Boston Red Sox vs. Houston Astros, at Fenway Park, September 7, 2018 Matchups, Preview

Date
Friday, September 7, 2018
Start Time
7:10et (local)
Venue
Fenway Park
Series
Game #1 of a 3-game series
Average Temp
75° (based on last ten years)
All Stats Thru
Thursday, 06 Sep 2018

Houston Astros

Team Summary
Team Page 2018 Houston Astros
Record 87-53
Manager AJ Hinch
Game # 141
On This Date 32-21
Standing 1st (0.0 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 7-3
Last 20 14-6
Last 30 18-12
Home 40-32
Away 47-21
Extra Innings 5-6
vs. RHP 56-32
vs. LHP 31-21
1-Run Games 18-23
vs. East 12-12
vs. Central 22-7
vs. West 42-28
Inter-League 11-6

HOU Last 10 Games

Gerrit Cole (#45, 27, RHP, 13-5, 2.86)

Boston Red Sox

Team Summary
Team Page 2018 Boston Red Sox
Record 97-44
Manager Alex Cora
Game # 142
On This Date 59-65
Standing 1st (0.0 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 7-3
Last 20 11-9
Last 30 20-10
Home 48-18
Away 49-26
Extra Innings 8-3
vs. RHP 78-30
vs. LHP 19-14
1-Run Games 21-11
vs. East 45-19
vs. Central 18-12
vs. West 20-10
Inter-League 14-3

BOS Last 10 Games

David Price (#24, 32, LHP, 14-6, 3.60)

Season Series

All times ET
DateWinnerLoser
Thu, May 31, 2018HOU4 BOS2
Fri, Jun 01, 2018HOU7 BOS3
Sat, Jun 02, 2018BOS5@HOU4
Sun, Jun 03, 2018BOS9@HOU3
DateAwayHomeTime
Fri, Sep 07, 2018HOU@BOS7:10pm
Sat, Sep 08, 2018HOU@BOS4:05pm
Sun, Sep 09, 2018HOU@BOS8:05pm

Last 10 games head-to-head

Astros Batters (4.96 RS/G) vs. Red Sox Pitchers (3.85 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Astros Batters (4.96 RS/G) vs. Red Sox Pitchers (3.85 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 32. Barnes 70. Brasier 67. Cuevas 37. Hembree 56. Kelly 46. Kimbrel 31. Pomeranz* 66. Poyner* 24. Price* 63. Scott* 47. Thornburg 44. Workman 35. Wright
Entries are PA/OPSLinks G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB
27. Altuve G  ·   S  ·   vP 5/1.350 ··· ··· 5/.400 8/1.917 3/.000 22/.905 ··· 23/.800 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 11/.989
2. Bregman G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/ 3/.000 1/.000 8/.125 ··· 6/1.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000
1. Correa G  ·   S  ·   vP 7/1.262 ··· ··· 4/.000 5/1.400 3/1.000 7/1.571 ··· 9/1.158 ··· ··· ··· 8/1.025
28. Davis G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.500
11. Gattis G  ·   S  ·   vP 5/1.200 ··· ··· 3/.000 11/1.091 1/2.000 14/.148 ··· 7/.572 ··· 4/1.750 ··· 3/.333
9. Gonzalez# G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/1.500 ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 2/.000 8/.429 ··· 8/.750 ··· 1/.000 ··· 7/.572
10. Gurriel G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/2.667 3/.000 4/.250 ··· 7/.715 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ···
18. Kemp* G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000
15. Maldonado G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 6/.334 4/.000 ··· ··· 14/.594 ··· ··· 1/.000 ···
6. Marisnick G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/ 2/.000 1/2.000 14/1.286 ··· 10/.500 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666
16. McCann* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· 3/2.500 15/.600 4/1.833 11/.637 ··· 34/1.007 3/1.167 3/.333 6/.334 8/.625
22. Reddick* G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.000 1/ ··· 1/2.000 5/.900 3/.000 ··· ··· 9/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 10/.900
4. Springer G  ·   S  ·   vP 5/1.400 ··· ··· 7/.953 ··· 3/.000 19/.565 ··· 22/.654 ··· 1/.000 ··· 7/1.238
12. Stassi G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/ 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/ ···
13. White G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.167 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000

