TEX @ CHW, Tuesday, July 22, 2008 Game Preview

Texas Rangers, 52-48, 2nd, 8½ GB, 5½ GB in WC	SP: Luis Mendoza (24, RHP, 2-3, 6.28) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (2-3) 28.2 38 31 20 12 18 5 6.28 2007 (1-0) 16 13 4 4 4 7 1 2.25 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-3 26.1 38 33 22 15 14 5 7.52 35 2008-07-11 CHW W 6 3 1 1 1 8 0 79 69 2008-07-07 LAA L 1.1 9 8 8 2 0 3 51 2 2008-07-02 @NYY ND 4.2 4 6 1 2 0 1 88 40 2008-04-23 @DET ND 1.2 5 5 2 1 1 0 57 31 2008-04-18 @BOS L 3 5 7 7 3 2 1 67 20 2008-04-12 TOR L 5 8 4 1 3 1 0 93 39 2007-09-26 LAA ND 4.2 4 2 2 3 2 0 70 47 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CHW 1-0 6 3 1 1 1 8 0 1.50 69 2008-07-11 CHW W 6 3 1 1 1 8 0 79 69
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 25-21 Road: 27-27 ExtrInn: 5-5 vsRHP: 41-29 vsLHP: 11-19 1-Run: 20-11 vsEast: 10-14 vsCntrl:16-14 vsWest: 16-12 IL:10-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 100 Mon, Jul 21 @CHW W 6-1 52-48 2nd 8.5 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 Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:17-13
Chicago White Sox, 55-43, 1st, ½ up	SP: Mark Buehrle (29, LHP, 7-8, 3.69) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (7-8) 131.2 136 64 54 34 78 11 3.69 2007 (10-9) 201 208 86 81 45 115 22 3.63 2006 (12-13) 204 247 124 113 48 98 36 4.99 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-2 51 43 15 11 10 32 4 1.94 62 2008-07-18 KCR W 7 4 4 3 2 3 1 98 56 2008-07-10 @KCR L 7.1 6 2 0 0 8 0 107 70 2008-07-04 OAK L 5.2 10 4 4 3 5 1 105 35 2008-06-29 CHC W 7 6 1 0 2 5 0 99 66 2008-06-24 @LAD W 8 6 1 1 0 2 1 96 68 2008-06-18 PIT W 8 4 2 2 2 3 1 96 67 2008-06-12 @DET ND 8 7 1 1 1 6 0 102 69 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TEX 2-3 38 31 20 17 9 21 4 4.03 55 2007-04-18 TEX W 9 0 0 0 1 8 0 106 94 2006-07-21 TEX L 7 7 5 5 2 4 2 94 45 2006-06-15 @TEX W 8 6 2 2 1 2 0 103 63 2006-06-04 TEX L 7 9 6 6 4 3 0 113 34 2005-08-29 @TEX L 7 9 7 4 1 4 2 109 40
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 33-16 Road: 22-27 ExtrInn: 5-2 vsRHP: 35-30 vsLHP: 20-13 1-Run: 13-12 vsEast: 7-12 vsCntrl:27-14 vsWest: 9-11 IL:12-6 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 99 Mon, Jul 21 TEX L 1-6 55-43 1st 0.5 up 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 Last 10: 4-6 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Mon, Jul 21, 2008 TEX 6 @CHW 1 W:Scott Feldman (4-3), L: Javier Vazquez (7-8), S: none 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 Season Series: 2008 - TEX leads 3-1; 2007 - TEX won 4-2; 2006 - Tied 5-5; All-Time - CHW leads 339-285

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 5.47

CLE 4.57

SDP 3.76

RA/G

OAK 3.66

NYM 4.51

TEX 5.80

C. Jones .372

M. Kotsay .285

T. Pena .152

OBP

A. Pujols .468

J. Loney .359

T. Pena .174

SLG

L. Berkman .632

J. Damon .470

O. Vizquel .191

OPS

A. Pujols 1.071

B. Giles .820

T. Pena .375

ERA

J. Duchscherer 1.87

J. Sanchez 4.10

M. Hendrickson 6.01

K/9IP

C. Billingsley 9.81

M. Garza 6.14

L. Hernandez 3.31

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Texas Rangers Batters (5.47 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (4.14 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 56.Buehrle*
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

9.Blalock* G/S/vP 27/.148 5/1.400 4/1.833 2/.000 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· 8/1.071 110/75 .280/.345/.450/.795 .608/.881 .714 14/.599 0/0 4/

41.Boggs# G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 211/150 .250/.333/.402/.736 .862/.681 .665 55/.604 2/2 4/

21.Bradley# G/S/vP 27/.944 3/1.666 2/2.000 1/2.000 6/.333 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 350/228 .306/.430/.585/1.014 1.162/.931 .821 78/.788 4/3 19/

22.Byrd G/S/vP 6/.334 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 4/.000 3/.666 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 210/200 .281/.356/.400/.756 .775/.755 .884 29/.779 1/1 2/

19.Davis* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/3.000 ··· 1/2.000 77/54 .239/.299/.606/.904 1.141/.808 .592 77/.904 0/0 7/

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 438/304 .308/.365/.550/.915 .837/.950 .771 94/.842 7/0 22/

