TEX @ NYM, Sunday, June 15, 2008 Game Preview

Texas Rangers, 34-35, 3rd, 7 GB, 6½ GB in WC	SP: Kevin Millwood (33, RHP, 4-3, 4.91) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (4-3) 66 87 38 36 22 45 6 4.91 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 34 49 27 27 9 26 5 7.15 40 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 2008-04-30 KCR W 6.1 7 5 5 2 2 1 114 39 2008-04-25 MIN ND 6 8 5 5 3 6 1 98 39 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.NYM 2-1 31 26 10 10 12 24 1 2.90 57 2004-07-16 @NYM W 7 3 1 1 4 6 0 105 69 2004-07-08 NYM ND 5.1 9 4 4 2 3 1 101 35 2004-06-01 NYM ND 7 4 0 0 2 6 0 99 73 2003-08-29 @NYM W 8 3 0 0 1 4 0 115 79 2003-07-22 NYM L 3.2 7 5 5 3 5 0 99 29
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 17-16 Road: 17-19 ExtrInn: 5-3 vsRHP: 27-21 vsLHP: 7-14 1-Run: 9-8 vsEast: 6-12 vsCntrl:12-11 vsWest: 14-10 IL: 2-2 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 69 Fri, Jun 13 @NYM L 1-7 34-35 3rd 7.5 gb 68 Thu, Jun 12 @KCR L 5-6 34-34 3rd 7.5 gb 67 Wed, Jun 11 @KCR W 11-5 34-33 3rd 7.0 gb 66 Tue, Jun 10 @KCR W 6-5 33-33 3rd 7.0 gb 65 Sun, Jun 8 TBR W 6-3 32-33 3rd 7.5 gb 64 Sat, Jun 7 TBR L 4-5 31-33 3rd 8.5 gb 63 Fri, Jun 6 TBR L 4-12 31-32 3rd 7.5 gb 62 Thu, Jun 5 CLE W 9-4 31-31 3rd 6.5 gb 61 Wed, Jun 4 CLE L 9-15 30-31 3rd 7.0 gb 60 Tue, Jun 3 CLE W 12-7 30-30 3rd 6.0 gb Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:16-14
New York Mets, 32-34, 4th, 7 GB, 7 GB in WC	SP: John Maine (27, RHP, 6-4, 3.60) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (6-4) 75 66 33 30 34 65 7 3.60 2007 (15-10) 191 168 90 83 75 180 23 3.91 2006 (6-5) 90 69 40 36 33 71 15 3.60 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-2 41.1 34 20 17 15 36 4 3.70 54 2008-06-10 ARI ND 5 5 3 3 3 7 1 101 49 2008-06-04 @SFG W 6 7 2 1 1 4 0 107 55 2008-05-30 LAD ND 6 5 4 4 1 6 1 101 51 2008-05-25 @COL L 6 3 4 3 4 8 1 121 56 2008-05-20 @ATL L 4 8 4 4 3 2 0 99 29 2008-05-13 WSN W 6 2 2 1 1 5 1 109 66 2008-05-07 @LAD W 8.1 4 1 1 2 4 0 117 73 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TEX 0-0 6.1 2 2 2 3 4 2 2.84 62 2005-09-13 @TEX ND 6.1 2 2 2 3 4 2 91 62
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 19-13 Road: 13-21 ExtrInn: 5-4 vsRHP: 18-25 vsLHP: 14-9 1-Run: 6-9 vsEast: 15-15 vsCntrl: 4-6 vsWest: 10-13 IL: 3-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 66 Fri, Jun 13 TEX W 7-1 32-34 3rd 7.5 gb 65 Thu, Jun 12 ARI L 4-5 (10) 31-34 3rd 7.5 gb 64 Wed, Jun 11 ARI W 5-3 (13) 31-33 3rd 6.5 gb 63 Tue, Jun 10 ARI L 5-9 30-33 4th 7.5 gb 62 Sun, Jun 8 @SDP L 6-8 30-32 4th 7.5 gb 61 Sat, Jun 7 @SDP L 1-2 (10) 30-31 4th 6.5 gb 60 Fri, Jun 6 @SDP L 1-2 30-30 4th 5.5 gb 59 Thu, Jun 5 @SDP L 1-2 30-29 4th 4.5 gb 58 Wed, Jun 4 @SFG W 5-3 30-28 3rd 3.5 gb 57 Tue, Jun 3 @SFG W 9-6 29-28 4th 4.5 gb Last 10: 4-6 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Fri, Jun 13, 2008 NYM 7 TEX 1 W:Oliver Perez (5-4), L: Scott Feldman (1-3), S: none Thu, Jun 12, 2003 NYM 11 @TEX 0 W:Al Leiter (7-3), L: Colby Lewis (4-5), S: none Wed, Jun 11, 2003 NYM 8 @TEX 2 W:Jae Weong Seo (4-2), L: Victor Santos (0-1), S: none Tue, Jun 10, 2003 TEX 9 NYM 7 W:John Thomson (4-7), L: Steve Trachsel (4-4), S: Ugueth Urbina (18) Season Series: 2008 - NYM leads 1-0; 2007 - 0-0; 2006 - 0-0; All-Time - NYM leads 3-1

