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Texas Rangers vs. Pittsburgh Pirates, at Globe Life Park in Arlington, May 29, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Sunday, May 29, 2016
Start Time:
2:05ct (local), 3:05et
Venue:
Globe Life Park in Arlington
Series:
Game #3 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
87° (based on last ten years)
Pirates
Manager:
Clint Hurdle
Game #:
52
On This Date:
52-54
Rangers
Manager:
Jeff Banister
Game #:
51
On This Date:
25-23
Season Series
Fri, May 27, 2016 PIT  9 @TEX  1     
Sat, May 28, 2016 TEX  5  PIT  2     

Sun, May 29, 2016 PIT    @TEX  3:05pm

                         All times ET
Pittsburgh Pirates
28-20, 2nd, 5½ GB, tied for WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   15-9    Road:   13-11   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  22-18   vsLHP:   6-2    1-Run:   8-4 
 vsEast:  3-1    vsCntrl:12-11   vsWest: 11-4  IL: 2-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 48 Sat, May 28  @TEX  L   2-5       28-20  2nd  5.5 gb
 47 Fri, May 27  @TEX  W   9-1       28-19  2nd  4.5 gb
 46 Thu, May 26   ARI  W   8-3       27-19  2nd  4.5 gb
 45 Wed, May 25   ARI  W   5-4       26-19  2nd  5.0 gb
 44 Tue, May 24   ARI  W  12-1       25-19  2nd  5.0 gb
 43 Mon, May 23   COL  W   6-3       24-19  2nd  5.0 gb
 42 Sat, May 21   COL  L   1-5       23-19  2nd  6.5 gb
 41 Fri, May 20   COL  W   2-1       23-18  2nd  6.5 gb
 40 Thu, May 19   ATL  W   8-2       22-18  2nd  6.5 gb
 39 Wed, May 18   ATL  L   1-3       21-18  2nd  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:19-11
Texas Rangers
28-21, 2nd, ½ GB, tied for WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   17-9    Road:   11-12   ExtrInn: 1-4 
 vsRHP:  21-13   vsLHP:   7-8    1-Run:   9-3 
 vsEast:  7-6    vsCntrl: 5-4    vsWest: 15-10 IL: 1-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 49 Sat, May 28   PIT  W   5-2       28-21  2nd  0.5 gb
 48 Fri, May 27   PIT  L   1-9       27-21  2nd  1.5 gb
 47 Wed, May 25   LAA  W  15-9       27-20  2nd  1.5 gb
 46 Tue, May 24   LAA  W   4-1       26-20  2nd  1.5 gb
 45 Mon, May 23   LAA  L   0-2       25-20  2nd  1.5 gb
 44 Sun, May 22  @HOU  W   9-2       25-19  2nd  1.5 gb
 43 Sat, May 21  @HOU  W   2-1       24-19  2nd  1.5 gb
 42 Fri, May 20  @HOU  W   2-1       23-19  2nd  1.5 gb
 41 Wed, May 18  @OAK  L   1-8       22-19  2nd  1.0 gb
 40 Tue, May 17  @OAK  L   5-8       22-18  2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, May 28, 2016 TEX  5  PIT  2        W:Yu Darvish (1-0), L: Juan Nicasio (4-4), S: none
Fri, May 27, 2016 PIT  9 @TEX  1        W:Jon Niese (5-2), L: Cole Hamels (5-1), S: none

