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Game Preview: TEX @ CHW, 2:10pm, Sunday, August 25, 2013 @U.S. Cellular Field

Rangers, 75-54, 75-54 1st, 2½ up

SP: Matt Garza (29, RHP, 9-2, 3.59)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (9-2) 112.2 102 47 45 28 98 14 3.59
2012 (5-7) 103.2 90 48 45 32 96 15 3.91
2011 (10-10) 198.0 186 90 73 63 197 14 3.32
Last 7 GS 4-1 48.1 51 23 22 10 40 6 4.10 53
2013-08-19 HOU W 6.2 8 5 5 1 8 0 112 45
2013-08-14 MIL ND 5.2 8 4 4 2 4 2 99 39
2013-08-09 @HOU W 7.0 7 4 4 1 8 2 107 54
2013-08-03 @OAK L 8.0 8 4 4 1 5 1 114 54
2013-07-29 LAA ND 7.0 5 3 3 3 6 1 107 58
2013-07-24 NYY W 7.1 5 1 0 0 5 0 95 71
2013-07-13 STL W 6.2 10 2 2 2 4 0 113 48
Last 5 v.CHW 2-2 32.2 24 15 14 9 27 5 3.86 57
2013-07-08 @CHW W 7.0 5 2 1 0 6 1 102 67
2012-06-18 @CHW W 6.0 5 3 3 1 6 2 87 55
2011-07-02 CHW L 9.0 4 1 1 2 7 0 114 80
2011-06-21 @CHW ND 5.0 4 2 2 1 4 1 72 54
2009-04-19 CHW L 5.2 6 7 7 5 4 1 98 28
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   38-27   Road:   37-27   ExtrInn: 2-7 
 vsRHP:  49-40   vsLHP:  26-14   1-Run:  22-12
 vsEast: 13-17   vsCntrl:11-14   vsWest: 41-16 IL:10-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
129 Sat, Aug 24  @CHW  L   2-3       75-54  1st  2.5 up
128 Fri, Aug 23  @CHW  W  11-5       75-53  1st  3.5 up
127 Wed, Aug 21   HOU  W   5-4       74-53  1st  2.5 up
126 Tue, Aug 20   HOU  W   4-2       73-53  1st  1.5 up
125 Mon, Aug 19   HOU  W  16-5       72-53  1st  0.5 up
124 Sun, Aug 18   SEA  L   3-4       71-53  1st  0.5 up
123 Sat, Aug 17   SEA  W  15-3       71-52  1st  1.5 up
122 Fri, Aug 16   SEA  L   1-3       70-52  1st  0.5 up
121 Wed, Aug 14   MIL  W   5-4       70-51  1st  2.0 up
120 Tue, Aug 13   MIL  L   1-5       69-51  1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:20-10
WhiteSox, 53-75, 53-75 5th, 22½ GB, 21½ GB in WC

