TEX @ NYY, Tuesday, July 1, 2008 Game Preview

Texas Rangers, 43-41, 3rd, 6½ GB, 6½ GB in WC	SP: Kevin Millwood (33, RHP, 5-4, 5.08) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (5-4) 85 111 50 48 32 60 9 5.08 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 37.2 49 22 22 13 31 4 5.26 46 2008-06-26 @HOU L 5 12 7 7 3 6 0 91 18 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 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.NYY 1-3 34 34 18 15 7 28 6 3.97 53 2006-07-24 NYY L 6 7 5 2 2 2 1 97 44 2006-05-15 @NYY W 7 5 2 2 0 6 0 78 65 2005-08-04 NYY ND 8 8 2 2 0 8 2 94 66 2005-07-07 @NYY L 6 7 6 6 2 6 2 104 38 2000-06-02 NYY L 7 7 3 3 3 6 1 105 54
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 21-18 Road: 22-23 ExtrInn: 5-4 vsRHP: 34-24 vsLHP: 9-17 1-Run: 14-10 vsEast: 7-12 vsCntrl:12-11 vsWest: 14-10 IL:10-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 84 Mon, Jun 30 @NYY W 2-1 43-41 3rd 6.5 gb 83 Sun, Jun 29 PHI W 5-1 42-41 3rd 7.5 gb 82 Sat, Jun 28 PHI L 6-8 41-41 3rd 7.5 gb 81 Fri, Jun 27 PHI W 8-7 41-40 3rd 7.5 gb 80 Thu, Jun 26 @HOU L 2-7 40-40 3rd 8.5 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 Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:16-14
New York Yankees, 44-39, 3rd, 6½ GB, 5 GB in WC	SP: Joba Chamberlain (22, RHP, 2-2, 2.03) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (2-2) 48.2 38 13 11 24 56 2 2.03 2007 (2-0) 24 12 2 1 6 34 1 0.38 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-0 25 22 7 5 13 26 1 1.80 56 2008-06-25 @PIT W 6.2 6 0 0 1 7 0 114 68 2008-06-19 SDP ND 5.2 4 1 1 3 9 0 100 63 2008-06-13 @HOU ND 6 6 1 1 4 2 0 89 54 2008-06-08 KCR ND 4.1 5 3 2 1 5 1 78 47 2008-06-03 TOR ND 2.1 1 2 1 4 3 0 62 48 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TEX Has never faced TEX.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 22-19 Road: 22-20 ExtrInn: 1-2 vsRHP: 30-26 vsLHP: 14-13 1-Run: 14-10 vsEast: 15-15 vsCntrl:11-15 vsWest: 8-2 IL:10-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 83 Mon, Jun 30 TEX L 1-2 44-39 3rd 6.5 gb 82 Sun, Jun 29 @NYM L 1-3 44-38 3rd 5.5 gb 81 Sat, Jun 28 @NYM W 3-2 44-37 3rd 5.0 gb 80 Fri, Jun 27 @NYM W 9-0 43-37 3rd 6.0 gb 79 Fri, Jun 27 NYM L 6-15 42-37 3rd 6.0 gb 78 Wed, Jun 25 @PIT W 10-0 42-36 3rd 5.5 gb 77 Tue, Jun 24 @PIT L 5-12 41-36 3rd 5.5 gb 76 Sun, Jun 22 CIN W 4-1 41-35 3rd 5.0 gb 75 Sat, Jun 21 CIN L 0-6 40-35 3rd 5.0 gb 74 Fri, Jun 20 CIN L 2-4 40-34 3rd 5.0 gb Last 10: 4-6 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Mon, Jun 30, 2008 TEX 2 @NYY 1 W:Scott Feldman (2-3), L: Mike Mussina (10-6), S: C.J. Wilson (18) Thu, May 10, 2007 TEX 14 @NYY 2 W:Brandon McCarthy (3-4), L: Chien-Ming Wang (1-3), S: none Wed, May 09, 2007 NYY 6 TEX 2 W:Mike Mussina (2-1), L: Robinson Tejeda (3-3), S: none Tue, May 08, 2007 NYY 8 TEX 2 W:Andy Pettitte (2-1), L: Mike Wood (0-1), S: none Thu, May 03, 2007 NYY 5 @TEX 2 W:Mike Mussina (1-1), L: Robinson Tejeda (3-2), S: Mariano Rivera (3) Thu, May 03, 2007 NYY 4 @TEX 3 W:Luis Vizcaino (2-1), L: Joaquin Benoit (0-1), S: Mariano Rivera (2) Tue, May 01, 2007 NYY 10 @TEX 1 W:Philip Hughes (1-1), L: Kameron Loe (1-2), S: none Wed, Jul 26, 2006 NYY 8 @TEX 7 W:Shawn Chacon (5-3), L: Akinori Otsuka (2-4), S: Mariano Rivera (25) Tue, Jul 25, 2006 NYY 7 @TEX 4 W:Mike Mussina (12-3), L: Adam Eaton (0-1), S: Mariano Rivera (24) Mon, Jul 24, 2006 NYY 6 @TEX 2 W:Randy Johnson (11-8), L: Kevin Millwood (10-6), S: none Season Series: 2008 - TEX leads 1-0; 2007 - NYY won 5-1; 2006 - NYY won 8-2; All-Time - NYY leads 345-237

