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Game Preview: TEX @ TBR, 1:10pm, Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @Tropicana Field

Rangers, 67-51, 67-51 1st, 8 up

SP: Derek Holland (23, LHP, 2-1, 4.19)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (2-1)			19.1	19	10	9	6	16	4	4.19
2009 (8-13)			138.1	160	98	94	47	107	26	6.12

Last 7 GS		3-3	35.1	38	22	21	10	26	8	5.35	47
2010-05-30	@MIN	L	1.0	3	3	3	3	0	0	43	32
2010-05-22	CHC	ND	6.0	4	3	2	0	5	2	103	59
2010-05-17	LAA	W	5.1	5	3	3	2	3	2	97	47
2010-05-12	OAK	W	6.0	5	0	0	1	7	0	103	68
2009-09-30	@LAA	L	6.1	8	4	4	0	3	0	85	44
2009-09-25	TBR	W	5.0	5	3	3	3	3	1	91	45
2009-09-20	LAA	L	5.2	8	6	6	1	5	3	93	33

Last 5 v.TBR		2-0	11.0	12	7	7	4	7	3	5.73	45
2009-09-25	TBR	W	5.0	5	3	3	3	3	1	91	45
2009-07-04	TBR	W	6.0	7	4	4	1	4	2	92	45

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

 Home:   39-23   Road:   28-28   ExtrInn: 9-5 
 vsRHP:  47-34   vsLHP:  20-17   1-Run:  21-17
 vsEast: 12-20   vsCntrl:18-13   vsWest: 23-14 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
118 Tue, Aug 17  @TBR  L   1-10      67-51  1st  8.0 up
117 Mon, Aug 16  @TBR  L   4-6       67-50  1st  8.0 up
116 Sun, Aug 15   BOS  W   7-3       67-49  1st  8.5 up
115 Sat, Aug 14   BOS  L   1-3       66-49  1st  7.5 up
114 Fri, Aug 13   BOS  W  10-9 (11)  66-48  1st  8.5 up
113 Wed, Aug 11   NYY  L   6-7       65-48  1st  7.5 up
112 Tue, Aug 10   NYY  W   4-3 (10)  65-47  1st  8.5 up
111 Sun, Aug  8  @OAK  L   2-3       64-47  1st  7.5 up
110 Sat, Aug  7  @OAK  L   2-6       64-46  1st  8.5 up
109 Fri, Aug  6  @OAK  W   5-1       64-45  1st  9.5 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:17-13

Rays, 73-46, 73-46 1st, Tied

SP: James Shields (28, RHP, 10-11, 4.98)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (10-11)			151.2	177	91	84	39	137	28	4.98
2009 (11-12)			219.2	239	113	101	52	167	29	4.14
2008 (14-8)			215.0	208	94	85	40	160	24	3.56

Last 7 GS		3-3	41.2	50	25	25	14	37	11	5.40	46
2010-08-13	BAL	L	5.0	10	4	4	3	2	0	100	30
2010-08-07	@TOR	L	4.0	9	8	8	4	2	6	94	10
2010-08-01	NYY	W	7.1	4	0	0	1	11	0	116	80
2010-07-27	DET	W	6.2	9	2	2	1	7	0	102	54
2010-07-21	@BAL	W	6.1	8	4	4	1	1	1	93	41
2010-07-16	@NYY	ND	6.0	4	3	3	3	5	2	96	54
2010-07-09	CLE	L	6.1	6	4	4	1	9	2	106	53

Last 5 v.TEX		2-2	35.0	36	22	18	5	31	7	4.63	52
2010-06-05	@TEX	L	7.0	10	6	3	1	4	1	106	42
2009-09-25	@TEX	L	7.0	7	5	5	2	7	1	104	48
2007-05-15	TEX	ND	8.0	6	3	3	0	5	1	99	63
2007-04-11	@TEX	W	7.0	5	5	4	1	8	3	100	56
2006-08-21	TEX	W	6.0	8	3	3	1	7	1	98	50

