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Houston Astros vs. Tampa Bay Rays, at Minute Maid Park, August 26, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Friday, August 26, 2016

Start Time:

7:10ct (local), 8:10et

Venue:

Minute Maid Park

Series:

Game #1 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

84° (based on last ten years)

Rays

Manager:

Kevin Cash

Game #:

128

On This Date:

5-10

Astros

Manager:

A.J. Hinch

Game #:

130

On This Date:

27-28

Season Series
Fri, Jun 10, 2016 TBR  4  HOU  3     
Sat, Jun 11, 2016 HOU  4 @TBR  3     
Sun, Jun 12, 2016 TBR  5  HOU  0     

Fri, Aug 26, 2016 TBR    @HOU  8:10pm
Sat, Aug 27, 2016 TBR    @HOU  7:10pm
Sun, Aug 28, 2016 TBR    @HOU  2:10pm

                         All times ET

Tampa Bay Rays

54-72, 5th, 16½ GB, 16½ GB in WC / Schedule

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   32-37   Road:   22-35   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  39-54   vsLHP:  15-18   1-Run:  10-19
 vsEast: 22-28   vsCntrl:10-20   vsWest: 12-14 IL:10-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
126 Thu, Aug 25   BOS  W   2-1       54-72  5th 16.5 gb
125 Wed, Aug 24   BOS  W   4-3 (11)  53-72  5th 17.5 gb
124 Tue, Aug 23   BOS  L   1-2       52-72  5th 18.5 gb
123 Mon, Aug 22   BOS  L   2-6       52-71  5th 17.5 gb
122 Sun, Aug 21   TEX  W   8-4       52-70  5th 17.0 gb
121 Sat, Aug 20   TEX  W   8-2       51-70  5th 18.0 gb
120 Fri, Aug 19   TEX  L   2-6       50-70  5th 18.0 gb
119 Wed, Aug 17   SDP  W   2-0       50-69  5th 18.0 gb
118 Tue, Aug 16   SDP  W  15-1       49-69  5th 18.0 gb
117 Mon, Aug 15   SDP  W   8-2       48-69  5th 18.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Houston Astros

66-61, 3rd, 8½ GB, 5 GB in WC / Schedule

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   34-28   Road:   32-33   ExtrInn: 9-6 
 vsRHP:  47-40   vsLHP:  19-21   1-Run:  20-21
 vsEast: 13-17   vsCntrl:15-14   vsWest: 28-23 IL:10-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
127 Wed, Aug 24  @PIT  W   5-4       66-61  3rd  8.0 gb
126 Tue, Aug 23  @PIT  L   1-7       65-61  3rd  8.0 gb
125 Mon, Aug 22  @PIT  W   3-1       65-60  3rd  8.0 gb
124 Sun, Aug 21  @BAL  W   5-3       64-60  3rd  8.5 gb
123 Sat, Aug 20  @BAL  W  12-2       63-60  3rd  9.5 gb
122 Fri, Aug 19  @BAL  W  15-8       62-60  3rd 10.5 gb
121 Thu, Aug 18  @BAL  L   5-13      61-60  3rd 10.5 gb
120 Wed, Aug 17   STL  L   2-8       61-59  3rd 10.0 gb
119 Tue, Aug 16   STL  L   5-8       61-58  3rd  9.0 gb
118 Sun, Aug 14  @TOR  L   2-9       61-57  3rd  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jun 12, 2016 TBR  5  HOU  0        W:Matt Moore (3-4), L: Dallas Keuchel (3-9), S: none
Sat, Jun 11, 2016 HOU  4 @TBR  3        W:Mike Fiers (4-3), L: Chris Archer (4-8), S: Will Harris (3)
Fri, Jun 10, 2016 TBR  4  HOU  3        W:Matt Andriese (5-0), L: Lance McCullers (3-2), S: Alex Colome (18)

