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Game Preview: LAA @ TEX, 8:05pm, Sunday, May 13, 2012 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Angels, 15-19, 15-19 3rd, 7 GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Jered Weaver (29, RHP, 5-0, 1.60)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (5-0) 50.2 31 9 9 9 47 2 1.60
2011 (18-8) 235.2 182 65 63 56 198 20 2.41
2010 (13-12) 224.1 187 83 75 54 233 23 3.01
Last 7 GS 5-0 50.2 31 9 9 9 47 2 1.60 69
2012-05-07 @MIN W 6.0 3 1 1 2 2 0 89 62
2012-05-02 MIN W 9.0 0 0 0 1 9 0 121 95
2012-04-27 @CLE ND 6.0 7 0 0 4 8 0 115 62
2012-04-21 BAL W 9.0 5 3 3 0 5 1 114 70
2012-04-16 OAK W 6.2 5 0 0 1 6 0 105 69
2012-04-11 @MIN ND 6.0 7 5 5 1 7 1 110 44
2012-04-06 KCR W 8.0 4 0 0 0 10 0 97 84
Last 5 v.TEX 2-2 35.0 34 13 13 8 27 5 3.34 57
2011-08-28 @TEX L 6.0 8 7 7 4 2 2 103 26
2011-08-18 TEX ND 7.0 6 1 1 1 5 1 116 65
2011-07-21 TEX W 7.0 7 0 0 2 6 0 122 67
2011-05-13 @TEX L 6.0 7 4 4 1 6 2 107 47
2011-04-20 @TEX W 9.0 6 1 1 0 8 0 119 79
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    9-8    Road:    6-11   ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:  10-12   vsLHP:   5-7    1-Run:   3-6 
 vsEast:  5-8    vsCntrl: 8-7    vsWest:  2-4  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 34 Sat, May 12  @TEX  W   4-2       15-19  3rd  7.0 gb
 33 Fri, May 11  @TEX  L   3-10      14-19  4th  8.0 gb
 32 Wed, May  9  @MIN  W   6-2       14-18  4th  7.0 gb
 31 Tue, May  8  @MIN  L   0-5       13-18  4th  7.5 gb
 30 Mon, May  7  @MIN  W   8-3       13-17  4th  6.5 gb
 29 Sun, May  6   TOR  W   4-3       12-17  4th  6.5 gb
 28 Sat, May  5   TOR  W   6-2       11-17  4th  7.5 gb
 27 Fri, May  4   TOR  L   0-4       10-17  4th  7.5 gb
 26 Thu, May  3   TOR  L   0-5       10-16  4th  7.5 gb
 25 Wed, May  2   MIN  W   9-0       10-15  4th  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-17
Rangers, 22-12, 22-12 1st, 4 up

SP: Neftali Feliz (24, RHP, 2-1, 3.38)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. LAA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (2-1) 32.0 21 12 12 16 26 4 3.38
2011 (2-3) 62.1 42 22 19 30 54 4 2.74
2010 (4-3) 69.1 43 21 21 18 71 5 2.73
Last 7 GS 2-1 31.0 20 11 11 16 25 3 3.19 58
2012-05-08 @BAL W 6.0 4 1 1 2 8 0 105 66
2012-05-01 @TOR ND 5.0 4 4 4 6 4 2 88 41
2012-04-21 @DET L 8.0 3 3 3 4 6 0 119 66
2012-04-15 @MIN ND 5.0 5 3 3 2 3 1 93 46
2012-04-10 SEA W 7.0 4 0 0 2 4 0 108 71
Has never faced LAA as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    9-6    Road:   13-6    ExtrInn: 2-0 
 vsRHP:  15-7    vsLHP:   7-5    1-Run:   4-5 
 vsEast:  9-6    vsCntrl: 9-4    vsWest:  4-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 34 Sat, May 12   LAA  L   2-4       22-12  1st  4.0 up
 33 Fri, May 11   LAA  W  10-3       22-11  1st  5.0 up
 32 Thu, May 10  @BAL  W   7-3       21-11  1st  5.0 up
 31 Thu, May 10  @BAL  L   5-6       20-11  1st  5.0 up
 30 Tue, May  8  @BAL  W  10-3       20-10  1st  4.0 up
 29 Mon, May  7  @BAL  W  14-3       19-10  1st  4.0 up
 28 Sun, May  6  @CLE  L   2-4       18-10  1st  3.5 up
 27 Sat, May  5  @CLE  W   5-2 (11)  18-9   1st  4.5 up
 26 Fri, May  4  @CLE  L   3-6       17-9   1st  4.5 up
 25 Wed, May  2  @TOR  L   5-11      17-8   1st  4.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, May 12, 2012 LAA  4 @TEX  2        W:David Carpenter (1-1), L: Matt Harrison (4-3), S: Scott Downs (3)
Fri, May 11, 2012 TEX 10  LAA  3        W:Yu Darvish (5-1), L: C.J. Wilson (4-3), S: none

Wed, Sep 28, 2011 TEX  3 @LAA  1        W:Mike Adams (5-4), L: Jordan Walden (5-5), S: Neftali Feliz (32)
Tue, Sep 27, 2011 TEX 10 @LAA  3        W:Colby Lewis (14-10), L: Tyler Chatwood (6-11), S: none
Mon, Sep 26, 2011 TEX  4 @LAA  3        W:Mark Hamburger (1-0), L: Dan Haren (16-10), S: Neftali Feliz (31)
Sun, Aug 28, 2011 TEX  9  LAA  5        W:Darren Oliver (5-5), L: Jered Weaver (15-7), S: none
Sat, Aug 27, 2011 LAA  8 @TEX  4        W:Ervin Santana (10-9), L: C.J. Wilson (13-6), S: Hisanori Takahashi (2)
Fri, Aug 26, 2011 TEX 11  LAA  7        W:Derek Holland (12-5), L: Dan Haren (13-7), S: none
Thu, Aug 18, 2011 LAA  2  TEX  1        W:Horacio Ramirez (1-0), L: Mike Adams (4-3), S: none
Wed, Aug 17, 2011 TEX  4 @LAA  3        W:C.J. Wilson (12-5), L: Ervin Santana (9-9), S: Neftali Feliz (24)
Season Series: 2012 - tied 1-1; 2011 - TEX won 12-7; 2010 - TEX won 10-9; All-Time - LAA leads 401-381

