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Game Preview: TEX @ HOU, 8:05pm, Thursday, June 30, 2011 @Minute Maid Park

Rangers, 43-38, 43-38 1st, 1½ up

SP: Matt Harrison (25, LHP, 6-6, 3.00)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (6-6) 84.0 72 34 28 34 52 7 3.00
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 3-2 44.2 36 13 9 15 28 2 1.81 59
2011-06-24 NYM W 7.0 7 1 1 1 4 0 106 62
2011-06-18 @ATL ND 6.1 3 3 1 1 6 1 102 64
2011-06-12 @MIN L 6.0 5 2 1 3 3 0 75 56
2011-06-07 DET L 4.0 8 4 3 2 5 0 89 35
2011-05-28 KCR W 6.0 5 0 0 1 1 0 99 62
2011-05-22 @PHI W 8.1 5 0 0 3 3 0 117 73
2011-05-17 @CHW ND 7.0 3 3 3 4 6 1 108 61
Last 5 v.HOU 0-0 5.0 6 3 3 3 3 1 5.40 43
2009-06-17 HOU ND 5.0 6 3 3 3 3 1 86 43
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   23-16   Road:   20-22   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  29-27   vsLHP:  14-11   1-Run:  10-12
 vsEast: 10-12   vsCntrl:16-11   vsWest:  9-9  IL: 8-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 81 Wed, Jun 29  @HOU  W   3-2       43-38  1st  1.5 up
 80 Tue, Jun 28  @HOU  W   7-3       42-38  1st  1.5 up
 79 Sun, Jun 26   NYM  L   5-8       41-38  1st  1.5 up
 78 Sat, Jun 25   NYM  L   5-14      41-37  1st  2.0 up
 77 Fri, Jun 24   NYM  W   8-1       41-36  1st  2.5 up
 76 Wed, Jun 22   HOU  L   3-5       40-36  1st  2.0 up
 75 Tue, Jun 21   HOU  W   5-4 (11)  40-35  1st  2.0 up
 74 Mon, Jun 20   HOU  W   8-3       39-35  1st  1.0 up
 73 Sun, Jun 19  @ATL  L   2-4       38-35  1st  0.5 up
 72 Sat, Jun 18  @ATL  W   5-4 (10)  38-34  1st  1.5 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:17-13
Astros, 28-53, 28-53 6th, 16 GB, 18½ GB in WC

SP: Wandy Rodriguez (32, LHP, 5-4, 3.21)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (5-4) 84.0 87 30 30 23 69 11 3.21
2010 (11-12) 195.0 183 95 78 68 178 16 3.60
2009 (14-12) 205.2 192 77 69 63 193 21 3.02
Last 7 GS 4-1 46.0 41 12 12 14 36 7 2.35 59
2011-06-24 TBR L 6.0 6 5 5 2 5 2 107 43
2011-06-18 @LAD W 6.0 7 0 0 1 6 0 103 63
2011-06-13 ATL W 6.0 2 0 0 4 5 0 95 69
2011-05-22 @TOR W 6.0 6 2 2 3 6 2 93 55
2011-05-17 @ATL ND 8.0 5 0 0 2 6 0 113 76
2011-05-11 CIN ND 7.0 10 3 3 0 4 2 114 49
2011-05-06 @PIT W 7.0 5 2 2 2 4 1 108 61
Last 5 v.TEX 3-2 26.1 26 19 19 13 25 3 6.49 45
2010-06-18 TEX L 3.0 4 6 6 4 2 0 68 25
2009-06-16 @TEX L 4.0 6 6 6 5 4 3 103 25
2008-06-26 TEX W 8.0 5 1 1 0 9 0 105 77
2007-05-19 TEX W 6.0 4 1 1 2 7 0 97 65
2006-07-02 @TEX W 5.1 7 5 5 2 3 0 96 35
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   13-30   Road:   15-23   ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:  16-41   vsLHP:  12-12   1-Run:  10-14
 vsEast:  5-13   vsCntrl:13-22   vsWest:  7-10 IL: 3-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 81 Wed, Jun 29   TEX  L   2-3       28-53  6th 16.0 gb
 80 Tue, Jun 28   TEX  L   3-7       28-52  6th 16.0 gb
 79 Sun, Jun 26   TBR  L  10-14      28-51  6th 16.0 gb
 78 Sat, Jun 25   TBR  L   2-7       28-50  6th 15.0 gb
 77 Fri, Jun 24   TBR  L   1-5       28-49  6th 14.0 gb
 76 Wed, Jun 22  @TEX  W   5-3       28-48  6th 13.0 gb
 75 Tue, Jun 21  @TEX  L   4-5 (11)  27-48  6th 14.0 gb
 74 Mon, Jun 20  @TEX  L   3-8       27-47  6th 13.5 gb
 73 Sun, Jun 19  @LAD  L   0-1       27-46  6th 13.0 gb
 72 Sat, Jun 18  @LAD  W   7-0       27-45  6th 13.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30: 9-21

