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Game Preview: TEX @ CLE, 7:05pm, Saturday, September 1, 2012 @Progressive Field

Rangers, 78-53, 78-53 1st, 4 up

SP: Scott Feldman (29, RHP, 6-10, 4.95)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (6-10)			100.0	114	64	55	24	70	11	4.95
2011 (2-1)			32.0	25	14	14	10	22	3	3.94
2010 (7-11)			141.1	181	98	86	45	75	18	5.48

Last 7 GS		3-4	45.0	50	21	19	8	31	3	3.80	51
2012-08-26	MIN	L	5.2	10	6	5	1	4	0	104	30
2012-08-21	BAL	L	5.0	7	5	4	1	4	1	100	38
2012-08-15	@NYY	L	6.0	7	3	3	4	7	0	117	49
2012-08-10	DET	L	5.2	6	4	4	1	2	1	88	42
2012-08-04	@KCR	W	7.2	6	2	2	1	4	0	105	62
2012-07-29	CHW	W	8.0	7	0	0	0	5	0	88	73
2012-07-23	BOS	W	7.0	7	1	1	0	5	1	105	64

Last 5 v.CLE		2-1	19.0	18	6	6	5	14	2	2.84	57
2009-09-09	@CLE	W	7.0	5	0	0	2	5	0	111	70
2009-08-13	@CLE	W	6.0	7	1	1	2	6	0	108	58
2008-05-24	@CLE	L	6.0	6	5	5	1	3	2	104	42

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

 Home:   43-25   Road:   35-28   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  55-37   vsLHP:  23-16   1-Run:  18-16
 vsEast: 23-14   vsCntrl:22-16   vsWest: 19-19 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
131 Fri, Aug 31  @CLE  W   5-3       78-53  1st  4.0 up
130 Wed, Aug 29   TBR  L   4-8       77-53  1st  4.5 up
129 Tue, Aug 28   TBR  W   1-0       77-52  1st  5.5 up
128 Mon, Aug 27   TBR  W   6-5       76-52  1st  5.5 up
127 Sun, Aug 26   MIN  L   5-6       75-52  1st  5.5 up
126 Sat, Aug 25   MIN  W   9-3       75-51  1st  6.0 up
125 Fri, Aug 24   MIN  W   8-0       74-51  1st  6.0 up
124 Thu, Aug 23   MIN  W  10-6       73-51  1st  6.0 up
123 Wed, Aug 22   BAL  W  12-3       72-51  1st  5.0 up
122 Tue, Aug 21   BAL  L   3-5       71-51  1st  5.0 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:19-11

Indians, 55-77, 55-77 4th, 17½ GB, 19½ GB in WC

SP: Jeanmar Gomez (24, RHP, 4-7, 5.11)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (4-7)			74.0	75	48	42	26	36	10	5.11
2011 (5-3)			58.1	73	31	29	15	31	6	4.47
2010 (4-5)			57.2	73	36	30	22	34	7	4.68

Last 7 GS		2-5	37.0	45	32	27	15	16	8	6.57	38
2012-06-23	@HOU	L	5.2	6	5	5	1	3	2	74	39
2012-06-17	PIT	L	4.1	7	8	4	2	1	2	85	24
2012-06-12	@CIN	L	5.0	6	2	1	4	2	0	92	47
2012-06-06	@DET	W	5.0	7	6	6	1	0	2	66	28
2012-05-30	KCR	L	5.0	10	5	5	1	3	0	98	29
2012-05-25	@CHW	L	5.2	6	6	6	4	3	2	110	32
2012-05-19	MIA	W	6.1	3	0	0	2	4	0	105	69

