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Game Preview: TEX @ OAK, 10:05pm, Tuesday, July 17, 2012 @The Coliseum

Rangers, 54-35, 54-35 1st, 5½ up

SP: Roy Oswalt (34, RHP, 2-1, 6.26)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (2-1) 23.0 40 18 16 6 19 3 6.26
2011 (9-10) 139.0 153 60 57 33 93 10 3.69
2010 (13-13) 211.2 162 70 65 55 193 19 2.76
Last 7 GS 4-2 43.2 55 24 22 9 34 4 4.53 47
2012-07-08 MIN ND 5.2 5 1 1 2 3 0 102 56
2012-07-03 @CHW L 4.2 13 11 9 1 4 3 112 1
2012-06-27 DET W 6.0 13 5 5 2 6 0 107 30
2012-06-22 COL W 6.2 9 1 1 1 6 0 110 57
2011-09-27 @ATL W 6.0 3 0 0 1 4 0 85 69
2011-09-22 WSN L 7.2 7 6 6 2 4 1 110 43
2011-09-17 STL W 7.0 5 0 0 0 7 0 107 74
Last 5 v.OAK 0-1 11.2 14 8 7 8 14 2 5.40 45
2007-06-12 OAK ND 6.0 6 3 3 3 10 0 111 55
2002-06-07 @OAK L 5.2 8 5 4 5 4 2 119 34
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   29-16   Road:   25-19   ExtrInn: 5-2 
 vsRHP:  38-22   vsLHP:  16-13   1-Run:  12-10
 vsEast: 12-6    vsCntrl:13-11   vsWest: 15-14 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 89 Sun, Jul 15  @SEA  W   4-0       54-35  1st  5.0 up
 88 Sat, Jul 14  @SEA  L   0-7       53-35  1st  5.0 up
 87 Fri, Jul 13  @SEA  W   3-2       53-34  1st  5.0 up
 86 Sun, Jul  8   MIN  W   4-3 (13)  52-34  1st  4.0 up
 85 Sat, Jul  7   MIN  W   4-3 (10)  51-34  1st  4.0 up
 84 Fri, Jul  6   MIN  L   1-5       50-34  1st  4.0 up
 83 Thu, Jul  5  @CHW  L   1-2       50-33  1st  4.0 up
 82 Wed, Jul  4  @CHW  L   4-5 (10)  50-32  1st  5.0 up
 81 Tue, Jul  3  @CHW  L   2-19      50-31  1st  5.0 up
 80 Sun, Jul  1   OAK  L   1-3       50-30  1st  5.5 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:20-10
Athletics, 46-43, 46-43 3rd, 8 GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Bartolo Colon (39, RHP, 6-7, 3.80)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (6-7) 104.1 113 46 44 17 63 13 3.80
2011 (8-10) 164.1 172 85 73 40 135 21 4.00
2009 (3-6) 62.1 69 42 29 21 38 13 4.19
Last 7 GS 2-3 42.2 44 17 16 7 25 5 3.38 53
2012-07-08 SEA ND 8.2 7 1 1 0 5 0 93 71
2012-07-03 BOS ND 6.0 5 2 1 1 3 1 87 58
2012-06-17 SDP L 2.0 1 1 1 0 2 0 30 52
2012-06-12 @COL W 5.0 9 5 5 3 4 2 107 30
2012-06-06 TEX W 8.0 5 0 0 1 5 0 100 76
2012-06-01 @KCR L 7.0 8 2 2 2 3 0 101 54
2012-05-26 NYY L 6.0 9 6 6 0 3 2 74 33
Last 5 v.TEX 3-1 30.0 28 14 13 7 23 5 3.90 53
2012-06-06 TEX W 8.0 5 0 0 1 5 0 100 76
2011-05-07 @TEX ND 4.1 9 5 5 1 4 2 76 28
2009-05-10 TEX L 4.2 5 5 5 3 4 2 93 35
2007-05-12 @TEX W 6.0 5 3 3 2 6 1 86 54
2005-09-20 TEX W 7.0 4 1 0 0 4 0 85 71
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   24-20   Road:   22-23   ExtrInn: 6-2 
 vsRHP:  33-26   vsLHP:  13-17   1-Run:  11-12
 vsEast:  9-8    vsCntrl:11-11   vsWest: 16-16 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 89 Sun, Jul 15  @MIN  W   9-4       46-43  3rd  8.0 gb
 88 Sat, Jul 14  @MIN  W   9-3       45-43  3rd  8.0 gb
 87 Fri, Jul 13  @MIN  W   6-3       44-43  3rd  9.0 gb
 86 Sun, Jul  8   SEA  W   2-1 (13)  43-43  3rd  9.0 gb
 85 Sat, Jul  7   SEA  L   1-7       42-43  3rd  9.0 gb
 84 Fri, Jul  6   SEA  W   4-1 (11)  42-42  3rd  8.0 gb
 83 Wed, Jul  4   BOS  W   3-2       41-42  3rd  9.5 gb
 82 Tue, Jul  3   BOS  W   3-2       40-42  3rd 10.5 gb
 81 Mon, Jul  2   BOS  W   6-1       39-42  3rd 11.5 gb
 80 Sun, Jul  1  @TEX  W   3-1       38-42  3rd 12.0 gb
 Last 10: 9-1    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:20-10
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jul 01, 2012 OAK  3 @TEX  1        W:Travis Blackley (2-2), L: Yu Darvish (10-5), S: Ryan Cook (7)
Sat, Jun 30, 2012 TEX  7  OAK  2        W:Martin Perez (1-0), L: Tommy Milone (8-6), S: none
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 TEX  4  OAK  3        W:Matt Harrison (11-3), L: Grant Balfour (1-2), S: Tanner Scheppers (1)
Thu, Jun 28, 2012 TEX  7  OAK  6        W:Scott Feldman (2-6), L: Tyson Ross (2-8), S: Joe Nathan (18)
