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Game Preview: HOU @ TEX, 8:05pm, Friday, June 15, 2012 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Astros, 27-36, 27-36 5th, 8½ GB, 8½ GB in WC

SP: Jordan Lyles (21, RHP, 1-2, 5.40)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (1-2)			33.1	37	25	20	14	21	6	5.40
2011 (2-8)			94.0	107	61	56	26	67	14	5.36

Last 7 GS		2-2	38.1	44	27	20	16	25	6	4.70	45
2012-06-09	@CHW	L	4.1	7	5	4	3	0	0	83	28
2012-06-03	CIN	W	7.0	5	2	2	2	3	1	101	60
2012-05-28	@COL	ND	5.0	6	6	4	2	3	1	81	36
2012-05-20	TEX	L	5.0	9	6	6	3	6	1	117	28
2012-05-15	@PHI	ND	6.0	6	3	1	1	4	2	93	55
2012-04-29	@CIN	ND	6.0	4	3	3	3	5	1	95	54
2011-08-20	SFG	W	5.0	7	2	0	2	4	0	86	51

Last 5 v.TEX		0-2	18.0	26	14	14	7	14	4	7.00	38
2012-05-20	TEX	L	5.0	9	6	6	3	6	1	117	28
2011-06-28	TEX	L	6.0	10	5	5	2	2	1	109	32
2011-06-21	@TEX	ND	7.0	7	3	3	2	6	2	100	55

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   18-14   Road:    9-22   ExtrInn: 0-6 
 vsRHP:  18-27   vsLHP:   9-9    1-Run:   9-10
 vsEast:  7-11   vsCntrl:12-11   vsWest:  5-11 IL: 3-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 63 Thu, Jun 14  @SFG  W   6-3       27-36  5th  8.5 gb
 62 Wed, Jun 13  @SFG  L   0-10      26-36  5th  8.5 gb
 61 Tue, Jun 12  @SFG  L   3-6       26-35  5th  7.5 gb
 60 Sun, Jun 10  @CHW  W  11-9       26-34  5th  6.5 gb
 59 Sat, Jun  9  @CHW  L   1-10      25-34  5th  7.5 gb
 58 Fri, Jun  8  @CHW  W   8-3       25-33  5th  7.5 gb
 57 Thu, Jun  7   STL  L   2-14      24-33  5th  7.5 gb
 56 Wed, Jun  6   STL  L   3-4       24-32  5th  7.5 gb
 55 Tue, Jun  5   STL  W   9-8       24-31  4th  6.5 gb
 54 Sun, Jun  3   CIN  W   5-3       23-31  5th  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:12-18

Rangers, 37-27, 37-27 1st, 3 up

SP: Yu Darvish (25, RHP, 7-4, 3.72)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (7-4)			72.2	66	34	30	44	77	6	3.72

Last 7 GS		3-4	39.2	36	25	22	27	44	5	4.99	49
2012-06-07	@OAK	L	5.1	6	6	6	6	4	1	110	30
2012-06-02	@LAA	L	6.1	6	3	2	3	7	0	111	55
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

Has never faced HOU as starter.

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   17-12   Road:   20-15   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  25-19   vsLHP:  12-8    1-Run:   6-8 
 vsEast: 12-6    vsCntrl: 9-6    vsWest: 10-12 IL: 6-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 64 Thu, Jun 14   ARI  L   3-11      37-27  1st  3.0 up
 63 Wed, Jun 13   ARI  W   1-0       37-26  1st  3.5 up
 62 Tue, Jun 12   ARI  W   9-1       36-26  1st  3.5 up
 61 Sun, Jun 10  @SFG  W   5-0       35-26  1st  3.0 up
 60 Sat, Jun  9  @SFG  L   2-5       34-26  1st  3.0 up
 59 Fri, Jun  8  @SFG  W   5-0       34-25  1st  4.0 up
 58 Thu, Jun  7  @OAK  L   1-7       33-25  1st  4.0 up
 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, May 20, 2012 TEX  6 @HOU  1        W:Colby Lewis (4-3), L: Jordan Lyles (0-1), S: none
Sat, May 19, 2012 HOU  6  TEX  5        W:Lucas Harrell (3-3), L: Derek Holland (3-3), S: Brett Myers (10)
Fri, May 18, 2012 TEX  4 @HOU  1        W:Robbie Ross (5-0), L: Wandy Rodriguez (3-4), S: Joe Nathan (9)

