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Game Preview: TBD @ TEX, 8:35pm, Saturday, August 11, 2007 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

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Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 44-71, 5th, 25 GB, 20 GB in WC

SP: Edwin Jackson (23, RHP, 2-11, 6.35)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (2-11)           102   128  81  72  56  84 12    6.35      
 2006 (0-0)             36.1  42  27  22  25  27  2    5.45      
 2005 (2-2)             28.2  31  22  20  17  13  2    6.28      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-3  38.1  44  21  20  17  30  2    4.70   47 
 2007-08-06    DET  ND   6     7   2   2   4   2  0     108   48 
 2007-07-31    TOR   L   6     5   1   0   1   5  0     102   64 
 2007-07-26    BAL   L   3.1   7   6   6   3   2  0      86   21 
 2007-07-20    NYY   W   6     4   0   0   4   4  0      98   64 
 2007-07-15    NYY  ND   6     6   4   4   2   6  1     111   48 
 2007-07-04    BOS   L   5     9   7   7   1   5  1     101   25 
 2007-06-29    CLE  ND   6     6   1   1   2   6  0     100   60 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TEX      0-1  12.2  11   9   9   7  11  1    6.39   46 
 2007-04-09    TEX   L   5.2   8   4   4   1   4  0     105   40 
 2006-04-22    TEX  ND   7     3   5   5   6   7  1     108   52 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   26-33   Road:   18-38   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  31-50   vsLHP:  13-21   1-Run:  13-12
 vsEast: 14-28   vsCntrl:13-21   vsWest: 10-11 IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
115 Fri, Aug 10  @TEX  L   4-7       44-71  5th 25.0 gb
114 Thu, Aug  9  @DET  W   8-1       44-70  5th 25.0 gb
113 Wed, Aug  8  @DET  W   7-1       43-70  5th 25.5 gb
112 Tue, Aug  7  @DET  L   6-9       42-70  5th 25.5 gb
111 Mon, Aug  6  @DET  L   4-6       42-69  5th 25.5 gb
110 Sun, Aug  5   BAL  L   3-11      42-68  5th 25.5 gb
109 Sat, Aug  4   BAL  W   9-2       42-67  5th 24.5 gb
108 Fri, Aug  3   BAL  L   1-3       41-67  5th 24.5 gb
107 Wed, Aug  1   TOR  W   6-2       41-66  5th 24.0 gb
106 Tue, Jul 31   TOR  L   0-2       40-66  5th 24.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:10-20
Texas Rangers, 50-65, 4th, 17½ GB, 14 GB in WC

SP: John Rheinecker (28, LHP, 1-0, 7.40)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. TBD Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (1-0)             20.2  31  18  17  11  15  5    7.40      
 2006 (4-6)             70.2 104  46  46  19  28  6    5.86      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-1  29    56  32  31  13  16  6    9.62   30 
 2007-08-06    OAK  ND   5     9   7   7   4   6  2     100   23 
 2007-08-01    CLE  ND   4.1   8   6   6   2   3  2      89   24 
 2007-07-24    SEA   W   7     6   1   0   1   4  0      94   66 
 2007-06-05    DET  ND   3     7   4   4   4   1  1      74   26 
 2006-07-31    MIN   L   1.2   9   8   8   0   0  1      53    5 
 2006-07-26    NYY  ND   4.1   9   2   2   1   1  0      80   37 
 2006-07-20    BOS  ND   3.2   8   4   4   1   1  0      76   29 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TBD      0-0   4     7   2   2   0   3  1    4.50   43 
 2006-04-22    TBD  ND   4     7   2   2   0   3  1      74   43 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   29-27   Road:   21-38   ExtrInn: 4-6 
 vsRHP:  35-44   vsLHP:  15-21   1-Run:  17-13
 vsEast: 15-21   vsCntrl: 8-16   vsWest: 16-21 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
111 Sun, Aug  5  @TOR  L   1-4       48-63  4th 16.5 gb
110 Sat, Aug  4  @TOR  L   5-9       48-62  4th 15.5 gb
109 Fri, Aug  3  @TOR  L   4-6       48-61  4th 15.5 gb
108 Thu, Aug  2  @CLE  L   0-5       48-60  4th 15.5 gb
107 Wed, Aug  1  @CLE  W   9-6 (10)  48-59  4th 14.5 gb
106 Tue, Jul 31  @CLE  W   3-1       47-59  4th 15.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 10, 2007 TEX  7  TBD  4    W:Mike Wood (2-1), L: Andy Sonnanstine (1-8), S: C.J. Wilson (4)
Thu, May 17, 2007 TBD  8  TEX  6 (10)   W:Gary Glover (1-2), L: Willie Eyre (1-2), S: none
Wed, May 16, 2007 TBD 11  TEX  8    W:Casey Fossum (3-3), L: Vicente Padilla (1-6), S: Al Reyes (12)
Tue, May 15, 2007 TBD  4  TEX  3 (10)   W:Brian Stokes (2-5), L: Scott Feldman (1-2), S: none
Wed, Apr 11, 2007 TBD  6 @TEX  5    W:James Shields (1-0), L: Robinson Tejeda (1-1), S: Al Reyes (2)
Tue, Apr 10, 2007 TEX 12  TBD  9    W:Scott Feldman (1-0), L: Jae Weong Seo (0-1), S: none
Mon, Apr 09, 2007 TEX  8  TBD  4    W:Brandon McCarthy (1-1), L: Edwin Jackson (0-1), S: none