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jun 29, 2011 TEX  3 @HOU  2        W:Colby Lewis (7-7), L: Brett Myers (3-7), S: Neftali Feliz (16)
Tue, Jun 28, 2011 TEX  7 @HOU  3        W:C. J. Wilson (8-3), L: Jordan Lyles (0-3), S: Neftali Feliz (15)
Wed, Jun 22, 2011 HOU  5 @TEX  3        W:Mark Melancon (5-1), L: Neftali Feliz (0-1), S: none
Tue, Jun 21, 2011 TEX  5  HOU  4 (11)   W:Yoshinori Tateyama (1-0), L: Enerio Del Rosario (0-2), S: none
Mon, Jun 20, 2011 TEX  8  HOU  3        W:Derek Holland (6-2), L: J. A. Happ (3-9), S: none

Sun, Jun 27, 2010 TEX 10  HOU  1        W:Tommy Hunter (4-0), L: Roy Oswalt (5-10), S: none
Sat, Jun 26, 2010 TEX  7  HOU  2        W:C. J. Wilson (6-3), L: Josh Banks (0-1), S: none
Fri, Jun 25, 2010 HOU  7 @TEX  4        W:Brian Moehler (1-4), L: Colby Lewis (7-5), S: Matt Lindstrom (18)
Sun, Jun 20, 2010 TEX  5 @HOU  4 (10)   W:Chris Ray (2-0), L: Casey Daigle (0-1), S: Neftali Feliz (19)
Sat, Jun 19, 2010 TEX  5 @HOU  1        W:Colby Lewis (7-4), L: Brian Moehler (0-4), S: none
Season Series: 2011 - TEX over 4-1; 2010 - TEX won 5-1; 2009 - TEX won 5-1; All-Time - TEX leads 37-28

