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925 | OAKLAND | +1.5,-155 | +1.5,-155 | 926 | HOUSTON | -1.5,+135 | -1.5,+135 |
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All Games | 10-12 | -1.6 | 9-13 | 3.8 | 0.234 | 0.302 | 0.403 | 0.704 | 4.5 | 0.225 | 0.296 | 0.341 | 0.637 | Road Games | 3-6 | -2.6 | 3-6 | 3.3 | 0.220 | 0.286 | 0.352 | 0.638 | 4.1 | 0.220 | 0.274 | 0.331 | 0.605 | vs Right-handed Starters | 6-9 | -2.8 | 6-9 | 3.5 | 0.221 | 0.293 | 0.378 | 0.671 | 4.7 | 0.228 | 0.295 | 0.341 | 0.636 | Past 7 Games | 3-4 | -0.9 | 3-4 | 3.4 | 0.221 | 0.294 | 0.378 | 0.672 | 4.7 | 0.253 | 0.314 | 0.397 | 0.711 | Grass Games | 10-12 | -1.6 | 9-13 | 3.8 | 0.234 | 0.302 | 0.403 | 0.704 | 4.5 | 0.225 | 0.296 | 0.341 | 0.637 | Night Games | 6-9 | -2.2 | 6-9 | 3.7 | 0.227 | 0.298 | 0.393 | 0.691 | 4.4 | 0.235 | 0.292 | 0.347 | 0.638 | Division | 8-11 | -2.7 | 8-11 | 3.8 | 0.232 | 0.301 | 0.408 | 0.709 | 4.9 | 0.229 | 0.300 | 0.352 | 0.652 |
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All Games | 3.8 | 0.234 | 0.302 | 22 | 710 | 166 | 38 | 2 | 26 | 0.403 | 79 | 69 | 187 | 6 | 133 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 18 | Road Games | 3.3 | 0.220 | 0.286 | 9 | 304 | 67 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 0.352 | 29 | 28 | 77 | 3 | 59 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 6 | Righty Starters | 3.5 | 0.221 | 0.293 | 15 | 484 | 107 | 24 | 2 | 16 | 0.378 | 51 | 49 | 124 | 4 | 90 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 12 |
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All Games | 4.18 | 1.327 | 75.3 | 42 | 35 | 73 | 7 | 27 | 64 | 1-4 | 5 | 3 | 62.5% | Road Games | 3.81 | 1.482 | 28.3 | 14 | 12 | 33 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 0-1 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
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All Games | 14-8 | +3.6 | 11-11 | 4.3 | 0.268 | 0.335 | 0.418 | 0.752 | 3.7 | 0.232 | 0.295 | 0.387 | 0.683 | Home Games | 7-4 | +0.7 | 3-8 | 3.0 | 0.248 | 0.306 | 0.421 | 0.727 | 2.8 | 0.201 | 0.268 | 0.324 | 0.592 | vs Right-handed Starters | 11-3 | +7.6 | 6-8 | 4.6 | 0.285 | 0.348 | 0.453 | 0.801 | 2.8 | 0.217 | 0.270 | 0.374 | 0.644 | Past 7 Games | 4-3 | +0.9 | 4-3 | 4.3 | 0.254 | 0.320 | 0.424 | 0.744 | 3.9 | 0.250 | 0.313 | 0.439 | 0.752 | Grass Games | 12-7 | +2.7 | 8-11 | 4.2 | 0.268 | 0.332 | 0.415 | 0.747 | 3.6 | 0.228 | 0.296 | 0.380 | 0.675 | Night Games | 10-7 | +0.6 | 8-9 | 4.2 | 0.275 | 0.332 | 0.424 | 0.756 | 3.5 | 0.228 | 0.296 | 0.380 | 0.675 | Division | 10-3 | +6.2 | 5-8 | 4.5 | 0.267 | 0.330 | 0.416 | 0.746 | 3.0 | 0.218 | 0.286 | 0.338 | 0.624 |
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All Games | 4.3 | 0.268 | 0.335 | 22 | 747 | 200 | 29 | 1 | 27 | 0.418 | 88 | 75 | 164 | 11 | 148 | 38 | 14 | 21 | 16 | Home Games | 3.0 | 0.248 | 0.306 | 11 | 359 | 89 | 12 | 1 | 16 | 0.421 | 33 | 30 | 76 | 3 | 65 | 22 | 7 | 11 | 9 | Righty Starters | 4.6 | 0.285 | 0.348 | 14 | 470 | 134 | 20 | 1 | 19 | 0.453 | 60 | 45 | 98 | 5 | 92 | 23 | 10 | 15 | 8 |
