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Game Preview: TEX @ CLE, 7:05pm, Wednesday, August 1, 2007 @Jacobs Field

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Texas Rangers, 47-59, 4th, 15½ GB, 13 GB in WC

SP: John Rheinecker (28, LHP, 1-0, 3.18)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (1-0)             11.1  14   5   4   5   6  1    3.18      
 2006 (4-6)             70.2 104  46  46  19  28  6    5.86      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-3  29.1  55  29  28   9   8  3    8.59   32 
 2007-07-24    SEA   W   7     6   1   0   1   4  0      94   66 
 2007-06-05    DET  ND   3     7   4   4   4   1  1      74   26 
 2006-07-31    MIN   L   1.2   9   8   8   0   0  1      53    5 
 2006-07-26    NYY  ND   4.1   9   2   2   1   1  0      80   37 
 2006-07-20    BOS  ND   3.2   8   4   4   1   1  0      76   29 
 2006-07-15    BAL   L   3.2   7   7   7   2   0  0      67   17 
 2006-07-08    MIN   L   6     9   3   3   0   1  1      88   43 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CLE    Has never faced CLE.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   27-25   Road:   20-34   ExtrInn: 3-5 
 vsRHP:  32-40   vsLHP:  15-19   1-Run:  17-13
 vsEast: 14-18   vsCntrl: 7-15   vsWest: 15-19 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
106 Tue, Jul 31  @CLE  W   3-1       47-59  4th 15.5 gb
105 Sun, Jul 29  @KCR  L   0-10      46-59  4th 16.0 gb
104 Sat, Jul 28  @KCR  L   5-6       46-58  4th 15.0 gb
103 Fri, Jul 27  @KCR  L   1-6       46-57  4th 14.0 gb
102 Wed, Jul 25   SEA  W   7-6       46-56  4th 13.0 gb
101 Tue, Jul 24   SEA  W   4-3       45-56  4th 13.0 gb
100 Tue, Jul 24   SEA  W   2-1       44-56  4th 13.0 gb
 99 Mon, Jul 23   SEA  W   8-7       43-56  4th 14.5 gb
 98 Sun, Jul 22   CLE  L   3-8       42-56  4th 15.5 gb
 97 Sat, Jul 21   CLE  W   8-5       42-55  4th 14.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14
Cleveland Indians, 60-46, 2nd, 1 GB, 1½ up in WC

SP: Paul Byrd (36, RHP, 9-4, 4.40)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (9-4)            120.2 150  63  59  13  60 16    4.40      
 2006 (10-9)           179   232 120  97  38  88 26    4.88      
 2005 (12-11)          204.1 216  95  85  28 102 22    3.74      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-1  47.2  47  21  20   9  18  4    3.78   52 
 2007-07-27    MIN   W   7    10   4   3   2   1  1     101   42 
 2007-07-22    TEX   W   5.2   3   2   2   3   3  0      99   55 
 2007-07-17    CHW  ND   6     6   4   4   2   3  1      99   45 
 2007-07-08    TOR   L   8.1   4   1   1   0   2  0      96   73 
 2007-07-03    DET  ND   7     7   4   4   1   3  1     104   49 
 2007-06-28    OAK   W   7    10   3   3   0   2  1      97   47 
 2007-06-23    WSN  ND   6.2   7   3   3   1   4  0      94   51 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TEX      3-2  31    35  18  14   5  14  4    4.06   48 
 2007-07-22    TEX   W   5.2   3   2   2   3   3  0      99   55 
 2007-04-26    TEX   W   6     8   3   3   1   3  1      86   46 
 2006-09-22    TEX   L   4     8   8   4   1   3  2      73   24 
 2006-09-03    TEX   L   6.1  10   4   4   0   1  0      91   38 
 2005-06-20    TEX   W   9     6   1   1   0   4  1      92   75 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   36-21   Road:   24-25   ExtrInn: 6-2 
 vsRHP:  42-30   vsLHP:  18-16   1-Run:  20-15
 vsEast: 16-14   vsCntrl:22-14   vsWest: 13-9  IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
106 Tue, Jul 31   TEX  L   1-3       60-46  2nd  1.0 gb
105 Sun, Jul 29   MIN  L   1-4       60-45  2nd  0.5 gb
104 Sat, Jul 28   MIN  L   2-3       60-44  2nd  0.5 gb
103 Fri, Jul 27   MIN  W  10-4       60-43  2nd  0.5 gb
102 Thu, Jul 26   BOS  L   9-14      59-43  2nd  1.5 gb
101 Wed, Jul 25   BOS  W   1-0       59-42  2nd  1.5 gb
100 Tue, Jul 24   BOS  L   0-1       58-42  2nd  1.5 gb
 99 Mon, Jul 23   BOS  L   2-6       58-41  2nd  2.0 gb
 98 Sun, Jul 22  @TEX  W   8-3       58-40  2nd  1.0 gb
 97 Sat, Jul 21  @TEX  L   5-8       57-40  2nd  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jul 31, 2007 TEX  3 @CLE  1    W:Brandon McCarthy (5-7), L: Fausto Carmona (13-5), S: C.J. Wilson (1)
Sun, Jul 22, 2007 CLE  8 @TEX  3    W:Paul Byrd (8-4), L: Robinson Tejeda (5-9), S: none
Sat, Jul 21, 2007 TEX  8  CLE  5    W:Ron Mahay (2-0), L: Cliff Lee (5-7), S: none
Fri, Jul 20, 2007 CLE  3 @TEX  2    W:Fausto Carmona (12-4), L: Brandon McCarthy (4-7), S: Joe Borowski (28)
Thu, Jul 19, 2007 CLE  7 @TEX  5    W:C.C. Sabathia (13-4), L: Kameron Loe (5-8), S: Joe Borowski (27)
Thu, Apr 26, 2007 CLE  9  TEX  4    W:Paul Byrd (2-1), L: Kameron Loe (1-1), S: none
Wed, Apr 25, 2007 CLE  8  TEX  7 (11)   W:Fernando Cabrera (1-0), L: Willie Eyre (1-1), S: none

