TEX @ LAA, Sunday, September 28, 2008 Game Preview

Texas Rangers, 79-82, 2nd, 20 GB, 15½ GB in WC	SP: Kevin Millwood (33, RHP, 9-9, 5.03) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ANA Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (9-9) 162.2 211 99 91 48 119 17 5.03 2007 (10-14) 172.2 213 111 99 67 123 19 5.16 2006 (16-12) 215 228 114 108 53 157 23 4.52 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-2 49.2 53 25 21 7 31 2 3.81 52 2008-09-22 OAK ND 7 8 3 2 1 6 0 111 56 2008-09-16 DET ND 7 5 4 4 2 6 0 97 55 2008-09-10 @SEA L 5 11 7 5 2 2 0 103 21 2008-09-05 BOS L 6 9 7 6 1 4 1 86 31 2008-08-31 @LAA W 6.2 5 2 2 0 7 1 101 63 2008-08-26 @KCR W 9 9 1 1 0 2 0 94 67 2008-08-20 DET W 9 6 1 1 1 4 0 113 74 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.ANA 2-1 34.2 36 11 11 5 24 2 2.86 57 2008-08-31 @LAA W 6.2 5 2 2 0 7 1 101 63 2008-04-15 LAA ND 5 9 4 4 1 1 1 69 33 2008-04-05 @LAA L 8 12 2 2 1 5 0 106 54 2007-07-13 @LAA ND 7 5 1 1 3 7 0 101 67 2007-07-03 LAA W 8 5 2 2 0 4 0 105 68
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 40-41 Road: 39-41 ExtrInn: 5-6 vsRHP: 58-52 vsLHP: 21-30 1-Run: 28-18 vsEast: 17-26 vsCntrl:22-22 vsWest: 30-26 IL:10-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 161 Sat, Sep 27 @LAA W 8-4 79-82 2nd 20.0 gb 160 Fri, Sep 26 @LAA W 12-1 78-82 2nd 21.0 gb 159 Wed, Sep 24 OAK W 14-4 77-82 2nd 21.5 gb 158 Tue, Sep 23 OAK W 6-4 76-82 2nd 21.5 gb 157 Mon, Sep 22 OAK L 3-4 (11) 75-82 3rd 22.5 gb 156 Sun, Sep 21 LAA L 3-7 75-81 2nd 21.5 gb 155 Sat, Sep 20 LAA L 3-7 75-80 2nd 20.5 gb 154 Fri, Sep 19 LAA L 13-15 75-79 2nd 19.5 gb 153 Wed, Sep 17 DET L 4-17 75-78 2nd 18.0 gb 152 Tue, Sep 16 DET W 5-4 75-77 2nd 18.0 gb Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:16-14
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 99-62, 1st, 20 up	SP: Joe Saunders (27, LHP, 16-7, 3.52) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (16-7) 192 185 82 75 53 94 21 3.52 2007 (8-5) 107.1 129 56 53 34 69 11 4.44 2006 (7-3) 70.2 71 42 37 29 51 6 4.71 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-2 39.1 51 23 23 9 18 4 5.26 44 2008-09-18 @OAK W 7 6 0 0 3 4 0 87 66 2008-09-12 SEA ND 7 8 3 3 1 5 0 100 53 2008-09-07 @CHW W 7.1 4 2 2 1 4 2 91 65 2008-09-02 @DET ND 6.1 8 3 3 1 2 0 97 46 2008-08-27 