Houston Astros vs. Texas Rangers, at Minute Maid Park, September 18, 2019 Matchups, Preview

Date
Wednesday, September 18, 2019
Start Time
7:10ct (local), 8:10et
Venue
Minute Maid Park
Series
Game #2 of a 2-game series
Average Temp
75° (based on last ten years)
All Stats Thru
Tuesday, 17 Sep 2019

Texas Rangers

Team Summary
Team Page 2019 Texas Rangers
Record 74-78
Manager Chris Woodward
Game # 153
On This Date 23-26
Standing 3rd (25.0 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 5-5
Last 20 10-10
Last 30 14-16
Home 42-33
Away 32-45
Extra Innings 7-6
vs. RHP 48-49
vs. LHP 26-29
1-Run Games 25-20
vs. East 15-11
vs. Central 18-16
vs. West 32-40
Inter-League 9-11

TEX Last 10 Games

Kolby Allard (#39, 21, LHP, 4-0, 4.34)

Houston Astros

Team Summary
Team Page 2019 Houston Astros
Record 99-53
Manager AJ Hinch
Game # 153
On This Date 26-24
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 21-9
Home 57-20
Away 42-33
Extra Innings 10-3
vs. RHP 66-43
vs. LHP 33-10
1-Run Games 23-18
vs. East 19-13
vs. Central 21-13
vs. West 48-18
Inter-League 11-9

HOU Last 10 Games

Gerrit Cole (#45, 28, RHP, 17-5, 2.62)

Season Series

All times ET
DateWinnerLoser
Mon, Apr 01, 2019 HOU2@TEX1
Tue, Apr 02, 2019@TEX6 HOU4
Wed, Apr 03, 2019@TEX4 HOU0
Fri, Apr 19, 2019 HOU7@TEX2
Sat, Apr 20, 2019@TEX9 HOU4
Sun, Apr 21, 2019@TEX11 HOU10
Thu, May 09, 2019@HOU4 TEX2
Fri, May 10, 2019@HOU3 TEX0
Sat, May 11, 2019@HOU11 TEX4
Sun, May 12, 2019@HOU15 TEX5
Thu, Jul 11, 2019@TEX5 HOU0
Fri, Jul 12, 2019@TEX9 HOU8
Sat, Jul 13, 2019 HOU7@TEX6(11)
Sun, Jul 14, 2019 HOU12@TEX4
Fri, Jul 19, 2019@HOU4 TEX3
Sat, Jul 20, 2019@HOU6 TEX1
Sun, Jul 21, 2019@HOU5 TEX3
Tue, Sep 17, 2019@HOU4 TEX1
DateAwayHomeTime
Wed, Sep 18, 2019TEX@HOU8:10pm

Last 10 games head-to-head

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TEX Batters vs HOU Pitchers
TEX Batters Stats
HOU Pitchers Stats

Rangers Batters (4.97 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.01 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Rangers Batters (4.97 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.01 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 45. Cole 66. Abreu 29. Biagini 47. Devenski 36. Harris 39. James 54. Osuna 51. Perez* 30. Rondon 38. Smith 67. Sneed 59. Valdez*
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
1. Andrus G  ·   S  ·   vP 21/.714 ··· 8/.500 12/1.401 13/.641 4/.500 9/.444 ··· 3/1.167 27/.812 2/.000 3/1.000
5. Calhoun* G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ···
17. Choo* G  ·   S  ·   vP 21/1.048 ··· 7/1.262 15/.515 18/.301 4/.500 8/1.125 1/.000 13/.641 10/.425 2/2.000 3/.667
3. DeShields G  ·   S  ·   vP 4/.000 ··· 4/.000 7/1.166 10/.311 2/.000 5/1.000 ··· 5/.000 5/1.100 2/.000 3/1.667
41. Forsythe G  ·   S  ·   vP 7/1.657 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 5/.400 1/.000 7/1.762 ··· 3/.666 3/.666 ··· 5/.200
11. Guzman* G  ·   S  ·   vP 14/.468 ··· ··· 5/2.300 6/.666 4/.000 2/.500 ··· 5/1.600 ··· ··· 3/.333
16. Heineman G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
9. Kiner-Falefa G  ·   S  ·   vP 7/.286 ··· ··· 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/5.000 4/.000 ··· ··· ···
2. Mathis G  ·   S  ·   vP 14/.428 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 3/.333
30. Mazara* G  ·   S  ·   vP 18/.230 ··· 7/.572 15/.343 8/.625 2/5.000 5/.600 ··· 4/1.250 6/.666 2/.000 3/.666
12. Odor* G  ·   S  ·   vP 16/.331 ··· 8/.250 15/.867 12/.614 4/.000 7/.619 ··· 7/.715 10/.756 3/1.667 2/2.500
38. Santana# G  ·   S  ·   vP 9/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 7/.143 4/1.000 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 6/.733 2/.500 3/.666 2/.500
15. Solak G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ···
56. Trevino G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···

