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Game Preview: NYY @ TEX, 8:05pm, Tuesday, May 26, 2009 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Yankees, 26-19, 2nd, 1 GB, 2½ up in WC

SP: Joba Chamberlain (23, RHP, 2-1, 3.70)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (2-1) 41.1 42 20 17 21 41 5 3.70
2008 (4-3) 100.1 87 32 29 39 118 5 2.60
2007 (2-0) 24.0 12 2 1 6 34 1 0.38
Last 7 GS 2-1 35.1 38 17 16 20 36 4 4.08 50
2009-05-21 BAL ND 0.2 2 0 0 0 1 0 14 49
2009-05-16 MIN ND 6.0 3 2 2 4 6 1 108 60
2009-05-10 @BAL W 6.0 9 3 3 2 5 1 104 45
2009-05-05 BOS L 5.2 6 4 4 2 12 1 108 51
2009-04-29 @DET W 7.0 3 1 1 3 6 0 88 70
2009-04-24 @BOS ND 5.1 9 2 1 4 2 0 91 42
2009-04-17 CLE ND 4.2 6 5 5 5 4 1 93 31
Last 5 v.TEX 0-0 8.2 13 7 7 6 11 2 7.27 39
2008-08-04 @TEX ND 4.2 8 5 5 2 5 2 93 31
2008-07-01 TEX ND 4.0 5 2 2 4 6 0 91 46
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   14-9    Road:   12-10   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  18-14   vsLHP:   8-5    1-Run:   8-3 
 vsEast: 10-12   vsCntrl:10-4    vsWest:  5-1  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 45 Mon, May 25  @TEX  W  11-1       26-19  2nd  1.0 gb
 44 Sun, May 24   PHI  L   3-4 (11)  25-19  3rd  1.0 gb
 43 Sat, May 23   PHI  W   5-4       25-18  2nd  0.5 gb
 42 Fri, May 22   PHI  L   3-7       24-18  3rd  1.5 gb
 41 Thu, May 21   BAL  W   7-4       24-17  3rd  1.5 gb
 40 Wed, May 20   BAL  W  11-4       23-17  3rd  2.5 gb
 39 Tue, May 19   BAL  W   9-1       22-17  3rd  3.5 gb
 38 Mon, May 18   MIN  W   7-6       21-17  3rd  4.5 gb
 37 Sun, May 17   MIN  W   3-2 (10)  20-17  3rd  4.5 gb
 36 Sat, May 16   MIN  W   6-4 (11)  19-17  3rd  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13
Rangers, 26-18, 1st, 3 up

SP: Kevin Millwood (34, RHP, 4-4, 3.12)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (4-4) 66.1 59 25 23 17 35 9 3.12
2008 (9-10) 168.2 220 104 95 49 125 18 5.07
2007 (10-14) 172.2 213 111 99 67 123 19 5.16
Last 7 GS 3-4 52.1 50 24 22 16 24 9 3.78 53
2009-05-21 @DET L 8.0 6 4 4 4 3 2 121 53
2009-05-15 LAA W 6.0 9 2 2 2 5 0 100 49
2009-05-09 @CHW L 7.0 7 3 3 3 2 0 115 50
2009-05-04 @SEA W 7.1 8 5 5 0 3 2 87 45
2009-04-28 OAK W 8.0 10 4 2 2 5 1 121 53
2009-04-23 @TOR L 7.0 5 4 4 2 3 3 116 52
2009-04-18 KCR L 9.0 5 2 2 3 3 1 111 69
Last 5 v.NYY 1-2 32.0 32 16 13 5 28 5 3.66 54
2008-07-01 @NYY ND 5.0 5 1 1 1 6 0 84 58
2006-07-24 NYY L 6.0 7 5 2 2 2 1 97 44
2006-05-15 @NYY W 7.0 5 2 2 0 6 0 78 65
2005-08-04 NYY ND 8.0 8 2 2 0 8 2 94 66
2005-07-07 @NYY L 6.0 7 6 6 2 6 2 104 38
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   14-7    Road:   12-11   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  16-13   vsLHP:  10-5    1-Run:  10-6 
 vsEast:  5-6    vsCntrl: 8-10   vsWest: 10-2  IL: 3-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 44 Mon, May 25   NYY  L   1-11      26-18  1st  3.0 up
 43 Sun, May 24  @HOU  W   5-0       26-17  1st  3.0 up
 42 Sat, May 23  @HOU  W   6-3       25-17  1st  3.0 up
 41 Fri, May 22  @HOU  W   6-5 (10)  24-17  1st  2.0 up
 40 Thu, May 21  @DET  L   3-4       23-17  1st  2.0 up
 39 Wed, May 20  @DET  L   3-5       23-16  1st  3.0 up
 38 Tue, May 19  @DET  L   0-4       23-15  1st  3.0 up
 37 Sun, May 17   LAA  W   3-0       23-14  1st  4.5 up
 36 Sat, May 16   LAA  W   5-3       22-14  1st  3.5 up
 35 Fri, May 15   LAA  W  10-8       21-14  1st  2.5 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:20-10

