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MLB : ATS Matchup
Saturday 4/29/2017Line$ LineOU LineScore
OAKLAND  TRIGGS )
 
HOUSTON  MUSGROVE )
+1.5  -150

-1.5  +130
+145

-155

8.5ev
 
2
Final
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OAKLAND (10 - 13) at HOUSTON (15 - 8)
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Saturday, 4/29/2017 7:10 PM
ANDREW TRIGGS (R) vs. JOE MUSGROVE (R)
Board OpeningLatest
 LineTotalLineTotal
975OAKLAND+145Ov 9,-105+145Ov 8.5,-125
976HOUSTON-155Un 9,-115-155Un 8.5,+105
ADVANCED TEAM STATS
OAKLAND - Current Season Performance
 Team RecordsTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsO-URunsAvgOBPSLGOPSRunsAvgOBPSLGOPS
All Games10-13-2.610-133.80.2320.2970.3990.6964.70.2330.3020.3510.652
Road Games3-7-3.64-63.40.2180.2780.3480.6264.60.2380.2890.3550.645
vs Right-handed Starters6-10-3.87-93.50.2200.2870.3740.6615.00.2390.3030.3550.658
Past 7 Games2-5-3.23-42.70.2000.2620.3470.6095.10.2750.3280.4120.741
Grass Games10-13-2.610-133.80.2320.2970.3990.6964.70.2330.3020.3510.652
Night Games6-10-3.27-93.70.2250.2920.3870.6804.70.2450.3000.3610.661
Division8-12-3.79-113.80.2310.2960.4020.6995.10.2380.3060.3630.669
OAKLAND - Team Hitting and Fielding Statistics
Team BattingTeam BattingTeam Fielding
 RunsAVGOBPGABH2B3BHRSLGRBIBBSOSBLOBGIDPERRDPOSB
All Games3.80.2320.29723745173392270.3998369201613920212118
Road Games3.40.2180.278103397417090.348332891365101386
Righty Starters3.50.2200.28716519114252170.374554913849613121712
OAKLAND - Bullpen Pitching Statistics
 ERAWHIPIPRERHHRBBSOW-LSVBSVPct.
All Games4.331.32979453877828651-45362.5%
Road Games4.221.46832171537410270-11150%

HOUSTON - Current Season Performance
 Team RecordsTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsO-URunsAvgOBPSLGOPSRunsAvgOBPSLGOPS
All Games15-8+4.612-114.50.2730.3380.4240.7623.70.2300.2920.3840.676
Home Games8-4+1.74-83.50.2610.3160.4330.7492.90.2010.2630.3230.586
vs Right-handed Starters12-3+8.67-84.90.2920.3530.4600.8132.90.2160.2650.3700.636
Past 7 Games4-3+0.95-25.30.2900.3510.4490.8004.30.2500.3040.4400.744
Grass Games13-7+3.79-114.40.2740.3360.4220.7593.60.2260.2910.3760.668
Night Games11-7+1.69-94.50.2820.3370.4320.7683.60.2270.2910.3760.667
Division11-3+7.26-84.80.2760.3370.4270.7633.10.2170.2800.3360.616
HOUSTON - Team Hitting and Fielding Statistics
Team BattingTeam BattingTeam Fielding
 RunsAVGOBPGABH2B3BHRSLGRBIBBSOSBLOBGIDPERRDPOSB
All Games4.50.2730.33823783214321280.42497771691115640162116
Home Games3.50.2610.31612395103151170.433423281373249119
Righty Starters4.90.2920.35315506148231200.460694710351002512158
HOUSTON - Bullpen Pitching Statistics
 ERAWHIPIPRERHHRBBSOW-LSVBSVPct.
All Games2.831.04876.3262452628956-36366.7%
Home Games2.900.99240.3141325415552-24266.7%
SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
OAKLAND - Schedule
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateTeam StarterOpponentOpp StarterScoreW/LLineTot.O/UHLOBEHLOBE
4/15/2017MANAEA(L)HOUSTONMcCullers Jr.(R)6-10L+1407.5 evO1082870
4/17/2017COTTON(R)TEXASGRIFFIN(R)0-7L-1308 evU331770
4/18/2017TRIGGS(R)TEXASDARVISH(R)4-2W+1157 ovU651321
4/19/2017HAHN(R)TEXASPEREZ(L)9-1W-1158.5 evO1450360
4/20/2017VALDEZ(R)SEATTLEPAXTON(L)9-6W+1357.5 unO1150852
4/21/2017MANAEA(L)SEATTLEIWAKUMA(R)3-1W-1207.5 ovU660670
4/22/2017COTTON(R)SEATTLEMIRANDA(L)4-3W-1158 evU860980
4/23/2017TRIGGS(R)SEATTLEGALLARDO(R)1-11L-1258.5 evO5501160
4/25/2017HAHN(R)@ LA ANGELSRAMIREZ(R)1-2L1158.5 unU550540
4/26/2017MANAEA(L)@ LA ANGELSSHOEMAKER(R)5-8L1158 unO118114102
4/27/2017GRAVEMAN(R)@ LA ANGELSNOLASCO(R)1-2L1108.5 ovU360731
4/28/2017COTTON(R)@ HOUSTONMORTON(R)4-9L1408.5 ovO7631482
4/29/2017TRIGGS(R)@ HOUSTONMUSGROVE(R) 
4/30/2017HAHN(R)@ HOUSTONKEUCHEL(L) 
5/2/2017MANAEA(L)@ MINNESOTASANTIAGO(L) 
5/3/2017COTTON(R)@ MINNESOTAGIBSON(R) 
5/4/2017GRAVEMAN(R)@ MINNESOTAHUGHES(R) 
5/5/2017 DETROIT  
5/6/2017 DETROIT  

