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Game Preview: TEX @ TBR, 7:10pm, Saturday, September 8, 2012 @Tropicana Field

Rangers, 82-56, 82-56 1st, 4½ up

SP: Yu Darvish (25, RHP, 14-9, 4.29)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (14-9) 161.2 139 82 77 83 188 13 4.29
Last 7 GS 3-3 45.2 41 28 27 22 56 3 5.32 52
2012-09-03 @KCR W 7.0 3 3 3 1 6 0 87 64
2012-08-28 TBR W 7.0 6 0 0 2 10 0 110 73
2012-08-17 @TOR L 7.0 3 3 3 1 10 1 114 68
2012-08-12 DET W 6.2 6 3 3 5 8 0 120 53
2012-08-06 @BOS L 6.2 11 6 6 4 9 0 123 33
2012-08-01 LAA ND 5.0 4 7 7 6 7 1 108 32
2012-07-27 CHW L 6.1 8 6 5 3 6 1 118 38
Last 5 v.TBR 1-0 7.0 6 0 0 2 10 0 0.00 73
2012-08-28 TBR W 7.0 6 0 0 2 10 0 110 73
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   43-25   Road:   39-31   ExtrInn: 7-4 
 vsRHP:  57-40   vsLHP:  25-16   1-Run:  20-17
 vsEast: 23-15   vsCntrl:26-18   vsWest: 19-19 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
138 Fri, Sep  7  @TBR  L   1-3 (11)  82-56  1st  4.5 up
137 Thu, Sep  6  @KCR  W   5-4 (10)  82-55  1st  5.5 up
136 Wed, Sep  5  @KCR  W   7-6       81-55  1st  5.0 up
135 Tue, Sep  4  @KCR  L   3-6       80-55  1st  4.0 up
134 Mon, Sep  3  @KCR  W   8-4       80-54  1st  4.0 up
133 Sun, Sep  2  @CLE  W   8-3       79-54  1st  3.0 up
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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:19-11
Rays, 76-62, 76-62 3rd, 2 GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Chris Archer (23, RHP, 0-2, 3.86)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (0-2) 11.2 8 7 5 2 14 1 3.86
Last 7 GS 0-2 11.2 8 7 5 2 14 1 3.86 57
2012-06-26 @KCR L 5.2 5 4 4 1 7 1 94 49
2012-06-20 @WSN L 6.0 3 3 1 1 7 0 82 64
Has never faced TEX as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   38-31   Road:   38-31   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  54-41   vsLHP:  22-21   1-Run:  20-24
 vsEast: 31-23   vsCntrl:13-17   vsWest: 23-13 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
138 Fri, Sep  7   TEX  W   3-1 (11)  76-62  3rd  2.0 gb
137 Wed, Sep  5   NYY  L   4-6       75-62  3rd  2.5 gb
136 Tue, Sep  4   NYY  W   5-2       75-61  3rd  1.5 gb
135 Mon, Sep  3   NYY  W   4-3       74-61  3rd  2.5 gb
134 Sun, Sep  2  @TOR  W   9-4       73-61  3rd  3.5 gb
133 Sat, Sep  1  @TOR  W   5-4       72-61  3rd  4.5 gb
132 Fri, Aug 31  @TOR  L   1-2       71-61  3rd  4.5 gb
131 Thu, Aug 30  @TOR  L   0-2       71-60  3rd  4.5 gb
130 Wed, Aug 29  @TEX  W   8-4       71-59  3rd  4.0 gb
129 Tue, Aug 28  @TEX  L   0-1       70-59  3rd  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:20-10

