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Game Preview: LAA @ TEX, 8:05pm, Saturday, July 24, 2010 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Angels, 51-48, 51-48 2nd, 7 GB, 8 GB in WC

SP: Ervin Santana (27, RHP, 8-7, 3.63)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (8-7)			129.0	126	55	52	40	107	15	3.63
2009 (8-8)			139.2	159	83	78	47	107	24	5.03
2008 (16-7)			219.0	198	89	85	47	214	23	3.49

Last 7 GS		2-4	47.0	46	23	22	16	37	3	4.21	52
2010-07-18	SEA	ND	7.0	3	1	1	4	7	0	117	70
2010-07-08	@CHW	L	8.0	3	1	1	3	4	0	104	73
2010-07-03	KCR	L	8.1	7	4	4	2	4	0	114	55
2010-06-27	COL	W	6.2	8	3	3	1	7	1	120	52
2010-06-22	LAD	W	7.0	8	3	3	2	6	1	116	53
2010-06-15	MIL	L	5.0	10	6	6	2	6	1	103	27
2010-06-10	@OAK	L	5.0	7	5	4	2	3	0	107	36

Last 5 v.TEX		3-2	33.2	39	20	20	6	24	7	5.35	47
2009-09-28	TEX	W	9.0	7	0	0	1	2	0	112	74
2009-07-08	TEX	L	4.0	7	5	5	1	4	3	79	31
2008-09-27	TEX	L	5.2	10	8	8	1	5	2	106	21
2008-08-29	TEX	W	8.0	5	1	1	1	7	0	108	74
2008-07-07	@TEX	W	7.0	10	6	6	2	6	2	105	37

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

 Home:   27-21   Road:   24-27   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  36-30   vsLHP:  15-18   1-Run:  17-13
 vsEast: 10-11   vsCntrl:11-16   vsWest: 19-14 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 99 Fri, Jul 23  @TEX  L   0-1       51-48  2nd  7.0 gb
 98 Thu, Jul 22  @TEX  L   2-3       51-47  2nd  6.0 gb
 97 Wed, Jul 21  @NYY  L   6-10      51-46  2nd  5.0 gb
 96 Tue, Jul 20  @NYY  W  10-2       51-45  2nd  5.0 gb
 95 Sun, Jul 18   SEA  L   1-2 (10)  50-45  2nd  4.5 gb
 94 Sat, Jul 17   SEA  W   7-6       50-44  2nd  3.5 gb
 93 Fri, Jul 16   SEA  W   3-2       49-44  2nd  4.5 gb
 92 Thu, Jul 15   SEA  W   8-3       48-44  2nd  4.5 gb
 91 Sun, Jul 11  @OAK  L   2-5       47-44  2nd  4.5 gb
 90 Sat, Jul 10  @OAK  L   1-15      47-43  2nd  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:14-16

Rangers, 57-40, 57-40 1st, 7 up

SP: Scott Feldman (27, RHP, 5-8, 5.48)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. LAA Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (5-8)			113.1	147	78	69	35	64	14	5.48
2009 (17-8)			189.2	178	87	86	65	113	18	4.08
2008 (6-8)			151.1	161	103	89	56	74	22	5.29

Last 7 GS		2-2	42.2	57	25	24	11	25	5	5.06	44
2010-07-19	@DET	ND	5.0	7	5	5	2	1	3	86	32
2010-07-09	BAL	ND	7.0	8	2	2	0	2	0	94	55
2010-07-04	CHW	L	6.0	8	5	4	1	1	1	83	38
2010-06-29	@LAA	L	5.2	9	5	5	3	2	1	106	30
2010-06-24	PIT	ND	6.0	12	5	5	1	7	0	104	34
2010-06-18	@HOU	W	7.0	9	3	3	1	6	0	113	52
2010-06-12	@MIL	W	6.0	4	0	0	3	6	0	105	67

Last 5 v.LAA		3-2	28.0	34	18	18	12	19	3	5.79	43
2010-06-29	@LAA	L	5.2	9	5	5	3	2	1	106	30
2009-09-29	@LAA	L	3.2	7	4	4	3	3	1	88	31
2009-09-19	LAA	W	6.2	4	2	2	1	4	1	92	61
2009-08-07	@LAA	W	6.0	8	4	4	3	7	0	121	44
2009-06-30	LAA	W	6.0	6	3	3	2	3	0	116	49

