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Game Preview: TEX @ BOS, 7:10pm, Wednesday, April 18, 2012 @Fenway Park

Rangers, 9-2, 9-2 1st, 3½ up

SP: Derek Holland (25, LHP, 1-0, 3.38)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (1-0) 13.1 8 5 5 3 13 1 3.38
2011 (16-5) 198.0 201 97 87 67 162 22 3.95
2010 (3-4) 57.1 55 30 26 24 54 6 4.08
Last 7 GS 5-0 46.0 29 14 13 13 48 6 2.54 64
2012-04-12 SEA W 7.1 5 2 2 0 8 1 115 68
2012-04-07 CHW ND 6.0 3 3 3 3 5 0 93 56
2011-09-25 SEA W 5.0 5 3 3 1 7 2 74 51
2011-09-20 @OAK W 7.0 2 1 1 3 7 1 107 73
2011-09-14 CLE W 7.0 6 1 1 3 6 1 107 64
2011-09-07 @TBR ND 6.2 6 4 3 3 9 1 107 54
2011-09-02 @BOS W 7.0 2 0 0 0 6 0 98 79
Last 5 v.BOS 2-1 18.1 15 6 6 4 14 3 2.95 57
2011-09-02 @BOS W 7.0 2 0 0 0 6 0 98 79
2009-08-15 BOS W 6.2 7 2 2 2 3 2 99 53
2009-06-06 @BOS L 4.2 6 4 4 2 5 1 91 39
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    5-2    Road:    4-0    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   6-2    vsLHP:   3-0    1-Run:   3-2 
 vsEast:  1-0    vsCntrl: 5-1    vsWest:  3-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 11 Tue, Apr 17  @BOS  W  18-3        9-2   1st  3.5 up
 10 Sun, Apr 15  @MIN  W   4-3        8-2   1st  2.5 up
  9 Sat, Apr 14  @MIN  W   6-2        7-2   1st  2.5 up
  8 Fri, Apr 13  @MIN  W   4-1        6-2   1st  2.0 up
  7 Thu, Apr 12   SEA  W   5-3        5-2   1st  1.5 up
  6 Wed, Apr 11   SEA  L   3-4        4-2   1st  0.5 up
  5 Tue, Apr 10   SEA  W   1-0        4-1   1st  1.5 up
  4 Mon, Apr  9   SEA  W  11-5        3-1   1st  0.5 up
  3 Sun, Apr  8   CHW  W   5-0        2-1   2nd  0.5 gb
  2 Sat, Apr  7   CHW  L   3-4        1-1   2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20: 9-2    Last 30: 9-2
RedSox, 4-7, 4-7 5th, 3 GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Josh Beckett (32, RHP, 1-1, 5.68)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (1-1) 12.2 12 8 8 2 4 5 5.68
2011 (13-7) 193.0 146 65 62 52 175 21 2.89
2010 (6-6) 127.2 151 89 82 45 116 20 5.78
Last 7 GS 3-3 42.2 42 28 26 12 38 10 5.48 49
2012-04-13 TBR W 8.0 5 1 1 1 1 0 94 68
2012-04-07 @DET L 4.2 7 7 7 1 3 5 83 24
2011-09-26 @BAL L 6.0 7 6 6 4 5 2 108 35
2011-09-21 BAL L 7.1 7 6 6 1 8 2 109 47
2011-09-16 TBR W 6.0 7 3 2 1 7 1 109 54
2011-09-05 @TOR ND 3.2 3 0 0 1 6 0 54 60
2011-08-31 NYY W 7.0 6 5 4 3 8 0 111 52
Last 5 v.TEX 2-1 31.0 32 18 18 9 26 5 5.23 49
2011-08-24 @TEX W 6.0 4 1 1 2 4 1 110 62
2010-08-13 @TEX ND 5.0 10 6 6 1 4 3 94 26
2010-04-21 TEX ND 7.0 7 7 7 5 4 1 114 34
2009-07-21 @TEX L 8.0 7 4 4 1 7 0 104 58
2008-09-05 @TEX W 5.0 4 0 0 0 7 0 80 66
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    3-2    Road:    1-5    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   2-6    vsLHP:   2-1    1-Run:   0-3 
 vsEast:  4-3    vsCntrl: 0-3    vsWest:  0-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 11 Tue, Apr 17   TEX  L   3-18       4-7   5th  3.0 gb
 10 Mon, Apr 16   TBR  L   0-1        4-6   5th  2.0 gb
  9 Sun, Apr 15   TBR  W   6-4        4-5   4th  1.0 gb
  8 Sat, Apr 14   TBR  W  13-5        3-5   5th  2.0 gb
  7 Fri, Apr 13   TBR  W  12-2        2-5   5th  2.0 gb
  6 Wed, Apr 11  @TOR  L   1-3        1-5   5th  3.5 gb
  5 Tue, Apr 10  @TOR  L   3-7        1-4   5th  2.5 gb
  4 Mon, Apr  9  @TOR  W   4-2        1-3   4th  2.5 gb
  3 Sun, Apr  8  @DET  L  12-13(11)   0-3   4th  3.0 gb
  2 Sat, Apr  7  @DET  L   0-10       0-2   4th  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 4-7    Last 30: 4-7 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Apr 17, 2012 TEX 18 @BOS  3        W:Colby Lewis (2-0), L: Jon Lester (0-2), S: none

