TEX @ OAK, Friday, July 25, 2008 Game Preview

Texas Rangers, 52-50, 3rd, 10½ GB, 6 GB in WC	SP: Vicente Padilla (30, RHP, 11-5, 4.41) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (11-5) 114.1 117 65 56 44 71 19 4.41 2007 (6-10) 120.1 146 88 77 50 71 16 5.76 2006 (15-10) 200 206 108 100 70 156 21 4.50 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-3 40.2 38 28 26 16 17 8 5.75 45 2008-07-20 @MIN W 7 3 0 0 2 0 0 80 69 2008-07-04 @BAL L 2.2 9 8 8 2 0 0 74 6 2008-06-28 PHI L 6 7 7 7 3 3 2 101 30 2008-06-22 @WSN W 7 5 3 3 2 5 2 102 58 2008-06-17 ATL W 6 2 2 1 2 4 1 91 64 2008-06-11 @KCR W 6 7 5 4 3 2 1 108 39 2008-06-06 TBR L 6 5 3 3 2 3 2 94 51 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.OAK 3-0 26.1 25 11 8 10 24 2 2.73 55 2008-05-02 @OAK W 5.2 5 3 1 4 6 1 108 53 2007-09-16 @OAK ND 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 10 42 2006-09-06 @OAK ND 5.2 9 6 6 1 4 1 97 30 2006-08-27 OAK W 8 4 0 0 4 8 0 116 78 2006-08-09 @OAK W 7 6 0 0 1 6 0 106 70
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 25-21 Road: 27-29 ExtrInn: 5-5 vsRHP: 41-29 vsLHP: 11-21 1-Run: 20-11 vsEast: 10-14 vsCntrl:16-16 vsWest: 16-12 IL:10-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 102 Wed, Jul 23 @CHW L 8-10 52-50 3rd 10.5 gb 101 Tue, Jul 22 @CHW L 2-10 52-49 3rd 9.5 gb 100 Mon, Jul 21 @CHW W 6-1 52-48 2nd 8.5 gb 99 Sun, Jul 20 @MIN W 1-0 51-48 3rd 9.5 gb 98 Sat, Jul 19 @MIN L 2-14 50-48 3rd 9.5 gb 97 Fri, Jul 18 @MIN L 0-6 50-47 3rd 8.5 gb 96 Sun, Jul 13 CHW W 12-11 50-46 3rd 7.5 gb 95 Sat, Jul 12 CHW L 7-9 49-46 3rd 7.5 gb 94 Fri, Jul 11 CHW W 7-2 49-45 3rd 6.5 gb 93 Thu, Jul 10 LAA L 10-11(11) 48-45 3rd 7.5 gb Last 10: 4-6 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:16-14
Oakland Athletics, 52-49, 2nd, 10 GB, 5½ GB in WC	SP: Sean Gallagher (22, RHP, 4-4, 4.20) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (4-4) 70.2 67 35 33 29 63 6 4.20 2007 (0-0) 14.2 19 15 14 12 5 3 8.59 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-3 39 35 19 17 19 38 4 3.92 52 2008-07-19 @NYY ND 5 7 2 2 4 7 0 98 48 2008-07-11 LAA W 7 2 2 2 3 7 0 96 69 2008-07-03 @SFG L 5 4 4 3 2 2 0 69 45 2008-06-28 @CHW ND 6 8 5 5 3 8 2 121 41 2008-06-19 @TBR ND 6 4 1 0 2 3 0 111 63 2008-06-13 @TOR L 5 7 3 3 2 5 2 98 44 2008-06-06 @LAD L 5 3 2 2 3 6 0 89 56 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TEX Has never faced TEX.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 31-24 Road: 21-25 ExtrInn: 7-3 vsRHP: 35-31 vsLHP: 17-18 1-Run: 14-16 vsEast: 14-14 vsCntrl:15-9 vsWest: 13-18 IL:10-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 101 Wed, Jul 23 @TBR L 3-4 52-49 2nd 10.0 gb 100 Tue, Jul 22 @TBR W 8-1 52-48 2nd 9.0 gb 99 Mon, Jul 21 @TBR L 0-4 51-48 3rd 9.0 gb 98 Sun, Jul 20 @NYY L 1-2 51-47 2nd 9.0 gb 97 Sat, Jul 19 @NYY L 3-4 (12) 51-46 2nd 8.0 gb 96 Fri, Jul 18 @NYY L 1-7 51-45 2nd 7.0 gb 95 Sun, Jul 13 LAA L 3-4 51-44 2nd 6.0 gb 94 Sat, Jul 12 LAA L 1-4 51-43 2nd 5.0 gb 93 Fri, Jul 11 LAA W 9-2 51-42 2nd 4.0 gb 92 Thu, Jul 10 SEA W 3-2 (11) 50-42 2nd 5.0 gb Last 10: 3-7 Last 20: 8-12 Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sun, Jun 01, 2008 OAK 13 @TEX 8 W:Chad Gaudin (4-3), L: Jamey Wright (3-2), S: none Sat, May 31, 2008 TEX 8 OAK 4 W:Sidney Ponson (4-1), L: Joe Blanton (3-7), S: none Fri, May 30, 2008 TEX 3 OAK 1 W:Kevin Millwood (3-3), L: Justin Duchscherer (4-4), S: C.J. Wilson (11) Sun, May 11, 2008 OAK 12 @TEX 6 W:Santiago Casilla (2-0), L: Franklyn German (1-1), S: none Sat, May 10, 2008 TEX 6 OAK 4 W:Josh Rupe (1-1), L: Dana Eveland (3-3), S: none Fri, May 09, 2008 TEX 4 OAK 0 W:Scott Feldman (1-1), L: Greg Smith (2-2), S: none Sun, May 04, 2008 OAK 3 TEX 1 W:Santiago Casilla (1-0), L: Scott Feldman (0-1), S: Huston Street (9) Sat, May 03, 2008 TEX 6 @OAK 3 W:A.J. Murray (1-0), L: Chad Gaudin (3-2), S: Joaquin Benoit (1) Fri, May 02, 2008 TEX 4 @OAK 3 W:Vicente Padilla (4-2), L: Joe Blanton (2-5), S: C.J. Wilson (7) Sun, Sep 16, 2007 TEX 11 @OAK 9 W:John Rheinecker (3-2), L: Andrew Brown (3-3), S: Joaquin Benoit (5) Season Series: 2008 - TEX leads 6-3; 2007 - TEX won 10-9; 2006 - TEX won 10-9; All-Time - OAK leads 359-352

