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Game Preview: NYY @ TEX, 2:05pm, Monday, May 25, 2009 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Yankees, 25-19, 3rd, 1 GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Philip Hughes (23, RHP, 2-2, 7.06)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (2-2) 21.2 29 18 17 13 19 6 7.06
2008 (0-4) 34.0 43 26 25 15 23 3 6.62
2007 (5-3) 72.2 64 39 36 29 58 8 4.46
Last 7 GS 2-2 33.2 38 21 20 15 29 7 5.35 46
2009-05-20 BAL W 5.0 6 3 3 1 9 2 89 51
2009-05-15 MIN ND 5.0 6 3 3 4 2 2 93 41
2009-05-09 @BAL L 1.2 8 8 8 2 0 1 53 5
2009-05-04 BOS L 4.0 7 4 3 4 2 1 94 32
2009-04-28 @DET W 6.0 2 0 0 2 6 0 99 72
2008-09-24 @TOR ND 8.0 5 2 2 0 6 1 100 70
2008-09-17 CHW ND 4.0 4 1 1 2 4 0 89 52
Last 5 v.TEX 1-0 6.1 0 0 0 3 6 0 0.00 76
2007-05-01 @TEX W 6.1 0 0 0 3 6 0 80 76
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   14-9    Road:   11-10   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  18-14   vsLHP:   7-5    1-Run:   8-3 
 vsEast: 10-12   vsCntrl:10-4    vsWest:  4-1  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 44 Sun, May 24   PHI  L   3-4 (11)  25-19  3rd  1.0 gb
 43 Sat, May 23   PHI  W   5-4       25-18  2nd  0.5 gb
 42 Fri, May 22   PHI  L   3-7       24-18  3rd  1.5 gb
 41 Thu, May 21   BAL  W   7-4       24-17  3rd  1.5 gb
 40 Wed, May 20   BAL  W  11-4       23-17  3rd  2.5 gb
 39 Tue, May 19   BAL  W   9-1       22-17  3rd  3.5 gb
 38 Mon, May 18   MIN  W   7-6       21-17  3rd  4.5 gb
 37 Sun, May 17   MIN  W   3-2 (10)  20-17  3rd  4.5 gb
 36 Sat, May 16   MIN  W   6-4 (11)  19-17  3rd  4.5 gb
 35 Fri, May 15   MIN  W   5-4       18-17  3rd  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13
Rangers, 26-17, 1st, 3 up

SP: Matt Harrison (23, LHP, 4-3, 4.71)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (4-3) 49.2 57 26 26 15 27 7 4.71
2008 (9-3) 83.2 100 57 51 31 42 12 5.49
Last 7 GS 4-2 44.0 48 22 22 10 25 7 4.50 49
2009-05-20 @DET L 5.0 9 5 5 2 3 3 94 30
2009-05-14 SEA W 9.0 5 2 2 0 7 0 102 76
2009-05-08 @CHW W 9.0 4 0 0 1 5 0 111 83
2009-05-03 CHW W 5.0 6 0 0 0 3 0 100 58
2009-04-27 @BAL W 7.0 7 4 4 1 3 0 112 49
2009-04-22 @TOR ND 4.0 9 5 5 2 1 2 85 23
2009-04-17 KCR L 5.0 8 6 6 4 3 2 98 26
Last 5 v.NYY 1-0 6.1 5 2 2 3 3 0 2.84 55
2008-08-05 NYY W 6.1 5 2 2 3 3 0 105 55
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   14-6    Road:   12-11   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  16-12   vsLHP:  10-5    1-Run:  10-6 
 vsEast:  5-5    vsCntrl: 8-10   vsWest: 10-2  IL: 3-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 43 Sun, May 24  @HOU  W   5-0       26-17  1st  3.0 up
 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:20-10