Last 5 v.TEX		1-0	7.0	8	3	3	1	2	0	3.86	50
2012-05-04	TEX	W	7.0	8	3	3	1	2	0	90	50

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

 Home:   31-36   Road:   24-41   ExtrInn: 3-6 
 vsRHP:  41-47   vsLHP:  14-30   1-Run:  15-8 
 vsEast: 14-22   vsCntrl:20-27   vsWest: 13-18 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
132 Fri, Aug 31   TEX  L   3-5       55-77  4th 17.5 gb
131 Thu, Aug 30   OAK  L   7-12      55-76  4th 17.5 gb
130 Wed, Aug 29   OAK  L   4-8       55-75  4th 17.5 gb
129 Tue, Aug 28   OAK  L   0-7       55-74  4th 16.5 gb
128 Mon, Aug 27   OAK  L   0-3       55-73  4th 16.5 gb
127 Sun, Aug 26   NYY  L   2-4       55-72  4th 16.5 gb
126 Sat, Aug 25   NYY  W   3-1       55-71  4th 15.5 gb
125 Fri, Aug 24   NYY  L   1-3       54-71  4th 15.5 gb
124 Wed, Aug 22  @SEA  L   1-3       54-70  4th 14.5 gb
123 Tue, Aug 21  @SEA  L   1-5       54-69  4th 13.5 gb
 Last 10: 1-9    Last 20: 3-17   Last 30: 5-25

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 31, 2012 TEX  5 @CLE  3        W:Ryan Dempster (9-6), L: Ubaldo Jimenez (9-14), S: Joe Nathan (28)
Sun, May 06, 2012 CLE  4  TEX  2        W:Ubaldo Jimenez (3-2), L: Yu Darvish (4-1), S: Chris Perez (11)
Sat, May 05, 2012 TEX  5 @CLE  2 (11)   W:Alexi Ogando (1-0), L: Joe Smith (1-1), S: Joe Nathan (7)
Fri, May 04, 2012 CLE  6  TEX  3        W:Jeanmar Gomez (2-1), L: Colby Lewis (3-1), S: Chris Perez (10)

Thu, Sep 15, 2011 TEX  7  CLE  4        W:Alexi Ogando (13-8), L: Roberto Hernandez (6-15), S: none
Wed, Sep 14, 2011 TEX  9  CLE  1        W:Derek Holland (14-5), L: David Huff (2-5), S: none
Tue, Sep 13, 2011 TEX 10  CLE  4        W:Matt Harrison (12-9), L: Justin Masterson (11-10), S: none
Sun, Aug 07, 2011 TEX  5  CLE  3        W:Darren Oliver (4-5), L: Joe Smith (2-3), S: Mike Adams (2)
Sat, Aug 06, 2011 CLE  7 @TEX  5        W:Frank Herrmann (2-0), L: Neftali Feliz (1-3), S: Chris Perez (23)
Fri, Aug 05, 2011 TEX  8  CLE  7 (11)   W:Neftali Feliz (1-2), L: Rafael Perez (4-2), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - tied 2-2; 2011 - TEX won 9-1; 2010 - TEX won 4-2; All-Time - TEX leads 327-297

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

Stat Best Middle Worst	RS/G TEX 5.15 SFG 4.31 HOU 3.64	RA/G WSN 3.54 DET 4.31 COL 5.52	BA M. Cabrera .346 J. Morneau .274 C. Pena .190	OBP P. Fielder .410 M. Teixeira .335 J. Smoak .258	SLG R. Braun .606 J. Reyes .435 J. Carroll .290	OPS R. Braun .993 K. Morales .777 J. Smoak .575	ERA F. Hernandez 2.43 C. Wilson 3.86 R. Wolf 5.69	K/9IP M. Scherzer 11.34 G. Floyd 7.42 H. Alvarez 3.41

