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Game Preview: TEX @ LAA, 10:05pm, Friday, July 30, 2010 @Angel Stadium

Rangers, 60-42, 60-42 1st, 8½ up

SP: Tommy Hunter (23, RHP, 8-0, 2.31)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. LAA Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (8-0)			62.1	51	18	16	15	32	7	2.31
2009 (9-6)			112.0	113	55	51	33	64	13	4.10
2008 (0-2)			11.0	23	20	20	3	9	4	16.36

Last 7 GS		6-0	45.0	41	13	12	9	22	6	2.40	57
2010-07-25	LAA	W	6.1	3	3	3	1	1	2	71	55
2010-07-20	@DET	W	7.0	3	0	0	2	3	0	92	72
2010-07-15	@BOS	W	6.2	5	2	2	2	1	2	108	55
2010-07-08	BAL	ND	6.0	7	3	3	1	7	2	86	52
2010-07-03	CHW	W	7.0	9	1	1	1	3	0	94	57
2010-06-27	HOU	W	6.0	5	1	1	2	1	0	86	57
2010-06-22	PIT	W	6.0	9	3	2	0	6	0	88	50

Last 5 v.LAA		1-2	13.2	15	12	11	7	7	4	7.24	40
2010-07-25	LAA	W	6.1	3	3	3	1	1	2	71	55
2009-09-28	@LAA	L	2.1	7	7	6	2	1	1	62	16
2009-09-18	LAA	L	5.0	5	2	2	4	5	1	97	50

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

 Home:   36-21   Road:   24-21   ExtrInn: 7-5 
 vsRHP:  41-29   vsLHP:  19-13   1-Run:  18-14
 vsEast:  9-16   vsCntrl:18-13   vsWest: 19-9  IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
102 Thu, Jul 29   OAK  W   7-4       60-42  1st  8.5 up
101 Wed, Jul 28   OAK  L   1-3       59-42  1st  7.5 up
100 Tue, Jul 27   OAK  W   3-1 (10)  59-41  1st  8.5 up
 99 Sun, Jul 25   LAA  W   6-4       58-41  1st  7.0 up
 98 Sat, Jul 24   LAA  L   2-6       57-41  1st  6.0 up
 97 Fri, Jul 23   LAA  W   1-0       57-40  1st  7.0 up
 96 Thu, Jul 22   LAA  W   3-2       56-40  1st  6.0 up
 95 Wed, Jul 21  @DET  L   1-4       55-40  1st  5.0 up
 94 Tue, Jul 20  @DET  W   8-0       55-39  1st  5.0 up
 93 Mon, Jul 19  @DET  W   8-6 (14)  54-39  1st  5.0 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:16-14

Angels, 52-52, 52-52 3rd, 9 GB, 12½ GB in WC

SP: Ervin Santana (27, RHP, 9-7, 3.55)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (9-7)			137.0	131	57	54	42	115	17	3.55
2009 (8-8)			139.2	159	83	78	47	107	24	5.03
2008 (16-7)			219.0	198	89	85	47	214	23	3.49

Last 7 GS		3-3	50.0	44	20	20	16	42	5	3.60	57
2010-07-24	@TEX	W	8.0	5	2	2	2	8	2	103	70
2010-07-18	SEA	ND	7.0	3	1	1	4	7	0	117	70
2010-07-08	@CHW	L	8.0	3	1	1	3	4	0	104	73
2010-07-03	KCR	L	8.1	7	4	4	2	4	0	114	55
2010-06-27	COL	W	6.2	8	3	3	1	7	1	120	52
2010-06-22	LAD	W	7.0	8	3	3	2	6	1	116	53
2010-06-15	MIL	L	5.0	10	6	6	2	6	1	103	27

Last 5 v.TEX		3-2	34.2	34	16	16	6	26	7	4.15	54
2010-07-24	@TEX	W	8.0	5	2	2	2	8	2	103	70
2009-09-28	TEX	W	9.0	7	0	0	1	2	0	112	74
2009-07-08	TEX	L	4.0	7	5	5	1	4	3	79	31
2008-09-27	TEX	L	5.2	10	8	8	1	5	2	106	21
2008-08-29	TEX	W	8.0	5	1	1	1	7	0	108	74

