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Game Preview: TBR @ TEX, 7:05pm, Wednesday, August 29, 2012 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Rays, 70-59, 70-59 3rd, 5 GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Alex Cobb (24, RHP, 8-8, 4.32)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (8-8)			102.0	104	53	49	28	76	6	4.32
2011 (3-2)			52.2	49	21	20	21	37	3	3.42

Last 7 GS		4-2	41.2	40	16	16	7	33	3	3.46	56
2012-08-23	OAK	W	9.0	4	0	0	2	8	0	113	85
2012-08-18	@LAA	ND	2.2	12	8	8	0	1	2	59	3
2012-08-13	@SEA	W	7.0	4	1	1	2	5	0	91	68
2012-08-08	TOR	W	7.0	5	1	1	0	7	0	102	70
2012-08-01	@OAK	W	7.0	4	1	1	1	6	1	95	70
2012-07-27	@LAA	L	7.0	8	3	3	0	3	0	93	52
2012-07-21	SEA	L	2.0	3	2	2	2	3	0	52	43

Last 5 v.TEX		0-0	6.1	4	3	3	4	4	0	4.26	53
2011-05-31	TEX	ND	6.1	4	3	3	4	4	0	99	53

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

 Home:   35-30   Road:   35-29   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  52-38   vsLHP:  18-21   1-Run:  18-23
 vsEast: 27-20   vsCntrl:13-17   vsWest: 21-13 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
129 Tue, Aug 28  @TEX  L   0-1       70-59  3rd  5.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:19-11

Rangers, 77-52, 77-52 1st, 5½ up

SP: Matt Harrison (26, LHP, 15-7, 3.04)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (15-7)			169.0	159	59	57	48	101	13	3.04
2011 (14-9)			185.2	180	79	70	57	126	13	3.39
2010 (3-2)			78.1	80	45	41	39	46	10	4.71

Last 7 GS		3-3	46.2	40	19	18	17	28	5	3.47	54
2012-08-24	MIN	W	8.0	2	0	0	2	5	0	118	81
2012-08-19	@TOR	W	8.0	2	2	2	1	7	1	90	76
2012-08-14	@NYY	L	6.1	5	1	1	3	2	0	106	58
2012-08-08	@BOS	ND	4.2	8	5	4	3	3	1	97	30
2012-08-03	@KCR	W	6.2	8	2	2	3	3	0	109	50
2012-07-28	CHW	L	7.0	7	5	5	3	4	2	103	44
2012-07-22	@LAA	L	6.0	8	4	4	2	4	1	95	42

Last 5 v.TBR		1-1	13.0	17	7	6	1	11	1	4.15	50
2012-04-27	TBR	L	5.0	14	7	6	1	3	1	100	15
2008-08-16	TBR	W	8.0	3	0	0	0	8	0	109	84

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

 Home:   43-24   Road:   34-28   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  54-36   vsLHP:  23-16   1-Run:  18-16
 vsEast: 23-13   vsCntrl:21-16   vsWest: 19-19 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
129 Tue, Aug 28   TBR  W   1-0       77-52  1st  5.5 up
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
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Aug 28, 2012 TEX  1  TBR  0        W:Yu Darvish (13-9), L: James Shields (12-8), S: Joe Nathan (27)
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
Season Series: 2012 - TEX over 3-2; 2011 - TEX won 5-4; 2010 - TBR won 4-2; All-Time - TEX leads 76-59

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 5.16 SFG 4.27 HOU 3.64	RA/G WSN 3.59 DET 4.35 COL 5.49	BA M. Cabrera .346 Y. Alonso .274 C. Pena .188	OBP D. Wright .411 M. Teixeira .335 J. Smoak .259	SLG G. Stanton .606 J. Reyes .435 J. Carroll .289	OPS M. Trout .995 C. Davis .767 J. Smoak .581	ERA F. Hernandez 2.43 L. Lynn 3.89 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 5.16

