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Game Preview: TEX @ CLE, 1:05pm, Sunday, September 2, 2012 @Progressive Field

Rangers, 78-54, 78-54 1st, 3 up

SP: Derek Holland (25, LHP, 9-6, 4.90)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (9-6) 134.0 121 80 73 40 108 24 4.90
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 3-1 46.2 37 29 26 11 41 10 5.01 53
2012-08-27 TBR W 6.0 6 5 3 1 5 1 94 48
2012-08-22 BAL W 7.0 5 3 3 2 5 0 106 58
2012-08-16 @NYY ND 5.2 5 5 4 0 3 1 88 44
2012-08-11 DET ND 7.2 3 1 1 1 9 1 102 77
2012-08-05 @KCR ND 6.0 8 6 6 2 7 2 107 37
2012-07-31 LAA L 6.2 5 6 6 4 5 3 97 41
2012-07-25 BOS W 7.2 5 3 3 1 7 2 100 63
Last 5 v.CLE 2-0 25.0 21 9 6 8 18 2 2.16 59
2012-05-05 @CLE ND 7.1 5 2 1 3 6 0 106 65
2011-09-14 CLE W 7.0 6 1 1 3 6 1 107 64
2011-08-05 CLE ND 1.2 5 6 4 1 1 1 53 25
2011-06-04 @CLE W 9.0 5 0 0 1 5 0 112 81
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   43-25   Road:   35-29   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  55-38   vsLHP:  23-16   1-Run:  18-17
 vsEast: 23-14   vsCntrl:22-17   vsWest: 19-19 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
132 Sat, Sep  1  @CLE  L   3-4       78-54  1st  3.0 up
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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11
Indians, 56-77, 56-77 4th, 16½ GB, 19½ GB in WC

SP: Zach McAllister (24, RHP, 5-5, 3.82)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (5-5) 94.1 95 58 40 27 87 12 3.82
2011 (0-1) 17.2 26 16 12 7 14 1 6.11
Last 7 GS 1-3 38.1 43 29 20 13 35 6 4.70 47
2012-08-28 OAK L 4.1 9 5 5 3 8 2 110 30
2012-08-22 @SEA ND 6.0 3 1 1 3 4 1 98 63
2012-08-17 @OAK ND 6.0 8 4 4 1 6 0 91 45
2012-08-11 BOS W 8.0 3 2 2 0 4 0 100 72
2012-08-06 MIN L 1.2 6 9 2 2 3 2 62 22
2012-08-01 @KCR L 6.0 5 5 4 2 3 0 105 45
2012-07-26 DET ND 6.1 9 3 2 2 7 1 117 50
Has never faced TEX as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   32-36   Road:   24-41   ExtrInn: 3-6 
 vsRHP:  42-47   vsLHP:  14-30   1-Run:  16-8 
 vsEast: 14-22   vsCntrl:20-27   vsWest: 14-18 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
133 Sat, Sep  1   TEX  W   4-3       56-77  4th 16.5 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
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 4-16   Last 30: 6-24

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Sep 01, 2012 CLE  4  TEX  3        W:Jeanmar Gomez (5-7), L: Scott Feldman (6-11), S: Vinnie Pestano (1)
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)
Season Series: 2012 - CLE over 3-2; 2011 - TEX won 9-1; 2010 - TEX won 4-2; All-Time - TEX leads 327-298