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

 Home:   27-24   Road:   25-28   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  37-34   vsLHP:  15-18   1-Run:  17-13
 vsEast: 10-14   vsCntrl:11-16   vsWest: 20-15 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
104 Wed, Jul 28   BOS  L   3-7       52-52  3rd  8.5 gb
103 Tue, Jul 27   BOS  L   2-4       52-51  2nd  8.5 gb
102 Mon, Jul 26   BOS  L   3-6       52-50  2nd  7.5 gb
101 Sun, Jul 25  @TEX  L   4-6       52-49  2nd  7.0 gb
100 Sat, Jul 24  @TEX  W   6-2       52-48  2nd  6.0 gb
 99 Fri, Jul 23  @TEX  L   0-1       51-48  2nd  7.0 gb
 98 Thu, Jul 22  @TEX  L   2-3       51-47  2nd  6.0 gb
 97 Wed, Jul 21  @NYY  L   6-10      51-46  2nd  5.0 gb
 96 Tue, Jul 20  @NYY  W  10-2       51-45  2nd  5.0 gb
 95 Sun, Jul 18   SEA  L   1-2 (10)  50-45  2nd  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:11-19

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jul 25, 2010 TEX  6  LAA  4        W:Tommy Hunter (8-0), L: Trevor Bell (1-2), S: Neftali Feliz (28)
Sat, Jul 24, 2010 LAA  6 @TEX  2        W:Ervin Santana (9-7), L: Scott Feldman (5-9), S: none
Fri, Jul 23, 2010 TEX  1  LAA  0        W:C.J. Wilson (9-5), L: Joe Saunders (6-10), S: Neftali Feliz (27)
Thu, Jul 22, 2010 TEX  3  LAA  2        W:Cliff Lee (9-4), L: Jered Weaver (9-6), S: Neftali Feliz (26)
Thu, Jul 01, 2010 LAA  2  TEX  1        W:Jered Weaver (8-3), L: C.J. Wilson (6-4), S: Brian Fuentes (15)
Wed, Jun 30, 2010 TEX  6 @LAA  4        W:Dustin Nippert (3-3), L: Scott Kazmir (7-7), S: Neftali Feliz (21)
Tue, Jun 29, 2010 LAA  6  TEX  5        W:Joel Pineiro (8-6), L: Scott Feldman (5-7), S: Brian Fuentes (14)
Tue, May 18, 2010 TEX  8  LAA  7        W:Darren O'Day (1-1), L: Trevor Bell (1-1), S: Neftali Feliz (11)
Mon, May 17, 2010 TEX  4  LAA  3        W:Derek Holland (2-0), L: Scott Kazmir (2-4), S: Neftali Feliz (10)

Thu, Oct 01, 2009 TEX 11 @LAA  3        W:Kevin Millwood (13-10), L: Trevor Bell (1-2), S: none
Season Series: 2010 - TEX over 6-3; 2009 - TEX won 11-8; 2008 - LAA won 12-7; All-Time - LAA leads 387-364

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 2010 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

NYY 5.50

LAD 4.44

SEA 3.31

RA/G

SDP 3.43

SEA 4.39

ARI 5.68

J. Hamilton .362

J. Reyes .280

L. Valbuena .160

OBP

J. Morneau .437

O. Hudson .356

B. Wood .185

SLG

M. Cabrera .653

C. Young .463

B. Wood .225

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.076

V. Martinez .809

B. Wood .411

ERA

J. Johnson 1.72

B. Cecil 3.89

N. Blackburn 6.66

K/9IP

B. Morrow 9.96

K. Millwood 6.87

N. Blackburn 3.03

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Rangers Batters (5.04 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (4.71 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 54.Santana
G/S/vB 70.Bell
G/S/vB 40.Fuentes*
G/S/vB 65.Jepsen
G/S/vB 58.Kohn
G/S/vB 37.O'Sullivan
G/S/vB 56.Rodney
G/S/vB 45.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 62.Shields
G/S/vB 63.Thompson
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Andrus G/S/vP 9/.222 5/1.800 3/.666 5/.000 ··· 5/.000 4/.833 3/.333 1/no AB 5/.800 448/329 .268/.352/.309/.661 .694/.648 .654 100/.505 24/12 0/11

14.Arias G/S/vP 7/1.143 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 90/63 .276/.292/.322/.614 .706/.576 .609 14/.742 1/0 0/2

3.Blanco# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 80/54 .229/.316/.257/.574 .414/.650 .531 15/.785 0/1 0/4

29.Borbon* G/S/vP 7/.762 3/.666 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 6/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/3.000 308/234 .273/.306/.357/.662 .633/.671 .627 63/.587 9/6 3/2

17.Cruz G/S/vP 19/.737 3/1.000 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 6/.533 5/.650 3/.666 8/2.125 2/1.000 261/180 .330/.383/.597/.980 1.043/.951 .879 95/.934 13/3 14/4

