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Game Preview: TEX @ HOU, 4:10pm, Saturday, May 23, 2009 @Minute Maid Park

Rangers, 24-17, 1st, 2 up

SP: Scott Feldman (26, RHP, 2-0, 4.04)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (2-0)			35.2	30	16	16	12	19	3	4.04
2008 (6-8)			151.1	161	103	89	56	74	22	5.29
2007 (1-2)			39.0	44	26	25	32	19	3	5.77

Last 7 GS		3-1	41.0	32	15	14	8	18	2	3.07	55
2009-05-17	LAA	ND	6.0	4	0	0	2	3	0	108	65
2009-05-12	SEA	ND	6.1	4	1	1	2	2	0	109	61
2009-05-06	@OAK	W	6.0	4	2	2	2	3	0	89	57
2009-05-01	CHW	ND	5.2	3	3	3	1	3	0	77	53
2009-04-25	@BAL	W	5.0	4	1	1	1	2	0	79	56
2008-09-27	@LAA	W	6.0	5	2	1	0	2	0	82	58
2008-09-21	LAA	L	6.0	8	6	6	0	3	2	86	35

Last 5 v.HOU		0-0	4.0	6	2	2	2	2	1	4.50	42
2008-06-25	@HOU	ND	4.0	6	2	2	2	2	1	99	42

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   14-6    Road:   10-11   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  15-12   vsLHP:   9-5    1-Run:  10-6 
 vsEast:  5-5    vsCntrl: 8-10   vsWest: 10-2  IL: 1-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 41 Fri, May 22  @HOU  W   6-5 (10)  24-17  1st  2.0 up
 40 Thu, May 21  @DET  L   3-4       23-17  1st  2.0 up
 39 Wed, May 20  @DET  L   3-5       23-16  1st  3.0 up
 38 Tue, May 19  @DET  L   0-4       23-15  1st  3.0 up
 37 Sun, May 17   LAA  W   3-0       23-14  1st  4.5 up
 36 Sat, May 16   LAA  W   5-3       22-14  1st  3.5 up
 35 Fri, May 15   LAA  W  10-8       21-14  1st  2.5 up
 34 Thu, May 14   SEA  W   3-2       20-14  1st  1.5 up
 33 Wed, May 13   SEA  W   6-5 (11)  19-14  1st  1.5 up
 32 Tue, May 12   SEA  W   7-1       18-14  1st  1.5 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:20-10

Astros, 18-22, 5th, 7 GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Brian Moehler (37, RHP, 1-2, 7.71)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (1-2)			21.0	33	18	18	7	16	2	7.71
2008 (11-8)			150.0	166	79	76	36	82	20	4.56
2007 (1-4)			59.2	67	29	27	17	36	8	4.07

Last 7 GS		1-3	27.2	42	25	25	9	18	2	8.13	39
2009-05-17	@CHC	W	5.0	5	3	3	2	4	1	106	47
2009-05-09	SDP	ND	7.0	5	1	1	1	6	0	91	68
2009-05-04	@WSN	ND	5.0	8	2	2	2	5	0	94	46
2009-04-13	@PIT	L	2.1	7	5	5	1	0	1	45	22
2009-04-08	CHC	L	1.2	8	7	7	1	1	0	37	11
2008-09-26	ATL	ND	5.2	4	2	2	2	2	0	75	53
2008-09-20	@PIT	L	1.0	5	5	5	0	0	0	32	23

Last 5 v.TEX		3-2	29.1	33	18	18	9	20	1	5.52	46
2008-06-24	TEX	W	6.1	5	1	1	2	5	0	93	62
2005-06-12	TEX	L	5.2	7	4	4	3	7	0	110	43
2000-07-28	@TEX	L	2.2	11	10	10	2	2	1	69	-4
2000-05-30	TEX	W	5.2	7	3	3	0	4	0	87	47
1999-08-30	TEX	W	9.0	3	0	0	2	2	0	126	81

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:    9-13   Road:    9-9    ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  14-17   vsLHP:   4-5    1-Run:   5-6 
 vsEast:  2-2    vsCntrl: 9-17   vsWest:  7-2  IL: 0-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 41 Fri, May 22   TEX  L   5-6 (10)  18-22  5th  7.0 gb
 40 Thu, May 21   MIL  L   3-4       18-21  5th  7.0 gb
 39 Wed, May 20   MIL  W   6-4       18-20  5th  6.0 gb
 38 Tue, May 19   MIL  L   2-4       17-20  5th  7.0 gb
 37 Sun, May 17  @CHC  W   6-5       17-19  5th  5.5 gb
 36 Sat, May 16  @CHC  L   4-5       16-19  5th  5.5 gb
 35 Thu, May 14  @COL  W   5-3       16-18  5th  4.5 gb
 34 Wed, May 13  @COL  W  15-11      15-18  5th  4.5 gb
 33 Tue, May 12  @COL  L   1-12      14-18  5th  5.5 gb
 32 Sun, May 10   SDP  W  12-5       14-17  5th  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-10   Last 30:14-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, May 22, 2009 TEX  6 @HOU  5 (10)   W:Darren O'Day (2-0), L: LaTroy Hawkins (1-2), S: Frank Francisco (10)

