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Houston Astros vs. Oakland Athletics, at Minute Maid Park, July 7, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Thursday, July 7, 2016
Start Time:
7:10ct (local), 8:10et
Venue:
Minute Maid Park
Series:
Game #1 of a 4-game series
Average Temp:
73° (based on last ten years)
Athletics
Manager:
Bob Melvin
Game #:
87
On This Date:
40-64
Astros
Manager:
A.J. Hinch
Game #:
87
On This Date:
19-28
Season Series
Fri, Apr 29, 2016 OAK  7  HOU  4     
Sat, Apr 30, 2016 OAK  2  HOU  0     
Sun, May 01, 2016 HOU  2 @OAK  1     
Fri, Jun 03, 2016 HOU 12  OAK  2     
Sat, Jun 04, 2016 HOU  6  OAK  5 (12)
Sun, Jun 05, 2016 HOU  5  OAK  2     

Thu, Jul 07, 2016 OAK    @HOU  8:10pm
Fri, Jul 08, 2016 OAK    @HOU  8:10pm
Sat, Jul 09, 2016 OAK    @HOU  4:10pm
Sun, Jul 10, 2016 OAK    @HOU  2:10pm
Mon, Jul 18, 2016 HOU    @OAK 10:05pm
Tue, Jul 19, 2016 HOU    @OAK 10:05pm
Wed, Jul 20, 2016 HOU    @OAK  3:35pm
Mon, Aug 29, 2016 OAK    @HOU  8:10pm
Tue, Aug 30, 2016 OAK    @HOU  8:10pm
Wed, Aug 31, 2016 OAK    @HOU  2:10pm
Mon, Sep 19, 2016 HOU    @OAK 10:05pm
Tue, Sep 20, 2016 HOU    @OAK 10:05pm
Wed, Sep 21, 2016 HOU    @OAK  3:35pm

                         All times ET
Oakland Athletics
36-49, 4th, 16½ GB, 11 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   17-26   Road:   19-23   ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:  27-37   vsLHP:   9-12   1-Run:   9-13
 vsEast:  7-12   vsCntrl:10-10   vsWest: 14-18 IL: 5-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 85 Wed, Jul  6  @MIN  L   0-4       36-49  4th 16.5 gb
 84 Tue, Jul  5  @MIN  L   4-11      36-48  4th 16.5 gb
 83 Mon, Jul  4  @MIN  W   3-1       36-47  4th 15.5 gb
 82 Sun, Jul  3   PIT  L   3-6       35-47  4th 16.5 gb
 81 Sat, Jul  2   PIT  L   2-4 (10)  35-46  4th 16.5 gb
 80 Fri, Jul  1   PIT  L   3-7       35-45  4th 16.5 gb
 79 Thu, Jun 30   SFG  L   6-12      35-44  4th 15.5 gb
 78 Wed, Jun 29   SFG  W   7-1       35-43  4th 15.5 gb
 77 Tue, Jun 28  @SFG  W  13-11      34-43  4th 16.5 gb
 76 Mon, Jun 27  @SFG  W   8-3       33-43  4th 16.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:11-19
Houston Astros
46-39, 2nd, 6½ GB, 1 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   26-17   Road:   20-22   ExtrInn: 7-4 
 vsRHP:  35-24   vsLHP:  11-15   1-Run:  15-14
 vsEast:  7-9    vsCntrl:12-10   vsWest: 19-16 IL: 8-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 85 Wed, Jul  6   SEA  W   9-8       46-39  2nd  6.5 gb
 84 Tue, Jul  5   SEA  W   5-2       45-39  2nd  7.5 gb
 83 Mon, Jul  4   SEA  W   2-1       44-39  2nd  7.5 gb
 82 Sun, Jul  3   CHW  L   1-4       43-39  2nd  8.5 gb
 81 Sat, Jul  2   CHW  L   6-7       43-38  2nd  8.5 gb
 80 Fri, Jul  1   CHW  W   5-0       43-37  2nd  8.5 gb
 79 Wed, Jun 29  @LAA  W  10-4       42-37  2nd  9.0 gb
 78 Tue, Jun 28  @LAA  W   7-1       41-37  2nd 10.0 gb
 77 Mon, Jun 27  @LAA  W   4-2       40-37  2nd 10.0 gb
 76 Sun, Jun 26  @KCR  L   1-6       39-37  2nd 10.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:16-4    Last 30:21-9 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jun 05, 2016 HOU  5  OAK  2        W:Lance McCullers (3-1), L: Ryan Dull (1-1), S: Will Harris (1)
Sat, Jun 04, 2016 HOU  6  OAK  5 (12)   W:Scott Feldman (3-3), L: Ryan Madson (2-2), S: none
Fri, Jun 03, 2016 HOU 12  OAK  2        W:Doug Fister (5-3), L: Jesse Hahn (2-3), S: none
Sun, May 01, 2016 HOU  2 @OAK  1        W:Doug Fister (2-3), L: Rich Hill (3-3), S: Luke Gregerson (5)
Sat, Apr 30, 2016 OAK  2  HOU  0        W:Jesse Hahn (1-0), L: Chris Devenski (0-1), S: Ryan Madson (8)
Fri, Apr 29, 2016 OAK  7  HOU  4        W:Ryan Madson (1-0), L: Tony Sipp (0-1), S: none