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.15

SFG 4.31

HOU 3.64

RA/G

WSN 3.54

DET 4.31

COL 5.52

M. Cabrera .346

J. Morneau .274

C. Pena .190

OBP

P. Fielder .410

M. Teixeira .335

J. Smoak .258

SLG

R. Braun .606

J. Reyes .435

J. Carroll .290

OPS

R. Braun .993

K. Morales .777

J. Smoak .575

ERA

F. Hernandez 2.43

C. Wilson 3.86

R. Wolf 5.69

K/9IP

M. Scherzer 11.34

G. Floyd 7.42

H. Alvarez 3.41

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Rangers Batters (5.15 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (5.22 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 58.Gomez
G/S/vB 37.Allen
G/S/vB 54.Perez
G/S/vB 52.Pestano
G/S/vB 32.Rogers
G/S/vB 44.Seddon*
G/S/vB 49.Sipp*
G/S/vB 38.Smith
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Andrus G/S/vP 4/.500 1/2.000 5/.650 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 2/1.500 9/.700 576/416 .299/.363/.389/.752 .695/.775 .790 102/.700 19/8 2/15

29.Beltre G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 2/1.500 6/.834 536/393 .316/.353/.530/.883 .692/.953 .817 106/1.064 1/0 25/8

17.Cruz G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/1.250 4/.000 521/388 .262/.326/.466/.793 .991/.726 .708 94/.874 8/4 21/2

23.Gentry G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 238/130 .305/.373/.386/.759 .869/.670 .794 30/.327 12/6 1/0

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/2.000 2/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 5/1.733 6/1.000 530/366 .293/.358/.583/.942 .849/.985 .958 105/1.045 7/3 36/5

5.Kinsler G/S/vP 4/.000 1/.000 5/.400 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 5/1.850 596/443 .268/.337/.440/.777 .991/.704 .634 106/.684 21/8 16/14

15.Martinez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/11 .091/.167/.091/.258 .000/.282 .000 12/.258 0/0 0/0

18.Moreland* G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/.000 2/1.000 2/2.000 ··· 2/2.000 2/.000 1/no AB 274/235 .292/.341/.524/.865 .810/.874 .728 83/.863 1/1 15/2

7.Murphy* G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 403/342 .314/.392/.491/.883 .881/.884 .781 97/.887 8/3 11/1

9.Olt G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 32/17 .160/.281/.200/.481 .497/.461 .514 26/.419 1/1 0/3

8.Soto G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/3.000 283/206 .209/.285/.346/.631 .686/.611 .621 77/.623 0/0 8/8

10.Young G/S/vP 3/2.000 1/.000 3/1.666 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.666 11/.282 526/380 .268/.300/.345/.645 .792/.590 .704 87/.672 2/2 4/5

IP 74.0 19.2 47.2 56.1 66.1 21.2 46.0 53.1 TOTAL .278/.340/.446/.786 .788/.785 .749 .785 84/37 156/73

ERA-K/9

5.11/4.4

1.83/7.8

3.59/10.2

2.08/9.9

4.61/9.9

4.57/4.1

4.70/9.2

3.21/7.1

4.84/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Martinez (4-0-0)
Soto (52-16-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 320/.262 80/.214 198/.223 225/.186 296/.275 94/.274 195/.222 220/.219 .268 Cruz
Hamilton
Gentry
Murphy
Olt
Moreland 6/0/121/7
77/73/2/5
0/98/2/4
91/2/16/4
0/0/2/0
0/0/3/0

OPS .756 .590 .621 .558 .778 .769 .744 .621 .768

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 141/.802 40/.624 106/.545 123/.649 146/.670 29/.392 102/.724 86/.636 .809

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 179/.719 40/.558 92/.707 102/.451 150/.878 65/.944 93/.766 134/.612 .725

Home 168/.765 53/.648 125/.651 124/.572 166/.711 50/.564 103/.682 119/.572

Last 28d days 3/.000 53/.727 38/.816 46/.762 53/.694 94/.769 40/.776 43/.635

HR/SB/CS 10/5/1 1/0/0 4/3/0 3/3/2 7/0/1 2/2/0 8/3/2 3/2/1 139/107/27

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

Indians Batters (4.05 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.29 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 39.Feldman
G/S/vB 37.Adams
G/S/vB 11.Darvish
G/S/vB 50.Kirkman*
G/S/vB 57.Lowe
G/S/vB 36.Nathan
G/S/vB 41.Ogando
G/S/vB 28.Ross*
G/S/vB 19.Uehara
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

