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Houston Astros (25-14) vs. Oakland Athletics (14-26), May 19, 2015 7:10 PM CDT
TV: Roots Sports SW, MLB.TV
Radio: KBME 790 AM, KLAT 1010 AM
Pitching matchup
RHP Roberto Hernandez (1-3, 4.12 ERA, 1.21 WHIP) vs. RHP Sonny Gray (4-1, 1.61 ERA, 0.93 WHIP)
Preview
The A's got the upper hand in game one of the series, and now send out their ace Sonny Gray. Gray picked up his first loss of the season, but even that was impressive like the rest of his 2015 campaign. Gray gave up just one run over seven inning on three hits against Boston, in his first loss. Gray comes into his start on Tuesday with five-straight quality starts under his belt. He has allowed only one run or less in six of eight starts. Gray is 2-1 with 2.05 ERA in three career starts against Houston.
HOUSTON ASTROS CAREER STATISTICS VS. SONNY GRAY | ||||||||||||
BATTER | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Jose Altuve"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Jose Altuve | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.364 | 0.364 | 0.364 | 0.727 |
Chris Carter"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Chris Carter | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0.143 | 0.222 | 0.143 | 0.365 |
Jason Castro"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Jason Castro | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.333 | 0.500 | 0.667 | 1.167 |
Hank Conger"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Hank Conger | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Matt Dominguez"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Matt Dominguez | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Evan Gattis"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Evan Gattis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Robbie Grossman"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Robbie Grossman | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.500 | 0.500 | 0.500 | 1.000 |
L.J. Hoes"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">L.J. Hoes | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.667 |
Colby Rasmus"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Colby Rasmus | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.667 |
George Springer"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">George Springer | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.667 |
Jonathan Villar"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Jonathan Villar | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.300 | 0.300 | 0.400 | 0.700 |
Roberto Hernandez has pitched through six innings in six-straight starts. That someone thing I would have never guessed Hernandez would have been able to do it any point this season. Hernandez allowed four runs over 6 1/3 innings against the Blue Jays in his last start. He has some how missed the A's this season in his first seven starts of the season. Hernandez is 5-7 with 4.84 ERA in 14 career appearances against the A's.
OAKLAND ATHLETICS CAREER STATISTICS VS. ROBERTO HERNANDEZ | ||||||||||||
BATTER | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Billy Butler"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Billy Butler | 38 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0.316 | 0.391 | 0.395 | 0.786 |
Coco Crisp"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Coco Crisp | 22 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0.409 | 0.519 | 0.591 | 1.109 |
Brett Lawrie"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Brett Lawrie | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.333 | 0.429 | 0.500 | 0.929 |
Josh Reddick"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Josh Reddick | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.286 | 0.286 | 0.714 | 1.000 |
Craig Gentry"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Craig Gentry | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 |
Eric Sogard"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Eric Sogard | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.167 | 0.167 | 0.167 | 0.333 |
Ben Zobrist"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Ben Zobrist | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0.083 | 0.267 | 0.083 | 0.350 |