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Game Preview: TEX @ LAA, 10:05pm, Thursday, September 20, 2012 @Angel Stadium of Anaheim

Rangers, 88-60, 88-60 1st, 4 up

SP: Yu Darvish (25, RHP, 15-9, 4.02)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. LAA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (15-9) 176.2 143 85 79 87 205 13 4.02
Last 7 GS 4-2 49.1 33 18 17 17 60 1 3.10 64
2012-09-14 SEA W 7.0 2 1 1 2 9 0 110 76
2012-09-08 @TBR ND 8.0 2 2 1 2 8 0 96 78
2012-09-03 @KCR W 7.0 3 3 3 1 6 0 87 64
2012-08-28 TBR W 7.0 6 0 0 2 10 0 110 73
2012-08-17 @TOR L 7.0 3 3 3 1 10 1 114 68
2012-08-12 DET W 6.2 6 3 3 5 8 0 120 53
2012-08-06 @BOS L 6.2 11 6 6 4 9 0 123 33
Last 5 v.LAA 2-1 23.2 16 15 14 16 32 3 5.32 53
2012-08-01 LAA ND 5.0 4 7 7 6 7 1 108 32
2012-07-21 @LAA W 7.0 3 2 2 4 11 0 117 70
2012-06-02 @LAA L 6.1 6 3 2 3 7 0 111 55
2012-05-11 LAA W 5.1 3 3 3 3 7 2 93 54
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   47-27   Road:   41-33   ExtrInn: 8-4 
 vsRHP:  62-43   vsLHP:  26-17   1-Run:  21-18
 vsEast: 24-16   vsCntrl:28-19   vsWest: 22-21 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
148 Wed, Sep 19  @LAA  W   6-2       88-60  1st  4.0 up
147 Tue, Sep 18  @LAA  L   3-11      87-60  1st  3.0 up
146 Sun, Sep 16   SEA  W   2-1       87-59  1st  3.0 up
145 Sat, Sep 15   SEA  L   6-8       86-59  1st  2.0 up
144 Fri, Sep 14   SEA  W   9-3       86-58  1st  3.0 up
143 Thu, Sep 13   CLE  L   4-5       85-58  1st  3.0 up
142 Wed, Sep 12   CLE  W   5-2       85-57  1st  3.0 up
141 Tue, Sep 11   CLE  W   6-4       84-57  1st  3.0 up
140 Sun, Sep  9  @TBR  L   0-6       83-57  1st  3.5 up
139 Sat, Sep  8  @TBR  W   4-2 (10)  83-56  1st  4.5 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:20-10
Angels, 81-68, 81-68 3rd, 7½ GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Zack Greinke (28, RHP, 14-5, 3.56)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (14-5) 192.0 182 78 76 50 176 16 3.56
2011 (16-6) 171.2 161 82 73 45 201 19 3.83
2010 (10-14) 220.0 219 114 102 55 181 18 4.17
Last 7 GS 5-1 50.0 39 17 17 14 39 6 3.06 60
2012-09-15 @KCR ND 8.1 5 1 1 2 3 0 109 70
2012-09-09 DET W 7.0 5 2 2 1 7 1 105 65
2012-09-04 @OAK W 7.0 4 1 1 2 4 1 105 67
2012-08-30 BOS W 7.0 5 2 2 2 7 1 107 64
2012-08-24 @DET W 7.2 5 1 1 2 5 1 115 68
2012-08-19 TBR L 6.0 7 6 6 4 8 1 113 38
2012-08-14 CLE W 7.0 8 4 4 1 5 1 112 49
Last 5 v.TEX 1-3 36.0 27 8 6 5 37 4 1.50 68
2010-05-07 @TEX L 7.0 9 4 3 1 3 1 108 47
2009-07-24 TEX L 7.0 3 1 1 3 10 1 114 74
2009-04-18 @TEX W 9.0 7 0 0 0 10 0 111 83
2008-08-26 TEX ND 6.0 4 1 0 1 5 0 101 66
2008-05-01 @TEX L 7.0 4 2 2 0 9 2 105 70
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   41-33   Road:   40-35   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  55-47   vsLHP:  26-21   1-Run:  15-17
 vsEast: 22-20   vsCntrl:22-20   vsWest: 25-22 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
149 Wed, Sep 19   TEX  L   2-6       81-68  3rd  7.5 gb
148 Tue, Sep 18   TEX  W  11-3       81-67  3rd  6.5 gb
147 Sun, Sep 16  @KCR  W   4-3       80-67  3rd  7.5 gb
146 Sat, Sep 15  @KCR  L   2-3       79-67  3rd  7.5 gb
145 Fri, Sep 14  @KCR  W   9-7       79-66  3rd  7.5 gb
144 Thu, Sep 13   OAK  W   6-0       78-66  3rd  7.5 gb
143 Wed, Sep 12   OAK  L   1-4       77-66  3rd  8.5 gb
142 Tue, Sep 11   OAK  L   5-6       77-65  3rd  7.5 gb
141 Mon, Sep 10   OAK  L   1-3       77-64  3rd  6.5 gb
