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Game Preview: TBR @ TEX, 8:05pm, Saturday, August 16, 2008 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Tampa Bay Rays, 74-47, 1st, 3½ up

SP: Edwin Jackson (24, RHP, 9-7, 4.07)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (9-7)            137   136  63  62  59  77 17    4.07      
 2007 (5-15)           161   195 116 103  88 128 19    5.76      
 2006 (0-0)             36.1  42  27  22  25  27  2    5.45      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         5-1  41.1  41  17  16  15  17  8    3.48   50 
 2008-08-10   @SEA   W   7     7   1   1   2   2  1     102   59 
 2008-08-05    CLE   W   5.2   7   3   3   4   4  1      99   43 
 2008-07-30   @TOR   W   5     7   2   2   2   3  1      89   46 
 2008-07-25   @KCR   W   5     2   2   2   2   2  2      74   55 
 2008-07-20    TOR   L   4.1   8   6   6   2   1  2      86   22 
 2008-07-09   @NYY  ND   6.1   6   1   1   2   3  0     100   58 
 2008-07-04    KCR   W   8     4   2   1   1   2  1     113   69 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TEX      1-1  21.2  15   9   9   8  19  1    3.74   59 
 2007-08-11   @TEX   W   9     4   0   0   1   8  0     110   86 
 2007-04-09   @TEX   L   5.2   8   4   4   1   4  0     105   40 
 2006-04-22   @TEX  ND   7     3   5   5   6   7  1     108   52 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   45-17   Road:   29-30   ExtrInn: 8-4 
 vsRHP:  54-30   vsLHP:  20-17   1-Run:  23-13
 vsEast: 28-19   vsCntrl:15-12   vsWest: 19-10 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
121 Fri, Aug 15  @TEX  W   7-0       74-47  1st  3.5 up
120 Thu, Aug 14  @OAK  W   7-6 (12)  73-47  1st  3.0 up
119 Wed, Aug 13  @OAK  W   3-2       72-47  1st  3.0 up
118 Tue, Aug 12  @OAK  L   1-2       71-47  1st  3.0 up
117 Sun, Aug 10  @SEA  W  11-3       71-46  1st  4.5 up
116 Sat, Aug  9  @SEA  W   8-7 (11)  70-46  1st  3.5 up
115 Fri, Aug  8  @SEA  W   5-3       69-46  1st  3.5 up
114 Thu, Aug  7  @SEA  L   1-2       68-46  1st  2.5 up
113 Wed, Aug  6   CLE  W  10-7       68-45  1st  3.0 up
112 Tue, Aug  5   CLE  W   8-4       67-45  1st  3.0 up
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:19-11
Texas Rangers, 61-62, 2nd, 15½ GB, 8 GB in WC

SP: Matt Harrison (22, LHP, 4-2, 7.07)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (4-2)             35.2  46  32  28  19   7  6    7.07      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-2  35.2  46  32  28  19   7  6    7.07   36 
 2008-08-10   @BAL   W   5    10   6   6   2   0  2      89   21 
 2008-08-05    NYY   W   6.1   5   2   2   3   3  0     105   55 
 2008-07-31    SEA   L   4.2   5   6   4   5   2  0      95   31 
 2008-07-26   @OAK   W   5     5   3   1   3   1  1      86   47 
 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.TBR    Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   31-27   Road:   30-35   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  47-39   vsLHP:  14-23   1-Run:  23-12
 vsEast: 15-23   vsCntrl:16-16   vsWest: 20-15 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
123 Fri, Aug 15   TBR  L   0-7       61-62  2nd 15.5 gb
122 Thu, Aug 14  @BOS  L   0-10      61-61  2nd 15.5 gb
121 Wed, Aug 13  @BOS  L   4-8       61-60  2nd 15.0 gb
120 Tue, Aug 12  @BOS  L  17-19      61-59  2nd 15.0 gb
119 Sun, Aug 10  @BAL  W  15-7       61-58  2nd 14.0 gb
118 Sat, Aug  9  @BAL  L   0-9       60-58  2nd 14.0 gb
117 Fri, Aug  8  @BAL  L   1-9       60-57  2nd 13.0 gb
116 Thu, Aug  7   NYY  L   0-3       60-56  2nd 12.0 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
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 15, 2008 TBR  7 @TEX  0        W:Matt Garza (10-7), L: Kevin Millwood (6-7), S: none
Sun, Jun 08, 2008 TEX  6  TBR  3        W:Doug Mathis (2-1), L: Matt Garza (4-3), S: none
Sat, Jun 07, 2008 TBR  5 @TEX  4        W:J.P. Howell (5-0), L: Joaquin Benoit (3-2), S: Dan Wheeler (2)
Fri, Jun 06, 2008 TBR 12 @TEX  4        W:Scott Kazmir (6-1), L: Vicente Padilla (7-3), S: none
Wed, May 28, 2008 TBR  5  TEX  3        W:Matt Garza (4-1), L: Kason Gabbard (1-2), S: Dan Wheeler (1)
Tue, May 27, 2008 TEX 12 @TBR  6        W:Vicente Padilla (7-2), L: Andy Sonnanstine (6-3), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2008 - TBR leads 5-2; 2007 - TBR won 5-4; 2006 - TEX won 6-3; All-Time - TEX leads 59-45