Sun, Sep 04, 2011 TEX 11 @BOS  4        W:Matt Harrison (11-9), L: John Lackey (12-11), S: none
Sat, Sep 03, 2011 BOS 12  TEX  7        W:Erik Bedard (5-9), L: Colby Lewis (11-10), S: none
Fri, Sep 02, 2011 TEX 10 @BOS  0        W:Derek Holland (13-5), L: Andrew Miller (6-2), S: none
Thu, Aug 25, 2011 BOS  6 @TEX  0        W:Andrew Miller (6-1), L: Alexi Ogando (12-6), S: none
Wed, Aug 24, 2011 BOS 13 @TEX  2        W:Josh Beckett (11-5), L: Matt Harrison (10-9), S: none
Tue, Aug 23, 2011 BOS 11 @TEX  5        W:John Lackey (12-9), L: Colby Lewis (11-9), S: none
Mon, Aug 22, 2011 TEX  4  BOS  0        W:C.J. Wilson (13-5), L: Erik Bedard (4-9), S: none
Sun, Apr 03, 2011 TEX  5  BOS  1        W:Matt Harrison (1-0), L: Clay Buchholz (0-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 02, 2011 TEX 12  BOS  5        W:Colby Lewis (1-0), L: John Lackey (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - TEX over 1-0; 2011 - TEX won 6-4; 2010 - TEX won 6-4; All-Time - BOS leads 327-293

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

For the 2011 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

BOS  5.40

CLE  4.35

SEA  3.43

 RA/G

PHI  3.27

FLA  4.33

BAL  5.31

 BA

M. Cabrera  .344

A. Ramirez  .269

V. Wells  .218

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .448

J. Bruce  .341

V. Wells  .248

 SLG

J. Bautista  .608

C. Lee  .446

J. Bartlett  .307

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.056

Y. Escobar  .782

A. Rios  .613

 ERA

C. Kershaw  2.28

J. Vazquez  3.69

B. Penny  5.30

 K/9IP

Z. Greinke  10.54

G. Floyd  7.02

B. Penny  3.67

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2012 season. Player Stats for the 2011 season. We will switch to 2012 stats on May 1st.