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 5.46

COL 4.58

SDP 3.74

RA/G

OAK 3.63

CLE 4.53

TEX 5.88

C. Jones .369

K. Suzuki .286

T. Pena .152

OBP

C. Jones .466

G. Laird .360

T. Pena .174

SLG

L. Berkman .625

C. Coste .469

T. Pena .201

OPS

L. Berkman 1.063

J. Loney .822

T. Pena .375

ERA

J. Duchscherer 1.87

R. Nolasco 3.99

I. Snell 6.10

K/9IP

C. Billingsley 9.81

T. Wellemeyer 6.13

L. Hernandez 3.31

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Texas Rangers Batters (5.46 RS/G) vs. Oakland Athletics Pitchers (3.63 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 36.Gallagher
G/S/vB 13.Blevins*
G/S/vB 51.Braden*
G/S/vB 59.Brown
G/S/vB 25.DiNardo*
G/S/vB 41.Embree*
G/S/vB 44.Casilla
G/S/vB 20.Street
G/S/vB 31.Ziegler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

9.Blalock* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/.500 11/.191 1/5.000 7/1.000 ··· 119/77 .278/.336/.454/.790 .654/.864 .715 23/.646 1/0 4/

41.Boggs# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/1.000 ··· 215/151 .245/.327/.394/.721 .819/.676 .638 50/.558 2/2 4/

21.Bradley# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.167 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 358/230 .309/.431/.584/1.016 1.130/.946 .831 82/.833 4/3 19/

22.Byrd G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/1.000 5/.800 10/1.156 2/2.500 5/.400 4/.000 ··· 219/133 .245/.327/.380/.707 .747/.682 .513 71/.663 2/1 4/

27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 4/1.250 9/.222 3/2.000 3/.666 ··· 211/201 .280/.354/.398/.752 .775/.751 .875 21/.722 1/1 2/

19.Davis* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 85/56 .278/.329/.658/.988 1.260/.852 .798 84/.975 0/1 8/

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 2/.000 1/5.000 ··· 447/306 .305/.362/.542/.904 .793/.956 .755 100/.809 7/0 22/

5.Kinsler G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/1.000 3/1.000 12/.830 7/.486 4/.667 6/.334 1/2.000 478/356 .325/.383/.526/.910 .810/.944 .837 109/1.049 25/1 14/

7.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 400/289 .273/.317/.462/.778 .620/.842 .761 70/.863 7/2 13/

51.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 48/33 .233/.313/.395/.708 .350/.849 .410 37/.726 0/0 2/

25.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.250 3/.666 5/.200 2/.500 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 180/115 .224/.322/.333/.656 .461/.772 .601 49/.606 0/1 3/

12.Vazquez* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 251/213 .309/.381/.470/.851 .462/.919 .852 54/.625 0/1 5/

10.Young G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/1.464 4/1.833 14/.690 13/1.218 8/1.339 10/.600 ··· 452/336 .294/.343/.419/.762 .871/.723 .694 98/.898 7/0 8/

IP 70.2 8.2 20.0 34.1 12.0 38.0 29.2 44.0 23.2 TOTAL .279/.349/.455/.803 .755/.823 .740 .813 59/16 123/86

ERA-K/9

4.20/8.0

0.00/8.3

4.05/5.8

2.10/7.3

9.00/5.2

4.26/8.1

3.03/9.1

4.09/8.8

0.00/3.8

3.42/6.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Ramirez (12-3-0)
Saltalamacchia (35-7-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 309/.246 33/.172 85/.278 140/.169 66/.333 165/.255 126/.259 177/.238 83/.178 .237 Byrd
Hamilton
Bradley
Boggs
Murphy
Catalanotto 4/41/20/6
0/63/31/5
1/0/19/4
50/0/2/3
46/13/50/2
18/0/0/0

