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Game Preview: BOS @ TEX, 8:05pm, Monday, July 23, 2012 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

RedSox, 48-48, 48-48 5th, 9½ GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Felix Doubront (24, LHP, 10-4, 4.24)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (10-4)			102.0	101	55	48	38	99	15	4.24
2011 (0-0)			10.1	12	7	7	8	6	1	6.10
2010 (2-2)			25.0	27	16	12	10	23	3	4.32

Last 7 GS		4-2	39.2	42	25	22	13	33	7	4.99	48
2012-07-18	CHW	W	6.0	4	1	1	3	2	0	96	59
2012-07-07	NYY	W	6.1	4	4	3	1	6	2	101	56
2012-07-01	@SEA	ND	4.1	3	1	1	5	4	0	103	52
2012-06-25	TOR	L	6.0	11	7	5	1	2	2	83	27
2012-06-20	MIA	W	6.0	9	4	4	0	4	1	88	42
2012-06-13	@MIA	W	7.0	3	2	2	1	9	1	99	71
2012-06-08	WSN	L	4.0	8	6	6	2	6	1	82	26

Last 5 v.TEX		0-1	4.2	7	4	2	2	5	0	3.86	41
2010-07-16	TEX	L	4.2	7	4	2	2	5	0	92	41

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

 Home:   25-28   Road:   23-20   ExtrInn: 1-5 
 vsRHP:  28-37   vsLHP:  20-11   1-Run:   9-12
 vsEast: 16-23   vsCntrl:16-9    vsWest:  5-9  IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 96 Sun, Jul 22   TOR  L   7-15      48-48  5th  9.5 gb
 95 Sat, Jul 21   TOR  L   3-7       48-47  4th  9.5 gb
 94 Fri, Jul 20   TOR  L   1-6       48-46  4th  9.5 gb
 93 Thu, Jul 19   CHW  W   3-1       48-45  3rd  9.5 gb
 92 Wed, Jul 18   CHW  W  10-1       47-45  3rd 10.5 gb
 91 Tue, Jul 17   CHW  L   5-7       46-45  4th 10.5 gb
 90 Mon, Jul 16   CHW  W   5-1       46-44  3rd  9.5 gb
 89 Sun, Jul 15  @TBR  W   7-3       45-44  4th  9.5 gb
 88 Sat, Jul 14  @TBR  L   3-5       44-44  4th 10.5 gb
 87 Fri, Jul 13  @TBR  W   3-1       44-43  4th  9.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:15-15

Rangers, 56-38, 56-38 1st, 5 up

SP: Scott Feldman (29, RHP, 3-6, 5.89)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (3-6)			55.0	64	43	36	16	39	8	5.89
2011 (2-1)			32.0	25	14	14	10	22	3	3.94
2010 (7-11)			141.1	181	98	86	45	75	18	5.48

Last 7 GS		2-4	33.2	45	31	26	7	31	6	6.95	41
2012-07-04	@CHW	ND	6.0	6	4	4	1	4	0	101	47
2012-06-28	OAK	W	5.0	9	4	4	1	3	3	99	35
2012-06-19	@SDP	W	6.0	7	2	2	0	5	0	97	55
2012-06-14	ARI	L	5.0	8	6	4	0	6	1	100	37
2012-06-09	@SFG	L	5.1	4	3	2	1	7	0	91	56
2012-06-04	@OAK	L	1.2	7	8	8	1	3	1	54	11
2012-05-29	SEA	L	4.2	4	4	2	3	3	1	88	44

Last 5 v.BOS		0-0	2.2	10	12	6	3	2	2	20.25	1
2008-08-12	@BOS	ND	2.2	10	12	6	3	2	2	90	1

