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Game Preview: TEX @ CHW, 8:11pm, Monday, July 21, 2008 @U.S. Cellular Field

Texas Rangers, 51-48, 3rd, 9½ GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Eric Hurley (22, RHP, 1-1, 3.57)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-1)             22.2  22   9   9   7  12  3    3.57      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-1  22.2  22   9   9   7  12  3    3.57   51 
 2008-06-29    PHI   W   5.2   5   1   1   2   3  0     102   56 
 2008-06-24   @HOU   L   6     6   2   2   3   1  0      88   50 
 2008-06-18    ATL  ND   5     5   2   2   2   5  1     106   52 
 2008-06-12   @KCR  ND   6     6   4   4   0   3  2      92   47 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHW    Has never faced CHW.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   25-21   Road:   26-27   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  40-29   vsLHP:  11-19   1-Run:  20-11
 vsEast: 10-14   vsCntrl:15-14   vsWest: 16-12 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 99 Sun, Jul 20  @MIN  W   1-0       51-48  3rd  9.5 gb
 98 Sat, Jul 19  @MIN  L   2-14      50-48  3rd  9.5 gb
 97 Fri, Jul 18  @MIN  L   0-6       50-47  3rd  8.5 gb
 96 Sun, Jul 13   CHW  W  12-11      50-46  3rd  7.5 gb
 95 Sat, Jul 12   CHW  L   7-9       49-46  3rd  7.5 gb
 94 Fri, Jul 11   CHW  W   7-2       49-45  3rd  6.5 gb
 93 Thu, Jul 10   LAA  L  10-11(11)  48-45  3rd  7.5 gb
 92 Wed, Jul  9   LAA  W   5-4       48-44  3rd  6.5 gb
 91 Tue, Jul  8   LAA  W   3-2       47-44  3rd  7.5 gb
 90 Mon, Jul  7   LAA  L   6-9       46-44  3rd  8.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13
Chicago White Sox, 55-42, 1st, ½ up

SP: Javier Vazquez (31, RHP, 7-7, 4.61)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (7-7)            121   131  64  62  34 117 16    4.61      
 2007 (15-8)           216.2 197  95  90  50 213 29    3.74      
 2006 (11-12)          202.2 206 116 109  56 184 23    4.84      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  42.1  53  33  32  17  40  9    6.80   41 
 2008-07-09   @KCR  ND   5.2  11   6   6   1   3  1      87   25 
 2008-07-03    OAK   L   9     4   3   3   1  10  2     121   76 
 2008-06-28    CHC  ND   4.1   9   5   5   3   7  0     105   29 
 2008-06-22   @CHC   L   6     5   5   4   5   4  2     109   43 
 2008-06-17    PIT   W   6     5   5   5   2   3  1     113   43 
 2008-06-11   @DET   L   6    10   5   5   3   9  1     111   38 
 2008-06-06    MIN   W   5.1   9   4   4   2   4  2     109   36 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TEX      2-1  24.1  31  17  17   5  24  3    6.29   45 
 2007-04-19    TEX  ND   6     4   3   3   1   4  1      80   55 
 2006-06-14   @TEX   L   6    10   6   6   2   7  2      99   33 
 2006-06-03    TEX   W   6.1  11   5   5   1   7  0     115   37 
 2004-05-23   @TEX   W   6     6   3   3   1   6  0      99   53 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   33-15   Road:   22-27   ExtrInn: 5-2 
 vsRHP:  35-29   vsLHP:  20-13   1-Run:  13-12
 vsEast:  7-12   vsCntrl:27-14   vsWest:  9-10 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 98 Sun, Jul 20   KCR  L   7-8       55-42  1st  0.5 up
 97 Sat, Jul 19   KCR  L   1-9       55-41  1st  0.5 up
 96 Fri, Jul 18   KCR  W   9-5       55-40  1st  1.5 up
 95 Sun, Jul 13  @TEX  L  11-12      54-40  1st  1.5 up
 94 Sat, Jul 12  @TEX  W   9-7       54-39  1st  1.5 up
 93 Fri, Jul 11  @TEX  L   2-7       53-39  1st  1.5 up
 92 Thu, Jul 10  @KCR  L   1-4       53-38  1st  2.5 up
 91 Wed, Jul  9  @KCR  W   7-6       53-37  1st  3.5 up
 90 Tue, Jul  8  @KCR  W   8-7 (13)  52-37  1st  2.5 up
 89 Sun, Jul  6   OAK  W   4-3       51-37  1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jul 13, 2008 TEX 12  CHW 11        W:Jamey Wright (6-4), L: Boone Logan (2-2), S: none
Sat, Jul 12, 2008 CHW  9 @TEX  7        W:John Danks (7-4), L: Kevin Millwood (6-5), S: none
Fri, Jul 11, 2008 TEX  7  CHW  2        W:Luis Mendoza (2-3), L: Gavin Floyd (10-5), S: Eddie Guardado (2)

