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915 | OAKLAND | +1.5,-120 | +1.5,-120 | 916 | HOUSTON | -1.5,+100 | -1.5,+100 |
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All Games | 35-43 | -5.4 | 44-32 | 4.4 | 0.243 | 0.309 | 0.417 | 0.726 | 5.4 | 0.258 | 0.321 | 0.419 | 0.740 | Road Games | 13-26 | -10.9 | 22-16 | 4.0 | 0.237 | 0.301 | 0.390 | 0.692 | 5.4 | 0.264 | 0.322 | 0.424 | 0.746 | vs Right-handed Starters | 25-35 | -8.4 | 34-25 | 4.3 | 0.239 | 0.306 | 0.407 | 0.713 | 5.5 | 0.264 | 0.324 | 0.428 | 0.751 | Past 7 Games | 4-3 | +1.3 | 4-3 | 6.0 | 0.258 | 0.327 | 0.452 | 0.780 | 5.3 | 0.293 | 0.331 | 0.451 | 0.782 | Grass Games | 34-40 | -3.4 | 40-32 | 4.4 | 0.239 | 0.306 | 0.416 | 0.722 | 5.3 | 0.255 | 0.320 | 0.412 | 0.732 | Day Games | 15-16 | -1.3 | 19-12 | 5.1 | 0.271 | 0.335 | 0.455 | 0.790 | 5.4 | 0.236 | 0.307 | 0.393 | 0.700 | Division | 13-24 | -10.3 | 19-18 | 3.9 | 0.226 | 0.295 | 0.398 | 0.693 | 5.4 | 0.257 | 0.319 | 0.401 | 0.720 |
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All Games | 4.4 | 0.243 | 0.309 | 78 | 2627 | 638 | 138 | 7 | 102 | 0.417 | 333 | 251 | 736 | 22 | 506 | 60 | 71 | 72 | 55 | Road Games | 4.0 | 0.237 | 0.301 | 39 | 1348 | 319 | 59 | 2 | 48 | 0.390 | 149 | 125 | 387 | 13 | 276 | 29 | 37 | 40 | 27 | Righty Starters | 4.3 | 0.239 | 0.306 | 60 | 2017 | 482 | 103 | 4 | 76 | 0.407 | 254 | 196 | 568 | 15 | 388 | 46 | 53 | 61 | 43 |
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All Games | 4.92 | 1.358 | 263.7 | 157 | 144 | 262 | 40 | 96 | 253 | 9-11 | 18 | 9 | 66.7% | Road Games | 5.57 | 1.487 | 116.3 | 79 | 72 | 129 | 19 | 44 | 109 | 1-6 | 7 | 6 | 53.8% |
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All Games | 53-26 | +18.1 | 39-34 | 5.6 | 0.283 | 0.344 | 0.472 | 0.817 | 4.0 | 0.231 | 0.294 | 0.387 | 0.681 | Home Games | 24-17 | -0.8 | 18-22 | 4.6 | 0.277 | 0.335 | 0.468 | 0.803 | 3.8 | 0.218 | 0.284 | 0.375 | 0.658 | vs Right-handed Starters | 42-16 | +21.4 | 29-25 | 5.7 | 0.285 | 0.343 | 0.482 | 0.825 | 3.9 | 0.228 | 0.290 | 0.382 | 0.673 | Past 7 Games | 5-2 | +2.5 | 4-2 | 6.9 | 0.319 | 0.375 | 0.531 | 0.907 | 5.9 | 0.250 | 0.312 | 0.422 | 0.734 | Grass Games | 51-25 | +17.2 | 36-34 | 5.6 | 0.283 | 0.344 | 0.474 | 0.818 | 4.0 | 0.230 | 0.294 | 0.385 | 0.679 | Day Games | 15-6 | +7.6 | 12-7 | 6.4 | 0.274 | 0.356 | 0.477 | 0.833 | 5.0 | 0.237 | 0.305 | 0.416 | 0.721 | Division | 29-12 | +12.2 | 20-18 | 5.5 | 0.284 | 0.344 | 0.468 | 0.812 | 4.0 | 0.226 | 0.294 | 0.372 | 0.666 |
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All Games | 5.6 | 0.283 | 0.344 | 79 | 2736 | 774 | 143 | 6 | 121 | 0.472 | 415 | 257 | 536 | 38 | 542 | 94 | 47 | 69 | 47 | Home Games | 4.6 | 0.277 | 0.335 | 41 | 1358 | 376 | 68 | 3 | 62 | 0.468 | 181 | 118 | 254 | 16 | 267 | 58 | 22 | 40 | 26 | Righty Starters | 5.7 | 0.285 | 0.343 | 58 | 2001 | 571 | 112 | 6 | 90 | 0.482 | 315 | 174 | 386 | 23 | 384 | 65 | 38 | 49 | 32 |
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All Games | 3.89 | 1.138 | 273.3 | 121 | 118 | 216 | 32 | 95 | 349 | 17-10 | 23 | 8 | 74.2% | Home Games | 3.80 | 1.056 | 142 | 61 | 60 | 101 | 21 | 49 | 186 | 7-6 | 14 | 4 | 77.8% |