HOUSTON - Schedule
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateTeam StarterOpponentOpp StarterScoreW/LLineTot.O/UHLOBEHLOBE
4/15/2017McCullers Jr.(R)@ OAKLANDMANAEA(L)10-6W-1507.5 evO8701082
4/17/2017MORTON(R)LA ANGELSCHAVEZ(R)3-0W-1508.5 evU953591
4/18/2017MUSGROVE(R)LA ANGELSNOLASCO(R)2-5L-1408.5 unU1170960
4/19/2017KEUCHEL(L)LA ANGELSRAMIREZ(R)5-1W-1758.5 unU940850
4/20/2017McCullers Jr.(R)LA ANGELSSHOEMAKER(R)2-1W-1607.5 evU330670
4/21/2017FIERS(R)@ TAMPA BAYCOBB(R)6-3W-1158 ovO1160851
4/22/2017MORTON(R)@ TAMPA BAYSNELL(L)3-6L-1108.5 unO4401280
4/23/2017MUSGROVE(R)@ TAMPA BAYANDRIESE(R)6-4W-1158.5 unO1271780
4/25/2017KEUCHEL(L)@ CLEVELANDTOMLIN(R)4-2W-1158.5 unU1171652
4/26/2017McCullers Jr.(R)@ CLEVELANDBAUER(R)6-7L1158.5 ovO8701062
4/27/2017FIERS(R)@ CLEVELANDKLUBER(R)3-4L1508.5 ovU11101860
4/28/2017MORTON(R)OAKLANDCOTTON(R)9-4W-1508.5 ovO1482763
4/29/2017MUSGROVE(R)OAKLANDTRIGGS(R) 
4/30/2017KEUCHEL(L)OAKLANDHAHN(R) 
5/1/2017McCullers Jr.(R)TEXASCASHNER(R) 
5/2/2017FIERS(R)TEXASHAMELS(L) 
5/3/2017MORTON(R)TEXASGRIFFIN(R) 
5/4/2017MUSGROVE(R)TEXASDARVISH(R) 
5/5/2017 @ LA ANGELS  
5/6/2017 @ LA ANGELS  
KEY GAME INFORMATION
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.
PREVIEW
Astros getting healthy as they host A's
 

HOUSTON -- At one point during the Astros' series against the Cleveland Indians, Houston manager A.J. Hinch had a two-time batting champion, a near All-Star last season, and a potential Hall of Famer on his bench in part due to a rash of injuries.

While splitting their six-game road trip through Tampa Bay and Cleveland, the Astros lost a pair of outfielders (George Springer and Jake Marisnick) plus All-Star second baseman Jose Altuve to injury. The cruelty in Altuve going down with a sore shoulder was that his injury came via a collision with Teoscar Hernandez, an outfielder called up to replace Marisnick (concussion) on the active roster.

The spate of injuries, albeit minor, gave Hinch a peek at his roster depth. Things were a bit closer to normal on Friday, when the Astros (15-8) opened a three-game series with the Oakland Athletics with a 9-4 victory at Minute Maid Park.

"We try to prepare for everything," Hinch said. "Even if you do prepare for everything something comes up like a decision to move your outfield around. You can't plan for every single incident that happens but we try to play out every scenario. Usually I use Marwin (Gonzalez) as my answer to everything, so it's helpful to have him on the team.

"For the most part, you try to prep for anything that happens. No matter what you prepare for, you don't plan on having a bench of (Carlos) Beltran, Springer and Altuve. That looks awkward and feels awkward when I write it. We still found a way to play some good games."

Right-hander Joe Musgrove (1-1, 5.91 ERA) will start the middle game of the series for the Astros. He will make his third career appearance against Oakland, against whom he is 1-0 with a 0.84 ERA with 11 strikeouts over 10 2/3 innings. In eight career appearances at Minute Maid Park, Musgrove is 3-2 with a 2.74 ERA.

Athletics right-hander Andrew Triggs (3-1, 2.42 ERA) will oppose Musgrove and the Astros. Triggs will make his fifth start of the season and 11th of his career. In two career appearances against the Astros, both in relief in 2016, he posted a 9.00 ERA and did not record a decision, recording nine strikeouts in six innings.

Like the Astros with the return of Altuve and Springer, the Athletics (10-13) also received some good news in advance of the series opener. Ace right-hander Sonny Gray pitched exceptionally in his second rehab start, twirling six shutout innings for Triple-A Nashville on Thursday night. Gray has yet to pitch for Oakland this season after being placed on the 10-day disabled list with a strained right lat.

Gray could return to the rotation as early as Tuesday against the Minnesota Twins. For a team with eight players on the DL, his return would be a boon.

"When you lose your No. 1 guy, everybody feels it," Athletics manager Bob Melvin said. "Get him back, that's a boost for you. We've been rotating other guys on the DL too now ... but whenever you get a guy like him back, everybody feels like you have a better team and that the pieces are in place the way you anticipated coming out of spring."


Last Updated: 3/28/2024 3:40:28 PM EST.


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