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, May 25, 2009 NYY 11 @TEX  1        W:Philip Hughes (3-2), L: Matt Harrison (4-4), S: none

Thu, Aug 07, 2008 NYY  3 @TEX  0        W:Mike Mussina (15-7), L: Scott Feldman (4-5), S: Mariano Rivera (28)
Wed, Aug 06, 2008 NYY  5 @TEX  3        W:Sidney Ponson (7-2), L: Tommy Hunter (0-1), S: Mariano Rivera (27)
Tue, Aug 05, 2008 TEX  8  NYY  6        W:Matt Harrison (3-2), L: Andy Pettitte (12-9), S: Eddie Guardado (3)
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
Season Series: 2009 - NYY leads 1-0; 2008 - TEX won 4-3; 2007 - NYY won 5-1; All-Time - NYY leads 349-240

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 2009 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

TBR  5.81

MIL  4.78

SEA  3.72

 RA/G

LAD  3.93

TEX  4.80

WSN  6.16

 BA

M. Cabrera  .378

  

B. Upton  .194

 OBP

C. Beltran  .460

  

A. Beltre  .246

 SLG

R. Ibanez  .726

  

B. Upton  .291

 OPS

R. Ibanez  1.135

  

A. Beltre  .563

 ERA

Z. Greinke  .82

K. Slowey  4.23

S. Kazmir  7.69

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  12.09

J. Weaver  6.67

M. Pelfrey  3.19

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Yankees Batters (5.64 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.80 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Millwood
G/S/vB		 50.Francisco
G/S/vB		 18.Guardado*
G/S/vB		 45.Holland*
G/S/vB		 60.Madrigal
G/S/vB		 56.O'Day
G/S/vB		 36.Wilson*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
14.Berroa G/S/vP 12/.364 ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/10 .167/.167/.167/.333 .000/.444 .500 4/.000 0/0 0/2
53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 11/1.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 4/.000 146/106 .323/.368/.481/.849 .797/.868 .696 100/.766 4/2 5/1
24.Cano* G/S/vP 12/.834 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 9/.873 195/135 .315/.349/.522/.870 .929/.844 1.001 104/.728 2/1 8/2
17.Cash G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 23/17 .182/.174/.227/.401 .933/.235 .750 23/.401 0/0 0/0
29.Cervelli G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 40/26 .306/.324/.333/.658 .929/.488 .742 40/.658 0/1 0/0
18.Damon* G/S/vP 19/.816 2/2.500 27/.714 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 8/.542 192/138 .312/.382/.576/.959 .738/1.053 .894 111/1.051 4/0 10/1
11.Gardner* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 105/83 .253/.324/.407/.730 .825/.706 .678 40/1.092 6/2 2/0
2.Jeter G/S/vP 20/.684 5/.800 7/.143 ··· 2/.000 ··· 7/1.571 205/157 .284/.358/.454/.811 1.053/.735 .701 112/.789 9/1 7/2
55.Matsui* G/S/vP 6/.334 5/.933 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 7/.762 151/110 .241/.325/.429/.753 .841/.720 .720 82/.647 0/0 5/
19.Pena# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 70/60 .246/.290/.308/.598 .100/.679 .704 48/.639 2/0 0/3
13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 17/1.037 8/.661 12/.833 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 9/.222 73/54 .259/.411/.672/1.083 1.171/1.050 .900 73/1.083 0/0 7/1
33.Swisher# G/S/vP 29/1.323 5/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 13/1.438 176/126 .225/.360/.493/.853 .964/.810 1.122 92/.641 0/0 9/3
25.Teixeira# G/S/vP 8/.875 1/.000 12/.788 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 1/no AB 194/145 .273/.387/.578/.964 1.174/.896 .741 114/1.108 0/0 13/0
IP 66.1 15.2 9.2 18.2 4.2 14.0 18.0 TOTAL .276/.351/.482/.833 .910/.806 .808 .838 29/7 72/20
