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Game Preview: TEX @ MIN, 8:10pm, Friday, August 17, 2007 @Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome

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Texas Rangers, 53-67, 4th, 17½ GB, 14 GB in WC

SP: Kason Gabbard (25, LHP, 5-1, 3.83)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (5-1)             54    42  23  23  22  39  4    3.83      
 2006 (1-3)             25.2  24  11  10  16  15  0    3.51      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-1  40    27  14  14  11  25  2    3.15   57 
 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 
 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 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN    Has never faced MIN.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   32-29   Road:   21-38   ExtrInn: 4-6 
 vsRHP:  38-46   vsLHP:  15-21   1-Run:  18-13
 vsEast: 16-22   vsCntrl:10-17   vsWest: 16-21 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
120 Thu, Aug 16   KCR  L   2-6       53-67  4th 17.5 gb
119 Wed, Aug 15   KCR  W   4-3       53-66  4th 16.5 gb
118 Tue, Aug 14   KCR  W   5-3       52-66  4th 17.5 gb
117 Sun, Aug 12   TBD  W   9-1       51-66  4th 18.5 gb
116 Sat, Aug 11   TBD  L   0-3       50-66  4th 18.5 gb
115 Fri, Aug 10   TBD  W   7-4       50-65  4th 17.5 gb
114 Wed, Aug  8   OAK  L   3-6       49-65  4th 17.5 gb
113 Tue, Aug  7   OAK  W   8-6       49-64  4th 17.5 gb
112 Mon, Aug  6   OAK  L   7-9 (13)  48-64  4th 17.5 gb
111 Sun, Aug  5  @TOR  L   1-4       48-63  4th 16.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15
Minnesota Twins, 60-60, 3rd, 6½ GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Carlos Silva (28, RHP, 9-12, 4.30)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (9-12)           150.2 166  76  72  30  63 14    4.30      
 2006 (11-15)          180.1 246 130 119  32  70 38    5.94      
 2005 (9-8)            188.1 212  83  72   9  71 25    3.44      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-3  45.2  45  24  21   7  18  6    4.14   50 
 2007-08-11    LAA  ND   7     2   0   0   0   2  0      88   75 
 2007-08-06    CLE   L   7     6   2   2   1   6  1      97   62 
 2007-07-31    KCR   W   8     7   2   2   0   3  2     101   63 
 2007-07-25    TOR   L   5.1   8   6   5   2   1  0      90   29 
 2007-07-20    LAA   W   6.2  10   5   4   2   1  0      97   35 
 2007-07-14    OAK   W   6.2   2   3   3   2   4  0      90   60 
 2007-07-08    CHW   L   5    10   6   5   0   1  3      80   26 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TEX      2-3  26    40  24  18   3  10  5    6.23   37 
 2007-05-21    TEX   L   4.1   9   7   7   1   2  1      88   18 
 2006-07-31    TEX   W   7     6   1   1   0   4  1     102   65 
 2006-07-07    TEX   L   1.2   6   5   5   1   0  1      36   22 
 2006-05-09    TEX   W   6    11   5   4   0   1  2      82   33 
 2005-09-05    TEX   L   7     8   6   1   1   3  0      79   49 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   32-27   Road:   28-33   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  41-43   vsLHP:  19-17   1-Run:  17-17
 vsEast: 13-17   vsCntrl:21-26   vsWest: 15-10 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
120 Wed, Aug 15  @SEA  W   6-1       60-60  3rd  6.0 gb
119 Tue, Aug 14  @SEA  W  11-3       59-60  3rd  7.0 gb
118 Mon, Aug 13  @SEA  L   3-4       58-60  3rd  7.0 gb
117 Sun, Aug 12  @LAA  L   2-6       58-59  3rd  7.0 gb
116 Sat, Aug 11  @LAA  L   3-4       58-58  3rd  6.5 gb
115 Fri, Aug 10  @LAA  L   1-10      58-57  3rd  6.5 gb
114 Thu, Aug  9  @KCR  L   0-1       58-56  3rd  6.5 gb
113 Wed, Aug  8  @KCR  W  11-4       58-55  3rd  5.5 gb
112 Tue, Aug  7  @KCR  L   1-5       57-55  3rd  6.5 gb
111 Mon, Aug  6   CLE  L   0-4       57-54  3rd  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, May 23, 2007 MIN  5 @TEX  3    W:Boof Bonser (3-1), L: Robinson Tejeda (4-4), S: Joe Nathan (9)
Tue, May 22, 2007 MIN  7 @TEX  1    W:Johan Santana (5-4), L: Kameron Loe (1-4), S: none
Mon, May 21, 2007 TEX 14  MIN  4    W:Vicente Padilla (2-6), L: Carlos Silva (2-5), S: none

