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Game Preview: CLE @ TEX, 8:05pm, Wednesday, July 7, 2010 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Indians, 33-50, 33-50 5th, 12½ GB, 17 GB in WC

SP: Mitch Talbot (26, RHP, 8-7, 3.86)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (8-7)			102.2	99	50	44	41	50	8	3.86
2008 (0-0)			9.2	16	12	12	11	5	3	11.17

Last 7 GS		2-4	42.1	46	23	19	17	26	0	4.04	48
2010-07-02	OAK	L	5.1	5	3	2	4	5	0	100	49
2010-06-27	@CIN	W	7.0	3	1	1	3	5	0	100	69
2010-06-22	@PHI	L	7.0	4	2	2	3	3	0	103	61
2010-06-16	NYM	L	5.2	13	8	8	0	3	0	95	14
2010-06-10	BOS	ND	4.0	6	5	2	4	2	0	99	34
2010-06-05	@CHW	W	7.0	6	1	1	3	5	0	111	63
2010-05-31	@NYY	L	6.1	9	3	3	0	3	0	99	46

Has never faced TEX as starter.

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

 Home:   17-22   Road:   16-28   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  22-34   vsLHP:  11-16   1-Run:  10-10
 vsEast:  9-11   vsCntrl:14-17   vsWest:  5-9  IL: 5-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 83 Tue, Jul  6  @TEX  L   1-12      33-50  5th 12.5 gb
 82 Mon, Jul  5  @TEX  W   9-3       33-49  5th 11.5 gb
 81 Sun, Jul  4   OAK  L   1-3       32-49  5th 11.5 gb
 80 Sat, Jul  3   OAK  W   5-4 (10)  32-48  5th 11.5 gb
 79 Fri, Jul  2   OAK  L   0-3       31-48  5th 12.5 gb
 78 Thu, Jul  1   TOR  W   6-1       31-47  5th 11.5 gb
 77 Wed, Jun 30   TOR  W   3-1       30-47  5th 12.5 gb
 76 Tue, Jun 29   TOR  W   5-4       29-47  5th 12.5 gb
 75 Mon, Jun 28   TOR  W   2-1       28-47  5th 13.0 gb
 74 Sun, Jun 27  @CIN  W   5-3       27-47  5th 13.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17

Rangers, 49-34, 49-34 1st, 4½ up

SP: Colby Lewis (30, RHP, 7-5, 3.35)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (7-5)			104.2	80	40	39	36	97	10	3.35
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		3-3	47.1	38	18	17	12	39	5	3.23	59
2010-07-02	CHW	ND	6.0	8	3	3	2	3	0	102	45
2010-06-25	HOU	L	5.0	9	5	4	1	4	0	109	34
2010-06-19	@HOU	W	9.0	2	1	1	0	9	0	101	88
2010-06-13	@MIL	W	8.0	3	2	2	1	10	2	119	77
2010-06-08	SEA	W	7.0	4	1	1	3	5	0	119	67
2010-06-03	@CHW	L	6.1	7	4	4	1	7	3	102	49
2010-05-28	@MIN	L	6.0	5	2	2	4	1	0	111	51

Last 5 v.CLE		1-0	9.0	8	7	7	8	13	0	7.00	45
2010-04-14	@CLE	W	5.1	3	2	2	4	10	0	117	60
2003-05-11	CLE	ND	3.2	5	5	5	4	3	0	82	30

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

 Home:   30-15   Road:   19-19   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  34-22   vsLHP:  15-12   1-Run:  15-12
 vsEast:  6-11   vsCntrl:15-12   vsWest: 14-7  IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 83 Tue, Jul  6   CLE  W  12-1       49-34  1st  4.5 up
 82 Mon, Jul  5   CLE  L   3-9       48-34  1st  3.5 up
 81 Sun, Jul  4   CHW  L   3-5       48-33  1st  3.5 up
 80 Sat, Jul  3   CHW  W   3-1       48-32  1st  4.5 up
 79 Fri, Jul  2   CHW  L   3-5       47-32  1st  3.5 up
 78 Thu, Jul  1  @LAA  L   1-2       47-31  1st  3.5 up
 77 Wed, Jun 30  @LAA  W   6-4       47-30  1st  4.5 up
 76 Tue, Jun 29  @LAA  L   5-6       46-30  1st  3.5 up
 75 Sun, Jun 27   HOU  W  10-1       46-29  1st  4.5 up
 74 Sat, Jun 26   HOU  W   7-2       45-29  1st  4.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:21-9

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jul 06, 2010 TEX 12  CLE  1        W:C.J. Wilson (7-4), L: Justin Masterson (3-8), S: none
Mon, Jul 05, 2010 CLE  9 @TEX  3        W:Joe Smith (1-1), L: Omar Beltre (0-1), S: none
Thu, Apr 15, 2010 CLE  3  TEX  2        W:David Huff (1-1), L: Matt Harrison (0-1), S: none
Wed, Apr 14, 2010 TEX  6 @CLE  2        W:Colby Lewis (2-0), L: Justin Masterson (0-1), S: Neftali Feliz (2)
Mon, Apr 12, 2010 TEX  4 @CLE  2 (10)   W:Frank Francisco (2-2), L: Jamey Wright (0-1), S: Neftali Feliz (1)

