
Manager:
A.J. Hinch
Game #:
37
On This Date:
20-28
Red Sox
Manager:
John Farrell
Game #:
37
On This Date:
45-48
Season Series
Fri, Apr 22, 2016 BOS  6 @HOU  2     
Sat, Apr 23, 2016 HOU  8  BOS  3     
Sun, Apr 24, 2016 BOS  7 @HOU  5 (12)

Thu, May 12, 2016 HOU    @BOS  7:10pm
Fri, May 13, 2016 HOU    @BOS  7:10pm
Sat, May 14, 2016 HOU    @BOS  1:05pm
Sun, May 15, 2016 HOU    @BOS  1:35pm

                         All times ET
Houston Astros
14-21, 3rd, 7½ GB, 7½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   10-10   Road:    4-11   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  13-16   vsLHP:   1-5    1-Run:   3-5 
 vsEast:  2-4    vsCntrl: 7-6    vsWest:  4-9  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 35 Wed, May 11   CLE  W   5-3 (16)  14-21  3rd  7.5 gb
 34 Tue, May 10   CLE  L   0-4       13-21  5th  7.5 gb
 33 Mon, May  9   CLE  W   7-1       13-20  5th  6.5 gb
 32 Sun, May  8   SEA  W   5-1       12-20  5th  6.5 gb
 31 Sat, May  7   SEA  L   2-3 (10)  11-20  5th  7.5 gb
 30 Fri, May  6   SEA  W   6-3       11-19  5th  6.5 gb
 29 Thu, May  5   SEA  L   3-6       10-19  5th  7.5 gb
 28 Wed, May  4   MIN  W  16-4       10-18  5th  6.5 gb
 27 Tue, May  3   MIN  W   6-4        9-18  5th  6.5 gb
 26 Mon, May  2   MIN  L   2-6        8-18  5th  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:12-18
Boston Red Sox
21-13, 1st, Tied / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   11-7    Road:   10-6    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  18-10   vsLHP:   3-3    1-Run:   3-3 
 vsEast: 10-9    vsCntrl: 3-2    vsWest:  5-1  IL: 3-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 34 Wed, May 11   OAK  W  13-3       21-13  1st    Tied
 33 Tue, May 10   OAK  W  13-5       20-13  1st    Tied
 32 Mon, May  9   OAK  W  14-7       19-13  1st    Tied
 31 Sun, May  8  @NYY  W   5-1       18-13  2nd  0.5 gb
 30 Sat, May  7  @NYY  L   2-8       17-13  2nd  0.5 gb
 29 Fri, May  6  @NYY  L   2-3       17-12  1st    Tied
 28 Thu, May  5  @CHW  W   7-3       17-11  1st  0.5 up
 27 Wed, May  4  @CHW  W   5-2       16-11  1st  0.5 up
 26 Tue, May  3  @CHW  L   1-4       15-11  2nd  0.5 gb
 25 Sun, May  1   NYY  W   8-7       15-10  1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Apr 24, 2016 BOS  7 @HOU  5 (12)   W:Heath Hembree (1-0), L: Ken Giles (0-2), S: none
Sat, Apr 23, 2016 HOU  8  BOS  3        W:Mike Fiers (2-1), L: Clay Buchholz (0-2), S: none
Fri, Apr 22, 2016 BOS  6 @HOU  2        W:Steven Wright (1-2), L: Collin McHugh (1-3), S: Craig Kimbrel (5)

Thu, Jul 23, 2015 HOU  5  BOS  4        W:Josh Fields (3-1), L: Craig Breslow (0-1), S: none
Wed, Jul 22, 2015 HOU  4  BOS  2        W:Collin McHugh (11-5), L: Joe Kelly (2-6), S: Luke Gregerson (20)
Tue, Jul 21, 2015 HOU  8  BOS  3        W:Vincent Velasquez (1-1), L: Brian Johnson (0-1), S: none
Sun, Jul 05, 2015 BOS  5  HOU  4        W:Matt Barnes (3-2), L: Tony Sipp (2-4), S: Koji Uehara (19)
Sat, Jul 04, 2015 BOS  6  HOU  1        W:Clay Buchholz (7-6), L: Collin McHugh (9-4), S: none
Fri, Jul 03, 2015 HOU 12 @BOS  8 (10)   W:Roberto Hernandez (3-5), L: Noe Ramirez (0-1), S: none
Sun, Aug 17, 2014 HOU  8 @BOS  1        W:Collin McHugh (6-9), L: Joe Kelly (2-3), S: none
Season Series: 2016 - BOS over 2-1; 2015 - HOU won 4-2; 2014 - BOS won 4-3; All-Time - BOS leads 21-11

