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Texas Rangers vs. Oakland Athletics, at Globe Life Park in Arlington, July 25, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Monday, July 25, 2016

Start Time:

7:05ct (local), 8:05et

Venue:

Globe Life Park in Arlington

Series:

Game #1 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

95° (based on last ten years)

Athletics

Manager:

Bob Melvin

Game #:

101

On This Date:

64-50

Rangers

Manager:

Jeff Banister

Game #:

101

On This Date:

26-30

Season Series
Mon, May 16, 2016 OAK  3  TEX  1     
Tue, May 17, 2016 OAK  8  TEX  5     
Wed, May 18, 2016 OAK  8  TEX  1     
Mon, Jun 13, 2016 OAK 14  TEX  5     
Tue, Jun 14, 2016 TEX 10 @OAK  6     
Wed, Jun 15, 2016 TEX  7 @OAK  5     
Thu, Jun 16, 2016 TEX  5 @OAK  1     

Mon, Jul 25, 2016 OAK    @TEX  8:05pm
Tue, Jul 26, 2016 OAK    @TEX  8:05pm
Wed, Jul 27, 2016 OAK    @TEX  8:05pm
Mon, Aug 15, 2016 OAK    @TEX  8:05pm
Tue, Aug 16, 2016 OAK    @TEX  8:05pm
Wed, Aug 17, 2016 OAK    @TEX  8:05pm
Fri, Sep 16, 2016 OAK    @TEX  8:05pm
Sat, Sep 17, 2016 OAK    @TEX  8:05pm
Sun, Sep 18, 2016 OAK    @TEX  3:05pm
Fri, Sep 23, 2016 TEX    @OAK  9:35pm
Sat, Sep 24, 2016 TEX    @OAK  4:05pm
Sun, Sep 25, 2016 TEX    @OAK  4:05pm

                         All times ET

Oakland Athletics

45-54, 4th, 12 GB, 11½ GB in WC / Schedule

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   24-29   Road:   21-25   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  33-39   vsLHP:  12-15   1-Run:  16-15
 vsEast: 12-14   vsCntrl:10-10   vsWest: 18-21 IL: 5-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 99 Sun, Jul 24   TBR  W   3-2       45-54  4th 12.0 gb
 98 Sat, Jul 23   TBR  W   4-3       44-54  4th 12.0 gb
 97 Fri, Jul 22   TBR  W   1-0 (13)  43-54  5th 12.0 gb
 96 Thu, Jul 21   TBR  L   3-7       42-54  5th 13.0 gb
 95 Wed, Jul 20   HOU  L   0-7       42-53  5th 12.5 gb
 94 Tue, Jul 19   HOU  W   4-3 (10)  42-52  4th 12.5 gb
 93 Mon, Jul 18   HOU  W   7-4       41-52  4th 13.5 gb
 92 Sun, Jul 17   TOR  L   3-5       40-52  4th 14.5 gb
 91 Sat, Jul 16   TOR  W   5-4       40-51  4th 13.5 gb
 90 Fri, Jul 15   TOR  W   8-7       39-51  4th 14.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:17-13