19.Davis* G/S/vP 15/1.190 4/1.750 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 6/.750 2/1.000 113/82 .188/.265/.267/.533 .411/.578 .425 60/.512 2/0 0/2

27.Guerrero G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.000 4/2.750 1/5.000 ··· 1/3.000 10/1.167 3/1.666 2/.000 ··· 412/302 .307/.359/.516/.875 1.009/.827 .816 93/.600 4/4 20/2

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 18/.278 2/3.000 3/.000 4/1.250 ··· 1/no AB 5/1.350 3/2.500 2/.000 2/1.500 429/293 .362/.407/.635/1.042 .755/1.176 .906 97/1.182 7/1 23/4

5.Kinsler G/S/vP 31/.990 4/1.000 3/.000 5/.650 ··· 6/.833 7/1.142 2/1.000 11/.473 7/1.571 342/261 .298/.387/.418/.805 .969/.754 .730 94/.773 10/4 6/6

11.Molina G/S/vP 9/.819 2/.000 7/.858 ··· ··· 3/1.334 5/.000 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 285/205 .245/.296/.337/.633 .860/.547 .621 60/.601 0/0 5/2

7.Murphy* G/S/vP 10/.700 4/.500 3/.000 2/2.000 ··· 5/2.000 4/.666 1/.000 6/.900 6/.533 259/176 .255/.318/.385/.703 .694/.708 .624 45/.864 5/1 5/1

2.Teagarden G/S/vP 6/1.166 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 37/24 .065/.194/.161/.356 .322/.374 .167 4/1.250 0/0 1/2

15.Treanor G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 211/141 .225/.304/.352/.656 .461/.755 .660 25/.457 1/1 5/2

10.Young G/S/vP 54/1.047 3/1.334 2/1.500 4/1.000 ··· 6/.900 12/.872 3/.000 34/.508 5/1.800 462/338 .307/.364/.496/.860 1.003/.808 .741 101/.865 3/2 15/14

IP 137.0 22.2 30.1 36.0 2.0 18.0 40.2 30.1 35.1 7.1 TOTAL .278/.343/.426/.769 .735/.782 .708 .749 81/35 104/82

ERA-K/9

3.55/7.6

6.75/7.1

3.86/10.1

4.50/11.0

9.00/9.0

4.00/4.5

4.43/6.9

3.26/7.7

5.86/8.4

2.45/11.1

4.46/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Molina (58-17-3)
Teagarden (7-3-1)
Treanor (33-16-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 580/.251 109/.373 127/.212 158/.239 12/.375 71/.209 186/.261 127/.226 173/.288 30/.241 .264 Hamilton
Murphy
Cruz
Borbon
Guerrero 78/25/0/7
34/1/41/5
1/0/60/3
0/85/0/2
1/0/12/1

OPS .729 .903 .715 .668 1.045 .671 .784 .621 .864 .784 .762

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 311/.791 48/.861 32/.321 88/.662 6/1.350 38/.704 87/.817 52/.752 81/.739 14/.429 .742

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 269/.658 61/.935 95/.855 70/.674 6/.750 33/.636 99/.755 75/.535 92/.970 16/1.108 .776

Home 293/.741 45/.883 78/.661 87/.658 12/1.045 14/.445 111/.790 65/.614 80/.926 13/.814

Last 28d days 123/.505 23/1.188 23/.461 34/.597 12/1.045 44/.785 44/1.063 58/.580 41/1.153 30/.784

HR/SB/CS 17/21/4 1/4/0 5/3/1 2/4/0 0/0/0 3/1/0 4/8/1 2/0/0 6/3/3 2/0/0 107/81/25

Usage ·····X·· ····X··· ··X·X··· ··Xo··o· ·X·X···· ····X··· ·X·X·X·· ·X·oX··X ·X··X··· ·X·o····

Angels Batters (4.49 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.12 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 35.Hunter
G/S/vB 30.Feliz
G/S/vB 50.Francisco
G/S/vB 48.Lewis
G/S/vB 52.Mathis
G/S/vB 57.Nippert
G/S/vB 56.O'Day
G/S/vB 64.Ogando
G/S/vB 28.Oliver*
G/S/vB 36.Wilson*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

53.Abreu* G/S/vP 11/.586 4/.000 6/.167 ··· 2/3.000 7/1.914 ··· ··· 18/.722 14/.445 441/298 .253/.347/.416/.763 .646/.820 .840 88/.766 16/8 12/6

