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Game Preview: TEX @ OAK, 10:05pm, Friday, August 6, 2010 @McAfee Coliseum

Rangers, 63-45, 63-45 1st, 8½ up

SP: Cliff Lee (31, LHP, 9-5, 2.51)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (9-5)			147.0	126	46	41	9	118	9	2.51
2009 (14-13)			231.2	245	88	83	43	181	17	3.22
2008 (22-3)			223.1	214	68	63	34	170	12	2.54

Last 7 GS		3-2	60.1	51	20	18	5	42	6	2.69	65
2010-08-01	@LAA	L	8.0	9	4	4	2	4	0	110	50
2010-07-27	OAK	ND	9.0	5	1	0	0	13	0	118	88
2010-07-22	LAA	W	8.1	5	2	2	0	4	1	99	69
2010-07-17	@BOS	ND	9.0	6	2	2	1	6	0	105	72
2010-07-10	BAL	L	9.0	9	6	6	0	2	3	95	47
2010-07-04	@DET	W	8.0	9	1	1	1	11	0	111	70
2010-06-29	@NYY	W	9.0	8	4	3	1	2	2	115	58

Last 5 v.OAK		2-1	35.2	25	9	7	7	31	2	1.77	66
2010-07-27	OAK	ND	9.0	5	1	0	0	13	0	118	88
2009-07-05	OAK	L	6.0	8	3	3	4	3	0	112	43
2008-04-13	OAK	W	8.0	2	1	1	0	8	0	102	82
2008-04-06	@OAK	W	6.2	4	1	0	1	4	0	108	67
2007-06-26	OAK	ND	6.0	6	3	3	2	3	2	95	49

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

 Home:   36-21   Road:   27-24   ExtrInn: 7-5 
 vsRHP:  44-31   vsLHP:  19-14   1-Run:  19-15
 vsEast:  9-16   vsCntrl:18-13   vsWest: 22-12 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
108 Thu, Aug  5  @SEA  W   6-0       63-45  1st  8.5 up
107 Wed, Aug  4  @SEA  W  11-6       62-45  1st  8.0 up
106 Tue, Aug  3  @SEA  L   2-3       61-45  1st  8.0 up
105 Sun, Aug  1  @LAA  L   1-4       61-44  1st  8.0 up
104 Sat, Jul 31  @LAA  W   2-1       61-43  1st  8.5 up
103 Fri, Jul 30  @LAA  L   7-9       60-43  1st  8.0 up
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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:16-14

Athletics, 54-53, 54-53 2nd, 8½ GB, 12½ GB in WC

SP: Dallas Braden (26, LHP, 6-7, 3.63)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (6-7)			114.0	119	52	46	20	74	11	3.63
2009 (8-9)			136.2	144	63	59	42	81	9	3.89
2008 (5-4)			71.2	77	36	33	25	41	8	4.14

Last 7 GS		2-2	44.0	55	23	18	8	30	3	3.68	49
2010-07-31	@CHW	W	9.0	8	2	2	1	5	1	111	67
2010-07-25	CHW	W	6.1	5	3	3	2	5	0	98	54
2010-07-20	BOS	ND	4.2	10	4	1	1	6	0	94	39
2010-06-22	CIN	L	6.0	10	4	3	1	4	0	106	41
2010-06-17	@CHC	ND	6.0	5	1	1	1	4	1	83	61
2010-06-09	LAA	L	5.2	11	5	4	1	4	0	92	32
2010-06-04	MIN	ND	6.1	6	4	4	1	2	1	108	46

Last 5 v.TEX		1-2	27.0	36	14	12	10	24	1	4.00	47
2010-05-03	TEX	L	7.0	11	3	3	0	3	0	97	46
2009-05-31	@TEX	ND	6.0	5	2	2	2	6	0	82	58
2009-04-30	@TEX	W	5.0	5	0	0	4	6	0	111	59
2008-09-11	TEX	L	4.0	9	6	5	3	2	1	96	21
2007-08-06	@TEX	ND	5.0	6	3	2	1	7	0	96	51

