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Game Preview: TEX @ CLE, 7:05pm, Wednesday, August 12, 2009 @Jacobs Field

Rangers, 62-49, 2nd, 5 GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Tommy Hunter (22, RHP, 4-2, 2.63)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (4-2) 48.0 40 16 14 17 30 4 2.63
2008 (0-2) 11.0 23 20 20 3 9 4 16.36
Last 7 GS 4-2 42.2 33 13 11 14 29 3 2.32 58
2009-08-06 @OAK W 7.0 3 3 2 2 4 0 94 63
2009-08-01 SEA L 5.0 7 5 4 3 5 1 103 37
2009-07-27 DET W 7.0 5 1 1 2 6 1 104 67
2009-07-21 BOS W 6.0 4 1 1 1 2 0 85 61
2009-07-09 @SEA ND 6.0 4 0 0 3 4 0 104 65
2009-07-03 TBR W 5.1 3 1 1 3 5 0 90 60
2009-06-28 SDP L 6.1 7 2 2 0 3 1 94 54
Has never faced CLE.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   37-21   Road:   25-28   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  39-32   vsLHP:  23-17   1-Run:  15-11
 vsEast: 16-12   vsCntrl:13-15   vsWest: 24-13 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
111 Tue, Aug 11  @CLE  L   0-5       62-49  2nd  5.0 gb
110 Sun, Aug  9  @LAA  W   7-0       62-48  2nd  3.5 gb
109 Sat, Aug  8  @LAA  L   2-3       61-48  2nd  4.5 gb
108 Fri, Aug  7  @LAA  W  11-6       61-47  2nd  3.5 gb
107 Thu, Aug  6  @OAK  W   6-4       60-47  2nd  4.5 gb
106 Wed, Aug  5  @OAK  L   5-7       59-47  2nd  4.5 gb
105 Tue, Aug  4  @OAK  L   0-6       59-46  2nd  4.5 gb
104 Mon, Aug  3  @OAK  L   2-3       59-45  2nd  4.5 gb
103 Sun, Aug  2   SEA  W   4-2       59-44  2nd  4.0 gb
102 Sat, Aug  1   SEA  L   2-7       58-44  2nd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13
Indians, 49-63, 4th, 10 GB, 15 GB in WC

SP: Fausto Carmona (25, RHP, 2-6, 6.66)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (2-6) 71.2 79 58 53 48 39 9 6.66
2008 (8-7) 120.2 126 80 73 70 58 7 5.44
2007 (19-8) 215.0 199 78 73 61 137 16 3.06
Last 7 GS 1-2 29.2 36 31 27 25 14 4 8.19 36
2009-08-06 MIN ND 6.0 6 1 1 3 2 0 97 55
2009-07-31 DET ND 5.0 4 2 2 4 1 0 101 48
2009-06-04 @MIN L 2.0 5 7 7 3 1 2 54 16
2009-05-30 NYY L 4.0 8 7 4 3 2 2 81 23
2009-05-25 TBR ND 1.1 3 5 5 5 3 0 62 26
2009-05-20 @KCR ND 6.0 6 4 4 4 3 0 107 43
2009-05-14 @TBR W 5.1 4 5 4 3 2 0 82 41
Last 5 v.TEX 2-3 28.0 26 16 14 12 21 2 4.50 50
2009-04-08 @TEX L 5.0 7 6 6 2 4 1 95 31
2008-08-22 @TEX W 6.0 6 1 0 3 5 0 109 60
2008-05-23 TEX L 2.0 5 6 6 3 1 0 56 20
2007-07-31 TEX L 7.0 5 3 2 1 4 1 97 60
2007-07-20 @TEX W 8.0 3 0 0 3 7 0 104 80
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   25-30   Road:   24-33   ExtrInn: 3-6 
 vsRHP:  32-49   vsLHP:  17-14   1-Run:  16-14
 vsEast: 14-15   vsCntrl:22-26   vsWest:  8-9  IL: 5-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
112 Tue, Aug 11   TEX  W   5-0       49-63  4th 10.0 gb
111 Sun, Aug  9  @CHW  W   8-4       48-63  4th 11.5 gb
110 Sat, Aug  8  @CHW  L   5-8       47-63  4th 11.5 gb
109 Fri, Aug  7  @CHW  W   6-2       47-62  4th 11.5 gb
108 Thu, Aug  6   MIN  W   2-1       46-62  4th 11.5 gb
107 Wed, Aug  5   MIN  W   8-1       45-62  4th 11.5 gb
106 Tue, Aug  4   MIN  L   1-10      44-62  4th 11.5 gb
105 Sun, Aug  2   DET  W  11-1       44-61  4th 11.0 gb
104 Sat, Aug  1   DET  L   3-4 (12)  43-61  4th 12.0 gb
103 Fri, Jul 31   DET  W   6-5 (13)  43-60  4th 11.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Apr 09, 2009 TEX 12  CLE  8        W:Brandon McCarthy (1-0), L: Carl Pavano (0-1), S: none
Wed, Apr 08, 2009 TEX  8  CLE  5        W:Vicente Padilla (1-0), L: Fausto Carmona (0-1), S: Frank Francisco (1)
Mon, Apr 06, 2009 TEX  9  CLE  1        W:Kevin Millwood (1-0), L: Cliff Lee (0-1), S: none

