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Game Preview: TEX @ TBR, 7:08pm, Saturday, August 22, 2009 @Tropicana Field

Rangers, 68-53, 2nd, 5½ GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Tommy Hunter (22, RHP, 6-2, 2.64)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (6-2) 61.1 50 20 18 20 40 5 2.64
2008 (0-2) 11.0 23 20 20 3 9 4 16.36
Last 7 GS 5-1 44.1 33 14 12 14 31 3 2.44 59
2009-08-17 MIN W 5.2 4 4 4 3 5 1 101 47
2009-08-12 @CLE W 7.2 6 0 0 0 5 0 98 72
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
Last 5 v.TBR 1-0 5.1 3 1 1 3 5 0 1.69 60
2009-07-03 TBR W 5.1 3 1 1 3 5 0 90 60
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   41-24   Road:   27-29   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  43-34   vsLHP:  25-19   1-Run:  16-12
 vsEast: 18-14   vsCntrl:17-17   vsWest: 24-13 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
121 Fri, Aug 21  @TBR  L   3-5       68-53  2nd  5.5 gb
120 Thu, Aug 20   MIN  W  11-1       68-52  2nd  5.5 gb
119 Wed, Aug 19   MIN  L   4-5       67-52  2nd  6.5 gb
118 Tue, Aug 18   MIN  L   6-9       67-51  2nd  5.5 gb
117 Mon, Aug 17   MIN  W   8-5       67-50  2nd  4.5 gb
116 Sun, Aug 16   BOS  W   4-3       66-50  2nd  4.5 gb
115 Sat, Aug 15   BOS  W   7-2       65-50  2nd  4.5 gb
114 Fri, Aug 14   BOS  L   4-8       64-50  2nd  4.5 gb
113 Thu, Aug 13  @CLE  W   4-1       64-49  2nd  4.5 gb
112 Wed, Aug 12  @CLE  W   5-0       63-49  2nd  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:18-12
Rays, 66-55, 3rd, 10½ GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Matt Garza (25, RHP, 7-8, 3.73)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (7-8) 152.0 131 66 63 61 137 20 3.73
2008 (11-9) 184.2 170 83 76 59 128 19 3.70
2007 (5-7) 83.0 96 44 34 32 67 8 3.69
Last 7 GS 1-2 42.2 43 20 18 17 42 6 3.80 53
2009-08-16 TOR ND 5.0 8 1 1 2 7 0 103 52
2009-08-10 @LAA ND 3.1 6 6 4 4 3 2 80 27
2009-08-04 BOS ND 7.0 3 2 2 2 6 2 120 67
2009-07-29 NYY L 7.0 8 3 3 3 5 1 110 51
2009-07-24 @TOR W 9.0 5 2 2 0 9 0 116 78
2009-07-19 @KCR ND 5.0 6 3 3 5 5 0 101 43
2009-07-11 OAK L 6.1 7 3 3 1 7 1 105 53
Last 5 v.TEX 3-2 32.1 25 12 11 7 33 3 3.06 60
2009-07-05 @TEX L 5.0 7 5 5 2 7 0 102 38
2008-08-15 @TEX W 9.0 2 0 0 2 9 0 119 90
2008-06-08 @TEX L 4.0 6 3 3 1 2 2 77 39
2008-05-28 TEX W 8.0 4 2 2 2 10 0 114 74
2007-09-19 TEX W 6.1 6 2 1 0 5 1 109 60
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   41-20   Road:   25-35   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  44-32   vsLHP:  22-23   1-Run:  16-19
 vsEast: 27-18   vsCntrl:17-15   vsWest:  9-17 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
121 Fri, Aug 21   TEX  W   5-3       66-55  3rd 10.5 gb
120 Thu, Aug 20   BAL  L   7-8       65-55  3rd 10.5 gb
119 Wed, Aug 19   BAL  W   3-1       65-54  3rd 10.0 gb
118 Tue, Aug 18   BAL  W   5-4       64-54  3rd 10.0 gb
117 Sun, Aug 16   TOR  W   5-2       63-54  3rd 10.5 gb
116 Sat, Aug 15   TOR  W   8-3       62-54  3rd 11.5 gb
115 Fri, Aug 14   TOR  L   2-5       61-54  3rd 11.5 gb
114 Wed, Aug 12  @LAA  L   5-10      61-53  3rd 10.0 gb
113 Tue, Aug 11  @LAA  L   0-6       61-52  3rd  9.0 gb
112 Mon, Aug 10  @LAA  L   7-8       61-51  3rd  8.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jul 05, 2009 TEX  5  TBR  2        W:Scott Feldman (7-2), L: Matt Garza (6-6), S: Frank Francisco (14)
Sat, Jul 04, 2009 TEX 12  TBR  4        W:Derek Holland (2-5), L: David Price (2-3), S: none
Fri, Jul 03, 2009 TEX  3  TBR  1        W:Tommy Hunter (1-1), L: Scott Kazmir (4-5), S: Frank Francisco (13)