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

 Home:   29-16   Road:   27-22   ExtrInn: 5-2 
 vsRHP:  40-24   vsLHP:  16-14   1-Run:  12-11
 vsEast: 12-6    vsCntrl:13-11   vsWest: 17-17 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 94 Sun, Jul 22  @LAA  L   4-7       56-38  1st  5.0 up
 93 Sat, Jul 21  @LAA  W   9-2       56-37  1st  6.0 up
 92 Fri, Jul 20  @LAA  L   1-6       55-37  1st  5.0 up
 91 Wed, Jul 18  @OAK  L   3-4       55-36  1st  5.5 up
 90 Tue, Jul 17  @OAK  W   6-1       55-35  1st  5.5 up
 89 Sun, Jul 15  @SEA  W   4-0       54-35  1st  5.0 up
 88 Sat, Jul 14  @SEA  L   0-7       53-35  1st  5.0 up
 87 Fri, Jul 13  @SEA  W   3-2       53-34  1st  5.0 up
 86 Sun, Jul  8   MIN  W   4-3 (13)  52-34  1st  4.0 up
 85 Sat, Jul  7   MIN  W   4-3 (10)  51-34  1st  4.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Apr 18, 2012 TEX  6 @BOS  3        W:Derek Holland (2-0), L: Josh Beckett (1-2), S: none
Tue, Apr 17, 2012 TEX 18 @BOS  3        W:Colby Lewis (2-0), L: Jon Lester (0-2), S: none

Sun, Sep 04, 2011 TEX 11 @BOS  4        W:Matt Harrison (11-9), L: John Lackey (12-11), S: none
Sat, Sep 03, 2011 BOS 12  TEX  7        W:Erik Bedard (5-9), L: Colby Lewis (11-10), S: none
Fri, Sep 02, 2011 TEX 10 @BOS  0        W:Derek Holland (13-5), L: Andrew Miller (6-2), S: none
Thu, Aug 25, 2011 BOS  6 @TEX  0        W:Andrew Miller (6-1), L: Alexi Ogando (12-6), S: none
Wed, Aug 24, 2011 BOS 13 @TEX  2        W:Josh Beckett (11-5), L: Matt Harrison (10-9), S: none
Tue, Aug 23, 2011 BOS 11 @TEX  5        W:John Lackey (12-9), L: Colby Lewis (11-9), S: none
Mon, Aug 22, 2011 TEX  4  BOS  0        W:C.J. Wilson (13-5), L: Erik Bedard (4-9), S: none
Sun, Apr 03, 2011 TEX  5  BOS  1        W:Matt Harrison (1-0), L: Clay Buchholz (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - TEX over 2-0; 2011 - TEX won 6-4; 2010 - TEX won 6-4; All-Time - BOS leads 327-294

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 5.03 WSN 4.24 SDP 3.66	RA/G WSN 3.54 ATL 4.36 COL 5.65	BA A. McCutchen .372 B. Harper .269 B. Ryan .188	OBP J. Votto .465 J. Reyes .336 J. Smoak .255	SLG A. McCutchen .642 A. Gordon .430 C. Pennington .282	OPS A. McCutchen 1.070 D. Jeter .767 C. Pennington .541	ERA R. Dempster 2.11 M. Garza 3.91 J. Guthrie 6.49	K/9IP S. Strasburg 11.42 J. Lester 7.48 D. Lowe 3.17

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.03

WSN 4.24

SDP 3.66

RA/G

WSN 3.54

ATL 4.36

COL 5.65

A. McCutchen .372

B. Harper .269

B. Ryan .188

OBP

J. Votto .465

J. Reyes .336

J. Smoak .255

SLG

A. McCutchen .642

A. Gordon .430

C. Pennington .282

OPS

A. McCutchen 1.070

D. Jeter .767

C. Pennington .541

ERA

R. Dempster 2.11

M. Garza 3.91

J. Guthrie 6.49

K/9IP

S. Strasburg 11.42

J. Lester 7.48

D. Lowe 3.17

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RedSox Batters (4.99 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.18 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 39.Feldman
G/S/vB 37.Adams
G/S/vB 11.Darvish
G/S/vB 50.Kirkman*
G/S/vB 36.Nathan
G/S/vB 41.Ogando
G/S/vB 46.Ross*
G/S/vB 52.Scheppers
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

