TEX @ NYY, Monday, June 30, 2008 Game Preview

Texas Rangers, 42-41, 3rd, 7½ GB, 7½ GB in WC	SP: Scott Feldman (25, RHP, 1-3, 4.60) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (1-3) 72.1 70 42 37 24 36 9 4.60 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 0-2 41 41 27 25 14 19 6 5.49 45 2008-06-25 @HOU ND 4 6 2 2 2 2 1 99 42 2008-06-19 ATL ND 7 5 2 2 3 4 0 104 60 2008-06-13 @NYM L 5 8 7 6 2 1 0 95 24 2008-06-07 TBR ND 7 5 2 2 2 5 1 108 62 2008-06-01 OAK ND 6 4 4 3 2 2 1 85 50 2008-05-24 @CLE L 6 6 5 5 1 3 2 104 42 2008-05-19 @MIN ND 6 7 5 5 2 2 1 101 38 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.NYY Has never faced NYY.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 21-18 Road: 21-23 ExtrInn: 5-4 vsRHP: 33-24 vsLHP: 9-17 1-Run: 13-10 vsEast: 6-12 vsCntrl:12-11 vsWest: 14-10 IL:10-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 83 Sun, Jun 29 PHI W 5-1 42-41 3rd 7.5 gb 82 Sat, Jun 28 PHI L 6-8 41-41 3rd 7.5 gb 81 Fri, Jun 27 PHI W 8-7 41-40 3rd 7.5 gb 80 Thu, Jun 26 @HOU L 2-7 40-40 3rd 8.5 gb 79 Wed, Jun 25 @HOU W 3-2 40-39 3rd 8.0 gb 78 Tue, Jun 24 @HOU L 3-4 39-39 3rd 9.0 gb 77 Sun, Jun 22 @WSN W 5-3 39-38 3rd 7.5 gb 76 Sat, Jun 21 @WSN W 13-3 38-38 3rd 7.5 gb 75 Fri, Jun 20 @WSN L 3-4 (14) 37-38 3rd 7.5 gb 74 Thu, Jun 19 ATL W 5-4 37-37 3rd 6.5 gb Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:16-14
New York Yankees, 44-38, 3rd, 5½ GB, 5 GB in WC	SP: Mike Mussina (39, RHP, 10-5, 3.93) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (10-5) 89.1 98 48 39 13 50 12 3.93 2007 (11-10) 152 188 90 87 35 91 14 5.15 2006 (15-7) 197.1 184 88 77 35 172 22 3.51 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-2 39.2 46 25 17 7 26 5 3.86 49 2008-06-20 CIN L 8 10 4 4 2 4 1 108 48 2008-06-14 @HOU W 6 6 3 3 0 4 1 89 52 2008-06-09 KCR ND 8 7 2 2 0 3 1 89 63 2008-06-04 TOR W 6 5 1 1 1 6 0 103 63 2008-05-30 @MIN W 6 6 4 2 1 4 0 109 51 2008-05-24 SEA W 5 7 4 4 1 4 2 74 40 2008-05-20 BAL L 0.2 5 7 1 2 1 0 41 25 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TEX 4-0 31 21 10 10 4 19 3 2.90 60 2007-05-09 TEX W 6 3 2 2 1 2 1 85 59 2007-05-03 @TEX W 5 4 1 1 0 3 0 64 58 2006-07-25 @TEX W 6 5 3 3 2 4 1 97 52 2006-05-15 TEX ND 7 6 2 2 1 5 1 105 61 2006-05-05 @TEX W 7 3 2 2 0 5 0 86 68
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 22-18 Road: 22-20 ExtrInn: 1-2 vsRHP: 30-25 vsLHP: 14-13 1-Run: 14-9 vsEast: 15-15 vsCntrl:11-15 vsWest: 8-1 IL:10-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 82 Sun, Jun 29 @NYM L 1-3 44-38 3rd 5.5 gb 81 Sat, Jun 28 @NYM W 3-2 44-37 3rd 5.0 gb 80 Fri, Jun 27 @NYM W 9-0 43-37 3rd 6.0 gb 79 Fri, Jun 27 NYM L 6-15 42-37 3rd 6.0 gb 78 Wed, Jun 25 @PIT W 10-0 42-36 3rd 5.5 gb 77 Tue, Jun 24 @PIT L 5-12 41-36 3rd 5.5 gb 76 Sun, Jun 22 CIN W 4-1 41-35 3rd 5.0 gb 75 Sat, Jun 21 CIN L 0-6 40-35 3rd 5.0 gb 74 Fri, Jun 20 CIN L 2-4 40-34 3rd 5.0 gb 73 Thu, Jun 19 SDP W 2-1 40-33 3rd 5.0 gb Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:13-7 Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Thu, May 10, 2007 TEX 14 @NYY 2 W:Brandon McCarthy (3-4), L: Chien-Ming Wang (1-3), S: none Wed, May 09, 2007 NYY 6 TEX 2 W:Mike Mussina (2-1), L: Robinson Tejeda (3-3), S: none Tue, May 08, 2007 NYY 8 TEX 2 W:Andy Pettitte (2-1), L: Mike Wood (0-1), S: none Thu, May 03, 2007 NYY 5 @TEX 2 W:Mike Mussina (1-1), L: Robinson Tejeda (3-2), S: Mariano Rivera (3) Thu, May 03, 2007 NYY 4 @TEX 3 W:Luis Vizcaino (2-1), L: Joaquin Benoit (0-1), S: Mariano Rivera (2) Tue, May 01, 2007 NYY 10 @TEX 1 W:Philip Hughes (1-1), L: Kameron Loe (1-2), S: none Wed, Jul 26, 2006 NYY 8 @TEX 7 W:Shawn Chacon (5-3), L: Akinori Otsuka (2-4), S: Mariano Rivera (25) Tue, Jul 25, 2006 NYY 7 @TEX 4 W:Mike Mussina (12-3), L: Adam Eaton (0-1), S: Mariano Rivera (24) Mon, Jul 24, 2006 NYY 6 @TEX 2 W:Randy Johnson (11-8), L: Kevin Millwood (10-6), S: none Thu, May 18, 2006 TEX 6 @NYY 2 W:Vicente Padilla (4-3), L: Jaret Wright (1-3), S: none Season Series: 2008 - 0-0; 2007 - NYY won 5-1; 2006 - NYY won 8-2; All-Time - NYY leads 345-236

