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Game Preview: TEX @ HOU, 2:05pm, Sunday, June 20, 2010 @Minute Maid Park

Rangers, 40-28, 40-28 1st, 2½ up

SP: C.J. Wilson (29, LHP, 5-3, 3.48)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (5-3)			82.2	65	36	32	37	62	5	3.48
2009 (5-6)			73.2	66	29	23	32	84	3	2.81
2008 (2-2)			46.1	49	35	31	27	41	8	6.02

Last 7 GS		2-2	41.0	34	27	25	22	33	5	5.49	48
2010-06-15	@FLA	ND	6.0	2	2	2	6	6	1	111	60
2010-06-09	SEA	W	7.0	4	2	2	3	4	0	116	62
2010-06-04	TBR	W	5.0	6	5	3	4	5	0	102	40
2010-05-29	@MIN	L	6.0	4	5	5	2	3	1	102	45
2010-05-23	CHC	L	5.2	7	5	5	3	5	1	108	37
2010-05-18	LAA	ND	4.1	7	7	7	1	5	2	91	25
2010-05-13	OAK	ND	7.0	4	1	1	3	5	0	108	67

Has never faced HOU as starter.

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

 Home:   23-11   Road:   17-17   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  28-18   vsLHP:  12-10   1-Run:  13-10
 vsEast:  6-11   vsCntrl:13-9    vsWest: 13-5  IL: 8-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 68 Sat, Jun 19  @HOU  W   5-1       40-28  1st  2.5 up
 67 Fri, Jun 18  @HOU  W   9-3       39-28  1st  2.5 up
 66 Thu, Jun 17  @FLA  W   6-4       38-28  1st  2.5 up
 65 Wed, Jun 16  @FLA  W   6-3       37-28  1st  2.0 up
 64 Tue, Jun 15  @FLA  W   3-2       36-28  1st  2.0 up
 63 Sun, Jun 13  @MIL  W   7-2       35-28  1st  0.5 up
 62 Sat, Jun 12  @MIL  W   4-3       34-28  1st  0.5 up
 61 Fri, Jun 11  @MIL  L   2-6       33-28  1st  0.5 up
 60 Thu, Jun 10   SEA  W  12-3       33-27  1st  1.5 up
 59 Wed, Jun  9   SEA  W  12-2       32-27  1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 9-1    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:20-10

Astros, 26-43, 26-43 5th, 12½ GB, 13½ GB in WC

SP: Felipe Paulino (26, RHP, 1-8, 4.50)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (1-8)			80.0	77	50	40	41	70	2	4.50
2009 (3-11)			97.2	126	73	68	37	93	20	6.27
2007 (2-1)			19.0	22	15	15	7	11	5	7.11

Last 7 GS		1-3	45.1	45	24	22	23	36	1	4.37	50
2010-06-15	@KCR	L	4.2	11	10	8	3	2	0	110	5
2010-06-09	@COL	ND	8.0	8	2	2	2	7	0	117	63
2010-06-04	CHC	W	8.0	5	1	1	2	7	0	120	73
2010-05-30	@CIN	ND	8.0	4	0	0	4	5	0	113	75
2010-05-25	@MIL	L	6.0	7	2	2	3	4	1	112	51
2010-05-19	COL	ND	6.0	2	2	2	5	4	0	100	59
2010-05-14	@SFG	L	4.2	8	7	7	4	7	0	100	23

Last 5 v.TEX		0-0	5.1	7	4	4	2	3	1	6.75	39
2009-05-22	TEX	ND	5.1	7	4	4	2	3	1	102	39

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

 Home:   14-22   Road:   12-21   ExtrInn: 4-1 
 vsRHP:  19-36   vsLHP:   7-7    1-Run:   9-8 
 vsEast:  5-8    vsCntrl:13-11   vsWest:  6-15 IL: 2-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 69 Sat, Jun 19   TEX  L   1-5       26-43  5th 12.5 gb
 68 Fri, Jun 18   TEX  L   3-9       26-42  5th 11.5 gb
 67 Thu, Jun 17  @KCR  L   2-5       26-41  5th 11.0 gb
 66 Wed, Jun 16  @KCR  W   4-2       26-40  5th 10.0 gb
 65 Tue, Jun 15  @KCR  L   7-15      25-40  5th 11.0 gb
 64 Sun, Jun 13  @NYY  L   5-9       25-39  5th 11.0 gb
 63 Sat, Jun 12  @NYY  L   3-9       25-38  5th 11.0 gb
 62 Fri, Jun 11  @NYY  L   3-4       25-37  5th 10.0 gb
 61 Thu, Jun 10  @COL  W   5-4       25-36  5th 10.0 gb
 60 Wed, Jun  9  @COL  W   6-2 (10)  24-36  5th 10.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jun 19, 2010 TEX  5 @HOU  1        W:Colby Lewis (7-4), L: Brian Moehler (0-4), S: none
Fri, Jun 18, 2010 TEX  9 @HOU  3        W:Scott Feldman (5-6), L: Wandy Rodriguez (3-10), S: none

