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Houston Astros (55-48) vs. Detroit Tigers (56-48), Jul 31, 2016, 12:08 PM CDT
TV: Root Sports SW
Online: MLB.TV
Radio: KBME SportsTalk 790 AM, La Nueva 94.1 FM (En Español)
Detroit Tigers SB Nation Blog: Bless You Boys
Pitching Matchup
LHP Dallas Keuchel (6-10, 4.57 ERA, 1.33 WHIP) vs. RHP Mike Pelfrey (3-9, 4.98 ERA, 1.75 WHIP)
Preview
Well, this hasn't been a great start for the Astros. A blowout loss and a painful comeback/walk-off in game two. What will happen now?
The Astros can only hope their "ace" Dallas Keuchel can be the stopper that the team is looking for. Keuchel is 1-1 with a 2.33 ERA in three starts in July. Keuchel has posted seven straight quality starts coming to Sunday.
He previously faced the Tigers on April 15, he pitched eight scoreless innings and struck out four. Keuchel is 3-1 with a 3.03 ERA in five games (four starts) against the Tigers. He is 1-0 with a 4.05 ERA in two starts at Comerica Park.
Current Tigers are batting .291 (32x110) against Keuchel with a .312 BABIP, 4.55 FIP, 11.9 K%, and a 6.8 BB%.
| DETROIT TIGERS CAREER STATISTICS VS. DALLAS KEUCHEL | ||||||||||||
| BATTER | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Mike Aviles | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.667 |
| Miguel Cabrera | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0.167 | 0.333 | 0.167 | 0.500 |
| Nick Castellanos | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.444 | 0.778 |
| Anthony Gose | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.167 | 0.167 | 0.167 | 0.333 |
| Jose Iglesias | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.200 | 0.333 | 0.400 | 0.733 |
| Ian Kinsler | 26 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0.308 | 0.357 | 0.423 | 0.780 |
| Victor Martinez | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.583 | 0.917 |
| J.D. Martinez | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.111 | 0.111 | 0.111 | 0.222 |
| James McCann | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.667 |
| Andrew Romine | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.667 | 0.667 | 0.667 | 1.333 |
| Jarrod Saltalamacchia | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.250 | 0.250 | 0.375 | 0.625 |
| Justin Upton | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.100 | 0.250 | 0.100 | 0.350 |
Mike Pelfrey goes for the Tigers on Sunday. Pelfrey is 1-2 with a 4.81 ERA in five July starts. He allowed one run on five hits over six innings on April 15 against the Astros.
Pelfrey is 3-5 with a 4.56 ERA in nine career starts against Houston. Current Astros are batting .263 (20x76) against Pelfrey with a .310 BABIP, 4.85 FIP, 18.2 K%, and a 13.6 BB%.
| HOUSTON ASTROS CAREER STATISTICS VS. MIKE PELFREY | ||||||||||||
| BATTER | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Jose Altuve | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.222 | 0.364 | 0.222 | 0.586 |
| Jason Castro | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.333 | 0.500 | 0.333 | 0.833 |
| Carlos Correa | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.200 | 0.000 | 0.200 |
| Evan Gattis | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.286 | 0.286 | 0.286 | 0.571 |
| Carlos Gomez | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.182 | 0.182 | 0.182 | 0.364 |
| Marwin Gonzalez | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 |
| Jake Marisnick | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.500 | 0.500 | 0.500 | 1.000 |
| Colby Rasmus | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0.400 | 0.500 | 0.700 | 1.200 |
| George Springer | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.667 |
| Luis Valbuena | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.167 | 0.286 | 0.333 | 0.619 |
| Tyler White | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.667 | 0.000 | 0.667 |
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