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Game Preview: TEX @ NYY, 1:05pm, Thursday, August 16, 2012 @Yankee Stadium III

Rangers, 67-49, 67-49 1st, 6 up

SP: Derek Holland (25, LHP, 7-6, 4.92)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (7-6) 115.1 105 67 63 37 95 22 4.92
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 2-2 48.1 40 25 25 13 36 11 4.66 53
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
2012-07-20 @LAA L 6.2 9 6 6 1 0 2 98 31
2012-07-13 @SEA W 7.2 4 0 0 2 4 0 106 73
2012-07-07 MIN ND 6.0 6 3 3 2 4 1 88 50
Last 5 v.NYY 0-4 27.2 35 28 28 19 14 7 9.11 32
2012-04-23 NYY L 6.0 9 7 7 4 1 1 110 23
2011-06-15 @NYY L 5.0 7 6 6 5 0 2 103 24
2011-05-07 NYY ND 3.0 4 4 4 5 4 0 77 34
2011-04-16 @NYY L 7.2 8 5 5 2 5 2 118 46
2009-08-26 @NYY L 6.0 7 6 6 3 4 2 99 35
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   36-22   Road:   31-27   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  47-34   vsLHP:  20-15   1-Run:  15-14
 vsEast: 16-11   vsCntrl:18-15   vsWest: 19-19 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
116 Wed, Aug 15  @NYY  L   2-3       67-49  1st  6.0 up
115 Tue, Aug 14  @NYY  L   0-3       67-48  1st  6.0 up
114 Mon, Aug 13  @NYY  L   2-8       67-47  1st  6.0 up
113 Sun, Aug 12   DET  W   8-3       67-46  1st  6.5 up
112 Sat, Aug 11   DET  W   2-1       66-46  1st  5.5 up
111 Fri, Aug 10   DET  L   2-6       65-46  1st  5.5 up
110 Wed, Aug  8  @BOS  W  10-9       65-45  1st  5.5 up
109 Tue, Aug  7  @BOS  W   6-3       64-45  1st  5.5 up
108 Mon, Aug  6  @BOS  L   2-9       63-45  1st  5.0 up
107 Sun, Aug  5  @KCR  L   6-7 (10)  63-44  1st  5.5 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
Yankees, 70-47, 70-47 1st, 6 up

SP: Ivan Nova (25, RHP, 11-6, 4.70)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (11-6) 145.2 165 81 76 44 134 23 4.70
2011 (16-4) 165.1 163 74 68 57 98 13 3.70
2010 (1-2) 42.0 44 22 21 17 26 4 4.50
Last 7 GS 2-3 41.1 52 30 29 13 44 6 6.31 44
2012-08-11 @TOR W 7.1 5 2 2 1 10 0 105 69
2012-08-06 @DET L 5.1 11 7 7 0 5 2 68 23
2012-07-31 BAL L 5.0 10 9 9 1 5 1 93 15
2012-07-25 @SEA ND 5.0 2 2 2 6 5 0 107 54
2012-07-20 @OAK ND 6.2 9 2 2 1 6 0 107 53
2012-07-15 LAA L 6.0 9 6 6 2 3 3 101 31
2012-07-08 @BOS W 6.0 6 2 1 2 10 0 111 62
Last 5 v.TEX 2-1 17.1 13 10 9 9 6 1 4.67 48
2011-06-15 TEX W 5.2 7 4 4 3 2 1 89 38
2011-05-06 @TEX W 7.1 2 1 0 1 1 0 98 72
2011-04-15 TEX L 4.1 4 5 5 5 3 0 86 33
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   37-22   Road:   33-25   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  45-32   vsLHP:  25-15   1-Run:  15-17
 vsEast: 22-18   vsCntrl:17-11   vsWest: 18-13 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
117 Wed, Aug 15   TEX  W   3-2       70-47  1st  6.0 up
116 Tue, Aug 14   TEX  W   3-0       69-47  1st  6.0 up
115 Mon, Aug 13   TEX  W   8-2       68-47  1st  5.0 up
114 Sun, Aug 12  @TOR  L   7-10      67-47  1st  5.0 up
113 Sat, Aug 11  @TOR  W   5-2       67-46  1st  6.0 up
112 Fri, Aug 10  @TOR  W  10-4       66-46  1st  5.5 up
111 Thu, Aug  9  @DET  W   4-3       65-46  1st  5.5 up
110 Wed, Aug  8  @DET  W  12-8       64-46  1st  4.5 up
109 Tue, Aug  7  @DET  L   5-6       63-46  1st  4.5 up
108 Mon, Aug  6  @DET  L   2-7       63-45  1st  5.5 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Aug 15, 2012 NYY  3  TEX  2        W:Freddy Garcia (7-5), L: Scott Feldman (6-8), S: Rafael Soriano (29)
Tue, Aug 14, 2012 NYY  3  TEX  0        W:Hiroki Kuroda (11-8), L: Matt Harrison (13-7), S: none
Mon, Aug 13, 2012 NYY  8  TEX  2        W:David Phelps (3-3), L: Ryan Dempster (6-6), S: Derek Lowe (1)
Wed, Apr 25, 2012 TEX  7  NYY  3        W:Robbie Ross (4-0), L: Phil Hughes (1-3), S: none
Tue, Apr 24, 2012 TEX  2  NYY  0        W:Yu Darvish (3-0), L: Hiroki Kuroda (1-3), S: Joe Nathan (5)
Mon, Apr 23, 2012 NYY  7 @TEX  4        W:CC Sabathia (2-0), L: Derek Holland (2-1), S: Mariano Rivera (4)