SP: Dallas Keuchel (28, LHP, 2-4, 4.70)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (2-4) 44.0 48 23 23 19 38 3 4.70
2015 (20-8) 232.0 185 68 64 51 216 17 2.48
2014 (12-9) 200.0 187 71 65 48 146 11 2.93
Last 7 GS 2-4 44.0 48 23 23 19 38 3 4.70 49
2016-05-07 SEA ND 7.0 8 2 2 1 8 2 106 60
2016-05-02 MIN L 4.1 7 5 5 5 3 0 97 27
2016-04-26 @SEA L 6.0 6 5 5 2 5 0 107 43
2016-04-21 @TEX L 6.0 13 6 6 0 5 1 99 27
2016-04-15 DET W 8.0 5 0 0 1 4 0 108 75
2016-04-10 @MIL L 5.2 6 3 3 6 8 0 110 47
2016-04-05 @NYY W 7.0 3 2 2 4 5 0 106 64
Last 5 v.BOS 0-0 7.0 6 3 3 3 8 1 3.86 58
2014-08-15 @BOS ND 7.0 6 3 3 3 8 1 103 58

SP: David Price (30, LHP, 4-1, 6.75)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (4-1) 41.1 45 31 31 12 53 4 6.75
2015 (18-5) 220.1 190 70 60 47 225 17 2.45
2014 (15-12) 248.1 230 100 90 38 271 25 3.26
Last 7 GS 4-1 41.1 45 31 31 12 53 4 6.75 47
2016-05-07 @NYY L 4.2 7 6 6 3 4 0 104 27
2016-05-01 NYY W 7.0 8 6 6 1 3 1 100 39
2016-04-26 @ATL W 8.0 6 2 2 2 14 0 114 74
2016-04-21 TBR ND 3.2 8 8 8 2 5 2 87 16
2016-04-16 TOR W 7.0 6 2 2 0 9 0 107 66
2016-04-11 BAL ND 5.0 5 5 5 2 8 1 104 43
2016-04-05 @CLE W 6.0 5 2 2 2 10 0 103 62
Last 5 v.HOU 2-2 38.2 27 10 9 4 47 3 2.09 71
2015-05-21 HOU ND 6.2 5 3 2 1 12 0 100 65
2014-06-20 HOU L 8.0 6 2 2 3 12 1 116 71
2014-06-15 @HOU W 8.0 5 3 3 0 10 2 116 70
2013-07-12 HOU L 9.0 8 2 2 0 3 0 87 66
2013-07-02 @HOU W 7.0 3 0 0 0 10 0 70 81