Sun, Sep 24, 2006 CLE 11 @TEX  6    W:Jake Westbrook (14-10), L: Kevin Millwood (16-11), S: none
Sat, Sep 23, 2006 CLE  6 @TEX  3    W:Matt Miller (1-0), L: Vicente Padilla (14-10), S: Rafael Betancourt (2)
Fri, Sep 22, 2006 TEX 12  CLE  4    W:Adam Eaton (7-4), L: Paul Byrd (9-9), S: none
Season Series: 2007 - CLE leads 5-2; 2006 - CLE won 5-4; 2005 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - TEX leads 299-284

Key for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids on the next pageKey for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids Below

Batter vs. Pitcher totals are career totals. All others are year-to-date.

PA - Plate Appearances (AB+BB+HBP+SH+SF+CI)
BF - Batters Faced
BA - Batting Average
OBP - On-Base Percentage
SLG - Slugging Percentage
Last 28d - PA and OPS in the last 28 days.
SB/CS - Stolen Bases and Caught Stealing
HR/E - Home Runs and Errors Made
ERA-K/9 - Earned Run Average and SO per 9 IP
Total - Team totals for those categories.
Usage - See the note below the grid.
OPS - On-Base Percentage + Slugging Percentage (a good single number for measuring a player's hitting, avg. is .750 or so)
RA/G & RS/G - Runs scored and allowed per game.
PA/vRH - Plate Appearances overall/PA's vs. Right-handed Pitchers
Catcher Def. - Catcher Defense with each catcher's Stolen Bases, Caught Stealings, and Passed Balls allowed.
G/S/vB or G/S/vP - Links to the player's 2007 gamelogs, splits, or career batter vs. pitcher results
vLH/vRH - OPS vs. left-handed pitchers and vs. right-handed pitchers
Hm or Rd, Home or Road - OPS or OPS allowed in home or road games.
OF G: LF / CF / RF - A - Outfielders with the games played by position and their total number of assists
vs LHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against left-handed batters
vs RHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against right-handed batters
HR/SB/CS - Pitcher's Home Runs, Stolen Bases and Caught Stealings allowed