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

 Home:   32-23   Road:   22-30   ExtrInn: 4-6 
 vsRHP:  40-38   vsLHP:  14-15   1-Run:  16-11
 vsEast: 14-17   vsCntrl:16-11   vsWest: 16-15 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
107 Wed, Aug  4   KCR  W   4-3       54-53  2nd  8.0 gb
106 Tue, Aug  3   KCR  L   2-3       53-53  2nd  8.0 gb
105 Mon, Aug  2   KCR  W   6-0       53-52  2nd  8.0 gb
104 Sun, Aug  1  @CHW  L   1-4       52-52  3rd  8.5 gb
103 Sat, Jul 31  @CHW  W   6-2       52-51  2nd  8.5 gb
102 Fri, Jul 30  @CHW  L   1-6       51-51  3rd  8.5 gb
101 Thu, Jul 29  @TEX  L   4-7       51-50  2nd  8.5 gb
100 Wed, Jul 28  @TEX  W   3-1       51-49  2nd  7.5 gb
 99 Tue, Jul 27  @TEX  L   1-3 (10)  50-49  2nd  8.5 gb
 98 Sun, Jul 25   CHW  W   6-4       50-48  3rd  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jul 29, 2010 TEX  7  OAK  4        W:C.J. Wilson (10-5), L: Vin Mazzaro (6-3), S: none
Wed, Jul 28, 2010 OAK  3 @TEX  1        W:Trevor Cahill (10-4), L: Colby Lewis (9-7), S: Craig Breslow (1)
Tue, Jul 27, 2010 TEX  3  OAK  1 (10)   W:Neftali Feliz (2-2), L: Michael Wuertz (2-2), S: none
Thu, May 13, 2010 TEX  2  OAK  1 (12)   W:Dustin Nippert (2-3), L: Andrew Bailey (0-1), S: none
Wed, May 12, 2010 TEX 10  OAK  1        W:Derek Holland (1-0), L: Gio Gonzalez (3-3), S: none
Tue, May 11, 2010 OAK  7 @TEX  6 (13)   W:Tyson Ross (1-0), L: Dustin Nippert (1-3), S: none
Wed, May 05, 2010 OAK  4  TEX  1        W:Trevor Cahill (1-1), L: Colby Lewis (3-1), S: Andrew Bailey (5)
Tue, May 04, 2010 OAK  7  TEX  6        W:Brad Ziegler (1-2), L: Scott Feldman (1-3), S: Andrew Bailey (4)
Mon, May 03, 2010 TEX  4 @OAK  2        W:Rich Harden (2-1), L: Dallas Braden (3-2), S: Neftali Feliz (6)

Thu, Sep 24, 2009 OAK 12  TEX  3        W:Brett Anderson (11-10), L: Scott Feldman (17-6), S: none
Season Series: 2010 - TEX over 5-4; 2009 - OAK won 11-8; 2008 - TEX won 12-7; All-Time - OAK leads 378-371

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 5.38

FLA 4.48

SEA 3.24

RA/G

SDP 3.49

FLA 4.42

ARI 5.56

J. Hamilton .358

R. Theriot .281

B. Wood .168

OBP

J. Morneau .437

R. Spilborghs .357

B. Wood .185

SLG

M. Cabrera .646

J. Willingham .461

B. Wood .225

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.076

A. LaRoche .813

B. Wood .411

ERA

J. Johnson 1.96

C. Billingsley 3.82

K. Millwood 6.05

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.19

B. Myers 6.97

M. Buehrle 3.92

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Rangers Batters (5.03 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.99 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 51.Braden*
G/S/vB 40.Bailey
G/S/vB 13.Blevins*
G/S/vB 52.Bonser
G/S/vB 57.Bowers*
G/S/vB 56.Breslow*
G/S/vB 63.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 15.Sheets
G/S/vB 50.Wolf
G/S/vB 48.Wuertz
G/S/vB 31.Ziegler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Andrus G/S/vP 4/.000 10/.400 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 3/.666 1/.000 4/.250 7/.971 477/351 .276/.362/.315/.677 .715/.664 .689 101/.624 27/12 0/11

14.Arias G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 94/67 .275/.290/.330/.620 .706/.587 .624 9/.556 1/0 0/2

3.Blanco# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 84/57 .230/.313/.257/.570 .397/.651 .527 9/.222 0/1 0/4

29.Borbon* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 1/2.000 2/.500 ··· 4/.666 3/.333 317/241 .269/.303/.350/.654 .634/.659 .611 50/.447 9/6 3/2

8.Cantu G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 420/317 .263/.310/.406/.716 .722/.714 .719 63/.629 0/0 10/16

17.Cruz G/S/vP 14/.594 4/.833 4/.000 5/.600 ··· 4/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 5/1.850 6/.334 288/203 .325/.385/.592/.978 1.010/.964 .894 93/1.048 13/4 15/4

19.Davis* G/S/vP 4/1.167 2/.000 3/1.000 ··· ··· 5/.200 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 3/.666 113/82 .188/.265/.267/.533 .411/.578 .425 57/.536 2/0 0/2

