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Game Preview: TBR @ TEX, 8:05pm, Friday, July 3, 2009 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Rays, 44-36, 3rd, 5 GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Scott Kazmir (25, LHP, 4-4, 7.28)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (4-4) 50.2 64 43 41 30 40 8 7.28
2008 (12-8) 152.1 123 61 59 70 166 23 3.49
2007 (13-9) 206.2 196 91 80 89 239 18 3.48
Last 7 GS 2-3 34.0 48 33 31 21 25 5 8.21 35
2009-06-27 FLA ND 5.0 4 2 2 1 5 1 92 55
2009-05-20 OAK L 4.1 8 7 7 4 3 0 93 18
2009-05-15 CLE ND 3.1 10 7 7 4 2 2 91 10
2009-05-09 @BOS W 5.0 8 3 3 3 2 1 100 38
2009-05-04 BAL L 6.1 7 6 6 2 7 1 106 40
2009-04-29 @MIN L 4.0 9 8 6 4 4 0 88 16
2009-04-24 @OAK W 6.0 2 0 0 3 2 0 96 67
Last 5 v.TEX 3-0 31.0 20 11 7 11 40 2 2.03 64
2008-08-17 @TEX W 6.0 4 2 2 4 7 1 114 59
2008-06-06 @TEX W 8.0 6 2 2 0 6 1 111 68
2008-05-26 TEX W 7.0 3 1 1 0 10 0 95 77
2007-05-17 TEX ND 4.0 3 3 1 6 9 0 109 51
2006-08-22 TEX ND 6.0 4 3 1 1 8 0 101 63
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   26-13   Road:   18-23   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  31-20   vsLHP:  13-16   1-Run:   9-14
 vsEast: 15-13   vsCntrl:10-11   vsWest:  6-7  IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 80 Wed, Jul  1  @TOR  L   0-5       44-36  3rd  5.0 gb
 79 Tue, Jun 30  @TOR  W   4-1       44-35  3rd  4.0 gb
 78 Mon, Jun 29  @TOR  W   4-1       43-35  3rd  5.0 gb
 77 Sun, Jun 28   FLA  W   5-2       42-35  3rd  5.0 gb
 76 Sat, Jun 27   FLA  W   3-2       41-35  3rd  6.0 gb
 75 Fri, Jun 26   FLA  W   7-3       40-35  4th  6.0 gb
 74 Thu, Jun 25   PHI  W  10-4       39-35  4th  6.0 gb
 73 Wed, Jun 24   PHI  W   7-1       38-35  4th  7.0 gb
 72 Tue, Jun 23   PHI  L   1-10      37-35  4th  7.0 gb
 71 Sun, Jun 21  @NYM  W  10-6       37-34  4th  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:21-9
Rangers, 42-35, 2nd, 1 GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Tommy Hunter (22, RHP, 0-1, 3.86)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (0-1) 11.2 14 5 5 3 4 2 3.86
2008 (0-2) 11.0 23 20 20 3 9 4 16.36
Last 7 GS 0-3 22.2 37 25 25 6 13 6 9.93 32
2009-06-28 SDP L 6.1 7 2 2 0 3 1 94 54
2009-05-29 OAK ND 5.1 7 3 3 3 1 1 90 40
2008-08-14 @BOS L 1.2 7 9 9 1 1 1 50 5
2008-08-06 NYY L 4.1 8 5 5 0 4 1 77 31
2008-08-01 TOR ND 5.0 8 6 6 2 4 2 87 29
Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   25-17   Road:   17-18   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  26-24   vsLHP:  16-11   1-Run:  14-9 
 vsEast: 10-12   vsCntrl: 8-10   vsWest: 15-4  IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 77 Wed, Jul  1   LAA  W   9-7       42-35  2nd  0.5 gb
 76 Tue, Jun 30   LAA  W   9-5       41-35  2nd  1.5 gb
 75 Mon, Jun 29   LAA  L   2-5       40-35  2nd  2.5 gb
 74 Sun, Jun 28   SDP  L   0-2       40-34  2nd  1.5 gb
 73 Sat, Jun 27   SDP  L   3-7       40-33  2nd  0.5 gb
 72 Fri, Jun 26   SDP  W  12-2       40-32  1st  0.5 up
 71 Thu, Jun 25  @ARI  W   9-8 (12)  39-32  1st  0.5 up
 70 Wed, Jun 24  @ARI  W   2-1       38-32  1st    Tied
 69 Tue, Jun 23  @ARI  L   2-8       37-32  1st    Tied
 68 Sun, Jun 21  @SFG  L   2-3       37-31  1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Aug 17, 2008 TBR  7 @TEX  4        W:Scott Kazmir (9-6), L: Dustin Nippert (1-3), S: Dan Wheeler (5)
Sat, Aug 16, 2008 TEX  3  TBR  0        W:Matt Harrison (5-2), L: Edwin Jackson (9-8), S: Eddie Guardado (4)
Fri, Aug 15, 2008 TBR  7 @TEX  0        W:Matt Garza (10-7), L: Kevin Millwood (6-7), S: none
Sun, Jun 08, 2008 TEX  6  TBR  3        W:Doug Mathis (2-1), L: Matt Garza (4-3), S: none
Sat, Jun 07, 2008 TBR  5 @TEX  4        W:J.P. Howell (5-0), L: Joaquin Benoit (3-2), S: Dan Wheeler (2)
Fri, Jun 06, 2008 TBR 12 @TEX  4        W:Scott Kazmir (6-1), L: Vicente Padilla (7-3), S: none
Wed, May 28, 2008 TBR  5  TEX  3        W:Matt Garza (4-1), L: Kason Gabbard (1-2), S: Dan Wheeler (1)
Tue, May 27, 2008 TEX 12 @TBR  6        W:Vicente Padilla (7-2), L: Andy Sonnanstine (6-3), S: none
Mon, May 26, 2008 TBR  7  TEX  3        W:Scott Kazmir (4-1), L: Sidney Ponson (3-1), S: none
Sun, Aug 12, 2007 TEX  9  TBD  1        W:Willie Eyre (4-5), L: Jason Hammel (1-2), S: none
Season Series: 2009 -  0-0; 2008 - TBR won 6-3; 2007 - TBR won 5-4; All-Time - TEX leads 60-46

