TEX @ LAA, Thursday, August 28, 2008 Game Preview

Texas Rangers, 66-68, 2nd, 15 GB, 12 GB in WC	SP: Brandon McCarthy (24, RHP, 0-0, 2.25) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ANA Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (0-0) 4 3 1 1 4 3 0 2.25 2007 (5-10) 101.2 111 62 55 48 59 9 4.87 2006 (4-7) 84.2 77 44 44 33 69 17 4.68 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-3 29 30 12 9 16 16 2 2.79 49 2008-08-23 CLE ND 4 3 1 1 4 3 0 75 51 2007-09-20 BAL ND 4 5 0 0 2 2 0 67 52 2007-09-15 @OAK L 3 3 2 2 1 3 1 52 47 2007-09-11 @DET L 0.2 3 3 3 1 0 0 35 33 2007-08-10 TBD ND 4.2 6 3 0 3 3 0 102 46 2007-08-05 @TOR L 6 6 2 2 2 4 0 104 54 2007-07-31 @CLE W 6.2 4 1 1 3 1 1 90 60 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.ANA 0-1 12 16 9 6 3 4 0 4.50 42 2007-07-15 @LAA ND 6 6 4 3 2 4 0 95 48 2007-04-04 @LAA L 6 10 5 3 1 0 0 79 35
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 33-33 Road: 33-35 ExtrInn: 5-5 vsRHP: 51-42 vsLHP: 15-26 1-Run: 25-15 vsEast: 16-24 vsCntrl:20-21 vsWest: 20-15 IL:10-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 134 Wed, Aug 27 @KCR W 3-2 66-68 2nd 15.0 gb 133 Tue, Aug 26 @KCR W 2-1 65-68 2nd 16.0 gb 132 Mon, Aug 25 @KCR W 9-4 64-68 2nd 16.0 gb 131 Sun, Aug 24 CLE L 3-4 63-68 2nd 17.0 gb 130 Sat, Aug 23 CLE L 7-8 63-67 2nd 16.0 gb 129 Fri, Aug 22 CLE L 5-7 63-66 2nd 15.0 gb 128 Wed, Aug 20 DET W 9-1 63-65 2nd 15.5 gb 127 Tue, Aug 19 DET L 3-11 62-65 2nd 15.5 gb 126 Mon, Aug 18 DET L 7-8 62-64 2nd 15.5 gb 125 Sun, Aug 17 TBR L 4-7 62-63 2nd 15.5 gb Last 10: 4-6 Last 20: 6-14 Last 30:12-18
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 80-52, 1st, 15 up	SP: Jon Garland (28, RHP, 11-8, 4.49) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (11-8) 162.1 189 89 81 49 72 20 4.49 2007 (10-13) 208.1 219 114 98 57 98 19 4.23 2006 (18-7) 211.1 247 112 106 41 112 26 4.51 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-2 42.1 54 27 25 10 21 8 5.31 43 2008-08-23 MIN ND 4.1 6 5 5 1 1 1 89 31 2008-08-18 @TBR L 6 10 5 4 2 3 2 102 35 2008-08-12 SEA W 7 9 3 3 1 4 0 100 50 2008-08-05 BAL L 7 9 3 3 0 1 1 107 48 2008-07-31 @NYY W 6 7 3 3 1 3 2 105 48 2008-07-26 @BAL W 