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Game Preview: LAA @ TEX, 8:09pm, Sunday, August 28, 2011 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Angels, 72-60, 72-60 2nd, 2 GB, 7½ GB in WC

SP: Jered Weaver (28, RHP, 15-6, 2.03)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (15-6)			195.1	145	45	44	44	166	12	2.03
2010 (13-12)			224.1	187	83	75	54	233	23	3.01
2009 (16-8)			211.0	196	91	88	66	174	26	3.75

Last 7 GS		3-2	48.1	41	13	13	11	43	7	2.42	62
2011-08-24	CHW	W	7.0	4	0	0	2	8	0	96	75
2011-08-18	TEX	ND	7.0	6	1	1	1	5	1	116	65
2011-08-13	@TOR	L	4.2	8	8	8	2	3	3	94	17
2011-08-05	SEA	ND	9.0	7	0	0	1	8	0	127	80
2011-07-31	@DET	L	6.2	4	3	3	1	8	2	110	61
2011-07-26	@CLE	W	7.0	5	1	1	2	5	1	113	66
2011-07-21	TEX	W	7.0	7	0	0	2	6	0	122	67

Last 5 v.TEX		2-1	36.0	32	8	8	5	29	5	2.00	64
2011-08-18	TEX	ND	7.0	6	1	1	1	5	1	116	65
2011-07-21	TEX	W	7.0	7	0	0	2	6	0	122	67
2011-05-13	@TEX	L	6.0	7	4	4	1	6	2	107	47
2011-04-20	@TEX	W	9.0	6	1	1	0	8	0	119	79
2010-10-01	@TEX	ND	7.0	6	2	2	1	4	2	87	60

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

 Home:   38-28   Road:   34-32   ExtrInn: 8-11
 vsRHP:  47-38   vsLHP:  25-22   1-Run:  25-24
 vsEast: 16-18   vsCntrl:23-17   vsWest: 20-20 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
132 Sat, Aug 27  @TEX  W   8-4       72-60  2nd  2.0 gb
131 Fri, Aug 26  @TEX  L   7-11      71-60  2nd  3.0 gb
130 Wed, Aug 24   CHW  W   8-0       71-59  2nd  2.5 gb
129 Tue, Aug 23   CHW  W   5-4       70-59  2nd  3.5 gb
128 Sun, Aug 21   BAL  W   7-1       69-59  2nd  4.0 gb
127 Sat, Aug 20   BAL  W   9-8 (12)  68-59  2nd  5.0 gb
126 Fri, Aug 19   BAL  W   8-3       67-59  2nd  6.0 gb
125 Thu, Aug 18   TEX  W   2-1       66-59  2nd  6.0 gb
124 Wed, Aug 17   TEX  L   3-4       65-59  2nd  7.0 gb
123 Tue, Aug 16   TEX  L   3-7       65-58  2nd  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13

Rangers, 75-59, 75-59 1st, 2 up

SP: Colby Lewis (31, RHP, 11-9, 4.07)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. LAA Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (11-9)			165.2	152	80	75	47	137	30	4.07
2010 (12-13)			201.0	174	90	83	65	196	21	3.72
2007 (0-2)			37.2	44	28	27	14	23	7	6.45

Last 7 GS		2-2	44.0	41	21	20	12	33	7	4.09	52
2011-08-23	BOS	L	6.0	9	7	7	2	2	2	102	26
2011-08-18	@LAA	ND	7.0	4	0	0	2	7	0	112	74
2011-08-13	@OAK	W	6.1	3	1	1	0	8	0	101	71
2011-08-07	CLE	ND	7.1	5	3	3	1	3	1	108	58
2011-08-02	@DET	ND	4.0	10	5	4	3	3	1	85	24
2011-07-27	MIN	L	6.2	8	4	4	2	5	2	105	45
2011-07-22	TOR	W	6.2	2	1	1	2	5	1	105	69

Last 5 v.LAA		0-2	29.0	19	11	11	14	25	3	3.41	57
2011-08-18	@LAA	ND	7.0	4	0	0	2	7	0	112	74
2011-04-19	LAA	L	5.0	5	4	4	3	3	2	91	41
2010-10-03	LAA	ND	5.0	1	2	2	2	4	1	66	59
2010-09-21	@LAA	L	7.0	4	2	2	2	10	0	93	69
2004-04-12	ANA	ND	5.0	5	3	3	5	1	0	94	41

