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Game Preview: TEX @ TBR, 2:00pm, Tuesday, October 4, 2011 @Tropicana Field

Rangers, 96-66, 2-1 in postseason

SP: Matt Harrison (25, LHP, 14-9, 3.39)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 RegS (14-9)			185.2	180	79	70	57	126	13	3.39
2010 RegS (3-2)			78.1	80	45	41	39	46	10	4.71
2009 RegS (4-5)			63.1	81	43	43	23	34	9	6.11

Last 7 GS		4-1	40.0	43	20	19	12	31	1	4.28	50
2011-09-28	@LAA	ND	6.0	5	1	1	1	4	0	90	61
2011-09-23	SEA	W	6.0	3	3	3	2	1	0	90	53
2011-09-18	@SEA	W	6.2	6	0	0	2	9	0	116	69
2011-09-13	CLE	W	5.0	7	3	3	1	4	1	94	44
2011-09-04	@BOS	W	7.0	7	2	2	2	5	0	111	58
2011-08-24	BOS	L	5.0	11	7	7	1	4	0	93	20
2011-08-19	@CHW	ND	4.1	4	4	3	3	4	0	81	42

Last 5 v.TBR		1-0	8.0	3	0	0	0	8	0	0.00	84
2008-08-16	TBR	W	8.0	3	0	0	0	8	0	109	84

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

Regular AND Postseason Totals
 Home:   53-30   Road:   45-37   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  71-45   vsLHP:  27-22   1-Run:  20-24
 vsEast: 24-23   vsCntrl:25-18   vsWest: 40-17 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  3 Mon, Oct  3  @TBR  W   4-3         -               
  2 Sat, Oct  1   TBR  W   8-6         -               
  1 Fri, Sep 30   TBR  L   0-9         -               
162 Wed, Sep 28  @LAA  W   3-1       96-66  1st 10.0 up
161 Tue, Sep 27  @LAA  W  10-3       95-66  1st  9.0 up
160 Mon, Sep 26  @LAA  W   4-3       94-66  1st  8.0 up
159 Sun, Sep 25   SEA  W  12-5       93-66  1st  7.0 up
158 Sat, Sep 24   SEA  W   7-3       92-66  1st  6.0 up
157 Fri, Sep 23   SEA  W   5-3       91-66  1st  6.0 up
156 Thu, Sep 22  @OAK  L   3-4       90-66  1st  5.0 up

Regular Season Only
 Last 10: 9-1    Last 20:16-4    Last 30:22-8

Rays, 91-71, 1-2 in postseason

SP: Jeremy Hellickson (24, RHP, 13-10, 2.95)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 RegS (13-10)			189.0	146	64	62	72	117	21	2.95
2010 RegS (4-0)			36.1	32	14	14	8	33	5	3.47

Last 7 GS		2-2	46.2	32	14	14	21	22	6	2.70	58
2011-09-27	NYY	ND	6.0	6	3	3	5	1	1	89	44
2011-09-21	@NYY	ND	7.0	2	2	2	4	3	1	96	64
2011-09-15	@BOS	W	5.2	3	1	1	4	4	0	117	59
2011-09-10	BOS	ND	6.0	5	3	3	3	2	1	102	49
2011-09-04	BAL	W	9.0	4	1	1	0	1	1	97	76
2011-08-30	@TEX	L	6.0	6	2	2	4	4	1	112	52
2011-08-25	DET	L	7.0	6	2	2	1	7	1	102	63

Last 5 v.TEX		0-1	6.0	6	2	2	4	4	1	3.00	52
2011-08-30	@TEX	L	6.0	6	2	2	4	4	1	112	52

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

Regular AND Postseason Totals
 Home:   47-35   Road:   45-38   ExtrInn: 9-5 
 vsRHP:  60-53   vsLHP:  32-20   1-Run:  26-19
 vsEast: 42-30   vsCntrl:21-17   vsWest: 17-20 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  3 Mon, Oct  3   TEX  L   3-4         -               
  2 Sat, Oct  1  @TEX  L   6-8         -               
  1 Fri, Sep 30  @TEX  W   9-0         -               
162 Wed, Sep 28   NYY  W   8-7 (12)  91-71  2nd  6.0 gb
161 Tue, Sep 27   NYY  W   5-3       90-71  2nd  7.0 gb
160 Mon, Sep 26   NYY  W   5-2       89-71  2nd  8.0 gb
159 Sun, Sep 25   TOR  W   5-2       88-71  3rd  9.0 gb
158 Sat, Sep 24   TOR  W   6-2       87-71  3rd  9.5 gb
157 Fri, Sep 23   TOR  L   1-5       86-71  3rd  9.5 gb
156 Thu, Sep 22  @NYY  W  15-8       86-70  3rd  9.0 gb

