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Game Preview: TEX @ BOS, 7:10pm, Tuesday, April 20, 2010 @Fenway Park II

Rangers, 5-7, 5-74th, 3 GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Colby Lewis (30, RHP, 2-0, 2.19)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (2-0)			12.1	8	3	3	8	13	0	2.19
2007 (0-2)			37.2	44	28	27	14	23	7	6.45
2006 (0-0)			3.0	8	1	1	1	5	1	3.00

Last 7 GS		4-2	36.0	40	23	23	26	28	3	5.75	43
2010-04-14	@CLE	W	5.1	3	2	2	4	10	0	117	60
2010-04-09	SEA	W	7.0	5	1	1	4	3	0	103	62
2007-05-22	@CHW	L	3.1	12	10	10	2	0	2	77	-6
2004-04-17	@SEA	L	5.0	3	3	3	4	5	0	95	50
2004-04-12	ANA	ND	5.0	5	3	3	5	1	0	94	41
2004-04-07	@OAK	W	5.1	5	1	1	4	5	1	105	55
2003-09-27	@ANA	W	5.0	7	3	3	3	4	0	85	42

Last 5 v.BOS		0-0	6.0	8	2	2	2	6	1	3.00	52
2003-07-31	BOS	ND	6.0	8	2	2	2	6	1	104	52

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:    3-3    Road:    2-4    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   4-2    vsLHP:   1-5    1-Run:   1-2 
 vsEast:  1-5    vsCntrl: 2-1    vsWest:  2-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 12 Sun, Apr 18  @NYY  L   2-5        5-7   4th  3.0 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 17  @NYY  L   3-7        5-6   3rd  3.0 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 16  @NYY  L   1-5  (6)   5-5   2nd  2.0 gb
  9 Thu, Apr 15  @CLE  L   2-3        5-4   2nd  1.0 gb
  8 Wed, Apr 14  @CLE  W   6-2        5-3   1st    Tied
  7 Mon, Apr 12  @CLE  W   4-2 (10)   4-3   2nd  1.5 gb
  6 Sun, Apr 11   SEA  W   9-2        3-3   2nd  1.5 gb
  5 Sat, Apr 10   SEA  L   3-4        2-3   2nd  1.5 gb
  4 Fri, Apr  9   SEA  W   6-2        2-2   2nd  1.5 gb
  3 Thu, Apr  8   TOR  L   1-3        1-2   2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 5-7    Last 30: 5-7

RedSox, 4-9, 4-94th, 6 GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Tim Wakefield (43, RHP, 0-1, 5.11)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (0-1)			12.1	16	8	7	2	8	2	5.11
2009 (11-5)			129.2	137	67	66	50	72	12	4.58
2008 (10-11)			181.0	154	89	83	60	117	25	4.13

Last 7 GS		1-3	39.1	50	26	24	16	27	6	5.49	43
2010-04-15	@MIN	L	5.1	10	6	5	1	2	0	98	27
2010-04-09	@KCR	ND	7.0	6	2	2	1	6	2	96	62
2009-09-30	TOR	L	3.0	7	5	5	2	2	2	76	25
2009-09-21	@KCR	ND	5.0	5	5	4	7	2	1	103	34
2009-09-05	@CHW	L	6.0	6	4	4	3	4	1	93	45
2009-08-26	CHW	ND	7.0	6	1	1	1	3	0	94	63
2009-07-08	OAK	W	6.0	10	3	3	1	8	0	100	47

Last 5 v.TEX		3-2	29.1	26	19	18	11	17	2	5.52	48
2008-09-06	@TEX	L	1.2	4	7	7	4	0	0	49	15
2008-04-20	TEX	W	8.0	7	5	5	0	5	2	86	53
2007-06-29	TEX	W	6.2	7	1	1	4	4	0	101	56
2007-05-26	@TEX	W	7.0	5	4	4	1	4	0	91	54
2007-04-06	@TEX	L	6.0	3	2	1	2	4	0	96	62

