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Game Preview: TBR @ TEX, 8:05pm, Friday, April 27, 2012 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Rays, 12-7, 12-7 1st, Tied

SP: James Shields (30, RHP, 3-0, 2.76)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (3-0) 29.1 24 9 9 8 20 1 2.76
2011 (16-12) 249.1 195 83 78 65 225 26 2.82
2010 (13-15) 203.1 246 128 117 51 187 34 5.18
Last 7 GS 4-2 52.1 43 19 19 16 35 4 3.27 59
2012-04-21 MIN W 8.0 5 1 1 2 7 0 119 73
2012-04-16 @BOS W 8.1 4 0 0 2 5 0 115 78
2012-04-11 @DET W 8.0 6 2 2 1 5 0 105 66
2012-04-06 NYY ND 5.0 9 6 6 3 3 1 104 25
2011-09-26 NYY W 8.2 6 2 2 3 4 1 117 65
2011-09-21 @NYY L 7.1 6 4 4 2 7 1 120 55
2011-09-16 @BOS L 7.0 7 4 4 3 4 1 111 48
Last 5 v.TEX 3-2 38.0 29 14 10 7 30 3 2.37 63
2011-09-05 TEX W 9.0 4 1 1 2 6 0 124 79
2011-08-31 @TEX W 8.0 4 0 0 1 7 0 110 80
2010-08-18 TEX W 7.0 4 2 1 1 6 1 105 68
2010-06-05 @TEX L 7.0 10 6 3 1 4 1 106 42
2009-09-25 @TEX L 7.0 7 5 5 2 7 1 104 48
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    8-1    Road:    4-6    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   9-4    vsLHP:   3-3    1-Run:   4-1 
 vsEast:  6-4    vsCntrl: 3-3    vsWest:  3-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 19 Thu, Apr 26   LAA  W   4-3       12-7   1st    Tied
 18 Wed, Apr 25   LAA  W   3-2       11-7   1st    Tied
 17 Tue, Apr 24   LAA  W   5-0       10-7   1st    Tied
 16 Sun, Apr 22   MIN  W   6-2        9-7   3rd  0.5 gb
 15 Sat, Apr 21   MIN  W   4-1        8-7   3rd  1.0 gb
 14 Fri, Apr 20   MIN  L   4-5        7-7   4th  1.0 gb
 13 Thu, Apr 19  @TOR  W   9-4        7-6   2nd  1.0 gb
 12 Wed, Apr 18  @TOR  W  12-2        6-6   3rd  1.0 gb
 11 Tue, Apr 17  @TOR  L   3-7        5-6   4th  2.0 gb
 10 Mon, Apr 16  @BOS  W   1-0        5-5   3rd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:12-7    Last 30:12-7
Rangers, 15-4, 15-4 1st, 5½ up