Thu, Jun 07, 2012 OAK  7  TEX  1        W:Brandon McCarthy (5-3), L: Yu Darvish (7-4), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2012 - tied 5-5; 2011 - TEX won 13-6; 2010 - TEX won 10-9; All-Time - Tied 394-394

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 (5.06 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.66 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 21.Colon
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
64.Griffin
G/S/vB
53.Miller
G/S/vB
77.Norberto*
G/S/vB
58.Scribner
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP 8/.500 9/.222 6/.666 6/.400 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 1/2.000 2/.500 ··· 396/274 .292/.367/.392/.759 .724/.775 .759 87/.701 16/6 1/9
29.Beltre G/S/vP 56/.969 16/.331 6/.666 7/.715 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 355/250 .327/.358/.527/.885 .673/.975 .842 84/.975 1/0 16/5
17.Cruz G/S/vP 8/.125 9/.111 5/1.600 6/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 355/252 .262/.318/.433/.751 .894/.693 .644 81/.787 6/4 11/1
23.Gentry G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/1.000 3/.333 1/4.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 166/81 .331/.396/.426/.822 .882/.760 .828 41/.755 9/4 1/0
14.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 52/30 .255/.255/.333/.588 .500/.655 .469 5/.400 0/0 0/1
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 5/.400 7/1.229 6/.500 5/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.666 2/.500 3/1.167 ··· 353/230 .301/.374/.618/.992 .873/1.058 1.042 84/.744 6/3 27/5
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 12/.349 13/.769 6/1.000 6/.533 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 412/297 .278/.340/.444/.784 .891/.742 .665 92/.766 15/6 10/12
27.Martin* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 38/30 .176/.243/.382/.626 .500/.660 .231 30/.649 2/0 0/0
15.Martinez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 7/1.262 11/.586 ··· 10/.400 1/no AB ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 ··· ··· 254/220 .279/.373/.465/.838 .799/.845 .721 52/.840 7/1 9/1
25.Napoli G/S/vP 5/.800 5/.000 5/.400 6/1.917 2/.500 1/.000 2/.000 2/3.500 1/.000 ··· 289/189 .225/.339/.414/.753 .562/.856 .808 61/.619 1/0 12/5
21.Snyder G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 58/18 .296/.333/.481/.815 .929/.544 .902 9/.667 0/0 3/0
8.Torrealba G/S/vP 4/.000 5/1.200 4/1.167 1/3.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 3/1.667 ··· 165/85 .212/.278/.301/.579 .552/.603 .569 44/.429 1/1 2/1
10.Young G/S/vP 48/.885 16/.700 9/.778 8/1.125 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 2/.000 1/3.000 368/258 .273/.304/.353/.658 .804/.596 .725 84/.664 2/2 3/3
IP 104.1 43.1 56.1 37.2 39.1 16.1 24.0 25.1 34.0 7.2 TOTAL .278/.340/.444/.785 .760/.796 .749 .735 66/27 105/50
ERA-K/9 3.80/5.4 3.12/6.7 3.20/5.4 2.39/7.9 1.37/9.4 2.20/14.4 2.63/6.0 1.78/7.8 3.18/6.9 0.00/7.0 3.41/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Napoli (28-6-7)
 Snyder (0-0-0)
 Torrealba (25-9-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 437/.274 171/.179 221/.234 147/.205 152/.102 65/.220 93/.195 108/.217 138/.203 29/.185 .242  Cruz
 Murphy
 Hamilton
 Martin
 Gentry
 Snyder
6/0/82/6
59/2/9/3
57/45/1/3
2/11/0/1
0/69/2/1
5/0/5/0
OPS .728 .555 .607 .647 .404 .558 .592 .649 .614 .501 .680
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 241/.838 91/.553 60/.470 72/.693 77/.382 25/.875 52/.515 48/.445 57/.564 12/.523 .717
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 196/.596 80/.556 161/.659 75/.599 75/.425 40/.367 41/.691 60/.812 81/.645 17/.485 .650
Home 219/.718 81/.426 111/.559 76/.767 61/.312 36/.471 46/.543 58/.641 73/.647 14/.220
Last 28d days 58/.514 34/.367 85/.465 31/.485 35/.557 40/.500 93/.592 22/.597 36/.785 15/.900
