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Game Preview: HOU @ OAK, 10:05pm, Friday, April 18, 2014 @O.co Coliseum

Astros, 5-11, 5-11 5th, 5½ GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Jarred Cosart (24, RHP, 1-1, 4.00)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (1-1) 18.0 13 8 8 6 15 1 4.00
2013 (1-1) 60.0 46 15 13 35 33 3 1.95
Last 7 GS 1-2 39.0 31 17 16 23 30 4 3.69 53
2014-04-12 @TEX ND 7.0 6 3 3 2 8 0 113 59
2014-04-07 LAA L 6.0 3 5 5 4 4 1 99 46
2014-04-02 NYY W 5.0 4 0 0 0 3 0 88 62
2013-09-09 @SEA ND 5.0 2 1 0 6 3 0 91 58
2013-09-03 MIN ND 4.0 5 4 4 3 5 2 90 38
2013-08-28 @CHW ND 6.0 7 1 1 5 4 0 113 53
2013-08-20 @TEX L 6.0 4 3 3 3 3 1 112 52
Last 5 v.OAK 0-0 13.0 10 2 1 4 8 0 0.69 64
2013-08-14 @OAK ND 6.0 3 0 0 1 4 0 99 69
2013-07-23 OAK ND 7.0 7 2 1 3 4 0 115 58
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    3-7    Road:    2-4    ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:   4-7    vsLHP:   1-4    1-Run:   1-2 
 vsEast:  3-3    vsCntrl: 0-3    vsWest:  2-5  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 16 Thu, Apr 17   KCR  L   1-5        5-11  5th  5.5 gb
 15 Wed, Apr 16   KCR  L   4-6 (11)   5-10  5th  5.0 gb
 14 Tue, Apr 15   KCR  L   2-4        5-9   5th  5.0 gb
 13 Sun, Apr 13  @TEX  L   0-1        5-8   5th  3.5 gb
 12 Sat, Apr 12  @TEX  W   6-5 (10)   5-7   5th  2.5 gb
 11 Fri, Apr 11  @TEX  L   0-1 (12)   4-7   5th  3.0 gb
 10 Thu, Apr 10  @TOR  W   6-4        4-6   5th  2.5 gb
  9 Wed, Apr  9  @TOR  L   3-7        3-6   5th  2.5 gb
  8 Tue, Apr  8  @TOR  L   2-5        3-5   4th  2.5 gb
  7 Mon, Apr  7   LAA  L   1-9        3-4   3rd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 5-11   Last 30: 5-11
Athletics, 10-5, 10-5 1st, 1½ up

