NYY @ TEX, Tuesday, August 5, 2008 Game Preview

New York Yankees, 61-51, 3rd, 5½ GB, 1 GB in WC	SP: Andy Pettitte (36, LHP, 12-8, 4.18) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (12-8) 144.1 157 74 67 36 111 16 4.18 2007 (15-9) 215.1 238 106 97 69 141 16 4.05 2006 (14-13) 214.1 238 114 100 70 178 27 4.20 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-3 44 46 25 22 13 37 6 4.50 50 2008-07-31 LAA L 5.1 11 9 9 3 4 2 110 11 2008-07-26 @BOS W 6 5 3 1 3 7 1 110 58 2008-07-20 OAK W 8 4 1 1 0 9 0 114 79 2008-07-13 @TOR L 6 8 4 4 1 6 1 107 45 2008-07-08 TBR W 8 4 0 0 0 5 0 114 79 2008-07-03 BOS L 4.2 9 6 5 3 2 0 89 23 2008-06-28 @NYM W 6 5 2 2 3 4 2 87 55 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TEX 1-2 33 39 16 15 13 27 1 4.09 50 2007-05-08 TEX W 7 7 1 1 2 4 0 108 61 2007-05-03 @TEX ND 6 5 2 2 3 5 0 107 56 2006-05-20 TEX L 6 12 5 5 5 8 0 120 31 2005-06-26 TEX ND 9 7 2 1 0 6 0 120 73 2004-07-04 TEX L 5 8 6 6 3 4 1 90 28
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 36-26 Road: 25-25 ExtrInn: 4-2 vsRHP: 44-35 vsLHP: 17-16 1-Run: 20-13 vsEast: 23-22 vsCntrl:14-15 vsWest: 14-6 IL:10-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 112 Mon, Aug 4 @TEX L 5-9 61-51 3rd 5.5 gb 111 Sun, Aug 3 LAA W 14-9 61-50 3rd 5.5 gb 110 Sat, Aug 2 LAA W 8-2 60-50 3rd 5.5 gb 109 Fri, Aug 1 LAA L 0-1 59-50 3rd 5.5 gb 108 Thu, Jul 31 LAA L 6-12 59-49 3rd 4.5 gb 107 Wed, Jul 30 BAL W 13-3 59-48 3rd 4.0 gb 106 Tue, Jul 29 BAL L 6-7 58-48 3rd 4.0 gb 105 Mon, Jul 28 BAL L 4-13 58-47 3rd 3.0 gb 104 Sun, Jul 27 @BOS L 2-9 58-46 3rd 3.0 gb 103 Sat, Jul 26 @BOS W 10-3 58-45 3rd 3.0 gb Last 10: 4-6 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:17-13
Texas Rangers, 59-54, 2nd, 11½ GB, 3½ GB in WC	SP: Matt Harrison (22, LHP, 2-2, 7.40) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (2-2) 24.1 31 24 20 14 4 4 7.40 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-2 24.1 31 24 20 14 4 4 7.40 35 2008-07-31 SEA L 4.2 5 6 4 5 2 0 95 31 2008-07-26 @OAK W 5 5 3 1 3 1 1 86 47 2008-07-19 @MIN L 5 9 8 8 3 0 2 84 14 2008-07-13 CHW ND 2.2 7 5 5 2 0 1 59 22 2008-07-08 LAA W 7 5 2 2 1 1 0 97 59 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.NYY Has never faced NYY.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 30-24 Road: 29-30 ExtrInn: 5-5 vsRHP: 47-32 vsLHP: 12-22 1-Run: 23-12 vsEast: 13-15 vsCntrl:16-16 vsWest: 20-15 IL:10-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 113 Mon, Aug 4 NYY W 9-5 59-54 2nd 11.5 gb 112 Sun, Aug 3 TOR W 8-4 58-54 2nd 11.5 gb 111 Sat, Aug 2 TOR L 4-6 57-54 2nd 12.5 gb 110 Fri, Aug 1 TOR W 9-8 57-53 2nd 12.5 gb 109 Thu, Jul 31 SEA L 5-8 56-53 2nd 12.5 gb 108 Wed, Jul 30 SEA W 4-3 56-52 2nd 11.5 gb 107 Tue, Jul 29 SEA W 11-10 55-52 2nd 11.5 gb 106 Mon, Jul 28 SEA L 5-7 54-52 2nd 11.5 gb 105 Sun, Jul 27 @OAK L 5-6 54-51 2nd 10.5 gb 104 Sat, Jul 26 @OAK W 9-4 54-50 2nd 10.5 gb Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Mon, Aug 04, 2008 TEX 9 NYY 5 W:Eddie Guardado (3-2), L: Damaso Marte (4-1), S: none Wed, Jul 02, 2008 NYY 18 TEX 7 W:Edwar Ramirez (2-0), L: Warner Madrigal (0-1), S: none 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 Season Series: 2008 - TEX leads 3-1; 2007 - NYY won 5-1; 2006 - NYY won 8-2; All-Time - NYY leads 346-239

