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Houston Astros (77-68) at Texas Rangers (77-67), Sep 16, 2015 7:05 PM CDT
TV:
Radio: KBME 790 AM, KLAT 1010 AM
Rangers SB Nation Blog: Lone Star Ball
Pitching Matchup:
LHP Dallas Keuchel (17-7, 2.22 ERA, 1.00 WHIP) vs. LHP Martin Perez (2-5, 5.43 ERA, 1.50 WHIP)
Preview:
Well, things haven't gone the way that the Astros wanted these first two games. A Prince Field home run and walk-off sacrifice fly has been the difference thus far.
Dallas Keuchel's campaign to win the AL Cy-Young award makes a stop in Arlington. Away from Minute Maid, he is 4-7 with a 3.13 ERA. Houston needs to find a way to support their bearded huller, so far the Astros are 5-for-20 with runners in scoring position this series.
| TEXAS RANGERS CAREER STATISTICS VS. DALLAS KEUCHEL | ||||||||||||
| BATTER | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Adrian Beltre"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Adrian Beltre | 35 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0.229 | 0.270 | 0.400 | 0.670 |
| Elvis Andrus"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Elvis Andrus | 36 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.194 | 0.231 | 0.194 | 0.425 |
| Josh Hamilton"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Josh Hamilton | 18 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0.389 | 0.389 | 0.556 | 0.944 |
| Prince Fielder"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Prince Fielder | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.263 | 0.300 | 0.368 | 0.668 |
| Leonys Martin"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Leonys Martin | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0.200 | 0.200 | 0.250 | 0.450 |
| Shin-Soo Choo | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0.176 | 0.211 | 0.294 | 0.505 |
| Robinson Chirinos"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Robinson Chirinos | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0.154 | 0.214 | 0.231 | 0.445 |
| Carlos Corporan"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Carlos Corporan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.667 | 0.667 | 1.000 | 1.667 |
| Delino DeShields"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Delino DeShields | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.167 | 0.375 | 0.333 | 0.708 |
| Chris Gimenez"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Chris Gimenez | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.667 |
| Mitch Moreland"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Mitch Moreland | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.143 | 0.250 | 0.286 | 0.536 |
| Mike Napoli"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Mike Napoli | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.333 | 0.667 | 0.667 | 1.333 |
| Rougned Odor"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Rougned Odor | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.077 | 0.200 | 0.077 | 0.277 |
| Jurickson Profar | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.167 | 0.167 | 0.167 | 0.333 |
| Ryan Rua | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.200 | 0.200 | 0.200 | 0.400 |
| Drew Stubbs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.200 | 0.200 | 0.200 | 0.400 |
| Kyle Blanks"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Kyle Blanks | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Martin Perez is 1-3 with a 5.64 ERA in his last four starts. Perez is 3-1 with a 2.17 ERA in four career starts against the Astros.
| HOUSTON ASTROS CAREER STATISTICS VS. MARTIN PEREZ | ||||||||||||
| BATTER | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Chris Carter"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Chris Carter | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0.462 | 0.533 | 1.000 | 1.533 |
| Jose Altuve"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Jose Altuve | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.417 | 0.462 | 0.667 | 1.128 |
| Jed Lowrie"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Jed Lowrie | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.250 | 0.231 | 0.250 | 0.481 |
| Evan Gattis"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Evan Gattis | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.667 | 0.667 | 1.333 | 2.000 |
| Marwin Gonzalez"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Marwin Gonzalez | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.667 | 0.667 | 0.667 | 1.333 |
| Carlos Correa"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Carlos Correa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.667 |
| Robbie Grossman"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Robbie Grossman | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.143 | 0.143 | 0.143 | 0.286 |
| L.J. Hoes"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">L.J. Hoes | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0.091 | 0.167 | 0.091 | 0.258 |
| Jake Marisnick"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Jake Marisnick | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.500 | 0.500 | 1.000 | 1.500 |
| Jon Singleton"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Jon Singleton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 |
| Jason Castro"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Jason Castro | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Colby Rasmus"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Colby Rasmus | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Jonathan Villar"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Jonathan Villar | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.333 | 0.000 | 0.333 |
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