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Minnesota Twins vs. Houston Astros, at Target Field, August 9, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Tuesday, August 9, 2016

Start Time:

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

Venue:

Target Field

Series:

Game #2 of a 4-game series

Average Temp:

78° (based on last ten years)

Astros

Manager:

A.J. Hinch

Game #:

114

On This Date:

24-28

Twins

Manager:

Paul Molitor

Game #:

114

On This Date:

40-62

Season Series
Mon, May 02, 2016 MIN  6 @HOU  2     
Tue, May 03, 2016 HOU  6  MIN  4     
Wed, May 04, 2016 HOU 16  MIN  4     
Mon, Aug 08, 2016 MIN  3  HOU  1     

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

Houston Astros

57-55, 3rd, 8½ GB, 6½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   34-26   Road:   23-29   ExtrInn: 9-6 
 vsRHP:  42-35   vsLHP:  15-20   1-Run:  19-21
 vsEast:  9-14   vsCntrl:12-14   vsWest: 28-23 IL: 8-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
112 Mon, Aug  8  @MIN  L   1-3       57-55  3rd  8.5 gb
111 Sun, Aug  7   TEX  L   3-5 (11)  57-54  3rd  7.5 gb
110 Sat, Aug  6   TEX  L   2-3       57-53  2nd  6.5 gb
109 Fri, Aug  5   TEX  W   5-0       57-52  2nd  5.5 gb
108 Thu, Aug  4   TOR  L   1-4       56-52  2nd  6.5 gb
107 Wed, Aug  3   TOR  L   1-3       56-51  2nd  5.5 gb
106 Tue, Aug  2   TOR  L   1-2       56-50  2nd  5.5 gb
105 Mon, Aug  1   TOR  W   2-1 (14)  56-49  2nd  5.5 gb
104 Sun, Jul 31  @DET  L   0-11      55-49  2nd  6.0 gb
103 Sat, Jul 30  @DET  L   2-3       55-48  2nd  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:14-16

Minnesota Twins

46-66, 5th, 17½ GB, 17½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   24-32   Road:   22-34   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  31-51   vsLHP:  15-15   1-Run:  11-19
 vsEast: 10-21   vsCntrl:14-26   vsWest: 16-10 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
112 Mon, Aug  8   HOU  W   3-1       46-66  5th 17.5 gb
111 Sun, Aug  7  @TBR  W   6-3       45-66  5th 18.0 gb
110 Sat, Aug  6  @TBR  L   3-7       44-66  5th 19.0 gb
109 Fri, Aug  5  @TBR  W   6-2       44-65  5th 18.0 gb
108 Thu, Aug  4  @CLE  L   2-9       43-65  5th 19.0 gb
107 Wed, Aug  3  @CLE  W  13-5       43-64  5th 18.0 gb
106 Tue, Aug  2  @CLE  W  10-6       42-64  5th 19.0 gb
105 Mon, Aug  1  @CLE  W  12-5       41-64  5th 20.0 gb
104 Sun, Jul 31   CHW  W   6-4       40-64  5th 21.0 gb
103 Sat, Jul 30   CHW  L   5-6 (10)  39-64  5th 21.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Aug 08, 2016 MIN  3  HOU  1        W:Tyler Duffey (7-8), L: Collin McHugh (7-9), S: Brandon Kintzler (10)
Wed, May 04, 2016 HOU 16  MIN  4        W:Scott Feldman (1-2), L: Phil Hughes (1-5), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2016 - tied 2-2; 2015 - Tied 3-3; 2014 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - MIN leads 24-18

SP: Mike Fiers (31, RHP, 7-5, 4.34)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (7-5)			116.0	128	58	56	26	84	17	4.34
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		2-2	36.2	41	19	17	12	29	4	4.17	49
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
2016-07-06	SEA	ND	3.1	5	4	4	2	4	3	71	36
2016-07-01	CHW	W	6.0	4	0	0	2	4	0	94	66
2016-06-25	@KCR	ND	4.1	9	3	2	3	1	0	94	33

Last 5 v.MIN		2-1	29.0	27	9	9	12	21	1	2.79	54
2016-05-04	MIN	ND	4.2	9	4	4	1	4	1	95	33
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

SP: Hector Santiago (28, LHP, 10-5, 4.37)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (10-5)			125.2	109	65	61	59	111	22	4.37
2015 (9-9)			180.2	156	80	72	71	162	29	3.59
2014 (6-9)			127.1	120	63	53	53	108	15	3.75