Thu, Aug 24, 2006 TEX  4 @TBD  3    W:Robinson Tejeda (3-3), L: Tim Corcoran (4-6), S: Akinori Otsuka (27)
Wed, Aug 23, 2006 TBD  7  TEX  3    W:Shawn Camp (6-1), L: Kevin Millwood (12-9), S: none
Tue, Aug 22, 2006 TBD  5  TEX  3    W:Shawn Camp (5-1), L: Vicente Padilla (12-8), S: Seth McClung (2)
Season Series: 2007 - TBD leads 4-3; 2006 - TEX won 6-3; 2005 - TBD won 6-2; All-Time - TEX leads 56-39

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  5.95

CIN  4.63

WSN  3.93

RA/G

SDP  3.82

NYY  4.66

TBD  6.13

BA

M. Ordonez  .351

J. Encarnacion  .290

R. Langerhans  .155

OBP

B. Bonds  .497

A. Rios  .360

M. Olivo  .257

SLG

R. Braun  .655

M. Mora  .459

N. Punto  .272

OPS

B. Bonds  1.087

D. Uggla  .815

R. Langerhans  .543

ERA

C. Young  2.02

J. Blanton  4.10

J. Contreras  6.49

K/9IP

E. Bedard  11.06

J. Guthrie  6.31

S. Trachsel  3.15

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Tampa Bay Devil Rays Batters (4.70 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (5.43 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 48.Rheinecker*
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
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Crawford* G/S/vP 3/.666 16/.467 ··· ··· ··· 1/4.000 5/1.000 477/322 .317/.364/.487/.851 .895/.829 .917 95/1.154 37/8 10/4
31.Gomes G/S/vP 2/2.500 7/.143 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.500 234/157 .260/.329/.510/.839 .978/.770 .856 79/.763 4/1 13/0
16.Harris G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 426/297 .298/.356/.430/.786 .872/.750 .785 102/.653 3/0 8/12
1.Iwamura* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 355/233 .293/.365/.405/.770 .869/.718 .763 120/.750 8/5 3/7
30.Navarro# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 301/222 .209/.266/.326/.592 .558/.603 .646 65/1.001 3/0 5/7
14.Norton# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/1.167 148/130 .202/.331/.274/.605 .347/.642 .609 43/.539 1/0 2/0
8.Paul G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 77/49 .194/.237/.250/.487 .765/.321 .426 24/.348 1/0 1/1
23.Pena* G/S/vP ··· 12/.250 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 404/303 .269/.382/.564/.946 .784/1.001 .956 119/.820 1/0 26/6
2.Upton G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 350/249 .328/.407/.554/.961 .943/.968 1.078 120/.988 13/6 16/13
9.Wilson G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 156/94 .248/.299/.333/.632 .639/.626 .508 57/.686 3/0 0/14
26.Young G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/5.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 484/352 .297/.326/.415/.741 .758/.736 .761 112/.768 7/3 9/7
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 94/68 .170/.185/.227/.412 .349/.433 .465 28/.490 2/0 1/6
IP 20.2 61.1 63.2 45.2 25.0 5.1 52.2 TOTAL .270/.335/.433/.768 .809/.750 .787 90/33 132/94
ERA-K/9 7.40/6.5 2.79/9.8 4.95/5.7 4.73/6.3 4.68/4.0 8.44/5.1 2.22/8.9 5.01/6.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Navarro (51-22-4)
 Paul (11-6-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 103/.348 250/.232 283/.286 203/.263 108/.286 27/.200 210/.168 .278  Young
 Upton
 Crawford
 Gomes
 Norton
0/26/88/11
0/36/0/5
107/0/0/3
9/0/25/2
2/0/4/0
OPS 1.000 .641 .808 .773 .813 .907 .513 .791
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 20/.653 104/.545 123/.785 89/.793 41/.858 7/.786 90/.303 .814
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 83/1.083 146/.710 160/.823 114/.755 67/.786 20/.950 120/.675 .775
Home 76/.965 132/.619 131/.747 108/.785 44/1.052 4/1.833 119/.563 .760