Sun, Sep 20, 2015 HOU  5  OAK  1        W:Collin McHugh (17-7), L: Aaron Brooks (2-4), S: none
Sat, Sep 19, 2015 HOU 10  OAK  6        W:Chad Qualls (3-4), L: Fernando Rodriguez (4-2), S: none
Fri, Sep 18, 2015 OAK  4 @HOU  3        W:Drew Pomeranz (5-5), L: Pat Neshek (3-6), S: Ryan Dull (1)
Wed, Sep 09, 2015 HOU 11 @OAK  5        W:Collin McHugh (16-7), L: Aaron Brooks (1-3), S: none
Season Series: 2016 - HOU over 4-2; 2015 - HOU won 10-9; 2014 - OAK won 11-8; All-Time - OAK leads 42-27

SP: Rich Hill (36, LHP, 8-3, 2.31)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (8-3) 70.0 52 21 18 26 80 2 2.31
2015 (2-1) 29.0 14 5 5 5 36 2 1.55
2014 (0-0) 5.1 7 2 2 6 9 0 3.38
Last 7 GS 5-1 44.0 28 11 11 17 43 1 2.25 63
2016-07-02 PIT ND 6.0 4 2 2 2 6 0 83 60
2016-05-29 DET W 6.1 5 2 2 3 9 0 101 61
2016-05-23 @SEA W 8.0 8 0 0 0 6 0 107 72
2016-05-18 TEX W 6.0 3 1 1 1 6 0 106 67
2016-05-13 @TBR W 6.0 4 3 3 4 7 0 112 55
2016-05-07 @BAL W 5.2 2 1 1 3 5 0 103 63
2016-05-01 HOU L 6.0 2 2 2 4 4 1 106 60
Last 5 v.HOU 1-1 31.0 18 11 11 16 26 5 3.19 59
2016-05-01 HOU L 6.0 2 2 2 4 4 1 106 60
2008-04-04 HOU ND 6.0 4 2 2 3 4 1 88 57
2007-09-12 @HOU W 7.0 3 1 1 3 7 1 116 71
2007-09-02 HOU ND 5.0 6 5 5 4 5 1 108 36
2007-08-06 @HOU ND 7.0 3 1 1 2 6 1 100 71

SP: Doug Fister (32, RHP, 8-5, 3.66)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (8-5) 98.1 93 42 40 33 64 15 3.66
2015 (5-7) 103.0 120 56 48 24 63 14 4.19
2014 (16-6) 164.0 153 52 44 24 98 18 2.41
Last 7 GS 4-2 43.2 42 17 15 15 34 7 3.09 54
2016-07-02 CHW L 4.2 9 5 5 5 3 1 103 24
2016-06-26 @KCR L 6.2 8 4 4 0 6 3 98 48
2016-06-20 LAA W 7.0 4 2 2 2 5 0 108 64
2016-06-14 @STL W 7.1 5 2 2 1 6 2 87 65
2016-06-08 @TEX W 6.0 7 1 1 1 5 0 103 58
2016-06-03 OAK W 6.0 4 0 0 2 3 0 109 65
2016-05-29 @LAA ND 6.0 5 3 1 4 6 1 95 56
Last 5 v.OAK 2-3 28.0 38 16 14 5 20 3 4.50 45
2016-06-03 OAK W 6.0 4 0 0 2 3 0 109 65
2016-05-01 @OAK W 6.2 7 1 1 1 5 0 95 60
2014-05-09 @OAK L 4.1 9 7 5 0 2 3 79 23
2013-08-28 OAK L 5.0 13 7 7 0 2 0 75 15
2012-05-12 @OAK L 6.0 5 1 1 2 8 0 105 64

