Houston Astros vs. Boston Red Sox, at Minute Maid Park, August 22, 2023 Matchups, Preview

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Boston Red Sox

Team Summary
Team Page 2023 Boston Red Sox
Record 66-59
Manager Alex Cora
Game # 125
On This Date 67-50
Standing 4th (11.5 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 6-4
Last 20 10-10
Last 30 15-15
Home 35-28
Away 31-31
Extra Innings 3-4
vs. RHP 45-45
vs. LHP 21-14
1-Run Games 17-19
vs. East 19-14
vs. Central 16-10
vs. West 12-11
Inter-League 19-24

BOS Last 10 Games

Tanner Houck (#89, 27, RHP, 3-6, 5.05)

Houston Astros

Team Summary
Team Page 2023 Houston Astros
Record 71-55
Manager Dusty Baker
Game # 126
On This Date 25-28
Standing 2nd (1.5 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 5-5
Last 20 12-8
Last 30 18-12
Home 34-29
Away 37-26
Extra Innings 1-7
vs. RHP 47-41
vs. LHP 24-14
1-Run Games 17-17
vs. East 11-10
vs. Central 11-11
vs. West 26-17
Inter-League 23-17

HOU Last 10 Games

Justin Verlander (#35, 40, RHP, 8-6, 3.36)

Season Series

All times ET
DateWinnerLoser
Mon, Aug 21, 2023@HOU9 BOS4
DateAwayHomeTime
Wed, Aug 23, 2023BOS@HOU8:10pm
Thu, Aug 24, 2023BOS@HOU2:10pm
Mon, Aug 28, 2023HOU@BOS7:10pm
Tue, Aug 29, 2023HOU@BOS7:10pm
Wed, Aug 30, 2023HOU@BOS4:10pm

Last 10 games head-to-head

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Red Sox Batters (4.89 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.22 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Red Sox Batters (4.89 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.22 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 35. Verlander 52. Abreu 31. Graveman 61. Martinez 47. Montero 50. Neris 55. Pressly 45. Stanek
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
36. Casas* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ···
11. Devers* G  ·   S  ·   vP 5/1.000 1/.000 4/1.417 2/1.000 1/.000 4/.000 3/.000 6/.333
16. Duran* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 2/3.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ···
18. Duvall G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 5/1.933 8/.875 1/3.000 3/.000
3. McGuire* G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.000 1/ 2/.000
30. Refsnyder G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000
19. Reyes G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000
10. Story G  ·   S  ·   vP 5/.400 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 5/.000 9/.347 4/.000 4/.917
2. Turner G  ·   S  ·   vP 6/.167 1/.000 3/1.334 ··· 4/1.250 4/1.750 1/.000 1/.000
17. Urías G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/ ··· 3/.000 ··· ···
99. Verdugo* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 3/.666 2/.000 2/1.000 3/.000 4/1.250 ··· 2/.000
12. Wong G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
7. Yoshida* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 1/ 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ···

BOS Batters

BOS Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
36. Casas* G ·  S ·  vP 410 .253 .354 .480 .834 330 .854 80 .747 .808 88 .896 0 0 20 5
11. Devers* G ·  S ·  vP 504 .273 .345 .527 .872 352 .881 152 .851 .884 100 .924 2 1 29 15
16. Duran* G ·  S ·  vP 362 .295 .346 .482 .828 313 .841 49 .749 .748 79 .639 24 2 8 1
18. Duvall G ·  S ·  vP 236 .250 .314 .509 .823 175 .849 61 .748 .740 83 .801 4 0 12 0
3. McGuire* G ·  S ·  vP 152 .275 .313 .377 .690 136 .653 16 1.038 .678 36 .769 1 1 1 1
30. Refsnyder G ·  S ·  vP 206 .253 .373 .318 .690 86 .482 120 .840 .701 29 .436 7 2 1 0
19. Reyes G ·  S ·  vP 136 .320 .358 .432 .790 95 .736 41 .915 .662 64 .889 4 2 2 6
10. Story G ·  S ·  vP 46 .186 .239 .279 .518 32 .360 14 .857 .157 46 .518 3 1 0 0
2. Turner G ·  S ·  vP 483 .288 .356 .488 .844 350 .818 133 .915 .832 69 .902 4 0 20 6
17. Urías G ·  S ·  vP 108 .184 .330 .322 .652 81 .626 27 .735 .790 40 .853 0 0 3 2
99. Verdugo* G ·  S ·  vP 482 .274 .342 .429 .772 342 .835 140 .611 .688 85 .733 4 3 9 2
12. Wong G ·  S ·  vP 309 .239 .292 .393 .685 224 .741 85 .529 .575 58 .599 5 2 7 10
7. Yoshida* G ·  S ·  vP 468 .296 .350 .462 .812 342 .818 126 .792 .759 93 .584 8 0 13 3
TOTAL .262 .328 .433 .761 .767 .746 .708 .735 87 21 144 87

