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Game Preview: TEX @ TBR, 2:30 pm, Thursday, October 7, 2010 @Tropicana Field

NOTE: Some stats are only updated through Tuesday, October 5, 2010. Site will be updated with yesterday's stats by 11:30am ET.

Rangers, 90-72, 90-72

SP: C.J. Wilson (29, LHP, 15-8, 3.35)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (15-8)			204.0	161	83	76	93	170	10	3.35
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		2-3	40.0	36	21	21	20	36	2	4.73	51
2010-10-02	LAA	W	5.0	4	2	2	2	4	0	82	53
2010-09-27	SEA	L	5.0	8	6	6	1	5	1	85	31
2010-09-22	@LAA	ND	6.0	3	1	1	3	5	1	99	64
2010-09-17	@SEA	L	8.0	6	2	2	3	6	0	121	65
2010-09-10	NYY	ND	3.0	6	4	4	3	5	0	75	33
2010-09-05	@MIN	L	5.1	7	6	6	4	5	0	99	31
2010-08-30	@KCR	W	7.2	2	0	0	4	6	0	110	77

Last 5 v.TBR		1-0	5.0	6	5	3	4	5	0	5.40	40
2010-06-04	TBR	W	5.0	6	5	3	4	5	0	102	40

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

 Home:   51-30   Road:   39-42   ExtrInn:11-6 
 vsRHP:  62-49   vsLHP:  28-23   1-Run:  30-23
 vsEast: 19-25   vsCntrl:25-18   vsWest: 32-25 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
162 Sun, Oct  3   LAA  L   2-6       90-72  1st  9.0 up
161 Sat, Oct  2   LAA  W   6-2       90-71  1st 10.0 up
160 Fri, Oct  1   LAA  L   4-5 (11)  89-71  1st 10.0 up
159 Thu, Sep 30   LAA  W   3-2       89-70  1st 11.0 up
158 Wed, Sep 29   SEA  W   6-5       88-70  1st 10.0 up
157 Tue, Sep 28   SEA  L   1-3       87-70  1st 10.0 up
156 Mon, Sep 27   SEA  L   5-7       87-69  1st 10.0 up
155 Sun, Sep 26  @OAK  W  16-9       87-68  1st 10.0 up
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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Rays, 96-66, 96-66

SP: James Shields (28, RHP, 13-15, 5.18)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (13-15)			203.1	246	128	117	51	187	34	5.18
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		1-4	38.2	57	32	30	10	34	5	6.98	39
2010-10-01	@KCR	L	5.0	12	7	6	2	1	0	99	16
2010-09-26	SEA	L	6.0	8	5	5	2	6	1	99	40
2010-09-21	@NYY	L	5.1	7	5	5	2	4	1	104	36
2010-09-15	NYY	ND	6.1	8	1	1	2	8	0	117	59
2010-09-10	@TOR	ND	5.0	7	5	4	0	4	2	83	39
2010-09-04	@BAL	L	4.1	8	6	6	1	3	1	76	25
2010-08-29	BOS	W	6.2	7	3	3	1	8	0	107	55

Last 5 v.TEX		2-2	36.0	32	21	16	5	30	7	4.00	55
2010-08-18	TEX	W	7.0	4	2	1	1	6	1	105	68
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

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

 Home:   49-32   Road:   47-34   ExtrInn:10-5 
 vsRHP:  60-46   vsLHP:  36-20   1-Run:  29-27
 vsEast: 42-30   vsCntrl:26-13   vsWest: 21-12 IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
162 Sun, Oct  3  @KCR  W   3-2 (12)  96-66  1st  1.0 up
161 Sat, Oct  2  @KCR  W   4-0       95-66  1st    Tied
160 Fri, Oct  1  @KCR  L   0-7       94-66  2nd  0.5 gb
159 Thu, Sep 30  @KCR  L   2-3       94-65  1st    Tied
158 Wed, Sep 29   BAL  L   0-2       94-64  1st  0.5 up
157 Tue, Sep 28   BAL  W   5-0       94-63  1st  0.5 up
156 Mon, Sep 27   BAL  L   0-4       93-63  1st  0.5 up
155 Sun, Sep 26   SEA  L   2-6       93-62  1st  0.5 up
154 Sat, Sep 25   SEA  W   9-1       93-61  1st  1.5 up
153 Fri, Sep 24   SEA  W   5-3       92-61  1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Aug 18, 2010 TBR  8  TEX  6        W:James Shields (11-11), L: Derek Holland (2-2), S: Rafael Soriano (35)
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
Season Series: 2010 - TBR over 4-2; 2009 - TEX won 6-3; 2008 - TBR won 6-3; All-Time - TEX leads 68-53