Wed, Sep 11, 2013 PIT  7 @TEX  5        W:A.J. Burnett (8-10), L: Matt Garza (9-5), S: Kyle Farnsworth (1)
Tue, Sep 10, 2013 PIT  5 @TEX  4        W:Francisco Liriano (16-7), L: Martin Perez (9-4), S: Mark Melancon (13)
Mon, Sep 09, 2013 PIT  1 @TEX  0        W:Gerrit Cole (7-7), L: Yu Darvish (12-8), S: Mark Melancon (12)
Thu, Jun 24, 2010 TEX  6  PIT  5        W:Frank Francisco (6-3), L: Steven Jackson (0-1), S: none
Wed, Jun 23, 2010 TEX 13  PIT  3        W:Alexi Ogando (3-0), L: Paul Maholm (4-6), S: Matt Harrison (1)
Tue, Jun 22, 2010 TEX  6  PIT  3        W:Tommy Hunter (3-0), L: Ross Ohlendorf (0-6), S: Neftali Feliz (20)
Thu, Jun 14, 2007 TEX  6 @PIT  0        W:Kameron Loe (2-6), L: Tom Gorzelanny (6-4), S: none
Wed, Jun 13, 2007 PIT  8  TEX  1        W:Ian Snell (6-4), L: Rob Tejeda (5-7), S: none
Season Series: 2016 - tied 1-1; 2015 -  0-0; 2014 -  0-0; All-Time - TEX leads 11-6

SP: Francisco Liriano (32, LHP, 4-3, 4.30)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (4-3) 52.1 47 25 25 30 52 9 4.30
2015 (12-7) 186.2 155 75 70 70 205 15 3.38
2014 (7-10) 162.1 130 68 61 81 175 13 3.38
Last 7 GS 3-3 41.1 39 22 22 21 39 8 4.79 50
2016-05-24 ARI W 5.2 2 1 1 5 2 0 98 58
2016-05-18 ATL L 7.0 7 2 2 2 4 1 94 57
2016-05-13 @CHC L 4.2 9 8 8 4 7 3 98 17
2016-05-06 @STL W 7.0 5 2 2 2 10 0 98 67
2016-04-30 CIN W 6.2 5 1 1 0 6 0 109 66
2016-04-24 @ARI ND 6.0 5 4 4 3 6 2 97 49
2016-04-19 @SDP L 4.1 6 4 4 5 4 2 100 34
Last 5 v.TEX 4-1 29.2 25 12 12 11 27 0 3.64 56
2013-09-10 @TEX W 6.0 6 1 1 2 5 0 91 59
2012-07-06 @TEX W 6.2 5 1 1 6 6 0 109 60
2011-06-12 TEX W 8.0 2 1 1 0 9 0 97 83
2010-08-26 @TEX W 7.0 5 2 2 1 6 0 99 64
2009-08-17 @TEX L 2.0 7 7 7 2 1 0 61 13

SP: Martin Perez (25, LHP, 2-4, 3.13)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (2-4) 60.1 50 23 21 30 37 4 3.13
2015 (3-6) 78.2 88 45 39 24 48 3 4.46
2014 (4-3) 51.1 50 25 25 19 35 3 4.38
Last 7 GS 2-3 42.0 35 15 14 19 28 2 3.00 55
2016-05-24 LAA W 6.0 5 0 0 2 6 0 90 66
2016-05-18 @OAK L 7.0 8 4 4 2 3 1 98 46
2016-05-13 TOR L 6.1 5 2 1 3 3 0 100 57
2016-05-08 @DET ND 6.0 2 2 2 5 7 0 105 62
2016-05-03 @TOR ND 5.0 4 0 0 3 4 0 90 60
2016-04-27 NYY W 6.0 6 2 2 2 3 1 86 53
2016-04-22 @CHW L 5.2 5 5 5 2 2 0 91 39
Last 5 v.PIT 0-1 5.0 9 4 4 2 2 0 7.20 33
2013-09-10 PIT L 5.0 9 4 4 2 2 0 73 33