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 5.66

COL 4.62

SDP 3.75

RA/G

OAK 3.90

CLE 4.60

TEX 5.90

OBP

SLG

OPS

ERA

J. Duchscherer 2.33

J. Maine 4.13

I. Snell 6.14

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.04

D. Eveland 6.12

L. Hernandez 3.48

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New York Yankees Batters (4.85 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (5.90 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 54.Harrison*
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 Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

53.Abreu* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/.666 1/3.000 3/1.667 ··· 2/.000 35/1.354 473/335 .290/.364/.479/.842 .797/.862 .782 102/1.082 14/7 15/

14.Betemit# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.583 143/104 .250/.275/.412/.686 .615/.713 .625 43/.603 0/1 5/

28.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 425/287 .243/.297/.341/.638 .600/.660 .644 89/.558 9/2 8/

24.Cano* G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 8/.804 ··· 437/305 .262/.296/.396/.692 .822/.636 .623 91/.816 1/4 10/

17.Christian G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/13 .267/.333/.333/.667 .950/.237 .549 17/.812 5/1 0/

18.Damon* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 26/.608 ··· ··· ··· 7/.629 4/1.417 414/290 .316/.388/.458/.846 .770/.879 .840 63/.786 16/6 7/

25.Giambi* G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 30/.343 1/3.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 4/.833 379/267 .256/.391/.511/.902 .919/.895 .863 71/.787 2/1 21/

2.Jeter G/S/vP ··· 5/.800 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· 7/1.571 ··· 470/329 .281/.343/.392/.736 .775/.719 .759 106/.760 6/2 6/

26.Molina G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 4/.000 ··· 221/148 .237/.288/.328/.617 .539/.655 .580 52/.801 0/0 1/

22.Nady G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 8/.821 394/304 .336/.391/.566/.957 .992/.945 .980 83/1.088 1/1 17/

13.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· 8/.661 11/.920 1/no AB ··· ··· 7/.143 4/.500 395/285 .322/.405/.599/1.004 .972/1.017 .851 101/.976 15/1 24/

12.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 18/.948 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 8/.929 342/259 .292/.336/.419/.755 .718/.767 .656 61/.843 6/1 6/

39.Sexson G/S/vP ··· 4/1.250 4/.833 ··· ··· 6/.900 11/1.136 7/.679 315/227 .222/.321/.374/.695 .988/.583 .858 26/.718 1/0 11/

IP 24.1 46.2 43.2 11.1 31.2 63.1 46.0 61.0 TOTAL .272/.344/.424/.767 .744/.778 .736 .799 73/27 115/55

ERA-K/9

7.40/1.5

3.28/10.6

3.09/5.1

7.94/6.4

7.96/6.0

3.84/5.0

5.28/7.8

4.87/6.2

5.25/5.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Molina (29-26-6)
Rodriguez (35-20-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 117/.313 198/.217 167/.197 52/.302 159/.343 264/.267 209/.265 266/.265 .286 Nady
Abreu
Cabrera
Damon
Christian 7/0/83/11
0/0/106/8
0/108/1/6
71/6/0/1
7/1/4/0

OPS .962 .682 .589 .904 .950 .747 .814 .711 .815

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 32/1.486 99/.663 66/.568 26/1.110 76/.853 126/.855 58/.849 129/.771 .846

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 85/.772 99/.701 101/.602 26/.695 83/1.035 138/.644 151/.801 137/.656 .789

