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Game Preview: TEX @ OAK, 4:05pm, Saturday, July 26, 2008 @McAfee Coliseum

Texas Rangers, 53-50, 2nd, 10½ GB, 6½ GB in WC

SP: Matt Harrison (22, LHP, 1-1, 9.20)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-1)             14.2  21  15  15   6   1  3    9.20      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-1  14.2  21  15  15   6   1  3    9.20   32 
 2008-07-19   @MIN   L   5     9   8   8   3   0  2      84   14 
 2008-07-13    CHW  ND   2.2   7   5   5   2   0  1      59   22 
 2008-07-08    LAA   W   7     5   2   2   1   1  0      97   59 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.OAK    Has never faced OAK.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   25-21   Road:   28-29   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  42-29   vsLHP:  11-21   1-Run:  20-11
 vsEast: 10-14   vsCntrl:16-16   vsWest: 17-12 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
103 Fri, Jul 25  @OAK  W  14-6       53-50  2nd 10.5 gb
102 Wed, Jul 23  @CHW  L   8-10      52-50  3rd 10.5 gb
101 Tue, Jul 22  @CHW  L   2-10      52-49  3rd  9.5 gb
100 Mon, Jul 21  @CHW  W   6-1       52-48  2nd  8.5 gb
 99 Sun, Jul 20  @MIN  W   1-0       51-48  3rd  9.5 gb
 98 Sat, Jul 19  @MIN  L   2-14      50-48  3rd  9.5 gb
 97 Fri, Jul 18  @MIN  L   0-6       50-47  3rd  8.5 gb
 96 Sun, Jul 13   CHW  W  12-11      50-46  3rd  7.5 gb
 95 Sat, Jul 12   CHW  L   7-9       49-46  3rd  7.5 gb
 94 Fri, Jul 11   CHW  W   7-2       49-45  3rd  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13
Oakland Athletics, 52-50, 3rd, 11 GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Justin Duchscherer (30, RHP, 10-6, 1.87)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (10-6)           115.2  77  29  24  26  70  7    1.87      
 2007 (3-3)             16.1  18   9   9   8  13  3    4.96      
 2006 (2-1)             55.2  52  18  18   9  51  4    2.91      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-2  54.1  31   9   9  10  28  4    1.49   69 
 2008-07-20   @NYY   L   7     6   2   2   3   4  1     109   58 
 2008-07-13    LAA  ND   7.2   5   2   2   2   3  1      98   62 
 2008-07-08    SEA   W   9     2   0   0   0   4  0     105   87 
 2008-07-03   @CHW   W   7     5   2   2   2   4  1      98   61 
 2008-06-28    SFG   L   8     2   1   1   1   4  0      95   77 
 2008-06-22    FLA   W   7.2   6   1   1   2   3  1     105   64 
 2008-06-17   @ARI   W   8     5   1   1   0   6  0      94   74 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TEX      0-1   9.1  13   6   5   1   6  1    4.82   45 
 2008-05-30   @TEX   L   6     6   2   2   1   5  0     101   56 
 2003-09-14   @TEX  ND   3.1   7   4   3   0   1  1      76   33 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   31-25   Road:   21-25   ExtrInn: 7-3 
 vsRHP:  35-32   vsLHP:  17-18   1-Run:  14-16
 vsEast: 14-14   vsCntrl:15-9    vsWest: 13-19 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
102 Fri, Jul 25   TEX  L   6-14      52-50  3rd 11.0 gb
101 Wed, Jul 23  @TBR  L   3-4       52-49  2nd 10.0 gb
100 Tue, Jul 22  @TBR  W   8-1       52-48  2nd  9.0 gb
 99 Mon, Jul 21  @TBR  L   0-4       51-48  3rd  9.0 gb
 98 Sun, Jul 20  @NYY  L   1-2       51-47  2nd  9.0 gb
 97 Sat, Jul 19  @NYY  L   3-4 (12)  51-46  2nd  8.0 gb
 96 Fri, Jul 18  @NYY  L   1-7       51-45  2nd  7.0 gb
 95 Sun, Jul 13   LAA  L   3-4       51-44  2nd  6.0 gb
 94 Sat, Jul 12   LAA  L   1-4       51-43  2nd  5.0 gb
 93 Fri, Jul 11   LAA  W   9-2       51-42  2nd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jul 25, 2008 TEX 14 @OAK  6        W:Vicente Padilla (12-5), L: Jerry Blevins (0-1), S: none
Sun, Jun 01, 2008 OAK 13 @TEX  8        W:Chad Gaudin (4-3), L: Jamey Wright (3-2), S: none
Sat, May 31, 2008 TEX  8  OAK  4        W:Sidney Ponson (4-1), L: Joe Blanton (3-7), S: none
Fri, May 30, 2008 TEX  3  OAK  1        W:Kevin Millwood (3-3), L: Justin Duchscherer (4-4), S: C.J. Wilson (11)
Sun, May 11, 2008 OAK 12 @TEX  6        W:Santiago Casilla (2-0), L: Franklyn German (1-1), S: none
Sat, May 10, 2008 TEX  6  OAK  4        W:Josh Rupe (1-1), L: Dana Eveland (3-3), S: none
Fri, May 09, 2008 TEX  4  OAK  0        W:Scott Feldman (1-1), L: Greg Smith (2-2), S: none
Sun, May 04, 2008 OAK  3  TEX  1        W:Santiago Casilla (1-0), L: Scott Feldman (0-1), S: Huston Street (9)
Sat, May 03, 2008 TEX  6 @OAK  3        W:A.J. Murray (1-0), L: Chad Gaudin (3-2), S: Joaquin Benoit (1)
Fri, May 02, 2008 TEX  4 @OAK  3        W:Vicente Padilla (4-2), L: Joe Blanton (2-5), S: C.J. Wilson (7)
Season Series: 2008 - TEX leads 7-3; 2007 - TEX won 10-9; 2006 - TEX won 10-9; All-Time - OAK leads 359-353