Thu, Jun 16, 2011 NYY  3  TEX  2 (12)   W:Cory Wade (1-0), L: Michael Kirkman (1-1), S: none
Wed, Jun 15, 2011 NYY 12  TEX  4        W:Ivan Nova (6-4), L: Derek Holland (5-2), S: none
Tue, Jun 14, 2011 NYY 12  TEX  4        W:CC Sabathia (8-4), L: Alexi Ogando (7-1), S: none
Sun, May 08, 2011 NYY 12 @TEX  5        W:CC Sabathia (3-2), L: Arthur Rhodes (1-2), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - NYY over 4-2; 2011 - NYY won 7-2; 2010 - Tied 4-4; All-Time - NYY leads 368-252

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 (5.02 RS/G) vs. Yankees Pitchers (4.04 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Nova
G/S/vB
62.Chamberlain
G/S/vB
38.Eppley
G/S/vB
48.Logan*
G/S/vB
41.Phelps
G/S/vB
39.Rapada*
G/S/vB
30.Robertson
G/S/vB
29.Soriano
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP 9/.222 5/1.000 ··· ··· 5/1.334 ··· 6/.533 3/1.334 513/367 .297/.367/.395/.762 .693/.791 .791 108/.802 19/7 2/11
29.Beltre G/S/vP 10/.322 11/.546 ··· 4/.250 4/1.000 1/2.000 4/1.000 3/.000 472/340 .300/.337/.482/.819 .656/.882 .785 108/.617 1/0 19/6
17.Cruz G/S/vP 5/.400 6/1.700 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 4/.250 2/.000 467/340 .265/.328/.460/.788 .920/.739 .685 104/.869 8/4 18/2
23.Gentry G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 210/111 .324/.396/.416/.812 .908/.729 .886 36/.705 11/5 1/0
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 3/1.667 10/.733 ··· 4/.000 5/.600 1/.000 4/.000 3/.666 467/316 .291/.358/.595/.952 .843/1.006 .982 105/.830 7/3 34/5
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 9/1.389 14/1.100 ··· 3/1.334 5/1.100 ··· 8/1.300 4/.250 530/391 .268/.336/.430/.766 1.008/.680 .639 108/.724 20/7 13/14
15.Martinez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/3 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 3/.000 0/0 0/0
18.Moreland* G/S/vP 8/.393 1/no AB ··· 5/1.267 4/1.833 1/.000 4/1.417 2/1.500 223/192 .286/.338/.517/.855 .706/.880 .721 50/.913 1/1 12/1
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 5/.400 9/1.389 1/.000 5/1.600 3/2.667 3/.000 8/.661 2/1.000 346/297 .295/.378/.470/.848 .870/.844 .698 87/.884 8/2 10/1
9.Olt G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 18/8 .231/.333/.231/.564 .775/.250 .397 18/.564 1/1 0/2
8.Soto G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 233/167 .191/.275/.335/.610 .652/.593 .621 58/.564 0/0 7/7
10.Young G/S/vP 9/.944 13/1.077 1/.000 2/1.500 3/.000 ··· 6/.334 10/.543 477/339 .269/.300/.342/.642 .761/.594 .678 101/.596 2/2 3/4
IP 145.2 4.2 33.0 39.1 57.0 31.1 39.1 47.1 TOTAL .275/.338/.440/.778 .775/.780 .741 .762 82/33 136/62
ERA-K/9 4.70/8.3 7.71/3.8 3.00/6.0 3.43/11.2 2.53/9.3 2.87/8.6 2.52/12.8 1.71/9.1 3.78/8.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martinez (0-0-0)
 Soto (41-15-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 636/.286 24/.409 140/.282 165/.217 235/.223 126/.202 162/.208 195/.220 .256  Cruz
 Hamilton
 Gentry
 Murphy
 Moreland
6/0/108/7
70/63/1/5
0/86/2/3
79/2/11/3
0/0/3/0
OPS .846 1.049 .689 .662 .666 .580 .603 .615 .731
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 324/.837 12/1.045 53/.782 95/.645 107/.796 93/.552 89/.561 116/.595 .719
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 312/.855 12/1.053 87/.634 70/.684 128/.560 33/.660 73/.651 79/.642 .743
Home 256/.932 9/1.556 49/.595 82/.673 115/.593 65/.533 82/.514 93/.747
Last 28d days 135/.841 24/1.049 34/.893 26/.405 50/.543 27/.681 49/.619 41/.562
HR/SB/CS 23/7/3 1/0/0 1/2/0 4/3/1 7/1/0 2/0/0 3/6/0 1/2/1 128/69/22
