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Game Preview: TEX @ DET, 7:05pm, Wednesday, August 3, 2011 @Comerica Park

Rangers, 61-49, 61-49 1st, 1 up

SP: Matt Harrison (25, LHP, 9-7, 2.94)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (9-7)			125.1	117	47	41	39	80	11	2.94
2010 (3-2)			78.1	80	45	41	39	46	10	4.71
2009 (4-5)			63.1	81	43	43	23	34	9	6.11

Last 7 GS		4-1	48.1	52	14	14	6	32	4	2.61	57
2011-07-28	MIN	W	7.1	8	1	1	1	2	0	114	59
2011-07-23	TOR	ND	6.2	8	4	4	0	8	1	101	50
2011-07-17	@SEA	W	7.2	5	1	1	1	4	0	106	68
2011-07-10	OAK	W	7.2	6	0	0	1	7	0	112	73
2011-07-05	BAL	ND	6.0	11	2	2	0	5	2	103	47
2011-06-30	@HOU	L	6.0	7	5	5	2	2	1	110	38
2011-06-24	NYM	W	7.0	7	1	1	1	4	0	106	62

Last 5 v.DET		0-3	20.2	34	19	18	12	15	4	7.84	33
2011-06-07	DET	L	4.0	8	4	3	2	5	0	89	35
2010-04-26	DET	ND	6.0	8	6	6	3	5	1	103	34
2009-05-20	@DET	L	5.0	9	5	5	2	3	3	94	30
2009-04-11	@DET	L	5.2	9	4	4	5	2	0	99	32

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

 Home:   35-21   Road:   26-28   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  43-33   vsLHP:  18-16   1-Run:  12-17
 vsEast: 16-15   vsCntrl:18-14   vsWest: 18-11 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
110 Tue, Aug  2  @DET  L   5-6       61-49  1st  1.0 up
109 Sun, Jul 31  @TOR  L   3-7       61-48  1st  2.0 up
108 Sat, Jul 30  @TOR  W   3-0       61-47  1st  2.0 up
107 Fri, Jul 29  @TOR  L   2-3       60-47  1st  2.0 up
106 Thu, Jul 28   MIN  W   4-1       60-46  1st  2.0 up
105 Wed, Jul 27   MIN  L   2-7       59-46  1st  2.0 up
104 Tue, Jul 26   MIN  L   8-9       59-45  1st  3.0 up
103 Mon, Jul 25   MIN  W  20-6       59-44  1st  4.0 up
102 Sun, Jul 24   TOR  L   0-3       58-44  1st  3.0 up
101 Sat, Jul 23   TOR  W   5-4       58-43  1st  4.0 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11

Tigers, 58-51, 58-51 1st, 3 up

SP: Doug Fister (27, RHP, 3-12, 3.33)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (3-12)			146.0	139	57	54	32	89	7	3.33
2010 (6-14)			171.0	187	85	78	32	93	13	4.11
2009 (3-4)			61.0	63	29	28	15	36	11	4.13

Last 7 GS		0-4	51.2	42	18	17	9	25	1	2.96	59
2011-07-26	@NYY	L	7.0	7	3	3	1	5	1	108	55
2011-07-21	@TOR	ND	6.0	5	5	4	3	4	0	106	45
2011-07-15	TEX	L	7.2	6	4	4	2	1	0	108	50
2011-07-07	@LAA	L	6.0	7	3	3	1	2	0	100	47
2011-07-02	SDP	L	9.0	6	1	1	1	7	0	113	77
2011-06-26	FLA	ND	8.0	8	1	1	0	3	0	111	65
2011-06-21	@WSN	ND	8.0	3	1	1	1	3	0	99	74