Rangers Batters (5.73 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (6.18 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 19.Beckett
G/S/vB		 91.Aceves
G/S/vB		 32.Albers
G/S/vB		 48.Atchison
G/S/vB		 37.Melancon
G/S/vB		 46.Morales*
G/S/vB		 44.Padilla
G/S/vB		 50.Thomas*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP 13/.533 3/.000 11/.856 4/.000 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 665/503 .279/.347/.361/.708 .714/.706 .741 46/.673 37/12 5/25
29.Beltre G/S/vP 24/.425 2/.000 7/1.262 2/.000 3/1.666 1/5.000 45/.707 1/.000 525/397 .296/.331/.561/.892 1.075/.836 .737 48/.833 1/1 32/11
17.Cruz G/S/vP 9/.347 5/2.000 5/1.600 3/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 513/402 .263/.312/.509/.821 1.096/.747 .688 46/.737 9/5 29/6
23.Gentry G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/.800 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 153/74 .271/.347/.346/.693 .735/.648 .506 12/.500 18/0 1/2
14.Gonzalez G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 1/.000 267/189 .215/.256/.283/.539 .655/.493 .543 5/.400 1/2 1/4
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 16/1.357 2/.000 13/.607 5/2.550 2/5.000 2/1.000 3/1.334 1/2.000 538/383 .298/.346/.536/.882 .825/.904 .852 47/1.209 8/1 25/5
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 9/.666 3/2.334 13/.962 3/.333 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 723/534 .255/.355/.477/.832 .880/.815 .730 51/1.097 30/4 32/11
18.Moreland* G/S/vP 5/1.400 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/5.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 512/390 .259/.320/.414/.733 .577/.783 .726 22/.527 2/2 16/5
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 8/1.500 4/.500 7/1.262 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 440/322 .275/.328/.401/.729 .507/.809 .679 33/.915 11/6 11/4
25.Napoli G/S/vP 13/.731 3/.000 6/.666 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 22/.636 1/2.000 432/297 .320/.414/.631/1.046 1.049/1.044 1.078 36/.851 4/2 30/3
21.Snyder G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 17/6 .231/.412/.308/.719 .764/.500 5/1.550 0/0 0/1
8.Torrealba G/S/vP 10/.800 1/.000 4/.750 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 11/.455 1/.000 419/294 .273/.306/.399/.705 .612/.744 .587 24/.619 0/2 7/9
10.Young G/S/vP 26/.484 5/1.800 13/.496 7/.953 1/3.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 689/520 .338/.380/.474/.854 .902/.838 .776 45/.889 6/2 11/8
IP 193.0 114.0 64.2 30.1 74.1 46.1 8.2 TOTAL .290/.337/.522/.860 .901/.842 .996 .860 4/3 21/4
ERA-K/9 2.89/8.2 2.61/6.3 4.73/9.5 3.26/5.0 2.78/8.0 3.69/8.2 4.15/9.3 /0.0 6.22/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Napoli (21-12-1)
 Torrealba (56-27-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 767/.211 474/.204 289/.251 122/.279 309/.234 193/.237 36/.226 / .288  Cruz
 Murphy
 Hamilton
 Moreland
 Gentry
18/0/109/6
78/13/32/5
85/35/0/5
0/0/34/0
2/55/7/0
OPS .608 .621 .733 .710 .631 .757 .656 .831
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 451/.562 210/.576 119/.829 49/.769 130/.704 100/.789 14/1.192 / .863
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 316/.671 264/.656 170/.667 73/.669 179/.581 93/.725 22/.283 / .813
Home 360/.613 274/.614 166/.767 90/.716 162/.623 111/.970 16/.542 /
Last 28d days 53/.852 14/.896 13/.718 35/.570 18/2.400 17/.364 29/.704 18/.911
HR/SB/CS 21/31/4 8/9/0 7/6/4 0/1/3 5/6/2 6/6/0 0/0/0 // 17/5/1
Usage ····X··· ··oo···· oX······ X·o····· X···o··· ··Xo···· X·o····· XX·····X

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2012 season. Player Stats for the 2011 season. We will switch to 2012 stats on May 1st.

