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Game Preview: TEX @ OAK, 4:05pm, Sunday, September 26, 2010 @Oakland-Alameda Country Coliseum

Rangers, 86-68, 86-68 1st, 9 up

SP: Colby Lewis (30, RHP, 11-13, 3.79)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (11-13) 190.0 167 87 80 62 186 20 3.79
2007 (0-2) 37.2 44 28 27 14 23 7 6.45
2006 (0-0) 3.0 8 1 1 1 5 1 3.00
Last 7 GS 2-4 41.2 45 31 26 13 36 5 5.62 45
2010-09-21 @LAA L 7.0 4 2 2 2 10 0 93 69
2010-09-15 DET W 6.0 4 5 2 3 3 0 97 50
2010-09-09 @TOR W 6.1 5 1 1 2 8 1 91 65
2010-09-04 @MIN L 3.2 8 9 9 2 2 2 77 9
2010-08-29 OAK L 5.2 8 7 5 3 7 2 92 33
2010-08-24 MIN ND 6.1 7 3 3 0 2 0 99 49
2010-08-19 @BAL L 6.2 9 4 4 1 4 0 92 43
Last 5 v.OAK 0-3 31.2 27 15 13 12 33 5 3.69 56
2010-08-29 OAK L 5.2 8 7 5 3 7 2 92 33
2010-08-08 @OAK ND 6.0 3 1 1 3 7 0 106 66
2010-07-28 OAK L 7.0 5 1 1 2 8 1 116 69
2010-05-11 OAK ND 7.0 6 3 3 1 5 1 104 57
2010-05-05 @OAK L 6.0 5 3 3 3 6 1 105 53
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   48-26   Road:   38-42   ExtrInn:11-5 
 vsRHP:  60-45   vsLHP:  26-23   1-Run:  28-22
 vsEast: 19-25   vsCntrl:25-18   vsWest: 28-21 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
154 Sat, Sep 25  @OAK  W   4-3       86-68  1st  9.0 up
153 Fri, Sep 24  @OAK  W  10-3       85-68  1st  8.0 up
152 Thu, Sep 23  @OAK  L   0-5       84-68  1st  7.0 up
151 Wed, Sep 22  @LAA  W   2-1 (12)  84-67  1st  8.0 up
150 Tue, Sep 21  @LAA  L   0-2       83-67  1st  7.0 up
149 Mon, Sep 20  @LAA  L   4-7       83-66  1st  8.0 up
148 Sun, Sep 19  @SEA  L   1-2       83-65  1st  9.0 up
147 Sat, Sep 18  @SEA  W   6-1       83-64  1st 10.0 up
146 Fri, Sep 17  @SEA  L   1-2       82-64  1st  9.0 up
145 Wed, Sep 15   DET  W  11-7       82-63  1st 10.0 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14
Athletics, 77-77, 77-77 2nd, 9 GB, 14½ GB in WC

