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Game Preview: LAA @ TEX, 8:05pm, Friday, September 28, 2012 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Angels, 86-70, 86-70 3rd, 6 GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Jered Weaver (29, RHP, 19-4, 2.74)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (19-4) 180.2 140 59 55 41 136 19 2.74
2011 (18-8) 235.2 182 65 63 56 198 20 2.41
2010 (13-12) 224.1 187 83 75 54 233 23 3.01
Last 7 GS 4-2 42.2 43 22 21 11 30 7 4.43 51
2012-09-23 CHW W 6.1 5 1 1 1 4 0 112 62
2012-09-18 TEX W 7.0 6 3 3 1 2 2 87 54
2012-09-13 OAK W 7.0 2 0 0 1 9 0 94 81
2012-09-02 @SEA L 5.1 8 2 2 4 3 2 86 43
2012-08-28 BOS ND 7.0 7 5 4 1 5 1 106 49
2012-08-22 @BOS W 7.0 7 2 2 1 5 0 102 59
2012-08-17 TBR L 3.0 8 9 9 2 2 2 58 7
Last 5 v.TEX 3-2 29.2 35 21 21 8 13 6 6.37 42
2012-09-18 TEX W 7.0 6 3 3 1 2 2 87 54
2012-07-31 @TEX W 6.1 5 2 2 1 3 0 97 57
2012-07-20 TEX W 7.0 6 1 1 1 4 1 116 64
2012-05-13 @TEX L 3.1 10 8 8 1 2 1 77 9
2011-08-28 @TEX L 6.0 8 7 7 4 2 2 103 26
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   46-35   Road:   40-35   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  59-49   vsLHP:  27-21   1-Run:  17-17
 vsEast: 22-20   vsCntrl:25-20   vsWest: 27-24 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
156 Thu, Sep 27   SEA  L   4-9       86-70  3rd  6.0 gb
155 Wed, Sep 26   SEA  W   4-3       86-69  3rd  5.0 gb
154 Tue, Sep 25   SEA  W   5-4       85-69  3rd  6.0 gb
153 Sun, Sep 23   CHW  W   4-1       84-69  3rd  6.5 gb
152 Sat, Sep 22   CHW  W   4-2       83-69  3rd  6.5 gb
151 Fri, Sep 21   CHW  W   6-2       82-69  3rd  7.5 gb
150 Thu, Sep 20   TEX  L   1-3       81-69  3rd  8.5 gb
149 Wed, Sep 19   TEX  L   2-6       81-68  3rd  7.5 gb
148 Tue, Sep 18   TEX  W  11-3       81-67  3rd  6.5 gb
147 Sun, Sep 16  @KCR  W   4-3       80-67  3rd  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:20-10
Rangers, 92-64, 92-64 1st, 4 up

SP: Ryan Dempster (35, RHP, 12-7, 3.07)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. LAA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (12-7) 164.1 142 62 56 47 143 17 3.07
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 6-1 43.0 37 15 14 14 44 3 2.93 58
2012-09-23 @SEA W 6.2 6 2 2 1 8 2 115 61
2012-09-18 @LAA L 3.1 6 5 5 3 0 0 82 25
2012-09-12 CLE W 7.0 7 2 2 1 8 0 103 62
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
Last 5 v.LAA 0-1 8.0 15 13 13 6 6 2 14.63 21
2012-09-18 @LAA L 3.1 6 5 5 3 0 0 82 25
2012-08-02 LAA ND 4.2 9 8 8 3 6 2 103 17
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   49-29   Road:   43-35   ExtrInn: 8-5 
 vsRHP:  64-46   vsLHP:  28-18   1-Run:  23-20
 vsEast: 24-16   vsCntrl:28-19   vsWest: 26-25 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
156 Thu, Sep 27   OAK  W   9-7       92-64  1st  4.0 up
155 Wed, Sep 26   OAK  L   3-9       91-64  1st  3.0 up
154 Tue, Sep 25   OAK  L   2-3 (10)  91-63  1st  4.0 up
153 Mon, Sep 24   OAK  W   5-4       91-62  1st  5.0 up
152 Sun, Sep 23  @SEA  W   3-2       90-62  1st  4.0 up
151 Sat, Sep 22  @SEA  L   0-1       89-62  1st  4.0 up
150 Fri, Sep 21  @SEA  L   3-6       89-61  1st  4.0 up
149 Thu, Sep 20  @LAA  W   3-1       89-60  1st  4.0 up
148 Wed, Sep 19  @LAA  W   6-2       88-60  1st  4.0 up
147 Tue, Sep 18  @LAA  L   3-11      87-60  1st  3.0 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Sep 20, 2012 TEX  3 @LAA  1        W:Yu Darvish (16-9), L: Ernesto Frieri (4-2), S: Joe Nathan (34)