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Pirates Batters (5.10 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.37 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Perez*
G/S/vB		 43.Barnette
G/S/vB		 51.Bush
G/S/vB		 58.Claudio*
G/S/vB		 11.Darvish
G/S/vB		 41.Diekman*
G/S/vB		 47.Dyson
G/S/vB		 77.Jackson
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
29.Cervelli G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 7/1.428 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 175/140 .257/.360/.297/.657 .762/.631 .631 79/.466 3/2 0/5
24.Figueroa* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 18/13 .235/.278/.235/.513 .400/.558 .583 9/1.056 1/0 0/0
23.Freese G/S/vP 9/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 5/.600 ··· 3/1.334 2/2.000 170/140 .280/.365/.387/.751 .936/.710 .691 63/.702 0/0 3/4
5.Harrison G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 175/140 .321/.356/.426/.782 .988/.731 .792 71/.770 7/1 2/6
28.Jaso* G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 27/1.164 ··· ··· ··· 175/166 .308/.374/.449/.822 .393/.843 .815 79/.794 0/1 3/2
17.Joyce* G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 12/.258 1/.000 1/4.000 ··· 74/63 .333/.459/.667/1.126 .899/1.166 .912 35/.938 0/1 5/0
27.Kang G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 60/42 .308/.367/.731/1.097 1.333/.969 1.260 60/1.097 0/0 6/1
6.Marte G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 2/1.000 2/.500 1/.000 195/159 .317/.359/.464/.823 .669/.858 .929 83/.742 16/3 4/1
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 5/.400 ··· 1/no AB 1/5.000 214/175 .258/.341/.463/.804 .754/.815 .843 100/.835 1/2 9/0
10.Mercer G/S/vP 3/2.667 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 3/1.333 2/.000 2/.000 196/154 .280/.359/.345/.705 .690/.708 .665 89/.621 1/0 1/4
25.Polanco* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/5.000 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 208/162 .311/.391/.550/.941 .876/.960 .913 98/.918 7/3 7/1
3.Rodriguez G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 83/49 .290/.402/.580/.982 1.078/.915 .791 42/.773 0/0 5/1
19.Stewart G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 45/38 .231/.333/.385/.718 .452/.766 .956 20/.703 0/0 1/1
IP 60.1 20.1 8.2 14.0 5.0 18.1 24.0 4.1 TOTAL .284/.359/.435/.794 .827/.786 .785 .763 36/13 47/30
ERA-K/9 3.13/5.5 2.21/6.2 1.04/9.3 3.86/5.8 1.80/12.6 1.96/11.3 2.25/7.1 10.38/4.2 4.11/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cervelli (21-9-4)
 Stewart (6-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 248/.236 86/.278 36/.242 63/.316 19/.167 72/.167 91/.217 21/.421 .259  Marte
 Polanco
 McCutchen
 Joyce
 Rodriguez
42/5/0/6
7/1/42/3
0/46/0/2
3/0/9/0
2/0/2/0
OPS .665 .668 .581 .823 .377 .494 .611 1.213 .755
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 52/.456 39/.813 7/1.143 13/.846 9/.583 18/.465 27/.638 5/1.100 .759
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 196/.720 47/.551 29/.438 50/.815 10/.200 54/.502 64/.599 16/1.238 .753
Home 120/.662 49/.690 27/.656 38/.816 19/.377 45/.582 45/.346 10/1.100
Last 28d days 125/.590 44/.679 36/.581 36/.806 19/.377 37/.452 48/.539 21/1.213
HR/SB/CS 4/2/0 1/1/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 0/2/0 2/0/0 1/1/1 2/0/1 64/17/10
Usage ····X··· X··X··X· X··Xoo·X ·X·o···· X······· o···X··o o··oo··o ·X······
Rangers Batters (4.57 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.48 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Liriano*