SP: Sonny Gray (24, RHP, 2-0, 0.95)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (2-0) 19.0 16 4 2 7 19 0 0.95
2013 (5-3) 64.0 51 22 19 20 67 4 2.67
Last 7 GS 5-0 40.0 35 11 9 16 42 2 2.03 59
2014-04-12 @SEA W 7.0 5 1 1 2 9 0 102 70
2014-04-06 SEA W 6.0 6 3 1 2 3 0 98 53
2014-03-31 CLE ND 6.0 5 0 0 3 7 0 105 66
2013-09-29 @SEA W 5.0 3 0 0 3 8 0 79 66
2013-09-22 MIN W 5.0 7 4 4 2 3 1 94 38
2013-09-17 LAA ND 6.0 5 1 1 1 5 1 98 62
2013-09-11 @MIN W 5.0 4 2 2 3 7 0 91 55
Last 5 v.HOU 1-1 16.0 11 3 2 2 16 0 1.13 73
2013-09-05 HOU L 8.0 7 3 2 1 7 0 95 64
2013-08-15 HOU W 8.0 4 0 0 1 9 0 118 82
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    3-3    Road:    7-2    ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:   8-4    vsLHP:   2-1    1-Run:   3-1 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 4-2    vsWest:  6-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 15 Wed, Apr 16  @LAA  L   4-5 (12)  10-5   1st  2.0 up
 14 Tue, Apr 15  @LAA  W  10-9 (11)  10-4   1st  2.5 up
 13 Mon, Apr 14  @LAA  W   3-2        9-4   1st  1.5 up
 12 Sun, Apr 13  @SEA  W   3-0        8-4   1st  1.5 up
 11 Sat, Apr 12  @SEA  W   3-1        7-4   1st  0.5 up
 10 Fri, Apr 11  @SEA  L   4-6        6-4   2nd  0.5 gb
  9 Thu, Apr 10  @MIN  W   6-1        6-3   1st  0.5 up
  8 Wed, Apr  9  @MIN  W   7-4 (11)   5-3   1st    Tied
  7 Mon, Apr  7  @MIN  W   8-3        4-3   2nd  0.5 gb
  6 Sun, Apr  6   SEA  W   6-3        3-3   2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:10-5    Last 30:10-5 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Sep 08, 2013 OAK  7  HOU  2        W:Bartolo Colon (15-6), L: Lucas Harrell (6-16), S: Brett Anderson (3)
Sat, Sep 07, 2013 OAK  2  HOU  1        W:Dan Straily (9-7), L: Brett Oberholtzer (4-2), S: Sean Doolittle (1)
Fri, Sep 06, 2013 OAK  7  HOU  5        W:A.J. Griffin (13-9), L: Dallas Keuchel (5-9), S: Grant Balfour (37)
Thu, Sep 05, 2013 HOU  3 @OAK  2        W:Brad Peacock (4-5), L: Sonny Gray (2-3), S: Josh Fields (3)
Thu, Aug 15, 2013 OAK  5  HOU  0        W:Sonny Gray (1-1), L: Erik Bedard (3-9), S: none
Wed, Aug 14, 2013 HOU  2 @OAK  1 (11)   W:Lucas Harrell (6-13), L: Sean Doolittle (3-4), S: Josh Fields (2)
Tue, Aug 13, 2013 HOU  5 @OAK  4        W:Jordan Lyles (5-6), L: Bartolo Colon (14-5), S: Chia-Jen Lo (1)
Wed, Jul 24, 2013 OAK  4 @HOU  3        W:A.J. Griffin (9-7), L: Travis Blackley (1-1), S: Ryan Cook (2)
Tue, Jul 23, 2013 HOU  5  OAK  4        W:Josh Fields (1-1), L: Grant Balfour (0-2), S: none
Mon, Jul 22, 2013 OAK  4 @HOU  3        W:Ryan Cook (3-2), L: Wesley Wright (0-4), S: Grant Balfour (26)
Season Series: 2014 -  0-0; 2013 - OAK won 15-4; 2012 -  0-0; All-Time - OAK leads 20-5

Key for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids on the next pageKey for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids Below

Batter vs. Pitcher totals are career totals. All others are year-to-date.

PA - Plate Appearances (AB+BB+HBP+SH+SF+CI)
BF - Batters Faced
BA - Batting Average
OBP - On-Base Percentage
SLG - Slugging Percentage
Last 28d - PA and OPS in the last 28 days.
SB/CS - Stolen Bases and Caught Stealing
HR/E - Home Runs and Errors Made
ERA-K/9 - Earned Run Average and SO per 9 IP
Total - Team totals for those categories.
Usage - See the note below the grid.
OPS - On-Base Percentage + Slugging Percentage (a good single number for measuring a player's hitting, avg. is .750 or so)
RA/G & RS/G - Runs scored and allowed per game.
PA/vRH - Plate Appearances overall/PA's vs. Right-handed Pitchers
Catcher Def. - Catcher Defense with each catcher's Stolen Bases, Caught Stealings, and Passed Balls allowed.
G/S/vB or G/S/vP - Links to the player's 2014 gamelogs, splits, or career batter vs. pitcher results
vLH/vRH - OPS vs. left-handed pitchers and vs. right-handed pitchers
Hm or Rd, Home or Road - OPS or OPS allowed in home or road games.
OF G: LF / CF / RF - A - Outfielders with the games played by position and their total number of assists
vs LHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against left-handed batters
vs RHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against right-handed batters
HR/SB/CS - Pitcher's Home Runs, Stolen Bases and Caught Stealings allowed
MLB Best, Middle, Worst

For the 2013 season

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2014 season. Player Stats for the 2013 season. We will switch to 2014 stats on May 1st.