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  5.14

SFG  4.32

HOU  3.63

 RA/G

WSN  3.59

TEX  4.29

COL  5.49

 BA

A. McCutchen  .346

Y. Alonso  .274

C. Pena  .188

 OBP

A. McCutchen  .410

A. Cabrera  .335

J. Smoak  .258

 SLG

R. Braun  .603

I. Kinsler  .437

J. Carroll  .295

 OPS

R. Braun  .992

D. DeJesus  .771

J. Smoak  .576

 ERA

J. Cueto  2.48

J. Johnson  3.86

R. Wolf  5.69

 K/9IP

M. Scherzer  11.28

W. Chen  7.37

H. Alvarez  3.42

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Rangers Batters (5.14 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (5.20 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 34.McAllister
G/S/vB		 37.Allen
G/S/vB		 51.Barnes*
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 5/.650 ··· 2/1.000 2/1.000 2/1.500 9/.700 580/420 .298/.363/.388/.751 .695/.772 .786 101/.667 19/8 2/15
29.Beltre G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 1/3.000 2/.000 2/1.500 6/.834 540/397 .319/.356/.540/.896 .692/.970 .846 105/1.089 1/0 26/8
17.Cruz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/1.250 5/.400 525/392 .262/.328/.465/.793 .991/.727 .710 93/.884 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 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/2.000 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 5/1.733 6/1.000 534/370 .290/.356/.578/.934 .849/.973 .943 104/1.025 7/3 36/5
5.Kinsler G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 5/1.850 600/447 .266/.335/.437/.772 .991/.697 .625 110/.657 21/8 16/14
27.Martin* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 43/35 .184/.262/.395/.657 .500/.694 .276 2/.500 2/0 0/0
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 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/1.167 ··· 2/2.000 2/.000 2/.500 278/239 .289/.336/.518/.854 .810/.861 .708 82/.861 1/1 15/2
7.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 407/346 .317/.395/.501/.896 .881/.900 .810 96/.991 8/3 12/1
9.Olt G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 32/17 .160/.281/.200/.481 .497/.461 .514 21/.405 1/1 0/3
21.Snyder G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 68/22 .281/.313/.453/.767 .916/.438 .880 / 0/0 3/0
8.Soto G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· 2/1.500 287/210 .209/.284/.345/.629 .686/.608 .617 81/.616 0/0 8/8
10.Young G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.666 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.666 12/.258 530/384 .266/.298/.342/.640 .792/.583 .693 86/.619 2/2 4/5
IP 94.1 19.2 10.0 47.2 57.2 67.0 21.2 46.0 54.2 TOTAL .278/.340/.446/.786 .788/.785 .749 .787 84/37 158/73
ERA-K/9 3.82/8.3 1.83/7.8 8.10/9.0 3.59/10.2 2.03/9.8 4.57/9.8 4.57/4.1 4.70/9.2 3.13/7.1 4.82/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martinez (4-0-0)
 Snyder (0-0-0)
 Soto (53-16-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 405/.255 80/.214 51/.286 198/.223 231/.190 299/.275 94/.274 195/.222 225/.219 .268  Cruz
 Hamilton
 Murphy
 Gentry
 Martin
 Snyder
 Olt
 Moreland
6/0/122/7
77/74/2/5
92/2/16/4
0/98/2/4
4/11/0/1
5/0/5/0
0/0/2/0
0/0/3/0
OPS .730 .590 .936 .621 .561 .777 .769 .744 .616 .768
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 232/.688 40/.624 21/.866 106/.545 125/.655 147/.665 29/.392 102/.724 88/.620 .809
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 173/.788 40/.558 30/.977 92/.707 106/.453 152/.879 65/.944 93/.766 137/.613 .725
Home 251/.769 53/.648 9/.333 125/.651 130/.577 169/.710 50/.564 103/.682 124/.564
Last 28d days 117/.828 51/.757 / 31/.571 46/.845 56/.692 72/.659 38/.781 44/.540
HR/SB/CS 12/12/0 1/0/0 1/1/0 4/3/0 3/3/2 7/0/1 2/2/0 8/3/2 3/2/1 141/107/27
