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Houston Astros vs. Texas Rangers, at Minute Maid Park, May 20, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Friday, May 20, 2016
Start Time:
7:10ct (local), 8:10et
Venue:
Minute Maid Park
Series:
Game #1 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
82° (based on last ten years)
Rangers
Manager:
Jeff Banister
Game #:
43
On This Date:
25-23
Astros
Manager:
A.J. Hinch
Game #:
44
On This Date:
25-27
Season Series
Tue, Apr 19, 2016 TEX  7  HOU  5     
Wed, Apr 20, 2016 TEX  2  HOU  1     
Thu, Apr 21, 2016 TEX  7  HOU  4     

Fri, May 20, 2016 TEX    @HOU  8:10pm
Sat, May 21, 2016 TEX    @HOU  7:15pm
Sun, May 22, 2016 TEX    @HOU  2:10pm
Mon, Jun 06, 2016 HOU    @TEX  8:05pm
Tue, Jun 07, 2016 HOU    @TEX  8:05pm
Wed, Jun 08, 2016 HOU    @TEX  8:05pm
Thu, Jun 09, 2016 HOU    @TEX  2:05pm
Fri, Aug 05, 2016 TEX    @HOU  8:10pm
Sat, Aug 06, 2016 TEX    @HOU  7:10pm
Sun, Aug 07, 2016 TEX    @HOU  2:10pm
Fri, Sep 02, 2016 HOU    @TEX  8:05pm
Sat, Sep 03, 2016 HOU    @TEX  4:05pm
Sun, Sep 04, 2016 HOU    @TEX  3:05pm
Mon, Sep 12, 2016 TEX    @HOU  8:10pm
Tue, Sep 13, 2016 TEX    @HOU  8:10pm
Wed, Sep 14, 2016 TEX    @HOU  8:10pm

                         All times ET
Texas Rangers
22-19, 2nd, 1½ GB, 1½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   14-7    Road:    8-12   ExtrInn: 1-4 
 vsRHP:  17-12   vsLHP:   5-7    1-Run:   7-3 
 vsEast:  7-6    vsCntrl: 5-4    vsWest: 10-9  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 41 Wed, May 18  @OAK  L   1-8       22-19  2nd  1.0 gb
 40 Tue, May 17  @OAK  L   5-8       22-18  2nd  1.0 gb
 39 Mon, May 16  @OAK  L   1-3       22-17  1st    Tied
 38 Sun, May 15   TOR  W   7-6       22-16  1st  0.5 up
 37 Sat, May 14   TOR  W   6-5 (10)  21-16  2nd  0.5 gb
 36 Fri, May 13   TOR  L   0-5       20-16  2nd  1.5 gb
 35 Wed, May 11   CHW  W   6-5       20-15  2nd  1.5 gb
 34 Tue, May 10   CHW  W  13-11      19-15  2nd  1.5 gb
 33 Mon, May  9   CHW  L   4-8 (12)  18-15  2nd  1.5 gb
 32 Sun, May  8  @DET  W   8-3       18-14  2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14
Houston Astros
17-25, 5th, 7 GB, 7 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   10-10   Road:    7-15   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  15-18   vsLHP:   2-7    1-Run:   5-8 
 vsEast:  3-7    vsCntrl: 9-7    vsWest:  4-9  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 42 Thu, May 19  @CHW  L   1-2       17-25  5th  7.0 gb
 41 Wed, May 18  @CHW  W   5-3       17-24  5th  6.0 gb
 40 Tue, May 17  @CHW  W   6-5 (11)  16-24  5th  7.0 gb
 39 Sun, May 15  @BOS  L   9-10      15-24  5th  7.5 gb
 38 Sat, May 14  @BOS  L   5-6 (11)  15-23  5th  7.0 gb
 37 Fri, May 13  @BOS  W   7-6       15-22  4th  7.0 gb
 36 Thu, May 12  @BOS  L   1-11      14-22  4th  8.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Apr 21, 2016 TEX  7  HOU  4        W:A.J. Griffin (2-0), L: Dallas Keuchel (2-2), S: Shawn Tolleson (6)
Wed, Apr 20, 2016 TEX  2  HOU  1        W:Cole Hamels (3-0), L: Doug Fister (1-2), S: Shawn Tolleson (5)
Tue, Apr 19, 2016 TEX  7  HOU  5        W:Derek Holland (2-0), L: Scott Feldman (0-2), S: Shawn Tolleson (4)