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All Games | 2.91 | 1.049 | 74.3 | 26 | 24 | 50 | 6 | 28 | 93 | 6-3 | 6 | 3 | 66.7% | Home Games | 3.05 | 0.991 | 38.3 | 14 | 13 | 23 | 4 | 15 | 53 | 2-2 | 4 | 2 | 66.7% |
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4/14/2017 | GRAVEMAN(R) | HOUSTON | KEUCHEL(L) | 2-7 | L | +120 | 7.5 un | O | 7 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 4/15/2017 | MANAEA(L) | HOUSTON | MCCULLERS(R) | 6-10 | L | +140 | 7.5 ev | O | 10 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 4/17/2017 | COTTON(R) | TEXAS | GRIFFIN(R) | 0-7 | L | -130 | 8 ev | U | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4/18/2017 | TRIGGS(R) | TEXAS | DARVISH(R) | 4-2 | W | +115 | 7 ov | U | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4/19/2017 | HAHN(R) | TEXAS | PEREZ(L) | 9-1 | W | -115 | 8.5 ev | O | 14 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 4/20/2017 | VALDEZ(R) | SEATTLE | PAXTON(L) | 9-6 | W | +135 | 7.5 un | O | 11 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 4/21/2017 | MANAEA(L) | SEATTLE | IWAKUMA(R) | 3-1 | W | -120 | 7.5 ov | U | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 4/22/2017 | COTTON(R) | SEATTLE | MIRANDA(L) | 4-3 | W | -115 | 8 ev | U | 8 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 4/23/2017 | TRIGGS(R) | SEATTLE | GALLARDO(R) | 1-11 | L | -125 | 8.5 ev | O | 5 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 4/25/2017 | HAHN(R) | @ LA ANGELS | RAMIREZ(R) | 1-2 | L | 115 | 8.5 un | U | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4/26/2017 | MANAEA(L) | @ LA ANGELS | SHOEMAKER(R) | 5-8 | L | 115 | 8 un | O | 11 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 4/27/2017 | GRAVEMAN(R) | @ LA ANGELS | NOLASCO(R) | 1-2 | L | 110 | 8.5 ov | U | 3 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4/28/2017 | COTTON(R) | @ HOUSTON | MORTON(R) | | 4/29/2017 | TRIGGS(R) | @ HOUSTON | MUSGROVE(R) | | 4/30/2017 | HAHN(R) | @ HOUSTON | KEUCHEL(L) | | 5/2/2017 | MANAEA(L) | @ MINNESOTA | SANTIAGO(L) | | 5/3/2017 | COTTON(R) | @ MINNESOTA | GIBSON(R) | | 5/4/2017 | | @ MINNESOTA | | | 5/5/2017 | | DETROIT | | |
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4/14/2017 | KEUCHEL(L) | @ OAKLAND | GRAVEMAN(R) | 7-2 | W | -130 | 7.5 un | O | 10 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4/15/2017 | MCCULLERS(R) | @ OAKLAND | MANAEA(L) | 10-6 | W | -150 | 7.5 ev | O | 8 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4/17/2017 | MORTON(R) | LA ANGELS | CHAVEZ(R) | 3-0 | W | -150 | 8.5 ev | U | 9 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 4/18/2017 | MUSGROVE(R) | LA ANGELS | NOLASCO(R) | 2-5 | L | -140 | 8.5 un | U | 11 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 4/19/2017 | KEUCHEL(L) | LA ANGELS | RAMIREZ(R) | 5-1 | W | -175 | 8.5 un | U | 9 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 4/20/2017 | MCCULLERS(R) | LA ANGELS | SHOEMAKER(R) | 2-1 | W | -160 | 7.5 ev | U | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 4/21/2017 | FIERS(R) | @ TAMPA BAY | COBB(R) | 6-3 | W | -115 | 8 ov | O | 11 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 4/22/2017 | MORTON(R) | @ TAMPA BAY | SNELL(L) | 3-6 | L | -110 | 8.5 un | O | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4/23/2017 | MUSGROVE(R) | @ TAMPA BAY | ANDRIESE(R) | 6-4 | W | -115 | 8.5 un | O | 12 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 4/25/2017 | KEUCHEL(L) | @ CLEVELAND | TOMLIN(R) | 4-2 | W | -115 | 8.5 un | U | 11 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4/26/2017 | MCCULLERS(R) | @ CLEVELAND | BAUER(R) | 6-7 | L | 115 | 8.5 ov | O | 8 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 4/27/2017 | FIERS(R) | @ CLEVELAND | KLUBER(R) | 3-4 | L | 150 | 8.5 ov | U | 11 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 4/28/2017 | MORTON(R) | OAKLAND | COTTON(R) | | 4/29/2017 | MUSGROVE(R) | OAKLAND | TRIGGS(R) | | 4/30/2017 | KEUCHEL(L) | OAKLAND | HAHN(R) | | 5/1/2017 | MCCULLERS(R) | TEXAS | CASHNER(R) | | 5/2/2017 | FIERS(R) | TEXAS | HAMELS(L) | | 5/3/2017 | MORTON(R) | TEXAS | GRIFFIN(R) | | 5/4/2017 | | TEXAS | | | 5/5/2017 | | @ LA ANGELS | | |
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| | | OAKLAND: 2016: 69-93, fifth place
Manager: Bob Melvin (seventh season)
Who's new? CF Rajai Davis, OF Matt Joyce, 3B Trevor Plouffe, IF Adam Rosales, RHP Santiago Casilla
Who's gone? IF/OF Danny Valencia, OF Brett Eibner, 2B Eric Sogard, 2B Tyler Ladendorf, LHP Dillon Overton, RHP Fernando Rodriguez
Projected lineup: CF Rajai Davis (.249, 12 HR, 48 RBI, 43 SB with Indians), C Stephen Vogt (.251, 14, 56), DH Ryon Healy (.305, 13, 37 in 72 games), LF Khris Davis (.247, 42, 102), RF Matt Joyce (.242, 13, 42 with Pirates) or Mark Canha (.122, 3, 6 in 16 games), SS Marcus Semien (.238, 27, 75, 10 SB), 3B Trevor Plouffe (.260, 12, 47 with Twins), 1B Yonder Alonso (.253, 7, 56), 2B Jed Lowrie (.263, 2, 27 in 87 games)
Rotation: RH Kendall Graveman (10-11, 4.11), LH Sean Manaea (7-9, 3.86), RH Jharel Cotton (2-0, 2.15 in five games), RH Andrew Triggs (1-1, 4.31), RH Jesse Hahn (2-4, 6.02 in nine games) and Frankie Montas (0-0, 2.38 in four games at Triple-A)
Key relievers: RH Ryan Madson (6-7, 3.62, 30/37 SV), LH Sean Doolittle (2-3, 3.23), RH Santiago Casilla (2-5, 3.57 with Giants), RH Ryan Dull (5-5, 2.42), RH John Axford (6-4, 3.97), RH Liam Hendriks (0-4, 3.76), LH Daniel Coulombe (3-1, 4.53)
Hot spots: Fifth Starter and Second Base. Triggs, Hahn and Montas are the top candidates to fill out the rotation. Montas, who turns 24 before the season, is the youngest and has the highest ceiling. Hahn is the only one with something resembling a track record of success in the majors. Triggs showed potential in five starts last year. Second base will belong to prospect Franklin Barreto at some point. For now the position belongs to Lowrie, who figures to become trade bait as the A's begin their annual migration toward mathematical elimination.
