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Game Preview: TEX @ HOU, 8:05pm, Thursday, June 26, 2008 @Minute Maid Park

Texas Rangers, 40-39, 3rd, 8 GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Kevin Millwood (33, RHP, 5-3, 4.61)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (5-3)             80    99  43  41  29  54  9    4.61      
 2007 (10-14)          172.2 213 111  99  67 123 19    5.16      
 2006 (16-12)          215   228 114 108  53 157 23    4.52      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-1  35.2  46  22  22  11  27  6    5.55   45 
 2008-06-20   @WSN  ND   8     7   3   3   3   4  1     112   57 
 2008-06-15   @NYM   W   6     5   2   2   4   5  2     114   55 
 2008-06-10   @KCR  ND   6    11   5   5   3   5  1     104   32 
 2008-06-05    CLE   W   6     9   4   4   0   6  0      99   44 
 2008-05-30    OAK   W   6     5   1   1   0   5  0      86   63 
 2008-05-10    OAK  ND   0.2   0   0   0   0   0  0       9   52 
 2008-05-05   @SEA   L   3     9   7   7   1   2  2      76   14 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.HOU      4-1  30.1  34  12  12   4  18  1    3.56   52 
 2007-06-22    HOU   W   6     9   3   3   0   2  1     102   44 
 2006-07-02    HOU   L   3.1   9   6   6   1   0  0      63   17 
 2006-05-20   @HOU   W   7     4   0   0   0   6  0     108   75 
 2003-05-18   @HOU   W   9     6   1   1   1   4  0     113   74 
 2002-08-11   @HOU   W   5     6   2   2   2   6  0      98   51 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   19-17   Road:   21-22   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  32-24   vsLHP:   8-15   1-Run:  12-10
 vsEast:  6-12   vsCntrl:12-11   vsWest: 14-10 IL: 8-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 79 Wed, Jun 25  @HOU  W   3-2       40-39  3rd  8.0 gb
 78 Tue, Jun 24  @HOU  L   3-4       39-39  3rd  9.0 gb
 77 Sun, Jun 22  @WSN  W   5-3       39-38  3rd  7.5 gb
 76 Sat, Jun 21  @WSN  W  13-3       38-38  3rd  7.5 gb
 75 Fri, Jun 20  @WSN  L   3-4 (14)  37-38  3rd  7.5 gb
 74 Thu, Jun 19   ATL  W   5-4       37-37  3rd  6.5 gb
 73 Wed, Jun 18   ATL  L   2-5       36-37  3rd  7.0 gb
 72 Tue, Jun 17   ATL  W   7-5       36-36  3rd  7.0 gb
 71 Sun, Jun 15  @NYM  L   2-4       35-36  3rd  7.5 gb
 70 Sun, Jun 15  @NYM  W   8-7       35-35  3rd  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14
Houston Astros, 36-42, 5th, 13 GB, 8½ GB in WC