HOU Batters

HOU Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
27. Altuve G ·  S ·  vP 516 .318 .384 .452 .836 373 .857 143 .783 .919 62 .686 15 3 10 7
2. Bregman G ·  S ·  vP 617 .298 .399 .557 .956 431 .954 186 .961 .889 102 1.255 10 4 29 14
1. Correa G ·  S ·  vP 411 .245 .331 .419 .750 310 .729 101 .813 .869 92 .489 2 0 14 5
28. Davis G ·  S ·  vP 93 .176 .247 .235 .483 56 .410 37 .591 .564 0 0 0 1 2
11. Gattis G ·  S ·  vP 412 .231 .286 .477 .764 267 .719 145 .845 .888 47 .592 1 0 25 0
9. Gonzalez# G ·  S ·  vP 486 .247 .324 .409 .733 327 .750 159 .699 .833 80 .819 2 3 14 9
10. Gurriel G ·  S ·  vP 493 .275 .310 .408 .718 341 .673 152 .820 .699 82 .810 5 1 10 5
18. Kemp* G ·  S ·  vP 255 .275 .367 .404 .770 183 .794 72 .711 .755 62 .581 8 3 5 0
15. Maldonado G ·  S ·  vP 361 .224 .279 .356 .635 251 .627 110 .653 .704 46 .838 0 1 8 4
6. Marisnick G ·  S ·  vP 192 .216 .277 .409 .687 93 .604 99 .764 .679 1 .000 5 1 9 1
16. McCann* G ·  S ·  vP 184 .204 .288 .315 .603 133 .598 51 .612 .640 11 .506 0 0 5 2
22. Reddick* G ·  S ·  vP 433 .243 .314 .385 .699 305 .618 128 .882 .721 86 .567 6 2 13 0
4. Springer G ·  S ·  vP 543 .258 .341 .437 .778 384 .741 159 .866 .759 58 .828 6 4 20 1
12. Stassi G ·  S ·  vP 242 .234 .322 .407 .729 145 .746 97 .703 .884 21 .349 0 0 8 1
13. White G ·  S ·  vP 163 .295 .368 .596 .964 111 .907 52 1.090 .809 84 .973 0 1 11 0
TOTAL .256 .329 .431 .760 .736 .814 .794 .766 63 23 181 56

BOS Pitchers

BOS Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
24. Price* G ·  S ·  vP ········X····· 152.1 3.60 9.0 626 .237 .698 519 .689 107 .739 .667 93 .554 20 4 3
32. Barnes G ·  S ·  vP ···X·o···X·X·· 58.1 3.39 14.2 249 .190 .599 148 .570 101 .643 .683 40 .963 5 5 0
70. Brasier G ·  S ·  vP ··oX·X·oo···X· 25.0 1.44 8.3 95 .190 .496 41 .393 54 .575 .528 38 .567 1 0 1
67. Cuevas G ·  S ·  vP ·X··X········· 7.1 3.68 11.0 36 .214 .853 22 .599 14 1.247 28 .829 2 0 0
17. Eovaldi G ·  S ·  vP ···X··X····X·· 94.1 4.20 7.4 391 .258 .722 186 .642 205 .797 .576 97 .877 14 1 1
37. Hembree G ·  S ·  vP ··oo···X·X·X·· 55.0 3.93 11.8 240 .239 .728 144 .819 96 .581 .767 34 .790 8 3 2
61. Johnson* G ·  S ·  vP ····X····X···· 88.2 4.36 8.1 389 .274 .784 292 .829 97 .648 .772 78 .935 14 2 1
56. Kelly G ·  S ·  vP ··Xo·o·X·o·X·X 60.0 3.75 9.0 251 .212 .620 135 .675 116 .558 .480 47 .639 4 7 1
46. Kimbrel G ·  S ·  vP ·X·X·····X·o·· 55.0 2.45 13.7 219 .158 .592 113 .545 106 .643 .580 33 .495 7 3 0
31. Pomeranz* G ·  S ·  vP ·X····X·X····X 67.0 6.18 7.5 309 .297 .901 250 .954 59 .683 .958 65 .846 11 0 3
22. Porcello G ·  S ·  vP ··X····X····X· 173.2 4.20 9.1 735 .240 .695 385 .675 350 .717 .709 122 .702 24 5 0
66. Poyner* G ·  S ·  vP ·o··X········· 13.1 2.02 8.8 54 .255 .675 37 .769 17 .454 .809 10 .311 1 2 0
57. Rodriguez* G ·  S ·  vP ·····X········ 110.1 3.34 10.0 464 .233 .648 371 .646 93 .659 .654 20 .411 12 1 1
63. Scott* G ·  S ·  vP ····X········· 3.2 9.82 12.3 20 .313 1.075 15 1.114 5 .600 1.178 7 .929 1 0 0
47. Thornburg G ·  S ·  vP ······X·o···X· 20.1 5.31 8.4 90 .275 .832 50 .905 40 .742 .507 40 .875 4 1 1
76. Velazquez G ·  S ·  vP ·X··X···X····X 76.1 3.30 5.7 335 .296 .783 180 .725 155 .854 .761 87 .887 7 4 3
44. Workman G ·  S ·  vP ·o·o··oo·X··X· 34.2 2.60 8.0 136 .220 .694 85 .704 51 .677 .433 42 .681 6 4 3
35. Wright G ·  S ·  vP ··XX·········· 42.0 3.21 6.9 175 .211 .643 124 .656 51 .609 .776 10 .775 4 0 2
TOTAL 3.62 9.6 .236 .692 .689 .743 149 52 23