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6/15/2017 | GRAY(R) | NY YANKEES | MONTGOMERY(L) | 8-7 | W | +100 | 8.5 ov | O | 14 | 12 | 0 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 6/16/2017 | MANAEA(L) | NY YANKEES | SEVERINO(R) | 7-6 | W | +115 | 8 ov | O | 7 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 6/17/2017 | HAHN(R) | NY YANKEES | TANAKA(R) | 5-2 | W | +105 | 9.5 ov | U | 12 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 6/18/2017 | COTTON(R) | NY YANKEES | CESSA(R) | 4-3 | W | +120 | 10.5 ov | U | 7 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 6/19/2017 | GOSSETT(R) | HOUSTON | PEACOCK(R) | 1-4 | L | +140 | 9.5 un | U | 4 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 6/20/2017 | GRAY(R) | HOUSTON | MARTES(R) | 4-8 | L | -105 | 9 un | O | 9 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 6/21/2017 | MANAEA(L) | HOUSTON | FIERS(R) | 1-5 | L | +100 | 9 ov | U | 4 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 6/22/2017 | HAHN(R) | HOUSTON | PAULINO(R) | 9-12 | L | -110 | 10 ov | O | 12 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6/23/2017 | COTTON(R) | @ CHI WHITE SOX | PELFREY(R) | 3-0 | W | -110 | 10 un | U | 5 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 6/24/2017 | GOSSETT(R) | @ CHI WHITE SOX | SHIELDS(R) | 10-2 | W | -110 | 10.5 ov | O | 15 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 6/25/2017 | GRAY(R) | @ CHI WHITE SOX | HOLLAND(L) | 5-3 | W | -125 | 10 ev | U | 12 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 6/27/2017 | MANAEA(L) | @ HOUSTON | FIERS(R) | 6-4 | W | 140 | 9 ev | O | 9 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 6/28/2017 | HAHN(R) | @ HOUSTON | PAULINO(R) | 8-11 | L | 165 | 10 un | O | 8 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 6/29/2017 | GOSSETT(R) | @ HOUSTON | PEACOCK(R) | | 6/30/2017 | GOSSETT(R) | ATLANTA | FOLTYNEWICZ(R) | | 7/1/2017 | GRAY(R) | ATLANTA | DICKEY(R) | | 7/2/2017 | MANAEA(L) | ATLANTA | TEHERAN(R) | | 7/3/2017 | HAHN(R) | CHI WHITE SOX | RODON(L) | | 7/4/2017 | COTTON(R) | CHI WHITE SOX | SHIELDS(R) | | 7/5/2017 | | CHI WHITE SOX | | | 7/6/2017 | | @ SEATTLE | | |
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6/16/2017 | FIERS(R) | BOSTON | POMERANZ(L) | 1-2 | L | -125 | 9 un | U | 6 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 6/17/2017 | PAULINO(R) | BOSTON | PORCELLO(R) | 7-1 | W | -110 | 9 un | U | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6/18/2017 | MUSGROVE(R) | BOSTON | PRICE(L) | 5-6 | L | -125 | 9 un | O | 14 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 6/19/2017 | PEACOCK(R) | @ OAKLAND | GOSSETT(R) | 4-1 | W | -150 | 9.5 un | U | 9 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 6/20/2017 | MARTES(R) | @ OAKLAND | GRAY(R) | 8-4 | W | -105 | 9 un | O | 11 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 6/21/2017 | FIERS(R) | @ OAKLAND | MANAEA(L) | 5-1 | W | -110 | 9 ov | U | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 6/22/2017 | PAULINO(R) | @ OAKLAND | HAHN(R) | 12-9 | W | 100 | 10 ov | O | 13 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 6/23/2017 | MUSGROVE(R) | @ SEATTLE | HERNANDEZ(R) | 3-13 | L | 105 | 9.5 un | O | 10 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 6/24/2017 | MCCULLERS JR.(R) | @ SEATTLE | GAVIGLIO(R) | 5-2 | W | -135 | 9.5 ev | U | 9 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 6/25/2017 | MARTES(R) | @ SEATTLE | MIRANDA(L) | 8-2 | W | 100 | 10 ov | P | 8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 6/27/2017 | FIERS(R) | OAKLAND | MANAEA(L) | 4-6 | L | -150 | 9 ev | O | 14 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 6/28/2017 | PAULINO(R) | OAKLAND | HAHN(R) | 11-8 | W | -175 | 10 un | O | 17 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6/29/2017 | PEACOCK(R) | OAKLAND | GOSSETT(R) | | 6/30/2017 | MCCULLERS JR.(R) | NY YANKEES | PINEDA(R) | | 7/1/2017 | MARTES(R) | NY YANKEES | MONTGOMERY(L) | | 7/2/2017 | FIERS(R) | NY YANKEES | SEVERINO(R) | | 7/4/2017 | PAULINO(R) | @ ATLANTA | NEWCOMB(L) | | 7/5/2017 | | @ ATLANTA | | | 7/6/2017 | | @ TORONTO | | |