Sun, Sep 27, 2015 HOU  4  TEX  2        W:Dallas Keuchel (19-8), L: Martin Perez (3-6), S: Luke Gregerson (29)
Sat, Sep 26, 2015 HOU  9  TEX  7        W:Collin McHugh (18-7), L: Chi Chi Gonzalez (4-6), S: Will Harris (2)
Fri, Sep 25, 2015 TEX  6 @HOU  2        W:Ross Ohlendorf (3-0), L: Scott Kazmir (7-11), S: none
Thu, Sep 17, 2015 TEX  8  HOU  2        W:Colby Lewis (16-8), L: Lance McCullers (5-6), S: none
Wed, Sep 16, 2015 TEX 14  HOU  3        W:Martin Perez (3-5), L: Dallas Keuchel (17-8), S: none
Tue, Sep 15, 2015 TEX  6  HOU  5        W:Shawn Tolleson (6-3), L: Oliver Perez (2-3), S: none
Mon, Sep 14, 2015 TEX  5  HOU  3        W:Keone Kela (7-5), L: Will Harris (5-4), S: Shawn Tolleson (32)
Season Series: 2016 - TEX over 3-0; 2015 - TEX won 13-6; 2014 - HOU won 11-8; All-Time - TEX leads 83-49

SP: Colby Lewis (36, RHP, 2-0, 3.12)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (2-0) 52.0 49 18 18 12 38 10 3.12
2015 (17-9) 204.2 211 114 106 42 142 26 4.66
2014 (10-14) 170.1 211 107 98 48 133 25 5.18
Last 7 GS 2-0 46.0 43 15 15 9 34 8 2.93 58
2016-05-14 TOR ND 7.0 4 2 2 0 6 1 97 67
2016-05-09 CHW ND 7.0 5 2 2 1 5 1 98 63
2016-05-04 @TOR ND 7.0 5 3 3 1 7 1 106 61
2016-04-29 LAA W 7.0 9 2 2 0 0 1 80 51
2016-04-23 @CHW ND 6.0 6 1 1 4 3 1 105 55
2016-04-16 BAL ND 6.0 10 4 4 2 7 3 104 41
2016-04-11 @SEA W 6.0 4 1 1 1 6 0 90 65
Last 5 v.HOU 4-0 34.2 34 16 16 2 24 6 4.15 54
2015-09-17 HOU W 6.0 7 2 2 0 3 0 90 53
2015-08-03 HOU W 6.0 10 7 7 1 3 3 99 26
2015-07-18 @HOU W 7.1 4 2 2 0 7 1 100 69
2015-05-06 @HOU W 8.0 6 1 1 1 6 0 87 71
2015-04-12 HOU ND 7.1 7 4 4 0 5 2 99 53

SP: Lance McCullers (22, RHP, 0-0, 9.64)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (0-0) 4.2 7 5 5 3 4 0 9.64
2015 (6-7) 125.2 106 49 45 43 129 10 3.22
Last 7 GS 1-2 40.2 36 19 18 14 40 5 3.98 54
2016-05-13 @BOS ND 4.2 7 5 5 3 4 0 89 31
2015-10-04 @ARI ND 5.0 6 3 2 2 6 1 97 49
2015-09-28 @SEA W 6.0 4 2 2 2 7 1 103 61
2015-09-22 LAA L 7.0 4 3 3 0 9 2 111 66
2015-09-17 @TEX L 6.0 5 3 3 3 5 1 99 52
2015-09-12 @LAA ND 5.0 7 2 2 2 1 0 100 44
2015-09-05 MIN ND 7.0 3 1 1 2 8 0 103 73
Last 5 v.TEX 0-2 6.1 12 9 9 4 6 2 12.79 33
2015-09-17 @TEX L 6.0 5 3 3 3 5 1 99 52
2015-08-03 @TEX L 0.1 7 6 6 1 1 1 43 13