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

 Home:   41-27   Road:   34-32   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  55-40   vsLHP:  20-19   1-Run:  16-21
 vsEast: 17-18   vsCntrl:22-18   vsWest: 27-14 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
134 Sat, Aug 27   LAA  L   4-8       75-59  1st  2.0 up
133 Fri, Aug 26   LAA  W  11-7       75-58  1st  3.0 up
132 Thu, Aug 25   BOS  L   0-6       74-58  1st  2.0 up
131 Wed, Aug 24   BOS  L   2-13      74-57  1st  2.5 up
130 Tue, Aug 23   BOS  L   5-11      74-56  1st  3.5 up
129 Mon, Aug 22   BOS  W   4-0       74-55  1st  4.5 up
128 Sun, Aug 21  @CHW  L   0-10      73-55  1st  4.0 up
127 Sat, Aug 20  @CHW  L   2-3       73-54  1st  5.0 up
126 Fri, Aug 19  @CHW  W   7-4       73-53  1st  6.0 up
125 Thu, Aug 18  @LAA  L   1-2       72-53  1st  6.0 up
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Aug 27, 2011 LAA  8 @TEX  4        W:Ervin Santana (10-9), L: C.J. Wilson (13-6), S: Hisanori Takahashi (2)
Fri, Aug 26, 2011 TEX 11  LAA  7        W:Derek Holland (12-5), L: Dan Haren (13-7), S: none
Thu, Aug 18, 2011 LAA  2  TEX  1        W:Horacio Ramirez (1-0), L: Mike Adams (4-3), S: none
Wed, Aug 17, 2011 TEX  4 @LAA  3        W:C.J. Wilson (12-5), L: Ervin Santana (9-9), S: Neftali Feliz (24)
Tue, Aug 16, 2011 TEX  7 @LAA  3        W:Derek Holland (11-4), L: Tyler Chatwood (6-9), S: none
Mon, Aug 15, 2011 TEX  8 @LAA  4        W:Alexi Ogando (12-5), L: Bobby Cassevah (1-1), S: none
Thu, Jul 21, 2011 LAA  1  TEX  0        W:Jered Weaver (13-4), L: C.J. Wilson (10-4), S: Jordan Walden (23)
Wed, Jul 20, 2011 LAA  9  TEX  8        W:Hisanori Takahashi (3-2), L: Tommy Hunter (1-1), S: Jordan Walden (22)
Tue, Jul 19, 2011 TEX  7 @LAA  0        W:Alexi Ogando (10-3), L: Tyler Chatwood (5-6), S: none
Sun, May 15, 2011 TEX  5  LAA  4        W:Mark Lowe (1-0), L: Rich Thompson (1-2), S: Neftali Feliz (8)
Season Series: 2011 - TEX over 8-7; 2010 - TEX won 10-9; 2009 - TEX won 11-8; All-Time - LAA leads 400-376

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 5.51 TBR 4.24 SFG 3.39	RA/G PHI 3.31 ARI 4.25 BAL 5.25	BA A. Gonzalez .345 R. Weeks .272 A. Dunn .163	OBP J. Bautista .455 M. Moreland .336 V. Wells .249	SLG J. Bautista .646 R. Roberts .434 A. Dunn .289	OPS J. Bautista 1.102 G. Sanchez .771 A. Hill .576	ERA J. Cueto 2.03 K. Lohse 3.73 A. Burnett 5.31	K/9IP B. Morrow 10.42 R. Vogelsong 6.91 B. Penny 3.57

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY 5.51

TBR 4.24

SFG 3.39

RA/G

PHI 3.31

ARI 4.25

BAL 5.25

A. Gonzalez .345

R. Weeks .272

A. Dunn .163

OBP

J. Bautista .455

M. Moreland .336

V. Wells .249

SLG

J. Bautista .646

R. Roberts .434

A. Dunn .289

OPS

J. Bautista 1.102

G. Sanchez .771

A. Hill .576

ERA

J. Cueto 2.03

K. Lohse 3.73

A. Burnett 5.31

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.42

R. Vogelsong 6.91

B. Penny 3.57

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Angels Batters (4.02 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.34 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 48.Lewis
G/S/vB 37.Adams
G/S/vB 39.Feldman
G/S/vB 30.Feliz
G/S/vB 57.Lowe
G/S/vB 56.O'Day
G/S/vB 28.Oliver*
G/S/vB 22.Tateyama
G/S/vB 19.Uehara
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