5.Kinsler G/S/vP 9/.583 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 2/2.000 2/.000 3/.666 469/353 .324/.384/.528/.912 .808/.947 .840 113/1.068 24/1 14/

7.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/2.000 ··· 1/.000 396/287 .272/.312/.462/.774 .600/.843 .753 75/.833 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 2/1.500 ··· 2/1.500 172/113 .230/.331/.345/.676 .475/.787 .632 49/.619 0/1 3/

12.Vazquez* G/S/vP ··· 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 43/.496 10/.844 11/.637 4/1.250 ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 7/.143 443/333 .293/.343/.414/.757 .835/.730 .681 101/.849 6/0 7/

IP 131.2 8.1 44.0 33.1 38.0 35.0 42.1 39.1 TOTAL .279/.349/.455/.804 .753/.824 .739 .798 55/15 121/85

ERA-K/9

3.69/5.3

1.08/8.7

3.07/12.9

1.89/5.4

2.37/7.6

3.86/9.0

4.04/6.4

2.52/11.0

3.71/7.2

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 545/.270 31/.185 193/.201 128/.239 146/.207 148/.266 189/.294 158/.188 .250 Byrd
Hamilton
Bradley
Boggs
Murphy
Catalanotto 4/41/18/6
0/61/31/5
1/0/19/4
49/0/2/3
45/13/50/2
18/0/0/0

OPS .724 .550 .618 .619 .597 .745 .806 .531 .705

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 129/.679 18/.399 57/.637 63/.612 67/.573 81/.711 70/.860 77/.438 .740

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 416/.738 13/.785 136/.609 65/.626 79/.617 67/.786 119/.776 81/.617 .681

Home 252/.667 10/.425 96/.523 71/.638 82/.594 71/.809 103/1.057 80/.554 .681

Last 28d days 142/.632 31/.550 33/.315 14/.522 35/.698 44/1.006 53/.966 47/.676

HR/SB/CS 11/3/4 0/1/1 4/13/1 1/4/0 5/2/0 4/3/1 3/2/0 3/3/0 87/94/21

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

Chicago White Sox Batters (4.88 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (5.80 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 46.Mendoza
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/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 3/.666 7/.143 8/.375 1/no AB 2/1.000 4/.666 8/.833 22/.182 445/322 .263/.321/.353/.673 .709/.659 .697 104/.585 15/2 6/

24.Crede G/S/vP 2/.000 4/.000 10/.650 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/1.167 347/264 .255/.323/.474/.797 .342/.938 .889 77/.548 0/3 17/

23.Dye G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 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/.000 2/.500 12/.705 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 5/.650 14/.453 311/229 .217/.322/.363/.685 .605/.713 .814 44/.652 1/0 9/

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 4/.500 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/.000 11/.384 349/262 .291/.328/.428/.756 .766/.752 .755 79/.688 1/0 7/

20.Quentin G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 1/.000 4/1.000 412/300 .279/.379/.538/.917 .792/.962 .910 103/.893 5/3 24/

10.Ramirez G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 259/181 .309/.329/.457/.786 .762/.796 .783 83/.904 7/4 7/

30.Swisher# G/S/vP 3/1.167 5/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 13/1.438 8/.661 395/281 .236/.355/.406/.761 .753/.763 .875 94/.826 2/2 13/

25.Thome* G/S/vP 2/.000 1/3.000 34/.394 1/no AB 2/2.000 1/5.000 4/.833 7/.821 362/261 .253/.376/.503/.879 .942/.851 .774 90/1.047 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 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 47/41 .318/.340/.545/.886 .333/.971 .680 27/.949 5/0 2/

IP 28.2 39.2 36.1 8.0 19.1 54.0 42.1 55.0 TOTAL .265/.338/.442/.780 .743/.794 .818 .791 42/19 133/69

ERA-K/9

6.28/5.6

3.40/10.9

2.72/5.0

7.88/3.4

10.24/6.5

4.50/4.8

4.89/7.9

4.42/6.4

5.12/5.6

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 138/.309 174/.232 138/.180 37/.323 101/.391 230/.282 191/.253 236/.255 .285 Dye
Swisher
Quentin
Ramirez
Anderson
Wise 0/0/90/3
5/51/12/3
95/0/0/3
0/11/0/1
1/52/2/0
3/14/1/0

OPS .896 .694 .544 .825 1.035 .790 .779 .653 .810

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 70/.963 89/.693 56/.577 22/1.177 49/1.044 113/.875 53/.809 112/.724 .839

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 68/.825 85/.695 82/.521 15/.283 52/1.027 117/.705 138/.768 124/.592 .785

Road 74/.727 98/.587 61/.501 18/.918 44/1.508 122/.834 81/.617 121/.671 .805

Last 28d days 72/.923 44/.569 40/.516 37/.825 50/.880 57/.878 53/.930 59/.746

HR/SB/CS 5/2/1 4/6/1 3/3/0 0/0/0 2/4/1 4/0/1 6/1/0 2/7/1 105/76/25

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

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 @ CHW, 8:11pm, Tuesday, July 22, 2008 @U.S. Cellular Field

SP: Luis Mendoza (24, RHP, 2-3, 6.28)

SP: Mark Buehrle (29, LHP, 7-8, 3.69)

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