Sun, Aug 17, 2008 TBR  7 @TEX  4        W:Scott Kazmir (9-6), L: Dustin Nippert (1-3), S: Dan Wheeler (5)
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)
Season Series: 2009 - TEX leads 3-1; 2008 - TBR won 6-3; 2007 - TBR won 5-4; All-Time - TEX leads 63-47

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  5.76

DET  4.61

SDP  3.85

RA/G

SFG  3.66

PIT  4.65

BAL  5.41

BA

J. Mauer  .378

R. Davis  .292

A. Casilla  .179

OBP

J. Mauer  .446

J. Damon  .365

R. Cedeno  .237

SLG

A. Pujols  .668

V. Guerrero  .481

A. Casilla  .223

OPS

A. Pujols  1.110

G. Sheffield  .843

A. Casilla  .491

ERA

C. Carpenter  2.27

J. Weaver  3.89

F. Liriano  5.80

K/9IP

J. Verlander  10.47

C. Lee  6.86

N. Blackburn  3.74

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

Rangers Batters (4.86 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (4.55 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 22.Garza
G/S/vB
50.Balfour
G/S/vB
53.Bradford
G/S/vB
37.Choate*
G/S/vB
31.Cormier
G/S/vB
39.Howell*
G/S/vB
19.Kazmir*
G/S/vB
34.Niemann
G/S/vB
14.Price*
G/S/vB
33.Shields
G/S/vB
52.Shouse*
G/S/vB
36.Springer
G/S/vB
35.Wheeler
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP 3/.833 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 378/270 .269/.333/.386/.720 .739/.711 .596 86/.925 24/2 5/15
9.Blalock* G/S/vP 3/.000 4/1.750 10/1.214 4/.000 2/.000 3/1.000 8/.625 2/1.000 1/.000 9/1.555 ··· 4/2.417 ··· 418/304 .242/.278/.483/.761 .719/.777 .853 110/.601 2/0 23/5
29.Borbon* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 38/37 .485/.528/.636/1.164 /1.164 .708 33/1.295 8/1 1/2
22.Byrd G/S/vP 7/.829 3/.000 5/.200 ··· 2/.000 ··· 11/.808 2/2.000 2/no AB ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 10/1.278 455/318 .287/.330/.489/.819 .767/.841 .710 115/.921 8/2 14/2
17.Cruz G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/3.500 ··· 6/.733 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 385/278 .268/.335/.550/.885 .682/.962 .796 41/.896 17/3 26/3
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 8/.542 1/no AB ··· ··· 6/.834 3/2.334 9/.777 ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 3/.333 4/.500 302/211 .265/.318/.422/.740 .957/.647 .919 105/.837 8/2 8/1
25.Jones G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 6/.900 ··· 4/.250 ··· 3/.666 2/1.500 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 12/.697 10/.733 290/160 .220/.334/.494/.828 .793/.849 .746 71/.741 5/1 17/0
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 17/.620 3/.000 4/.500 1/.000 4/2.250 4/.500 18/.542 1/.000 2/.500 9/.889 ··· 3/1.000 5/2.200 473/346 .249/.324/.500/.824 1.128/.712 .639 45/.983 24/2 26/8
14.Murphy* G/S/vP 14/1.179 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/3.500 2/1.000 6/.334 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.667 1/3.000 342/275 .263/.342/.430/.772 .532/.831 .761 87/.639 7/4 11/1
