Houston Astros vs. Boston Red Sox, at Minute Maid Park, May 31, 2018 Matchups, Preview

Date
Thursday, May 31, 2018
Start Time
7:10ct (local), 8:10et
Venue
Minute Maid Park
Series
Game #1 of a 4-game series
Average Temp
85° (based on last ten years)
All Stats Thru
Wednesday, 30 May 2018

Boston Red Sox

Team Summary
Team Page 2018 Boston Red Sox
Record 39-17
Manager Alex Cora
Game # 57
On This Date 55-49
Standing 1st (0.0 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 8-2
Last 20 14-6
Last 30 20-10
Home 20-8
Away 19-9
Extra Innings 2-3
vs. RHP 33-11
vs. LHP 6-6
1-Run Games 11-5
vs. East 25-10
vs. Central 2-1
vs. West 8-5
Inter-League 4-1

BOS Last 10 Games

Drew Pomeranz (#31, 29, LHP, 1-2, 6.75)

Houston Astros

Team Summary
Team Page 2018 Houston Astros
Record 35-22
Manager A.J. Hinch
Game # 58
On This Date 29-26
Standing 1st (0.0 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 6-4
Last 20 13-7
Last 30 18-12
Home 16-11
Away 19-11
Extra Innings 1-4
vs. RHP 25-14
vs. LHP 10-8
1-Run Games 4-11
vs. East 5-5
vs. Central 8-5
vs. West 17-9
Inter-League 5-3

HOU Last 10 Games

Lance McCullers (#43, 24, RHP, 6-3, 3.98)

Season Series

All times ET
DateAwayHomeTime
Thu, May 31, 2018BOS@HOU8:10pm
Fri, Jun 01, 2018BOS@HOU8:10pm
Sat, Jun 02, 2018BOS@HOU7:15pm
Sun, Jun 03, 2018BOS@HOU7:35pm
Fri, Sep 07, 2018HOU@BOS7:10pm
Sat, Sep 08, 2018HOU@BOS4:05pm
Sun, Sep 09, 2018HOU@BOSTBD

Last 10 games head-to-head

Red Sox Batters (5.38 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (3.79 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Red Sox Batters (5.38 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (3.79 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 47. Devenski 53. Giles 36. Harris 43. McCullers 31. McHugh 41. Peacock 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
16. Benintendi* G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000
50. Betts G  ·   S  ·   vP 5/1.100 3/.000 3/2.667 12/1.250 11/2.102 2/.000 2/1.000 2/2.000 7/1.000
2. Bogaerts G  ·   S  ·   vP 5/1.400 2/1.000 3/.000 12/.833 15/1.247 5/.650 ··· ··· 8/.500
19. Bradley* G  ·   S  ·   vP 4/.000 3/.666 2/1.000 4/.750 12/1.000 4/.500 1/.000 2/.000 3/.666
11. Devers* G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.500 3/1.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000
12. Holt* G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.000 3/1.000 6/.000 10/.733 18/.967 4/1.750 2/1.000 5/.400 7/.715
3. Leon# G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 5/.800 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000
28. Martinez G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/.000 3/.666 3/.666 5/.650 12/1.117 7/.572 2/.500 1/.000 2/2.000
18. Moreland* G  ·   S  ·   vP 7/1.000 4/1.167 10/.100 9/.958 15/1.082 14/.599 1/.000 10/.800 14/.517
36. Nunez G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.666 2/2.500 1/3.000 ··· 2/1.000 6/.900
15. Pedroia G  ·   S  ·   vP 5/1.100 2/.500 4/.250 3/.000 7/.715 10/.875 1/.000 4/3.500 9/.888
23. Swihart# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/ ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ···
7. Vazquez G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 6/.666 4/.833 ··· 1/.000 3/.000