Outlook: It's been a long two years since the A's played postseason baseball. Rather than rebuilding outright, the A's spent their offseason stocking up on veteran position players. Their strength is a young rotation led by right-hander Sonny Gray ' another trade candidate who's coming off the worst of his four major league seasons (5-11, 5.69 ERA) and will miss time with a lat strain. If Cotton, Manaea and Triggs pick up where they left off, pitching won't be the problem. No team scored fewer runs than the A's in 2016, and it still isn't obvious that their lineup improved. Their home turf will be renamed in honor of Rickey Henderson when the Angels visit Oakland for the opener; maybe Rickey can hit leadoff, too. | | HOUSTON: 2016: 84-78, third place
Manager: A.J. Hinch (third season)
Who's new? RF Josh Reddick, CF Carlos Beltran, LF Nori Aoki, C Brian McCann, RHP Charlie Morton
Who's gone? C Jason Castro, INF Luis Valbuena, OF Colby Rasmus, RHP Doug Fister
Projected lineup: CF George Springer (.261, 29 HR, 82 RBI), 2B Jose Altuve (.338, 24, 96, 30 SB), SS Carlos Correa (.274, 20, 96, 13 SB), DH Carlos Beltran (.295, 29, 93 with Yankees and Rangers), C Brian McCann (.242, 20, 58 with Yankees) or Evan Gattis (.251, 32, 72), 3B Alex Bregman (.264, 8, 34 in 49 games), RF Josh Reddick (.281, 10, 37 with A's and Dodgers), 1B Yulieski Gurriel (.262, 3, 15), LF Nori Aoki (.283, 4, 28 with Mariners)
Rotation: LH Dallas Keuchel (9-12, 4.55 ERA), RH Collin McHugh (13-10, 4.34), RH Mike Fiers (11-8, 4.48), RH Lance McCullers (6-5, 3.22), RH Charlie Morton (1-1, 4.15 in four games with Phillies)
Key relievers: RH Ken Giles (2-5, 4.11, 15/20 SV), RH Luke Gregerson (4-3, 3.28, 15/21 SV), RH Will Harris (1-2, 2.25, 12/15 SV), RH Chris Devenski (4-4, 2.16), LH Tony Sipp (1-2, 4.95), RH Michael Feliz (8-1, 4.43)
Hot spots: Fifth starter and catcher. Hamstring issues limited 33-year-old Morton to four starts with the Phillies last season. That didn't stop the Astros from signing him to a two-year contract worth at least $14 million. Now, veteran Fiers and 24-year-old Joe Musgrove are on the bubble for the fifth starter's job. McCann and Gattis give the Astros a pair of veteran catchers with slugging potential. McCann has fewer weaknesses behind the plate; Gattis is the better all-around hitter. With Beltran aboard as the primary designated hitter, McCann and Gattis won't both be in the lineup on most nights.
