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Game Preview: TEX @ TBR, 7:10pm, Tuesday, May 27, 2008 @Tropicana Field

Texas Rangers, 26-27, 3rd, 5 GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Vicente Padilla (30, RHP, 6-2, 3.33)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (6-2)             67.2  72  32  25  24  44  9    3.33      
 2007 (6-10)           120.1 146  88  77  50  71 16    5.76      
 2006 (15-10)          200   206 108 100  70 156 21    4.50      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-1  41.2  41  21  16  15  29  7    3.46   52 
 2008-05-22   @MIN  ND   5     7   3   3   2   3  1     102   42 
 2008-05-17    HOU   W   7     5   2   2   3   6  1     104   62 
 2008-05-12    SEA  ND   5     7   6   3   1   2  1      94   36 
 2008-05-07   @SEA   W   7     2   0   0   2   8  0      91   79 
 2008-05-02   @OAK   W   5.2   5   3   1   4   6  1     108   53 
 2008-04-27    MIN   W   9     7   0   0   2   2  0     121   73 
 2008-04-22   @DET   L   3     8   7   7   1   2  3      69   16 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TBR    Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   12-11   Road:   14-16   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  20-18   vsLHP:   6-9    1-Run:   8-6 
 vsEast:  4-9    vsCntrl: 8-8    vsWest: 12-9  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 53 Mon, May 26  @TBR  L   3-7       26-27  3rd  5.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:19-11
Tampa Bay Rays, 31-20, 1st, ½ up

SP: Andy Sonnanstine (25, RHP, 6-2, 5.09)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (6-2)             63.2  72  36  36  12  36  8    5.09      
 2007 (6-10)           130.2 151  87  85  26  97 18    5.85      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         5-1  48.1  50  21  21   9  27  3    3.91   53 
 2008-05-21   @OAK   L   6     9   7   7   1   6  2     100   31 
 2008-05-16   @STL   W   8     8   1   1   0   4  1      98   66 
 2008-05-11    LAA  ND   5     8   5   5   2   3  0      86   32 
 2008-05-06   @TOR   W   6    10   4   4   1   2  0      87   37 
 2008-04-30   @BAL   W   8     6   1   1   2   5  0     102   69 
 2008-04-24    TOR   W   6.1   6   3   3   2   3  0     104   50 
 2008-04-19    CHW   W   9     3   0   0   1   4  0     106   84 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TEX      0-1   4.1   7   5   5   1   3  1   10.38   31 
 2007-08-10   @TEX   L   4.1   7   5   5   1   3  1      78   31 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   20-8    Road:   11-12   ExtrInn: 4-1 
 vsRHP:  24-13   vsLHP:   7-7    1-Run:   7-7 
 vsEast: 21-12   vsCntrl: 2-3    vsWest:  7-3  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 51 Mon, May 26   TEX  W   7-3       31-20  1st  0.5 up
 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:21-9 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, May 26, 2008 TBR  7  TEX  3        W:Scott Kazmir (4-1), L: Sidney Ponson (3-1), S: none

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
Season Series: 2008 - TBR leads 1-0; 2007 - TBR won 5-4; 2006 - TEX won 6-3; All-Time - TEX leads 57-41

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  5.71

MIN  4.54

SDP  3.50

RA/G

OAK  3.61

KCR  4.59

TEX  5.51

BA

C. Jones  .416

J. Damon  .265

P. Konerko  .204

OBP

C. Jones  .490

B. Butler  .330

K. Greene  .258

SLG

L. Berkman  .759

J. Mauer  .413

J. Bartlett  .283

OPS

L. Berkman  1.230

S. Schumaker  .755

M. Bourn  .580

ERA

E. Volquez  1.31

D. McGowan  3.90

J. Washburn  6.54

K/9IP

E. Volquez  11.03

N. Robertson  6.33

J. Garland  2.38

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Texas Rangers Batters (5.17 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Rays Pitchers (4.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 21.Sonnanstine
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 ··· 15/1.145 ··· 3/1.334 3/.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 198/127 .325/.434/.571/1.005 1.105/.946 .872 105/1.112 0/2 8/
22.Byrd G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 9/1.431 68/39 .213/.284/.344/.628 .720/.561 .414 31/.756 1/0 1/
27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP 3/2.334 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 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 240/166 .327/.371/.589/.960 .799/1.030 .815 118/.952 2/0 12/
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 3/.666 2/3.500 3/.333 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 3/2.667 240/187 .292/.347/.458/.805 .588/.867 .789 121/.864 14/0 7/
15.Laird G/S/vP 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 2/.000 150/114 .267/.331/.393/.724 .677/.738 .758 63/.754 0/1 4/
7.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 227/156 .286/.332/.476/.808 .577/.918 .813 118/.778 4/1 6/
25.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 65/46 .216/.385/.373/.757 .328/.957 .688 60/.742 0/0 2/
16.Shelton G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 6/.900 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 72/42 .228/.371/.386/.757 .550/.915 .719 72/.757 1/0 2/
12.Vazquez* G/S/vP 2/2.000 1/3.000 2/.500 ··· 3/.333 2/.000 ··· 3/1.334 113/99 .366/.445/.548/.994 .748/1.027 .944 82/1.135 0/1 2/
10.Young G/S/vP 3/1.000 8/.250 3/2.667 3/.000 3/.000 8/.000 2/.000 3/.000 238/182 .280/.340/.407/.747 .784/.734 .779 121/.666 3/0 5/
IP 63.2 14.2 34.1 31.2 17.0 20.2 10.1 24.1 TOTAL .277/.350/.448/.798 .711/.830 .767 .828 26/6 62/46
ERA-K/9 5.09/5.1 5.52/6.1 4.98/5.0 2.56/7.7 3.71/7.9 2.61/8.7 4.35/7.0 2.22/6.7 3.71/6.3