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

Athletics Batters (4.12 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.18 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 58.Fister
G/S/vB		 47.Devenski
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
17.Alonso* G/S/vP 6/1.100 3/1.000 9/.444 ··· 3/1.334 2/.000 5/.400 1/5.000 3/.333 278/238 .245/.306/.332/.638 .592/.645 .754 91/.685 2/1 3/3
1.Burns# G/S/vP 6/.000 4/1.000 4/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 3/.333 4/1.000 3/.666 5/1.000 288/222 .236/.270/.306/.576 .674/.547 .547 66/.497 14/3 0/2
16.Butler G/S/vP 41/.614 1/3.000 44/.648 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 11/.819 10/.633 151/81 .248/.291/.376/.667 .870/.501 .705 57/.706 0/0 2/2
4.Crisp# G/S/vP 20/.900 2/.000 28/.578 ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.000 2/.500 13/.322 292/221 .246/.309/.420/.730 .710/.736 .778 95/.895 5/4 7/1
2.Davis G/S/vP 7/.858 4/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 3/.666 4/.500 1/.000 309/241 .257/.294/.497/.791 .819/.783 .782 94/.879 1/1 19/0
25.Ladendorf G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/16 .094/.121/.094/.215 .059/.375 .000 11/.364 1/0 0/1
8.Lowrie# G/S/vP 21/.715 4/.833 20/.874 1/no AB 2/1.500 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· 7/.143 280/217 .283/.339/.350/.690 .623/.710 .756 101/.615 0/0 2/6
29.McBride G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 25/12 .208/.240/.292/.532 .769/.258 .250 6/.500 0/0 0/0
22.Reddick* G/S/vP 11/.546 3/.000 30/1.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.667 3/1.334 2/.500 10/.422 199/147 .303/.382/.434/.816 .420/.960 .922 34/.599 4/0 5/2
10.Semien G/S/vP 5/.650 3/1.167 9/1.000 1/.000 2/2.500 3/.000 4/1.500 3/1.666 3/2.667 320/242 .242/.303/.478/.781 1.031/.698 .754 103/.877 5/1 18/8
5.Smolinski G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 82/43 .316/.341/.513/.855 1.214/.531 .727 47/.972 1/0 4/0
26.Valencia G/S/vP 11/.282 ··· 2/1.000 2/.500 2/1.000 3/.666 1/.000 1/5.000 8/.536 262/193 .310/.359/.512/.871 1.057/.806 1.047 107/.732 0/0 12/11
21.Vogt* G/S/vP 6/.733 1/3.000 19/.579 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.250 3/.666 ··· 7/.429 269/232 .268/.309/.416/.725 .586/.747 .738 72/.766 0/0 6/5
IP 98.1 57.2 49.0 39.1 36.0 37.1 37.2 26.1 23.1 TOTAL .251/.304/.398/.702 .749/.687 .732 .733 36/13 87/53
ERA-K/9 3.66/5.9 2.34/7.2 2.76/6.2 4.12/12.8 4.50/12.0 3.62/10.9 0.72/9.1 2.73/7.9 5.40/8.9 3.89/8.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 McBride (2-0-2)
 Vogt (30-12-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 410/.249 223/.233 212/.260 157/.201 159/.264 149/.185 145/.199 100/.178 105/.316 .259  Burns
 Reddick
 Crisp
 Davis
 Ladendorf
 Smolinski
 McBride
0/67/4/3
0/0/49/3
42/24/0/1
43/0/0/1
0/0/1/0
8/1/20/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .744 .614 .728 .602 .735 .596 .428 .638 .964 .737
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 209/.930 106/.546 87/.874 75/.748 77/.697 73/.854 65/.459 31/1.234 54/.901 .785
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 201/.553 117/.674 125/.627 82/.470 82/.772 76/.364 80/.402 69/.383 51/1.026 .700
Home 173/.713 129/.589 94/.707 83/.332 90/.633 86/.652 73/.375 54/.606 61/.880
Last 28d days 108/.805 43/.644 44/.391 47/.877 43/.533 37/.395 40/.622 27/.600 19/1.582
HR/SB/CS 15/3/0 2/6/3 5/5/2 6/2/1 5/1/0 2/2/0 0/5/0 4/1/1 6/1/0 91/35/15
Usage ····X··· X··X·o·· ········ X···X··· oX···o·X X·oo·o·o ·XoX···o ·o··X··· ····o···
Astros Batters (4.54 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (4.94 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 18.Hill*