5.1 7 5 5 2 3 2 90 35 2008-07-20 BOS ND 6.2 6 3 2 3 6 0 118 55 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TEX 2-2 31.2 32 17 17 7 10 4 4.83 48 2008-04-06 TEX L 5 8 7 7 2 2 2 91 23 2007-08-29 @TEX ND 6 8 3 3 2 2 0 111 44 2007-04-17 TEX L 7 5 5 5 1 3 2 96 49 2006-07-23 TEX W 8.1 6 0 0 1 3 0 107 73 2006-06-13 @TEX W 5.1 5 2 2 1 0 0 91 49
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 40-27 Road: 40-25 ExtrInn: 3-4 vsRHP: 56-39 vsLHP: 24-13 1-Run: 25-18 vsEast: 28-15 vsCntrl:21-14 vsWest: 21-15 IL:10-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 132 Wed, Aug 27 OAK L 5-6 80-52 1st 15.0 up 131 Tue, Aug 26 OAK W 5-1 80-51 1st 16.0 up 130 Mon, Aug 25 OAK L 1-2 79-51 1st 16.0 up 129 Sun, Aug 24 MIN W 5-3 79-50 1st 17.0 up 128 Sat, Aug 23 MIN W 7-5 78-50 1st 16.0 up 127 Fri, Aug 22 MIN L 0-9 77-50 1st 15.0 up 126 Thu, Aug 21 MIN L 1-2 (12) 77-49 1st 15.0 up 125 Wed, Aug 20 @TBR W 5-4 77-48 1st 15.5 up 124 Tue, Aug 19 @TBR L 2-4 76-48 1st 15.5 up 123 Mon, Aug 18 @TBR L 4-6 76-47 1st 15.5 up Last 10: 4-6 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Thu, Jul 10, 2008 LAA 11 @TEX 10 (11) W:Justin Speier (1-4), L: Jamey Wright (5-4), S: Francisco Rodriguez (36) Wed, Jul 09, 2008 TEX 5 LAA 4 W:Jamey Wright (5-3), L: Francisco Rodriguez (0-2), S: none Tue, Jul 08, 2008 TEX 3 LAA 2 W:Matt Harrison (1-0), L: Joe Saunders (12-5), S: C.J. Wilson (22) Mon, Jul 07, 2008 LAA 9 @TEX 6 W:Ervin Santana (10-3), L: Luis Mendoza (1-3), S: Francisco Rodriguez (35) Tue, Apr 15, 2008 LAA 7 @TEX 4 W:Darren Oliver (1-0), L: Josh Rupe (0-1), S: Francisco Rodriguez (5) Mon, Apr 14, 2008 LAA 7 @TEX 4 W:Ervin Santana (2-0), L: Jason Jennings (0-3), S: Francisco Rodriguez (4) Sun, Apr 06, 2008 TEX 10 @LAA 4 W:Vicente Padilla (1-0), L: Jon Garland (1-1), S: none Sat, Apr 05, 2008 LAA 2 TEX 1 W:Jered Weaver (1-1), L: Kevin Millwood (0-2), S: Francisco Rodriguez (3) Fri, Apr 04, 2008 TEX 11 @LAA 6 W:Kason Gabbard (1-0), L: Dustin Moseley (0-1), S: none Wed, Sep 26, 2007 TEX 16 LAA 2 W:John Rheinecker (4-3), L: Joe Saunders (8-5), S: none Season Series: 2008 - LAA leads 5-4; 2007 - LAA won 10-9; 2006 - LAA won 11-8; All-Time - LAA leads 369-344