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 266/.288 74/.295 155/.281 127/.191 67/.224 76/.125 41/.194 94/.153 .239  Byrd
 Hamilton
 Boggs
 Murphy
 Catalanotto
 Bradley
 Duran
0/10/11/3
0/38/11/2
23/0/1/1
19/11/34/1
17/0/0/0
1/0/7/0
2/0/2/0
OPS .793 .837 .837 .553 .594 .477 .574 .553 .684
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 120/.739 34/.751 77/1.065 43/.452 34/.449 43/.438 15/.905 36/.323 .691
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 146/.838 40/.910 78/.616 84/.601 33/.739 33/.526 26/.367 58/.686 .678
Home 127/.778 62/.903 53/.702 60/.516 36/.288 47/.262 22/.500 39/.405 .597
Last 28d days 139/.819 27/1.258 49/1.049 70/.515 33/.592 46/.659 18/.111 47/.727
HR/SB/CS 8/0/2 1/0/0 4/5/0 2/1/0 0/0/2 3/2/0 1/1/0 4/0/0 42/26/9
Usage ·····X·· o·X····o ·····X·X ··X····X oo·o·o·· ·o·o··XX X·o····· ······o·
Tampa Bay Rays Batters (4.65 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (5.51 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 44.Padilla
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 3/.333 5/.400 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 2/.500 2/2.000 ··· 182/133 .247/.298/.283/.581 .785/.506 .506 95/.681 6/3 0/
13.Crawford* G/S/vP 7/.572 16/.467 1/.000 4/.000 10/1.400 1/.000 6/.834 3/4.000 233/168 .280/.319/.388/.707 .683/.717 .793 120/.674 13/4 4/
15.Floyd* G/S/vP 19/1.412 5/.400 ··· 3/.666 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 25/.987 58/55 .255/.293/.400/.693 .000/.732 .596 41/.494 0/0 2/
31.Gomes G/S/vP 2/1.000 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 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.667 122/113 .220/.344/.330/.674 .222/.714 .723 53/.832 2/1 2/
32.Hinske* G/S/vP 6/.334 8/.393 ··· 2/.000 7/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 158/122 .257/.342/.529/.870 .476/.984 .758 81/.753 4/1 9/
1.Iwamura* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 231/170 .267/.335/.359/.694 .589/.731 .727 120/.829 2/2 3/
3.Longoria G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 168/126 .247/.321/.466/.787 .490/.882 .898 110/.709 3/0 7/
30.Navarro# G/S/vP 5/.733 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 8/1.250 120/95 .369/.412/.468/.880 .749/.937 .935 91/.887 0/2 1/
23.Pena* G/S/vP 3/2.000 13/.231 1/.000 4/.500 4/1.417 2/1.000 2/.000 4/.833 214/144 .238/.346/.442/.788 .793/.786 .933 117/.796 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 3/.666 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 6/.900 1/no AB 2/.000 2/2.000 215/159 .309/.397/.436/.834 .773/.854 .837 108/.873 13/5 3/
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 4/1.000 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 67.2 23.2 17.2 13.0 2.2 30.2 21.2 30.2 TOTAL .266/.336/.405/.741 .673/.766 .762 .751 51/22 49/21
ERA-K/9 3.33/5.8 4.94/8.4 3.06/11.2 3.46/3.5 3.38/3.3 4.40/3.2 4.57/5.4 3.23/6.4 4.79/5.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Navarro (12-7-1)
 Riggans (10-0-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 294/.272 109/.233 80/.250 50/.196 12/.333 137/.284 91/.200 123/.208 .280  Upton
 Gross
 Crawford
 Hinske
 Zobrist
 Gomes
0/49/0/4
2/14/28/4
50/0/0/1
0/0/22/1
0/1/0/0
2/0/4/0
OPS .778 .711 .688 .586 .917 .807 .647 .569 .784
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 138/.871 52/.439 32/.814 26/.574 3/2.000 68/.903 24/.667 49/.750 .833
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 156/.699 57/.997 48/.605 24/.598 9/.556 69/.710 67/.640 74/.454 .745
Road 180/.829 64/.790 49/.629 23/.391 12/.917 72/.746 42/.462 62/.564 .799
Last 28d days 125/.699 62/.698 69/.648 36/.556 12/.917 71/.797 52/.824 60/.332
HR/SB/CS 9/6/2 2/1/0 1/3/1 1/2/0 0/0/0 1/0/1 2/1/0 1/2/1 43/34/15
Usage ····X··· ··o·X··X ·X·XX··X ··oo···o ···X···· X·····X· ·o··o··X ·X·XX···

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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