7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 14/.665 5/.000 18/.112 2/.500 3/.000 9/.819 17/.301 ··· 2/.000 7/.286 1/.000 6/1.467 6/.666 348/281 .256/.285/.389/.674 .813/.639 .677 67/.496 0/2 8/4
2.Teagarden G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 149/122 .197/.270/.364/.634 .973/.555 .629 54/.734 0/0 6/5
13.Vizquel# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/.400 2/1.000 7/.429 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/.476 8/1.214 6/.500 152/122 .307/.354/.387/.741 1.085/.650 .698 61/.759 4/0 1/0
10.Young G/S/vP 14/.522 8/.375 28/.358 1/.000 4/1.000 7/.619 21/.466 2/1.000 2/3.000 10/1.500 ··· 4/1.000 4/.000 522/381 .322/.377/.524/.902 .895/.904 .835 116/1.080 8/2 20/7
IP 152.0 55.2 4.1 22.2 63.2 58.2 105.0 133.1 77.0 172.2 19.1 46.1 45.0 TOTAL .260/.322/.458/.780 .781/.779 .718 .832 114/20 181/81
ERA-K/9 3.73/8.1 4.37/8.9 2.08/6.3 4.37/5.9 3.11/4.5 2.15/10.9 6.17/6.9 3.71/5.8 5.03/8.3 3.81/6.4 4.66/5.1 4.08/9.5 3.40/6.4 4.26/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 643/.231 236/.242 26/.462 93/.256 264/.241 233/.190 450/.284 559/.258 352/.271 732/.271 83/.289 210/.301 172/.204 .258
OPS .687 .662 .923 .684 .660 .579 .825 .719 .815 .755 .855 .814 .643 .742
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 343/.634 93/.733 1/2.000 53/.525 132/.654 75/.720 112/.934 287/.723 79/.796 374/.764 50/.620 85/.944 54/1.057 .736
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 300/.744 143/.612 25/.880 40/.900 132/.666 158/.512 338/.789 272/.714 273/.820 358/.746 33/1.235 125/.730 118/.452 .746
Home 359/.651 128/.626 17/1.059 46/.787 97/.669 120/.642 256/.840 218/.683 195/.682 429/.706 48/.945 116/.621 90/.728
Last 28d days 104/.858 45/.716 / 32/.906 52/.726 41/.771 103/.711 133/.727 121/.843 142/.758 21/.965 46/.771 36/.571
HR/SB/CS 20/2/2 3/4/0 0/2/0 3/1/1 5/4/0 5/3/2 14/3/1 13/19/5 13/6/4 21/2/2 4/1/0 7/4/0 7/4/0 136/64/20
Usage ·····X·· X··X·o·· ········ ·X·o··o· ·X·X··o· X·oX·X·· X·····X· ··X····· ···X···· ·X·····X ·····o·· ·o·X··oo ·oo··oo·
Rays Batters (5.20 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.36 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Hunter
G/S/vB
55.Eyre
G/S/vB
39.Feldman
G/S/vB
30.Feliz
G/S/vB
50.Francisco
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
16.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 9/.804 2/.000 3/2.667 5/.933 1/.000 1/2.000 239/149 .263/.353/.449/.802 .831/.784 .819 49/.696 0/0 10/7
8.Bartlett G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 6/.167 ··· 3/.333 3/2.334 2/.500 2/.000 13/.166 2/1.000 2/2.000 3/1.667 399/273 .344/.396/.539/.935 .957/.925 .906 95/1.031 23/3 11/12
5.Burrell G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 3/.000 3/.000 15/.976 ··· 20/1.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 333/230 .232/.330/.401/.732 .612/.779 .841 78/.829 2/0 12/0
