Tuesday, August 28, 2012 Game Previews

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Game Preview: TBR @ TEX, 8:05pm, Tuesday, August 28, 2012 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Rays, 70-58, 70-58 3rd, 4 GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: James Shields (30, RHP, 12-7, 4.01)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (12-7)			175.0	178	92	78	47	168	21	4.01
2011 (16-12)			249.1	195	83	78	65	225	26	2.82
2010 (13-15)			203.1	246	128	117	51	187	34	5.18

Last 7 GS		4-1	51.1	32	18	17	10	54	5	2.98	65
2012-08-22	KCR	W	7.2	5	3	3	1	7	0	106	63
2012-08-17	@LAA	W	6.0	7	3	3	0	8	2	101	54
2012-08-12	@MIN	ND	7.0	5	3	2	1	2	1	99	58
2012-08-07	TOR	W	8.0	2	1	1	1	6	1	116	79
2012-07-31	@OAK	W	9.0	3	0	0	0	11	0	98	92
2012-07-26	@BAL	L	6.0	6	5	5	5	10	0	108	45
2012-07-20	SEA	ND	7.2	4	3	3	2	10	1	106	67

Last 5 v.TEX		4-1	37.0	33	13	9	5	31	4	2.19	62
2012-04-27	@TEX	W	6.0	11	4	4	0	8	2	112	42
2011-09-05	TEX	W	9.0	4	1	1	2	6	0	124	79
2011-08-31	@TEX	W	8.0	4	0	0	1	7	0	110	80
2010-08-18	TEX	W	7.0	4	2	1	1	6	1	105	68
2010-06-05	@TEX	L	7.0	10	6	3	1	4	1	106	42

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

 Home:   35-30   Road:   35-28   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  52-37   vsLHP:  18-21   1-Run:  18-22
 vsEast: 27-20   vsCntrl:13-17   vsWest: 21-12 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
128 Mon, Aug 27  @TEX  L   5-6       70-58  3rd  4.0 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:19-11

Rangers, 76-52, 76-52 1st, 5½ up

SP: Yu Darvish (25, RHP, 12-9, 4.51)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (12-9)			147.2	130	79	74	80	172	13	4.51

Last 7 GS		2-4	45.0	43	34	33	27	55	4	6.60	46
2012-08-17	@TOR	L	7.0	3	3	3	1	10	1	114	68
2012-08-12	DET	W	6.2	6	3	3	5	8	0	120	53
2012-08-06	@BOS	L	6.2	11	6	6	4	9	0	123	33
2012-08-01	LAA	ND	5.0	4	7	7	6	7	1	108	32
2012-07-27	CHW	L	6.1	8	6	5	3	6	1	118	38
2012-07-21	@LAA	W	7.0	3	2	2	4	11	0	117	70
2012-07-14	@SEA	L	6.1	8	7	7	4	4	1	106	29

Has never faced TBR as starter.

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

 Home:   42-24   Road:   34-28   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  53-36   vsLHP:  23-16   1-Run:  17-16
 vsEast: 22-13   vsCntrl:21-16   vsWest: 19-19 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
128 Mon, Aug 27   TBR  W   6-5       76-52  1st  5.5 up
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
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Aug 27, 2012 TEX  6  TBR  5        W:Derek Holland (9-6), L: David Price (16-5), S: Joe Nathan (26)
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)
Season Series: 2012 - tied 2-2; 2011 - TEX won 5-4; 2010 - TBR won 4-2; All-Time - TEX leads 75-59

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 5.20 SFG 4.28 HOU 3.66	RA/G WSN 3.54 DET 4.31 COL 5.50	BA M. Cabrera .346 K. Morales .275 C. Pena .190	OBP A. McCutchen .411 B. Phillips .335 J. Smoak .262	SLG G. Stanton .601 N. Walker .435 J. Carroll .289	OPS M. Trout .986 J. Altuve .769 J. Smoak .587	ERA F. Hernandez 2.43 T. Milone 3.87 J. Guthrie 5.71	K/9IP M. Scherzer 11.34 D. Holland 7.25 H. Alvarez 3.41

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.20

SFG 4.28

HOU 3.66

RA/G

WSN 3.54

DET 4.31

COL 5.50

M. Cabrera .346

K. Morales .275

C. Pena .190

OBP

A. McCutchen .411

B. Phillips .335

J. Smoak .262

SLG

G. Stanton .601

N. Walker .435

J. Carroll .289

OPS

M. Trout .986

J. Altuve .769

J. Smoak .587

ERA

F. Hernandez 2.43

T. Milone 3.87

J. Guthrie 5.71

K/9IP

M. Scherzer 11.34

D. Holland 7.25

H. Alvarez 3.41

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Rays Batters (4.22 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.30 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 11.Darvish
G/S/vB 37.Adams
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

5.Fuld* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 65/42 .283/.338/.367/.705 .681/.718 .817 41/.590 5/1 0/0

8.Jennings G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 433/328 .247/.313/.393/.706 .748/.693 .744 97/.871 23/2 10/0

9.Johnson# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 309/211 .247/.313/.338/.651 .563/.700 .785 30/.476 17/6 4/12

20.Joyce* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.900 6/.500 4/2.500 ··· 2/2.500 369/277 .255/.353/.450/.803 .620/.864 .810 77/.619 4/2 14/1

7.Keppinger G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 293/199 .316/.369/.440/.808 .984/.725 .731 78/.799 1/0 6/3

21.Lobaton# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 173/115 .233/.333/.329/.662 .794/.606 .763 35/.587 0/1 2/4

3.Longoria G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 ··· 8/.929 2/.000 3/.666 1/.000 10/.300 171/125 .297/.380/.493/.873 1.294/.726 .839 74/.720 2/3 7/7