MLB Best, Middle, Worst

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

DET  5.78

KCR  4.65

WSN  3.81

RA/G

SDP  3.81

CLE  4.73

TBD  6.26

BA

R. Braun  .347

X. Nady  .289

R. Langerhans  .156

OBP

B. Bonds  .493

B. Harris  .361

M. Olivo  .251

SLG

R. Braun  .657

J. Encarnacion  .458

N. Punto  .275

OPS

B. Bonds  1.051

D. Pedroia  .817

D. Navarro  .536

ERA

C. Young  1.82

A. Pettitte  4.11

J. Contreras  6.60

K/9IP

E. Bedard  11.03

B. Arroyo  6.33

A. Cook  3.26

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Texas Rangers Batters (4.85 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (4.73 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Byrd
G/S/vB
63.Betancourt
G/S/vB
47.Borowski
G/S/vB
50.Lewis
G/S/vB
40.Mastny
G/S/vB
49.Mujica
G/S/vB
53.Perez*
G/S/vB
61.Stanford*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
22.Byrd G/S/vP 8/.750 2/1.000 3/.000 1/2.000 1/4.000 ··· ··· ··· 234/167 .330/.380/.479/.859 .818/.876 .720 93/.721 2/3 3/1
27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP 11/.573 5/1.400 4/1.250 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 228/219 .228/.302/.391/.693 .762/.691 .467 58/.698 2/0 6/0
17.Cruz G/S/vP 5/.800 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 167/109 .208/.269/.377/.646 .542/.701 .594 12/1.983 0/2 6/2
25.Hairston G/S/vP 12/1.323 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 170/90 .190/.245/.299/.544 .567/.523 .592 62/.268 3/1 3/2
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 8/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 3/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 313/231 .242/.336/.449/.785 1.034/.695 .728 5/.650 11/0 14/14
15.Laird G/S/vP 7/.762 2/.000 2/.500 ··· 4/.833 1/.000 ··· ··· 323/237 .238/.295/.354/.649 .727/.620 .691 64/.699 4/2 6/8
2.Melhuse# G/S/vP 3/1.167 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 86/67 .234/.306/.325/.631 .789/.577 .624 28/.333 0/0 1/0
30.Metcalf G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 112/62 .230/.278/.380/.658 .787/.550 .550 61/.729 0/0 1/4
16.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 153/79 .284/.333/.411/.744 .831/.661 .672 51/.505 0/0 4/3
21.Sosa G/S/vP 14/1.506 3/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 365/268 .239/.301/.452/.753 1.016/.663 .844 69/.663 0/0 16/0
12.Vazquez* G/S/vP 2/.500 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 198/149 .253/.316/.420/.736 .462/.826 .806 71/.772 1/0 5/5
6.Wilkerson* G/S/vP 15/.900 2/1.000 4/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 266/193 .218/.298/.462/.760 .965/.682 .697 75/.562 2/1 15/4
10.Young G/S/vP 22/.637 5/.400 3/2.667 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 461/339 .299/.347/.397/.744 .810/.721 .697 90/.767 9/2 4/11
IP 120.2 48.1 40.2 8.1 41.1 8.2 32.0 26.1 TOTAL .256/.322/.421/.743 .779/.728 .711 59/17 116/78
ERA-K/9 4.40/4.5 1.30/7.8 5.09/8.2 2.16/13.0 4.79/8.9 9.35/6.2 1.97/10.1 4.78/5.5 4.44/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Laird (43-29-9)
 Melhuse (15-4-2)
 Saltalamacchia (21-5-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 522/.301 173/.173 179/.293 37/.250 190/.270 40/.324 128/.182 118/.296 .273  Byrd
 Hairston
 Catalanotto
 Wilkerson
 Cruz
 Sosa
 Laird
16/16/36/7
19/21/6/3
43/0/0/2
33/1/15/2
16/0/32/2
0/0/16/1
1/0/0/0
OPS .794 .459 .727 .757 .783 .918 .533 .717 .749
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 263/.843 68/.524 88/.682 14/.539 69/.709 16/.946 50/.292 32/1.062 .755
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 259/.745 105/.416 91/.773 23/.872 121/.822 24/.898 78/.682 86/.598 .746
Home 275/.878 81/.494 87/.630 34/.830 93/.849 20/.568 84/.496 83/.783 .733
Last 28d days 109/.654 40/.559 36/.507 37/.757 41/.760 14/1.417 31/.494 37/.760