Wed, Sep 19, 2012 TEX  6 @LAA  2        W:Derek Holland (11-6), L: C.J. Wilson (12-10), S: none
Tue, Sep 18, 2012 LAA 11  TEX  3        W:Jered Weaver (18-4), L: Ryan Dempster (11-7), S: none
Thu, Aug 02, 2012 TEX 15  LAA  9        W:Roy Oswalt (4-2), L: David Carpenter (1-2), S: none
Wed, Aug 01, 2012 TEX 11  LAA 10 (10)   W:Joe Nathan (2-3), L: Jason Isringhausen (3-1), S: none
Tue, Jul 31, 2012 LAA  6 @TEX  2        W:Jered Weaver (14-1), L: Derek Holland (7-6), S: none
Mon, Jul 30, 2012 LAA 15 @TEX  8        W:Ervin Santana (5-10), L: Roy Oswalt (3-2), S: Jerome Williams (1)
Sun, Jul 22, 2012 LAA  7  TEX  4        W:Dan Haren (7-8), L: Matt Harrison (12-5), S: none
Sat, Jul 21, 2012 TEX  9 @LAA  2        W:Yu Darvish (11-6), L: Ervin Santana (4-10), S: none
Fri, Jul 20, 2012 LAA  6  TEX  1        W:Jered Weaver (12-1), L: Derek Holland (6-5), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - tied 8-8; 2011 - TEX won 12-7; 2010 - TEX won 10-9; All-Time - LAA leads 408-388

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
Angels Batters (4.74 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.29 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
53.Font
G/S/vB
51.Grimm
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
28.Ross*
G/S/vB
52.Scheppers
G/S/vB
22.Tateyama
G/S/vB
19.Uehara
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Aybar# G/S/vP 2/2.000 3/.666 11/.384 ··· ··· ··· 12/.500 4/.000 9/1.111 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 3/.666 4/.000 543/395 .291/.325/.419/.744 .877/.696 .745 96/.869 20/4 8/15
25.Bourjos G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/1.650 3/.333 2/.000 10/.400 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 189/111 .226/.290/.323/.613 .606/.618 .611 3/.500 2/1 3/1
56.Calhoun* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 22/17 .200/.273/.250/.523 .000/.686 .528 3/.667 1/0 0/0
6.Callaspo# G/S/vP 5/.400 2/.000 13/1.083 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 5/1.400 13/.385 14/.690 ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 2/.500 8/.500 496/353 .256/.337/.364/.701 .819/.651 .685 83/.712 4/3 10/12
16.Conger# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 17/17 .231/.313/.231/.543 /.543 .500 / 0/0 0/1
41.Hester G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 95/53 .212/.287/.329/.617 .607/.623 .645 0/ 0/0 3/0
48.Hunter G/S/vP 8/2.500 9/.583 15/.767 ··· ··· 2/2.000 9/.222 5/.200 17/.485 1/2.000 1/.000 3/1.000 2/.000 12/.833 563/409 .306/.358/.446/.803 .847/.787 .805 104/.839 9/1 16/4
17.Iannetta G/S/vP 10/.425 5/.000 6/.900 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/5.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 237/180 .250/.338/.404/.741 .649/.768 .914 71/.633 1/3 8/2
13.Izturis# G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.500 6/.666 ··· 1/.000 5/1.100 15/1.302 6/.000 11/.764 1/.000 4/.250 1/2.000 ··· 8/.250 304/223 .255/.319/.316/.635 .516/.680 .741 19/.513 16/2 2/9
47.Kendrick G/S/vP 5/.650 1/.000 11/.182 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 10/1.600 8/.500 13/.462 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 9/1.333 572/401 .277/.314/.387/.701 .766/.673 .725 91/.524 13/6 7/12
8.Morales# G/S/vP 5/2.100 ··· 12/.083 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 6/.833 8/.875 1/no AB ··· 2/2.500 1/2.000 1/.000 5/2.600 500/425 .276/.326/.475/.801 .729/.814 .796 77/.937 0/1 22/1