Wed, Sep 09, 2009 TEX 10 @CLE  0        W:Scott Feldman (16-4), L: Fausto Carmona (3-10), S: none
Tue, Sep 08, 2009 TEX 10 @CLE  5        W:Brandon McCarthy (7-2), L: Aaron Laffey (7-5), S: Darren O'Day (2)
Tue, Sep 08, 2009 TEX 11 @CLE  9        W:Neftali Feliz (1-0), L: Jensen Lewis (2-4), S: none
Thu, Aug 13, 2009 TEX  4 @CLE  1        W:Scott Feldman (12-4), L: Jeremy Sowers (4-8), S: Frank Francisco (16)
Wed, Aug 12, 2009 TEX  5 @CLE  0        W:Tommy Hunter (5-2), L: Fausto Carmona (2-7), S: none
Season Series: 2010 - TEX leads 3-2; 2009 - TEX won 8-1; 2008 - CLE won 6-4; All-Time - TEX leads 315-294

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 5.42

ARI 4.57

PIT 3.24

RA/G

SDP 3.31

FLA 4.42

ARI 5.75

M. Cabrera .343

C. Patterson .280

L. Valbuena .166

OBP

J. Morneau .436

B. Hawpe .351

A. Ramirez .247

SLG

M. Cabrera .647

J. Kubel .450

L. Valbuena .245

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.066

C. Young .806

T. Manzella .513

ERA

J. Johnson 1.82

E. Santana 3.95

N. Blackburn 6.00

K/9IP

J. Weaver 10.17

A. Harang 6.73

N. Blackburn 3.19

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Indians Batters (4.11 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.25 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 48.Lewis
G/S/vB 30.Feliz
G/S/vB 50.Francisco
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 Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

23.Brantley* G/S/vP 2/.000 2/1.500 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.333 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/.000 50/39 .136/.204/.159/.363 .000/.475 .434 14/.226 0/1 0/0

4.Crowe# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 214/154 .250/.307/.332/.638 .517/.687 .684 104/.611 10/2 1/2

16.Donald G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.500 146/109 .276/.322/.433/.755 .876/.712 .855 72/.870 2/1 2/8

47.Duncan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 72/43 .266/.347/.484/.832 .683/.936 .448 44/.828 0/0 4/0

48.Hafner* G/S/vP 3/.667 2/2.500 5/.650 4/.833 5/1.200 1/no AB 1/.000 8/.250 ··· 10/.775 272/183 .248/.353/.413/.766 .534/.885 .577 66/.840 1/1 8/0

20.Hernandez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 55/39 .226/.255/.264/.519 .321/.598 .680 51/.500 1/0 0/1

26.Kearns G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/3.000 1/2.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.333 289/189 .266/.356/.409/.765 .657/.824 .830 92/.570 4/1 7/4

7.LaPorta G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 165/107 .242/.315/.376/.691 .665/.703 .747 34/1.178 0/0 5/0

25.Marte G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 4/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 4/1.000 59/35 .196/.288/.314/.602 .571/.624 .484 26/.423 0/1 1/5

12.Nix G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· 6/1.500 100/56 .230/.316/.448/.765 .587/.890 .783 59/.958 0/0 5/5

2.Peralta G/S/vP 4/.833 3/.000 8/.250 7/.858 4/.500 1/2.000 1/.000 5/.400 1/3.000 13/.231 324/230 .248/.312/.390/.701 .706/.699 .764 89/.630 1/0 5/5

52.Redmond G/S/vP 1/2.000 2/1.000 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/.533 ··· 3/.000 68/56 .206/.242/.270/.512 .583/.496 .623 10/.400 0/0 0/1

41.Santana# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 98/60 .286/.429/.597/1.026 .675/1.249 1.283 98/1.026 0/0 5/1

IP 104.2 36.0 38.0 19.1 40.2 33.2 12.1 38.1 2.1 108.1 TOTAL .247/.323/.381/.705 .636/.737 .709 .740 43/17 69/73

ERA-K/9

3.35/8.3

3.00/10.0

3.79/11.1

6.98/4.7

5.31/8.4

1.60/6.4

0.73/6.6

1.41/9.9

3.86/7.8

3.24/6.4

3.92/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Redmond (25-2-1)
Santana (8-6-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 427/.207 144/.186 161/.264 88/.359 196/.307 131/.202 47/.100 139/.190 9/.143 451/.212 .245 Crowe
Duncan
Kearns
Brantley
LaPorta
Hernandez
Nix 3/45/0/4
11/0/2/3
64/5/5/1
7/5/0/0
7/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
0/0/1/0