Thu, Jun 30, 2011 HOU  7  TEX  0        W:Wandy Rodriguez (6-4), L: Matt Harrison (6-7), S: none
Wed, Jun 29, 2011 TEX  3 @HOU  2        W:Colby Lewis (7-7), L: Brett Myers (3-7), S: Neftali Feliz (16)
Tue, Jun 28, 2011 TEX  7 @HOU  3        W:C.J. Wilson (8-3), L: Jordan Lyles (0-3), S: Neftali Feliz (15)
Wed, Jun 22, 2011 HOU  5 @TEX  3        W:Mark Melancon (5-1), L: Neftali Feliz (0-1), S: none
Tue, Jun 21, 2011 TEX  5  HOU  4 (11)   W:Yoshinori Tateyama (1-0), L: Enerio Del Rosario (0-2), S: none
Mon, Jun 20, 2011 TEX  8  HOU  3        W:Derek Holland (6-2), L: J.A. Happ (3-9), S: none
Sun, Jun 27, 2010 TEX 10  HOU  1        W:Tommy Hunter (4-0), L: Roy Oswalt (5-10), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - TEX over 2-1; 2011 - TEX won 4-2; 2010 - TEX won 5-1; All-Time - TEX leads 39-30

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 5.23 MIL 4.30 PIT 3.29	RA/G WSN 3.25 KCR 4.28 COL 5.81	BA P. Konerko .364 J. Peralta .267 B. Ryan .157	OBP J. Votto .485 M. Moustakas .335 A. Ramirez .238	SLG J. Hamilton .674 B. Zobrist .429 B. Ryan .241	OPS J. Votto 1.142 J. Peralta .759 A. Ramirez .507	ERA B. Beachy 1.98 H. Alvarez 3.87 L. Hochevar 6.27	K/9IP S. Strasburg 11.69 C. Lewis 7.48 H. Alvarez 2.72

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.23

MIL 4.30

PIT 3.29

RA/G

WSN 3.25

KCR 4.28

COL 5.81

P. Konerko .364

J. Peralta .267

B. Ryan .157

OBP

J. Votto .485

M. Moustakas .335

A. Ramirez .238

SLG

J. Hamilton .674

B. Zobrist .429

B. Ryan .241

OPS

J. Votto 1.142

J. Peralta .759

A. Ramirez .507

ERA

B. Beachy 1.98

H. Alvarez 3.87

L. Hochevar 6.27

K/9IP

S. Strasburg 11.69

C. Lewis 7.48

H. Alvarez 2.72

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Astros Batters (4.29 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.11 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 11.Darvish
G/S/vB 37.Adams
G/S/vB 44.Kirkman*
G/S/vB 57.Lowe
G/S/vB 36.Nathan
G/S/vB 46.Ross*
G/S/vB 52.Scheppers
G/S/vB 22.Tateyama
G/S/vB 19.Uehara
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

27.Altuve G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 269/191 .324/.366/.472/.838 1.058/.746 .903 108/.871 11/4 4/8

12.Bixler G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 27/11 .261/.370/.304/.675 .866/.384 .753 19/.796 3/0 0/0

19.Bogusevic* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 194/152 .229/.304/.343/.647 .544/.676 .729 63/.621 6/3 4/1

15.Castro* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 140/109 .250/.324/.363/.687 .328/.796 .673 48/.932 0/0 1/4

16.Downs G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 87/50 .171/.218/.366/.584 .561/.602 .659 36/.430 0/2 4/2

23.Johnson G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 230/180 .279/.322/.423/.745 .549/.798 .612 84/.729 3/0 5/8

4.Lowrie# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.000 233/168 .275/.352/.507/.859 .665/.932 .761 97/.926 2/0 12/6

14.Martinez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 233/169 .227/.319/.369/.688 .775/.657 .721 93/.733 0/1 7/0

44.Maxwell G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 114/61 .230/.316/.440/.756 .762/.750 .587 60/.899 1/2 6/2

1.Schafer* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 211/174 .241/.313/.321/.633 .373/.689 .584 56/.515 14/4 2/0

18.Snyder G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 109/74 .188/.284/.323/.607 .686/.572 .601 46/.704 0/0 3/2

29.Wallace* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 34/26 .345/.441/.655/1.096 .804/1.189 1.086 34/1.096 0/0 2/0

IP 72.2 21.2 1.0 24.1 25.2 34.2 3.2 8.1 21.1 TOTAL .250/.314/.385/.699 .645/.718 .672 .733 40/16 55/44

ERA-K/9

3.72/9.5

3.32/7.5

0.00/18.0

2.96/7.8

1.75/10.9

1.30/5.7

9.82/9.7

11.88/8.7

2.11/9.3

3.63/7.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castro (32-6-4)
Snyder (22-8-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 330/.237 89/.250 4/.000 96/.216 95/.207 129/.217 17/.353 42/.308 79/.171 .236 Schafer
Maxwell
Bogusevic
Martinez
Downs
Bixler
Johnson 0/49/0/3
8/21/6/2
0/4/48/1
51/0/0/1
0/0/4/1
3/0/3/0
0/0/1/0

OPS .712 .637 .250 .624 .536 .566 1.118 1.024 .519 .685

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 202/.716 54/.599 3/.333 46/.613 61/.525 55/.574 9/1.444 24/1.321 40/.534 .678

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 128/.706 35/.701 1/.000 50/.633 34/.558 74/.560 8/.750 18/.667 39/.502 .692