Astros Batters (2.81 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.20 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 54.Gray
G/S/vB
56.Abad*
G/S/vB
48.Cook
G/S/vB
62.Doolittle*
G/S/vB
44.Gregerson
G/S/vB
45.Johnson
G/S/vB
61.Otero
G/S/vB
13.Pomeranz*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP 7/.572 ··· 2/1.500 6/.900 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 672/480 .283/.316/.363/.678 .733/.656 .630 69/.672 35/13 5/9
23.Carter G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· 6/.567 5/.200 ··· 5/.650 2/.000 ··· 585/410 .223/.320/.451/.770 .782/.765 .925 55/.467 2/0 29/5
15.Castro* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.500 5/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 491/380 .276/.350/.485/.835 .738/.864 .769 55/.774 2/1 18/5
22.Corporan# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/no AB 1/3.000 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 210/123 .225/.287/.361/.648 .660/.640 .641 23/.694 0/0 7/6
30.Dominguez G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 6/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 589/424 .241/.286/.403/.690 .627/.714 .694 59/.606 0/1 21/16
21.Fowler# G/S/vP ··· 3/1.667 ··· ··· 17/1.059 ··· ··· ··· 492/346 .263/.369/.407/.776 .860/.741 .678 50/.574 19/9 12/3
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 222/183 .221/.252/.319/.571 .575/.570 .575 13/.558 6/2 4/10
14.Guzman G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 7/1.571 318/166 .226/.297/.378/.675 .691/.661 .865 31/.725 3/0 9/6
28.Hoes G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 184/122 .282/.332/.365/.696 .669/.710 .735 24/.683 7/1 1/4
18.Krauss* G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 2/2.500 ··· 146/131 .209/.267/.366/.633 .333/.669 .813 36/.495 2/0 4/2
8.Presley* G/S/vP 6/.833 4/1.500 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 195/144 .276/.313/.373/.686 .634/.705 .689 43/.455 1/4 3/1
4.Springer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 10/.522 / /
6.Villar# G/S/vP 7/.429 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 241/176 .243/.321/.319/.640 .673/.627 .512 51/.588 18/8 1/16
IP 64.0 37.2 67.1 69.0 66.1 70.1 39.0 21.2 TOTAL .188/.261/.338/.600 .634/.585 .576 .600 9/3 18/6
ERA-K/9 2.67/9.4 3.35/7.6 2.54/9.0 3.13/7.8 2.71/8.7 2.94/7.2 1.38/6.2 6.23/7.9 2.57/8.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (58-19-9)
 Corporan (31-10-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 261/.214 166/.271 294/.238 266/.214 268/.203 291/.273 159/.276 105/.301 .211  Fowler
 Krauss
 Presley
 Carter
 Hoes
 Guzman
0/110/0/3
18/0/9/3
12/28/12/2
49/0/2/0
3/2/44/0
35/0/5/0
OPS .570 .687 .616 .573 .572 .699 .613 .951 .584
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 153/.622 65/.790 132/.730 92/.516 132/.624 155/.740 83/.613 26/.405 .619
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 108/.499 101/.619 162/.526 174/.603 136/.521 136/.653 76/.613 79/1.150 .539
Home 158/.527 75/.475 165/.562 155/.587 149/.523 166/.657 110/.586 62/.851
Last 28d days 79/.577 18/.111 16/.250 34/.618 37/.438 44/.785 35/.567 32/.564
HR/SB/CS 4/1/1 3/2/0 2/16/1 4/6/3 3/10/0 5/1/1 0/1/0 4/3/0 12/9/0
Usage ·····X·· ·o··o··o ·oX····X ··X·Xo·· ·X·ooo·· ··Xo··X· ·XX·o··· ·XX···X·

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2014 season. Player Stats for the 2013 season. We will switch to 2014 stats on May 1st.