Thu, Jun 26, 2008 HOU  7  TEX  2        W:Wandy Rodriguez (3-3), L: Kevin Millwood (5-4), S: none
Wed, Jun 25, 2008 TEX  3 @HOU  2        W:Luis Mendoza (1-2), L: Roy Oswalt (6-8), S: C.J. Wilson (16)
Tue, Jun 24, 2008 HOU  4  TEX  3        W:Brian Moehler (4-3), L: Eric Hurley (0-1), S: Jose Valverde (19)
Sun, May 18, 2008 HOU  5 @TEX  4        W:Brandon Backe (3-5), L: Kason Gabbard (1-1), S: Jose Valverde (12)
Sat, May 17, 2008 TEX  6  HOU  2        W:Vicente Padilla (6-2), L: Roy Oswalt (4-4), S: none
Fri, May 16, 2008 TEX 16  HOU  8        W:Jamey Wright (2-1), L: Wesley Wright (3-1), S: none
Sun, Jun 24, 2007 HOU 12 @TEX  9 (10)   W:Dan Wheeler (1-4), L: C.J. Wilson (0-1), S: Chad Qualls (2)
Sat, Jun 23, 2007 TEX  7  HOU  2        W:Jamey Wright (1-1), L: Roy Oswalt (7-5), S: none
Fri, Jun 22, 2007 TEX 11  HOU  3        W:Kevin Millwood (4-6), L: Woody Williams (3-10), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - TEX leads 1-0; 2008 - Tied 3-3; 2007 - TEX won 4-2; All-Time - HOU leads 25-24

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

PHI 5.78

LAA 4.80

SDP 3.71

RA/G

LAD 3.74

LAA 4.71

WSN 6.31

V. Martinez .391

G. Sizemore .220

OBP

V. Martinez .464

J. Rollins .284

SLG

J. Morneau .640

E. Bonifacio .318

OPS

V. Martinez 1.074

E. Bonifacio .621

ERA

Z. Greinke .82

B. Looper 4.26

R. Nolasco 9.07

K/9IP

J. Verlander 12.31

R. Oswalt 6.71

J. Pineiro 3.15

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Rangers Batters (5.39 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.90 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 38.Moehler
G/S/vB 48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB 39.Fulchino
G/S/vB 22.Hawkins
G/S/vB 43.Sampson
G/S/vB 53.Wright*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Andrus G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 131/94 .292/.331/.458/.789 .933/.735 .674 79/.851 6/0 3/7

9.Blalock* G/S/vP 3/1.667 6/.334 ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 149/106 .236/.268/.521/.790 .448/.935 .824 88/.791 0/0 10/0

22.Byrd G/S/vP 10/.550 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 140/90 .291/.314/.440/.755 .628/.822 .654 90/.672 2/0 2/0

17.Cruz G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· 162/121 .279/.333/.517/.850 .689/.906 .808 88/.782 6/0 9/3

19.Davis* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 151/106 .209/.272/.453/.725 .539/.803 .721 89/.733 0/0 10/0

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/1.250 2/3.000 104/75 .237/.288/.452/.740 .772/.728 .747 34/.901 3/0 5/0

25.Jones G/S/vP 16/.775 1/no AB ··· 5/1.000 7/.000 ··· 89/45 .290/.438/.565/1.003 1.048/.963 .728 60/.809 1/0 4/0

5.Kinsler G/S/vP 5/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 4/.000 2/.500 194/136 .287/.358/.556/.913 1.337/.720 .532 114/.678 10/1 11/3

7.Murphy* G/S/vP 3/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 92/78 .231/.326/.359/.685 .143/.794 .778 64/.875 2/2 2/0

21.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 3/2.667 120/83 .252/.308/.405/.714 .797/.675 .639 68/.684 0/1 4/1

2.Teagarden G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 42/32 .216/.310/.243/.553 .733/.496 .829 25/.764 0/0 0/1

13.Vizquel# G/S/vP 28/1.060 5/.400 ··· 25/.708 8/.750 ··· 43/29 .368/.415/.526/.941 1.071/.870 .708 28/.968 2/0 0/0