27.Guerrero G/S/vP 6/1.000 3/.666 2/1.000 13/1.288 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 22/.840 ··· 5/.800 12/.550 435/324 .305/.354/.514/.868 .999/.824 .806 89/.609 4/4 21/2

12.Guzman# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/1.250 ··· 1/no AB ··· 21/.429 ··· ··· ··· 363/242 .272/.318/.347/.665 .776/.612 .557 63/.414 4/2 2/10

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 7/1.285 2/2.000 1/.000 4/1.250 ··· 6/.167 ··· 3/.666 ··· 3/.333 9/1.000 448/307 .358/.405/.623/1.028 .727/1.167 .888 86/1.032 7/1 23/4

5.Kinsler G/S/vP 13/1.000 3/.333 3/.000 11/.818 ··· 3/.333 2/.500 6/.333 ··· 7/.453 7/1.000 342/261 .298/.387/.418/.805 .969/.754 .730 65/.703 10/4 6/6

11.Molina G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 6/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 5/.400 305/221 .245/.293/.331/.624 .873/.532 .602 60/.615 0/0 5/3

18.Moreland* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 24/18 .333/.417/.381/.798 .900/.764 .753 24/.798 2/0 0/0

7.Murphy* G/S/vP 2/.500 4/.000 7/.000 3/.000 ··· 6/.000 3/.333 3/.666 ··· 4/.000 3/2.500 281/197 .259/.321/.402/.724 .685/.741 .683 57/.776 6/1 7/1

2.Teagarden G/S/vP 3/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 40/27 .059/.179/.147/.327 .322/.328 .133 7/.714 0/0 1/2

15.Treanor G/S/vP 3/.666 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 211/141 .225/.304/.352/.656 .461/.755 .660 16/.450 1/1 5/2

10.Young G/S/vP 20/1.029 6/.167 3/1.000 12/1.056 ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.334 ··· 6/1.467 9/.873 490/361 .298/.353/.483/.836 1.009/.775 .706 102/.815 3/2 16/15

IP 114.0 40.1 35.2 2.0 14.0 50.0 9.2 119.1 3.2 25.2 44.1 TOTAL .276/.341/.422/.763 .734/.775 .704 .721 87/36 109/87

ERA-K/9

3.63/5.8

1.56/6.5

3.53/9.1

18.00/0.0

4.50/11.6

2.88/9.0

5.59/8.4

4.53/6.3

2.45/9.7

4.56/8.8

3.45/5.7

3.70/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Molina (63-18-3)
Teagarden (7-3-1)
Treanor (33-16-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 471/.269 156/.206 162/.286 13/.545 62/.218 200/.184 45/.250 511/.267 18/.231 112/.247 190/.256 .246 Hamilton
Murphy
Cruz
Borbon
Guerrero
Moreland
Guzman 80/29/0/7
40/3/41/6
2/0/66/3
0/89/0/2
1/0/12/1
0/0/1/0
0/0/8/0

OPS .712 .551 .741 1.161 .779 .609 .753 .813 .796 .763 .742 .701

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 110/.743 65/.553 67/.561 6/1.267 21/1.206 73/.607 17/.782 264/.801 5/1.600 39/.957 59/1.075 .707

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 361/.702 91/.548 95/.879 7/1.071 41/.568 127/.610 28/.734 247/.825 13/.444 73/.665 131/.605 .698

Home 289/.661 91/.555 84/.701 9/.889 39/.701 94/.567 23/.462 276/.685 14/.906 57/.583 95/.563

Last 28d days 86/.750 16/.481 24/.667 / 12/.633 41/.671 20/.663 49/.578 18/.796 31/.435 21/.714

HR/SB/CS 11/1/1 3/3/1 3/1/0 0/1/0 4/0/1 6/4/1 1/5/0 18/13/9 0/0/0 4/0/0 4/1/1 103/56/24

Usage ·····X·· ········ ··o····· ········ ······X· ·XX····· ······Xo ········ ·······o ·oo····· ······oo

Athletics Batters (4.17 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.10 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 33.Lee*
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

10.Barton* G/S/vP 11/.000 3/.000 9/.333 9/.619 3/.333 9/.944 5/.800 ··· 10/1.111 8/.375 463/334 .271/.377/.387/.764 .822/.741 .786 81/.731 4/2 5/10

25.Carson G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.334 36/6 .229/.222/.343/.565 .545/.667 .243 23/.579 1/0 1/0

