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Game Preview: TEX @ LAA, 10:05pm, Friday, April 4, 2008 @Angel Stadium

Texas Rangers, 1-2, 4th, 1½ GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Kason Gabbard (26, LHP, 0-0, undef)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ANA Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (6-1)             81.1  68  42  42  41  55  8    4.65      
 2006 (1-3)             25.2  24  11  10  16  15  0    3.51      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-0  34.2  32  22  22  22  22  5    5.71   45 
 2007-09-14    OAK  ND   4     5   7   7   7   4  1      94   21 
 2007-09-02    LAA  ND   6     5   5   5   5   3  1     102   40 
 2007-08-28    CHW  ND   4.2   4   3   3   3   3  2      91   44 
 2007-08-22    BAL   W   6     7   3   3   1   3  0      89   48 
 2007-08-17    MIN  ND   6.2   5   1   1   3   3  0     102   60 
 2007-08-12    TBD  ND   1.1   1   0   0   0   2  0      18   54 
 2007-08-07    OAK   W   6     5   3   3   3   4  1     107   51 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.ANA      0-0   6     5   5   5   5   3  1    7.50   40 
 2007-09-02    LAA  ND   6     5   5   5   5   3  1     102   40 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    0-0    Road:    1-2    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   1-1    vsLHP:   0-1    1-Run:   1-0 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  1-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  3 Wed, Apr  2  @SEA  L   1-4        1-2   4th  1.0 gb
  2 Tue, Apr  1  @SEA  W   5-4        1-1   1st    Tied
  1 Mon, Mar 31  @SEA  L   2-5        0-1   3rd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 1-2    Last 20: 1-2    Last 30: 1-2 
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 3-1, 1st, 1 up

SP: Dustin Moseley (26, RHP, 0-0, undef)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (4-3)             92    97  45  45  27  50  7    4.40      
 2006 (1-0)             11    22  11  11   2   3  3    9.00      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-1  34.2  43  18  18  10  21  1    4.67   45 
 2007-09-25    TEX  ND   4     4   0   0   1   3  0      63   56 
 2007-08-20    NYY  ND   5     6   2   2   0   4  0      72   51 
 2007-08-15    TOR   L   5     9   2   2   1   2  0      90   42 
 2007-08-08    BOS  ND   4.2  10   6   6   1   1  0      83   20 
 2007-08-03    OAK  ND   5.1   4   3   3   3   3  0      75   48 
 2007-07-29    DET  ND   4.2   5   4   4   2   5  0      87   41 
 2007-04-12    CLE  ND   6     5   1   1   2   3  1      89   59 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TEX      0-0   4     4   0   0   1   3  0    0.00   56 
 2007-09-25    TEX  ND   4     4   0   0   1   3  0      63   56 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    0-0    Road:    3-1    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   3-1    vsLHP:   0-0    1-Run:   2-1 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 3-1    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  4 Thu, Apr  3  @MIN  W   5-4        3-1   1st  1.0 up
  3 Wed, Apr  2  @MIN  W   1-0        2-1   1st  0.5 up
  2 Tue, Apr  1  @MIN  W   9-1        1-1   1st    Tied
  1 Mon, Mar 31  @MIN  L   2-3        0-1   3rd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-1    Last 20: 3-1    Last 30: 3-1 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Sep 26, 2007 TEX 16  LAA  2        W:John Rheinecker , L: Joe Saunders , S: none
Tue, Sep 25, 2007 TEX  3  LAA  1        W:Jamey Wright , L: Darren Oliver , S: none
Mon, Sep 24, 2007 TEX  8  LAA  7        W:Bill White , L: Ervin Santana , S: Wes Littleton 
Sun, Sep 02, 2007 TEX  8 @LAA  7        W:Wes Littleton , L: Scot Shields , S: C.J. Wilson 
Sat, Sep 01, 2007 TEX  7 @LAA  6        W:Edinson Volquez , L: Kelvim Escobar , S: C.J. Wilson 
Fri, Aug 31, 2007 LAA  7  TEX  6 (10)   W:Darren Oliver , L: Frank Francisco , S: none
Sun, Jul 15, 2007 TEX  5 @LAA  4 (11)   W:C.J. Wilson , L: Justin Speier , S: Eric Gagne 
Sat, Jul 14, 2007 LAA  9  TEX  5        W:John Lackey , L: Kameron Loe , S: none
Fri, Jul 13, 2007 LAA  2  TEX  1        W:Francisco Rodriguez , L: Joaquin Benoit , S: none
Thu, Jul 05, 2007 LAA  5 @TEX  2        W:Kelvim Escobar , L: Robinson Tejeda , S: none
Season Series: 2008 -  0-0; 2007 - LAA won 10-9; 2006 - LAA won 11-8; All-Time - LAA leads 364-340