SP: Trevor Cahill (22, RHP, 17-7, 2.81)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (17-7) 185.2 138 66 58 60 109 17 2.81
2009 (10-13) 178.2 185 99 92 72 90 27 4.63
Last 7 GS 5-2 45.0 42 20 19 18 28 6 3.80 52
2010-09-21 CHW W 8.0 6 2 2 1 7 0 106 68
2010-09-15 @KCR L 5.0 6 6 6 3 4 2 100 32
2010-09-10 BOS W 7.0 3 0 0 2 4 0 107 73
2010-09-04 LAA W 6.0 4 0 0 6 4 0 116 62
2010-08-30 @NYY L 4.0 9 8 8 2 2 2 88 12
2010-08-25 @CLE W 7.0 7 1 0 2 2 0 104 61
2010-08-19 TBR W 8.0 7 3 3 2 5 2 113 59
Last 5 v.TEX 4-0 32.1 23 6 3 10 13 1 0.84 62
2010-08-08 TEX W 8.0 6 2 0 0 3 0 110 69
2010-07-28 @TEX W 8.0 2 0 0 3 4 0 113 79
2010-05-11 @TEX ND 5.2 4 2 2 2 1 1 94 52
2010-05-05 TEX W 5.0 5 1 0 3 4 0 90 56
2009-09-22 TEX W 5.2 6 1 1 2 1 0 79 52
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   47-33   Road:   30-44   ExtrInn: 4-6 
 vsRHP:  55-56   vsLHP:  22-21   1-Run:  22-18
 vsEast: 20-25   vsCntrl:23-19   vsWest: 26-23 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
154 Sat, Sep 25   TEX  L   3-4       77-77  2nd  9.0 gb
153 Fri, Sep 24   TEX  L   3-10      77-76  2nd  8.0 gb
152 Thu, Sep 23   TEX  W   5-0       77-75  2nd  7.0 gb
151 Wed, Sep 22   CHW  L   3-4       76-75  2nd  8.0 gb
150 Tue, Sep 21   CHW  W   7-2       76-74  2nd  7.0 gb
149 Mon, Sep 20   CHW  W   3-0       75-74  2nd  8.0 gb
148 Sun, Sep 19  @MIN  W   6-2       74-74  2nd  9.0 gb
147 Sat, Sep 18  @MIN  L   2-4       73-74  2nd 10.0 gb
146 Fri, Sep 17  @MIN  W   3-1       73-73  2nd  9.0 gb
145 Wed, Sep 15  @KCR  L   3-6       72-73  2nd 10.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Sep 25, 2010 TEX  4 @OAK  3        W:Darren O'Day (5-2), L: Michael Wuertz (2-3), S: Neftali Feliz (38)
Fri, Sep 24, 2010 TEX 10 @OAK  3        W:Tommy Hunter (13-4), L: Bobby Cramer (2-1), S: none
Thu, Sep 23, 2010 OAK  5  TEX  0        W:Dallas Braden (10-13), L: Cliff Lee (12-9), S: none
Sun, Aug 29, 2010 OAK  8 @TEX  2        W:Gio Gonzalez (12-8), L: Colby Lewis (9-11), S: none
Sat, Aug 28, 2010 OAK  5 @TEX  0        W:Dallas Braden (9-9), L: Rich Harden (5-5), S: none
Fri, Aug 27, 2010 TEX  7  OAK  3        W:Tommy Hunter (11-2), L: Brett Anderson (3-5), S: none
Sun, Aug 08, 2010 OAK  3  TEX  2        W:Trevor Cahill (12-4), L: Darren Oliver (0-1), S: Michael Wuertz (5)
Sat, Aug 07, 2010 OAK  6  TEX  2        W:Gio Gonzalez (10-7), L: Rich Harden (4-4), S: none
Fri, Aug 06, 2010 TEX  5 @OAK  1        W:Cliff Lee (10-5), L: Dallas Braden (6-8), S: none
Thu, Jul 29, 2010 TEX  7  OAK  4        W:C.J. Wilson (10-5), L: Vin Mazzaro (6-3), S: none
Season Series: 2010 - tied 9-9; 2009 - OAK won 11-8; 2008 - TEX won 12-7; All-Time - OAK leads 383-375