G/S/vB		 69.Boscan
G/S/vB		 30.Feliz
G/S/vB		 48.Hughes
G/S/vB		 35.Melancon
G/S/vB		 52.Scahill
G/S/vB		 31.Schugel
G/S/vB		 44.Watson*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Alberto G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 35/15 .176/.176/.176/.353 .316/.400 .333 17/.471 1/0 0/1
1.Andrus G/S/vP 16/.259 ··· ··· ··· 6/.533 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 176/136 .281/.331/.388/.719 .797/.695 .746 88/.619 4/3 1/6
29.Beltre G/S/vP 34/.882 1/2.000 4/.000 1/.000 6/1.166 ··· ··· ··· 203/143 .270/.320/.476/.796 .929/.740 .863 99/.750 0/0 9/1
20.Desmond G/S/vP 7/.572 1/.000 ··· 4/1.000 4/.500 4/1.167 ··· 6/.167 205/147 .296/.346/.466/.812 1.006/.735 .958 107/.894 10/1 6/4
84.Fielder* G/S/vP 24/.565 1/.000 5/1.100 3/1.666 4/1.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 201/143 .196/.269/.291/.559 .516/.577 .609 98/.551 0/0 2/0
8.Holaday G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 68/42 .230/.299/.393/.692 .683/.698 .661 25/1.189 0/0 1/0
36.Hoying* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 8/8 .143/.250/.143/.393 /.393 .393 8/.393 0/0 0/0
30.Mazara* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 175/118 .316/.360/.487/.847 .686/.929 .805 96/.866 0/1 8/0
18.Moreland* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/2.667 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 170/131 .221/.294/.377/.671 .528/.715 .840 86/.569 0/0 5/1
19.Profar# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/4.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 9/6 .333/.333/.556/.889 .667/1.000 .889 9/.889 0/0 0/0
16.Rua G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 96/56 .287/.354/.425/.779 1.100/.558 .964 59/.841 4/0 2/1
6.Wilson G/S/vP 4/1.167 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 74/59 .318/.352/.424/.776 1.071/.700 .697 59/.883 0/0 2/0
IP 52.1 8.0 16.2 10.2 21.1 8.0 20.0 21.2 TOTAL .260/.317/.410/.727 .750/.718 .774 .742 33/9 49/24
ERA-K/9 4.30/8.9 2.25/5.6 3.24/11.3 4.22/4.2 2.11/6.8 4.50/6.8 4.95/8.6 2.08/7.1 4.10/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Holaday (8-5-1)
 Wilson (7-4-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 232/.242 30/.172 63/.186 53/.326 91/.265 32/.259 86/.272 85/.153 .263  Mazara
 Desmond
 Rua
 Hoying
2/0/41/3
29/22/0/3
20/0/2/2
4/0/0/0
OPS .743 .407 .594 .981 .645 .640 .709 .586 .776
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 51/.566 15/.414 26/.235 22/1.351 42/.663 13/.641 42/.739 24/.673 .776
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 181/.794 15/.400 37/.854 31/.757 49/.627 19/.635 44/.682 61/.554 .776
Road 127/.929 8/.500 35/.723 24/1.037 41/.678 19/.618 45/.811 40/.646
Last 28d days 106/.749 30/.407 18/.278 47/1.026 49/.667 6/.333 39/.712 32/.198
HR/SB/CS 9/3/0 0/0/0 2/2/0 1/1/2 1/2/0 0/0/0 2/0/1 3/2/0 59/27/12
Usage ····X··· ·X···X·· ··oo·X·· o··ooo·o ··Xo·o·X ·Xo····· X·X·o··· o····o·X

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 2016 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

BOS  5.92

TOR  4.20

ATL  3.19

 RA/G

CHC  2.98

SDP  4.34

CIN  5.92

 BA

D. Murphy  .390

C. Beltran  .263

D. Norris  .182

 OBP

B. Zobrist  .455

C. Gonzalez  .333

E. Aybar  .225

 SLG

D. Ortiz  .720

C. Santana  .438

E. Aybar  .209

 OPS

D. Ortiz  1.140

Y. Escobar  .780

E. Aybar  .434

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.48

R. Porcello  3.68

M. Pineda  6.92

 K/9IP

J. Fernandez  13.34

A. Sanchez  7.95

M. Latos  4.59

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.