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

 Home:   38-24   Road:   35-22   ExtrInn: 6-4 
 vsRHP:  47-33   vsLHP:  26-13   1-Run:  19-20
 vsEast: 29-18   vsCntrl:24-11   vsWest: 13-6  IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
119 Tue, Aug 17   TEX  W  10-1       73-46  1st    Tied
118 Mon, Aug 16   TEX  W   6-4       72-46  1st    Tied
117 Sun, Aug 15   BAL  W   3-2       71-46  2nd  1.0 gb
116 Sat, Aug 14   BAL  W   7-3       70-46  2nd  2.0 gb
115 Fri, Aug 13   BAL  L   0-5       69-46  2nd  2.0 gb
114 Wed, Aug 11  @DET  L   2-3       69-45  2nd  1.5 gb
113 Tue, Aug 10  @DET  W   8-0       69-44  2nd  0.5 gb
112 Mon, Aug  9  @DET  W   6-3       68-44  2nd  1.5 gb
111 Sun, Aug  8  @TOR  L   0-1       67-44  2nd  2.5 gb
110 Sat, Aug  7  @TOR  L  11-17      67-43  2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Aug 17, 2010 TBR 10  TEX  1        W:Matt Garza (12-7), L: Tommy Hunter (9-2), S: none
Mon, Aug 16, 2010 TBR  6  TEX  4        W:Lance Cormier (4-3), L: Cliff Lee (10-6), S: Rafael Soriano (34)
Sun, Jun 06, 2010 TBR  9 @TEX  5        W:Matt Garza (6-4), L: Rich Harden (3-2), S: none
Sat, Jun 05, 2010 TEX  6  TBR  1        W:Tommy Hunter (1-0), L: James Shields (5-4), S: none
Fri, Jun 04, 2010 TEX  9  TBR  6        W:C.J. Wilson (4-3), L: Wade Davis (5-5), S: Neftali Feliz (15)

Sun, Sep 27, 2009 TBR  7 @TEX  6        W:Randy Choate (1-0), L: Frank Francisco (2-3), S: Lance Cormier (2)
Sat, Sep 26, 2009 TEX 15  TBR  3        W:Kevin Millwood (12-10), L: Matt Garza (8-11), S: none
Fri, Sep 25, 2009 TEX  8  TBR  3        W:Derek Holland (8-12), L: James Shields (10-12), S: none
Sun, Aug 23, 2009 TEX  4 @TBR  0        W:Scott Feldman (13-4), L: David Price (6-6), S: none
Sat, Aug 22, 2009 TBR  5  TEX  4 (10)   W:Grant Balfour (5-2), L: Jason Grilli (1-3), S: none
Season Series: 2010 - TBR over 3-2; 2009 - TEX won 6-3; 2008 - TBR won 6-3; All-Time - TEX leads 68-52

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 5.24

LAA 4.43

SEA 3.26

RA/G

SDP 3.39

TOR 4.34

ARI 5.45

J. Hamilton .359

J. Loney .285

L. Valbuena .163

OBP

J. Morneau .437

P. Polanco .357

B. Wood .183

SLG

M. Cabrera .629

I. Stewart .465

B. Wood .223

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.060

D. Valencia .812

B. Wood .406

ERA

A. Wainwright 1.99

M. Leake 3.78

B. Bannister 5.95

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.49

B. Matusz 6.94

M. Buehrle 3.76

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Rangers Batters (4.96 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (3.82 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 33.Shields
G/S/vB 50.Balfour
G/S/vB 53.Benoit
G/S/vB 36.Choate*
G/S/vB 31.Cormier
G/S/vB 54.Ekstrom
G/S/vB 58.Hellickson
G/S/vB 55.Qualls
G/S/vB 21.Sonnanstine
G/S/vB 29.Soriano
G/S/vB 59.Thayer
G/S/vB 35.Wheeler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Andrus G/S/vP 7/1.500 3/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 523/383 .276/.361/.318/.679 .723/.662 .702 106/.683 27/14 0/13

14.Arias G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/4.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 97/70 .277/.292/.351/.643 .706/.619 .676 11/.818 1/0 0/2

3.Blanco# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 102/69 .242/.307/.275/.582 .483/.628 .550 25/.532 0/2 0/5

41.Boggs# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/.500 5/1.600 ··· ··· ··· 4/2 .000/.250/.000/.250 .000/.500 .250 4/.250 0/0 0/0

29.Borbon* G/S/vP 7/1.500 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 329/252 .266/.301/.344/.646 .624/.651 .577 35/.423 10/6 3/3

8.Cantu G/S/vP 10/.600 2/.000 7/1.286 ··· 6/1.267 1/.000 ··· 6/.833 12/.432 6/.500 ··· 6/.667 447/332 .265/.314/.405/.719 .686/.731 .731 60/.609 0/0 10/16

