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Texas Rangers, 54-68, 4th, 17 GB, 15 GB in WC

SP: Kevin Millwood (32, RHP, 8-9, 5.63)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (8-9)            118.1 145  83  74  49  93 13    5.63      
 2006 (16-12)          215   228 114 108  53 157 23    4.52      
 2005 (9-11)           192   182  72  61  52 146 20    2.86      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-2  38    42  24  19  17  33  0    4.50   47 
 2007-08-14    KCR   W   7     4   3   1   1   9  0     102   69 
 2007-08-08    OAK  ND   6     5   3   3   4   6  0     107   52 
 2007-08-03    TOR  ND   4     8   3   3   1   2  0      96   35 
 2007-07-28    KCR   L   2.2   9   6   6   1   1  0      77   16 
 2007-07-23    SEA   W   5.1   8   4   4   4   4  0     115   36 
 2007-07-18    OAK   L   6     3   4   1   3   4  0     105   57 
 2007-07-13    LAA  ND   7     5   1   1   3   7  0     101   67 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN      0-2  25    43  22  21   8  14  5    7.56   35 
 2006-05-09    MIN   L   1.1   9   9   9   1   0  1      45   -1 
 2005-09-03    MIN  ND   7     9   2   2   4   1  0     114   48 
 2005-05-25    MIN  ND   4.2   5   1   1   0   1  1      51   51 
 2005-05-04    MIN  ND   5    11   4   3   1   6  1     100   36 
 2005-04-16    MIN   L   7     9   6   6   2   6  2     112   39 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   32-29   Road:   22-39   ExtrInn: 4-7 
 vsRHP:  39-47   vsLHP:  15-21   1-Run:  18-14
 vsEast: 16-22   vsCntrl:11-18   vsWest: 16-21 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
122 Sat, Aug 18  @MIN  W   5-0       54-68  4th 17.0 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-16
Minnesota Twins, 61-61, 3rd, 7 GB, 8 GB in WC

SP: Johan Santana (28, LHP, 12-9, 3.02)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (12-9)           167   136  62  56  39 174 24    3.02      
 2006 (19-6)           233.2 186  79  72  47 245 24    2.77      
 2005 (16-7)           231.2 180  77  74  45 238 22    2.87      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  46    41  21  19   9  49  7    3.72   57 
 2007-08-13    SEA  ND   7     7   3   3   0   4  0     107   55 
 2007-08-08    KCR   W   6     8   2   2   2   6  0      95   52 
 2007-08-03    CLE   L   6     6   5   3   2   8  1     113   50 
 2007-07-28    CLE  ND   7     4   2   2   1  12  1     114   72 
 2007-07-23    TOR   L   5     7   6   6   2   4  4      92   31 
 2007-07-18    DET   L   8     5   3   3   1   7  1     118   66 
 2007-07-13    OAK   W   7     4   0   0   1   8  0      91   76 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TEX      2-1  33    26  15  15   9  43  6    4.09   59 
 2007-05-22    TEX   W   7     4   1   1   2  13  1     103   76 
 2006-07-09    TEX   L   7     7   5   5   1   7  2      94   49 
 2005-08-28    TEX  ND   7     3   1   1   3   6  0     102   70 
 2004-08-23    TEX   W   8     4   1   1   1  11  1     109   80 
 2003-09-05    TEX  ND   4     8   7   7   2   6  2      80   22 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   33-28   Road:   28-33   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  41-44   vsLHP:  20-17   1-Run:  18-17
 vsEast: 13-17   vsCntrl:21-26   vsWest: 16-11 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
122 Sat, Aug 18   TEX  L   0-5       61-61  3rd  7.0 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:12-18
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Aug 18, 2007 TEX  5 @MIN  0    W:Kameron Loe (6-9), L: Boof Bonser (5-10), S: none
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
Season Series: 2007 - MIN leads 3-2; 2006 - TEX won 5-4; 2005 - TEX won 6-3; All-Time - MIN leads 331-298