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  5.54

COL  4.61

SDP  3.76

RA/G

OAK  3.74

CLE  4.52

TEX  5.88

BA

C. Jones  .369

D. Mientkiewicz  .285

T. Pena  .152

OBP

C. Jones  .466

D. Uggla  .358

T. Pena  .174

SLG

L. Berkman  .626

R. Vazquez  .470

T. Pena  .201

OPS

L. Berkman  1.066

C. Hart  .821

T. Pena  .375

ERA

J. Duchscherer  1.87

R. Nolasco  3.99

I. Snell  6.10

K/9IP

E. Volquez  9.52

T. Wellemeyer  6.13

K. Rogers  3.48

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Texas Rangers Batters (5.54 RS/G) vs. Oakland Athletics Pitchers (3.74 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 58.Duchscherer
G/S/vB
13.Blevins*
G/S/vB
51.Braden*
G/S/vB
59.Brown
G/S/vB
25.DiNardo*
G/S/vB
41.Embree*
G/S/vB
44.Casilla
G/S/vB
20.Street
G/S/vB
31.Ziegler
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Blalock* G/S/vP 11/.818 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 4/.500 11/.191 1/5.000 7/1.000 1/.000 125/82 .272/.328/.439/.767 .638/.834 .687 29/.577 1/0 4/
41.Boggs# G/S/vP 3/1.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/1.000 ··· 215/151 .245/.327/.394/.721 .819/.676 .638 50/.558 2/2 4/
21.Bradley# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 6/.167 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 364/236 .311/.438/.584/1.022 1.130/.957 .845 83/.814 4/3 19/
22.Byrd G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 7/1.000 6/1.167 10/1.156 3/1.667 5/.400 4/.000 ··· 225/137 .247/.327/.384/.711 .728/.700 .530 73/.650 2/1 4/
27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP 5/1.200 ··· ··· 2/2.000 4/1.250 9/.222 3/2.000 3/.666 ··· 211/201 .280/.354/.398/.752 .775/.751 .875 21/.722 1/1 2/
19.Davis* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 91/60 .294/.341/.694/1.035 1.452/.827 .901 86/1.012 0/1 9/
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 5/.400 2/.000 1/5.000 1/.000 453/312 .306/.364/.550/.914 .793/.969 .777 101/.863 7/0 23/
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· 4/1.000 3/1.000 12/.830 8/.575 4/.667 6/.334 2/2.000 484/361 .326/.386/.526/.912 .815/.945 .842 110/.976 25/1 14/
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 5/.400 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 406/293 .275/.319/.469/.788 .627/.854 .780 71/.882 7/2 14/
51.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 48/33 .233/.313/.395/.708 .350/.849 .410 37/.726 0/0 2/
25.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/.250 3/.666 5/.200 3/1.167 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 185/118 .225/.324/.331/.656 .478/.763 .603 50/.620 0/1 3/
12.Vazquez* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 251/213 .309/.381/.470/.851 .462/.919 .852 50/.678 0/1 5/
10.Young G/S/vP 20/1.339 ··· 7/1.464 5/2.100 14/.690 13/1.218 8/1.339 10/.600 1/.000 458/342 .298/.345/.424/.769 .871/.733 .708 99/.915 7/0 8/
IP 115.2 10.0 20.0 35.0 12.0 38.1 29.2 44.0 25.0 TOTAL .280/.350/.457/.808 .761/.827 .750 .816 59/16 126/86
ERA-K/9 1.87/5.4 0.90/9.0 4.05/5.8 3.09/7.2 9.00/5.2 5.17/8.0 3.03/9.1 4.09/8.8 0.00/3.6 3.48/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ramirez (12-3-0)
 Saltalamacchia (35-7-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 441/.190 38/.176 85/.278 147/.187 66/.333 170/.268 126/.259 177/.238 88/.179 .239  Byrd
 Hamilton
 Bradley
 Boggs
 Murphy
 Catalanotto
4/41/21/6
0/64/31/5
1/0/19/4
50/0/2/3
47/13/50/3
18/0/0/0
OPS .534 .472 .765 .609 .854 .806 .728 .704 .421 .674
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 241/.602 15/.517 21/.649 79/.559 19/.702 61/.828 59/.609 82/.851 37/.452 .654
