Houston Astros vs. Boston Red Sox, at Minute Maid Park, August 21, 2023 Matchups, Preview

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Boston Red Sox

Team Summary
Team Page 2023 Boston Red Sox
Record 66-58
Manager Alex Cora
Game # 124
On This Date 61-54
Standing 4th (11.0 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 7-3
Last 20 10-10
Last 30 16-14
Home 35-28
Away 31-30
Extra Innings 3-4
vs. RHP 45-44
vs. LHP 21-14
1-Run Games 17-19
vs. East 19-14
vs. Central 16-10
vs. West 12-10
Inter-League 19-24

BOS Last 10 Games

James Paxton (#65, 34, LHP, 7-3, 3.34)

Houston Astros

Team Summary
Team Page 2023 Houston Astros
Record 70-55
Manager Dusty Baker
Game # 125
On This Date 31-25
Standing 2nd (2.5 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 4-6
Last 20 11-9
Last 30 18-12
Home 33-29
Away 37-26
Extra Innings 1-7
vs. RHP 47-41
vs. LHP 23-14
1-Run Games 17-17
vs. East 10-10
vs. Central 11-11
vs. West 26-17
Inter-League 23-17

HOU Last 10 Games

Cristian Javier (#53, 26, RHP, 8-2, 4.49)

Season Series

All times ET
DateAwayHomeTime
Tue, Aug 22, 2023BOS@HOU8:10pm
Wed, Aug 23, 2023BOS@HOU8:10pm
Thu, Aug 24, 2023BOS@HOU2:10pm
Mon, Aug 28, 2023HOU@BOS7:10pm
Tue, Aug 29, 2023HOU@BOS7:10pm
Wed, Aug 30, 2023HOU@BOS4:10pm

Last 10 games head-to-head

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Red Sox Batters (4.90 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.22 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Red Sox Batters (4.90 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.22 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 53. Javier 52. Abreu 31. Graveman 47. Montero 50. Neris 55. Pressly 45. Stanek
Entries are PA/OPSLinks G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB
36. Casas* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
11. Devers* G  ·   S  ·   vP 7/1.429 ··· 4/1.417 1/.000 4/.000 3/.000 6/.333
16. Duran* G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.000 ··· 2/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ···
18. Duvall G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 3/.000 5/1.933 8/.875 ··· 3/.000
3. McGuire* G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/ 2/.000
30. Refsnyder G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000
19. Reyes G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000
10. Story G  ·   S  ·   vP 4/.250 1/.000 3/.000 5/.000 8/.393 3/.000 4/.917
2. Turner G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.000 1/.000 3/1.334 4/1.250 4/1.750 1/.000 1/.000
17. Urías G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ···
99. Verdugo* G  ·   S  ·   vP 4/.500 2/.000 2/.000 3/.000 4/1.250 ··· 2/.000
12. Wong G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
7. Yoshida* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 1/ ··· ··· ··· ···

BOS Batters

BOS Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
36. Casas* G ·  S ·  vP 405 .253 .353 .483 .836 325 .857 80 .747 .812 83 .909 0 0 20 5
11. Devers* G ·  S ·  vP 499 .274 .347 .530 .877 347 .889 152 .851 .895 95 .954 2 1 29 15
16. Duran* G ·  S ·  vP 362 .295 .346 .482 .828 313 .841 49 .749 .748 79 .639 24 2 8 1
18. Duvall G ·  S ·  vP 231 .242 .307 .488 .795 170 .812 61 .748 .678 78 .719 4 0 11 0
3. McGuire* G ·  S ·  vP 148 .269 .308 .373 .681 132 .642 16 1.038 .659 32 .739 1 1 1 0
30. Refsnyder G ·  S ·  vP 206 .253 .373 .318 .690 86 .482 120 .840 .701 29 .436 7 2 1 0
19. Reyes G ·  S ·  vP 132 .331 .369 .446 .816 91 .770 41 .915 .713 60 .952 4 2 2 6
10. Story G ·  S ·  vP 41 .205 .244 .308 .552 27 .385 14 .857 .145 41 .552 3 1 0 0
2. Turner G ·  S ·  vP 483 .288 .356 .488 .844 350 .818 133 .915 .832 69 .902 4 0 20 6
17. Urías G ·  S ·  vP 104 .186 .314 .326 .639 77 .608 27 .735 .762 36 .827 0 0 3 2
99. Verdugo* G ·  S ·  vP 477 .270 .340 .425 .765 337 .826 140 .611 .671 80 .689 4 3 9 1
12. Wong G ·  S ·  vP 309 .239 .292 .393 .685 224 .741 85 .529 .575 58 .599 5 2 7 10
7. Yoshida* G ·  S ·  vP 463 .297 .352 .465 .817 337 .825 126 .792 .767 88 .595 8 0 13 3
TOTAL .262 .327 .433 .761 .766 .746 .706 .731 87 21 143 85

