TEX @ LAA, Sunday, September 2, 2007 Game Preview

Texas Rangers, 62-73, 4th, 18 GB, 13½ GB in WC	SP: Kason Gabbard (25, LHP, 6-1, 3.79) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. ANA Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (6-1) 71.1 58 30 30 29 48 6 3.79 2006 (1-3) 25.2 24 11 10 16 15 0 3.51 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-1 35 34 18 18 14 22 4 4.63 48 2007-08-28 CHW ND 4.2 4 3 3 3 3 2 91 44 2007-08-22 BAL W 6 7 3 3 1 3 0 89 48 2007-08-17 MIN ND 6.2 5 1 1 3 3 0 102 60 2007-08-12 TBD ND 1.1 1 0 0 0 2 0 18 54 2007-08-07 OAK W 6 5 3 3 3 4 1 107 51 2007-08-02 CLE L 5.2 8 3 3 1 4 0 95 44 2007-07-26 CLE ND 4.2 4 5 5 3 3 1 76 36 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.ANA Has never faced ANA.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 37-31 Road: 25-42 ExtrInn: 5-8 vsRHP: 43-49 vsLHP: 19-24 1-Run: 21-16 vsEast: 18-23 vsCntrl:14-19 vsWest: 19-24 IL:11-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 135 Sat, Sep 1 @LAA W 7-6 62-73 4th 18.0 gb 134 Fri, Aug 31 @LAA L 6-7 (10) 61-73 4th 19.0 gb 133 Thu, Aug 30 CHW W 5-1 61-72 4th 18.0 gb 132 Wed, Aug 29 CHW W 5-4 (11) 60-72 4th 18.5 gb 131 Tue, Aug 28 CHW W 4-3 59-72 4th 18.5 gb 130 Sun, Aug 26 SEA W 5-3 58-72 4th 18.0 gb 129 Sat, Aug 25 SEA W 5-3 57-72 4th 18.0 gb 128 Fri, Aug 24 SEA L 2-4 56-72 4th 19.0 gb 127 Thu, Aug 23 SEA L 4-9 56-71 4th 18.0 gb 126 Wed, Aug 22 @BAL W 9-7 56-70 4th 18.0 gb Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:16-14
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 80-55, 1st, 6½ up	SP: John Lackey (28, RHP, 16-8, 3.18) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (16-8) 181.1 184 76 64 46 138 16 3.18 2006 (13-11) 217.2 203 98 86 72 190 14 3.56 2005 (14-5) 209 208 85 80 71 199 13 3.44 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-2 49.2 60 19 17 12 32 4 3.08 53 2007-08-27 SEA W 9 7 0 0 0 5 0 109 78 2007-08-22 NYY L 7 9 4 3 3 4 1 106 46 2007-08-17 BOS L 4 11 7 6 0 3 1 97 17 2007-08-11 MIN W 8 10 2 2 0 3 0 104 57 2007-08-05 OAK W 6.2 9 3 3 2 5 1 103 47 2007-07-31 SEA W 9 7 0 0 3 5 0 106 75 2007-07-25 OAK ND 6 7 3 3 4 7 1 110 49 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TEX 3-2 27.2 32 21 19 14 23 3 6.18 42 2007-07-14 TEX W 6 7 4 3 1 5 0 113 48 2007-05-11 TEX W 8.1 5 3 3 1 7 1 97 67 2007-04-02 TEX W 5 4 1 0 4 5 1 97 58 2006-09-16 TEX L 4 10 6 6 2 4 0 92 20 2006-08-04 TEX L 4.1 6 7 7 6 2 1 96 19
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 45-21 Road: 35-34 ExtrInn: 6-3 vsRHP: 65-40 vsLHP: 15-15 1-Run: 19-15 vsEast: 21-17 vsCntrl:19-17 vsWest: 26-17 IL:14-4 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 135 Sat, Sep 1 TEX L 6-7 80-55 1st 6.5 up 134 Fri, Aug 31 TEX W 7-6 (10) 80-54 1st 6.5 up 133 Wed, Aug 29 @SEA W 8-2 79-54 1st 5.0 up 132 Tue, Aug 28 @SEA W 10-6 78-54 1st 4.0 up 131 Mon, Aug 27 @SEA W 6-0 77-54 1st 3.0 up 130 Sun, Aug 26 TOR W 3-1 76-54 1st 2.0 up 129 Sat, Aug 25 TOR L 2-9 75-54 1st 1.0 up 128 Fri, Aug 24 TOR W 3-0 75-53 1st 1.0 up 127 Thu, Aug 23 TOR L 4-5 74-53 1st 1.0 up 126 Wed, Aug 22 NYY L 2-8 74-52 1st 2.0 up Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sat, Sep 01, 2007 TEX 7 @LAA 6 W:Edinson Volquez (1-0), L: Kelvim Escobar (15-7), S: C.J. Wilson (9) Fri, Aug 31, 2007 LAA 7 TEX 6 (10) W:Darren Oliver (2-0), L: Frank Francisco (1-1), S: none Sun, Jul 15, 2007 TEX 5 @LAA 4 (11) W:C.J. Wilson (1-1), L: Justin Speier (0-1), S: Eric Gagne (13) 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 Season Series: 2007 - LAA leads 10-5; 2006 - LAA won 11-8; 2005 - LAA won 15-4; All-Time - LAA leads 364-336