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

Rangers Batters (4.54 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.81 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 43.McCullers
G/S/vB		 46.Feldman
G/S/vB		 45.Feliz
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
2.Alberto G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 31/14 .167/.167/.167/.333 .250/.429 .333 17/.353 1/0 0/0
1.Andrus G/S/vP 4/.500 29/.740 2/.000 1/.000 5/.000 5/.400 8/.375 8/1.000 145/115 .290/.340/.382/.722 .884/.676 .648 87/.676 4/3 0/4
29.Beltre G/S/vP 4/1.750 44/.606 2/2.000 1/3.000 9/.958 5/1.200 15/1.329 8/.750 170/120 .271/.318/.465/.782 .847/.755 .768 100/.655 0/0 7/1
20.Desmond G/S/vP ··· 9/1.127 ··· 8/.833 4/.500 2/.000 3/.000 1/2.000 169/122 .275/.337/.471/.808 1.032/.721 .674 104/1.021 8/1 6/4
84.Fielder* G/S/vP 4/1.250 20/1.087 2/2.500 1/.000 10/1.589 3/1.666 4/.833 10/.200 166/120 .195/.259/.282/.541 .503/.555 .452 93/.517 0/0 2/0
8.Holaday G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 62/37 .218/.295/.364/.659 .711/.622 .579 33/.730 0/0 1/0
30.Mazara* G/S/vP ··· 3/.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 143/98 .307/.357/.449/.805 .575/.917 .908 100/.752 0/0 5/0
18.Moreland* G/S/vP 4/1.750 18/.600 2/.000 1/no AB 3/1.000 6/.167 2/1.500 7/.429 142/110 .250/.324/.406/.730 .605/.768 .538 85/.685 0/0 4/0
12.Odor* G/S/vP 4/.833 17/1.037 2/2.000 1/.000 2/1.000 2/2.000 1/.000 8/1.000 173/117 .275/.301/.479/.780 .729/.804 .711 110/.842 5/1 7/4
16.Rua G/S/vP ··· 6/.533 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 77/47 .268/.325/.408/.733 .900/.625 .579 50/.795 2/0 2/1
15.Stubbs G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 56/25 .250/.339/.375/.714 .553/.905 .411 31/.739 7/0 2/0
6.Wilson G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 51/44 .250/.306/.386/.692 .571/.715 .894 45/.785 0/0 2/0
IP 4.2 30.1 14.0 16.1 18.2 19.2 12.2 15.1 TOTAL .257/.316/.409/.724 .714/.729 .678 .734 28/8 42/20
ERA-K/9 9.64/7.7 3.86/6.8 6.43/12.9 6.61/11.6 3.86/6.7 0.46/9.1 2.84/8.5 4.11/8.8 4.56/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Holaday (8-4-1)
 Wilson (2-2-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 22/.368 136/.281 61/.246 79/.286 74/.209 74/.157 47/.116 64/.254 .272  Desmond
 Rua
 Mazara
 Stubbs
29/14/0/3
13/0/2/2
0/0/33/2
6/13/3/0
OPS .981 .815 .716 .846 .614 .335 .546 .821 .767
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 9/1.056 62/.915 38/.773 41/.797 41/.730 39/.425 17/1.027 38/.940 .807
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 13/.923 74/.733 23/.625 38/.898 33/.472 35/.235 30/.282 26/.654 .730
Home / 68/.733 25/.080 42/.736 41/.637 32/.318 22/.382 37/.670
Last 28d days 22/.981 66/.729 37/.486 48/.822 52/.684 43/.317 28/.505 36/.748
HR/SB/CS 0/0/0 4/2/2 3/2/0 4/1/0 0/1/0 0/0/0 3/1/0 4/1/0 48/21/7
Usage ······X· o···X·X· ·····o·· ·Xo··oo· ·oo··Xo· ·oo··oX· ··X·oo·· ··X···o·
Astros Batters (4.24 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.56 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 48.Lewis
G/S/vB		 43.Barnette
G/S/vB		 51.Bush
G/S/vB		 58.Claudio*
G/S/vB		 41.Diekman*
G/S/vB		 47.Dyson
G/S/vB		 77.Jackson
G/S/vB		 55.Ramos*
G/S/vB		 37.Tolleson
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP 27/.555 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/1.334 2/.500 1/5.000 1/.000 12/.258 194/156 .345/.433/.612/1.045 1.236/1.000 1.126 117/1.073 15/1 9/2