3.Aviles G/S/vP 9/1.333 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 381/268 .262/.286/.412/.698 .848/.636 .748 79/.687 10/4 10/9

77.Ciriaco G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 47/31 .356/.370/.467/.836 .375/1.086 .545 47/.836 4/0 0/1

13.Crawford* G/S/vP 14/.517 1/2.000 ··· ··· 5/1.000 3/.833 ··· ··· 24/9 .318/.375/.318/.693 .708/.667 24/.693 3/0 0/0

2.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 3/.000 ··· ··· 70/40 .288/.329/.409/.738 .815/.678 .641 40/.850 1/0 1/0

28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 3/3.334 ··· ··· 403/253 .296/.337/.442/.780 .819/.755 .691 86/.977 0/0 9/4

64.Middlebrooks G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 221/140 .285/.317/.502/.819 .821/.818 .786 61/.502 3/1 11/9

66.Nava# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 234/169 .250/.373/.401/.774 .506/.878 .709 82/.488 3/0 4/1

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 6/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.334 3/.000 ··· ··· 354/237 .265/.323/.393/.715 .693/.726 .714 52/.601 6/3 6/1

5.Punto# G/S/vP 7/.829 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 126/106 .210/.315/.286/.600 .426/.634 .715 33/.613 4/0 1/2

7.Ross G/S/vP ··· 4/.833 ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· ··· 266/181 .269/.343/.556/.899 1.184/.767 .793 86/.844 1/1 16/0

39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 6/.833 2/2.500 ··· ··· 275/232 .228/.280/.492/.772 .558/.812 .751 70/.599 0/0 18/6

10.Shoppach G/S/vP 17/.686 2/.500 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 122/53 .274/.358/.528/.887 .856/.927 .758 25/.860 1/0 5/2

12.Sweeney* G/S/vP 24/1.289 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.650 2/4.000 ··· ··· 206/184 .272/.317/.387/.705 .348/.744 .731 23/.467 0/0 0/2

IP 55.0 31.2 116.0 14.2 38.1 37.2 49.0 14.2 TOTAL .268/.327/.439/.766 .779/.761 .721 .720 44/15 112/55

ERA-K/9

5.89/6.4

3.13/7.7

3.88/10.2

3.68/6.7

2.11/10.8

2.63/8.8

1.10/5.3

6.75/8.0

3.79/7.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Saltalamacchia (54-14-5)
Shoppach (16-7-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 246/.282 138/.270 508/.226 60/.151 153/.238 146/.194 186/.212 65/.350 .247 Ross
Nava
Sweeney
Gonzalez
Ciriaco
Crawford
Ellsbury 20/7/45/5
56/0/1/5
0/19/45/3
0/0/18/1
0/0/1/0
6/0/0/0
0/16/0/0

OPS .765 .690 .684 .611 .578 .560 .553 .981 .702

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 138/.704 76/.690 313/.723 23/.428 100/.610 63/.588 83/.572 25/1.099 .694

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 108/.842 62/.691 195/.620 37/.702 53/.516 83/.537 103/.538 40/.908 .708

Home 117/.802 77/.721 225/.685 53/.593 88/.611 61/.673 88/.456 41/1.153

Last 28d days 56/.868 32/.740 117/.660 22/.468 36/.627 16/1.080 35/.464 30/1.008

HR/SB/CS 8/10/1 1/5/1 10/14/1 3/0/0 2/3/0 3/1/0 2/1/1 4/3/0 93/57/15

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

Rangers Batters (5.03 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (4.54 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 61.Doubront*
G/S/vB 91.Aceves
G/S/vB 32.Albers
G/S/vB 37.Melancon
G/S/vB 30.Miller*
G/S/vB 46.Morales*
G/S/vB 44.Padilla
G/S/vB 63.Tazawa
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Andrus G/S/vP 4/.250 3/.000 12/.773 3/.333 5/.400 2/.000 ··· 3/1.667 419/292 .296/.369/.401/.769 .736/.784 .759 91/.721 16/6 2/9

