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Texas Rangers, 53-68, 4th, 18 GB, 15 GB in WC

SP: Kameron Loe (25, RHP, 5-9, 5.80)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (5-9)            116.1 139  83  75  45  62 12    5.80      
 2006 (3-6)             78.1 105  54  51  22  34 10    5.86      
 2005 (9-6)             92    89  43  35  31  45  7    3.42      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  39.2  44  23  21  21  16  1    4.76   45 
 2007-07-29    KCR   L   5.1   8   6   6   3   2  0      81   27 
 2007-07-24    SEA  ND   6.2   7   3   3   2   5  0     117   51 
 2007-07-19    CLE   L   6     6   6   6   4   2  1      97   34 
 2007-07-14    LAA   L   2.2   5   5   3   5   2  0      67   29 
 2007-07-06    BAL  ND   6     5   0   0   3   3  0     103   62 
 2007-07-01    BOS   W   6     6   1   1   2   1  0      92   55 
 2007-06-25    DET   W   7     7   2   2   2   1  0      97   54 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN      2-1  19    18   5   5   3   9  2    2.37   57 
 2007-05-22    MIN   L   6     8   5   5   2   3  2      89   37 
 2005-09-05    MIN   W   8     5   0   0   1   1  0     103   72 
 2005-08-26    MIN   W   5     5   0   0   0   5  0      77   62 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   32-29   Road:   21-39   ExtrInn: 4-7 
 vsRHP:  38-47   vsLHP:  15-21   1-Run:  18-14
 vsEast: 16-22   vsCntrl:10-18   vsWest: 16-21 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
121 Fri, Aug 17  @MIN  L   1-2 (10)  53-68  4th 18.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-16
Minnesota Twins, 61-60, 3rd, 6 GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Boof Bonser (25, RHP, 5-9, 4.77)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (5-9)            139.2 158  83  74  50 115 18    4.77      
 2006 (7-6)            100.1 104  50  47  24  84 18    4.22      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-4  43.1  49  25  23  11  24  4    4.78   47 
 2007-08-12    LAA   L   5.2   9   5   5   4   3  1     103   30 
 2007-08-07    KCR   L   7     9   4   4   0   3  0      93   46 
 2007-08-01    KCR  ND   7     8   2   2   0   4  0      95   57 
 2007-07-27    CLE   L   2.2   9   6   4   2   3  1      71   21 
 2007-07-21    LAA  ND   7.2   5   2   2   0   1  0      99   62 
 2007-07-15    OAK  ND   6.1   5   3   3   3   6  1     101   54 
 2007-07-07    CHW   L   7     4   3   3   2   4  1     105   59 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TEX      1-1   9    12   9   6   4  11  1    6.00   41 
 2007-05-23    TEX   W   5     6   2   2   2   6  0     101   51 
 2006-08-02    TEX   L   4     6   7   4   2   5  1      82   31 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   33-27   Road:   28-33   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  41-43   vsLHP:  20-17   1-Run:  18-17
 vsEast: 13-17   vsCntrl:21-26   vsWest: 16-10 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
121 Fri, Aug 17   TEX  W   2-1 (10)  61-60  3rd  6.0 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 17, 2007 MIN  2  TEX  1 (10)   W:Matt Guerrier (2-4), L: Jamey Wright (3-5), S: none
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
Season Series: 2007 - MIN leads 3-1; 2006 - TEX won 5-4; 2005 - TEX won 6-3; All-Time - MIN leads 331-297