RedSox Batters (5.09 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (2.45 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 45.Holland*
G/S/vB		 37.Adams
G/S/vB		 11.Darvish
G/S/vB		 39.Feldman
G/S/vB		 57.Lowe
G/S/vB		 36.Nathan
G/S/vB		 41.Ogando
G/S/vB		 46.Ross*
G/S/vB		 19.Uehara
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
3.Aviles G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· 9/1.333 2/1.500 4/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 309/216 .255/.289/.409/.698 .924/.601 .701 41/.737 14/4 7/12
28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 6/.334 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.667 4/.000 2/5.000 ··· 2/2.500 715/472 .338/.410/.548/.957 .787/1.046 .929 50/.860 1/0 27/4
54.McDonald G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 175/58 .236/.303/.401/.704 .804/.506 .597 26/.412 2/3 6/3
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 7/.629 ··· ··· 7/1.762 3/.333 10/.522 5/1.400 ··· 7/.000 605/404 .309/.398/.554/.953 .989/.934 1.024 48/1.042 1/1 29/0
15.Pedroia G/S/vP 8/.250 1/.000 ··· 6/1.000 3/1.000 3/1.334 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 731/515 .307/.387/.474/.861 1.010/.800 .918 49/.936 26/8 21/7
5.Punto# G/S/vP 5/1.800 1/no AB ··· 7/.829 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 166/109 .278/.388/.421/.809 .798/.814 .583 14/.774 1/1 1/3
16.Repko G/S/vP 6/.533 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 144/92 .226/.270/.286/.555 .633/.512 .638 7/.286 7/2 2/1
7.Ross G/S/vP ··· 4/.833 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 461/351 .240/.325/.405/.730 .698/.740 .735 43/.835 5/2 14/1
39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 5/1.000 5/1.000 2/2.500 ··· 3/1.667 386/263 .235/.288/.450/.737 .635/.786 .722 26/.404 1/0 16/6
10.Shoppach G/S/vP 8/.250 2/.500 ··· 17/.686 3/.333 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 253/128 .176/.268/.339/.607 .788/.431 .538 18/1.071 0/0 11/3
71.Spears* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/4 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 1/.000 0/0 0/0
12.Sweeney* G/S/vP 5/.000 1/.000 ··· 24/1.289 6/1.467 4/.250 2/4.000 ··· 2/.000 299/249 .265/.346/.341/.687 .404/.743 .751 35/1.082 1/1 1/0
20.Youkilis G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· ··· 6/.167 4/.500 6/.900 ··· ··· 7/1.904 517/355 .258/.373/.459/.833 .987/.764 .989 38/.443 3/0 17/9
IP 198.0 73.2 32.0 45.0 44.2 169.0 65.0 TOTAL .270/.336/.439/.776 .748/.786 .939 .776 3/2 11/2
ERA-K/9 3.95/7.4 1.47/9.0 /0.0 3.94/6.2 3.80/8.4 4.84/8.7 3.51/6.7 /0.0 2.35/11.8 2.36/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Saltalamacchia (83-37-26)
 Shoppach (26-18-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 843/.262 277/.169 / 129/.216 196/.263 191/.222 693/.234 / 243/.164 .239  Ross
 Sweeney
 Repko
 McDonald
 Aviles
 Spears
 Gonzalez
83/22/35/8
41/34/23/3
24/5/27/2
23/13/37/2
1/0/4/0
1/0/0/0
0/0/2/0
OPS .724 .496 .614 .768 .705 .649 .535 .642
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 211/.601 159/.538 / 64/.391 88/.802 97/.620 412/.709 / 124/.472 .682
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 632/.765 118/.439 / 65/.837 108/.739 94/.791 281/.560 / 119/.597 .595
Road 457/.667 135/.544 / 57/.771 84/.788 86/.837 307/.595 / 116/.503
Last 28d days 52/.497 27/.556 60/.870 4/.500 8/.500 25/.822 23/.490 13/.397 10/.700
HR/SB/CS 22/7/9 5/9/0 // 3/3/4 6/1/3 7/8/0 16/2/3 // 11/0/0 6/4/2
Usage ·····X·· ··oX·X·o ···X···· ········ X······· ··oX··Xo ···oX·X· ··Xo···· 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.