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Aug 07, 2008 NYY  3 @TEX  0        W:Mike Mussina (15-7), L: Scott Feldman (4-5), S: Mariano Rivera (28)
Wed, Aug 06, 2008 NYY  5 @TEX  3        W:Sidney Ponson (7-2), L: Tommy Hunter (0-1), S: Mariano Rivera (27)
Tue, Aug 05, 2008 TEX  8  NYY  6        W:Matt Harrison (3-2), L: Andy Pettitte (12-9), S: Eddie Guardado (3)
Mon, Aug 04, 2008 TEX  9  NYY  5        W:Eddie Guardado (3-2), L: Damaso Marte (4-1), S: none
Wed, Jul 02, 2008 NYY 18  TEX  7        W:Edwar Ramirez (2-0), L: Warner Madrigal (0-1), S: none
Tue, Jul 01, 2008 TEX  3 @NYY  2        W:Frank Francisco (2-2), L: Mariano Rivera (2-3), S: C.J. Wilson (19)
Mon, Jun 30, 2008 TEX  2 @NYY  1        W:Scott Feldman (2-3), L: Mike Mussina (10-6), S: C.J. Wilson (18)
Thu, May 10, 2007 TEX 14 @NYY  2        W:Brandon McCarthy (3-4), L: Chien-Ming Wang (1-3), S: none
Wed, May 09, 2007 NYY  6  TEX  2        W:Mike Mussina (2-1), L: Robinson Tejeda (3-3), S: none
Tue, May 08, 2007 NYY  8  TEX  2        W:Andy Pettitte (2-1), L: Mike Wood (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2009 -  0-0; 2008 - TEX won 4-3; 2007 - NYY won 5-1; All-Time - NYY leads 348-240

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  5.72

BAL  4.82

SDP  3.77

 RA/G

LAD  3.89

BOS  4.73

WSN  6.18

 BA

V. Martinez  .371

  

D. Ortiz  .195

 OBP

C. Beltran  .454

  

A. Beltre  .246

 SLG

R. Ibanez  .739

  

B. Upton  .296

 OPS

R. Ibanez  1.151

  