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 200/.452 23/.445 64/.806 68/.647 47/.923 109/.793 67/.842 95/.579 51/.398 .687
Home 240/.429 12/.523 29/.713 94/.628 31/1.036 98/.734 68/.701 110/.776 53/.356 .639
Last 28d days 141/.471 38/.472 28/.721 42/.829 13/.750 32/1.253 44/.934 36/.746 46/.315
HR/SB/CS 7/2/1 0/1/1 1/0/0 3/0/1 1/2/0 5/3/0 4/5/0 6/4/2 0/1/0 75/49/28
Usage ·····X·· X·oX··XX ···X···o X···X··o ······XX X·o··oX· ··o·X·o· ···o··X· o··X··X·
Oakland Athletics Batters (4.24 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (5.88 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 54.Harrison*
G/S/vB
50.Francisco
G/S/vB
18.Guardado*
G/S/vB
60.Madrigal
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
45.Bankston G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 50/32 .250/.280/.375/.655 1.000/.450 .767 50/.655 0/0 1/
18.Bowen# G/S/vP ··· 2/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/1.100 55/35 .196/.255/.275/.529 .616/.479 .572 16/.330 0/0 0/
8.Brown G/S/vP ··· 3/2.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/.666 7/.000 9/.666 329/216 .247/.286/.377/.662 .686/.650 .709 68/.649 4/1 8/
49.Conrad# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 14/12 .143/.143/.143/.286 .000/.333 1.000 14/.286 0/0 0/
7.Crosby G/S/vP ··· 8/.542 4/.250 ··· ··· 3/.666 2/.000 9/.730 390/281 .251/.305/.357/.662 .666/.660 .700 50/.416 5/3 4/
32.Cust* G/S/vP ··· 7/.953 3/.333 ··· ··· 2/3.000 7/.686 8/.875 392/274 .223/.370/.424/.793 .739/.817 .864 95/.709 0/0 18/
38.Davis G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 118/68 .204/.229/.274/.503 .533/.481 .579 28/.481 16/5 1/
14.Ellis G/S/vP ··· 8/1.089 10/.967 ··· ··· 5/.650 6/.167 7/1.429 402/284 .232/.329/.374/.703 .547/.765 .573 94/.503 12/2 9/
28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 180/128 .271/.307/.424/.731 .516/.819 .686 84/.689 3/0 3/
22.Hannahan* G/S/vP ··· 5/.933 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/1.667 1/no AB 5/1.350 334/253 .231/.322/.353/.675 .646/.684 .687 77/.706 2/0 5/
26.Murton G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 69/47 .197/.232/.242/.474 .372/.522 .412 41/.476 0/0 0/
24.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· 6/.334 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 5/.400 373/279 .289/.340/.382/.722 .619/.756 .785 85/.826 2/2 4/
15.Sweeney* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 262/205 .309/.362/.408/.769 .651/.802 .706 70/.853 8/1 3/
IP 14.2 40.2 38.0 10.0 23.1 56.1 42.2 57.0 TOTAL .247/.321/.370/.691 .652/.707 .697 .634 52/16 73/57
ERA-K/9 9.20/0.6 3.32/10.8 3.55/5.0 7.20/7.2 10.03/5.8 4.31/5.0 5.06/8.0 4.58/6.3 5.23/5.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bowen (6-5-1)
 Suzuki (43-23-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 67/.344 177/.227 147/.194 45/.289 118/.366 239/.272 194/.256 247/.263 .286  Brown
 Gonzalez
 Sweeney
 Cust
 Davis
 Murton
50/1/45/5
0/39/25/4
12/42/42/3
60/0/0/2
3/58/1/2
16/0/2/1
OPS 1.042 .681 .587 .825 1.009 .770 .803 .678 .814
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 16/1.563 90/.685 57/.590 24/1.142 55/.978 115/.859 54/.793 118/.756 .843
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 51/.885 87/.677 90/.585 21/.468 63/1.034 124/.684 140/.806 129/.608 .789
Road 25/1.298 101/.568 70/.595 26/.888 61/1.329 131/.796 84/.679 132/.716 .813
Last 28d days 67/1.042 40/.628 42/.657 45/.825 67/.873 52/.887 44/.937 67/.824
HR/SB/CS 3/0/2 4/6/1 3/3/0 1/0/0 3/4/1 4/0/1 7/1/0 2/7/1 110/78/25
Usage ······X· o···o·X· X·X·XX·· ··X····o ···X··X· ··X···X· ··o··X·· X·X·o··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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