28.Molina G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 224/182 .206/.274/.314/.587 .349/.641 .611 51/.708 3/1 5/4

23.Pena* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.333 10/.633 ··· 1/.000 5/.200 518/358 .190/.320/.343/.663 .597/.693 .650 77/.615 2/2 16/6

19.Roberts G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 392/263 .241/.308/.351/.658 .678/.648 .646 86/.678 9/6 8/9

30.Scott* G/S/vP ··· 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 ··· 2/.000 ··· 9/.666 3/.667 5/.650 ··· 9/.555 487/345 .247/.300/.413/.713 .699/.719 .713 101/.847 24/6 15/2

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 ··· 7/.453 6/2.833 4/.833 1/.000 9/.222 523/362 .263/.372/.467/.839 .842/.838 .904 92/.946 13/8 15/10

IP 147.2 43.0 28.0 36.0 49.2 53.1 59.2 22.1 TOTAL .236/.315/.379/.694 .688/.696 .718 .740 109/39 121/93

ERA-K/9

4.51/10.5

2.51/8.2

3.86/8.7

2.00/6.8

2.54/11.0

2.70/9.1

1.81/6.5

2.01/8.9

3.92/7.8

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 654/.233 182/.246 119/.155 140/.197 198/.228 209/.198 241/.229 83/.175 .247 Upton
Zobrist
Jennings
Fuld
Joyce
Roberts
Johnson 0/109/0/7
0/0/70/6
82/20/0/4
8/4/7/2
32/0/63/2
1/0/0/0
3/0/0/0

OPS .711 .637 .542 .572 .606 .597 .622 .518 .707

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 375/.735 96/.671 44/.518 65/.539 121/.600 85/.654 108/.606 43/.543 .702

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 279/.680 86/.600 75/.553 75/.599 77/.616 124/.555 133/.635 40/.489 .711

Home 311/.715 98/.598 92/.480 96/.692 119/.661 101/.648 125/.592 43/.354

Last 28d days 116/.802 40/.520 42/.480 19/.566 33/.821 43/.670 45/.765 4/.500

HR/SB/CS 13/20/2 1/9/1 3/1/0 3/0/1 5/3/0 6/3/0 3/1/1 3/0/0 131/84/19

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

Rangers Batters (5.20 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (3.66 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS Shields
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Andrus G/S/vP 18/1.647 2/.500 7/1.143 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 8/1.350 563/404 .298/.365/.389/.754 .699/.776 .711 110/.773 19/8 2/13

29.Beltre G/S/vP 35/.727 1/5.000 9/1.238 21/.048 11/.664 2/.000 6/.000 8/.661 524/381 .315/.351/.530/.881 .692/.953 .958 113/1.011 1/0 25/8

17.Cruz G/S/vP 6/.334 2/2.000 2/.000 3/.333 5/.800 ··· 3/.666 11/.473 510/377 .265/.329/.474/.804 .991/.739 .884 101/.918 8/4 21/2

23.Gentry G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 237/129 .306/.375/.388/.763 .869/.676 .728 32/.381 12/6 1/0

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 20/.674 1/no AB 5/3.050 5/.200 9/.778 1/.000 2/.000 7/1.238 518/354 .292/.355/.582/.937 .849/.979 .917 113/.921 7/3 35/5

5.Kinsler G/S/vP 28/.686 2/1.000 3/.333 3/1.666 4/.500 1/no AB 4/1.833 12/.900 582/430 .269/.340/.438/.779 .998/.702 .923 113/.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 12/.500 2/3.000 4/.833 ··· 3/.666 3/.000 2/.000 4/1.417 263/226 .296/.344/.525/.869 .800/.880 .975 83/.959 1/1 14/2

7.Murphy* G/S/vP 18/.610 ··· 6/.334 3/1.334 5/.800 4/1.000 4/1.250 7/.900 392/332 .312/.390/.488/.878 .896/.875 .988 101/.932 8/3 11/1

9.Olt G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 32/17 .160/.281/.200/.481 .497/.461 .432 32/.481 1/1 0/3

8.Soto G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.833 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 275/198 .211/.289/.354/.643 .686/.626 .645 78/.674 0/0 8/8

10.Young G/S/vP 24/.772 3/.666 7/.858 9/1.445 11/.573 2/.000 7/.453 18/.572 514/368 .271/.304/.349/.653 .792/.598 .604 93/.694 2/2 4/4

IP 175.0 56.0 54.2 18.0 45.2 39.2 53.2 58.2 TOTAL .279/.341/.447/.788 .790/.788 .826 .822 83/37 153/70

ERA-K/9

4.01/8.6

3.05/6.1

2.47/10.0

3.00/8.5

2.56/8.1

2.27/11.3

3.52/11.1

0.77/8.7

3.28/8.3

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 749/.258 236/.266 225/.208 75/.159 178/.187 159/.190 206/.181 222/.176 .233 Cruz
Hamilton
Gentry
Murphy
Olt
Moreland 6/0/118/7
76/70/1/5
0/96/2/4
88/2/15/4
0/0/2/0
0/0/3/0

OPS .731 .707 .606 .429 .602 .519 .601 .439 .661

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 416/.762 86/.803 107/.508 38/.454 84/.546 70/.738 112/.548 126/.469 .678

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 333/.691 150/.654 118/.686 37/.399 94/.652 89/.342 94/.664 96/.401 .647

Road 363/.719 120/.777 102/.612 33/.466 86/.615 75/.594 100/.560 105/.562

Last 28d days 109/.578 40/.583 27/.491 30/.274 32/.362 19/.263 46/.518 44/.481

HR/SB/CS 21/11/2 6/1/0 5/2/0 0/1/0 4/3/4 3/0/0 8/2/1 2/1/1 113/79/24

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