SP: John Danks (28, LHP, 3-10, 4.22)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (3-10) 111.0 109 58 52 21 75 22 4.22
2012 (3-4) 53.2 57 35 34 23 30 7 5.70
2011 (8-12) 170.1 182 89 82 46 135 19 4.33
Last 7 GS 1-4 48.1 46 25 22 13 30 10 4.10 52
2013-08-20 @KCR W 8.0 7 0 0 1 2 0 100 69
2013-08-14 DET L 7.1 9 6 4 1 3 1 107 42
2013-08-09 MIN ND 6.0 4 3 3 5 9 1 113 56
2013-08-03 @DET L 7.0 6 3 3 1 6 3 107 58
2013-07-29 @CLE ND 6.0 2 2 1 4 3 0 101 61
2013-07-24 DET L 7.0 11 6 6 1 3 3 109 33
2013-07-19 ATL L 7.0 7 5 5 0 4 2 105 47
Last 5 v.TEX 0-3 33.1 30 14 13 12 20 5 3.51 54
2012-04-06 @TEX L 6.0 6 3 3 0 6 1 78 54
2011-08-20 TEX ND 7.0 7 2 2 0 5 2 107 60
2011-05-23 @TEX L 8.0 9 4 4 2 3 2 105 49
2011-05-17 TEX ND 6.1 4 3 2 6 2 0 113 51
2010-07-03 @TEX L 6.0 4 2 2 4 4 0 103 56
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   29-33   Road:   24-42   ExtrInn: 8-13
 vsRHP:  41-56   vsLHP:  12-19   1-Run:  20-27
 vsEast: 12-10   vsCntrl:21-36   vsWest: 12-17 IL: 8-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
128 Sat, Aug 24   TEX  W   3-2       53-75  5th 22.5 gb
127 Fri, Aug 23   TEX  L   5-11      52-75  5th 22.5 gb
126 Thu, Aug 22  @KCR  W   4-3 (12)  52-74  5th 21.5 gb
125 Wed, Aug 21  @KCR  W   5-2       51-74  5th 22.5 gb
124 Tue, Aug 20  @KCR  W   2-0       50-74  5th 22.5 gb
123 Sun, Aug 18  @MIN  W   5-2       49-74  5th 23.5 gb
122 Sat, Aug 17  @MIN  W   8-5       48-74  5th 23.5 gb
121 Fri, Aug 16  @MIN  W   5-2       47-74  5th 23.5 gb
120 Thu, Aug 15  @MIN  L   3-4       46-74  5th 25.0 gb
119 Wed, Aug 14   DET  L   4-6       46-73  5th 24.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Aug 24, 2013 CHW  3  TEX  2        W:Nate Jones (4-4), L: Tanner Scheppers (5-2), S: none
Fri, Aug 23, 2013 TEX 11 @CHW  5        W:Martin Perez (7-3), L: Chris Sale (9-12), S: none
Thu, May 02, 2013 CHW  3 @TEX  1        W:Hector Santiago (1-1), L: Justin Grimm (2-1), S: Addison Reed (10)
Wed, May 01, 2013 CHW  5 @TEX  2        W:Chris Sale (3-2), L: Nick Tepesch (2-2), S: Addison Reed (9)
Tue, Apr 30, 2013 TEX 10  CHW  6        W:Yu Darvish (5-1), L: Matt Lindstrom (1-2), S: none

Sun, Jul 29, 2012 TEX  2  CHW  0        W:Scott Feldman (5-6), L: Gavin Floyd (8-9), S: Joe Nathan (21)
Sat, Jul 28, 2012 CHW  5 @TEX  2        W:Philip Humber (5-5), L: Matt Harrison (12-6), S: none
Fri, Jul 27, 2012 CHW  9 @TEX  5        W:Chris Sale (12-3), L: Yu Darvish (11-7), S: none
Thu, Jul 05, 2012 CHW  2  TEX  1        W:Jose Quintana (4-1), L: Matt Harrison (11-4), S: Addison Reed (12)
Wed, Jul 04, 2012 CHW  5  TEX  4 (10)   W:Addison Reed (2-1), L: Mike Adams (1-3), S: none
Season Series: 2013 - CHW over 3-2; 2012 - CHW won 6-3; 2011 - Tied 4-4; All-Time - CHW leads 360-303

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 2013 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

