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Game Preview: TBR @ TEX, 8:05pm, Thursday, September 1, 2011 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Rays, 74-61, 74-61 3rd, 9 GB, 7½ GB in WC

SP: Jeff Niemann (28, RHP, 9-5, 3.46)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (9-5)			112.0	104	47	43	28	89	12	3.46
2010 (12-8)			174.1	159	86	85	61	131	25	4.39
2009 (13-6)			180.2	185	84	79	59	125	17	3.94

Last 7 GS		5-1	50.1	40	17	16	12	46	5	2.86	61
2011-08-27	@TOR	W	6.1	5	3	3	2	6	0	111	55
2011-08-22	DET	L	7.1	6	4	4	3	5	1	112	52
2011-08-16	@BOS	W	9.0	3	2	2	1	10	2	114	82
2011-08-11	KCR	W	6.1	9	1	1	2	2	0	103	51
2011-08-05	OAK	W	8.2	7	4	4	1	8	2	119	61
2011-07-29	@SEA	W	6.2	3	0	0	3	11	0	118	76
2011-07-23	@KCR	ND	6.0	7	3	2	0	4	0	92	52

Has never faced TEX as starter.

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

 Home:   35-31   Road:   39-30   ExtrInn: 6-5 
 vsRHP:  49-46   vsLHP:  25-15   1-Run:  22-16
 vsEast: 27-22   vsCntrl:21-17   vsWest: 14-16 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
135 Wed, Aug 31  @TEX  W   4-1       74-61  3rd  9.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:19-11

Rangers, 77-60, 77-60 1st, 3½ up

SP: C.J. Wilson (30, LHP, 13-6, 3.29)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (13-6)			186.0	166	81	68	62	165	14	3.29
2010 (15-8)			204.0	161	83	76	93	170	10	3.35
2009 (5-6)			73.2	66	29	23	32	84	3	2.81

Last 7 GS		3-2	39.0	42	25	20	16	33	5	4.62	47
2011-08-27	LAA	L	5.0	10	6	6	1	2	4	97	24
2011-08-22	BOS	W	6.2	4	0	0	2	4	0	110	68
2011-08-17	@LAA	W	7.0	5	2	1	1	6	0	110	66
2011-08-12	@OAK	W	6.0	4	1	1	3	7	0	114	64
2011-08-06	CLE	ND	6.2	5	3	2	2	9	0	112	61
2011-07-31	@TOR	L	3.2	7	7	5	3	2	1	84	22
2011-07-26	MIN	ND	4.0	7	6	5	4	3	0	81	25

Last 5 v.TBR		1-0	11.2	9	8	6	8	15	2	4.63	51
2011-05-31	@TBR	ND	6.2	3	3	3	4	10	2	112	62
2010-06-04	TBR	W	5.0	6	5	3	4	5	0	102	40

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

 Home:   43-28   Road:   34-32   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  57-41   vsLHP:  20-19   1-Run:  16-21
 vsEast: 18-19   vsCntrl:22-18   vsWest: 28-14 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
137 Wed, Aug 31   TBR  L   1-4       77-60  1st  3.5 up
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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 TBR  4 @TEX  1        W:James Shields (13-10), L: Alexi Ogando (12-7), S: none
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
Season Series: 2011 - TEX over 3-2; 2010 - TBR won 4-2; 2009 - TEX won 6-3; All-Time - TEX leads 71-55

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 5.46 BAL 4.23 SFG 3.36	RA/G PHI 3.25 OAK 4.24 BAL 5.27	BA A. Gonzalez .341 C. Granderson .273 A. Dunn .163	OBP J. Bautista .451 E. Encarnacion .339 V. Wells .250	SLG J. Bautista .645 C. Lee .439 A. Dunn .288	OPS J. Bautista 1.096 B. Phillips .774 A. Rios .570	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 5.46

BAL 4.23

SFG 3.36

RA/G

PHI 3.25

OAK 4.24

BAL 5.27

A. Gonzalez .341

C. Granderson .273

A. Dunn .163

OBP

J. Bautista .451

E. Encarnacion .339

V. Wells .250

SLG

J. Bautista .645

C. Lee .439

A. Dunn .288

OPS

J. Bautista 1.096

B. Phillips .774

A. Rios .570

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 (4.31 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS Wilson*
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 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 4/.500 219/186 .194/.231/.218/.450 .450/.450 .389 19/.421 3/1 1/7

22.Damon* G/S/vP 13/.490 1/.000 17/.662 5/.600 3/.333 41/.710 1/no AB 13/.923 547/397 .264/.316/.423/.738 .770/.726 .823 106/.822 13/4 14/0

5.Fuld* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 340/255 .241/.313/.363/.676 .554/.714 .625 36/.880 20/8 3/3

28.Jaso* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.250 235/203 .225/.308/.354/.662 .651/.663 .699 35/.801 1/2 4/3

8.Jennings G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 167/115 .333/.427/.603/1.030 1.121/.988 1.048 109/.965 14/5 8/1

9.Johnson# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 174/88 .195/.256/.338/.594 .681/.518 .591 24/.654 5/7 4/1

20.Joyce* G/S/vP 3/2.667 1/.000 5/.600 1/.000 4/1.167 3/.666 ··· 1/5.000 441/359 .279/.342/.487/.830 .680/.864 .766 77/.771 11/1 17/3

