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Game Preview: TBR @ TEX, 8:05pm, Wednesday, August 31, 2011 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Rays, 73-61, 73-61 3rd, 9 GB, 8½ GB in WC

SP: James Shields (29, RHP, 12-10, 2.96)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (12-10)			201.0	161	71	66	51	192	22	2.96
2010 (13-15)			203.1	246	128	117	51	187	34	5.18
2009 (11-12)			219.2	239	113	101	52	167	29	4.14

Last 7 GS		4-2	52.1	49	23	23	14	47	7	3.96	57
2011-08-26	@TOR	W	9.0	7	1	1	1	12	1	125	80
2011-08-21	SEA	ND	7.1	12	7	7	1	7	2	110	32
2011-08-16	@BOS	L	8.0	3	3	3	1	6	1	114	69
2011-08-09	KCR	W	9.0	6	0	0	3	8	0	117	80
2011-08-03	TOR	W	7.1	3	1	1	3	6	1	112	71
2011-07-27	@OAK	L	4.0	12	10	10	2	2	2	80	-2
2011-07-21	NYY	W	7.2	6	1	1	3	6	0	117	66

Last 5 v.TEX		2-2	36.0	32	21	16	5	30	7	4.00	55
2010-08-18	TEX	W	7.0	4	2	1	1	6	1	105	68
2010-06-05	@TEX	L	7.0	10	6	3	1	4	1	106	42
2009-09-25	@TEX	L	7.0	7	5	5	2	7	1	104	48
2007-05-15	TEX	ND	8.0	6	3	3	0	5	1	99	63
2007-04-11	@TEX	W	7.0	5	5	4	1	8	3	100	56

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

 Home:   35-31   Road:   38-30   ExtrInn: 6-5 
 vsRHP:  48-46   vsLHP:  25-15   1-Run:  22-16
 vsEast: 27-22   vsCntrl:21-17   vsWest: 13-16 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
134 Tue, Aug 30  @TEX  L   0-2       73-61  3rd  9.0 gb
133 Mon, Aug 29  @TOR  L   3-7       73-60  3rd  9.0 gb
132 Sun, Aug 28  @TOR  W  12-0       73-59  3rd  8.5 gb
131 Sat, Aug 27  @TOR  W   6-5       72-59  3rd  9.0 gb
130 Fri, Aug 26  @TOR  W   6-1       71-59  3rd  8.5 gb
129 Thu, Aug 25   DET  L   0-2       70-59  3rd  9.5 gb
128 Wed, Aug 24   DET  W   3-2 (10)  70-58  3rd  8.5 gb
127 Tue, Aug 23   DET  L   1-2       69-58  3rd  8.5 gb
126 Mon, Aug 22   DET  L   2-5       69-57  3rd  8.5 gb
125 Sun, Aug 21   SEA  W   8-7       69-56  3rd  8.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:19-11

Rangers, 77-59, 77-59 1st, 3½ up

SP: Alexi Ogando (27, RHP, 12-6, 3.57)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (12-6)			151.1	134	65	60	38	112	16	3.57
2010 (4-1)			41.2	31	6	6	16	39	2	1.30

Last 7 GS		2-3	38.2	47	26	26	12	29	6	6.05	44
2011-08-25	BOS	L	4.0	6	6	6	1	5	4	77	30
2011-08-20	@CHW	ND	7.0	6	2	2	1	5	0	104	61
2011-08-15	@LAA	W	6.1	8	4	4	2	2	1	105	41
2011-08-09	SEA	ND	2.2	8	6	6	2	0	0	70	16
2011-08-04	@DET	W	6.1	8	2	2	0	7	0	97	56
2011-07-29	@TOR	L	5.2	4	3	3	4	4	1	103	49
2011-07-24	TOR	L	6.2	7	3	3	2	6	0	103	52

Has never faced TBR as starter.

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

 Home:   43-27   Road:   34-32   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  57-40   vsLHP:  20-19   1-Run:  16-21
 vsEast: 18-18   vsCntrl:22-18   vsWest: 28-14 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
136 Tue, Aug 30   TBR  W   2-0       77-59  1st  3.5 up
135 Sun, Aug 28   LAA  W   9-5       76-59  1st  3.0 up
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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Aug 30, 2011 TEX  2  TBR  0        W:Scott Feldman (1-0), L: Jeremy Hellickson (11-10), S: Neftali Feliz (26)
Wed, Jun 01, 2011 TEX  3 @TBR  0        W:Colby Lewis (5-5), L: David Price (6-5), S: Neftali Feliz (11)
Tue, May 31, 2011 TBR  5  TEX  4        W:Joel Peralta (2-3), L: Arthur Rhodes (3-3), S: Kyle Farnsworth (10)
Mon, May 30, 2011 TEX 11 @TBR  5        W:Derek Holland (4-1), L: Wade Davis (4-5), S: none