5.Pujols G/S/vP 70/1.250 15/.606 16/.607 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 5/1.600 5/1.400 1/.000 1/no AB 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 642/476 .289/.346/.526/.872 .936/.849 .911 99/.781 8/1 30/7
18.Romine* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/no AB ··· 15/11 .333/.429/.333/.762 .833/.733 .762 0/ 0/0 0/1
27.Trout G/S/vP 6/1.000 5/.800 17/.983 ··· ··· 2/.500 3/1.334 3/.666 5/.900 1/2.000 5/.933 ··· 4/1.750 2/.000 610/444 .320/.393/.547/.940 .871/.966 .906 106/.750 47/4 28/4
44.Trumbo G/S/vP 5/1.000 4/1.250 14/.297 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.167 2/1.000 12/1.100 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 5/.600 560/398 .261/.313/.483/.795 .771/.805 .799 60/.322 4/5 31/5
10.Wells G/S/vP 6/1.000 4/.000 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 8/.964 8/.393 7/.429 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 7/.572 258/178 .234/.283/.410/.693 .707/.686 .731 57/.745 3/1 11/1
46.Wilson G/S/vP 2/.000 2/1.500 5/.200 ··· ··· 2/.500 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 198/137 .214/.281/.298/.579 .747/.508 .497 7/.167 0/0 3/4
IP 164.1 52.1 184.2 1.0 14.0 34.1 39.1 62.1 63.1 34.0 63.0 32.0 17.0 31.2 TOTAL .273/.331/.432/.762 .779/.756 .771 .716 128/32 182/91
ERA-K/9 3.07/7.8 3.27/7.7 3.90/10.4 18.00/0.0 9.00/8.4 3.93/9.7 3.43/6.4 2.60/11.1 3.13/9.1 5.03/5.8 1.86/6.4 4.50/8.4 9.00/9.5 1.99/10.2 3.95/8.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Conger (5-2-0)
 Hester (30-5-1)
 Iannetta (46-16-8)
 Wilson (45-18-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 674/.231 228/.269 787/.216 6/.000 65/.367 148/.186 162/.240 246/.230 250/.209 158/.291 255/.228 149/.336 76/.257 116/.171 .248  Hunter
 Trumbo
 Trout
 Bourjos
 Kendrick
 Calhoun
 Wells
0/0/129/12
62/0/33/4
63/105/4/3
0/86/0/2
2/0/0/0
4/0/11/0
68/6/2/0
OPS .652 .718 .651 .500 .935 .625 .707 .622 .617 .811 .615 .898 .816 .507 .712
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 353/.616 121/.783 452/.681 2/ 34/1.006 59/.722 74/.750 148/.616 106/.674 53/.603 113/.606 59/.931 35/1.200 63/.583 .712
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 321/.691 107/.646 335/.612 4/.250 31/.855 89/.562 88/.663 98/.631 144/.573 105/.912 142/.622 90/.879 41/.519 53/.413 .712
Home 293/.703 116/.708 364/.675 2/ 47/1.026 106/.548 100/.750 138/.691 128/.639 112/.755 135/.602 101/.986 47/.777 67/.321
Last 28d days 98/.676 42/1.101 105/.315 6/.500 16/.713 21/1.081 22/1.598 43/.766 37/.594 67/.947 10/.700 31/.933 14/.220 24/.132
HR/SB/CS 17/21/4 4/11/1 13/22/4 0/0/0 1/2/2 5/1/0 5/0/1 7/3/1 8/5/0 3/1/1 3/1/1 6/6/0 4/1/0 4/1/0 168/103/26
Usage ····X··· X··oX··· ·······X ·o······ ·X······ ··X····· ··X····· o··Xo··o X·X···X· ·X····X· ···Xo··· ·Xo····· ·X······ o·oo····
Rangers Batters (5.02 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (4.24 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS Weaver
G/S/vB
37.Downs*
G/S/vB
45.Enright
G/S/vB
49.Frieri
G/S/vB
32.Hawkins
G/S/vB
55.Isringhausen
G/S/vB
40.Jepsen
G/S/vB
63.Maronde*
G/S/vB
43.Richards
G/S/vB
51.Walden
G/S/vB
57.Williams
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP 60/1.013 9/.708 ··· 3/1.333 5/1.200 3/.666 8/.000 ··· 6/.900 2/1.000 14/.297 685/501 .289/.347/.384/.730 .691/.745 .718 109/.614 21/10 3/15
29.Beltre G/S/vP 66/.518 15/1.078 ··· 3/1.666 5/.800 6/.000 9/.844 ··· 5/.000 3/.000 17/1.329 629/466 .318/.355/.558/.913 .724/.979 .977 93/1.082 1/0 35/8