Regular Season Only
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Oct 03, 2011 TEX  4 @TBR  3        W:Colby Lewis , L: David Price , S: Neftali Feliz 
Sat, Oct 01, 2011 TEX  8  TBR  6        W:Derek Holland , L: James Shields , S: Neftali Feliz 
Fri, Sep 30, 2011 TBR  9 @TEX  0        W:Matt Moore , L: C.J. Wilson , S: none
Wed, Sep 07, 2011 TBR  5  TEX  4 (10)   W:Jake McGee (2-1), L: Mark Lowe (2-3), S: none
Tue, Sep 06, 2011 TEX  8 @TBR  0        W:C.J. Wilson (15-6), L: Jeff Niemann (9-7), S: none
Mon, Sep 05, 2011 TBR  5  TEX  1        W:James Shields (14-10), L: Scott Feldman (1-1), S: none
Thu, Sep 01, 2011 TEX  7  TBR  2        W:C.J. Wilson (14-6), L: Jeff Niemann (9-6), S: none
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 TBR  4 @TEX  1        W:James Shields (13-10), L: Alexi Ogando (12-7), S: none
Tue, Aug 30, 2011 TEX  2  TBR  0        W:Scott Feldman (1-0), L: Jeremy Hellickson (11-10), S: Neftali Feliz (26)
Wed, Jun 01, 2011 TEX  3 @TBR  0        W:Colby Lewis (5-5), L: David Price (6-5), S: Neftali Feliz (11)

Regular and Postseason
Season Series: 2011 - TEX over 7-5; 2010 - TBR won 6-5; 2009 - TEX won 6-3; All-Time - TEX leads 78-60

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 2011 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 5.40 CLE 4.35 SEA 3.43	RA/G PHI 3.27 FLA 4.33 BAL 5.31	BA M. Cabrera .344 A. Ramirez .269 V. Wells .218	OBP M. Cabrera .448 J. Bruce .341 V. Wells .248	SLG J. Bautista .608 C. Lee .446 J. Bartlett .307	OPS J. Bautista 1.056 Y. Escobar .782 A. Rios .613	ERA C. Kershaw 2.28 R. Wolf 3.69 B. Penny 5.30	K/9IP Z. Greinke 10.54 G. Floyd 7.02 B. Penny 3.67

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

BOS 5.40

CLE 4.35

SEA 3.43

RA/G

PHI 3.27

FLA 4.33

BAL 5.31

M. Cabrera .344

A. Ramirez .269

V. Wells .218

OBP

M. Cabrera .448

J. Bruce .341

V. Wells .248

SLG

J. Bautista .608

C. Lee .446

J. Bartlett .307

OPS

J. Bautista 1.056

Y. Escobar .782

A. Rios .613

ERA

C. Kershaw 2.28

R. Wolf 3.69

B. Penny 5.30

K/9IP

Z. Greinke 10.54

G. Floyd 7.02

B. Penny 3.67

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

Batter vs. Pitcher Include Regular and Postseason Totals, All Others Just Regular Season

Rangers Batters (5.28 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (3.79 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 58.Hellickson
G/S/vB 37.Cruz
G/S/vB 43.Farnsworth
G/S/vB 47.Gomes
G/S/vB 74.Howell*
G/S/vB 57.McGee*
G/S/vB 55.Moore*
G/S/vB 62.Peralta
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Andrus G/S/vP 3/.000 5/.833 3/.000 4/1.250 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 3/.000 665/503 .279/.347/.361/.708 .714/.706 .741 98/.843 37/12 5/25

29.Beltre G/S/vP ··· 14/.940 20/.000 3/.000 10/.600 1/.000 3/.000 5/.000 525/397 .296/.331/.561/.892 1.075/.836 .737 95/1.224 1/1 32/11