Usage ····X··· ·X·X·X·· ········ ··X····o X··X···X oX··X·X· ··X··X·· ··X·X·o· X·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 45.Holland*
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		 33.Perez*
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
23.Brantley* G/S/vP 8/.875 ··· 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 6/.334 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 533/346 .284/.336/.409/.745 .689/.774 .673 95/.644 12/9 6/1
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 12/.750 2/1.500 3/1.000 3/.333 7/.453 5/1.000 3/1.334 ··· ··· 3/3.500 3/.333 531/353 .270/.335/.423/.758 .803/.736 .762 95/.677 7/4 14/17
4.Canzler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/4 .500/.500/.500/1.000 /1.000 1.000 4/1.000 0/0 0/
12.Carrera* G/S/vP 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 81/63 .293/.333/.467/.800 .873/.777 .654 69/.623 4/1 1/1
17.Choo* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 3/1.167 2/1.000 3/.000 10/.500 6/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 556/362 .281/.369/.455/.824 .575/.953 .857 103/.698 16/6 15/2
16.Donald G/S/vP 5/.400 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 108/53 .200/.234/.270/.504 .542/.465 .402 54/.568 4/0 2/5
9.Hannahan* G/S/vP 8/.393 ··· 3/.000 2/.500 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 279/207 .223/.295/.319/.614 .439/.674 .603 56/.468 0/2 4/10
22.Kipnis* G/S/vP 6/.666 2/.500 3/5.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 5/.400 ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· 546/351 .253/.326/.382/.708 .564/.786 .643 85/.614 26/5 13/5
35.Kotchman* G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.333 3/.666 1/.000 3/.000 4/.833 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 3/2.667 427/315 .233/.292/.353/.645 .590/.664 .644 78/.682 3/0 12/5
7.LaPorta G/S/vP 1/no AB 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 6/1.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 157/83 .182/.212/.277/.489 .536/.442 .499 54/.646 9/2 3/5
6.Marson G/S/vP 9/.111 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 184/99 .236/.335/.312/.647 .571/.713 .561 44/.480 3/0 0/1
41.Santana# G/S/vP 12/1.300 4/.250 3/.000 1/no AB 2/2.500 4/.250 7/.143 ··· ··· 2/.000 6/.500 488/320 .245/.363/.399/.761 .800/.741 .826 99/.759 3/3 13/9
IP 134.0 44.0 154.2 30.0 36.0 51.1 55.1 20.0 25.2 12.2 25.1 TOTAL .248/.320/.385/.705 .650/.734 .701 .629 88/37 117/75
ERA-K/9 4.90/7.3 2.45/8.2 4.31/10.6 3.60/8.7 2.00/6.8 2.45/11.4 2.77/9.1 4.05/4.5 4.56/8.1 11.37/9.9 2.49/8.5 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 555/.239 186/.246 682/.233 127/.156 140/.197 203/.222 217/.205 91/.275 118/.333 62/.298 95/.196 .247  Brantley
 Choo
 Carrera
 Santana
 Donald
 Lillibridge
0/126/0/5
0/0/127/5
22/5/1/1
1/0/0/0
4/0/0/0
19/9/4/0
OPS .740 .634 .706 .543 .572 .591 .618 .707 .889 .951 .580 .708
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 134/.703 98/.678 390/.737 49/.531 65/.539 123/.590 89/.647 27/.667 46/.826 29/1.407 49/.683 .701
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 421/.751 88/.586 292/.665 78/.548 75/.599 80/.592 128/.596 64/.724 72/.930 33/.606 46/.468 .714
Road 236/.729 84/.685 343/.708 35/.710 44/.323 81/.516 112/.549 3/.333 38/.781 22/1.009 46/.784
Last 28d days 103/.600 33/.500 118/.741 47/.498 19/.566 26/.269 40/.775 / 35/.762 / 16/.875
HR/SB/CS 24/7/3 1/10/1 13/20/2 3/1/0 3/0/1 5/3/0 7/4/0 1/1/1 5/5/0 4/0/0 4/1/0 136/88/20
Usage ·····X·· ····ooo· ····X··· ·X····X· ·······X ·o··oo·· X··o·o·· ········ ·······o ········ oo·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.