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 5.49

MIL 4.49

WSN 3.61

RA/G

OAK 3.68

BAL 4.53

TEX 5.63

C. Jones .394

A. Rios .284

T. Pena .154

OBP

C. Jones .485

I. Suzuki .356

T. Pena .177

SLG

L. Berkman .690

T. Hunter .452

T. Pena .189

OPS

L. Berkman 1.135

T. Glaus .805

T. Pena .366

ERA

J. Duchscherer 1.91

T. Redding 4.05

B. Arroyo 6.19

K/9IP

E. Volquez 9.97

V. Padilla 6.10

L. Hernandez 3.18

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Texas Rangers Batters (5.49 RS/G) vs. New York Yankees Pitchers (4.44 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 35.Mussina
G/S/vB 48.Farnsworth
G/S/vB 22.Hawkins
G/S/vB 36.Ramirez
G/S/vB 42.Rivera
G/S/vB 30.Robertson
G/S/vB 41.Veras
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

41.Boggs# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 169/122 .255/.327/.430/.757 .921/.692 .716 58/.742 2/2 4/

21.Bradley# G/S/vP 9/.000 6/.334 3/.000 ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· 290/183 .323/.443/.613/1.056 1.248/.948 .857 74/1.275 4/2 16/

22.Byrd G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 160/96 .252/.340/.396/.735 .764/.716 .535 88/.857 2/1 3/

27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP 64/1.162 3/.000 12/.542 ··· 12/.523 ··· 1/.000 190/181 .280/.356/.399/.755 .873/.749 .875 56/.589 1/1 2/

19.Davis* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/5 .375/.444/1.125/1.569 1.833/1.400 2.000 9/1.569 0/0 2/

6.Duran G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 93/45 .198/.258/.321/.579 .619/.532 .630 26/.728 1/0 3/

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 362/244 .312/.362/.565/.927 .864/.956 .771 100/.778 3/0 19/

5.Kinsler G/S/vP 7/.143 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 384/286 .323/.377/.534/.911 .822/.942 .843 120/1.130 20/1 13/

7.Murphy* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 339/236 .272/.306/.454/.759 .586/.838 .764 91/.709 5/2 10/

51.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 19/8 .188/.316/.375/.691 .182/1.357 .636 19/.691 0/0 1/

25.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 139/90 .214/.338/.333/.671 .382/.842 .591 65/.555 0/0 3/

12.Vazquez* G/S/vP 3/.667 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 206/170 .326/.391/.517/.908 .491/.995 .919 78/.901 0/1 5/

10.Young G/S/vP 38/.575 3/.666 6/.533 ··· 18/.444 ··· ··· 369/275 .280/.333/.408/.741 .812/.716 .668 108/.673 5/0 7/

IP 89.1 36.0 34.1 26.0 36.1 2.0 24.1 TOTAL .280/.349/.458/.807 .744/.833 .752 .827 45/12 102/74

ERA-K/9

3.93/5.0

4.00/8.5

6.03/4.7

3.46/9.3

0.74/10.4

4.50/4.5

2.96/8.1

4.21/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Ramirez (2-1-0)
Saltalamacchia (28-5-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 372/.280 151/.293 146/.281 112/.206 127/.138 9/.500 101/.220 .265 Hamilton
Byrd
Bradley
Boggs
Murphy
Catalanotto
Duran 0/53/22/5
4/27/17/4
1/0/16/3
37/0/1/1
37/12/42/1
17/0/0/0
2/0/2/0