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  5.71

ARI  4.09

PIT  2.85

 RA/G

WSN  2.94

HOU  4.06

BOS  5.61

 BA

J. Hamilton  .402

J. Montero  .261

B. Ryan  .149

 OBP

D. Wright  .489

E. Bonifacio  .333

C. Barmes  .184

 SLG

J. Hamilton  .877

D. Fowler  .415

B. Morel  .200

 OPS

J. Hamilton  1.334

A. Pagan  .751

B. Morel  .420

 ERA

R. Dempster  1.02

C. Sabathia  3.51

C. Buchholz  8.31

 K/9IP

G. Gonzalez  10.79

D. Haren  7.33

H. Alvarez  2.61

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

Angels Batters (3.65 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (3.56 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Feliz
G/S/vB		 37.Adams
G/S/vB		 11.Darvish
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		 19.Uehara
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Aybar# G/S/vP 10/.200 1/.000 2/.000 19/1.304 11/.546 4/.000 9/1.111 1/.000 4/.000 121/81 .200/.227/.243/.470 .447/.481 .406 86/.441 1/0 0/5
25.Bourjos G/S/vP 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 1/.000 10/.400 ··· 3/.000 65/37 .196/.258/.286/.544 .558/.531 .558 40/.451 1/1 1/0
6.Callaspo# G/S/vP 10/.200 2/.000 ··· 13/.154 3/1.334 9/.000 11/.764 ··· 7/.572 78/49 .236/.286/.292/.577 .909/.396 .484 58/.692 0/0 1/0
41.Hester G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 4/1 .500/.500/.500/1.000 .667/2.000 1.000 4/1.000 0/0 0/0
48.Hunter G/S/vP 10/.425 5/.400 3/1.666 25/.949 7/.143 3/.000 14/.220 ··· 11/.909 134/93 .256/.328/.413/.742 .719/.749 .665 99/.783 1/0 5/0
13.Izturis# G/S/vP 5/.000 1/no AB 3/.666 15/.641 14/1.250 2/.000 10/.844 2/.000 8/.250 69/50 .271/.368/.322/.690 .701/.686 .859 56/.574 6/0 0/2
47.Kendrick G/S/vP 10/.200 ··· 2/.500 16/.975 8/1.500 4/.500 11/.182 ··· 8/1.518 125/84 .292/.320/.483/.803 .866/.772 .724 89/.757 3/1 4/2
8.Morales# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 14/.368 4/.750 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 3/3.000 97/83 .315/.340/.424/.764 .429/.823 .348 67/.919 0/0 2/
5.Pujols G/S/vP ··· 12/.583 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 140/97 .195/.236/.278/.514 .334/.594 .403 100/.470 0/0 1/1
27.Trout G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 3/2.667 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/.500 1/.000 52/40 .289/.346/.533/.879 .639/.936 .870 52/.879 2/0 2/0
44.Trumbo G/S/vP 3/1.167 2/2.500 3/.333 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 9/1.270 ··· 3/1.000 89/52 .300/.371/.563/.933 .953/.915 1.036 70/.858 1/0 5/4
10.Wells G/S/vP 6/.750 4/.000 2/.000 18/1.682 6/.334 7/.453 6/.500 ··· 6/.667 116/81 .223/.250/.384/.634 .581/.657 .588 81/.623 1/0 4/0
46.Wilson G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 34/24 .233/.324/.233/.557 .650/.519 .551 29/.427 0/0 0/1
IP 32.0 12.2 44.1 10.1 11.2 12.2 18.2 14.2 11.0 TOTAL .245/.298/.375/.673 .639/.688 .624 .653 16/3 28/19
ERA-K/9 3.38/7.3 2.13/5.0 2.84/10.4 4.35/5.2 0.77/10.8 2.84/9.9 0.48/9.1 2.45/6.7 1.64/9.8 3.26/8.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hester (2-0-0)
 Wilson (9-4-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 128/.189 50/.229 197/.231 45/.293 42/.175 50/.255 65/.133 57/.216 40/.154 .231  Hunter
 Bourjos
 Trumbo
 Wells
 Trout
0/0/32/3
0/20/0/1
3/0/3/0
27/6/0/0
2/10/0/0
OPS .630 .614 .689 .724 .464 .684 .336 .601 .534 .675
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 76/.643 33/.369 125/.691 21/.549 22/.468 31/.677 28/.511 22/.607 20/.350 .656
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 52/.612 17/1.099 72/.686 24/.875 20/.461 19/.701 37/.196 35/.598 20/.724 .692
Home 30/.519 28/.571 86/.711 23/.711 25/.655 22/.844 31/.485 23/.180 20/.308