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 2008 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

For the 2007 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY  5.98

BAL  4.67

WSN  4.15

RA/G

BOS  4.06

KCR  4.80

TBD  5.83

BA

M. Ordonez  .363

J. Pierre  .293

J. LaRue  .148

OBP

B. Bonds  .480

G. Atkins  .367

J. LaRue  .240

SLG

C. Ross  .653

R. Ludwick  .479

A. Gonzalez  .249

OPS

A. Rodriguez  1.067

T. Glaus  .839

J. LaRue  .512

ERA

J. Peavy  2.54

A. Pettitte  4.05

S. Olsen  5.81

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.93

G. Meche  6.50

A. Cook  3.31

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Texas Rangers Batters (2.67 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Pitchers (2.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 58.Moseley
G/S/vB
52.Bulger
G/S/vB
53.O'Day
G/S/vB
38.Oliver*
G/S/vB
57.Rodriguez
G/S/vB
33.Speier
G/S/vB
63.Thompson
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Blalock* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.334 17/1.118 4/.000 ··· 232/178 .293/.358/.543/.901 .796/.932 .790 / 4/1 10/6
29.Botts# G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 2/1.000 190/143 .240/.326/.335/.662 .833/.605 .660 / 1/0 2/0
21.Bradley# G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· ··· 2/1.000 5/.000 3/1.000 ··· 244/166 .306/.402/.545/.947 .966/.937 .964 / 5/2 13/2
23.Broussard* G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· ··· 3/.000 9/1.319 7/.286 ··· 264/245 .275/.330/.404/.734 .618/.742 .734 / 2/0 7/2
22.Byrd G/S/vP 3/1.666 2/.000 ··· 8/.500 3/.666 6/.000 1/4.000 454/339 .307/.355/.459/.814 .826/.809 .715 / 5/3 10/3
27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 10/.775 3/.000 ··· 377/358 .260/.337/.444/.781 .606/.788 .622 / 2/1 11/0
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 337/256 .292/.368/.554/.922 .588/1.028 .861 / 3/3 19/4
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 5/2.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 6/.167 5/.000 3/1.667 566/431 .263/.355/.441/.796 .999/.732 .675 / 23/2 20/17
15.Laird G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 7/.286 1/.000 2/.000 448/329 .224/.278/.349/.627 .691/.603 .588 / 6/2 9/12
2.Melhuse# G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 6/.000 3/.000 ··· 103/76 .213/.275/.287/.562 .630/.532 .608 / 0/0 1/0
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 112/89 .343/.384/.552/.936 1.071/.901 1.056 / 0/0 2/1
12.Vazquez* G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· 6/.000 1/.000 5/.800 1/.000 345/257 .230/.300/.373/.674 .483/.739 .735 / 1/0 8/7
10.Young G/S/vP 5/.200 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 21/.707 8/.625 1/2.000 692/524 .315/.366/.418/.783 .797/.779 .759 / 13/3 9/19
IP 92.0 6.1 64.1 67.1 50.0 6.2 TOTAL /// / / /4
ERA-K/9 4.40/4.9 2.84/11.4 /0.0 3.78/7.1 2.81/12.0 2.88/8.5 10.80/12.1 0.00/0.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Laird (59-39-9)
 Melhuse (16-4-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 383/.277 25/.227 / 273/.239 285/.204 198/.202 32/.345  Byrd
 Hamilton
 Murphy
 Bradley
 Botts
 Catalanotto
 Laird
 Broussard
18/63/40/9
9/71/10/7
32/10/15/4
40/15/4/3
28/0/0/2
64/0/0/2
1/0/0/0
10/0/12/0
OPS .747 .547 .648 .605 .614 1.268
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 173/.644 12/.639 / 102/.810 128/.549 90/.659 11/.473
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 210/.833 13/.462 / 171/.553 157/.649 108/.575 21/1.687
Home 180/.824 17/.567 / 140/.567 151/.650 120/.608 22/1.080
Last 28d days / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 7/6/3 0/0/0 // 5/3/0 3/12/1 6/2/3 4/0/1 //
Usage ··XX···· X··o···· Xo······ o·······