HOU Pitchers

HOU Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
53. Javier G ·  S ·  vP ······X·····X· 122.1 4.49 8.2 513 .235 .735 226 .618 287 .829 .700 89 .819 19 16 3
52. Abreu G ·  S ·  vP ·o····o·oo··X· 57.0 2.21 13.1 234 .189 .607 120 .584 114 .632 .583 39 .438 6 4 1
58. Brown G ·  S ·  vP ·X····X····X·· 128.0 4.50 10.1 539 .265 .773 286 .787 253 .757 .763 96 .950 18 10 7
68. France G ·  S ·  vP ···X·····X···· 108.0 2.75 6.7 446 .246 .675 239 .769 207 .566 .708 124 .630 12 5 0
31. Graveman G ·  S ·  vP ·X·X·o··o·X·o· 54.1 3.15 8.8 226 .197 .649 144 .685 82 .582 .583 44 .536 7 5 0
47. Montero G ·  S ·  vP ·Xo··oo·X·X·X· 53.0 5.26 10.5 231 .261 .834 122 .958 109 .684 .808 47 .602 10 11 2
50. Neris G ·  S ·  vP ··X····o·o··o· 50.2 2.13 10.5 208 .197 .654 124 .742 84 .520 .751 38 .970 7 5 2
55. Pressly G ·  S ·  vP ·o····o······o 53.1 2.87 9.6 211 .204 .578 104 .572 107 .584 .596 39 .682 6 0 0
45. Stanek G ·  S ·  vP ·oX··o··o·oo·o 43.2 3.92 8.9 185 .216 .648 101 .742 84 .532 .700 35 .329 4 2 0
65. Urquidy G ·  S ·  vP ···X····X····· 38.0 5.21 8.1 165 .273 .800 107 .855 58 .697 .823 42 .595 7 6 2
59. Valdez* G ·  S ·  vP ··X····X·····X 154.2 3.55 8.9 628 .237 .668 522 .649 106 .761 .617 133 .824 16 14 1
35. Verlander G ·  S ·  vP ·····X····X··· 112.1 3.36 7.5 465 .232 .657 269 .684 196 .619 .576 125 .669 11 8 2
TOTAL 3.85 9.1 .243 .725 .724 .773 152 88 27

Astros Batters (4.86 RS/G) vs. Red Sox Pitchers (4.60 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Astros Batters (4.86 RS/G) vs. Red Sox Pitchers (4.60 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 65. Paxton* 83. Bernardino* 74. Jansen 68. Llovera 55. Martin 72. Murphy* 46. Schreiber 22. Whitlock
Entries are PA/OPSLinks G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB
27. Altuve G  ·   S  ·   vP 35/.996 1/ 1/.000 ··· 9/1.112 ··· 1/.000 4/.500
44. Alvarez* G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.333 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/ 3/.666
2. Bregman G  ·   S  ·   vP 29/.562 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 6/.334 ··· ··· 4/.250
21. Diaz G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
14. Dubón G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000
17. Hensley G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
9. Julks G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
15. Maldonado G  ·   S  ·   vP 11/.364 ··· 6/.533 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000
20. McCormick G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/2.667
6. Meyers G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
3. Peña G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ···
28. Singleton* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
30. Tucker* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 3/1.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/1.250