140 Sun, Sep  9   DET  W   3-2       77-63  3rd  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Sep 19, 2012 TEX  6 @LAA  2        W:Derek Holland (11-6), L: C.J. Wilson (12-10), S: none
Tue, Sep 18, 2012 LAA 11  TEX  3        W:Jered Weaver (18-4), L: Ryan Dempster (11-7), S: none
Thu, Aug 02, 2012 TEX 15  LAA  9        W:Roy Oswalt (4-2), L: David Carpenter (1-2), S: none
Wed, Aug 01, 2012 TEX 11  LAA 10 (10)   W:Joe Nathan (2-3), L: Jason Isringhausen (3-1), S: none
Tue, Jul 31, 2012 LAA  6 @TEX  2        W:Jered Weaver (14-1), L: Derek Holland (7-6), S: none
Mon, Jul 30, 2012 LAA 15 @TEX  8        W:Ervin Santana (5-10), L: Roy Oswalt (3-2), S: Jerome Williams (1)
Sun, Jul 22, 2012 LAA  7  TEX  4        W:Dan Haren (7-8), L: Matt Harrison (12-5), S: none
Sat, Jul 21, 2012 TEX  9 @LAA  2        W:Yu Darvish (11-6), L: Ervin Santana (4-10), S: none
Fri, Jul 20, 2012 LAA  6  TEX  1        W:Jered Weaver (12-1), L: Derek Holland (6-5), S: none
Sun, Jun 03, 2012 TEX  7 @LAA  3        W:Matt Harrison (7-3), L: Dan Haren (3-6), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - LAA over 8-7; 2011 - TEX won 12-7; 2010 - TEX won 10-9; All-Time - LAA leads 408-387

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 2012 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
Rangers Batters (5.10 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (4.28 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 23.Greinke
G/S/vB
37.Downs*
G/S/vB
45.Enright
G/S/vB
49.Frieri
G/S/vB
32.Hawkins
G/S/vB
55.Isringhausen
G/S/vB
40.Jepsen
G/S/vB
63.Maronde*
G/S/vB
43.Richards
G/S/vB
51.Walden
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP 10/.875 9/.708 ··· 3/1.333 5/1.200 3/.666 8/.000 ··· 6/.900 2/1.000 648/474 .291/.353/.388/.741 .693/.759 .759 100/.672 20/9 3/15
29.Beltre G/S/vP 13/.685 15/1.078 ··· 2/.000 5/.800 6/.000 9/.844 ··· 5/.000 3/.000 600/447 .316/.355/.557/.912 .733/.973 .855 92/1.214 1/0 33/8
17.Cruz G/S/vP 10/.311 5/.400 ··· 5/1.400 5/1.400 3/.666 6/.167 ··· 6/.500 6/1.167 585/440 .258/.321/.453/.774 1.005/.701 .696 91/.657 8/4 22/2
23.Gentry G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 249/139 .308/.373/.389/.762 .882/.670 .783 27/.653 12/6 1/0
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 17/.059 11/.364 ··· 5/.000 3/.000 5/.200 6/1.167 ··· 6/.000 3/.000 592/415 .287/.358/.588/.947 .867/.981 .948 91/1.026 7/3 42/5
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 18/.500 8/.125 ··· 3/5.000 5/.400 3/.666 9/.347 ··· 6/1.300 3/.666 668/502 .265/.333/.439/.772 .998/.698 .643 104/.780 21/9 18/17
27.Martin* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 51/43 .178/.240/.378/.618 .500/.640 .243 8/.411 3/0 0/0
15.Martinez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 19/17 .111/.158/.111/.269 .000/.301 .167 14/.368 0/0 0/0
18.Moreland* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/.833 4/.000 326/279 .279/.327/.488/.815 .804/.817 .682 76/.666 1/1 15/3
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 11/.637 4/.833 1/.000 2/.500 2/.000 2/1.000 3/2.000 ··· 6/1.467 3/.000 473/395 .308/.386/.483/.869 .867/.870 .783 94/.809 9/5 13/1
25.Napoli G/S/vP 11/.637 2/2.500 ··· 4/.500 2/no AB 4/1.500 3/.000 ··· 5/3.333 4/3.500 374/252 .230/.350/.450/.801 .634/.883 .839 15/1.533 1/0 19/7
9.Olt G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 39/20 .156/.256/.188/.444 .387/.500 .398 10/.200 1/1 0/3
2.Profar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 14/10 .214/.214/.571/.786 .000/1.100 1.100 14/.786 0/0 1/0