Texas Rangers

57-42, 1st, 2½ up / Schedule

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   29-15   Road:   28-27   ExtrInn: 3-5 
 vsRHP:  43-29   vsLHP:  14-13   1-Run:  20-7 
 vsEast: 13-11   vsCntrl:11-11   vsWest: 26-16 IL: 7-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 99 Sun, Jul 24  @KCR  W   2-1       57-42  1st  2.5 up
 98 Sat, Jul 23  @KCR  W   7-4       56-42  1st  2.5 up
 97 Fri, Jul 22  @KCR  L   1-3       55-42  1st  2.5 up
 96 Wed, Jul 20  @LAA  L   4-7       55-41  1st  3.5 up
 95 Tue, Jul 19  @LAA  L   6-8       55-40  1st  4.5 up
 94 Mon, Jul 18  @LAA  L   5-9       55-39  1st  4.5 up
 93 Sun, Jul 17  @CHC  W   4-1       55-38  1st  4.5 up
 92 Sat, Jul 16  @CHC  L   1-3       54-38  1st  4.5 up
 91 Fri, Jul 15  @CHC  L   0-6       54-37  1st  4.5 up
 90 Sun, Jul 10   MIN  L   5-15      54-36  1st  5.5 up
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jun 16, 2016 TEX  5 @OAK  1        W:Colby Lewis (6-0), L: Daniel Mengden (0-2), S: none
Wed, Jun 15, 2016 TEX  7 @OAK  5        W:Nick Martinez (1-1), L: John Axford (3-2), S: Sam Dyson (11)
Tue, Jun 14, 2016 TEX 10 @OAK  6        W:Martin Perez (6-4), L: Eric Surkamp (0-4), S: none
Mon, Jun 13, 2016 OAK 14  TEX  5        W:Daniel Coulombe (1-0), L: Cesar Ramos (1-3), S: Zach Neal (1)
Wed, May 18, 2016 OAK  8  TEX  1        W:Rich Hill (6-3), L: Martin Perez (1-4), S: none
Tue, May 17, 2016 OAK  8  TEX  5        W:Ryan Madson (2-0), L: Shawn Tolleson (0-2), S: none
Mon, May 16, 2016 OAK  3  TEX  1        W:Sean Manaea (1-1), L: Derek Holland (3-3), S: Ryan Madson (11)

Thu, Sep 24, 2015 TEX  8 @OAK  1        W:Cole Hamels (11-8), L: Chris Bassitt (1-7), S: none
Wed, Sep 23, 2015 TEX 10 @OAK  3        W:Colby Lewis (17-8), L: Felix Doubront (3-3), S: none
Tue, Sep 22, 2015 TEX  8 @OAK  6        W:Chi Chi Gonzalez (4-5), L: Drew Pomeranz (5-6), S: Shawn Tolleson (33)
Season Series: 2016 - OAK over 4-3; 2015 - OAK won 10-9; 2014 - TEX won 10-9; All-Time - OAK leads 433-428

SP: Daniel Mengden (23, RHP, 1-5, 5.52)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (1-5)			44.0	45	29	27	23	44	4	5.52

Last 7 GS		1-4	38.1	39	27	25	19	39	3	5.87	46
2016-07-20	HOU	L	5.0	5	3	3	5	5	0	101	45
2016-07-15	TOR	ND	3.1	6	7	6	3	2	0	87	21
2016-07-08	@HOU	ND	4.2	6	6	6	2	6	1	91	32
2016-07-03	PIT	L	5.1	7	4	4	4	5	0	99	39
2016-06-27	@SFG	W	7.2	4	2	2	3	5	0	104	65
2016-06-22	MIL	L	6.0	7	3	3	1	9	1	108	54
2016-06-16	TEX	L	6.1	4	2	1	1	7	1	100	65

Last 5 v.TEX		0-1	6.1	4	2	1	1	7	1	1.42	65
2016-06-16	TEX	L	6.1	4	2	1	1	7	1	100	65

SP: Martin Perez (25, LHP, 7-7, 4.37)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (7-7)			119.1	123	65	58	51	55	12	4.37
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	41.0	53	35	30	15	12	6	6.59	37
2016-07-20	@LAA	L	6.0	10	7	7	3	2	1	82	23
2016-07-15	@CHC	L	5.2	6	6	5	2	1	0	89	34
2016-07-06	@BOS	L	4.0	9	11	7	2	1	1	89	7
2016-07-01	@MIN	ND	7.0	5	2	2	3	4	1	101	60
2016-06-26	BOS	W	6.0	6	1	1	2	2	1	98	56
2016-06-19	@STL	ND	5.1	8	4	4	3	0	2	94	33
2016-06-14	@OAK	W	7.0	9	4	4	0	2	0	90	45

Last 5 v.OAK		2-2	31.2	34	21	20	10	14	1	5.68	44
2016-06-14	@OAK	W	7.0	9	4	4	0	2	0	90	45
2016-05-18	@OAK	L	7.0	8	4	4	2	3	1	98	46
2015-09-22	@OAK	ND	4.0	6	5	4	3	3	0	69	32
2014-04-29	OAK	L	4.2	8	8	8	3	3	0	87	16
2014-04-23	@OAK	W	9.0	3	0	0	2	3	0	109	82

