TEX @ MIN, Monday, September 17, 2007 Game Preview

Texas Rangers, 70-79, 4th, 17 GB, 15 GB in WC	SP: Edinson Volquez (23, RHP, 2-1, 4.24) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (2-1) 17 16 8 8 9 15 2 4.24 2006 (1-6) 33.1 52 28 27 17 15 7 7.29 2005 (0-4) 12.2 25 22 20 10 11 3 14.21 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-4 30.2 44 26 25 15 20 8 7.34 38 2007-09-12 DET L 6 7 5 5 4 6 2 96 40 2007-09-07 OAK W 6 2 0 0 3 5 0 87 70 2007-09-01 LAA W 5 7 3 3 2 4 0 94 43 2006-09-25 LAA L 3 9 5 5 0 1 2 56 22 2006-09-19 SEA ND 4 8 5 4 3 1 1 91 26 2006-09-14 LAA L 5 6 2 2 0 2 1 74 49 2006-09-02 CLE L 1.2 5 6 6 3 1 2 53 19 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.MIN Has never faced MIN.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 42-32 Road: 28-47 ExtrInn: 5-8 vsRHP: 49-54 vsLHP: 21-25 1-Run: 24-17 vsEast: 18-23 vsCntrl:17-22 vsWest: 24-27 IL:11-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 149 Sun, Sep 16 @OAK W 11-9 70-79 4th 17.0 gb 148 Sat, Sep 15 @OAK L 3-7 69-79 4th 18.0 gb 147 Fri, Sep 14 @OAK L 9-11 69-78 4th 17.0 gb 146 Thu, Sep 13 @OAK L 5-6 69-77 4th 17.0 gb 145 Wed, Sep 12 @DET L 1-5 69-76 4th 17.0 gb 144 Tue, Sep 11 @DET L 1-4 69-75 4th 16.0 gb 143 Tue, Sep 11 @DET W 13-6 69-74 4th 16.0 gb 142 Sun, Sep 9 OAK W 12-9 68-74 3rd 15.5 gb 141 Sat, Sep 8 OAK W 7-3 67-74 4th 16.5 gb 140 Fri, Sep 7 OAK W 5-3 66-74 4th 17.5 gb Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:13-7 Last 30:17-13
Minnesota Twins, 72-77, 3rd, 15 GB, 13 GB in WC	SP: Kevin Slowey (23, RHP, 3-0, 5.44) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (3-0) 48 67 33 29 11 28 16 5.44 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-0 36 53 28 24 7 19 13 6.00 39 2007-09-04 CLE ND 5 5 2 1 0 3 1 89 54 2007-07-05 NYY ND 3.2 8 5 5 2 2 2 91 25 2007-06-30 DET W 6 9 4 4 1 2 2 91 39 2007-06-25 TOR ND 5 6 5 4 0 5 2 91 42 2007-06-17 MIL ND 5.1 8 4 4 4 4 3 97 36 2007-06-12 ATL W 6 7 3 2 0 1 2 79 49 2007-06-06 LAA W 5 10 5 4 0 2 1 87 31 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TEX Has never faced TEX.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 37-38 Road: 35-39 ExtrInn: 5-7 vsRHP: 51-54 vsLHP: 21-23 1-Run: 19-22 vsEast: 17-17 vsCntrl:26-40 vsWest: 18-13 IL:11-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 149 Sun, Sep 16 DET L 4-6 72-77 3rd 15.0 gb 148 Sat, Sep 15 DET L 3-4 72-76 3rd 15.0 gb 147 Fri, Sep 14 DET L 2-4 72-75 3rd 14.0 gb 146 Wed, Sep 12 @KCR L 3-6 72-74 3rd 13.0 gb 145 Tue, Sep 11 @KCR W 6-3 72-73 3rd 13.0 gb 144 Mon, Sep 10 @KCR W 4-2 71-73 3rd 13.0 gb 143 Sun, Sep 9 @CHW W 5-2 70-73 3rd 13.0 gb 142 Sat, Sep 8 @CHW L 7-8 69-73 3rd 13.0 gb 141 Fri, Sep 7 @CHW L 10-11(13) 69-72 3rd 12.0 gb 140 Wed, Sep 5 CLE L 2-6 69-71 3rd 12.5 gb Last 10: 3-7 Last 20: 6-14 Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sun, Aug 19, 2007 MIN 1 TEX 0 W:Johan Santana (13-9), L: Kevin Millwood (8-10), S: Joe Nathan (27) 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) Season Series: 2007 - MIN leads 4-2; 2006 - TEX won 5-4; 2005 - TEX won 6-3; All-Time - MIN leads 332-298