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

 Home:   33-19   Road:   24-21   ExtrInn: 6-5 
 vsRHP:  39-27   vsLHP:  18-13   1-Run:  18-14
 vsEast:  9-16   vsCntrl:18-13   vsWest: 16-7  IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 97 Fri, Jul 23   LAA  W   1-0       57-40  1st  7.0 up
 96 Thu, Jul 22   LAA  W   3-2       56-40  1st  6.0 up
 95 Wed, Jul 21  @DET  L   1-4       55-40  1st  5.0 up
 94 Tue, Jul 20  @DET  W   8-0       55-39  1st  5.0 up
 93 Mon, Jul 19  @DET  W   8-6 (14)  54-39  1st  5.0 up
 92 Sun, Jul 18  @BOS  W   4-2       53-39  1st  4.5 up
 91 Sat, Jul 17  @BOS  L   2-3 (11)  52-39  1st  3.5 up
 90 Fri, Jul 16  @BOS  W   8-4       52-38  1st  4.5 up
 89 Thu, Jul 15  @BOS  W   7-2       51-38  1st  4.5 up
 88 Sun, Jul 11   BAL  L   1-4       50-38  1st  4.5 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jul 23, 2010 TEX  1  LAA  0        W:C.J. Wilson (9-5), L: Joe Saunders (6-10), S: Neftali Feliz (27)
Thu, Jul 22, 2010 TEX  3  LAA  2        W:Cliff Lee (9-4), L: Jered Weaver (9-6), S: Neftali Feliz (26)
Thu, Jul 01, 2010 LAA  2  TEX  1        W:Jered Weaver (8-3), L: C.J. Wilson (6-4), S: Brian Fuentes (15)
Wed, Jun 30, 2010 TEX  6 @LAA  4        W:Dustin Nippert (3-3), L: Scott Kazmir (7-7), S: Neftali Feliz (21)
Tue, Jun 29, 2010 LAA  6  TEX  5        W:Joel Pineiro (8-6), L: Scott Feldman (5-7), S: Brian Fuentes (14)
Tue, May 18, 2010 TEX  8  LAA  7        W:Darren O'Day (1-1), L: Trevor Bell (1-1), S: Neftali Feliz (11)
Mon, May 17, 2010 TEX  4  LAA  3        W:Derek Holland (2-0), L: Scott Kazmir (2-4), S: Neftali Feliz (10)

Thu, Oct 01, 2009 TEX 11 @LAA  3        W:Kevin Millwood (13-10), L: Trevor Bell (1-2), S: none
Wed, Sep 30, 2009 LAA  5  TEX  0        W:Matt Palmer (11-2), L: Derek Holland (8-13), S: none
Tue, Sep 29, 2009 LAA  5  TEX  2        W:Sean O'Sullivan (4-2), L: Scott Feldman (17-7), S: Brian Fuentes (46)
Season Series: 2010 - TEX over 5-2; 2009 - TEX won 11-8; 2008 - LAA won 12-7; All-Time - LAA leads 386-363

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 5.44

DET 4.51

SEA 3.31

RA/G

SDP 3.51

COL 4.36

ARI 5.64

J. Hamilton .354

J. Werth .280

L. Valbuena .166

OBP

J. Morneau .437

B. DeWitt .354

B. Wood .185

SLG

M. Cabrera .650

N. Walker .463

B. Wood .225

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.070

A. Gonzalez .808

B. Wood .411

ERA

J. Johnson 1.61

M. Talbot 3.89

N. Blackburn 6.53

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.01

K. Millwood 6.79

N. Blackburn 3.09

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Angels Batters (4.54 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.14 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 39.Feldman
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 Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

53.Abreu* G/S/vP 24/.625 4/.000 5/.200 ··· 1/3.000 7/1.914 ··· ··· 17/.588 14/.445 420/278 .253/.345/.402/.747 .628/.810 .684 90/.643 16/8 10/6

22.Aldridge* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/9 .077/.077/.231/.308 .000/.444 .364 13/.308 0/0 0/0

2.Aybar# G/S/vP 16/1.167 5/.000 5/.400 ··· 2/2.000 5/.900 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 17/.352 396/276 .284/.339/.365/.704 .659/.723 .772 99/.772 15/7 3/11

