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Game Preview: CLE @ TEX, 8:35pm, Sunday, July 22, 2007 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

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Cleveland Indians, 57-40, 2nd, 2 GB, 1½ up in WC

SP: Paul Byrd (36, RHP, 7-4, 4.50)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (7-4)            108   137  57  54   8  56 15    4.50      
 2006 (10-9)           179   232 120  97  38  88 26    4.88      
 2005 (12-11)          204.1 216  95  85  28 102 22    3.74      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-2  44    55  27  27   4  21  6    5.52   44 
 2007-07-17    CHW  ND   6     6   4   4   2   3  1      99   45 
 2007-07-08    TOR   L   8.1   4   1   1   0   2  0      96   73 
 2007-07-03    DET  ND   7     7   4   4   1   3  1     104   49 
 2007-06-28    OAK   W   7    10   3   3   0   2  1      97   47 
 2007-06-23    WSN  ND   6.2   7   3   3   1   4  0      94   51 
 2007-06-16    ATL   L   5    10   5   5   0   7  0      95   34 
 2007-06-11    SEA  ND   4    11   7   7   0   0  3      66   12 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TEX      2-3  31.1  40  22  18   5  14  5    5.17   43 
 2007-04-26    TEX   W   6     8   3   3   1   3  1      86   46 
 2006-09-22    TEX   L   4     8   8   4   1   3  2      73   24 
 2006-09-03    TEX   L   6.1  10   4   4   0   1  0      91   38 
 2005-06-20    TEX   W   9     6   1   1   0   4  1      92   75 
 2005-04-13    TEX   L   6     8   6   6   3   3  1      92   32 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   34-15   Road:   23-25   ExtrInn: 6-2 
 vsRHP:  39-27   vsLHP:  18-13   1-Run:  19-13
 vsEast: 15-11   vsCntrl:21-12   vsWest: 12-8  IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 97 Sat, Jul 21  @TEX  L   5-8       57-40  2nd  2.0 gb
 96 Fri, Jul 20  @TEX  W   3-2       57-39  2nd  1.0 gb
 95 Thu, Jul 19  @TEX  W   7-5       56-39  2nd  2.0 gb
 94 Wed, Jul 18   CHW  L   1-5       55-39  2nd  2.0 gb
 93 Tue, Jul 17   CHW  W   6-5 (11)  55-38  2nd  1.0 gb
 92 Mon, Jul 16   CHW  L  10-11      54-38  2nd  1.0 gb
 91 Sun, Jul 15   KCR  W   5-3       54-37  2nd  0.5 gb
 90 Sat, Jul 14   KCR  L   5-6       53-37  2nd  0.5 gb
 89 Fri, Jul 13   KCR  W   5-4       53-36  2nd  0.5 gb
 88 Sun, Jul  8  @TOR  L   0-1       52-36  2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12
Texas Rangers, 42-55, 4th, 14½ GB, 15 GB in WC

SP: Robinson Tejeda (25, RHP, 5-8, 6.68)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (5-8)             90.1 105  73  67  55  65 17    6.68      
 2006 (5-5)             73.2  83  40  35  32  40 10    4.28      
 2005 (4-3)             85.2  67  36  34  51  72  5    3.57      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-2  33    43  32  27  28  24  7    7.36   36 
 2007-07-17    OAK  ND   4.1   4   3   3   6   2  1      93   39 
 2007-07-05    LAA   L   5.1   6   4   4   3   4  0     102   41 
 2007-06-30    BOS  ND   4     5   4   4   6   4  1     101   34 
 2007-06-24    HOU  ND   3.2   5   7   5   4   4  2      88   27 
 2007-06-19    CHC  ND   5     8   4   2   3   1  0      95   37 
 2007-06-13    PIT   L   4     7   4   3   3   2  0      83   33 
 2007-06-08    MIL   W   6.2   8   6   6   3   7  3      96   38 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CLE    Has never faced CLE.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   23-24   Road:   19-31   ExtrInn: 3-5 
 vsRHP:  30-37   vsLHP:  12-18   1-Run:  13-12
 vsEast: 14-18   vsCntrl: 6-11   vsWest: 11-19 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 97 Sat, Jul 21   CLE  W   8-5       42-55  4th 14.5 gb
 96 Fri, Jul 20   CLE  L   2-3       41-55  4th 15.5 gb
 95 Thu, Jul 19   CLE  L   5-7       41-54  4th 15.5 gb
 94 Wed, Jul 18  @OAK  L   0-6       41-53  4th 14.5 gb
 93 Tue, Jul 17  @OAK  W  11-4       41-52  4th 14.5 gb
 92 Mon, Jul 16  @OAK  W   4-1       40-52  4th 15.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jul 21, 2007 TEX  8  CLE  5    W:Ron Mahay (2-0), L: Cliff Lee (5-7), S: none
Fri, Jul 20, 2007 CLE  3 @TEX  2    W:Fausto Carmona (12-4), L: Brandon McCarthy (4-7), S: Joe Borowski (28)
Thu, Jul 19, 2007 CLE  7 @TEX  5    W:C.C. Sabathia (13-4), L: Kameron Loe (5-8), S: Joe Borowski (27)
Thu, Apr 26, 2007 CLE  9  TEX  4    W:Paul Byrd (2-1), L: Kameron Loe (1-1), S: none
Wed, Apr 25, 2007 CLE  8  TEX  7 (11)   W:Fernando Cabrera (1-0), L: Willie Eyre (1-1), S: none