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  5.32

ARI  4.48

SEA  3.15

RA/G

SDP  3.59

LAA  4.38

PIT  5.40

BA

J. Hamilton  .361

L. Scott  .285

B. Wood  .151

OBP

J. Morneau  .437

H. Matsui  .360

B. Wood  .180

SLG

J. Hamilton  .635

A. LaRoche  .467

B. Wood  .215

OPS

J. Morneau  1.055

M. Stanton  .821

B. Wood  .394

ERA

J. Johnson  2.30

R. Romero  3.79

Z. Duke  5.63

K/9IP

Y. Gallardo  9.71

M. Cain  7.06

K. Kendrick  4.20

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Rangers Batters (4.83 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.84 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 53.Cahill
G/S/vB
40.Bailey
G/S/vB
13.Blevins*
G/S/vB
52.Bonser
G/S/vB
56.Breslow*
G/S/vB
64.Cramer*
G/S/vB
61.James
G/S/vB
63.Rodriguez
G/S/vB
50.Wolf
G/S/vB
48.Wuertz
G/S/vB
31.Ziegler
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP 23/.473 11/.364 4/.500 3/.000 2/1.000 3/.666 ··· 3/.333 2/.000 4/.250 9/.889 651/482 .265/.342/.300/.642 .641/.642 .646 84/.467 32/14 0/16
3.Blanco# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/3.000 1/2.000 4/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 171/118 .276/.320/.353/.672 .572/.715 .644 29/.879 0/2 0/6
29.Borbon* G/S/vP 16/.250 4/.000 3/.000 3/2.000 6/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 4/.666 3/.333 434/335 .279/.312/.348/.660 .583/.682 .634 68/.764 13/7 3/3
8.Cantu G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/no AB 3/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.666 2/.000 495/345 .257/.306/.396/.702 .666/.717 .723 23/.872 0/0 11/16
17.Cruz G/S/vP 15/.210 4/.833 4/.000 6/1.000 6/.666 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 5/1.850 8/.250 421/303 .310/.367/.568/.934 .957/.926 .805 103/.834 16/4 21/5
19.Davis* G/S/vP 10/.700 2/.000 3/1.000 ··· 5/.200 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 3/.666 126/95 .209/.302/.318/.620 .411/.688 .587 13/1.504 3/0 1/2
21.Francoeur G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/2.334 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 6/.666 ··· 483/351 .244/.298/.376/.674 .800/.627 .706 45/.795 8/3 12/3
6.German G/S/vP 4/.250 1/.000 1/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 1/.000 2/1 0/
27.Guerrero G/S/vP 14/.539 3/.666 2/1.000 16/1.349 4/.000 3/1.666 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· 7/.858 14/.559 623/459 .301/.347/.497/.843 .930/.813 .796 103/.850 4/5 28/2
15.Guzman# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 5/1.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 396/266 .266/.311/.337/.648 .752/.600 .565 13/.801 4/2 2/11
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 16/.708 2/2.000 2/.000 6/1.500 6/.167 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 10/1.067 559/377 .361/.414/.635/1.049 .789/1.175 .894 16/1.000 8/1 31/4
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 13/.322 3/.333 3/.000 11/.818 3/.333 3/1.000 1/2.000 2/.500 1/.000 8/.542 8/.875 436/333 .293/.385/.422/.807 .976/.754 .710 94/.814 14/5 9/7
11.Molina G/S/vP 11/.182 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 3/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 2/.500 5/.400 399/290 .239/.289/.317/.606 .854/.514 .608 47/.529 0/0 5/5
