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Game Preview: TEX @ CLE, 1:05pm, Sunday, May 25, 2008 @Jacobs Field

Texas Rangers, 25-26, 3rd, 5 GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Doug Mathis (25, RHP, 1-1, 10.13)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-1)              5.1   8   9   6   5   3  0   10.13      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-1   2.1   8   9   6   4   0  0   23.14    7 
 2008-05-20   @MIN   L   2.1   8   9   6   4   0  0      70    7 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CLE    Has never faced CLE.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   12-11   Road:   13-15   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  20-18   vsLHP:   5-8    1-Run:   7-6 
 vsEast:  4-8    vsCntrl: 7-8    vsWest: 12-9  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 51 Sat, May 24  @CLE  L   2-5       25-26  3rd  5.0 gb
 50 Fri, May 23  @CLE  W  13-9       25-25  3rd  4.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12
Cleveland Indians, 23-26, 3rd, 3½ GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: C.C. Sabathia (27, LHP, 3-6, 5.14)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (3-6)             61.1  68  35  35  23  65  8    5.14      
 2007 (19-7)           241   238  94  86  37 209 20    3.21      
 2006 (12-11)          192.2 182  83  69  44 172 17    3.22      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-4  47.1  44  17  17  14  52  5    3.23   59 
 2008-05-20   @CHW   L   7     7   2   2   1   8  2     110   62 
 2008-05-14    OAK   W   9     5   0   0   2  11  0     117   86 
 2008-05-09    TOR   W   7     6   1   1   2   9  0     106   68 
 2008-05-03    KCR   L   6.1  10   4   4   1   4  0     104   40 
 2008-04-27    NYY   L   8     4   1   1   1   8  1     111   77 
 2008-04-22   @KCR   W   6     4   0   0   2  11  0     102   73 
 2008-04-16    DET   L   4     8   9   9   5   1  2      93    6 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TEX      2-2  28.1  39  22  21  10  23  5    6.67   40 
 2007-07-19   @TEX   W   6     9   4   3   1   2  1      98   41 
 2007-04-25    TEX  ND   6     7   5   5   1   8  1      94   45 
 2005-08-16    TEX   W   7     8   2   2   2   5  1     104   56 
 2004-08-16   @TEX   L   6.1   7   5   5   5   4  1     128   38 
 2004-07-05    TEX   L   3     8   6   6   1   4  1      65   22 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   15-13   Road:    8-13   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  17-19   vsLHP:   6-7    1-Run:   4-4 
 vsEast:  7-6    vsCntrl: 7-9    vsWest:  9-8  IL: 0-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 49 Sat, May 24   TEX  W   5-2       23-26  3rd  3.5 gb
 48 Fri, May 23   TEX  L   9-13      22-26  3rd  4.5 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, May 24, 2008 CLE  5  TEX  2        W:Cliff Lee (7-1), L: Scott Feldman (1-2), S: Joe Borowski (3)
Fri, May 23, 2008 TEX 13 @CLE  9        W:Kameron Loe (1-0), L: Fausto Carmona (4-2), S: none

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
Season Series: 2008 - Tied 1-1; 2007 - CLE won 6-3; 2006 - CLE won 5-4; All-Time - TEX leads 301-286