53.Abreu* G/S/vP 11/.573 2/1.000 27/.600 6/.167 7/1.238 ··· 22/.654 2/.000 5/.400 505/351 .253/.361/.356/.717 .616/.763 .737 72/.614 17/4 6/1

2.Aybar# G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 19/1.304 8/.000 10/.600 3/1.334 5/.400 2/.000 3/.000 489/329 .261/.294/.384/.678 .548/.738 .705 89/.391 26/4 7/9

25.Bourjos G/S/vP 10/.600 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 2/2.500 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 436/288 .280/.331/.448/.779 .950/.691 .708 94/1.031 18/7 9/2

39.Branyan* G/S/vP 6/.333 2/.500 10/.422 ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 5/.600 1/5.000 4/1.000 141/128 .205/.305/.385/.690 .490/.710 .543 12/1.900 2/0 5/1

6.Callaspo# G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 13/.154 9/.222 3/1.334 4/.000 8/.292 2/.500 7/.572 446/304 .283/.357/.371/.727 .677/.751 .797 70/.681 6/0 5/11

16.Conger# G/S/vP 7/.857 ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 179/166 .208/.288/.346/.634 .585/.636 .788 6/.000 0/0 5/5

48.Hunter G/S/vP 16/.679 4/.500 25/.949 10/.425 7/.143 6/.334 16/.467 1/.000 9/1.111 532/371 .261/.331/.424/.755 .824/.725 .680 95/1.074 3/6 18/2

13.Izturis# G/S/vP 7/.953 1/no AB 15/.641 2/.000 13/1.356 2/1.000 5/.800 ··· 7/.286 428/282 .276/.339/.389/.728 .805/.687 .842 59/.714 8/6 5/7

47.Kendrick G/S/vP 14/.220 ··· 16/.975 9/.222 7/1.714 9/.476 3/.333 2/1.000 6/1.666 466/308 .296/.351/.464/.814 .928/.757 .845 83/.845 12/3 13/5

5.Mathis G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 13/.968 1/.000 8/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 235/139 .178/.227/.260/.486 .475/.494 .598 28/.431 1/1 2/1

27.Trout G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 67/47 .230/.284/.426/.710 .771/.686 .721 20/1.228 1/0 3/1

44.Trumbo G/S/vP 7/1.286 1/5.000 ··· 3/1.167 1/2.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 468/313 .256/.295/.475/.770 .675/.817 .753 89/.740 8/4 23/8

10.Wells G/S/vP 17/.761 1/.000 18/1.682 6/.750 5/.400 8/1.250 10/.856 1/.000 5/.800 417/282 .215/.249/.395/.644 .845/.550 .710 83/.670 8/3 18/3

46.Wilson G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 95/44 .207/.283/.329/.612 .847/.341 .635 41/.773 0/2 1/1

IP 165.2 60.1 16.0 50.1 39.2 13.2 43.0 40.1 56.2 TOTAL .253/.313/.396/.710 .732/.699 .731 .771 110/40 119/70

ERA-K/9

4.07/7.4

1.34/9.1

3.94/6.2

3.04/7.0

3.86/8.8

5.93/9.2

2.30/7.5

3.57/8.9

2.38/11.4

3.91/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Conger (49-10-1)
Mathis (43-17-5)
Wilson (15-5-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 693/.241 230/.172 66/.230 204/.195 177/.276 64/.291 180/.228 160/.205 214/.172 .250 Hunter
Bourjos
Wells
Abreu
Kendrick
Trout
Trumbo 0/1/115/12
0/118/0/6
88/12/10/4
18/0/10/2
23/0/0/1
4/11/4/0
1/0/9/0

OPS .732 .507 .665 .615 .775 1.001 .578 .608 .551 .715

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 387/.855 130/.540 31/.301 109/.598 76/.866 25/.917 76/.614 69/.828 113/.425 .756

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 306/.581 100/.464 35/.977 95/.632 101/.708 39/1.049 104/.552 91/.441 101/.685 .689

Home 341/.809 118/.424 34/.487 122/.645 103/.769 54/.975 110/.503 94/.662 115/.534

Last 28d days 131/.743 51/.698 54/.723 43/.427 38/.672 14/1.203 28/.546 59/.671 37/.936

