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Houston Astros vs. Minnesota Twins, at Minute Maid Park, May 4, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Wednesday, May 4, 2016
Start Time:
7:10ct (local), 8:10et
Venue:
Minute Maid Park
Series:
Game #3 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
80° (based on last ten years)
Twins
Manager:
Paul Molitor
Game #:
28
On This Date:
48-49
Astros
Manager:
A.J. Hinch
Game #:
29
On This Date:
26-23
Season Series
Mon, May 02, 2016 MIN  6 @HOU  2     
Tue, May 03, 2016 HOU  6  MIN  4     

Wed, May 04, 2016 MIN    @HOU  8:10pm
Mon, Aug 08, 2016 HOU    @MIN  8:10pm
Tue, Aug 09, 2016 HOU    @MIN  8:10pm
Wed, Aug 10, 2016 HOU    @MIN  8:10pm
Thu, Aug 11, 2016 HOU    @MIN  1:10pm

                         All times ET
Minnesota Twins
8-19, 5th, 11 GB, 7½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    6-8    Road:    2-11   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:   7-16   vsLHP:   1-3    1-Run:   4-7 
 vsEast:  0-3    vsCntrl: 2-10   vsWest:  4-1  IL: 2-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 27 Tue, May  3  @HOU  L   4-6        8-19  5th 11.0 gb
 26 Mon, May  2  @HOU  W   6-2        8-18  5th 10.0 gb
 25 Sun, May  1   DET  L   5-6        7-18  5th 10.5 gb
 24 Sat, Apr 30   DET  L   1-4        7-17  5th  9.5 gb
 23 Fri, Apr 29   DET  L   2-9        7-16  5th  8.5 gb
 22 Wed, Apr 27   CLE  L   5-6        7-15  5th  9.0 gb
 21 Tue, Apr 26   CLE  W   6-5        7-14  5th  8.0 gb
 20 Mon, Apr 25   CLE  W   4-3        6-14  5th  8.0 gb
 19 Sun, Apr 24  @WSN  L   5-6 (16)   5-14  5th  8.0 gb
 18 Sat, Apr 23  @WSN  L   0-2        5-13  5th  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30: 8-19
Houston Astros
9-18, 5th, 6½ GB, 6½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    5-7    Road:    4-11   ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   8-14   vsLHP:   1-4    1-Run:   3-4 
 vsEast:  2-4    vsCntrl: 4-5    vsWest:  2-7  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 25 Sun, May  1  @OAK  W   2-1        8-17  5th  6.0 gb
 24 Sat, Apr 30  @OAK  L   0-2        7-17  5th  7.0 gb
 23 Fri, Apr 29  @OAK  L   4-7        7-16  5th  6.0 gb
 22 Wed, Apr 27  @SEA  W   7-4        7-15  5th  5.0 gb
 21 Tue, Apr 26  @SEA  L   1-11       6-15  5th  5.5 gb
 20 Mon, Apr 25  @SEA  L   2-3        6-14  5th  4.5 gb
 19 Sun, Apr 24   BOS  L   5-7 (12)   6-13  5th  4.0 gb
 18 Sat, Apr 23   BOS  W   8-3        6-12  5th  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30: 9-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, May 03, 2016 HOU  6  MIN  4        W:Collin McHugh (3-3), L: Alex Meyer (0-1), S: Luke Gregerson (6)
Mon, May 02, 2016 MIN  6 @HOU  2        W:Jose Berrios (1-1), L: Dallas Keuchel (2-4), S: none

Sun, Sep 06, 2015 HOU  8  MIN  5        W:Dallas Keuchel (17-6), L: Trevor May (8-9), S: Luke Gregerson (26)
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
Season Series: 2016 - tied 1-1; 2015 - Tied 3-3; 2014 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - MIN leads 23-17

SP: Phil Hughes (30, RHP, 1-4, 4.45)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (1-4) 30.1 32 16 15 6 21 3 4.45
2015 (11-9) 155.1 184 76 76 16 94 29 4.40
2014 (16-10) 209.2 221 88 82 16 186 16 3.52
Last 7 GS 2-5 38.1 42 19 18 7 29 3 4.23 50
2016-04-29 DET L 5.0 7 4 4 2 2 1 81 37
2016-04-23 @WSN L 7.0 6 2 2 2 2 0 94 57
2016-04-18 MIL W 6.0 6 4 3 2 6 0 88 50
2016-04-13 CHW L 6.1 7 3 3 0 7 1 88 54
2016-04-07 @BAL L 6.0 6 3 3 0 4 1 93 52
2015-09-23 CLE W 5.0 4 0 0 0 4 0 66 63
2015-09-15 DET L 3.0 6 3 3 1 4 0 65 38
Last 5 v.HOU 1-1 11.2 13 10 10 2 13 4 7.71 43
2014-06-06 HOU L 6.0 6 5 5 0 7 3 99 47
2010-06-13 HOU W 5.2 7 5 5 2 6 1 110 39