Usage ····X··· ···o·o·· ···X·o·· o····o·o ··X···o· ···o·Xo· o···oo·X o···o·oo
Yankees Batters (4.96 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.40 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
28.Ross*
G/S/vB
52.Scheppers
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Cano* G/S/vP 19/1.052 2/.000 4/1.250 5/.200 4/1.167 7/.286 6/.834 1/.000 ··· 500/313 .311/.372/.551/.923 .667/1.080 .984 107/.789 3/2 25/5
12.Chavez* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 8/.125 3/.666 2/1.500 ··· 224/200 .303/.362/.547/.909 .310/.979 .924 65/1.086 0/0 13/5
14.Granderson* G/S/vP 11/.705 1/.000 4/.250 4/1.000 11/.673 20/1.239 5/1.400 2/.500 1/.000 514/345 .235/.329/.478/.807 .758/.831 .827 107/.617 8/3 30/0
27.Ibanez* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 8/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 325/283 .252/.317/.469/.786 .544/.823 .903 67/.882 3/0 15/0
2.Jeter G/S/vP 17/1.338 2/.000 4/1.250 1/.000 5/.650 7/.453 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 530/375 .319/.361/.423/.784 .937/.719 .720 111/.820 7/3 9/8
22.Jones G/S/vP 11/.664 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/2.000 8/.250 1/.000 ··· ··· 202/67 .213/.297/.455/.752 .736/.784 .824 47/.434 0/0 12/0
55.Martin G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.000 3/1.167 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 4/2.417 1/.000 1/2.000 339/248 .197/.313/.366/.678 .891/.604 .732 79/.766 3/0 12/5
45.McGehee G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 318/209 .234/.302/.392/.693 .872/.605 .614 58/.549 1/1 9/3
17.Nix G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 130/59 .261/.302/.437/.739 .763/.707 .850 44/.700 4/3 4/2
19.Stewart G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 121/70 .268/.294/.357/.651 .636/.663 .818 24/1.010 1/0 1/4
31.Suzuki* G/S/vP 33/.586 9/.666 11/1.363 2/.000 4/.583 13/.462 11/.364 1/.000 ··· 501/321 .265/.292/.361/.653 .528/.726 .586 93/.680 18/4 5/1
33.Swisher# G/S/vP 19/.768 1/.000 4/.500 5/2.550 5/.650 11/1.031 7/.953 2/.000 ··· 425/284 .263/.344/.468/.811 .704/.863 .756 80/.776 1/3 16/2
25.Teixeira# G/S/vP 19/1.257 1/.000 4/.000 3/.333 7/2.571 13/1.524 6/1.333 2/.000 ··· 472/296 .257/.337/.493/.830 .889/.792 .766 99/.793 2/1 23/1
IP 115.1 38.0 140.2 22.2 33.0 45.1 49.0 55.1 22.1 TOTAL .267/.338/.461/.799 .783/.806 .819 .781 61/19 180/53
ERA-K/9 4.92/7.4 2.84/7.6 4.54/10.4 4.76/9.1 2.18/7.1 2.78/10.7 2.94/8.8 1.79/6.0 4.84/7.7 4.04/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martin (49-16-5)
 Stewart (20-6-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 478/.241 164/.265 628/.238 98/.165 129/.197 184/.241 192/.199 222/.215 98/.322 .250  Swisher
 Suzuki
 Jones
 Granderson
 Ibanez
 Nix
0/0/87/4
8/1/105/3
33/0/14/3
0/115/0/2
61/0/8/2
11/0/0/0
OPS .751 .674 .719 .583 .581 .643 .607 .601 .887 .720
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 123/.648 85/.692 364/.738 34/.544 60/.551 111/.638 77/.684 98/.583 36/.967 .709
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 355/.786 79/.655 264/.693 64/.601 69/.604 73/.652 115/.553 124/.616 62/.841 .728
Road 213/.744 76/.700 317/.723 20/.850 41/.347 72/.553 103/.535 109/.637 31/.613
Last 28d days 139/.804 31/.723 148/.786 38/.535 8/.708 35/.924 54/.855 39/.832 37/.680
HR/SB/CS 22/7/3 1/8/1 12/17/2 3/0/0 3/0/1 5/3/0 6/3/0 3/1/1 5/3/0 125/72/19
Usage ····X··· o···o··· ···X···· ··XX·X·· ··o··X·· ·······o oX··X··X X··ooo·· ·o·o·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.