HOU Pitchers

HOU Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
35. Verlander G ·  S ·  vP ······X····X·· 112.1 3.36 7.5 465 .232 .657 269 .684 196 .619 .576 125 .669 11 8 2
52. Abreu G ·  S ·  vP ·oo····o·oo··X 58.0 2.17 12.9 237 .191 .608 121 .579 116 .639 .586 38 .451 6 4 1
58. Brown G ·  S ·  vP ··X····X····X· 128.0 4.50 10.1 539 .265 .773 286 .787 253 .757 .763 96 .950 18 10 7
68. France G ·  S ·  vP ····X·····X··· 108.0 2.75 6.7 446 .246 .675 239 .769 207 .566 .708 124 .630 12 5 0
31. Graveman G ·  S ·  vP ··X·X·o··o·X·o 54.1 3.15 8.8 226 .197 .649 144 .685 82 .582 .583 44 .536 7 5 0
53. Javier G ·  S ·  vP ·X·····X·····X 127.1 4.52 8.1 539 .239 .744 237 .637 302 .829 .725 115 .843 20 16 3
61. Martinez G ·  S ·  vP ·X············ 41.2 5.40 9.7 191 .271 .812 111 .700 80 .975 .935 16 1.768 5 4 1
47. Montero G ·  S ·  vP ··Xo··oo·X·X·X 53.0 5.26 10.5 231 .261 .834 122 .958 109 .684 .808 47 .602 10 11 2
50. Neris G ·  S ·  vP ·X·X····o·o··o 51.2 2.09 10.6 211 .193 .644 126 .729 85 .513 .729 41 .894 7 5 2
55. Pressly G ·  S ·  vP ·oo····o······ 54.1 2.82 9.6 215 .205 .582 106 .591 109 .573 .603 39 .711 6 0 0
45. Stanek G ·  S ·  vP ··oX··o··o·oo· 43.2 3.92 8.9 185 .216 .648 101 .742 84 .532 .700 31 .331 4 2 0
65. Urquidy G ·  S ·  vP ····X····X···· 38.0 5.21 8.1 165 .273 .800 107 .855 58 .697 .823 42 .595 7 6 2
59. Valdez* G ·  S ·  vP ···X····X····· 154.2 3.55 8.9 628 .237 .668 522 .649 106 .761 .617 133 .824 16 14 1
TOTAL 3.85 9.1 .243 .726 .725 .772 153 88 27

Astros Batters (4.90 RS/G) vs. Red Sox Pitchers (4.64 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Astros Batters (4.90 RS/G) vs. Red Sox Pitchers (4.64 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 89. Houck 83. Bernardino* 74. Jansen 68. Llovera 55. Martin 72. Murphy* 46. Schreiber 22. Whitlock
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 1/.000 1/ 1/.000 ··· 9/1.112 3/.000 1/.000 4/.500
44. Alvarez* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/ 3/.666
2. Bregman G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· 6/.334 2/2.500 ··· 4/.250
21. Diaz G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· ···
14. Dubón G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000
17. Hensley G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
9. Julks G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
15. Maldonado G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 6/.533 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000
20. McCormick G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 3/2.667
6. Meyers G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ···
3. Peña G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ···
28. Singleton* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
30. Tucker* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 3/1.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 4/1.250

