Wednesday, September 12, 2012 Game Previews

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Game Preview: CLE @ TEX, 8:05pm, Wednesday, September 12, 2012 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Indians, 59-83, 59-83 4th, 17½ GB, 17½ GB in WC

SP: Jeanmar Gomez (24, RHP, 5-7, 5.33)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (5-7)			82.2	82	55	49	31	44	12	5.33
2011 (5-3)			58.1	73	31	29	15	31	6	4.47
2010 (4-5)			57.2	73	36	30	22	34	7	4.68

Last 7 GS		2-4	33.2	43	33	28	14	17	8	7.49	37
2012-09-07	@MIN	ND	3.0	3	4	4	3	3	0	59	37
2012-09-01	TEX	W	5.2	4	3	3	2	5	2	81	52
2012-06-23	@HOU	L	5.2	6	5	5	1	3	2	74	39
2012-06-17	PIT	L	4.1	7	8	4	2	1	2	85	24
2012-06-12	@CIN	L	5.0	6	2	1	4	2	0	92	47
2012-06-06	@DET	W	5.0	7	6	6	1	0	2	66	28
2012-05-30	KCR	L	5.0	10	5	5	1	3	0	98	29

Last 5 v.TEX		2-0	12.2	12	6	6	3	7	2	4.26	51
2012-09-01	TEX	W	5.2	4	3	3	2	5	2	81	52
2012-05-04	TEX	W	7.0	8	3	3	1	2	0	90	50

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

 Home:   32-37   Road:   27-46   ExtrInn: 3-6 
 vsRHP:  45-51   vsLHP:  14-32   1-Run:  19-9 
 vsEast: 14-22   vsCntrl:23-31   vsWest: 14-20 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
142 Tue, Sep 11  @TEX  L   4-6       59-83  4th 17.5 gb
141 Mon, Sep 10  @MIN  L   2-7       59-82  4th 17.5 gb
140 Sun, Sep  9  @MIN  L   7-8       59-81  4th 16.5 gb
139 Sat, Sep  8  @MIN  L   0-3       59-80  4th 16.5 gb
138 Fri, Sep  7  @MIN  W   7-6       59-79  4th 15.5 gb
137 Wed, Sep  5  @DET  L   1-7       58-79  4th 16.5 gb
136 Tue, Sep  4  @DET  W   3-2       58-78  4th 15.5 gb
135 Mon, Sep  3  @DET  W   3-2       57-78  4th 16.5 gb
134 Sun, Sep  2   TEX  L   3-8       56-78  4th 16.5 gb
133 Sat, Sep  1   TEX  W   4-3       56-77  4th 16.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30: 7-23

Rangers, 84-57, 84-57 1st, 3 up

SP: Ryan Dempster (35, RHP, 10-6, 2.87)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (10-6)			147.1	123	53	47	42	127	15	2.87
2011 (10-14)			202.1	211	111	108	82	191	23	4.80
2010 (15-12)			215.1	198	110	92	86	208	25	3.85

Last 7 GS		5-1	43.1	42	25	21	15	44	6	4.36	52
2012-09-05	@KCR	W	6.0	4	2	2	2	8	0	96	62
2012-08-31	@CLE	W	6.0	2	1	0	3	7	0	104	70
2012-08-25	MIN	W	6.0	8	2	2	2	7	1	109	53
2012-08-20	BAL	W	8.0	4	1	1	2	6	0	111	74
2012-08-13	@NYY	L	6.0	9	8	8	2	4	2	93	24
2012-08-07	@BOS	W	6.2	6	3	0	1	6	1	99	61
2012-08-02	LAA	ND	4.2	9	8	8	3	6	2	103	17

Last 5 v.CLE		2-0	18.1	10	3	2	9	15	1	0.98	64
2012-08-31	@CLE	W	6.0	2	1	0	3	7	0	104	70
2003-06-28	@CLE	ND	6.1	4	2	2	4	4	1	111	57
2002-06-18	CLE	W	6.0	4	0	0	2	4	0	76	66