SP: Wandy Rodriguez (29, LHP, 2-3, 2.81)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-3)             51.1  47  25  16  16  42  5    2.81      
 2007 (9-13)           182.2 179 102  93  62 158 22    4.58      
 2006 (9-10)           135.2 154  96  85  63  98 17    5.64      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  39    36  21  12  15  30  3    2.77   52 
 2008-06-21   @TBR  ND   5.2   5   2   2   2   6  1     100   55 
 2008-06-14    NYY   L   5     6   5   5   3   1  1      88   33 
 2008-06-08    STL   L   6.2   4   5   0   1   7  0     101   62 
 2008-06-03   @PIT   W   6     5   0   0   1   3  0      91   64 
 2008-05-28   @STL   L   4.2   6   6   3   4   1  0      92   31 
 2008-04-19    COL  ND   4     5   2   1   3   5  0      79   48 
 2008-04-13    FLA   W   7     5   1   1   1   7  1      93   69 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TEX      2-0  11.1  11   6   6   4  10  0    4.76   50 
 2007-05-19    TEX   W   6     4   1   1   2   7  0      95   65 
 2006-07-02   @TEX   W   5.1   7   5   5   2   3  0      96   35 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   18-17   Road:   18-25   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  27-30   vsLHP:   9-12   1-Run:  12-15
 vsEast:  7-6    vsCntrl:14-18   vsWest: 11-8  IL: 4-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 78 Wed, Jun 25   TEX  L   2-3       36-42  5th 13.0 gb
 77 Tue, Jun 24   TEX  W   4-3       36-41  5th 12.0 gb
 76 Sun, Jun 22  @TBR  W   3-2       35-41  5th 13.0 gb
 75 Sat, Jun 21  @TBR  L   3-4       34-41  6th 13.0 gb
 74 Fri, Jun 20  @TBR  W   4-3       34-40  5th 12.0 gb
 73 Thu, Jun 19  @BAL  L   5-7       33-40  5th 12.0 gb
 72 Wed, Jun 18  @BAL  L   1-2 (10)  33-39  5th 12.0 gb
 71 Tue, Jun 17  @BAL  L   5-6       33-38  5th 12.0 gb
 70 Sun, Jun 15   NYY  L   0-13      33-37  5th 12.0 gb
 69 Sat, Jun 14   NYY  L   4-8       33-36  4th 11.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30: 9-21
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jun 25, 2008 TEX  3 @HOU  2        W:Luis Mendoza (1-2), L: Roy Oswalt (6-8), S: C.J. Wilson (16)
Tue, Jun 24, 2008 HOU  4  TEX  3        W:Brian Moehler (4-3), L: Eric Hurley (0-1), S: Jose Valverde (19)
Sun, May 18, 2008 HOU  5 @TEX  4        W:Brandon Backe (3-5), L: Kason Gabbard (1-1), S: Jose Valverde (12)
Sat, May 17, 2008 TEX  6  HOU  2        W:Vicente Padilla (6-2), L: Roy Oswalt (4-4), S: none
Fri, May 16, 2008 TEX 16  HOU  8        W:Jamey Wright (2-1), L: Wesley Wright (3-1), S: none

Sun, Jun 24, 2007 HOU 12 @TEX  9 (10)   W:Dan Wheeler (1-4), L: C.J. Wilson (0-1), S: Chad Qualls (2)
Sat, Jun 23, 2007 TEX  7  HOU  2        W:Jamey Wright (1-1), L: Roy Oswalt (7-5), S: none
Fri, Jun 22, 2007 TEX 11  HOU  3        W:Kevin Millwood (4-6), L: Woody Williams (3-10), S: none
Sun, May 20, 2007 TEX 14 @HOU  1        W:Brandon McCarthy (4-4), L: Woody Williams (1-6), S: none
Sat, May 19, 2007 HOU  6  TEX  1        W:Wandy Rodriguez (2-3), L: John Koronka (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - TEX leads 3-2; 2007 - TEX won 4-2; 2006 - HOU won 4-2; All-Time - HOU leads 24-23