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  .352

C. Floyd  .290

R. Langerhans  .153

OBP

B. Bonds  .493

C. Jackson  .361

J. Lane  .253

SLG

R. Braun  .659

J. Hardy  .468

N. Punto  .263

OPS

B. Bonds  1.084

W. Betemit  .823

R. Langerhans  .535

ERA

C. Young  1.93

A. Wainwright  4.01

A. Eaton  6.36

K/9IP

E. Bedard  11.02

G. Meche  6.38

S. Trachsel  2.97

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Texas Rangers Batters (4.79 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.39 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 57.Santana*
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 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 62/51 .204/.290/.333/.624 .909/.554 .558 62/.624 1/0 1/0
22.Byrd G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 299/222 .318/.365/.473/.837 .829/.840 .695 100/.721 2/3 5/2
27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/.500 2/1.000 2/.000 8/.542 283/271 .261/.335/.458/.792 .583/.799 .632 78/1.023 2/0 9/0
17.Cruz G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 226/158 .215/.281/.346/.628 .606/.637 .588 71/.805 1/2 6/2
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 7/.715 ··· 3/.000 2/.500 3/.666 1/.000 2/.000 389/296 .251/.335/.433/.768 1.011/.691 .688 81/.702 15/0 15/14
15.Laird G/S/vP 5/.650 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 365/272 .231/.287/.348/.635 .685/.618 .658 62/.607 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 28/.291 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 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 217/130 .257/.304/.391/.695 .743/.663 .636 72/.598 0/0 6/7
21.Sosa G/S/vP 4/5.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 8/1.550 3/1.666 387/282 .243/.305/.446/.751 .987/.667 .846 50/.837 0/0 16/0
12.Vazquez* G/S/vP 4/.500 1/2.000 2/.000 3/.333 ··· 3/.333 3/.666 254/194 .233/.302/.363/.666 .392/.751 .728 80/.517 1/0 5/5
6.Wilkerson* G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· 3/.333 3/.666 2/.000 4/.833 3/.333 297/217 .229/.305/.473/.778 .970/.707 .727 62/.764 2/1 17/4
10.Young G/S/vP 21/1.031 ··· 4/1.417 7/.715 4/.500 4/1.500 12/1.167 532/401 .305/.361/.420/.781 .859/.756 .723 109/.967 9/2 7/12
IP 167.0 9.0 67.0 54.0 58.0 28.0 43.1 TOTAL .257/.322/.419/.741 .774/.730 .709 67/17 131/86
ERA-K/9 3.02/9.4 7.00/8.0 1.75/6.3 1.83/9.3 2.17/10.2 4.18/6.8 5.82/8.3 4.10/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Laird (48-30-9)
 Melhuse (16-4-3)
 Saltalamacchia (24-7-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 667/.220 46/.270 257/.197 212/.224 222/.149 133/.314 201/.282 .264  Byrd
 Cruz
 Wilkerson
 Catalanotto
 Sosa
 Botts
 Murphy
 Laird
16/30/36/8
16/0/47/4
35/1/15/2
55/0/0/2
0/0/16/1
2/0/0/0
6/1/3/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .662 .845 .539 .573 .492 .814 .841 .740
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 169/.602 25/.755 104/.588 101/.569 90/.541 80/.692 95/.977 .780
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 498/.681 21/.952 153/.505 111/.575 132/.459 53/.997 106/.722 .707
Home 302/.688 15/.497 144/.571 128/.568 117/.362 70/.766 105/.778 .695
Last 28d days 131/.793 15/.756 40/.737 36/.473 39/.679 25/.853 49/.864
HR/SB/CS 24/5/4 1/0/0 4/5/2 2/2/0 6/1/1 1/1/3 8/1/1 135/43/34
Usage ·····X·· ······o· ·o···o·o ·o·oo··· ·o·oo··X ·o····oo ······o·