Last 7 GS		6-1	40.1	31	12	11	23	38	5	2.45	57
2016-08-04	@CLE	L	5.0	5	4	4	2	4	2	99	43
2016-07-30	BOS	W	5.0	4	2	2	6	6	1	119	51
2016-07-25	@KCR	W	5.1	5	2	2	4	5	1	100	51
2016-07-20	TEX	W	5.0	5	3	3	3	3	1	100	45
2016-07-15	CHW	W	7.0	5	0	0	0	7	0	94	74
2016-07-07	@TBR	W	7.0	3	0	0	4	9	0	111	76
2016-07-02	@BOS	W	6.0	4	1	0	4	4	0	112	62

Last 5 v.HOU		1-0	30.2	15	6	6	14	20	6	1.76	63
2016-06-21	@HOU	ND	6.1	3	1	1	2	4	1	80	65
2015-09-22	@HOU	W	5.0	4	2	2	5	4	2	81	50
2015-09-12	HOU	ND	7.0	5	2	2	2	3	2	100	60
2015-06-22	HOU	ND	6.0	2	1	1	1	4	1	106	67
2015-05-07	HOU	ND	6.1	1	0	0	4	5	0	106	72

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

Astros Batters (4.32 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.16 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 66.Santiago*
G/S/vB 62.Boshers*
G/S/vB 27.Kintzler
G/S/vB 65.May
G/S/vB 33.Milone*
G/S/vB 57.Pressly
G/S/vB 55.Rogers*
G/S/vB 59.Tonkin
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

27.Altuve G/S/vP 23/.554 2/.500 ··· 4/2.250 21/.783 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 500/373 .356/.423/.567/.989 1.075/.961 1.115 95/1.130 25/5 19/4

2.Bregman G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 56/43 .135/.196/.173/.370 .237/.409 .235 56/.370 0/0 0/1

15.Castro* G/S/vP 15/.690 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 11/.282 2/1.500 ··· ··· 281/209 .206/.313/.358/.671 .467/.744 .707 51/.485 2/1 6/4

1.Correa G/S/vP 11/1.253 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 474/352 .267/.363/.457/.820 .627/.885 .840 98/.849 10/3 15/10

11.Gattis G/S/vP 16/.438 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 328/209 .225/.287/.443/.730 .870/.649 .681 75/.807 1/1 17/1

30.Gomez G/S/vP 5/.200 ··· ··· 1/.000 8/1.000 4/.250 1/.000 1/.000 323/221 .210/.272/.322/.594 .601/.591 .607 54/.497 12/2 5/1

9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP 13/1.162 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 347/216 .252/.289/.420/.709 .735/.693 .662 69/.787 9/4 10/5

16.Kemp* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 58/51 .271/.368/.375/.743 .286/.799 .498 7/1.071 1/1 0/1

6.Marisnick G/S/vP 11/.489 ··· ··· 2/1.500 3/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 187/111 .224/.265/.328/.592 .637/.563 .596 53/.788 7/4 2/0

23.Reed* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 70/60 .133/.243/.233/.476 .100/.541 .262 29/.361 0/0 2/2

4.Springer G/S/vP 15/.277 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.250 ··· ··· 1/.000 513/382 .252/.347/.453/.800 .922/.759 .764 104/.674 7/8 22/1

20.Tucker* G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 133/121 .169/.226/.347/.572 .667/.562 .516 44/.583 0/0 4/1

13.White G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 213/143 .212/.291/.370/.661 .675/.655 .798 24/.511 1/0 7/4

IP 125.2 21.1 37.2 42.1 62.0 58.2 41.0 55.0 TOTAL .241/.317/.408/.726 .718/.729 .732 .676 80/31 134/49

ERA-K/9

4.37/7.9

3.80/9.3

1.91/5.5

4.89/12.6

5.23/6.1

3.53/8.1

2.41/8.8

4.09/10.6

4.82/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castro (30-6-10)
Gattis (11-10-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 537/.233 90/.241 146/.239 183/.224 277/.303 248/.243 172/.261 234/.252 .280 Springer
Gomez
Marisnick
Kemp
Bregman
Tucker
Gonzalez 0/0/103/11
0/78/0/7
26/32/5/3
13/0/1/2
1/0/0/0
18/0/1/0
6/0/0/0

OPS .742 .646 .641 .731 .843 .686 .681 .767 .794

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 131/.718 37/.541 55/.533 66/.521 56/.876 101/.699 61/.561 90/.956 .760

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 406/.748 53/.723 91/.706 117/.843 221/.834 147/.673 111/.747 144/.652 .817