9.Chavez* G/S/vP 3/.000 7/.453 3/.333 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 274/228 .301/.323/.426/.749 .818/.735 .804 45/.600 10/5 5/1

17.Cruz G/S/vP ··· 3/.667 2/.500 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 3/.666 513/402 .263/.312/.509/.821 1.096/.747 .688 44/.490 9/5 29/6

23.Gentry G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/.500 1/.000 153/74 .271/.347/.346/.693 .735/.648 .506 40/.886 18/0 1/2

6.German G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/1.250 1/.000 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· 13/7 .455/.462/.818/1.280 1.750/1.000 2.667 13/1.280 1/0 1/0

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 3/2.667 2/.500 4/.250 1/.000 9/1.000 ··· 3/1.667 2/.000 538/383 .298/.346/.536/.882 .825/.904 .852 96/.965 8/1 25/5

5.Kinsler G/S/vP 4/.000 4/1.750 3/1.666 3/2.667 4/.500 1/no AB 3/.333 5/2.100 723/534 .255/.355/.477/.832 .880/.815 .730 105/1.043 30/4 32/11

18.Moreland* G/S/vP 3/.667 1/no AB ··· 2/5.000 2/1.000 4/.250 ··· 2/.000 512/390 .259/.320/.414/.733 .577/.783 .726 44/.484 2/2 16/5

7.Murphy* G/S/vP 3/2.000 ··· 3/1.334 2/.000 3/.666 3/1.334 ··· 3/1.666 440/322 .275/.328/.401/.729 .507/.809 .679 93/.837 11/6 11/4

25.Napoli G/S/vP 3/.666 5/1.267 6/.900 2/.000 ··· 2/2.500 3/.000 3/1.666 432/297 .320/.414/.631/1.046 1.049/1.044 1.078 81/1.411 4/2 30/3

8.Torrealba G/S/vP 3/.333 11/.489 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 2/.000 419/294 .273/.306/.399/.705 .612/.744 .587 32/.748 0/2 7/9

15.Treanor G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/.000 1/no AB 4/.500 2/.500 ··· ··· 242/186 .214/.338/.291/.628 .601/.636 .554 11/.091 2/2 3/4

10.Young G/S/vP 3/1.000 9/.476 9/1.445 2/1.000 10/.633 1/.000 3/.000 7/.453 689/520 .338/.380/.474/.854 .902/.838 .776 98/.806 6/2 11/8

IP 189.0 48.2 57.2 37.0 30.2 28.0 9.1 67.2 TOTAL .283/.340/.460/.800 .804/.798 .740 .910 143/45 210/114

ERA-K/9

2.95/5.6

3.88/8.5

2.18/8.0

2.92/7.8

6.16/7.6

4.50/8.7

2.89/14.5

2.93/8.1

3.58/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Napoli (21-12-1)
Torrealba (56-27-7)
Treanor (42-14-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 774/.210 200/.211 231/.211 160/.246 138/.259 124/.270 40/.243 256/.188 .234 Cruz
Murphy
Hamilton
Chavez
Gentry
Moreland 18/0/109/6
78/13/32/5
85/35/0/5
12/66/6/3
2/55/7/0
0/0/34/0

OPS .660 .671 .608 .656 .770 .801 .651 .586 .686

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 416/.726 81/.527 108/.678 65/.778 68/.581 65/.510 11/.697 118/.435 .662

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 358/.585 119/.770 123/.552 95/.575 70/.978 59/1.143 29/.633 138/.718 .707

Home 392/.628 105/.646 130/.596 92/.506 60/.636 66/.961 / 119/.367

Last 28d days 132/.592 20/.544 27/.986 28/.254 18/1.056 33/.524 40/.651 33/.402

HR/SB/CS 21/10/1 5/8/3 5/2/1 3/3/1 5/5/1 5/4/0 1/0/0 7/5/2 161/104/33

Usage ······X· X·o··X·· ·····Xoo o·oo·Xo· o······· ··o··oo· ···X···· X·o··o··

Rays Batters (4.36 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.18 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 54.Harrison*
G/S/vB 37.Adams
G/S/vB 39.Feldman
G/S/vB 30.Feliz
G/S/vB 51.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB 28.Oliver*
G/S/vB 19.Uehara
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