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 2008 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

TEX 5.54

LAA 4.63

WSN 3.71

RA/G

TOR 3.89

SFG 4.60

TEX 5.99

A. Pujols .357

A. Rios .291

J. Towles .143

OBP

A. Pujols .466

J. Posada .364

T. Pena .184

SLG

A. Pujols .636

D. Pedroia .481

T. Pena .209

OPS

A. Pujols 1.101

C. Jackson .839

T. Pena .393

ERA

T. Lincecum 2.43

B. Looper 3.94

C. Silva 6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.20

G. Floyd 6.40

L. Hernandez 3.47

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Texas Rangers Batters (5.54 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Pitchers (4.21 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 20.Garland
G/S/vB 66.Arredondo
G/S/vB 68.Loux
G/S/vB 38.Oliver*
G/S/vB 57.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 62.Shields
G/S/vB 33.Speier
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

4.Arias G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 32/28 .344/.344/.531/.875 2.000/.714 .813 32/.875 2/0 0/

9.Blalock* G/S/vP 33/.868 ··· 1/no AB 4/1.000 19/1.248 26/.712 5/.400 159/109 .255/.314/.393/.708 .720/.702 .647 26/.397 1/0 4/

41.Boggs# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· 299/204 .236/.342/.417/.760 .842/.720 .692 76/.818 3/2 8/

21.Bradley# G/S/vP 17/.820 ··· ··· 3/.666 8/.125 3/1.000 5/1.000 436/286 .323/.446/.583/1.029 1.168/.954 .868 57/.979 4/3 21/

22.Byrd G/S/vP 5/1.200 1/.000 ··· 10/.733 3/.666 4/1.250 6/.000 354/232 .299/.381/.471/.851 .938/.805 .714 112/1.067 4/1 9/

27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP 44/.796 1/.000 3/1.333 3/.000 12/.633 13/.077 3/.000 267/252 .272/.337/.389/.726 .536/.736 .804 47/.654 1/1 2/

17.Cruz G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 4/1.250 2/2.500 13/13 .250/.308/.583/.891 /.891 .891 13/.891 0/0 1/

19.Davis* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 216/148 .274/.319/.547/.867 .983/.814 .826 103/.736 0/2 13/

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.500 ··· 3/1.334 5/1.400 1/.000 2/1.500 583/397 .298/.362/.538/.900 .840/.927 .766 107/.848 7/0 29/

15.Laird G/S/vP 9/1.111 ··· ··· 2/1.000 8/.250 9/.819 1/.000 306/227 .284/.337/.417/.754 .766/.750 .837 90/.590 2/3 6/

25.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/3.000 223/142 .255/.354/.370/.724 .449/.891 .693 31/.970 0/2 3/

12.Vazquez* G/S/vP 5/1.200 1/.000 ··· 6/.000 3/.333 7/.429 5/.800 325/271 .304/.378/.450/.828 .487/.895 .791 62/.701 0/1 6/

10.Young G/S/vP 37/.584 2/.000 3/.666 3/1.334 24/.701 33/.462 11/.455 594/437 .287/.338/.414/.753 .873/.709 .704 119/.723 8/0 12/

IP 162.1 45.2 11.2 59.1 55.1 50.1 55.0 TOTAL .281/.351/.459/.810 .798/.815 .761 .805 67/20 164/108

ERA-K/9

4.49/4.0

1.18/7.7

2.31/2.3

2.73/5.0

2.60/10.1

2.68/9.1

5.07/7.0

3.88/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Laird (46-19-4)
Saltalamacchia (38-8-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 705/.298 181/.189 48/.233 243/.265 232/.203 211/.239 246/.259 .259 Byrd
Hamilton
Boggs
Bradley
Catalanotto
Cruz 6/53/39/7
0/85/34/7
67/0/3/6
1/0/19/4
26/0/0/0
0/0/3/0

OPS .811 .521 .600 .700 .625 .660 .821 .724

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 372/.823 87/.417 25/.893 100/.758 121/.693 109/.575 113/.990 .734

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 333/.797 94/.620 23/.310 143/.660 111/.553 102/.750 133/.675 .715

Home 412/.783 93/.542 35/.538 136/.579 110/.648 109/.682 117/.821 .724

Last 28d days 131/.875 62/.556 48/.600 52/.566 35/.697 44/.696 47/.893

HR/SB/CS 20/2/3 2/3/2 1/0/0 3/5/2 4/6/0 4/6/1 11/7/1 132/92/27

Usage ····X··· X··o···X X····X·· X···X·oo ···XX·oo ····o·X· o·X···X·

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Batters (4.63 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (5.99 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 20.McCarthy
G/S/vB 53.Benoit
G/S/vB 50.Francisco
G/S/vB 60.Madrigal
G/S/vB 57.Nippert
G/S/vB 59.Rupe
G/S/vB 56.White*
G/S/vB 45.Wright
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

16.Anderson* G/S/vP 11/.573 19/.760 5/.200 2/1.000 4/.750 7/.143 ··· 12/.432 486/379 .283/.317/.428/.745 .687/.761 .790 89/.785 6/3 13/

2.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 3/1.167 335/233 .277/.316/.384/.700 .720/.692 .622 92/.664 6/2 3/