HR/SB/CS 30/7/5 4/8/0 2/0/1 4/0/3 4/1/3 6/4/0 3/4/2 6/2/2 9/0/0 145/70/38

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

Rangers Batters (5.05 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (3.83 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS Weaver
G/S/vB 38.Cassevah
G/S/vB 37.Downs*
G/S/vB 56.Rodney
G/S/vB 21.Takahashi*
G/S/vB 63.Thompson
G/S/vB 51.Walden
G/S/vB 57.Williams
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Andrus G/S/vP 44/.980 2/.000 7/.286 7/1.214 3/.000 9/.666 ··· 1/.000 546/408 .267/.328/.329/.657 .693/.645 .638 108/.557 33/9 3/25

9.Chavez* G/S/vP 15/.795 ··· 2/.000 2/.500 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 6/.334 219/178 .303/.332/.448/.780 .923/.746 .711 55/.676 8/4 5/1

17.Cruz G/S/vP 49/.530 3/.000 4/.500 10/.311 1/.000 7/1.286 4/1.250 2/3.500 466/362 .270/.322/.530/.852 1.135/.773 .965 103/.870 9/5 28/6

23.Gentry G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 108/47 .239/.330/.293/.624 .553/.716 .692 11/.182 14/0 0/1

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 36/.739 2/1.500 7/.286 6/1.100 2/.000 5/.600 1/.000 1/.000 421/300 .293/.340/.513/.853 .721/.907 .869 109/.709 8/1 17/4

5.Kinsler G/S/vP 63/.610 1/3.000 8/.125 10/1.100 3/1.334 11/.964 1/.000 2/1.500 596/435 .245/.346/.442/.789 .852/.765 .915 118/.801 21/2 21/9

18.Moreland* G/S/vP 18/1.039 2/.500 2/.000 3/1.167 3/.666 5/.800 2/.000 1/3.000 452/341 .275/.336/.441/.777 .587/.839 .793 96/.786 2/2 16/4

7.Murphy* G/S/vP 36/.343 2/1.000 2/.500 6/.800 5/.800 10/.650 2/.000 1/2.000 326/237 .246/.310/.347/.657 .421/.745 .732 56/.577 6/6 7/4

25.Napoli G/S/vP 12/.795 3/.666 2/2.500 4/1.000 ··· 5/2.600 2/2.000 2/1.000 335/224 .294/.388/.588/.976 .977/.976 .984 104/.961 3/2 22/3

12.Quintanilla* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 23/12 .045/.045/.136/.182 .000/.364 .364 12/.000 0/0 0/0

8.Torrealba G/S/vP 8/.661 2/.500 3/.000 1/no AB 3/1.667 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 366/257 .280/.312/.396/.708 .620/.745 .801 81/.831 0/2 4/7

10.Young G/S/vP 75/.682 2/.500 13/.968 16/.646 3/1.334 8/1.125 4/1.250 2/2.500 570/427 .338/.375/.487/.862 .899/.850 .929 111/.837 6/2 10/6

IP 195.1 26.0 42.1 30.1 53.2 46.2 50.0 9.1 TOTAL .276/.333/.444/.777 .767/.780 .840 .750 116/39 158/104

ERA-K/9

2.03/7.6

2.77/5.5

1.28/5.7

3.26/7.7

3.86/7.2

3.09/9.8

2.70/9.9

4.82/7.7

3.51/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Napoli (14-10-1)
Torrealba (50-21-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 755/.206 103/.207 167/.195 136/.204 223/.246 198/.229 209/.225 40/.350 .253 Cruz
Hamilton
Murphy
Chavez
Moreland
Gentry 18/0/104/6
64/29/0/5
73/13/10/5
8/50/5/3
0/0/34/0
0/43/3/0

OPS .562 .611 .531 .622 .694 .663 .625 .950 .698

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 412/.573 47/.707 70/.425 65/.708 105/.727 96/.615 117/.700 16/.875 .710

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 343/.550 56/.533 97/.608 71/.543 118/.663 102/.705 92/.531 24/1.000 .684

Road 405/.580 53/.687 91/.703 63/.710 113/.682 100/.787 108/.695 11/1.545

Last 28d days 108/.706 40/.705 28/.795 30/.721 34/.912 28/.712 27/.667 40/.950

HR/SB/CS 12/9/7 1/4/1 3/0/0 1/4/0 6/5/2 5/4/1 1/13/1 2/0/0 110/107/32

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

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.