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Game Preview: TBR @ TEX, 8:05pm, Monday, August 27, 2012 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Rays, 70-57, 70-57 2nd, 4 GB, ½ up in WC

SP: David Price (26, LHP, 16-4, 2.28)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (16-4) 170.0 132 46 43 50 167 13 2.28
2011 (12-13) 224.1 192 93 87 63 218 22 3.49
2010 (19-6) 208.2 170 71 63 79 188 15 2.72
Last 7 GS 4-0 51.0 29 6 6 10 54 2 1.06 73
2012-08-21 KCR ND 8.0 3 0 0 0 8 0 114 84
2012-08-16 @LAA W 7.0 3 0 0 2 8 0 103 77
2012-08-11 @MIN W 7.0 7 2 2 0 5 1 101 60
2012-08-05 BAL ND 8.0 2 0 0 3 5 0 109 80
2012-07-30 @OAK ND 7.0 5 3 3 2 11 1 121 64
2012-07-25 @BAL W 7.0 7 1 1 0 10 0 105 69
2012-07-19 CLE W 7.0 2 0 0 3 7 0 108 77
Last 5 v.TEX 1-1 31.1 30 14 14 11 31 2 4.02 54
2012-04-29 @TEX W 6.1 6 2 2 1 6 0 117 58
2011-09-07 TEX ND 6.0 8 2 2 2 5 1 107 51
2011-06-01 TEX L 8.0 5 3 3 1 8 0 113 67
2010-08-16 TEX ND 6.0 5 2 2 5 8 0 109 57
2009-09-27 @TEX ND 5.0 6 5 5 2 4 1 94 37
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   35-30   Road:   35-27   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  52-37   vsLHP:  18-20   1-Run:  18-21
 vsEast: 27-20   vsCntrl:13-17   vsWest: 21-11 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
127 Sat, Aug 25   OAK  L   2-4       70-57  2nd  3.5 gb
126 Fri, Aug 24   OAK  L   4-5       70-56  2nd  3.5 gb
125 Thu, Aug 23   OAK  W   5-0       70-55  2nd  2.5 gb
124 Wed, Aug 22   KCR  W   5-3       69-55  2nd  3.0 gb
123 Tue, Aug 21   KCR  L   0-1 (10)  68-55  2nd  4.0 gb
122 Mon, Aug 20   KCR  W   5-1       68-54  2nd  4.0 gb
121 Sun, Aug 19  @LAA  W   8-3       67-54  2nd  5.0 gb
120 Sat, Aug 18  @LAA  W  10-8       66-54  2nd  5.0 gb
119 Fri, Aug 17  @LAA  W  12-3       65-54  2nd  6.0 gb
118 Thu, Aug 16  @LAA  W   7-0       64-54  2nd  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:20-10
Rangers, 75-52, 75-52 1st, 5½ up

SP: Derek Holland (25, LHP, 8-6, 4.92)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (8-6) 128.0 115 75 70 39 103 23 4.92
2011 (16-5) 198.0 201 97 87 67 162 22 3.95
2010 (3-4) 57.1 55 30 26 24 54 6 4.08
Last 7 GS 2-2 47.1 40 30 29 11 36 11 5.51 50
2012-08-22 BAL W 7.0 5 3 3 2 5 0 106 58
2012-08-16 @NYY ND 5.2 5 5 4 0 3 1 88 44
2012-08-11 DET ND 7.2 3 1 1 1 9 1 102 77
2012-08-05 @KCR ND 6.0 8 6 6 2 7 2 107 37
2012-07-31 LAA L 6.2 5 6 6 4 5 3 97 41
2012-07-25 BOS W 7.2 5 3 3 1 7 2 100 63
2012-07-20 @LAA L 6.2 9 6 6 1 0 2 98 31
Last 5 v.TBR 2-2 28.2 31 22 21 17 35 6 6.59 44
2012-04-29 TBR L 7.0 9 5 5 2 8 0 114 45
2011-09-07 @TBR ND 6.2 6 4 3 3 9 1 107 54
2011-05-30 @TBR W 5.2 5 5 5 5 7 2 112 41
2010-08-18 @TBR L 4.1 6 5 5 4 8 2 106 35
2009-09-25 TBR W 5.0 5 3 3 3 3 1 91 45
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   41-24   Road:   34-28   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  53-36   vsLHP:  22-16   1-Run:  16-16
 vsEast: 21-13   vsCntrl:21-16   vsWest: 19-19 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
127 Sun, Aug 26   MIN  L   5-6       75-52  1st  5.5 up
126 Sat, Aug 25   MIN  W   9-3       75-51  1st  6.0 up
125 Fri, Aug 24   MIN  W   8-0       74-51  1st  6.0 up
124 Thu, Aug 23   MIN  W  10-6       73-51  1st  6.0 up
123 Wed, Aug 22   BAL  W  12-3       72-51  1st  5.0 up
122 Tue, Aug 21   BAL  L   3-5       71-51  1st  5.0 up
121 Mon, Aug 20   BAL  W   5-1       71-50  1st  6.0 up
120 Sun, Aug 19  @TOR  W  11-2       70-50  1st  5.0 up
119 Sat, Aug 18  @TOR  W   2-1       69-50  1st  5.0 up
118 Fri, Aug 17  @TOR  L   2-3       68-50  1st  5.0 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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
Mon, Sep 05, 2011 TBR  5  TEX  1        W:James Shields (14-10), L: Scott Feldman (1-1), S: none
Thu, Sep 01, 2011 TEX  7  TBR  2        W:C.J. Wilson (14-6), L: Jeff Niemann (9-6), S: none
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 TBR  4 @TEX  1        W:James Shields (13-10), L: Alexi Ogando (12-7), S: none
Tue, Aug 30, 2011 TEX  2  TBR  0        W:Scott Feldman (1-0), L: Jeremy Hellickson (11-10), S: Neftali Feliz (26)
Wed, Jun 01, 2011 TEX  3 @TBR  0        W:Colby Lewis (5-5), L: David Price (6-5), S: Neftali Feliz (11)
Season Series: 2012 - TBR over 2-1; 2011 - TEX won 5-4; 2010 - TBR won 4-2; All-Time - TEX leads 74-59