9.Figgins# G/S/vP 9/1.238 9/.000 6/.900 2/1.000 4/.500 7/.821 ··· 11/.728 430/315 .284/.376/.324/.701 .702/.700 .705 113/.712 25/10 0/

27.Guerrero G/S/vP 13/1.052 19/.903 10/2.557 1/.000 3/1.167 6/2.433 ··· 35/.873 511/379 .289/.352/.501/.853 .756/.888 .836 96/.968 4/3 23/

48.Hunter G/S/vP 3/1.666 11/1.546 6/.500 1/2.000 4/1.750 2/.500 ··· 8/.750 516/378 .274/.337/.468/.805 .769/.819 .858 101/.670 11/5 19/

47.Kendrick G/S/vP 5/.650 4/.750 3/2.667 2/.000 4/1.000 6/.000 ··· 7/.572 344/244 .308/.334/.428/.762 .720/.779 .756 99/.580 11/4 3/

5.Mathis G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.167 2/.000 ··· 4/.000 290/208 .203/.291/.346/.636 .796/.576 .621 59/.457 2/1 9/

24.Matthews# G/S/vP 11/.473 5/.900 5/.600 1/no AB 4/1.250 1/3.000 1/no AB 13/.490 401/287 .228/.309/.334/.643 .702/.620 .633 35/.581 7/3 7/

44.Napoli G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 203/156 .222/.337/.503/.840 .840/.838 .844 34/1.165 4/1 14/

39.Quinlan G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.000 130/68 .271/.331/.322/.653 .676/.631 .710 18/.778 2/1 1/

21.Rivera G/S/vP 2/.000 5/.000 2/3.500 1/no AB 1/.000 6/.900 1/.000 3/.666 218/140 .236/.275/.407/.682 .649/.701 .682 86/.645 1/0 9/

18.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 87/62 .160/.259/.213/.472 .393/.503 .606 14/.167 2/0 1/

25.Teixeira# G/S/vP 6/.834 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 565/366 .303/.407/.538/.945 .902/.968 1.033 109/1.157 2/0 27/

77.Willits# G/S/vP 6/.933 3/.333 3/1.334 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 5/.250 87/72 .185/.341/.231/.572 .457/.593 .675 5/ 1/0 0/

IP 4.0 41.2 53.1 24.1 43.2 74.2 73.1 TOTAL .264/.327/.404/.731 .732/.730 .744 .756 97/36 125/76

ERA-K/9

2.25/6.8

5.18/8.4

3.71/11.3

5.18/5.6

7.83/5.6

4.58/4.7

/0.0

4.17/6.4

5.32/5.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Mathis (49-19-3)
Napoli (43-8-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 17/.250 194/.234 225/.215 108/.277 216/.339 320/.283 / 321/.264 .288 Anderson
Guerrero
Matthews
Hunter
Rivera
Willits
Quinlan 69/0/0/8
0/0/86/7
33/20/35/5
0/114/0/4
31/1/15/4
14/6/16/0
1/0/3/0

OPS .662 .781 .689 .791 .959 .786 .700 .823

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 7/1.048 95/.620 113/.667 55/.911 112/.856 153/.876 / 153/.771 .855

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 10/.422 99/.942 112/.711 53/.667 104/1.066 167/.703 / 168/.637 .797

Road / 101/.781 118/.607 58/.835 117/1.037 169/.846 / 152/.652 .830

Last 28d days 17/.662 28/.675 37/.673 56/.694 79/.984 70/.857 / 63/.684

HR/SB/CS 0/4/0 6/1/1 7/6/1 3/2/1 7/4/1 5/0/1 // 4/8/1 151/99/33

Usage ····X··· o··o···· o···Xo·· ··XoX··· ········ ··o·X··· o··XX···

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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Game Preview: TEX @ LAA, 10:05pm, Thursday, August 28, 2008 @Angel Stadium

SP: Brandon McCarthy (24, RHP, 0-0, 2.25)

SP: Jon Garland (28, RHP, 11-8, 4.49)

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