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Sep 07, 2012 TBR  3  TEX  1 (11)   W:Wade Davis (3-0), L: Mark Lowe (0-1), S: none
Wed, Aug 29, 2012 TBR  8 @TEX  4        W:Jake McGee (5-2), L: Matt Harrison (15-8), S: none
Tue, Aug 28, 2012 TEX  1  TBR  0        W:Yu Darvish (13-9), L: James Shields (12-8), S: Joe Nathan (27)
Mon, Aug 27, 2012 TEX  6  TBR  5        W:Derek Holland (9-6), L: David Price (16-5), S: Joe Nathan (26)
Sun, Apr 29, 2012 TBR  5 @TEX  2        W:David Price (4-1), L: Derek Holland (2-2), S: Fernando Rodney (7)
Sat, Apr 28, 2012 TEX  7  TBR  2        W:Colby Lewis (3-0), L: Jeff Niemann (1-3), S: none
Fri, Apr 27, 2012 TBR  8 @TEX  4        W:James Shields (4-0), L: Matt Harrison (3-1), S: none

Wed, Sep 07, 2011 TBR  5  TEX  4 (10)   W:Jake McGee (2-1), L: Mark Lowe (2-3), S: none
Tue, Sep 06, 2011 TEX  8 @TBR  0        W:C.J. Wilson (15-6), L: Jeff Niemann (9-7), S: none
Mon, Sep 05, 2011 TBR  5  TEX  1        W:James Shields (14-10), L: Scott Feldman (1-1), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - TBR over 4-3; 2011 - TEX won 5-4; 2010 - TBR won 4-2; All-Time - TEX leads 76-61