HOU Batters

HOU Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
27. Altuve G ·  S ·  vP 249 .322 .414 .519 .932 176 .975 73 .830 .840 106 1.042 13 2 9 2
44. Alvarez* G ·  S ·  vP 342 .278 .383 .556 .939 222 .936 120 .942 .844 100 .847 0 0 21 0
2. Bregman G ·  S ·  vP 556 .256 .356 .433 .789 391 .859 165 .626 .812 111 .869 3 0 20 12
21. Diaz G ·  S ·  vP 289 .281 .298 .544 .841 211 .942 78 .569 .964 74 1.042 0 0 18 4
14. Dubón G ·  S ·  vP 404 .266 .297 .376 .673 307 .636 97 .789 .610 58 .681 6 1 6 6
17. Hensley G ·  S ·  vP 94 .119 .213 .167 .379 59 .262 35 .586 .442 1 .000 1 0 1 1
9. Julks G ·  S ·  vP 315 .245 .298 .355 .654 239 .664 76 .620 .628 23 .182 15 3 6 1
15. Maldonado G ·  S ·  vP 319 .176 .248 .306 .554 243 .465 76 .841 .653 58 .689 0 0 9 7
20. McCormick G ·  S ·  vP 330 .286 .374 .544 .917 229 .825 101 1.118 .997 89 .959 13 3 19 1
6. Meyers G ·  S ·  vP 312 .231 .304 .388 .692 243 .652 69 .838 .620 54 .766 5 2 9 4
3. Peña G ·  S ·  vP 481 .248 .308 .370 .679 344 .610 137 .848 .690 102 .756 10 7 10 12
28. Singleton* G ·  S ·  vP 73 .113 .247 .226 .472 54 .291 19 .993 .645 41 .596 0 0 2 1
30. Tucker* G ·  S ·  vP 519 .297 .377 .524 .901 339 .838 180 1.016 .796 98 .915 24 3 24 1
TOTAL .253 .325 .422 .747 .722 .809 .740 .819 90 23 165 65

BOS Pitchers

BOS Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
89. Houck G ·  S ·  vP ·············· 67.2 5.05 8.5 285 .243 .695 140 .572 145 .813 .646 9 3 2
66. Bello G ·  S ·  vP ····X·····X··· 119.1 3.70 7.5 502 .258 .739 253 .647 249 .832 .779 122 .792 17 5 2
83. Bernardino* G ·  S ·  vP ··o·o··o·oX··· 40.1 2.68 10.3 166 .238 .652 100 .813 66 .418 .602 32 .956 3 2 1
50. Crawford G ·  S ·  vP ···X·····X···· 96.0 3.66 8.8 390 .226 .683 198 .649 192 .720 .573 101 .611 15 4 2
74. Jansen G ·  S ·  vP ··X····o·o··XX 41.1 2.83 10.9 171 .227 .661 88 .763 83 .556 .510 33 .642 4 10 4
68. Llovera G ·  S ·  vP ···X·X····o··· 15.0 5.40 10.2 71 .250 .791 49 .623 22 1.212 .620 50 .815 2 4 0
55. Martin G ·  S ·  vP ··o·o··o·X··oo 42.0 1.29 7.7 163 .232 .573 90 .441 73 .742 .535 42 .670 2 3 0
72. Murphy* G ·  S ·  vP ·X···X·····X·· 38.2 3.72 9.1 172 .253 .724 107 .754 65 .674 .665 69 .932 4 2 1
65. Paxton* G ·  S ·  vP ·X····X·····X· 90.1 3.79 9.7 379 .242 .724 294 .710 85 .770 .736 121 .969 15 3 0
37. Pivetta G ·  S ·  vP ··X····X·····X 106.2 4.30 11.4 446 .211 .709 254 .620 192 .827 .653 124 .752 19 11 1
41. Sale* G ·  S ·  vP ·····X·····X·· 68.0 4.50 10.7 284 .227 .710 244 .673 40 .933 .777 35 .495 9 7 1
46. Schreiber G ·  S ·  vP ··Xo··oo··X·oo 29.0 3.72 10.6 123 .243 .717 77 .661 46 .812 .803 53 .765 3 0 0
22. Whitlock G ·  S ·  vP ····X·X··X···· 56.2 5.72 8.9 238 .292 .850 135 .842 103 .861 .959 22 .939 13 5 5
25. Winckowski G ·  S ·  vP ··X··X·X····Xo 65.2 3.15 8.1 282 .280 .751 162 .868 120 .595 .765 47 .838 8 1 1
TOTAL 4.38 8.8 .255 .755 .746 .798 166 82 22

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