Thu, Aug 20, 2015 TBR  1 @HOU  0        W:Chris Archer (11-9), L: Collin McHugh (13-7), S: none
Wed, Aug 19, 2015 HOU  3  TBR  2 (13)   W:Josh Fields (4-1), L: Matt Andriese (3-3), S: none
Tue, Aug 18, 2015 HOU  3  TBR  2 (10)   W:Luke Gregerson (6-2), L: Brad Boxberger (4-9), S: none
Mon, Aug 17, 2015 TBR  9 @HOU  2        W:Erasmo Ramirez (10-4), L: Scott Kazmir (6-8), S: none
Sun, Jul 12, 2015 TBR  4  HOU  3        W:Matt Moore (1-0), L: Lance McCullers (4-3), S: Brad Boxberger (23)
Sat, Jul 11, 2015 TBR  3  HOU  0        W:Jake Odorizzi (5-5), L: Dallas Keuchel (11-4), S: Brad Boxberger (22)
Fri, Jul 10, 2015 TBR  3  HOU  1        W:Erasmo Ramirez (8-3), L: Collin McHugh (9-5), S: Brad Boxberger (21)
Season Series: 2016 - TBR over 2-1; 2015 - TBR won 5-2; 2014 - TBR won 5-2; All-Time - TBR leads 23-13

SP: Drew Smyly (27, LHP, 6-11, 4.88)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (6-11)			144.0	141	84	78	38	141	26	4.88
2015 (5-2)			66.2	58	24	23	20	77	11	3.11
2014 (9-10)			153.0	136	57	55	42	133	18	3.24

Last 7 GS		4-1	43.2	36	17	17	11	33	6	3.50	56
2016-08-21	TEX	W	6.2	5	4	4	1	7	2	107	54
2016-08-15	SDP	W	7.0	1	1	1	2	4	1	87	73
2016-08-09	@TOR	W	6.0	6	2	2	3	2	0	83	51
2016-08-04	KCR	ND	7.0	5	2	2	1	10	1	95	68
2016-07-30	NYY	W	6.0	4	2	2	1	6	1	96	61
2016-07-23	@OAK	ND	6.0	6	1	1	1	1	0	88	56
2016-07-18	@COL	L	5.0	9	5	5	2	3	1	100	30

Last 5 v.HOU		0-2	7.2	13	7	7	5	5	1	8.22	36
2014-06-29	@HOU	L	2.1	8	4	4	2	3	0	67	26
2014-05-08	HOU	L	5.1	5	3	3	3	2	1	91	45

SP: Mike Fiers (31, RHP, 9-6, 4.41)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (9-6)			132.2	144	68	65	31	103	23	4.41
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		3-3	39.2	39	22	20	10	39	7	4.54	51
2016-08-20	@BAL	W	7.0	5	1	1	1	7	1	104	69
2016-08-14	@TOR	L	4.2	6	5	4	2	7	2	91	39
2016-08-09	@MIN	W	5.0	5	4	4	2	5	3	88	44
2016-08-04	TOR	L	6.0	5	2	2	0	7	0	98	61
2016-07-30	@DET	ND	6.1	4	1	0	2	6	0	103	67
2016-07-24	LAA	W	7.0	9	3	3	0	2	1	92	49
2016-07-18	@OAK	L	3.2	5	6	6	3	5	0	74	29

Last 5 v.TBR		1-0	7.0	5	2	2	1	3	2	2.57	61
2016-06-11	@TBR	W	7.0	5	2	2	1	3	2	85	61

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

Rays Batters (4.17 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.21 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 53.Giles
G/S/vB 44.Gregerson
G/S/vB 36.Harris
G/S/vB 37.Neshek
G/S/vB 41.Peacock
G/S/vB 29.Sipp*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Beckham G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/2.000 198/109 .224/.276/.421/.696 .703/.691 .773 68/.660 2/1 5/4

10.Dickerson* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/1.000 4/.750 ··· ··· 2/2.500 407/339 .226/.278/.439/.717 .511/.760 .825 82/.620 0/1 17/1

