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Game Preview: TEX @ HOU, 7:15pm, Saturday, May 19, 2012 @Minute Maid Park

Rangers, 25-15, 25-15 1st, 5 up

SP: Derek Holland (25, LHP, 3-2, 3.78)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (3-2)			47.2	40	24	20	17	40	3	3.78
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		3-2	46.2	39	24	20	17	40	3	3.86	55
2012-05-10	@BAL	W	6.0	4	3	0	2	5	0	97	61
2012-05-05	@CLE	ND	7.1	5	2	1	3	6	0	106	65
2012-04-29	TBR	L	7.0	9	5	5	2	8	0	114	45
2012-04-23	NYY	L	6.0	9	7	7	4	1	1	110	23
2012-04-18	@BOS	W	7.0	4	2	2	3	7	1	102	65
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

Last 5 v.HOU		1-0	13.0	11	6	6	3	8	1	4.15	53
2011-06-20	HOU	W	7.1	6	3	3	3	4	0	113	55
2009-05-22	@HOU	ND	5.2	5	3	3	0	4	1	76	51

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

 Home:   11-9    Road:   14-6    ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:  16-9    vsLHP:   9-6    1-Run:   4-6 
 vsEast:  9-6    vsCntrl: 9-6    vsWest:  6-3  IL: 1-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 40 Fri, May 18  @HOU  W   4-1       25-15  1st  5.0 up
 39 Thu, May 17   OAK  L   4-5 (10)  24-15  1st  4.0 up
 38 Wed, May 16   OAK  W   4-1       24-14  1st  5.0 up
 37 Tue, May 15   KCR  L   4-7       23-14  1st  4.0 up
 36 Mon, May 14   KCR  L   1-3       23-13  1st  4.0 up
 35 Sun, May 13   LAA  W  13-6       23-12  1st  5.0 up
 34 Sat, May 12   LAA  L   2-4       22-12  1st  4.0 up
 33 Fri, May 11   LAA  W  10-3       22-11  1st  5.0 up
 32 Thu, May 10  @BAL  W   7-3       21-11  1st  5.0 up
 31 Thu, May 10  @BAL  L   5-6       20-11  1st  5.0 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:17-13

Astros, 17-22, 17-22 4th, 5 GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Lucas Harrell (27, RHP, 2-3, 4.40)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (2-3)			45.0	46	26	22	18	22	2	4.40
2011 (0-2)			18.0	23	12	9	8	15	0	4.50
2010 (1-0)			24.0	34	18	13	17	15	2	4.88

Last 7 GS		1-3	38.0	43	26	22	18	18	2	5.21	43
2012-05-14	@PHI	L	5.2	5	3	2	2	3	0	81	50
2012-05-09	MIA	ND	5.1	6	3	2	3	4	0	107	47
2012-05-04	STL	W	5.1	7	4	3	2	3	0	105	41
2012-04-28	@CIN	L	6.0	9	6	5	1	1	1	86	32
2012-04-23	@MIL	L	5.0	5	5	5	3	1	1	86	35
2012-04-18	@WSN	ND	6.2	4	1	1	3	4	0	97	63
2012-04-13	@MIA	ND	4.0	7	4	4	4	2	0	85	30

Has never faced TEX as starter.

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

 Home:   12-9    Road:    5-13   ExtrInn: 0-5 
 vsRHP:  13-17   vsLHP:   4-5    1-Run:   6-8 
 vsEast:  7-11   vsCntrl: 7-7    vsWest:  3-3  IL: 0-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 39 Fri, May 18   TEX  L   1-4       17-22  4th  5.0 gb
 38 Thu, May 17   MIL  W   4-0       17-21  4th  5.0 gb
 37 Wed, May 16   MIL  W   8-3       16-21  4th  6.0 gb
 36 Tue, May 15  @PHI  L   3-4 (10)  15-21  5th  6.0 gb
 35 Mon, May 14  @PHI  L   1-5       15-20  4th  5.0 gb
 34 Sun, May 13  @PIT  L   2-3 (12)  15-19  4th  5.0 gb
 33 Sat, May 12  @PIT  L   2-5       15-18  3rd  5.0 gb
 32 Fri, May 11  @PIT  W   1-0       15-17  3rd  5.0 gb
 31 Wed, May  9   MIA  L   3-5 (12)  14-17  4th  6.0 gb
 30 Tue, May  8   MIA  W   3-2       14-16  3rd  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, May 18, 2012 TEX  4 @HOU  1        W:Robbie Ross (5-0), L: Wandy Rodriguez (3-4), S: Joe Nathan (9)

