TEX @ CLE, Friday, May 23, 2008 Game Preview

Texas Rangers, 24-25, 3rd, 4 GB, 4 GB in WC	SP: Kason Gabbard (26, LHP, 1-1, 3.12) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (1-1) 34.2 37 12 12 17 15 1 3.12 2007 (6-1) 81.1 68 42 42 41 55 8 4.65 2006 (1-3) 25.2 24 11 10 16 15 0 3.51 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-1 34.2 37 12 12 17 15 1 3.12 49 2008-05-18 HOU L 5 9 5 5 3 4 0 85 30 2008-05-13 SEA ND 5.1 5 2 2 1 2 0 82 51 2008-05-08 @SEA ND 3.2 2 0 0 4 1 0 63 54 2008-04-21 @BOS ND 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 45 54 2008-04-16 @TOR ND 6 7 2 2 2 2 0 94 50 2008-04-10 BAL ND 5.2 7 3 3 2 1 1 101 42 2008-04-04 @LAA W 7 7 0 0 2 4 0 92 65 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CLE 0-1 10.1 12 8 8 4 7 1 6.97 40 2007-08-02 @CLE L 5.2 8 3 3 1 4 0 95 44 2007-07-26 @CLE ND 4.2 4 5 5 3 3 1 76 36
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 12-11 Road: 12-14 ExtrInn: 4-3 vsRHP: 19-18 vsLHP: 5-7 1-Run: 7-6 vsEast: 4-8 vsCntrl: 6-7 vsWest: 12-9 IL: 2-1 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 49 Thu, May 22 @MIN W 8-7 (10) 24-25 3rd 4.0 gb 48 Wed, May 21 @MIN W 10-1 23-25 3rd 5.0 gb 47 Tue, May 20 @MIN L 4-11 22-25 3rd 5.0 gb 46 Mon, May 19 @MIN L 6-7 (12) 22-24 3rd 4.0 gb 45 Sun, May 18 HOU L 4-5 22-23 3rd 3.5 gb 44 Sat, May 17 HOU W 6-2 22-22 3rd 2.5 gb 43 Fri, May 16 HOU W 16-8 21-22 3rd 3.5 gb 42 Wed, May 14 SEA L 3-4 (12) 20-22 3rd 4.0 gb 41 Tue, May 13 SEA W 5-2 20-21 3rd 4.0 gb 40 Mon, May 12 SEA W 13-12(10) 19-21 3rd 4.5 gb Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:13-7 Last 30:17-13
Cleveland Indians, 22-25, 3rd, 4½ GB, 5 GB in WC	SP: Fausto Carmona (24, RHP, 4-1, 2.25) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (4-1) 56 49 16 14 35 22 1 2.25 2007 (19-8) 215 199 78 73 61 137 16 3.06 2006 (1-10) 74.2 88 46 45 31 58 9 5.42 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-1 43 41 14 13 26 15 1 2.72 51 2008-05-17 @CIN ND 7.1 4 1 1 0 4 0 99 70 2008-05-12 TOR W 9 5 0 0 4 3 0 108 76 2008-05-06 @NYY ND 5 6 3 3 5 2 0 91 40 2008-04-29 SEA ND 6.2 8 2 1 4 2 0 103 50 2008-04-24 @KCR W 5 9 4 4 4 1 1 98 30 2008-04-17 DET W 6.2 7 1 1 1 2 0 105 57 2008-04-12 OAK L 3.1 2 3 3 8 1 0 82 37 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TEX 1-2 20.2 16 9 8 5 16 2 3.48 58 2007-07-31 TEX L 7 5 3 2 1 4 1 97 60 2007-07-20 @TEX W 8 3 0 0 3 7 0 104 80 2006-04-29 TEX L 5.2 8 6 6 1 5 1 101 33
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 14-12 Road: 8-13 ExtrInn: 1-2 vsRHP: 16-19 vsLHP: 6-6 1-Run: 4-4 vsEast: 7-6 vsCntrl: 7-9 vsWest: 8-7 IL: 0-3 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 47 Thu, May 22 @CHW L 1-3 22-25 3rd 4.5 gb 46 Wed, May 21 @CHW L 2-7 22-24 3rd 3.5 gb 45 Tue, May 20 @CHW L 1-4 22-23 3rd 2.5 gb 44 Sun, May 18 @CIN L 4-6 22-22 2nd 1.5 gb 43 Sat, May 17 @CIN L 2-4 22-21 2nd 0.5 gb 42 Fri, May 16 @CIN L 3-4 22-20 1st 0.5 up 41 Thu, May 15 OAK W 4-2 22-19 1st 1.5 up 40 Wed, May 14 OAK W 2-0 21-19 1st 0.5 up 39 Tue, May 13 OAK W 4-0 20-19 2nd 0.5 gb 38 Mon, May 12 TOR L 0-3 (10) 19-19 2nd 1.5 gb Last 10: 3-7 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Thu, Aug 02, 2007 CLE 5 TEX 0 W:Jake Westbrook (2-6), L: Kason Gabbard (4-1), S: none Wed, Aug 01, 2007 TEX 9 @CLE 6 (10) W:Joaquin Benoit (5-3), L: Jensen Lewis (0-1), S: C.J. Wilson (2) 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 Season Series: 2008 - 0-0; 2007 - CLE won 6-3; 2006 - CLE won 5-4; All-Time - TEX leads 300-285