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 5.45

ARI 4.48

WSN 3.63

RA/G

OAK 3.65

BAL 4.55

TEX 5.57

C. Jones .394

R. Barajas .283

T. Pena .154

OBP

C. Jones .485

K. Johnson .356

T. Pena .177

SLG

L. Berkman .699

M. Tejada .456

T. Pena .189

OPS

L. Berkman 1.147

O. Hudson .805

T. Pena .366

ERA

J. Duchscherer 1.91

J. Suppan 4.05

B. Arroyo 6.19

K/9IP

E. Volquez 9.97

T. Wakefield 6.09

L. Hernandez 3.18

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Texas Rangers Batters (5.45 RS/G) vs. New York Yankees Pitchers (4.41 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 62.Chamberlain
G/S/vB 48.Farnsworth
G/S/vB 22.Hawkins
G/S/vB 36.Ramirez
G/S/vB 42.Rivera
G/S/vB 30.Robertson
G/S/vB 41.Veras
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

41.Boggs# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 169/122 .255/.327/.430/.757 .921/.692 .716 58/.742 2/2 4/

21.Bradley# G/S/vP ··· 6/.334 3/.000 ··· 5/.000 ··· 1/.000 294/187 .318/.437/.603/1.039 1.248/.926 .832 73/1.240 4/2 16/

22.Byrd G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 164/100 .245/.331/.385/.716 .764/.686 .509 87/.760 2/1 3/

27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 12/.542 ··· 12/.523 ··· 1/.000 190/181 .280/.356/.399/.755 .873/.749 .875 55/.601 1/1 2/

19.Davis* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/9 .333/.385/.917/1.301 1.833/1.111 1.000 13/1.301 0/0 2/

6.Duran G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 93/45 .198/.258/.321/.579 .619/.532 .630 26/.728 1/0 3/

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 366/248 .312/.363/.563/.926 .864/.955 .773 99/.731 3/0 19/

5.Kinsler G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 389/291 .321/.375/.532/.907 .822/.935 .837 120/1.094 20/1 13/

7.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 343/240 .270/.308/.451/.759 .586/.836 .763 90/.727 5/2 10/

51.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 19/8 .188/.316/.375/.691 .182/1.357 .636 19/.691 0/0 1/

25.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 143/94 .215/.336/.331/.666 .382/.825 .586 64/.531 0/1 3/

12.Vazquez* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 210/174 .320/.388/.508/.897 .491/.979 .898 82/.874 0/1 5/

10.Young G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 6/.533 ··· 18/.444 ··· 1/3.000 373/279 .285/.338/.418/.755 .812/.735 .696 107/.699 5/0 7/

IP 48.2 36.0 34.1 27.0 36.1 2.0 25.1 TOTAL .279/.349/.456/.805 .744/.830 .749 .810 45/13 102/74

ERA-K/9

2.03/10.3

4.00/8.5

6.03/4.7

3.33/9.3

0.74/10.4

4.50/4.5

2.84/8.2

4.19/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Ramirez (2-1-0)
Saltalamacchia (30-6-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 203/.216 151/.293 146/.281 115/.210 127/.138 9/.500 106/.221 .264 Hamilton
Byrd
Bradley
Boggs
Murphy
Catalanotto
Duran 0/53/23/5
4/28/17/4
1/0/16/3
37/0/1/1
38/12/42/1
17/0/0/0
2/0/2/0

OPS .609 .930 .758 .683 .369 .944 .622 .731

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 98/.707 69/1.082 63/1.005 63/.717 62/.325 8/1.000 49/.818 .715

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 105/.519 82/.814 83/.582 52/.641 65/.411 1/ 57/.468 .745

