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Game Preview: TEX @ OAK, 3:35pm, Thursday, June 7, 2012 @The Coliseum

Rangers, 33-24, 33-24 1st, 4½ up

SP: Yu Darvish (25, RHP, 7-3, 3.34)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (7-3) 67.1 60 28 25 38 73 5 3.34
Last 7 GS 4-3 41.1 34 20 18 23 49 5 3.92 54
2012-06-02 @LAA L 6.1 6 3 3 3 7 0 111 53
2012-05-27 TOR W 5.0 7 3 3 3 3 1 93 41
2012-05-21 @SEA L 4.0 4 5 4 6 5 0 96 35
2012-05-16 OAK W 7.2 4 1 1 2 7 0 118 72
2012-05-11 LAA W 5.1 3 3 3 3 7 2 93 54
2012-05-06 @CLE L 6.0 6 4 3 4 11 1 112 53
2012-04-30 @TOR W 7.0 4 1 1 2 9 1 97 72
Last 5 v.OAK 1-0 7.2 4 1 1 2 7 0 1.17 72
2012-05-16 OAK W 7.2 4 1 1 2 7 0 118 72
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   15-11   Road:   18-13   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  23-16   vsLHP:  10-8    1-Run:   5-8 
 vsEast: 12-6    vsCntrl: 9-6    vsWest: 10-11 IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 57 Wed, Jun  6  @OAK  L   0-2       33-24  1st  4.5 up
 56 Tue, Jun  5  @OAK  W   6-3       33-23  1st  4.5 up
 55 Mon, Jun  4  @OAK  L   1-12      32-23  1st  4.5 up
 54 Sun, Jun  3  @LAA  W   7-3       32-22  1st  4.5 up
 53 Sat, Jun  2  @LAA  L   2-3       31-22  1st  3.5 up
 52 Fri, Jun  1  @LAA  L   2-4       31-21  1st  4.5 up
 51 Wed, May 30   SEA  L   8-21      31-20  1st  5.5 up
 50 Tue, May 29   SEA  L   3-10      31-19  1st  5.5 up
 49 Mon, May 28   SEA  W   4-2       31-18  1st  6.5 up
 48 Sun, May 27   TOR  W  12-6       30-18  1st  6.5 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
Athletics, 25-32, 25-32 3rd, 8 GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Brandon McCarthy (28, RHP, 4-3, 2.95)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (4-3) 64.0 70 24 21 18 42 5 2.95
2011 (9-9) 170.2 168 73 63 25 123 11 3.32
2009 (7-4) 97.1 96 55 50 36 65 13 4.62
Last 7 GS 4-2 46.0 51 16 16 14 32 3 3.13 53
2012-06-02 @KCR W 6.0 8 2 2 2 2 0 71 48
2012-05-17 @TEX ND 5.1 8 4 4 3 4 2 91 37
2012-05-12 DET W 7.0 4 0 0 0 10 0 91 79
2012-05-02 @BOS W 6.2 5 1 1 3 4 0 113 61
2012-04-27 @BAL W 7.0 5 2 2 3 4 0 97 60
2012-04-21 CLE L 7.0 10 2 2 3 4 0 113 50
2012-04-16 @LAA L 7.0 11 5 5 0 4 1 99 39
Last 5 v.TEX 0-2 27.2 36 21 17 4 14 3 5.53 42
2012-05-17 @TEX ND 5.1 8 4 4 3 4 2 91 37
2011-09-21 TEX ND 7.0 6 1 1 0 1 0 79 62
2011-09-09 @TEX L 6.0 6 4 3 1 5 0 97 50
2011-08-12 TEX L 3.1 8 7 5 0 0 0 72 20
2011-07-09 @TEX ND 6.0 8 5 4 0 4 1 87 42
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   12-16   Road:   13-16   ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  17-22   vsLHP:   8-10   1-Run:   6-4 
 vsEast:  6-8    vsCntrl: 8-11   vsWest: 10-11 IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 57 Wed, Jun  6   TEX  W   2-0       25-32  3rd  8.0 gb
 56 Tue, Jun  5   TEX  L   3-6       24-32  3rd  9.0 gb
 55 Mon, Jun  4   TEX  W  12-1       24-31  3rd  8.0 gb
 54 Sun, Jun  3  @KCR  L   0-2       23-31  3rd  9.0 gb
 53 Sat, Jun  2  @KCR  W   9-3       23-30  3rd  8.0 gb
 52 Fri, Jun  1  @KCR  L   0-2       22-30  3rd  9.0 gb
 51 Wed, May 30  @MIN  L   0-4       22-29  3rd  9.0 gb
 50 Tue, May 29  @MIN  L   2-3       22-28  3rd  9.0 gb
 49 Mon, May 28  @MIN  L   4-5       22-27  3rd  9.0 gb
 48 Sun, May 27   NYY  L   0-2       22-26  3rd  8.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jun 06, 2012 OAK  2  TEX  0        W:Bartolo Colon (5-6), L: Colby Lewis (4-5), S: Brian Fuentes (5)
Tue, Jun 05, 2012 TEX  6 @OAK  3        W:Derek Holland (5-4), L: Travis Blackley (0-1), S: Joe Nathan (12)
Mon, Jun 04, 2012 OAK 12  TEX  1        W:Jarrod Parker (2-2), L: Scott Feldman (0-4), S: none
Thu, May 17, 2012 OAK  5 @TEX  4 (10)   W:Ryan Cook (1-0), L: Mike Adams (0-2), S: Brian Fuentes (3)
Wed, May 16, 2012 TEX  4  OAK  1        W:Yu Darvish (6-1), L: Tommy Milone (5-3), S: Joe Nathan (8)