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

NYY 5.88

BAL 4.61

WSN 3.96

RA/G

SDP 3.95

KCR 4.80

TBD 5.93

J. Keppinger .358

N. Markakis .293

J. LaRue .140

OBP

B. Bonds .484

J. Varitek .361

J. LaRue .234

SLG

A. Rodriguez .639

C. Crawford .469

N. Punto .254

OPS

B. Bonds 1.061

M. Lamb .827

J. LaRue .507

ERA

J. Peavy 2.10

C. Zambrano 4.06

A. Eaton 6.23

K/9IP

E. Bedard 10.93

D. Lowe 6.38

S. Trachsel 2.88

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Texas Rangers Batters (4.95 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Pitchers (4.47 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 41.Lackey
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

9.Blalock* G/S/vP 58/.868 2/.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 17/1.118 24/.558 4/.000 158/117 .285/.335/.493/.828 .838/.825 .703 / 3/1 5/6

19.Botts# G/S/vP 6/.333 ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 2/.500 1/.000 108/75 .202/.296/.298/.594 .700/.546 .623 89/.585 1/0 1/0

22.Byrd G/S/vP 5/.800 2/2.000 1/5.000 6/.334 3/.666 2/2.500 6/.000 354/253 .310/.359/.464/.823 .792/.835 .746 101/.803 4/3 7/3

27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP 18/.547 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 10/.775 10/.000 3/.000 304/289 .271/.346/.462/.808 .717/.811 .653 61/1.156 2/0 9/0

17.Cruz G/S/vP 5/.000 2/1.000 3/.666 2/.000 2/.000 4/1.250 2/2.500 280/187 .215/.277/.348/.625 .574/.650 .615 95/.565 1/2 7/4

3.Hairston G/S/vP 9/1.111 ··· 1/.000 9/.555 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 174/93 .193/.251/.300/.551 .560/.543 .603 4/.833 5/1 3/2

5.Kinsler G/S/vP 9/1.000 1/.000 3/2.000 1/.000 6/.167 7/.453 4/.000 446/328 .262/.346/.449/.796 1.005/.718 .714 113/.823 17/1 17/14

15.Laird G/S/vP 24/.258 4/2.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 7/.286 9/.819 1/.000 399/287 .225/.280/.343/.624 .641/.617 .616 63/.529 6/2 8/10

28.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 38/29 .417/.447/.722/1.170 1.778/.972 1.489 36/1.121 0/0 1/1

59.Rupe G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /

25.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 260/150 .275/.315/.430/.746 .676/.797 .736 90/.868 0/0 9/8

21.Sosa G/S/vP 16/1.207 1/.000 1/.000 19/.839 2/1.000 4/.000 13/1.379 420/291 .249/.307/.459/.766 1.020/.660 .829 54/.872 0/0 18/0

12.Vazquez* G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 3/.000 4/.000 1/.000 4/.750 4/1.000 288/211 .238/.310/.377/.687 .477/.763 .776 75/.569 1/0 7/5

31.Volquez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /

6.Wilkerson* G/S/vP 14/.220 2/2.500 1/.000 4/1.833 8/.583 8/.125 7/1.229 331/239 .236/.308/.479/.787 .903/.742 .685 60/.818 2/1 18/4

10.Young G/S/vP 69/.946 7/.286 3/.000 ··· 21/.707 30/.441 8/.625 584/434 .304/.356/.410/.766 .832/.744 .725 105/.834 11/2 7/12

IP 181.1 69.0 84.1 49.1 56.2 65.1 38.2 TOTAL .260/.324/.422/.746 .760/.740 .721 75/18 147/99

ERA-K/9

3.18/6.9

3.91/6.1

4.48/4.6

4.20/6.9

2.86/11.6

3.44/8.3

3.49/8.1

4.15/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Laird (51-32-9)
Saltalamacchia (25-7-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 762/.261 284/.240 350/.276 215/.245 238/.208 270/.218 156/.194 .264 Byrd
Cruz
Hairston
Wilkerson
Catalanotto
Botts
Sosa
Murphy
Laird 16/42/36/8
16/0/60/5
20/22/6/3
36/1/15/2
59/0/0/2
8/0/0/1
0/0/16/1
15/2/5/1
1/0/0/0

OPS .706 .678 .743 .687 .593 .635 .647 .735

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 364/.762 127/.697 155/.607 79/.945 110/.566 130/.677 71/.723 .747

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 398/.655 157/.662 195/.853 136/.537 128/.615 140/.594 85/.583 .725

Home 345/.745 154/.663 173/.826 99/.617 121/.618 130/.661 93/.640 .711

Last 28d days 147/.822 67/.559 100/.822 45/.447 49/.619 43/.729 50/.904

HR/SB/CS 16/16/5 6/5/2 6/5/3 5/2/0 2/9/1 5/2/1 6/2/2 123/89/26

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

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Batters (5.15 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (5.18 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 13.Gabbard*
G/S/vB 53.Benoit
G/S/vB 39.Feldman
G/S/vB 50.Francisco
G/S/vB 58.Littleton
G/S/vB 48.Rheinecker*
G/S/vB 36.Wilson*
G/S/vB 29.Wood
G/S/vB 45.Wright
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