Last 5 v.TEX		1-3	32.0	36	17	17	5	10	4	4.78	46
2011-07-15	TEX	L	7.2	6	4	4	2	1	0	108	50
2010-09-19	TEX	W	7.0	9	1	1	0	2	1	95	57
2010-08-04	TEX	L	4.2	8	7	7	2	3	1	81	21
2010-05-02	TEX	ND	8.0	3	0	0	0	3	0	100	79
2009-09-13	@TEX	L	4.2	10	5	5	1	1	2	101	24

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

 Home:   32-24   Road:   26-27   ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:  38-38   vsLHP:  20-13   1-Run:  13-11
 vsEast: 13-12   vsCntrl:23-13   vsWest: 15-15 IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
109 Tue, Aug  2   TEX  W   6-5       58-51  1st  3.0 up
108 Sun, Jul 31   LAA  W   3-2       57-51  1st  2.5 up
107 Sat, Jul 30   LAA  L   1-5       56-51  1st  1.5 up
106 Fri, Jul 29   LAA  W  12-2       56-50  1st  2.5 up
105 Thu, Jul 28   LAA  L   7-12      55-50  1st  1.5 up
104 Wed, Jul 27  @CHW  L   1-2       55-49  1st  2.0 up
103 Tue, Jul 26  @CHW  W   5-4       55-48  1st  2.0 up
102 Mon, Jul 25  @CHW  L   3-6       54-48  1st  1.0 up
101 Sun, Jul 24  @MIN  W   5-2       54-47  1st  2.0 up
100 Sat, Jul 23  @MIN  L   1-4       53-47  1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Aug 02, 2011 DET  6  TEX  5        W:Joaquin Benoit (3-3), L: Mike Adams (3-2), S: Jose Valverde (29)
Wed, Jun 08, 2011 TEX  7  DET  3        W:Alexi Ogando (7-0), L: Phil Coke (1-6), S: none
Tue, Jun 07, 2011 DET  8 @TEX  1        W:Rick Porcello (6-3), L: Matt Harrison (5-5), S: none
Mon, Jun 06, 2011 DET 13 @TEX  7        W:Max Scherzer (7-2), L: Colby Lewis (5-6), S: none
Wed, Apr 13, 2011 DET  3  TEX  2        W:Jose Valverde (2-0), L: Darren Oliver (1-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 12, 2011 DET  5  TEX  4        W:Jose Valverde (1-0), L: Darren O'Day (0-1), S: none
Mon, Apr 11, 2011 TEX  2 @DET  0        W:Alexi Ogando (2-0), L: Justin Verlander (1-1), S: Neftali Feliz (4)

Wed, Sep 15, 2010 TEX 11  DET  7        W:Colby Lewis (11-12), L: Armando Galarraga (4-6), S: none
Tue, Sep 14, 2010 TEX 11  DET  4        W:Dustin Nippert (4-4), L: Robbie Weinhardt (1-2), S: none
Wed, Jul 21, 2010 DET  4  TEX  1        W:Max Scherzer (7-7), L: Colby Lewis (9-6), S: none
Season Series: 2011 - DET over 5-2; 2010 - TEX won 6-3; 2009 - DET won 7-2; All-Time - DET leads 343-287

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 2011 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 5.51 BAL 4.13 SEA 3.31	RA/G PHI 3.30 MIL 4.25 BAL 5.30	BA A. Gonzalez .356 M. Izturis .272 A. Dunn .165	OBP J. Bautista .460 A. Jones .333 A. Rios .251	SLG J. Bautista .662 C. Lee .426 C. Getz .286	OPS J. Bautista 1.121 C. Pena .764 A. Rios .545	ERA J. Cueto 1.72 E. Jackson 3.78 J. Happ 6.01	K/9IP B. Morrow 10.69 A. Ogando 6.70 C. Pavano 3.72

