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Houston Astros (28-32) at Texas Rangers (36-22), June 8, 2016, 7:05 PM CT
TV: Root Sports Southwest
Online: MLB.TV
Radio: KBME SportsTalk 790 AM, La Nueva 94.1 FM (En Español)
Texas Rangers SB Nation Blog: Lone Star Ball
Pitching Matchup
RHP Doug Fister (5-3, 3.51 ERA, 1.26 WHIP) vs. RHP Yu Darvish (2-0, 3.38 ERA, 1.03 WHIP)
Preview
Yup, the last two games have soul-sucking. There is no reason to look back on them except for the fact the Astros have been in both games. The Astros have matched the Rangers stride for stride. The Astros can give the old college try one more time to improve upon their 0-8 record against the Rangers.
Doug Fister faces the newly return Yu Darvish on Wednesday. Fister has been the Astros best pitcher for much of the season, as the very least he has earned the spot of not being pushed to the bullpen. Fister pitched six innings of scoreless baseball in his last outing, and he allowed just two runs over six innings in his one start against Texas this season.
Fister is 4-5 with a 5.18 ERA in 11 career starts against the Rangers, and he is 0-3 with a 9.15 ERA in four starts against the Rangers at Globe Life Park. Current Rangers are batting .278 (32x115) against Fister with a .283 BABIP, 3.75 FIP, 8.1 K%, and a 2.4 BB%.
| TEXAS RANGERS CAREER STATISTICS VS. DOUG FISTER | ||||||||||||
| BATTER | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Shin-Soo Choo | 31 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0.323 | 0.344 | 0.613 | 0.957 |
| Adrian Beltre | 26 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.346 | 0.333 | 0.423 | 0.756 |
| Elvis Andrus | 33 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0.242 | 0.286 | 0.303 | 0.589 |
| Mitch Moreland | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0.200 | 0.227 | 0.250 | 0.477 |
| Prince Fielder | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.600 | 0.600 | 1.400 | 2.000 |
| Josh Hamilton | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0.158 | 0.261 | 0.211 | 0.471 |
| Rougned Odor | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0.400 | 0.400 | 1.200 | 1.600 |
| Jurickson Profar | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.667 | 0.667 | 0.667 | 1.333 |
| Drew Stubbs | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.667 |
| Ian Desmond | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.167 | 0.375 | 0.167 | 0.542 |
| Robinson Chirinos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Delino DeShields | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bryan Holaday | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Nomar Mazara | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Darvish is making his third major league start this season, he hasn't pitched past the sixth inning in either start. He has allowed just four earned runs over 10 2/3 innings. Darvish made 81 pitches in the first start and 88 in the second.
Darvish is 4-3 with a 3.54 ERA in nine career starts against the Astros. Current Astros are batting .261 (18x69) against Darvish with a .378 BABIP, 1.79 FIP, 31.9 K%, and a 4.2 BB%.
| HOUSTON ASTROS CAREER STATISTICS VS. YU DARVISH | ||||||||||||
| BATTER | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Colby Rasmus | 15 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0.467 | 0.467 | 0.867 | 1.333 |
| Jose Altuve | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0.150 | 0.261 | 0.200 | 0.461 |
| Jason Castro | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.167 | 0.167 | 0.222 | 0.389 |
| Jon Singleton | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0.600 | 0.667 | 0.800 | 1.467 |
| Marwin Gonzalez | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.182 | 0.182 | 0.182 | 0.364 |
| Jake Marisnick | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 |
| George Springer | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.667 |
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