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Game Preview: TEX @ NYY, 7:05pm, Wednesday, July 2, 2008 @Yankee Stadium II

Texas Rangers, 44-41, 3rd, 6½ GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Luis Mendoza (24, RHP, 1-2, 5.40)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-2)             16.2  22  16  10   7  10  1    5.40      
 2007 (1-0)             16    13   4   4   4   7  1    2.25      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-2  21.1  28  19  13  11   8  2    5.48   41 
 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 
 2007-09-21    BAL   W   5     4   1   1   1   2  1      71   56 
 2007-09-08    OAK  ND   2     2   0   0   0   0  0      30   52 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.NYY    Has never faced NYY.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   21-18   Road:   23-23   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  35-24   vsLHP:   9-17   1-Run:  15-10
 vsEast:  8-12   vsCntrl:12-11   vsWest: 14-10 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 85 Tue, Jul  1  @NYY  W   3-2       44-41  3rd  6.5 gb
 84 Mon, Jun 30  @NYY  W   2-1       43-41  3rd  6.5 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13
New York Yankees, 44-40, 3rd, 7½ GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Sidney Ponson (31, RHP, 5-1, 3.50)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (5-1)             61.2  76  36  24  20  29  3    3.50      
 2007 (2-5)             37.2  54  31  29  17  23  7    6.93      
 2006 (4-5)             85   108  62  59  36  48 10    6.25      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-1  41.1  56  29  21  16  18  3    4.57   41 
 2008-06-27   @NYM   W   6     5   0   0   4   4  0      93   62 
 2008-06-04    CLE  ND   4     8   6   2   3   1  1      90   28 
 2008-05-31    OAK   W   7     9   4   4   0   4  0     101   47 
 2008-05-26   @TBR   L   5    12   5   5   3   1  1      94   21 
 2008-05-21   @MIN   W   9     6   1   1   1   5  0     110   75 
 2008-05-16    HOU  ND   5     9   7   3   0   2  0      80   31 
 2008-05-11    OAK  ND   5.1   7   6   6   5   1  1     103   26 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TEX      3-1  27.1  31  15  15   8  18  3    4.94   48 
 2005-08-07   @TEX   L   2.1   5   3   3   1   0  0      44   34 
 2005-07-28    TEX  ND   2.1   2   0   0   0   1  0      31   54 
 2004-08-29   @TEX   W   7    12   5   5   0   7  1     105   40 
 2004-08-08    TEX   W   7.2   5   3   3   4   4  1     117   57 
 2003-06-01    TEX   W   8     7   4   4   3   6  1     115   55 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   22-20   Road:   22-20   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  30-27   vsLHP:  14-13   1-Run:  14-11
 vsEast: 15-15   vsCntrl:11-15   vsWest:  8-3  IL:10-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 84 Tue, Jul  1   TEX  L   2-3       44-40  3rd  7.5 gb
 83 Mon, Jun 30   TEX  L   1-2       44-39  3rd  6.5 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jul 01, 2008 TEX  3 @NYY  2        W:Frank Francisco (2-2), L: Mariano Rivera (2-3), S: C.J. Wilson (19)
Mon, Jun 30, 2008 TEX  2 @NYY  1        W:Scott Feldman (2-3), L: Mike Mussina (10-6), S: C.J. Wilson (18)

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)
Season Series: 2008 - TEX leads 2-0; 2007 - NYY won 5-1; 2006 - NYY won 8-2; All-Time - NYY leads 345-238