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Astros Batters (4.11 RS/G) vs. Red Sox Pitchers (4.35 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 24.Price*
G/S/vB		 68.Barnes
G/S/vB		 37.Hembree
G/S/vB		 46.Kimbrel
G/S/vB		 59.Layne*
G/S/vB		 62.O'Sullivan
G/S/vB		 28.Ross*
G/S/vB		 39.Smith
G/S/vB		 36.Tazawa
G/S/vB		 19.Uehara
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP 14/.572 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 5/.200 7/.000 6/.367 1/.000 159/132 .321/.409/.635/1.044 1.413/.974 .927 113/1.051 13/1 9/2
1.Correa G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 149/126 .276/.383/.449/.831 .670/.855 .827 107/.779 5/1 5/5
30.Gomez G/S/vP 9/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· 6/1.333 1/2.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 117/94 .204/.252/.278/.530 .820/.459 .610 81/.540 4/2 0/0
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 3/.000 3/1.000 3/.000 89/59 .247/.307/.444/.751 .977/.640 .385 74/.865 3/1 3/2
23.Kratz G/S/vP 4/1.250 ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 26/20 .040/.077/.040/.117 .167/.100 .282 19/.161 0/0 0/1
6.Marisnick G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.250 4/.250 3/2.334 1/no AB 19/12 .056/.105/.056/.161 .143/.167 .000 14/.220 0/0 0/0
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 31/.437 1/.000 2/.000 6/.834 2/1.000 2/.500 6/.200 3/1.000 7/.286 5/.000 141/120 .224/.340/.448/.789 .786/.786 .920 102/.676 1/1 7/0
4.Springer G/S/vP 11/.773 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 156/133 .248/.359/.459/.818 1.215/.751 .622 112/.909 2/5 7/0
12.Stassi G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/4 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 4/.000 0/0 0/0
20.Tucker* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 2/.000 81/74 .195/.235/.390/.624 .000/.685 .787 57/.466 0/0 3/0
18.Valbuena* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.750 4/1.167 1/.000 5/.400 ··· 2/.000 105/89 .202/.311/.315/.625 .445/.655 .436 73/.657 0/0 1/2
13.White G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 113/88 .238/.301/.455/.756 .658/.784 .944 76/.500 0/0 5/3
IP 41.1 17.0 12.1 14.0 8.1 7.0 14.0 2.0 12.0 13.1 TOTAL .229/.317/.410/.727 .774/.716 .699 .712 29/11 43/20
ERA-K/9 6.75/11.5 2.65/8.5 2.19/8.8 3.21/15.4 2.16/10.8 6.43/5.1 3.21/9.6 0.00/9.0 2.25/12.0 3.38/8.8 4.20/9.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kratz (4-4-0)
 Stassi (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 183/.278 74/.266 54/.294 54/.128 33/.207 34/.412 57/.208 8/.000 48/.163 50/.116 .241  Rasmus
 Gomez
 Springer
 Marisnick
 Tucker
29/5/3/4
0/30/0/3
0/0/34/3
5/3/1/0
9/0/0/0
OPS .771 .773 .686 .517 .682 .912 .565 .125 .506 .364 .709
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 34/.567 27/.799 22/1.000 19/.526 21/.881 24/.833 17/.307 4/.250 21/.349 25/.335 .702
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 149/.814 47/.759 32/.477 35/.493 12/.348 10/1.100 40/.660 4/.000 27/.619 25/.390 .714
Home 102/.898 43/.998 27/.704 35/.490 25/.798 29/.897 34/.761 5/.200 24/.258 30/.531
Last 28d days 135/.815 58/.770 54/.686 38/.502 29/.785 34/.912 37/.449 8/.125 33/.480 33/.451
HR/SB/CS 4/0/0 1/2/1 0/1/1 2/0/0 1/0/2 0/0/0 1/0/0 0/0/0 1/1/0 0/0/0 30/13/8
Usage ····X··· X···X·X· ··X···X· ·X·····o o·o·oo·· ·X··X··· ·X····X· ··X····· ·o····X· o······o
Red Sox Batters (5.76 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.54 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 60.Keuchel*
G/S/vB		 46.Feldman
G/S/vB		 45.Feliz
G/S/vB		 35.Fields
G/S/vB		 53.Giles
G/S/vB		 44.Gregerson
G/S/vB		 36.Harris