ERA-K/9 3.12/4.8 0.00/8.6 5.59/3.7 4.82/4.8 7.71/3.8 1.29/8.4 3.50/5.5 4.56/5.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 265/.240 60/.145 47/.317 77/.254 22/.188 58/.235 84/.282 .266
OPS .697 .380 .952 .762 .597 .626 .765 .760
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 121/.643 29/.245 21/1.460 23/1.026 7/.629 17/.827 24/.596 .748
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 144/.742 31/.513 26/.544 54/.647 15/.582 41/.543 60/.826 .769
Home 119/.662 23/.087 37/1.132 26/1.189 6/.900 27/.502 40/.517
Last 28d days 119/.835 21/.452 21/.633 54/.833 7/.571 38/.560 35/.614
HR/SB/CS 9/5/2 0/0/0 2/1/0 3/1/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 1/1/0 51/19/9
Usage ····X··· ···X···· ··o····· ···X···· X····o·· ··oo···· ··oo····
Rangers Batters (5.30 RS/G) vs. Yankees Pitchers (5.40 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 62.Chamberlain
G/S/vB		 38.Bruney
G/S/vB		 48.Coke*
G/S/vB		 42.Rivera
G/S/vB		 28.Tomko
G/S/vB		 41.Veras
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 142/102 .285/.326/.446/.772 .855/.741 .885 84/.835 6/0 3/7
9.Blalock* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 11/.728 ··· ··· 157/114 .245/.280/.544/.824 .448/.973 .736 83/.810 1/0 11/0
22.Byrd G/S/vP 5/.933 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 12/.872 3/.000 149/96 .282/.302/.430/.732 .658/.770 .812 86/.637 2/0 2/0
17.Cruz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 175/131 .294/.343/.575/.918 .734/.981 .957 93/.924 8/1 12/3
19.Davis* G/S/vP 4/.500 1/3.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 162/114 .200/.259/.427/.686 .504/.762 .699 89/.680 0/0 10/0
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 5/.200 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/1.667 2/.500 116/84 .260/.310/.510/.820 .964/.764 .749 45/1.092 3/0 6/0
25.Jones G/S/vP ··· 4/1.250 ··· 2/3.500 20/.929 ··· 89/45 .290/.438/.565/1.003 1.048/.963 1.209 50/.830 1/0 4/0
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 6/1.417 4/.250 ··· 5/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 203/142 .278/.347/.550/.897 1.355/.687 1.272 109/.751 10/1 12/3
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 4/1.833 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/2.167 1/no AB 97/82 .229/.320/.361/.681 .133/.792 .450 59/.817 2/2 2/0
21.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 4/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.750 1/.000 128/88 .252/.305/.420/.725 .863/.658 .814 69/.691 0/1 5/1
2.Teagarden G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 45/35 .225/.311/.275/.586 .733/.544 .459 24/.756 0/0 0/1
13.Vizquel# G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 ··· 15/.800 23/.751 ··· 48/33 .372/.413/.512/.925 1.000/.887 1.303 29/1.084 2/0 0/0
10.Young G/S/vP 6/1.500 2/.500 ··· 19/.526 7/.715 2/1.500 185/134 .337/.384/.552/.936 1.016/.905 1.011 94/.932 3/1 7/3
IP 41.1 9.0 19.1 19.2 4.1 19.1 TOTAL .271/.327/.487/.814 .827/.808 .894 .805 38/6 74/22
ERA-K/9 3.70/8.9 3.00/13.0 4.19/5.6 2.75/11.0 4.15/0.0 5.59/7.0 5.03/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 183/.276 32/.100 77/.217 80/.253 19/.313 88/.211 .267
OPS .800 .290 .764 .706 .951 .715 .801
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 101/.788 18/.222 39/.731 43/.637 10/.425 42/.841 .811
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 82/.812 14/.381 38/.797 37/.784 9/1.500 46/.584 .793
Road 107/.788 18/.229 35/.781 27/.721 5/1.800 24/.691
Last 28d days 107/.705 3/.000 44/.713 45/.744 19/.951 41/.817
HR/SB/CS 5/4/2 0/0/0 4/0/0 5/0/0 1/1/0 2/1/0 65/47/19
Usage ····o··· ······o· ··X··o·X ·X··oo·· ·X····o· ·oo·X··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.