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

BOS 5.51

BAL 4.13

SEA 3.31

RA/G

PHI 3.30

MIL 4.25

BAL 5.30

A. Gonzalez .356

M. Izturis .272

A. Dunn .165

OBP

J. Bautista .460

A. Jones .333

A. Rios .251

SLG

J. Bautista .662

C. Lee .426

C. Getz .286

OPS

J. Bautista 1.121

C. Pena .764

A. Rios .545

ERA

J. Cueto 1.72

E. Jackson 3.78

J. Happ 6.01

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.69

A. Ogando 6.70

C. Pavano 3.72

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Rangers Batters (5.03 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.54 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS G/S/vB 53.Benoit
G/S/vB 34.Pauley
G/S/vB 55.Schlereth*
G/S/vB 46.Valverde
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Andrus G/S/vP 17/.368 2/1.000 5/.400 1/.000 5/.000 443/325 .280/.333/.345/.678 .718/.663 .684 92/.678 30/6 3/20

3.Blanco# G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 69/49 .219/.254/.359/.613 .652/.598 .461 4/.000 0/1 2/3

9.Chavez* G/S/vP 3/.833 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 7/1.096 164/132 .311/.344/.470/.814 1.017/.764 .860 58/.632 6/3 4/1

17.Cruz G/S/vP 12/1.318 2/3.500 8/1.225 ··· 3/.333 368/280 .264/.313/.543/.855 1.124/.772 .711 80/.897 6/4 24/6

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 10/.443 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 7/.453 317/222 .304/.353/.542/.895 .720/.972 .845 94/.928 6/1 13/4

5.Kinsler G/S/vP 13/.770 1/.000 5/.500 2/.500 5/.200 483/344 .241/.347/.433/.780 .742/.795 .633 101/.708 19/2 16/7

18.Moreland* G/S/vP 8/.250 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 360/267 .269/.329/.440/.769 .571/.837 .728 78/.669 2/2 13/3

7.Murphy* G/S/vP 13/1.231 3/.000 3/.666 1/.000 5/.650 274/195 .257/.321/.353/.675 .461/.761 .627 34/.807 6/6 5/4

25.Napoli G/S/vP 3/.000 5/1.933 4/.500 1/.000 1/no AB 235/140 .294/.391/.607/.998 1.059/.958 .977 63/1.415 2/2 16/2

12.Quintanilla* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/6 .091/.091/.273/.364 .000/.667 .000 11/.364 0/0 0/0

2.Teagarden G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 32/29 .267/.313/.333/.646 .000/.715 .421 4/.500 0/0 0/0

8.Torrealba G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 3/1.000 1/.000 9/1.181 289/195 .261/.295/.386/.681 .634/.703 .597 55/.762 0/1 4/7

10.Young G/S/vP 14/.572 3/.666 9/.777 ··· 6/1.000 464/340 .335/.373/.493/.866 .942/.838 .767 93/.949 4/2 9/4

IP 146.0 39.0 55.0 28.0 46.1 TOTAL .276/.333/.450/.783 .779/.785 .706 .819 99/33 132/91

ERA-K/9

3.33/5.5

4.62/8.1

2.13/5.6

4.50/8.4

2.91/8.2

4.24/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Napoli (9-5-0)
Teagarden (6-7-1)
Torrealba (44-20-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 602/.252 166/.284 216/.202 127/.225 200/.215 .260 Cruz
Murphy
Chavez
Hamilton
Blanco
Moreland 18/0/81/5
62/13/7/5
3/36/5/3
48/20/0/2
0/0/1/1
0/0/34/0

OPS .662 .733 .555 .782 .622 .726

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 333/.708 82/.838 94/.324 57/.531 114/.754 .732

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 269/.604 84/.626 122/.750 70/.998 86/.458 .720

Home 323/.630 92/.859 100/.387 64/.759 122/.640

Last 28d days 116/.625 25/.837 42/.860 9/.347 41/.599

HR/SB/CS 7/2/2 5/1/2 2/3/3 5/3/2 3/6/3 94/88/37

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

Tigers Batters (4.50 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.22 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 54.Harrison*
G/S/vB 37.Adams
G/S/vB 39.Feldman
G/S/vB 30.Feliz
G/S/vB 57.Lowe
G/S/vB 28.Oliver*
G/S/vB 19.Uehara
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Avila* G/S/vP 2/2.500 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 4/1.750 5/.400 2/.000 349/264 .281/.369/.478/.847 .688/.899 .907 72/.689 3/0 11/5