Last 28d days 81/.647 23/.689 137/.611 41/.747 38/.461 25/.541 42/.248 44/.664 34/.570
HR/SB/CS 4/1/0 1/3/0 4/3/0 1/1/0 1/0/1 1/1/0 0/0/0 2/0/1 2/0/0 36/13/7
Usage ····X··· ··X····o ·X····X· ····X··· ·XX··oX· ··X····X X·o··o·X oo··X··· ·X··o·o·
Rangers Batters (5.71 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (3.82 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Weaver
G/S/vB		 52.Carpenter
G/S/vB		 37.Downs*
G/S/vB		 49.Frieri
G/S/vB		 55.Isringhausen
G/S/vB		 35.Pauley
G/S/vB		 21.Takahashi*
G/S/vB		 51.Walden
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP 48/1.025 ··· 7/.286 ··· ··· 5/.400 4/.000 1/.000 155/106 .311/.391/.409/.800 .786/.805 .559 115/.870 6/1 1/4
29.Beltre G/S/vP 55/.545 ··· 12/1.208 1/.000 5/.000 9/1.158 1/no AB 3/.000 119/83 .313/.345/.545/.889 .438/1.073 .778 77/.945 1/0 6/1
17.Cruz G/S/vP 52/.559 ··· 4/.500 1/no AB 1/.000 8/1.225 1/.000 5/1.000 146/100 .254/.315/.366/.681 .753/.648 .594 106/.715 1/3 2/0
23.Gentry G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 54/23 .320/.370/.440/.810 .919/.668 .938 48/.917 5/1 1/0
14.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 6/.334 ··· 31/17 .233/.233/.267/.500 .643/.375 .667 28/.481 0/0 0/0
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 39/.859 ··· 8/.500 1/.000 5/.200 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 138/88 .402/.457/.877/1.334 1.139/1.449 1.173 96/1.428 2/1 18/1
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 67/.624 ··· 8/.125 ··· ··· 5/.500 4/1.417 2/.000 165/115 .269/.352/.462/.814 .953/.752 1.064 119/.728 3/4 5/4
18.Moreland* G/S/vP 21/.886 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 2/.000 90/73 .259/.322/.457/.779 .694/.798 .908 68/.861 0/0 4/0
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 39/.395 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 3/.666 6/.800 3/.000 98/78 .276/.330/.448/.778 .628/.817 .883 67/.740 1/1 3/1
25.Napoli G/S/vP 15/.948 1/no AB 2/2.500 1/.000 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 3/3.500 120/74 .243/.333/.495/.828 .779/.859 .639 90/.925 0/0 7/2
21.Snyder G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 28/11 .346/.393/.615/1.008 1.337/.545 .714 24/.924 0/0 2/0
8.Torrealba G/S/vP 11/.964 ··· 3/.000 ··· 4/.000 3/1.000 4/1.250 1/.000 61/31 .236/.283/.309/.592 .656/.534 .439 43/.602 1/0 0/0
10.Young G/S/vP 78/.673 ··· 14/1.012 1/.000 4/.500 9/.777 3/1.334 5/1.400 144/94 .292/.319/.401/.721 .909/.622 .567 103/.645 2/0 3/1
IP 50.2 8.2 10.0 16.0 10.2 4.0 7.2 8.0 TOTAL .291/.349/.480/.830 .832/.829 .783 .847 22/11 52/15
ERA-K/9 1.60/8.3 5.19/7.2 0.00/4.5 1.69/15.2 2.53/5.9 0.00/6.8 8.22/3.5 4.50/11.2 3.73/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Napoli (7-3-3)
 Torrealba (6-4-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 187/.174 37/.303 39/.194 66/.161 49/.200 18/.250 35/.303 37/.226 .239  Cruz
 Hamilton
 Murphy
 Snyder
 Moreland
 Gentry
2/0/34/3
23/22/0/2
26/2/0/1
4/0/0/0
0/0/2/0
0/27/0/0
OPS .455 .715 .453 .574 .683 .583 .828 .711 .679
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 122/.429 20/.628 19/.721 26/.626 25/.958 6/.533 22/.773 19/1.088 .678
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 65/.506 17/.820 20/.205 40/.540 24/.436 12/.606 13/.930 18/.347 .680
Road 73/.662 27/.842 15/.354 20/.425 29/.792 18/.583 27/.930 15/.585
Last 28d days 134/.423 25/.795 30/.448 42/.431 29/.500 18/.583 12/.417 30/.900
HR/SB/CS 2/1/2 0/2/1 0/0/0 2/1/0 1/3/0 0/1/0 1/1/0 1/1/0 33/29/8
Usage ·····X·· o····Xo· o·····o· X··X··XX ·X···o·· ····X··· ····oo·· o··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.