16.Anderson* G/S/vP 1/2.000 18/.804 1/.000 4/.250 2/1.000 ··· 12/.916 9/1.111 10/.311 354/274 .288/.319/.482/.801 .864/.783 .843 113/.896 0/0 12/2

48.Budde G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 16/13 .188/.188/.250/.438 1.000/.308 .833 13/.538 0/0 0/1

52.Bulger G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /

18.Cabrera G/S/vP 1/.000 10/.422 4/.500 7/.143 6/.000 ··· 6/.533 8/.500 19/.210 590/470 .310/.350/.416/.766 .902/.732 .728 114/.787 17/4 8/9

9.Figgins# G/S/vP 1/.000 8/.000 4/.750 4/1.417 4/2.250 ··· 9/1.127 12/.955 7/1.143 425/334 .335/.394/.435/.829 .894/.812 .978 71/.864 34/10 3/13

27.Guerrero G/S/vP 1/3.000 18/.962 4/1.250 8/2.917 6/.334 ··· 6/1.100 13/.648 33/.927 575/462 .329/.405/.554/.959 .958/.959 1.004 116/.940 2/3 22/9

13.Haynes* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/31 .219/.242/.281/.524 .000/.558 .706 3/.000 1/1 0/0

6.Izturis# G/S/vP 1/no AB 8/.500 2/.000 2/.000 4/.250 ··· 6/.666 2/.000 1/.000 291/225 .278/.331/.406/.737 .755/.721 .885 95/.815 5/1 5/2

47.Kendrick G/S/vP ··· 4/.750 3/.666 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· 3/1.667 3/.666 4/.500 255/206 .322/.350/.450/.801 .824/.795 .758 51/.992 3/2 4/7

35.Kotchman* G/S/vP ··· 5/1.350 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 6/.167 4/.833 3/.000 427/359 .294/.363/.463/.826 .693/.850 .903 76/.728 2/1 9/2

5.Mathis G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/.000 131/112 .216/.271/.353/.625 .451/.653 .660 83/.687 0/0 2/3

24.Matthews# G/S/vP ··· 5/.900 1/2.000 5/.600 1/.000 ··· 4/1.250 6/1.500 10/.650 539/410 .260/.323/.431/.754 .593/.806 .832 104/.655 15/4 17/5

22.Morales# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 4/.750 1/.000 83/70 .329/.361/.544/.906 .769/.932 .928 35/1.104 0/1 3/0

44.Napoli G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.500 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/1.666 ··· 229/169 .253/.346/.459/.805 .805/.805 .835 / 5/2 9/7

39.Quinlan G/S/vP 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 3/1.334 3/.000 162/63 .228/.284/.342/.626 .652/.584 .640 22/.227 3/2 3/2

77.Willits# G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 ··· 3/1.334 2/1.500 ··· 2/1.000 3/.333 3/.333 442/332 .296/.397/.345/.742 .831/.711 .811 77/.687 25/8 0/2

IP 71.1 71.1 33.0 54.1 34.0 40.0 60.2 39.0 59.1 TOTAL .285/.343/.421/.764 .766/.762 .821 119/46 101/86

ERA-K/9

3.79/6.1

2.65/10.0

6.00/4.6

4.64/7.1

3.44/5.0

5.85/6.1

2.52/8.6

3.69/4.6

3.94/4.9

4.72/6.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Budde (0-1-0)
Mathis (28-7-3)
Napoli (43-11-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 295/.225 289/.221 162/.301 241/.252 147/.262 189/.307 246/.183 171/.282 258/.279 .274 Matthews
Anderson
Guerrero
Willits
Haynes
Quinlan
Morales 0/123/0/7
64/0/0/6
0/0/107/5
63/14/24/4
5/6/8/1
14/0/6/0
0/0/3/0

OPS .665 .614 .871 .744 .749 .903 .558 .801 .803 .778

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 71/.580 122/.495 60/.923 107/.709 54/.734 52/.707 102/.384 99/.890 104/1.013 .792

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 224/.693 167/.703 102/.840 134/.771 93/.757 137/.978 144/.684 72/.684 154/.673 .766

Road 144/.748 131/.680 100/1.085 111/.766 76/.605 53/1.068 102/.484 74/.886 141/.851 .813

Last 28d days 105/.708 52/.383 / 55/.832 49/.798 114/.895 51/.593 67/.557 58/.604

HR/SB/CS 6/4/2 4/1/1 3/3/2 3/4/2 4/2/0 8/0/0 4/1/0 6/1/1 5/2/4 126/73/39

Usage ····X··· o·X·o·oo ········ ·X·X··oo ···oo··X ··ooo··· o··X··Xo ·X··X··· X··o···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.

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SP: Kason Gabbard (25, LHP, 6-1, 3.79)

SP: John Lackey (28, RHP, 16-8, 3.18)

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