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Minnesota Twins vs. Houston Astros, at Target Field, August 11, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Thursday, August 11, 2016

Start Time:

12:10ct (local), 1:10et

Venue:

Target Field

Series:

Game #3 of a 4-game series

Average Temp:

79° (based on last ten years)

Astros

Manager:

A.J. Hinch

Game #:

116

On This Date:

26-28

Twins

Manager:

Paul Molitor

Game #:

116

On This Date:

58-49

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  7 @MIN  5     

Thu, Aug 11, 2016 HOU    @MIN  1:10pm
Thu, Aug 11, 2016 HOU    @MIN  7:10pm

                         All times ET

Houston Astros

58-55, 3rd, 9 GB, 5 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   34-26   Road:   24-29   ExtrInn: 9-6 
 vsRHP:  42-35   vsLHP:  16-20   1-Run:  19-21
 vsEast:  9-14   vsCntrl:13-14   vsWest: 28-23 IL: 8-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
113 Tue, Aug  9  @MIN  W   7-5       58-55  3rd  8.5 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-16

Minnesota Twins

46-67, 5th, 18 GB, 17 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   24-33   Road:   22-34   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  31-52   vsLHP:  15-15   1-Run:  11-19
 vsEast: 10-21   vsCntrl:14-26   vsWest: 16-11 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
113 Tue, Aug  9   HOU  L   5-7       46-67  5th 18.5 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Aug 09, 2016 HOU  7 @MIN  5        W:Mike Fiers (8-5), L: Hector Santiago (10-6), S: Ken Giles (2)
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)
Season Series: 2016 - HOU over 3-2; 2015 - Tied 3-3; 2014 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - MIN leads 24-19

SP: Doug Fister (32, RHP, 10-7, 3.47)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (10-7)			135.0	127	54	52	46	87	16	3.47
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		2-3	41.1	43	17	17	18	26	2	3.70	50
2016-08-06	TEX	ND	6.0	9	1	1	2	2	1	94	50
2016-08-01	TOR	ND	6.0	4	0	0	1	8	0	98	71
2016-07-26	NYY	L	4.2	9	6	6	3	3	0	93	22
2016-07-20	@OAK	W	7.0	4	0	0	2	5	0	100	72
2016-07-15	@SEA	W	5.0	5	3	3	2	3	0	96	46
2016-07-07	OAK	L	8.0	3	2	2	3	2	0	107	67
2016-07-02	CHW	L	4.2	9	5	5	5	3	1	103	24

Last 5 v.MIN		4-1	38.0	30	11	7	6	35	4	1.66	66
2013-09-24	@MIN	W	6.1	8	2	2	1	7	1	109	55
2013-06-16	@MIN	W	7.2	2	2	2	2	7	1	110	72
2013-05-25	MIN	L	7.0	8	3	3	1	7	1	116	55
2012-09-22	MIN	W	9.0	7	0	0	0	7	0	117	80
2012-08-14	@MIN	W	8.0	5	4	0	2	7	1	120	69

SP: Jose Berrios (22, RHP, 2-2, 8.31)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (2-2)			26.0	31	24	24	13	29	7	8.31

Last 7 GS		2-2	26.0	31	24	24	13	29	7	8.31	41
2016-08-06	@TBR	L	5.0	6	4	4	1	4	2	97	42
2016-08-01	@CLE	W	6.0	5	3	3	0	5	0	99	55
2016-05-16	@DET	ND	0.2	3	7	7	4	1	1	39	15
2016-05-10	BAL	ND	5.0	8	3	3	1	6	2	93	44
2016-05-02	@HOU	W	5.1	3	2	2	5	8	2	96	57
2016-04-27	CLE	L	4.0	6	5	5	2	5	0	93	33

Last 5 v.HOU		1-0	5.1	3	2	2	5	8	2	3.38	57
2016-05-02	@HOU	W	5.1	3	2	2	5	8	2	96	57

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Astros Batters (4.35 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.18 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 17.Berrios
G/S/vB 58.Albers*
G/S/vB 62.Boshers*
G/S/vB 60.Chargois
G/S/vB 27.Kintzler
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 3/.000 2/1.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 21/.783 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 504/374 .361/.427/.570/.998 1.098/.964 1.131 99/1.166 26/5 19/4

2.Bregman G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 61/44 .143/.213/.196/.410 .435/.400 .372 61/.410 0/0 0/1

15.Castro* G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/2.000 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 3/.667 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 478/353 .269/.364/.465/.829 .674/.883 .860 102/.890 10/3 16/10

11.Gattis G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 332/210 .226/.289/.442/.731 .864/.652 .685 79/.810 1/1 17/1

9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 351/216 .248/.285/.415/.700 .712/.693 .646 73/.743 9/4 10/5

16.Kemp* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 62/52 .269/.361/.365/.726 .200/.824 .500 11/.855 1/1 0/1

6.Marisnick G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/4.000 ··· ··· 3/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 191/112 .225/.265/.337/.602 .666/.558 .614 57/.804 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 3/2.667 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 4/1.250 ··· ··· 2/1.000 518/383 .254/.347/.456/.803 .922/.763 .771 109/.695 7/8 22/1