10.Young G/S/vP 8/.804 5/1.350 2/.500 6/.533 5/.000 1/2.000 176/128 .345/.386/.564/.950 .983/.937 .853 99/.972 3/1 7/3

IP 21.0 14.0 13.2 18.2 28.0 12.2 TOTAL .272/.330/.482/.812 .813/.812 .718 .789 35/5 67/21

ERA-K/9

7.71/6.9

3.21/6.4

5.27/4.6

2.89/8.7

1.93/3.9

7.82/9.2

4.68/7.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 104/.355 60/.212 55/.200 81/.257 112/.225 64/.397 .277

OPS .928 .704 .653 .723 .658 1.022 .788

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 56/.604 32/.946 18/.603 38/.570 51/.608 25/1.084 .787

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 48/1.272 28/.423 37/.661 43/.859 61/.702 39/.979 .788

Home 40/.855 17/1.139 36/.461 49/.835 58/.485 27/.889

Last 28d days 75/.721 39/.808 32/.634 40/.641 68/.618 39/.995

HR/SB/CS 2/1/0 3/1/1 2/0/0 2/2/2 1/0/0 3/1/0 44/14/6

Usage ·····X·· ·o···o·· ·o·X···· Xo····o· Xoo··Xo· oo····o·

Astros Batters (4.39 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.80 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 39.Feldman
G/S/vB 50.Francisco
G/S/vB 18.Guardado*
G/S/vB 45.Holland*
G/S/vB 60.Madrigal
G/S/vB 56.O'Day
G/S/vB 36.Wilson*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

17.Berkman# G/S/vP 3/1.667 4/1.750 2/.000 3/1.666 ··· ··· 5/.800 166/119 .239/.380/.478/.857 .754/.898 .803 88/.951 0/2 9/3

27.Blum# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.333 134/124 .265/.336/.308/.644 1.000/.611 .736 76/.530 0/1 0/1

21.Bourn* G/S/vP 3/2.334 3/.666 1/.000 3/1.334 ··· ··· 2/2.000 167/136 .299/.372/.408/.780 .767/.782 .722 103/.775 14/3 1/1

2.Erstad* G/S/vP 2/.500 5/.500 22/.318 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.000 50/45 .156/.204/.222/.426 .000/.477 .479 31/.459 0/0 0/0

28.Keppinger G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 70/39 .279/.362/.426/.789 1.044/.584 .632 42/.499 0/0 1/0

45.Lee G/S/vP 3/.333 3/1.000 8/.375 2/1.000 ··· ··· 4/1.417 169/129 .327/.373/.549/.922 1.197/.837 .994 98/.958 1/1 8/0

3.Matsui# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/.500 154/118 .234/.291/.314/.605 .945/.513 .633 95/.586 6/3 1/2

18.Maysonet G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/ .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ .000 1/.000 0/0 0/

4.Michaels G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 37/18 .194/.324/.323/.647 .806/.478 .796 15/.350 1/1 0/0

9.Pence G/S/vP 3/1.000 2/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.334 169/134 .345/.414/.527/.941 .766/.987 1.062 96/.994 5/2 5/0

55.Quintero G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 17/9 .118/.118/.176/.294 .375/.222 .000 9/.556 0/0 0/1

12.Rodriguez G/S/vP 1/.000 5/.800 19/.887 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 137/117 .270/.316/.468/.784 1.350/.679 .778 75/.941 0/2 5/0

10.Tejada G/S/vP 4/.500 5/.200 9/1.556 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 6/.334 173/134 .325/.353/.485/.837 .952/.804 .924 96/.915 1/1 4/6

IP 35.2 15.2 8.2 18.2 3.2 13.2 17.0 TOTAL .267/.332/.407/.740 .871/.701 .764 .759 28/16 35/18

ERA-K/9

4.04/4.8

0.00/8.6

6.23/4.1

4.82/4.8

9.82/4.9

1.32/7.9

3.71/5.8

4.56/5.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 146/.224 60/.145 44/.342 77/.254 18/.083 56/.240 80/.284 .263

OPS .623 .380 1.024 .762 .472 .626 .780 .759

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 81/.688 29/.245 21/1.460 23/1.026 5/.400 15/.838 24/.596 .759

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 65/.544 31/.513 23/.623 54/.647 13/.496 41/.543 56/.851 .759

Road 51/.577 37/.574 7/.452 51/.562 16/.466 29/.745 40/1.049

Last 28d days 91/.444 29/.436 20/.780 54/.833 3/.000 37/.540 33/.588

HR/SB/CS 3/4/1 0/0/0 2/1/0 3/1/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 1/1/0 49/18/8

Usage ·····X·· X······· ·····o·· X······X ··o····· o····X·o o·····oo

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.