18.Frandsen G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 150/104 .288/.336/.367/.702 .721/.694 .579 53/.418 2/0 0/5

48.Hunter G/S/vP 22/.889 4/.250 9/.756 5/2.100 3/.666 13/.808 3/.000 1/.000 13/.490 15/1.600 395/270 .287/.372/.493/.865 .831/.880 .957 91/.844 8/10 15/1

13.Izturis# G/S/vP 12/.817 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 6/.500 1/2.000 ··· ··· 11/.955 127/104 .250/.331/.411/.741 .698/.751 .879 9/1.333 4/1 3/1

47.Kendrick G/S/vP 16/.975 3/.000 5/2.000 2/1.000 1/.000 5/1.200 5/.200 ··· 2/.500 17/.853 417/291 .272/.310/.403/.712 .664/.733 .644 100/.697 9/2 7/7

5.Mathis G/S/vP 11/.664 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 5/.650 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/.733 112/77 .229/.252/.324/.576 .550/.588 .483 52/.486 2/0 2/4

55.Matsui* G/S/vP 6/.334 1/no AB 9/.730 7/1.571 ··· 5/.600 1/.000 ··· 7/.000 15/.421 362/248 .249/.329/.410/.739 .580/.815 .735 75/.625 0/0 12/0

41.McAnulty* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 24/24 .136/.208/.273/.481 /.481 .067 24/.481 0/0 1/1

44.Napoli G/S/vP 22/1.355 4/.250 5/.000 ··· ··· 8/.375 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 16/.683 321/224 .258/.327/.502/.829 1.078/.721 .836 75/.938 3/2 18/7

20.Rivera G/S/vP 22/.332 1/.000 8/2.482 ··· 3/.000 8/1.089 5/.800 1/.000 ··· 15/1.181 309/203 .257/.311/.426/.737 .733/.739 .805 59/.736 2/2 11/5

77.Willits# G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 4/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 7/.572 98/62 .253/.347/.277/.624 .722/.571 .588 31/.573 1/2 0/1

46.Wilson G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 56/49 .220/.291/.420/.711 .714/.708 .740 12/1.255 0/0 2/0

3.Wood G/S/vP 7/1.238 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 184/124 .168/.185/.225/.411 .449/.392 .368 25/.428 1/0 3/8

IP 113.1 42.1 43.2 122.2 21.1 42.0 38.2 19.0 42.0 127.2 TOTAL .256/.319/.402/.721 .692/.735 .720 .692 65/35 99/79

ERA-K/9

5.48/5.1

3.61/10.0

3.92/10.9

3.52/8.6

6.33/4.2

5.36/8.4

1.40/6.0

1.42/7.1

1.29/9.9

3.03/6.7

3.81/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Mathis (22-6-3)
Napoli (40-17-5)
Wilson (11-1-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 515/.313 171/.188 186/.262 506/.216 95/.353 204/.314 149/.195 76/.156 154/.181 527/.203 .242 Rivera
Willits
Abreu
Matsui
Hunter
Aldridge
Frandsen 70/1/12/6
21/22/5/5
0/0/86/5
16/0/0/1
0/90/0/1
1/0/4/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .846 .581 .686 .638 1.056 .906 .519 .470 .518 .603 .704

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 241/.802 78/.419 74/.594 250/.651 42/.870 91/.954 48/.747 23/.317 72/.443 109/.277 .689

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 274/.885 93/.715 112/.742 256/.625 53/1.211 113/.867 101/.410 53/.538 82/.589 418/.691 .714

Home 261/.825 106/.751 102/.679 215/.695 50/.835 126/.972 77/.519 40/.495 71/.348 317/.602

Last 28d days 109/.920 42/.680 45/.585 107/.712 10/.400 35/1.185 31/.480 47/.558 27/.606 125/.532

HR/SB/CS 14/11/8 4/0/0 3/7/1 13/6/2 7/1/2 6/11/0 1/2/1 1/2/0 2/4/3 7/10/5 99/69/24

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

Rangers Batters (5.10 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (4.70 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 54.Santana
G/S/vB 70.Bell
G/S/vB 40.Fuentes*
G/S/vB 65.Jepsen
G/S/vB 37.O'Sullivan
G/S/vB 56.Rodney
G/S/vB 45.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 62.Shields
G/S/vB 63.Thompson
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Andrus G/S/vP 5/.400 3/2.000 2/.000 5/.000 5/.000 4/.833 2/.500 ··· 5/.800 425/311 .274/.357/.315/.672 .677/.670 .688 99/.558 24/12 0/11

