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Game Preview: TEX @ OAK, 10:05pm, Tuesday, May 14, 2013 @O.co Coliseum

Rangers, 24-14, 24-14 1st, 5 up

SP: Derek Holland (26, LHP, 3-2, 2.54)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (3-2) 49.2 40 15 14 10 43 2 2.54
2012 (12-7) 175.1 162 100 91 52 145 32 4.67
2011 (16-5) 198.0 201 97 87 67 162 22 3.95
Last 7 GS 3-2 49.2 40 15 14 10 43 2 2.54 62
2013-05-08 @MIL W 7.0 10 1 1 0 6 0 93 59
2013-05-03 BOS W 8.0 6 0 0 1 9 0 112 78
2013-04-27 @MIN L 7.0 5 4 3 1 6 1 97 58
2013-04-22 @LAA ND 5.2 6 6 6 4 7 0 104 36
2013-04-16 @CHC W 7.0 2 0 0 0 6 0 108 79
2013-04-10 TBR L 8.0 5 2 2 3 4 0 110 65
2013-04-05 LAA ND 7.0 6 2 2 1 5 1 94 61
Last 5 v.OAK 3-0 31.1 25 10 9 11 24 6 2.59 59
2012-09-24 OAK ND 3.0 4 3 3 2 4 2 77 41
2012-06-05 @OAK W 5.1 7 3 3 2 2 2 92 42
2011-09-20 @OAK W 7.0 2 1 1 3 7 1 107 73
2011-07-07 OAK W 9.0 4 0 0 2 7 0 119 84
2011-05-02 @OAK ND 7.0 8 3 2 2 4 1 103 53
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   11-4    Road:   13-10   ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:  13-9    vsLHP:  11-5    1-Run:   8-2 
 vsEast:  5-1    vsCntrl: 3-4    vsWest: 14-6  IL: 2-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 38 Mon, May 13  @OAK  L   1-5       24-14  1st  5.0 up
 37 Sun, May 12  @HOU  W  12-7       24-13  1st  6.0 up
 36 Sat, May 11  @HOU  W   8-7       23-13  1st  5.0 up
 35 Fri, May 10  @HOU  W   4-2       22-13  1st  5.0 up
 34 Wed, May  8  @MIL  W   4-1       21-13  1st  3.5 up
 33 Tue, May  7  @MIL  L   3-6       20-13  1st  2.5 up
 32 Mon, May  6  @CHC  L   2-9       20-12  1st  2.5 up
 31 Sun, May  5   BOS  W   4-3       20-11  1st  2.5 up
 30 Sat, May  4   BOS  W   5-1       19-11  1st  2.5 up
 29 Fri, May  3   BOS  W   7-0       18-11  1st  1.5 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12
Athletics, 20-20, 20-20 2nd, 5 GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Bartolo Colon (40, RHP, 3-2, 4.57)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (3-2) 41.1 46 21 21 1 27 6 4.57
2012 (10-9) 152.1 161 62 58 23 91 17 3.43
2011 (8-10) 164.1 172 85 73 40 135 21 4.00
Last 7 GS 3-2 41.1 46 21 21 1 27 6 4.57 50
2013-05-09 @CLE L 4.0 8 6 6 0 4 2 83 26
2013-05-04 @NYY L 5.1 6 3 3 0 3 2 73 47
2013-04-28 BAL ND 6.0 9 5 5 0 3 0 75 37
2013-04-23 @BOS W 7.0 3 0 0 1 7 0 94 77
2013-04-17 HOU W 6.0 4 1 1 0 3 0 97 63
2013-04-12 DET ND 7.0 8 3 3 0 5 1 85 54
2013-04-06 @HOU W 6.0 8 3 3 0 2 1 83 46
Last 5 v.TEX 2-2 30.0 32 17 17 8 24 6 5.10 48
2012-07-17 TEX L 7.0 8 4 4 1 5 1 97 49
2012-06-06 TEX W 8.0 5 0 0 1 5 0 100 76
2011-05-07 @TEX ND 4.1 9 5 5 1 4 2 76 28
2009-05-10 TEX L 4.2 5 5 5 3 4 2 93 35
2007-05-12 @TEX W 6.0 5 3 3 2 6 1 86 54
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   10-8    Road:   10-12   ExtrInn: 3-0 
 vsRHP:  14-14   vsLHP:   6-6    1-Run:   5-5 
 vsEast:  4-9    vsCntrl: 1-6    vsWest: 15-5  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 40 Mon, May 13   TEX  W   5-1       20-20  2nd  5.0 gb
 39 Sun, May 12  @SEA  L   1-6       19-20  2nd  6.0 gb
 38 Sat, May 11  @SEA  W   4-3       19-19  2nd  5.0 gb
 37 Fri, May 10  @SEA  L   3-6       18-19  2nd  5.0 gb
 36 Thu, May  9  @CLE  L   2-9       18-18  2nd  4.0 gb
 35 Wed, May  8  @CLE  L   3-4       18-17  2nd  3.5 gb
 34 Tue, May  7  @CLE  L   0-1       18-16  2nd  2.5 gb
 33 Mon, May  6  @CLE  L   3-7       18-15  2nd  2.5 gb
 32 Sun, May  5  @NYY  W   5-4       18-14  2nd  2.5 gb
 31 Sat, May  4  @NYY  L   2-4       17-14  2nd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, May 13, 2013 OAK  5  TEX  1        W:A.J. Griffin (4-3), L: Justin Grimm (2-3), S: none

Wed, Oct 03, 2012 OAK 12  TEX  5        W:Evan Scribner (2-0), L: Derek Holland (12-7), S: none
Tue, Oct 02, 2012 OAK  3  TEX  1        W:Travis Blackley (6-4), L: Matt Harrison (18-11), S: Grant Balfour (24)