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 5.30

ARI 4.40

SEA 3.17

RA/G

SDP 3.59

CHW 4.35

PIT 5.35

J. Hamilton .359

M. Mora .285

B. Wood .146

OBP

J. Morneau .437

F. Cervelli .359

B. Wood .174

SLG

J. Hamilton .633

C. Granderson .468

B. Wood .208

OPS

J. Morneau 1.055

A. Torres .823

B. Wood .382

ERA

F. Hernandez 2.27

C. Richard 3.75

J. Bonderman 5.53

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 9.79

M. Cain 7.13

K. Kendrick 4.18

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Rangers Batters (4.86 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (4.01 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 55.Qualls
G/S/vB 29.Soriano
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 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 674/502 .265/.342/.301/.643 .642/.644 .646 85/.461 32/15 0/16

3.Blanco# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 185/129 .277/.330/.349/.679 .539/.739 .682 23/.529 0/2 0/7

29.Borbon* G/S/vP 10/1.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· 468/363 .276/.309/.340/.649 .609/.660 .641 84/.621 15/7 3/4

8.Cantu G/S/vP 13/.462 2/.000 7/1.286 ··· 6/.833 6/.500 6/.667 515/361 .256/.304/.392/.695 .647/.716 .729 39/.793 0/0 11/16

17.Cruz G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 445/324 .318/.374/.576/.950 .976/.941 .805 93/1.084 17/4 22/5

21.Francoeur G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/.875 2/.000 ··· 503/368 .249/.300/.383/.683 .805/.639 .733 48/.951 8/3 13/4

6.German G/S/vP 5/.650 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 16/14 .231/.375/.231/.606 1.000/.539 .900 16/.606 4/1 0/0

27.Guerrero G/S/vP 33/1.030 6/1.000 20/.850 3/.333 ··· 9/1.112 7/2.314 643/476 .300/.345/.496/.841 .932/.810 .796 92/.858 4/5 29/2

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 10/.500 2/.500 1/.000 5/.933 2/.000 1/2.000 4/.500 571/389 .359/.411/.633/1.044 .789/1.163 .894 12/.795 8/1 32/4

5.Kinsler G/S/vP 16/.913 6/.834 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 6/1.833 460/350 .286/.382/.412/.794 .957/.743 .710 96/.787 15/5 9/7

11.Molina G/S/vP 2/2.500 3/.666 14/1.174 ··· 9/1.444 4/.500 5/.400 416/302 .249/.297/.326/.623 .832/.545 .608 50/.756 0/0 5/6

18.Moreland* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 173/150 .255/.364/.469/.833 .604/.869 .830 67/.888 3/1 9/3

7.Murphy* G/S/vP 9/.583 4/.500 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/3.000 471/346 .291/.358/.449/.806 .696/.847 .780 81/.910 14/2 12/1

20.Treanor G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.500 272/190 .211/.287/.308/.595 .408/.677 .607 40/.397 1/2 5/3

10.Young G/S/vP 14/1.072 9/.611 ··· 1/.000 5/1.000 9/.333 4/.000 718/528 .284/.330/.444/.774 .871/.739 .679 104/.585 4/2 21/19

IP 203.1 55.1 60.1 44.2 59.0 62.1 48.1 TOTAL .276/.338/.419/.757 .718/.772 .716 .751 123/48 162/123

ERA-K/9

5.18/8.3

2.28/9.1

1.34/11.2

4.23/8.1

7.32/7.5

1.73/8.2

3.35/8.6

3.78/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Molina (79-24-4)
Treanor (44-17-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 899/.294 222/.216 217/.147 187/.252 281/.340 237/.163 195/.207 .244 Francoeur
Murphy
Hamilton
Cruz
Borbon
Guerrero
German
Moreland 2/0/131/11
74/10/51/9
92/40/0/9
14/0/94/3
1/133/0/2
1/0/17/1
1/0/0/0
0/0/7/0

OPS .828 .619 .454 .686 .894 .509 .681 .711

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 496/.796 100/.771 104/.491 138/.529 135/1.031 118/.590 44/.663 .724

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 403/.866 122/.496 113/.419 49/1.162 146/.766 119/.431 151/.687 .700