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:    1-6    Road:    3-3    ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:   3-7    vsLHP:   1-2    1-Run:   0-2 
 vsEast:  1-6    vsCntrl: 3-3    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 13 Mon, Apr 19   TBR  L   2-8        4-9   4th  6.0 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 18   TBR  L   1-7        4-8   4th  5.0 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 17   TBR  L   5-6        4-7   4th  4.0 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 16   TBR  L   1-3 (12)   4-6   4th  3.0 gb
  9 Thu, Apr 15  @MIN  L   0-8        4-5   4th  2.5 gb
  8 Wed, Apr 14  @MIN  W   6-3        4-4   4th  1.5 gb
  7 Mon, Apr 12  @MIN  L   2-5        3-4   4th  2.0 gb
  6 Sun, Apr 11  @KCR  W   8-6        3-3   3rd  2.0 gb
  5 Sat, Apr 10  @KCR  W   8-3        2-3   4th  2.0 gb
  4 Fri, Apr  9  @KCR  L   3-4        1-3   4th  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 4-9    Last 30: 4-9

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Aug 16, 2009 TEX  4  BOS  3        W:Dustin Nippert (4-1), L: Junichi Tazawa (1-2), S: Frank Francisco (17)
Sat, Aug 15, 2009 TEX  7  BOS  2        W:Derek Holland (6-7), L: Brad Penny (7-7), S: Neftali Feliz (1)
Fri, Aug 14, 2009 BOS  8 @TEX  4        W:Takashi Saito (3-3), L: Frank Francisco (2-2), S: none
Wed, Jul 22, 2009 TEX  3  BOS  1        W:Dustin Nippert (2-0), L: Clay Buchholz (1-1), S: Doug Mathis (1)
Tue, Jul 21, 2009 TEX  4  BOS  2        W:Tommy Hunter (2-1), L: Josh Beckett (11-4), S: C.J. Wilson (9)
Mon, Jul 20, 2009 TEX  6  BOS  3        W:Kevin Millwood (9-7), L: John Smoltz (1-3), S: C.J. Wilson (8)
Sun, Jun 07, 2009 TEX  6 @BOS  3        W:Vicente Padilla (4-3), L: Daisuke Matsuzaka (1-4), S: C.J. Wilson (5)
Sat, Jun 06, 2009 BOS  8  TEX  1        W:Jon Lester (5-5), L: Derek Holland (1-3), S: none
Fri, Jun 05, 2009 TEX  5 @BOS  1        W:Kevin Millwood (5-4), L: Brad Penny (5-2), S: none
Sun, Sep 07, 2008 BOS  7 @TEX  2        W:Paul Byrd (11-11), L: Brandon McCarthy (1-1), S: none
Season Series: 2010 -  0-0; 2009 - TEX won 7-2; 2008 - BOS won 9-1; All-Time - BOS leads 319-280

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 2010 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

For the 2009 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY 5.65

DET 4.56

SDP 3.94

RA/G

LAD 3.77

NYM 4.67

BAL 5.41

J. Mauer .365

Y. Torrealba .291

A. Miles .185

OBP

J. Mauer .444

W. Harris .364

A. Miles .224

SLG

A. Pujols .658

J. Thome .481

A. Miles .242

OPS

A. Pujols 1.101

B. McCann .834

A. Miles .466

ERA

Z. Greinke 2.16

J. Niemann 3.94

L. Hernandez 5.44

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.43

J. Cueto 6.94

J. Lannan 3.88

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2010 season. Player Stats for the 2009 season. We will switch to 2010 stats on May 1st.

Rangers Batters (3.83 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (5.31 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS Wakefield
G/S/vB 48.Atchison
G/S/vB 51.Bard
G/S/vB 17.Delcarmen
G/S/vB 37.Okajima*
G/S/vB 58.Papelbon
G/S/vB 56.Ramirez
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Andrus G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.000 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 1/.000 541/386 .267/.329/.373/.702 .755/.681 .620 45/.824 33/6 6/22

14.Arias G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 9/2 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 32/.844 0/0 0/0

3.Blanco# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 138/106 .252/.303/.341/.644 .624/.651 .641 10/.111 0/2 1/3

29.Borbon* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 179/159 .312/.376/.414/.790 .353/.840 .660 38/.191 19/4 4/3

17.Cruz G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/1.000 5/1.850 1/2.000 1/no AB 515/364 .260/.332/.524/.856 .746/.900 .778 48/1.323 20/4 33/4

19.Davis* G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 419/287 .238/.284/.442/.726 .546/.808 .739 39/.615 0/0 21/5

