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Houston Astros (43-33) vs. New York Yankees (40-34), Jun 27, 2015 3:10 PM CDT
TV: Roots Sports SW, MLB.TV
Radio: KBME 790 AM, KLAT 1010 AM
Pitching matchup
LHP Brett Oberholtzer (2-1, 2.81 ERA, 1.44 WHIP) vs. RHP Masahiro Tanaka (4-3, 3.17 ERA, 1.03 WHIP)
Preview
#FreeSingelton has happened. A day after being called up and not in the lineup. Singleton is in the lineup as the designated hitter. A bit odd, because one Chris Carter is in the lineup and two as is Evan Gattis. Who would have guessed the Astros would send out a lineup with all three?
Today's #Astros lineup vs. Yankees. Brett Oberholtzer gets the ball at 3:10 pm. #Whiff pic.twitter.com/XzZqJYxM89
— #VoteAltuve (@astros) June 27, 2015
Brett Oberholtzer takes the mound for the Astros today. He is coming into today's game on a hot streak, allowing just five runs over his last 20 innings of work. In his most recent outing he allowed two runs over 5 2/3 innings against the Angels.
At home, Oberholtzer is 1-0 with a 1.65 ERA in three starts, compared to road starts he is 1-1 with a 4.02 ERA.
| NEW YORK YANKEES CAREER STATISTICS VS. BRETT OBERHOLTZER | ||||||||||||
| BATTER | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Jacoby Ellsbury | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.667 |
| Stephen Drew | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.667 | 1.000 |
| Brett Gardner | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.200 | 0.200 | 0.200 | 0.400 |
| Brian McCann | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.500 | 0.500 | 2.000 | 2.500 |
| John Ryan Murphy | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.500 | 0.500 | 1.000 | 1.500 |
| Mark Teixeira | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.167 | 0.167 | 0.167 | 0.333 |
| Chris Young | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.667 | 1.000 |
| Carlos Beltran | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.167 | 0.000 | 0.167 |
| Chase Headley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Brendan Ryan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
The Astros attempted to get Masahiro Tanaka, but he selected the Yankees before the 2014 season. Now he faces the Astros for the first time. He blew up in his last start, allowing 10 runs (seven earned) on ten hits over five innings against the Tigers.
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