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Texas Rangers, 39-52, 4th, 16 GB, 15 GB in WC

SP: Jamey Wright (32, RHP, 2-2, 5.55)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (2-2)             24.1  28  15  15  15  12  4    5.55      
 2006 (6-10)           156   167  95  90  64  79 16    5.19      
 2005 (8-16)           171.1 201 119 104  81 101 22    5.46      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-4  35.1  45  24  24  22  17  5    6.11   40 
 2007-07-04    LAA   W   6     5   2   2   2   2  0      76   54 
 2007-06-29    BOS   L   5     6   2   2   3   3  0     103   47 
 2007-06-23    HOU   W   5.2   3   2   2   6   5  0      96   54 
 2007-06-16    CIN   L   5     9   4   4   1   1  3      88   33 
 2007-04-10    TBD  ND   2.2   5   5   5   3   1  1      60   26 
 2006-08-08    ARI   L   5    10   5   5   2   3  0      94   28 
 2006-07-29    PIT   L   6     7   4   4   5   2  1     111   39 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.OAK      0-0  12    16  16  14   7   8  0   10.50   26 
 2006-06-24    OAK  ND   5.1   8   7   6   4   4  0     101   26 
 1998-06-28    OAK  ND   6.2   8   9   8   3   4  0     129   25 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   22-22   Road:   17-30   ExtrInn: 3-5 
 vsRHP:  29-36   vsLHP:  10-16   1-Run:  13-11
 vsEast: 14-18   vsCntrl: 5-9    vsWest:  9-18 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 91 Sun, Jul 15  @LAA  W   5-4 (11)  39-52  4th 16.0 gb
 90 Sat, Jul 14  @LAA  L   5-9       38-52  4th 17.0 gb
 89 Fri, Jul 13  @LAA  L   1-2       38-51  4th 16.0 gb
 88 Sun, Jul  8   BAL  W   2-1       38-50  4th 15.0 gb
 87 Sat, Jul  7   BAL  L   0-3       37-50  4th 16.0 gb
 86 Fri, Jul  6   BAL  W   4-3 (10)  37-49  4th 15.0 gb
 85 Thu, Jul  5   LAA  L   2-5       36-49  4th 16.0 gb
 84 Wed, Jul  4   LAA  W   4-2       36-48  4th 15.0 gb
 83 Tue, Jul  3   LAA  W   8-3       35-48  4th 16.0 gb
 82 Mon, Jul  2  @BOS  L   3-7       34-48  4th 17.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13
Oakland Athletics, 44-48, 3rd, 11½ GB, 10½ GB in WC