Thu, Sep 22, 2011 OAK  4  TEX  3        W:Grant Balfour (5-2), L: Mike Adams (4-4), S: Andrew Bailey (21)
Wed, Sep 21, 2011 TEX  3 @OAK  2        W:Koji Uehara (2-3), L: Grant Balfour (4-2), S: Neftali Feliz (29)
Tue, Sep 20, 2011 TEX  7 @OAK  2        W:Derek Holland (15-5), L: Rich Harden (4-4), S: none
Sun, Sep 11, 2011 TEX  8  OAK  1        W:C.J. Wilson (16-6), L: Josh Outman (3-5), S: none
Sat, Sep 10, 2011 OAK  8 @TEX  7        W:Trevor Cahill (11-13), L: Alexi Ogando (12-8), S: Andrew Bailey (20)
Season Series: 2012 - OAK over 3-2; 2011 - TEX won 13-6; 2010 - TEX won 10-9; All-Time - OAK leads 392-391

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  5.42

SEA  4.25

PIT  3.16

 RA/G

WSN  3.31

ATL  4.25

COL  5.46

 BA

M. Cabrera  .366

Y. Alonso  .267

R. Weeks  .163

 OBP

J. Votto  .475

J. Bautista  .335

A. Ramirez  .237

 SLG

J. Hamilton  .700

L. Duda  .428

B. Ryan  .252

 OPS

J. Hamilton  1.100

J. Hardy  .770

A. Ramirez  .513

 ERA

B. Beachy  1.87

A. Harang  3.90

M. Minor  6.98

 K/9IP

G. Gonzalez  11.40

J. Weaver  7.43

H. Alvarez  2.63

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

Rangers Batters (5.42 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.79 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 32.McCarthy
G/S/vB		 50.Balfour
G/S/vB		 54.Blackley*
G/S/vB		 13.Blevins*
G/S/vB		 48.Cook
G/S/vB		 62.Doolittle*
G/S/vB		 40.Fuentes*
G/S/vB		 53.Miller
G/S/vB		 58.Scribner
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP 18/.502 7/.000 3/.000 5/.500 1/.000 ··· 10/.600 1/2.000 ··· 256/181 .303/.383/.408/.791 .759/.805 .856 110/.741 9/1 1/7
29.Beltre G/S/vP 30/1.183 15/.354 3/1.334 6/.833 1/.000 ··· 14/.974 1/.000 ··· 220/159 .301/.327/.505/.832 .566/.932 .839 110/.784 1/0 10/5
17.Cruz G/S/vP 14/.142 8/.000 2/1.500 5/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 236/170 .264/.314/.436/.750 .830/.719 .690 99/.866 4/4 8/1
23.Gentry G/S/vP 5/1.400 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 93/39 .301/.370/.398/.767 .862/.641 .738 45/.845 8/2 1/0
14.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 46/24 .267/.267/.356/.622 .500/.739 .481 15/.867 0/0 0/1
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 8/.750 6/1.133 3/1.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 8/.250 1/.000 ··· 235/157 .343/.400/.700/1.100 .970/1.169 1.088 106/.888 5/2 21/2
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 17/.686 10/1.000 3/1.000 6/.533 1/.000 ··· 8/.500 1/.000 ··· 267/198 .276/.345/.452/.796 .944/.744 .638 111/.746 8/4 6/6
18.Moreland* G/S/vP 14/1.352 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.000 1/no AB ··· 148/125 .263/.327/.489/.815 .503/.874 .627 62/.910 0/0 8/0