Sun, Aug 24, 2008 CLE  4 @TEX  3        W:Rafael Betancourt (3-4), L: Eddie Guardado (3-3), S: none
Sat, Aug 23, 2008 CLE  8 @TEX  7        W:Rafael Perez (3-3), L: Jamey Wright (6-5), S: Jensen Lewis (6)
Fri, Aug 22, 2008 CLE  7 @TEX  5        W:Fausto Carmona (6-5), L: Matt Harrison (5-3), S: Jensen Lewis (5)
Thu, Jun 05, 2008 TEX  9  CLE  4        W:Kevin Millwood (4-3), L: C.C. Sabathia (3-8), S: none
Wed, Jun 04, 2008 CLE 15 @TEX  9        W:Cliff Lee (9-1), L: Elizardo Ramirez (0-1), S: none
Tue, Jun 03, 2008 TEX 12  CLE  7        W:Frank Francisco (1-1), L: Tom Mastny (0-1), S: none
Mon, Jun 02, 2008 CLE 13 @TEX  9        W:Masahide Kobayashi (3-2), L: Eddie Guardado (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - TEX leads 3-1; 2008 - CLE won 6-4; 2007 - CLE won 6-3; All-Time - TEX leads 307-292

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 2009 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

LAA  5.65

WSN  4.62

SDP  3.73

RA/G

SFG  3.70

PHI  4.63

WSN  5.42

BA

J. Mauer  .365

A. McCutchen  .292

A. Casilla  .176

OBP

A. Pujols  .448

J. Damon  .364

R. Cedeno  .232

SLG

A. Pujols  .681

R. Ludwick  .479

A. Casilla  .224

OPS

A. Pujols  1.129

A. McCutchen  .838

A. Casilla  .492

ERA

T. Lincecum  2.20

M. Garza  3.80

T. Wellemeyer  5.67

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.89

J. Happ  6.73

N. Blackburn  3.72

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Rangers Batters (4.79 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (5.29 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 55.Carmona
G/S/vB
58.Huff*
G/S/vB
32.Laffey*
G/S/vB
50.Lewis
G/S/vB
63.Masterson
G/S/vB
16.Ohka
G/S/vB
54.Perez
G/S/vB
53.Perez*
G/S/vB
49.Sipp*
G/S/vB
38.Smith
G/S/vB
45.Sowers*
G/S/vB
40.Todd
G/S/vB
34.Wood
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 342/244 .262/.326/.361/.687 .740/.666 .567 77/.765 20/2 4/15
9.Blalock* G/S/vP 9/.111 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 9/1.194 ··· 4/.250 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 375/277 .246/.283/.504/.787 .729/.808 .855 95/.600 2/0 23/5
29.Borbon* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/10 .200/.200/.200/.400 /.400 .400 5/.400 1/0 0/1
22.Byrd G/S/vP 9/.000 ··· 3/2.334 2/2.000 1/.000 17/.765 ··· 5/1.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 6/1.167 408/286 .285/.324/.476/.800 .773/.811 .724 96/.796 5/1 12/2
17.Cruz G/S/vP 6/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/2.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 380/273 .269/.337/.547/.884 .682/.961 .796 52/1.004 17/3 25/3
6.German G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· 9/.666 4/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 10/2.233 ··· ··· 9/8 .286/.444/.286/.730 2.000/.542 .730 9/.730 1/0 0/1
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 8/1.768 ··· 3/2.334 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· 7/.143 ··· ··· 4/1.250 ··· ··· 258/184 .235/.291/.393/.684 .860/.613 .815 90/.607 7/2 8/0
