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Texas Rangers vs. Boston Red Sox, at Globe Life Park in Arlington, May 28, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Thursday, May 28, 2015
Start Time:
7:05ct (local), 8:05et
Venue:
Globe Life Park in Arlington
Series:
Game #1 of a 4-game series
Average Temp:
87° (based on last ten years)
Red Sox
Manager:
John Farrell
Game #:
48
On This Date:
55-45
Rangers
Manager:
Jeff Banister
Game #:
48
On This Date:
18-27
Season Series
Tue, May 19, 2015 BOS  4  TEX  3     
Wed, May 20, 2015 TEX  2 @BOS  1     
Thu, May 21, 2015 TEX  3 @BOS  1     

Thu, May 28, 2015 BOS    @TEX  8:05pm
Fri, May 29, 2015 BOS    @TEX  8:05pm
Sat, May 30, 2015 BOS    @TEX  7:15pm
Sun, May 31, 2015 BOS    @TEX  3:05pm

                         All times ET
Boston Red Sox
21-26, 4th, 4 GB, 4 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   10-12   Road:   11-14   ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:  14-19   vsLHP:   7-7    1-Run:   8-6 
 vsEast: 10-15   vsCntrl: 0-3    vsWest:  7-6  IL: 4-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 47 Wed, May 27  @MIN  L   4-6       21-26  4th  4.0 gb
 46 Tue, May 26  @MIN  L   1-2       21-25  4th  3.0 gb
 45 Mon, May 25  @MIN  L   2-7       21-24  4th  2.5 gb
 44 Sun, May 24   LAA  W   6-1       21-23  3rd  2.5 gb
 43 Sat, May 23   LAA  W   8-3       20-23  4th  3.5 gb
 42 Fri, May 22   LAA  L   5-12      19-23  4th  4.5 gb
 41 Thu, May 21   TEX  L   1-3       19-22  4th  3.5 gb
 40 Wed, May 20   TEX  L   1-2       19-21  3rd  2.5 gb
 39 Tue, May 19   TEX  W   4-3       19-20  3rd  2.5 gb
 38 Sun, May 17  @SEA  L   0-5       18-20  3rd  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:11-19
Texas Rangers
23-24, 3rd, 6½ GB, 2 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    6-13   Road:   17-11   ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:  16-15   vsLHP:   7-9    1-Run:   8-5 
 vsEast:  7-3    vsCntrl: 5-5    vsWest: 10-15 IL: 1-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 47 Wed, May 27  @CLE  L   3-12      23-24  3rd  6.5 gb
 46 Tue, May 26  @CLE  W   4-3       23-23  2nd  6.5 gb
 45 Mon, May 25  @CLE  W  10-8       22-23  3rd  6.5 gb
 44 Sun, May 24  @NYY  W   5-2       21-23  3rd  7.5 gb
 43 Sat, May 23  @NYY  W  15-4       20-23  4th  7.5 gb
 42 Fri, May 22  @NYY  W  10-9       19-23  4th  7.5 gb
 41 Thu, May 21  @BOS  W   3-1       18-23  4th  8.5 gb
 40 Wed, May 20  @BOS  W   2-1       17-23  4th  9.5 gb
 39 Tue, May 19  @BOS  L   3-4       16-23  4th  9.5 gb
 38 Sun, May 17   CLE  W   5-1       16-22  4th  9.0 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, May 21, 2015 TEX  3 @BOS  1        W:Wandy Rodriguez (2-2), L: Clay Buchholz (2-5), S: Shawn Tolleson (2)
Wed, May 20, 2015 TEX  2 @BOS  1        W:Phil Klein (1-0), L: Joe Kelly (1-3), S: Shawn Tolleson (1)
Tue, May 19, 2015 BOS  4  TEX  3        W:Wade Miley (3-4), L: Yovani Gallardo (3-6), S: Koji Uehara (10)

Sun, May 11, 2014 BOS  5 @TEX  2        W:John Lackey (5-2), L: Robbie Ross (1-4), S: Koji Uehara (9)
Sat, May 10, 2014 BOS  8 @TEX  3        W:Jon Lester (4-4), L: Martin Perez (4-3), S: none
Fri, May 09, 2014 TEX  8  BOS  0        W:Yu Darvish (3-1), L: Clay Buchholz (2-3), S: none
Wed, Apr 09, 2014 BOS  4  TEX  2        W:Andrew Miller (1-0), L: Alexi Ogando (0-1), S: Koji Uehara (2)
Tue, Apr 08, 2014 TEX 10 @BOS  7        W:Martin Perez (1-0), L: Felix Doubront (1-1), S: none
Mon, Apr 07, 2014 BOS  5  TEX  1        W:John Lackey (2-0), L: Tanner Scheppers (0-1), S: none
Thu, Jun 06, 2013 BOS  6  TEX  3        W:Andrew Bailey (2-0), L: Michael Kirkman (0-2), S: none
Season Series: 2015 - TEX over 2-1; 2014 - BOS won 4-2; 2013 - TEX won 4-2; All-Time - BOS leads 336-306

SP: (2015, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
Last 7 GS
Has never faced TEX as starter.

