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Texas Rangers, 48-59, 4th, 14½ GB, 12 GB in WC

SP: Kason Gabbard (25, LHP, 4-0, 3.73)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (4-0)             41    28  17  17  18  29  3    3.73      
 2006 (1-3)             25.2  24  11  10  16  15  0    3.51      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-0  41    28  17  17  18  29  3    3.73   55 
 2007-07-26    CLE  ND   4.2   4   5   5   3   3  1      76   36 
 2007-07-21    CHW   W   7     3   1   1   1   1  0      86   67 
 2007-07-16    KCR   W   9     3   0   0   1   8  0     107   88 
 2007-07-07    DET  ND   6.1   3   2   2   2   3  0      94   60 
 2007-07-02    TEX   W   5.2   3   3   3   4   5  1     100   52 
 2007-06-26    SEA  ND   3.1   6   4   4   6   2  1      82   28 
 2007-05-20    ATL   W   5     6   2   2   1   7  0     100   53 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CLE      0-0   4.2   4   5   5   3   3  1    9.64   36 
 2007-07-26    CLE  ND   4.2   4   5   5   3   3  1      76   36 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   27-25   Road:   21-34   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  33-40   vsLHP:  15-19   1-Run:  17-13
 vsEast: 14-18   vsCntrl: 8-15   vsWest: 15-19 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
107 Wed, Aug  1  @CLE  W   9-6 (10)  48-59  4th 14.5 gb
106 Tue, Jul 31  @CLE  W   3-1       47-59  4th 15.5 gb
105 Sun, Jul 29  @KCR  L   0-10      46-59  4th 16.0 gb
104 Sat, Jul 28  @KCR  L   5-6       46-58  4th 15.0 gb
103 Fri, Jul 27  @KCR  L   1-6       46-57  4th 14.0 gb
102 Wed, Jul 25   SEA  W   7-6       46-56  4th 13.0 gb
101 Tue, Jul 24   SEA  W   4-3       45-56  4th 13.0 gb
100 Tue, Jul 24   SEA  W   2-1       44-56  4th 13.0 gb
 99 Mon, Jul 23   SEA  W   8-7       43-56  4th 14.5 gb
 98 Sun, Jul 22   CLE  L   3-8       42-56  4th 15.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14
Cleveland Indians, 60-47, 2nd, 1 GB, ½ up in WC

SP: Jake Westbrook (29, RHP, 1-6, 5.85)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (1-6)             72.1  80  49  47  32  39  8    5.85      
 2006 (15-10)          211.1 247 106  98  55 109 15    4.17      
 2005 (15-15)          210.2 218 121 105  56 119 19    4.49      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-4  45    48  23  23  18  21  2    4.60   48 
 2007-07-28    MIN  ND   7     4   2   2   3   3  1     100   61 
 2007-07-23    BOS   L   6    10   5   5   4   1  0     112   29 
 2007-07-18    CHW   L   6     7   4   4   2   3  1     103   43 
 2007-07-13    KCR  ND   6     5   3   3   5   2  0      94   47 
 2007-07-04    DET   L   6    10   5   5   2   3  0     102   33 
 2007-06-29    TBD  ND   7     5   1   1   2   7  0     100   68 
 2007-06-24    WSN   L   7     7   3   3   0   2  0      88   53 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TEX      3-1  27.1  39  21  21  10  20  3    6.91   39 
 2006-09-24    TEX   W   5     9   5   5   3   2  0      99   28 
 2006-09-01    TEX   W   7     7   2   2   2   6  1     109   59 
 2006-04-30    TEX  ND   6     6   4   4   2   7  0      94   49 
 2005-08-18    TEX   W   6    10   4   4   1   1  0      83   36 
 2005-05-08    TEX   L   3.1   7   6   6   2   4  2      92   24 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   36-22   Road:   24-25   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  42-30   vsLHP:  18-17   1-Run:  20-15
 vsEast: 16-14   vsCntrl:22-14   vsWest: 13-10 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
107 Wed, Aug  1   TEX  L   6-9 (10)  60-47  2nd  1.0 gb
106 Tue, Jul 31   TEX  L   1-3       60-46  2nd  1.0 gb
105 Sun, Jul 29   MIN  L   1-4       60-45  2nd  0.5 gb
104 Sat, Jul 28   MIN  L   2-3       60-44  2nd  0.5 gb
103 Fri, Jul 27   MIN  W  10-4       60-43  2nd  0.5 gb
102 Thu, Jul 26   BOS  L   9-14      59-43  2nd  1.5 gb
101 Wed, Jul 25   BOS  W   1-0       59-42  2nd  1.5 gb
100 Tue, Jul 24   BOS  L   0-1       58-42  2nd  1.5 gb
 99 Mon, Jul 23   BOS  L   2-6       58-41  2nd  2.0 gb
 98 Sun, Jul 22  @TEX  W   8-3       58-40  2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Aug 01, 2007 TEX  9 @CLE  6 (10)   W:Joaquin Benoit (5-3), L: Jensen Lewis (0-1), S: C.J. Wilson (2)
Tue, Jul 31, 2007 TEX  3 @CLE  1    W:Brandon McCarthy (5-7), L: Fausto Carmona (13-5), S: C.J. Wilson (1)
Sun, Jul 22, 2007 CLE  8 @TEX  3    W:Paul Byrd (8-4), L: Robinson Tejeda (5-9), S: none
Sat, Jul 21, 2007 TEX  8  CLE  5    W:Ron Mahay (2-0), L: Cliff Lee (5-7), S: none
Fri, Jul 20, 2007 CLE  3 @TEX  2    W:Fausto Carmona (12-4), L: Brandon McCarthy (4-7), S: Joe Borowski (28)
Thu, Jul 19, 2007 CLE  7 @TEX  5    W:C.C. Sabathia (13-4), L: Kameron Loe (5-8), S: Joe Borowski (27)
Thu, Apr 26, 2007 CLE  9  TEX  4    W:Paul Byrd (2-1), L: Kameron Loe (1-1), S: none
Wed, Apr 25, 2007 CLE  8  TEX  7 (11)   W:Fernando Cabrera (1-0), L: Willie Eyre (1-1), S: none

