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Game Preview: TEX @ DET, 1:05pm, Thursday, April 24, 2008 @Comerica Park

Texas Rangers, 7-15, 4th, 6 GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Scott Feldman (25, RHP, 0-0, 4.50)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-0)              6     8   3   3   2   3  0    4.50      
 2007 (1-2)             39    44  26  25  32  19  3    5.77      
 2006 (0-2)             41.1  42  19  18  10  30  4    3.92      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-0   6     8   3   3   2   3  0    4.50   45 
 2008-04-13    TOR  ND   6     8   3   3   2   3  0      91   45 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.DET    Has never faced DET.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    2-6    Road:    5-9    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:   6-11   vsLHP:   1-4    1-Run:   2-3 
 vsEast:  4-8    vsCntrl: 0-2    vsWest:  3-5  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 22 Wed, Apr 23  @DET  L   6-19       7-15  4th  6.0 gb
 21 Tue, Apr 22  @DET  L   2-10       7-14  4th  5.0 gb
 20 Mon, Apr 21  @BOS  L   3-8        7-13  4th  5.0 gb
 19 Sun, Apr 20  @BOS  L   5-6        7-12  4th  4.5 gb
 18 Sat, Apr 19  @BOS  L   3-5        7-11  4th  4.5 gb
 17 Fri, Apr 18  @BOS  L   3-11       7-10  4th  3.5 gb
 16 Thu, Apr 17  @TOR  W   4-1        7-9   4th  2.5 gb
 15 Wed, Apr 16  @TOR  W   7-5 (14)   6-9   4th  2.5 gb
 14 Tue, Apr 15   LAA  L   4-7        5-9   4th  3.5 gb
 13 Mon, Apr 14   LAA  L   4-7        5-8   4th  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30: 7-15
Detroit Tigers, 9-13, 4th, 3 GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Jeremy Bonderman (25, RHP, 1-2, 4.37)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-2)             22.2  26  16  11  14  10  3    4.37      
 2007 (11-9)           174.1 193 105  97  48 145 23    5.01      
 2006 (14-8)           214   214 104  97  64 202 18    4.08      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-4  36.1  46  26  21  18  17  5    5.20   42 
 2008-04-19   @TOR   L   5     5   3   2   6   2  1     108   43 
 2008-04-14    MIN  ND   6.1   8   7   4   2   5  0     104   38 
 2008-04-09   @BOS   W   5     5   2   1   4   2  0      90   49 
 2008-04-03    KCR   L   6.1   8   4   4   2   1  2      89   40 
 2007-09-09    SEA   L   1.1   7   6   6   2   1  0      45   15 
 2007-09-04    CHW   L   5.1   7   3   3   2   3  2     100   43 
 2007-08-30   @KCR   W   7     6   1   1   0   3  0      87   64 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TEX      2-1  31.2  38  22  17  13  26  3    4.83   45 
 2007-06-25    TEX   L   7     7   4   2   4   9  0     112   56 
 2006-08-20    TEX  ND   4.2  11   6   5   2   4  0     103   22 
 2005-06-01    TEX   W   7.1  10   4   4   0   6  2     101   48 
 2004-05-07   @TEX  ND   5.2   6   5   5   4   5  1     101   38 
 2003-08-12   @TEX   W   7     4   3   1   3   2  0      91   60 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    4-6    Road:    5-7    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   6-12   vsLHP:   3-1    1-Run:   1-2 
 vsEast:  3-4    vsCntrl: 4-9    vsWest:  2-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 22 Wed, Apr 23   TEX  W  19-6        9-13  4th  3.0 gb
 21 Tue, Apr 22   TEX  W  10-2        8-13  5th  4.0 gb
 20 Mon, Apr 21  @TOR  W   5-1        7-13  5th  5.0 gb
 19 Sun, Apr 20  @TOR  L   3-5        6-13  5th  5.5 gb
 18 Sat, Apr 19  @TOR  L   2-3        6-12  5th  4.5 gb
 17 Fri, Apr 18  @TOR  W   8-4        6-11  5th  4.5 gb
 16 Thu, Apr 17  @CLE  L   1-11       5-11  5th  4.5 gb
 15 Wed, Apr 16  @CLE  W  13-2        5-10  4th  4.5 gb
 14 Tue, Apr 15   MIN  W   6-5        4-10  5th  4.5 gb
 13 Mon, Apr 14   MIN  W  11-9        3-10  5th  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30: 9-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Apr 23, 2008 DET 19  TEX  6        W:Clay Rapada (2-0), L: Frank Francisco (0-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 22, 2008 DET 10  TEX  2        W:Justin Verlander (1-3), L: Vicente Padilla (2-2), S: none