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  4.65

WSN  3.88

RA/G

SDP  3.88

NYY  4.67

TBD  6.01

BA

M. Ordonez  .355

C. Floyd  .290

R. Langerhans  .153

OBP

B. Bonds  .495

J. Hermida  .361

M. Olivo  .254

SLG

R. Braun  .662

C. Guzman  .468

N. Punto  .265

OPS

B. Bonds  1.081

M. Byrd  .824

R. Langerhans  .535

ERA

C. Young  1.93

G. Maddux  4.00

A. Eaton  6.36

K/9IP

E. Bedard  11.02

G. Meche  6.38

A. Cook  3.31

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Texas Rangers Batters (4.79 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.38 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 26.Bonser
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 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 58/47 .216/.293/.353/.646 .909/.577 .607 58/.646 1/0 1/0
22.Byrd G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 295/218 .315/.363/.462/.824 .829/.822 .664 100/.721 2/3 4/2
27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 2/1.000 1/.000 8/.542 279/267 .257/.332/.453/.785 .583/.792 .612 75/1.024 2/0 9/0
17.Cruz G/S/vP 3/.667 ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 222/155 .213/.277/.347/.624 .584/.641 .579 67/.802 1/2 6/2
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 5/.800 ··· 2/.000 2/.500 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 384/292 .254/.337/.438/.775 1.024/.697 .700 76/.732 15/0 15/14
15.Laird G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 361/268 .234/.290/.353/.642 .685/.627 .673 62/.658 4/2 7/9
2.Melhuse# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 2/.000 100/75 .220/.283/.297/.580 .680/.540 .638 29/.321 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 ··· 213/127 .258/.305/.379/.684 .752/.638 .607 68/.558 0/0 5/7
21.Sosa G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 8/1.550 3/1.666 386/282 .243/.303/.446/.749 .982/.667 .843 51/.820 0/0 16/0
12.Vazquez* G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 3/.666 250/191 .237/.307/.370/.677 .399/.764 .754 80/.545 1/0 5/5
6.Wilkerson* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.333 2/1.000 2/.000 4/.833 3/.333 297/217 .229/.305/.473/.778 .970/.707 .727 66/.747 2/1 17/4
10.Young G/S/vP 6/1.000 ··· 3/1.167 7/.715 3/.333 4/1.500 12/1.167 528/397 .303/.358/.416/.774 .859/.747 .709 109/.942 9/2 7/12
IP 139.2 8.0 67.0 54.0 58.0 28.0 40.0 TOTAL .257/.322/.418/.740 .774/.729 .706 67/17 129/86
ERA-K/9 4.77/7.4 7.88/6.8 1.75/6.3 1.83/9.3 2.17/10.2 4.18/6.8 6.30/8.6 4.10/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Laird (47-30-9)
 Melhuse (16-4-3)
 Saltalamacchia (24-7-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 618/.283 41/.273 257/.197 212/.224 222/.149 133/.314 191/.297 .264  Byrd
 Cruz
 Wilkerson
 Catalanotto
 Sosa
 Botts
 Murphy
 Laird
16/29/36/8
16/0/46/3
35/1/15/2
54/0/0/2
0/0/16/1
2/0/0/0
5/1/3/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .790 .869 .539 .573 .492 .814 .881 .739
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 324/.893 24/.788 104/.588 101/.569 90/.541 80/.692 91/1.024 .781
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 294/.674 17/.984 153/.505 111/.575 132/.459 53/.997 100/.754 .706
Home 341/.731 10/.422 144/.571 128/.568 117/.362 70/.766 95/.848 .692
Last 28d days 133/.814 10/.800 40/.737 40/.475 40/.716 25/.853 39/1.068
HR/SB/CS 18/8/5 1/0/0 4/5/2 2/2/0 6/1/1 1/1/3 8/1/1 133/43/34
Usage ·····X·· ·····o·X o···o·o· o·oo···· o·oo··X· o····oo· ·····o·X
Minnesota Twins Batters (4.52 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (5.31 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 43.Loe
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 3/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 7/.453 ··· 427/309 .266/.330/.357/.687 .862/.619 .717 88/.771 21/1 4/19
25.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 109/62 .250/.292/.270/.562 .584/.545 .471 64/.603 7/0 0/6
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 4/.833 3/1.667 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 9/.958 ··· 451/315 .277/.355/.433/.788 .942/.721 .884 57/.555 3/0 11/3
48.Hunter G/S/vP 3/.000 10/1.700 1/.000 3/.333 1/2.000 ··· 3/2.667 13/.331 6/1.000 473/338 .298/.340/.543/.884 1.018/.829 .923 99/.887 13/7 24/1
50.Jones* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 28/26 .160/.250/.280/.530 1.500/.448 .616 3/1.333 0/1 0/0
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 3/1.000 ··· 337/281 .248/.307/.405/.712 .699/.714 .713 55/.597 3/0 9/1
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 6/.167 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 11/1.261 ··· 390/256 .301/.392/.430/.822 .639/.918 .693 101/.779 7/1 5/1
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 8/2.000 7/.286 1/.000 3/.333 1/no AB ··· 6/1.166 12/1.000 ··· 496/327 .282/.343/.532/.875 .674/.982 .850 100/.641 1/0 28/4
8.Punto# G/S/vP 9/.222 3/.333 1/.000 1/no AB 2/2.000 ··· 3/.667 13/1.500 ··· 414/277 .204/.295/.265/.560 .476/.608 .504 62/.415 14/5 1/8
55.Redmond G/S/vP 3/.666 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 7/.762 3/1.667 252/171 .289/.341/.349/.690 .826/.628 .692 40/.743 0/0 1/0
38.Rodriguez# G/S/vP 5/.400 2/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 6/2.167 ··· 120/94 .194/.269/.278/.547 .361/.597 .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 .695 64/.751 7/3 1/1
61.Watkins G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/5 .364/.417/.364/.780 .762/.800 1.417 12/.780 1/0 0/0
24.White G/S/vP ··· 11/.818 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 7/1.429 40/.931 63/46 .153/.206/.237/.444 .551/.403 .229 52/.452 0/0 1/0
IP 116.1 64.0 68.0 48.0 27.1 6.0 55.0 29.0 50.1 TOTAL .266/.330/.394/.724 .730/.721 .717 92/22 92/63
ERA-K/9 5.80/4.8 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 4.11/4.8 4.87/6.3

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 522/.296 261/.225 307/.291 213/.261 121/.280 30/.217 221/.171 132/.282 219/.286 .276  Cuddyer
 Hunter
 Kubel
 Tyner
 White
 Jones
0/0/99/15
0/116/0/5
70/0/0/2
24/9/18/1
9/0/0/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .815 .629 .819 .761 .805 .878 .527 .843 .839 .784
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 255/.902 109/.519 134/.742 94/.746 46/.826 9/.833 94/.324 81/.888 91/1.017 .798
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 267/.731 152/.709 173/.876 119/.770 75/.793 21/.895 127/.683 51/.773 128/.722 .772
Road 225/.818 118/.666 152/.858 95/.759 64/.638 23/.744 91/.449 58/.966 130/.902 .820
Last 28d days 54/.779 53/.435 83/.980 47/.882 44/1.066 21/.745 41/.256 28/.401 84/.789
HR/SB/CS 12/9/4 4/1/1 8/2/2 3/4/2 4/2/0 1/0/0 3/1/0 5/1/1 5/1/4 113/68/37
Usage ··XX·o·· ·X···X·· ··o··X·X ·X···X·· ·o····o· ··XX···o ··o····X 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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