DET  5.05

NYY  3.99

MIA  3.22

 RA/G

ATL  3.45

NYM  4.24

HOU  5.31

 BA

M. Cabrera  .356

N. McLouth  .271

D. Uggla  .186

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .447

M. Prado  .335

J. Arencibia  .248

 SLG

C. Davis  .680

J. Morneau  .425

A. Escobar  .302

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.125

A. Jackson  .762

A. Escobar  .564

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.72

C. Hamels  3.62

J. Blanton  6.12

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  12.05

J. Blanton  7.31

B. Colon  4.84

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

Rangers Batters (4.53 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.30 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 50.Danks*
G/S/vB		 65.Jones
G/S/vB		 27.Lindstrom
G/S/vB		 68.Petricka
G/S/vB		 41.Purcey*
G/S/vB		 43.Reed
G/S/vB		 64.Rienzo
G/S/vB		 46.Veal*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP 18/.962 5/.650 4/1.417 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 564/403 .256/.319/.308/.627 .627/.627 .665 110/.737 35/5 1/12
15.Baker G/S/vP 6/.000 1/.000 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 133/48 .288/.361/.593/.954 1.201/.554 1.021 31/.566 1/0 10/1
29.Beltre G/S/vP 32/.698 2/3.500 5/.000 ··· 6/1.667 2/.000 ··· ··· 545/413 .327/.380/.542/.922 1.013/.893 .918 104/1.146 1/0 27/11
23.Gentry G/S/vP 6/.167 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 201/86 .249/.357/.361/.718 .818/.592 .665 55/.863 14/3 2/0
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 30/1.362 4/1.250 3/1.334 ··· 9/.619 5/.800 ··· ··· 459/325 .271/.344/.415/.759 .830/.729 .719 108/.711 9/9 11/10
2.Martin* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 391/283 .271/.328/.389/.717 .578/.771 .609 109/.660 29/8 6/4
18.Moreland* G/S/vP 6/.666 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 2/1.500 404/278 .245/.307/.455/.761 .688/.795 .754 67/.858 0/0 18/4
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 10/.633 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/1.000 3/.333 ··· ··· 423/314 .221/.281/.378/.659 .572/.690 .569 61/.661 1/4 12/2
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/2.000 ··· 2/no AB 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 404/269 .279/.307/.439/.746 .746/.745 .772 85/.799 1/1 14/0
13.Profar# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 253/165 .234/.310/.324/.635 .560/.673 .609 78/.581 1/4 4/7
51.Rios G/S/vP 8/.625 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 520/401 .277/.326/.418/.744 .841/.715 .821 94/.708 30/6 13/3
9.Rosales G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 158/66 .194/.266/.338/.604 .746/.402 .614 8/.696 0/0 5/7
8.Soto G/S/vP 10/.400 1/2.000 5/.650 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 149/97 .208/.304/.392/.696 .465/.826 .415 33/.851 0/2 6/2
IP 111.0 67.1 51.1 0.2 13.1 60.1 30.1 20.1 TOTAL .262/.325/.415/.740 .747/.737 .721 .783 103/39 146/66
ERA-K/9 4.22/6.1 3.88/10.3 3.16/6.7 0.00/0.0 2.03/8.1 3.13/9.0 3.56/6.2 5.75/8.4 3.84/8.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pierzynski (41-16-6)
 Soto (18-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 456/.255 275/.245 217/.261 1/.000 61/.205 245/.207 131/.228 92/.256 .250  Martin
 Rios
 Murphy
 Gentry
 Baker
 Rosales
 Profar
 Moreland
6/95/20/10
0/1/121/9
115/0/1/6
12/65/0/5
19/0/1/0
1/0/0/0
4/0/0/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .744 .647 .653 .000 .702 .543 .666 .780 .715
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 133/.775 118/.706 79/.797 / 33/.713 139/.515 88/.629 57/.817 .745
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 323/.731 157/.607 138/.573 1/.000 28/.675 106/.579 43/.744 35/.716 .695
