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Houston Astros (10-19) vs. Seattle Mariners (17-11), May 6, 2016, 7:10 PM CDT
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Online: MLB.TV
Radio: KBME 790, La Nueva 94.1 FM (En Español)
M's SB Nation Blog: Lookout Landing
Pitching Matchup
RHP Doug Fister (2-3, 4.60 ERA, 1.43 WHIP) vs. RHP Taijuan Walker (2-1, 1.80 ERA, 1.03 WHIP)
Preview
So can we all agree to forget about yesterday's game? Good. It was another painful chapter in an already painful season. Thankfully baseball is a game where the team doesn't have to wait long to make up for mistakes. The first place Mariners and the last place Astros square off again on Friday.
Doug Fister on is on the mound for the Astros. Fister has put together three straight quality starts in his last three outings. In allowed one run over 6 2/3 innings against Oakland on 95 pitches.
Included in those quality starts is his outing in Seattle on April 25, Fister allowed three runs over six innings. It was the most extreme stretch of the term "quality start" as Fister walked a career-high seven batters in the game. Leonys Martin and Kyle Seager touched up Fister for a home run each in that game.
Current Mariners are batting .239 (26x109) against Fister with a .239 BABIP, 5.70 FIP, 10.5 K%, and an 11.3 BB%.
| SEATTLE MARINERS CAREER STATISTICS VS. DOUG FISTER | ||||||||||||
| BATTER | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Nelson Cruz | 25 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0.320 | 0.433 | 0.520 | 0.953 |
| Robinson Cano | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.357 | 0.400 | 0.500 | 0.900 |
| Kyle Seager | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.308 | 0.308 | 0.615 | 0.923 |
| Leonys Martin | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.333 | 0.400 | 0.778 | 1.178 |
| Adam Lind | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.133 | 0.133 | 0.200 | 0.333 |
| Ketel Marte | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.667 |
| Mike Zunino | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.667 |
| Norichika Aoki | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.667 | 0.000 | 0.667 |
| Franklin Gutierrez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Chris Iannetta | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.333 | 0.000 | 0.333 |
| Seth Smith | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.167 | 0.000 | 0.167 |
In the same matchup of the game in April in Seattle, Taijuan Walker counters Fister on the mound for the Mariners. Walker appears to have figured things out with a 2-0 record and a 1.44 ERA in April. He lasted just five innings in his last start, Sunday against the Royals.
Against Houston, Walker allowed just one run on six hits over seven innings in a win. Current Astros are batting .272 (34x125) with a .325 BABIP, 4.46 FIP, 27.0 K%, and an 5.1 BB%.
| HOUSTON ASTROS CAREER STATISTICS VS. TAIJUAN WALKER | ||||||||||||
| BATTER | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Jose Altuve | 22 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.364 | 0.391 | 0.636 | 1.028 |
| Evan Gattis | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0.357 | 0.357 | 0.857 | 1.214 |
| Colby Rasmus | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0.385 | 0.385 | 0.769 | 1.154 |
| Marwin Gonzalez | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.214 | 0.214 | 0.500 | 0.714 |
| George Springer | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0.250 | 0.286 | 0.500 | 0.786 |
| Jake Marisnick | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.500 | 0.667 | 0.500 | 1.167 |
| Luis Valbuena | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0.200 | 0.308 | 0.500 | 0.808 |
| Jason Castro | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.077 | 0.077 | 0.077 | 0.154 |
| Carlos Correa | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.125 | 0.222 | 0.250 | 0.472 |
| Carlos Gomez | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.250 | 0.500 | 0.250 | 0.750 |
| Erik Kratz | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.667 |
| Preston Tucker | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.167 | 0.167 | 0.167 | 0.333 |
| Jon Singleton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.667 | 0.000 | 0.667 |
| Tyler White | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.333 | 0.000 | 0.333 |