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Game Preview: NYY @ TEX, 8:05pm, Thursday, August 7, 2008 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

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New York Yankees, 62-52, 3rd, 6½ GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Mike Mussina (39, RHP, 14-7, 3.44)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (14-7)           133.1 141  61  51  19  90 14    3.44      
 2007 (11-10)          152   188  90  87  35  91 14    5.15      
 2006 (15-7)           197.1 184  88  77  35 172 22    3.51      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-2  44    43  13  12   6  40  2    2.45   59 
 2008-08-02    LAA   W   7     2   2   1   2   5  0      89   70 
 2008-07-28    BAL   L   5     8   6   6   1   4  2      95   30 
 2008-07-23    MIN   W   8     6   0   0   0   7  0     105   77 
 2008-07-18    OAK   W   6     9   1   1   0   6  0      93   56 
 2008-07-10   @PIT  ND   6     9   2   2   0   5  0      98   51 
 2008-07-05    BOS   W   6     4   0   0   1   5  0      88   68 
 2008-06-30    TEX   L   6     5   2   2   2   8  0     103   60 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TEX      3-1  30    23  10  10   6  22  3    3.00   58 
 2008-06-30    TEX   L   6     5   2   2   2   8  0     103   60 
 2007-05-09    TEX   W   6     3   2   2   1   2  1      85   59 
 2007-05-03   @TEX   W   5     4   1   1   0   3  0      64   58 
 2006-07-25   @TEX   W   6     5   3   3   2   4  1      97   52 
 2006-05-15    TEX  ND   7     6   2   2   1   5  1     105   61 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   36-26   Road:   26-26   ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  45-35   vsLHP:  17-17   1-Run:  20-13
 vsEast: 23-22   vsCntrl:14-15   vsWest: 15-7  IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
114 Wed, Aug  6  @TEX  W   5-3       62-52  3rd  6.5 gb
113 Tue, Aug  5  @TEX  L   6-8       61-52  3rd  6.5 gb
112 Mon, Aug  4  @TEX  L   5-9       61-51  3rd  5.5 gb
111 Sun, Aug  3   LAA  W  14-9       61-50  3rd  5.5 gb
110 Sat, Aug  2   LAA  W   8-2       60-50  3rd  5.5 gb
109 Fri, Aug  1   LAA  L   0-1       59-50  3rd  5.5 gb
108 Thu, Jul 31   LAA  L   6-12      59-49  3rd  4.5 gb
107 Wed, Jul 30   BAL  W  13-3       59-48  3rd  4.0 gb
106 Tue, Jul 29   BAL  L   6-7       58-48  3rd  4.0 gb
105 Mon, Jul 28   BAL  L   4-13      58-47  3rd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12
Texas Rangers, 60-55, 2nd, 11½ GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Scott Feldman (25, RHP, 4-4, 4.97)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (4-4)            105   102  64  58  43  50 15    4.97      
 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         3-1  36.2  38  24  23  21  16  7    5.65   43 
 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 
 2008-07-21   @CHW   W   6     4   1   1   3   1  1      85   58 
 2008-07-10    LAA  ND   3.2   6   8   8   5   2  1      84   14 
 2008-07-05   @BAL   W   6     5   3   3   4   0  0      93   46 
 2008-06-30   @NYY   W   5.2   4   1   1   3   3  1     101   57 
 2008-06-25   @HOU  ND   4     6   2   2   2   2  1      99   42 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.NYY      1-0   5.2   4   1   1   3   3  1    1.59   57 
 2008-06-30   @NYY   W   5.2   4   1   1   3   3  1     101   57 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   31-25   Road:   29-30   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  47-33   vsLHP:  13-22   1-Run:  23-12
 vsEast: 14-16   vsCntrl:16-16   vsWest: 20-15 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
115 Wed, Aug  6   NYY  L   3-5       60-55  2nd 11.5 gb
114 Tue, Aug  5   NYY  W   8-6       60-54  2nd 10.5 gb
113 Mon, Aug  4   NYY  W   9-5       59-54  2nd 11.5 gb
112 Sun, Aug  3   TOR  W   8-4       58-54  2nd 11.5 gb
111 Sat, Aug  2   TOR  L   4-6       57-54  2nd 12.5 gb
110 Fri, Aug  1   TOR  W   9-8       57-53  2nd 12.5 gb
109 Thu, Jul 31   SEA  L   5-8       56-53  2nd 12.5 gb
108 Wed, Jul 30   SEA  W   4-3       56-52  2nd 11.5 gb
107 Tue, Jul 29   SEA  W  11-10      55-52  2nd 11.5 gb
106 Mon, Jul 28   SEA  L   5-7       54-52  2nd 11.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Aug 06, 2008 NYY  5 @TEX  3        W:Sidney Ponson (7-2), L: Tommy Hunter (0-1), S: Mariano Rivera (27)
Tue, Aug 05, 2008 TEX  8  NYY  6        W:Matt Harrison (3-2), L: Andy Pettitte (12-9), S: Eddie Guardado (3)
Mon, Aug 04, 2008 TEX  9  NYY  5        W:Eddie Guardado (3-2), L: Damaso Marte (4-1), S: none
Wed, Jul 02, 2008 NYY 18  TEX  7        W:Edwar Ramirez (2-0), L: Warner Madrigal (0-1), S: none
Tue, Jul 01, 2008 TEX  3 @NYY  2        W:Frank Francisco (2-2), L: Mariano Rivera (2-3), S: C.J. Wilson (19)
Mon, Jun 30, 2008 TEX  2 @NYY  1        W:Scott Feldman (2-3), L: Mike Mussina (10-6), S: C.J. Wilson (18)