Thu, Aug 30, 2007 TEX  5  CHW  1        W:Kevin Millwood (9-11), L: John Danks (6-13), S: none
Wed, Aug 29, 2007 TEX  5  CHW  4 (11)   W:Wes Littleton (2-1), L: Boone Logan (2-1), S: none
Tue, Aug 28, 2007 TEX  4  CHW  3        W:Wes Littleton (1-1), L: Mike MacDougal (1-4), S: Joaquin Benoit (2)
Thu, Apr 19, 2007 CHW  6  TEX  4        W:Matt Thornton (1-1), L: Scott Feldman (1-1), S: Bobby Jenks (4)
Wed, Apr 18, 2007 CHW  6  TEX  0        W:Mark Buehrle (1-0), L: Kevin Millwood (2-2), S: none
Tue, Apr 17, 2007 TEX  8 @CHW  1        W:Robinson Tejeda (2-1), L: Jon Garland (0-1), S: none
Sun, Jul 23, 2006 CHW  5  TEX  0        W:Jon Garland (10-3), L: Vicente Padilla (10-6), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - TEX leads 2-1; 2007 - TEX won 4-2; 2006 - Tied 5-5; All-Time - CHW leads 339-284

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 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  5.46

CLE  4.57

SDP  3.74

RA/G

OAK  3.65

NYM  4.51

TEX  5.85

BA

C. Jones  .373

K. Suzuki  .284

T. Pena  .154

OBP

A. Pujols  .472

T. Wigginton  .357

T. Pena  .176

SLG

L. Berkman  .638

B. Francisco  .469

O. Vizquel  .191

OPS

A. Pujols  1.082

J. Werth  .820

T. Pena  .379

ERA

J. Duchscherer  1.87

M. Cain  4.08

M. Hendrickson  6.09

K/9IP

C. Billingsley  9.81

G. Floyd  6.19

L. Hernandez  3.31

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Texas Rangers Batters (5.46 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (4.12 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Vazquez
G/S/vB
53.Carrasco
G/S/vB
26.Dotel
G/S/vB
45.Jenks
G/S/vB
71.Linebrink
G/S/vB
57.Logan*
G/S/vB
46.Masset
G/S/vB
37.Thornton*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Blalock* G/S/vP 12/1.000 5/1.400 4/1.833 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 8/1.071 106/72 .281/.349/.427/.776 .465/.919 .679 10/.311 0/0 3/
41.Boggs# G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 210/150 .251/.335/.404/.739 .878/.681 .672 54/.616 2/2 4/
21.Bradley# G/S/vP 16/.450 3/1.666 2/2.000 1/2.000 6/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· 345/224 .312/.436/.595/1.031 1.174/.950 .845 73/.850 4/3 19/
22.Byrd G/S/vP 12/.583 2/1.500 2/1.000 ··· 5/.800 2/3.000 ··· ··· 210/131 .245/.327/.386/.713 .745/.693 .507 74/.617 2/1 4/
27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP 23/.956 3/.666 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 207/197 .280/.356/.396/.752 .775/.750 .880 26/.748 1/1 2/
19.Davis* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/4.000 ··· 1/2.000 73/51 .239/.301/.627/.928 1.100/.858 .604 73/.928 0/0 7/
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 433/300 .309/.365/.545/.910 .844/.940 .758 89/.812 7/0 21/
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 8/.542 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 3/.666 464/348 .328/.389/.533/.922 .808/.960 .856 108/1.115 24/1 14/
7.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 ··· 1/.000 392/284 .269/.310/.456/.766 .577/.841 .738 71/.793 6/2 13/
51.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 48/33 .233/.313/.395/.708 .350/.849 .410 45/.758 0/0 2/
25.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 168/110 .221/.321/.331/.652 .429/.777 .588 45/.530 0/1 3/
2.Teagarden G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/4 .167/.167/.667/.833 .000/1.250 .833 6/.833 0/0 1/
12.Vazquez* G/S/vP 6/.533 2/.000 5/.650 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 250/212 .310/.382/.472/.854 .462/.924 .859 61/.645 0/1 5/
10.Young G/S/vP 14/.786 10/.844 11/.637 4/1.250 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 7/.143 438/328 .296/.345/.418/.763 .835/.737 .691 96/.879 6/0 7/
IP 121.0 8.1 44.0 33.1 38.0 34.0 41.1 39.1 TOTAL .279/.350/.454/.804 .746/.827 .739 .799 55/15 119/85
ERA-K/9 4.61/8.7 1.08/8.7 3.07/12.9 1.89/5.4 2.37/7.6 3.18/8.7 4.14/6.3 2.52/11.0 3.68/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ramirez (12-3-0)
 Saltalamacchia (33-7-4)
 Teagarden (1-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 522/.276 31/.185 193/.201 128/.239 146/.207 141/.250 185/.298 158/.188 .251  Byrd