Mon, Oct 01, 2012 OAK  4  TEX  3        W:Jarrod Parker (13-8), L: Martin Perez (1-4), S: Grant Balfour (23)
Thu, Sep 27, 2012 TEX  9  OAK  7        W:Matt Harrison (18-10), L: Travis Blackley (5-4), S: Joe Nathan (36)
Wed, Sep 26, 2012 OAK  9 @TEX  3        W:Jarrod Parker (12-8), L: Martin Perez (1-3), S: none
Tue, Sep 25, 2012 OAK  3 @TEX  2 (10)   W:Evan Scribner (1-0), L: Mark Lowe (0-2), S: Grant Balfour (21)
Mon, Sep 24, 2012 TEX  5  OAK  4        W:Joe Nathan (3-4), L: Tyson Ross (2-11), S: none
Wed, Jul 18, 2012 OAK  4  TEX  3        W:Ryan Cook (3-2), L: Michael Kirkman (0-1), S: none
Tue, Jul 17, 2012 TEX  6 @OAK  1        W:Roy Oswalt (3-1), L: Bartolo Colon (6-8), S: none
Season Series: 2013 - OAK over 1-0; 2012 - OAK won 11-8; 2011 - TEX won 13-6; All-Time - OAK leads 401-397

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 2013 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
Rangers Batters (4.50 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (4.68 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 40.Colon
G/S/vB
50.Balfour
G/S/vB
13.Blevins*
G/S/vB
60.Chavez
G/S/vB
48.Cook
G/S/vB
62.Doolittle*
G/S/vB
47.Neshek
G/S/vB
44.Resop
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP 12/.500 10/.200 7/.334 3/1.000 3/.666 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 169/118 .269/.313/.327/.640 .460/.715 .761 107/.645 8/1 0/1
15.Baker G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 45/9 .342/.444/.711/1.155 1.362/.444 1.008 34/1.234 0/0 4/0
29.Beltre G/S/vP 59/1.006 18/.292 9/.777 2/.000 4/.000 3/.000 7/1.572 ··· 160/114 .260/.306/.473/.780 .941/.716 .731 103/.816 0/0 8/4
27.Berkman# G/S/vP 16/.393 3/.000 ··· 8/.250 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 131/92 .287/.412/.454/.866 .759/.914 .785 87/.743 0/0 3/
61.Chirinos G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/5 .250/.400/.500/.900 /.900 .900 5/.900 0/0 0/0
17.Cruz G/S/vP 11/.382 12/.258 7/.143 2/1.500 5/1.200 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 151/101 .270/.331/.504/.835 1.145/.686 .851 94/.907 2/1 9/1
3.Garcia# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 23/15 .286/.318/.381/.699 .762/.667 .771 14/.571 1/0 0/0
23.Gentry G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 2/2.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 79/30 .232/.321/.377/.697 .720/.660 .588 52/.669 5/1 1/0
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 16/.331 14/.714 7/.453 2/.000 4/.000 4/.833 6/.533 ··· 165/106 .320/.378/.533/.911 .667/1.052 .842 107/.913 3/2 7/7
2.Martin* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 79/70 .264/.329/.403/.732 .444/.771 .618 52/.846 0/1 2/0
18.Moreland* G/S/vP 5/.400 5/.400 2/.000 3/1.666 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 142/81 .292/.345/.538/.884 .817/.932 .774 91/1.061 0/0 7/2
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 10/1.067 12/.533 10/.400 2/1.000 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· 125/85 .205/.256/.376/.632 .634/.632 .586 72/.739 0/1 4/0
8.Soto G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 49/29 .190/.292/.238/.530 .311/.690 .582 38/.535 0/0 0/2
IP 41.1 14.1 19.1 6.1 18.0 16.0 15.0 17.0 TOTAL .268/.332/.444/.776 .761/.784 .736 .803 19/7 49/17
ERA-K/9 4.57/5.9 1.88/9.4 2.33/9.3 4.26/7.1 1.50/11.0 1.13/9.6 3.00/6.0 5.29/6.4 4.30/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Chirinos (0-0-0)
 Soto (5-3-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 166/.282 61/.226 72/.188 29/.296 74/.185 56/.113 70/.288 82/.286 .256  Martin
 Murphy
 Baker
 Cruz
 Gentry
2/23/3/2
36/0/0/1
11/0/1/0
0/0/36/0
0/27/0/0
OPS .719 .713 .557 .678 .516 .387 .815 .790 .733
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 88/.767 25/.729 28/.574 12/.750 34/.574 22/.677 22/.742 40/.919 .761