SP: Dallas Braden (23, LHP, 1-3, 6.08)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (1-3)             23.2  26  17  16   6  18  5    6.08      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-3  19.2  21  15  14   6  15  3    6.41   44 
 2007-05-17    KCR   L   5.1   6   5   5   1   1  0      95   36 
 2007-05-12    CLE   L   4     6   4   3   1   3  0      83   38 
 2007-04-29    TBD   L   4.1   6   5   5   3   5  3      88   33 
 2007-04-24    BAL   W   6     3   1   1   1   6  0      86   67 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TEX    Has never faced TEX.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   23-23   Road:   21-25   ExtrInn: 6-4 
 vsRHP:  28-35   vsLHP:  16-13   1-Run:  14-15
 vsEast: 15-11   vsCntrl:10-17   vsWest:  9-12 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 92 Sun, Jul 15  @MIN  L   3-4       44-48  3rd 11.5 gb
 91 Sat, Jul 14  @MIN  L   3-4       44-47  3rd 11.5 gb
 90 Fri, Jul 13  @MIN  L   3-5       44-46  3rd 10.5 gb
 89 Thu, Jul 12  @MIN  L   2-6       44-45  3rd  9.5 gb
 88 Sun, Jul  8   SEA  L   3-7       44-44  3rd  9.0 gb
 87 Sat, Jul  7   SEA  L   0-4       44-43  3rd  9.0 gb
 86 Fri, Jul  6   SEA  L   1-7       44-42  3rd  8.0 gb
 85 Thu, Jul  5   SEA  W   3-2       44-41  3rd  8.0 gb
 84 Wed, Jul  4   TOR  L   3-10      43-41  3rd  8.0 gb
 83 Tue, Jul  3   TOR  W   3-1       43-40  3rd  8.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30:10-20
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, May 30, 2007 OAK  6  TEX  1    W:Danny Haren (6-2), L: John Koronka (0-2), S: none
Tue, May 29, 2007 TEX  4 @OAK  0    W:Mike Wood (1-1), L: Lenny DiNardo (1-2), S: Eric Gagne (3)
Mon, May 28, 2007 OAK  5  TEX  3    W:Chad Gaudin (5-1), L: Robinson Tejeda (4-5), S: Alan Embree (3)
Sun, Apr 22, 2007 TEX  4  OAK  3    W:Willie Eyre (1-0), L: Justin Duchscherer (1-1), S: Akinori Otsuka (2)
Sat, Apr 21, 2007 TEX  7  OAK  0    W:Kameron Loe (1-0), L: Joe Kennedy (0-2), S: none
Fri, Apr 20, 2007 OAK 16 @TEX  4    W:Joe Blanton (2-0), L: Brandon McCarthy (1-3), S: none

Wed, Sep 06, 2006 OAK  9  TEX  6    W:Joe Blanton (15-10), L: Josh Rupe (0-1), S: Justin Duchscherer (8)
Tue, Sep 05, 2006 TEX  5 @OAK  4    W:Adam Eaton (5-4), L: Kirk Saarloos (7-7), S: Akinori Otsuka (31)
Mon, Sep 04, 2006 TEX  8 @OAK  1    W:Robinson Tejeda (4-3), L: Barry Zito (15-9), S: none
Sun, Aug 27, 2006 TEX  3  OAK  0    W:Vicente Padilla (13-8), L: Danny Haren (12-10), S: Akinori Otsuka (28)
Season Series: 2007 - Tied 3-3; 2006 - TEX won 10-9; 2005 - OAK won 11-8; All-Time - OAK leads 350-339

