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Game Preview: TEX @ HOU, 2:05pm, Sunday, May 24, 2009 @Minute Maid Park

Rangers, 25-17, 1st, 3 up

SP: Brandon McCarthy (25, RHP, 3-2, 5.60)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (3-2) 45.0 48 29 28 19 33 10 5.60
2008 (1-1) 22.0 20 11 10 8 10 3 4.09
2007 (5-10) 101.2 111 62 55 48 59 9 4.87
Last 7 GS 2-2 40.0 44 26 25 15 26 8 5.62 45
2009-05-19 @DET L 7.0 9 4 3 3 4 0 118 46
2009-05-13 SEA ND 7.0 5 4 4 1 7 3 105 57
2009-05-07 @OAK L 4.0 7 7 7 3 4 1 81 21
2009-05-02 CHW W 5.0 3 1 1 0 3 0 68 60
2009-04-26 @BAL ND 5.0 9 4 4 3 1 1 91 31
2009-04-21 @TOR W 6.0 6 3 3 2 2 1 97 48
2009-04-14 BAL ND 6.0 5 3 3 3 5 2 92 52
Last 5 v.HOU 1-0 6.0 4 1 1 2 2 0 1.50 60
2007-05-20 @HOU W 6.0 4 1 1 2 2 0 100 60
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   14-6    Road:   11-11   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  16-12   vsLHP:   9-5    1-Run:  10-6 
 vsEast:  5-5    vsCntrl: 8-10   vsWest: 10-2  IL: 2-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 42 Sat, May 23  @HOU  W   6-3       25-17  1st  3.0 up
 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:20-10
Astros, 18-23, 5th, 7 GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Mike Hampton (36, LHP, 2-3, 5.23)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (2-3) 43.0 46 28 25 20 33 4 5.23
2008 (3-4) 78.0 83 45 42 28 38 10 4.85
2005 (5-3) 69.1 74 28 27 18 27 5 3.50
Last 7 GS 2-2 38.0 42 25 22 16 28 4 5.21 45
2009-05-19 MIL ND 4.0 3 2 2 3 4 0 60 49
2009-05-13 @COL W 6.0 7 5 5 2 3 1 95 39
2009-05-06 CHC L 5.1 7 5 3 4 4 0 107 38
2009-05-01 @ATL L 4.1 5 6 5 2 0 1 72 29
2009-04-25 MIL ND 6.0 8 4 4 3 4 2 101 41
2009-04-20 CIN ND 6.1 8 3 3 1 5 0 100 49
2009-04-15 @PIT W 6.0 4 0 0 1 8 0 100 71
Last 5 v.TEX 0-1 5.2 12 10 6 3 2 3 9.53 30
2003-06-05 TEX ND 1.2 2 3 0 2 0 0 38 43
2001-07-13 @TEX L 4.0 10 7 6 1 2 3 86 17
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    9-14   Road:    9-9    ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  14-18   vsLHP:   4-5    1-Run:   5-6 
 vsEast:  2-2    vsCntrl: 9-17   vsWest:  7-2  IL: 0-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 42 Sat, May 23   TEX  L   3-6       18-23  5th  7.0 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-10   Last 30:14-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, May 23, 2009 TEX  6 @HOU  3        W:Scott Feldman (3-0), L: Brian Moehler (1-3), S: C.J. Wilson (3)
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
Season Series: 2009 - TEX leads 2-0; 2008 - Tied 3-3; 2007 - TEX won 4-2; All-Time - Tied 25-25

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

TBR  5.76

LAA  4.79

SDP  3.70

 RA/G

LAD  3.75

ARI  4.72

WSN  6.21

 BA

V. Martinez  .379

  

G. Sizemore  .215

 OBP

C. Beltran  .458

  

J. Rollins  .278

 SLG

A. Pujols  .669

  

O. Cabrera  .300

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.115

  