21.Snyder G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 69/23 .277/.309/.446/.755 .916/.418 .853 1/.000 0/0 3/0
8.Soto G/S/vP 6/.900 1/2.000 3/1.000 1/no AB 7/.953 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 331/243 .203/.280/.351/.631 .689/.610 .648 68/.578 1/0 10/8
10.Young G/S/vP 31/.557 17/1.071 ··· 3/.000 9/.819 7/.286 6/.666 ··· 7/.858 6/1.467 595/437 .275/.308/.366/.674 .769/.639 .711 85/.792 2/2 7/5
IP 192.0 42.1 2.2 58.2 41.1 45.2 36.2 4.1 66.1 35.2 TOTAL .275/.337/.449/.786 .798/.782 .749 .792 88/41 184/78
ERA-K/9 3.56/8.2 2.76/6.0 0.00/0.0 2.30/14.4 3.48/5.0 4.14/6.1 2.95/7.8 0.00/12.6 4.61/6.0 3.79/11.3 3.98/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martinez (6-0-0)
 Napoli (41-9-8)
 Snyder (0-0-0)
 Soto (62-18-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 786/.250 179/.247 11/.182 243/.156 173/.274 198/.251 147/.233 16/.077 296/.280 161/.246 .246  Cruz
 Gentry
 Hamilton
 Murphy
 Martin
 Snyder
 Olt
 Moreland
6/0/137/8
0/107/3/6
81/86/2/5
107/2/17/4
4/14/0/1
5/0/5/0
0/0/2/0
0/0/3/0
OPS .666 .634 .364 .574 .722 .743 .613 .264 .799 .724 .712
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 416/.698 83/.505 6/.333 110/.406 90/.566 97/.761 78/.755 10/.443 155/.872 80/.664 .702
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 370/.630 96/.746 5/.400 133/.719 83/.891 101/.724 69/.456 6/.000 141/.721 81/.781 .721
Home 346/.616 100/.654 11/.364 125/.480 81/.607 101/.647 80/.603 10/.443 158/.764 86/.666
Last 28d days 140/.543 24/.530 11/.364 27/.699 21/.686 17/.790 37/.716 16/.264 52/.740 22/.500
HR/SB/CS 16/9/7 2/2/0 0/0/0 8/4/1 5/13/1 7/7/1 2/3/1 0/0/0 7/8/2 3/5/2 170/122/40
Usage ····X··· ···o·o·o ·X·····X ····oX·· ·o·····o o······o ···o·oX· ···o·oo· X··X·X·· o··o·o··
Angels Batters (4.77 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.30 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 11.Darvish
G/S/vB
37.Adams
G/S/vB
53.Font
G/S/vB
51.Grimm
G/S/vB
50.Kirkman*
G/S/vB
57.Lowe
G/S/vB
36.Nathan
G/S/vB
41.Ogando
G/S/vB
33.Perez*
G/S/vB
28.Ross*
G/S/vB
52.Scheppers
G/S/vB
22.Tateyama
G/S/vB
19.Uehara
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Aybar# G/S/vP 8/.393 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 12/.500 4/.000 9/1.111 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 3/.666 4/.000 517/373 .295/.329/.421/.750 .890/.697 .755 99/.855 17/4 7/14
25.Bourjos G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 5/1.650 3/.333 2/.000 10/.400 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 187/109 .227/.291/.325/.616 .606/.624 .621 1/ 2/1 3/1
56.Calhoun* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 21/16 .211/.286/.263/.549 .000/.732 .667 4/.500 1/0 0/0
6.Callaspo# G/S/vP 10/1.225 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 5/1.400 13/.385 14/.690 ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 2/.500 8/.500 470/332 .251/.336/.363/.700 .820/.648 .716 74/.767 4/3 10/12
16.Conger# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 17/17 .231/.313/.231/.543 /.543 .556 / 0/0 0/1
41.Hester G/S/vP 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 95/53 .212/.287/.329/.617 .607/.623 .565 0/ 0/0 3/0
48.Hunter G/S/vP 12/.969 9/.583 ··· ··· 2/2.000 9/.222 4/.250 17/.485 1/2.000 1/.000 3/1.000 2/.000 12/.833 533/382 .308/.361/.450/.811 .851/.795 .816 104/.930 9/1 15/4