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

CHC 5.68

LAA 4.51

SDP 3.39

RA/G

CLE 3.64

KCR 4.49

TEX 5.51

C. Jones .412

C. Delgado .218

C. Pena .206

OBP

C. Jones .482

C. Delgado .301

K. Greene .269

SLG

L. Berkman .770

G. Matthews .347

O. Cabrera .289

OPS

L. Berkman 1.236

C. Delgado .665

O. Cabrera .563

ERA

E. Volquez 1.33

D. McGowan 4.21

J. Washburn 6.99

K/9IP

E. Volquez 10.28

B. Tomko 6.30

J. Garland 1.96

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Texas Rangers Batters (5.18 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (3.64 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 55.Carmona
G/S/vB 63.Betancourt
G/S/vB 58.Breslow*
G/S/vB 44.Julio
G/S/vB 30.Kobayashi
G/S/vB 50.Lewis
G/S/vB 53.Perez*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

41.Boggs# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 88/67 .241/.307/.392/.699 1.013/.600 .615 88/.699 0/1 2/

21.Bradley# G/S/vP 5/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 180/121 .322/.433/.570/1.004 1.220/.906 .848 97/1.102 0/2 8/

22.Byrd G/S/vP 6/.000 3/.666 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/2.000 2/.000 57/37 .216/.286/.353/.639 .725/.593 .355 20/.850 1/0 1/

27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP 7/.000 6/1.700 ··· 8/.393 ··· 1/no AB ··· 117/111 .275/.362/.431/.793 .750/.793 1.002 53/.796 1/0 2/

6.Duran G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 62/35 .192/.259/.269/.528 .727/.381 .592 50/.573 0/0 1/

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 222/160 .335/.378/.614/.993 .873/1.038 .854 115/1.095 2/0 12/

5.Kinsler G/S/vP 3/.333 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 220/177 .299/.356/.443/.800 .549/.861 .777 116/.868 14/0 5/

15.Laird G/S/vP 6/.334 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 143/113 .281/.348/.414/.762 .823/.745 .828 65/.827 0/1 4/

7.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 210/150 .291/.340/.492/.832 .618/.922 .859 116/.874 4/1 6/

25.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 56/40 .205/.375/.295/.670 .393/.792 .490 56/.670 0/0 1/

16.Shelton G/S/vP 4/.500 6/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 56/35 .234/.333/.426/.759 .513/.918 .697 56/.759 1/0 2/

12.Vazquez* G/S/vP 6/.833 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 102/90 .337/.434/.482/.916 .586/.957 .799 80/1.027 0/0 2/

10.Young G/S/vP 6/1.000 6/.334 ··· 9/.583 ··· 2/.500 2/1.000 219/174 .281/.342/.418/.761 .845/.737 .812 116/.718 3/0 5/

IP 56.0 17.0 8.1 16.0 20.1 25.1 19.1 TOTAL .278/.351/.449/.800 .747/.817 .767 .852 26/5 59/43

ERA-K/9

2.25/3.5

6.88/7.9

3.24/7.6

3.38/7.9

3.54/6.2

3.55/6.4

3.26/7.9

3.47/6.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Laird (21-11-1)
Saltalamacchia (9-2-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 241/.243 78/.338 40/.286 65/.214 86/.277 116/.260 84/.270 .254 Hamilton
Byrd
Boggs
Murphy
Catalanotto
Bradley
Duran 0/35/11/2
0/8/8/2
21/0/1/1
16/10/32/1
17/0/0/0
1/0/6/0
2/0/2/0

OPS .663 .904 .775 .701 .700 .762 .728 .700

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 130/.669 39/.607 11/1.155 28/.748 37/.824 52/.727 40/.506 .715

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 111/.655 39/1.179 29/.625 37/.664 49/.605 64/.791 44/.920 .690