SP: Nick Martinez (24, RHP, 4-0, 1.96)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (4-0) 55.0 50 17 12 17 30 3 1.96
2014 (5-12) 140.1 150 79 71 55 77 18 4.55
Last 7 GS 2-0 41.0 41 16 12 12 24 3 2.63 53
2015-05-23 @NYY W 7.0 5 2 2 2 5 2 108 62
2015-05-17 CLE W 5.0 5 1 1 5 6 0 103 54
2015-05-12 KCR ND 6.1 6 4 3 1 4 1 101 50
2015-05-07 @TBR ND 4.2 6 3 3 1 2 0 80 41
2015-05-02 OAK ND 6.0 7 5 2 0 2 0 100 46
2015-04-26 @LAA ND 6.0 7 0 0 2 2 0 94 58
2015-04-21 @ARI ND 6.0 5 1 1 1 3 0 96 60
Has never faced BOS as starter.

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

Red Sox Batters (3.89 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.72 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 22.Martinez
G/S/vB		 63.Bass
G/S/vB		 58.Claudio*
G/S/vB		 36.Edwards
G/S/vB		 71.Freeman*
G/S/vB		 50.Kela
G/S/vB		 25.Ohlendorf
G/S/vB		 52.Scheppers
G/S/vB		 37.Tolleson
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
50.Betts G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/3.000 207/157 .241/.296/.385/.681 .524/.732 .558 107/.700 6/1 5/1
16.Bianchi G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 0/ /// / 0/ 0/0 0/0
2.Bogaerts G/S/vP ··· 2/no AB ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 170/123 .268/.315/.376/.691 .743/.671 .621 90/.688 2/0 2/4
38.Castillo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 15/9 .200/.200/.200/.400 .333/.444 .000 15/.400 0/0 0/1
26.Holt* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 108/79 .305/.383/.442/.825 .745/.855 1.129 56/.696 1/0 1/2
3.Leon# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 46/31 .205/.279/.205/.484 .154/.636 .504 23/.438 0/0 0/0
12.Napoli G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/1.467 2/.000 170/116 .208/.306/.409/.715 .939/.619 .547 92/.880 1/1 8/2
29.Nava# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 1/2.000 73/65 .159/.250/.190/.440 .452/.439 .567 29/.519 0/0 0/0
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 6/.167 3/1.667 185/127 .216/.303/.377/.679 .261/.889 .555 99/.595 0/0 6/0
15.Pedroia G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 6/.000 3/.333 209/156 .290/.361/.448/.809 .765/.823 .766 110/.777 1/1 7/4
13.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 5/1.600 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 9/.619 1/.000 2/.000 178/127 .252/.303/.454/.757 1.006/.663 .781 87/.511 1/2 10/2
48.Sandoval# G/S/vP ··· 8/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 5/1.600 ··· ··· 166/120 .265/.331/.397/.729 .266/.914 .657 78/.608 0/0 5/3
23.Swihart# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 63/46 .200/.226/.250/.476 .313/.534 .516 63/.476 0/0 0/0
IP 55.0 31.0 11.2 1.0 5.1 22.0 4.2 10.0 22.1 TOTAL .239/.313/.371/.684 .640/.701 .630 .658 15/5 47/25
ERA-K/9 1.96/4.9 4.35/5.5 3.09/6.9 0.00/18.0 5.06/5.1 2.05/8.2 1.93/9.6 5.40/5.4 2.82/12.1 4.35/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Leon (1-3-1)
 Swihart (14-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 233/.240 130/.269 50/.190 6/.250 22/.263 92/.259 20/.222 46/.211 90/.226 .263  Betts
 Ramirez
 Nava
 Castillo
 Holt
0/45/0/4
40/0/0/2
6/0/15/1
0/1/4/0
4/2/10/0
OPS .659 .766 .709 .750 .844 .645 .689 .668 .627 .755
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 109/.615 61/.792 28/.806 3/.000 11/1.141 47/.700 13/.762 25/.720 53/.663 .786
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 124/.699 69/.742 22/.567 3/2.000 11/.573 45/.585 7/.571 21/.611 37/.574 .728
Home 108/.734 59/.657 23/.694 2/ 9/.972 37/.667 3/.000 6/.000 37/.753
Last 28d days 128/.749 58/1.003 47/.759 4/.500 22/.844 46/.517 20/.689 22/.432 55/.736