Home 246/.818 44/.582 89/.781 77/.670 93/.881 114/.642 100/.648 132/.725

Last 28d days 119/.745 39/.860 45/.584 48/.539 94/.817 50/.684 53/.491 53/.730

HR/SB/CS 22/7/5 2/3/0 4/0/0 7/3/1 12/5/2 7/1/0 4/0/1 9/13/1 154/53/14

Usage ····X··· ··o··X·X oo·o··o· ··X·Xo·X ·X··X··· oo·X··o· oX·o·XX· ··X·X·X·

Twins Batters (4.61 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.03 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 36.Harris
G/S/vB 51.Hoyt
G/S/vB 59.Musgrove
G/S/vB 37.Neshek
G/S/vB 29.Sipp*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

37.Centeno* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 123/88 .267/.303/.397/.700 .478/.787 .477 35/.898 0/0 2/2

2.Dozier G/S/vP 16/.946 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 3/.000 469/367 .262/.336/.504/.840 1.150/.755 .755 110/1.009 8/1 22/6

5.Escobar# G/S/vP 8/1.300 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 252/187 .257/.283/.386/.669 .696/.659 .870 55/.707 1/2 5/9

36.Grossman# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 259/169 .266/.394/.425/.819 .961/.739 .875 64/.622 1/3 6/3

26.Kepler* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 262/178 .256/.341/.529/.870 .649/.977 .826 98/.985 4/0 15/3

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 13/.718 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 20/1.600 452/346 .280/.381/.412/.792 .639/.842 .775 89/.955 2/0 9/2

24.Plouffe G/S/vP 12/.444 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 235/178 .252/.282/.396/.678 .721/.665 .768 4/.500 1/0 7/5

11.Polanco# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 72/54 .317/.371/.524/.895 .867/.905 .700 40/.962 2/0 1/1

20.Rosario* G/S/vP 8/.875 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 231/177 .279/.301/.452/.753 .533/.816 .633 78/.986 4/1 7/3

22.Sano G/S/vP 6/.167 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 347/282 .249/.343/.478/.821 .960/.791 .687 90/.816 1/0 18/15

39.Santana# G/S/vP 7/.453 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 221/176 .261/.300/.357/.657 .471/.704 .749 41/.700 12/9 2/4

8.Suzuki G/S/vP 8/.393 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 4/.000 274/191 .278/.319/.424/.742 .785/.723 .696 62/.619 0/0 6/3

19.Vargas# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 89/69 .278/.404/.569/.974 1.663/.776 .940 66/.679 0/0 4/0

IP 116.0 75.1 49.2 44.1 44.2 3.2 11.1 33.1 29.2 TOTAL .257/.322/.428/.750 .764/.745 .739 .790 74/23 133/79

ERA-K/9

4.34/6.5

2.51/7.9

3.99/13.0

3.65/14.0

2.62/9.7

2.45/12.2

0.79/11.2

2.43/7.8

4.85/8.5

3.77/8.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Centeno (9-2-2)
Suzuki (40-11-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 493/.279 291/.234 199/.203 195/.250 182/.237 14/.154 41/.150 126/.175 135/.306 .256 Kepler
Rosario
Grossman
Santana
Escobar
Sano 0/4/65/6
43/19/0/4
50/1/0/3
12/38/4/2
1/0/0/0
0/0/38/0

OPS .784 .624 .602 .703 .578 .676 .346 .587 .960 .725

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 210/.750 145/.692 91/.687 98/.655 82/.618 2/1.500 19/.377 36/1.159 68/.907 .773

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 283/.809 146/.559 108/.531 97/.752 100/.544 12/.530 22/.318 90/.373 67/1.010 .690

Road 211/.877 126/.654 92/.930 80/.835 82/.592 4/.750 / 52/.632 61/1.023

Last 28d days 95/.654 66/.681 39/.514 33/.613 29/1.048 14/.676 41/.346 17/.353 26/.911

HR/SB/CS 17/5/6 3/7/4 7/3/1 5/1/0 2/7/0 1/0/0 0/0/0 4/1/1 8/2/0 114/45/20

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

SDP 4.47

ATL 3.56

RA/G

CHC 3.40

TBR 4.41

ARI 5.50

J. Altuve .356

J. Turner .274

C. Rasmus .211

OBP

M. Trout .427

L. Forsythe .342

F. Galvis .256

SLG

D. Ortiz .617

T. Tulowitzki .450

A. Escobar .310

OPS

D. Ortiz 1.014

J. Schoop .791

A. Escobar .589

ERA

C. Kershaw 1.79

J. Tomlin 3.81

S. Gray 5.74

K/9IP

J. Fernandez 12.94

C. Tillman 7.63

M. Pelfrey 4.06

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.