17.Cruz G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/3.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 318/222 .320/.381/.587/.968 1.023/.944 .840 85/.975 15/4 16/4

19.Davis* G/S/vP 3/1.666 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 113/82 .188/.265/.267/.533 .411/.578 .425 20/.703 2/0 0/2

27.Guerrero G/S/vP 30/1.067 6/1.000 19/.903 3/.333 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· 11/1.245 9/1.112 ··· 7/2.314 471/345 .297/.346/.492/.838 .932/.804 .787 87/.566 4/5 21/2

12.Guzman# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 5/.800 4/.500 7/.857 ··· 3/1.500 383/256 .263/.309/.334/.643 .770/.582 .550 55/.207 4/2 2/10

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 7/.714 2/.500 1/.000 4/1.250 6/.834 ··· ··· 2/.000 8/1.125 1/2.000 ··· 4/.500 492/333 .359/.411/.629/1.041 .741/1.185 .878 91/1.107 8/1 26/4

5.Kinsler G/S/vP 16/.913 6/.834 ··· 1/.000 4/2.250 ··· ··· 2/.500 11/.764 1/.000 1/5.000 6/1.833 342/261 .298/.387/.418/.805 .969/.754 .730 22/.473 10/4 6/6

11.Molina G/S/vP 2/2.500 3/.666 14/1.174 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 9/1.444 ··· 4/.500 ··· 5/.400 329/242 .245/.299/.332/.631 .896/.539 .628 62/.499 0/0 5/4

18.Moreland* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 49/41 .268/.388/.366/.754 .661/.773 .531 49/.754 2/0 1/0

7.Murphy* G/S/vP 6/.666 4/.500 1/.000 3/.666 3/3.500 ··· ··· ··· 7/.572 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 322/224 .275/.343/.426/.769 .697/.801 .721 75/.985 9/1 8/1

2.Teagarden G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 55/34 .130/.231/.348/.579 .865/.379 .727 22/1.089 0/0 3/2

15.Treanor G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 211/141 .225/.304/.352/.656 .461/.755 .660 3/.000 1/1 5/2

10.Young G/S/vP 14/1.072 9/.611 ··· 1/.000 5/.800 ··· ··· 5/1.000 10/1.000 9/.333 ··· 4/.000 529/387 .288/.340/.477/.817 .911/.783 .663 97/.784 3/2 19/16

IP 151.2 43.1 43.2 32.1 44.2 10.1 20.0 44.2 59.1 46.2 2.0 39.1 TOTAL .275/.341/.423/.764 .730/.777 .700 .741 94/40 120/95

ERA-K/9

4.98/8.1

2.08/9.1

1.24/12.4

5.01/8.4

4.03/3.6

5.23/7.9

1.35/8.1

7.86/7.4

4.10/5.8

1.74/7.5

27.00/9.0

2.97/9.4

3.60/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Molina (66-19-4)
Teagarden (11-3-2)
Treanor (33-16-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 666/.286 173/.218 155/.136 141/.262 206/.303 47/.216 71/.136 217/.353 248/.235 179/.174 13/.538 156/.207 .240 Murphy
Hamilton
Cruz
Borbon
Guerrero
Moreland
Guzman
Boggs 50/3/42/7
81/36/0/7
2/0/73/3
0/93/0/2
1/0/13/1
0/0/2/0
0/0/8/0
0/0/2/0

OPS .826 .607 .426 .706 .837 .605 .380 .950 .728 .529 1.385 .672 .706

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 362/.772 69/.746 73/.544 103/.526 117/.804 25/.470 32/.488 102/1.020 109/.635 83/.610 4/1.000 30/.656 .708

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 304/.888 104/.511 82/.324 38/1.234 89/.879 22/.762 39/.291 115/.889 139/.795 96/.460 9/1.556 126/.676 .705

Home 326/.796 79/.694 85/.375 89/.648 119/.860 30/.582 49/.431 122/.941 131/.786 97/.576 / 85/.589

Last 28d days 107/1.006 12/.817 45/.518 40/.794 33/.639 15/.277 71/.380 52/.888 44/.539 41/.477 13/1.385 31/.858

HR/SB/CS 28/7/3 1/1/2 4/1/0 2/1/1 3/3/1 0/0/0 1/0/0 6/4/1 10/6/0 3/3/0 1/0/0 5/1/1 129/59/23

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

Rays Batters (5.02 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.19 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 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 46.Strop
G/S/vB 36.Wilson*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