Sun, Sep 24, 2006 CLE 11 @TEX  6    W:Jake Westbrook (14-10), L: Kevin Millwood (16-11), S: none
Sat, Sep 23, 2006 CLE  6 @TEX  3    W:Matt Miller (1-0), L: Vicente Padilla (14-10), S: Rafael Betancourt (2)
Fri, Sep 22, 2006 TEX 12  CLE  4    W:Adam Eaton (7-4), L: Paul Byrd (9-9), S: none
Sun, Sep 03, 2006 TEX  5  CLE  2    W:Kevin Millwood (14-9), L: Paul Byrd (9-7), S: Akinori Otsuka (30)
Sat, Sep 02, 2006 CLE  6 @TEX  5    W:Cliff Lee (11-10), L: Edinson Volquez (1-4), S: Tom Mastny (5)
Season Series: 2007 - CLE leads 4-1; 2006 - CLE won 5-4; 2005 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - TEX leads 298-283

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  5.84

CIN  4.71

WSN  3.78

RA/G

SDP  3.56

DET  4.73

TBD  6.15

BA

M. Ordonez  .360

B. Giles  .288

R. Langerhans  .163

OBP

B. Bonds  .497

J. Morneau  .363

D. Ross  .241

SLG

A. Rodriguez  .658

J. Peralta  .456

D. Navarro  .272

OPS

B. Bonds  1.069

X. Nady  .817

D. Navarro  .520

ERA

C. Young  1.85

J. Washburn  4.02

E. Santana  6.22

K/9IP

E. Bedard  11.08

D. Willis  6.25

S. Trachsel  3.12

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Cleveland Indians Batters (5.34 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (5.37 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 55.Tejeda
G/S/vB
53.Benoit
G/S/vB
51.Eyre
G/S/vB
39.Feldman
G/S/vB
50.Francisco
G/S/vB
38.Gagne
G/S/vB
32.Mahay*
G/S/vB
36.Wilson*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
29.Barfield G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 361/264 .250/.279/.326/.605 .520/.637 .606 87/.536 10/3 2/11
1.Blake G/S/vP ··· 10/.644 ··· 3/.333 6/1.350 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 418/291 .267/.349/.466/.815 .858/.796 .919 107/.741 2/4 14/9
12.Francisco G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 43/42 .282/.326/.590/.916 .000/.938 .634 41/.963 0/2 3/0
25.Garko G/S/vP ··· 4/.833 1/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 306/209 .321/.389/.520/.909 .971/.881 .866 78/1.156 0/1 12/5
38.Gutierrez G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 103/56 .312/.356/.516/.872 1.049/.717 .601 56/.993 5/0 5/1
48.Hafner* G/S/vP ··· 7/1.286 2/4.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 10/.300 5/1.800 415/259 .266/.397/.458/.855 .890/.834 .873 107/.940 1/1 16/0
41.Martinez# G/S/vP ··· 8/.542 3/1.000 1/2.000 1/no AB 1/.000 9/.873 7/.715 390/241 .323/.385/.552/.937 .947/.931 .934 103/1.004 0/0 17/2
8.Michaels G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 198/94 .285/.340/.441/.781 .874/.683 .735 48/.708 1/3 6/0
33.Nixon* G/S/vP ··· 12/.643 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 2/1.000 5/.200 2/.000 282/229 .246/.337/.340/.677 .566/.703 .697 54/.714 0/0 3/2
2.Peralta G/S/vP ··· 8/.625 3/1.334 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· 3/1.666 3/1.000 399/291 .283/.354/.456/.810 .856/.794 .609 99/.711 3/2 14/14
15.Rouse* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 75/64 .121/.203/.136/.339 .000/.402 .339 20/.318 1/1 0/3
10.Shoppach G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 102/76 .322/.386/.556/.942 1.272/.838 .824 26/.548 0/0 4/1
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.000 1/3.000 3/1.167 2/.500 1/.000 4/2.000 6/1.867 457/304 .275/.387/.470/.857 .739/.919 .801 114/.820 25/4 17/2
IP 90.1 52.1 52.0 29.1 37.2 30.1 37.1 43.0 TOTAL .274/.351/.443/.794 .813/.785 .758 50/23 118/62
ERA-K/9 6.68/6.5 2.92/9.1 3.98/5.5 6.44/4.9 4.30/6.0 1.48/7.7 2.17/7.5 2.72/8.2 4.95/6.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martinez (45-17-2)
 Shoppach (16-6-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 428/.293 215/.241 224/.264 144/.308 166/.252 118/.160 154/.214 180/.197 .275  Michaels
 Nixon
 Blake
 Sizemore
 Francisco
 Gutierrez
49/1/19/3
0/0/69/3
0/0/7/2
0/96/0/1
11/0/2/0
6/4/34/0
OPS .899 .664 .760 .893 .726 .463 .679 .589 .787
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 209/1.053 91/.542 103/.790 53/.897 78/.778 57/.381 65/.628 79/.347 .815