Thu, Jun 18, 2009 HOU  5 @TEX  3        W:Alberto Arias (1-0), L: Jason Jennings (2-2), S: Jose Valverde (3)
Wed, Jun 17, 2009 TEX  5  HOU  4 (10)   W:C.J. Wilson (4-3), L: Jeff Fulchino (2-2), S: none
Tue, Jun 16, 2009 TEX  6  HOU  1        W:Kevin Millwood (7-4), L: Wandy Rodriguez (5-6), S: none
Sun, May 24, 2009 TEX  5 @HOU  0        W:Brandon McCarthy (4-2), L: Mike Hampton (2-4), S: none
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 (1-3), 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)
Season Series: 2010 - TEX leads 2-0; 2009 - TEX won 5-1; 2008 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - TEX leads 30-26

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

BOS 5.54

NYM 4.57

BAL 3.25

RA/G

SDP 3.31

SEA 4.44

ARI 5.83

R. Cano .371

T. Wigginton .279

A. Ramirez .168

OBP

J. Morneau .447

Y. Escobar .352

A. Ramirez .232

SLG

M. Cabrera .638

J. Loney .449

C. Izturis .245

OPS

J. Morneau 1.058

F. Lewis .800

T. Manzella .510

ERA

U. Jimenez 1.15

J. Guthrie 3.97

R. Porcello 6.14

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.29

L. Hochevar 6.58

N. Blackburn 2.84

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Rangers Batters (5.15 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.10 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 52.Paulino
G/S/vB 48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB 73.Chacin*
G/S/vB 41.Daigle
G/S/vB 47.Fulchino
G/S/vB 22.Lindstrom
G/S/vB 37.Lyon
G/S/vB 39.Myers
G/S/vB 53.Wright*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Andrus G/S/vP 2/3.500 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 3/1.167 299/220 .276/.359/.323/.682 .619/.705 .662 107/.546 19/9 0/9

14.Arias G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 72/50 .286/.296/.329/.624 .714/.586 .627 14/.429 1/0 0/2

3.Blanco# G/S/vP 3/1.500 ··· 4/.250 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 57/33 .200/.286/.220/.506 .451/.544 .514 15/.583 0/1 0/1

29.Borbon* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/4.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 208/161 .281/.304/.357/.661 .505/.704 .634 77/.875 8/6 1/2

23.Gentry G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 34/11 .219/.235/.219/.454 .348/.697 .523 19/.433 1/0 0/0

27.Guerrero G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 12/1.401 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/2.500 10/2.156 1/.000 267/193 .333/.371/.565/.936 1.064/.887 .755 81/.957 4/3 15/1

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 2/2.000 3/3.333 286/189 .326/.372/.591/.963 .795/1.048 .839 97/1.159 5/1 16/2

5.Kinsler G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.000 4/.833 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/4.000 4/.500 199/155 .269/.377/.347/.724 1.073/.627 .612 97/.583 4/3 1/1

7.Murphy* G/S/vP 3/.666 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/no AB 2/3.000 3/.333 192/129 .260/.300/.367/.667 .624/.689 .658 73/.758 3/1 2/1

51.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 69/53 .232/.362/.357/.719 .650/.738 .764 34/.538 0/0 2/2

12.Smoak# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/5.000 205/140 .223/.332/.406/.737 .529/.836 .736 90/.902 1/0 8/3

15.Treanor G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 11/.182 1/.000 161/105 .237/.312/.388/.701 .556/.780 .677 59/.931 1/0 5/2

10.Young G/S/vP 3/2.000 6/1.100 10/.311 2/4.000 3/1.167 ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 3/.666 310/224 .314/.361/.484/.845 .962/.801 .766 105/.883 2/2 8/9

IP 80.0 15.2 14.1 6.0 26.0 27.1 28.2 94.1 9.2 TOTAL .276/.339/.423/.762 .722/.780 .689 .799 56/28 68/49

ERA-K/9

4.50/7.9

6.32/8.0

2.51/7.6

7.50/4.5

7.62/9.0

2.96/7.3

3.45/6.0

3.34/7.0

5.59/6.5

4.73/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Ramirez (15-5-0)
Treanor (29-11-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 352/.257 71/.274 67/.254 33/.387 123/.311 120/.306 124/.250 401/.269 43/.308 .279 Murphy
Hamilton
Gentry
Guerrero
Borbon 18/1/38/4
57/15/0/4
6/7/4/1
0/0/11/1
0/59/0/1