SP: Matt Harrison (26, LHP, 3-0, 1.66)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (3-0) 21.2 17 4 4 4 13 1 1.66
2011 (14-9) 185.2 180 79 70 57 126 13 3.39
2010 (3-2) 78.1 80 45 41 39 46 10 4.71
Last 7 GS 6-0 45.1 38 11 11 10 31 2 2.18 60
2012-04-21 @DET W 7.2 6 3 3 0 6 1 120 61
2012-04-13 @MIN W 8.0 7 1 1 2 4 0 111 66
2012-04-08 CHW W 6.0 4 0 0 2 3 0 103 65
2011-09-28 @LAA ND 6.0 5 1 1 1 4 0 90 61
2011-09-23 SEA W 6.0 3 3 3 2 1 0 90 53
2011-09-18 @SEA W 6.2 6 0 0 2 9 0 116 69
2011-09-13 CLE W 5.0 7 3 3 1 4 1 94 44
Last 5 v.TBR 1-0 8.0 3 0 0 0 8 0 0.00 84
2008-08-16 TBR W 8.0 3 0 0 0 8 0 109 84
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    7-3    Road:    8-1    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:  10-3    vsLHP:   5-1    1-Run:   4-3 
 vsEast:  4-1    vsCntrl: 8-2    vsWest:  3-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 19 Wed, Apr 25   NYY  W   7-3       15-4   1st  5.5 up
 18 Tue, Apr 24   NYY  W   2-0       14-4   1st  5.5 up
 17 Mon, Apr 23   NYY  L   4-7       13-4   1st  5.5 up
 16 Sun, Apr 22  @DET  W   3-2 (11)  13-3   1st  5.5 up
 15 Sat, Apr 21  @DET  L   2-3       12-3   1st  5.5 up
 14 Sat, Apr 21  @DET  W  10-4       12-2   1st  5.5 up
 13 Thu, Apr 19  @DET  W  10-3       11-2   1st  4.5 up
 12 Wed, Apr 18  @BOS  W   6-3       10-2   1st  3.5 up
 11 Tue, Apr 17  @BOS  W  18-3        9-2   1st  3.5 up
 10 Sun, Apr 15  @MIN  W   4-3        8-2   1st  2.5 up
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:15-4    Last 30:15-4 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Sep 07, 2011 TBR  5  TEX  4 (10)   W:Jake McGee (2-1), L: Mark Lowe (2-3), S: none
Tue, Sep 06, 2011 TEX  8 @TBR  0        W:C.J. Wilson (15-6), L: Jeff Niemann (9-7), S: none
Mon, Sep 05, 2011 TBR  5  TEX  1        W:James Shields (14-10), L: Scott Feldman (1-1), S: none
Thu, Sep 01, 2011 TEX  7  TBR  2        W:C.J. Wilson (14-6), L: Jeff Niemann (9-6), S: none
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 TBR  4 @TEX  1        W:James Shields (13-10), L: Alexi Ogando (12-7), S: none
Tue, Aug 30, 2011 TEX  2  TBR  0        W:Scott Feldman (1-0), L: Jeremy Hellickson (11-10), S: Neftali Feliz (26)
Wed, Jun 01, 2011 TEX  3 @TBR  0        W:Colby Lewis (5-5), L: David Price (6-5), S: Neftali Feliz (11)
Tue, May 31, 2011 TBR  5  TEX  4        W:Joel Peralta (2-3), L: Arthur Rhodes (3-3), S: Kyle Farnsworth (10)
Mon, May 30, 2011 TEX 11 @TBR  5        W:Derek Holland (4-1), L: Wade Davis (4-5), S: none
Wed, Aug 18, 2010 TBR  8  TEX  6        W:James Shields (11-11), L: Derek Holland (2-2), S: Rafael Soriano (35)
Season Series: 2012 -  0-0; 2011 - TEX won 5-4; 2010 - TBR won 4-2; All-Time - TEX leads 73-57

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 2012 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 2011 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

BOS  5.40

CLE  4.35

SEA  3.43

 RA/G

PHI  3.27

FLA  4.33

BAL  5.31

 BA

M. Cabrera  .344

A. Ramirez  .269

V. Wells  .218

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .448

J. Bruce  .341

V. Wells  .248

 SLG

J. Bautista  .608

C. Lee  .446

J. Bartlett  .307

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.056

Y. Escobar  .782

A. Rios  .613

 ERA

C. Kershaw  2.28

R. Wolf  3.69

B. Penny  5.30

 K/9IP

Z. Greinke  10.54

G. Floyd  7.02

B. Penny  3.67

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2012 season. Player Stats for the 2011 season. We will switch to 2012 stats on May 1st.