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  5.59

MIL  4.67

WSN  3.69

RA/G

TOR  3.95

MIN  4.62

TEX  6.10

BA

C. Jones  .366

D. Erstad  .291

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .462

S. Schumaker  .362

T. Pena  .180

SLG

L. Berkman  .607

J. Werth  .482

T. Pena  .206

OPS

A. Pujols  1.060

T. Hunter  .834

T. Pena  .386

ERA

C. Lee  2.43

J. Maine  3.97

C. Silva  6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.11

P. Maholm  6.32

L. Hernandez  3.48

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Tampa Bay Rays Batters (4.60 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (6.10 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 54.Harrison*
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
16.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.667 1/.000 2/2.000 221/124 .235/.318/.408/.726 .834/.640 .792 74/.775 2/1 7/
5.Baldelli G/S/vP ··· 7/.286 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 14/9 .231/.286/.231/.516 .650/.444 .516 14/.516 0/0 0/
8.Bartlett G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 2/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.167 3/1.334 350/251 .265/.303/.321/.624 .828/.544 .589 52/.798 18/5 0/
15.Floyd* G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 1/no AB 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/1.000 27/.969 194/186 .265/.361/.458/.819 .708/.823 .669 52/.928 1/0 8/
26.Gross* G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 2/.500 4/1.167 267/220 .231/.333/.424/.757 .678/.774 .656 50/.873 3/2 10/
32.Hinske* G/S/vP ··· 9/.476 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 340/287 .252/.341/.500/.841 .463/.910 .944 67/.734 8/2 18/
1.Iwamura* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 2/.500 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 5/.000 542/379 .277/.346/.374/.720 .681/.737 .682 123/.702 6/5 5/
30.Navarro# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/1.334 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/2.500 8/1.250 355/258 .299/.354/.414/.768 .666/.815 .732 84/.686 0/4 6/
23.Pena* G/S/vP ··· 13/.231 1/.000 5/.400 ··· ··· 3/1.167 6/.750 436/285 .243/.358/.492/.850 .610/.977 .849 117/1.073 1/1 24/
9.Riggans G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 115/63 .242/.319/.434/.753 .811/.706 .884 26/.613 0/0 5/
10.Ruggiano G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 42/14 .250/.286/.375/.661 .803/.368 .381 9/.222 1/0 1/
2.Upton G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 2/.000 2/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 4/1.500 514/360 .264/.379/.387/.766 .801/.751 .739 114/.712 36/14 7/
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 120/77 .243/.325/.439/.764 .897/.687 .732 59/.709 3/0 5/
IP 35.2 39.1 49.2 46.2 20.1 39.2 70.2 68.2 TOTAL .259/.338/.418/.756 .723/.770 .734 .799 121/44 134/61
ERA-K/9 7.07/1.8 5.49/8.0 3.81/10.9 3.28/5.0 4.87/5.8 7.03/5.9 3.95/5.0 4.46/6.4 5.45/5.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Navarro (33-18-6)
 Riggans (17-0-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 168/.322 186/.243 212/.219 179/.209 88/.276 196/.331 301/.278 299/.263 .291  Upton
 Gross
 Hinske
 Ruggiano
 Riggans
 Zobrist
 Baldelli
0/114/0/9
2/17/84/7
14/0/48/3
6/5/8/2
1/0/0/0
1/2/1/0
0/0/3/0
OPS .982 .803 .704 .614 .791 .924 .780 .700 .833
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 47/1.353 92/.627 108/.660 70/.533 45/1.002 97/.828 144/.884 146/.765 .865
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 121/.844 94/.981 104/.750 109/.664 43/.573 99/1.014 157/.683 153/.639 .805
Home 92/.867 86/.811 97/.789 100/.580 34/.660 79/.756 136/.699 150/.734 .824