Wed, Aug 02, 2006 TEX 10 @MIN  2    W:Kip Wells (2-5), L: Boof Bonser (2-3), S: none
Tue, Aug 01, 2006 TEX  9 @MIN  0    W:Adam Eaton (1-1), L: Scott Baker (3-7), S: none
Mon, Jul 31, 2006 MIN 15  TEX  2    W:Carlos Silva (7-9), L: John Rheinecker (4-5), S: none
Sun, Jul 09, 2006 TEX  5  MIN  2    W:Rick Bauer (3-1), L: Johan Santana (9-5), S: Akinori Otsuka (17)
Sat, Jul 08, 2006 MIN  4 @TEX  0    W:Francisco Liriano (10-1), L: John Rheinecker (4-3), S: none
Fri, Jul 07, 2006 TEX  9  MIN  4    W:John Wasdin (2-1), L: Carlos Silva (4-9), S: none
Wed, May 10, 2006 MIN  4 @TEX  3    W:Kyle Lohse (2-3), L: Vicente Padilla (3-3), S: Joe Nathan (5)
Season Series: 2007 - MIN leads 2-1; 2006 - TEX won 5-4; 2005 - TEX won 6-3; All-Time - MIN leads 330-297

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  5.91

BAL  4.67

WSN  3.89

RA/G

SDP  3.88

NYY  4.70

TBD  6.04

BA

M. Ordonez  .356

K. Lofton  .291

R. Langerhans  .154

OBP

B. Bonds  .495

S. Stewart  .361

M. Olivo  .254

SLG

R. Braun  .668

A. Ethier  .464

N. Punto  .266

OPS

B. Bonds  1.084

X. Nady  .825

R. Langerhans  .538

ERA

C. Young  1.93

G. Maddux  4.00

A. Eaton  6.36

K/9IP

E. Bedard  11.02

B. Arroyo  6.38

S. Trachsel  3.06

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Texas Rangers Batters (4.82 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.41 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Silva
G/S/vB
56.Cali*
G/S/vB
54.Guerrier
G/S/vB
36.Nathan
G/S/vB
17.Neshek
G/S/vB
37.Reyes*
G/S/vB
39.Rincon
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
19.Botts# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 54/43 .224/.278/.367/.645 .909/.572 .603 54/.645 1/0 1/0
22.Byrd G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 290/213 .321/.369/.470/.839 .830/.843 .689 99/.729 2/3 4/1
27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP 8/1.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 2/1.000 1/.000 8/.542 274/263 .249/.326/.448/.774 .583/.781 .583 74/.960 2/0 9/0
17.Cruz G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 218/151 .216/.281/.352/.633 .584/.654 .595 63/.844 1/2 6/2
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 6/.500 ··· 2/.000 2/.500 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 379/287 .258/.341/.445/.786 1.024/.710 .720 71/.786 15/0 15/14
15.Laird G/S/vP 7/.715 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 361/268 .234/.290/.353/.643 .685/.628 .673 66/.648 4/2 7/9
2.Melhuse# G/S/vP 5/1.200 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 2/.000 100/75 .220/.283/.297/.580 .680/.539 .639 30/.379 0/0 1/0
28.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/9 .462/.462/.923/1.385 2.250/1.000 2.000 11/1.273 0/0 0/0
25.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 209/123 .258/.306/.366/.672 .752/.616 .575 64/.512 0/0 4/7
21.Sosa G/S/vP 10/1.100 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 8/1.550 3/1.666 386/282 .243/.303/.446/.749 .981/.667 .843 51/.820 0/0 16/0
12.Vazquez* G/S/vP 7/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 3/.666 246/188 .236/.304/.370/.674 .385/.766 .750 79/.551 1/0 5/5
6.Wilkerson* G/S/vP 12/1.333 ··· 3/.333 2/1.000 2/.000 4/.833 3/.333 293/213 .229/.306/.477/.783 .970/.711 .734 66/.737 2/1 17/4
10.Young G/S/vP 22/1.028 ··· 3/1.167 7/.715 3/.333 4/1.500 12/1.167 523/392 .304/.358/.418/.776 .859/.748 .711 104/.955 9/2 7/12
IP 150.2 8.0 66.0 53.0 57.1 27.2 40.0 TOTAL .258/.323/.419/.742 .774/.730 .709 67/17 128/85
ERA-K/9 4.30/3.8 7.88/6.8 1.77/6.3 1.87/9.3 2.20/10.4 4.23/6.8 6.30/8.6 4.13/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Laird (47-30-9)
 Melhuse (16-4-3)
 Saltalamacchia (23-6-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 629/.282 41/.273 252/.193 208/.227 219/.151 131/.314 191/.297 .264  Byrd
 Cruz
 Wilkerson
 Catalanotto
 Sosa
 Botts
 Murphy
 Laird
16/28/36/8
16/0/45/3
35/1/15/2
53/0/0/2
0/0/16/1
2/0/0/0