Rays Batters (4.63 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (2.74 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 54.Harrison*
G/S/vB		 37.Adams
G/S/vB		 11.Darvish
G/S/vB		 39.Feldman
G/S/vB		 57.Lowe
G/S/vB		 36.Nathan
G/S/vB		 41.Ogando
G/S/vB		 46.Ross*
G/S/vB		 19.Uehara
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
19.Allen* G/S/vP 3/2.333 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 195/139 .200/.277/.377/.654 .423/.752 .547 5/1.400 3/0 6/4
16.Gimenez G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 70/51 .203/.314/.271/.585 .921/.461 .626 17/.728 0/1 1/0
8.Jennings G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.334 1/5.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 287/197 .259/.356/.449/.805 .791/.811 .897 85/.737 20/6 10/1
9.Johnson# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 181/91 .194/.257/.338/.595 .647/.550 .612 16/.424 6/7 4/2
20.Joyce* G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 7/.619 4/1.167 5/.600 4/2.500 ··· 1/5.000 522/421 .277/.347/.478/.825 .657/.866 .751 67/1.038 13/1 19/3
7.Keppinger G/S/vP 4/.000 4/.500 ··· 4/1.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 400/304 .277/.300/.377/.677 .776/.645 .634 50/.547 0/1 6/5
3.Longoria G/S/vP 3/3.333 ··· ··· 15/.700 6/.666 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 10/.300 574/425 .244/.355/.495/.850 .943/.819 .887 82/.956 3/2 31/14
28.Molina G/S/vP 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 10/.400 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 191/129 .281/.342/.415/.757 .754/.759 .780 41/.590 2/1 3/1
23.Pena* G/S/vP 6/.333 ··· ··· 9/.917 3/1.333 9/.708 ··· ··· 5/.200 606/460 .225/.357/.462/.819 .594/.892 .855 83/.944 2/2 28/8
1.Rodriguez G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 9/1.389 4/.500 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 436/269 .223/.323/.357/.679 .864/.567 .741 62/.580 11/7 8/11
30.Scott* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 12/.633 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 236/196 .220/.301/.402/.703 .781/.686 .576 54/.933 1/1 9/1
2.Upton G/S/vP 3/1.667 2/.000 ··· 16/.466 7/.572 3/.667 3/1.167 ··· 9/.555 640/463 .243/.331/.429/.759 .746/.763 .841 22/.684 36/12 23/3
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 7/.286 2/.500 ··· 12/.166 5/.200 6/2.833 3/1.167 ··· 9/.222 674/461 .269/.353/.469/.822 .907/.793 .897 80/.728 19/6 20/6
IP 185.2 73.2 32.0 45.0 44.2 169.0 65.0 TOTAL .246/.338/.427/.765 .793/.753 .718 .765 12/4 25/12
ERA-K/9 3.39/6.1 1.47/9.0 /0.0 3.94/6.2 3.80/8.4 4.84/8.7 3.51/6.7 /0.0 2.35/11.8 2.62/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Gimenez (14-6-0)
 Molina (24-12-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 772/.257 277/.169 / 129/.216 196/.263 191/.222 693/.234 / 243/.164 .223  Joyce
 Upton
 Jennings
 Zobrist
 Gimenez
 Scott
 Rodriguez
 Johnson
15/0/126/8
0/151/0/6
53/8/1/3
0/0/38/1
3/0/0/0
45/0/0/0
2/0/0/0
1/1/0/0
OPS .685 .496 .614 .768 .705 .649 .535 .617
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 225/.729 159/.538 / 64/.391 88/.802 97/.620 412/.709 / 124/.472 .648
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 547/.667 118/.439 / 65/.837 108/.739 94/.791 281/.560 / 119/.597 .586
Home 389/.716 142/.447 / 72/.494 112/.752 105/.601 386/.694 / 127/.564
Last 28d days 84/.579 33/.455 119/.685 24/.681 14/.286 39/.742 31/.361 30/.419 19/.789
HR/SB/CS 13/3/3 5/9/0 // 3/3/4 6/1/3 7/8/0 16/2/3 // 11/0/0 12/6/3
Usage ·····X·· ·o··o··· ··X····X ·X·····o ···X···· ·Xo·o··· ····X··o ·X··o··X ···o·X··

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2012 season. Player Stats for the 2011 season. We will switch to 2012 stats on May 1st.

