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Game Preview: TEX @ LAA, 3:35pm, Sunday, July 15, 2007 @Angel Stadium

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Texas Rangers, 38-52, 4th, 17 GB, 15 GB in WC

SP: Brandon McCarthy (23, RHP, 4-6, 5.70)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. LAA Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (4-6)             60    64  41  38  30  35  6    5.70      
 2006 (4-7)             84.2  77  44  44  33  69 17    4.68      
 2005 (3-2)             67    62  30  30  17  48 13    4.03      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-2  34    30  16  15  16  22  2    3.97   50 
 2007-07-07    BAL   L   6     4   2   1   2   3  1      97   59 
 2007-07-02    BOS   L   3.2   6   4   4   3   1  0      81   31 
 2007-06-09    MIL  ND   5     4   1   1   0   5  0      78   60 
 2007-05-25    BOS  ND   2     1   4   4   4   1  0      66   35 
 2007-05-20    HOU   W   6     4   1   1   2   2  0     100   60 
 2007-05-15    TBD  ND   6     6   3   3   3   7  0     110   52 
 2007-05-10    NYY   W   5.1   5   1   1   2   3  1     104   55 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.LAA    Has never faced LAA.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   22-22   Road:   16-30   ExtrInn: 2-5 
 vsRHP:  28-36   vsLHP:  10-16   1-Run:  12-11
 vsEast: 14-18   vsCntrl: 5-9    vsWest:  8-18 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 90 Sat, Jul 14  @LAA  L   5-9       38-52  4th 17.0 gb
 89 Fri, Jul 13  @LAA  L   1-2       38-51  4th 16.0 gb
 88 Sun, Jul  8   BAL  W   2-1       38-50  4th 15.0 gb
 87 Sat, Jul  7   BAL  L   0-3       37-50  4th 16.0 gb
 86 Fri, Jul  6   BAL  W   4-3 (10)  37-49  4th 15.0 gb
 85 Thu, Jul  5   LAA  L   2-5       36-49  4th 16.0 gb
 84 Wed, Jul  4   LAA  W   4-2       36-48  4th 15.0 gb
 83 Tue, Jul  3   LAA  W   8-3       35-48  4th 16.0 gb
 82 Mon, Jul  2  @BOS  L   3-7       34-48  4th 17.0 gb
 81 Sun, Jul  1  @BOS  W   2-1       34-47  4th 16.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 55-35, 1st, 3 up

