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Game Preview: TEX @ OAK, 10:05pm, Monday, April 21, 2014 @O.co Coliseum

Rangers, 11-8, 11-8 2nd, 2½ GB, 1 up in WC

SP: Yu Darvish (27, RHP, 1-0, 0.82)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (1-0) 22.0 15 2 2 4 23 0 0.82
2013 (13-9) 209.2 145 68 66 80 277 26 2.83
2012 (16-9) 191.1 156 89 83 89 221 14 3.90
Last 7 GS 2-1 45.0 32 9 9 17 54 2 1.80 65
2014-04-16 SEA ND 7.0 7 2 2 2 8 0 107 61
2014-04-11 HOU ND 8.0 1 0 0 1 9 0 101 88
2014-04-06 @TBR W 7.0 7 0 0 1 6 0 89 68
2013-09-29 LAA ND 5.2 4 2 2 2 8 1 84 59
2013-09-24 HOU ND 5.1 4 2 2 4 9 1 101 57
2013-09-19 @TBR W 5.0 5 2 2 6 4 0 109 47
2013-09-14 OAK L 7.0 4 1 1 1 10 0 113 74
Last 5 v.OAK 0-5 31.0 25 15 14 15 40 6 4.06 56
2013-09-14 OAK L 7.0 4 1 1 1 10 0 113 74
2013-09-04 @OAK L 5.0 5 5 5 6 4 2 100 35
2013-06-18 OAK L 6.0 6 5 4 2 10 2 109 50
2013-05-21 OAK L 6.0 5 1 1 3 5 1 101 60
2012-07-01 OAK L 7.0 5 3 3 3 11 1 105 63
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    9-4    Road:    2-4    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:   8-5    vsLHP:   3-3    1-Run:   5-2 
 vsEast:  2-4    vsCntrl: 2-1    vsWest:  5-2  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 19 Sun, Apr 20   CHW  L   2-16      11-8   2nd  2.5 gb
 18 Sat, Apr 19   CHW  W   6-3       11-7   2nd  1.5 gb
 17 Fri, Apr 18   CHW  W  12-0       10-7   2nd  1.5 gb
 16 Thu, Apr 17   SEA  W   8-6        9-7   2nd  1.5 gb
 15 Wed, Apr 16   SEA  W   3-2        8-7   2nd  2.0 gb
 14 Tue, Apr 15   SEA  W   5-0        7-7   3rd  3.0 gb
 13 Mon, Apr 14   SEA  L   1-7        6-7   3rd  3.0 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 13   HOU  W   1-0        6-6   3rd  2.0 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 12   HOU  L   5-6 (10)   5-6   3rd  2.0 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 11   HOU  W   1-0 (12)   5-5   3rd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-8    Last 30:11-8
Athletics, 13-5, 13-5 1st, 2½ up