Rangers Batters (5.63 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (4.37 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Shields
G/S/vB		 31.Badenhop
G/S/vB		 40.Davis
G/S/vB		 47.Gomes
G/S/vB		 39.Howell*
G/S/vB		 57.McGee*
G/S/vB		 62.Peralta
G/S/vB		 56.Rodney
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP 14/1.698 1/no AB 6/1.333 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 8/1.350 665/503 .279/.347/.361/.708 .714/.706 .674 85/.659 37/12 5/25
29.Beltre G/S/vP 32/.733 ··· 9/1.238 2/.000 10/.600 1/.000 5/.000 8/.661 525/397 .296/.331/.561/.892 1.075/.836 1.078 69/.863 1/1 32/11
17.Cruz G/S/vP 3/.666 1/4.000 2/.000 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 3/.666 10/.311 513/402 .263/.312/.509/.821 1.096/.747 .953 81/.718 9/5 29/6
23.Gentry G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 153/74 .271/.347/.346/.693 .735/.648 .862 26/.628 18/0 1/2
14.Gonzalez G/S/vP 3/1.667 6/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 267/189 .215/.256/.283/.539 .655/.493 .534 13/.846 1/2 1/4
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 17/.489 ··· 5/3.050 1/.000 8/.875 ··· 2/.000 7/1.238 538/383 .298/.346/.536/.882 .825/.904 .912 86/1.170 8/1 25/5
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 24/.583 ··· 2/.000 1/5.000 4/.500 1/no AB 3/2.667 11/.989 723/534 .255/.355/.477/.832 .880/.815 .933 91/1.016 30/4 32/11
18.Moreland* G/S/vP 9/.333 1/no AB 2/2.000 1/5.000 2/1.000 3/.000 1/.000 3/1.167 512/390 .259/.320/.414/.733 .577/.783 .741 44/.606 2/2 16/5
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 15/.343 ··· 5/.400 1/.000 3/.666 3/1.334 3/1.666 7/.900 440/322 .275/.328/.401/.729 .507/.809 .783 53/.815 11/6 11/4
25.Napoli G/S/vP 15/.667 ··· 5/1.400 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 3/1.666 4/1.000 432/297 .320/.414/.631/1.046 1.049/1.044 1.011 68/.997 4/2 30/3
21.Snyder G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 17/6 .231/.412/.308/.719 .764/.500 .719 13/.801 0/0 0/1
8.Torrealba G/S/vP 6/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 1/no AB 419/294 .273/.306/.399/.705 .612/.744 .827 42/.590 0/2 7/9
10.Young G/S/vP 21/.788 1/2.000 6/1.000 2/1.000 10/.633 1/.000 7/.453 17/.607 689/520 .338/.380/.474/.854 .902/.838 .931 76/.861 6/2 11/8
IP 249.1 63.2 184.0 37.0 30.2 28.0 67.2 32.0 TOTAL .295/.354/.493/.847 .868/.835 .766 .847 13/6 31/7
ERA-K/9 2.82/8.1 4.10/7.2 4.45/5.1 2.92/7.8 6.16/7.6 4.50/8.7 2.93/8.1 4.50/7.3 4.20/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Napoli (21-12-1)
 Torrealba (56-27-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 975/.217 276/.265 795/.267 160/.246 138/.259 124/.270 256/.188 150/.224 .250  Cruz
 Murphy
 Hamilton
 Moreland
 Gentry
18/0/109/6
78/13/32/5
85/35/0/5
0/0/34/0
2/55/7/0
OPS .623 .689 .771 .656 .770 .801 .586 .672 .711
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 523/.602 109/.706 384/.779 65/.778 68/.581 65/.510 118/.435 71/.766 .716
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 452/.648 167/.677 411/.765 95/.575 70/.978 59/1.143 138/.718 79/.588 .707
Road 455/.648 140/.641 377/.869 68/.871 78/.869 58/.620 137/.780 72/.733
Last 28d days 118/.566 39/.848 37/.548 11/.705 21/.802 17/.899 33/.899 31/.268
HR/SB/CS 26/6/5 1/2/1 23/2/4 3/3/1 5/5/1 5/4/0 7/5/2 1/5/0 16/9/4
Usage ·····X·· X·····Xo ·o··X··· o·····o· ·······X ····o··o oX··o·oo ·X··oo·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.