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

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX  5.51

OAK  4.51

WSN  3.65

RA/G

OAK  3.70

BAL  4.61

TEX  5.62

BA

C. Jones  .394

F. Catalanotto  .281

T. Pena  .154

OBP

C. Jones  .485

Y. Molina  .353

T. Pena  .177

SLG

L. Berkman  .701

M. Kemp  .450

T. Pena  .189

OPS

L. Berkman  1.145

T. Hunter  .803

T. Pena  .366

ERA

E. Volquez  1.71

C. Sabathia  4.06

B. Arroyo  6.52

K/9IP

E. Volquez  10.42

V. Padilla  6.20

L. Hernandez  2.96

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Texas Rangers Batters (5.51 RS/G) vs. Houston Astros Pitchers (4.81 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Rodriguez*
G/S/vB
26.Brocail
G/S/vB
48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB
29.Geary
G/S/vB
43.Sampson
G/S/vB
47.Valverde
G/S/vB
56.Villarreal
G/S/vB
53.Wright*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
41.Boggs# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 162/122 .266/.335/.448/.783 1.053/.692 .747 59/.885 2/2 4/
21.Bradley# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 7/2.071 4/.500 2/.500 273/175 .330/.451/.624/1.075 1.344/.938 .861 66/1.340 4/2 15/
22.Byrd G/S/vP 9/.472 1/.000 2/.000 5/1.100 1/.000 2/.000 3/1.167 ··· 144/90 .248/.336/.384/.720 .892/.618 .509 76/.803 2/1 3/
27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP 1/no AB 2/.500 5/.250 1/no AB 4/.500 1/3.000 ··· ··· 189/181 .281/.358/.401/.759 1.000/.749 .885 65/.689 1/1 2/
6.Duran G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 86/44 .216/.280/.351/.632 .719/.545 .684 19/1.015 1/0 3/
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 3/1.666 2/2.000 1/no AB 2/3.000 346/235 .310/.355/.572/.927 .842/.967 .768 97/.836 2/0 19/
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 6/2.166 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/4.000 1/no AB 365/278 .306/.361/.506/.867 .743/.906 .840 115/1.007 19/1 12/
7.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/3.500 1/.000 329/231 .270/.303/.447/.750 .575/.828 .746 93/.622 5/2 10/
51.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 7/5 .286/.286/.714/1.000 .000/1.400 1.000 7/1.000 0/0 1/
25.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.500 127/86 .219/.354/.343/.697 .382/.860 .626 53/.587 0/0 3/
16.Shelton G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/5.000 1/.000 117/60 .216/.333/.330/.663 .518/.806 .666 43/.549 1/0 2/
12.Vazquez* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 3/2.334 6/1.000 2/.000 197/164 .325/.394/.521/.914 .472/1.001 .919 76/.871 0/1 5/
10.Young G/S/vP 6/.500 1/no AB 5/1.350 1/.000 4/.000 1/.000 1/5.000 1/2.000 350/266 .278/.334/.397/.732 .788/.713 .682 102/.696 5/0 6/
IP 51.1 38.1 23.0 27.2 63.0 37.1 34.1 26.0 TOTAL .279/.348/.455/.803 .751/.823 .755 .820 43/12 97/71
ERA-K/9 2.81/7.4 3.29/7.5 1.96/4.3 2.28/7.8 5.29/4.4 4.34/11.3 4.72/5.0 4.85/8.7 4.50/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ramirez (2-0-0)
 Saltalamacchia (25-5-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 219/.235 155/.231 99/.210 117/.202 268/.294 168/.260 148/.267 118/.222 .270  Hamilton
 Byrd
 Boggs
 Bradley
 Murphy
 Catalanotto
 Duran
0/52/20/4
3/23/17/4
35/0/1/1
1/0/14/1
34/12/41/1
17/0/0/0
2/0/2/0
OPS .662 .622 .748 .596 .778 .814 .909 .776 .801
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 46/.705 66/.853 43/.674 47/.779 106/.765 80/.749 62/.868 47/.558 .818