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

NYY  5.55

CHW  4.47

SDP  3.79

 RA/G

SFG  3.73

MIL  4.60

WSN  5.66

 BA

J. Mauer  .392

M. Teahen  .285

B. Giles  .191

 OBP

J. Mauer  .467

M. Cuddyer  .359

D. Navarro  .241

 SLG

A. Pujols  .745

M. Lowell  .470

N. Punto  .237

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.205

R. Cano  .813

N. Punto  .543

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.95

J. Niemann  3.95

A. Sonnanstine  6.61

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  10.70

C. Pavano  6.63

J. Garland  3.31

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Rays Batters (5.53 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.65 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Hunter
G/S/vB		 50.Francisco
G/S/vB		 49.Grilli
G/S/vB		 18.Guardado*
G/S/vB		 45.Holland*
G/S/vB		 56.O'Day
G/S/vB		 36.Wilson*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 171/108 .285/.380/.479/.859 .900/.836 .853 41/1.144 0/0 7/3
8.Bartlett G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 7/.286 2/.000 ··· 2/2.000 3/1.667 238/159 .362/.401/.560/.960 1.004/.939 .960 60/.806 17/1 7/5
5.Burrell G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.500 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 185/125 .224/.341/.314/.655 .633/.663 .645 59/.635 2/0 3/0
13.Crawford* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 6/.000 ··· 3/.666 7/.714 350/228 .320/.377/.461/.838 .730/.897 .857 102/.812 40/7 8/2
11.Dillon G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 28/10 .333/.429/.458/.887 .817/1.000 .607 12/.833 0/0 1/0
26.Gross* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 168/149 .282/.393/.437/.829 1.383/.766 .813 63/.944 6/3 4/3
41.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 71/41 .265/.286/.338/.624 .572/.659 .456 19/.421 2/1 1/0
27.Kapler G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 119/34 .243/.328/.495/.823 1.076/.241 .841 34/1.540 3/2 4/1
3.Longoria G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 316/224 .297/.377/.558/.935 .916/.942 1.041 86/.743 2/0 16/8
30.Navarro# G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 243/168 .212/.241/.305/.546 .605/.520 .591 72/.567 1/1 4/4
23.Pena* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 7/.286 6/.334 ··· ··· 2/.000 340/220 .238/.365/.550/.914 .837/.958 .786 102/.914 1/1 23/8
2.Upton G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/.000 2/no AB ··· 3/.000 2/.000 337/235 .246/.334/.386/.720 .642/.750 .691 110/.887 29/7 7/1
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 258/174 .297/.419/.632/1.051 1.192/.983 1.025 97/1.043 8/3 16/2
IP 11.2 23.2 27.2 22.2 49.1 28.1 33.0 TOTAL .276/.357/.464/.821 .842/.810 .806 .846 121/29 105/57
ERA-K/9 3.86/3.1 2.28/9.9 4.88/8.4 4.76/4.8 6.20/7.1 1.27/8.6 2.73/7.9 4.42/5.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 50/.298 95/.195 131/.301 101/.289 222/.310 113/.214 144/.256 .267
OPS .872 .608 .813 .854 .886 .619 .716 .771
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 27/1.111 46/.541 55/.864 35/1.142 64/.825 36/.927 45/.553 .788
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 23/.609 49/.672 76/.778 66/.695 158/.911 77/.470 99/.785 .757
Home 50/.872 45/.579 82/.843 73/1.039 116/1.104 62/.480 76/.592
Last 28d days 24/.833 19/1.245 32/.536 41/.943 103/.846 48/.633 41/.685
HR/SB/CS 2/2/0 3/0/0 3/3/1 4/2/1 9/6/0 3/5/1 2/2/1 91/49/20
Usage ····X··· ·Xo····o ···o··oX ··Xo···X ·····X·· ·oX·X··o ·XX·X··X