Last 28d days 83/.933 53/.405 83/.988 59/1.048 39/1.072 18/.762 44/.141
HR/SB/CS 5/0/0 4/1/1 8/2/2 3/4/2 4/2/0 1/0/0 3/0/0 112/65/36
Usage ····X··· ··X·XX·· ····X·X· ···X·Xo· ··Xo··X· ··X···X· ···XX···
Texas Rangers Batters (4.85 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Devil Rays Pitchers (6.14 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Jackson
G/S/vB
50.Balfour
G/S/vB
27.Dohmann
G/S/vB
47.Glover
G/S/vB
28.Reyes
G/S/vB
53.Salas
G/S/vB
41.Stokes
G/S/vB
52.Switzer*
G/S/vB
35.Wheeler
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
19.Botts# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 39/29 .222/.256/.389/.645 .700/.626 .684 39/.645 1/0 1/0
22.Byrd G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 8/1.375 273/196 .313/.363/.464/.827 .830/.826 .978 109/.647 2/3 4/1
27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 8/.804 2/.000 2/1.000 4/1.167 2/.000 1/5.000 258/249 .252/.331/.438/.769 .762/.769 .962 72/.877 2/0 8/0
17.Cruz G/S/vP 3/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 208/141 .212/.280/.354/.634 .584/.659 .686 53/.896 1/2 6/2
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 2/2.500 ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 358/267 .255/.342/.441/.783 1.012/.704 .853 50/.766 13/0 14/14
15.Laird G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 351/259 .231/.289/.341/.630 .692/.606 .584 74/.635 4/2 6/8
2.Melhuse# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 95/71 .233/.298/.314/.612 .708/.572 .560 33/.406 0/0 1/0
25.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 191/108 .264/.309/.382/.691 .756/.642 .786 73/.448 0/0 4/4
21.Sosa G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/5.000 3/.000 13/.648 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/1.000 381/277 .243/.304/.449/.753 .981/.673 .660 66/.837 0/0 16/0
12.Vazquez* G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 232/177 .245/.310/.387/.697 .408/.788 .642 85/.704 1/0 5/5
6.Wilkerson* G/S/vP 3/.667 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.400 280/202 .227/.302/.482/.784 .969/.712 .832 69/.697 2/1 17/4
10.Young G/S/vP 7/.286 4/.250 1/3.000 7/.286 2/.000 1/.000 4/.250 1/.000 3/.000 503/372 .305/.360/.409/.769 .859/.737 .833 108/.949 9/2 5/12
IP 102.0 10.2 11.0 58.2 42.0 24.1 51.0 2.2 53.1 TOTAL .257/.323/.418/.741 .772/.730 .777 65/17 123/81
ERA-K/9 6.35/7.4 7.59/11.8 3.27/8.2 5.37/5.7 4.29/10.3 3.33/7.0 7.76/5.1 16.88/10.0 5.23/10.0 5.85/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Laird (46-30-9)
 Melhuse (16-4-3)
 Saltalamacchia (22-6-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 486/.306 51/.256 46/.211 260/.303 171/.194 110/.207 247/.350 15/.385 225/.250 .295  Byrd
 Cruz
 Wilkerson
 Catalanotto
 Sosa
 Botts
 Laird
16/24/36/7
16/0/41/2
34/1/15/2
49/0/0/2
0/0/16/1
2/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .851 .765 .701 .847 .637 .721 .952 .929 .755 .837
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 254/.877 21/.888 20/.616 115/.940 88/.681 56/.637 122/1.004 7/.286 90/.724 .841
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 232/.822 30/.674 26/.766 145/.775 83/.589 54/.810 125/.901 8/1.583 135/.776 .834
Road 268/.789 18/.662 29/.791 118/.856 77/.792 45/.689 109/1.048 13/.962 114/.688 .875
Last 28d days 124/.739 51/.765 46/.701 60/.971 37/.756 46/.736 57/1.035 3/.000 46/.724
HR/SB/CS 12/12/3 1/3/0 2/2/0 8/5/1 8/1/0 4/2/1 9/3/1 0/0/0 8/3/0 144/73/32
Usage ····X··· ··o·X·o· ·o·oo··X ·XX·o··o ·o···X·· ···X·X·· ·····XX· ········ ···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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