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Houston Astros (50-43) vs. Oakland Athletics (41-52), July 19, 2016, 9:05 PM CDT
TV: Root Sports SW
Online: MLB.TV
Radio: KBME SportsTalk 790 AM, La Nueva 94.1 FM (En Español)
Athletics SB Nation Blog: Athletics Nation
Pitching Matchup
LHP Dallas Keuchel (6-9, 4.80 ERA, 1.37 WHIP) Vs. LHP Dillon Overton (1-1, 11.42 ERA, 2.31 WHIP)
Preview
Nothing went right for the Astros in game one against the Athletics. Mike Fiers couldn't finish four innings on the mound and then starts a scuffle in the dugout for the next inning or so. But the Astros now turn to the 2015 AL Cy Young award winner to right the ship.
Keuchel will be looking for his sixth straight quality start in game two. He is 1-0 with a 2.08 ERA in two July starts. He held the A's to one run on four hits over seven innings in his last start on July 10.
Keuchel is 2-3 with a 2.78 ERA in 13 career games (11 starts) against Oakland. He is 0-2 with a 3.30 ERA in five games (four starts) in Oakland. Current A's are batting .292 (38x130) against Keuchel with a .333 BABIP, 4.06 FIP, 14.5 K%, and a 9.7 BB%.
| OAKLAND ATHLETICS CAREER STATISTICS VS. DALLAS KEUCHEL | ||||||||||||
| BATTER | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Jed Lowrie | 26 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0.346 | 0.346 | 0.423 | 0.769 |
| Coco Crisp | 24 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0.292 | 0.414 | 0.417 | 0.830 |
| Danny Valencia | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0.538 | 0.625 | 1.154 | 1.779 |
| Marcus Semien | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.400 | 0.400 | 0.400 | 0.800 |
| Jake Smolinski | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.364 | 0.417 | 0.364 | 0.780 |
| Josh Phegley | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.300 | 0.300 | 0.400 | 0.700 |
| Billy Burns | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.182 | 0.167 | 0.182 | 0.348 |
| Billy Butler | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0.125 | 0.263 | 0.125 | 0.388 |
| Sam Fuld | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.667 |
| Eric Sogard | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.286 | 0.286 | 0.286 | 0.571 |
| Yonder Alonso | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.200 | 0.333 | 0.200 | 0.533 |
| Mark Canha | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.111 | 0.200 | 0.111 | 0.311 |
| Matt McBride | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.500 | 0.500 | 0.500 | 1.000 |
| Josh Reddick | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0.067 | 0.125 | 0.067 | 0.192 |
| Khris Davis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Keuchel, born in Tulsa, will face fellow Oklahoman Dillon Overton on the mound. The left-hander was born in Clinton and played college baseball at Oklahoma. Overton makes his third start of the season for the A's on Tuesday after being called up for the start against Nashville.
The 2013 2nd round pick, allowed three runs on seven hits over 5 2/3 inning on June 25 against the Angels and eight runs on eight hits over three innings on June 30 against the Giants.
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