16.Aybar# G/S/vP 2/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 5/.933 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.334 ··· 5/1.200 247/128 .248/.321/.372/.693 .757/.655 .708 75/.666 0/0 5/0

8.Bartlett G/S/vP 6/1.917 1/.000 4/.833 1/.000 2/.000 5/1.000 6/1.267 ··· 3/1.667 1/2.000 3/1.667 397/267 .250/.326/.343/.669 .705/.650 .671 87/.705 9/3 3/10

15.Brignac* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 267/229 .259/.311/.389/.700 .743/.692 .608 45/.434 3/3 6/8

13.Crawford* G/S/vP 6/.733 1/.000 4/.500 6/.750 3/.666 4/.000 5/.400 ··· 4/2.417 1/5.000 13/.648 492/331 .302/.353/.488/.841 .668/.924 .877 100/.673 39/9 14/2

28.Jaso* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 295/246 .269/.386/.380/.766 .595/.800 .650 67/.804 3/0 3/4

24.Johnson* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 7/.286 46/34 .129/.391/.226/.617 1.214/.436 .397 46/.617 0/0 1/0

20.Joyce* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 149/135 .218/.342/.468/.810 .000/.905 .729 80/.766 1/2 6/1

19.Kapler G/S/vP 4/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 140/32 .210/.288/.290/.578 .560/.640 .493 17/.364 1/1 2/0

3.Longoria G/S/vP 6/.833 2/.000 3/.333 ··· 3/.000 4/1.250 6/1.000 ··· 3/5.000 1/no AB 6/.000 525/368 .289/.373/.491/.865 .972/.819 .941 106/.694 15/3 15/11

23.Pena* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 6/2.467 1/.000 ··· 8/.875 1/.000 8/.375 431/300 .213/.334/.440/.775 .691/.812 .839 43/.900 5/1 23/4

1.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 295/213 .261/.303/.408/.712 .834/.663 .690 52/.716 8/2 7/4

10.Shoppach G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 5/.400 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/2.000 117/64 .202/.339/.340/.680 .910/.489 .696 35/.772 0/0 3/0

2.Upton G/S/vP 5/1.350 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 3/2.667 6/2.067 7/.000 ··· 4/.000 1/3.000 7/.286 444/309 .240/.327/.414/.741 .936/.659 .753 83/.861 33/7 10/5

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 5/.400 3/.333 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 7/1.571 2/2.000 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 7/.929 482/338 .259/.366/.363/.728 .658/.752 .712 77/.523 22/3 6/1

IP 19.1 51.2 51.1 148.1 22.1 42.0 48.0 26.2 48.2 5.1 149.1 TOTAL .252/.338/.403/.741 .729/.746 .740 .699 140/36 108/69

ERA-K/9

4.19/7.5

3.48/9.2

3.86/10.4

3.28/9.1

6.04/4.0

5.36/8.4

1.50/5.6

1.01/8.4

2.40/10.0

13.50/8.5

3.19/7.0

3.88/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Jaso (29-10-6)
Shoppach (17-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 83/.247 207/.193 216/.253 615/.219 100/.337 204/.314 187/.201 107/.172 189/.232 29/.375 622/.213 .246 Crawford
Zobrist
Joyce
Upton
Kapler
Rodriguez
Brignac 107/0/0/7
1/11/88/5
8/0/25/2
0/112/0/2
12/2/39/1
4/9/7/0
0/0/2/0

OPS .782 .561 .691 .635 1.017 .906 .513 .479 .626 1.274 .623 .709

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 15/.333 94/.460 90/.548 307/.637 45/.843 91/.954 61/.637 37/.458 86/.523 12/.970 125/.318 .699

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 68/.887 113/.644 126/.785 308/.633 55/1.163 113/.867 126/.452 70/.490 103/.716 17/1.511 497/.702 .715

Road 14/1.299 71/.278 96/.623 345/.612 45/1.296 78/.807 92/.486 46/.450 98/.707 13/1.338 228/.654

Last 28d days / 41/.409 30/.723 109/.623 5/.200 / 38/.487 31/.499 35/1.121 13/1.888 122/.631

HR/SB/CS 4/0/0 4/0/0 5/9/1 15/10/3 7/1/2 6/11/0 1/3/1 1/4/0 3/6/3 2/1/0 8/14/8 118/88/29

Usage ··o·X·XX ······XX ···X···· ········ ········ X··oo·oo ·o·oX·oo ····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.