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

Athletics Batters (4.08 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.74 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 41.Diekman*
G/S/vB 47.Dyson
G/S/vB 50.Kela
G/S/vB 37.Tolleson
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

17.Alonso* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 323/274 .253/.319/.353/.672 .561/.691 .785 70/.833 2/1 4/3

16.Butler G/S/vP 11/.382 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/no AB 5/1.400 4/.000 178/90 .256/.309/.390/.699 .794/.608 .743 50/.792 0/0 3/2

4.Crisp# G/S/vP 20/.900 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 5/1.600 333/251 .233/.299/.390/.689 .635/.707 .747 76/.602 5/4 7/2

2.Davis G/S/vP 6/2.433 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 369/282 .249/.287/.490/.777 .757/.783 .730 89/.756 1/1 23/1

48.Healy G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 38/26 .278/.297/.528/.825 .333/1.068 38/.825 0/0 2/1

8.Lowrie# G/S/vP 17/.607 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/1.167 2/.000 2/1.000 8/.250 337/252 .275/.326/.337/.663 .630/.674 .739 92/.566 0/0 2/6

63.Maxwell* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/2 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 5/.000 0/0 0/0

29.McBride G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 36/15 .200/.222/.286/.508 .714/.205 .364 17/.471 0/0 0/0

22.Reddick* G/S/vP 19/.498 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 4/.833 246/180 .295/.374/.433/.807 .427/.948 .871 81/.700 4/0 6/2

10.Semien G/S/vP 12/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 1/2.000 7/.857 4/2.083 375/279 .232/.301/.453/.754 .945/.686 .762 91/.678 9/1 20/13

5.Smolinski G/S/vP 5/1.200 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 124/68 .333/.387/.550/.937 1.206/.715 .668 61/1.063 1/2 6/0

26.Valencia G/S/vP 11/.664 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 1/no AB 3/.666 308/221 .299/.351/.472/.822 1.028/.744 .993 80/.517 0/0 12/13

IP 119.1 45.2 29.1 24.1 35.0 45.1 10.1 35.1 TOTAL .251/.305/.398/.703 .723/.696 .727 .697 40/16 102/64

ERA-K/9

4.37/4.1

2.17/6.7

2.15/8.9

3.33/6.3

2.57/9.8

2.38/6.8

7.84/16.6

7.90/6.9

4.45/6.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Maxwell (0-0-0)
McBride (6-1-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 515/.274 185/.247 117/.196 106/.286 139/.164 179/.238 47/.225 165/.344 .265 Reddick
Davis
Crisp
Valencia
Smolinski
McBride 0/0/62/3
55/0/0/2
43/30/0/1
0/0/1/0
9/8/23/0
0/0/1/0

OPS .753 .617 .509 .739 .521 .643 .890 .921 .765

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 104/.536 84/.809 42/.502 28/.607 46/.461 76/.782 19/.449 73/.968 .759

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 411/.807 101/.463 75/.511 78/.788 93/.551 103/.543 28/1.157 92/.886 .769

Home 226/.698 91/.631 58/.603 60/.653 68/.659 75/.398 18/1.178 88/.981

Last 28d days 108/.886 43/.298 35/.441 26/.511 26/.460 32/.958 17/.723 55/1.021

HR/SB/CS 12/7/1 2/2/1 1/0/0 1/0/0 3/0/0 3/1/1 4/0/0 8/1/3 126/52/17

Usage ····X··· ·X···XX· ·o··Xo·· o·····X· o·o····· XX··o··X X·o···X· ·o···X··

Rangers Batters (4.78 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (4.82 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 67.Mengden
G/S/vB 61.Axford
G/S/vB 57.Coulombe*
G/S/vB 66.Dull
G/S/vB 31.Hendriks
G/S/vB 44.Madson
G/S/vB 58.Neal
G/S/vB 35.Rzepczynski*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

2.Alberto G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 39/16 .162/.162/.162/.324 .286/.375 .286 / 1/0 0/1