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 219/.748 124/.756 121/.737 91/.888 88/.681 61/.543 89/.716 101/.783 .766
Home 223/.897 112/.626 103/.682 59/.563 84/.761 66/.541 94/.685 96/.683 .761
Last 28d days 89/1.010 53/.365 76/.835 19/1.074 44/.770 43/.561 66/.690 35/.761
HR/SB/CS 17/11/5 4/1/1 6/2/2 3/3/2 2/4/2 1/0/0 3/0/3 3/0/0 98/56/33
Usage ····X··· Xo····X· ···XX··X ·X······ ··X··X·X X····Xo· X·o·X·o· ·X··X·oX
Texas Rangers Batters (4.96 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (4.77 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Byrd
G/S/vB
63.Betancourt
G/S/vB
47.Borowski
G/S/vB
56.Cabrera
G/S/vB
50.Lewis
G/S/vB
40.Mastny
G/S/vB
53.Perez*
G/S/vB
61.Stanford*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
22.Byrd G/S/vP 5/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/4.000 ··· ··· 199/144 .346/.397/.500/.897 .863/.911 1.012 93/.894 1/3 3/1
27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP 8/.393 4/1.833 4/1.250 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 205/198 .228/.310/.394/.704 .533/.710 .911 60/.790 2/0 6/0
25.Hairston G/S/vP 12/1.323 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 159/88 .199/.257/.316/.573 .613/.537 .506 71/.422 3/1 3/2
15.Laird G/S/vP 6/.666 2/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 4/.833 ··· ··· 303/223 .233/.291/.349/.640 .718/.612 .586 70/.567 3/2 6/8
7.Lofton* G/S/vP 17/.978 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 343/274 .306/.387/.441/.828 .572/.890 .891 78/.980 21/4 6/3
2.Melhuse# G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 72/60 .266/.338/.359/.697 1.000/.627 .771 27/.499 0/0 1/0
30.Metcalf G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 84/46 .194/.263/.306/.569 .566/.570 .435 52/.484 0/0 1/2
1.Relaford# G/S/vP 7/.629 5/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 25/16 .130/.200/.130/.330 .347/.321 .450 25/.330 0/1 0/0
21.Sosa G/S/vP 14/1.506 3/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· 337/252 .239/.297/.441/.738 1.006/.653 .609 76/.591 0/0 14/0
23.Teixeira# G/S/vP 16/1.001 5/.000 4/1.417 3/2.334 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 303/218 .306/.413/.553/.966 1.096/.931 .993 41/1.008 0/0 13/1
12.Vazquez* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 174/129 .258/.312/.419/.731 .506/.807 .639 75/.714 1/0 4/5
6.Wilkerson* G/S/vP 13/.930 1/2.000 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 235/176 .222/.299/.483/.782 .983/.716 .820 81/.822 2/1 14/4
10.Young G/S/vP 19/.737 5/.400 3/2.667 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 423/316 .292/.343/.391/.734 .689/.749 .781 95/.665 6/2 4/10
IP 108.0 43.2 38.2 32.2 3.1 39.2 29.0 23.0 TOTAL .256/.323/.421/.744 .765/.737 .769 54/17 108/74
ERA-K/9 4.50/4.7 1.24/7.8 5.12/7.7 5.79/10.5 2.70/16.4 4.54/8.4 1.86/10.6 4.30/5.9 4.52/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Laird (41-29-9)
 Melhuse (13-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 469/.304 156/.172 170/.301 153/.287 16/.250 182/.275 116/.173 102/.272 .275  Lofton
 Byrd
 Hairston
 Wilkerson
 Catalanotto
 Sosa
 Relaford
 Laird
0/76/0/5
16/11/32/4
18/21/5/3
26/1/13/2
39/0/0/2
0/0/16/1
2/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .795 .444 .741 .921 .855 .773 .525 .681 .755
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 225/.847 62/.576 82/.734 66/1.205 7/1.214 67/.712 43/.290 30/1.067 .772
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 244/.746 94/.357 88/.748 87/.723 9/.597 115/.806 73/.660 72/.532 .745
Road 224/.709 87/.427 92/.819 58/1.070 / 97/.720 38/.508 35/.571 .772
Last 28d days 116/.658 39/.547 44/.554 24/1.450 16/.855 47/.789 39/.547 49/.745
HR/SB/CS 15/8/0 2/0/2 3/5/2 7/4/3 0/0/1 3/3/2 4/1/1 1/1/0 98/61/23
Usage ····X··· ··X·o·X· ·XX·X·o· ·····X·· ···X·X·· X···X··X ··o·XX·· ···X·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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