A. Beltre  .568

 ERA

Z. Greinke  .82

U. Jimenez  4.25

S. Kazmir  7.69

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  12.31

J. Weaver  6.67

M. Pelfrey  3.19

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Yankees Batters (5.52 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.65 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 54.Harrison*
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/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
14.Berroa G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/10 .167/.167/.167/.333 .000/.444 .500 6/.333 0/0 0/2
53.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 4/.000 141/104 .328/.374/.492/.866 .809/.885 .724 100/.817 4/2 5/1
24.Cano* G/S/vP 3/.667 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 9/.873 190/133 .313/.347/.514/.861 .906/.842 .990 104/.708 2/1 8/2
17.Cash G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 18/14 .059/.056/.118/.173 .917/.000 .000 18/.173 0/0 0/0
29.Cervelli G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 40/26 .306/.324/.333/.658 .929/.488 .742 40/.658 0/1 0/0
18.Damon* G/S/vP 3/2.167 2/2.500 27/.714 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 8/.542 187/136 .307/.376/.572/.949 .682/1.057 .869 111/1.006 4/0 10/1
11.Gardner* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 104/82 .244/.317/.400/.717 .825/.689 .653 39/1.066 6/2 2/0
2.Jeter G/S/vP 3/.000 5/.800 7/.143 ··· 1/.000 ··· 7/1.571 199/154 .287/.359/.455/.814 1.056/.741 .699 111/.786 9/1 7/2
55.Matsui* G/S/vP ··· 5/.933 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 7/.762 151/110 .241/.325/.429/.753 .841/.720 .720 87/.681 0/0 5/
19.Pena# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 65/58 .250/.297/.317/.614 .143/.668 .769 45/.638 2/0 0/3
13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 3/.333 8/.661 12/.833 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 9/.222 68/52 .189/.368/.604/.971 .928/.985 .566 68/.971 0/0 7/1
33.Swisher# G/S/vP 2/.500 5/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 13/1.438 171/124 .225/.365/.500/.865 .988/.820 1.160 92/.735 0/0 9/3
25.Teixeira# G/S/vP 2/.500 1/.000 12/.788 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/no AB 188/142 .268/.378/.573/.951 1.145/.891 .697 113/1.054 0/0 13/0
IP 49.2 15.2 9.2 18.2 3.2 14.0 18.0 TOTAL .271/.347/.479/.826 .896/.802 .792 .830 29/7 72/20
ERA-K/9 4.71/4.9 0.00/8.6 5.59/3.7 4.82/4.8 9.82/4.9 1.29/8.4 3.50/5.5 4.41/5.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 214/.291 60/.145 47/.317 77/.254 18/.083 58/.235 84/.282 .261
OPS .805 .380 .952 .762 .472 .626 .765 .751
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 50/.388 29/.245 21/1.460 23/1.026 5/.400 17/.827 24/.596 .740
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 164/.937 31/.513 26/.544 54/.647 13/.496 41/.543 60/.826 .759
Home 80/.718 23/.087 37/1.132 26/1.189 2/.500 27/.502 40/.517
Last 28d days 109/.641 24/.393 21/.633 54/.833 3/.000 38/.560 35/.614
HR/SB/CS 7/2/2 0/0/0 2/1/0 3/1/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 1/1/0 51/19/9
Usage ····X··· ··X····· ·o·····o ··X····· ····o··· ·oo····X ·oo·····
Rangers Batters (5.40 RS/G) vs. Yankees Pitchers (5.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 65.Hughes
G/S/vB		 38.Bruney
G/S/vB		 62.Chamberlain
G/S/vB		 48.Coke*
G/S/vB		 42.Rivera
G/S/vB		 28.Tomko
G/S/vB		 41.Veras
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 139/99 .291/.333/.457/.790 .855/.764 .933 84/.854 6/0 3/7
9.Blalock* G/S/vP 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 11/.728 ··· ··· 153/110 .250/.281/.556/.837 .448/.995 .757 83/.840 0/0 11/0
22.Byrd G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/.933 ··· 1/.000 12/.872 3/.000 145/92 .290/.310/.442/.752 .658/.804 .861 86/.637 2/0 2/0
17.Cruz G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 171/127 .288/.339/.551/.890 .734/.946 .897 93/.874 7/1 11/3
19.Davis* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 4/.500 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 159/111 .204/.264/.435/.700 .504/.783 .729 89/.680 0/0 10/0
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/.200 ··· 2/.000 3/1.667 2/.500 113/81 .257/.310/.505/.815 .964/.755 .737 42/1.100 3/0 6/0
25.Jones G/S/vP ··· 4/1.250 ··· ··· 2/3.500 20/.929 ··· 89/45 .290/.438/.565/1.003 1.048/.963 1.209 54/.817 1/0 4/0
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 2/.500 4/.250 6/1.417 ··· 5/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 199/138 .284/.354/.563/.916 1.355/.709 1.332 109/.751 10/1 12/3
7.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/1.833 ··· 1/.000 4/2.167 1/no AB 96/81 .232/.323/.366/.689 .133/.803 .467 59/.817 2/2 2/0
21.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/1.000 ··· ··· 4/1.750 1/.000 128/88 .252/.305/.420/.725 .863/.658 .814 72/.690 0/1 5/1
2.Teagarden G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 42/32 .216/.310/.243/.553 .733/.496 .390 21/.714 0/0 0/1
13.Vizquel# G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 15/.800 23/.751 ··· 48/33 .372/.413/.512/.925 1.000/.887 1.303 29/1.084 2/0 0/0
10.Young G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.500 6/1.500 ··· 19/.526 7/.715 2/1.500 181/130 .343/.387/.562/.949 1.016/.922 1.040 94/.954 3/1 7/3
IP 21.2 9.0 41.1 19.1 19.2 4.1 19.1 TOTAL .274/.330/.490/.820 .827/.817 .911 .804 36/6 73/22
ERA-K/9 7.06/7.9 3.00/13.0 3.70/8.9 4.19/5.6 2.75/11.0 4.15/0.0 5.59/7.0 5.12/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 106/.326 32/.100 183/.276 77/.217 80/.253 19/.313 88/.211 .270
OPS 1.033 .290 .800 .764 .706 .951 .715 .807
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 53/1.104 18/.222 101/.788 39/.731 43/.637 10/.425 42/.841 .818
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 53/.964 14/.381 82/.812 38/.797 37/.784 9/1.500 46/.584 .798
Road 39/.879 18/.229 107/.788 35/.781 27/.721 5/1.800 24/.691
Last 28d days 106/1.033 3/.000 107/.705 44/.713 45/.744 19/.951 46/.798
HR/SB/CS 6/1/1 0/0/0 5/4/2 4/0/0 5/0/0 1/1/0 2/1/0 64/45/19
Usage ····X··· ·····o·· ···o···· ·X··o·X· X··oo··o X····o·o oo·X··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.