SP: Dan Straily (25, RHP, 1-1, 5.40)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (1-1) 16.2 16 10 10 4 15 4 5.40
2013 (10-8) 152.1 132 74 67 57 124 16 3.96
2012 (2-1) 39.1 36 19 17 16 32 11 3.89
Last 7 GS 3-2 41.2 30 18 15 14 37 4 3.24 57
2014-04-15 @LAA ND 3.2 7 6 6 1 3 1 67 25
2014-04-10 @MIN W 7.0 3 1 1 2 5 1 100 70
2014-04-05 SEA L 6.0 6 3 3 1 7 2 91 54
2013-09-25 @LAA L 6.2 7 3 1 2 5 0 100 55
2013-09-19 MIN ND 5.2 3 3 2 3 6 0 105 56
2013-09-13 @TEX W 5.2 2 2 2 4 4 0 104 57
2013-09-07 HOU W 7.0 2 0 0 1 7 0 103 79
Last 5 v.TEX 3-1 26.2 19 15 14 12 16 3 4.73 50
2013-09-13 @TEX W 5.2 2 2 2 4 4 0 104 57
2013-09-02 TEX W 5.0 3 2 2 3 4 1 91 54
2013-06-17 @TEX ND 4.2 8 6 6 1 1 2 82 24
2013-05-21 @TEX W 7.0 2 0 0 0 5 0 88 78
2013-05-15 TEX L 4.1 4 5 4 4 2 0 87 35
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    6-3    Road:    7-2    ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  10-4    vsLHP:   3-1    1-Run:   4-1 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 4-2    vsWest:  9-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 18 Sun, Apr 20   HOU  W   4-1       13-5   1st  2.5 up
 17 Sat, Apr 19   HOU  W   4-3       12-5   1st  1.5 up
 16 Fri, Apr 18   HOU  W  11-3       11-5   1st  1.5 up
 15 Wed, Apr 16  @LAA  L   4-5 (12)  10-5   1st  2.0 up
 14 Tue, Apr 15  @LAA  W  10-9 (11)  10-4   1st  2.5 up
 13 Mon, Apr 14  @LAA  W   3-2        9-4   1st  1.5 up
 12 Sun, Apr 13  @SEA  W   3-0        8-4   1st  1.5 up
 11 Sat, Apr 12  @SEA  W   3-1        7-4   1st  0.5 up
 10 Fri, Apr 11  @SEA  L   4-6        6-4   2nd  0.5 gb
  9 Thu, Apr 10  @MIN  W   6-1        6-3   1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:13-5    Last 30:13-5 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Sep 15, 2013 OAK  5 @TEX  1        W:Tommy Milone (11-9), L: Martin Perez (9-5), S: none
Sat, Sep 14, 2013 OAK  1 @TEX  0        W:Bartolo Colon (16-6), L: Yu Darvish (12-9), S: Grant Balfour (38)
Fri, Sep 13, 2013 OAK  9 @TEX  8        W:Dan Straily (10-7), L: Derek Holland (9-9), S: Sean Doolittle (2)
Wed, Sep 04, 2013 OAK 11  TEX  4        W:Jarrod Parker (11-6), L: Yu Darvish (12-7), S: Brett Anderson (2)
Tue, Sep 03, 2013 TEX  5 @OAK  1        W:Martin Perez (9-3), L: Bartolo Colon (14-6), S: none
Mon, Sep 02, 2013 OAK  4  TEX  2        W:Dan Straily (8-7), L: Derek Holland (9-7), S: Grant Balfour (36)
Sun, Aug 04, 2013 TEX  4 @OAK  0        W:Derek Holland (9-6), L: A.J. Griffin (10-8), S: none
Sat, Aug 03, 2013 OAK  4  TEX  2        W:Jarrod Parker (7-6), L: Matt Garza (7-2), S: Grant Balfour (29)
Fri, Aug 02, 2013 TEX  8 @OAK  3        W:Jason Frasor (2-2), L: Tommy Milone (9-9), S: none
Thu, Jun 20, 2013 TEX  4  OAK  3        W:Tanner Scheppers (5-0), L: Sean Doolittle (3-2), S: Joe Nathan (22)
Season Series: 2014 -  0-0; 2013 - OAK won 10-9; 2012 - OAK won 11-8; All-Time - OAK leads 410-406

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 2014 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 2013 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

BOS  5.27

NYY  4.01

MIA  3.17

 RA/G

ATL  3.38

NYM  4.22

HOU  5.23

 BA

M. Cabrera  .348

A. Pierzynski  .272

D. Uggla  .179

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .442

C. Crisp  .335

A. Escobar  .259

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .636

J. Loney  .430

A. Hechavarria  .298

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.078

P. Sandoval  .758

A. Escobar  .559

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.83

J. De La Rosa  3.49

E. Volquez  5.71

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.89

Z. Greinke  7.50

J. Guthrie  4.72

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2014 season. Player Stats for the 2013 season. We will switch to 2014 stats on May 1st.