Home 67/.905 97/.789 97/.584 22/.810 79/.756 122/.695 124/.909 129/.737 .818

Last 28d days 117/.962 46/.751 48/.660 35/.882 81/.955 57/.614 42/1.058 57/.951

HR/SB/CS 4/1/3 6/6/1 3/3/0 2/1/0 4/4/1 4/0/1 7/1/1 4/7/1 126/85/28

Usage ····X··· oX·X··oX Xo·o·ooo ·······o ····X··· ··Xo···· ···o·oo· o·X···X·

Texas Rangers Batters (5.66 RS/G) vs. New York Yankees Pitchers (4.39 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 46.Pettitte*
G/S/vB 33.Bruney
G/S/vB 38.Giese
G/S/vB 34.Marte*
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 Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

41.Boggs# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 230/159 .245/.332/.405/.737 .800/.706 .822 45/.692 3/2 5/

21.Bradley# G/S/vP 9/.347 3/.000 ··· 6/.167 ··· 6/.334 ··· ··· 380/247 .320/.446/.592/1.037 1.153/.970 1.282 60/.981 4/3 19/

22.Byrd G/S/vP 5/2.350 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 264/163 .254/.347/.421/.768 .829/.731 .976 87/.930 2/1 7/

27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP 6/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 5/.200 ··· 12/.523 ··· 1/.000 232/220 .288/.358/.410/.768 .697/.771 .668 30/.789 1/1 2/

19.Davis* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 133/88 .286/.323/.635/.958 1.141/.866 .995 95/.989 0/1 11/

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 497/340 .305/.368/.554/.922 .781/.986 1.090 101/.967 7/0 26/

5.Kinsler G/S/vP 6/.833 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 532/396 .318/.379/.507/.887 .796/.917 .928 112/.649 25/1 14/

15.Laird G/S/vP 8/.804 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 237/175 .313/.368/.463/.830 .803/.840 .783 34/1.025 1/3 6/

30.Metcalf G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 15/5 .000/.067/.000/.067 .100/.000 .067 6/.167 0/0 0/

7.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 449/321 .271/.318/.463/.781 .669/.827 .813 86/.847 7/2 15/

25.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 197/126 .237/.340/.343/.683 .468/.813 .741 44/.758 0/2 3/

12.Vazquez* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 276/233 .322/.387/.494/.881 .491/.951 .909 44/.959 0/1 6/

10.Young G/S/vP 25/.701 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 18/.444 ··· ··· 498/371 .292/.339/.417/.756 .842/.726 .815 104/.747 7/0 9/

IP 144.1 13.2 32.1 51.1 40.2 48.1 14.2 37.2 TOTAL .281/.352/.462/.814 .770/.832 .883 .840 60/18 140/100

ERA-K/9

4.18/6.9

1.32/8.5

2.51/5.6

4.21/9.6

3.10/10.6

1.49/10.8

4.91/10.4

2.63/9.5

4.17/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Laird (33-15-2)
Saltalamacchia (37-7-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 611/.280 58/.167 132/.200 216/.226 163/.162 178/.178 62/.222 158/.214 .262 Hamilton
Byrd
Boggs
Murphy
Bradley
Catalanotto 0/70/32/6
4/46/26/6
54/0/2/5
53/13/55/4
1/0/19/4
20/0/0/0

OPS .743 .606 .524 .645 .566 .463 .658 .635 .727

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 183/.495 26/.322 77/.541 67/.748 91/.627 91/.419 30/.452 79/.653 .717

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 428/.850 32/.795 55/.501 149/.597 72/.488 87/.510 32/.862 79/.619 .735

Road 294/.740 33/.795 27/.625 96/.716 61/.463 75/.328 19/.498 60/.669 .747

Last 28d days 136/.687 10/.425 42/.529 47/.857 36/.356 31/.635 37/.672 41/.689

HR/SB/CS 16/13/7 2/0/0 1/6/1 5/3/1 4/1/3 3/5/1 2/2/0 4/3/1 100/80/42

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

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: NYY @ TEX, 8:05pm, Tuesday, August 5, 2008 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

SP: Andy Pettitte (36, LHP, 12-8, 4.18)

SP: Matt Harrison (22, LHP, 2-2, 7.40)

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