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 12/.450 9/.583 ··· 10/.400 1/no AB ··· 6/.334 ··· ··· 168/144 .257/.341/.424/.765 .519/.809 .760 72/.720 4/1 5/1
25.Napoli G/S/vP 14/.428 4/.000 2/no AB 5/2.467 1/no AB 1/.000 5/.400 2/3.500 ··· 193/127 .264/.368/.491/.859 .612/.987 .922 81/.905 0/0 10/3
21.Snyder G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 41/14 .316/.366/.579/.945 1.167/.516 1.053 17/.732 0/0 3/0
8.Torrealba G/S/vP 5/1.400 4/1.000 2/1.500 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 4/1.000 1/.000 ··· 99/53 .230/.296/.356/.652 .644/.658 .712 38/.753 1/0 2/0
10.Young G/S/vP 23/.895 15/.667 6/1.166 7/1.286 1/.000 ··· 4/1.250 ··· ··· 239/168 .288/.314/.380/.694 .930/.595 .795 104/.648 2/1 3/1
IP 64.0 27.1 20.2 24.1 25.0 1.1 21.2 15.0 TOTAL .285/.344/.465/.809 .784/.820 .794 .792 42/15 78/31
ERA-K/9 2.95/5.9 3.62/7.3 4.79/6.1 1.85/8.5 0.72/7.9 0.00/20.8 4.15/6.6 1.80/7.8 /0.0 3.56/6.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Napoli (12-4-4)
 Snyder (0-0-0)
 Torrealba (15-6-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 277/.279 110/.206 89/.263 93/.200 95/.077 4/.000 91/.250 62/.228 / .251  Cruz
 Hamilton
 Murphy
 Snyder
 Moreland
 Gentry
2/0/56/6
34/38/1/3
44/2/1/2
5/0/0/0
0/0/3/0
0/45/0/0
OPS .735 .653 .715 .670 .339 .000 .694 .659 .706
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 149/.856 65/.614 21/.684 45/.706 44/.375 / 35/.705 26/.492 / .788
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 128/.595 45/.706 68/.725 48/.631 51/.309 4/.000 56/.687 36/.775 / .640
Home 135/.658 53/.473 51/.728 51/.747 34/.147 4/.000 45/.741 40/.755 /
Last 28d days 80/.736 44/.466 64/.643 37/.528 40/.404 4/.000 35/.692 25/.684 /
HR/SB/CS 5/9/2 3/1/2 1/0/0 3/1/2 0/2/1 0/0/0 2/2/1 2/1/0 // 47/34/18
Usage ····X··· ·o··X··· ·X······ ····oo·· ····X··· ·X······ oX······ ·oX····o
Athletics Batters (3.33 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.19 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 11.Darvish
G/S/vB		 37.Adams
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		 22.Tateyama
G/S/vB		 19.Uehara
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
52.Cespedes G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 144/107 .269/.333/.485/.818 .883/.795 1.218 25/1.108 4/2 6/0
12.Cowgill G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 79/51 .257/.342/.314/.656 1.127/.423 .596 72/.667 2/3 1/0
4.Crisp# G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 6/.417 4/.833 12/.349 3/2.000 ··· ··· 5/.900 124/91 .158/.213/.175/.389 .422/.376 .305 51/.271 7/0 0/1
20.Donaldson G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 89/60 .148/.146/.239/.385 .345/.404 .326 57/.497 1/0 1/5
