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Game Preview: TEX @ TBR, 7:10pm, Monday, May 26, 2008 @Tropicana Field

Texas Rangers, 26-26, 3rd, 4 GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Sidney Ponson (31, RHP, 3-0, 2.95)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (3-0)             39.2  42  21  13  10  19  1    2.95      
 2007 (2-5)             37.2  54  31  29  17  23  7    6.93      
 2006 (4-5)             85   108  62  59  36  48 10    6.25      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-1  43.2  48  27  18  12  20  1    3.71   48 
 2008-05-21   @MIN   W   9     6   1   1   1   5  0     110   75 
 2008-05-16    HOU  ND   5     9   7   3   0   2  0      80   31 
 2008-05-11    OAK  ND   5.1   7   6   6   5   1  1     103   26 
 2008-05-06   @SEA   W   7     7   1   1   1   2  0     103   60 
 2008-05-01    KCR   W   8     6   1   1   2   5  0     104   69 
 2008-04-26    MIN  ND   5.1   7   5   1   1   4  0      93   45 
 2007-05-12    DET   L   4     6   6   5   2   1  0      69   27 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TBR    Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   12-11   Road:   14-15   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  20-18   vsLHP:   6-8    1-Run:   8-6 
 vsEast:  4-8    vsCntrl: 8-8    vsWest: 12-9  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 52 Sun, May 25  @CLE  W   2-1 (10)  26-26  3rd  4.0 gb
 51 Sat, May 24  @CLE  L   2-5       25-26  3rd  5.0 gb
 50 Fri, May 23  @CLE  W  13-9       25-25  3rd  4.0 gb
 49 Thu, May 22  @MIN  W   8-7 (10)  24-25  3rd  4.0 gb
 48 Wed, May 21  @MIN  W  10-1       23-25  3rd  5.0 gb
 47 Tue, May 20  @MIN  L   4-11      22-25  3rd  5.0 gb
 46 Mon, May 19  @MIN  L   6-7 (12)  22-24  3rd  4.0 gb
 45 Sun, May 18   HOU  L   4-5       22-23  3rd  3.5 gb
 44 Sat, May 17   HOU  W   6-2       22-22  3rd  2.5 gb
 43 Fri, May 16   HOU  W  16-8       21-22  3rd  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:19-11
Tampa Bay Rays, 30-20, 1st, ½ up

SP: Scott Kazmir (24, LHP, 3-1, 1.57)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (3-1)             23    16   5   4  10  22  0    1.57      
 2007 (13-9)           206.2 196  91  80  89 239 18    3.48      
 2006 (10-8)           144.2 132  59  52  52 163 15    3.24      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-2  40    26  10   7  16  52  0    1.58   63 
 2008-05-20   @OAK   W   7     4   1   1   1   8  0      97   72 
 2008-05-15    NYY   W   6     3   0   0   3   3  0     100   66 
 2008-05-10    LAA   W   6     3   0   0   3   6  0     108   69 
 2008-05-04   @BOS   L   4     6   4   3   3   5  0      90   38 
 2007-09-27    NYY  ND   6     3   1   1   0  10  0     100   72 
 2007-09-21    BOS   L   5     4   3   2   4   9  0      91   54 
 2007-09-15   @SEA   W   6     3   1   0   2  11  0      99   73 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TEX      1-0  22    18  10   5  11  33  1    2.05   59 
 2007-05-17    TEX  ND   4     3   3   1   6   9  0     109   51 
 2006-08-22    TEX  ND   6     4   3   1   1   8  0     101   63 
 2005-08-20    TEX   W   6     4   1   1   2  10  1     109   68 
 2005-08-03   @TEX  ND   6     7   3   2   2   6  0     111   52 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   19-8    Road:   11-12   ExtrInn: 4-1 
 vsRHP:  23-13   vsLHP:   7-7    1-Run:   7-7 
 vsEast: 21-12   vsCntrl: 2-3    vsWest:  6-3  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 50 Sun, May 25   BAL  W   5-4       30-20  1st  0.5 up
 49 Sat, May 24   BAL  W  11-4       29-20  2nd  0.5 gb
 48 Fri, May 23   BAL  W   2-0       28-20  2nd  1.5 gb
 47 Wed, May 21  @OAK  L   1-9       27-20  2nd  2.0 gb
 46 Tue, May 20  @OAK  W   3-2       27-19  2nd  1.0 gb
 45 Mon, May 19  @OAK  W   7-6 (13)  26-19  2nd  1.0 gb
 44 Sun, May 18  @STL  L   4-5       25-19  2nd  1.0 gb
 43 Sat, May 17  @STL  L   8-9 (10)  25-18  1st    Tied
 42 Fri, May 16  @STL  W   3-1       25-17  1st  1.5 up
 41 Thu, May 15   NYY  W   5-2       24-17  1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:21-9 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Aug 12, 2007 TEX  9  TBD  1        W:Willie Eyre (4-5), L: Jason Hammel (1-2), S: none
Sat, Aug 11, 2007 TBD  3 @TEX  0        W:Edwin Jackson (3-11), L: John Rheinecker (1-1), S: none
Fri, Aug 10, 2007 TEX  7  TBD  4        W:Mike Wood (2-1), L: Andy Sonnanstine (1-8), S: C.J. Wilson (4)
Thu, May 17, 2007 TBD  8  TEX  6 (10)   W:Gary Glover (1-2), L: Willie Eyre (1-2), S: none
Wed, May 16, 2007 TBD 11  TEX  8        W:Casey Fossum (3-3), L: Vicente Padilla (1-6), S: Al Reyes (12)
Tue, May 15, 2007 TBD  4  TEX  3 (10)   W:Brian Stokes (2-5), L: Scott Feldman (1-2), S: none
Wed, Apr 11, 2007 TBD  6 @TEX  5        W:James Shields (1-0), L: Robinson Tejeda (1-1), S: Al Reyes (2)
Tue, Apr 10, 2007 TEX 12  TBD  9        W:Scott Feldman (1-0), L: Jae Weong Seo (0-1), S: none
Mon, Apr 09, 2007 TEX  8  TBD  4        W:Brandon McCarthy (1-1), L: Edwin Jackson (0-1), S: none
Thu, Aug 24, 2006 TEX  4 @TBD  3        W:Robinson Tejeda (3-3), L: Tim Corcoran (4-6), S: Akinori Otsuka (27)
Season Series: 2008 -  0-0; 2007 - TBR won 5-4; 2006 - TEX won 6-3; All-Time - TEX leads 57-40