25.Jones G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 44/1.342 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 ··· ··· 26/.615 270/155 .224/.337/.513/.850 .801/.878 .748 68/.789 5/1 17/0
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 5/1.350 ··· 3/.000 3/1.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 5/.800 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 303/252 .272/.350/.460/.810 .547/.863 .776 73/.827 6/4 11/1
21.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 6/1.333 ··· 3/1.334 4/3.750 2/1.500 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 298/202 .241/.294/.383/.677 .699/.667 .591 45/.754 0/2 9/7
2.Teagarden G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 126/103 .204/.264/.372/.636 1.153/.518 .673 42/.671 0/0 4/4
13.Vizquel# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 12/.606 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/.666 ··· 2/.500 135/112 .287/.336/.369/.705 1.087/.620 .711 44/.659 4/0 1/0
10.Young G/S/vP 14/.846 ··· 3/1.334 7/.762 3/.000 10/.800 ··· 6/.666 ··· 1/.000 3/2.334 ··· ··· 474/347 .323/.378/.536/.913 .882/.924 .871 97/1.152 7/2 19/7
IP 71.2 87.0 72.0 42.2 79.0 45.2 36.2 26.2 21.1 26.0 77.2 4.0 40.0 TOTAL .255/.316/.455/.771 .783/.767 .719 .770 97/19 171/74
ERA-K/9 6.66/4.9 6.72/4.6 3.25/4.9 5.06/8.0 4.22/8.5 6.11/4.1 4.17/10.8 8.78/7.1 4.22/10.6 3.46/8.7 4.75/4.4 6.75/6.8 4.73/10.1 5.12/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 341/.276 395/.315 277/.256 185/.264 342/.266 202/.289 158/.189 133/.361 87/.186 109/.255 339/.263 19/.313 174/.238 .276
OPS .818 .909 .661 .865 .729 .891 .635 .989 .751 .726 .734 .931 .760 .789
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 195/.955 141/1.079 83/.527 88/1.192 168/.846 108/.820 52/.656 60/1.054 46/.600 27/.866 95/.669 9/1.556 89/.756 .801
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 146/.640 254/.818 194/.720 97/.585 174/.618 94/.974 106/.624 73/.937 41/.931 82/.678 244/.761 10/.325 85/.764 .780
Home 169/.777 169/.886 120/.664 103/.736 152/.651 120/.805 70/.719 64/1.017 48/.543 71/.730 187/.738 14/1.012 90/.603
Last 28d days 50/.633 135/.965 105/.624 16/.884 56/.436 59/.819 30/.277 7/.971 32/.861 19/.556 83/.481 9/.597 42/.652
HR/SB/CS 9/6/3 15/4/1 2/1/1 10/1/0 7/9/4 11/2/0 4/2/3 3/4/1 4/2/0 2/0/0 7/4/1 1/0/0 7/9/0 127/86/19
Usage ·····X·· ··X····X X·····X· ···o···X ···X···· ···X···o ··o·o··X ···X···· X·o·oX·X X····o·· ····X··· ···X··o· ··X·oo··
Indians Batters (5.15 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.40 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Hunter
G/S/vB
39.Feldman
G/S/vB
30.Feliz
G/S/vB
50.Francisco
G/S/vB
18.Guardado*
G/S/vB
45.Holland*
G/S/vB
28.Jennings
G/S/vB
52.Mathis
G/S/vB
33.Millwood
G/S/vB
57.Nippert
G/S/vB
56.O'Day
G/S/vB