OPS .715 .822 .631 1.166 .903 .744 .662 .716 1.013 .771

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 138/.717 34/.580 26/.569 10/2.033 53/.824 56/.604 56/.698 177/.796 12/.750 .766

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 214/.713 37/1.038 41/.671 23/.804 70/.947 64/.861 68/.633 224/.651 31/1.123 .774

Home 184/.635 42/.745 46/.636 18/1.095 64/.758 75/.813 70/.588 203/.773 12/1.033

Last 28d days 147/.705 27/1.047 41/.577 33/1.166 55/.996 42/.945 47/.639 142/.615 43/1.013

HR/SB/CS 2/6/4 3/0/0 0/1/0 2/2/0 5/1/1 1/3/1 1/1/0 7/6/5 3/0/0 57/44/21

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

Astros Batters (3.36 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.34 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 36.Wilson*
G/S/vB 30.Feliz
G/S/vB 50.Francisco
G/S/vB 48.Lewis
G/S/vB 57.Nippert
G/S/vB 56.O'Day
G/S/vB 64.Ogando
G/S/vB 28.Oliver*
G/S/vB 49.Ray
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

17.Berkman# G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· 4/1.750 4/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 7/1.381 ··· 224/182 .238/.344/.383/.727 .472/.788 .772 103/.662 2/1 6/1

27.Blum# G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 122/108 .228/.279/.281/.559 .298/.591 .586 46/.408 0/0 0/3

21.Bourn* G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 3/.666 4/.750 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 282/231 .253/.333/.317/.651 .404/.703 .719 109/.558 21/6 0/1

36.Cash G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 58/46 .216/.286/.353/.639 .636/.639 .551 37/.873 0/0 2/0

77.Feliz G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 12/.917 ··· 236/186 .220/.242/.296/.537 .684/.498 .669 83/.541 1/1 2/9

8.Keppinger G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 259/199 .286/.332/.378/.710 .865/.664 .713 110/.687 1/1 1/5

45.Lee G/S/vP 5/1.100 ··· 3/1.000 11/.573 ··· 1/.000 ··· 10/1.078 1/3.000 274/223 .222/.259/.381/.640 .814/.602 .686 100/.779 1/2 10/2

12.Manzella G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 202/160 .209/.258/.253/.510 .898/.410 .505 83/.529 0/1 1/8

4.Michaels G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 3/2.333 2/1.000 72/37 .229/.250/.386/.636 .543/.726 .649 33/.648 0/0 3/0

9.Pence G/S/vP 5/1.800 ··· 2/no AB 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 266/217 .273/.320/.446/.765 .888/.738 .766 102/.908 7/4 10/3

55.Quintero G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 144/123 .254/.280/.370/.649 .243/.719 .596 60/.804 0/0 3/3

18.Sullivan* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.833 ··· ··· ··· ··· 70/67 .190/.261/.238/.499 .000/.523 .445 27/.535 0/0 0/0

IP 82.2 30.1 30.0 93.2 32.1 28.1 3.1 31.1 29.2 TOTAL .233/.284/.335/.619 .642/.613 .646 .656 34/17 40/49

ERA-K/9

3.48/6.7

2.97/10.1

4.80/11.4

3.07/8.6

5.01/8.6

1.91/6.4

0.00/10.9

1.44/10.6

3.03/4.5

4.00/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cash (13-4-1)
Quintero (23-14-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 347/.215 122/.183 130/.274 375/.187 152/.297 109/.212 14/.100 116/.200 122/.187 .240 Bourn
Pence
Lee
Sullivan
Michaels 0/65/0/7
0/0/66/6
63/0/0/3
12/1/3/0
13/7/1/0

OPS .609 .564 .745 .591 .849 .551 .457 .550 .623 .708

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 84/.326 61/.326 50/.779 193/.659 64/1.002 36/.871 1/ 52/.495 55/.761 .707

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 263/.701 61/.805 80/.720 182/.519 88/.746 73/.391 13/.408 64/.597 67/.498 .709

Road 131/.581 47/.265 59/.834 239/.567 63/.817 58/.527 14/.457 70/.701 59/.508

Last 28d days 101/.621 32/.469 40/.767 138/.545 37/.866 40/.436 14/.457 31/.456 38/.619

HR/SB/CS 5/8/3 2/0/0 2/5/1 10/4/2 4/7/0 1/1/1 0/0/0 2/4/2 3/3/0 71/49/18

Usage ····X··· ··XXX··X ··XX··oX X·····X· ··X····· ·o·X···· ··X·X··· ·o·····X ··o·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.