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Houston Astros (22-13) vs. Toronto Blue Jays (17-19), May 15, 2015 7:10 PM CDT
TV: Roots Sports SW, MLB.TV
Radio: KBME 790 AM, KLAT 1010 AM
Pitching matchup
LHP Dallas Keuchel (4-0, 1.39 ERA, 0.85 WHIP) vs. RHP R.A. Dickey (1-4, 5.00 ERA, 1.29 WHIP)
Preview
The Astros continued their streak of winning games that they score four or more runs this season, they're 19-0 now. The Astros took game one from the Blue Jays with a double parade last night. Houston collected four two-baggers, including two from rookie Preston Tucker. Tucker played his first game at Minute Park last night, going 3-for-4 with the go-head RBI.
The Astros now turn to their ace Dallas Keuchel. The lefty is coming off his worst start of 2015, he gave up 4 runs over 6 2/3 innings. Before that start, Keuchel was arguably having the best start to the season of any pitcher in the league. The beard is 2-0 with 2.95 ERA in three starts against the Blue Jays.
| TORONTO BLUE JAYS CAREER STATISTICS VS. DALLAS KEUCHEL | ||||||||||||
| BATTER | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Josh Donaldson | 21 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0.286 | 0.400 | 0.476 | 0.876 |
| Edwin Encarnacion | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.375 | 0.444 | 0.375 | 0.819 |
| Danny Valencia | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.500 | 0.500 | 1.167 | 1.667 |
| Jose Bautista | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0.400 | 0.571 | 1.000 | 1.571 |
| Jose Reyes | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.286 | 0.286 | 0.286 | 0.571 |
| Michael Saunders | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.667 |
| Jonathan Diaz | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.500 | 0.500 | 0.500 | 1.000 |
| Ryan Goins | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.667 |
| Dioner Navarro | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.167 | 0.167 | 0.167 | 0.333 |
| Kevin Pillar | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.667 |
| Justin Smoak | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.111 | 0.200 | 0.222 | 0.422 |
| Josh Thole | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.500 | 0.500 | 0.500 | 1.000 |
| Maicer Izturis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
On the other side for the Jays is knuckleballer R.A. Dickey. The ageless wonder continues to mesmerize batters with his power curve. That said he has given up at least four runs in four of his last five starts. In road games, he is 0-2 with a 6.00 ERA in three starts. Dickey has given up seven home runs this young season, and is facing the American League leaders in home runs in the Astros (49).
| HOUSTON ASTROS CAREER STATISTICS VS. R.A. DICKEY | ||||||||||||
| BATTER | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Jason Castro | 16 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.375 | 0.412 | 0.438 | 0.849 |
| Jed Lowrie | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.250 | 0.235 | 0.250 | 0.485 |
| Chris Carter | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0.300 | 0.300 | 0.700 | 1.000 |
| Jose Altuve | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.143 | 0.143 | 0.214 | 0.357 |
| Matt Dominguez | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.200 | 0.333 | 0.300 | 0.633 |
| Evan Gattis | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.667 | 0.667 | 0.667 | 1.333 |
| Jon Singleton | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.667 | 0.667 | 1.000 | 1.667 |
| Jonathan Villar | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 1.000 | 1.333 |
| Hank Conger | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.500 | 0.500 | 0.500 | 1.000 |
| Robbie Grossman | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.167 | 0.286 | 0.667 | 0.952 |
| Colby Rasmus | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.200 | 0.200 | 0.200 | 0.400 |
| Jake Marisnick | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Luis Valbuena | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.250 | 0.000 | 0.250 |
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