OAK L 1.1 8 6 6 1 1 1 49 14 2008-08-22 MIN L 5.1 9 6 6 0 0 1 88 26 2008-08-17 @CLE ND 5 8 3 3 2 2 0 101 39 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TEX 1-3 27.2 36 24 21 9 21 5 6.83 40 2008-07-08 @TEX L 8 6 3 3 0 5 1 109 63 2007-09-26 @TEX L 5 9 7 7 3 6 3 104 24 2007-08-31 TEX ND 5 10 4 2 1 5 0 99 39 2006-09-25 TEX W 7 6 2 2 0 4 0 97 61 2006-08-16 @TEX L 2.2 5 8 7 5 1 1 70 14
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 49-31 Road: 50-31 ExtrInn: 3-5 vsRHP: 66-46 vsLHP: 33-16 1-Run: 31-21 vsEast: 30-16 vsCntrl:24-17 vsWest: 35-21 IL:10-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 161 Sat, Sep 27 TEX L 4-8 99-62 1st 20.0 up 160 Fri, Sep 26 TEX L 1-12 99-61 1st 21.0 up 159 Thu, Sep 25 @SEA W 6-4 99-60 1st 22.0 up 158 Wed, Sep 24 @SEA W 6-5 98-60 1st 21.5 up 157 Tue, Sep 23 @SEA L 6-9 97-60 1st 21.5 up 156 Mon, Sep 22 @SEA W 2-1 97-59 1st 22.0 up 155 Sun, Sep 21 @TEX W 7-3 96-59 1st 21.5 up 154 Sat, Sep 20 @TEX W 7-3 95-59 1st 20.5 up 153 Fri, Sep 19 @TEX W 15-13 94-59 1st 19.5 up 152 Thu, Sep 18 @OAK W 6-4 93-59 1st 18.5 up Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:14-6 Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sat, Sep 27, 2008 TEX 8 @LAA 4 W:Scott Feldman (6-8), L: Ervin Santana (16-7), S: none Fri, Sep 26, 2008 TEX 12 @LAA 1 W:Vicente Padilla (14-8), L: John Lackey (12-5), S: none Sun, Sep 21, 2008 LAA 7 @TEX 3 W:John Lackey (12-4), L: Scott Feldman (5-8), S: none Sat, Sep 20, 2008 LAA 7 @TEX 3 W:Justin Speier (2-8), L: Vicente Padilla (13-8), S: Francisco Rodriguez (60) Fri, Sep 19, 2008 LAA 15 @TEX 13 W:Darren Oliver (6-1), L: Jamey Wright (7-7), S: Scot Shields (3) Sun, Aug 31, 2008 TEX 4 @LAA 3 W:Kevin Millwood (9-7), L: John Lackey (11-3), S: Frank Francisco (2) Sat, Aug 30, 2008 LAA 4 TEX 3 W:Jose Arredondo (7-1), L: Scott Feldman (5-6), S: Francisco Rodriguez (53) Fri, Aug 29, 2008 LAA 3 TEX 1 W:Ervin Santana (14-5), L: Dustin Nippert (1-4), S: Francisco Rodriguez (52) Thu, Aug 28, 2008 LAA 7 TEX 5 W:Jon Garland (12-8), L: Jamey Wright (6-6), S: Francisco Rodriguez (51) Thu, Jul 10, 2008 LAA 11 @TEX 10 (11) W:Justin Speier (1-4), L: Jamey Wright (5-4), S: Francisco Rodriguez (36) Season Series: 2008 - LAA leads 11-7; 2007 - LAA won 10-9; 2006 - LAA won 11-8; All-Time - LAA leads 375-347