Rangers Batters (4.32 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.06 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 67.Straily
G/S/vB		 56.Abad*
G/S/vB		 48.Cook
G/S/vB		 62.Doolittle*
G/S/vB		 44.Gregerson
G/S/vB		 45.Johnson
G/S/vB		 61.Otero
G/S/vB		 13.Pomeranz*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP 16/.125 2/1.000 7/.858 6/.533 ··· 4/.250 3/.666 ··· 698/498 .271/.328/.331/.659 .698/.644 .726 80/.745 42/8 4/14
7.Arencibia G/S/vP 5/.200 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 11/.664 1/.000 ··· 497/354 .194/.227/.365/.592 .588/.594 .454 32/.225 0/2 21/11
61.Chirinos G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 30/16 .179/.233/.286/.519 .445/.583 .808 37/.738 0/0 0/1
15.Choice G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 19/10 .278/.316/.333/.649 .583/.700 .750 30/.587 0/0 0/0
17.Choo* G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.333 1/.000 4/1.250 1/.000 ··· 712/491 .285/.423/.462/.885 .612/1.011 .823 84/.891 20/11 21/4
84.Fielder* G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.000 1/.000 2/.000 5/2.250 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 712/451 .279/.362/.457/.819 .819/.819 .797 83/.659 1/1 25/6
6.Kouzmanoff G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· / /// / 44/1.043 / /
2.Martin* G/S/vP 9/.708 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 508/364 .260/.313/.385/.698 .573/.749 .652 69/.825 36/9 8/5
18.Moreland* G/S/vP 12/.444 4/.000 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/no AB ··· 518/363 .232/.299/.437/.736 .701/.752 .762 53/.733 0/0 23/5
16.Murphy G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 163/123 .255/.319/.530/.849 .950/.818 .722 47/.580 2/0 11/4
51.Rios G/S/vP 11/.955 ··· 5/1.600 4/1.750 ··· 7/.629 2/1.000 ··· 662/502 .278/.324/.432/.756 .889/.714 .816 81/.780 42/7 18/3
12.Wilson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 65/20 .200/.262/.300/.562 .511/.671 .238 36/.617 0/0 1/2
IP 152.1 37.2 67.1 69.0 66.1 70.1 39.0 21.2 TOTAL .272/.343/.401/.744 .819/.713 .643 .744 17/8 12/17
ERA-K/9 3.96/7.3 3.35/7.6 2.54/9.0 3.13/7.8 2.71/8.7 2.94/7.2 1.38/6.2 6.23/7.9 2.48/8.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Arencibia (62-21-13)
 Chirinos (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 640/.233 166/.271 294/.238 266/.214 268/.203 291/.273 159/.276 105/.301 .212  Martin
 Choo
 Rios
 Choice
 Moreland
6/127/21/14
3/150/0/9
0/1/155/9
2/2/4/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .666 .687 .616 .573 .572 .699 .613 .951 .589
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 337/.711 65/.790 132/.730 92/.516 132/.624 155/.740 83/.613 26/.405 .637
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 303/.617 101/.619 162/.526 174/.603 136/.521 136/.653 76/.613 79/1.150 .537
Home 280/.613 75/.475 165/.562 155/.587 149/.523 166/.657 110/.586 62/.851
Last 28d days 69/.782 25/.163 21/.286 39/.538 40/.405 48/.789 39/.622 32/.564
HR/SB/CS 16/12/5 3/2/0 2/16/1 4/6/3 3/10/0 5/1/1 0/1/0 4/3/0 14/15/1
Usage ·····X·· ··X·o··o ··X·oX·· X····X·X o···X·oo o····Xo· ·o··XX·o ····XX··

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2014 season. Player Stats for the 2013 season. We will switch to 2014 stats on May 1st.

