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Houston Astros (14-22) vs. Boston Red Sox (22-13), May 14, 2016, 12:05 PM CDT
TV:
Online: MLB.TV, Fox Sports Go
Radio: KBME 790, La Nueva 94.1 FM (En Español)
Red Sox SB Nation Blog: Over the Monster
Pitching Matchup
RHP Collin McHugh (4-3, 5.50 ERA, 1.63 WHIP) vs. RHP Clay Buchholz (2-3, 5.90 ERA, 1.44 WHIP)
Preview
In Springer We Trust. The New England native and UConn product sparked the Astros to a win in Lance McCullers return. Not it's Collin McHugh's turn to try and stop the Red Sox offense.
Collin McHugh wasn't missing bats to start the season. At one point he allowed 28 hits over three starts. But, he has allowed just seven runs over his last 17 2/3 innings. In his one start against Boston this season, he allowed five runs over four innings.
Current Red Sox are batting .338 (22x65) against McHugh with a .393 BABIP, 3.63 FIP, 15.4 K%, and 12.8 BB%.
| BOSTON RED SOX CAREER STATISTICS VS. COLLIN MCHUGH | ||||||||||||
| BATTER | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Xander Bogaerts | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0.455 | 0.500 | 0.636 | 1.136 |
| Mookie Betts | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.800 | 0.714 | 1.600 | 2.314 |
| Brock Holt | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0.400 | 0.500 | 0.400 | 0.900 |
| Jackie Bradley Jr. | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.750 | 0.800 | 1.000 | 1.800 |
| Dustin Pedroia | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.286 | 0.286 | 0.429 | 0.714 |
| Hanley Ramirez | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.333 | 0.375 | 0.333 | 0.708 |
| Travis Shaw | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.500 | 0.500 | 0.500 | 1.000 |
| Blake Swihart | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.667 |
| Chris Young | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.167 | 0.167 | 0.167 | 0.333 |
| Ryan Hanigan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.200 | 0.000 | 0.200 |
| David Ortiz | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.250 | 0.000 | 0.250 |
| Pablo Sandoval | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Clay Buchholz has always been an up and down pitcher, and it was personified in Houston. Buchholz was rolling along before Colby Rasmus hit a grand slam against the righty -- leading to a Red Sox's 8-3 loss.
In May, Buchholtz has allowed six runs over 12 innings. He is 1-2 with a 5.48 ERA in four home starts this season.
Current Astros are batting .200 (23x115) with a .247 BABIP, 2.87 FIP, 25.8 K%, and 4.0 BB%.
| HOUSTON ASTROS CAREER STATISTICS VS. CLAY BUCHHOLZ | ||||||||||||
| BATTER | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Colby Rasmus | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0.148 | 0.258 | 0.259 | 0.517 |
| Luis Valbuena | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.308 | 0.357 | 0.692 | 1.049 |
| Jose Altuve | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.158 | 0.158 | 0.158 | 0.316 |
| Jason Castro | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.300 | 0.364 | 0.300 | 0.664 |
| Marwin Gonzalez | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.250 | 0.250 | 0.333 | 0.583 |
| Carlos Gomez | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.222 | 0.222 | 0.556 | 0.778 |
| George Springer | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.667 |
| Carlos Correa | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.167 | 0.286 | 0.167 | 0.452 |
| Evan Gattis | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.250 | 0.250 | 0.250 | 0.500 |
| Jake Marisnick | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.667 |
| Jon Singleton | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0.000 | 0.111 | 0.000 | 0.111 |
| Preston Tucker | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |