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Game Preview: TEX @ TBR, 1:40pm, Sunday, September 9, 2012 @Tropicana Field

Rangers, 83-56, 83-56 1st, 4½ up

SP: Roy Oswalt (34, RHP, 4-2, 5.85)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (4-2) 52.1 69 37 34 10 51 9 5.85
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 2-2 38.0 54 31 28 8 32 7 6.63 39
2012-08-23 MIN ND 5.1 7 4 3 1 4 0 77 43
2012-08-18 @TOR ND 4.2 2 1 1 2 5 0 62 59
2012-07-30 LAA L 5.1 11 8 8 0 4 3 96 18
2012-07-17 @OAK W 6.1 3 1 1 0 6 1 103 69
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
Last 5 v.TBR 1-0 7.2 7 2 2 2 5 0 2.35 60
2008-06-20 @TBR W 7.2 7 2 2 2 5 0 110 60
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   43-25   Road:   40-31   ExtrInn: 8-4 
 vsRHP:  58-40   vsLHP:  25-16   1-Run:  20-17
 vsEast: 24-15   vsCntrl:26-18   vsWest: 19-19 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
139 Sat, Sep  8  @TBR  W   4-2 (10)  83-56  1st  4.5 up
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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:19-11
Rays, 76-63, 76-63 3rd, 2 GB

SP: James Shields (30, RHP, 13-8, 3.88)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (13-8) 190.0 186 96 82 52 181 22 3.88
2011 (16-12) 249.1 195 83 78 65 225 26 2.82
2010 (13-15) 203.1 246 128 117 51 187 34 5.18
Last 7 GS 5-1 52.2 30 14 13 8 47 5 2.22 69
2012-09-03 NYY W 8.0 5 3 3 3 5 0 121 62
2012-08-28 @TEX L 7.0 3 1 1 2 8 1 121 73
2012-08-22 KCR W 7.2 5 3 3 1 7 0 106 63
2012-08-17 @LAA W 6.0 7 3 3 0 8 2 101 54
2012-08-12 @MIN ND 7.0 5 3 2 1 2 1 99 58
2012-08-07 TOR W 8.0 2 1 1 1 6 1 116 79
2012-07-31 @OAK W 9.0 3 0 0 0 11 0 98 92
Last 5 v.TEX 4-1 37.0 26 8 7 6 35 4 1.70 68
2012-08-28 @TEX L 7.0 3 1 1 2 8 1 121 73
2012-04-27 @TEX W 6.0 11 4 4 0 8 2 112 42
2011-09-05 TEX W 9.0 4 1 1 2 6 0 124 79
2011-08-31 @TEX W 8.0 4 0 0 1 7 0 110 80
2010-08-18 TEX W 7.0 4 2 1 1 6 1 105 68
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   38-32   Road:   38-31   ExtrInn: 5-6 
 vsRHP:  54-42   vsLHP:  22-21   1-Run:  20-24
 vsEast: 31-23   vsCntrl:13-17   vsWest: 23-14 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
139 Sat, Sep  8   TEX  L   2-4 (10)  76-63  3rd  2.0 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Sep 08, 2012 TEX  4 @TBR  2 (10)   W:Mike Adams (5-3), L: Kyle Farnsworth (1-4), S: Joe Nathan (31)
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
Season Series: 2012 - tied 4-4; 2011 - TEX won 5-4; 2010 - TBR won 4-2; All-Time - TEX leads 77-61

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
Rangers Batters (5.14 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (3.61 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS Shields
G/S/vB
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 21/1.495 3/1.167 2/.500 7/1.143 ··· 6/.334 2/2.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 2/.000 9/1.167 607/440 .297/.360/.388/.749 .676/.777 .779 106/.670 20/9 3/15
29.Beltre G/S/vP 38/.706 3/.666 1/5.000 10/1.100 ··· 23/.043 2/.000 11/.664 2/.000 7/.000 ··· 9/.583 571/422 .318/.354/.553/.907 .734/.968 .874 110/1.225 1/0 30/8
17.Cruz G/S/vP 9/.347 3/.000 2/2.000 3/.000 ··· 4/.250 2/.000 5/.800 ··· 4/.500 ··· 12/.432 555/416 .256/.323/.456/.779 .996/.708 .691 99/.687 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 23/.583 3/2.667 1/no AB 5/3.050 ··· 7/.286 1/.000 9/.778 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 9/.944 565/395 .289/.358/.586/.944 .858/.982 .960 109/.941 7/3 40/5
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 31/.790 3/.000 2/1.000 3/.333 ··· 5/1.400 1/5.000 4/.500 2/.500 5/1.400 1/.000 14/.762 628/469 .265/.333/.435/.768 .998/.690 .630 110/.703 21/9 16/16
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 14/.429 ··· 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 82/.777 1/1 15/3
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 21/.583 3/.333 ··· 7/.572 ··· 4/1.000 1/.000 5/.800 5/.800 5/1.000 3/1.667 8/1.071 437/367 .314/.393/.496/.889 .889/.889 .808 102/1.025 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 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 9/9 .333/.333/.889/1.222 /1.222 1.222 9/1.222 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 6/.334 3/.666 4/.833 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 307/224 .211/.289/.356/.645 .716/.619 .649 81/.687 0/0 9/8
10.Young G/S/vP 27/.684 3/.000 4/.500 8/.750 ··· 11/1.182 2/1.000 11/.573 2/.000 8/.393 1/.000 18/.572 560/408 .267/.296/.357/.654 .759/.615 .714 91/.678 2/2 7/5
IP 190.0 18.2 58.0 61.0 1.0 22.2 11.2 46.2 44.2 58.0 25.2 65.1 TOTAL .276/.338/.449/.787 .791/.785 .755 .793 85/40 174/76
ERA-K/9 3.88/8.6 3.38/12.0 2.95/6.2 2.21/10.5 45.00/0.0 3.18/8.3 6.94/8.5 2.89/7.9 2.01/11.3 3.57/11.3 2.10/8.1 0.69/9.1 3.24/8.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martinez (6-0-0)
 Snyder (0-0-0)
 Soto (61-17-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 805/.252 71/.182 243/.259 245/.195 8/.667 96/.160 59/.261 186/.205 174/.179 224/.186 103/.174 247/.173 .231  Cruz
 Hamilton
 Murphy
 Gentry
 Martin
 Snyder
 Olt
 Moreland
6/0/129/8
79/80/2/5
99/2/16/4
0/101/2/4
4/11/0/1
5/0/5/0
0/0/2/0
0/0/3/0
OPS .718 .542 .692 .573 2.250 .459 .902 .653 .484 .599 .501 .430 .657
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 444/.740 31/.693 86/.803 115/.500 3/1.000 44/.523 27/1.101 89/.567 78/.686 120/.527 53/.491 139/.462 .674
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 361/.690 40/.431 157/.632 130/.631 5/3.333 52/.403 32/.735 97/.731 96/.316 104/.682 50/.513 108/.389 .643
Home 416/.730 26/.574 116/.634 132/.574 / 57/.507 33/.834 92/.589 87/.438 116/.600 52/.500 131/.313
Last 28d days 109/.614 26/.574 30/.475 39/.318 / 41/.438 / 21/.881 29/.241 40/.583 5/1.400 46/.408
HR/SB/CS 22/12/2 2/0/1 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 2/2/1 124/84/27
Usage ·····X·· X······· ······o· ·X·o···X ········ Xo·X···· ········ ·······X ···o···o oo··X··X ······o· oo··Xo·X
Rays Batters (4.18 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.27 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
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 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 161/87 .245/.292/.384/.676 .703/.653 .724 53/.617 0/1 3/1
5.Fuld* G/S/vP 1/2.000 2/1.000 6/1.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 87/55 .296/.345/.383/.728 .679/.756 .506 50/.773 7/2 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 ··· 2/1.000 4/.500 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 477/356 .252/.316/.401/.717 .754/.705 .667 101/.776 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 ··· 2/.000 4/.000 ··· 5/.900 6/.500 4/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 392/299 .250/.345/.444/.789 .613/.844 .752 69/.422 4/2 15/1
7.Keppinger G/S/vP 16/.775 5/.400 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 330/224 .326/.374/.439/.812 .965/.739 .857 78/.780 1/0 6/3
21.Lobaton# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 185/126 .231/.333/.327/.660 .779/.614 .602 29/.731 0/1 2/4
3.Longoria G/S/vP 4/.833 4/.750 6/.000 ··· 8/.929 2/.000 4/1.750 ··· ··· 1/.000 12/.250 216/159 .284/.361/.511/.872 1.313/.717 .915 93/.819 2/3 11/7
28.Molina G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 241/192 .205/.271/.305/.575 .451/.606 .546 50/.666 3/1 5/4
23.Pena* G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/.000 4/.000 1/.000 3/1.333 12/.523 ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.200 539/374 .189/.321/.343/.664 .594/.695 .667 60/.623 2/2 17/6
19.Roberts G/S/vP 5/.400 3/.666 6/.533 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 429/286 .238/.302/.350/.652 .631/.663 .653 88/.599 10/6 9/9
30.Scott* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 6/.733 1/.000 2/2.500 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 296/208 .220/.270/.432/.703 .515/.781 .696 34/.600 4/0 13/0
24.Thompson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 21/8 .105/.190/.105/.296 .397/.125 .229 2/1.000 3/2 0/0
2.Upton G/S/vP 4/.833 4/.500 6/.000 ··· 10/.733 3/.667 6/.900 ··· ··· ··· 11/.455 530/376 .252/.305/.429/.734 .766/.721 .747 101/.904 29/6 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 ··· 5/.200 6/.533 ··· 8/1.089 6/2.833 5/.650 ··· ··· ··· 11/.473 569/395 .264/.370/.464/.835 .829/.837 .761 98/.914 14/9 16/10
IP 52.1 48.0 169.2 31.1 38.0 55.1 56.1 20.0 28.1 12.2 26.0 TOTAL .237/.314/.384/.698 .702/.697 .667 .738 121/42 137/96
ERA-K/9 5.85/8.8 2.63/7.5 4.14/10.4 3.73/9.2 2.61/6.4 2.44/10.9 3.04/9.0 4.05/4.5 4.13/8.3 11.37/9.9 2.42/9.0 3.89/7.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Gimenez (18-3-0)
 Lobaton (34-8-0)
 Molina (32-16-5)
 Vogt (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 233/.318 203/.257 735/.223 134/.172 152/.217 219/.230 222/.207 91/.275 127/.319 62/.298 98/.191 .246  Upton
 Zobrist
 Jennings
 Joyce
 Fuld
 Francisco
 Vogt
 Thompson
 Roberts
 Johnson
 Gimenez
0/119/0/8
0/0/70/6
92/21/0/4
32/0/69/2
9/6/11/2
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 .896 .652 .676 .586 .639 .599 .621 .707 .851 .951 .576 .705
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 109/.902 107/.677 421/.707 51/.623 70/.646 131/.568 91/.660 27/.667 48/.790 29/1.407 50/.698 .698
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 124/.891 96/.625 314/.634 83/.564 82/.627 88/.646 131/.592 64/.724 79/.890 33/.606 48/.448 .710
Road 91/.883 101/.713 396/.652 42/.817 56/.548 97/.547 117/.556 3/.333 47/.700 22/1.009 49/.765
Last 28d days 53/.656 43/.602 107/.430 40/.586 26/.846 35/.376 35/.908 / 33/.697 / 19/.816
HR/SB/CS 9/2/2 1/11/1 13/22/3 4/1/0 4/0/1 5/3/0 7/4/0 1/1/1 5/5/0 4/0/0 4/1/0 143/98/21
Usage ····X··· o·oX·X·· X····X·· ·Xo····· ·o··o·X· X·oX·o·· ···X···X ········ ·oo···X· ········ ·o·····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.