13.Crawford* G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 8/.661 ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· 3/.666 6/.000 ··· 3/.666 9/.555 527/350 .321/.376/.476/.852 .756/.902 .869 107/1.015 54/11 12/3
26.Gross* G/S/vP 2/.000 1/no AB 5/1.400 ··· 3/.666 ··· 3/.333 2/.500 3/2.334 3/2.667 2/1.000 1/.000 258/233 .260/.372/.416/.788 1.147/.754 .767 50/.697 6/3 6/3
27.Kapler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 177/49 .239/.316/.419/.736 .925/.272 .782 39/.485 4/2 4/1
3.Longoria G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 6/.567 ··· 2/.000 3/1.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 2/.000 497/347 .276/.362/.523/.886 .895/.881 .796 105/.898 5/0 24/12
30.Navarro# G/S/vP 2/.500 2/1.000 5/.200 ··· 3/1.334 2/4.000 2/.000 2/1.000 3/.333 4/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 330/212 .221/.253/.336/.589 .776/.486 .571 51/.638 4/1 7/5
23.Pena* G/S/vP 3/.333 3/.000 5/.600 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB 12/1.017 2/2.500 ··· 3/.333 500/325 .213/.346/.501/.847 .711/.923 .930 89/.848 2/3 32/9
2.Upton G/S/vP 3/.666 2/3.000 8/.500 ··· 2/.000 3/.333 1/.000 3/2.667 7/.572 3/2.667 3/.000 3/.000 502/346 .239/.314/.373/.687 .549/.745 .729 87/.678 35/12 9/1
9.Zaun# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 4/.000 ··· 4/.833 1/no AB ··· ··· 17/.435 2/.000 ··· 7/1.314 223/174 .254/.354/.415/.769 .591/.817 .702 40/.772 0/1 6/5
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 3/.000 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 431/284 .289/.402/.546/.949 1.075/.884 1.034 100/.834 15/3 22/5
IP 61.1 10.1 137.1 11.2 34.0 103.0 60.0 32.0 155.1 43.1 44.1 55.2 TOTAL .267/.348/.453/.801 .800/.802 .833 .832 160/41 155/84
ERA-K/9 2.64/5.9 3.48/1.7 4.06/4.9 0.77/13.1 3.44/10.6 4.72/7.2 3.90/6.5 3.09/4.5 3.48/5.6 3.95/7.5 1.83/8.1 2.91/9.9 4.16/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 250/.219 34/.300 566/.255 39/.103 137/.211 444/.273 266/.279 129/.244 661/.253 165/.234 175/.206 235/.228 .260
OPS .645 .797 .708 .282 .653 .795 .801 .647 .728 .639 .557 .654 .745
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 135/.782 16/.875 305/.670 20/.450 69/.675 125/.758 114/.870 54/.656 320/.717 92/.649 54/.784 79/.457 .751
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 115/.488 18/.728 261/.751 19/.105 68/.631 319/.808 152/.751 75/.640 341/.738 73/.626 121/.453 156/.750 .741
Road 77/.462 11/.636 262/.679 22/.227 69/.625 202/.663 107/.859 30/.533 298/.771 100/.619 80/.661 107/.885
Last 28d days 132/.636 13/.692 123/.892 39/.282 28/.893 153/.611 53/1.200 44/.897 87/.739 95/.554 36/.406 47/.584
HR/SB/CS 5/5/1 0/0/0 15/12/6 1/1/0 5/1/0 17/7/0 7/7/3 2/0/0 18/13/6 3/4/0 3/7/1 3/3/1 131/75/28
Usage ····X··· Xo······ ···X···· ·X··X·X· ····oo·X ·X····X· ·o·Xo··o ···X·o·· ··X····X X····X·· o·X·o·oo X·X·oX·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.