25.Garko G/S/vP 9/.476 ··· ··· 3/.333 3/1.167 2/2.000 4/.000 400/267 .268/.344/.421/.765 .870/.713 .823 11/.091 0/0 13/5

27.Guerrero G/S/vP 30/1.790 ··· 1/.000 4/2.417 6/1.133 11/.282 2/.000 407/302 .295/.334/.460/.794 .686/.831 .878 50/.815 2/1 15/0

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 6/.666 1/no AB ··· 5/1.200 4/.000 ··· 4/.750 365/246 .268/.315/.426/.741 .898/.664 .839 48/.724 8/3 10/1

5.Kinsler G/S/vP 13/.539 ··· 2/.000 5/.450 4/.000 4/.500 ··· 640/463 .253/.327/.488/.814 1.005/.740 .672 / 31/5 31/11

7.Murphy* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 494/380 .269/.338/.447/.785 .634/.831 .785 17/.210 9/4 17/2

21.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 310/205 .233/.290/.371/.661 .657/.663 .569 5/.400 0/2 9/7

2.Teagarden G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 1/5.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/.333 218/163 .217/.270/.374/.644 .848/.571 .632 23/.182 0/0 6/6

10.Young G/S/vP 49/.722 2/.500 2/.000 8/1.071 5/.200 5/.000 6/.167 593/424 .322/.374/.518/.892 .858/.904 .848 50/.684 8/3 22/9

IP 129.2 49.1 59.2 61.0 68.0 69.2 TOTAL .241/.301/.376/.677 .558/.767 .611 .677 6/1 10/10

ERA-K/9

4.58/5.0

/0.0

3.65/11.5

4.53/6.6

3.39/7.8

1.85/10.1

2.84/6.7

4.58/5.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Saltalamacchia (61-19-2)
Teagarden (29-18-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 572/.270 / 212/.228 278/.270 258/.242 285/.213 301/.233 .261 Cruz
Murphy
Hamilton
Garko
Guerrero
Borbon 2/0/120/11
104/1/10/7
0/56/24/4
7/0/5/1
0/0/2/0
16/4/0/0

OPS .755 .690 .796 .704 .600 .711 .782

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 230/.749 / 97/.866 145/.661 116/.467 152/.570 156/.794 .764

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 342/.759 / 115/.545 133/.940 142/.906 133/.633 145/.623 .803

Home 301/.783 / 94/.554 145/.685 98/.785 150/.607 148/.840

Last 28d days 55/.866 34/.751 31/.512 19/.638 20/.743 23/.582 32/.844

HR/SB/CS 12/23/3 // 5/4/0 5/9/1 8/0/0 5/10/1 7/6/0 16/22/1

Usage ····X··· X·X····X ···X·o·· ·X·X···· ···o·o·· ···X·X·· X·X·X···

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2010 season. Player Stats for the 2009 season. We will switch to 2010 stats on May 1st.

RedSox Batters (3.85 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (3.83 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 48.Lewis
G/S/vB 30.Feliz
G/S/vB 50.Francisco
G/S/vB 60.Madrigal
G/S/vB 52.Mathis
G/S/vB 46.Mendoza
G/S/vB 58.Moscoso
G/S/vB 57.Nippert
G/S/vB 56.O'Day
G/S/vB 28.Oliver*
G/S/vB 49.Ray
G/S/vB 36.Wilson*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

29.Beltre G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· 6/.834 2/.000 1/.000 5/.600 ··· 8/1.625 6/.500 29/.207 4/.500 12/1.300 477/338 .265/.304/.379/.683 .849/.618 .646 46/.668 13/2 8/14

23.Cameron G/S/vP 17/.694 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 ··· 27/.697 1/2.000 ··· 628/478 .250/.342/.452/.795 .954/.748 .803 36/.694 7/3 24/4

7.Drew* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 2/.000 1/.000 5/.200 ··· 7/.429 2/.500 12/.694 1/no AB 5/.400 539/404 .279/.392/.522/.914 .863/.932 .991 47/.499 2/6 24/2

2.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 4/.833 ··· 3/.000 4/1.417 ··· 10/.650 4/1.750 3/1.334 1/.000 1/.000 693/477 .301/.355/.415/.770 .785/.763 .802 30/.800 70/12 8/2