Thu, Jun 30, 2011 HOU  7  TEX  0        W:Wandy Rodriguez (6-4), L: Matt Harrison (6-7), S: none
Wed, Jun 29, 2011 TEX  3 @HOU  2        W:Colby Lewis (7-7), L: Brett Myers (3-7), S: Neftali Feliz (16)
Tue, Jun 28, 2011 TEX  7 @HOU  3        W:C.J. Wilson (8-3), L: Jordan Lyles (0-3), S: Neftali Feliz (15)
Wed, Jun 22, 2011 HOU  5 @TEX  3        W:Mark Melancon (5-1), L: Neftali Feliz (0-1), S: none
Tue, Jun 21, 2011 TEX  5  HOU  4 (11)   W:Yoshinori Tateyama (1-0), L: Enerio Del Rosario (0-2), S: none
Mon, Jun 20, 2011 TEX  8  HOU  3        W:Derek Holland (6-2), L: J.A. Happ (3-9), S: none
Sun, Jun 27, 2010 TEX 10  HOU  1        W:Tommy Hunter (4-0), L: Roy Oswalt (5-10), S: none
Sat, Jun 26, 2010 TEX  7  HOU  2        W:C.J. Wilson (6-3), L: Josh Banks (0-1), S: none
Fri, Jun 25, 2010 HOU  7 @TEX  4        W:Brian Moehler (1-4), L: Colby Lewis (7-5), S: Matt Lindstrom (18)
Season Series: 2012 - TEX over 1-0; 2011 - TEX won 4-2; 2010 - TEX won 5-1; All-Time - TEX leads 38-29

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 5.60 ARI 4.10 PIT 2.85	RA/G WSN 3.28 TBR 4.10 COL 5.32	BA D. Wright .409 E. Thames .263 B. Ryan .150	OBP D. Wright .510 J. Martinez .329 C. Barmes .185	SLG J. Hamilton .804 W. Venable .414 B. Morel .195	OPS J. Hamilton 1.249 C. Johnson .754 B. Morel .420	ERA B. Beachy 1.33 R. Romero 3.64 C. Buchholz 7.77	K/9IP G. Gonzalez 11.09 K. Drabek 7.39 D. Lowe 2.22

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.60

ARI 4.10

PIT 2.85

RA/G

WSN 3.28

TBR 4.10

COL 5.32

D. Wright .409

E. Thames .263

B. Ryan .150

OBP

D. Wright .510

J. Martinez .329

C. Barmes .185

SLG

J. Hamilton .804

W. Venable .414

B. Morel .195

OPS

J. Hamilton 1.249

C. Johnson .754

B. Morel .420

ERA

B. Beachy 1.33

R. Romero 3.64

C. Buchholz 7.77

K/9IP

G. Gonzalez 11.09

K. Drabek 7.39

D. Lowe 2.22

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Rangers Batters (5.60 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (3.92 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 64.Harrell
G/S/vB 58.Abad*
G/S/vB 55.Cruz
G/S/vB 59.Lopez
G/S/vB 37.Lyon
G/S/vB 39.Myers
G/S/vB 43.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 53.Wright*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Andrus G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 3/1.333 ··· 1/.000 3/1.167 180/120 .318/.394/.409/.803 .739/.837 .941 113/.869 8/1 1/4

29.Beltre G/S/vP 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/2.000 24/.592 2/2.500 ··· 145/99 .311/.338/.556/.893 .578/1.033 1.042 84/.941 1/0 8/2

17.Cruz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 6/1.166 2/.500 1/.000 168/112 .265/.321/.406/.728 .808/.688 .726 103/.724 2/3 4/0

23.Gentry G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 70/29 .328/.386/.438/.823 .911/.703 .759 49/.908 5/1 1/0

14.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 41/19 .225/.225/.275/.500 .500/.500 .481 33/.438 0/0 0/0

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 8/.833 1/.000 3/3.333 162/100 .392/.444/.804/1.249 1.070/1.365 1.392 94/1.342 3/1 18/1

5.Kinsler G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 8/2.893 ··· 4/.500 185/129 .287/.362/.476/.838 1.015/.759 .682 113/.709 5/4 5/4

18.Moreland* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 6/.167 ··· ··· 103/84 .280/.340/.516/.856 .616/.910 .662 68/1.028 0/0 6/0

7.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/no AB 2/3.000 ··· 3/.333 113/91 .270/.330/.430/.760 .568/.808 .699 68/.676 2/1 3/1

25.Napoli G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 143/88 .242/.329/.460/.788 .642/.882 .880 91/.633 0/0 7/2

21.Snyder G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 37/12 .314/.351/.600/.951 1.183/.500 1.113 28/.988 0/0 3/0

8.Torrealba G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 13/1.067 19/.500 ··· 1/3.000 68/32 .213/.269/.279/.547 .576/.517 .711 35/.425 1/0 0/0

10.Young G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 4/.000 8/.500 2/1.000 3/.666 167/110 .277/.305/.384/.689 .948/.557 .873 107/.521 2/0 3/1

