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Oakland Athletics vs. Houston Astros, at O.co Coliseum, July 20, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Start Time:
12:35pt (local), 3:35et
Venue:
Oakland Coliseum
Series:
Game #3 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
66° (based on last ten years)
Astros
Manager:
A.J. Hinch
Game #:
96
On This Date:
26-24
Athletics
Manager:
Bob Melvin
Game #:
96
On This Date:
55-52
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    @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
Houston Astros
50-44, 2nd, 4½ GB, 3½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   28-19   Road:   22-25   ExtrInn: 8-5 
 vsRHP:  36-27   vsLHP:  14-17   1-Run:  17-17
 vsEast:  7-9    vsCntrl:12-10   vsWest: 23-21 IL: 8-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 94 Tue, Jul 19  @OAK  L   3-4 (10)  50-44  2nd  4.5 gb
 93 Mon, Jul 18  @OAK  L   4-7       50-43  2nd  4.5 gb
 92 Sun, Jul 17  @SEA  W   8-1       50-42  2nd  4.5 gb
 91 Sat, Jul 16  @SEA  L   0-1       49-42  2nd  4.5 gb
 90 Fri, Jul 15  @SEA  W   7-3       49-41  2nd  4.5 gb
 89 Sun, Jul 10   OAK  W   2-1 (10)  48-41  2nd  5.5 gb
 88 Sat, Jul  9   OAK  L   2-3       47-41  2nd  6.5 gb
 87 Fri, Jul  8   OAK  W  10-9       47-40  2nd  6.5 gb
 86 Thu, Jul  7   OAK  L   1-3       46-40  2nd  6.5 gb
 85 Wed, Jul  6   SEA  W   9-8       46-39  2nd  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:20-10
Oakland Athletics
42-52, 4th, 12½ GB, 11½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   21-27   Road:   21-25   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  32-38   vsLHP:  10-14   1-Run:  13-15
 vsEast:  9-13   vsCntrl:10-10   vsWest: 18-20 IL: 5-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 94 Tue, Jul 19   HOU  W   4-3 (10)  42-52  4th 12.5 gb
 93 Mon, Jul 18   HOU  W   7-4       41-52  4th 13.5 gb
 92 Sun, Jul 17   TOR  L   3-5       40-52  4th 14.5 gb
 91 Sat, Jul 16   TOR  W   5-4       40-51  4th 13.5 gb
 90 Fri, Jul 15   TOR  W   8-7       39-51  4th 14.5 gb
 89 Sun, Jul 10  @HOU  L   1-2 (10)  38-51  4th 15.5 gb
 88 Sat, Jul  9  @HOU  W   3-2       38-50  4th 15.5 gb
 87 Fri, Jul  8  @HOU  L   9-10      37-50  4th 16.5 gb
 86 Thu, Jul  7  @HOU  W   3-1       37-49  4th 15.5 gb
 85 Wed, Jul  6  @MIN  L   0-4       36-49  4th 16.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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
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)
Season Series: 2016 - tied 6-6; 2015 - HOU won 10-9; 2014 - OAK won 11-8; All-Time - OAK leads 46-29

SP: Doug Fister (32, RHP, 9-6, 3.64)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (9-6) 111.1 101 47 45 38 69 15 3.64
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 4-3 44.2 41 19 19 14 30 6 3.83 53
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
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
Last 5 v.OAK 2-3 30.0 36 17 15 6 14 3 4.50 46
2016-07-07 OAK L 8.0 3 2 2 3 2 0 107 67
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

SP: Daniel Mengden (23, RHP, 1-4, 5.54)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (1-4) 39.0 40 26 24 18 39 4 5.54
Last 7 GS 1-4 39.0 40 26 24 18 39 4 5.54 47
2016-07-15 TOR ND 3.1 6 7 6 3 2 0 87 21
2016-07-08 @HOU ND 4.2 6 6 6 2 6 1 91 32
2016-07-03 PIT L 5.1 7 4 4 4 5 0 99 39
2016-06-27 @SFG W 7.2 4 2 2 3 5 0 104 65
2016-06-22 MIL L 6.0 7 3 3 1 9 1 108 54
2016-06-16 TEX L 6.1 4 2 1 1 7 1 100 65
2016-06-11 @CIN L 5.2 6 2 2 4 5 1 104 50
Last 5 v.HOU 0-0 4.2 6 6 6 2 6 1 11.57 32
2016-07-08 @HOU ND 4.2 6 6 6 2 6 1 91 32