HR/SB/CS 16/8/0 3/1/2 3/5/2 1/0/1 4/3/2 1/1/0 4/1/1 1/1/0 105/63/26
Usage ····X··· ··X····X ···X··X· X···XX·· ·····X·· o······· ···oo··· ·····X··
Cleveland Indians Batters (5.21 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (5.37 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 48.Rheinecker*
G/S/vB
53.Benoit
G/S/vB
51.Eyre
G/S/vB
39.Feldman
G/S/vB
50.Francisco
G/S/vB
47.Murray*
G/S/vB
36.Wilson*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
29.Barfield G/S/vP 2/2.500 ··· 2/2.000 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 390/285 .250/.278/.326/.604 .529/.633 .586 77/.565 12/3 2/13
1.Blake G/S/vP ··· 10/.644 2/1.000 3/.333 7/1.100 ··· 2/.000 454/317 .268/.347/.455/.802 .838/.786 .685 99/.767 2/4 14/11
25.Garko G/S/vP ··· 4/.833 1/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 2/.000 333/226 .311/.378/.520/.898 .918/.889 .922 76/1.155 0/1 14/5
38.Gutierrez G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 118/62 .296/.336/.528/.864 .968/.766 1.043 50/.892 5/0 7/1
48.Hafner* G/S/vP ··· 7/1.286 3/2.667 ··· 1/.000 ··· 7/1.171 452/282 .255/.382/.438/.820 .865/.793 .786 100/.750 1/1 17/0
7.Lofton* G/S/vP ··· 9/1.389 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 376/295 .303/.377/.433/.810 .561/.877 .847 73/.846 21/4 7/3
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 2/.500 8/.542 4/.750 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· 9/.597 424/264 .306/.377/.520/.897 .904/.894 .864 96/.800 0/0 17/3
8.Michaels G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 215/101 .270/.322/.413/.735 .810/.655 .752 41/.445 1/3 6/0
33.Nixon* G/S/vP 3/.666 12/.643 1/2.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 307/254 .254/.349/.348/.697 .566/.724 .697 58/.810 0/0 3/3
2.Peralta G/S/vP ··· 8/.625 4/1.000 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· 4/.750 434/317 .279/.353/.457/.810 .848/.796 .976 93/.733 3/2 16/15
15.Rouse* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 76/65 .119/.200/.134/.334 .000/.395 .327 15/.204 1/1 0/3
10.Shoppach G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 115/87 .294/.360/.500/.860 1.237/.751 .923 26/.241 0/0 4/1
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 2/.000 4/1.000 3/1.667 3/1.167 2/.500 ··· 7/1.571 494/329 .275/.385/.467/.852 .748/.904 .906 105/.800 27/6 18/2
IP 11.1 55.0 58.2 33.0 41.2 1.1 47.2 TOTAL .269/.346/.434/.780 .792/.775 .802 54/25 126/69
ERA-K/9 3.18/4.8 3.11/9.2 3.99/5.2 6.00/4.6 4.10/6.0 13.50/6.9 2.45/8.7 4.96/6.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martinez (46-19-3)
 Shoppach (17-7-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 52/.311 227/.243 255/.274 162/.301 183/.253 9/.333 194/.183 .278  Lofton
 Michaels
 Nixon
 Blake
 Sizemore
 Gutierrez
3/80/0/5
55/1/19/3
0/0/75/3
0/0/7/2
0/105/0/1
7/5/39/0
OPS .785 .676 .761 .871 .725 1.223 .551 .789
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 7/.000 95/.585 115/.760 60/.924 81/.773 2/2.000 85/.322 .812
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 45/.918 132/.743 140/.762 102/.840 102/.687 7/.821 109/.737 .770
Road 4/.500 103/.708 131/.793 100/1.085 87/.711 9/1.223 90/.454 .818
Last 28d days 32/.508 44/.467 67/.855 24/.756 44/.842 / 39/.357
HR/SB/CS 1/0/0 4/1/1 6/2/2 3/3/2 2/4/2 0/0/0 3/0/0 101/60/34
Usage ···X···X ······XX ···X··X· ··X·X··· o··o··o· ········ X··o···X

Usage -- each character represents the number of pitches thrown by the pitcher for yesterday, two days ago, three days ago, ...., up to eight days ago:
· - did not pitch; o - less than 16 pitches; X - at least 16 pitches (the median relief outing)
An Example ( ·X···o·X ): Yesterday off, 16 or more pitches, three days off, less than 16 pitches, day off, 16 or more pitches (8 days ago). Yesterday is in bold for improved scanning.

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