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Houston Astros vs. Oakland Athletics, at Minute Maid Park, August 30, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Start Time:

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

Venue:

Minute Maid Park

Series:

Game #2 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

76° (based on last ten years)

Athletics

Manager:

Bob Melvin

Game #:

133

On This Date:

40-58

Astros

Manager:

A.J. Hinch

Game #:

134

On This Date:

30-19

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  3 @HOU  1     
Fri, Jul 08, 2016 HOU 10  OAK  9     
Sat, Jul 09, 2016 OAK  3 @HOU  2     
Sun, Jul 10, 2016 HOU  2  OAK  1 (10)
Mon, Jul 18, 2016 OAK  7  HOU  4     
Tue, Jul 19, 2016 OAK  4  HOU  3 (10)
Wed, Jul 20, 2016 HOU  7 @OAK  0     
Mon, Aug 29, 2016 HOU  6  OAK  0     

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

57-74, 4th, 20½ GB, 16 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   30-36   Road:   27-38   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  43-53   vsLHP:  14-21   1-Run:  20-20
 vsEast: 15-15   vsCntrl:13-16   vsWest: 22-30 IL: 7-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
131 Mon, Aug 29  @HOU  L   0-6       57-74  4th 20.5 gb
130 Sun, Aug 28  @STL  W   7-4       57-73  4th 19.5 gb
129 Sat, Aug 27  @STL  W   3-2       56-73  4th 19.5 gb
128 Fri, Aug 26  @STL  L   1-3       55-73  4th 19.5 gb
127 Wed, Aug 24   CLE  W   5-1       55-72  4th 19.0 gb
126 Tue, Aug 23   CLE  W   9-1       54-72  4th 19.0 gb
125 Mon, Aug 22   CLE  L   0-1       53-72  4th 20.0 gb
124 Sun, Aug 21  @CHW  L   2-4       53-71  4th 19.5 gb
123 Sat, Aug 20  @CHW  L   2-6       53-70  4th 19.5 gb
122 Fri, Aug 19  @CHW  W   9-0       53-69  4th 19.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:11-19

Houston Astros

69-62, 2nd, 8½ GB, 4 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   37-29   Road:   32-33   ExtrInn: 9-6 
 vsRHP:  47-41   vsLHP:  22-21   1-Run:  21-21
 vsEast: 15-18   vsCntrl:15-14   vsWest: 29-23 IL:10-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
131 Mon, Aug 29   OAK  W   6-0       69-62  2nd  8.5 gb
130 Sun, Aug 28   TBR  L   4-10      68-62  2nd  8.5 gb
129 Sat, Aug 27   TBR  W   6-2       68-61  2nd  7.5 gb
128 Fri, Aug 26   TBR  W   5-4       67-61  3rd  7.5 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
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Aug 29, 2016 HOU  6  OAK  0        W:Joseph Musgrove (2-2), L: Sean Manaea (5-9), S: none
Wed, Jul 20, 2016 HOU  7 @OAK  0        W:Doug Fister (10-6), L: Daniel Mengden (1-5), S: none
Tue, Jul 19, 2016 OAK  4  HOU  3 (10)   W:Marc Rzepczynski (1-0), L: Pat Neshek (2-2), S: none
Mon, Jul 18, 2016 OAK  7  HOU  4        W:Kendall Graveman (6-6), L: Mike Fiers (6-4), S: Ryan Madson (20)
Sun, Jul 10, 2016 HOU  2  OAK  1 (10)   W:Will Harris (1-1), L: Liam Hendriks (0-2), S: none
Sat, Jul 09, 2016 OAK  3 @HOU  2        W:Kendall Graveman (5-6), L: Lance McCullers (4-3), S: Ryan Dull (1)
Fri, Jul 08, 2016 HOU 10  OAK  9        W:Michael Feliz (6-1), L: Ryan Madson (3-3), S: none
Thu, Jul 07, 2016 OAK  3 @HOU  1        W:Rich Hill (9-3), L: Doug Fister (8-6), S: Ryan Madson (17)
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
Season Series: 2016 - HOU over 8-6; 2015 - HOU won 10-9; 2014 - OAK won 11-8; All-Time - OAK leads 46-31