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

NYY  5.33

CHC  4.10

SEA  3.42

 RA/G

PHI  3.19

LAD  4.22

HOU  5.07

 BA

A. Gonzalez  .356

K. Youkilis  .269

A. Dunn  .173

 OBP

J. Bautista  .473

A. Ramirez  .335

C. Figgins  .232

 SLG

J. Bautista  .667

C. Lee  .413

C. Figgins  .249

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.139

D. Murphy  .754

C. Figgins  .481

 ERA

J. Weaver  1.97

J. Niese  3.67

F. Carmona  5.89

 K/9IP

C. Kershaw  9.87

B. Anderson  6.59

C. Pavano  3.74

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Rangers Batters (4.69 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.07 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Rodriguez*
G/S/vB		 58.Abad*
G/S/vB		 66.Del Rosario
G/S/vB		 52.Escalona*
G/S/vB		 59.Lopez
G/S/vB		 54.Melancon
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 319/235 .278/.323/.347/.670 .658/.674 .662 85/.747 22/3 3/14
29.Beltre G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 343/256 .262/.306/.454/.760 .954/.698 .684 104/.776 0/1 14/9
3.Blanco# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 62/42 .211/.250/.316/.566 .652/.526 .526 32/.438 0/1 1/2
9.Chavez* G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 90/75 .317/.364/.512/.876 1.072/.836 1.005 45/.614 3/0 2/0
17.Cruz G/S/vP 9/.611 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 261/197 .237/.287/.515/.802 1.037/.725 .666 97/.812 4/2 18/5
23.Gentry G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 75/35 .270/.370/.349/.719 .631/.820 .663 28/.944 9/0 0/1
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 2/.000 1/5.000 1/.000 1/no AB 193/138 .290/.347/.517/.864 .755/.908 .871 101/.943 4/1 8/1
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 15/2.118 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 350/251 .243/.360/.435/.795 .752/.813 .633 103/.871 15/2 11/7
18.Moreland* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· ··· 2/5.000 264/195 .287/.352/.481/.833 .516/.946 .763 79/.684 2/1 11/3
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 4/2.250 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 226/161 .233/.310/.317/.627 .417/.712 .560 42/.627 5/5 4/2
2.Teagarden G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 23/20 .190/.261/.190/.451 .000/.522 .384 18/.513 0/0 0/0
8.Torrealba G/S/vP 8/.125 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 215/146 .262/.294/.371/.666 .663/.667 .613 62/.935 0/1 3/4
10.Young G/S/vP 15/.718 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/3.000 343/254 .318/.353/.472/.824 .994/.765 .733 101/.736 4/1 7/2
IP 84.0 17.2 35.1 13.0 36.0 37.2 TOTAL .265/.326/.431/.757 .771/.752 .689 .767 75/21 95/63
ERA-K/9 3.21/7.4 6.11/7.1 5.09/5.4 2.08/8.3 3.00/7.5 3.11/7.9 4.66/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Teagarden (5-6-1)
 Torrealba (32-16-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 356/.264 87/.303 161/.289 53/.222 151/.246 160/.260 .269  Murphy
 Cruz
 Hamilton
 Blanco
 Chavez
 Moreland
 Gentry
52/13/2/5
18/0/55/4
25/13/0/2
0/0/1/1
1/16/5/1
0/0/33/0
0/25/3/0
OPS .744 .898 .767 .638 .665 .691 .778
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 83/.609 39/.572 61/.871 32/.544 60/.828 66/.676 .824
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 273/.784 48/1.205 100/.704 21/.782 91/.556 94/.701 .752
Home 163/.757 45/1.053 86/.809 32/.523 91/.760 73/.706
Last 28d days 74/.674 18/.824 52/.970 27/.671 49/.670 47/1.007
HR/SB/CS 11/7/1 4/1/0 3/5/1 1/3/0 2/1/1 3/3/1 99/70/17
Usage ·····X·· ····X··· ·o··X··· ···oX··· X··X···o ···X···X
Astros Batters (3.96 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.38 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 54.Harrison*
G/S/vB		 47.Bush
G/S/vB		 30.Feliz
G/S/vB		 44.Kirkman*
G/S/vB		 57.Lowe
G/S/vB		 28.Oliver*
G/S/vB		 53.Rhodes*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
12.Barmes G/S/vP ··· 9/.889 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 210/155 .226/.306/.344/.650 .574/.677 .530 86/.625 0/0 3/3
19.Bogusevic* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 31/29 .222/.323/.222/.545 .500/.541 .582 0/ 1/0 0/0
21.Bourn* G/S/vP 5/1.100 26/.878 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 6/.833 351/259 .288/.354/.399/.753 .695/.774 .766 100/.858 34/4 1/2
22.Corporan# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 52/35 .188/.216/.250/.466 .878/.269 .559 52/.466 0/0 0/2
16.Downs G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 102/84 .279/.382/.593/.975 .347/1.117 1.118 35/1.207 0/0 6/3
23.Johnson G/S/vP 1/2.000 11/1.545 2/1.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 283/210 .244/.283/.402/.685 .578/.722 .600 86/.777 2/2 6/8
8.Keppinger G/S/vP 4/.000 31/.651 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.333 124/94 .314/.333/.415/.749 1.090/.638 .688 96/.682 0/1 2/2
45.Lee G/S/vP 5/2.467 29/.670 3/1.667 ··· 3/.000 10/1.078 5/1.933 327/249 .267/.315/.413/.728 .900/.675 .763 103/.820 3/2 6/3
4.Michaels G/S/vP 2/.000 6/.567 3/.666 ··· 4/1.000 4/1.750 2/1.500 81/43 .208/.247/.273/.520 .695/.359 .577 38/.560 0/0 1/0
9.Pence G/S/vP 3/1.000 29/.879 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 331/249 .314/.356/.485/.842 .705/.886 .887 78/.792 4/0 9/4
36.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· 6/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 191/146 .250/.308/.310/.618 .607/.619 .591 23/.499 2/0 1/6
46.Towles G/S/vP ··· 5/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 134/90 .195/.278/.322/.600 .561/.620 .640 32/.476 0/0 3/4
29.Wallace* G/S/vP ··· 8/.375 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 290/232 .291/.377/.414/.792 .540/.857 .912 84/.617 1/1 4/5
IP 84.0 36.1 29.2 22.0 25.0 30.0 17.2 TOTAL .260/.315/.381/.697 .693/.698 .718 .682 66/15 45/61
ERA-K/9 3.00/5.6 5.45/5.7 3.03/6.7 6.95/6.5 3.96/8.6 2.40/7.8 4.58/6.6 3.89/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Corporan (12-3-1)
 Towles (31-4-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 341/.238 160/.301 124/.210 99/.256 112/.293 129/.239 78/.296 .253  Pence
 Lee
 Bourn
 Michaels
 Bogusevic
0/0/75/6
61/0/0/6
0/77/0/3
16/0/3/1
7/0/0/0
OPS .666 .786 .690 .821 .805 .613 .880 .725
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 83/.830 88/.768 69/.549 41/.639 47/.954 51/.614 35/.710 .793
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 258/.611 72/.809 55/.882 58/.954 65/.701 78/.611 43/1.006 .679
Road 170/.614 81/.582 57/.786 45/.739 54/.963 58/.725 38/.813
Last 28d days 96/.679 52/.792 36/.778 65/.778 53/.891 36/.610 21/.929
HR/SB/CS 7/1/2 5/8/1 4/0/2 3/1/0 3/1/1 3/3/2 4/1/0 90/45/26
Usage ·····X·· ····X··o Xo·o···X ····X··· oX·X·X·· o····X·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.