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Houston Astros (16-24) vs. Chicago White Sox (24-15), May 18, 2016, 7:10 PM CDT
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Online: MLB.TV
Radio: KBME 790, La Nueva 94.1 FM (En Español)
White Sox SB Nation Blog: South Side Sox
Pitching Matchup
RHP Doug Fister (3-3, 4.22 ERA, 1.24 WHIP) vs. RHP Mat Latos (5-0, 3.40 ERA, 1.34 WHIP)
Preview
Lady luck has been on the Astros side in extra-inning games of late. Houston hopes to not need extra innings with Doug Fister. Doug Fister has posted five straight quality starts for the Astros coming into Wednesday's game. Fister had his best outing of the season in his last start, holding the Indians to two runs over seven innings.
Fister is 2-4 with a 3.72 career ERA against the White Sox with a 1.365 WHIP. Fister is 1-2 with a 4.32 ERA at U.S. Cellular Field in his career. Current White Sox are batting .250 (17x68) against Fister with a .291 BABIP, 3.55 FIP, 18.2 K%, and a 9.1 BB%.
| CHICAGO WHITE SOX CAREER STATISTICS VS. DOUG FISTER | ||||||||||||
| BATTER | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Melky Cabrera | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.357 | 0.357 | 0.429 | 0.786 |
| Alex Avila | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0.429 | 0.636 | 1.000 | 1.636 |
| Todd Frazier | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.375 | 0.444 | 0.375 | 0.819 |
| Jimmy Rollins | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0.250 | 0.308 | 0.583 | 0.891 |
| Austin Jackson | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0.143 | 0.143 | 0.214 | 0.357 |
| Leury Garcia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Avisail Garcia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Brett Lawrie | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.250 | 0.000 | 0.250 |
| J.B. Shuck | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Mat Latos was the biggest roll of the dice this season in free agency. Latos has paid off for the White Sox thus far. In April, Latos was 4-0 with a 1.84 ERA. He has come back down to earth a bit in May, he is 1-0 with 7.84 ERA over 10 1/3 innings.
Mat Latos is 4-1 with a 3.86 ERA with a 1.143 WHIP in his career against the Astros. Current Astros are batting .355 (22x62) against Latos with a .389 BABIP, 4.12 FIP, 11.8 K%, and a 7.4 BB%.
| HOUSTON ASTROS CAREER STATISTICS VS. MAT LATOS | ||||||||||||
| BATTER | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Carlos Gomez | 24 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0.417 | 0.417 | 0.833 | 1.250 |
| Colby Rasmus | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.545 | 0.545 | 0.636 | 1.182 |
| Jose Altuve | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.500 | 0.500 | 0.625 | 1.125 |
| Luis Valbuena | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0.286 | 0.444 | 0.500 | 0.944 |
| Jason Castro | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.250 | 0.250 | 0.375 | 0.625 |
| Marwin Gonzalez | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.667 | 1.000 |