G/S/vB		 61.Axford
G/S/vB		 66.Dull
G/S/vB		 31.Hendriks
G/S/vB		 44.Madson
G/S/vB		 35.Rzepczynski*
G/S/vB		 68.Schuster*
G/S/vB		 60.Triggs
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP 3/2.667 4/.000 5/.000 6/.833 2/no AB 5/1.100 ··· 2/1.000 387/291 .350/.422/.560/.982 .975/.984 .908 103/1.026 22/3 14/3
15.Castro* G/S/vP 4/1.000 4/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 220/159 .215/.336/.398/.734 .415/.862 .731 61/.731 2/0 6/4
1.Correa G/S/vP 3/.667 3/.000 4/.750 ··· 2/2.000 1/no AB ··· 3/2.000 358/268 .265/.360/.465/.825 .623/.891 .822 90/.981 8/3 13/7
11.Gattis G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 4/1.000 ··· 2/3.500 243/152 .216/.284/.427/.711 .826/.642 .735 76/.636 0/0 13/1
30.Gomez G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/1.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 253/181 .227/.295/.349/.644 .787/.587 .629 89/.840 8/2 4/0
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP 2/.500 3/1.000 ··· 3/1.666 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 260/160 .253/.300/.402/.702 .785/.651 .818 92/.786 8/4 6/4
6.Marisnick G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/1.000 121/70 .173/.233/.255/.488 .562/.436 .454 26/.451 4/3 1/0
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 7/.143 11/.920 1/no AB 1/.000 3/.666 6/.334 ··· 2/.000 312/242 .245/.325/.401/.726 .602/.761 .613 75/.817 4/1 11/0
23.Reed* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/26 .143/.242/.357/.600 .000/.784 1.169 33/.600 0/0 2/1
4.Springer G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 4/.250 2/.000 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 395/298 .265/.362/.478/.840 .906/.819 .927 107/.774 6/6 19/1
18.Valbuena* G/S/vP ··· 4/.750 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 281/216 .257/.360/.464/.824 .765/.841 .894 82/1.036 0/1 11/6
26.Worth G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 28/11 .148/.179/.222/.401 .669/.000 .583 28/.401 0/0 0/1
IP 70.0 33.1 42.2 26.1 35.0 27.1 2.1 26.1 TOTAL .245/.327/.420/.747 .718/.758 .747 .811 64/24 110/40
ERA-K/9 2.31/10.3 5.40/7.3 2.11/9.5 6.15/8.9 2.83/7.5 3.62/9.2 15.43/3.9 6.15/8.9 4.78/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (23-5-5)
 Gattis (8-6-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 288/.206 151/.306 164/.150 118/.355 147/.252 126/.269 12/.400 118/.294 .273  Rasmus
 Springer
 Gomez
 Marisnick
 Gonzalez
65/9/8/9
0/0/80/8
0/61/0/4
16/23/4/2
3/0/0/0
OPS .567 .837 .502 .846 .719 .725 1.017 .852 .779
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 66/.469 73/.835 49/.568 40/.863 63/.798 65/.758 3/.000 53/.824 .792
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 222/.597 78/.837 115/.474 78/.837 84/.660 61/.671 9/1.413 65/.871 .771
Road 152/.511 69/.750 82/.600 52/1.083 71/.759 73/.788 12/1.017 68/.908
Last 28d days 24/.577 49/1.228 36/.278 42/.745 50/.752 34/.787 12/1.017 35/.689
HR/SB/CS 2/6/2 5/1/0 5/1/0 4/3/0 4/4/0 1/3/0 0/0/0 4/1/0 103/40/13
Usage ····X··· X··Xo··o ··X·o··o ·o·o·X·X ··o·X··· o··o··o· XX······ ·X···oX·

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  5.67

LAA  4.53

ATL  3.36

 RA/G

CHC  3.48

PHI  4.53

CIN  6.00

 BA

J. Altuve  .350

J. Mercer  .273

D. Norris  .207

 OBP

D. Ortiz  .429

E. Andrus  .342

F. Galvis  .250

 SLG

D. Ortiz  .677

Y. Tomas  .451

B. Burns  .306

 OPS

D. Ortiz  1.106

B. Dozier  .793

B. Burns  .576

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.79

J. Garcia  4.01

C. Bettis  5.85

 K/9IP

J. Fernandez  13.10

T. Roark  7.80

M. Pelfrey  4.29

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.