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

CHC  5.76

MIN  4.54

SDP  3.50

RA/G

OAK  3.61

KCR  4.54

TEX  5.48

BA

C. Jones  .417

B. Butler  .261

J. Thome  .201

OBP

C. Jones  .488

K. Millar  .328

K. Greene  .258

SLG

L. Berkman  .759

J. Lopez  .403

M. Bourn  .303

OPS

L. Berkman  1.230

P. Feliz  .735

M. Bourn  .580

ERA

E. Volquez  1.31

P. Byrd  4.10

K. Rogers  6.66

K/9IP

E. Volquez  11.03

D. Lowe  6.32

J. Garland  1.96

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Texas Rangers Batters (5.21 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Rays Pitchers (4.02 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 19.Kazmir*
G/S/vB
47.Glover
G/S/vB
49.Hammel
G/S/vB
39.Howell*
G/S/vB
57.Miller*
G/S/vB
40.Percival
G/S/vB
28.Reyes
G/S/vB
35.Wheeler
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
41.Boggs# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 94/72 .253/.323/.398/.720 1.013/.634 .668 94/.720 0/1 2/
21.Bradley# G/S/vP 3/.666 15/1.145 ··· 3/1.334 2/.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 194/127 .333/.443/.585/1.028 1.190/.946 .906 101/1.163 0/2 8/
22.Byrd G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 9/1.431 65/38 .207/.281/.345/.626 .697/.577 .393 28/.766 1/0 1/
27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP ··· 8/.804 3/1.333 6/.833 2/.000 10/.522 2/.000 2/2.500 117/111 .275/.362/.431/.793 .750/.793 1.002 45/.870 1/0 2/
6.Duran G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 67/35 .193/.254/.263/.517 .669/.381 .564 54/.567 0/0 1/
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 236/166 .333/.377/.600/.977 .849/1.030 .842 114/.987 2/0 12/
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 5/.200 1/2.000 3/.333 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 3/2.667 236/186 .292/.349/.445/.794 .619/.842 .769 117/.844 14/0 6/
15.Laird G/S/vP 4/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 147/113 .273/.338/.402/.739 .720/.745 .787 60/.794 0/1 4/
7.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 224/156 .291/.336/.483/.819 .603/.918 .833 115/.800 4/1 6/
25.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 65/46 .216/.385/.373/.757 .328/.957 .688 60/.742 0/0 2/
16.Shelton G/S/vP 4/.833 ··· ··· 6/.900 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 69/41 .241/.388/.407/.795 .594/.941 .782 69/.795 1/0 2/
12.Vazquez* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 3/.333 2/.000 ··· 3/1.334 110/98 .356/.439/.522/.961 .586/1.003 .888 79/1.096 0/0 2/
10.Young G/S/vP 12/.458 7/.286 3/2.667 3/.000 3/.000 8/.000 2/.000 3/.000 234/181 .281/.342/.410/.751 .791/.738 .789 117/.672 3/0 5/
IP 23.0 14.1 34.1 31.2 16.1 20.2 9.1 24.1 TOTAL .279/.353/.450/.803 .731/.827 .775 .839 26/5 61/46
ERA-K/9 1.57/8.6 4.40/6.3 4.98/5.0 2.56/7.7 3.86/7.7 2.61/8.7 4.82/6.8 2.22/6.7 3.73/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Laird (22-11-1)
 Saltalamacchia (10-2-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 94/.193 71/.276 155/.281 127/.191 65/.232 76/.125 38/.212 94/.153 .241  Byrd
 Hamilton
 Boggs
 Murphy
 Catalanotto
 Bradley
 Duran
0/10/10/3
0/37/11/2
23/0/1/1
18/11/34/1
17/0/0/0
1/0/7/0
2/0/2/0
OPS .542 .745 .837 .553 .614 .477 .623 .553 .687
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 21/.293 33/.671 77/1.065 43/.452 33/.464 43/.438 15/.905 36/.323 .692
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 73/.617 38/.808 78/.616 84/.601 32/.763 33/.526 23/.419 58/.686 .683