OPS .621 .558 .691 1.098 .876 .530 .388 .534 .619 .622 .711

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 212/.674 68/.355 62/.649 38/.966 88/.960 43/.806 12/.083 64/.448 3/.000 97/.280 .704

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 215/.570 76/.739 99/.712 50/1.204 108/.809 88/.395 35/.499 75/.612 6/1.000 354/.718 .715

Home 188/.689 91/.744 92/.660 50/.835 120/.935 69/.534 28/.419 64/.318 6/.733 267/.629

Last 28d days 109/.562 36/.497 51/.575 3/.000 60/.987 37/.249 47/.388 32/.388 6/.733 128/.657

HR/SB/CS 10/6/2 2/0/0 2/6/1 7/1/2 5/11/0 1/2/1 1/1/0 2/4/3 0/1/0 7/9/5 81/66/24

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

Rangers Batters (5.27 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (5.04 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 51.Talbot
G/S/vB 57.Ambriz
G/S/vB 56.Herrmann
G/S/vB 54.Perez
G/S/vB 53.Perez*
G/S/vB 46.Sipp*
G/S/vB 38.Smith
G/S/vB 37.Westbrook
G/S/vB 34.Wood
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Andrus G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 361/264 .290/.371/.332/.704 .704/.703 .739 106/.599 22/10 0/10

14.Arias G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 83/58 .284/.293/.333/.626 .708/.592 .638 17/.529 1/0 0/2

3.Blanco# G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 6/.400 1/2.000 71/46 .254/.329/.286/.614 .432/.711 .674 19/1.003 0/1 0/3

29.Borbon* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 260/198 .281/.314/.376/.690 .656/.699 .724 85/.913 8/6 3/2

17.Cruz G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 1/.000 5/1.400 1/.000 1/.000 9/.555 1/.000 182/119 .308/.368/.610/.978 1.040/.945 1.115 56/.651 8/2 11/1

27.Guerrero G/S/vP ··· 3/1.666 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.666 1/2.000 3/.666 26/.865 16/1.317 336/244 .330/.375/.569/.944 1.043/.906 1.012 97/.980 4/3 19/2

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 9/.583 1/no AB 2/2.000 ··· ··· 348/233 .342/.386/.621/1.007 .783/1.118 1.147 102/1.271 6/1 21/3

5.Kinsler G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/no AB 3/1.334 ··· 2/3.500 9/.847 ··· 266/202 .306/.411/.414/.826 1.083/.747 .933 104/.974 8/3 3/1

11.Molina G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 4/.000 5/.000 2/1.000 235/164 .256/.311/.326/.636 .849/.548 .724 61/.656 0/0 3/1

7.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 8/1.375 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 215/144 .265/.311/.383/.694 .752/.665 .741 45/.876 3/1 3/1

12.Smoak# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 267/182 .211/.322/.361/.683 .484/.780 .689 101/.638 1/0 8/4

15.Treanor G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 2/1.000 191/129 .227/.310/.362/.672 .504/.755 .677 56/.589 1/1 5/2

10.Young G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 6/.666 ··· 5/.000 30/1.060 ··· 373/269 .306/.351/.484/.835 .940/.794 .926 105/.834 3/2 11/12

IP 102.2 26.2 13.2 33.0 28.1 28.0 14.0 102.0 18.2 TOTAL .281/.345/.431/.775 .739/.791 .844 .822 66/30 86/61

ERA-K/9

3.86/4.4

6.08/6.1

2.63/5.9

2.73/7.4

4.45/5.7

5.79/9.6

5.79/8.4

4.59/4.9

6.27/8.7

4.65/5.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Molina (52-15-3)
Treanor (32-16-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 428/.261 126/.357 53/.265 141/.207 130/.333 130/.275 63/.259 441/.280 85/.257 .278 Hamilton
Murphy
Cruz
Borbon
Guerrero 69/17/0/6
22/1/40/5
1/0/42/3
0/72/0/1
0/0/12/1

OPS .721 1.001 .737 .682 .809 .924 .892 .767 .812 .772

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 195/.642 58/.637 22/.749 49/1.104 52/.912 57/.922 16/.938 206/.748 43/.686 .772

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 233/.782 68/1.325 31/.729 92/.468 78/.737 73/.925 47/.874 235/.781 42/.923 .772

Road 210/.603 58/1.293 35/.824 68/.828 87/.763 67/1.086 48/1.101 229/.778 34/.502

Last 28d days 129/.709 42/.998 42/.894 43/.554 38/.649 38/1.022 30/.693 133/.735 38/.672

HR/SB/CS 8/2/8 5/1/0 1/1/2 4/3/0 1/3/0 6/4/2 3/1/0 10/9/4 3/1/0 68/59/24

Usage ····X··· XXo·X··· ·X···oX· ·o·X··X· o··Xo··o ··Xoo··o ·X·o··oo ···X···· ···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.