17.Cruz G/S/vP 63/.542 5/.400 ··· 6/1.133 5/1.400 3/.666 6/.167 ··· 6/.500 6/1.167 14/2.176 617/462 .258/.319/.450/.769 .960/.708 .842 96/.645 8/4 22/2
23.Gentry G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 7/1.143 266/153 .308/.372/.397/.768 .876/.691 .742 28/.839 13/7 1/0
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 50/.795 11/.364 ··· 5/.000 3/.000 5/.200 6/1.167 ··· 6/.000 3/.000 10/1.875 610/425 .285/.357/.586/.943 .859/.981 .938 80/.953 7/4 43/6
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 79/.671 8/.125 ··· 3/5.000 5/.400 3/.666 9/.347 ··· 6/1.300 3/.666 16/1.081 705/529 .263/.332/.436/.768 1.009/.689 .910 109/.718 21/9 19/17
27.Martin* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 51/43 .178/.240/.378/.618 .500/.640 .820 8/.411 3/0 0/0
15.Martinez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 19/17 .111/.158/.111/.269 .000/.301 .452 7/.286 0/0 0/0
18.Moreland* G/S/vP 27/.985 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/.833 4/.000 13/.654 346/297 .275/.323/.475/.797 .769/.802 .921 72/.541 1/1 15/3
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 50/.393 4/.833 1/.000 3/.333 2/.000 2/1.000 3/2.000 ··· 6/1.467 3/.000 8/.750 501/418 .308/.383/.483/.866 .856/.868 .917 98/.796 10/5 14/1
25.Napoli G/S/vP 25/1.167 2/2.500 ··· 4/.500 2/no AB 4/1.500 3/.000 ··· 5/3.333 4/3.500 13/1.720 397/269 .228/.345/.452/.797 .719/.835 .743 38/1.035 1/0 21/7
9.Olt G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 39/20 .156/.256/.188/.444 .387/.500 .516 7/.286 1/1 0/3
2.Profar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 17/13 .176/.176/.471/.647 .000/.846 .000 17/.647 0/0 1/0
21.Snyder G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 69/23 .277/.309/.446/.755 .916/.418 .659 1/.000 0/0 3/0
8.Soto G/S/vP 1/.000 1/2.000 3/1.000 2/.500 7/.953 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 2/.000 350/256 .201/.276/.351/.627 .700/.600 .594 67/.612 1/0 11/8
10.Young G/S/vP 89/.691 17/1.071 ··· 4/.500 9/.819 7/.286 6/.666 ··· 7/.858 6/1.467 12/.614 627/463 .277/.311/.367/.678 .784/.640 .647 101/.850 2/2 7/6
IP 180.2 44.2 2.2 63.0 41.2 45.2 41.1 5.0 70.1 37.0 131.0 TOTAL .274/.335/.447/.782 .800/.776 .819 .761 91/44 192/80
ERA-K/9 2.74/6.8 3.22/6.2 0.00/0.0 2.43/13.9 3.67/5.0 4.14/6.1 2.83/7.8 1.80/10.8 4.73/6.0 3.65/11.4 4.53/6.3 3.95/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martinez (6-0-0)
 Napoli (41-11-8)
 Snyder (0-0-0)
 Soto (63-20-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 705/.213 189/.250 11/.182 260/.158 177/.281 198/.251 167/.240 20/.176 313/.278 165/.240 544/.266 .246  Cruz
 Gentry
 Hamilton
 Murphy
 Martin
 Snyder
 Olt
 Moreland
6/0/145/8
0/112/3/7
82/89/2/5
114/2/17/4
4/14/0/1
5/0/5/0
0/0/2/0
0/0/3/0
OPS .597 .662 .364 .577 .740 .743 .625 .485 .790 .705 .752 .709
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 408/.527 89/.505 6/.333 116/.383 93/.576 97/.761 86/.747 13/.785 162/.884 82/.647 281/.774 .698
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 297/.695 100/.801 5/.400 144/.739 84/.918 101/.724 81/.501 7/.000 151/.692 83/.761 263/.728 .719
Road 341/.673 79/.608 / 118/.675 92/.827 97/.843 67/.625 6/.000 138/.838 75/.790 251/.914
Last 28d days 100/.686 28/.709 11/.364 40/.682 16/.767 12/.788 49/.727 20/.485 52/.729 20/.450 41/.553
HR/SB/CS 19/9/8 3/2/0 0/0/0 9/4/1 5/13/1 7/7/1 2/4/1 0/0/0 7/8/2 3/5/2 17/14/3 177/126/41
Usage ····X··· ··X·ooo· ········ ·oo·oo·o o······· ········ ·oX·X·X· o····o·· X·o·ooo· o······· ·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.