Wed, Aug 18, 2010 TBR  8  TEX  6        W:James Shields (11-11), L: Derek Holland (2-2), S: Rafael Soriano (35)
Tue, Aug 17, 2010 TBR 10  TEX  1        W:Matt Garza (12-7), L: Tommy Hunter (9-2), S: none
Mon, Aug 16, 2010 TBR  6  TEX  4        W:Lance Cormier (4-3), L: Cliff Lee (10-6), S: Rafael Soriano (34)
Sun, Jun 06, 2010 TBR  9 @TEX  5        W:Matt Garza (6-4), L: Rich Harden (3-2), S: none
Sat, Jun 05, 2010 TEX  6  TBR  1        W:Tommy Hunter (1-0), L: James Shields (5-4), S: none
Fri, Jun 04, 2010 TEX  9  TBR  6        W:C.J. Wilson (4-3), L: Wade Davis (5-5), S: Neftali Feliz (15)
Season Series: 2011 - TEX over 3-1; 2010 - TBR won 4-2; 2009 - TEX won 6-3; All-Time - TEX leads 71-54

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 5.47 CLE 4.25 SFG 3.35	RA/G PHI 3.27 PIT 4.26 BAL 5.21	BA A. Gonzalez .342 A. McCutchen .274 A. Dunn .163	OBP J. Bautista .453 R. Howard .339 V. Wells .250	SLG J. Bautista .642 I. Kinsler .437 A. Dunn .289	OPS J. Bautista 1.094 P. Bourjos .776 A. Rios .572	ERA J. Cueto 2.05 J. Garcia 3.73 J. Lackey 5.94	K/9IP Z. Greinke 10.74 D. Hudson 6.93 B. Penny 3.74

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY 5.47

CLE 4.25

SFG 3.35

RA/G

PHI 3.27

PIT 4.26

BAL 5.21

A. Gonzalez .342

A. McCutchen .274

A. Dunn .163

OBP

J. Bautista .453

R. Howard .339

V. Wells .250

SLG

J. Bautista .642

I. Kinsler .437

A. Dunn .289

OPS

J. Bautista 1.094

P. Bourjos .776

A. Rios .572

ERA

J. Cueto 2.05

J. Garcia 3.73

J. Lackey 5.94

K/9IP

Z. Greinke 10.74

D. Hudson 6.93

B. Penny 3.74

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Rays Batters (4.26 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.32 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS Ogando
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 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

15.Brignac* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 4/.500 219/186 .194/.231/.218/.450 .450/.450 .389 19/.421 3/1 1/7

22.Damon* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 17/.662 5/.600 3/.333 41/.710 ··· 12/.584 543/393 .263/.314/.417/.731 .770/.717 .810 108/.772 12/4 13/0

5.Fuld* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 340/255 .241/.313/.363/.676 .554/.714 .625 37/.917 20/8 3/3

28.Jaso* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 231/200 .224/.309/.356/.665 .675/.663 .706 31/.847 1/2 4/2

8.Jennings G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 162/110 .343/.434/.620/1.054 1.121/1.023 1.094 110/1.042 14/5 8/1

9.Johnson# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 174/88 .195/.256/.338/.594 .681/.518 .591 26/.598 5/7 4/1

20.Joyce* G/S/vP 1/no AB 1/.000 5/.600 1/.000 3/1.667 3/.666 ··· 1/5.000 437/356 .279/.341/.488/.829 .689/.862 .764 76/.754 11/1 17/3

11.Kotchman* G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 9/.361 3/.000 2/.000 5/.000 ··· 1/3.000 453/339 .320/.386/.446/.832 .738/.865 .763 101/.805 1/2 8/1

3.Longoria G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 12/.283 4/.000 6/.666 4/2.750 ··· 8/.375 451/336 .234/.330/.476/.806 .976/.750 .893 112/.907 1/1 24/10

1.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/1.571 ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 349/216 .220/.315/.359/.674 .894/.543 .731 74/.639 10/7 6/9

10.Shoppach G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.500 17/.686 ··· 3/.333 3/1.000 ··· ··· 220/109 .172/.266/.297/.563 .691/.433 .618 38/.435 0/0 7/3

2.Upton G/S/vP 1/2.000 2/.000 13/.496 2/.000 6/.666 4/.000 ··· 8/.625 517/377 .225/.308/.393/.701 .663/.714 .827 90/.711 27/9 18/3

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 1/no AB 1/no AB 9/.222 4/.833 5/.200 4/.250 ··· 7/.286 572/403 .276/.361/.477/.838 .906/.814 .928 107/.663 16/6 15/5