HR/SB/CS 13/1/0 3/2/2 1/1/4 4/1/3 0/2/2 0/2/0 4/0/2 2/6/0 2/2/2 0/0/0 71/53/35
Usage ········ ···o···· ········ ·Xo····· ···o···· ···X···· ···X···· ········ ··X····· ·oo·····
Athletics Batters (3.85 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.19 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 44.Oswalt
G/S/vB
37.Adams
G/S/vB
11.Darvish
G/S/vB
50.Kirkman*
G/S/vB
36.Nathan
G/S/vB
41.Ogando
G/S/vB
33.Perez*
G/S/vB
46.Ross*
G/S/vB
52.Scheppers
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
22.Carter G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/4.000 ··· 1/5.000 31/13 .346/.452/.962/1.413 1.122/1.811 .900 31/1.413 0/0 5/2
52.Cespedes G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/1.250 1/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 3/1.000 2/.000 1/2.000 232/160 .283/.341/.505/.845 .813/.860 .932 86/.886 6/2 11/1
4.Crisp# G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 8/1.958 2/2.500 12/.349 3/2.000 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 251/176 .232/.294/.313/.606 .493/.656 .671 78/.743 16/2 3/2
31.Gomes G/S/vP 1/no AB 6/1.267 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 185/89 .252/.368/.484/.851 .883/.815 .742 40/.853 2/1 10/1
18.Hicks G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 36/9 .147/.194/.235/.430 .416/.472 .808 36/.430 0/0 0/2
7.Inge G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 6/.500 1/.000 21/.301 5/.000 2/1.000 4/.500 2/.000 228/144 .199/.263/.345/.608 .645/.586 .680 79/.436 0/0 7/6
37.Moss* G/S/vP 8/.375 1/.000 6/1.500 ··· 2/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 99/77 .256/.323/.667/.990 .610/1.103 .837 55/.840 0/0 11/5
36.Norris G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 54/35 .204/.278/.327/.604 .377/.734 .511 54/.604 2/0 2/1
2.Pennington# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 6/.200 ··· 4/.000 8/.536 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 306/224 .203/.266/.290/.556 .388/.620 .521 49/.413 11/4 3/7
16.Reddick* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 9/.000 1/no AB 4/.250 4/2.000 3/1.000 2/2.500 2/.500 371/250 .268/.346/.521/.867 .892/.854 .882 83/.949 8/0 20/2
15.Smith* G/S/vP 10/.422 2/.000 9/1.069 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.000 274/227 .251/.361/.455/.816 .719/.836 .795 60/.764 2/2 10/0
8.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 3/.333 2/.000 7/.429 4/.583 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 250/184 .216/.252/.267/.519 .575/.499 .439 30/.433 1/0 0/2
19.Weeks# G/S/vP ··· 5/1.000 12/.817 1/.000 3/.666 4/.833 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 371/244 .225/.313/.311/.623 .725/.569 .623 90/.602 12/5 2/8
IP 23.0 29.2 109.0 13.2 37.1 34.2 13.0 47.1 12.1 TOTAL .228/.303/.373/.676 .665/.681 .662 .710 67/20 92/57
ERA-K/9 6.26/7.4 3.03/7.6 3.96/10.0 3.29/7.2 2.17/11.1 2.08/9.1 5.54/6.2 0.95/5.5 8.03/8.0 3.76/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Norris (7-7-1)
 Suzuki (35-21-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 110/.385 127/.256 480/.231 55/.146 149/.237 130/.175 61/.288 177/.204 58/.377 .246  Reddick
 Smith
 Cespedes
 Crisp
 Moss
 Gomes
0/9/75/8
39/0/10/3
11/33/0/2
16/41/0/2
0/0/2/1
28/0/1/0
OPS 1.024 .657 .699 .570 .580 .498 .771 .533 1.071 .697
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 53/1.035 71/.672 303/.732 22/.449 97/.608 60/.567 18/.789 80/.568 25/1.099 .698
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 57/1.014 56/.637 177/.641 33/.631 52/.527 70/.437 43/.763 97/.505 33/1.052 .696
Road 28/1.537 50/.553 255/.711 2/.000 61/.537 69/.345 3/.333 89/.603 17/.875
Last 28d days 110/1.024 27/.625 119/.670 45/.612 45/.657 / 61/.771 36/.478 30/1.008
HR/SB/CS 3/0/0 1/5/1 10/12/1 2/0/0 2/3/0 2/1/0 1/1/1 2/1/1 4/3/0 86/53/15
Usage ········ ···o···· ··X····· ··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.