Home 102/.629 74/1.032 72/.735 66/.782 58/.414 / 57/.626 .719

Last 28d days 107/.655 39/.765 45/.803 48/.842 40/.508 9/.944 60/.653

HR/SB/CS 2/6/2 10/5/6 3/1/2 3/1/2 2/1/0 0/0/0 3/3/0 76/63/32

Usage ·····X·· ··oX···· ···X··X· oo·X··o· ··o····· ·X······ X·oo·X··

New York Yankees Batters (4.65 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (5.57 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 46.Mendoza
G/S/vB 59.Rupe
G/S/vB 36.Wilson*
G/S/vB 45.Wright
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

53.Abreu* G/S/vP 48/1.017 2/.000 2/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 36/1.308 344/241 .283/.352/.457/.808 .853/.789 .845 106/.761 11/5 10/

14.Betemit# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.583 82/55 .266/.280/.494/.774 .741/.791 .899 43/.912 0/1 4/

28.Cabrera# G/S/vP 9/1.222 4/.500 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 317/212 .244/.309/.350/.659 .585/.694 .639 107/.528 6/1 7/

24.Cano* G/S/vP 10/.800 9/.555 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 8/.804 ··· 322/225 .242/.280/.358/.637 .756/.587 .674 98/.736 1/3 6/

18.Damon* G/S/vP 16/.583 20/.950 2/2.500 26/.608 ··· ··· 7/.629 5/1.100 335/228 .315/.384/.463/.847 .797/.871 .851 104/.874 13/6 6/

11.Gardner* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/3 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 3/.000 1/0 0/

25.Giambi* G/S/vP 12/1.500 16/1.000 2/.000 30/.343 ··· ··· 5/.000 4/.833 284/188 .263/.398/.548/.946 .990/.924 1.026 94/1.018 2/1 17/

12.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 57/35 .176/.236/.216/.452 .243/.584 .111 9/.000 0/0 0/

2.Jeter G/S/vP 20/.684 22/.364 5/.800 5/.000 ··· ··· 7/1.571 1/.000 341/234 .280/.340/.388/.728 .742/.721 .688 116/.730 5/2 4/

19.Moeller G/S/vP 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.650 71/47 .254/.338/.381/.719 .625/.761 .566 5/.900 0/0 1/

26.Molina G/S/vP 11/.495 7/.619 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 4/.000 ··· 158/107 .228/.255/.317/.572 .495/.609 .572 42/.639 0/0 0/

20.Posada# G/S/vP 12/.350 13/1.706 8/.125 8/.000 ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· 143/100 .286/.364/.460/.824 .754/.853 .764 77/.834 0/0 3/

13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 15/1.181 14/.703 7/.762 11/.920 ··· ··· 8/.125 4/.500 269/192 .322/.405/.601/1.006 1.031/.996 1.188 112/1.113 11/1 16/

IP 85.0 34.0 32.0 28.1 16.2 44.2 35.1 45.0 TOTAL .270/.341/.423/.764 .750/.770 .781 .789 50/21 83/43

ERA-K/9

5.08/6.4

5.82/7.4

3.66/11.2

3.18/5.4

5.40/5.4

3.43/4.4

4.58/7.1

3.60/6.2

4.84/5.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Moeller (12-7-0)
Molina (25-19-6)
Posada (25-6-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 388/.314 160/.248 141/.231 109/.180 81/.306 187/.269 156/.239 187/.224 .279 Abreu
Cabrera
Damon
Gardner 0/0/78/7
0/80/1/3
65/6/0/1
1/0/0/0

OPS .829 .803 .675 .538 .799 .735 .734 .598 .791

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 206/.813 74/.651 69/.752 47/.552 38/1.058 89/.809 46/.845 85/.674 .827

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 182/.847 86/.943 72/.600 62/.526 43/.548 98/.667 110/.688 102/.536 .760

Road 224/.892 80/.797 80/.634 43/.447 51/.738 96/.713 66/.555 92/.564 .791

Last 28d days 143/.904 30/.905 51/.491 47/.469 26/.385 43/.602 58/.928 49/.585

HR/SB/CS 9/15/4 5/1/0 3/5/1 2/3/0 1/0/1 1/0/1 4/1/0 1/4/1 82/62/21

Usage ····X··· ··X·o·X· X··X··o· ·o·X·o·· ··o··X·· ···XX·o· oo·X·X·· oo··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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Game Preview: TEX @ NYY, 7:05pm, Tuesday, July 1, 2008 @Yankee Stadium II

SP: Kevin Millwood (33, RHP, 5-4, 5.08)

SP: Joba Chamberlain (22, RHP, 2-2, 2.03)

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