 Hamilton
 Bradley
 Boggs
 Murphy
 Catalanotto
4/41/18/6
0/60/31/5
1/0/18/4
49/0/2/3
44/13/50/2
18/0/0/0
OPS .789 .550 .618 .619 .597 .687 .814 .531 .704
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 258/.842 18/.399 57/.637 63/.612 67/.573 77/.615 68/.866 77/.438 .736
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 264/.737 13/.785 136/.609 65/.626 79/.617 64/.775 117/.786 81/.617 .683
Home 243/.725 10/.425 96/.523 71/.638 82/.594 64/.690 99/1.078 80/.554 .679
Last 28d days 85/.827 31/.550 33/.315 14/.522 35/.698 37/.839 49/1.005 47/.676
HR/SB/CS 16/6/2 0/1/1 4/13/1 1/4/0 5/2/0 3/3/1 3/2/0 3/3/0 85/94/21
Usage ········ X······· o·X····· o······· ········ ·o·····X ·oo····X o·o····X
Chicago White Sox Batters (4.92 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (5.85 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
G/S/vB
50.Francisco
G/S/vB
18.Guardado*
G/S/vB
60.Madrigal
G/S/vB
57.Nippert
G/S/vB
59.Rupe
G/S/vB
36.Wilson*
G/S/vB
45.Wright
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Anderson G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 142/86 .231/.264/.410/.675 .709/.652 .809 31/.706 2/1 5/
18.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· 7/.143 7/.429 1/no AB 2/1.000 4/.666 8/.833 22/.182 441/319 .264/.321/.355/.676 .716/.662 .704 100/.597 15/2 6/
24.Crede G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 10/.650 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/1.167 344/261 .257/.326/.479/.804 .342/.949 .905 74/.572 0/3 17/
23.Dye G/S/vP ··· ··· 14/1.500 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.666 9/.472 389/277 .310/.368/.560/.927 .884/.942 1.052 96/1.040 3/2 21/
44.Hall G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 83/48 .289/.341/.368/.710 .988/.505 .564 23/.529 0/0 1/
14.Konerko G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 12/.705 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 5/.650 13/.490 307/225 .217/.322/.361/.684 .605/.712 .816 40/.639 1/0 9/
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/.000 11/.384 345/259 .288/.326/.427/.753 .751/.753 .750 75/.671 1/0 7/
20.Quentin G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 1/.000 4/1.000 408/297 .280/.380/.533/.913 .800/.954 .902 99/.877 5/3 23/
10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 256/179 .311/.329/.461/.790 .773/.797 .790 80/.920 7/4 7/
30.Swisher# G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 13/1.438 7/.762 391/277 .239/.356/.410/.766 .753/.770 .886 90/.850 2/2 13/
25.Thome* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 34/.394 1/no AB 2/2.000 1/5.000 4/.833 6/1.000 358/257 .253/.374/.505/.879 .942/.852 .773 86/1.056 1/0 18/
5.Uribe G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/.500 10/1.000 160/128 .218/.268/.347/.614 .746/.581 .534 18/.588 0/0 3/
31.Wise* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 44/38 .341/.364/.585/.949 .333/1.052 .758 24/1.071 5/0 2/
IP 22.2 38.2 35.1 8.0 19.1 54.0 42.1 54.0 TOTAL .266/.338/.443/.782 .744/.796 .822 .799 42/19 132/67
ERA-K/9 3.57/4.8 3.49/10.7 2.80/4.8 7.88/3.4 10.24/6.5 4.50/4.8 4.89/7.9 4.50/6.0 5.16/5.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hall (25-5-1)
 Pierzynski (69-16-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 95/.253 171/.236 134/.177 37/.323 101/.391 230/.282 191/.253 233/.259 .286  Dye
 Swisher
 Quentin
 Ramirez
 Anderson
 Wise
0/0/90/3
5/51/11/3
94/0/0/3
0/11/0/1
1/52/2/0
3/13/1/0
OPS .764 .707 .545 .825 1.035 .790 .779 .663 .812
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 51/.749 87/.710 55/.550 22/1.177 49/1.044 113/.875 53/.809 110/.739 .841
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 44/.782 84/.704 79/.542 15/.283 52/1.027 117/.705 138/.768 123/.597 .787
Road 51/.782 95/.607 57/.501 18/.918 44/1.508 122/.834 81/.617 118/.690 .809
Last 28d days 49/.713 41/.612 36/.518 37/.825 50/.880 57/.878 53/.930 56/.789
HR/SB/CS 3/0/2 4/6/1 3/3/0 0/0/0 2/4/1 4/0/1 6/1/0 2/7/1 104/76/25
Usage ·X······ X······X ··o····· ·X·····X ·X······ X······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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