TEX @ OAK, Saturday, September 13, 2008 Game Preview

Texas Rangers, 72-75, 2nd, 17½ GB, 14 GB in WC	SP: Scott Feldman (25, RHP, 5-6, 5.05) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (5-6) 133.2 140 88 75 53 65 19 5.05 2007 (1-2) 39 44 26 25 32 19 3 5.77 2006 (0-2) 41.1 42 19 18 10 30 4 3.92 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-3 40 51 33 25 14 23 7 5.63 41 2008-08-30 @LAA L 6 8 4 4 1 2 0 97 41 2008-08-25 @KCR W 7 8 3 2 0 3 0 97 54 2008-08-18 DET ND 6 5 3 3 4 4 1 94 50 2008-08-12 @BOS ND 2.2 10 12 6 3 2 2 90 1 2008-08-07 NYY L 7 7 2 2 2 4 1 103 57 2008-08-02 TOR L 5.1 5 4 3 3 4 0 90 45 2008-07-28 SEA ND 6 8 5 5 1 4 3 85 39 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.OAK 1-1 18.1 12 7 6 7 8 2 2.95 56 2008-06-01 OAK ND 6 4 4 3 2 2 1 85 50 2008-05-09 OAK W 6 2 0 0 4 1 0 87 65 2008-05-04 @OAK L 6.1 6 3 3 1 5 1 100 53
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 36-36 Road: 36-39 ExtrInn: 5-5 vsRHP: 55-48 vsLHP: 17-27 1-Run: 27-17 vsEast: 17-26 vsCntrl:20-21 vsWest: 25-20 IL:10-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 147 Thu, Sep 11 @OAK W 6-1 72-75 2nd 17.5 gb 146 Wed, Sep 10 @SEA L 7-8 71-75 2nd 17.5 gb 145 Tue, Sep 9 @SEA W 7-3 71-74 2nd 16.5 gb 144 Sun, Sep 7 BOS L 2-7 70-74 2nd 17.0 gb 143 Sat, Sep 6 BOS W 15-8 70-73 2nd 16.0 gb 142 Fri, Sep 5 BOS L 1-8 69-73 2nd 17.0 gb 141 Wed, Sep 3 SEA W 1-0 69-72 2nd 16.5 gb 140 Tue, Sep 2 SEA W 6-4 68-72 2nd 17.5 gb 139 Mon, Sep 1 SEA L 6-12 67-72 2nd 17.5 gb 138 Sun, Aug 31 @LAA W 4-3 67-71 2nd 17.0 gb Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:12-18
Oakland Athletics, 67-79, 3rd, 22 GB, 18½ GB in WC	SP: Josh Outman (23, LHP, 0-0, 6.23) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (0-0) 4.1 6 3 3 0 3 1 6.23 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS inf +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TEX Has never faced TEX.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 36-36 Road: 31-43 ExtrInn: 7-7 vsRHP: 42-55 vsLHP: 25-24 1-Run: 22-23 vsEast: 17-23 vsCntrl:22-24 vsWest: 18-24 IL:10-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 146 Thu, Sep 11 TEX L 1-6 67-79 3rd 22.0 gb 145 Wed, Sep 10 @DET W 5-2 67-78 3rd 21.0 gb 144 Tue, Sep 9 @DET W 3-2 66-78 3rd 21.0 gb 143 Mon, Sep 8 @DET L 8-14 65-78 3rd 22.0 gb 142 Sat, Sep 6 @BAL W 5-1 65-77 3rd 20.5 gb 141 Fri, Sep 5 @BAL W 11-2 64-77 3rd 21.5 gb 140 Thu, Sep 4 @KCR L 6-9 63-77 3rd 22.5 gb 139 Thu, Sep 4 @KCR L 4-5 (10) 63-76 3rd 22.5 gb 138 Tue, Sep 2 @KCR L 2-5 63-75 3rd 21.5 gb 137 Sun, Aug 31 MIN L 4-12 63-74 3rd 20.5 gb Last 10: 4-6 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Thu, Sep 11, 2008 TEX 6 @OAK 1 W:Dustin Nippert (3-4), L: Dallas Braden (5-4), S: none Sun, Jul 27, 2008 OAK 6 TEX 5 W:Jerry Blevins (1-1), L: Eric Hurley (1-2), S: Huston Street (18) Sat, Jul 26, 2008 TEX 9 @OAK 4 W:Matt Harrison (2-1), L: Justin Duchscherer (10-7), S: none 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 Season Series: 2008 - TEX leads 9-4; 2007 - TEX won 10-9; 2006 - TEX won 10-9; All-Time - OAK leads 360-355