15.Brignac* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.000 4/.500 264/221 .193/.227/.221/.448 .340/.468 .548 45/.437 3/1 1/7

22.Damon* G/S/vP 13/1.615 3/.000 18/.620 5/.600 7/.572 46/.719 13/.923 647/457 .261/.326/.418/.743 .812/.715 .677 95/.795 19/6 16/0

5.Fuld* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 346/261 .240/.313/.360/.673 .554/.710 .730 4/.250 20/8 3/3

28.Jaso* G/S/vP 3/1.167 3/.666 2/1.000 2/2.000 2/.000 2/.000 4/.250 273/235 .224/.298/.354/.651 .574/.662 .657 37/.604 1/2 5/4

8.Jennings G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 8/.500 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/.500 287/197 .259/.356/.449/.805 .791/.811 .715 112/.511 20/6 10/1

9.Johnson# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 181/91 .194/.257/.338/.595 .647/.550 .570 7/.619 6/7 4/2

20.Joyce* G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.333 9/.472 3/.000 2/2.500 5/.800 1/5.000 522/421 .277/.347/.478/.825 .657/.866 .898 78/.783 13/1 19/3

11.Kotchman* G/S/vP 9/.222 4/.250 12/.440 4/.000 4/.500 8/.268 1/3.000 563/401 .306/.378/.422/.800 .709/.838 .854 99/.665 2/2 10/2

31.Lobaton# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 39/18 .118/.231/.147/.378 .390/.349 .341 32/.361 0/0 0/1

3.Longoria G/S/vP 4/3.000 1/no AB 16/.650 6/.167 3/.000 7/1.229 11/.727 574/425 .244/.355/.495/.850 .943/.819 .812 111/1.067 3/2 31/14

1.Rodriguez G/S/vP 4/.500 1/.000 10/1.214 1/2.000 4/.500 1/.000 2/.000 436/269 .223/.323/.357/.679 .864/.567 .609 76/.778 11/7 8/11

10.Shoppach G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.500 18/.646 1/.000 4/1.250 5/.600 ··· 253/128 .176/.268/.339/.607 .788/.431 .538 31/.785 0/0 11/3

2.Upton G/S/vP 4/1.750 3/.333 17/.662 4/.250 5/.900 5/.000 10/.700 640/463 .243/.331/.429/.759 .746/.763 .674 111/1.123 36/12 23/3

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 8/.250 2/.500 13/.154 9/.583 5/.933 8/.804 9/.222 674/461 .269/.353/.469/.822 .907/.793 .738 91/.764 19/6 20/6

IP 185.2 73.2 32.0 62.1 53.1 51.0 65.0 TOTAL .244/.322/.402/.724 .749/.714 .705 .758 155/62 172/73

ERA-K/9

3.39/6.1

1.47/9.0

3.94/6.2

2.74/7.8

4.39/8.6

2.29/7.8

2.35/11.8

3.79/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Jaso (50-10-4)
Lobaton (7-3-0)
Shoppach (26-18-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 772/.257 277/.169 129/.216 252/.194 230/.250 215/.236 243/.164 .244 Joyce
Upton
Fuld
Jennings
Zobrist
Damon
Rodriguez
Johnson 15/0/126/8
0/151/0/6
75/7/9/5
53/8/1/3
0/0/38/1
16/0/0/0
2/0/0/0
1/1/0/0

OPS .685 .496 .614 .598 .738 .591 .535 .698

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 225/.729 159/.538 64/.391 140/.561 110/.574 94/.587 124/.472 .726

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 547/.667 118/.439 65/.837 112/.644 120/.900 121/.594 119/.597 .679

Road 383/.653 135/.544 57/.771 101/.546 106/.771 85/.669 116/.503

Last 28d days 127/.602 38/.550 43/.710 36/.523 25/.606 28/.677 23/.304

HR/SB/CS 13/3/3 5/9/0 3/3/4 4/1/3 7/4/0 3/4/2 11/0/0 170/85/46

Usage ···o·X·· X·o··o·o ···X···· X·o··o·X o··o··o· o·o····X ··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.