Red Sox Batters (5.43 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (3.29 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Red Sox Batters (5.43 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (3.29 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 45. Cole 47. Devenski 36. Harris 31. McHugh 54. Osuna 41. Peacock 59. Perez* 55. Pressly 30. Rondon 29. Sipp* 38. Smith
Entries are PA/OPSLinks G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB
16. Benintendi* G  ·   S  ·   vP 6/1.133 2/.000 3/2.334 ··· 4/.250 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000
50. Betts G  ·   S  ·   vP 6/.900 5/1.100 3/2.667 11/2.102 8/.875 2/.000 ··· 4/.000 2/1.000 2/2.000 7/1.000
2. Bogaerts G  ·   S  ·   vP 8/.000 6/1.500 4/.000 16/1.167 9/.888 5/.650 ··· 3/3.333 1/ ··· 8/.500
19. Bradley* G  ·   S  ·   vP 8/.750 4/.000 4/.833 13/.917 13/.808 5/.400 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 4/.500
11. Devers* G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/1.000 4/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000
12. Holt* G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/1.000 3/.000 6/.000 19/1.026 9/.708 5/1.400 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 5/.400 7/.715
5. Kinsler G  ·   S  ·   vP 22/.227 7/.572 4/1.250 16/.563 1/.000 18/.513 1/.000 15/.904 1/.000 5/1.100 9/1.625
3. Leon# G  ·   S  ·   vP 5/.400 1/.000 2/1.000 5/.800 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 4/.833 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000
30. Lin* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
28. Martinez G  ·   S  ·   vP 11/1.122 2/.500 3/.666 13/1.021 4/.250 7/.572 ··· 6/1.834 4/.250 1/.000 2/2.000
18. Moreland* G  ·   S  ·   vP 8/.625 8/.875 11/.091 16/1.143 5/1.000 14/.599 ··· 5/1.467 1/.000 11/.728 14/.517
36. Nunez G  ·   S  ·   vP 6/.666 ··· ··· 3/2.334 4/.500 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 6/.900
25. Pearce G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/ 2/1.000 9/1.413 4/.000 10/1.843 ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 1/.000
Phillips G  ·   S  ·   vP 25/1.000 3/.666 4/.000 ··· ··· 9/.333 ··· ··· 12/.878 3/.000 8/.625
23. Swihart# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 2/.000 4/.500 5/.650 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ···
59. Travis G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
7. Vazquez G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/1.334 ··· 1/5.000 6/.666 4/.250 4/.833 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.250