Home 138/.698 50/.708 4/.250 61/.754 50/.628 54/.447 7/1.571 27/1.324 39/.339

Last 28d days 105/.840 31/.644 4/.250 43/.568 27/.222 56/.565 17/1.118 42/1.024 28/.635

HR/SB/CS 6/8/0 1/3/1 0/0/0 3/0/1 2/1/0 2/1/1 2/2/0 3/0/0 3/0/0 67/32/10

Usage ·······X ·o··X··· X······· o······o ·X··o··· ····Xo·· X····o·X X······· ·····X··

Rangers Batters (5.23 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.89 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 41.Lyles
G/S/vB 28.Carpenter
G/S/vB 63.Cedeno*
G/S/vB 55.Cruz
G/S/vB 59.Lopez
G/S/vB 37.Lyon
G/S/vB 39.Myers
G/S/vB 43.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 53.Wright*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Andrus G/S/vP 7/.572 ··· ··· 2/.500 3/2.000 3/1.333 1/2.000 2/.000 3/1.167 286/202 .291/.367/.405/.772 .724/.792 .706 106/.718 9/2 1/7

29.Beltre G/S/vP 9/.222 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/2.000 24/.592 3/1.666 ··· 249/179 .300/.329/.489/.819 .520/.935 .837 104/.715 1/0 10/5

17.Cruz G/S/vP 9/1.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 2/2.500 6/1.166 2/.500 2/1.000 252/182 .256/.310/.423/.733 .848/.689 .797 84/.741 4/4 8/1

23.Gentry G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 114/53 .337/.407/.436/.843 .941/.733 .802 44/.874 8/3 1/0

14.Gonzalez G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 47/25 .261/.261/.348/.609 .500/.708 .789 6/1.333 0/0 0/1

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 9/1.556 ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 2/1.000 9/.730 2/.000 3/3.333 264/176 .330/.390/.674/1.064 .998/1.099 1.037 102/.771 6/2 22/3

5.Kinsler G/S/vP 12/1.208 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 3/.000 9/2.542 ··· 4/.500 297/220 .272/.337/.448/.784 .938/.730 .970 112/.698 8/4 7/8

18.Moreland* G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.167 ··· ··· 163/138 .277/.333/.507/.840 .544/.894 .979 60/.813 0/0 9/1

7.Murphy* G/S/vP 3/2.667 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 3/no AB 2/3.000 ··· 4/.250 185/158 .264/.348/.472/.820 .576/.864 .887 72/.917 4/1 7/1

25.Napoli G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 211/141 .246/.351/.469/.820 .593/.932 .726 68/.888 0/0 11/4

21.Snyder G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 45/16 .310/.356/.548/.903 1.155/.450 .774 8/.661 0/0 3/0

8.Torrealba G/S/vP 6/1.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 13/1.067 19/.500 ··· 2/1.500 112/58 .227/.300/.340/.640 .603/.670 .575 44/.793 1/0 2/0

10.Young G/S/vP 9/1.111 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 4/.000 8/.500 2/1.000 4/1.000 263/185 .278/.304/.365/.669 .870/.585 .549 96/.635 2/1 3/1

IP 33.1 25.0 7.1 20.2 32.1 24.2 22.2 23.2 19.0 TOTAL .281/.340/.459/.799 .778/.808 .812 .758 43/17 84/37

ERA-K/9

5.40/5.7

4.68/8.6

2.45/7.4

7.40/7.0

2.51/7.2

2.55/9.5

1.99/6.3

4.56/9.1

4.26/8.5

4.48/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Napoli (17-4-5)
Snyder (0-0-0)
Torrealba (15-6-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 151/.282 118/.317 31/.259 98/.321 124/.237 102/.245 85/.188 104/.228 86/.273 .271 Cruz
Hamilton
Murphy
Snyder
Moreland
Gentry 2/0/61/6
39/40/1/3
46/2/4/2
5/0/1/0
0/0/3/0
0/51/0/0

OPS .817 .849 .741 .886 .615 .644 .599 .709 .790 .775

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 57/1.063 51/1.038 13/1.098 41/.945 39/.554 34/.668 43/.551 40/.934 52/.629 .785

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 94/.684 67/.712 18/.485 57/.834 85/.641 68/.628 42/.648 64/.574 34/1.041 .769

Road 97/.817 67/.864 29/.797 56/.944 61/.800 54/.740 42/.725 60/.783 37/.733

Last 28d days 101/.828 40/.845 31/.741 49/1.165 42/1.004 45/.636 35/.582 36/.649 44/.984

HR/SB/CS 6/3/2 3/2/0 1/2/0 4/2/1 3/0/0 2/4/0 3/0/0 4/8/0 3/1/0 82/54/14

Usage ·····X·· ··X··X·X ·X···X·· ·X···X·X ····o·X· ··X··o·o o···o·o· o···X·o· o·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.