Home 136/.646 49/1.009 29/.725 28/.851 58/.579 76/.764 31/.715 .690

Last 28d days 117/.588 35/.992 16/1.233 22/.596 49/.774 63/.648 36/.451

HR/SB/CS 1/4/1 4/3/0 1/2/0 2/0/0 3/1/0 2/1/0 2/0/3 46/14/12

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

Cleveland Indians Batters (3.98 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (5.51 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 13.Gabbard*
G/S/vB 53.Benoit
G/S/vB 50.Francisco
G/S/vB 18.Guardado*
G/S/vB 43.Loe
G/S/vB 49.Mathis
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

23.Aubrey* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/7 .250/.250/1.000/1.250 .000/1.429 8/1.250 0/0 2/

1.Blake G/S/vP 6/.167 11/.582 7/1.100 8/.250 9/.833 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 151/121 .224/.307/.366/.672 .381/.746 .481 80/.605 1/0 3/

13.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 150/118 .172/.272/.234/.506 .396/.544 .477 73/.444 1/1 1/

7.Carroll G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 7/1.071 80/55 .200/.333/.231/.564 .718/.488 .623 46/.435 3/0 0/

20.Dellucci* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1.167 129/123 .228/.310/.377/.687 .167/.712 .607 77/.531 1/0 4/

12.Francisco G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 59/48 .333/.373/.519/.891 .727/.933 .820 53/.898 1/2 1/

25.Garko G/S/vP 5/1.000 5/1.100 1/3.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 2/.500 165/130 .245/.339/.385/.724 .976/.660 .788 73/.651 0/0 4/

38.Gutierrez G/S/vP 4/2.417 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 138/100 .228/.274/.331/.605 .665/.582 .722 66/.587 3/1 2/

48.Hafner* G/S/vP 3/.333 8/1.125 1/.000 7/.286 7/.629 ··· ··· 7/1.171 5/.200 174/130 .216/.318/.358/.676 .755/.649 .695 79/.661 1/1 4/

15.Marte G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 30/25 .115/.179/.115/.294 .933/.174 .133 18/.284 0/1 0/

41.Martinez# G/S/vP 6/.333 9/.476 1/no AB 11/.697 7/.000 ··· 2/1.000 9/.597 5/.400 151/112 .300/.344/.357/.702 1.002/.586 .794 90/.622 0/0 0/

2.Peralta G/S/vP 5/.650 9/.555 3/.000 6/.334 7/.629 ··· 2/.000 4/.750 2/.000 162/125 .216/.273/.412/.685 .797/.652 .550 82/.634 2/0 8/

10.Shoppach G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 63/43 .228/.290/.316/.606 .421/.694 .690 30/.448 0/0 1/

24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 6/1.100 5/.800 2/.500 1/.000 8/1.125 ··· 2/.000 7/1.571 5/1.100 204/147 .254/.363/.439/.802 .720/.832 .977 102/.841 9/2 7/

IP 34.2 22.2 15.2 11.1 5.1 27.2 20.2 26.2 TOTAL .231/.311/.358/.668 .684/.663 .673 .628 23/9 37/22

ERA-K/9

3.12/3.9

5.16/7.9

2.30/10.9

3.97/4.0

/0.0

10.13/5.1

4.23/3.6

4.79/4.8

3.71/5.7

4.72/5.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Martinez (13-10-1)
Shoppach (1-2-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 150/.282 105/.233 70/.262 44/.200 / 29/.333 121/.278 87/.208 110/.223 .279 Francisco
Gutierrez
Sizemore
Carroll
Dellucci 7/0/12/2
1/3/36/1
0/45/0/1
1/0/0/0
37/0/0/0

OPS .725 .720 .704 .598 .948 .801 .662 .610 .779

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 31/.582 50/.416 28/.810 23/.654 / 14/1.279 57/.932 23/.698 44/.762 .824

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 119/.763 55/1.041 42/.634 21/.538 / 15/.651 64/.685 64/.650 66/.513 .745

Road 78/.632 60/.812 39/.646 17/.353 / 19/1.432 56/.714 38/.483 49/.658 .792

Last 28d days 63/.751 62/.698 59/.660 38/.587 / 29/.948 55/.780 51/.812 55/.407

HR/SB/CS 1/1/0 2/1/0 1/2/1 1/2/0 // 0/0/0 1/0/1 2/1/0 1/2/1 39/32/15

Usage ····X··· X··X·oo· X··X··X· ···o·o·· ··X···o· ··X·X··· o··XX··· 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 @ CLE, 7:05pm, Friday, May 23, 2008 @Jacobs Field

SP: Kason Gabbard (26, LHP, 1-1, 3.12)

SP: Fausto Carmona (24, RHP, 4-1, 2.25)

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