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

DET  5.94

ATL  4.65

WSN  3.79

RA/G

SDP  3.46

CLE  4.69

TBD  6.16

BA

M. Ordonez  .358

M. Ramirez  .288

R. Langerhans  .161

OBP

B. Bonds  .497

J. Morneau  .364

D. Navarro  .236

SLG

R. Braun  .680

K. Matsui  .457

D. Navarro  .252

OPS

R. Braun  1.081

J. Peralta  .819

D. Navarro  .488

ERA

C. Young  1.97

T. Glavine  4.15

K. Wells  6.25

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.91

D. Willis  6.10

A. Cook  2.82

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Texas Rangers Batters (4.96 RS/G) vs. Oakland Athletics Pitchers (4.09 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 61.Braden*
G/S/vB
54.Brown
G/S/vB
50.Calero
G/S/vB
41.Embree*
G/S/vB
44.Casilla
G/S/vB
37.Kennedy*
G/S/vB
60.Komine
G/S/vB
46.Lewis
G/S/vB
52.Marshall*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
22.Byrd G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 173/131 .372/.428/.526/.954 .942/.957 .869 88/.977 0/3 3/1
27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/.762 9/.222 ··· ··· 3/.000 4/1.750 ··· 196/190 .221/.304/.395/.699 .200/.712 .454 67/.806 2/0 6/0
25.Hairston G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 27/.546 ··· ··· 1/2.000 134/78 .204/.273/.336/.609 .644/.583 .603 52/.499 2/1 3/2
15.Laird G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 281/211 .228/.289/.339/.628 .644/.623 .708 65/.495 3/2 5/8
7.Lofton* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 9/.236 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 326/266 .309/.391/.443/.834 .619/.880 .756 81/1.095 20/4 6/3
2.Melhuse# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 67/58 .267/.333/.367/.700 1.333/.591 .716 26/.615 0/0 1/0
30.Metcalf G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 66/39 .175/.242/.298/.540 .520/.553 .599 45/.390 0/0 1/1
1.Relaford# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.000 9/.730 1/.000 8/1.292 ··· 10/.600 ··· 17/11 .200/.294/.200/.494 .533/.473 .250 17/.494 0/1 0/0
21.Sosa G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/.286 6/2.467 ··· 6/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 320/244 .244/.294/.451/.745 1.028/.661 .856 72/.697 0/0 14/0
23.Teixeira# G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/1.250 7/.929 1/.000 17/.610 2/no AB ··· 1/3.000 276/207 .303/.406/.568/.974 1.165/.930 .954 14/1.262 0/0 13/1
12.Vazquez* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 155/121 .248/.309/.401/.710 .378/.802 .853 72/.608 1/0 4/4
6.Wilkerson* G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.400 2/.000 ··· 6/.500 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 216/169 .221/.298/.495/.793 1.037/.727 .763 83/.906 2/1 14/3
10.Young G/S/vP ··· ··· 10/.786 6/1.500 1/2.000 19/1.088 2/3.500 ··· 2/.000 405/310 .280/.331/.376/.707 .644/.726 .641 99/.581 6/2 4/10
IP 23.2 0.2 27.0 40.0 22.1 93.1 6.1 25.2 29.2 TOTAL .255/.323/.424/.747 .770/.739 .722 51/17 107/70
ERA-K/9 6.08/6.8 0.00/12.9 6.67/7.3 4.05/7.0 0.81/9.3 4.53/3.9 5.68/1.4 8.06/4.6 5.76/3.6 3.73/5.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Laird (41-27-9)
 Melhuse (13-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 102/.274 2/.000 117/.272 170/.276 86/.185 413/.286 27/.250 122/.318 137/.282 .251  Lofton
 Byrd
 Hairston
 Wilkerson
 Catalanotto
 Sosa
 Relaford
 Laird
0/72/0/5
16/8/28/4
17/21/2/3
21/1/12/2
38/0/0/2
0/0/16/1
1/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .850 .000 .750 .677 .492 .792 .838 .894 .814 .696
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 28/.560 2/.000 36/.661 55/.733 31/.476 83/.489 8/1.125 36/1.238 54/.641 .670
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 74/.959 / 81/.790 115/.649 55/.500 330/.865 19/.701 86/.752 83/.932 .712
Home 64/.927 / 67/.814 82/.562 31/.332 209/.783 27/.838 55/.756 88/.666 .674