Last 28d days 126/1.012 20/.838 45/.665 49/.786 51/.764 102/.888 77/.805 66/.829
HR/SB/CS 6/3/3 6/1/0 7/6/1 3/3/0 2/2/1 5/4/1 5/0/1 4/8/1 144/94/31
Usage ·····X·· ·X····X· ·X·X··o· ·o···X·· ·X·o·o·X ··X····X X··X··X· X··X·o··
Texas Rangers Batters (5.59 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Rays Pitchers (4.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Jackson
G/S/vB
50.Balfour
G/S/vB
53.Bradford
G/S/vB
49.Hammel
G/S/vB
39.Howell*
G/S/vB
57.Miller*
G/S/vB
52.Salas
G/S/vB
35.Wheeler
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
41.Boggs# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 261/183 .237/.335/.397/.732 .861/.674 .802 55/.683 3/2 5/
21.Bradley# G/S/vP ··· 2/no AB 2/3.000 2/2.000 4/1.000 4/1.250 ··· 1/.000 399/258 .317/.442/.584/1.026 1.131/.964 1.255 62/.912 4/3 20/
22.Byrd G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/.250 5/1.800 ··· ··· 1/.000 9/1.431 307/197 .291/.374/.466/.840 .884/.816 .994 103/1.084 4/1 8/
27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/2.000 8/.875 4/1.000 7/.715 2/.000 2/1.000 3/2.334 256/241 .281/.348/.399/.747 .536/.759 .685 49/.726 1/1 2/
19.Davis* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 174/118 .270/.310/.546/.856 1.026/.779 .938 107/.808 0/2 11/
16.Ellison G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 13/9 .250/.308/.250/.558 .833/.444 .000 13/.558 0/0 0/
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 4/.250 ··· 4/.500 536/366 .302/.368/.550/.917 .814/.965 1.070 107/.948 7/0 28/
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 6/.833 1/.000 2/1.000 5/.650 3/.666 1/2.000 1/.000 4/2.750 574/427 .318/.376/.513/.888 .822/.911 .890 118/.710 26/2 17/
15.Laird G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 7/.334 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.000 268/199 .289/.343/.426/.769 .738/.780 .706 65/.682 1/3 6/
30.Metcalf G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 33/14 .161/.212/.290/.502 .325/.747 .059 24/.701 0/0 1/
25.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/1.500 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 208/134 .236/.341/.343/.684 .448/.823 .741 40/.819 0/2 3/
12.Vazquez* G/S/vP 5/.600 1/no AB 1/.000 4/1.833 2/no AB 3/.333 ··· 4/1.500 303/257 .312/.379/.468/.847 .455/.915 .895 53/.812 0/1 6/
10.Young G/S/vP 11/.364 5/.200 27/.370 3/2.667 6/.167 3/.000 1/.000 3/.000 541/401 .288/.336/.411/.748 .837/.716 .791 111/.632 8/0 10/
IP 137.0 37.1 43.1 65.0 68.1 30.2 51.2 TOTAL .280/.351/.457/.808 .773/.822 .865 .795 64/20 149/106
ERA-K/9 4.07/5.1 1.21/13.3 2.28/2.9 4.15/5.0 2.37/9.1 4.70/7.6 /0.0 2.61/5.9 3.71/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Laird (41-17-2)
 Saltalamacchia (38-8-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 584/.262 141/.122 175/.283 286/.272 286/.196 134/.243 / 206/.182 .244  Hamilton
 Byrd
 Boggs
 Bradley
 Catalanotto
 Ellison
0/76/33/7
4/51/32/7
59/0/3/5
1/0/19/4
24/0/0/0
2/1/3/0
OPS .759 .393 .665 .762 .585 .712 .590 .702
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 287/.741 50/.390 56/.759 131/.861 98/.571 79/.641 / 75/.608 .712
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 297/.774 91/.395 119/.623 155/.679 188/.592 55/.813 / 131/.579 .694
Road 282/.764 77/.422 90/.601 180/.844 137/.652 60/.830 / 110/.641 .764
Last 28d days 118/.930 51/.354 34/.643 55/.615 47/.612 34/.971 / 42/.722
HR/SB/CS 17/8/1 1/2/0 2/0/3 7/10/1 4/10/1 1/0/2 // 7/0/1 111/54/20
Usage ·····X·· ·ooX··oo ·X····X· ·X···X·· ·X·X··o· ·o···Xo· ·oo···X·

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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