1.Andrus G/S/vP 2/.000 4/1.417 4/2.000 2/1.500 6/.000 ··· 2/.000 5/.800 359/275 .292/.348/.413/.761 .944/.703 .808 77/.835 13/6 4/8

29.Beltre G/S/vP 3/1.334 4/1.500 3/.000 1/.000 7/.286 4/.500 ··· ··· 387/289 .274/.328/.446/.774 .916/.727 .795 93/.781 0/0 14/6

61.Chirinos G/S/vP ··· 4/2.417 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/2.000 104/84 .196/.279/.500/.779 .800/.774 .327 51/.766 0/0 8/1

3.DeShields G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 133/99 .226/.308/.339/.647 .409/.730 .461 12/1.232 5/3 3/2

20.Desmond G/S/vP 3/2.667 9/.111 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 13/.846 1/3.000 2/.000 424/317 .311/.363/.519/.882 1.011/.839 1.008 97/.808 16/3 18/8

36.Hoying* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 31/28 .250/.323/.250/.573 .667/.561 .377 6/.900 0/0 0/1

30.Mazara* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 372/271 .286/.339/.426/.764 .574/.837 .794 80/.729 0/2 12/1

18.Moreland* G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 4/.250 2/.000 1/5.000 3/1.000 302/235 .233/.301/.425/.727 .706/.732 .784 45/.750 0/0 13/1

12.Odor* G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.333 5/1.800 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 2/1.000 386/273 .278/.298/.488/.786 .805/.778 .802 93/.817 8/4 18/14

19.Profar# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 162/112 .289/.342/.409/.751 .480/.869 1.004 66/.538 0/1 4/5

16.Rua G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 2/no AB 211/125 .269/.346/.430/.776 .914/.685 .855 50/.569 7/0 7/2

6.Wilson G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 4/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 147/110 .233/.259/.323/.582 .886/.477 .630 28/.328 0/0 3/1

IP 44.0 40.0 21.1 50.2 33.0 42.1 18.2 30.0 TOTAL .264/.322/.428/.750 .771/.743 .787 .733 57/23 124/61

ERA-K/9

5.52/9.0

4.95/8.3

3.80/8.0

2.13/9.4

4.91/7.9

3.40/7.2

6.75/3.4

3.30/9.3

4.61/7.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Chirinos (15-5-1)
Wilson (25-6-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 202/.262 179/.285 87/.228 194/.155 145/.313 176/.245 78/.333 139/.269 .267 Mazara
Desmond
Rua
DeShields
Hoying 25/0/68/6
29/72/0/6
47/4/2/4
3/29/0/1
11/1/0/1

OPS .726 .784 .696 .510 .756 .717 .885 .719 .758

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 96/.760 81/.791 31/.710 61/.526 47/.795 74/.818 41/1.122 70/.773 .774

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 106/.696 98/.778 56/.687 133/.501 98/.737 102/.644 37/.622 69/.651 .747

Road 78/.681 75/.685 29/.772 89/.574 57/1.049 83/.797 40/1.125 78/.761

Last 28d days 95/.834 48/.785 31/.531 41/.402 46/.477 51/.920 14/.429 24/.944

HR/SB/CS 4/1/1 5/1/0 4/1/1 6/1/0 4/4/0 6/6/0 4/1/0 1/3/0 113/47/14

Usage ····X··· ··X····X ····XX·· o·X···o· ···o·X·X o·o···X· ···X···· ·····o·o

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 5.70

MIN 4.44

ATL 3.38

RA/G

NYM 3.55

PHI 4.54

CIN 5.77

J. Altuve .360

S. Perez .274

D. Norris .204

OBP

J. Altuve .428

N. Mazara .339

F. Galvis .260

SLG

D. Ortiz .671

M. Holliday .455

N. Ahmed .299

OPS

D. Ortiz 1.094

R. Odor .786

N. Ahmed .564

ERA

C. Kershaw 1.79

J. Garcia 3.98

J. Locke 5.54

K/9IP

J. Fernandez 13.05

R. Porcello 7.71

M. Pelfrey 4.02

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.