Thu, May 10, 2007 TEX 14 @NYY  2        W:Brandon McCarthy (3-4), L: Chien-Ming Wang (1-3), S: none
Wed, May 09, 2007 NYY  6  TEX  2        W:Mike Mussina (2-1), L: Robinson Tejeda (3-3), S: none
Tue, May 08, 2007 NYY  8  TEX  2        W:Andy Pettitte (2-1), L: Mike Wood (0-1), S: none
Thu, May 03, 2007 NYY  5 @TEX  2        W:Mike Mussina (1-1), L: Robinson Tejeda (3-2), S: Mariano Rivera (3)
Season Series: 2008 - TEX leads 4-2; 2007 - NYY won 5-1; 2006 - NYY won 8-2; All-Time - NYY leads 347-240

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  5.66

MIL  4.65

SDP  3.76

RA/G

OAK  3.91

SFG  4.65

TEX  5.90

BA

C. Jones  .369

K. Suzuki  .288

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .466

D. Navarro  .360

T. Pena  .169

SLG

R. Ludwick  .623

M. Olivo  .477

T. Pena  .196

OPS

A. Pujols  1.078

D. DeJesus  .818

T. Pena  .365

ERA

J. Duchscherer  2.33

O. Perez  4.12

I. Snell  6.14

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  9.99

A. Galarraga  6.17

L. Hernandez  3.48

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New York Yankees Batters (4.86 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (5.90 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
18.Guardado*
G/S/vB
60.Madrigal
G/S/vB
57.Nippert
G/S/vB
59.Rupe
G/S/vB
45.Wright
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
53.Abreu* G/S/vP 3/.333 3/.000 2/.000 4/.500 2/2.500 3/1.667 1/2.000 39/1.299 483/340 .291/.364/.476/.840 .792/.861 .780 103/1.048 14/7 15/
14.Betemit# G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 5/.900 147/108 .250/.274/.414/.688 .615/.714 .635 43/.676 0/1 5/
28.Cabrera# G/S/vP 3/.666 4/.500 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 427/289 .242/.298/.340/.638 .600/.660 .644 83/.528 9/2 8/
24.Cano* G/S/vP 2/.000 11/.455 4/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 445/309 .261/.300/.393/.693 .830/.634 .628 91/.835 1/4 10/
17.Christian G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 35/13 .281/.343/.344/.687 .955/.237 .590 19/.833 6/1 0/
18.Damon* G/S/vP 1/no AB 22/.955 2/2.500 27/.714 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 9/1.056 424/297 .317/.391/.461/.852 .796/.876 .853 73/.830 17/6 7/
25.Giambi* G/S/vP 3/2.167 16/1.000 4/.000 30/.343 3/1.000 ··· 2/.500 5/.650 384/272 .256/.391/.518/.908 .919/.904 .877 72/.825 2/1 22/
2.Jeter G/S/vP 4/1.250 24/.382 5/.800 7/.143 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 480/335 .281/.345/.393/.738 .765/.726 .762 107/.750 6/3 6/
26.Molina G/S/vP 3/.666 8/.804 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 227/152 .240/.290/.328/.618 .524/.664 .585 50/.724 0/0 1/
22.Nady G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/5.000 1/2.000 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· 8/.821 402/308 .334/.388/.562/.950 .969/.943 .966 83/1.076 1/1 17/
13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 3/2.667 14/.703 8/.661 12/.833 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 5/1.400 404/289 .315/.401/.587/.988 .954/1.002 .823 102/.977 16/1 24/
12.Rodriguez G/S/vP 1/.000 11/.964 5/.800 19/.887 ··· ··· 3/.333 10/.819 343/260 .291/.335/.418/.753 .718/.764 .653 58/.796 6/1 6/
39.Sexson G/S/vP 1/.000 16/.913 4/1.250 6/.533 ··· ··· 8/.661 8/.575 319/227 .226/.323/.391/.713 1.039/.583 .892 27/.907 1/0 12/
IP 105.0 36.1 46.2 44.2 15.0 31.2 64.0 61.2 TOTAL .272/.344/.424/.768 .748/.778 .740 .807 76/28 117/56
ERA-K/9 4.97/4.3 5.45/7.4 3.28/10.6 3.02/5.2 6.00/6.0 7.96/6.0 3.80/4.9 4.82/6.1 5.26/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Molina (31-26-6)
 Rodriguez (35-20-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 446/.262 172/.248 198/.217 170/.195 64/.273 159/.343 268/.264 269/.263 .285  Nady
 Abreu
 Cabrera
 Damon
 Christian
8/0/83/11
0/0/108/9
0/110/1/6
73/7/0/1
7/2/4/0
OPS .799 .802 .682 .586 .804 .950 .745 .708 .816
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 228/.790 83/.651 99/.663 67/.559 32/.950 76/.853 129/.857 131/.768 .848
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 218/.809 89/.951 99/.701 103/.603 32/.654 83/1.035 139/.639 138/.651 .788
