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Game Preview: TBR @ TEX, 8:05pm, Sunday, August 17, 2008 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Tampa Bay Rays, 74-48, 1st, 3½ up

SP: Scott Kazmir (24, LHP, 8-6, 3.22)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (8-6)            109    89  41  39  46 120 11    3.22      
 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         1-3  37    36  18  18  18  45  5    4.38   51 
 2008-08-12   @OAK   L   5     2   2   2   2   6  1      97   59 
 2008-08-06    CLE  ND   4.1   9   5   5   3   4  2      97   26 
 2008-08-01    DET  ND   4.2   3   2   2   6   5  0     110   49 
 2008-07-26   @KCR  ND   5     7   2   2   0   5  0      91   50 
 2008-07-21    OAK   W   7     2   0   0   4   9  0     102   78 
 2008-07-13   @CLE   L   6     8   5   5   2   7  2     104   41 
 2008-07-08   @NYY   L   5     5   2   2   1   9  0      97   57 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TEX      3-0  31    20  10   6   9  43  2    1.74   65 
 2008-06-06   @TEX   W   8     6   2   2   0   6  1     111   68 
 2008-05-26    TEX   W   7     3   1   1   0  10  0      95   77 
 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 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   45-17   Road:   29-31   ExtrInn: 8-4 
 vsRHP:  54-30   vsLHP:  20-18   1-Run:  23-13
 vsEast: 28-19   vsCntrl:15-12   vsWest: 19-11 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
122 Sat, Aug 16  @TEX  L   0-3       74-48  1st  3.5 up
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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:19-11
Texas Rangers, 62-62, 2nd, 15½ GB, 8 GB in WC

SP: Dustin Nippert (27, RHP, 1-2, 7.03)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-2)             39.2  56  32  31  24  26  5    7.03      
 2007 (1-1)             45.1  48  30  28  16  38  5    5.56      
 2006 (0-2)             10    15  13  13   7   9  5   11.70      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-2  24.2  25  22  22  20  20  6    8.03   39 
 2006-08-05    HOU   L   5     8   7   7   3   6  3      97   26 
 2006-06-07    PHI   L   5     7   6   6   4   3  2     102   28 
 2005-09-29   @LAD   W   5     1   1   1   5   6  0      88   62 
 2005-09-16    COL  ND   4.2   4   5   5   6   3  1     107   33 
 2005-09-08   @PIT  ND   5     5   3   3   2   2  0      70   45 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TBR    Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   32-27   Road:   30-35   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  48-39   vsLHP:  14-23   1-Run:  23-12
 vsEast: 16-23   vsCntrl:16-16   vsWest: 20-15 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
124 Sat, Aug 16   TBR  W   3-0       62-62  2nd 15.5 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
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Aug 16, 2008 TEX  3  TBR  0        W:Matt Harrison (5-2), L: Edwin Jackson (9-8), S: Eddie Guardado (4)
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
Season Series: 2008 - TBR leads 5-3; 2007 - TBR won 5-4; 2006 - TEX won 6-3; All-Time - TEX leads 60-45

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  5.57

MIL  4.67

WSN  3.71

RA/G

TOR  3.93

MIN  4.63

TEX  6.05

BA

C. Jones  .365

J. Bay  .290

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .464

D. Ortiz  .363

T. Pena  .178

SLG

A. Pujols  .621

K. Shoppach  .480

T. Pena  .204

OPS

A. Pujols  1.080

D. Pedroia  .833

T. Pena  .382

ERA

C. Lee  2.43

U. Jimenez  3.94

C. Silva  6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.11

P. Maholm  6.32

L. Hernandez  3.46

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Tampa Bay Rays Batters (4.57 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (6.05 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 57.Nippert
G/S/vB
53.Benoit
G/S/vB
50.Francisco
G/S/vB
18.Guardado*
G/S/vB
43.Loe
G/S/vB
60.Madrigal
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 3/.667 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 224/124 .231/.314/.402/.716 .808/.640 .772 77/.743 2/1 7/
5.Baldelli G/S/vP ··· 7/.286 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 17/9 .250/.294/.250/.544 .661/.444 .544 17/.544 0/0 0/
8.Bartlett G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 2/.500 2/.000 6/.367 ··· 3/1.167 3/1.334 353/251 .266/.304/.321/.625 .823/.544 .591 55/.790 18/5 0/
15.Floyd* G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 1/no AB 3/.666 5/.400 ··· 3/1.000 27/.969 194/186 .265/.361/.458/.819 .708/.823 .669 48/.890 1/0 8/
26.Gross* G/S/vP 1/5.000 4/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 2/.500 4/1.167 270/220 .228/.330/.418/.748 .636/.774 .642 52/.797 3/2 10/
32.Hinske* G/S/vP ··· 9/.476 1/.000 2/.000 9/.555 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 340/287 .252/.341/.500/.841 .463/.910 .944 64/.771 8/2 18/
1.Iwamura* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 2/.500 2/2.000 3/.000 ··· 3/.333 5/.000 546/379 .277/.347/.374/.721 .685/.737 .684 122/.697 6/5 5/
30.Navarro# G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 3/1.334 ··· 3/1.334 ··· 2/2.500 8/1.250 355/258 .299/.354/.414/.768 .666/.815 .732 80/.652 0/4 6/
23.Pena* G/S/vP ··· 13/.231 1/.000 6/.334 5/1.100 ··· 3/1.167 6/.750 440/285 .240/.355/.486/.841 .593/.977 .832 117/1.054 1/1 24/
9.Riggans G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 118/63 .235/.310/.422/.732 .762/.706 .835 29/.542 0/0 5/
10.Ruggiano G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 45/14 .233/.267/.349/.616 .724/.368 .333 12/.167 1/0 1/
2.Upton G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 2/.000 2/no AB 7/.762 ··· 2/.000 4/1.500 514/360 .264/.379/.387/.766 .801/.751 .739 110/.708 36/14 7/
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 124/77 .234/.315/.423/.738 .818/.687 .689 59/.649 3/0 5/
IP 39.2 39.1 49.2 47.2 10.1 20.1 70.2 68.2 TOTAL .258/.336/.416/.753 .713/.770 .727 .778 121/44 134/62
ERA-K/9 7.03/5.9 5.49/8.0 3.81/10.9 3.21/4.9 4.35/6.1 4.87/5.8 3.95/5.0 4.46/6.4 5.41/5.8