Last 28d days 17/.941 2/.000 6/1.500 41/.901 47/.655 72/1.100 27/.838 60/.955 18/1.087
HR/SB/CS 5/1/1 0/0/0 3/6/0 2/3/1 1/5/0 9/7/4 2/0/0 5/1/0 3/1/0 71/68/19
Usage ···o···· ··Xo···· Xo·····X X·o····X o··X···· ········ ··X····· ···o····
Oakland Athletics Batters (4.25 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (5.44 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 45.Wright
G/S/vB
53.Benoit
G/S/vB
51.Eyre
G/S/vB
50.Francisco
G/S/vB
38.Gagne
G/S/vB
58.Littleton
G/S/vB
32.Mahay*
G/S/vB
40.Otsuka
G/S/vB
36.Wilson*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
6.Buck* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB 2/.500 223/175 .275/.374/.471/.845 1.152/.757 .787 33/.583 1/1 6/0
3.Chavez* G/S/vP 3/.333 15/.498 2/.000 1/3.000 2/1.000 1/.000 21/.190 5/.600 9/1.277 367/233 .245/.308/.456/.764 .704/.799 .848 89/.705 4/2 15/6
7.Crosby G/S/vP 3/2.000 11/.455 2/1.000 6/.333 1/.000 1/.000 4/.000 3/.666 1/.000 343/242 .222/.265/.336/.601 .681/.569 .628 82/.433 8/2 7/13
32.Cust* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 232/148 .258/.388/.547/.935 .928/.938 1.033 90/.827 0/2 15/1
14.Ellis G/S/vP ··· 7/.619 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 5/1.100 7/.143 2/.500 348/248 .258/.327/.390/.717 .810/.682 .781 94/.657 6/2 8/4
29.Johnson* G/S/vP 3/1.667 4/.250 4/1.833 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.833 2/.000 4/.500 298/182 .257/.366/.446/.812 .808/.813 .670 85/.833 0/0 10/4
18.Kendall G/S/vP 48/1.042 10/1.056 4/.250 1/.000 16/.976 4/.500 4/.000 3/.000 1/no AB 312/221 .226/.261/.281/.542 .446/.582 .458 72/.573 3/1 2/4
23.Kielty# G/S/vP 6/.533 6/.533 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/.334 3/.000 ··· 35/11 .200/.286/.233/.519 .633/.282 .249 8/.661 0/0 0/0
21.Kotsay* G/S/vP 16/.875 9/.000 ··· 3/.666 11/.282 2/.000 11/.455 4/1.250 4/.833 146/110 .237/.288/.326/.614 .410/.678 .508 82/.571 1/1 1/1
19.Scutaro G/S/vP 3/1.000 10/.700 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· 3/1.167 6/.533 3/.000 3/.000 134/96 .242/.293/.371/.664 .751/.631 .628 20/.616 1/0 4/7
24.Stewart G/S/vP ··· 11/1.064 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 6/1.333 3/1.334 1/2.000 345/240 .306/.366/.408/.774 .741/.788 .710 91/1.003 8/0 7/3
28.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 28/23 .269/.321/.538/.859 .650/.895 .824 22/.773 0/0 2/0
33.Swisher# G/S/vP 3/.666 6/.834 3/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 8/.929 5/.650 9/1.834 374/257 .256/.391/.435/.826 .939/.777 .763 96/.605 2/1 11/0
IP 24.1 49.1 49.1 34.1 28.1 19.1 31.0 32.1 40.2 TOTAL .252/.330/.396/.726 .754/.714 .701 36/13 93/54
ERA-K/9 5.55/4.4 3.10/9.1 3.65/5.7 4.19/5.8 1.27/7.6 4.19/4.7 2.32/7.0 2.51/6.4 2.88/8.0 5.04/6.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kendall (59-15-7)
 Suzuki (3-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 109/.311 204/.245 209/.259 150/.246 109/.153 77/.239 131/.213 132/.218 172/.200 .277  Kotsay
 Stewart
 Buck
 Swisher
 Kielty
 Scutaro
 Cust
 Kendall
0/35/0/4
75/5/0/3
15/0/44/2
0/28/36/1
2/1/5/1
6/0/4/0
6/0/7/0
2/0/0/0
OPS .954 .682 .735 .708 .453 .666 .690 .552 .605 .792
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 46/1.176 87/.544 98/.800 71/.799 52/.379 33/.618 56/.638 65/.436 73/.376 .818
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 63/.807 117/.786 111/.682 79/.628 57/.523 44/.700 75/.729 67/.664 99/.778 .771
Road 47/1.119 103/.708 106/.787 76/.684 48/.348 43/.493 49/.718 68/.652 80/.485 .824
Last 28d days 72/.663 55/.430 73/.785 39/.718 41/.487 8/.542 52/.613 23/.604 33/.732
HR/SB/CS 4/0/3 4/1/1 5/2/2 2/4/1 1/0/0 2/2/0 2/0/3 0/3/2 3/0/0 93/56/31
Usage ········ X·o····o ·X······ ·X·····o o······o Xo······ 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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