Home 251/.790 86/.811 97/.789 100/.580 34/.660 79/.756 126/.693 132/.729 .819
Last 28d days 92/1.019 6/.900 40/.595 48/.691 36/.748 81/.955 51/.677 53/1.020
HR/SB/CS 15/17/3 5/1/0 6/6/1 3/3/0 2/1/0 4/4/1 4/0/1 4/7/1 128/88/29
Usage ····X··· X······· ··oX·X·· ·XXo·o·o X······· ······X· ·X··Xo·· ·oo·X···
Texas Rangers Batters (5.66 RS/G) vs. New York Yankees Pitchers (4.41 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Mussina
G/S/vB
63.Britton
G/S/vB
33.Bruney
G/S/vB
38.Giese
G/S/vB
34.Marte*
G/S/vB
36.Ramirez
G/S/vB
42.Rivera
G/S/vB
30.Robertson
G/S/vB
41.Veras
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
41.Boggs# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 237/164 .244/.335/.410/.745 .858/.691 .832 49/.737 3/2 5/
21.Bradley# G/S/vP 12/.000 2/1.000 3/.000 1/3.000 7/.286 1/.000 6/.334 1/no AB 1/.000 380/247 .320/.446/.592/1.037 1.153/.970 1.282 57/1.039 4/3 19/
22.Byrd G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/5.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 273/169 .260/.354/.421/.776 .865/.720 .977 89/.962 4/1 7/
27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP 64/1.162 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 5/.200 1/2.000 12/.523 ··· 2/.000 236/224 .287/.356/.407/.763 .697/.766 .662 29/.839 1/1 2/
19.Davis* G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.500 1/no AB 141/94 .295/.333/.636/.970 1.108/.903 1.012 96/1.024 0/1 11/
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/.833 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 2/.500 506/345 .305/.370/.556/.926 .795/.986 1.092 102/.983 7/0 27/
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 10/.450 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 5/1.000 2/.500 ··· 541/402 .316/.376/.502/.878 .777/.913 .911 112/.639 25/1 14/
15.Laird G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 246/181 .300/.354/.444/.798 .764/.810 .728 43/.801 1/3 6/
30.Metcalf G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 17/5 .000/.059/.000/.059 .083/.000 .059 8/.125 0/0 0/
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 6/.333 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/4.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/no AB 454/323 .275/.321/.465/.786 .669/.835 .822 87/.844 7/2 15/
25.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 197/126 .237/.340/.343/.683 .468/.813 .741 37/.843 0/2 3/
12.Vazquez* G/S/vP 5/.400 1/no AB 1/no AB 1/no AB 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 282/239 .321/.390/.490/.880 .491/.947 .905 49/.929 0/1 6/
10.Young G/S/vP 41/.659 1/2.000 2/.500 ··· 5/.400 1/.000 19/.526 2/.000 2/1.500 507/377 .289/.339/.419/.758 .845/.728 .818 104/.704 7/0 10/
IP 133.1 10.2 14.0 32.1 51.2 41.2 49.1 16.1 39.0 TOTAL .281/.353/.461/.813 .772/.830 .879 .845 62/18 142/102
ERA-K/9 3.44/6.1 3.38/2.5 1.93/9.0 2.51/5.6 4.18/9.6 3.02/10.6 1.46/11.0 5.51/11.6 2.54/9.5 4.20/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Laird (36-16-2)
 Saltalamacchia (37-7-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 548/.273 44/.250 62/.180 132/.200 217/.224 168/.170 182/.179 71/.217 163/.208 .262  Hamilton
 Byrd
 Boggs
 Murphy
 Bradley
 Catalanotto
0/71/32/6
4/47/27/6
56/0/2/5
54/13/56/4
1/0/19/4
20/0/0/0
OPS .726 .718 .663 .524 .641 .573 .464 .657 .623 .728
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 262/.559 20/1.111 29/.495 77/.541 68/.736 94/.652 94/.427 35/.514 80/.662 .721
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 286/.875 24/.394 33/.770 55/.501 149/.597 74/.474 88/.504 36/.800 83/.588 .734
Road 169/.691 13/.322 37/.878 27/.625 97/.708 66/.490 79/.337 28/.539 65/.635 .747
Last 28d days 128/.696 16/1.250 14/.729 42/.529 44/.886 38/.449 28/.729 46/.668 43/.687
HR/SB/CS 14/7/4 1/0/0 2/0/0 1/6/1 5/3/1 4/1/3 3/5/1 2/2/0 4/3/1 102/82/42
Usage ····X··· ······X· ·XX·X··· ···X···o o·X··o·· X·oX···· o····X·· ·X·····X oo·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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