29.Beltre G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 8/1.089 3/1.666 8/.417 2/5.000 45/.707 ··· 377/265 .316/.347/.521/.869 .629/.971 .922 85/.781 1/0 18/6

17.Cruz G/S/vP 3/1.667 5/2.000 5/1.600 2/2.500 3/.666 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 376/268 .263/.322/.439/.761 .894/.708 .862 82/.768 7/4 12/1

23.Gentry G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/.800 1/2.000 3/.500 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 182/94 .344/.406/.448/.853 .911/.800 .817 51/.869 9/4 1/0

14.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 ··· 52/30 .255/.255/.333/.588 .500/.655 .789 1/.000 0/0 0/1

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 5/1.600 2/.000 14/.651 2/5.000 5/.400 3/1.334 3/1.334 3/1.000 376/246 .293/.362/.598/.960 .881/1.003 .940 84/.709 6/3 28/5

5.Kinsler G/S/vP 4/.583 3/2.334 14/1.038 3/1.000 6/1.917 1/.000 ··· 3/3.500 436/317 .271/.335/.438/.773 .923/.716 .907 92/.824 15/6 11/12

27.Martin* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 38/30 .176/.243/.382/.626 .500/.660 .857 21/.413 2/0 0/0

7.Murphy* G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.500 7/1.262 1/no AB 1/2.000 2/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 267/231 .274/.370/.451/.821 .753/.833 .954 53/.818 7/1 9/1

25.Napoli G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 6/.666 1/.000 3/.000 2/1.500 22/.636 ··· 310/207 .233/.345/.431/.776 .545/.894 .697 66/.630 1/0 14/5

21.Snyder G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 61/19 .298/.333/.474/.807 .932/.513 .719 11/.545 0/0 3/0

8.Torrealba G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/.750 1/.000 6/.334 2/.500 11/.455 ··· 174/93 .221/.287/.331/.618 .545/.678 .587 42/.563 1/1 3/1

10.Young G/S/vP 3/.666 5/1.800 13/.496 1/3.000 5/1.100 ··· 3/1.167 3/1.167 389/272 .271/.301/.347/.648 .790/.587 .595 83/.655 2/2 3/3

IP 102.0 48.2 37.1 20.0 23.0 52.2 35.0 15.1 TOTAL .277/.339/.445/.784 .760/.795 .820 .725 67/27 114/51

ERA-K/9

4.24/8.7

3.88/8.1

2.17/5.8

7.65/6.8

2.74/10.6

3.25/9.4

3.60/9.3

1.17/7.6

4.23/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Napoli (30-6-7)
Snyder (0-0-0)
Torrealba (27-9-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 441/.255 204/.232 149/.214 90/.309 89/.198 220/.218 149/.277 60/.250 .256 Cruz
Murphy
Hamilton
Gentry
Martin
Snyder 6/0/87/6
60/2/9/3
61/46/1/3
0/73/2/2
2/11/0/1
5/0/5/0

OPS .759 .646 .639 .886 .567 .651 .748 .574 .730

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 133/.707 113/.673 60/.801 44/1.057 56/.371 83/.468 72/.682 23/.577 .716

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 308/.782 91/.611 89/.541 46/.722 33/.911 137/.761 77/.808 37/.572 .742

Road 205/.658 84/.632 64/.603 32/.626 38/.753 113/.470 83/.724 17/.665

Last 28d days 69/.615 49/.663 27/.537 48/.560 26/.669 74/.655 34/.800 33/.667

HR/SB/CS 15/11/2 4/3/0 5/5/2 5/0/1 2/0/0 6/3/2 2/1/1 0/2/1 99/70/21

Usage ····X··· X··X··oX oX··o··· X·X·o··X ·oX·o··· ·o···o·· ·X····o· XXo··X·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.