18.Moreland* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 146/127 .242/.342/.395/.738 .669/.748 .744 69/.670 2/1 5/3
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 21/.762 4/.000 7/.000 6/.334 8/.250 ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· 4/.000 4/2.333 455/331 .288/.353/.441/.793 .702/.828 .757 96/.891 14/2 11/1
2.Teagarden G/S/vP 5/.200 2/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 76/47 .138/.233/.338/.571 .686/.490 .643 9/.222 0/0 4/2
20.Treanor G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/2.000 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.000 258/180 .212/.287/.314/.602 .427/.678 .607 37/.420 1/2 5/3
10.Young G/S/vP 19/.956 7/.143 4/.750 15/1.169 3/1.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 6/1.467 11/.830 690/507 .284/.332/.448/.780 .866/.750 .679 113/.694 4/2 21/19
IP 185.2 49.0 48.2 21.2 70.1 17.0 4.0 25.0 9.1 39.2 58.2 TOTAL .275/.337/.419/.756 .720/.770 .708 .750 116/47 153/117
ERA-K/9 2.81/5.3 1.47/7.7 3.70/8.5 7.06/5.8 3.07/8.6 3.71/4.8 2.25/11.2 3.60/10.1 3.86/6.8 4.31/9.1 3.07/6.3 3.57/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Molina (77-23-4)
 Teagarden (14-3-3)
 Treanor (44-17-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 733/.210 189/.199 220/.274 101/.363 282/.189 68/.266 19/.353 105/.220 40/.265 171/.240 244/.234 .243  Francoeur
 Hamilton
 Murphy
 Cruz
 Borbon
 Guerrero
 Moreland
 Guzman
0/0/127/11
91/39/0/9
70/10/51/8
12/0/90/3
0/125/0/2
1/0/16/1
0/0/4/0
0/0/8/0
OPS .600 .544 .758 .870 .607 .856 .774 .637 .741 .746 .684 .691
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 404/.621 85/.569 97/.598 50/.897 99/.562 16/.875 9/.583 44/.683 16/.938 61/.920 72/1.069 .711
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 329/.574 104/.523 123/.892 51/.842 183/.631 52/.849 10/.944 61/.604 24/.604 110/.656 172/.536 .680
Home 383/.525 108/.526 108/.744 45/.871 139/.609 25/.960 9/.667 59/.443 32/.832 89/.622 127/.523
Last 28d days 127/.740 26/.535 29/.720 58/.819 46/.461 68/.856 19/.774 33/.812 22/.699 30/.744 36/.471
HR/SB/CS 17/14/5 3/3/1 7/1/1 2/3/1 8/4/1 5/0/1 0/0/0 2/7/0 0/0/0 6/3/0 4/2/1 147/84/32
Usage ····X··· ········ ········ ·X·o·o·· o···Xoo· ·X····X· ·X······ X···o··X ·X······ X····XX· ··XX··Xo
Athletics Batters (4.03 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.21 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 48.Lewis
G/S/vB
30.Feliz
G/S/vB
62.Kirkman*
G/S/vB
57.Nippert
G/S/vB
56.O'Day
G/S/vB
64.Ogando
G/S/vB
28.Oliver*
G/S/vB
59.Rapada*
G/S/vB
46.Strop
G/S/vB
36.Wilson*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Barton* G/S/vP 16/.660 4/.000 ··· 10/1.000 6/1.000 2/.000 11/1.167 1/no AB ··· 8/.375 654/470 .273/.394/.398/.792 .834/.775 .809 99/.729 7/3 8/10
25.Carson G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.334 81/19 .167/.173/.308/.481 .483/.474 .328 38/.482 3/0 3/0
22.Carter G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 53/35 .140/.170/.220/.390 .410/.378 1.011 33/.597 0/0 1/2
4.Crisp# G/S/vP 10/.875 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 3/2.000 8/1.339 ··· ··· 6/.733 328/241 .279/.342/.438/.779 .949/.716 .890 72/.797 32/3 8/2
32.Cust* G/S/vP 9/.222 5/.000 2/1.000 11/1.031 5/.200 ··· 10/1.025 3/.000 1/.000 10/.675 389/319 .275/.404/.446/.850 .707/.883 .869 91/.848 2/2 12/1