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 5.49

ATL 4.66

SDP 3.90

RA/G

TOR 3.81

CLE 4.57

TEX 5.93

R. Furcal .366

A. Lind .293

J. Towles .141

OBP

A. Pujols .465

C. Lee .368

T. Pena .184

SLG

A. Pujols .653

J. Hairston .481

T. Pena .209

OPS

A. Pujols 1.117

M. Cameron .843

T. Pena .393

ERA

C. Lee 2.28

G. Meche 3.96

L. Hernandez 6.21

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.19

M. Mussina 6.56

L. Hernandez 3.32

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Texas Rangers Batters (5.49 RS/G) vs. Oakland Athletics Pitchers (4.21 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 55.Outman*
G/S/vB 13.Blevins*
G/S/vB 33.Devine
G/S/vB 41.Embree*
G/S/vB 29.Foulke
G/S/vB 44.Casilla
G/S/vB 60.Gray
G/S/vB 21.Saarloos
G/S/vB 20.Street
G/S/vB 31.Ziegler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

4.Arias G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 79/68 .250/.308/.333/.641 1.400/.523 .677 79/.641 4/0 0/

9.Blalock* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 11/.191 17/.694 1/5.000 1/.000 26/.852 7/1.000 2/.000 217/153 .264/.313/.423/.736 .869/.681 .705 84/.686 1/0 6/

41.Boggs# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.667 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· 318/220 .230/.338/.407/.745 .832/.707 .664 60/.762 3/2 8/

21.Bradley# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 6/.167 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 470/314 .327/.446/.583/1.029 1.177/.954 .889 74/.996 4/3 22/

22.Byrd G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.667 2/1.500 5/.400 ··· 3/1.667 4/.000 1/.000 400/269 .293/.377/.460/.837 .885/.812 .752 95/.806 5/1 10/

27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 9/.222 25/.598 3/2.000 ··· 11/1.688 3/.666 ··· 272/257 .272/.338/.391/.729 .536/.739 .804 16/.454 1/1 2/

17.Cruz G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/1.417 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 3/.333 2/.000 ··· 66/57 .316/.409/.614/1.023 1.667/.928 .829 66/1.023 3/1 4/

19.Davis* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 268/192 .271/.325/.538/.863 .938/.834 .827 97/.846 1/2 15/

6.Duran G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 1/3.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 125/62 .227/.283/.355/.638 .732/.540 .706 10/.583 1/1 3/

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/5.000 2/.000 637/438 .306/.374/.546/.920 .867/.944 .785 105/.931 9/1 31/

15.Laird G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 4/.583 2/1.000 1/.000 7/1.166 5/.000 1/2.000 340/254 .288/.338/.414/.753 .766/.748 .780 75/.682 2/4 6/

25.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/3.000 ··· 229/148 .254/.354/.365/.719 .449/.876 .686 21/1.055 0/2 3/

2.Teagarden G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 28/22 .385/.429/.962/1.390 .333/1.591 1.303 22/1.550 0/0 4/

12.Vazquez* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 335/281 .298/.373/.443/.816 .487/.878 .759 35/.458 0/1 6/

10.Young G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 13/1.218 13/1.154 8/1.339 ··· 28/1.142 11/.546 2/.000 654/489 .280/.332/.401/.732 .848/.693 .683 117/.636 9/0 12/

IP 4.1 31.0 38.2 54.2 30.0 48.2 2.0 23.0 64.1 52.0 TOTAL .281/.352/.459/.811 .806/.813 .762 .806 77/23 178/119

ERA-K/9

6.23/6.3

3.19/8.4

0.70/10.0

4.77/8.2

3.30/6.9

3.33/7.6

4.50/13.5

4.30/4.7

3.92/8.8

0.52/4.3

3.92/6.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Laird (49-19-5)
Saltalamacchia (40-9-6)
Teagarden (3-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 21/.316 130/.219 142/.148 241/.260 127/.227 218/.288 8/.143 101/.313 267/.235 194/.204 .249 Byrd
Boggs
Hamilton
Bradley
Cruz
Duran
Catalanotto 18/55/39/7
71/0/3/7
0/98/34/7
1/0/19/4
0/0/16/0
2/0/2/0
26/0/0/0

OPS .965 .623 .392 .771 .719 .787 .821 .705 .695 .530 .710

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 4/.000 49/.429 59/.474 84/.710 61/.562 94/.788 3/.000 48/.769 116/.724 92/.640 .681

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 17/1.212 81/.744 83/.336 157/.805 66/.865 124/.785 5/1.400 53/.648 151/.674 102/.435 .730

Home / 51/.420 56/.450 125/.706 72/.593 101/.849 3/.000 63/.683 139/.703 87/.455 .677

Last 28d days 21/.965 52/.763 36/.146 39/.520 16/.536 57/.854 8/.821 71/.856 45/.513 52/.748