OPS .723 .449 .765 .559 .854 .764 .728 .704 .422 .667

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 166/.763 12/.361 21/.649 74/.535 19/.702 59/.731 59/.609 82/.851 34/.494 .642

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 143/.676 21/.488 64/.806 66/.572 47/.923 106/.782 67/.842 95/.579 49/.371 .684

Home 122/.575 7/.452 29/.713 87/.549 31/1.036 93/.655 68/.701 110/.776 48/.351 .626

Last 28d days 103/.743 33/.449 28/.721 35/.664 13/.750 27/1.059 44/.934 39/.685 43/.289

HR/SB/CS 6/4/4 0/1/1 1/0/0 3/0/1 1/2/0 4/3/0 4/5/0 6/4/2 0/1/0 72/49/28

Usage ·····X·· ·oX··XX· ··X···o· ···X··o· ·····XX· ·o··oX·· ·o·X·o·· ··o··X·· ··X··X··

Oakland Athletics Batters (4.22 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (5.88 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 44.Padilla
G/S/vB 50.Francisco
G/S/vB 18.Guardado*
G/S/vB 60.Madrigal
G/S/vB 57.Nippert
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

45.Bankston G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 50/32 .250/.280/.375/.655 1.000/.450 .767 50/.655 0/0 1/

18.Bowen# G/S/vP 6/.750 2/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/1.000 54/34 .196/.241/.275/.515 .616/.456 .542 15/.276 0/0 0/

8.Brown G/S/vP 6/.500 2/3.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/.666 7/.000 8/.750 324/211 .250/.287/.382/.669 .686/.659 .721 67/.690 4/1 8/

49.Conrad# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/8 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 10/.000 0/0 0/

7.Crosby G/S/vP 12/.728 8/.542 3/.333 ··· ··· 3/.666 2/.000 9/.730 386/278 .253/.306/.360/.665 .673/.662 .708 50/.474 5/3 4/

32.Cust* G/S/vP 3/1.666 6/1.133 3/.333 ··· ··· 2/3.000 7/.686 7/1.047 387/269 .226/.372/.429/.801 .739/.828 .879 94/.702 0/0 18/

38.Davis G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 118/68 .204/.229/.274/.503 .533/.481 .579 32/.419 16/5 1/

14.Ellis G/S/vP 12/.606 8/1.089 9/1.083 ··· ··· 5/.650 6/.167 7/1.429 398/281 .235/.332/.378/.711 .552/.774 .585 94/.530 12/2 9/

28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 176/125 .269/.303/.425/.728 .500/.823 .679 84/.721 3/0 3/

22.Hannahan* G/S/vP 3/.666 5/.933 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/1.667 1/no AB 4/.833 330/249 .226/.317/.346/.663 .646/.669 .667 77/.652 2/0 5/

26.Murton G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 68/46 .200/.235/.246/.481 .372/.534 .426 42/.464 0/0 0/

24.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 5/.400 369/275 .286/.338/.378/.715 .619/.748 .776 85/.765 2/2 4/

15.Sweeney* G/S/vP 3/no AB 2/1.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 258/201 .306/.359/.402/.761 .651/.792 .686 66/.827 8/1 3/

IP 114.1 39.2 37.0 10.0 23.1 56.1 42.2 56.0 TOTAL .247/.320/.370/.690 .652/.707 .696 .630 52/16 73/56

ERA-K/9

4.41/5.6

3.40/10.9

3.65/4.9

7.20/7.2

10.03/5.8

4.31/5.0

5.06/8.0

4.50/6.3

5.22/5.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Bowen (6-5-1)
Suzuki (43-23-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 495/.265 174/.232 144/.197 45/.289 118/.366 239/.272 194/.256 241/.260 .286 Brown
Gonzalez
Sweeney
Cust
Davis
Murton 49/1/45/5
0/38/25/4
12/42/41/3
60/0/0/2
3/58/1/2
16/0/2/1

OPS .796 .694 .590 .825 1.009 .770 .803 .667 .815

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 257/.849 89/.693 56/.577 24/1.142 55/.978 115/.859 54/.793 114/.723 .841

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 238/.741 85/.695 88/.599 21/.468 63/1.034 124/.684 140/.806 127/.618 .792

Road 305/.836 98/.587 67/.602 26/.888 61/1.329 131/.796 84/.679 126/.697 .814

Last 28d days 70/.902 41/.612 43/.640 45/.825 67/.873 60/.812 50/1.039 61/.797

HR/SB/CS 19/8/4 4/6/1 3/3/0 1/0/0 3/4/1 4/0/1 7/1/0 2/7/1 110/78/25

Usage ····X··· ···o·X·· ·X·XX··· ·X····o· ··X··X·· ·X···X·· ·o··X··· ·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 @ OAK, 10:05pm, Friday, July 25, 2008 @McAfee Coliseum

SP: Vicente Padilla (30, RHP, 11-5, 4.41)

SP: Sean Gallagher (22, RHP, 4-4, 4.20)

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