5/1/3/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .736 .870 .533 .575 .493 .809 .881 .740
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 324/.776 24/.788 102/.580 98/.573 90/.541 78/.683 91/1.024 .779
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 305/.694 17/.984 150/.501 110/.576 129/.461 53/.997 100/.753 .710
Home 323/.685 10/.422 139/.562 124/.571 114/.362 68/.758 95/.848 .694
Last 28d days 134/.680 10/.800 35/.728 39/.442 37/.739 26/.778 41/1.010
HR/SB/CS 14/4/6 1/0/0 4/5/2 2/2/0 6/1/1 1/1/3 8/1/1 132/43/34
Usage ·····X·· ····o·X· ···o·o·· ·oo····· ·oo··X·o ····oo·o ····o·X·
Minnesota Twins Batters (4.54 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (5.33 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
29.Wood
G/S/vB
45.Wright
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
18.Bartlett G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 7/.453 ··· 427/309 .266/.330/.357/.687 .862/.619 .717 93/.795 21/1 4/19
25.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 104/61 .260/.297/.281/.578 .610/.555 .495 59/.635 7/0 0/6
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP ··· 3/1.667 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 9/.958 ··· 447/314 .277/.356/.433/.789 .940/.723 .887 53/.540 3/0 11/3
48.Hunter G/S/vP ··· 10/1.700 1/.000 3/.333 1/2.000 ··· 3/2.667 13/.331 6/1.000 469/337 .296/.339/.544/.883 1.011/.831 .922 99/.886 13/6 24/1
16.Kubel* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 3/1.000 ··· 337/281 .248/.307/.405/.712 .699/.714 .714 59/.724 3/0 9/1
7.Mauer* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 11/1.261 ··· 386/255 .305/.396/.435/.831 .655/.922 .709 101/.800 7/1 5/1
33.Morneau* G/S/vP ··· 7/.286 1/.000 3/.333 1/no AB ··· 6/1.166 12/1.000 ··· 492/326 .282/.341/.534/.875 .674/.980 .850 100/.678 1/0 28/4
8.Punto# G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 1/.000 1/no AB 2/2.000 ··· 3/.667 13/1.500 ··· 409/275 .204/.296/.266/.562 .488/.605 .506 61/.422 14/5 1/8
55.Redmond G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 7/.762 3/1.667 248/170 .287/.335/.348/.683 .822/.620 .677 36/.694 0/0 1/0
38.Rodriguez# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 6/2.167 ··· 120/94 .194/.269/.278/.547 .361/.598 .569 15/.690 1/0 2/3
12.Tyner* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 234/188 .279/.330/.349/.679 .623/.692 .694 65/.738 7/3 1/1
61.Watkins G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/4 .250/.250/.250/.500 .500/.500 8/.500 0/0 0/0
24.White G/S/vP ··· 11/.818 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 7/1.429 40/.931 59/45 .164/.220/.255/.475 .676/.412 .297 48/.491 0/0 1/0
IP 54.0 64.0 68.0 48.0 27.1 6.0 55.0 29.0 48.0 TOTAL .266/.330/.395/.725 .733/.721 .718 91/21 92/63
ERA-K/9 3.83/6.5 2.67/10.1 5.16/5.6 4.69/6.8 4.28/5.3 7.50/4.5 2.29/8.7 4.34/5.0 4.31/4.9 4.90/6.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mauer (16-20-2)
 Redmond (19-14-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 221/.219 261/.225 307/.291 213/.261 121/.280 30/.217 221/.171 132/.282 209/.283 .276  Cuddyer
 Hunter
 Kubel
 Tyner
 White
0/0/98/15
0/115/0/5
70/0/0/2
24/9/18/1
8/0/0/0
OPS .642 .629 .819 .761 .805 .878 .527 .843 .844 .785
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 51/.516 109/.519 134/.742 94/.747 46/.826 9/.833 94/.324 81/.888 86/1.040 .799
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 170/.680 152/.709 173/.876 119/.770 75/.793 21/.896 127/.682 51/.773 123/.718 .773
Road 91/.819 118/.666 152/.858 95/.759 64/.638 23/.744 91/.449 58/.966 120/.917 .824
Last 28d days 102/.663 57/.440 83/.979 47/.882 44/1.066 21/.745 45/.233 28/.401 74/.797
HR/SB/CS 4/3/1 4/1/1 8/2/2 3/4/2 4/2/0 1/0/0 3/1/0 5/1/1 5/1/4 113/67/36
Usage ····X··· ·XX·o··· X···X··· ·o··X·X· X···X··· o····o·· ·XX···o· ·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.

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