Athletics Batters (4.53 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.63 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 48.Cosart
G/S/vB
37.Albers
G/S/vB
45.Bass
G/S/vB
56.Clemens
G/S/vB
35.Fields
G/S/vB
41.Peacock
G/S/vB
50.Qualls
G/S/vB
44.Valdes*
G/S/vB
36.Williams
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Barton* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.667 120/91 .269/.350/.375/.725 .653/.749 .846 30/.277 0/0 3/1
18.Callaspo# G/S/vP 3/1.167 6/.167 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 3/.000 ··· 3/1.667 516/348 .258/.333/.369/.702 .763/.672 .673 47/.949 0/2 10/16
52.Cespedes G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 5/.400 ··· ··· 9/.778 574/390 .240/.294/.442/.737 .880/.672 .787 68/.738 7/7 26/4
4.Crisp# G/S/vP 4/1.000 5/.400 3/1.167 3/1.000 1/no AB 9/2.238 ··· ··· 20/.522 584/373 .261/.335/.444/.779 .645/.857 .705 34/.955 21/5 22/0
20.Donaldson G/S/vP 5/1.800 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 ··· 7/.286 ··· ··· 16/.842 668/464 .301/.384/.499/.883 1.042/.813 .888 71/.710 5/2 24/16
3.Gentry G/S/vP ··· 6/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 10/1.200 287/126 .280/.373/.386/.759 .801/.709 .786 16/.795 24/3 2/2
5.Jaso* G/S/vP 3/.667 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· 1/no AB 12/.872 249/220 .271/.387/.372/.759 .442/.802 .696 35/.721 2/1 3/3
8.Lowrie# G/S/vP 3/.666 2/2.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 7/.000 ··· ··· 9/1.319 662/431 .290/.344/.446/.791 .772/.800 .767 66/.945 1/0 15/18
37.Moss* G/S/vP 5/.000 1/no AB 3/1.666 3/.000 ··· 3/.333 2/1.000 ··· 12/1.383 505/417 .256/.337/.522/.859 .649/.904 .796 60/.803 4/2 30/8
36.Norris G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 308/135 .246/.345/.409/.754 .990/.445 .851 34/.792 5/0 9/3
1.Punto# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 335/227 .255/.328/.327/.655 .723/.622 .656 31/.555 3/3 2/8
16.Reddick* G/S/vP 6/.334 3/.666 3/1.333 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 2/.000 ··· 11/1.434 441/296 .226/.307/.379/.686 .667/.695 .586 46/.293 9/2 12/5
28.Sogard* G/S/vP 5/.600 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 7/1.857 ··· ··· 7/1.857 410/338 .266/.322/.364/.686 .640/.695 .701 40/.497 10/5 2/9
IP 60.0 63.0 42.0 73.1 38.0 83.1 62.0 35.0 169.1 TOTAL .240/.328/.383/.711 .621/.736 .700 .711 10/1 15/14
ERA-K/9 1.95/5.0 3.14/5.0 5.36/6.6 5.40/6.0 4.97/9.5 5.18/8.3 2.61/7.1 7.46/9.5 4.57/5.7 4.36/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Jaso (28-4-0)
 Norris (35-12-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 246/.220 262/.242 193/.297 323/.283 160/.220 365/.241 252/.251 152/.300 728/.272 .251  Cespedes
 Reddick
 Gentry
 Crisp
 Moss
94/18/0/10
0/0/113/9
34/71/0/7
0/110/0/2
8/2/27/1
OPS .631 .621 .829 .865 .783 .779 .658 .894 .772 .711
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 148/.489 114/.683 90/.881 161/.871 71/.884 211/.919 103/.600 51/.650 402/.818 .792
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 98/.849 148/.573 103/.785 162/.859 89/.706 154/.594 149/.698 101/1.021 326/.716 .642
Road 173/.526 121/.696 124/.965 165/.878 54/.893 222/.726 121/.689 78/1.070 367/.781
Last 28d days 74/.558 28/.681 33/.431 11/.455 24/.530 49/.750 22/.933 / 44/.985
HR/SB/CS 3/5/3 2/2/3 4/2/2 16/7/2 8/2/2 15/12/1 4/5/1 7/0/1 23/9/7 13/14/4
Usage ·····X·· ·X···X·· X····Xoo ··X····· ·oX····X ·X····X· ······Xo ·X··o···

Usage -- each character represents the number of pitches thrown by the pitcher for yesterday, two days ago, three days ago, ...., up to eight days ago:
· - did not pitch; o - less than 16 pitches; X - at least 16 pitches (the median relief outing)
An Example ( ·X···o·X ): Yesterday off, 16 or more pitches, three days off, less than 16 pitches, day off, 16 or more pitches (8 days ago). Yesterday is in bold for improved scanning.