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Astros Batters (4.50 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (4.87 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 67.Mengden
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		 35.Rzepczynski*
G/S/vB		 68.Schuster*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP 3/.666 5/.000 1/.000 7/.286 8/1.071 4/1.167 5/1.100 ··· 427/315 .354/.422/.562/.984 1.057/.960 1.105 94/1.011 25/3 15/3
15.Castro* G/S/vP 2/1.000 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 5/.400 ··· 241/174 .218/.332/.383/.715 .439/.827 .735 52/.662 2/1 6/4
1.Correa G/S/vP 3/2.334 3/.000 1/no AB 6/1.000 2/.000 5/.650 1/no AB ··· 397/291 .265/.358/.465/.823 .643/.886 .848 94/.845 9/3 14/8
11.Gattis G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/2.500 2/.000 3/.000 2/1.500 4/1.000 ··· 266/161 .220/.282/.427/.709 .841/.624 .700 60/.688 1/1 13/1
30.Gomez G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 5/1.000 4/.750 ··· 290/200 .208/.272/.326/.598 .638/.579 .620 87/.598 9/2 5/0
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP 3/.666 4/.750 2/.500 1/.000 5/1.000 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 301/185 .255/.295/.418/.714 .762/.684 .652 87/.694 9/4 8/5
6.Marisnick G/S/vP 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/1.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 146/81 .194/.248/.269/.517 .549/.491 .524 36/.542 6/3 1/0
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP ··· 11/.920 2/.000 2/.500 2/.000 3/.666 6/.334 ··· 323/250 .236/.314/.387/.701 .576/.737 .791 52/.663 4/1 11/0
23.Reed* G/S/vP 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 49/41 .143/.245/.286/.531 .000/.646 .199 49/.531 0/0 2/1
4.Springer G/S/vP 3/.333 2/.000 1/.000 5/.200 4/.000 4/1.250 1/.000 ··· 432/319 .255/.350/.469/.819 .953/.773 .738 94/.859 6/6 21/1
18.Valbuena* G/S/vP 2/.000 5/.600 4/.833 3/.666 2/.000 2/2.500 3/1.167 ··· 319/236 .262/.361/.465/.826 .764/.847 .743 85/.971 0/1 12/6
26.Worth G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 37/13 .194/.216/.250/.466 .554/.308 .235 16/.450 0/0 0/1
IP 39.0 38.0 19.1 48.1 32.0 40.1 30.0 2.2 TOTAL .245/.322/.417/.739 .719/.747 .748 .760 73/26 118/42
ERA-K/9 5.54/9.0 5.21/8.3 4.19/7.9 2.05/9.3 5.06/7.9 3.57/6.9 3.30/9.3 13.50/6.7 4.68/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (24-6-7)
 Gattis (10-7-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 176/.263 171/.291 79/.250 185/.151 142/.321 170/.253 139/.269 13/.364 .269  Rasmus
 Springer
 Gomez
 Marisnick
 Gonzalez
68/9/8/10
0/0/88/10
0/69/0/6
21/24/5/2
5/0/0/0
OPS .726 .803 .752 .497 .773 .736 .719 .930 .766
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 82/.813 79/.794 28/.786 57/.566 46/.813 73/.830 70/.773 4/.000 .784
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 94/.651 92/.809 51/.732 128/.465 96/.753 97/.665 69/.651 9/1.413 .755
Home 98/.761 96/.894 50/.741 96/.424 85/.594 87/.677 61/.665 1/.000
Last 28d days 98/.727 49/.929 23/.679 38/.297 56/.604 53/.931 27/.825 13/.930
HR/SB/CS 4/1/1 5/1/0 4/0/1 5/1/0 4/4/0 6/6/0 1/3/0 0/0/0 110/46/14
Usage ····X··· ··XoX··· X······· ·o·oX··· X·X·X··· ·X·Xo··· o·o·o··· ··o·····
Athletics Batters (4.18 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.12 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/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
