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Houston Astros (49-39) at Tampa Bay Rays (43-45), Jul 11, 2015 3:10 PM CDT
TV: Roots Sports SW, MLB.TV
Radio: KBME 790 AM, KLAT 1010 AM
Rays SB Nation Blog: DRaysBay
Pitching Matchup
LHP Dallas Keuchel (11-3, 2.14 ERA, 0.99 WHIP) vs. RHP Jake Odorizzi (4-5, 2.47 ERA, 1.02 WHIP)
Preview
Welp, the Astros have lost four games in a row -- scoring just four runs in those four games. The Astros starters gave up only 10 runs over those same four games.
The Astros turn to their might beard, Dallas Keuchel before he heads to Cincinnati for the All-Star Game. Keuchel leads the AL in ERA, wins, and innings pitched. Keuchel has given up just three runs over his last 23 innings.
Keuchel is 0-2 with a 6.00 ERA and 11 strikeouts in three careers starts against the Rays.
| TAMPA BAY RAYS CAREER STATISTICS VS. DALLAS KEUCHEL | ||||||||||||
| BATTER | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Evan Longoria | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.500 | 0.500 | 0.500 | 1.000 |
| Asdrubal Cabrera | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.250 | 0.250 | 0.625 | 0.875 |
| Logan Forsythe | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.286 | 0.286 | 0.286 | 0.571 |
| Brandon Guyer | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.667 | 0.750 | 0.667 | 1.417 |
| John Jaso | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 |
| Desmond Jennings | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.125 | 0.300 | 0.125 | 0.425 |
| James Loney | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.250 | 0.200 | 0.250 | 0.450 |
| Jake Elmore | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Nick Franklin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.333 | 0.000 | 0.333 |
| Kevin Kiermaier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Grady Sizemore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Jake Odorizzi makes his return from a left oblique strain to make his first start since June 5. This is season, Odorizzi is 1-2 with a 1.64 ERA in five starts this season at home. Odorizzi pitched 7 1/3 scoreless inning in his one career start against the Astros.
| HOUSTON ASTROS CAREER STATISTICS VS. JAKE ODORIZZI | ||||||||||||
| BATTER | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Jose Altuve | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.500 | 0.667 | 0.500 | 1.167 |
| Hank Conger | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 3.000 |
| Colby Rasmus | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.200 | 0.200 | 0.600 | 0.800 |
| Jason Castro | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Marwin Gonzalez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Alex Presley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Jon Singleton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| George Springer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.333 | 0.000 | 0.333 |
| Luis Valbuena | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
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