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Game Preview: TEX @ CLE, 12:05pm, Thursday, April 15, 2010 @Jacobs Field

Rangers, 5-3, 5-31st, Tied

SP: Matt Harrison (24, LHP, 0-0, 1.50)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (0-0)			6.0	6	1	1	1	4	0	1.50
2009 (4-5)			63.1	81	43	43	23	34	9	6.11
2008 (9-3)			83.2	100	57	51	31	42	12	5.49

Last 7 GS		2-3	42.2	48	25	25	12	26	5	5.27	47
2010-04-10	SEA	ND	6.0	6	1	1	1	4	0	110	59
2009-06-23	@ARI	L	3.2	7	7	7	4	2	1	85	17
2009-06-17	HOU	ND	5.0	6	3	3	3	3	1	86	43
2009-05-25	NYY	L	5.0	11	7	7	1	2	0	96	18
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

Last 5 v.CLE		0-1	3.2	7	5	5	2	3	0	12.27	28
2008-08-22	CLE	L	3.2	7	5	5	2	3	0	90	28

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

 Home:    3-3    Road:    2-0    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   4-1    vsLHP:   1-2    1-Run:   1-1 
 vsEast:  1-2    vsCntrl: 2-0    vsWest:  2-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  8 Wed, Apr 14  @CLE  W   6-2        5-3   1st    Tied
  7 Mon, Apr 12  @CLE  W   4-2 (10)   4-3   2nd  1.5 gb
  6 Sun, Apr 11   SEA  W   9-2        3-3   2nd  1.5 gb
  5 Sat, Apr 10   SEA  L   3-4        2-3   2nd  1.5 gb
  4 Fri, Apr  9   SEA  W   6-2        2-2   2nd  1.5 gb
  3 Thu, Apr  8   TOR  L   1-3        1-2   2nd  1.5 gb
  2 Wed, Apr  7   TOR  L   4-7        1-1   2nd  0.5 gb
  1 Mon, Apr  5   TOR  W   5-4        1-0   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 5-3    Last 20: 5-3    Last 30: 5-3

Indians, 2-6, 2-65th, 3½ GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: David Huff (25, LHP, 0-1, 1.50)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (0-1)			6.0	6	4	1	2	2	0	1.50
2009 (11-8)			128.1	159	82	80	41	65	16	5.61

Last 7 GS		4-3	42.1	40	17	14	16	20	1	2.98	53
2010-04-09	@DET	L	6.0	6	4	1	2	2	0	104	50
2009-09-27	BAL	W	8.0	5	0	0	2	5	0	112	75
2009-09-18	@OAK	L	6.0	7	2	2	2	3	0	103	51
2009-09-12	KCR	W	6.0	7	3	3	1	6	0	109	51
2009-09-06	MIN	W	7.0	2	1	1	4	2	0	107	67
2009-08-26	@KCR	W	6.0	7	2	2	1	2	0	94	51
2009-08-21	SEA	L	3.1	6	5	5	4	0	1	84	24

Has never faced TEX as starter.

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

 Home:    0-2    Road:    2-4    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:   2-5    vsLHP:   0-1    1-Run:   0-1 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 2-4    vsWest:  0-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  8 Wed, Apr 14   TEX  L   2-6        2-6   5th  3.5 gb
  7 Mon, Apr 12   TEX  L   2-4 (10)   2-5   5th  3.5 gb
  6 Sun, Apr 11  @DET  L   8-9        2-4   3rd  3.0 gb
  5 Sat, Apr 10  @DET  L   2-4        2-3   3rd  2.5 gb
  4 Fri, Apr  9  @DET  L   2-5        2-2   3rd  1.5 gb
  3 Thu, Apr  8  @CHW  W   5-3 (11)   2-1   2nd  0.5 gb
  2 Wed, Apr  7  @CHW  W   5-3        1-1   2nd  0.5 gb
  1 Mon, Apr  5  @CHW  L   0-6        0-1   3rd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-6    Last 20: 2-6    Last 30: 2-6

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Apr 14, 2010 TEX  6 @CLE  2        W:Colby Lewis (2-0), L: Justin Masterson (0-1), S: Neftali Feliz (2)
Mon, Apr 12, 2010 TEX  4 @CLE  2 (10)   W:Frank Francisco (2-2), L: Jamey Wright (0-1), S: Neftali Feliz (1)

Wed, Sep 09, 2009 TEX 10 @CLE  0        W:Scott Feldman (16-4), L: Fausto Carmona (3-10), S: none
Tue, Sep 08, 2009 TEX 10 @CLE  5        W:Brandon McCarthy (7-2), L: Aaron Laffey (7-5), S: Darren O'Day (2)
Tue, Sep 08, 2009 TEX 11 @CLE  9        W:Neftali Feliz (1-0), L: Jensen Lewis (2-4), S: none
Thu, Aug 13, 2009 TEX  4 @CLE  1        W:Scott Feldman (12-4), L: Jeremy Sowers (4-8), S: Frank Francisco (16)
Wed, Aug 12, 2009 TEX  5 @CLE  0        W:Tommy Hunter (5-2), L: Fausto Carmona (2-7), S: none
Tue, Aug 11, 2009 CLE  5  TEX  0        W:Aaron Laffey (6-3), L: Dustin Nippert (3-1), S: none
Thu, Apr 09, 2009 TEX 12  CLE  8        W:Brandon McCarthy (1-0), L: Carl Pavano (0-1), S: none
Wed, Apr 08, 2009 TEX  8  CLE  5        W:Vicente Padilla (1-0), L: Fausto Carmona (0-1), S: Frank Francisco (1)
Season Series: 2010 - TEX leads 2-0; 2009 - TEX won 8-1; 2008 - CLE won 6-4; All-Time - TEX leads 314-292