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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. |
| | Astros face Athletics in rubber match
HOUSTON -- Astros rookie right-hander David Paulino endured a tough start Wednesday night, the latest in a string of valiant stopgap performances from Houston's young pitchers striving to make inroads while opportunity knocks. A pitcher who began the year in the Houston bullpen, right-hander Brad Peacock (4-1, 2.82 ERA), will start the series finale for the Astros against the Oakland A's on Thursday. Houston beat Oakland 11-8 on Wednesday after the Athletics won 6-4 on Tuesday in the series opener. Paulino (2-0, 6.52 ERA) and fellow rookie righty Francis Martes (2-0, 5.51 ERA) have been pressed into duty with the Astros down two members of their rotation, ace lefty Dallas Keuchel and right-hander Charlie Morton. Add in second-year right-hander Joe Musgrove (4-7, 6.01 ERA), who opened the season in the rotation but was optioned to Triple-A Fresno last week, and it has been an up-and-down stretch for the Astros' promising pitchers. Houston (53-26) is approaching full strength with its starters. Morton should return shortly, and Keuchel is soon to follow. Right-hander Collin McHugh has missed the entire season but will make a rehab start on Friday. The youngsters might soon find themselves pitching for Triple-A Fresno emboldened by their experiences, but in the interim, they have delivered just enough to keep the Astros rolling along. "In some ways, it's a harsh way of dealing with things; you've got to forget who's not here and move on with who is here when guys miss time," Astros manager A.J. Hinch said. "It's just the mentality of the sport -- next man up -- and we've got to play. You look ahead and there's a lot of games ahead of us. "There's no wishing that someone could be available or hoping that someone was available. You go with the guys you have, and it forces everyone to elevate their game to be good, especially when you have a team like this." Peacock will make his seventh start of the season and first since returning from the paternity list following the birth of his first child, Colton Joseph, last Saturday. He is 2-4 with a 4.47 ERA over 13 career appearances (10 starts) against the Athletics, including a 4-1 win on June 19 when he allowed one run on four hits with eight strikeouts over 5 2/3 innings. Peacock also has two relief appearances against the Athletics this season. Oakland rookie right-hander Daniel Gossett (1-2, 4.50 ERA) will make his fourth career start and second against the Astros. He took the loss on June 19 opposite Peacock, allowing two runs on six hits with six strikeouts over 6 2/3 innings. Gossett is starting in place of right-hander Jharel Cotton, who could start on Saturday against the Atlanta Braves if he gets over a blister problem. The Athletics (35-43) used duplicate lineups in the first two games of the series, a rarity given their own avalanche of injuries. Oakland has nine players on the disabled list. While the Wednesday loss snapped a four-game winning streak, the A's have found stability and rhythm with their lineup. "Yeah, it doesn't happen often with us," Oakland manager Bob Melvin said. "We feel like there are some parts that are in place right now. "We want some guys that are on base ahead of the guys that drive in some runs for you. We had a pretty good game all around (Tuesday), so we'll stick with the same lineup." |
| Last Updated: 5/2/2024 6:39:37 PM EST. |
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