Sun, Sep 24, 2006 CLE 11 @TEX  6    W:Jake Westbrook (14-10), L: Kevin Millwood (16-11), S: none
Sat, Sep 23, 2006 CLE  6 @TEX  3    W:Matt Miller (1-0), L: Vicente Padilla (14-10), S: Rafael Betancourt (2)
Season Series: 2007 - CLE leads 5-3; 2006 - CLE won 5-4; 2005 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - TEX leads 300-284

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  5.79

KCR  4.65

WSN  3.84

RA/G

SDP  3.86

CLE  4.77

TBD  6.22

BA

I. Suzuki  .351

X. Nady  .289

R. Langerhans  .156

OBP

B. Bonds  .490

J. Morneau  .362

M. Olivo  .251

SLG

R. Braun  .646

T. Wigginton  .458

N. Punto  .274

OPS

B. Bonds  1.041

A. Beltre  .818

D. Navarro  .540

ERA

C. Young  1.82

J. Washburn  4.11

M. Maroth  6.67

K/9IP

E. Bedard  11.03

B. Penny  6.27

S. Trachsel  3.23

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Texas Rangers Batters (4.89 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (4.77 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Westbrook
G/S/vB
63.Betancourt
G/S/vB
47.Borowski
G/S/vB
46.Fultz*
G/S/vB
50.Lewis
G/S/vB
40.Mastny
G/S/vB
49.Mujica
G/S/vB
53.Perez*
G/S/vB
61.Stanford*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
19.Botts# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/5 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 6/.000 0/0 0/
22.Byrd G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 3/.000 3/.666 2/2.000 1/4.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 240/172 .332/.383/.477/.860 .806/.882 .728 95/.672 2/3 3/1
27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP 17/.812 6/1.700 4/1.250 6/.583 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 234/225 .233/.309/.403/.712 .762/.710 .513 60/.712 2/0 6/0
17.Cruz G/S/vP 6/.500 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/no AB 4/.500 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 173/114 .214/.277/.377/.654 .554/.706 .612 18/1.623 0/2 6/2
25.Hairston G/S/vP 6/.167 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 170/90 .190/.245/.299/.544 .567/.523 .592 58/.284 3/1 3/2
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 6/1.333 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 3/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 319/237 .244/.337/.452/.789 1.034/.702 .737 11/.844 11/0 14/14
15.Laird G/S/vP 5/.600 3/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· 4/.833 1/.000 ··· ··· 328/242 .234/.291/.348/.639 .727/.606 .670 65/.675 4/2 6/8
2.Melhuse# G/S/vP 11/.364 2/.000 1/2.000 4/2.417 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 86/67 .234/.306/.325/.631 .789/.577 .624 28/.333 0/0 1/0
16.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 158/83 .281/.329/.404/.733 .820/.653 .652 52/.534 0/0 4/3
21.Sosa G/S/vP 3/.000 3/2.000 2/.000 4/1.250 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 365/268 .239/.301/.452/.753 1.016/.663 .844 65/.674 0/0 16/0
12.Vazquez* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 5/.400 2/1.000 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 203/154 .263/.323/.425/.748 .462/.838 .827 72/.822 1/0 5/5
6.Wilkerson* G/S/vP 3/.666 2/1.000 4/.000 6/1.667 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 266/193 .218/.298/.462/.760 .965/.682 .697 71/.551 2/1 15/4
10.Young G/S/vP 27/.986 6/.334 3/2.667 1/.000 2/.500 3/.666 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 467/345 .301/.351/.400/.751 .810/.731 .712 92/.799 9/2 4/11
IP 72.1 50.0 41.2 21.0 8.2 42.0 8.2 33.0 26.1 TOTAL .257/.322/.421/.743 .778/.730 .714 59/17 116/78
ERA-K/9 5.85/4.9 1.44/8.1 4.97/8.0 1.71/7.3 4.15/12.4 4.71/9.0 9.35/6.2 2.18/10.6 4.78/5.5 4.46/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Laird (43-29-9)
 Melhuse (15-4-2)
 Saltalamacchia (21-5-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 316/.289 180/.177 182/.287 85/.153 43/.294 191/.269 40/.324 132/.177 118/.296 .274  Byrd
 Hairston
 Catalanotto
 Wilkerson
 Cruz
 Sosa
 Laird
16/17/36/7
19/21/6/3
44/0/0/2
33/1/15/2
16/0/33/2
0/0/16/1
1/0/0/0
OPS .788 .468 .715 .523 .831 .778 .918 .526 .717 .750