11.Davis G/S/vP 14/.671 5/1.200 ··· 7/1.096 4/.750 3/.666 5/.800 ··· 1/.000 10/.900 521/381 .272/.306/.364/.670 .771/.633 .667 92/.579 47/10 5/4
29.Donaldson G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.167 30/11 .143/.200/.286/.486 .786/.000 .000 3/.333 0/0 1/1
14.Ellis G/S/vP 19/1.088 5/.833 1/.000 7/.000 8/.000 2/.000 12/.583 ··· ··· 12/.533 455/341 .281/.352/.363/.715 .839/.674 .641 98/.938 6/6 4/3
18.Gross* G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 1/.000 6/2.000 5/1.100 1/2.000 4/.833 ··· ··· 5/.000 236/193 .235/.279/.304/.583 .479/.604 .596 18/.556 5/1 1/1
45.Hermida* G/S/vP 2/2.500 1/3.000 1/.000 3/.667 1/.000 1/3.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 206/177 .217/.277/.360/.636 .472/.663 .713 35/.791 1/0 5/4
1.Iwamura* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 1/no AB 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/no AB 227/181 .174/.283/.251/.534 .328/.586 .419 34/.402 3/1 2/3
5.Kouzmanoff G/S/vP 15/.800 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 4/.500 1/.000 3/2.667 ··· ··· 6/1.333 552/408 .250/.286/.395/.681 .724/.666 .668 40/.413 2/1 14/11
19.Larish* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 69/60 .180/.275/.328/.603 .347/.642 .399 41/.616 1/0 2/2
2.Pennington# G/S/vP 15/.517 7/.857 ··· 13/.154 6/.334 4/1.167 8/.929 2/2.500 ··· 7/.143 546/419 .247/.318/.364/.682 .655/.690 .684 82/.597 26/5 5/23
35.Powell# G/S/vP 6/.333 2/1.000 ··· 5/1.400 3/.000 ··· 3/.500 1/no AB ··· 8/.125 123/87 .226/.320/.321/.640 .664/.631 .603 19/.954 1/0 2/5
36.Sogard* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/6 .333/.429/.333/.762 2.000/.533 .667 7/.762 0/1 0/0
8.Suzuki G/S/vP 9/.555 3/.333 1/.000 8/1.196 8/.125 ··· 10/.600 1/.000 ··· 7/.143 512/378 .245/.309/.366/.674 .550/.717 .732 94/.649 3/2 12/8
30.Tolleson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 49/26 .277/.306/.340/.647 .826/.478 .751 29/.681 0/0 0/1
IP 190.0 66.1 12.2 53.2 59.0 39.2 60.2 6.0 8.2 194.0 TOTAL .254/.323/.373/.696 .702/.693 .707 .688 147/37 96/104
ERA-K/9 3.79/8.8 2.85/9.4 0.71/9.2 4.36/7.7 1.98/6.4 1.36/8.4 2.52/9.6 3.00/6.0 10.38/9.3 3.15/7.5 3.90/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Donaldson (4-2-1)
 Powell (17-9-0)
 Suzuki (62-19-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 802/.230 260/.181 51/.159 252/.284 230/.201 164/.211 240/.242 22/.053 48/.351 805/.212 .245  Gross
 Davis
 Hermida
 Cust
 Crisp
 Carson
 Carter
 Larish
37/10/49/6
47/75/27/5
47/0/16/4
13/0/3/3
0/73/0/2
6/3/24/2
15/0/0/0
7/0/0/0
OPS .666 .529 .437 .823 .550 .567 .656 .392 1.149 .610 .707
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 403/.705 125/.420 26/.599 102/.922 73/.585 57/.691 112/.516 14/.000 19/1.140 166/.413 .695
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 399/.628 135/.630 25/.250 150/.760 157/.533 107/.502 128/.784 8/1.300 29/1.154 639/.662 .715
Road 448/.654 101/.329 22/.382 106/.694 126/.598 78/.509 134/.771 18/.417 26/1.188 366/.592
Last 28d days 103/.732 35/.290 27/.524 48/.485 33/.821 35/.688 40/.767 22/.392 19/.911 126/.604
HR/SB/CS 20/12/4 5/0/0 0/0/0 6/12/0 4/3/1 2/6/1 4/7/3 1/0/0 2/1/0 9/21/8 151/113/34
Usage ····X··· Xo·o···· ··X····· X··X·Xo· oo······ ·X·X·X·o ·X·oX·o· oo···oo· ·····o·· ···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.