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

BAL  4.35

HOU  3.63

 RA/G

WSN  3.59

PHI  4.28

COL  5.40

 BA

M. Cabrera  .346

C. Lee  .274

C. Pena  .190

 OBP

J. Mauer  .413

C. Hart  .336

J. Smoak  .260

 SLG

R. Braun  .606

J. Mauer  .440

J. Weeks  .302

 OPS

R. Braun  .993

B. Phillips  .778

J. Smoak  .575

 ERA

D. Price  2.54

M. Scherzer  3.85

R. Romero  5.85

 K/9IP

M. Scherzer  11.23

A. Sanchez  7.38

H. Alvarez  3.34

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

Rangers Batters (5.14 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (3.61 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 22.Archer
G/S/vB		 31.Badenhop
G/S/vB		 40.Davis
G/S/vB		 49.De La Rosa
G/S/vB		 43.Farnsworth
G/S/vB		 47.Gomes
G/S/vB		 39.Howell*
G/S/vB		 57.McGee*
G/S/vB		 62.Peralta
G/S/vB		 27.Ramos*
G/S/vB		 56.Rodney
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 7/1.143 ··· 5/.000 2/2.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 9/1.167 602/435 .296/.358/.388/.746 .676/.773 .774 105/.664 20/8 3/15
29.Beltre G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 10/1.100 ··· 22/.045 2/.000 11/.664 2/.000 7/.000 ··· 8/.661 566/417 .319/.355/.556/.912 .734/.976 .883 109/1.236 1/0 30/8
17.Cruz G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 3/.000 ··· 4/.250 2/.000 5/.800 ··· 4/.500 ··· 11/.473 551/412 .258/.325/.460/.785 .996/.715 .702 99/.709 8/4 22/2
23.Gentry G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 242/134 .304/.371/.383/.754 .869/.665 .783 32/.372 12/6 1/0
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 5/3.050 ··· 6/.167 1/.000 9/.778 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 8/1.071 560/390 .289/.355/.582/.937 .858/.973 .948 108/.955 7/3 39/5
5.Kinsler G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 3/.333 ··· 4/1.250 1/5.000 4/.500 2/.500 4/1.833 1/.000 14/.762 623/464 .267/.334/.438/.772 .998/.695 .636 110/.724 21/9 16/15
27.Martin* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 43/35 .184/.262/.395/.657 .500/.694 .276 2/.500 2/0 0/0
15.Martinez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 19/17 .111/.158/.111/.269 .000/.301 .167 19/.269 0/0 0/0
18.Moreland* G/S/vP ··· 2/3.000 5/.650 ··· ··· 1/5.000 3/.666 5/.400 3/.000 2/.000 5/1.100 297/255 .285/.334/.507/.842 .836/.843 .703 86/.800 1/1 15/3
7.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/.572 ··· 3/1.334 1/.000 5/.800 5/.800 5/1.000 3/1.667 8/1.071 433/363 .316/.394/.500/.894 .889/.896 .817 102/1.029 8/4 13/1
9.Olt G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 37/19 .133/.243/.167/.410 .410/.406 .398 22/.236 1/1 0/3
2.Profar# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/5 .400/.400/1.200/1.600 /1.600 1.600 5/1.600 0/0 1/0
21.Snyder G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 68/22 .281/.313/.453/.767 .916/.438 .880 / 0/0 3/0
8.Soto G/S/vP ··· 4/.833 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 303/220 .207/.286/.351/.636 .716/.606 .632 81/.647 0/0 9/8
10.Young G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 8/.750 ··· 10/1.300 2/1.000 11/.573 2/.000 8/.393 1/.000 18/.572 556/404 .269/.299/.360/.659 .759/.621 .724 91/.693 2/2 7/5
IP 11.2 58.0 61.0 1.0 21.2 11.2 46.2 44.2 57.0 25.2 64.1 TOTAL .277/.338/.450/.788 .791/.787 .756 .800 85/39 173/75
ERA-K/9 3.86/10.8 2.95/6.2 2.21/10.5 45.00/0.0 2.49/8.3 6.94/8.5 2.89/7.9 2.01/11.3 3.63/11.5 2.10/8.1 0.70/9.0 3.24/8.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martinez (6-0-0)
 Snyder (0-0-0)
 Soto (59-16-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 45/.186 243/.259 245/.195 8/.667 88/.133 59/.261 186/.205 174/.179 221/.188 103/.174 244/.175 .231  Cruz
 Hamilton
 Murphy
 Gentry
 Martin
 Snyder
 Olt
 Moreland
6/0/128/8
78/79/2/5
98/2/16/4
0/100/2/4
4/11/0/1
5/0/5/0
0/0/2/0
0/0/3/0
OPS .525 .692 .573 2.250 .375 .902 .653 .484 .607 .501 .436 .657
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 23/.590 86/.803 115/.500 3/1.000 41/.446 27/1.101 89/.567 78/.686 119/.532 53/.491 138/.466 .672
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 22/.455 157/.632 130/.631 5/3.333 47/.310 32/.735 97/.731 96/.316 102/.696 50/.513 106/.396 .644
Home / 116/.634 132/.574 / 49/.364 33/.834 92/.589 87/.438 113/.616 52/.500 128/.320
Last 28d days / 30/.475 39/.318 / 37/.250 / 25/.876 29/.241 42/.619 5/1.400 44/.429