Home 435/.763 100/.667 112/.405 104/.611 152/.898 130/.486 105/.660

Last 28d days 130/.944 41/.671 37/.502 28/.893 41/.703 30/.459 27/.776

HR/SB/CS 34/10/3 3/2/2 6/2/2 3/1/1 7/5/1 4/3/0 7/2/1 175/89/30

Usage ·····X·· ····X··o ···oX··· ···oX··o ···oo··o ···X···· ···o·oo·

Rays Batters (4.95 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.24 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 36.Wilson*
G/S/vB 30.Feliz
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 PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

5.Baldelli G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 6/.533 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 25/6 .208/.240/.375/.615 .816/.000 .000 19/.541 1/0 1/0

8.Bartlett G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/.000 1/.000 5/1.000 6/1.267 1/.000 3/1.667 532/344 .254/.324/.350/.675 .725/.647 .680 74/.673 11/6 4/11

15.Brignac* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 326/275 .256/.307/.385/.692 .609/.706 .635 38/.714 3/3 8/9

13.Crawford* G/S/vP 13/.648 1/.000 6/.750 4/.000 5/.400 1/no AB 4/2.417 663/438 .307/.356/.495/.851 .696/.930 .857 98/.840 47/10 19/2

28.Jaso* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 404/346 .263/.372/.378/.750 .610/.772 .613 65/.523 4/0 5/5

27.Jennings G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 24/12 .190/.292/.333/.625 .879/.350 .404 18/.771 2/2 0/0

24.Johnson* G/S/vP 7/.286 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 140/117 .198/.343/.414/.757 .862/.738 .715 58/.762 1/0 7/2

20.Joyce* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 261/233 .241/.360/.477/.837 .263/.910 .698 63/.813 2/2 10/3

3.Longoria G/S/vP 6/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/1.250 6/1.000 1/.000 3/5.000 661/459 .294/.372/.507/.879 .956/.845 .930 61/.797 15/5 22/14

23.Pena* G/S/vP 8/.375 2/.000 1/.000 6/2.467 1/.000 ··· 9/.762 582/392 .196/.325/.407/.732 .675/.759 .799 77/.578 5/1 28/6

1.Rodriguez G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· 378/242 .251/.308/.397/.705 .817/.642 .716 43/.440 13/3 9/6

10.Shoppach G/S/vP 3/2.000 ··· ··· 5/.400 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 187/84 .196/.308/.342/.650 .823/.432 .710 36/.845 0/0 5/2

2.Upton G/S/vP 7/.286 2/.000 ··· 6/2.067 7/.000 1/2.000 4/.000 610/413 .237/.322/.424/.745 .919/.664 .759 92/.736 42/9 18/5

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 7/.929 3/.333 ··· 7/1.571 2/2.000 1/no AB 3/.333 655/445 .238/.346/.353/.699 .695/.688 .646 102/.636 24/3 10/4

IP 204.0 69.1 201.0 56.2 62.0 41.2 61.2 TOTAL .247/.333/.403/.736 .733/.737 .726 .686 172/47 160/95

ERA-K/9

3.35/7.5

2.73/9.2

3.72/8.8

4.29/7.5

2.03/6.5

1.30/8.4

2.48/9.5

3.93/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Jaso (41-12-7)
Shoppach (29-6-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 850/.217 269/.176 844/.227 262/.277 240/.196 171/.208 244/.242 .246 Crawford
Zobrist
Joyce
Upton
Baldelli
Jennings
Brignac
Rodriguez
Johnson 148/0/0/7
1/14/103/6
13/0/53/4
0/154/0/3
0/0/4/0
2/4/5/0
0/0/2/0
5/9/8/0
3/0/0/0

OPS .622 .516 .660 .816 .548 .554 .654 .709

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 171/.400 131/.409 425/.693 107/.887 76/.561 58/.678 113/.529 .694

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 679/.679 138/.616 419/.627 155/.769 164/.542 113/.492 131/.765 .718

Road 366/.592 101/.329 472/.654 106/.694 126/.598 80/.524 134/.771

Last 28d days 115/.721 38/.243 123/.552 50/.575 28/.750 37/.609 32/.624

HR/SB/CS 10/21/8 5/0/0 21/13/4 7/12/1 5/3/1 2/6/1 4/8/3 162/116/35

Usage ····X··· ····o·Xo ···X···· ···X·X·· ····o·o· ···o·o·· ···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.