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 5.57

CLE 4.54

WSN 3.71

RA/G

OAK 3.66

SFG 4.59

TEX 5.84

C. Jones .409

D. Young .278

A. Cabrera .184

OBP

C. Jones .498

B. Abreu .348

R. Cano .263

SLG

L. Berkman .704

C. Guzman .444

A. Cabrera .247

OPS

C. Jones 1.155

J. Loney .795

A. Cabrera .529

ERA

E. Volquez 1.64

J. Garland 4.13

B. Bonser 6.35

K/9IP

E. Volquez 10.74

E. Jackson 6.14

L. Hernandez 2.82

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Texas Rangers Batters (5.57 RS/G) vs. New York Mets Pitchers (4.64 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 33.Maine
G/S/vB 25.Feliciano*
G/S/vB 48.Heilman
G/S/vB 50.Sanchez
G/S/vB 60.Schoeneweis*
G/S/vB 35.Smith
G/S/vB 39.Vargas
G/S/vB 13.Wagner*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

41.Boggs# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 139/109 .260/.326/.415/.741 .995/.673 .692 65/.692 0/1 2/

21.Bradley# G/S/vP 6/1.917 2/.000 4/.500 1/.000 5/.000 ··· 2/.500 3/.666 264/169 .330/.455/.623/1.077 1.300/.962 .851 106/1.188 4/2 14/

22.Byrd G/S/vP 3/2.000 2/.000 10/.944 4/.500 ··· ··· 14/.955 5/.900 104/58 .270/.359/.427/.786 .857/.731 .547 62/.856 1/1 2/

27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 5/.900 ··· 158/151 .268/.353/.399/.751 .629/.755 .927 50/.790 1/0 2/

6.Duran G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 77/42 .197/.260/.348/.609 .645/.574 .638 21/.836 0/0 3/

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 309/207 .319/.362/.599/.961 .880/1.000 .853 110/.942 2/0 18/

5.Kinsler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 317/238 .307/.358/.484/.842 .716/.884 .806 123/.915 17/0 9/

15.Laird G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 189/141 .282/.342/.412/.754 .661/.786 .787 61/.781 0/1 4/

7.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 293/199 .286/.323/.480/.803 .600/.903 .819 108/.780 5/2 10/

25.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 99/68 .244/.374/.402/.776 .433/.951 .656 53/.856 0/0 3/

16.Shelton G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.833 ··· ··· ··· 106/56 .218/.340/.345/.685 .571/.791 .652 62/.633 1/0 2/

12.Vazquez* G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 163/137 .331/.403/.518/.921 .530/.990 .893 76/.946 0/1 3/

10.Young G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 31/.465 ··· 4/1.417 4/.000 304/226 .295/.352/.429/.781 .851/.756 .719 111/.794 4/0 6/

IP 75.0 25.2 33.2 26.2 27.2 25.2 31.2 27.0 TOTAL .283/.354/.464/.818 .763/.839 .769 .858 35/8 86/64

ERA-K/9

3.60/7.8

2.45/7.0

5.88/9.3

5.06/7.4

2.28/3.2

3.51/8.4

3.98/5.1

2.33/10.7

4.12/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Laird (25-12-1)
Saltalamacchia (22-2-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 326/.233 111/.255 157/.275 116/.243 109/.196 109/.215 123/.205 110/.204 .253 Hamilton
Byrd
Boggs
Murphy
Catalanotto
Bradley
Duran 0/47/16/3
3/17/13/3
31/0/1/1
26/12/39/1
17/0/0/0
1/0/13/0
2/0/2/0

OPS .687 .716 .811 .707 .601 .619 .628 .576 .731

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 163/.675 51/.546 64/1.163 50/.715 55/.414 25/.700 59/.789 34/.663 .803

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 163/.696 60/.860 93/.577 66/.702 54/.793 84/.594 64/.479 76/.535 .685