SFG 4.27

HOU 3.64

RA/G

WSN 3.59

DET 4.35

COL 5.49

M. Cabrera .346

Y. Alonso .274

C. Pena .188

OBP

D. Wright .411

M. Teixeira .335

J. Smoak .259

SLG

G. Stanton .606

J. Reyes .435

J. Carroll .289

OPS

M. Trout .995

C. Davis .767

J. Smoak .581

ERA

F. Hernandez 2.43

L. Lynn 3.89

J. Guthrie 5.71

K/9IP

M. Scherzer 11.34

D. Holland 7.25

H. Alvarez 3.41

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Rays Batters (4.19 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.27 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 54.Harrison*
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

5.Fuld* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 68/45 .317/.368/.397/.764 .681/.806 .898 44/.691 6/1 0/0

8.Jennings G/S/vP 4/1.000 2/1.000 4/.500 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 437/332 .247/.313/.392/.704 .748/.691 .739 96/.815 23/2 10/0

9.Johnson# G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 309/211 .247/.313/.338/.651 .563/.700 .785 26/.422 17/6 4/12

20.Joyce* G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.900 6/.500 4/2.500 ··· 2/2.500 370/278 .254/.352/.448/.801 .620/.861 .805 74/.617 4/2 14/1

7.Keppinger G/S/vP 7/.858 5/.400 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 293/199 .316/.369/.440/.808 .984/.725 .731 74/.774 1/0 6/3

21.Lobaton# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 176/118 .228/.328/.322/.650 .794/.589 .734 38/.535 0/1 2/4

3.Longoria G/S/vP 6/2.833 3/1.000 3/.000 ··· 8/.929 2/.000 3/.666 1/.000 10/.300 175/129 .289/.371/.480/.852 1.294/.702 .804 78/.681 2/3 7/7

28.Molina G/S/vP 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 224/182 .206/.274/.314/.587 .349/.641 .611 47/.773 3/1 5/4

23.Pena* G/S/vP 10/.200 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 3/1.333 11/.573 ··· 1/.000 5/.200 522/362 .188/.318/.339/.657 .597/.684 .639 77/.492 2/2 16/6

19.Roberts G/S/vP 5/.400 3/.666 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 396/267 .241/.307/.349/.657 .678/.646 .643 86/.653 9/6 8/9

30.Scott* G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 3/1.667 1/.000 2/2.500 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 279/193 .230/.283/.445/.728 .527/.817 .774 17/.915 4/0 12/0

2.Upton G/S/vP 6/1.467 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 9/.666 3/.667 5/.650 ··· 9/.555 491/349 .245/.298/.410/.709 .699/.712 .703 100/.847 24/6 15/2

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 10/.633 4/.250 3/1.167 ··· 7/.453 6/2.833 4/.833 1/.000 9/.222 527/366 .264/.373/.466/.839 .842/.838 .904 91/.999 13/8 15/10

IP 169.0 44.0 154.2 28.0 36.0 50.2 53.1 59.2 22.1 TOTAL .236/.314/.378/.693 .688/.694 .715 .728 110/39 121/93

ERA-K/9

3.04/5.4

2.45/8.2

4.31/10.6

3.86/8.7

2.00/6.8

2.49/11.4

2.70/9.1

1.81/6.5

2.01/8.9

3.89/7.8

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 692/.248 186/.246 682/.233 119/.155 140/.197 201/.225 209/.198 241/.229 83/.175 .247 Upton
Zobrist
Jennings
Fuld
Joyce
Roberts
Johnson 0/110/0/7
0/0/70/6
83/20/0/4
8/4/8/2
32/0/64/2
1/0/0/0
3/0/0/0

OPS .679 .634 .706 .542 .572 .597 .597 .622 .518 .706

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 167/.476 98/.678 390/.737 44/.518 65/.539 123/.590 85/.654 108/.606 43/.543 .702