HR/SB/CS 1/0/0 1/2/1 0/3/1 6/4/1 4/3/1 5/7/0 1/0/0 1/1/0 6/5/3 0/1/0 117/64/37

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

Oakland Athletics Batters (3.95 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (5.93 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 39.Feldman
G/S/vB 53.Benoit
G/S/vB 50.Francisco
G/S/vB 43.Loe
G/S/vB 60.Madrigal
G/S/vB 46.Mendoza
G/S/vB 59.Rupe
G/S/vB 56.White*
G/S/vB 45.Wright
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

52.Baisley G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 11/6 .000/.182/.000/.182 .200/.167 .250 11/.182 0/0 0/

10.Barton* G/S/vP 8/.375 2/.000 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/.333 477/331 .215/.312/.335/.647 .742/.606 .644 104/.770 1/1 9/

18.Bowen# G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· 2/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 6/1.100 84/56 .175/.214/.275/.489 .437/.516 .406 22/.455 0/0 1/

8.Brown G/S/vP 8/.000 6/1.000 3/2.000 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 9/.666 430/271 .247/.298/.391/.689 .830/.604 .722 56/.747 4/2 13/

7.Crosby G/S/vP 10/.422 14/.742 8/.542 13/1.504 ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 10/.650 546/388 .245/.300/.362/.662 .670/.659 .700 85/.470 6/3 7/

57.Cunningham G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 37/29 .273/.351/.364/.715 .875/.665 .625 37/.715 1/0 0/

32.Cust* G/S/vP 10/1.067 4/.250 7/.953 ··· ··· 1/3.000 2/3.000 4/.833 8/.875 536/381 .228/.368/.459/.826 .785/.843 .884 92/.963 0/0 28/

38.Davis G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 209/130 .253/.280/.364/.644 .661/.634 .557 81/.842 27/6 3/

14.Ellis G/S/vP 11/.282 12/.697 8/1.089 15/.414 1/5.000 1/3.000 6/.533 2/.500 8/1.250 507/357 .233/.321/.373/.694 .535/.757 .609 28/.821 14/2 12/

22.Hannahan* G/S/vP 8/.583 4/.000 5/.933 ··· ··· 2/.000 5/1.600 2/1.500 6/1.100 471/356 .221/.303/.345/.648 .568/.674 .682 71/.677 2/0 8/

4.Patterson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 146/123 .195/.288/.250/.538 .478/.548 .514 86/.498 10/1 1/

56.Pennington# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 55/28 .250/.315/.313/.627 .519/.732 .472 49/.711 2/0 0/

24.Suzuki G/S/vP 8/.500 5/.000 6/.334 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.833 1/.000 5/.400 538/393 .287/.354/.380/.735 .633/.771 .859 94/.759 2/3 7/

15.Sweeney* G/S/vP 4/.833 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 378/284 .285/.343/.383/.726 .552/.782 .647 58/.796 8/1 5/

IP 133.2 45.0 58.2 25.2 29.0 57.0 81.0 1.2 78.1 TOTAL .241/.315/.366/.681 .642/.698 .685 .676 79/20 113/91

ERA-K/9

5.05/4.4

5.00/8.6

3.38/11.8

3.51/6.3

4.66/5.0

8.05/4.9

4.56/4.8

10.80/5.3

4.83/6.4

5.29/5.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Bowen (12-8-2)
Suzuki (52-29-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 573/.278 209/.233 244/.205 111/.286 127/.277 282/.336 351/.283 10/.375 349/.274 .289 Brown
Cust
Sweeney
Davis
Patterson
Cunningham 65/1/54/10
78/0/5/4
13/44/66/4
3/82/1/4
17/1/0/1
7/0/2/0

OPS .814 .769 .649 .772 .770 .911 .801 1.125 .726 .819

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 287/.839 103/.621 124/.605 50/1.058 63/.907 146/.865 168/.857 4/.750 168/.768 .841

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 286/.789 106/.919 120/.696 61/.540 64/.635 136/.962 183/.749 6/1.417 181/.686 .800

Road 269/.844 106/.738 126/.582 32/.823 68/.822 150/.905 180/.825 5/.200 174/.695 .817

Last 28d days 77/.718 23/.511 32/.313 62/.566 39/.724 25/.878 60/.907 10/1.125 58/.811

HR/SB/CS 19/20/4 6/1/1 7/6/1 3/0/0 3/3/1 7/6/2 6/0/1 0/0/0 5/8/1 161/106/34

Usage ········ ·····X·· ·o···X·· ··X···X· ···o··o· ···o·o·o ··X····X ·o·····o ·X·X·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 @ OAK, 4:05pm, Saturday, September 13, 2008 @McAfee Coliseum

SP: Scott Feldman (25, RHP, 5-6, 5.05)

SP: Josh Outman (23, LHP, 0-0, 6.23)

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