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Batters (4.25 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (4.33 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 13.Gabbard*
G/S/vB
53.Benoit
G/S/vB
14.Fukumori
G/S/vB
54.German
G/S/vB
18.Guardado*
G/S/vB
57.Nippert
G/S/vB
59.Rupe
G/S/vB
36.Wilson*
G/S/vB
45.Wright
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Anderson* G/S/vP 4/1.000 18/.804 ··· 2/.000 20/.350 ··· 5/.200 13/.846 10/.311 450/339 .297/.336/.492/.827 .806/.834 .897 / 1/0 16/2
2.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 211/160 .237/.279/.289/.568 .753/.509 .647 / 4/4 1/7
9.Figgins# G/S/vP 1/.000 8/.000 ··· 2/.500 9/1.278 ··· 5/.933 9/1.127 8/1.000 503/398 .330/.393/.432/.825 .845/.820 .993 / 41/12 3/14
27.Guerrero G/S/vP 4/1.167 18/.962 ··· 4/.500 8/1.125 ··· 4/2.500 7/1.171 33/.927 660/528 .324/.403/.547/.950 .982/.942 .954 / 2/3 27/9
48.Hunter G/S/vP 3/1.334 10/1.700 ··· 7/.629 3/1.000 ··· ··· 5/1.850 7/.857 650/470 .287/.334/.505/.839 .906/.813 .858 / 18/9 28/2
6.Izturis# G/S/vP 4/.750 8/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.533 6/.666 1/.000 374/289 .289/.349/.405/.753 .738/.758 .887 / 7/1 6/4
47.Kendrick G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.750 ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 4/2.000 6/.666 353/270 .322/.347/.450/.796 .837/.784 .768 / 5/4 5/9
35.Kotchman* G/S/vP ··· 5/1.350 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 6/.167 4/.000 508/424 .296/.372/.467/.840 .775/.852 .915 / 2/4 11/3
5.Mathis G/S/vP 2/2.500 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 4/.000 195/158 .211/.276/.351/.627 .691/.612 .716 / 0/1 4/4
24.Matthews# G/S/vP ··· 5/.900 ··· 3/.000 6/1.100 ··· ··· 5/1.000 12/.533 579/442 .252/.323/.419/.742 .563/.796 .812 / 18/4 18/5
44.Napoli G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 263/195 .247/.351/.443/.794 .828/.783 .785 / 5/2 10/7
39.Quinlan G/S/vP 4/.833 3/.000 ··· ··· 4/.833 ··· 1/2.000 4/1.000 3/.000 194/66 .247/.304/.348/.652 .691/.576 .644 / 3/2 3/2
21.Rivera G/S/vP 3/.000 5/.000 ··· 4/.750 4/1.250 ··· 5/1.100 5/1.400 2/1.000 44/15 .279/.295/.442/.737 .759/.690 .458 / 0/0 2/0
77.Willits# G/S/vP 3/.333 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 4/.250 518/374 .293/.391/.344/.735 .787/.714 .780 / 27/8 0/3
IP 81.1 82.0 13.2 45.1 68.1 77.0 TOTAL /// / / /3
ERA-K/9 4.65/6.1 2.85/9.5 /0.0 /0.0 7.24/5.3 5.56/7.5 /0.0 3.03/8.3 3.62/4.6 0.00/0.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mathis (40-8-5)
 Napoli (49-15-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 344/.231 337/.225 / / 62/.286 196/.267 / 285/.208 330/.259  Anderson
 Matthews
 Willits
 Guerrero
 Hunter
 Rivera
 Figgins
 Aybar
 Quinlan
85/0/0/7
0/135/0/7
64/30/31/6
0/0/109/5
0/155/0/5
2/0/7/1
0/0/11/1
6/0/2/0
16/0/6/0
OPS .706 .641 .857 .743 .602 .743
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 81/.698 146/.489 / / 14/1.179 92/.662 / 115/.381 144/.848
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 263/.708 191/.760 / / 48/.767 104/.807 / 170/.754 186/.666
Road 193/.801 152/.712 / / 24/.792 80/.815 / 122/.559 179/.830
Last 28d days / / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 8/5/2 6/2/2 // // 2/0/0 5/1/0 // 4/2/0 6/4/4 //
Usage ··X····· ···X···· ···X···· ··o····· ··o····· ·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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