Athletics Batters (4.83 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.63 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 11.Darvish
G/S/vB		 56.Cotts*
G/S/vB		 32.Figueroa*
G/S/vB		 44.Frasor
G/S/vB		 48.Lewis
G/S/vB		 19.Noesi
G/S/vB		 41.Ogando
G/S/vB		 49.Poreda*
G/S/vB		 28.Soria
G/S/vB		 37.Tolleson
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Barton* G/S/vP 9/1.667 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 26/.466 4/.500 6/.000 ··· 8/.500 ··· 120/91 .269/.350/.375/.725 .653/.749 .846 33/.350 0/0 3/1
18.Callaspo# G/S/vP 21/.976 2/.500 2/1.000 7/.453 13/.322 7/.286 16/.599 ··· 3/.666 1/no AB 516/348 .258/.333/.369/.702 .763/.672 .673 61/.877 0/2 10/16
52.Cespedes G/S/vP 16/.813 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 5/2.300 4/.250 9/.985 ··· 1/.000 ··· 574/390 .240/.294/.442/.737 .880/.672 .787 81/.840 7/7 26/4
4.Crisp# G/S/vP 17/.865 17/.879 ··· 13/.667 26/.490 10/.700 12/.875 ··· 10/.744 1/.000 584/373 .261/.335/.444/.779 .645/.857 .705 45/.947 21/5 22/0
20.Donaldson G/S/vP 15/.421 3/.333 ··· 4/.500 ··· 3/.000 10/.425 ··· ··· ··· 668/464 .301/.384/.499/.883 1.042/.813 .888 85/.812 5/2 24/16
3.Gentry G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/3.000 ··· 287/126 .280/.373/.386/.759 .801/.709 .786 21/.921 24/3 2/2
5.Jaso* G/S/vP 15/1.246 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.000 1/.000 7/1.714 ··· 1/.000 ··· 249/220 .271/.387/.372/.759 .442/.802 .696 45/.692 2/1 3/3
8.Lowrie# G/S/vP 16/.542 3/.333 ··· 4/.250 12/.916 ··· 10/.425 ··· 1/.000 ··· 662/431 .290/.344/.446/.791 .772/.800 .767 80/.910 1/0 15/18
37.Moss* G/S/vP 18/1.444 5/.000 ··· 1/no AB 5/.200 2/1.500 7/.715 ··· 1/no AB ··· 505/417 .256/.337/.522/.859 .649/.904 .796 70/.774 4/2 30/8
36.Norris G/S/vP 3/.666 2/1.500 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 2/.000 7/.810 ··· ··· ··· 308/135 .246/.345/.409/.754 .990/.445 .851 38/.744 5/0 9/3
1.Punto# G/S/vP ··· 5/.933 ··· 6/.000 3/.667 ··· ··· 1/no AB 6/.000 ··· 335/227 .255/.328/.327/.655 .723/.622 .656 35/.676 3/3 2/8
16.Reddick* G/S/vP 15/.138 3/.000 ··· 4/.250 13/.923 7/.929 8/1.958 ··· 5/1.600 1/.000 441/296 .226/.307/.379/.686 .667/.695 .586 59/.549 9/2 12/5
28.Sogard* G/S/vP 12/.717 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 1/.000 8/.375 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 410/338 .266/.322/.364/.686 .640/.695 .701 48/.547 10/5 2/9
IP 209.2 57.0 3.0 49.0 27.1 104.1 23.2 0.0 TOTAL .254/.344/.412/.756 .663/.784 .799 .756 11/1 21/20
ERA-K/9 2.83/11.9 1.11/10.3 12.00/9.0 2.57/8.8 /0.0 6.59/6.9 3.11/6.2 /0.0 3.80/10.6 /0.0 4.11/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Jaso (28-4-0)
 Norris (35-12-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 841/.194 223/.180 18/.400 200/.203 / 134/.353 428/.231 / 101/.212 2/ .261  Cespedes
 Reddick
 Gentry
 Crisp
 Moss
94/18/0/10
0/0/113/9
34/71/0/7
0/110/0/2
8/2/27/1
OPS .611 .499 1.367 .598 .935 .678 .624 .720
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 514/.655 109/.565 7/1.000 74/.427 / 64/.938 237/.620 / 50/.316 / .711
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 327/.543 114/.436 11/1.670 126/.699 / 70/.931 191/.753 / 51/.943 2/ .729
Road 344/.630 99/.442 8/.393 100/.674 / 64/.832 293/.654 / 43/.618 2/
Last 28d days 85/.470 29/.761 41/.730 24/.440 46/.802 34/1.280 42/.627 2/.500 28/.570 32/.864
HR/SB/CS 26/18/7 2/3/1 2/0/0 4/7/1 // 3/1/1 11/3/2 // 2/5/0 0/0/0 16/8/5
Usage ····X··· ·o···o·· X··Xo·X· ·o·Xo··· ·X····X· X··X··X· ·X·o·o·o ·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.