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

 Home:   44-25   Road:   40-32   ExtrInn: 8-4 
 vsRHP:  59-41   vsLHP:  25-16   1-Run:  20-17
 vsEast: 24-16   vsCntrl:27-18   vsWest: 19-19 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
141 Tue, Sep 11   CLE  W   6-4       84-57  1st  3.0 up
140 Sun, Sep  9  @TBR  L   0-6       83-57  1st  3.5 up
139 Sat, Sep  8  @TBR  W   4-2 (10)  83-56  1st  4.5 up
138 Fri, Sep  7  @TBR  L   1-3 (11)  82-56  1st  4.5 up
137 Thu, Sep  6  @KCR  W   5-4 (10)  82-55  1st  5.5 up
136 Wed, Sep  5  @KCR  W   7-6       81-55  1st  5.0 up
135 Tue, Sep  4  @KCR  L   3-6       80-55  1st  4.0 up
134 Mon, Sep  3  @KCR  W   8-4       80-54  1st  4.0 up
133 Sun, Sep  2  @CLE  W   8-3       79-54  1st  3.0 up
132 Sat, Sep  1  @CLE  L   3-4       78-54  1st  3.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Sep 11, 2012 TEX  6  CLE  4        W:Matt Harrison (16-9), L: Ubaldo Jimenez (9-16), S: Joe Nathan (32)
Sun, Sep 02, 2012 TEX  8 @CLE  3        W:Derek Holland (10-6), L: Zach McAllister (5-6), S: none
Sat, Sep 01, 2012 CLE  4  TEX  3        W:Jeanmar Gomez (5-7), L: Scott Feldman (6-11), S: Vinnie Pestano (1)
Fri, Aug 31, 2012 TEX  5 @CLE  3        W:Ryan Dempster (9-6), L: Ubaldo Jimenez (9-14), S: Joe Nathan (28)
Sun, May 06, 2012 CLE  4  TEX  2        W:Ubaldo Jimenez (3-2), L: Yu Darvish (4-1), S: Chris Perez (11)
Sat, May 05, 2012 TEX  5 @CLE  2 (11)   W:Alexi Ogando (1-0), L: Joe Smith (1-1), S: Joe Nathan (7)
Fri, May 04, 2012 CLE  6  TEX  3        W:Jeanmar Gomez (2-1), L: Colby Lewis (3-1), S: Chris Perez (10)

Thu, Sep 15, 2011 TEX  7  CLE  4        W:Alexi Ogando (13-8), L: Roberto Hernandez (6-15), S: none
Wed, Sep 14, 2011 TEX  9  CLE  1        W:Derek Holland (14-5), L: David Huff (2-5), S: none
Tue, Sep 13, 2011 TEX 10  CLE  4        W:Matt Harrison (12-9), L: Justin Masterson (11-10), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - TEX over 4-3; 2011 - TEX won 9-1; 2010 - TEX won 4-2; All-Time - TEX leads 329-298

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 5.11 BAL 4.38 HOU 3.58	RA/G WSN 3.61 SDP 4.27 COL 5.42	BA M. Cabrera .346 A. Ramirez .274 J. Smoak .189	OBP J. Mauer .414 A. Cabrera .336 J. Smoak .258	SLG G. Stanton .600 B. Upton .445 J. Weeks .302	OPS M. Cabrera .981 N. Aoki .778 J. Smoak .569	ERA D. Price 2.54 J. Samardzija 3.81 R. Romero 5.85	K/9IP M. Scherzer 11.23 W. Chen 7.38 H. Alvarez 3.34

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.11

BAL 4.38

HOU 3.58

RA/G

WSN 3.61

SDP 4.27

COL 5.42

M. Cabrera .346

A. Ramirez .274

J. Smoak .189

OBP

J. Mauer .414

A. Cabrera .336

J. Smoak .258

SLG

G. Stanton .600

B. Upton .445

J. Weeks .302

OPS

M. Cabrera .981

N. Aoki .778

J. Smoak .569

ERA

D. Price 2.54

J. Samardzija 3.81

R. Romero 5.85

K/9IP

M. Scherzer 11.23

W. Chen 7.38

H. Alvarez 3.34

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Indians Batters (4.01 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.28 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 46.Dempster
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 33.Perez*
G/S/vB 52.Scheppers
G/S/vB 22.Tateyama
G/S/vB 19.Uehara
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

23.Brantley* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 6/.334 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 562/371 .285/.340/.405/.745 .681/.778 .811 89/.654 12/9 6/1

13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.500 3/1.000 3/.333 7/.453 5/1.000 3/1.334 ··· ··· 3/3.500 3/.333 556/375 .267/.336/.417/.753 .797/.733 .745 77/.574 7/4 14/17

4.Canzler G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 35/28 .294/.314/.412/.726 .714/.729 .681 35/.726 0/0 1/1

12.Carrera* G/S/vP 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 102/77 .253/.294/.389/.684 .693/.678 .755 64/.489 5/1 1/1