Home 47/.450 59/.793 53/.702 60/.516 34/.306 47/.262 19/.579 39/.405 .600
Last 28d days 94/.542 24/1.050 49/1.049 70/.515 31/.633 46/.659 15/.133 47/.727
HR/SB/CS 0/3/0 0/0/0 4/5/0 2/1/0 0/0/2 3/2/0 1/1/0 4/0/0 41/26/8
Usage ·····X·· ·X····oX ····X·X· ·X····Xo o·o·o··o o·o··XX· ·o·····X ·····o·o
Tampa Bay Rays Batters (4.60 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (5.48 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Ponson
G/S/vB
53.Benoit
G/S/vB
50.Francisco
G/S/vB
18.Guardado*
G/S/vB
43.Loe
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
8.Bartlett G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 177/128 .247/.295/.284/.579 .785/.500 .497 90/.682 6/3 0/
13.Crawford* G/S/vP 32/.692 16/.467 1/.000 4/.000 10/1.400 ··· 6/.834 3/4.000 228/163 .282/.322/.392/.714 .683/.727 .811 115/.687 13/4 4/
15.Floyd* G/S/vP 11/.273 5/.400 ··· 3/.666 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 25/.987 53/50 .260/.302/.420/.722 .000/.767 .638 36/.507 0/0 2/
31.Gomes G/S/vP ··· 7/.143 2/1.000 2/.000 6/.533 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 93/46 .225/.323/.438/.760 .831/.685 .709 34/.590 5/1 4/
26.Gross* G/S/vP 5/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 121/112 .222/.347/.333/.680 .222/.722 .737 52/.850 2/1 2/
32.Hinske* G/S/vP 28/.706 8/.393 ··· 2/.000 7/.000 ··· ··· ··· 154/118 .250/.338/.507/.845 .476/.955 .705 77/.696 4/1 8/
1.Iwamura* G/S/vP 3/1.333 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 225/164 .262/.326/.356/.682 .589/.716 .706 114/.812 2/2 3/
3.Longoria G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 163/121 .246/.319/.472/.791 .490/.890 .910 105/.711 3/0 7/
30.Navarro# G/S/vP 6/.733 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 8/1.250 115/90 .355/.395/.449/.843 .749/.893 .857 86/.838 0/2 1/
23.Pena* G/S/vP 9/.708 13/.231 1/.000 4/.500 4/1.417 ··· 2/.000 4/.833 209/139 .226/.335/.429/.764 .793/.751 .893 112/.753 0/0 10/
9.Riggans G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 56/32 .235/.286/.431/.717 .494/.877 .640 13/.930 0/0 3/
2.Upton G/S/vP 5/1.800 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 6/.900 ··· 2/.000 2/2.000 210/154 .305/.397/.435/.832 .773/.853 .834 103/.872 13/5 3/
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 13/8 .250/.308/.417/.724 .400/.946 .250 13/.724 1/0 0/
IP 39.2 23.2 17.2 13.0 2.2 27.2 21.2 30.2 TOTAL .262/.332/.402/.735 .673/.758 .750 .738 51/22 48/21
ERA-K/9 2.95/4.3 4.94/8.4 3.06/11.2 3.46/3.5 3.38/3.3 4.23/3.6 4.57/5.4 3.23/6.4 4.74/5.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Navarro (12-6-1)
 Riggans (10-0-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 170/.268 109/.233 80/.250 50/.196 12/.333 121/.278 91/.200 123/.208 .277  Upton
 Gross
 Crawford
 Hinske
 Zobrist
 Gomes
0/48/0/4
2/14/27/4
49/0/0/1
0/0/21/1
0/1/0/0
2/0/4/0
OPS .700 .711 .688 .586 .917 .801 .647 .569 .779
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 78/.672 52/.439 32/.814 26/.574 3/2.000 57/.932 24/.667 49/.750 .823
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 92/.720 57/.997 48/.605 24/.598 9/.556 64/.685 67/.640 74/.454 .745
Road 63/.576 64/.790 49/.629 23/.391 12/.917 56/.714 42/.462 62/.564 .790
Last 28d days 146/.696 62/.698 69/.648 36/.556 12/.917 55/.780 52/.824 60/.332
HR/SB/CS 1/1/2 2/1/0 1/3/1 1/2/0 0/0/0 1/0/1 2/1/0 1/2/1 42/34/15
Usage ····X··· ·o·X··X· X·XX··X· ·oo···o· ··X····· ·····X·X o··o··XX X·XX···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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