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  5.78

MIN  4.51

SDP  3.33

RA/G

OAK  3.62

KCR  4.57

TEX  5.57

BA

C. Jones  .417

F. Sanchez  .250

J. Thome  .205

OBP

C. Jones  .488

A. Rios  .323

K. Greene  .263

SLG

L. Berkman  .769

J. Lopez  .393

O. Cabrera  .295

OPS

L. Berkman  1.241

R. Weeks  .711

O. Cabrera  .578

ERA

E. Volquez  1.34

P. Byrd  4.10

K. Rogers  6.66

K/9IP

E. Volquez  11.04

N. Robertson  6.33

J. Garland  1.96

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Texas Rangers Batters (5.27 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (3.80 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Sabathia*
G/S/vB
63.Betancourt
G/S/vB
47.Borowski
G/S/vB
39.Elarton
G/S/vB
44.Julio
G/S/vB
30.Kobayashi
G/S/vB
49.Mujica
G/S/vB
53.Perez*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
41.Boggs# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 93/71 .256/.326/.402/.729 1.013/.643 .685 93/.729 0/1 2/
21.Bradley# G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 1/5.000 17/.769 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 190/126 .329/.442/.581/1.023 1.200/.937 .892 102/1.152 0/2 8/
22.Byrd G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.666 3/.000 3/.666 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 61/37 .218/.283/.364/.647 .733/.593 .406 24/.833 1/0 1/
27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP ··· 6/1.700 4/1.250 10/.775 8/.393 ··· ··· ··· 117/111 .275/.362/.431/.793 .750/.793 1.002 45/.870 1/0 2/
6.Duran G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 65/35 .182/.246/.255/.500 .644/.381 .538 53/.538 0/0 1/
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 3/.333 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 233/166 .337/.378/.606/.983 .867/1.030 .850 116/1.043 2/0 12/
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 3/1.666 3/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 1/3.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 231/184 .294/.352/.436/.789 .545/.852 .758 117/.834 14/0 5/
15.Laird G/S/vP 5/2.300 3/.000 3/.333 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 147/113 .273/.338/.402/.739 .720/.745 .787 65/.795 0/1 4/
7.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 220/155 .296/.342/.492/.835 .632/.925 .862 116/.856 4/1 6/
25.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 4/1.250 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/5.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 61/45 .229/.393/.396/.789 .393/.944 .739 56/.775 0/0 2/
16.Shelton G/S/vP 18/.889 7/1.071 ··· 14/1.662 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 65/40 .240/.397/.420/.817 .583/.969 .819 65/.817 1/0 2/
12.Vazquez* G/S/vP 3/2.333 3/1.667 3/.000 3/.666 2/3.000 ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 108/96 .352/.438/.523/.961 .586/1.004 .884 81/1.125 0/0 2/
10.Young G/S/vP 30/.693 6/.334 4/2.500 13/1.000 10/.733 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 230/180 .282/.343/.413/.756 .799/.742 .799 117/.717 3/0 5/
IP 61.1 17.2 5.0 17.2 21.1 22.0 TOTAL .280/.355/.452/.807 .736/.830 .781 .863 26/5 60/45
ERA-K/9 5.14/9.5 6.62/8.1 14.40/5.4 /0.0 5.60/7.6 3.38/6.3 /0.0 3.27/7.8 3.64/6.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Laird (22-11-1)
 Saltalamacchia (9-2-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 271/.281 82/.338 27/.381 / 78/.277 90/.276 / 94/.256 .258  Byrd
 Hamilton
 Boggs
 Murphy
 Catalanotto
 Bradley
 Duran
0/9/9/3
0/36/11/2
22/0/1/1
17/11/33/1
17/0/0/0
1/0/7/0
2/0/2/0
OPS .796 .916 1.366 .895 .691 .691 .712
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 70/.895 41/.656 9/.700 / 37/1.053 40/.812 / 43/.519 .745
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 201/.761 41/1.163 18/1.569 / 41/.762 50/.593 / 51/.834 .689
Home 193/.821 53/1.021 18/1.345 / 41/1.185 62/.574 / 41/.633 .711
Last 28d days 149/.617 36/1.102 4/.500 / 35/1.079 46/.782 / 39/.482
HR/SB/CS 8/3/1 4/3/0 3/0/0 // 3/0/0 3/1/0 // 2/0/3 47/14/12
Usage ····X··· ·X·X···· o······· ·X·X··o· ·Xo····X Xoo···Xo
Cleveland Indians Batters (4.10 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (5.57 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Mathis
G/S/vB
53.Benoit
G/S/vB
50.Francisco
G/S/vB
18.Guardado*
G/S/vB
43.Loe
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
23.Aubrey* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 13/12 .231/.231/.692/.923 .000/1.000 .400 13/.923 0/0 2/
1.Blake G/S/vP ··· 11/.582 8/1.171 9/.222 10/.744 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 160/127 .213/.302/.348/.649 .380/.719 .458 81/.597 1/0 3/
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 153/120 .176/.273/.237/.510 .380/.552 .484 72/.387 1/1 1/
7.Carroll G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· 3/1.000 3/.000 ··· 2/2.000 7/1.071 85/57 .203/.329/.246/.576 .782/.469 .638 46/.422 3/0 0/
20.Dellucci* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.167 132/126 .222/.303/.368/.671 .167/.693 .581 75/.514 1/0 4/
12.Francisco G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 5/1.150 ··· ··· 3/.333 68/55 .365/.397/.619/1.016 .846/1.060 1.173 62/1.035 2/2 2/
25.Garko G/S/vP ··· 5/1.100 2/1.500 ··· 4/.250 2/1.000 2/.000 3/.333 170/133 .236/.329/.372/.701 .915/.644 .743 74/.642 0/0 4/
38.Gutierrez G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 143/103 .235/.279/.341/.619 .761/.564 .738 63/.574 3/1 2/
48.Hafner* G/S/vP ··· 9/1.000 1/.000 8/.250 9/.730 ··· 7/1.171 5/.200 183/136 .214/.319/.351/.669 .742/.644 .682 79/.620 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 ··· 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 81/.584 0/0 0/
2.Peralta G/S/vP ··· 10/.500 4/.000 6/.334 8/.542 2/.000 4/.750 3/.000 171/132 .219/.282/.426/.708 .833/.672 .599 83/.618 2/0 9/
10.Shoppach G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 3/1.667 1/.000 ··· ··· 70/48 .222/.290/.302/.591 .381/.690 .643 33/.406 0/0 1/
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP ··· 5/.800 2/.500 3/.000 9/1.444 2/.000 7/1.571 5/1.100 213/151 .257/.371/.464/.835 .800/.848 1.026 101/.931 10/2 8/
IP 5.1 23.2 16.2 13.0 2.2 27.2 20.2 28.2 TOTAL .231/.312/.363/.675 .705/.665 .684 .630 25/9 40/22
ERA-K/9 10.13/5.1 4.94/8.4 3.24/11.9 3.46/3.5 3.38/3.3 4.23/3.6 4.79/4.8 3.45/6.3 4.82/5.3

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 29/.333 109/.233 75/.250 50/.196 12/.333 121/.278 87/.208 116/.210 .277  Francisco
 Gutierrez
 Sizemore
 Carroll
 Dellucci
9/0/13/2
1/3/38/1
0/47/0/1
1/0/0/0
38/0/0/0
OPS .948 .711 .690 .586 .917 .801 .662 .576 .781
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 14/1.279 52/.439 28/.810 26/.574 3/2.000 57/.932 23/.698 45/.743 .823
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 15/.651 57/.997 47/.619 24/.598 9/.556 64/.685 64/.650 71/.475 .749
Road 19/1.432 64/.790 44/.627 23/.391 12/.917 56/.714 38/.483 55/.579 .794
Last 28d days 29/.948 62/.698 64/.647 36/.556 12/.917 55/.780 48/.866 53/.316
HR/SB/CS 0/0/0 2/1/0 1/2/1 1/2/0 0/0/0 1/0/1 2/1/0 1/2/1 42/33/15
Usage ····X··· o·X··X·o ·XX··X·· oo···o·o ·X······ ····X·X· ··o··XX· ·XX···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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