OPS .753 .930 .758 .684 .369 .944 .609 .732

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 169/.577 69/1.082 63/1.005 61/.708 62/.325 8/1.000 46/.843 .718

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 203/.896 82/.814 83/.582 51/.655 65/.411 1/ 55/.429 .744

Home 229/.798 74/1.032 72/.735 63/.788 58/.414 / 52/.601 .721

Last 28d days 111/.725 45/.902 45/.803 45/.856 40/.508 9/.944 55/.631

HR/SB/CS 12/6/3 10/5/6 3/1/2 3/1/1 2/1/0 0/0/0 3/3/0 76/63/31

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

New York Yankees Batters (4.70 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (5.63 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 39.Feldman
G/S/vB 53.Benoit
G/S/vB 50.Francisco
G/S/vB 18.Guardado*
G/S/vB 46.Mendoza
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

53.Abreu* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 35/1.354 340/237 .286/.353/.461/.814 .853/.797 .857 107/.739 11/4 10/

14.Betemit# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.583 82/55 .266/.280/.494/.774 .741/.791 .899 43/.912 0/1 4/

28.Cabrera# G/S/vP 1/2.000 4/.500 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 314/209 .246/.312/.354/.665 .585/.705 .653 108/.562 6/1 7/

24.Cano* G/S/vP ··· 9/.555 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 8/.804 ··· 319/222 .244/.282/.361/.643 .756/.595 .687 99/.749 1/3 6/

17.Christian G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 16/5 .200/.250/.267/.517 .764/.000 .000 16/.517 0/0 0/

18.Damon* G/S/vP 1/no AB 20/.950 2/2.500 26/.608 ··· ··· 7/.629 4/1.417 334/227 .316/.386/.465/.850 .797/.875 .856 108/.878 13/6 6/

25.Giambi* G/S/vP ··· 16/1.000 2/.000 30/.343 ··· ··· 4/.000 4/.833 280/185 .262/.396/.542/.939 1.002/.907 1.012 95/.985 2/1 17/

12.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 57/35 .176/.236/.216/.452 .243/.584 .111 9/.000 0/0 0/

2.Jeter G/S/vP 1/5.000 22/.364 5/.800 5/.000 ··· ··· 7/1.571 ··· 337/230 .284/.344/.393/.737 .742/.735 .705 117/.787 5/2 4/

19.Moeller G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.650 71/47 .254/.338/.381/.719 .625/.761 .566 9/.833 0/0 1/

26.Molina G/S/vP 1/.000 7/.619 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 4/.000 ··· 155/104 .225/.253/.317/.570 .495/.607 .567 39/.637 0/0 0/

20.Posada# G/S/vP ··· 13/1.706 7/.143 8/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 139/97 .287/.367/.459/.826 .774/.848 .765 73/.838 0/0 3/

13.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· 14/.703 7/.762 11/.920 ··· ··· 7/.143 4/.500 265/189 .322/.404/.591/.995 1.046/.975 1.169 113/1.152 10/1 15/

IP 72.1 34.0 30.2 28.1 16.2 44.2 34.1 44.0 TOTAL .272/.342/.424/.766 .753/.773 .787 .803 48/20 82/43

ERA-K/9

4.60/4.5

5.82/7.4

3.82/11.1

3.18/5.4

5.40/5.4

3.43/4.4

4.72/7.3

3.68/6.1

4.89/5.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Moeller (12-7-0)
Molina (25-18-6)
Posada (25-6-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 305/.255 160/.248 137/.239 109/.180 81/.306 187/.269 153/.244 184/.228 .280 Abreu
Cabrera
Damon
Christian 0/0/77/7
0/79/1/3
64/6/0/1
3/0/2/0

OPS .745 .803 .696 .538 .799 .735 .749 .608 .793

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 155/.785 74/.651 66/.790 47/.552 38/1.058 89/.809 45/.865 83/.692 .832

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 150/.704 86/.943 71/.610 62/.526 43/.548 98/.667 108/.701 101/.542 .761

Road 123/.841 80/.797 76/.672 43/.447 51/.738 96/.713 63/.583 89/.585 .795

Last 28d days 99/.749 40/1.200 47/.534 50/.481 26/.385 43/.602 59/.911 46/.626

HR/SB/CS 9/11/0 5/1/0 3/5/1 2/3/0 1/0/1 1/0/1 4/1/0 1/4/1 81/60/20

Usage ····X··· ·X·o·X·· ··X··o·· o·X·o··o ·o··X··· ··XX·o·· o·X·X··o 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 @ NYY, 7:05pm, Monday, June 30, 2008 @Yankee Stadium II

SP: Scott Feldman (25, RHP, 1-3, 4.60)

SP: Mike Mussina (39, RHP, 10-5, 3.93)

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