IP 45.0 8.0 12.0 23.1 14.1 13.0 15.1 10.0 TOTAL .291/.347/.476/.823 .807/.832 .858 .795 29/11 59/18

ERA-K/9

4.40/4.4

4.50/4.5

3.00/7.5

1.54/6.6

1.88/8.8

2.08/5.5

4.11/9.4

2.70/8.1

3.52/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Napoli (9-4-3)
Torrealba (8-5-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 198/.267 33/.250 49/.184 82/.190 57/.259 50/.174 68/.233 42/.189 .246 Hamilton
Cruz
Murphy
Snyder
Moreland
Gentry 27/24/0/3
2/0/39/3
28/2/1/1
4/0/0/0
0/0/2/0
0/33/0/0

OPS .759 .898 .563 .438 .650 .611 .740 .583 .714

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 79/.831 15/.600 20/.411 27/.519 16/.646 26/.321 25/.931 27/.269 .673

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 119/.713 18/1.157 29/.677 55/.397 41/.652 24/.928 43/.636 15/1.159 .739

Home 74/.625 23/.761 25/.610 41/.299 26/.500 23/.445 32/.683 29/.718

Last 28d days 127/.848 28/.878 23/.535 44/.380 34/.423 39/.675 42/.807 24/.436

HR/SB/CS 2/3/1 4/0/0 0/1/1 1/0/0 1/1/0 2/0/0 3/6/0 0/1/0 42/30/8

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

Astros Batters (4.10 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (3.60 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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

27.Altuve G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 161/122 .315/.369/.445/.814 .898/.786 .730 103/.788 9/1 2/5

19.Bogusevic* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 131/104 .235/.328/.330/.659 .505/.699 .615 81/.659 6/3 1/1

6.Buck* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 7/1.914 3/1.667 2/.500 3/.000 ··· ··· 62/56 .246/.306/.351/.657 .667/.657 .747 39/.565 0/0 0/1

15.Castro* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 92/71 .217/.286/.277/.563 .243/.662 .434 55/.571 0/0 0/2

16.Downs G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 51/34 .188/.235/.458/.694 .827/.630 .515 35/.683 0/0 3/0

9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 54/36 .226/.241/.340/.580 .686/.528 .645 19/.579 0/0 1/1

23.Johnson G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 146/118 .288/.322/.432/.754 .558/.799 .850 88/.840 2/0 4/4

45.Lee G/S/vP 5/.450 4/.000 ··· 10/.522 3/.000 9/.777 ··· ··· 1/.000 152/121 .295/.355/.410/.765 .508/.831 .839 85/.869 0/0 3/1

4.Lowrie# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 6/1.333 2/.500 ··· 2/.500 ··· 4/.000 136/106 .275/.360/.450/.810 .887/.790 .880 99/.880 1/0 5/3

14.Martinez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 140/105 .218/.329/.328/.656 .729/.633 .563 79/.373 0/0 3/0

44.Maxwell G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 54/30 .224/.278/.327/.604 .867/.408 .989 37/.543 0/2 1/1

1.Schafer* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 155/131 .255/.333/.343/.676 .503/.707 .811 90/.657 13/4 2/0

18.Snyder G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 63/46 .179/.270/.268/.538 .651/.499 .570 40/.732 0/0 1/0

IP 47.2 14.1 52.0 15.0 13.0 17.2 22.0 20.0 14.1 TOTAL .248/.316/.362/.678 .654/.685 .708 .677 31/10 26/24

ERA-K/9

3.78/7.5

2.51/5.7

2.60/10.0

3.00/4.2

2.77/11.1

2.55/10.7

0.82/9.4

2.25/6.3

1.26/10.1

3.16/8.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castro (20-3-3)
Snyder (10-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 196/.227 58/.250 225/.222 63/.259 53/.245 68/.246 77/.127 73/.212 51/.140 .231 Schafer
Maxwell
Downs
Bogusevic
Martinez
Buck 0/36/0/3
5/10/3/1
0/0/2/1
0/2/31/1
32/0/0/1
9/0/8/1

OPS .654 .633 .654 .629 .669 .665 .366 .567 .457 .672

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 54/.775 37/.438 144/.668 33/.379 26/.472 44/.636 33/.587 31/.486 25/.280 .641

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 142/.609 21/.981 81/.630 30/.900 27/.866 24/.720 44/.188 42/.625 26/.631 .701

Road 81/.523 22/.673 111/.672 22/.739 17/.180 31/.499 34/.209 41/.772 23/.652

Last 28d days 117/.731 31/.704 139/.606 55/.687 45/.701 38/.561 49/.345 54/.533 35/.232

HR/SB/CS 3/2/2 1/3/0 4/3/0 1/3/1 2/0/1 2/1/0 1/0/0 2/0/1 2/0/0 41/17/9

Usage ····o··· ·oo·o··· ··X····X ····X··· ·o···X·X Xooo·X·· ·X·o··X· Xo··X·oo o··o·X·X

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.