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 525/.745 88/.586 292/.665 75/.553 75/.599 78/.608 124/.555 133/.635 40/.489 .709

Home 269/.684 102/.594 339/.703 92/.480 96/.692 122/.644 101/.648 125/.592 43/.354

Last 28d days 138/.574 44/.518 118/.741 42/.480 19/.566 30/.510 39/.662 38/.847 4/.500

HR/SB/CS 13/1/2 1/10/1 13/20/2 3/1/0 3/0/1 5/3/0 6/3/0 3/1/1 3/0/0 131/85/19

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

Rangers Batters (5.16 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (3.64 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 53.Cobb
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 ··· 2/.500 7/1.143 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 8/1.350 567/407 .298/.364/.388/.752 .695/.775 .708 108/.721 19/8 2/13

29.Beltre G/S/vP 3/.666 1/5.000 9/1.238 21/.048 11/.664 2/.000 6/.000 8/.661 527/384 .313/.351/.528/.879 .692/.949 .953 111/1.030 1/0 25/8

17.Cruz G/S/vP 3/.000 2/2.000 2/.000 3/.333 5/.800 ··· 3/.666 11/.473 513/380 .264/.329/.472/.802 .991/.737 .879 99/.899 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 3/.333 1/no AB 5/3.050 5/.200 9/.778 1/.000 2/.000 7/1.238 521/357 .290/.353/.578/.931 .849/.970 .905 111/.939 7/3 35/5

5.Kinsler G/S/vP 4/.833 2/1.000 3/.333 3/1.666 4/.500 2/.500 4/1.833 12/.900 586/433 .269/.340/.443/.782 .991/.709 .928 111/.806 20/8 16/14

15.Martinez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/9 .000/.111/.000/.111 /.111 .250 9/.111 0/0 0/0

18.Moreland* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/3.000 4/.833 ··· 3/.666 4/.500 2/.000 4/1.417 266/228 .296/.343/.523/.866 .832/.872 .968 81/.950 1/1 14/2

7.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.334 3/1.334 5/.800 4/1.000 4/1.250 7/.900 395/335 .310/.389/.485/.875 .896/.871 .980 99/.862 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 ··· 4/.833 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 278/201 .213/.290/.353/.643 .686/.627 .646 81/.674 0/0 8/8

10.Young G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.666 7/.858 9/1.445 11/.573 2/.000 7/.453 18/.572 517/371 .269/.302/.347/.649 .792/.593 .597 91/.687 2/2 4/4

IP 102.0 56.0 54.2 18.0 45.2 40.2 53.2 58.2 TOTAL .278/.340/.446/.787 .790/.785 .823 .800 83/37 154/70

ERA-K/9

4.32/6.7

3.05/6.1

2.47/10.0

3.00/8.5

2.56/8.1

2.21/11.1

3.52/11.1

0.77/8.7

3.27/8.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Martinez (2-0-0)
Soto (52-15-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 429/.270 236/.266 225/.208 75/.159 178/.187 162/.193 206/.181 222/.176 .232 Cruz
Hamilton
Gentry
Murphy
Olt
Moreland 6/0/119/7
77/71/1/5
0/97/2/4
89/2/16/4
0/0/2/0
0/0/3/0

OPS .713 .707 .606 .429 .602 .522 .601 .439 .660

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 256/.690 86/.803 107/.508 38/.454 84/.546 71/.756 112/.548 126/.469 .676

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 173/.747 150/.654 118/.686 37/.399 94/.652 91/.334 94/.664 96/.401 .647

Road 205/.762 120/.777 102/.612 33/.466 86/.615 78/.597 100/.560 105/.562

Last 28d days 103/.683 40/.583 27/.491 30/.274 32/.362 22/.318 43/.556 40/.479

HR/SB/CS 6/14/2 6/1/0 5/2/0 0/1/0 4/3/4 3/0/0 8/2/1 2/1/1 114/79/24

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