SP: Mike Fiers (31, RHP, 2-1, 4.97)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (2-1) 29.0 34 16 16 3 22 7 4.97
2015 (7-10) 180.1 162 83 74 64 180 24 3.69
2014 (6-5) 71.2 46 19 17 17 76 7 2.13
Last 7 GS 2-1 41.1 43 23 22 7 32 9 4.79 49
2016-04-29 @OAK ND 7.0 7 2 2 0 5 1 104 60
2016-04-23 BOS W 5.1 5 2 2 2 6 0 89 54
2016-04-17 DET W 5.2 7 4 4 0 5 3 92 44
2016-04-12 KCR L 6.0 6 3 3 1 3 1 101 50
2016-04-07 @NYY ND 5.0 9 5 5 0 3 2 82 32
2015-09-29 @SEA ND 5.2 5 4 3 1 7 1 103 51
2015-09-23 LAA ND 6.2 4 3 3 3 3 1 107 54
Last 5 v.MIN 2-1 24.1 18 5 5 11 17 0 1.85 60
2015-08-29 @MIN W 6.0 3 1 1 3 5 0 98 64
2015-06-28 MIN ND 7.0 4 1 1 3 4 0 96 66
2015-06-07 @MIN L 4.1 7 2 2 3 3 0 91 41
2012-06-16 @MIN W 7.0 4 1 1 2 5 0 107 68