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 196/.331 186/.243 212/.219 182/.206 49/.340 88/.276 301/.278 299/.263 .290  Upton
 Gross
 Hinske
 Ruggiano
 Riggans
 Zobrist
 Baldelli
0/114/0/9
2/17/85/7
14/0/48/3
7/5/8/2
1/0/0/0
1/3/1/0
0/0/3/0
OPS .924 .803 .704 .611 1.028 .791 .780 .700 .829
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 97/.828 92/.627 108/.660 72/.536 20/1.450 45/1.002 144/.884 146/.765 .862
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 99/1.014 94/.981 104/.750 110/.658 29/.720 43/.573 157/.683 153/.639 .801
Home 79/.756 86/.811 97/.789 103/.575 28/1.179 34/.660 136/.699 150/.734 .816
Last 28d days 95/.807 20/.838 41/.682 52/.765 / 51/.764 71/.747 66/.829
HR/SB/CS 5/4/1 6/1/0 7/6/1 3/3/0 3/0/0 2/2/1 5/0/1 4/8/1 144/94/31
Usage ···X···· ··X····X ··X·X··o o·o···X· ········ ··X·o·o· ·X··X··X ·X··X·o·
Texas Rangers Batters (5.57 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Rays Pitchers (3.99 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 19.Kazmir*
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 1/no AB 2/.000 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 265/187 .239/.341/.403/.744 .861/.692 .822 59/.739 3/2 5/
21.Bradley# G/S/vP 9/.555 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 58/.983 4/3 20/
22.Byrd G/S/vP 5/.900 1/.000 5/.200 5/1.800 ··· ··· 1/.000 9/1.431 311/201 .290/.372/.463/.835 .884/.809 .980 104/1.056 4/1 8/
27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 8/.875 4/1.000 7/.715 2/.000 2/1.000 3/2.334 259/244 .277/.344/.394/.738 .536/.749 .668 52/.682 1/1 2/
19.Davis* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 178/121 .263/.303/.533/.836 1.006/.759 .894 108/.753 0/2 11/
16.Ellison G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 13/9 .250/.308/.250/.558 .833/.444 .000 13/.558 0/0 0/
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· ··· ··· 3/2.334 4/.250 ··· 4/.500 540/369 .302/.367/.547/.914 .821/.957 1.060 107/.928 7/0 28/
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 12/.567 1/.000 2/1.000 5/.650 4/.500 2/2.000 1/.000 4/2.750 579/430 .319/.376/.518/.893 .824/.917 .900 119/.766 26/2 18/
15.Laird G/S/vP 9/.333 ··· 8/.286 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.000 272/203 .289/.342/.423/.765 .738/.774 .700 69/.671 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 3/1.667 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 210/134 .239/.343/.344/.687 .463/.823 .747 42/.829 0/2 3/
12.Vazquez* G/S/vP 9/.375 1/no AB 1/.000 4/1.833 3/.500 4/.250 ··· 4/1.500 307/259 .308/.377/.462/.840 .434/.913 .880 57/.777 0/1 6/
10.Young G/S/vP 15/.515 5/.200 27/.370 3/2.667 7/.619 3/.000 1/.000 3/.000 545/404 .291/.339/.415/.754 .853/.719 .804 111/.692 8/0 10/
IP 109.0 37.1 44.0 65.0 68.2 31.2 51.2 TOTAL .280/.351/.457/.808 .774/.821 .863 .805 64/20 150/106
ERA-K/9 3.22/9.9 1.21/13.3 2.25/3.1 4.15/5.0 2.36/9.2 4.55/7.9 /0.0 2.61/5.9 3.69/7.0

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 457/.222 141/.122 178/.280 286/.272 291/.204 138/.243 / 206/.182 .244  Byrd
 Hamilton
 Boggs
 Bradley
 Ellison
 Catalanotto
4/51/33/7
0/77/33/7
60/0/3/5
1/0/19/4
2/1/3/0
24/0/0/0
OPS .689 .393 .661 .762 .601 .705 .590 .702
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 96/.517 50/.390 57/.771 131/.861 100/.581 81/.624 / 75/.608 .710
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 361/.736 91/.395 121/.612 155/.679 191/.610 57/.820 / 131/.579 .696
Road 218/.735 77/.422 93/.594 180/.844 142/.682 64/.807 / 110/.641 .764
Last 28d days 117/.769 51/.354 33/.639 55/.615 51/.708 36/.801 / 39/.699
HR/SB/CS 11/4/2 1/2/0 2/0/3 7/10/1 4/10/1 1/0/2 // 7/0/1 112/54/20
Usage ····X··· ··ooX··o o·X····X ··X···X· X·X·X··o X·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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