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

For the 2009 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY 5.65

DET 4.56

SDP 3.94

RA/G

SFG 3.77

NYM 4.67

BAL 5.41

J. Mauer .365

Y. Torrealba .291

A. Miles .185

OBP

J. Mauer .444

W. Harris .364

A. Miles .224

SLG

A. Pujols .658

J. Thome .481

A. Miles .242

OPS

A. Pujols 1.101

B. McCann .834

A. Miles .466

ERA

Z. Greinke 2.16

J. Niemann 3.94

L. Hernandez 5.44

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.43

J. Cueto 6.94

J. Lannan 3.88

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2010 season. Player Stats for the 2009 season. We will switch to 2010 stats on May 1st.

Rangers Batters (4.75 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (5.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 28.Huff*
G/S/vB 50.Lewis
G/S/vB 54.Perez
G/S/vB 53.Perez*
G/S/vB 33.Sipp*
G/S/vB 38.Smith
G/S/vB 51.Talbot
G/S/vB 37.Westbrook
G/S/vB 34.Wood
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Andrus G/S/vP ··· 5/.650 1/no AB 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 541/386 .267/.329/.373/.702 .755/.681 .620 31/.856 33/6 6/22

14.Arias G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/2 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 25/.920 0/0 0/0

3.Blanco# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 6/.400 1/2.000 138/106 .252/.303/.341/.644 .624/.651 .641 5/.000 0/2 1/3

29.Borbon* G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 179/159 .312/.376/.414/.790 .353/.840 .660 30/.207 19/4 4/3

17.Cruz G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 1/.000 4/1.833 1/.000 ··· ··· 9/.555 1/.000 515/364 .260/.332/.524/.856 .746/.900 .778 35/1.658 20/4 33/4

19.Davis* G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 ··· 2/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 419/287 .238/.284/.442/.726 .546/.808 .739 32/.592 0/0 21/5

25.Garko G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 400/267 .268/.344/.421/.765 .870/.713 .823 5/.000 0/0 13/5

27.Guerrero G/S/vP ··· 3/1.666 1/.000 3/.666 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 26/.865 16/1.317 407/302 .295/.334/.460/.794 .686/.831 .878 35/1.003 2/1 15/0

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 ··· 9/.583 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 365/246 .268/.315/.426/.741 .898/.664 .839 33/.993 8/3 10/1

5.Kinsler G/S/vP ··· 8/.715 1/no AB 3/1.334 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 9/.847 ··· 640/463 .253/.327/.488/.814 1.005/.740 .672 / 31/5 31/11

7.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· 5/.500 1/.000 7/.858 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 494/380 .269/.338/.447/.785 .634/.831 .785 10/.411 9/4 17/2

21.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· 4/3.750 ··· 5/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 310/205 .233/.290/.371/.661 .657/.663 .569 5/.400 0/2 9/7

2.Teagarden G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 218/163 .217/.270/.374/.644 .848/.571 .632 18/.176 0/0 6/6

10.Young G/S/vP ··· 8/.661 1/.000 6/.666 ··· 4/.000 ··· 30/1.060 ··· 593/424 .322/.374/.518/.892 .858/.904 .848 35/.481 8/3 22/9

IP 128.1 66.1 57.0 48.0 40.0 34.0 55.0 TOTAL .270/.332/.427/.759 .691/.793 .812 .759 5/1 8/5

ERA-K/9

5.61/4.6

4.61/8.4

4.26/10.7

7.31/6.0

2.93/10.8

3.44/7.9

/0.0

4.25/10.3

4.40/6.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Saltalamacchia (61-19-2)
Teagarden (29-18-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 574/.301 285/.249 239/.201 230/.335 168/.194 142/.236 / / 241/.233 .254 Cruz
Murphy
Hamilton
Garko
Borbon
Guerrero 2/0/120/11
104/1/10/7
0/56/24/4
7/0/5/1
16/4/0/0
0/0/2/0

OPS .834 .804 .667 .899 .682 .707 .703 .751

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 208/.885 136/.987 82/.679 99/1.068 84/.685 34/.992 / / 126/.727 .623

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 366/.806 149/.640 157/.661 131/.770 84/.677 108/.615 / / 115/.676 .813

Home 271/.786 155/.697 119/.671 106/.954 91/.581 88/.740 / / 126/.603

Last 28d days 27/.576 19/.451 19/.962 11/1.156 18/.774 13/.778 24/.958 52/.944 /

HR/SB/CS 16/7/1 13/2/0 8/7/4 5/4/2 5/3/0 4/1/0 // // 7/10/0 7/10/3

Usage

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2010 season. Player Stats for the 2009 season. We will switch to 2010 stats on May 1st.