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 78/.667 36/.701 44/.545 17/.620 40/.468 34/.209 48/.846 42/.675 .714
Home 74/.654 37/.835 35/.712 10/.800 47/.529 35/.495 35/.826 39/.881
Last 28d days 113/.711 38/.798 43/.520 29/.678 44/.523 32/.356 37/.704 57/.995
HR/SB/CS 6/0/1 2/0/0 2/0/0 0/0/0 0/4/0 2/1/0 1/0/1 1/6/0 47/25/5
Usage ····X··· ··X····· ·o····o· ·X·o···· o·X··o·· o·o··o·· ·o··o·o· ···X···X
Athletics Batters (4.80 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (3.55 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 45.Holland*
G/S/vB
44.Frasor
G/S/vB
50.Kirkman*
G/S/vB
55.Lowe
G/S/vB
36.Nathan
G/S/vB
58.Ortiz*
G/S/vB
46.Ross*
G/S/vB
52.Scheppers
G/S/vB
49.Tepesch
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Barton* G/S/vP 11/.282 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 16/15 .143/.250/.357/.607 .000/.651 .250 16/.607 0/0 1/0
52.Cespedes G/S/vP 7/1.762 ··· 2/.000 2/.500 1/2.000 ··· 3/.666 2/1.000 ··· 113/81 .212/.283/.465/.748 1.046/.640 1.006 66/.747 0/3 7/0
20.Donaldson G/S/vP 5/1.400 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 163/115 .299/.374/.500/.874 1.152/.760 .839 100/.945 2/1 5/4
7.Freiman G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 50/15 .209/.300/.326/.626 .883/.067 .856 31/.663 0/0 1/1
5.Jaso* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.800 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 121/107 .262/.342/.327/.669 .558/.683 .684 76/.623 0/0 1/2
8.Lowrie# G/S/vP 4/.500 4/.250 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 167/110 .301/.386/.452/.838 .780/.863 .816 104/.704 0/0 3/5
22.Montz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 20/3 .200/.200/.500/.700 .824/.000 .750 20/.700 0/0 1/0
37.Moss* G/S/vP 3/.667 ··· 2/.000 4/.500 2/3.000 1/.000 5/1.400 3/2.667 ··· 141/106 .260/.355/.447/.802 .590/.876 .692 89/.777 1/0 6/4
36.Norris G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 3/.666 4/.500 ··· 100/51 .238/.380/.350/.730 .858/.603 .784 69/.569 3/0 1/0
17.Rosales G/S/vP 5/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 57/27 .313/.400/.458/.858 1.022/.653 .809 57/.858 0/0 1/2
15.Smith* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 21/.838 4/.000 1/.000 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 137/103 .266/.336/.419/.755 .884/.711 .739 99/.591 0/0 3/0
28.Sogard* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 98/83 .236/.306/.281/.587 .564/.591 .653 57/.455 2/1 0/2
23.Taylor G/S/vP 2/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 22/12 .045/.045/.045/.091 .200/.000 .000 17/.118 0/0 0/0
IP 49.2 11.0 14.2 12.1 14.0 20.0 16.0 18.0 38.0 TOTAL .242/.329/.399/.728 .793/.697 .712 .675 26/6 40/24
ERA-K/9 2.54/7.8 3.27/9.0 7.36/11.0 8.03/5.9 1.93/9.0 3.60/7.7 0.56/6.2 0.50/5.5 4.03/7.1 3.45/8.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Jaso (12-2-0)
 Norris (13-3-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 194/.222 46/.238 72/.333 53/.292 57/.212 81/.237 64/.220 67/.197 160/.255 .236  Cespedes
 Moss
 Smith
 Taylor
 Rosales
12/15/0/3
1/2/8/1
21/0/1/0
5/0/5/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .581 .806 .877 .900 .571 .658 .519 .531 .716 .674
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 29/.713 14/.297 26/1.032 20/1.274 27/.505 29/.281 18/.627 24/.804 83/.881 .667
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 165/.558 32/1.033 46/.788 33/.690 30/.630 52/.876 46/.475 43/.384 77/.531 .678
Road 106/.618 30/.852 42/.876 35/1.298 36/.614 58/.732 35/.500 35/.536 97/.716
Last 28d days 112/.660 33/.687 49/.952 48/.854 31/.615 48/.792 41/.479 40/.581 105/.713
HR/SB/CS 2/1/1 3/1/0 1/2/0 3/0/0 1/2/0 2/0/0 0/0/0 1/0/1 5/2/0 35/15/5
Usage ·····X·· o·o···X· ·Xo····X ·X·····X ··Xo·X·· Xo····oX ···X··o· ···o·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.