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  5.42

ARI  4.50

WSN  3.69

RA/G

OAK  3.66

MIL  4.55

TEX  5.53

BA

C. Jones  .393

S. Rolen  .283

T. Pena  .154

OBP

C. Jones  .487

J. Werth  .356

T. Pena  .177

SLG

L. Berkman  .692

G. Atkins  .457

T. Pena  .189

OPS

L. Berkman  1.140

M. Cabrera  .806

T. Pena  .366

ERA

J. Duchscherer  1.91

C. Wang  4.07

B. Arroyo  6.19

K/9IP

E. Volquez  9.71

V. Padilla  6.10

L. Hernandez  3.18

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Texas Rangers Batters (5.42 RS/G) vs. New York Yankees Pitchers (4.39 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Ponson
G/S/vB
48.Farnsworth
G/S/vB
38.Giese
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
41.Boggs# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 170/123 .253/.325/.427/.752 .921/.686 .706 54/.762 2/2 4/
21.Bradley# G/S/vP 4/.000 6/.334 1/3.000 3/.000 ··· 6/.334 1/no AB 1/.000 299/191 .321/.440/.605/1.045 1.248/.930 .848 73/1.125 4/2 16/
22.Byrd G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 167/103 .241/.331/.379/.711 .764/.678 .505 90/.748 2/1 3/
27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP 43/.731 3/.000 ··· 12/.542 ··· 12/.523 ··· 2/.000 191/182 .278/.354/.396/.751 .873/.745 .866 51/.609 1/1 2/
19.Davis* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 17/13 .333/.412/.800/1.212 1.833/1.051 .944 17/1.212 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 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 371/253 .308/.361/.556/.917 .864/.941 .760 99/.676 4/0 19/
5.Kinsler G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 5/1.000 1/no AB ··· 394/296 .324/.380/.536/.916 .822/.948 .856 120/1.127 23/1 13/
7.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 348/245 .266/.306/.445/.751 .586/.824 .750 90/.595 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 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 147/98 .216/.333/.328/.661 .382/.810 .581 63/.380 0/1 3/
12.Vazquez* G/S/vP 3/.666 2/2.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 214/178 .319/.386/.503/.888 .491/.968 .883 81/.885 0/1 5/
10.Young G/S/vP 29/.786 3/.666 ··· 6/.533 ··· 19/.526 1/.000 1/3.000 378/284 .287/.339/.417/.756 .812/.736 .699 107/.708 5/0 7/
IP 61.2 36.0 20.0 34.1 27.0 37.1 4.0 26.1 TOTAL .279/.349/.455/.804 .744/.828 .748 .782 49/13 102/74
ERA-K/9 3.50/4.2 4.00/8.5 3.15/5.8 6.03/4.7 3.33/9.3 0.96/10.1 2.25/9.0 2.73/7.9 4.17/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ramirez (2-1-0)
 Saltalamacchia (30-6-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 277/.302 151/.293 83/.211 146/.281 115/.210 133/.155 17/.286 110/.214 .264  Hamilton
 Byrd
 Bradley
 Boggs
 Murphy
 Catalanotto
 Duran
0/54/24/5
4/29/17/4
1/0/16/3
38/0/1/1
39/12/43/1
17/0/0/0
2/0/2/0
OPS .770 .930 .568 .758 .683 .405 .639 .610 .731
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 143/.827 69/1.082 50/.575 63/1.005 63/.717 65/.310 14/.665 53/.778 .711
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 134/.713 82/.814 33/.555 83/.582 52/.641 68/.498 3/.333 57/.468 .748
Home 159/.806 74/1.032 79/.571 72/.735 66/.782 64/.484 8/.250 61/.604 .718
Last 28d days 48/.867 39/.765 67/.497 37/.806 44/.745 46/.595 17/.639 61/.591
HR/SB/CS 3/1/3 10/5/6 1/4/1 3/1/2 3/1/2 2/3/0 0/1/0 3/3/0 76/67/32
Usage ····X··· ···oX··· oo··X··· ····X··X ·oo·X··o X··o···· X·X····· XX·oo·X·
New York Yankees Batters (4.62 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (5.53 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 46.Mendoza
G/S/vB
53.Benoit
G/S/vB
50.Francisco
G/S/vB
18.Guardado*
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
53.Abreu* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/.000 3/.666 1/2.000 2/.000 36/1.308 348/245 .283/.351/.454/.805 .853/.784 .837 105/.789 11/5 10/
14.Betemit# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 4/.583 86/58 .268/.291/.488/.779 .767/.784 .898 47/.910 0/1 4/
28.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 321/215 .240/.305/.345/.650 .579/.684 .621 107/.516 6/1 7/
24.Cano* G/S/vP ··· 9/.555 3/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 8/.804 ··· 326/229 .245/.282/.359/.642 .756/.594 .682 98/.778 1/3 6/
18.Damon* G/S/vP ··· 20/.950 2/2.500 26/.608 1/.000 8/.542 5/1.100 340/232 .317/.385/.469/.853 .789/.882 .862 104/.828 13/6 6/
11.Gardner* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 7/7 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 7/.000 1/0 0/
25.Giambi* G/S/vP ··· 16/1.000 3/.000 30/.343 1/.000 5/.000 4/.833 288/192 .264/.399/.545/.945 .990/.923 1.020 95/1.005 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 ··· 22/.364 5/.800 5/.000 ··· 7/1.571 1/.000 341/234 .280/.340/.388/.728 .742/.721 .688 111/.726 5/2 4/
19.Moeller G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.650 71/47 .254/.338/.381/.719 .625/.761 .566 5/.900 0/0 1/
26.Molina G/S/vP ··· 7/.619 1/.000 3/.000 2/1.000 4/.000 ··· 158/107 .228/.255/.317/.572 .495/.609 .572 38/.716 0/0 0/
20.Posada# G/S/vP ··· 13/1.706 9/.111 8/.000 1/2.000 5/.400 ··· 147/104 .292/.367/.462/.829 .754/.859 .778 81/.843 0/0 3/
13.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· 14/.703 7/.762 11/.920 2/.000 8/.125 4/.500 273/196 .316/.399/.591/.990 1.031/.974 1.148 111/1.092 11/1 16/
IP 16.2 34.0 33.0 28.1 46.2 36.1 45.0 TOTAL .270/.341/.421/.762 .749/.768 .778 .786 50/21 83/44
ERA-K/9 5.40/5.4 5.82/7.4 3.55/11.2 3.18/5.4 3.47/4.4 4.46/6.9 3.60/6.2 4.81/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Moeller (12-7-0)
 Molina (25-19-6)
 Posada (29-6-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 81/.306 160/.248 144/.226 109/.180 197/.277 159/.236 187/.224 .279  Abreu
 Cabrera
 Damon
 Gardner
0/0/79/7
0/81/1/4
65/6/0/1
2/0/0/0
OPS .799 .803 .659 .538 .738 .728 .598 .789
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 38/1.058 74/.651 72/.718 47/.552 97/.825 47/.825 85/.674 .825
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 43/.548 86/.943 72/.600 62/.526 100/.652 112/.687 102/.536 .759
Road 51/.738 80/.797 83/.609 43/.447 106/.721 69/.547 92/.564 .787
Last 28d days 26/.385 30/.905 47/.467 41/.411 42/.610 57/.876 45/.464
HR/SB/CS 1/0/1 5/1/0 3/5/1 2/3/0 1/0/1 4/1/0 1/4/1 82/62/21
Usage ···o··X· ···X·o·X oX··X··o ··o·X·o· X···XX·o ooo·X·X· ·oo··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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