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 159/.878 71/.573 89/.674 46/.569 17/.625 69/.709 16/.946 50/.292 32/1.062 .755
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 157/.702 109/.400 93/.755 39/.468 26/.945 122/.815 24/.898 82/.665 86/.598 .747
Home 195/.699 88/.512 90/.608 43/.669 40/.905 94/.840 20/.568 88/.488 83/.783 .735
Last 28d days 106/.788 47/.583 39/.466 / 43/.831 42/.739 9/1.270 35/.473 37/.760
HR/SB/CS 8/5/3 3/1/2 3/5/2 1/1/0 1/0/1 4/3/2 1/1/0 4/1/1 1/1/0 105/63/26
Usage ····X··· X··X···· o···X··X ········ XX···XX· o·····X· ·o······ o···oo·· ······X·
Cleveland Indians Batters (5.21 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (5.37 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 13.Gabbard*
G/S/vB
53.Benoit
G/S/vB
51.Eyre
G/S/vB
50.Francisco
G/S/vB
58.Littleton
G/S/vB
47.Murray*
G/S/vB
36.Wilson*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
29.Barfield G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· 3/1.334 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 393/286 .251/.279/.326/.605 .538/.631 .586 76/.545 12/3 2/13
1.Blake G/S/vP 3/.333 11/.582 3/.666 7/1.100 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 459/319 .269/.348/.462/.810 .876/.781 .701 99/.807 2/4 15/11
25.Garko G/S/vP 2/.000 5/1.100 1/.000 1/3.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 338/228 .313/.382/.520/.902 .925/.890 .927 77/1.176 0/1 14/6
38.Gutierrez G/S/vP 2/2.500 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 123/65 .292/.331/.513/.844 .933/.761 .998 51/.873 5/0 7/1
48.Hafner* G/S/vP 3/.333 8/1.125 3/2.667 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 7/1.171 457/283 .255/.380/.437/.817 .862/.790 .782 100/.713 1/1 17/0
7.Lofton* G/S/vP 3/.333 10/1.214 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 378/296 .301/.375/.431/.806 .553/.874 .838 70/.854 21/4 7/3
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 3/.333 9/.476 4/.750 1/no AB ··· ··· 9/.597 425/265 .305/.376/.519/.895 .904/.890 .860 92/.801 0/0 17/3
8.Michaels G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 4/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 218/102 .271/.323/.427/.750 .842/.648 .778 41/.520 1/3 7/0
33.Nixon* G/S/vP ··· 12/.643 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 307/254 .254/.349/.348/.697 .566/.724 .697 58/.810 0/0 3/3
2.Peralta G/S/vP 2/.500 9/.555 4/1.000 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 4/.750 439/319 .278/.352/.454/.806 .843/.791 .964 93/.725 3/2 16/15
15.Rouse* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 76/65 .119/.200/.134/.334 .000/.395 .327 15/.204 1/1 0/3
10.Shoppach G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· 119/89 .283/.347/.481/.828 1.141/.733 .865 30/.207 0/0 4/1
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 3/.666 5/.800 4/1.750 2/.500 1/no AB ··· 7/1.571 499/331 .277/.387/.469/.856 .762/.905 .914 105/.816 27/6 18/2
IP 41.0 57.2 60.1 41.2 20.0 1.2 48.0 TOTAL .269/.346/.434/.780 .799/.772 .801 54/25 128/71
ERA-K/9 3.73/6.4 2.97/9.4 3.88/5.5 4.10/6.0 4.05/4.5 10.80/5.3 2.44/8.8 4.96/6.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martinez (46-19-3)
 Shoppach (17-7-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 165/.196 237/.241 261/.272 183/.253 79/.233 10/.286 195/.182 .278  Lofton
 Michaels
 Nixon
 Blake
 Sizemore
 Gutierrez
4/80/0/5
56/1/19/3
0/0/75/3
0/0/7/2
0/106/0/1
7/5/40/0
OPS .611 .664 .750 .725 .648 1.071 .549 .789
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 37/.451 99/.561 116/.772 81/.773 33/.618 3/1.333 86/.318 .811
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 128/.658 138/.739 145/.734 102/.687 46/.669 7/.821 109/.737 .770
Road 66/.809 113/.679 137/.771 87/.711 45/.469 10/1.071 91/.449 .817
Last 28d days 99/.457 51/.481 73/.810 44/.842 10/.425 1/.000 37/.377
HR/SB/CS 3/0/1 4/1/1 6/2/2 2/4/2 2/2/0 0/0/0 3/0/0 103/60/34
Usage ······X· X······X X···X··X ·o··o··o o······· o······· oX··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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