BOS Batters

BOS Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
16. Benintendi* G ·  S ·  vP 582 .292 .373 .484 .858 441 .907 141 .706 .903 89 .644 20 2 16 4
50. Betts G ·  S ·  vP 548 .335 .425 .626 1.051 412 1.013 136 1.174 1.113 102 .777 27 6 29 1
2. Bogaerts G ·  S ·  vP 511 .281 .354 .511 .865 398 .890 113 .768 .917 94 .890 6 2 19 8
19. Bradley* G ·  S ·  vP 469 .230 .307 .400 .708 358 .753 111 .566 .794 79 .882 13 1 12 4
11. Devers* G ·  S ·  vP 427 .242 .300 .421 .721 316 .762 111 .607 .720 20 .538 5 2 16 21
12. Holt* G ·  S ·  vP 319 .258 .345 .358 .703 258 .696 61 .733 .622 53 .687 6 6 3 1
5. Kinsler G ·  S ·  vP 467 .251 .313 .406 .719 343 .805 124 .488 .769 65 .732 12 7 14 8
3. Leon# G ·  S ·  vP 258 .191 .251 .302 .553 188 .552 70 .552 .565 45 .334 1 0 5 1
30. Lin* G ·  S ·  vP 51 .196 .275 .239 .514 39 .627 12 .167 .644 2 1.000 0 1 0 2
28. Martinez G ·  S ·  vP 575 .335 .407 .641 1.048 448 1.078 127 .949 1.130 96 1.009 5 1 39 0
18. Moreland* G ·  S ·  vP 408 .249 .324 .452 .775 312 .805 96 .681 .851 64 .538 2 0 15 2
36. Nunez G ·  S ·  vP 473 .258 .282 .384 .666 346 .682 127 .622 .751 80 .686 7 2 10 6
25. Pearce G ·  S ·  vP 207 .292 .382 .528 .910 109 .793 98 1.041 .913 43 .744 0 0 10 1
Phillips G ·  S ·  vP 5 .333 .600 1.333 1.933 2 .500 3 2.667 5 1.933 0 0 1 0
23. Swihart# G ·  S ·  vP 167 .224 .275 .301 .577 117 .665 50 .370 .618 42 .531 4 1 1 1
59. Travis G ·  S ·  vP 21 .158 .238 .211 .449 10 .400 11 .495 .435 3 .000 0 0 0 0
7. Vazquez G ·  S ·  vP 231 .216 .257 .303 .559 169 .533 62 .629 .628 13 .748 2 1 3 3
TOTAL .268 .338 .455 .793 .811 .736 .836 .737 105 29 182 62

HOU Pitchers

HOU Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
45. Cole G ·  S ·  vP ····X·····X··· 176.1 2.86 12.4 701 .196 .594 363 .650 338 .533 .613 96 .692 16 14 3
47. Devenski G ·  S ·  vP ··o····X······ 40.2 4.20 10.2 172 .252 .742 79 .754 93 .729 .818 11 1.155 7 6 0
36. Harris G ·  S ·  vP ·o·X···X·o···o 51.0 3.88 10.6 209 .234 .617 102 .552 107 .680 .531 33 .470 3 4 2
63. James G ·  S ·  vP ·····X········ 5.0 5.40 16.2 21 .167 .619 12 .432 9 .905 21 .619 1 1 0
60. Keuchel* G ·  S ·  vP ···X····X····X 179.2 3.46 6.8 761 .255 .683 612 .683 149 .681 .667 134 .708 16 3 0
31. McHugh G ·  S ·  vP ···X··X···o··X 64.0 1.83 11.8 246 .170 .528 136 .428 110 .651 .561 43 .898 6 1 3
54. Osuna G ·  S ·  vP ··o·oo··oX·Xo· 29.1 2.45 8.6 119 .250 .607 59 .504 60 .708 .537 50 .626 0 1 0
41. Peacock G ·  S ·  vP ·o·o·X··X··X·· 60.1 2.98 13.4 247 .205 .673 155 .574 92 .842 .658 44 .742 10 2 0
59. Perez* G ·  S ·  vP ·············· 7.0 3.86 9.0 29 .167 .602 21 .793 8 .125 .476 4 .250 1 0 1
55. Pressly G ·  S ·  vP ··o·o·o··oo·o· 63.1 2.84 12.9 263 .223 .627 166 .644 97 .596 .503 35 .257 6 6 2
30. Rondon G ·  S ·  vP ···oo·X··X·X·· 51.2 2.09 10.1 211 .212 .601 112 .623 99 .575 .376 43 .677 3 6 0
29. Sipp* G ·  S ·  vP ·o··oo·oo····o 33.0 2.18 9.5 132 .220 .635 65 .687 67 .585 .801 18 .833 1 0 2
38. Smith G ·  S ·  vP ·o··oX··X·o·X· 40.2 3.10 9.5 154 .191 .573 107 .586 47 .544 .394 33 .488 5 3 2
65. Valdez* G ·  S ·  vP ·X····X····X·· 19.2 1.37 6.9 80 .164 .509 57 .505 23 .514 .407 80 .509 1 1 1
35. Verlander G ·  S ·  vP ··X····X····X· 188.0 2.73 11.9 739 .206 .627 402 .645 337 .607 .612 120 .696 27 3 4
TOTAL 3.08 10.5 .216 .636 .627 .668 130 55 23

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