TEX Batters

TEX Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
1. Andrus G ·  S ·  vP 605 .272 .311 .386 .697 420 .693 185 .705 .701 101 .579 28 8 10 13
5. Calhoun* G ·  S ·  vP 296 .266 .318 .518 .836 199 .848 97 .812 .891 105 .758 0 0 18 1
17. Choo* G ·  S ·  vP 621 .266 .367 .451 .818 443 .869 178 .696 .759 100 .667 12 1 22 4
3. DeShields G ·  S ·  vP 379 .244 .326 .341 .668 253 .608 126 .777 .517 77 .518 22 5 4 5
41. Forsythe G ·  S ·  vP 367 .227 .325 .353 .678 236 .732 131 .583 .728 46 .422 2 0 7 10
11. Guzman* G ·  S ·  vP 266 .213 .305 .413 .718 193 .798 73 .498 .744 39 .951 1 2 9 4
16. Heineman G ·  S ·  vP 60 .185 .267 .333 .600 33 .706 27 .468 .689 36 .702 0 2 1 0
9. Kiner-Falefa G ·  S ·  vP 205 .227 .294 .314 .608 141 .652 64 .509 .675 39 .527 2 0 1 3
2. Mathis G ·  S ·  vP 244 .158 .209 .224 .433 172 .433 72 .432 .370 28 .328 1 0 2 6
30. Mazara* G ·  S ·  vP 462 .270 .318 .466 .784 328 .856 134 .611 .768 19 .786 4 1 18 1
12. Odor* G ·  S ·  vP 540 .204 .280 .432 .712 363 .686 177 .766 .725 90 .778 10 8 27 12
38. Santana# G ·  S ·  vP 469 .286 .318 .533 .851 323 .874 146 .801 .740 87 .587 17 6 25 13
15. Solak G ·  S ·  vP 107 .311 .421 .511 .932 63 .823 44 1.093 .834 99 .934 1 0 4 1
56. Trevino G ·  S ·  vP 94 .273 .290 .420 .711 60 .541 34 1.007 .469 58 .809 0 0 2 1
TOTAL .247 .318 .429 .747 .755 .728 .712 .679 115 36 206 97

HOU Pitchers

HOU Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
45. Cole G ·  S ·  vP ····X····X···· 192.1 2.62 13.7 742 .188 .586 373 .589 369 .583 .540 128 .422 27 10 5
66. Abreu G ·  S ·  vP ···X··o·X····· 4.2 .00 11.6 17 .188 .485 11 .573 6 .333 .422 14 .593 0 0 0
29. Biagini G ·  S ·  vP ·······X···Xo· 63.2 4.66 8.3 275 .285 .872 163 .748 112 1.049 1.006 33 1.554 14 1 1
47. Devenski G ·  S ·  vP ··X····X·o···· 64.0 5.20 9.7 281 .268 .821 134 .758 147 .879 .868 38 1.091 13 13 2
21. Greinke G ·  S ·  vP ···X····X····· 195.1 2.95 8.0 762 .231 .632 391 .635 371 .630 .631 122 .664 20 2 4
36. Harris G ·  S ·  vP o··o··X···oo·· 57.0 1.58 9.0 220 .205 .563 102 .615 118 .520 .484 32 .454 6 0 1
39. James G ·  S ·  vP ··o··Xo···X·X· 57.1 5.02 14.9 249 .208 .717 126 .691 123 .743 .929 29 .995 10 8 2
20. Miley* G ·  S ·  vP ··X····X····X· 162.1 3.71 7.7 692 .249 .713 535 .732 157 .649 .693 79 1.020 22 3 2
54. Osuna G ·  S ·  vP o···oo·····oX· 60.0 2.85 9.9 234 .187 .561 113 .633 121 .489 .551 34 .528 8 1 0
51. Perez* G ·  S ·  vP ········o····· 9.0 10.00 7.0 40 .289 .904 29 .882 11 .964 .887 4 .250 3 0 0
30. Rondon G ·  S ·  vP o··o··X····Xo· 58.0 3.57 7.3 245 .240 .742 143 .732 102 .756 .778 38 .694 9 5 1
38. Smith G ·  S ·  vP ···o·oX····oo· 22.1 1.21 8.1 85 .210 .556 50 .444 35 .723 .409 36 .462 2 2 0
67. Sneed G ·  S ·  vP ·······X····X· 21.1 5.48 9.7 93 .299 .866 49 .947 44 .778 .982 39 .901 5 0 0
65. Urquidy G ·  S ·  vP ······X·····X· 32.0 4.78 9.6 134 .246 .725 68 .849 66 .602 .626 32 .456 6 0 0
59. Valdez* G ·  S ·  vP ··X····X···X·· 70.2 5.60 8.7 326 .264 .782 235 .829 91 .647 .638 97 .764 9 6 0
35. Verlander G ·  S ·  vP X····X····X··· 212.0 2.50 12.0 802 .169 .569 385 .591 417 .549 .580 148 .417 34 9 3
TOTAL 3.72 10.2 .223 .689 .682 .675 222 71 17
HOU Batters vs TEX Pitchers
HOU Batters Stats
TEX Pitchers Stats