8.Chisenhall* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/5.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 79/66 .280/.316/.493/.810 .077/.951 .531 5/1.933 2/1 4/2

17.Choo* G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/no AB 3/1.167 2/1.000 3/.000 11/.455 6/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 593/390 .279/.371/.446/.817 .567/.943 .783 99/.696 18/6 15/2

16.Donald G/S/vP 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 122/61 .195/.231/.274/.506 .520/.492 .640 44/.444 4/0 2/7

9.Hannahan* G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 3/.000 2/.500 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 293/219 .230/.298/.325/.622 .427/.688 .641 51/.571 0/2 4/11

22.Kipnis* G/S/vP 3/.333 3/1.167 3/5.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 5/.400 ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· 582/375 .257/.330/.379/.709 .583/.777 .763 97/.669 27/7 13/6

35.Kotchman* G/S/vP 5/.000 3/.333 3/.666 1/.000 3/.000 4/.833 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 4/2.500 447/334 .226/.283/.341/.624 .584/.637 .604 65/.536 3/0 12/5

7.LaPorta G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 3/2.334 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 36/12 .176/.222/.206/.428 .534/.258 .467 25/.457 0/0 0/0

1.Lillibridge G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 2/2.500 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 173/93 .194/.233/.288/.520 .555/.488 .523 45/.578 11/2 3/5

6.Marson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 202/113 .228/.335/.298/.633 .607/.653 .671 39/.464 4/0 0/1

36.Neal G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/2 .143/.143/.286/.429 .000/1.500 .000 7/.429 0/0 0/0

46.Phelps# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/11 .000/.091/.000/.091 /.091 .091 11/.091 0/0 0/0

25.Rottino G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 48/12 .146/.250/.317/.567 .719/.167 .399 3/.000 3/0 2/0

41.Santana# G/S/vP 3/.666 5/.200 3/.000 1/no AB 3/2.667 4/.250 7/.143 ··· ··· 2/.000 6/.500 522/344 .245/.356/.406/.762 .791/.747 .682 93/.769 3/3 15/9

IP 147.1 48.2 169.2 31.1 38.0 56.1 57.2 25.0 28.2 13.2 26.0 TOTAL .247/.319/.381/.700 .646/.727 .698 .602 95/39 121/80

ERA-K/9

2.87/7.8

2.96/7.4

4.14/10.4

3.73/9.2

2.61/6.4

2.40/10.9

2.97/8.7

3.96/4.7

4.08/8.5

10.54/9.2

2.42/9.0

3.91/7.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Marson (57-7-2)
Santana (60-20-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 600/.224 208/.258 735/.223 134/.172 152/.217 222/.227 226/.203 113/.287 128/.316 64/.288 99/.200 .247 Brantley
Choo
Neal
Carrera
Rottino
Lillibridge
Canzler
Santana
Donald 0/134/0/5
0/0/135/5
1/0/1/1
29/7/1/1
11/0/0/0
19/9/4/0
4/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
4/0/0/0

OPS .645 .659 .676 .586 .639 .591 .609 .764 .844 .920 .591 .707

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 307/.606 111/.695 421/.707 51/.623 70/.646 134/.555 92/.652 33/.708 49/.773 29/1.407 51/.724 .701

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 293/.685 97/.618 314/.634 83/.564 82/.627 88/.646 134/.578 80/.786 79/.890 35/.571 48/.448 .713

Home 265/.719 107/.609 339/.703 92/.480 96/.692 125/.627 109/.666 88/.717 81/.928 40/.920 50/.425

Last 28d days 103/.549 44/.600 107/.430 36/.596 23/.963 38/.346 34/.620 22/.983 30/.700 2/.000 20/.876

HR/SB/CS 15/19/3 1/11/1 13/22/3 4/1/0 4/0/1 5/3/0 7/4/0 3/1/1 5/5/0 4/0/0 4/1/0 147/98/21

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

Rangers Batters (5.11 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (5.22 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 58.Gomez
G/S/vB 37.Allen
G/S/vB 51.Barnes*
G/S/vB 56.Herrmann
G/S/vB 31.Huff*
G/S/vB 57.Maine*
G/S/vB 54.Perez
G/S/vB 52.Pestano
G/S/vB 32.Rogers
G/S/vB 44.Seddon*
G/S/vB 49.Sipp*
G/S/vB 38.Smith
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Andrus G/S/vP 7/.286 2/2.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 7/.666 ··· 5/.650 ··· 2/1.000 2/1.000 2/1.500 10/.611 616/449 .295/.358/.385/.743 .676/.768 .715 103/.650 20/9 3/15

