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Houston Astros (17-27) vs. Texas Rangers (24-19), May 22, 2016 1:10 PM CDT
TV: Root Sports SW, Fox Sports SW
Online: MLB.TV
Radio: KBME SportsTalk 790 AM, La Nueva 94.1 FM (En Español)
Rangers SB Nation Blog: Lone Star Ball
Pitching Matchup
LHP (Dallas Keuchel (2-5, 5.43 ERA, 1.58 WHIP) vs. LHP Cole Hamels (4-0, 3.10 ERA, 1.32 WHIP)
Preview
Not matter how well Dallas Keuchel pitches, the score will be Rangers 2, Astros 1. Preview done. Right? OK! Fine, I'll actually write a preview.
In 2015, Dallas Keuchel would be primed to be the Astros stopper to end the current slide. But this is 2016, Dallas Keuchel hasn't pitched like the Astros ace much of this season. Keuchel is 0-4 with a 7.32 ERA in his last six starts.
On top of that, the Rangers have had Keuchel's number in two of his last three starts. He has a 7.86 ERA over his last 18 1/3 innings against the Rangers. In his most recent start against Texas, Keuchel gave up six runs on 13 hits over six innings in Arlington.
Current Rangers are batting .242 (50x207) against Keuchel with a .282 BABIP, 3.18 FIP, 19.3 K%, and a 4.9 BB%.
| TEXAS RANGERS CAREER STATISTICS VS. DALLAS KEUCHEL | ||||||||||||
| BATTER | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Adrian Beltre | 43 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0.256 | 0.304 | 0.395 | 0.700 |
| Elvis Andrus | 44 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 0.227 | 0.271 | 0.295 | 0.566 |
| Prince Fielder | 28 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0.286 | 0.310 | 0.464 | 0.775 |
| Josh Hamilton | 18 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0.389 | 0.389 | 0.556 | 0.944 |
| Shin-Soo Choo | 23 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0.261 | 0.280 | 0.391 | 0.671 |
| Ian Desmond | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0.600 | 0.667 | 1.400 | 2.067 |
| Ryan Rua | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.375 | 0.375 | 0.375 | 0.750 |
| Robinson Chirinos | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0.154 | 0.214 | 0.231 | 0.445 |
| Delino DeShields | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0.125 | 0.222 | 0.188 | 0.410 |
| Bryan Holaday | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.400 | 0.400 | 0.400 | 0.800 |
| Nomar Mazara | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.500 | 0.500 | 0.750 | 1.250 |
| Rougned Odor | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0.118 | 0.211 | 0.294 | 0.505 |
| Hanser Alberto | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.500 | 0.500 | 0.500 | 1.000 |
| Mitch Moreland | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0.077 | 0.143 | 0.154 | 0.297 |
| Jurickson Profar | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.167 | 0.167 | 0.167 | 0.333 |
| Drew Stubbs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.200 | 0.200 | 0.200 | 0.400 |
| Bobby Wilson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Cole Hamels has allowed six runs over his last 12 1/3 innings. In his career, Hamels is 5-3 with a 4.50 ERA in 12 starts against Houston. In 2015, Hamels allowed three runs over seven innings in his one start against Houston. He allowed just one run over 6 2/3 innings in his lone start against Houston in 2016 on April 20.
Current Astros are batting .244 (19x78) against Hamels with a .255 BABIP, 5.18 FIP 21.1 K%, and a 3.5 BB%.
| HOUSTON ASTROS CAREER STATISTICS VS. COLE HAMELS | ||||||||||||
| BATTER | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Jose Altuve | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.556 | 0.667 | 0.889 | 1.556 |
| Evan Gattis | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0.313 | 0.313 | 0.688 | 1.000 |
| Carlos Gomez | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0.250 | 0.304 | 0.300 | 0.604 |
| Colby Rasmus | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0.333 | 0.385 | 0.583 | 0.968 |
| Jake Marisnick | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.500 | 0.833 |
| Carlos Correa | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.143 | 0.143 | 0.143 | 0.286 |
| Tyler White | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 1.333 | 1.667 |
| Jason Castro | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Marwin Gonzalez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| George Springer | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 0.143 | 0.000 | 0.143 |
| Luis Valbuena | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.333 | 0.000 | 0.333 |
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