22.Aldridge* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/9 .077/.077/.231/.308 .000/.444 .000 13/.308 0/0 0/0

2.Aybar# G/S/vP 6/.200 5/.000 6/.334 ··· 2/2.000 5/.900 2/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 17/.352 415/293 .279/.334/.362/.696 .677/.703 .590 94/.679 15/7 3/11

12.Callaspo# G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 6/.417 8/.875 397/305 .274/.305/.403/.708 .645/.733 .719 66/.647 3/1 8/7

18.Frandsen G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 150/104 .288/.336/.367/.702 .721/.694 .856 41/.384 2/0 0/5

48.Hunter G/S/vP 8/.875 5/.650 9/.756 5/2.100 4/.500 13/.808 3/.000 1/.000 14/.539 15/1.600 412/286 .286/.369/.490/.859 .837/.869 .730 86/.818 8/10 16/1

13.Izturis# G/S/vP 8/.661 1/.000 4/.333 1/.000 1/.000 6/.500 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 11/.955 148/123 .237/.311/.374/.685 .724/.677 .523 30/.660 5/1 3/1

47.Kendrick G/S/vP 2/.000 4/.000 5/2.000 2/1.000 1/.000 5/1.200 6/.533 ··· 2/.500 17/.853 431/305 .270/.307/.396/.703 .664/.719 .768 90/.688 10/2 7/8

5.Mathis G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 5/.650 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.733 123/87 .235/.256/.348/.604 .592/.609 .631 48/.617 2/0 3/4

55.Matsui* G/S/vP 3/1.666 2/2.000 9/.730 7/1.571 1/.000 5/.600 1/.000 ··· 8/.000 15/.421 382/267 .251/.332/.422/.755 .575/.836 .760 75/.748 0/0 14/0

41.McAnulty* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 24/24 .136/.208/.273/.481 /.481 1.194 24/.481 0/0 1/1

44.Napoli G/S/vP 3/.666 4/.250 5/.000 ··· 1/.000 8/.375 4/.500 3/.000 ··· 16/.683 338/241 .251/.320/.485/.805 1.078/.695 .796 72/.683 3/2 18/7

20.Rivera G/S/vP 7/.858 2/.000 8/2.482 ··· 3/.000 8/1.089 6/.666 1/.000 ··· 15/1.181 321/215 .258/.312/.424/.735 .733/.736 .667 63/.775 2/2 11/5

77.Willits# G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.800 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 7/.572 107/69 .272/.356/.304/.660 .739/.619 .713 29/.750 1/3 0/1

46.Wilson G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 60/53 .222/.288/.407/.696 .714/.691 .626 12/1.053 0/0 2/0

3.Wood G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 184/124 .168/.185/.225/.411 .449/.392 .448 18/.118 1/0 3/8

IP 62.1 44.1 45.2 129.2 22.1 42.0 41.2 20.2 43.0 133.1 TOTAL .255/.318/.401/.719 .698/.728 .717 .678 67/36 105/80

ERA-K/9

2.31/4.6

3.65/9.8

3.94/10.4

3.40/8.7

6.04/4.0

5.36/8.4

1.30/5.8

1.31/7.4

2.09/9.6

3.11/6.8

3.78/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Mathis (24-6-3)
Napoli (41-17-5)
Wilson (11-1-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 250/.220 180/.198 194/.263 533/.215 100/.337 204/.314 159/.189 84/.169 165/.219 553/.208 .242 Rivera
Abreu
Willits
Hunter
Matsui
Aldridge
Callaspo
Frandsen 74/1/12/7
0/0/91/6
23/23/5/5
0/94/0/2
17/0/0/1
1/0/4/0
1/0/0/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .617 .589 .685 .635 1.017 .906 .498 .502 .592 .614 .702

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 122/.741 81/.429 80/.590 265/.638 45/.843 91/.954 51/.701 26/.535 76/.494 109/.277 .683

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 128/.500 99/.720 114/.746 268/.631 55/1.163 113/.867 108/.401 58/.488 89/.682 444/.699 .715

Road 62/.515 65/.305 84/.694 291/.596 45/1.296 78/.807 72/.519 36/.425 83/.673 210/.604

Last 28d days 131/.657 38/.670 41/.626 106/.690 15/.343 22/1.571 37/.398 46/.667 33/.882 126/.563

HR/SB/CS 7/3/1 4/0/0 3/8/1 14/8/3 7/1/2 6/11/0 1/2/1 1/2/0 2/5/3 7/12/6 103/76/27

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