20.Betemit# G/S/vP 4/.750 ··· 3/.666 5/.000 2/.500 5/.600 2/1.000 258/179 .283/.341/.412/.753 .602/.822 .707 42/.702 3/1 4/6

26.Boesch* G/S/vP 5/1.100 1/5.000 5/.000 3/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 2/.500 417/310 .298/.353/.488/.841 .807/.852 .865 84/.753 5/3 16/3

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 14/.690 3/2.333 11/2.227 4/1.833 8/.500 5/.200 1/.000 463/342 .312/.425/.554/.979 .905/1.003 .919 92/.876 1/1 22/9

9.Guillen# G/S/vP 5/.200 ··· 12/1.027 ··· 8/2.036 17/.364 1/.000 58/42 .264/.293/.434/.727 .517/.810 .904 58/.727 0/1 2/1

14.Jackson G/S/vP 9/1.056 1/.000 6/.533 3/1.667 2/.000 4/.500 4/1.000 437/303 .246/.313/.359/.672 .729/.647 .655 59/.615 16/4 5/3

32.Kelly* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 187/171 .237/.290/.343/.633 .400/.655 .520 31/.651 2/0 3/4

41.Martinez# G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/no AB 4/3.000 2/1.000 3/1.667 10/.522 ··· 382/279 .320/.372/.444/.816 .729/.847 .801 90/.736 1/0 6/1

30.Ordonez G/S/vP 8/.875 1/no AB 16/.846 2/1.000 1/.000 14/.774 1/2.000 250/167 .236/.296/.314/.610 .647/.591 .686 77/.740 1/1 4/0

27.Peralta G/S/vP 4/.500 2/.000 12/.916 3/.000 6/.167 8/.500 3/.000 384/272 .317/.362/.524/.886 .894/.883 .913 73/.863 0/2 16/6

25.Raburn G/S/vP 10/2.256 1/.000 5/.650 3/1.000 1/2.000 2/.500 2/1.000 300/188 .219/.259/.371/.630 .731/.570 .580 38/.983 1/0 9/10

39.Santiago# G/S/vP 5/.200 ··· 3/.666 2/1.000 3/.666 4/.250 3/.666 159/124 .243/.296/.321/.617 .570/.630 .648 20/.874 0/0 1/2

IP 125.1 49.0 3.0 38.2 30.1 37.1 48.0 TOTAL .267/.333/.416/.748 .746/.749 .760 .748 38/15 107/73

ERA-K/9

2.94/5.7

1.29/9.2

3.00/3.0

3.26/6.3

3.86/8.3

2.17/8.0

1.69/12.0

3.76/7.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Avila (60-29-3)
Kelly (0-0-1)
Martinez (28-8-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 513/.250 185/.162 12/.167 161/.212 139/.295 155/.224 177/.150 .247 Ordonez
Boesch
Jackson
Raburn
Kelly 0/0/42/6
50/0/45/6
0/103/0/3
47/1/3/2
14/4/20/1

OPS .681 .490 .417 .666 .804 .573 .469 .706

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 125/.810 102/.563 6/.000 88/.575 58/.965 62/.618 97/.465 .757

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 388/.639 83/.400 6/.833 73/.782 81/.694 93/.540 80/.472 .675

Road 227/.621 96/.573 3/.000 64/.692 59/.911 64/.652 78/.530

Last 28d days 114/.606 37/.633 12/.417 28/.566 20/.812 21/.333 33/.242

HR/SB/CS 11/1/3 3/5/0 0/0/0 4/0/3 3/1/2 3/3/2 6/0/0 117/59/32

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

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.