BOS Batters

BOS Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
16. Benintendi* G ·  S ·  vP 234 .294 .376 .517 .893 184 .964 50 .641 .645 110 1.065 8 1 7 1
50. Betts G ·  S ·  vP 213 .359 .437 .750 1.187 160 1.166 53 1.245 1.091 95 1.052 13 2 17 1
2. Bogaerts G ·  S ·  vP 170 .282 .335 .519 .855 132 .855 38 .840 .754 102 .724 0 1 8 3
19. Bradley* G ·  S ·  vP 174 .196 .287 .301 .588 131 .700 43 .263 .573 61 .667 5 0 2 1
11. Devers* G ·  S ·  vP 224 .234 .290 .415 .705 175 .721 49 .649 .761 93 .653 1 1 9 11
12. Holt* G ·  S ·  vP 91 .329 .407 .468 .875 80 .818 11 1.303 .994 36 .796 3 1 1 0
3. Leon# G ·  S ·  vP 72 .254 .306 .388 .694 49 .805 23 .451 .598 37 1.126 1 0 2 1
28. Martinez G ·  S ·  vP 227 .322 .379 .663 1.042 180 1.120 47 .763 .895 102 1.124 0 0 18 0
18. Moreland* G ·  S ·  vP 140 .312 .379 .632 1.011 106 1.077 34 .807 .915 67 1.040 1 0 8 0
36. Nunez G ·  S ·  vP 197 .249 .265 .381 .646 146 .713 51 .449 .606 85 .616 2 1 4 2
15. Pedroia G ·  S ·  vP 13 .091 .231 .091 .322 9 .347 4 .250 13 .322 0 0 0 0
23. Swihart# G ·  S ·  vP 44 .179 .273 .205 .478 29 .507 15 .421 .368 19 .551 0 0 0 1
7. Vazquez G ·  S ·  vP 146 .188 .228 .225 .452 113 .431 33 .524 .471 54 .374 0 1 0 3
TOTAL .268 .331 .469 .801 .837 .683 .738 .814 38 9 82 31

HOU Pitchers

HOU Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
43. McCullers G ·  S ·  vP ····X·····X··· 63.1 3.98 9.7 258 .219 .658 124 .707 134 .611 .449 90 .656 6 2 1
45. Cole G ·  S ·  vP ···X····X····· 74.2 2.05 13.1 277 .169 .531 145 .509 132 .554 .552 122 .555 7 4 3
47. Devenski G ·  S ·  vP ·Xoo·X····o·X· 21.2 2.08 11.6 85 .208 .608 35 .519 50 .664 .514 37 .731 2 2 0
53. Giles G ·  S ·  vP ··oX···o··o·o· 17.0 4.76 7.4 69 .275 .681 40 .650 29 .724 .784 28 .679 1 0 0
36. Harris G ·  S ·  vP ··oo·o·o··X··· 18.0 4.00 9.5 75 .257 .592 30 .339 45 .766 .695 26 .462 0 2 0
60. Keuchel* G ·  S ·  vP X····X·····X·· 74.0 3.65 7.3 310 .246 .701 249 .692 61 .734 .713 130 .642 9 0 0
31. McHugh G ·  S ·  vP X··XX·X····X·· 25.2 1.05 11.6 98 .178 .534 49 .384 49 .684 .590 53 .616 2 0 2
50. Morton G ·  S ·  vP ·X····X·····X· 67.2 2.26 11.3 269 .193 .605 132 .694 137 .518 .576 124 .672 9 2 0
41. Peacock G ·  S ·  vP ·X·oX··oo····· 21.2 2.91 11.6 89 .205 .692 51 .464 38 1.004 .631 34 .794 5 1 0
30. Rondon G ·  S ·  vP ·o·oo·o·X··o·· 20.0 1.80 10.3 80 .234 .613 39 .635 41 .593 .786 33 .455 1 3 0
29. Sipp* G ·  S ·  vP ·o··oX··X··o·· 10.1 3.48 7.0 44 .231 .677 24 1.132 20 .200 .414 22 .814 0 0 1
38. Smith G ·  S ·  vP ·o·X·o··o··X·· 17.1 5.71 9.3 67 .226 .703 51 .720 16 .650 1.150 24 .342 3 1 1
35. Verlander G ·  S ·  vP ··X····X······ 81.1 1.11 10.8 303 .153 .462 169 .489 134 .425 .464 127 .479 5 1 1
TOTAL 2.68 10.4 .205 .603 .601 .603 50 18 9

Astros Batters (4.96 RS/G) vs. Red Sox Pitchers (2.81 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Astros Batters (4.96 RS/G) vs. Red Sox Pitchers (2.81 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 32. Barnes 37. Hembree 61. Johnson* 56. Kelly 46. Kimbrel 31. Pomeranz* 76. Velazquez 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
27. Altuve G  ·   S  ·   vP 4/1.750 4/.500 3/.667 6/2.233 3/.000 19/.945 2/.000 10/.875
2. Bregman G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 5/.000 1/.000 ···
1. Correa G  ·   S  ·   vP 6/1.500 4/.000 2/.000 3/.666 3/1.000 5/1.200 ··· 6/1.167
28. Davis G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ···
19. Federowicz G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ···
11. Gattis G  ·   S  ·   vP 4/1.500 3/.000 2/.000 9/.778 1/2.000 14/.148 ··· 3/.333
9. Gonzalez# G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/1.500 2/1.000 2/1.000 2/.000 2/.000 6/.600 2/ 5/.800
10. Gurriel G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/ ··· ··· 2/3.000 3/.000 4/.250 2/1.500 ···
18. Kemp* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ···
6. Marisnick G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 12/1.333 ··· 2/1.000
4. Springer G  ·   S  ·   vP 4/1.833 5/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 16/.688 ··· 6/1.167
12. Stassi G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ···