31.Gomes G/S/vP ··· 6/1.267 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 127/66 .214/.362/.388/.751 .785/.719 .632 52/.474 2/1 5/0
7.Inge G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 12/1.583 7/1.238 20/.318 5/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 4/.500 102/63 .196/.265/.424/.689 .714/.673 .912 41/.706 0/0 6/2
37.Moss* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/3 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 3/.000 0/0 0/0
2.Pennington# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 15/.857 7/.143 4/.000 8/.536 1/.000 2/1.500 2/1.000 210/148 .198/.252/.271/.523 .463/.549 .471 83/.481 7/2 1/5
16.Reddick* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 3/.000 2/.000 3/.000 4/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 240/166 .270/.339/.535/.874 .851/.884 .870 104/.961 6/0 14/2
17.Rosales G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 22/8 .250/.455/.250/.705 .452/1.250 .200 22/.705 0/0 0/0
15.Smith* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 2/2.000 1/4.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 174/151 .233/.351/.363/.714 .451/.756 .870 77/.726 1/1 4/0
8.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 17/.706 11/.273 7/.429 4/.583 1/.000 1/.000 4/.000 183/132 .211/.251/.269/.520 .669/.462 .483 79/.489 1/0 0/2
19.Weeks# G/S/vP 4/1.750 5/1.000 2/1.000 2/.000 2/1.000 4/.833 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 232/158 .223/.307/.325/.633 .665/.616 .603 98/.724 10/5 2/5
IP 67.1 20.0 25.2 22.1 23.2 31.2 30.0 7.1 20.1 TOTAL .214/.291/.339/.629 .654/.619 .630 .624 44/14 46/32
ERA-K/9 3.34/9.8 3.60/7.2 7.01/4.9 3.22/8.1 1.90/10.6 2.27/9.4 1.50/6.0 11.05/8.6 1.33/9.3 3.71/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Donaldson (2-1-0)
 Suzuki (25-12-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 301/.233 83/.244 119/.279 90/.232 89/.221 121/.189 113/.231 37/.294 72/.130 .239  Reddick
 Cespedes
 Smith
 Cowgill
 Crisp
 Gomes
0/6/49/5
3/31/0/2
21/0/5/2
9/11/4/2
16/13/0/1
18/0/0/0
OPS .689 .635 .795 .668 .573 .537 .584 .969 .443 .695
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 182/.670 50/.566 68/.672 42/.674 58/.552 53/.644 46/.530 21/1.262 36/.397 .665
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 119/.720 33/.747 51/.947 48/.661 31/.615 68/.450 67/.621 16/.625 36/.489 .721
Road 163/.681 35/.487 56/.976 32/.447 42/.463 60/.398 59/.704 15/.486 33/.569
Last 28d days 127/.705 33/.667 74/.841 54/.794 39/.436 66/.772 63/.557 37/.969 37/.397
HR/SB/CS 5/7/0 1/3/1 4/6/1 3/0/1 2/1/0 2/1/0 2/1/1 2/0/0 3/0/0 61/27/10
Usage ····X··· ·X·X···X ··X····· ··o·o··X ·o·o···· ·X·o·o·o ··X····X ··X····X ····Xo·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.