Wed, Sep 12, 2007 DET  5  TEX  1        W:Justin Verlander (17-5), L: Edinson Volquez (2-1), S: none
Tue, Sep 11, 2007 DET  4  TEX  1        W:Jair Jurrjens (2-1), L: Brandon McCarthy (5-9), S: Todd Jones (34)
Tue, Sep 11, 2007 TEX 13 @DET  6        W:Vicente Padilla (6-9), L: Chad Durbin (8-7), S: none
Thu, Jun 28, 2007 DET  5  TEX  2        W:Kenny Rogers (2-0), L: Kevin Millwood (4-7), S: Todd Jones (19)
Tue, Jun 26, 2007 TEX  9 @DET  6        W:Akinori Otsuka (2-1), L: Todd Jones (1-4), S: Eric Gagne (8)
Mon, Jun 25, 2007 TEX  8 @DET  3        W:Kameron Loe (4-6), L: Jeremy Bonderman (8-1), S: none
Thu, Jun 07, 2007 DET 11 @TEX  4        W:Mike Maroth (4-2), L: Kameron Loe (1-6), S: none
Wed, Jun 06, 2007 DET 10 @TEX  0        W:Justin Verlander (6-2), L: Kevin Millwood (2-5), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - DET leads 2-0; 2007 - DET won 5-4; 2006 - Tied 5-5; All-Time - DET leads 324-274

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

For the 2007 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY  5.98

BAL  4.67

WSN  4.15

RA/G

BOS  4.06

KCR  4.80

TBD  5.83

BA

M. Ordonez  .363

J. Francoeur  .293

J. LaRue  .148

OBP

B. Bonds  .480

J. Varitek  .367

J. LaRue  .240

SLG

C. Ross  .653

T. Tulowitzki  .479

A. Gonzalez  .249

OPS

A. Rodriguez  1.067

G. Sheffield  .839

J. LaRue  .512

ERA

J. Peavy  2.54

A. Pettitte  4.05

S. Olsen  5.81

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.93

G. Meche  6.50

A. Cook  3.31

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Texas Rangers Batters (4.09 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (5.73 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 38.Bonderman
G/S/vB
52.Bautista
G/S/vB
49.Grilli
G/S/vB
59.Jones
G/S/vB
45.Lopez
G/S/vB
31.Miner
G/S/vB
50.Rapada*
G/S/vB
44.Seay*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Blalock* G/S/vP 14/.571 1/2.000 4/.250 7/.762 2/.000 3/.666 2/.500 4/.000 232/178 .293/.358/.543/.901 .796/.932 .790 / 4/1 10/6
29.Botts# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 190/143 .240/.326/.335/.662 .833/.605 .660 / 1/0 2/0
21.Bradley# G/S/vP 12/1.300 ··· 5/.000 4/.500 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 244/166 .306/.402/.545/.947 .966/.937 .964 / 5/2 13/2
23.Broussard* G/S/vP 47/1.008 11/1.434 5/.200 7/.286 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 264/245 .275/.330/.404/.734 .618/.742 .734 / 2/0 7/2
27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP 19/.707 2/1.000 1/.000 7/.453 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 377/358 .260/.337/.444/.781 .606/.788 .622 / 2/1 11/0
6.Duran G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 337/256 .292/.368/.554/.922 .588/1.028 .861 / 3/3 19/4
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 7/1.514 2/2.500 7/.000 2/.000 1/.000 4/1.417 ··· ··· 566/431 .263/.355/.441/.796 .999/.732 .675 / 23/2 20/17
15.Laird G/S/vP 3/.000 3/1.667 3/1.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 448/329 .224/.278/.349/.627 .691/.603 .588 / 6/2 9/12
2.Melhuse# G/S/vP 11/1.445 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 103/76 .213/.275/.287/.562 .630/.532 .608 / 0/0 1/0
7.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 112/89 .343/.384/.552/.936 1.071/.901 1.056 / 0/0 2/1
12.Vazquez* G/S/vP 10/1.178 ··· 4/.000 5/.800 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 345/257 .230/.300/.373/.674 .483/.739 .735 / 1/0 8/7
10.Young G/S/vP 19/1.037 1/.000 11/1.858 6/1.500 4/.500 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 692/524 .315/.366/.418/.783 .797/.779 .759 / 13/3 9/19
IP 174.1 8.2 79.2 61.1 17.1 53.2 2.2 46.1 TOTAL .263/.335/.413/.748 .786/.735 .774 .748 12/2 20/23
ERA-K/9 5.01/7.5 12.46/8.3 4.74/7.0 4.26/4.8 5.19/3.6 3.02/5.7 10.13/13.3 2.33/7.4 5.32/5.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Laird (59-39-9)
 Melhuse (16-4-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 753/.278 48/.429 352/.263 265/.267 76/.273 232/.273 13/.273 189/.228 .263  Hamilton
 Murphy
 Bradley
 Botts
 Catalanotto
 Laird
 Broussard
9/71/10/7
32/10/15/4
40/15/4/3
28/0/0/2
64/0/0/2
1/0/0/0
10/0/12/0
OPS .779 .989 .714 .702 .751 .727 1.294 .619 .773
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 432/.788 28/1.096 120/.702 151/.705 37/.803 92/.567 9/.905 101/.545 .843
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 321/.769 20/.833 232/.718 114/.696 39/.705 140/.834 4/2.000 88/.707 .735
Home 376/.796 21/1.303 184/.910 125/.626 35/.757 106/.712 12/1.417 99/.487 .768
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 23/19/4 0/1/0 5/1/2 3/1/0 2/0/0 3/4/6 2/0/0 1/1/1 19/10/3
Usage ····X··· ·oX··Xo· oX··X··X ··X··X·· X·X·oo·· ·o·X··X· X·o·o··· ·X·X··X·