HOU Batters

HOU Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
27. Altuve G ·  S ·  vP 243 .327 .420 .529 .949 176 .975 67 .879 .868 100 1.088 13 2 9 2
44. Alvarez* G ·  S ·  vP 337 .278 .386 .560 .946 222 .936 115 .962 .855 95 .867 0 0 21 0
2. Bregman G ·  S ·  vP 551 .252 .350 .428 .778 391 .859 160 .582 .788 111 .841 3 0 20 12
21. Diaz G ·  S ·  vP 284 .279 .296 .535 .831 211 .942 73 .509 .948 74 .981 0 0 17 4
14. Dubón G ·  S ·  vP 404 .266 .297 .376 .673 307 .636 97 .789 .610 63 .657 6 1 6 6
17. Hensley G ·  S ·  vP 94 .119 .213 .167 .379 59 .262 35 .586 .442 1 .000 1 0 1 1
9. Julks G ·  S ·  vP 315 .245 .298 .355 .654 239 .664 76 .620 .628 24 .174 15 3 6 1
15. Maldonado G ·  S ·  vP 314 .172 .245 .301 .546 243 .465 71 .829 .641 57 .646 0 0 9 7
20. McCormick G ·  S ·  vP 325 .284 .373 .525 .898 229 .825 96 1.067 .960 89 .959 13 3 17 1
6. Meyers G ·  S ·  vP 307 .228 .303 .388 .691 243 .652 64 .842 .614 52 .717 5 2 9 4
3. Peña G ·  S ·  vP 476 .246 .307 .368 .675 344 .610 132 .842 .683 101 .711 10 7 10 12
28. Singleton* G ·  S ·  vP 73 .113 .247 .226 .472 54 .291 19 .993 .645 41 .596 0 0 2 1
30. Tucker* G ·  S ·  vP 514 .296 .376 .525 .901 339 .838 175 1.019 .795 98 .939 24 3 24 1
TOTAL .252 .324 .419 .744 .722 .799 .733 .805 90 23 162 65

BOS Pitchers

BOS Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
65. Paxton* G ·  S ·  vP ·····X·····X·· 86.1 3.34 9.7 353 .230 .695 274 .681 79 .745 .686 95 .924 14 3 0
66. Bello G ·  S ·  vP ···X·····X···· 119.1 3.70 7.5 502 .258 .739 253 .647 249 .832 .779 122 .792 17 5 2
83. Bernardino* G ·  S ·  vP ·o·o··o·oX···o 40.1 2.68 10.3 166 .238 .652 100 .813 66 .418 .602 32 .956 3 2 1
50. Crawford G ·  S ·  vP ··X·····X····X 96.0 3.66 8.8 390 .226 .683 198 .649 192 .720 .573 101 .611 15 4 2
74. Jansen G ·  S ·  vP ·X····o·o··XX· 41.1 2.83 10.9 171 .227 .661 88 .763 83 .556 .510 33 .642 4 10 4
68. Llovera G ·  S ·  vP ··X·X····o···· 15.0 5.40 10.2 71 .250 .791 49 .623 22 1.212 .620 50 .815 2 4 0
55. Martin G ·  S ·  vP ·o·o··o·X··oo· 42.0 1.29 7.7 163 .232 .573 90 .441 73 .742 .535 42 .670 2 3 0
72. Murphy* G ·  S ·  vP ····X·····X··· 34.2 3.63 9.1 152 .239 .676 91 .646 61 .722 .527 49 .876 2 2 1
37. Pivetta G ·  S ·  vP ·X····X·····X· 106.2 4.30 11.4 446 .211 .709 254 .620 192 .827 .653 124 .752 19 11 1
41. Sale* G ·  S ·  vP ····X·····X··· 68.0 4.50 10.7 284 .227 .710 244 .673 40 .933 .777 35 .495 9 7 1
46. Schreiber G ·  S ·  vP ·Xo··oo··X·oo· 29.0 3.72 10.6 123 .243 .717 77 .661 46 .812 .803 53 .765 3 0 0
22. Whitlock G ·  S ·  vP ···X·X··X····· 56.2 5.72 8.9 238 .292 .850 135 .842 103 .861 .959 22 .939 13 5 5
25. Winckowski G ·  S ·  vP ·X··X·X····Xo· 65.2 3.15 8.1 282 .280 .751 162 .868 120 .595 .765 47 .838 8 1 1
TOTAL 4.35 8.8 .254 .752 .738 .783 163 82 22

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