Astros Batters (5.70 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (5.30 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Astros Batters (5.70 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (5.30 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 39. Allard* 43. Clase 60. Farrell 63. Gibaut 46. Guerrieri 27. Kelley 25. Leclerc 59. Martin* 65. Mendez* 48. Montero 62. Palumbo* 52. Sampson 54. Springs* 36. Volquez
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 G  ·   S  ·   vB
27. Altuve G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 8/.625 8/.542 1/3.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 7/.000 ··· 9/.888
44. Alvarez* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 3/1.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ···
23. Brantley* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 5/1.267 7/.143 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 7/.286 ··· 14/1.279
2. Bregman G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/1.250 12/.333 2/.500 1/2.000 ··· ··· 8/2.150 ··· ···
28. Chirinos G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1.250 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 1/ 11/.182
1. Correa G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 10/.100 3/2.667 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/2.033 ··· 2/.500
16. Diaz G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/4.000 ···
10. Gurriel G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 13/.322 6/.500 1/2.000 ··· ··· 7/.286 ··· ···
12. Maldonado G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1.750 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/1.400
6. Marisnick G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 6/1.333 ··· ···
9. Mayfield G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
22. Reddick* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.167 6/.167 3/2.667 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 1/2.000 6/1.100
4. Springer G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.250 6/3.083 3/2.667 ··· ··· ··· 12/1.053 ··· 5/2.800
26. Straw G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ···
11. Stubbs* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
13. Toro# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
3. Tucker* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···

HOU Batters

HOU Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
27. Altuve G ·  S ·  vP 511 .302 .359 .550 .908 386 .836 125 1.135 .984 105 .909 6 5 28 12
44. Alvarez* G ·  S ·  vP 335 .316 .418 .674 1.092 224 1.111 111 1.053 1.122 99 1.021 0 0 26 1
23. Brantley* G ·  S ·  vP 608 .319 .378 .512 .890 436 .943 172 .753 .903 91 .650 3 2 21 3
2. Bregman G ·  S ·  vP 647 .296 .420 .583 1.004 472 .960 175 1.114 .919 107 1.210 5 1 37 11
28. Chirinos G ·  S ·  vP 416 .242 .353 .452 .805 310 .759 106 .946 .925 55 1.175 1 2 17 6
1. Correa G ·  S ·  vP 314 .274 .354 .547 .901 237 .884 77 .954 .982 4 .000 1 0 19 2
16. Diaz G ·  S ·  vP 215 .254 .330 .427 .757 147 .779 68 .709 .810 62 .655 1 0 7 3
10. Gurriel G ·  S ·  vP 581 .302 .346 .547 .893 422 .935 159 .776 .952 78 .895 4 3 29 7
12. Maldonado G ·  S ·  vP 356 .222 .294 .394 .688 250 .680 106 .704 .715 45 1.014 0 0 12 5
6. Marisnick G ·  S ·  vP 302 .239 .298 .420 .718 195 .703 107 .745 .693 47 .556 10 3 10 1
9. Mayfield G ·  S ·  vP 57 .125 .140 .268 .408 34 .235 23 .672 .539 6 .000 0 0 1 1
22. Reddick* G ·  S ·  vP 527 .273 .317 .405 .722 416 .678 111 .883 .701 78 .981 4 2 13 5
4. Springer G ·  S ·  vP 521 .293 .382 .582 .964 387 .996 134 .863 .917 87 1.051 5 2 35 2
26. Straw G ·  S ·  vP 114 .260 .372 .333 .705 77 .678 37 .760 .619 16 .938 7 1 0 0
11. Stubbs* G ·  S ·  vP 34 .226 .294 .323 .617 25 .457 9 1.069 .900 7 1.405 1 0 0 0
13. Toro# G ·  S ·  vP 75 .239 .320 .433 .753 52 .940 23 .317 .774 75 .753 1 1 2 1
3. Tucker* G ·  S ·  vP 42 .325 .357 .550 .907 25 .882 17 .941 .899 42 .907 4 0 2 0
TOTAL .276 .353 .495 .848 .842 .867 .875 .911 61 27 265 67