4.Crisp# G/S/vP 24/.668 ··· 5/1.000 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 7/1.071 6/.733 156/111 .246/.320/.418/.738 .839/.696 .810 88/.627 14/2 3/2

32.Cust* G/S/vP 13/.731 3/.000 9/.958 3/.666 1/.000 11/1.031 4/.250 ··· 9/1.158 10/.675 224/189 .292/.406/.476/.882 .648/.930 .959 67/1.074 1/1 8/1

11.Davis G/S/vP 6/1.267 4/1.000 4/.833 8/.500 3/.666 7/1.096 2/1.500 1/.000 5/.800 10/.900 346/250 .276/.319/.390/.709 .881/.645 .708 67/.984 32/7 5/2

14.Ellis G/S/vP 20/.583 3/.500 12/.705 13/.785 2/1.000 6/.000 6/.000 1/.000 11/.455 12/.533 273/213 .264/.337/.326/.663 .597/.682 .527 75/.524 3/4 2/1

18.Gross* G/S/vP 3/1.667 3/.333 5/.800 ··· 3/1.167 6/2.000 4/1.000 ··· 4/.833 5/.000 198/159 .236/.282/.302/.584 .476/.607 .535 33/.415 3/1 1/1

5.Kouzmanoff G/S/vP 7/.715 ··· 4/1.250 9/.444 3/.000 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 3/2.667 6/1.333 432/323 .272/.303/.409/.713 .843/.669 .741 82/.798 1/1 10/9

2.Pennington# G/S/vP ··· 5/1.200 7/.762 10/.311 2/1.000 13/.154 5/.400 1/3.000 6/.200 7/.143 390/297 .258/.333/.370/.703 .601/.736 .663 71/.612 17/2 3/16

35.Powell# G/S/vP 4/.500 1/2.000 1/.000 6/.333 1/.000 5/1.400 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 8/.125 87/65 .224/.310/.303/.613 .739/.571 .683 14/.368 1/0 1/3

7.Rosales G/S/vP 6/.500 3/1.167 1/2.000 6/.334 1/.000 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 1/2.000 6/.533 274/177 .276/.327/.408/.735 .830/.685 .655 44/.746 2/2 7/2

8.Suzuki G/S/vP 12/.781 3/.333 9/.222 3/1.666 1/.000 7/1.381 6/.167 ··· 9/.666 7/.143 336/251 .260/.318/.412/.731 .493/.811 .801 79/.815 3/1 12/7

21.Sweeney* G/S/vP 2/1.000 3/.333 5/.800 6/.334 2/1.000 14/.305 2/1.000 ··· 12/.750 5/1.467 331/257 .294/.342/.383/.725 .623/.754 .798 7/.619 1/1 1/0

26.Watson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 30/30 .185/.267/.333/.600 /.600 .704 27/.671 0/0 1/0

IP 147.0 46.1 48.1 135.2 22.1 42.0 44.0 21.2 46.0 136.1 TOTAL .261/.325/.380/.705 .695/.709 .711 .729 91/24 69/72

ERA-K/9

2.51/7.2

3.50/9.7

3.72/10.6

3.45/8.9

6.04/4.0

5.36/8.4

1.23/5.7

1.25/7.9

1.96/9.8

3.30/6.8

3.79/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Powell (8-7-0)
Suzuki (43-13-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 572/.227 186/.190 202/.251 561/.222 100/.337 204/.314 167/.185 87/.162 177/.223 571/.215 .244 Gross
Sweeney
Cust
Davis
Carson
Watson
Rosales
Crisp 31/9/31/5
0/1/80/4
9/0/3/3
21/65/7/3
4/1/8/0
11/0/0/0
5/0/0/0
0/35/0/0

OPS .572 .568 .656 .647 1.017 .906 .485 .484 .594 .633 .704

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 125/.661 84/.413 85/.553 281/.650 45/.843 91/.954 52/.687 26/.535 81/.491 117/.323 .685

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 447/.547 102/.697 117/.726 280/.643 55/1.163 113/.867 115/.394 61/.462 96/.685 454/.715 .716

Road 290/.571 71/.278 92/.629 319/.620 45/1.296 78/.807 80/.491 39/.389 95/.665 228/.654

Last 28d days 164/.572 32/.419 35/.523 107/.725 12/.432 2/1.500 31/.268 34/.649 35/.816 120/.676

HR/SB/CS 9/2/2 4/0/0 3/9/1 15/8/3 7/1/2 6/11/0 1/2/1 1/2/0 2/6/3 8/14/7 108/81/28

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