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Twins Batters (3.52 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.96 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 54.Fiers
G/S/vB		 47.Devenski
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/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
31.Arcia* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 56/52 .250/.304/.423/.727 1.000/.705 .594 56/.727 0/0 3/1
2.Dozier G/S/vP 13/.749 ··· ··· 5/.900 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 1/3.000 3/.000 120/104 .217/.303/.358/.661 1.214/.576 .816 111/.699 2/0 3/2
5.Escobar# G/S/vP 8/1.300 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/3.000 99/78 .245/.283/.298/.581 .781/.527 .570 91/.531 0/1 0/4
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 10/.522 ··· 1/.000 3/2.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 20/1.600 119/95 .316/.445/.432/.877 .681/.932 .851 110/.898 1/0 1/0
12.Murphy G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 40/34 .083/.132/.111/.243 .533/.191 .293 40/.243 0/0 0/1
9.Nunez G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 69/62 .371/.420/.484/.904 .143/.978 .987 69/.904 5/2 1/3
52.Park G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 85/76 .250/.318/.605/.923 1.016/.911 .870 77/.955 0/0 7/0
24.Plouffe G/S/vP 9/.611 ··· 1/.000 4/.833 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 49/42 .277/.306/.489/.795 .929/.774 .375 41/.779 0/0 2/1
20.Rosario* G/S/vP 8/.875 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 91/71 .188/.213/.318/.531 .451/.548 .558 83/.522 2/0 3/2
22.Sano G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 114/99 .260/.377/.417/.794 1.133/.749 .773 106/.831 0/0 3/1
39.Santana# G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· ··· 4/.500 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 47/42 .283/.298/.391/.689 .000/.772 .524 47/.689 4/3 1/0
8.Suzuki G/S/vP 8/.393 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 2/.000 3/.000 4/.000 63/49 .196/.242/.286/.528 .490/.536 .504 55/.579 0/0 0/1
IP 29.0 18.2 7.1 11.0 11.1 11.0 12.2 8.0 9.0 TOTAL .242/.311/.382/.693 .667/.697 .662 .700 16/6 24/18
ERA-K/9 4.97/6.8 1.45/7.7 11.05/13.6 7.36/11.5 7.94/12.7 1.64/6.5 0.71/8.5 4.50/9.0 5.00/9.0 4.82/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Murphy (4-1-1)
 Suzuki (9-2-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 120/.293 71/.239 38/.324 48/.304 56/.320 40/.111 49/.170 30/.148 40/.278 .278  Rosario
 Arcia
 Sano
 Santana
22/4/0/2
9/0/6/1
0/0/21/0
1/9/2/0
OPS .834 .610 .983 .877 .964 .367 .354 .688 .933 .795
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 68/.794 35/.473 26/.950 21/.733 29/.917 22/.234 26/.439 10/1.189 22/1.010 .817
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 52/.888 36/.743 12/1.053 27/.987 27/1.010 18/.516 23/.261 20/.436 18/.833 .776
Home 71/.766 29/.596 6/.000 21/.667 31/.831 24/.348 21/.293 15/.205 19/.760
Last 28d days 120/.834 71/.610 14/.786 40/.800 52/.938 37/.398 49/.354 27/.772 33/.770
HR/SB/CS 7/1/2 1/2/0 3/2/0 2/0/0 4/1/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 3/1/0 3/1/0 36/12/4
Usage ····X··· ···X···· ·X·····X ·X······ oo··o·X· o·o···X· X·o···X· o···o··· ··o·o·o·
Astros Batters (3.70 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.59 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 45.Hughes
G/S/vB		 58.Abad*
G/S/vB		 50.Fien
G/S/vB		 49.Jepsen
G/S/vB		 65.May
G/S/vB		 51.Meyer
G/S/vB		 61.O'Rourke*
G/S/vB		 57.Pressly
G/S/vB		 59.Tonkin
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.500 3/2.667 11/.606 3/3.000 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 123/100 .292/.390/.604/.994 1.145/.961 1.071 114/1.002 10/1 7/2
15.Castro* G/S/vP 3/.000 9/.722 ··· 7/.572 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 70/49 .186/.314/.322/.636 .246/.806 .960 62/.727 1/0 1/2
1.Correa G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 111/92 .258/.378/.419/.798 .704/.809 .758 102/.660 3/2 3/4
11.Gattis G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.500 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 60/39 .204/.267/.333/.600 .833/.466 .366 60/.600 0/0 1/
30.Gomez G/S/vP 2/.500 1/.000 7/.715 3/.333 1/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 3/.333 1/.000 86/67 .229/.256/.313/.569 .921/.470 .520 78/.629 2/2 0/0
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP 2/2.500 7/1.000 2/2.000 6/1.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 54/30 .196/.241/.333/.574 .946/.300 .792 50/.622 2/0 1/1
23.Kratz G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 20/16 .053/.100/.053/.153 .250/.125 .000 19/.161 0/0 0/1
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 17/.521 7/1.286 4/.000 3/1.167 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 2/1.000 107/90 .230/.355/.506/.861 .603/.902 .798 99/.850 1/1 7/0
4.Springer G/S/vP 3/1.666 3/1.334 2/2.500 3/.667 ··· 2/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 118/99 .274/.347/.500/.847 1.286/.768 1.125 108/.847 1/4 6/0
20.Tucker* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 59/53 .196/.237/.429/.666 .000/.744 .481 54/.614 0/0 3/0
18.Valbuena* G/S/vP 5/.000 4/.000 1/3.000 5/.933 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 74/62 .175/.288/.238/.526 .573/.517 .644 66/.529 0/0 0/2
13.White G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 96/73 .224/.292/.447/.739 .717/.744 .476 90/.692 0/0 5/3
IP 30.1 12.0 11.2 11.2 15.0 3.2 7.0 16.1 14.0 TOTAL .225/.311/.408/.719 .766/.706 .744 .712 20/10 34/17
ERA-K/9 4.45/6.2 0.00/10.5 6.94/7.7 3.86/5.4 2.40/13.8 12.27/12.2 1.29/6.4 3.31/9.4 1.29/10.3 4.06/8.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (9-2-3)
 Kratz (3-2-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 126/.269 43/.154 54/.353 49/.250 65/.193 23/.421 28/.208 72/.266 59/.200 .261  Springer
 Gomez
 Rasmus
 Tucker
0/0/27/3
0/23/0/3
22/5/2/3
7/0/0/0
OPS .713 .363 .997 .761 .626 1.259 .655 .776 .730 .757
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 42/.817 15/.067 20/.879 17/.853 21/.143 7/1.429 7/.143 29/.595 22/.658 .771
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 84/.662 28/.516 34/1.066 32/.710 44/.851 16/1.146 21/.825 43/.883 37/.763 .749
Road 52/.629 24/.304 34/1.006 23/.991 28/.821 14/1.156 22/.687 39/.710 32/.915
Last 28d days 126/.713 34/.367 44/.959 44/.723 57/.625 23/1.259 28/.655 61/.867 59/.730
HR/SB/CS 3/1/0 0/0/0 3/1/0 2/1/0 1/1/0 1/1/0 1/0/0 3/0/0 2/3/0 32/13/3
Usage ····X··· ·Xo·o·o· ·o··X·Xo ·Xo····o ··XX··X· X···X··· ···oo··· ·oX····· X··oo·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 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  6.12

MIA  4.16

PHI  3.19

 RA/G

CHC  2.56

STL  4.19

MIL  5.81

 BA

M. Prado  .398

M. Sano  .260

D. Norris  .138

 OBP

D. Fowler  .473

D. Span  .333

D. Norris  .176

 SLG

C. Carter  .713

E. Suarez  .430

E. Aybar  .204

 OPS

A. Diaz  1.124

J. Martinez  .762

D. Norris  .394

 ERA

J. Zimmermann  .55

A. Conley  3.67

W. Peralta  7.50

 K/9IP

J. Fernandez  12.54

K. Maeda  7.88

J. Weaver  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.