5.Duffy G/S/vP 5/1.100 ··· ··· 4/.250 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 330/234 .268/.323/.361/.684 .731/.665 .468 44/.767 8/5 4/5

11.Forsythe G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 4/.000 416/325 .273/.337/.467/.803 .894/.778 .856 96/.850 6/3 16/7

39.Kiermaier* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 1/.000 2/1.500 2/.000 2/1.000 276/211 .222/.312/.387/.698 .604/.725 .757 92/.716 12/2 7/2

3.Longoria G/S/vP 3/2.667 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 6/.000 4/1.167 5/.650 2/.500 2/2.000 534/419 .288/.341/.552/.893 .811/.915 .950 106/.919 0/2 30/6

27.Mahtook G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 118/75 .138/.195/.174/.369 .442/.321 .470 48/.347 0/0 0/0

46.Maile G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 77/58 .229/.270/.329/.599 .333/.688 .393 43/.677 0/0 1/2

13.Miller* G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 15/.534 7/.667 464/380 .261/.319/.518/.837 .695/.868 .792 106/1.075 6/4 25/16

7.Morrison* G/S/vP 8/.929 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 3/1.666 2/.500 4/1.833 7/.857 5/1.000 358/296 .226/.307/.371/.678 .637/.687 .771 29/.720 4/2 10/4

20.Souza G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 396/293 .240/.293/.396/.689 .606/.719 .666 93/.715 6/6 13/4

21.Wilson G/S/vP 6/.500 1/.000 4/1.250 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 191/139 .240/.276/.339/.615 .746/.567 .519 38/.767 0/0 4/2

IP 132.2 87.2 54.1 50.1 45.2 49.2 37.1 4.0 34.2 TOTAL .241/.309/.424/.733 .718/.738 .754 .769 47/29 167/76

ERA-K/9

4.41/7.0

2.36/7.9

4.14/13.3

3.58/14.0

3.15/10.8

2.54/9.8

2.65/8.0

4.50/9.0

5.45/9.1

3.97/8.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Maile (14-4-0)
Wilson (32-7-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 567/.274 336/.218 222/.218 218/.247 179/.172 201/.230 141/.178 17/.200 158/.313 .258 Souza
Kiermaier
Mahtook
Dickerson 0/3/92/6
0/72/0/4
17/16/8/3
48/0/2/1

OPS .795 .599 .621 .715 .559 .575 .589 .694 .999 .741

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 238/.732 168/.686 102/.684 108/.634 88/.737 88/.598 39/1.060 6/.667 80/.952 .779

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 329/.840 168/.514 120/.567 110/.795 91/.395 113/.556 102/.420 11/.717 78/1.044 .712

Home 282/.716 171/.581 113/.341 119/.630 100/.577 105/.570 79/.613 / 80/.963

Last 28d days 121/.704 71/.535 38/.573 41/.766 8/.875 37/.878 25/.520 17/.694 31/1.133

HR/SB/CS 23/5/6 4/7/4 7/3/1 6/1/0 3/4/0 3/7/0 5/1/1 1/0/0 11/2/1 148/45/22

Usage ·····X·· ·X····X· ··X····· ·o·oX··· ·······o ·X·o···· ·o····o· ··X··oo· ··X··X··

Astros Batters (4.55 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (4.30 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 33.Smyly*
G/S/vB 26.Boxberger
G/S/vB 31.Cedeno*
G/S/vB 37.Colome
G/S/vB 43.Farquhar
G/S/vB 40.Jepsen
G/S/vB 30.Ramirez
G/S/vB 45.Romero*
G/S/vB 50.Sturdevant
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

27.Altuve G/S/vP 5/1.400 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 6/1.667 11/.606 16/.732 1/2.000 1/.000 567/422 .361/.422/.571/.993 1.091/.961 .885 106/1.002 26/7 20/4

2.Bregman G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 127/94 .231/.283/.410/.694 .864/.637 .589 112/.765 0/0 4/4