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 2008 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

TEX 5.60

ATL 4.67

SDP 3.95

RA/G

TOR 3.78

HOU 4.64

TEX 5.96

C. Jones .364

M. Cabrera .294

J. Towles .138

OBP

C. Jones .469

P. Burrell .367

T. Pena .189

SLG

A. Pujols .651

M. Ordonez .491

T. Pena .209

OPS

A. Pujols 1.112

F. Tatis .853

T. Pena .398

ERA

J. Santana 2.53

G. Meche 3.98

N. Robertson 6.35

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.31

V. Padilla 6.68

L. Hernandez 3.35

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Texas Rangers Batters (5.60 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Pitchers (4.33 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 51.Saunders*
G/S/vB 66.Arredondo
G/S/vB 52.Bulger
G/S/vB 65.Jepsen
G/S/vB 68.Loux
G/S/vB 53.O'Day
G/S/vB 38.Oliver*
G/S/vB 57.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 62.Shields
G/S/vB 33.Speier
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

4.Arias G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 120/92 .291/.345/.409/.754 1.065/.665 .752 80/.726 4/1 0/

9.Blalock* G/S/vP 5/.400 3/.000 4/2.250 2/.000 3/1.667 1/2.000 6/.666 22/1.074 26/.712 7/.453 278/188 .290/.342/.514/.855 .925/.823 .734 106/1.078 1/0 12/

41.Boggs# G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.667 1/2.000 ··· 333/229 .227/.334/.401/.735 .827/.694 .669 30/.547 3/2 8/

21.Bradley# G/S/vP 7/.762 2/1.000 4/.500 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 5/.400 10/.200 3/1.000 7/.929 507/335 .324/.439/.567/1.006 1.143/.932 .883 58/.819 5/3 22/

22.Byrd G/S/vP 9/.222 3/.667 5/.600 2/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 12/.606 4/.500 5/1.000 8/.375 459/305 .298/.381/.463/.843 .853/.838 .774 94/.825 7/2 10/

27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.333 1/.000 3/.000 12/.633 13/.077 4/.000 278/263 .274/.342/.399/.741 .536/.752 .799 11/1.121 1/1 2/

17.Cruz G/S/vP 13/.539 2/.000 4/1.250 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/.666 4/.000 6/2.100 3/1.666 130/96 .330/.423/.607/1.030 1.315/.933 .997 106/1.112 3/1 7/

19.Davis* G/S/vP 3/1.666 4/.000 3/.666 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 3/1.667 1/.000 5/.650 3/.333 314/224 .288/.334/.555/.889 .948/.866 .906 87/.947 1/2 17/

6.Duran G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/4.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 154/77 .230/.275/.353/.628 .715/.539 .665 39/.587 1/1 3/

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 3/.833 4/.833 3/2.167 2/2.500 1/2.000 1/.000 5/.800 6/1.133 1/.000 5/.900 701/475 .306/.372/.533/.905 .808/.952 .787 108/.992 9/1 32/

15.Laird G/S/vP 14/.972 2/1.000 3/2.667 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 3/.666 8/.250 12/.606 3/.000 379/276 .278/.331/.401/.731 .733/.731 .769 66/.668 2/4 6/

30.Metcalf G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 61/22 .232/.279/.589/.868 .693/1.191 .975 17/1.139 0/0 6/

51.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· 55/36 .217/.345/.370/.715 .387/.861 .394 6/.667 0/0 2/

25.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 1/3.000 229/148 .254/.354/.365/.719 .449/.876 .686 2/.500 0/2 3/

2.Teagarden G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 53/36 .319/.396/.809/1.205 .775/1.333 1.059 47/1.255 0/0 6/

12.Vazquez* G/S/vP 3/1.334 3/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 6/.000 3/.333 8/.375 6/.666 346/290 .291/.367/.431/.798 .468/.861 .754 16/.464 0/1 6/

10.Young G/S/vP 18/.944 3/.000 3/.333 ··· 4/.500 1/3.000 4/1.000 26/.644 33/.462 13/.616 705/516 .285/.340/.403/.744 .856/.703 .686 97/.724 10/0 12/

IP 192.0 60.0 16.0 8.1 16.0 43.1 71.0 68.1 62.1 68.0 TOTAL .284/.355/.464/.819 .807/.823 .771 .891 81/25 194/131

ERA-K/9

3.52/4.4

1.65/8.1

7.31/11.2

4.32/7.6

2.81/2.2

4.57/6.0

2.92/6.0

2.24/10.1

2.74/8.8

5.03/7.4

4.02/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Laird (52-21-6)
Ramirez (12-3-0)
Saltalamacchia (40-9-6)
Teagarden (7-2-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 787/.257 240/.189 73/.242 36/.250 66/.262 194/.283 288/.257 288/.216 267/.239 305/.261 .262 Hamilton
Byrd
Boggs
Bradley
Cruz
Duran
Catalanotto 0/110/34/7
30/57/39/7
76/4/3/7
1/0/19/4
0/0/30/0
5/0/2/0
26/0/0/0

OPS .703 .534 .856 .677 .685 .719 .689 .630 .677 .839 .731

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 180/.655 121/.429 38/.747 19/.610 33/1.058 91/.764 119/.659 154/.682 128/.588 138/1.001 .736