SP: Kendall Graveman (25, RHP, 10-8, 3.97)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (10-8)			149.2	156	68	66	39	87	19	3.97
2015 (6-9)			115.2	126	57	52	38	77	15	4.05
2014 (0-0)			4.2	4	2	2	0	4	0	3.86

Last 7 GS		4-2	48.0	45	19	18	7	21	6	3.38	55
2016-08-24	CLE	W	6.2	6	1	1	2	2	1	102	58
2016-08-19	@CHW	W	9.0	2	0	0	0	5	0	98	88
2016-08-13	SEA	L	6.0	7	4	4	1	2	2	79	43
2016-08-08	BAL	W	7.0	6	1	1	0	4	0	99	65
2016-08-03	@LAA	ND	4.0	9	6	6	1	3	2	75	22
2016-07-29	@CLE	L	6.1	6	4	3	2	1	1	94	46
2016-07-23	TBR	W	9.0	9	3	3	1	4	0	102	60

Last 5 v.HOU		3-1	29.1	32	16	15	7	13	3	4.60	47
2016-07-18	HOU	W	7.0	7	3	2	1	5	1	112	57
2016-07-09	@HOU	W	8.0	5	2	2	0	3	0	93	67
2016-06-04	@HOU	ND	4.1	7	5	5	1	1	1	74	29
2015-04-25	HOU	L	4.2	9	6	6	1	1	1	71	22
2015-04-14	@HOU	W	5.1	4	0	0	4	3	0	96	59

SP: Collin McHugh (29, RHP, 8-10, 5.01)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (8-10)			142.0	176	82	79	40	141	23	5.01
2015 (19-7)			203.2	207	89	88	53	171	19	3.89
2014 (11-9)			154.2	117	53	47	41	157	13	2.73

Last 7 GS		2-4	34.0	53	29	28	6	37	10	7.41	40
2016-08-24	@PIT	W	5.0	7	3	3	1	4	1	99	44
2016-08-19	@BAL	ND	3.0	9	7	6	1	4	4	64	18
2016-08-13	@TOR	L	5.1	5	3	3	2	6	1	95	50
2016-08-08	@MIN	L	7.0	10	3	3	1	6	0	104	50
2016-08-03	TOR	L	6.0	6	3	3	1	10	3	105	57
2016-07-29	@DET	L	1.2	10	8	8	0	1	0	50	4
2016-07-23	LAA	W	6.0	6	2	2	0	6	1	99	58

Last 5 v.OAK		2-1	30.2	28	16	15	12	29	4	4.40	52
2016-07-08	OAK	ND	6.0	8	4	3	2	3	1	98	43
2016-06-04	OAK	ND	5.1	5	4	4	3	5	1	100	44
2015-09-20	OAK	W	8.0	4	1	1	2	8	0	113	76
2015-09-09	@OAK	W	5.1	6	5	5	2	5	2	100	39
2015-08-08	@OAK	L	6.0	5	2	2	3	8	0	121	59

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

Athletics Batters (3.97 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.21 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 31.McHugh
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

17.Alonso* G/S/vP 9/.583 4/.750 ··· 3/1.334 4/.250 7/1.000 2/3.500 1/.000 5/.600 429/369 .248/.308/.363/.671 .509/.697 .766 82/.667 2/1 7/5

16.Butler G/S/vP 14/1.012 1/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 3/1.000 11/.819 5/1.000 11/.573 229/123 .284/.336/.417/.753 .722/.780 .826 39/.737 0/0 4/2

4.Crisp# G/S/vP 8/.125 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 3/1.000 4/.250 21/1.226 13/.322 434/343 .234/.299/.399/.698 .592/.726 .778 78/.511 7/5 11/3