HR/SB/CS 1/0/0 6/1/0 5/3/2 1/0/0 0/2/0 2/1/0 5/3/4 3/0/0 8/2/1 2/2/0 2/2/1 123/84/26
Usage ········ ·····o·· X·o···X· ········ o·X····o ········ ······X· ··o···oo o··X··X· ·····o·· o··Xo·X·
Rays Batters (4.20 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.29 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 11.Darvish
G/S/vB		 37.Adams
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
15.Brignac* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 19/14 .111/.158/.111/.269 .400/.220 .200 1/.000 0/0 0/1
13.Francisco G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 160/86 .247/.294/.387/.680 .703/.661 .733 56/.607 0/1 3/1
5.Fuld* G/S/vP 2/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 83/51 .299/.349/.390/.739 .679/.777 .507 46/.798 7/1 0/1
16.Gimenez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 81/37 .216/.275/.230/.505 .754/.221 .446 8/1.125 0/0 0/3
8.Jennings G/S/vP 4/.500 2/1.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 477/356 .252/.316/.401/.717 .754/.705 .667 106/.822 25/2 12/0
9.Johnson# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 323/215 .242/.305/.343/.648 .589/.686 .537 29/.560 17/6 5/14
20.Joyce* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.900 6/.500 4/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 388/295 .253/.349/.449/.798 .613/.857 .769 66/.490 4/2 15/1
7.Keppinger G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 327/221 .324/.371/.438/.809 .965/.734 .851 80/.821 1/0 6/3
21.Lobaton# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 185/126 .231/.333/.327/.660 .779/.614 .602 34/.627 0/1 2/4
3.Longoria G/S/vP 3/.000 3/1.000 ··· 8/.929 2/.000 4/1.750 ··· ··· 1/.000 12/.250 212/155 .290/.368/.522/.889 1.313/.737 .960 94/.849 2/3 11/7
28.Molina G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 239/190 .206/.273/.307/.580 .451/.612 .557 48/.696 3/1 5/4
23.Pena* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.333 11/.573 ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.200 537/372 .190/.322/.345/.667 .594/.699 .673 63/.612 2/2 17/6
19.Roberts G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 425/282 .239/.300/.352/.652 .631/.663 .653 89/.659 10/6 9/9
30.Scott* G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 292/204 .223/.274/.439/.713 .515/.797 .713 30/.682 4/0 13/0
24.Thompson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 21/8 .105/.190/.105/.296 .397/.125 .229 2/1.000 2/2 0/0
2.Upton G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 10/.733 3/.667 6/.900 ··· ··· ··· 11/.455 526/372 .252/.306/.430/.736 .766/.724 .751 102/.906 28/6 18/2
26.Vogt* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 17/16 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 / 0/0 0/0
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 3/1.167 4/.250 ··· 8/1.089 6/2.833 5/.650 ··· ··· ··· 11/.473 565/391 .266/.373/.468/.841 .829/.847 .774 99/.968 14/9 16/10
IP 161.2 47.0 31.1 38.0 54.1 56.1 20.0 28.1 12.2 26.0 TOTAL .239/.315/.386/.702 .702/.701 .673 .772 119/41 137/96
ERA-K/9 4.29/10.5 2.68/7.7 3.73/9.2 2.61/6.4 2.48/10.8 3.04/9.0 4.05/4.5 4.13/8.3 11.37/9.9 2.42/9.0 3.91/7.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Gimenez (18-3-0)
 Lobaton (34-8-0)
 Molina (32-15-5)
 Vogt (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 707/.229 199/.257 134/.172 152/.217 215/.234 222/.207 91/.275 127/.319 62/.298 98/.191 .247  Upton
 Zobrist
 Jennings
 Joyce
 Fuld
 Francisco
 Vogt
 Thompson
 Roberts
 Johnson
 Gimenez
0/118/0/8
0/0/70/6
92/21/0/4
32/0/68/2
8/6/11/2
18/0/21/1
2/0/0/0
7/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
3/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .695 .655 .586 .639 .605 .621 .707 .851 .951 .576 .708
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 407/.728 105/.690 51/.623 70/.646 129/.578 91/.660 27/.667 48/.790 29/1.407 50/.698 .703
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 300/.650 94/.617 83/.564 82/.627 86/.646 131/.592 64/.724 79/.890 33/.606 48/.448 .712
Road 368/.687 97/.723 42/.817 56/.548 93/.557 117/.556 3/.333 47/.700 22/1.009 49/.765
Last 28d days 109/.565 39/.613 44/.559 26/.846 31/.387 35/.908 / 36/.636 / 19/.816
HR/SB/CS 13/21/2 1/10/1 4/1/0 4/0/1 5/3/0 7/4/0 1/1/1 5/5/0 4/0/0 4/1/0 143/96/20
Usage ····X··· ·oX·X··· Xo·····X o··o·X·· ·oX·o··o ··X···X· ········ oo···X·· ········ o·····oo

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.