HR/SB/CS 3/1/1 4/1/0 3/0/0 0/0/0 1/0/1 1/2/0 1/0/0 1/0/0 2/0/0 53/26/11
Usage ····X··· X···X··· ··X·o··o X······· ··Xo·X·· ·o·X··X· ·X·X·X·X ·oX··X·X ·Xoo··XX
Rangers Batters (4.53 RS/G) vs. Red Sox Pitchers (4.74 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 68.Barnes
G/S/vB		 32.Breslow*
G/S/vB		 37.Hembree
G/S/vB		 59.Layne*
G/S/vB		 41.Ogando
G/S/vB		 36.Tazawa
G/S/vB		 19.Uehara
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP 1/.000 8/.857 ··· ··· 1/.000 7/1.571 9/.333 208/145 .245/.299/.321/.620 .843/.520 .667 115/.676 6/4 2/11
29.Beltre G/S/vP ··· 7/.286 ··· ··· 2/.000 8/.875 6/.666 205/144 .263/.302/.421/.723 .837/.675 .715 115/.816 1/0 6/5
61.Chirinos G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 112/80 .198/.318/.462/.780 1.123/.638 .681 64/.923 0/0 5/3
17.Choo* G/S/vP ··· 11/1.323 ··· 2/.000 6/.666 2/1.000 4/.833 185/126 .239/.324/.442/.766 .573/.858 .979 122/.928 0/0 7/2
3.Corporan# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 76/58 .172/.257/.266/.522 .922/.381 .659 41/.346 0/0 1/1
7.DeShields G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 98/66 .265/.378/.373/.751 .875/.688 .798 83/.815 11/1 0/2
84.Fielder* G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 208/134 .368/.418/.589/1.008 .930/1.051 1.039 117/1.161 0/0 10/4
39.Field G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 45/37 .195/.250/.366/.616 .542/.622 .857 45/.616 1/0 2/3
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP ··· 13/.853 1/3.000 2/.000 9/.222 7/.715 12/.500 12/10 .091/.167/.091/.258 .000/.311 12/.258 0/0 0/0
2.Martin* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 5/1.000 156/99 .215/.260/.333/.593 .601/.588 .333 61/.579 7/4 3/0
18.Moreland* G/S/vP ··· 7/1.285 ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 3/1.334 115/89 .304/.365/.529/.895 1.014/.861 .801 59/.928 1/0 5/3
9.Rosales G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· ··· 64/33 .203/.266/.356/.622 .651/.595 .451 38/.689 2/2 3/2
IP 12.0 20.1 2.1 13.0 18.1 21.0 15.0 TOTAL .245/.317/.404/.720 .790/.689 .737 .808 34/13 53/41
ERA-K/9 2.25/7.5 3.54/7.5 23.14/11.7 2.77/6.9 2.95/7.4 1.71/8.1 1.80/10.8 4.55/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Chirinos (16-6-1)
 Corporan (10-5-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 56/.308 89/.267 14/.500 54/.217 72/.194 80/.211 55/.140 .260  Martin
 Choo
 DeShields
 Hamilton
0/37/0/6
0/0/41/1
11/14/0/1
3/0/2/0
OPS .819 .781 1.655 .554 .653 .592 .500 .744
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 29/.806 33/.949 5/2.800 29/.361 27/.444 29/.759 29/.567 .717
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 27/.832 56/.684 9/.873 25/.790 45/.789 51/.492 26/.432 .770
Road 48/.710 44/.772 14/1.655 39/.511 35/.570 34/.500 27/.676
Last 28d days 48/.875 34/1.016 3/.333 34/.501 36/.748 40/.599 32/.366
HR/SB/CS 2/3/0 3/0/1 1/0/0 0/1/0 3/0/1 3/2/1 2/0/0 52/25/10
Usage ··X··X·o ··X··X·· ··o····· ··o···oo ·o··o·X· o···X··o ···oX···

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 2015 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

TOR  5.20

OAK  4.18

PHI  3.12

 RA/G

STL  3.04

NYY  4.28

COL  5.13

 BA

D. Gordon  .376

R. Braun  .264

S. Drew  .167

 OBP

B. Harper  .470

B. Dozier  .328

S. Drew  .238

 SLG

B. Harper  .745

A. Beltre  .421

J. Ramirez  .236

 OPS

B. Harper  1.215

J. Soler  .744

J. Ramirez  .495

 ERA

A. Burnett  1.37

K. Hendricks  3.76

J. Guthrie  6.70

 K/9IP

D. Salazar  12.05

C. Heston  7.17

J. Guthrie  3.54

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.