Rangers Batters (4.92 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (4.43 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 19.Kazmir*
G/S/vB		 50.Balfour
G/S/vB		 53.Bradford
G/S/vB		 36.Choate*
G/S/vB		 31.Cormier
G/S/vB		 39.Howell*
G/S/vB		 46.Nelson
G/S/vB		 34.Niemann
G/S/vB		 14.Price*
G/S/vB		 35.Wheeler
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 232/159 .269/.330/.380/.710 .798/.671 .781 62/.627 15/1 3/12
9.Blalock* G/S/vP 6/.000 4/1.750 10/1.214 2/.000 ··· 3/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 238/182 .245/.290/.536/.826 .578/.907 .828 59/.752 1/0 16/2
29.Borbon* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/5 .200/.200/.200/.400 /.400 .400 5/.400 0/0 0/1
22.Byrd G/S/vP 8/.708 1/.000 5/.200 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/1.278 270/184 .287/.322/.478/.800 .724/.836 .921 92/.802 3/1 7/1
17.Cruz G/S/vP 4/.250 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 299/218 .264/.331/.532/.863 .739/.908 .900 86/.610 13/1 19/3
19.Davis* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 270/190 .203/.259/.422/.682 .510/.754 .658 80/.667 0/0 15/2
25.Jones G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.900 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/.733 164/83 .239/.348/.507/.855 .796/.905 .909 53/.664 3/0 9/0
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 15/.662 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 3/3.000 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 4/2.750 355/252 .263/.339/.513/.852 1.189/.711 1.014 109/.699 16/2 19/5
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 6/.334 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 208/170 .258/.345/.427/.772 .544/.822 .764 82/.878 5/4 7/1
21.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 6/.167 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 227/152 .248/.300/.376/.676 .688/.670 .761 70/.623 0/2 6/4
2.Teagarden G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 72/59 .215/.282/.292/.574 .558/.578 .564 19/.474 0/0 0/3
13.Vizquel# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/.400 2/1.000 7/.429 ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.500 82/67 .297/.342/.378/.720 1.000/.651 .755 26/.497 4/0 0/0
10.Young G/S/vP 18/.487 6/.333 28/.358 1/.000 3/1.334 7/.619 3/1.667 ··· ··· 3/.000 332/240 .315/.367/.498/.866 .939/.838 .880 108/.752 4/1 10/6
IP 50.2 36.0 1.2 12.1 44.0 38.2 32.1 79.2 36.2 27.1 TOTAL .257/.318/.457/.775 .773/.776 .829 .680 67/12 117/55
ERA-K/9 7.28/7.1 4.50/9.0 5.40/5.3 1.46/9.5 2.45/4.7 1.63/10.7 4.45/8.4 3.95/5.1 3.93/9.1 3.62/6.6 4.14/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 244/.306 155/.231 10/.400 46/.146 179/.223 160/.187 143/.220 342/.259 167/.229 109/.235 .253
OPS .881 .657 .800 .459 .589 .542 .780 .742 .751 .709 .736
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 67/.955 66/.738 1/2.000 25/.247 93/.588 54/.646 94/.767 180/.688 42/.905 40/1.007 .721
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 177/.853 89/.595 9/.667 21/.722 86/.588 106/.488 49/.803 162/.799 125/.698 69/.533 .749
Road 97/.779 70/.746 2/1.000 21/.686 112/.515 84/.574 81/.764 215/.729 73/.869 57/.555
Last 28d days 20/.671 46/.638 10/.800 35/.452 30/.726 48/.492 35/.262 85/.729 123/.744 38/.605
HR/SB/CS 8/2/1 2/4/0 0/0/0 1/0/1 1/2/0 1/2/1 7/5/0 8/14/4 6/3/3 4/3/0 86/45/15
Usage ·····X·· ·o···ooX ··o·XX·· ·ooo··oo ········ ··o·XXo· ····o··· ···X···· ····X··· ···X·ooo

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.