Outlook: After slipping to third place in the AL West last year, the Astros' front office decided to double down on dingers rather than upgrade a rotation that lacks a true ace. The result: A lineup with eight potential 20-home run hitters, including possible MVP candidates in Altuve and Correa. Everyone returns from an impressive young bullpen with high strikeout potential. If the Astros are in contention by the trade deadline, the front office should have the financial flexibility to add a front-line starter. Then again, if Dallas Keuchel looks like the pitcher who won a Cy Young Award in 2015, Houston might not have a problem. |
| | Banged-up Astros host Athletics
In the past two games, the Houston Astros' depth was tested because of injuries to second baseman Jose Altuve and center fielder George Springer. Without Altuve and Springer, the Astros sustained consecutive one-run losses to the Cleveland Indians. Altuve and Springer may not be in the starting lineup again Friday night when Houston plays host to the Oakland Athletics in the opener of a three-game series. Altuve did not start the last two games in Cleveland, and the Astros were handed 7-6 and 4-3 losses. He injured his left shoulder in a scary collision with right fielder Teoscar Hernandez on Tuesday. Hernandez ended up on the disabled list due to a bruised left leg he sustained on the play. Springer has not started the past four games because of left hamstring tightness. He was injured running to first base Saturday in Tampa Bay. Altuve took batting practice in the cage Thursday. He also singled as a pinch hitter off Cleveland closer Cody Allen but was then thrown out trying to steal second. "I feel really happy about how I feel today," Altuve said. Springer took one at-bat in the Indians series and is itching to resume a season in which he has seven home runs and 13 RBIs despite a .213 average. "I'm getting better," Springer said. "I'm hoping to play soon. I want to play. I don't like to sit here and not help these guys." If Altuve does not play, Marwin Gonzalez likely will start again at second base. If Springer sits, Josh Reddick will be the starting center fielder against his former team. Regardless of who is in the lineup, the Astros will be looking to snap their second losing streak of the season. Houston dropped three straight April 6-8 and is 11-5 in its past 16 games. "That was a great game and a great series," Astros manager A.J. Hinch said after the Thursday defeat. "We lost two of the three, but we're not going to hang our heads over it," Oakland is on its second four-game losing streak of the season after a 2-1 road loss to the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday. Before the past four games, the A's scored 29 times during a five-game winning streak. During the current skid, Oakland has scored eight total runs and is hitting .179 with 43 strikeouts. "We're a little streaky right now," Oakland manager Bob Melvin said of the offense, which mustered three hits Thursday. "We'll go through some streaks where it seems like we do a lot of things right, and other times when we bog down offensively, it puts pressure on the pitching staff." Charlie Morton makes his fifth start as an Astro and faces the A's for the first time in his career. He was originally slated to oppose them in Oakland on April 16, but the game was rained out. He is 1-2 with a 4.29 ERA after allowing season highs of five runs and eight hits in five innings during a 6-3 loss Saturday. Morton is throwing a sinker that averages 95.8 mph, but his ground-ball rate is 49.3 percent, down from 57.3 percent when he made 23 starts for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2015. The Athletics' Friday starter, Jharel Cotton, is 2-2 with a 4.76 ERA. He was one of the players Oakland acquired from the Los Angeles Dodgers for Reddick at the 2016 non-waiver trade deadline. Cotton leads American League rookies with 22 2/3 innings pitched, and he recorded the win Saturday when he allowed two runs and six hits in six innings during a 4-3 victory over the Seattle Mariners. "I think I was battling the entire game," said Cotton, who allowed his first home run of the season to Robinson Cano on Saturday. "I was talking to myself on the mound, saying, 'Attack, attack, no matter what happens.'" Cotton's lone appearance against the Astros was a no-decision in Oakland on Sept. 19. In a 4-2 loss, he allowed one run and two hits in six innings. Cotton should be well-rested because the A's sent him to Houston on Thursday ahead of the night game at Anaheim. "We'll take later buses to the ballpark (Friday) so we can try to maximize the amount of sleep well get," Melvin said. "We've hit all three nights here (in Anaheim), so based on the time we're getting there, the prudent thing to do is to try to get some sleep." The Astros outscored the A's 17-8 in an abbreviated two-game series two weekends ago in Oakland. Houston has won 15 of the past 21 meetings, including eight of the past 10 at home. |
| Last Updated: 5/7/2024 11:36:44 PM EST. |
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