20.Tucker* G/S/vP 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 133/121 .169/.226/.347/.572 .667/.562 .516 44/.583 0/0 4/1

13.White G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 217/144 .207/.286/.363/.648 .645/.650 .769 28/.437 1/0 7/4

IP 26.0 23.1 0.2 37.2 62.0 58.2 41.0 56.2 TOTAL .242/.318/.410/.727 .723/.729 .736 .686 82/31 135/49

ERA-K/9

8.31/10.0

/0.0

3.86/9.3

67.50/0.0

1.91/5.5

5.23/6.1

3.53/8.1

2.41/8.8

4.13/10.3

4.83/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castro (30-6-10)
Gattis (11-10-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 120/.298 / 97/.247 8/.600 146/.239 277/.303 248/.243 172/.261 242/.258 .280 Springer
Marisnick
Kemp
Bregman
Tucker
Gonzalez 0/0/104/11
26/33/5/4
14/0/1/2
1/0/0/0
18/0/1/0
6/0/0/0

OPS .954 .666 1.350 .641 .843 .686 .681 .772 .795

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 62/.753 / 38/.526 4/2.000 55/.533 56/.876 101/.699 61/.561 91/.968 .759

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 58/1.199 / 59/.761 4/1.000 91/.706 221/.834 147/.673 111/.747 151/.658 .819

Home 43/1.060 / 51/.629 8/1.350 89/.781 93/.881 114/.642 100/.648 140/.736

Last 28d days 45/.731 / 46/.872 / 45/.584 94/.817 50/.684 53/.491 61/.756

HR/SB/CS 7/2/1 // 2/4/0 0/0/0 4/0/0 12/5/2 7/1/0 4/0/1 9/13/1 155/55/14

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

Twins Batters (4.61 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.04 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 58.Fister
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 12/1.583 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 3/.000 474/372 .261/.335/.507/.842 1.150/.759 .761 115/1.010 8/1 23/6

5.Escobar# G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 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 7/.453 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 263/173 .266/.392/.436/.827 .961/.754 .889 68/.665 1/3 7/3

26.Kepler* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 267/183 .259/.342/.526/.868 .649/.971 .825 103/.974 4/0 15/4

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 33/.670 ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 20/1.600 457/351 .279/.381/.410/.791 .639/.839 .773 94/.940 2/0 9/2

24.Plouffe G/S/vP 20/.550 ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 239/182 .250/.286/.393/.679 .721/.665 .767 8/.542 1/0 7/5

11.Polanco# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 76/58 .313/.365/.507/.872 .867/.875 .667 44/.918 2/0 1/1

20.Rosario* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 235/181 .274/.296/.444/.740 .533/.797 .604 82/.936 4/1 7/3

22.Sano G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 351/286 .249/.342/.485/.827 .960/.798 .704 94/.836 1/0 19/15

39.Santana# G/S/vP ··· ··· 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 25/.680 ··· 2/.000 1/3.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 4/.000 278/195 .283/.325/.434/.759 .785/.747 .730 66/.696 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 135.0 75.1 51.1 45.1 45.2 3.2 11.1 33.2 29.2 TOTAL .257/.322/.429/.751 .764/.747 .742 .795 74/23 136/80

ERA-K/9

3.47/5.8

2.51/7.9

3.86/13.2

3.77/13.9

2.56/9.6

2.45/12.2

0.79/11.2

2.41/7.7

4.85/8.5

3.78/8.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Centeno (9-2-2)
Suzuki (42-11-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 564/.249 291/.234 207/.212 200/.250 185/.233 14/.154 41/.150 127/.174 135/.306 .256 Kepler
Rosario
Grossman
Santana
Escobar
Sano 0/4/66/7
43/20/0/5
51/1/0/3
12/38/4/2
1/0/0/0
0/0/38/0

OPS .719 .624 .614 .708 .568 .676 .346 .582 .960 .727

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 302/.858 145/.692 96/.715 101/.649 84/.603 2/1.500 19/.377 36/1.159 68/.907 .771

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 262/.563 146/.559 111/.528 99/.769 101/.539 12/.530 22/.318 91/.368 67/1.010 .694

Road 285/.733 126/.654 100/.929 85/.838 85/.570 4/.750 / 53/.620 61/1.023

Last 28d days 125/.720 66/.681 47/.584 38/.649 32/.942 14/.676 41/.346 18/.333 26/.911

HR/SB/CS 16/3/0 3/7/4 7/3/1 5/1/0 2/7/0 1/0/0 0/0/0 4/1/1 8/2/0 117/45/20

Usage ····X··· ···XX··· ·X··X··X ·X·X···· ·o·o··X· ··oo··XX ···X···· ·o·o··o· ····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 5.42

SFG 4.43

ATL 3.54

RA/G

CHC 3.36

TBR 4.41

CIN 5.46

J. Altuve .361

J. Mercer .275

C. Rasmus .211

OBP

J. Altuve .427

J. Turner .342

F. Galvis .261

SLG

D. Ortiz .612

M. Semien .452

A. Escobar .307

OPS

D. Ortiz 1.012

J. Mauer .791

A. Escobar .587

ERA

C. Kershaw 1.79

T. Koehler 3.83

S. Gray 5.74

K/9IP

J. Fernandez 12.94

K. Hendricks 7.58

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.