15.Castro* G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 10/.733 7/.572 10/1.600 1/no AB 1/no AB 317/233 .215/.322/.391/.712 .542/.776 .655 57/.704 2/1 9/4

1.Correa G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 6/.334 ··· ··· 540/400 .271/.361/.463/.824 .737/.854 .789 109/.784 11/3 18/11

11.Gattis G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 5/1.400 1/2.000 9/1.555 1/no AB 1/.000 376/239 .241/.306/.468/.773 .892/.704 .744 86/.866 2/1 20/1

9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP 1/.000 4/1.833 ··· 2/1.000 6/.533 6/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 403/253 .254/.291/.415/.707 .751/.681 .765 71/.639 9/4 11/5

10.Gurriel G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/4 .250/.400/.250/.650 .000/.833 5/.650 0/0 0/

35.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 44/34 .263/.364/.553/.916 1.025/.886 .429 44/.916 0/1 3/1

16.Kemp* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 87/70 .237/.314/.303/.617 .369/.678 .849 36/.513 2/1 0/1

6.Marisnick G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 5/1.400 2/.000 ··· 212/126 .217/.257/.338/.596 .646/.562 .595 51/.587 7/4 3/0

23.Reed* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 117/101 .178/.282/.297/.579 .259/.630 .697 65/.611 0/0 3/2

4.Springer G/S/vP 4/2.750 ··· ··· 1/.000 8/.125 3/.667 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 586/433 .260/.358/.467/.826 1.012/.764 .822 119/.828 7/9 25/2

IP 144.0 10.2 39.1 46.0 18.1 42.2 77.0 35.0 18.1 TOTAL .247/.321/.419/.740 .758/.733 .720 .716 85/35 157/56

ERA-K/9

4.88/8.8

1.69/9.3

3.89/9.4

1.76/11.3

5.40/11.3

5.27/6.5

3.74/6.4

4.89/9.3

3.93/6.9

4.06/8.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castro (30-7-12)
Gattis (11-11-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 601/.257 47/.256 166/.233 179/.184 85/.304 191/.306 321/.271 154/.244 75/.273 .254 Springer
Marisnick
Kemp
Gonzalez
Hernandez
Bregman 0/1/117/12
26/40/5/4
21/0/1/2
13/1/0/1
5/9/1/1
1/0/0/0

OPS .756 .716 .607 .533 .973 .892 .778 .726 .706 .726

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 122/.744 25/.653 85/.454 74/.543 28/1.143 74/1.016 122/.946 64/.715 24/.848 .693

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 479/.759 22/.788 81/.760 105/.524 57/.880 117/.813 199/.680 90/.732 51/.644 .745

Road 305/.860 8/1.333 67/.803 76/.481 27/.970 67/.955 158/.892 76/.489 35/.795

Last 28d days 124/.573 41/.570 29/.656 35/.265 35/.797 35/.832 64/.717 16/.393 2/.000

HR/SB/CS 26/12/4 1/2/0 2/1/0 4/0/1 7/1/0 9/1/0 12/6/1 5/1/0 1/0/1 160/76/26

Usage ····X··· ·XX·X·o· ·oX·oX·· ·oo·o··· ···X··o· ··oX·o·· oX·Xoo·· oo·X·o·· 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

BOS 5.43

PIT 4.51

ATL 3.73

RA/G

CHC 3.41

PIT 4.46

ARI 5.60

J. Altuve .361

E. Hosmer .273

T. Frazier .211

OBP

M. Trout .432

C. Santana .341

F. Galvis .265

SLG

D. Ortiz .636

J. Ramirez .453

J. Heyward .320

OPS

D. Ortiz 1.047

H. Ramirez .800

E. Aybar .611

ERA

K. Hendricks 2.19

T. Bauer 3.88

J. Shields 5.98

K/9IP

J. Fernandez 12.89

H. Santiago 7.67

J. Weaver 4.56

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.