Indians Batters (3.25 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (3.25 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 54.Harrison*
G/S/vB 30.Feliz
G/S/vB 50.Francisco
G/S/vB 48.Lewis
G/S/vB 60.Madrigal
G/S/vB 52.Mathis
G/S/vB 46.Mendoza
G/S/vB 58.Moscoso
G/S/vB 57.Nippert
G/S/vB 56.O'Day
G/S/vB 28.Oliver*
G/S/vB 49.Ray
G/S/vB 36.Wilson*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

23.Brantley* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 121/90 .313/.358/.348/.707 1.072/.591 .660 29/.481 4/4 0/1

33.Branyan* G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 2/1.500 4/.750 2/.000 7/.167 505/320 .251/.347/.520/.867 .802/.905 .920 / 2/0 31/10

13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 2/2.500 4/.000 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 5/.750 ··· ··· 4/.500 3/.000 6/.334 ··· 5/.400 581/412 .308/.361/.438/.799 .758/.821 .767 38/.465 17/4 6/10

17.Choo* G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 2/1.000 3/1.167 ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· 3/1.167 1/3.000 6/1.667 2/1.000 7/1.262 685/471 .300/.394/.489/.883 .825/.909 .831 36/1.028 21/2 20/7

48.Hafner* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 5/.650 3/.667 ··· 4/.833 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 8/.250 3/1.167 10/.775 383/293 .272/.355/.470/.826 .696/.866 .873 35/.688 0/0 16/

35.Hernandez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 404/305 .251/.312/.339/.651 .733/.624 .521 / 7/5 3/12

7.LaPorta G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 1/no AB 198/153 .254/.308/.442/.750 .680/.769 .694 28/.668 2/0 7/4

30.Marson G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 72/62 .246/.347/.361/.708 .422/.756 .557 19/.229 0/0 0/1

25.Marte G/S/vP 2/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/2.333 2/2.000 175/148 .232/.293/.400/.693 .426/.742 .634 4/.250 0/0 6/5

2.Peralta G/S/vP 2/1.000 3/.000 7/.286 4/.833 ··· 7/.858 ··· ··· 3/.667 1/2.000 5/.400 5/1.000 10/.300 645/476 .254/.316/.375/.690 .661/.701 .647 34/.627 0/2 11/19

52.Redmond G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 2/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.533 1/.000 3/.000 147/92 .237/.299/.289/.588 .762/.485 .584 12/.523 0/0 0/0

24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 3/.333 2/.000 5/.650 3/1.667 2/.000 6/1.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 2/2.500 5/.400 2/1.000 9/1.194 503/350 .248/.343/.445/.788 .712/.822 .758 28/.837 13/8 18/0

1.Valbuena* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 4/.750 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 8/.708 ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/2.500 398/358 .250/.298/.416/.714 .661/.720 .687 27/.601 2/3 10/11

IP 63.1 31.0 49.1 12.2 42.2 1.0 14.0 69.2 58.2 73.0 43.1 73.2 TOTAL .214/.310/.323/.634 .477/.683 .609 .634 7/2 5/3

ERA-K/9

6.11/4.8

1.74/11.3

3.83/10.4

/0.0

9.95/3.5

3.16/5.3

36.00/0.0

3.21/7.7

3.88/7.0

1.84/8.6

2.71/8.0

7.27/8.1

2.81/10.3

2.84/8.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Marson (11-10-0)
Redmond (35-5-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 283/.316 117/.124 203/.214 / 67/.333 172/.244 7/.400 64/.268 300/.245 233/.199 293/.237 214/.352 323/.234 .229 Choo
LaPorta
Sizemore
Hernandez
Brantley 20/1/124/11
29/0/10/3
0/92/0/1
1/0/0/0
8/20/0/0

OPS .876 .416 .639 .981 .659 1.571 .772 .696 .543 .651 .985 .651 .704

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 66/.564 64/.533 107/.637 / 32/1.340 73/.698 2/3.500 22/1.016 165/.759 72/.666 123/.707 89/1.249 116/.556 .738

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 217/.974 53/.274 96/.643 / 35/.631 99/.630 5/.400 42/.648 135/.622 161/.484 170/.605 125/.790 207/.701 .677

Road 154/.903 67/.361 98/.652 / 29/.911 45/.585 / 20/.417 176/.682 110/.586 155/.671 109/.930 165/.814

Last 28d days 25/.624 19/.451 19/1.489 52/.583 / 7/.714 18/1.625 / 25/.900 9/.944 15/.767 15/.833 27/.499

HR/SB/CS 9/3/3 2/1/0 6/4/0 // 2/0/0 4/0/0 1/0/0 1/1/0 7/12/1 3/7/4 5/9/3 8/6/1 3/4/2 8/4/2

Usage

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.