TEX Pitchers

TEX Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
39. Allard* G ·  S ·  vP ·····X······X· 37.1 4.34 7.2 167 .280 .717 120 .671 47 .838 .620 98 .699 1 2 0
70. Burke* G ·  S ·  vP ····X······X·· 26.0 5.19 4.8 111 .253 .812 86 .775 25 .940 .788 88 .896 6 1 1
43. Clase G ·  S ·  vP ···o···X···oo· 18.1 2.45 7.9 75 .221 .661 36 .587 39 .726 .703 37 .627 1 0 1
60. Farrell G ·  S ·  vP ···X·X···o···o 9.0 3.00 9.0 32 .129 .576 18 .346 14 .857 .000 32 .576 3 0 0
63. Gibaut G ·  S ·  vP ··o·X·X······X 13.2 4.61 9.9 58 .208 .661 29 .892 29 .441 .396 29 .788 1 0 0
46. Guerrieri G ·  S ·  vP ····X····X···X 23.0 5.09 9.4 107 .244 .846 54 .794 53 .896 .647 27 1.204 3 2 1
72. Hernandez G ·  S ·  vP ··X··X····X··· 12.0 3.75 9.0 56 .196 .669 25 .598 31 .730 .716 56 .669 2 0 0
57. Jurado G ·  S ·  vP ······X······· 118.1 5.78 6.0 524 .301 .871 278 .925 246 .809 .822 85 .960 20 7 2
27. Kelley G ·  S ·  vP ···oX·oo··o··· 44.2 4.03 8.3 188 .278 .817 93 .504 95 1.139 1.069 23 .689 9 2 0
25. Leclerc G ·  S ·  vP X····oXX···XX· 64.2 4.04 13.1 280 .203 .691 152 .566 128 .837 .740 44 .739 7 5 0
35. Lynn G ·  S ·  vP X······X·····X 195.2 3.77 10.3 825 .247 .697 385 .667 440 .724 .731 135 .769 20 8 3
59. Martin* G ·  S ·  vP ··X···X····o·· 58.2 4.91 8.7 261 .279 .738 157 .764 104 .698 .869 42 .643 6 1 0
65. Mendez* G ·  S ·  vP ······X···X··· 3.2 4.91 14.7 14 .250 1.107 6 .333 8 1.500 .625 14 1.107 2 0 2
23. Minor* G ·  S ·  vP ···X·····X···· 194.2 3.33 8.7 802 .239 .684 619 .683 183 .687 .649 142 .730 26 11 3
48. Montero G ·  S ·  vP ··X··X·X···Xo· 25.0 2.88 9.7 99 .228 .718 50 1.022 49 .419 .530 40 .941 5 1 1
62. Palumbo* G ·  S ·  vP ··X··········· 12.2 9.95 9.2 62 .308 1.044 48 1.026 14 1.107 .300 8 .250 4 0 0
52. Sampson G ·  S ·  vP ··o·X·····o··· 121.0 5.73 7.2 543 .302 .921 305 1.025 238 .789 1.058 22 .687 27 3 2
54. Springs* G ·  S ·  vP ····X·····X··· 29.1 6.75 8.6 142 .305 .913 92 .852 50 1.025 .969 19 1.161 4 1 0
36. Volquez G ·  S ·  vP ···o··X···o··· 12.2 5.68 6.4 60 .286 .927 34 1.290 26 .492 1.089 21 .722 3 1 0
TOTAL 4.97 8.5 .267 .801 .790 .782 222 79 23

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