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Detroit Tigers Batters (5.05 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (6.09 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
G/S/vB
53.Benoit
G/S/vB
50.Francisco
G/S/vB
54.German
G/S/vB
58.Littleton
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
24.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 4/.500 ··· 2/.500 2/.000 1/.000 6/2.267 680/530 .320/.401/.565/.965 1.173/.910 1.026 / 2/1 34/23
28.Granderson* G/S/vP 2/3.500 3/.333 2/.500 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 676/543 .302/.361/.552/.913 .494/1.014 .863 / 26/1 23/5
9.Guillen# G/S/vP 4/1.250 21/.762 2/.500 1/2.000 5/2.600 3/.000 1/.000 3/1.667 630/500 .296/.357/.502/.859 .921/.843 .863 / 13/8 21/25
15.Inge G/S/vP 4/.250 11/1.233 4/.500 ··· 4/.833 3/.333 ··· 13/.490 577/447 .236/.312/.376/.688 .923/.621 .748 / 9/2 14/18
19.Jones* G/S/vP 1/.000 4/.000 4/1.250 4/.500 1/no AB 2/1.500 4/.000 14/.445 495/408 .285/.335/.400/.735 .763/.729 .710 / 6/3 5/4
30.Ordonez G/S/vP 5/.800 16/.938 3/.333 3/1.167 6/.900 4/.500 ··· 12/.258 679/531 .363/.434/.595/1.029 1.213/.980 1.129 / 4/1 28/1
14.Polanco G/S/vP 4/.833 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 34/.878 641/489 .341/.388/.458/.846 .813/.857 .871 / 7/3 9/0
25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 148/84 .304/.340/.507/.847 .759/.912 .821 / 3/0 4/1
8.Renteria G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 2/2.000 ··· 33/.531 543/347 .332/.390/.470/.860 .918/.827 .854 / 11/2 12/11
7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 1/.000 11/.964 5/.800 ··· 6/1.667 3/.333 ··· 9/.929 515/389 .281/.294/.420/.714 .746/.703 .744 / 2/2 11/6
39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· 4/1.000 3/.333 ··· 1/no AB 5/.400 2/.500 8/.143 74/62 .284/.324/.388/.712 1.117/.638 .449 / 3/0 0/2
3.Sheffield G/S/vP 4/1.833 13/.322 3/.666 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 31/1.905 593/460 .265/.378/.462/.839 .832/.841 .901 / 22/5 25/0
33.Thames G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 284/193 .242/.278/.498/.776 .927/.705 .844 / 2/1 18/4
IP 39.0 82.0 59.1 48.0 68.1 77.0 TOTAL .267/.357/.421/.777 .774/.778 .856 .777 11/0 21/13
ERA-K/9 5.77/4.4 2.85/9.5 4.55/7.4 /0.0 4.31/4.5 /0.0 3.03/8.3 3.62/4.6 5.40/4.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Rodriguez (47-21-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 192/.284 337/.225 268/.258 / 205/.262 / 285/.208 330/.259 .299  Granderson
 Jones
 Ordonez
 Thames
 Raburn
 Sheffield
2/157/0/10
2/84/67/8
0/0/143/4
37/0/9/1
10/13/16/1
7/0/7/1
OPS .831 .641 .755 .737 .602 .743 .828
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 76/.930 146/.489 120/.701 / 79/.695 / 115/.381 144/.848 .852
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 116/.769 191/.760 148/.796 / 126/.763 / 170/.754 186/.666 .806
Road 103/1.049 152/.712 115/.756 / 98/.574 / 122/.559 179/.830 .855
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 3/6/2 6/2/2 3/4/4 // 6/3/1 // 4/2/0 6/4/4 17/18/8
Usage X·o·X··X X······· ··X····X XX·X···X ·X···X·· o··X··Xo X··oo·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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