23.Brantley* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 6/.334 ··· 2/.000 529/342 .285/.336/.410/.747 .689/.777 .676 96/.718 12/9 6/1

13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 8/1.285 2/1.500 3/1.000 3/.333 7/.453 5/1.000 3/1.334 1/no AB 3/.333 531/353 .270/.335/.423/.758 .803/.736 .762 101/.687 7/4 14/17

12.Carrera* G/S/vP 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 78/60 .306/.346/.486/.832 .873/.817 .708 71/.739 4/1 1/1

17.Choo* G/S/vP 7/.000 ··· 3/1.167 2/1.000 3/.000 10/.500 5/.400 1/.000 2/.500 552/358 .278/.366/.454/.820 .575/.948 .849 104/.690 15/6 15/2

16.Donald G/S/vP 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 105/50 .206/.240/.278/.519 .542/.494 .426 51/.602 4/0 2/5

9.Hannahan* G/S/vP 20/.485 ··· 3/.000 2/.500 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 276/204 .226/.298/.323/.621 .439/.684 .616 55/.515 0/2 4/10

22.Kipnis* G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.500 3/5.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 542/347 .253/.327/.381/.707 .564/.787 .641 87/.561 26/5 13/5

35.Kotchman* G/S/vP 11/.482 3/.333 3/.666 1/.000 3/.000 4/.833 3/.666 ··· 3/2.667 424/312 .235/.294/.356/.650 .590/.671 .653 75/.710 3/0 12/5

7.LaPorta G/S/vP 5/.400 1/2.000 ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 3/2.334 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 24/8 .130/.167/.130/.297 .321/.250 .301 13/.237 0/0 0/0

1.Lillibridge G/S/vP 5/1.200 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 157/83 .182/.212/.277/.489 .536/.442 .499 57/.611 9/2 3/5

6.Marson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 184/99 .236/.335/.312/.647 .571/.713 .561 49/.542 3/0 0/1

41.Santana# G/S/vP 1/no AB 4/.250 3/.000 1/no AB 2/2.500 4/.250 7/.143 1/.000 5/.600 484/316 .245/.364/.400/.764 .800/.744 .832 100/.787 3/3 13/9

IP 100.0 44.0 154.2 30.0 36.0 51.1 54.1 60.2 24.1 TOTAL .249/.320/.386/.707 .650/.736 .704 .657 87/37 117/75

ERA-K/9

4.95/6.3

2.45/8.2

4.31/10.6

3.60/8.7

2.00/6.8

2.45/11.4

2.82/9.0

1.78/6.4

2.59/8.9

3.91/7.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Marson (50-6-2)
Santana (54-20-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 434/.281 186/.246 682/.233 127/.156 140/.197 203/.222 213/.204 245/.225 92/.202 .247 Brantley
Choo
Carrera
Santana
Donald
Lillibridge 0/125/0/5
0/0/126/5
21/5/1/1
1/0/0/0
4/0/0/0
19/9/4/0

OPS .740 .634 .706 .543 .572 .591 .620 .611 .599 .710

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 233/.740 98/.678 390/.737 49/.531 65/.539 123/.590 86/.647 109/.600 47/.712 .703

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 201/.740 88/.586 292/.665 78/.548 75/.599 80/.592 127/.601 136/.620 45/.479 .714

Road 187/.683 84/.685 343/.708 35/.710 44/.323 81/.516 108/.551 116/.651 43/.840

Last 28d days 101/.855 33/.500 118/.741 50/.490 19/.566 26/.269 36/.807 40/.764 13/1.077

HR/SB/CS 11/15/2 1/10/1 13/20/2 3/1/0 3/0/1 5/3/0 7/4/0 3/1/1 4/1/0 136/87/20

Usage ·····X·· ···ooo·· ···X···· X····X·· ······X· o··oo··· ··o·o··· ··X···Xo o·X··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.