22.Hall G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 365/226 .201/.258/.338/.596 .606/.589 .638 14/.377 2/2 8/5

32.Hermida* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 491/370 .259/.348/.392/.740 .601/.786 .713 33/.742 5/2 13/1

70.Hulett* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 19/17 .111/.158/.111/.269 1.000/.180 .000 / 0/0 0/1

25.Lowell G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.417 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 2/.000 11/1.580 7/.429 6/.666 484/327 .290/.337/.474/.811 .867/.784 .932 12/.667 2/1 17/9

41.Martinez# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 7/.619 ··· 7/.971 ··· ··· 3/1.334 ··· 7/.143 3/.666 13/.504 672/463 .303/.381/.480/.861 .847/.867 .774 54/.587 1/0 23/7

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 5/2.600 1/.000 4/1.750 1/no AB 1/.000 6/1.500 ··· 11/1.636 1/.000 13/.608 7/1.229 7/.286 627/439 .238/.332/.462/.794 .716/.828 .880 42/.528 0/2 28/1

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 5/1.500 1/.000 3/1.666 7/1.738 ··· 11/1.000 7/.453 4/1.167 3/.333 2/2.500 714/510 .296/.371/.447/.819 .765/.839 .903 61/1.095 20/8 15/6

68.Reddick* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 62/56 .169/.210/.339/.549 .733/.530 .389 / 0/0 2/1

16.Scutaro G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 6/.000 ··· 4/.500 6/.167 1/.000 4/.000 4/.833 5/.200 7/.733 8/.393 680/505 .282/.379/.409/.789 .809/.782 .743 53/.762 14/5 12/10

33.Varitek# G/S/vP 4/.000 1/.000 5/1.600 2/.000 2/1.000 6/1.700 ··· 4/.000 ··· 8/.750 9/.873 1/.000 425/301 .209/.313/.390/.703 .807/.666 .821 13/1.538 0/0 14/3

20.Youkilis G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/2.417 1/.000 1/.000 5/1.800 ··· 6/.167 5/.400 4/1.417 5/1.350 3/.333 588/418 .305/.413/.548/.961 .953/.964 .992 56/.796 7/2 27/6

IP 31.0 49.1 12.2 42.2 1.0 14.0 69.2 58.2 73.0 43.1 73.2 TOTAL .249/.313/.426/.739 .677/.754 .682 .739 5/3 15/13

ERA-K/9

/0.0

1.74/11.3

3.83/10.4

9.95/3.5

3.16/5.3

36.00/0.0

3.21/7.7

3.88/7.0

1.84/8.6

2.71/8.0

7.27/8.1

2.81/10.3

3.41/7.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Martinez (56-9-4)
Varitek (108-16-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / 117/.124 203/.214 67/.333 172/.244 7/.400 64/.268 300/.245 233/.199 293/.237 214/.352 323/.234 .244 Drew
Ellsbury
Cameron
Hermida
Hall
Youkilis
Reddick
Hulett 0/0/132/5
0/153/0/4
0/147/0/4
51/0/81/3
22/1/15/3
2/0/0/1
12/2/10/0
1/0/2/0

OPS .416 .639 .981 .659 1.571 .772 .696 .543 .651 .985 .651 .730

vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 64/.533 107/.637 32/1.340 73/.698 2/3.500 22/1.016 165/.759 72/.666 123/.707 89/1.249 116/.556 .749

vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 53/.274 96/.643 35/.631 99/.630 5/.400 42/.648 135/.622 161/.484 170/.605 125/.790 207/.701 .713

Road / 67/.361 98/.652 29/.911 45/.585 / 20/.417 176/.682 110/.586 155/.671 109/.930 165/.814

Last 28d days 52/.583 19/.451 22/1.254 / 23/1.000 25/1.656 / 35/.871 13/.906 21/.638 18/.678 56/.605

HR/SB/CS // 2/1/0 6/4/0 2/0/0 4/0/0 1/0/0 1/1/0 7/12/1 3/7/4 5/9/3 8/6/1 3/4/2 13/10/4

Usage ·····X·· ·····X·X ··o····o ··X····· X·····X· ·X···X·o ····o··· ·X···X·X ··o··X·· ···X····

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.