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 607/.717 119/.643 35/.984 17/.753 33/.338 103/.680 169/.711 134/.571 139/.761 167/.707 .727

Home 388/.762 113/.521 38/.663 15/.343 49/.677 79/.664 147/.561 138/.633 129/.684 144/.844 .725

Last 28d days 111/.662 50/.571 45/.771 36/.677 18/.889 27/.551 45/.631 45/.711 51/.768 59/.910

HR/SB/CS 21/18/7 3/3/2 3/1/0 0/1/0 1/0/0 2/2/1 5/5/2 4/8/0 6/8/1 15/7/1 160/109/31

Usage ········ ··X···X· ·X····Xo X·X·X··o ·X··o··· ········ ···X···· o··o·o·o ··oX···X o···X··X

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Batters (4.71 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (5.96 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS

33.Millwood
G/S/vB

53.Benoit
G/S/vB

50.Francisco
G/S/vB

52.Gordon
G/S/vB

58.Littleton
G/S/vB

43.Loe
G/S/vB

60.Madrigal
G/S/vB

46.Mendoza
G/S/vB

59.Rupe
G/S/vB

56.White*
G/S/vB

45.Wright
G/S/vB

PA/vRH

BA/OBP/SLG/OPS

vLH/RH

Last 28d

SB/CS

HR/E

16.Anderson* G/S/vP

···

···

590/458

.294/.327/.435/.762

.704/.779

.812

92/.835

7/4

15/

2.Aybar# G/S/vP

···

···

372/258

.280/.317/.388/.705

.686/.713

.638

37/.741

7/2

43.Brown G/S/vP

···

2/.000

···

1/.000

···

1/.000

···

19/10

.053/.053/.105/.158

.333/.000

.176

6/.000

0/0

28.Budde G/S/vP

···

3/1

.000/.000/.000/.000

.000/

0/0

9.Figgins# G/S/vP

···

518/381

.275/.366/.317/.683

.640/.699

.690

75/.579

33/13

27.Guerrero G/S/vP

600/445

.303/.365/.521/.886

.826/.907

.831

76/1.152

5/3

27/

48.Hunter G/S/vP

···

606/442

.279/.345/.468/.813

.865/.794

.856

78/.808

19/5

21/

47.Kendrick G/S/vP

···

···

···

358/252

.306/.333/.421/.755

.743/.759

.738

14/.558

11/4

5.Mathis G/S/vP

···

···

···

328/236

.194/.275/.318/.593

.747/.536

.592

35/.318

2/2

24.Matthews# G/S/vP

473/328

.237/.315/.353/.668

.774/.621

.643

72/.802

8/3

19.Morales# G/S/vP

···

63/47

.217/.254/.400/.654

.813/.604

.572

55/.678

0/1

44.Napoli G/S/vP

···

271/207

.263/.367/.558/.925

.978/.909

.830

61/1.260

7/3

19/

39.Quinlan G/S/vP

···

···

179/94

.259/.324/.309/.633

.650/.617

.691

49/.579

4/2

21.Rivera G/S/vP

···

276/181

.245/.279/.439/.718

.730/.711

.769

50/.863

1/1

12/

18.Rodriguez G/S/vP

···

···

186/136

.204/.272/.317/.589

.467/.634

.695

90/.663

3/1

59.Sandoval# G/S/vP

···

1/.000

···

7/7

.167/.286/.167/.452

/.452

.452

7/.452

0/0

25.Teixeira# G/S/vP

···

683/447

.308/.410/.551/.961

.902/.991

1.022

105/1.035

2/0

33/

77.Willits# G/S/vP

133/105

.198/.328/.236/.564

.607/.551

.594

41/.567

2/1

46.Wilson G/S/vP

···

1/.000

···

2/.500

···

1/.000

···

6/4

.200/.333/.200/.533

1.000/.250

.400

5/.200

0/0

3.Wood G/S/vP

3/1.334

1/.000

2/1.000

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Game Preview: TEX @ LAA, 3:35pm, Sunday, September 28, 2008 @Angel Stadium

SP: Kevin Millwood (33, RHP, 9-9, 5.03)

SP: Joe Saunders (27, LHP, 16-7, 3.52)

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