SP: Jered Weaver (24, RHP, 6-5, 3.67)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (6-5)             76    82  35  31  30  59  7    3.67      
 2006 (11-2)           123    94  36  35  33 105 15    2.56      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  37    41  16  16  16  23  3    3.89   49 
 2007-07-04    TEX   L   5     7   3   3   2   2  0     105   41 
 2007-06-27    KCR   L   7     4   1   1   1   6  0     109   70 
 2007-06-16    LAD   W   5.1   4   0   0   4   3  0      95   59 
 2007-06-10    STL  ND   3     5   3   3   2   0  1      52   35 
 2007-06-04    MIN   W   7     5   1   1   1   4  1      91   66 
 2007-05-30    SEA  ND   4.2   9   5   5   3   3  0      90   26 
 2007-05-25    NYY   W   5     7   3   3   3   5  1     103   43 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TEX      1-1  31.2  32  12  12  10  24  3    3.41   54 
 2007-07-04    TEX   L   5     7   3   3   2   2  0     105   41 
 2007-05-14    TEX   W   7     6   1   1   2   5  1      86   64 
 2006-09-27    TEX  ND   6.2  10   5   5   2   5  2     100   37 
 2006-09-15    TEX  ND   7     1   0   0   3   9  0     105   81 
 2006-08-03    TEX  ND   6     8   3   3   1   3  0     106   46 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   31-13   Road:   24-22   ExtrInn: 4-1 
 vsRHP:  42-25   vsLHP:  13-10   1-Run:  13-8 
 vsEast: 11-7    vsCntrl:12-15   vsWest: 18-9  IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 90 Sat, Jul 14   TEX  W   9-5       55-35  1st  3.0 up
 89 Fri, Jul 13   TEX  W   2-1       54-35  1st  3.0 up
 88 Sun, Jul  8  @NYY  L   0-12      53-35  1st  2.5 up
 87 Sat, Jul  7  @NYY  W   2-1 (13)  53-34  1st  3.5 up
 86 Fri, Jul  6  @NYY  L   9-14      52-34  1st  3.5 up
 85 Thu, Jul  5  @TEX  W   5-2       52-33  1st  4.5 up
 84 Wed, Jul  4  @TEX  L   2-4       51-33  1st  3.5 up
 83 Tue, Jul  3  @TEX  L   3-8       51-32  1st  4.5 up
 82 Sun, Jul  1  @BAL  W   4-3       51-31  1st  4.0 up
 81 Sat, Jun 30  @BAL  L   3-6       50-31  1st  4.0 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jul 14, 2007 LAA  9  TEX  5    W:John Lackey (12-5), L: Kameron Loe (5-7), S: none
Fri, Jul 13, 2007 LAA  2  TEX  1    W:Francisco Rodriguez (3-2), L: Joaquin Benoit (3-3), S: none
Thu, Jul 05, 2007 LAA  5 @TEX  2    W:Kelvim Escobar (10-3), L: Robinson Tejeda (5-8), S: none
Wed, Jul 04, 2007 TEX  4  LAA  2    W:Jamey Wright (2-2), L: Jered Weaver (6-5), S: Eric Gagne (11)
Tue, Jul 03, 2007 TEX  8  LAA  3    W:Kevin Millwood (5-7), L: Ervin Santana (5-9), S: none
Mon, May 14, 2007 LAA  7 @TEX  2    W:Jered Weaver (2-3), L: Kevin Millwood (2-4), S: none
Sun, May 13, 2007 TEX  7  LAA  6    W:Eric Gagne (1-0), L: Scot Shields (0-2), S: none
Sat, May 12, 2007 LAA  6 @TEX  3    W:Bartolo Colon (4-0), L: Kameron Loe (1-3), S: Francisco Rodriguez (12)
Fri, May 11, 2007 LAA  6 @TEX  3    W:John Lackey (5-3), L: Vicente Padilla (1-5), S: none
Wed, Apr 04, 2007 LAA  5  TEX  3    W:Ervin Santana (1-0), L: Brandon McCarthy (0-1), S: Francisco Rodriguez (2)
Season Series: 2007 - LAA leads 9-3; 2006 - LAA won 11-8; 2005 - LAA won 15-4; All-Time - LAA leads 363-334

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 2007 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

