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973 | HOUSTON | +140 | Ov 9,-115 | +155 | Ov 8.5,+105 | 974 | CHI WHITE SOX | -150 | Un 9,-105 | -165 | Un 8.5,-125 |
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All Games | 40-56 | -2.4 | 45-48 | 3.8 | 0.238 | 0.303 | 4.7 | 0.266 | 0.329 | Road Games | 19-28 | +0.8 | 21-24 | 4.0 | 0.241 | 0.305 | 4.5 | 0.265 | 0.331 | vs Left-handed Starters | 13-19 | -2.5 | 15-16 | 4.1 | 0.242 | 0.313 | 4.6 | 0.264 | 0.324 | Past 7 Games | 4-3 | +2.9 | 5-2 | 5.0 | 0.272 | 0.317 | 5.9 | 0.325 | 0.385 | Grass Games | 38-51 | -1 | 42-44 | 4.0 | 0.242 | 0.307 | 4.7 | 0.265 | 0.327 | Night Games | 27-38 | -0.5 | 32-31 | 3.7 | 0.240 | 0.306 | 4.8 | 0.266 | 0.326 |
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All Games | 3.8 | 0.238 | 0.303 | 96 | 3212 | 764 | 255 | 103 | 0.03 | 348 | 300 | 847 | 77 | 648 | 87 | 63 | 89 | 60 | Road Games | 4.0 | 0.241 | 0.305 | 47 | 1599 | 386 | 126 | 51 | 0.03 | 180 | 146 | 388 | 39 | 306 | 54 | 27 | 40 | 31 | Lefty Starters | 4.1 | 0.242 | 0.313 | 32 | 1048 | 254 | 92 | 38 | 0.04 | 126 | 108 | 278 | 26 | 210 | 34 | 23 | 27 | 26 |
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All Games | 5.07 | 1.476 | 289.3 | 177 | 163 | 312 | 35 | 115 | 264 | 9-14 | 16 | 16 | 50% | Road Games | 5.72 | 1.608 | 124.3 | 84 | 79 | 142 | 20 | 58 | 123 | 2-9 | 7 | 7 | 50% |
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All Games | 45-51 | +5.6 | 50-43 | 4.3 | 0.250 | 0.307 | 4.5 | 0.256 | 0.329 | Home Games | 24-21 | +5.1 | 25-20 | 4.4 | 0.251 | 0.314 | 4.4 | 0.242 | 0.317 | vs Right-handed Starters | 33-38 | +2.3 | 38-30 | 4.3 | 0.249 | 0.311 | 4.6 | 0.260 | 0.336 | Past 7 Games | 3-4 | +1.1 | 3-4 | 4.4 | 0.265 | 0.308 | 3.4 | 0.218 | 0.287 | Grass Games | 42-50 | +3 | 49-40 | 4.3 | 0.252 | 0.309 | 4.6 | 0.257 | 0.330 | Night Games | 31-30 | +10 | 35-23 | 4.4 | 0.253 | 0.311 | 4.5 | 0.257 | 0.328 |
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All Games | 4.3 | 0.250 | 0.307 | 96 | 3298 | 826 | 287 | 98 | 0.03 | 386 | 271 | 833 | 55 | 633 | 90 | 62 | 96 | 52 | Home Games | 4.4 | 0.251 | 0.314 | 45 | 1539 | 386 | 125 | 43 | 0.03 | 182 | 141 | 399 | 24 | 317 | 29 | 28 | 45 | 21 | Righty Starters | 4.3 | 0.249 | 0.311 | 71 | 2449 | 610 | 214 | 69 | 0.03 | 281 | 221 | 619 | 41 | 492 | 72 | 46 | 69 | 45 |
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All Games | 3.90 | 1.430 | 291 | 136 | 126 | 263 | 21 | 153 | 225 | 13-17 | 19 | 12 | 61.3% | Home Games | 3.98 | 1.473 | 149.3 | 73 | 66 | 134 | 10 | 86 | 120 | 8-7 | 7 | 8 | 46.7% |
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7/4/2014 | KEUCHEL(L) | @ LA ANGELS | WILSON(L) | 6-7 | L | 170 | 8 ev | O | 8 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 7/5/2014 | FELDMAN(R) | @ LA ANGELS | SANTIAGO(L) | 5-11 | L | 175 | 8.5 un | O | 8 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 7/6/2014 | MCHUGH(R) | @ LA ANGELS | RICHARDS(R) | 1-6 | L | 205 | 7.5 ev | U | 7 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 7/7/2014 | COSART(R) | @ TEXAS | MIKOLAS(R) | 12-7 | W | 140 | 9.5 un | O | 17 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 7/8/2014 | PEACOCK(R) | @ TEXAS | IRWIN(R) | 8-3 | W | 135 | 9.5 un | O | 12 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 7/9/2014 | KEUCHEL(L) | @ TEXAS | DARVISH(R) | 8-4 | W | 195 | 7.5 un | O | 13 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 7/11/2014 | FELDMAN(R) | BOSTON | LACKEY(R) | 3-8 | L | +120 | 7.5 un | O | 7 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 7/12/2014 | OBERHOLTZER(L) | BOSTON | PEAVY(R) | 3-2 | W | +120 | 8.5 un | U | 8 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 7/13/2014 | PEACOCK(R) | BOSTON | BUCHHOLZ(R) | 0-11 | L | +120 | 8 ev | O | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 7/18/2014 | FELDMAN(R) | @ CHI WHITE SOX | QUINTANA(L) | | 7/19/2014 | KEUCHEL(L) | @ CHI WHITE SOX | NOESI(R) | | 7/20/2014 | COSART(R) | @ CHI WHITE SOX | DANKS(L) | | 7/22/2014 | MCHUGH(R) | @ OAKLAND | KAZMIR(L) | | 7/23/2014 | PEACOCK(R) | @ OAKLAND | CHAVEZ(R) | | 7/24/2014 | | @ OAKLAND | | | 7/25/2014 | | MIAMI | | |
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7/4/2014 | SALE(L) | SEATTLE | ELIAS(L) | 7-1 | W | -170 | 7 un | O | 9 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 7/5/2014 | QUINTANA(L) | SEATTLE | HERNANDEZ(R) | 2-3 | L | +130 | 7 un | U | 4 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 7/6/2014 | NOESI(R) | SEATTLE | WALKER(R) | 1-0 | W | +120 | 9.5 un | U | 2 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 7/7/2014 | CARROLL(R) | @ BOSTON | BUCHHOLZ(R) | 4-0 | W | 190 | 10 un | U | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7/8/2014 | DANKS(L) | @ BOSTON | WORKMAN(R) | 8-3 | W | 160 | 9.5 ov | O | 12 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 7/9/2014 | SALE(L) | @ BOSTON | DE LA ROSA(R) | 4-5 | L | -115 | 7.5 ov | O | 10 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 7/10/2014 | QUINTANA(L) | @ BOSTON | LESTER(L) | 3-4 | L | 150 | 8 un | U | 10 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7/11/2014 | NOESI(R) | @ CLEVELAND | KLUBER(R) | 4-7 | L | 205 | 7.5 ov | O | 8 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 7/12/2014 | CARROLL(R) | @ CLEVELAND | MCALLISTER(R) | 6-2 | W | 175 | 9 ev | U | 8 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 7/13/2014 | DANKS(L) | @ CLEVELAND | BAUER(R) | 2-3 | L | 155 | 8.5 ev | U | 11 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 7/18/2014 | QUINTANA(L) | HOUSTON | FELDMAN(R) | | 7/19/2014 | NOESI(R) | HOUSTON | KEUCHEL(L) | | 7/20/2014 | DANKS(L) | HOUSTON | COSART(R) | | 7/21/2014 | SALE(L) | KANSAS CITY | GUTHRIE(R) | | 7/22/2014 | CARROLL(R) | KANSAS CITY | CHEN(L) | | 7/23/2014 | QUINTANA(L) | KANSAS CITY | SHIELDS(R) | | 7/24/2014 | | @ MINNESOTA | | | 7/25/2014 | | @ MINNESOTA | | |
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| | | HOUSTON: HOUSTON (AP) - Coming off three straight 100-loss seasons, the Houston Astros are confident they'll be better this year.
How much? They aren't putting a number on that. But after setting a franchise record with a whopping 111 defeats, they have a simple target.
''It's our goal to be the most improved team in major league baseball (and) I believe ... we have the group together and we can actually accomplish that,'' second-year manager Bo Porter said.