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 5.85

BAL 4.64

WSN 4.00

RA/G

SDP 4.01

NYY 4.77

TBD 5.83

M. Ordonez .357

R. Martin .292

J. LaRue .143

OBP

B. Bonds .483

R. Gotay .366

J. LaRue .235

SLG

C. Ross .653

T. Wigginton .475

P. Bako .257

OPS

A. Rodriguez 1.071

C. Duncan .834

J. LaRue .502

ERA

J. Peavy 2.39

F. Hernandez 4.03

A. Eaton 6.36

K/9IP

E. Bedard 10.93

G. Meche 6.42

S. Trachsel 3.04

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Texas Rangers Batters (5.07 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.48 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 59.Slowey
G/S/vB 53.Blackburn
G/S/vB 56.Cali*
G/S/vB 51.DePaula
G/S/vB 54.Guerrier
G/S/vB 36.Nathan
G/S/vB 17.Neshek
G/S/vB 60.Perkins*
G/S/vB 39.Rincon
G/S/vB 59.Slowey
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

9.Blalock* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 7/.762 1/.000 ··· 9/1.238 ··· 200/150 .298/.355/.541/.896 .822/.919 .819 42/1.158 3/1 8/6

19.Botts# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 145/101 .240/.338/.360/.698 .782/.654 .720 83/.754 1/0 2/0

22.Byrd G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 410/300 .306/.354/.456/.809 .833/.801 .729 108/.753 5/3 9/3

27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/no AB 2/1.000 2/.500 2/1.000 1/.000 9/.476 ··· 346/329 .272/.353/.462/.815 .701/.819 .637 63/.916 2/1 10/0

17.Cruz G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/2.500 1/.000 3/1.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 301/198 .217/.274/.351/.626 .559/.660 .586 72/.646 1/3 7/4

4.Guzman# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/ 1.000/1.000/4.000/5.000 5.000/ 5.000 1/5.000 0/0 1/0

3.Hairston G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 183/98 .190/.250/.291/.541 .573/.512 .582 10/.311 5/1 3/3

5.Kinsler G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 3/.000 3/.333 3/.666 ··· 3/.333 ··· 511/381 .267/.354/.454/.808 1.025/.735 .705 118/.973 20/2 19/14

15.Laird G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 6/.334 ··· 424/308 .220/.274/.333/.607 .624/.601 .599 56/.459 6/2 8/12

30.Metcalf G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 141/80 .238/.285/.389/.674 .731/.628 .673 29/.733 0/0 2/7

28.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 77/58 .389/.429/.653/1.081 1.196/1.043 1.328 64/1.015 0/0 2/1

16.Quiroz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/ .500/.667/1.000/1.667 1.667/ 1.667 3/1.667 0/0 0/0

25.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 296/176 .264/.307/.426/.733 .629/.805 .741 76/.871 0/0 11/10

21.Sosa G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.666 ··· 441/306 .254/.308/.468/.776 1.002/.681 .823 51/.906 0/0 20/0

12.Vazquez* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 2/.000 4/.250 ··· 1/no AB 4/.500 ··· 324/238 .238/.312/.388/.700 .495/.773 .765 67/.874 1/0 8/6

6.Wilkerson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 4/.500 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 370/265 .236/.319/.481/.800 .854/.778 .705 69/.951 3/1 20/4

10.Young G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 4/1.417 8/.625 4/.500 1/.000 13/1.077 ··· 646/483 .313/.365/.418/.784 .810/.775 .759 110/.827 12/2 8/16

IP 48.0 6.2 21.0 14.1 82.2 64.1 70.1 24.2 55.0 48.0 TOTAL .263/.328/.428/.756 .759/.755 .729 81/21 166/109

ERA-K/9

5.44/5.2

2.70/5.4

4.71/6.0

9.42/2.5

2.29/6.4

1.96/9.1

2.94/9.5

3.65/6.6

5.40/7.5

5.44/5.2

4.18/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Laird (55-34-9)
Quiroz (0-0-0)
Saltalamacchia (29-7-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 225/.315 26/.292 101/.265 70/.362 325/.211 249/.211 278/.183 101/.247 253/.279 225/.315 .268 Byrd
Cruz
Hairston
Murphy
Catalanotto
Wilkerson
Botts
Sosa
Laird
Guzman 17/53/39/8
16/0/71/5
21/22/6/3
24/7/11/2
64/0/0/2
36/1/18/2
17/0/0/1
0/0/16/1
1/0/0/0
0/1/0/0

OPS .957 .638 .794 1.070 .590 .557 .591 .715 .819 .957 .751

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 121/.971 17/.996 53/.744 36/1.017 137/.672 121/.594 113/.618 34/.757 123/.970 121/.971 .803

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 104/.941 9/.000 48/.847 34/1.128 188/.530 128/.523 165/.573 67/.691 130/.675 104/.941 .709

Home 96/.917 15/.481 48/.581 32/.867 179/.627 147/.548 155/.560 56/.782 126/.782 96/.917 .713

Last 28d days 51/.865 26/.638 55/.751 52/.853 68/.790 33/.526 56/1.002 4/.750 52/.731 51/.865

HR/SB/CS 16/0/0 0/0/1 2/0/0 4/0/0 7/6/2 3/4/0 7/1/2 2/1/1 9/2/1 16/0/0 170/54/41

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

Minnesota Twins Batters (4.50 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (5.28 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 31.Volquez
G/S/vB 53.Benoit
G/S/vB 39.Feldman
G/S/vB 50.Francisco
G/S/vB 46.Galarraga
G/S/vB 58.Littleton
G/S/vB 32.Mendoza
G/S/vB 47.Murray*
G/S/vB 48.Rheinecker*
G/S/vB 35.White*
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