DET  5.89

ATL  4.65

WSN  3.80

RA/G

SDP  3.49

CLE  4.71

TBD  6.16

BA

M. Ordonez  .358

K. Johnson  .287

R. Langerhans  .161

OBP

B. Bonds  .505

S. Spiezio  .364

D. Navarro  .232

SLG

R. Braun  .686

L. Overbay  .454

D. Navarro  .248

OPS

R. Braun  1.085

J. Peralta  .822

D. Navarro  .480

ERA

C. Young  1.97

T. Glavine  4.15

K. Wells  6.25

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.91

D. Willis  6.10

A. Cook  2.66

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Texas Rangers Batters (4.96 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Pitchers (4.39 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Weaver
G/S/vB
49.Bootcheck
G/S/vB
58.Moseley
G/S/vB
38.Oliver*
G/S/vB
57.Rodriguez
G/S/vB
62.Shields
G/S/vB
33.Speier
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
22.Byrd G/S/vP 3/2.500 1/4.000 ··· 6/.334 2/1.000 1/2.000 4/.000 168/126 .371/.429/.523/.952 .942/.956 .861 88/1.035 0/3 3/1
27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP 6/.900 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 10/.775 8/.000 2/.000 191/185 .226/.311/.405/.716 .200/.729 .476 67/.856 2/0 6/0
25.Hairston G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 8/.625 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 134/78 .204/.273/.336/.609 .644/.583 .603 58/.473 2/1 3/2
15.Laird G/S/vP 10/.100 3/2.667 1/2.000 2/1.000 6/.334 9/.819 1/.000 281/211 .228/.289/.339/.628 .644/.623 .708 65/.495 3/2 5/8
7.Lofton* G/S/vP 7/.286 ··· 2/1.500 34/.982 3/1.167 7/.286 3/.666 321/261 .309/.391/.446/.837 .619/.884 .759 80/1.131 20/4 6/3
2.Melhuse# G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.500 2/1.500 ··· 5/.000 5/.400 2/.000 62/53 .273/.344/.382/.726 1.333/.610 .753 26/.882 0/0 1/0
30.Metcalf G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 62/35 .189/.259/.321/.580 .520/.625 .673 46/.429 0/0 1/1
1.Relaford# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.667 4/.000 11/.717 5/.000 17/11 .200/.294/.200/.494 .533/.473 .250 17/.494 0/1 0/0
21.Sosa G/S/vP 6/.334 1/.000 1/.000 19/.839 1/.000 4/.000 12/1.500 320/244 .244/.294/.451/.745 1.028/.661 .856 73/.686 0/0 14/0
23.Teixeira# G/S/vP 13/1.203 5/.933 1/3.000 1/2.000 20/.422 24/.743 5/2.600 271/202 .300/.402/.552/.954 1.165/.902 .915 9/.833 0/0 12/1
12.Vazquez* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.000 ··· 3/.000 4/1.000 151/117 .241/.304/.391/.695 .378/.785 .830 73/.581 1/0 4/4
6.Wilkerson* G/S/vP 8/.679 1/5.000 ··· 3/2.667 7/.686 8/.125 7/1.229 212/165 .226/.303/.505/.808 1.037/.746 .796 81/.930 2/1 14/3
10.Young G/S/vP 16/.708 6/.334 2/.000 ··· 19/.675 29/.457 7/.715 400/305 .284/.335/.381/.716 .644/.739 .657 100/.618 6/2 4/10
IP 76.0 40.1 46.0 28.0 39.2 48.2 17.0 TOTAL .256/.324/.424/.748 .770/.741 .725 51/17 106/69
ERA-K/9 3.67/7.0 4.91/4.7 2.74/3.5 5.79/7.1 2.27/12.5 1.66/7.9 1.59/10.6 4.05/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Laird (41-27-9)
 Melhuse (9-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 336/.273 172/.248 180/.251 133/.310 162/.210 184/.163 64/.123 .257  Lofton
 Byrd
 Hairston
 Wilkerson
 Catalanotto
 Sosa
 Relaford
 Laird
0/71/0/5
16/8/27/4
16/21/2/3
21/1/12/2
37/0/0/2
0/0/16/1
1/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .737 .718 .667 .825 .584 .498 .469 .729
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 174/.756 74/.813 85/.714 58/1.168 78/.609 90/.526 30/.566 .753
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 162/.716 98/.650 95/.623 75/.553 84/.561 94/.469 34/.382 .709
Home 146/.719 80/.588 80/.675 52/.893 80/.661 86/.562 39/.411 .684
Last 28d days 50/.575 66/.885 44/.814 36/.828 41/.493 48/.546 3/.000
HR/SB/CS 7/7/1 4/5/2 2/3/1 3/2/0 2/6/1 4/1/0 2/0/0 91/56/17
Usage ········ ······X· X·····o· ······X· ·X·····X X······X o·······