There are several reasons why the Astros are certain they can improve. They brought in several established players this offseason to pair with the many young players who got their first significant playing time last season. They also could get some reinforcements soon from top prospects who are inching closer to being major league ready.
General manager Jeff Luhnow's rebuilding plan has already boosted Houston's minor league system from the worst in baseball to one of the best. He expects that work to start paying dividends this season in the majors.
''We have a young team. We're still going to make some mistakes,'' he said. ''Our young players have improved but still need some development. We brought in some veterans to help stabilize the team this year. We're going to see a big improvement as a result of those two dynamics.''
| | CHI WHITE SOX: CHICAGO (AP) - From rock bottom last season to contention this year? The Chicago White Sox see no reason why it can't happen.
They're ready to put last season's 99-loss wreck behind them and make a jump at least back to respectability, if not a run at the AL Central title.
They see a team with solid pitching, a new slugger in Jose Abreu and renewed vigor. Now, all they have to do is back it up.
''You have to pitch, you have to hit, you have to score,'' said manager Robin Ventura, entering his third season. ''You have to play defense. You have to do all of them in our division. Detroit has won it the last few years. They have a combination of everything. Unless you do that, you're not going to be close. We proved that last year.''
They had the pitching part down last season. The rest? Well, that's where things got dicey.
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| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER AL PREVIEW (HOUSTON-CHI WHITE SOX) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(ADDS FIP info for Quintana)
*Astros-White Sox Preview* ==========================
Houston (40-56) at Chicago (45-51), 8:10 p.m. EDT
Neither the Chicago White Sox nor the Houston Astros are contenders this season, but one has baseball's top home run hitter and the other features the big-league hits leader.
Pitchers in Chicago this weekend will be tasked with slowing down the White Sox's Jose Abreu and the Astros' Jose Altuve beginning with Friday night's opener of this three-game series.
The rebuilding process is ongoing for fourth-place clubs whose seasons have been highlighted by stellar hitting by their All-Stars.
Abreu is a rookie with 29 homers despite missing a 14-game stretch beginning with a May 18 contest at Houston due to an ankle injury. He has batted .355 while hitting safely in 26 of his past 27 games, including 14 for 32 (.438) during an eight-game hit streak.
Altuve has 130 hits and ranks third in the majors with a .335 average and second with 41 stolen bases. He became the first player in history to record 130 hits and 40 steals before the All-Star break.
"It was a good first half for us," Altuve told MLB's official website. "I think we played really good baseball. I just want to try to get on base and help my team win and we're going to come back in the second half and try to do the best we can."
The second baseman is hitting .381 with 17 steals over his last 25 games.
He went 5 for 15 as the Astros (40-56) took two of three from the White Sox (45-51) from May 16-18.
Conor Gillaspie went 4 for 13 in that series and returns home after going 10 for 19 with three homers, five RBIs and eight runs scored on Chicago's 3-4 trip before the break.
"We've had spurts where we play well, we've had spurts where we didn't," manager Robin Ventura said. "You wish you were in a better spot but you come back and try to clean that stuff up."
Altuve figures to be challenged since he's 2 for 10 with four strikeouts against Jose Quintana (5-7, 3.24 ERA), who starts Friday for Chicago.
Quintana is 2-0 with a 1.51 ERA in his last five starts. The left-hander has one win at home in seven starts, but he's second in the majors in fielding-independent pitching (FIP) at home at 1.86 behind the 1.71 mark of Los Angeles Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw.
FIP takes into account balls that do not involve fielding and uses homers allowed, walks and strikeouts.
The White Sox have won all three of his starts against the Astros, with Quintana going 1-0 with a 3.63 ERA.
Houston starter Scott Feldman (4-6, 4.33) has never faced Abreu. He's 5-1 with a 2.97 ERA in 10 starts against Chicago, including 2-0 with a 1.71 ERA in three last year for two teams.
The right-hander has limited Alexei Ramirez to five hits in 24 at-bats. Adam Dunn (2 for 17), Dayan Viciedo (2 for 16) and Alejandro De Aza (2 for 15) have also fared poorly against Feldman.
Ramirez doubled in Tuesday's All-Star game after sitting out Sunday's 3-2 loss in Cleveland due to a stiff back. Center fielder Adam Eaton has missed the last two games with a wrist injury.
The White Sox are a league-worst 6-12 against AL West teams.
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| Last Updated: 4/26/2024 5:51:13 AM EST. |
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