2.Davis G/S/vP 6/.334 6/.000 2/1.500 2/.000 3/.333 3/.666 6/.334 1/.000 1/.000 494/372 .258/.304/.532/.835 .892/.817 .828 101/.935 1/2 34/1

39.Eibner G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 127/67 .209/.270/.391/.661 .707/.619 .458 42/.562 0/0 5/0

48.Healy G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 153/113 .283/.316/.476/.792 .686/.830 .751 93/.889 0/0 6/7

63.Maxwell* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 31/20 .138/.194/.207/.400 .273/.472 .490 22/.477 0/0 0/0

12.Muncy* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 111/108 .189/.306/.274/.580 .000/.597 .508 65/.512 0/0 2/1

18.Pinder G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 23/13 .182/.174/.182/.356 .400/.321 .333 23/.356 0/0 0/1

10.Semien G/S/vP 15/1.379 4/.833 1/.000 2/2.500 4/.250 5/1.200 7/1.571 3/.000 3/2.667 495/369 .240/.301/.443/.744 .905/.687 .733 92/.684 9/1 23/16

5.Smolinski G/S/vP 5/.600 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 3/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 234/146 .264/.338/.399/.737 .967/.596 .587 85/.549 1/2 7/1

26.Valencia G/S/vP 18/1.036 ··· 4/.500 2/1.000 6/.334 1/.000 3/1.666 1/.000 8/.536 411/294 .301/.353/.472/.825 .982/.764 1.031 87/.777 0/1 15/13

21.Vogt* G/S/vP 14/.671 2/1.500 1/.000 2/.000 5/.933 4/1.250 1/no AB 11/.382 8/.750 406/341 .260/.305/.419/.725 .590/.750 .717 78/.675 0/0 11/6

IP 142.0 91.1 55.2 51.1 46.1 50.2 39.1 7.0 35.0 TOTAL .248/.303/.398/.701 .702/.701 .728 .672 44/19 141/78

ERA-K/9

5.01/8.9

2.27/8.0

4.69/13.1

3.68/13.9

3.11/10.7

2.49/9.8

2.52/8.0

3.86/9.0

5.66/9.0

3.96/8.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Maxwell (5-0-0)
Vogt (40-18-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 626/.305 348/.213 231/.232 222/.248 180/.171 204/.226 148/.176 28/.160 162/.320 .259 Crisp
Valencia
Davis
Muncy
Smolinski
Eibner 58/36/0/4
0/0/16/3
71/0/0/2
0/0/12/1
9/34/24/1
10/0/21/1

OPS .848 .583 .660 .725 .556 .566 .574 .650 1.030 .741

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 286/.829 174/.673 105/.714 110/.622 89/.728 90/.584 41/1.002 9/1.000 83/1.002 .778

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 340/.864 174/.496 126/.615 112/.828 91/.395 114/.551 107/.419 19/.461 79/1.056 .714

Home 307/.818 183/.553 122/.432 123/.652 101/.571 108/.554 86/.584 11/.582 84/1.023

Last 28d days 119/.972 70/.572 44/.825 37/.897 9/.778 30/.600 28/.536 28/.650 30/1.433

HR/SB/CS 23/4/3 4/8/4 8/3/1 7/1/0 3/4/0 3/7/0 5/1/1 2/0/0 12/2/1 153/46/23

Usage ·····X·· ·Xo··X·· ·X·o··X· ···X·o·o o······· ···o·X·o X·o··o·· Xo····X· ·X····X·

Astros Batters (4.57 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (4.69 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 49.Graveman
G/S/vB 61.Axford
G/S/vB 57.Coulombe*
G/S/vB 66.Dull
G/S/vB 31.Hendriks
G/S/vB 44.Madson
G/S/vB 56.Smith
G/S/vB 64.Wendelken
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

27.Altuve G/S/vP 15/.734 5/.000 2/.500 7/.286 8/1.071 4/1.167 1/5.000 1/.000 585/431 .354/.414/.569/.983 1.021/.969 .871 106/.908 26/7 22/4