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Batters (4.98 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (5.46 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 20.McCarthy
G/S/vB
53.Benoit
G/S/vB
51.Eyre
G/S/vB
50.Francisco
G/S/vB
38.Gagne
G/S/vB
58.Littleton
G/S/vB
32.Mahay*
G/S/vB
40.Otsuka
G/S/vB
36.Wilson*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Anderson* G/S/vP 8/.625 18/.804 4/.833 3/.000 2/2.500 2/1.000 25/.203 2/.000 10/.400 163/123 .283/.288/.421/.709 .761/.693 .710 31/.854 0/0 3/1
18.Cabrera G/S/vP 10/.633 8/.125 5/.000 6/.167 11/.782 5/.000 2/.000 2/.000 6/.533 392/302 .324/.365/.439/.804 .901/.775 .739 94/.728 10/2 5/5
9.Figgins# G/S/vP 6/.750 7/.000 4/.000 4/1.417 3/.000 3/2.167 13/.398 3/.000 9/1.127 267/203 .300/.352/.381/.733 .817/.706 .891 99/.912 21/6 1/10
27.Guerrero G/S/vP 10/1.067 16/1.000 6/.334 7/3.457 9/.958 5/.400 6/1.583 1/2.000 6/1.100 377/292 .328/.416/.547/.963 .919/.976 1.088 92/.864 1/2 14/5
13.Haynes* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 25/23 .250/.280/.333/.613 .000/.668 .706 15/.667 1/0 0/0
6.Izturis# G/S/vP 3/.000 7/.572 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 3/1.333 ··· 5/.800 125/91 .257/.312/.345/.657 1.005/.534 .666 21/.855 2/0 1/2
35.Kotchman* G/S/vP 6/1.300 5/1.350 4/.500 2/.500 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.334 1/2.000 5/.200 286/243 .290/.361/.482/.843 .584/.891 .931 50/.289 2/0 9/2
5.Mathis G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 6/5 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 6/.000 0/0 0/0
24.Matthews# G/S/vP 8/.661 3/1.667 6/2.000 4/.750 7/.715 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 4/1.250 358/272 .285/.349/.445/.794 .672/.842 .945 67/.851 12/4 10/4
28.Molina G/S/vP 7/1.000 7/.619 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 8/.500 1/.000 4/.000 122/93 .224/.244/.284/.528 .724/.463 .625 35/.418 2/1 0/2
22.Morales# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 ··· 1/.000 43/37 .275/.326/.525/.851 1.333/.768 1.030 26/.888 0/0 2/0
39.Quinlan G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 3/.666 109/33 .280/.330/.430/.760 .794/.678 .820 39/.679 1/1 3/2
77.Willits# G/S/vP 3/1.167 2/.500 2/.000 3/1.334 ··· 1/3.000 4/.500 2/.000 2/1.000 291/210 .316/.416/.376/.792 .852/.767 .802 84/.771 18/4 0/1
3.Wood G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/8 .091/.091/.091/.182 .000/.250 .000 / 0/0 0/1
IP 60.0 47.0 49.1 34.1 27.1 18.0 31.0 32.1 40.1 TOTAL .284/.342/.413/.755 .783/.746 .815 79/30 64/57
ERA-K/9 5.70/5.2 3.26/9.4 3.65/5.7 4.19/5.8 1.32/7.6 4.50/4.5 2.32/7.0 2.51/6.4 2.90/8.0 5.07/6.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mathis (3-0-0)
 Molina (15-7-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 273/.271 197/.254 209/.259 150/.246 106/.158 73/.250 128/.206 132/.218 170/.196 .278  Matthews
 Guerrero
 Anderson
 Willits
 Haynes
 Quinlan
 Morales
0/83/0/4
0/0/73/4
32/0/0/2
50/10/12/2
5/4/4/1
11/0/5/0
0/0/3/0
OPS .789 .708 .735 .708 .466 .685 .669 .552 .600 .796
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 126/.776 83/.572 98/.800 71/.799 49/.402 31/.615 54/.597 65/.436 71/.356 .821
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 147/.799 114/.808 111/.682 79/.628 57/.523 42/.735 74/.721 67/.664 99/.778 .775
Road 161/.888 96/.764 106/.787 76/.684 45/.372 39/.513 46/.659 68/.652 78/.470 .831
Last 28d days 43/.762 48/.494 73/.785 39/.718 43/.512 4/.833 49/.554 27/.588 34/.643
HR/SB/CS 6/7/4 4/1/1 5/2/2 2/4/1 1/0/0 2/2/0 2/0/3 0/3/2 3/0/0 93/52/31
Usage ·······X ·o····o· X······X X·····o· ······o· o······· ·o······ ········ X·····o·

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.

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