17.Alonso* G/S/vP 9/1.069 3/1.000 12/.334 ··· 3/1.334 3/.333 7/1.000 2/3.500 5/.600 308/262 .259/.325/.360/.684 .600/.699 .568 76/.895 2/1 4/3
16.Butler G/S/vP 41/.614 1/3.000 45/.633 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 3/1.000 11/.819 11/.573 168/89 .253/.310/.377/.686 .837/.557 .638 48/.696 0/0 2/2
4.Crisp# G/S/vP 23/.782 2/.000 32/.500 ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 3/1.000 3/.333 13/.322 319/241 .240/.306/.404/.710 .670/.723 .674 82/.807 5/4 7/2
2.Davis G/S/vP 10/.800 5/.000 4/1.833 2/1.500 2/.000 3/.333 3/.666 6/.334 1/.000 348/270 .252/.287/.503/.790 .755/.800 .857 91/.882 1/1 23/1
48.Healy G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 19/15 .316/.316/.579/.895 .500/1.000 .895 19/.895 0/0 1/1
8.Lowrie# G/S/vP 25/.600 4/.833 24/.895 2/no AB 4/.583 2/2.500 3/1.000 ··· 7/.143 320/245 .280/.331/.345/.676 .644/.686 .610 94/.660 0/0 2/6
29.McBride G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 34/15 .182/.206/.242/.448 .632/.205 .490 15/.333 0/0 0/0
22.Reddick* G/S/vP 14/.428 4/.000 33/1.194 3/1.167 ··· 5/1.000 4/1.000 2/.500 12/.523 233/173 .298/.378/.439/.817 .417/.958 .759 68/.711 4/0 6/2
10.Semien G/S/vP 8/.393 3/1.167 13/.846 1/.000 2/2.500 4/.250 5/1.200 6/1.500 3/2.667 357/269 .241/.311/.474/.785 .992/.713 .808 94/.942 9/1 20/12
5.Smolinski G/S/vP 4/.250 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 2/.000 2/1.000 104/57 .301/.356/.473/.829 1.146/.558 .941 47/.773 1/1 4/0
26.Valencia G/S/vP 14/.368 ··· 4/.500 4/.500 2/1.000 6/.334 1/.000 3/1.666 8/.536 295/217 .298/.349/.478/.827 1.052/.748 .705 91/.634 0/0 12/13
21.Vogt* G/S/vP 9/.619 1/3.000 22/.591 1/.000 2/.000 5/.933 4/1.250 1/no AB 8/.750 295/256 .289/.332/.465/.797 .687/.814 .792 69/1.049 0/0 8/6
IP 111.1 61.1 58.0 41.1 38.2 41.1 40.0 29.2 25.2 TOTAL .253/.308/.402/.709 .737/.700 .692 .764 40/14 98/63
ERA-K/9 3.64/5.6 2.35/7.5 2.48/6.5 4.14/12.9 4.19/12.1 3.27/10.9 1.80/9.2 2.73/7.6 4.91/8.4 3.84/8.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 McBride (6-1-2)
 Vogt (32-12-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 460/.242 238/.234 247/.261 169/.216 170/.260 163/.170 157/.223 113/.178 118/.315 .258  Reddick
 Crisp
 Davis
 Smolinski
 McBride
0/0/58/3
42/29/0/1
51/0/0/1
9/4/22/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .721 .616 .725 .638 .725 .558 .520 .623 .965 .735
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 241/.883 117/.568 106/.878 80/.788 86/.661 79/.802 72/.616 34/1.237 63/.950 .794
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 219/.545 121/.662 141/.609 89/.505 84/.791 84/.343 85/.439 79/.374 55/.980 .690
Road 258/.766 107/.663 140/.762 83/.926 77/.870 71/.493 76/.541 50/.659 53/1.053
Last 28d days 103/.802 47/.764 62/.513 47/.954 34/.493 39/.437 32/.969 28/.519 19/1.516
HR/SB/CS 15/3/0 2/6/3 6/5/2 6/2/1 5/1/0 2/3/0 1/5/0 4/1/1 6/2/0 95/38/17
Usage ····X··· ··X·X··· ·X·X···· ·X··X··· o···X··· X···o··· X······· o··o···· o·Xo····

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  5.55

ARI  4.45

ATL  3.40

 RA/G

WSN  3.49

PHI  4.55

CIN  5.85

 BA

J. Altuve  .354

A. Eaton  .273

C. Gomez  .208

 OBP

M. Trout  .425

C. Beltran  .341

F. Galvis  .258

 SLG

D. Ortiz  .670

T. Shaw  .457

N. Ahmed  .302

 OPS

D. Ortiz  1.091

M. Semien  .785

N. Ahmed  .566

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.79

H. Iwakuma  4.01

D. Smyly  5.64

 K/9IP

J. Fernandez  13.30

M. Moore  7.58

M. Pelfrey  4.14

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.