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 173/.649 89/.454 56/.807 70/.470 162/.786 88/.865 86/.940 71/.936 .789
Home 124/.558 76/.649 48/.696 60/.679 117/.996 90/.702 74/.833 63/.790 .812
Last 28d days 98/.660 44/.569 41/.906 40/.732 42/.447 48/.926 34/.723 37/.803
HR/SB/CS 5/2/0 3/1/1 3/3/1 1/0/0 5/2/1 7/6/0 11/0/1 4/3/0 111/29/10
Usage ····X··· ·X·ooo·X ······X· ····X··· X··o···o ·X·o·o·o ······o· ·o·o···o
Houston Astros Batters (4.33 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (5.62 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Millwood
G/S/vB
53.Benoit
G/S/vB
50.Francisco
G/S/vB
18.Guardado*
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
1.Abercrombie G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/6 .222/.300/.333/.633 .500/.733 .929 10/.633 0/1 0/
11.Ausmus G/S/vP 14/.665 5/.200 1/.000 4/1.000 ··· 2/.000 26/.668 127/92 .214/.250/.291/.541 .717/.472 .580 57/.598 0/1 1/
17.Berkman# G/S/vP 24/.788 14/1.731 3/1.667 2/.000 1/.000 4/1.000 29/1.780 325/245 .360/.443/.701/1.145 .992/1.200 1.267 95/.986 12/2 21/
27.Blum# G/S/vP 26/.789 8/.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 18/.437 132/113 .230/.258/.357/.615 .336/.656 .752 30/.646 1/0 4/
14.Bourn* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 303/224 .234/.289/.317/.606 .524/.634 .733 90/.641 29/7 4/
2.Erstad* G/S/vP 9/.666 23/.591 4/.666 22/.318 1/3.000 4/1.000 6/1.000 115/106 .299/.348/.449/.796 .889/.788 .809 45/.788 1/2 2/
45.Lee G/S/vP 3/.666 11/1.364 3/1.000 8/.375 1/.000 3/1.167 21/.675 315/243 .276/.321/.528/.848 .813/.859 .886 93/.937 4/1 17/
8.Loretta G/S/vP 34/.853 2/.500 3/.000 7/1.571 1/.000 1/.000 27/.798 145/108 .256/.331/.364/.695 .993/.600 .797 37/.783 0/0 2/
31.Newhan* G/S/vP 11/.808 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 0/ 0/0 0/
9.Pence G/S/vP 3/1.000 3/.666 2/no AB 1/.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 3/.000 306/232 .269/.307/.444/.751 .782/.741 .797 96/.563 5/6 10/
55.Quintero G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 27/23 .222/.222/.296/.519 .500/.522 .417 23/.391 0/0 0/
10.Tejada G/S/vP 23/.629 19/.635 5/.200 9/1.556 2/2.000 6/.334 3/.666 328/249 .290/.329/.459/.789 .808/.783 .893 97/.606 6/3 10/
21.Wigginton G/S/vP 24/.875 6/.533 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· 3/1.667 9/.958 177/126 .272/.373/.424/.797 1.115/.677 .928 77/.819 4/2 4/
IP 80.0 31.0 29.1 26.1 41.1 32.1 41.2 TOTAL .260/.319/.415/.734 .792/.716 .814 .699 77/28 81/42
ERA-K/9 4.61/6.1 6.10/7.8 3.99/10.8 3.42/5.1 3.70/4.4 4.73/7.0 3.89/6.3 4.90/5.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ausmus (12-4-3)
 Quintero (6-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 360/.300 149/.254 133/.248 101/.194 174/.276 144/.238 177/.232 .281  Pence
 Bourn
 Lee
 Abercrombie
 Erstad
0/0/74/6
0/71/0/5
72/0/0/4
5/2/0/1
21/7/4/1
OPS .801 .832 .719 .569 .754 .723 .622 .792
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 195/.785 70/.614 63/.831 46/.565 84/.792 41/.905 80/.692 .829
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 165/.819 79/1.041 70/.619 55/.573 90/.717 103/.653 97/.565 .761
Road 196/.848 77/.833 76/.672 43/.447 91/.708 63/.583 86/.582 .791
Last 28d days 138/.794 36/1.321 49/.761 47/.529 37/.576 53/.856 46/.760
HR/SB/CS 9/14/4 5/1/0 3/4/1 2/2/0 1/0/1 3/1/0 1/4/1 76/57/19
Usage ·····X·· ·X···o·· ·o··Xo·X o··o··XX ·o···X·· X··o··XX ·····XoX

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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