29.Beltre G/S/vP 3/2.667 2/1.000 1/.000 6/1.500 8/1.250 ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 1/3.000 2/.000 2/1.500 7/.714 579/430 .317/.352/.554/.906 .734/.967 .948 107/1.291 1/0 31/8

17.Cruz G/S/vP 5/.650 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/1.250 5/.400 558/419 .256/.323/.456/.778 .996/.707 .873 91/.729 8/4 22/2

23.Gentry G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 243/134 .307/.374/.391/.765 .891/.665 .748 33/.459 12/6 1/0

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 6/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.666 7/.953 ··· 2/2.000 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 5/1.733 7/1.071 573/403 .285/.354/.578/.932 .858/.965 .913 106/.845 7/3 40/5

5.Kinsler G/S/vP 7/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 5/.400 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 6/1.850 637/478 .263/.330/.433/.763 .998/.685 .910 107/.749 21/9 16/16

27.Martin* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 46/38 .200/.267/.425/.692 .500/.735 .910 5/1.067 3/0 0/0

15.Martinez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 19/17 .111/.158/.111/.269 .000/.301 .452 16/.321 0/0 0/0

18.Moreland* G/S/vP 5/1.150 1/.000 2/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/1.167 ··· 2/2.000 2/.000 2/.500 304/261 .282/.330/.502/.832 .815/.835 .970 81/.768 1/1 15/3

7.Murphy* G/S/vP 5/2.550 1/no AB 1/2.000 2/1.500 5/.000 ··· 3/.666 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 444/374 .313/.394/.492/.886 .889/.886 .976 98/1.019 9/4 13/1

9.Olt G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 37/19 .133/.243/.167/.410 .410/.406 .432 19/.276 1/1 0/3

2.Profar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/9 .333/.333/.889/1.222 /1.222 9/1.222 0/0 1/0

21.Snyder G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 68/22 .281/.313/.453/.767 .916/.438 .659 / 0/0 3/0

8.Soto G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· 2/1.500 314/230 .206/.285/.349/.634 .707/.607 .632 81/.705 1/0 9/8

10.Young G/S/vP 5/1.200 2/.000 1/.000 4/1.250 7/1.429 ··· 3/1.666 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.666 12/.258 567/415 .265/.296/.355/.651 .759/.612 .592 90/.701 2/2 7/5

IP 82.2 22.2 14.0 9.2 3.1 21.2 49.2 61.1 69.1 24.1 47.1 58.1 TOTAL .275/.336/.447/.783 .792/.780 .821 .808 88/40 175/76

ERA-K/9

5.33/4.8

3.18/7.1

5.79/7.1

4.66/6.5

0.00/10.9

4.57/11.2

3.62/10.3

2.20/9.7

4.67/9.6

4.44/4.4

4.56/9.1

2.93/6.9

4.85/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Martinez (6-0-0)
Snyder (0-0-0)
Soto (61-17-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 357/.261 97/.262 68/.293 40/.243 10/.000 99/.231 205/.220 247/.195 309/.274 105/.277 200/.222 241/.211 .268 Cruz
Hamilton
Murphy
Gentry
Martin
Snyder
Olt
Moreland 6/0/130/8
80/81/2/5
100/2/17/4
0/102/2/4
4/12/0/1
5/0/5/0
0/0/2/0
0/0/3/0

OPS .766 .725 .880 .759 .000 .716 .615 .584 .772 .758 .735 .601 .769

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 160/.805 46/.762 28/.784 20/.568 5/.000 36/.497 110/.524 135/.695 154/.677 35/.441 104/.729 97/.609 .809

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 197/.735 51/.693 40/.943 20/.956 5/.000 63/.827 95/.717 112/.456 155/.861 70/.925 96/.739 144/.595 .727

Road 167/.756 44/.819 51/1.022 19/.763 10/.000 56/.849 80/.558 117/.593 140/.850 55/.939 97/.786 117/.640

Last 28d days 40/.792 50/.996 17/.728 23/.850 10/.000 5/.650 20/.400 44/.914 47/.677 45/.589 33/.763 46/.548

HR/SB/CS 12/5/1 2/1/1 1/2/0 1/0/0 0/0/0 2/2/0 4/3/0 4/3/2 7/1/1 2/2/0 8/3/2 3/2/1 152/120/28

Usage ····X··· X·····X· o··X···o ·X·o···· ····X··· ·o·X···· ····X··o ··o·X··o ··X····· ··XX···· ··oo···· o·o·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.