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Game Preview: HOU @ TEX, 7:15pm, Saturday, June 16, 2012 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Astros, 27-37, 27-37 5th, 9½ GB, 9½ GB in WC

SP: Lucas Harrell (27, RHP, 6-4, 4.83)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (6-4)			76.1	80	49	41	28	38	7	4.83
2011 (0-2)			18.0	23	12	9	8	15	0	4.50
2010 (1-0)			24.0	34	18	13	17	15	2	4.88

Last 7 GS		4-2	42.1	45	29	23	15	23	5	4.89	45
2012-06-10	@CHW	W	7.1	6	5	5	1	5	1	110	50
2012-06-05	STL	W	6.0	8	4	3	0	1	1	98	43
2012-05-30	@COL	L	5.0	10	9	9	3	4	2	107	12
2012-05-25	@LAD	W	7.1	5	1	1	3	0	0	94	61
2012-05-19	TEX	W	5.2	5	4	1	3	6	1	109	52
2012-05-14	@PHI	L	5.2	5	3	2	2	3	0	81	50
2012-05-09	MIA	ND	5.1	6	3	2	3	4	0	107	47

Last 5 v.TEX		1-0	5.2	5	4	1	3	6	1	1.59	52
2012-05-19	TEX	W	5.2	5	4	1	3	6	1	109	52

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

 Home:   18-14   Road:    9-23   ExtrInn: 0-6 
 vsRHP:  18-28   vsLHP:   9-9    1-Run:   9-10
 vsEast:  7-11   vsCntrl:12-11   vsWest:  5-11 IL: 3-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 64 Fri, Jun 15  @TEX  L   2-6       27-37  5th  9.5 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:12-18

Rangers, 38-27, 38-27 1st, 4 up

SP: (2012, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc

Last 7 GS

Has never faced HOU as starter.

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

 Home:   18-12   Road:   20-15   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  26-19   vsLHP:  12-8    1-Run:   6-8 
 vsEast: 12-6    vsCntrl: 9-6    vsWest: 10-12 IL: 7-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 65 Fri, Jun 15   HOU  W   6-2       38-27  1st  4.0 up
 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jun 15, 2012 TEX  6  HOU  2        W:Yu Darvish (8-4), L: Jordan Lyles (1-3), S: none
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
Season Series: 2012 - TEX over 3-1; 2011 - TEX won 4-2; 2010 - TEX won 5-1; All-Time - TEX leads 40-30

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 5.25 MIL 4.31 PIT 3.24	RA/G WSN 3.31 TOR 4.31 COL 5.78	BA M. Cabrera .365 S. Smith .266 B. Ryan .156	OBP J. Votto .484 J. Loney .333 A. Ramirez .242	SLG J. Hamilton .674 A. Pujols .433 B. Ryan .240	OPS J. Votto 1.138 J. Peralta .762 B. Ryan .509	ERA B. Beachy 1.98 J. Vargas 3.95 L. Hochevar 6.27	K/9IP S. Strasburg 11.69 A. Harang 7.41 H. Alvarez 2.72

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.25

MIL 4.31

PIT 3.24

RA/G

WSN 3.31

TOR 4.31

COL 5.78

M. Cabrera .365

S. Smith .266

B. Ryan .156

OBP

J. Votto .484

J. Loney .333

A. Ramirez .242

SLG

J. Hamilton .674

A. Pujols .433

B. Ryan .240

OPS

J. Votto 1.138

J. Peralta .762

B. Ryan .509

ERA

B. Beachy 1.98

J. Vargas 3.95

L. Hochevar 6.27

K/9IP

S. Strasburg 11.69

A. Harang 7.41

H. Alvarez 2.72

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Astros Batters (4.25 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.08 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 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 46.Ross*
G/S/vB 52.Scheppers
G/S/vB 22.Tateyama
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

27.Altuve G/S/vP ··· 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 273/195 .320/.364/.466/.830 1.058/.737 .887 108/.866 12/4 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 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 198/156 .229/.303/.341/.644 .544/.671 .720 64/.643 6/3 4/1

15.Castro* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 143/112 .252/.324/.370/.694 .328/.802 .687 51/.938 0/0 1/5

16.Downs G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 87/50 .171/.218/.366/.584 .561/.602 .659 32/.485 0/2 4/2

23.Johnson G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/.500 234/184 .274/.316/.416/.732 .549/.780 .590 88/.694 3/0 5/9

4.Lowrie# G/S/vP ··· 4/.833 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 237/172 .276/.354/.505/.859 .665/.931 .764 97/.944 2/0 12/6

14.Martinez G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 237/173 .222/.314/.362/.676 .775/.640 .695 93/.683 0/1 7/0

44.Maxwell G/S/vP ··· 3/2.334 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 118/65 .240/.322/.471/.793 .762/.816 .667 60/.881 1/2 7/2

1.Schafer* G/S/vP 1/3.000 4/.500 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 215/178 .241/.311/.319/.631 .373/.685 .580 59/.523 15/4 2/1

18.Snyder G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 109/74 .188/.284/.323/.607 .686/.572 .601 42/.610 0/0 3/2

29.Wallace* G/S/vP 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 38/30 .364/.447/.636/1.084 .804/1.159 1.065 38/1.084 0/0 2/0