11.Kotchman* G/S/vP 16/.313 3/.333 9/.361 3/.000 3/.000 5/.000 ··· 1/3.000 457/342 .320/.385/.444/.829 .731/.863 .758 99/.756 1/2 8/1

3.Longoria G/S/vP 9/.347 ··· 12/.283 4/.000 6/.666 4/2.750 1/.000 9/.333 455/340 .234/.330/.473/.803 .976/.747 .885 110/.894 1/1 24/10

1.Rodriguez G/S/vP 5/1.400 ··· 7/1.571 ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 353/219 .218/.311/.354/.665 .887/.535 .715 75/.630 10/7 6/9

10.Shoppach G/S/vP 6/1.000 2/.500 17/.686 ··· 3/.333 3/1.000 ··· ··· 220/109 .172/.266/.297/.563 .691/.433 .618 34/.454 0/0 7/3

2.Upton G/S/vP 10/.300 2/.000 13/.496 2/.000 7/.572 4/.000 ··· 8/.625 521/380 .223/.308/.390/.698 .658/.712 .819 88/.657 27/9 18/3

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 10/.633 1/no AB 9/.222 4/.833 5/.200 4/.250 ··· 8/.250 576/406 .275/.361/.475/.836 .900/.813 .922 105/.696 16/6 15/5

IP 186.0 62.1 22.0 52.1 41.1 44.1 41.2 57.2 TOTAL .245/.318/.403/.721 .757/.707 .749 .755 124/55 138/60

ERA-K/9

3.29/8.0

1.30/9.2

2.86/6.1

2.92/6.7

3.70/8.7

2.23/7.5

3.46/8.6

2.50/11.4

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 772/.239 236/.167 86/.200 211/.194 182/.267 185/.227 165/.200 218/.174 .249 Joyce
Fuld
Upton
Jennings
Zobrist
Damon
Rodriguez
Johnson 14/0/105/8
74/7/6/5
0/125/0/5
29/7/1/2
0/0/36/1
16/0/0/0
2/0/0/0
1/1/0/0

OPS .676 .493 .568 .610 .752 .573 .597 .565 .712

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 168/.699 132/.531 40/.231 114/.589 79/.831 78/.598 71/.826 115/.464 .751

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 604/.669 104/.446 46/.859 97/.632 103/.693 107/.555 94/.426 103/.671 .686

Home 375/.718 124/.403 54/.401 129/.634 108/.731 115/.498 99/.642 119/.560

Last 28d days 130/.681 47/.507 74/.594 47/.461 39/.618 29/.597 56/.635 36/.963

HR/SB/CS 14/20/6 4/8/0 2/0/3 4/0/3 4/1/3 3/4/2 6/3/2 10/0/0 147/72/42

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

Rangers Batters (5.03 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (3.79 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 34.Niemann
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 1/.000 3/1.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 559/421 .273/.331/.341/.672 .693/.665 .667 107/.654 33/9 3/25

9.Chavez* G/S/vP 3/.333 7/.453 2/.500 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 226/185 .303/.330/.442/.773 .923/.739 .702 58/.669 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 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 1/.000 6/1.166 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 434/312 .299/.346/.530/.876 .732/.934 .912 108/.810 8/1 19/4

5.Kinsler G/S/vP 1/.000 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 3/2.667 ··· 609/448 .241/.342/.434/.776 .852/.749 .886 117/.795 22/2 21/9

18.Moreland* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/5.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 463/351 .269/.334/.433/.767 .582/.827 .773 95/.804 2/2 16/4

7.Murphy* G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 3/1.334 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 2/2.500 1/no AB 338/248 .251/.317/.352/.668 .416/.760 .751 60/.652 7/6 7/4

25.Napoli G/S/vP 10/1.600 4/1.167 6/.900 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 347/236 .294/.389/.582/.971 .977/.968 .973 104/.901 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 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 378/268 .275/.308/.395/.703 .614/.738 .784 85/.749 0/2 5/7

10.Young G/S/vP 2/1.000 6/.533 8/1.375 1/2.000 9/.708 ··· 7/.453 1/.000 583/439 .336/.376/.483/.859 .903/.844 .921 110/.824 6/2 10/6

IP 112.0 43.1 51.0 29.0 26.0 18.2 57.2 35.0 TOTAL .276/.333/.444/.778 .766/.782 .839 .758 118/39 161/104

ERA-K/9

3.46/7.2

3.95/8.9

1.94/7.4

3.41/6.8

6.58/8.0

4.82/9.1

3.28/7.8

4.37/6.2

3.58/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Napoli (15-10-1)
Torrealba (51-25-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 470/.240 180/.221 200/.209 130/.273 119/.237 86/.284 220/.201 158/.237 .236 Hamilton
Murphy
Chavez
Moreland
Gentry 67/30/0/5
74/13/13/5
8/53/5/3
0/0/34/0
0/44/3/0

OPS .682 .685 .551 .706 .725 .917 .623 .686 .688

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 258/.690 75/.555 95/.615 53/.935 57/.513 45/.610 101/.459 80/.657 .670

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 212/.670 105/.779 105/.498 77/.556 62/.948 41/1.283 119/.765 78/.716 .704

Road 219/.620 86/.736 101/.624 55/.855 69/.749 39/.697 125/.818 88/.748

Last 28d days 152/.643 35/1.033 31/.394 26/.801 26/.555 19/1.368 28/.327 16/.866

HR/SB/CS 12/14/3 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.