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  5.19

SFG  4.28

HOU  3.66

 RA/G

WSN  3.54

DET  4.31

COL  5.55

 BA

M. Cabrera  .346

K. Morales  .275

C. Pena  .190

 OBP

D. Wright  .410

M. Teixeira  .335

J. Smoak  .264

 SLG

G. Stanton  .601

N. Walker  .435

J. Carroll  .291

 OPS

M. Trout  .986

A. Pagan  .769

J. Smoak  .591

 ERA

D. Price  2.28

T. Milone  3.87

J. Guthrie  5.71

 K/9IP

M. Scherzer  11.34

D. Haren  7.24

H. Alvarez  3.43

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

Rays Batters (4.21 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.30 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 45.Holland*
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		 28.Ross*
G/S/vB		 19.Uehara
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
5.Fuld* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 61/41 .298/.344/.386/.730 .718/.736 .867 41/.710 5/1 0/0
8.Jennings G/S/vP 8/.679 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 429/327 .244/.311/.387/.698 .707/.696 .729 98/.817 23/2 10/0
9.Johnson# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 306/211 .250/.316/.342/.658 .583/.700 .804 29/.494 17/6 4/11
20.Joyce* G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.900 5/.600 4/2.500 ··· 2/2.500 368/276 .256/.354/.451/.805 .620/.867 .814 80/.635 4/2 14/1
7.Keppinger G/S/vP 9/1.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 289/198 .319/.370/.445/.815 1.000/.729 .741 77/.817 1/0 6/3
21.Lobaton# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 173/115 .233/.333/.329/.662 .794/.606 .763 39/.645 0/1 2/4
3.Longoria G/S/vP 18/1.257 1/3.000 ··· ··· 8/.929 2/.000 3/.666 1/.000 10/.300 167/124 .292/.377/.472/.849 1.208/.732 .796 70/.655 2/3 6/7
28.Molina G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 221/182 .209/.277/.318/.596 .378/.641 .627 48/.756 3/1 5/4
23.Pena* G/S/vP 10/.311 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.333 9/.708 ··· 1/.000 5/.200 517/357 .190/.321/.343/.664 .597/.695 .652 80/.594 2/2 16/6
19.Roberts G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 388/262 .244/.311/.355/.666 .695/.651 .660 82/.713 9/6 8/9
30.Scott* G/S/vP 5/.600 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 275/189 .229/.280/.443/.723 .527/.810 .760 13/.846 4/0 12/0
2.Upton G/S/vP 18/1.356 2/.000 ··· ··· 9/.666 3/.667 4/.833 ··· 9/.555 483/344 .246/.301/.409/.710 .679/.721 .705 102/.832 24/6 15/2
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 16/1.175 3/.333 ··· ··· 7/.453 6/2.833 3/1.167 1/.000 9/.222 519/361 .263/.373/.469/.842 .845/.841 .911 93/.935 13/8 15/9
IP 128.0 42.0 147.2 28.0 36.0 48.2 52.1 59.2 22.1 TOTAL .236/.315/.379/.695 .685/.698 .720 .742 109/39 120/91
ERA-K/9 4.92/7.2 2.57/7.9 4.51/10.5 3.86/8.7 2.00/6.8 2.59/10.9 2.75/8.9 1.81/6.5 2.01/8.9 3.93/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Lobaton (32-7-0)
 Molina (30-14-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 528/.239 179/.250 654/.233 119/.155 140/.197 195/.232 206/.201 241/.229 83/.175 .247  Upton
 Zobrist
 Jennings
 Fuld
 Joyce
 Roberts
 Johnson
0/108/0/7
0/0/70/6
81/20/0/4
8/4/6/2
32/0/63/2
1/0/0/0
3/0/0/0
OPS .735 .648 .711 .542 .572 .616 .606 .622 .518 .708
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 131/.709 96/.671 375/.735 44/.518 65/.539 118/.616 84/.663 108/.606 43/.543 .704
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 397/.743 83/.622 279/.680 75/.553 75/.599 77/.616 122/.565 133/.635 40/.489 .711