18.Bartlett G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/1.667 ··· 1/2.000 7/.453 ··· 524/381 .271/.344/.369/.712 .842/.663 .689 97/.829 21/3 5/25

32.Buscher* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 61/53 .288/.377/.404/.781 .708/.790 .627 37/.966 0/0 2/4

25.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 184/104 .241/.274/.282/.556 .690/.454 .492 67/.564 11/1 0/8

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP ··· 3/1.667 3/.333 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/1.800 ··· 3/.333 10/.856 1/.000 572/400 .271/.351/.420/.772 .864/.732 .845 113/.690 3/0 13/4

20.Ford G/S/vP ··· 5/.650 3/1.334 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 18/1.143 ··· 123/78 .232/.301/.366/.667 .758/.615 .673 0/ 3/1 3/1

41.Heintz G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 52/38 .234/.280/.234/.514 .429/.548 .325 25/.488 0/0 0/0

48.Hunter G/S/vP ··· 10/1.700 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/1.666 ··· 4/1.833 13/.331 7/.857 599/431 .290/.334/.520/.854 .908/.832 .858 118/.745 15/7 28/2

50.Jones* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 59/49 .164/.220/.218/.439 .300/.467 .560 30/.372 0/1 0/0

16.Kubel* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 4/1.250 ··· 424/348 .263/.326/.429/.755 .696/.767 .725 83/.926 4/0 11/2

23.LeCroy G/S/vP ··· 3/3.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.333 ··· 3/3 .333/.333/.333/.667 /.667 .000 3/.667 0/0 0/0

7.Mauer* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· 5/.000 11/1.261 1/.000 444/292 .289/.382/.413/.796 .654/.872 .658 46/.690 7/1 5/1

33.Morneau* G/S/vP ··· 7/.286 4/.500 4/.833 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 5/.800 ··· 7/1.262 13/1.077 1/no AB 618/408 .277/.345/.508/.853 .710/.928 .832 114/.735 1/1 30/5

8.Punto# G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 2/.500 1/no AB ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 5/1.600 ··· 3/.667 13/1.500 2/1.000 501/336 .205/.290/.262/.552 .461/.602 .516 81/.513 16/6 1/11

55.Redmond G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 7/.762 4/1.750 297/197 .295/.347/.354/.701 .853/.626 .719 42/.821 0/0 1/0

38.Rodriguez# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 6/2.167 ··· 156/124 .225/.277/.317/.594 .488/.622 .733 36/.747 1/0 2/4

12.Tyner* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 316/249 .291/.338/.363/.701 .626/.719 .689 77/.766 8/3 1/1

24.White G/S/vP ··· 11/.818 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 7/1.429 41/.907 104/62 .149/.221/.277/.498 .607/.424 .195 38/.638 0/0 3/0

IP 17.0 77.1 37.0 57.1 1.0 43.0 4.1 16.0 48.1 4.1 65.0 47.0 69.1 TOTAL .266/.331/.392/.723 .718/.724 .702 102/28 107/86

ERA-K/9

4.24/7.9

2.56/9.7

6.08/4.4

4.71/7.4

0.00/0.0

3.56/4.4

2.08/2.1

5.63/4.5

5.21/7.1

6.23/12.6

3.05/8.6

4.98/4.6

4.02/4.8

4.83/6.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Heintz (12-1-1)
Mauer (19-24-3)
Redmond (23-16-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 74/.254 310/.216 185/.291 262/.260 4/.000 184/.261 18/.278 72/.242 224/.291 23/.278 272/.202 217/.327 303/.275 .275 Cuddyer
Hunter
Tyner
Kubel
Ford
Jones
White 0/0/127/18
0/142/0/5
42/14/18/3
78/0/0/2
33/12/3/1
3/0/1/0
14/0/0/0

OPS .748 .609 .847 .766 .250 .732 .667 .833 .847 .935 .599 .915 .795 .783

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 36/.471 132/.496 73/.924 118/.715 2/.000 70/.646 8/1.125 25/1.028 69/.614 11/.764 112/.392 120/1.006 127/.963 .797

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 38/1.015 178/.695 112/.799 144/.805 2/.500 114/.785 10/.300 47/.709 155/.953 12/1.125 160/.746 97/.806 176/.683 .772

Road 52/.927 141/.677 100/1.085 114/.763 4/.250 93/.593 10/.700 52/.816 68/.956 11/.974 117/.543 100/1.006 179/.830 .823

Last 28d days 74/.748 45/.508 23/.635 45/.750 4/.250 63/.596 18/.667 42/.799 67/.752 23/.935 47/.973 78/1.041 84/.680

HR/SB/CS 2/0/0 5/1/1 3/6/2 3/4/3 0/0/0 5/2/1 0/0/0 3/0/0 9/0/0 1/0/0 4/1/0 8/1/1 6/2/4 142/81/41

Usage ····X··· X·X····X ·······X ··o····X ·o······ ·oX··o·X ·o··X··· ·X···o·· X·oX···X ·o·X···X X··X···· X·X··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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