Home 146/.662 57/.571 88/.728 63/.831 46/.445 60/.608 56/.770 65/.531 .677

Last 28d days 121/.765 50/.645 53/.762 59/.815 62/.546 38/.872 99/.624 44/.902

HR/SB/CS 7/3/5 3/0/0 5/2/0 3/0/0 2/1/1 1/1/1 4/1/1 3/0/1 67/21/18

Usage ····X··· ···oo··o ··oXo··· ·X··X·XX ·oo···oX ··X·X··o ···oX·X· ··XX··o·

New York Mets Batters (4.71 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (5.84 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 55.Tejeda
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

9.Anderson* G/S/vP 37/.819 7/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 15/1.747 67/66 .159/.185/.238/.423 .000/.429 .394 25/.080 2/0 1/

15.Beltran# G/S/vP ··· 9/.777 2/2.000 13/1.240 ··· 9/1.556 ··· 10/.300 290/211 .264/.369/.447/.816 .837/.808 .910 119/.808 8/1 7/

4.Cancel G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/ .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ 1/.000 0/0 0/

1.Castillo# G/S/vP 58/.746 5/.650 2/1.000 1/no AB 1/.000 5/1.200 2/.000 30/.481 238/167 .261/.365/.347/.712 .718/.709 .879 104/.751 11/2 3/

11.Castro G/S/vP 9/.555 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 5/1.250 40/23 .294/.400/.471/.871 .899/.848 .798 34/.993 0/0 1/

10.Chavez* G/S/vP 24/.416 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 11/.844 128/110 .222/.270/.282/.552 .764/.517 .645 78/.619 2/1 1/

21.Delgado* G/S/vP 6/1.700 2/2.500 ··· 25/.701 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 11/.455 267/183 .243/.326/.404/.730 .703/.742 .700 100/.825 1/0 8/

3.Easley G/S/vP 7/2.000 7/1.286 ··· 9/.347 ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.533 116/77 .245/.287/.321/.608 .855/.487 .614 48/.668 0/0 1/

6.Nixon* G/S/vP 17/.181 12/.643 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 2/.000 ··· / /// / / / /

7.Reyes# G/S/vP 13/.962 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 9/.347 ··· 11/.855 307/210 .291/.351/.480/.831 .805/.843 .899 126/.929 24/7 8/

23.Schneider* G/S/vP 31/.911 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 5/1.000 168/116 .253/.333/.308/.642 .494/.713 .678 67/.451 0/0 2/

17.Tatis G/S/vP 25/.240 ··· ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 7/.286 60/33 .232/.267/.321/.588 .693/.502 .644 59/.563 1/0 1/

5.Wright G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· 8/.250 ··· 11/.819 306/223 .272/.366/.487/.853 1.230/.720 .899 122/.748 8/4 12/

IP 66.0 29.2 25.1 20.2 37.1 6.0 27.0 37.1 TOTAL .254/.330/.390/.720 .768/.699 .752 .695 65/17 56/41

ERA-K/9

4.91/6.1

5.76/8.2

3.55/11.4

3.05/4.3

4.10/4.1

9.00/6.0

4.00/7.0

4.10/6.3

5.08/5.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castro (3-3-0)
Schneider (14-13-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 302/.312 140/.243 115/.255 80/.203 161/.280 29/.217 113/.200 158/.235 .285 Chavez
Beltran
Anderson
Easley
Tatis 24/3/17/4
0/64/0/3
9/0/0/0
4/0/0/0
11/0/4/0

OPS .809 .787 .737 .560 .773 .780 .633 .626 .799

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 157/.805 69/.542 50/.865 42/.495 76/.855 18/.933 33/.812 68/.737 .836

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 145/.812 71/1.046 65/.638 38/.632 85/.697 11/.489 80/.560 90/.547 .768

Road 138/.885 68/.736 62/.667 34/.418 78/.738 7/.000 47/.456 77/.575 .796

Last 28d days 80/.818 50/.954 60/.733 39/.474 57/.763 29/.780 39/.499 57/.698

HR/SB/CS 6/10/3 4/1/0 3/4/1 1/2/0 1/0/1 1/2/0 3/1/0 1/4/1 65/49/16

Usage ····X··· ·······X ··XX··X· ···XX·X· ·o··o··· ·X······ ····X·X· ··oo···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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Game Preview: TEX @ NYM, 1:10pm, Sunday, June 15, 2008 @Shea Stadium

SP: Kevin Millwood (33, RHP, 4-3, 4.91)

SP: John Maine (27, RHP, 6-4, 3.60)

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