IP 151.1 62.1 22.0 52.1 40.1 44.1 40.1 56.2 TOTAL .245/.318/.404/.722 .760/.707 .752 .767 123/55 137/59

ERA-K/9

3.57/6.7

1.30/9.2

2.86/6.1

2.92/6.7

3.79/8.7

2.23/7.5

3.57/8.9

2.38/11.4

3.89/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Jaso (45-9-4)
Shoppach (20-16-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 618/.235 236/.167 86/.200 211/.194 179/.272 185/.227 160/.205 214/.172 .249 Joyce
Fuld
Upton
Jennings
Zobrist
Damon
Rodriguez
Johnson 14/0/104/8
74/7/6/5
0/124/0/5
28/7/1/2
0/0/36/1
16/0/0/0
2/0/0/0
1/1/0/0

OPS .657 .493 .568 .610 .766 .573 .608 .551 .713

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 359/.728 132/.531 40/.231 114/.589 77/.854 78/.598 69/.828 113/.425 .750

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 259/.556 104/.446 46/.859 97/.632 102/.700 107/.555 91/.441 101/.685 .689

Home 320/.714 124/.403 54/.401 129/.634 105/.754 115/.498 94/.662 115/.534

Last 28d days 116/.912 51/.506 74/.594 50/.431 36/.672 30/.577 51/.672 33/.897

HR/SB/CS 16/2/2 4/8/0 2/0/3 4/0/3 4/1/3 3/4/2 6/2/2 9/0/0 146/71/42

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

Rangers Batters (5.06 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (3.81 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS Shields
G/S/vB 37.Cruz
G/S/vB 43.Farnsworth
G/S/vB 47.Gomes
G/S/vB 74.Howell*
G/S/vB 57.McGee*
G/S/vB 62.Peralta
G/S/vB 27.Ramos*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Andrus G/S/vP 7/1.500 3/1.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 555/417 .271/.330/.335/.665 .693/.656 .654 108/.619 33/9 3/25

9.Chavez* G/S/vP 3/.666 7/.453 2/.500 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 223/182 .302/.330/.444/.774 .923/.740 .703 59/.663 8/4 5/1

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

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 10/.500 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 6/1.166 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 430/308 .300/.347/.533/.880 .732/.940 .920 109/.821 8/1 19/4

5.Kinsler G/S/vP 16/.913 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 3/2.667 ··· 605/444 .243/.344/.437/.782 .852/.756 .898 118/.819 22/2 21/9

18.Moreland* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/5.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 460/348 .271/.336/.436/.772 .582/.834 .784 96/.818 2/2 16/4

7.Murphy* G/S/vP 9/.583 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 2/2.500 1/no AB 334/244 .251/.317/.353/.671 .416/.765 .757 56/.664 7/6 7/4

25.Napoli G/S/vP 12/.833 4/1.167 5/.650 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 343/232 .295/.391/.586/.977 .977/.977 .986 104/.916 3/2 22/3

12.Quintanilla* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 23/12 .045/.045/.136/.182 .000/.364 .364 12/.000 0/0 0/0

8.Torrealba G/S/vP ··· 8/.542 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 374/264 .278/.311/.399/.710 .614/.750 .802 81/.787 0/2 5/7

10.Young G/S/vP 14/1.072 6/.533 7/1.286 1/2.000 9/.708 ··· 7/.453 1/.000 579/435 .336/.375/.484/.859 .903/.844 .921 111/.842 6/2 10/6

IP 201.0 43.1 50.0 29.0 26.0 18.2 57.2 35.0 TOTAL .276/.334/.445/.779 .766/.784 .843 .766 118/39 161/104

ERA-K/9

2.96/8.6

3.95/8.9

1.80/7.4

3.41/6.8

6.58/8.0

4.82/9.1

3.28/7.8

4.37/6.2

3.60/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Napoli (14-10-1)
Torrealba (51-25-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 790/.222 180/.221 194/.199 130/.273 119/.237 86/.284 220/.201 158/.237 .236 Murphy
Hamilton
Chavez
Moreland
Gentry 74/13/12/5
66/30/0/5
8/52/5/3
0/0/34/0
0/44/3/0

OPS .635 .685 .537 .706 .725 .917 .623 .686 .689

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 422/.643 75/.555 93/.607 53/.935 57/.513 45/.610 101/.459 80/.657 .671

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 368/.625 105/.779 101/.478 77/.556 62/.948 41/1.283 119/.765 78/.716 .705

Road 368/.657 86/.736 95/.599 55/.855 69/.749 39/.697 125/.818 88/.748

Last 28d days 128/.602 41/1.081 28/.218 30/.756 27/.532 22/1.409 31/.369 16/.866

HR/SB/CS 22/1/5 4/8/3 2/1/1 2/3/1 4/5/0 5/3/0 6/3/2 3/4/0 129/87/27

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

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.