15.Castro* G/S/vP 20/.724 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/.000 2/.000 115/85 .223/.365/.415/.780 .350/.929 .931 73/.988 1/0 3/3
1.Correa G/S/vP 9/1.666 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.600 1/.000 2/1.000 3/1.334 183/149 .266/.366/.443/.809 .538/.865 .835 116/.789 7/2 7/5
11.Gattis G/S/vP 15/.667 1/.000 ··· ··· 8/.125 6/.334 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 84/51 .237/.298/.408/.706 1.024/.498 .375 59/.839 0/0 3/0
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP 8/.375 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 4/.833 5/.000 111/69 .233/.282/.398/.680 .807/.604 .936 83/.752 4/2 3/3
16.Kemp* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/3 .333/.429/.500/.929 .250/1.667 7/.929 0/0 0/0
6.Marisnick G/S/vP 7/1.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 4/.500 39/23 .105/.128/.132/.260 .063/.391 .220 28/.250 1/0 0/0
8.Moran* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/4 .000/.250/.000/.250 /.250 4/.250 0/0 0/0
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 21/.714 1/5.000 ··· ··· 6/.666 2/.000 ··· 9/.985 6/1.000 167/138 .234/.335/.447/.782 .618/.812 .707 103/.620 2/1 8/0
4.Springer G/S/vP 10/.600 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 5/.000 191/157 .259/.356/.470/.826 .916/.806 .964 117/.819 3/5 9/0
18.Valbuena* G/S/vP 16/.980 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 4/1.500 132/106 .202/.295/.325/.619 .579/.628 .757 82/.663 0/0 2/2
13.White G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 130/93 .243/.315/.496/.811 .802/.813 .587 65/.624 0/0 7/3
IP 52.0 16.1 3.2 12.0 14.1 19.0 2.0 16.2 14.2 TOTAL .234/.319/.413/.731 .718/.735 .747 .726 38/13 54/23
ERA-K/9 3.12/6.6 2.76/6.1 0.00/9.7 3.00/4.5 2.51/12.0 1.89/6.2 18.00/4.5 4.32/5.9 9.20/6.7 4.30/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (15-3-3)
 Gattis (2-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 208/.251 71/.318 12/.000 54/.313 59/.204 73/.231 11/.444 77/.319 72/.343 .263  Rasmus
 Springer
 Kemp
 Marisnick
34/6/3/5
0/0/41/3
2/0/0/1
6/8/1/0
OPS .739 .761 .083 .789 .586 .638 1.323 .926 1.031 .777
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 96/.827 33/.861 2/.000 10/.400 14/.607 24/.442 3/1.167 20/.838 34/1.306 .765
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 112/.666 38/.677 10/.100 44/.886 45/.578 49/.727 8/1.357 57/.952 38/.789 .782
Road 76/.605 33/.674 4/.000 25/.829 21/.454 38/.932 11/1.323 15/.624 23/1.328
Last 28d days 132/.665 40/.814 12/.083 43/.859 40/.711 44/.726 11/1.323 77/.926 40/1.203
HR/SB/CS 10/0/4 1/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 2/0/0 1/1/1 1/0/1 3/3/0 5/1/0 56/12/7
Usage ·····X·· ·····o·· ··X·X·X· ·X······ ····oo·· ····ooo· ·o·X···· ····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 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

BOS  5.85

HOU  4.24

ATL  3.20

 RA/G

CHC  2.95

STL  4.22

CIN  6.00

 BA

D. Murphy  .397

E. Longoria  .260

R. Howard  .168

 OBP

B. Harper  .450

J. Harrison  .335

E. Aybar  .207

 SLG

D. Ortiz  .652

A. Eaton  .443

E. Aybar  .205

 OPS

D. Murphy  1.065

M. Upton  .773

E. Aybar  .412

 ERA

J. Arrieta  1.29

E. Volquez  3.79

W. Peralta  7.30

 K/9IP

J. Fernandez  13.02

D. Straily  7.85

M. Latos  4.40

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.