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Houston Astros (5-10) vs. Texas Rangers (9-6), Apr 21, 2016 7:05 PM CDT
TV: ROOT SPORTS Southwest
Online: MLB.TV
Radio: KBME 790, La Nueva 94.1 FM (En Español)
Rangers SB Nation Blog: Lone Star Ball
Pitching Matchup
LHP Dallas Keuchel (2-1, 2.18 ERA, 1.21 WHIP) vs. RHP A.J. Griffin (1-0, 3.27 ERA, 1.36 WHIP)
Preview
Welp. The Houston Astros can't do much right. The team can't run the bases or drive in runs. Even for a time Dallas Keuchel didn't look right. But it appears Keuchel has found the path back to success after a few starts. Keuchel is exactly what the Astro need after the two losses to the Rangers.
Keuchel returns to the place where he had his worst start in 2015. The Astros ace gave up nine runs over 4 2/3 innings on Sept. 16. The loss was one of the final nails in the coffin for the Astros' chances for the AL West crown. Overall in 2015, Keuchel was 2-1 with a 3.48 ERA in five starts.
Current Rangers are batting .235 (59x251) with a .290 BABIP, 2.997 FIP, 22.14 K%, and 5.00 BB%.
| TEXAS RANGERS CAREER STATISTICS VS. DALLAS KEUCHEL | ||||||||||||
| BATTER | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Elvis Andrus | 41 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0.220 | 0.267 | 0.244 | 0.511 |
| Adrian Beltre | 40 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0.225 | 0.279 | 0.375 | 0.654 |
| Robinson Chirinos | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0.154 | 0.214 | 0.231 | 0.445 |
| Shin-Soo Choo | 23 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0.261 | 0.280 | 0.391 | 0.671 |
| Delino DeShields | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0.167 | 0.286 | 0.250 | 0.536 |
| Ian Desmond | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.500 | 0.667 | 0.500 | 1.167 |
| Prince Fielder | 25 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.280 | 0.308 | 0.480 | 0.788 |
| Chris Gimenez | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.200 | 0.200 | 0.200 | 0.400 |
| Josh Hamilton | 18 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0.389 | 0.389 | 0.556 | 0.944 |
| Bryan Holaday | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Mitch Moreland | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0.077 | 0.143 | 0.154 | 0.297 |
| Rougned Odor | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0.118 | 0.211 | 0.294 | 0.505 |
| 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 |
A.J. Griffin stays in the A.L. West, moving from the Oakland Athletics to the Rangers this offseason. He has been a solid pick up so far, allowing four runs over 11 innings of work. Griffin had delt with complications of Tommy John Surgery over the past two seasons.
| HOUSTON ASTROS CAREER STATISTICS VS. A.J. GRIFFIN | ||||||||||||
| BATTER | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Jose Altuve | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.364 | 0.417 | 0.727 | 1.144 |
| Jason Castro | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.917 | 1.250 |
| Carlos Gomez | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.667 | 0.667 | 0.667 | 1.333 |
| Marwin Gonzalez | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.250 | 0.250 | 0.500 | 0.750 |
| Colby Rasmus | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0.000 | 0.222 | 0.000 | 0.222 |
| Luis Valbuena | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.667 |
| Totals | 40 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 0.300 | 0.349 | 0.600 | 0.949 |