2.Bregman G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 145/103 .242/.303/.424/.728 .847/.681 .691 111/.919 0/0 5/8

15.Castro* G/S/vP 12/.606 4/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· ··· 320/236 .217/.322/.390/.712 .542/.774 .655 45/.906 2/1 9/4

1.Correa G/S/vP 9/.708 3/.000 2/.500 6/1.000 2/.000 5/.650 1/.000 1/2.000 556/409 .275/.363/.469/.832 .746/.863 .807 107/.840 11/3 19/11

11.Gattis G/S/vP 8/.875 2/.000 2/2.500 2/.000 3/.000 2/1.500 1/no AB 1/.000 388/244 .246/.312/.477/.789 .897/.723 .776 85/.966 2/1 21/1

9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP 12/1.144 4/.750 3/.333 1/.000 5/1.000 3/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 418/263 .253/.291/.408/.699 .739/.676 .744 86/.611 10/5 11/5

10.Gurriel G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 20/13 .389/.450/.500/.950 .714/1.084 1.038 20/.950 0/0 0/0

35.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 56/40 .224/.321/.469/.791 .697/.825 .380 56/.791 0/1 3/1

16.Kemp* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 89/71 .231/.307/.295/.602 .347/.667 .799 38/.485 2/1 0/1

6.Marisnick G/S/vP 7/.310 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/1.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 225/133 .212/.260/.341/.601 .676/.552 .607 59/.630 7/4 4/0

23.Reed* G/S/vP 6/.334 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 121/105 .173/.281/.288/.569 .259/.617 .664 65/.632 0/0 3/2

4.Springer G/S/vP 13/.481 2/.000 2/.000 5/.200 4/.000 4/1.250 2/1.000 ··· 604/441 .259/.359/.461/.820 1.001/.757 .810 118/.807 8/9 25/2

IP 149.2 52.0 36.1 64.1 50.2 54.2 9.2 8.1 TOTAL .247/.322/.419/.741 .753/.737 .724 .768 87/36 163/60

ERA-K/9

3.97/5.2

4.50/8.7

4.21/8.7

2.38/8.4

3.91/9.6

3.13/7.4

5.59/12.1

5.40/7.6

4.52/7.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castro (31-7-12)
Gattis (11-12-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 633/.269 234/.261 148/.209 248/.182 213/.276 222/.245 40/.229 37/.273 .264 Springer
Marisnick
Kemp
Gonzalez
Hernandez
Bregman 0/1/121/12
26/44/5/5
21/1/1/2
14/1/0/1
8/9/1/1
1/0/0/0

OPS .739 .737 .644 .568 .697 .686 .754 .715 .750

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 345/.772 105/.692 58/.633 83/.632 81/.580 102/.685 15/.650 15/.343 .731

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 288/.700 129/.774 90/.652 165/.536 132/.771 120/.686 25/.802 22/.981 .763

Road 338/.807 109/.696 61/.580 123/.599 100/.824 112/.758 16/.946 37/.715

Last 28d days 130/.648 44/.512 48/.506 41/.973 51/.602 37/.411 40/.754 12/.606

HR/SB/CS 19/5/2 6/2/0 5/2/1 9/2/1 5/8/0 7/7/1 2/0/1 1/1/0 155/60/20

Usage ·····X·· ···X··X· ··o····· ·o·o·X·X ·oo····X ·XX··o·o X·····X· X··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 5.44

SFG 4.51

ATL 3.70

RA/G

CHC 3.42

PIT 4.47

ARI 5.61

J. Altuve .354

E. Hosmer .274

T. Frazier .213

OBP

M. Trout .434

M. Napoli .340

F. Galvis .270

SLG

D. Ortiz .632

D. Pedroia .457

E. Aybar .318

OPS

D. Ortiz 1.038

J. Abreu .800

E. Aybar .610

ERA

K. Hendricks 2.19

J. Eickhoff 3.87

A. Sanchez 5.92

K/9IP

J. Fernandez 12.74

D. Keuchel 7.71

M. Perez 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.