HOU Batters

HOU Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
27. Altuve G ·  S ·  vP 253 .335 .381 .468 .849 193 .912 60 .645 .647 108 .919 6 1 4 1
2. Bregman G ·  S ·  vP 246 .266 .382 .425 .807 184 .848 62 .685 .776 105 .934 6 3 5 8
1. Correa G ·  S ·  vP 232 .261 .345 .452 .797 178 .782 54 .845 .686 97 .664 2 0 8 0
28. Davis G ·  S ·  vP 42 .229 .357 .314 .671 31 .725 11 .489 .273 14 .812 0 0 1 0
19. Federowicz G ·  S ·  vP
11. Gattis G ·  S ·  vP 162 .236 .309 .438 .746 106 .729 56 .776 .474 69 1.012 1 0 7 0
9. Gonzalez# G ·  S ·  vP 205 .222 .297 .328 .625 149 .660 56 .537 .614 82 .583 2 0 4 2
10. Gurriel G ·  S ·  vP 181 .281 .304 .368 .672 130 .652 51 .722 .642 103 .687 1 1 1 1
18. Kemp* G ·  S ·  vP 45 .270 .364 .405 .769 39 .690 6 1.467 1.000 45 .769 2 1 1 0
6. Marisnick G ·  S ·  vP 103 .149 .157 .297 .454 64 .465 39 .436 .524 34 .353 2 0 4 0
4. Springer G ·  S ·  vP 249 .284 .345 .489 .834 185 .773 64 1.018 .831 99 .917 3 3 11 1
12. Stassi G ·  S ·  vP 98 .303 .367 .562 .929 63 .708 35 1.324 .726 51 1.059 0 0 5 0
TOTAL .257 .328 .418 .746 .733 .781 .689 .777 28 10 65 17

BOS Pitchers

BOS Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
31. Pomeranz* G ·  S ·  vP ····X·······X· 32.0 6.75 8.7 152 .311 .940 124 .979 28 .780 .782 87 .929 6 0 1
32. Barnes G ·  S ·  vP o····o·X···X·· 23.0 2.35 12.5 91 .130 .461 55 .404 36 .548 .455 40 .367 1 2 0
37. Hembree G ·  S ·  vP ··X··o····X·o· 24.1 4.81 11.1 107 .277 .795 70 .791 37 .800 .649 42 .921 3 0 1
61. Johnson* G ·  S ·  vP o··X··X···X··· 27.0 5.33 7.7 118 .291 .803 83 .856 35 .678 .750 37 .669 4 1 0
56. Kelly G ·  S ·  vP ·X··oX·oo··X·· 26.0 1.73 9.7 97 .128 .378 53 .541 44 .186 .443 48 .304 0 2 0
46. Kimbrel G ·  S ·  vP Xo··oX·oX··o·· 25.0 2.16 12.2 95 .170 .632 50 .466 45 .814 .570 44 .751 5 1 0
22. Porcello G ·  S ·  vP ·X····X····X·· 74.0 3.65 8.5 308 .244 .653 171 .565 137 .764 .660 151 .835 6 2 0
24. Price* G ·  S ·  vP ··X····X·····X 62.1 4.04 8.5 259 .230 .687 223 .709 36 .553 .639 100 .585 6 1 1
57. Rodriguez* G ·  S ·  vP X····X····X··· 60.1 3.88 10.7 255 .229 .657 211 .676 44 .566 .591 140 .632 8 1 1
41. Sale* G ·  S ·  vP ···X····X····· 75.0 2.76 12.5 299 .193 .609 252 .611 47 .600 .586 132 .614 9 4 1
76. Velazquez G ·  S ·  vP ·o·Xo·o······· 29.2 2.12 6.1 129 .297 .773 74 .661 55 .924 .715 32 .902 3 1 0
35. Wright G ·  S ·  vP ··X·X·X·····X· 13.0 2.77 6.9 52 .178 .600 42 .654 10 .300 .250 52 .600 1 0 0
TOTAL 3.56 9.8 .232 .678 .623 .684 55 20 5

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