G/S/vB		 37.Neshek
G/S/vB		 29.Sipp*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
50.Betts G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· 3/.666 2/.000 3/1.333 1/no AB 3/.000 2/2.000 162/137 .255/.296/.418/.715 .535/.748 .799 124/.695 7/0 5/0
2.Bogaerts G/S/vP 3/.000 8/.250 ··· 4/.833 2/1.000 3/1.167 1/.000 4/.250 ··· 151/128 .328/.384/.460/.844 1.128/.795 .885 114/.889 6/0 2/0
25.Bradley* G/S/vP 3/.000 7/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 128/97 .322/.367/.610/.977 1.049/.955 1.103 102/1.062 2/0 6/1
10.Hanigan G/S/vP ··· 7/1.429 ··· 1/no AB 2/no AB 5/.000 4/.500 1/.000 2/.000 47/34 .143/.234/.190/.425 .077/.561 .282 40/.419 0/0 0/0
12.Holt* G/S/vP 5/.800 9/1.699 ··· 2/.000 2/2.000 4/.500 4/.000 3/.000 5/.400 107/92 .275/.349/.407/.756 .650/.771 .639 77/.644 2/0 3/2
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 4/1.417 24/1.017 ··· 5/.933 3/.666 6/.334 1/5.000 5/.900 12/.444 132/106 .322/.409/.678/1.087 .846/1.150 1.160 100/1.054 1/0 9/
15.Pedroia G/S/vP 4/.500 26/1.193 ··· 2/.000 2/.500 4/.000 1/.000 6/.000 4/3.500 154/131 .306/.351/.500/.851 .499/.911 .873 116/.900 1/0 6/1
13.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 2/1.000 5/.600 7/1.428 5/.000 6/1.133 140/117 .297/.343/.453/.796 .895/.775 .633 104/.768 4/0 4/0
32.Rutledge G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 3/1.000 3/.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 21/9 .389/.476/.556/1.032 1.283/.708 .808 21/1.032 0/0 0/1
47.Shaw* G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 138/107 .323/.391/.540/.932 .571/1.039 1.129 110/.961 3/1 4/4
7.Vazquez G/S/vP 3/.666 5/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 62/46 .241/.290/.379/.670 .598/.692 .678 62/.670 0/0 1/0
30.Young G/S/vP 21/.833 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 14/1.429 3/1.666 5/.650 ··· 48/23 .256/.333/.419/.752 1.147/.356 .783 40/.832 0/0 0/0
IP 44.0 26.2 13.1 13.2 13.2 14.2 15.2 9.2 14.0 TOTAL .293/.354/.480/.834 .800/.842 .864 .845 27/2 40/13
ERA-K/9 4.70/7.8 3.38/6.7 6.08/13.5 7.24/11.2 7.90/11.8 3.68/6.7 0.57/7.5 3.72/7.4 3.86/8.4 4.31/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hanigan (5-4-8)
 Vazquez (5-3-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 191/.282 119/.269 57/.226 60/.333 67/.300 57/.192 60/.172 37/.152 58/.245 .266  Bradley
 Holt
 Betts
 Young
0/33/0/4
26/0/0/3
0/0/34/3
19/0/1/0
OPS .764 .785 .677 .981 .882 .571 .356 .707 .820 .753
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 48/.744 55/.900 36/.730 27/1.007 35/.807 33/.613 33/.406 13/1.385 35/.933 .798
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 143/.771 64/.688 21/.588 33/.958 32/.961 24/.513 27/.296 24/.358 23/.652 .707
Road 109/.797 51/.859 32/1.183 27/1.047 25/1.133 16/.393 28/.399 15/1.209 21/1.103
Last 28d days 136/.812 73/.721 33/.394 37/1.036 51/.782 45/.624 40/.354 28/.759 36/.644
HR/SB/CS 3/1/0 3/2/2 3/2/0 2/0/0 4/1/0 0/1/0 0/0/0 3/1/0 4/1/0 42/16/7
Usage ····X··· X·o····X Xo·····X ·X··X··o o·o···o· X···ooX· o····oo· oo···o·· X··XX·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 2016 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

CHC  5.94

CLE  4.26

ATL  3.03

 RA/G

NYM  2.94

TEX  4.34

MIL  5.65

 BA

D. Murphy  .409

N. Walker  .261

R. Goins  .160

 OBP

D. Fowler  .458

C. Santana  .336

R. Goins  .208

 SLG

M. Machado  .702

R. Howard  .434

E. Aybar  .219

 OPS

M. Machado  1.119

L. Duda  .770

E. Aybar  .436

 ERA

J. Arrieta  1.13

J. Shields  3.60

J. Peavy  8.47

 K/9IP

J. Fernandez  12.83

J. Eickhoff  7.96

M. Latos  4.31

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.