17.Iannetta G/S/vP 3/.333 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/5.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 216/161 .247/.333/.416/.749 .650/.781 .591 67/.710 1/1 8/2
13.Izturis# G/S/vP 6/.666 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 5/1.100 15/1.302 6/.000 11/.764 1/.000 4/.250 1/2.000 ··· 8/.250 294/213 .252/.318/.316/.634 .516/.680 .498 31/.545 16/2 2/9
47.Kendrick G/S/vP 8/.250 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 10/1.600 8/.500 13/.462 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 9/1.333 553/385 .280/.317/.389/.706 .759/.682 .687 93/.606 12/6 7/12
8.Morales# G/S/vP 9/.111 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 6/.833 7/1.000 1/no AB ··· 2/2.500 1/2.000 1/.000 5/2.600 477/405 .278/.327/.468/.795 .720/.809 .795 80/.906 0/0 20/1
5.Pujols G/S/vP 13/.763 15/.606 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 4/1.250 5/1.400 1/.000 1/no AB 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 613/450 .283/.343/.523/.866 .935/.841 .816 87/.802 8/1 30/7
18.Romine* G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/no AB ··· 15/11 .333/.429/.333/.762 .833/.733 0/ 0/0 0/1
27.Trout G/S/vP 14/1.227 5/.800 ··· ··· 2/.500 3/1.334 2/1.000 5/.900 1/2.000 5/.933 ··· 4/1.750 2/.000 580/417 .327/.395/.556/.951 .869/.982 1.002 109/.691 46/4 27/4
44.Trumbo G/S/vP 12/.167 4/1.250 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.167 2/1.000 12/1.100 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 5/.600 545/386 .264/.316/.492/.808 .773/.822 .817 75/.361 4/4 31/5
10.Wells G/S/vP 2/.000 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 8/.964 8/.393 7/.429 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 7/.572 247/169 .231/.279/.415/.694 .681/.700 .662 61/.772 3/1 11/1
46.Wilson G/S/vP 5/.200 2/1.500 ··· ··· 2/.500 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 198/137 .214/.281/.298/.579 .747/.508 .698 16/.419 0/0 3/4
IP 176.2 49.2 1.0 11.0 32.1 38.2 58.1 59.1 29.1 61.2 30.0 14.2 29.1 TOTAL .274/.331/.434/.765 .777/.760 .758 .733 123/28 177/89
ERA-K/9 4.02/10.4 2.90/7.4 0.00/0.0 10.64/9.0 4.18/9.2 3.26/6.3 2.78/11.0 3.03/9.0 3.38/5.5 1.75/6.4 4.50/8.7 10.43/8.6 2.15/9.5 3.94/7.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Conger (5-2-0)
 Hester (30-5-1)
 Iannetta (42-15-8)
 Wilson (45-18-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 760/.218 213/.262 4/.000 53/.367 141/.195 158/.232 232/.235 234/.206 129/.254 248/.222 138/.331 69/.286 109/.183 .248  Hunter
 Trumbo
 Trout
 Bourjos
 Kendrick
 Calhoun
 Wells
0/0/122/11
58/0/33/4
60/98/4/3
0/83/0/2
2/0/0/0
3/0/11/0
63/6/2/0
OPS .663 .662 .250 .968 .649 .671 .632 .611 .697 .603 .894 .903 .540 .708
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 443/.687 112/.707 1/ 27/.930 56/.765 72/.699 140/.628 99/.660 43/.596 109/.600 54/.894 31/1.375 59/.624 .708
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 317/.629 101/.613 3/.000 26/1.006 85/.575 86/.641 92/.639 135/.573 86/.745 139/.606 84/.895 38/.560 50/.439 .708
Road 396/.652 106/.717 4/.250 18/.667 42/.817 62/.638 100/.530 117/.556 25/.925 119/.634 48/.714 29/.879 49/.765
Last 28d days 106/.376 37/.675 4/.250 4/.500 26/1.010 22/1.379 37/.715 28/.646 38/.672 16/.625 23/.785 7/.452 30/.599
HR/SB/CS 13/22/3 1/11/1 0/0/0 1/2/1 5/1/0 4/0/1 7/3/0 7/4/0 3/1/1 3/1/1 6/6/0 4/1/0 4/1/0 155/102/22
Usage ·····X·· o······· ·X······ ·o······ ·····X·· ·X······ o·····Xo ····X·o· ····X·o· ·X······ ·o··X·o· ·X······ ···o·ooo

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.