36.Wilson*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· 4/1.750 ··· 1/.000 4/.833 ··· 1/.000 4/1.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 391/262 .311/.363/.454/.817 .737/.865 .764 107/.938 15/4 5/6
11.Carroll G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/1.400 ··· 8/.900 ··· 15/.967 2/1.000 ··· 2/2.000 215/154 .295/.387/.388/.775 .915/.719 .620 50/.965 1/2 2/1
17.Choo* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 12/.432 ··· 1/3.000 3/2.667 480/318 .298/.406/.480/.886 .843/.908 .842 100/.902 17/1 13/5
26.Crowe# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 111/83 .227/.296/.309/.606 .858/.540 .628 37/.889 4/0 0/2
8.Gimenez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 94/70 .190/.301/.329/.630 .442/.694 .362 54/.533 1/1 3/1
48.Hafner* G/S/vP ··· 4/.250 ··· 4/.250 10/.700 ··· 4/.750 3/1.167 6/.334 ··· ··· 8/1.000 231/166 .274/.364/.493/.856 .823/.869 .893 74/.674 0/0 11/
25.Marte G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 29/21 .250/.379/.292/.671 .250/.817 .508 29/.671 0/0 0/0
2.Peralta G/S/vP ··· 6/1.500 ··· 7/.286 11/.473 ··· ··· 6/1.000 15/.718 ··· 1/2.000 6/.500 439/312 .275/.339/.410/.748 .753/.746 .649 101/.877 0/1 9/12
10.Shoppach G/S/vP ··· 8/.875 ··· 2/.500 2/no AB ··· ··· ··· 6/.000 ··· ··· ··· 229/175 .217/.344/.413/.756 1.191/.630 .563 41/1.027 0/0 9/3
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP ··· 7/1.571 ··· 5/.650 9/.555 ··· 1/3.000 6/1.000 17/.673 ··· 2/2.500 9/1.194 406/267 .232/.327/.428/.754 .732/.766 .724 95/.683 10/7 15/0
15.Toregas G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/12 .273/.250/.273/.523 /.523 .250 12/.523 0/0 0/0
1.Valbuena* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 225/202 .238/.298/.408/.706 .806/.693 .543 57/.839 1/3 5/7
IP 48.0 125.2 4.2 30.1 33.0 91.0 56.2 29.0 144.0 32.1 41.1 49.1 TOTAL .266/.349/.429/.778 .822/.762 .727 .829 64/24 122/68
ERA-K/9 2.63/5.6 4.01/4.7 1.93/15.3 2.08/10.1 4.09/4.6 5.04/7.5 3.65/6.7 2.79/4.7 3.38/5.6 3.62/8.4 1.74/8.3 3.28/9.3 4.18/6.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 198/.223 513/.246 16/.063 119/.173 141/.258 394/.270 248/.271 111/.243 609/.254 110/.222 162/.200 214/.241 .259
OPS .663 .693 .313 .553 .793 .792 .766 .627 .729 .603 .541 .691 .745
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 102/.781 281/.665 8/.625 59/.475 51/.942 112/.721 109/.833 46/.655 294/.715 61/.517 49/.795 70/.472 .740
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 96/.542 232/.727 8/.000 60/.632 90/.706 282/.819 139/.714 65/.608 315/.742 49/.706 113/.428 144/.792 .749
Road 49/.459 236/.673 16/.313 65/.616 43/.497 202/.663 107/.859 24/.667 298/.771 72/.602 80/.661 103/.923
Last 28d days 102/.640 121/.762 16/.313 10/.200 30/.723 125/.578 49/1.027 43/.683 58/.734 74/.440 37/.276 45/.606
HR/SB/CS 4/5/1 14/12/5 1/0/0 4/1/0 6/4/2 14/7/0 5/6/3 1/0/0 18/13/6 2/3/0 3/6/1 3/3/1 120/71/27
Usage ·····X·· ····X··· ····X·o· ·····X·· ···o···X ··X····X ····X··X X······X ···X···· X······· ···oX·o· ···o·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.