14.Arias G/S/vP 7/1.143 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 86/59 .277/.294/.325/.619 .706/.582 .627 12/.697 1/0 0/2

3.Blanco# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 77/51 .239/.329/.269/.598 .414/.691 .641 13/.916 0/1 0/4

29.Borbon* G/S/vP 4/.833 3/.666 2/.000 2/1.000 6/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/3.000 297/227 .272/.306/.359/.665 .632/.674 .696 67/.525 9/6 3/2

17.Cruz G/S/vP 16/.563 1/3.000 1/.000 4/.000 6/.533 4/.833 2/.000 7/2.171 2/1.000 240/164 .329/.383/.592/.975 1.088/.921 1.053 91/.839 12/3 12/2

19.Davis* G/S/vP 12/1.242 2/1.000 2/.500 1/.000 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 5/.650 2/1.000 99/73 .189/.253/.256/.508 .448/.529 .645 46/.453 2/0 0/2

27.Guerrero G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/2.750 1/5.000 1/3.000 9/1.306 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· 391/285 .313/.363/.530/.893 1.019/.846 .948 94/.836 4/4 20/2

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 15/.333 ··· 3/.000 4/1.250 1/no AB 4/.833 2/3.000 1/.000 2/1.500 408/277 .354/.398/.630/1.028 .753/1.158 1.148 98/1.093 7/1 23/3

5.Kinsler G/S/vP 27/1.022 2/.000 2/.000 5/.650 6/.833 7/1.142 1/2.000 10/.522 7/1.571 328/252 .304/.391/.429/.820 1.039/.755 .907 102/.962 9/4 6/4

11.Molina G/S/vP 6/.900 ··· 7/.858 ··· 3/1.334 4/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 271/195 .255/.307/.352/.660 .909/.566 .689 60/.696 0/0 5/1

7.Murphy* G/S/vP 10/.700 2/.500 3/.000 2/2.000 5/2.000 4/.666 1/.000 4/1.000 6/.533 250/167 .259/.317/.379/.697 .694/.698 .750 45/.681 4/1 4/1

15.Treanor G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 211/141 .225/.304/.352/.656 .461/.755 .651 36/.587 1/1 5/2

10.Young G/S/vP 50/1.029 1/2.000 1/3.000 4/1.000 6/.900 12/.872 2/.000 33/.462 5/1.800 440/321 .302/.357/.487/.844 .993/.789 .943 101/.765 3/2 14/14

IP 129.0 19.1 28.1 34.0 13.0 38.1 25.0 31.2 3.2 TOTAL .278/.343/.426/.769 .742/.780 .823 .746 78/35 99/73

ERA-K/9

3.63/7.5

6.05/7.5

3.81/9.9

4.50/11.1

2.08/4.2

3.29/6.3

3.60/8.6

5.68/8.2

2.45/7.3

4.42/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Molina (54-15-3)
Treanor (33-16-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 550/.255 91/.349 116/.202 150/.244 49/.156 170/.248 107/.221 151/.279 17/.294 .263 Hamilton
Murphy
Cruz
Borbon
Guerrero 75/23/0/6
32/1/41/5
1/0/55/3
0/82/0/2
1/0/12/1

OPS .732 .826 .698 .675 .513 .717 .645 .807 .765 .755

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 302/.798 42/.692 30/.274 84/.679 22/.551 80/.733 44/.753 73/.742 8/.250 .735

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 248/.654 49/.939 86/.852 66/.668 27/.481 90/.702 63/.575 78/.867 9/1.222 .771

Road 257/.722 46/.771 45/.825 71/.678 35/.541 71/.774 56/.624 82/.823 17/.765

Last 28d days 120/.543 5/.800 22/.186 35/.719 31/.522 41/.844 49/.655 27/1.048 17/.765

HR/SB/CS 15/20/4 1/3/0 5/3/1 2/4/0 1/0/0 2/7/1 2/0/0 4/3/3 1/0/0 99/78/25

Usage ·····X·· ···X···· ·····ooo o····XX· ···X···· ·····Xoo ·X·X···· ··XX···· ··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.