Home 292/.740 95/.617 311/.715 92/.480 96/.692 116/.679 98/.669 125/.592 43/.354
Last 28d days 132/.705 37/.564 116/.802 42/.480 19/.566 30/.907 44/.701 45/.765 4/.500
HR/SB/CS 23/7/3 1/9/1 13/20/2 3/1/0 3/0/1 5/3/0 6/3/0 3/1/1 3/0/0 130/84/19
Usage ····X··· o··X···· ········ X··X·X·· ·X··o··o ···o··o· ···Xo··· ·Xo··X·· o·······
Rangers Batters (5.19 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (3.65 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS Price*
G/S/vB		 31.Badenhop
G/S/vB		 40.Davis
G/S/vB		 43.Farnsworth
G/S/vB		 39.Howell*
G/S/vB		 57.McGee*
G/S/vB		 62.Peralta
G/S/vB		 56.Rodney
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP 20/.786 2/.500 7/1.143 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 8/1.350 559/403 .297/.364/.388/.752 .686/.778 .707 110/.735 19/8 2/12
29.Beltre G/S/vP 20/.600 1/5.000 9/1.238 20/.000 11/.664 2/.000 6/.000 8/.661 520/380 .310/.346/.519/.865 .632/.951 .929 113/.900 1/0 24/8
17.Cruz G/S/vP 12/1.383 1/4.000 2/.000 2/.500 5/.800 ··· 3/.666 11/.473 506/375 .265/.330/.470/.800 .965/.743 .877 101/.863 8/4 20/2
23.Gentry G/S/vP 8/.625 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 234/128 .309/.378/.391/.770 .878/.681 .741 29/.410 12/6 1/0
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 14/.428 1/no AB 5/3.050 4/.250 9/.778 1/.000 2/.000 7/1.238 514/353 .290/.354/.582/.937 .840/.982 .915 113/.903 7/3 35/5
3.Hernandez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/2 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 2/.000 0/0 0/0
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 18/.827 1/2.000 3/.333 3/1.666 4/.500 1/no AB 4/1.833 12/.900 578/429 .271/.343/.442/.784 1.020/.703 .937 113/.839 20/8 15/14
15.Martinez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/9 .000/.111/.000/.111 /.111 .250 9/.111 0/0 0/0
18.Moreland* G/S/vP ··· 2/3.000 3/1.167 ··· 3/.666 3/.000 2/.000 4/1.417 262/225 .297/.345/.527/.872 .800/.884 .982 85/.960 1/1 14/2
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 12/.550 ··· 5/.400 3/1.334 5/.800 4/1.000 4/1.250 7/.900 391/331 .313/.391/.490/.880 .896/.878 .994 103/.944 8/3 11/1
9.Olt G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 29/16 .182/.310/.227/.538 .580/.494 .583 29/.538 1/1 0/3
8.Soto G/S/vP ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 271/196 .211/.290/.355/.645 .677/.633 .650 74/.684 0/0 8/8
IP 170.0 54.0 53.2 17.0 45.2 39.2 53.2 58.2 TOTAL .279/.341/.447/.788 .782/.790 .826 .806 83/37 151/69
ERA-K/9 2.28/8.8 3.17/6.2 2.52/10.1 3.18/9.0 2.56/8.1 2.27/11.3 3.52/11.1 0.77/8.7 3.26/8.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martinez (2-0-0)
 Soto (51-15-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 666/.216 230/.274 221/.212 71/.167 178/.187 159/.190 206/.181 222/.176 .232  Cruz
 Hamilton
 Gentry
 Murphy
 Olt
 Moreland
6/0/117/7
75/69/1/5
0/95/2/4
87/2/15/4
0/0/2/0
0/0/3/0
OPS .588 .727 .618 .438 .602 .519 .601 .439 .660
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 155/.481 86/.803 105/.518 37/.467 84/.546 70/.738 112/.548 126/.469 .678
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 511/.621 144/.682 116/.698 34/.400 94/.652 89/.342 94/.664 96/.401 .645
Road 342/.672 114/.820 98/.638 29/.494 86/.615 75/.594 100/.560 105/.562
Last 28d days 106/.387 34/.688 23/.579 26/.274 32/.362 19/.263 46/.518 44/.481
HR/SB/CS 13/11/6 6/1/0 5/2/0 0/1/0 4/3/4 3/0/0 8/2/1 2/1/1 111/79/24
Usage ·····X·· ·o······ ··o····X ·o··o·o· ·X····X· ·Xo·o··o ··o··o·o ····oX··

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.