Minnesota Twins Batters (4.48 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (5.26 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Millwood
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 7/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 7/.453 ··· 427/309 .266/.330/.357/.687 .862/.619 .717 84/.723 21/1 4/19
25.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 113/66 .252/.300/.272/.572 .584/.562 .495 68/.617 8/0 0/6
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 10/1.300 3/1.667 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 9/.958 1/.000 455/319 .275/.354/.430/.784 .942/.716 .874 61/.540 3/0 11/3
48.Hunter G/S/vP 14/1.642 10/1.700 1/.000 3/.333 1/2.000 ··· 3/2.667 13/.331 7/.857 477/342 .298/.342/.542/.883 1.018/.829 .923 99/.849 13/7 24/1
50.Jones* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 29/27 .154/.241/.269/.511 1.500/.431 .583 1/.000 0/1 0/0
16.Kubel* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 3/1.000 ··· 341/285 .252/.309/.406/.715 .699/.718 .720 56/.637 3/0 9/1
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 15/.967 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 11/1.261 1/.000 394/260 .299/.390/.426/.816 .639/.909 .685 101/.737 7/1 5/1
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 9/1.694 7/.286 1/.000 3/.333 1/no AB ··· 6/1.166 12/1.000 1/no AB 500/331 .284/.344/.532/.876 .674/.982 .853 100/.651 1/0 28/4
8.Punto# G/S/vP 11/1.101 3/.333 1/.000 1/no AB 2/2.000 ··· 3/.667 13/1.500 2/1.000 417/280 .203/.293/.263/.556 .476/.601 .497 62/.380 14/5 1/8
55.Redmond G/S/vP 15/.708 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 7/.762 4/1.750 252/171 .289/.341/.349/.690 .826/.628 .692 40/.743 0/0 1/0
38.Rodriguez# G/S/vP 3/1.334 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 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 239/193 .279/.332/.347/.679 .623/.691 .694 69/.745 7/3 1/1
61.Watkins G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 16/9 .357/.438/.357/.795 .762/.819 1.125 16/.795 1/0 0/0
24.White G/S/vP 28/.728 11/.818 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 7/1.429 41/.907 63/46 .153/.206/.237/.444 .551/.403 .229 52/.452 0/0 1/0
IP 118.1 65.0 68.0 49.0 27.1 6.0 55.0 31.0 50.1 TOTAL .266/.330/.393/.723 .730/.721 .716 93/22 92/63
ERA-K/9 5.63/7.1 2.63/10.0 5.16/5.6 4.59/6.6 4.28/5.3 7.50/4.5 2.29/8.7 4.06/4.9 4.11/4.8 4.83/6.2

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 546/.298 265/.225 307/.291 217/.262 121/.280 30/.217 221/.171 139/.290 219/.286 .276  Cuddyer
 Hunter
 Kubel
 Tyner
 White
 Jones
0/0/100/16
0/117/0/5
70/0/0/2
25/9/18/1
9/0/0/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .809 .626 .819 .762 .805 .878 .527 .844 .839 .782
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 236/.822 112/.504 134/.742 96/.752 46/.826 9/.833 94/.324 86/.907 91/1.017 .796
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 310/.800 153/.718 173/.876 121/.769 75/.793 21/.895 127/.683 53/.743 128/.722 .772
Road 296/.854 122/.660 152/.858 99/.762 64/.638 23/.744 91/.449 65/.952 130/.902 .817
Last 28d days 117/.786 50/.462 83/.980 51/.880 44/1.066 21/.745 41/.256 35/.493 66/.833
HR/SB/CS 13/11/4 4/1/1 8/2/2 3/4/2 4/2/0 1/0/0 3/1/0 5/1/1 5/1/4 113/69/37
Usage ····X··· ···XX·o· ··X···X· ···o··X· ··X···X· ··o····o ···XX··· ···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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