IP 21.2 80.2 1.0 24.1 26.2 34.2 3.2 8.1 TOTAL .250/.314/.385/.698 .645/.717 .671 .724 42/16 56/47

ERA-K/9

3.32/7.5

3.57/9.8

0.00/18.0

2.96/7.8

1.69/11.1

1.30/5.7

9.82/9.7

11.88/8.7

3.61/7.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castro (34-6-4)
Snyder (22-8-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 89/.250 361/.238 4/.000 96/.216 99/.208 129/.217 17/.353 42/.308 .236 Schafer
Maxwell
Martinez
Downs
Bogusevic
Bixler
Johnson 0/50/0/3
9/21/6/2
51/0/0/1
0/0/4/1
0/4/49/1
3/0/3/0
0/0/1/0

OPS .637 .708 .250 .624 .535 .566 1.118 1.024 .684

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 54/.599 219/.717 3/.333 46/.613 63/.540 55/.574 9/1.444 24/1.321 .679

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 35/.701 142/.695 1/.000 50/.633 36/.525 74/.560 8/.750 18/.667 .689

Home 50/.708 169/.693 4/.250 61/.754 54/.618 54/.447 7/1.571 27/1.324

Last 28d days 31/.644 136/.800 4/.250 40/.614 31/.258 56/.565 17/1.118 42/1.024

HR/SB/CS 1/3/1 7/10/0 0/0/0 3/0/1 2/1/0 2/1/1 2/2/0 3/0/0 68/34/10

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

Rangers Batters (5.25 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.91 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 64.Harrell
G/S/vB 58.Abad*
G/S/vB 28.Carpenter
G/S/vB 63.Cedeno*
G/S/vB 55.Cruz
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 3/.333 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.500 3/1.333 1/2.000 2/.000 3/1.167 291/206 .299/.375/.410/.785 .740/.804 .740 106/.717 11/2 1/7

29.Beltre G/S/vP 4/1.750 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 3/2.000 24/.592 3/1.666 ··· 253/183 .304/.332/.489/.821 .520/.936 .842 104/.715 1/0 10/5

17.Cruz G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/2.500 6/1.166 2/.500 2/1.000 256/186 .256/.309/.420/.729 .848/.685 .786 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 43/.897 8/3 1/0

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

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/1.000 9/.730 2/.000 3/3.333 264/176 .330/.390/.674/1.064 .998/1.099 1.037 97/.792 6/2 22/3

5.Kinsler G/S/vP 3/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 9/2.542 ··· 4/.500 302/224 .268/.334/.441/.776 .945/.716 .943 112/.711 8/4 7/8

27.Martin* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/3 .000/.250/.000/.250 .000/.333 .250 4/.250 0/0 0/0

18.Moreland* G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 6/.167 ··· ··· 167/141 .276/.331/.520/.851 .522/.913 .994 63/.857 0/0 10/1

7.Murphy* G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 3/no AB 2/3.000 ··· 4/.250 189/162 .272/.356/.475/.832 .576/.877 .911 73/.906 4/1 7/1

25.Napoli G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 211/141 .246/.351/.469/.820 .593/.932 .726 64/.891 0/0 11/4

21.Snyder G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 45/16 .310/.356/.548/.903 1.155/.450 .774 7/.452 0/0 3/0

8.Torrealba G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 13/1.067 19/.500 ··· 2/1.500 116/62 .228/.298/.337/.635 .603/.659 .569 48/.765 1/0 2/0

10.Young G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 8/.500 2/1.000 4/1.000 268/189 .276/.302/.362/.664 .859/.583 .543 97/.629 2/1 3/1

IP 76.1 10.1 25.2 7.1 22.1 24.2 22.2 23.2 19.0 TOTAL .281/.341/.458/.799 .778/.808 .811 .761 45/17 85/37

ERA-K/9

4.83/4.5

4.35/7.0

4.56/8.4

2.45/7.4

7.25/6.9

2.55/9.5

1.99/6.3

4.56/9.1

4.26/8.5

4.48/7.3

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 335/.269 42/.250 121/.318 31/.259 104/.311 102/.245 85/.188 104/.228 86/.273 .272 Cruz
Hamilton
Murphy
Martin
Gentry
Snyder
Moreland 2/0/62/6
39/40/1/3
47/2/4/2
0/1/0/0
0/51/0/0
5/0/1/0
0/0/3/0

OPS .755 .836 .844 .741 .885 .644 .599 .709 .790 .775

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 140/.811 20/.550 51/1.038 13/1.098 44/.998 34/.668 43/.551 40/.934 52/.629 .787

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 195/.715 22/1.114 70/.709 18/.485 60/.788 68/.628 42/.648 64/.574 34/1.041 .767

Road 209/.811 16/.979 70/.855 29/.797 62/.935 54/.740 42/.725 60/.783 37/.733

Last 28d days 111/.768 8/.661 43/.832 31/.741 55/1.129 42/.685 32/.574 36/.649 43/.959

HR/SB/CS 7/9/2 4/0/0 3/3/0 1/2/0 5/2/1 2/4/0 3/0/0 4/8/0 3/1/0 83/56/14

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