O. Cabrera  .584

 ERA

Z. Greinke  .82

U. Jimenez  4.25

R. Nolasco  9.07

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  12.31

A. Galarraga  6.70

J. Pineiro  3.15

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Rangers Batters (5.40 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.93 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 11.Hampton*
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 135/97 .290/.328/.452/.780 .905/.733 .664 80/.839 6/0 3/7
9.Blalock* G/S/vP 1/.000 6/.334 1/2.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 153/110 .250/.281/.556/.837 .448/.995 .914 87/.860 0/0 11/0
22.Byrd G/S/vP 16/.580 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 141/91 .289/.312/.437/.749 .628/.813 .645 86/.644 2/0 2/0
17.Cruz G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· ··· 166/125 .285/.337/.556/.894 .689/.962 .889 88/.878 6/0 11/3
19.Davis* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 155/109 .203/.265/.441/.705 .527/.779 .684 89/.673 0/0 10/0
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.250 2/3.000 108/79 .237/.287/.454/.741 .772/.729 .747 37/.910 3/0 5/0
25.Jones G/S/vP 42/.657 1/no AB ··· 5/1.000 7/.000 ··· 89/45 .290/.438/.565/1.003 1.048/.963 .728 59/.764 1/0 4/0
5.Kinsler G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 4/.000 2/.500 194/136 .287/.358/.556/.913 1.337/.720 .532 109/.713 10/1 11/3
7.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 96/81 .232/.323/.366/.689 .133/.803 .777 64/.816 2/2 2/0
21.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 1/no AB 1/.000 3/2.667 124/86 .252/.306/.400/.706 .775/.674 .631 68/.653 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 6/.333 5/.400 1/.000 25/.708 8/.750 1/.000 48/33 .372/.413/.512/.925 1.000/.887 .724 33/.939 2/0 0/0
10.Young G/S/vP 4/2.417 5/1.350 2/.500 6/.533 5/.000 1/2.000 176/128 .345/.386/.564/.950 .983/.937 .853 94/.992 3/1 7/3
IP 43.0 15.0 15.2 18.2 28.0 13.2 TOTAL .273/.329/.486/.815 .803/.821 .729 .792 35/5 70/22
ERA-K/9 5.23/6.9 3.00/6.6 4.60/5.2 2.89/8.7 1.93/3.9 7.24/9.9 4.71/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 189/.282 63/.200 63/.207 81/.257 112/.225 67/.377 .277
OPS .785 .668 .632 .723 .658 .974 .792
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 47/.829 33/.915 23/.654 38/.570 51/.608 27/.997 .792
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 142/.770 30/.392 40/.610 43/.859 61/.702 40/.954 .792
Home 96/.849 20/.947 44/.468 49/.835 58/.485 30/.800
Last 28d days 90/.864 42/.745 40/.606 37/.639 67/.628 39/.940
HR/SB/CS 4/2/0 3/1/1 2/0/0 2/2/2 1/0/0 3/1/0 47/14/6
Usage ····X··· o·o···o· X·o·X··· ·Xo····o ·Xoo··Xo Xoo····o
Astros Batters (4.36 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.76 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 20.McCarthy
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
17.Berkman# G/S/vP 6/.333 4/1.750 3/.000 3/1.666 ··· ··· 5/.800 170/122 .232/.371/.464/.834 .737/.872 .761 88/.951 0/2 9/3
27.Blum# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.250 138/127 .264/.333/.331/.664 .909/.640 .771 76/.547 0/1 1/1
21.Bourn* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 1/.000 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 171/140 .291/.363/.397/.760 .767/.758 .686 103/.740 14/3 1/1
2.Erstad* G/S/vP 3/1.000 5/.500 22/.318 ··· ··· 1/no AB 4/1.000 51/46 .156/.220/.222/.442 .000/.494 .501 31/.503 0/0 0/0
28.Keppinger G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 70/39 .279/.362/.426/.789 1.044/.584 .632 38/.469 0/0 1/0
45.Lee G/S/vP 3/.333 3/1.000 9/.333 2/1.000 ··· ··· 4/1.417 173/132 .325/.370/.541/.911 1.166/.833 .971 98/.941 1/1 8/1
3.Matsui# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/.333 158/121 .229/.290/.307/.597 .916/.511 .617 99/.575 6/3 1/2
18.Maysonet G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 2/.000 0/0 0/
4.Michaels G/S/vP 5/.400 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 3/2.334 2/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/1.500 173/137 .351/.422/.530/.952 .802/.991 1.077 96/1.016 5/3 5/0
55.Quintero G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 17/9 .118/.118/.176/.294 .375/.222 .000 9/.556 0/0 0/1
12.Rodriguez G/S/vP 10/1.400 5/.800 19/.887 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 141/120 .262/.307/.454/.761 1.286/.661 .737 75/.870 0/2 5/0
10.Tejada G/S/vP 2/5.000 5/.200 10/1.375 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 6/.334 177/137 .329/.356/.503/.859 .928/.839 .960 96/.991 1/1 5/6
IP 45.0 15.2 9.2 18.2 3.2 14.0 18.0 TOTAL .265/.330/.407/.737 .859/.702 .758 .758 28/17 37/19
ERA-K/9 5.60/6.6 0.00/8.6 5.59/3.7 4.82/4.8 9.82/4.9 1.29/8.4 3.50/5.5 4.52/5.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 200/.276 60/.145 47/.317 77/.254 18/.083 58/.235 84/.282 .261
OPS .845 .380 .952 .762 .472 .626 .765 .756
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 103/.973 29/.245 21/1.460 23/1.026 5/.400 17/.827 24/.596 .754
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 97/.711 31/.513 26/.544 54/.647 13/.496 41/.543 60/.826 .757
Road 105/.933 37/.574 10/.311 51/.562 16/.466 31/.739 44/.993
Last 28d days 100/.758 29/.436 21/.633 54/.833 3/.000 39/.545 37/.578
HR/SB/CS 10/1/1 0/0/0 2/1/0 3/1/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 1/1/0 51/18/9
Usage ····X··· ·X······ o·····o· ·X······ ···o···· oo····X· oo·····o

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.