Home 226/.662 138/.698 113/.732 / 31/.698 128/.521 28/1.243 45/.750
Last 28d days 143/.651 62/.677 47/.661 1/.000 32/.828 62/.442 131/.666 30/.492
HR/SB/CS 22/0/2 4/6/1 1/9/0 0/0/0 1/1/0 3/9/0 3/0/0 3/1/0 141/79/28
Usage ····X··· o·XX···X o·oo··X· ··o····· ·oo····· ··Xoo·Xo ···X···· o·oo····
WhiteSox Batters (3.74 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (3.94 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 22.Garza
G/S/vB		 59.Blackley*
G/S/vB		 56.Cotts*
G/S/vB		 44.Frasor
G/S/vB		 36.Nathan
G/S/vB		 46.Ross*
G/S/vB		 52.Scheppers
G/S/vB		 28.Soria
G/S/vB		 55.Wolf
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
15.Beckham G/S/vP 9/.819 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 8/1.089 1/no AB 1/no AB 5/.650 ··· 297/235 .295/.345/.406/.750 .510/.816 .752 108/.772 5/1 4/7
20.Danks* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 88/83 .222/.284/.333/.617 .200/.640 .612 47/.750 5/1 2/1
30.De Aza* G/S/vP 6/.000 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 2/1.500 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 558/435 .267/.324/.412/.736 .859/.701 .705 122/.608 16/7 14/6
32.Dunn* G/S/vP 15/.421 7/.286 3/.000 2/1.000 3/.000 4/.250 1/5.000 3/.000 ··· 506/384 .234/.336/.467/.803 .694/.837 .847 109/.889 1/1 29/7
21.Flowers G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 271/198 .190/.244/.341/.585 .381/.661 .665 26/.279 0/1 9/4
26.Garcia G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 149/97 .271/.309/.386/.694 .518/.789 .669 61/.764 1/1 2/1
28.Garcia# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 58/38 .208/.250/.245/.495 .513/.487 .461 1/2.000 1/0 0/1
12.Gillaspie* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 367/320 .245/.308/.382/.690 .326/.746 .744 76/.594 0/1 11/10
7.Keppinger G/S/vP 11/1.091 3/1.666 3/1.334 1/.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 393/296 .246/.273/.299/.572 .547/.581 .583 54/.768 0/1 3/5
14.Konerko G/S/vP 18/1.700 ··· 1/3.000 10/.633 21/.686 3/.000 4/.000 14/.607 1/.000 402/317 .238/.306/.349/.655 .922/.585 .568 94/.627 0/0 9/2
36.Phegley G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 126/99 .213/.218/.328/.546 .910/.446 .625 70/.459 0/0 3/1
10.Ramirez G/S/vP 10/.700 2/1.500 2/.000 6/.733 8/.536 ··· 2/1.000 10/.311 2/.000 551/440 .288/.312/.376/.688 .655/.696 .688 117/.801 25/7 4/20
24.Viciedo G/S/vP 2/.500 2/1.500 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 3/.000 ··· 373/276 .254/.295/.412/.707 .692/.712 .681 65/.690 0/0 11/4
IP 112.2 39.0 42.2 39.1 51.2 52.0 57.2 13.0 43.2 TOTAL .251/.304/.379/.683 .656/.691 .684 .691 82/32 116/87
ERA-K/9 3.59/7.8 4.85/7.2 1.27/10.5 2.75/9.2 1.57/9.7 2.77/8.3 2.18/6.4 3.46/7.6 3.92/3.3 3.65/8.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Flowers (50-16-7)
 Phegley (14-6-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 465/.239 167/.232 169/.179 158/.204 200/.160 224/.261 238/.225 54/.178 187/.301 .246  Viciedo
 De Aza
 Danks
 Garcia
 Dunn
85/0/0/10
66/89/0/5
0/38/6/1
3/25/20/0
3/0/0/0
OPS .685 .817 .497 .599 .478 .690 .640 .493 .770 .697
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 247/.678 68/.636 83/.553 58/.429 104/.509 85/.997 113/.672 28/.298 106/.857 .723
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 218/.693 99/.953 86/.443 100/.701 96/.445 139/.508 125/.610 26/.709 81/.659 .675
Road 243/.635 66/.439 72/.422 82/.706 91/.510 103/.759 104/.485 22/.377 94/.748
Last 28d days 145/.798 28/.801 47/.600 33/.362 41/.469 26/.843 51/.850 32/.606 13/.846
HR/SB/CS 14/4/1 11/0/2 2/3/0 4/5/1 2/2/1 3/1/0 5/1/4 0/3/0 4/1/2 123/59/21
Usage ·····X·· ····X··· X···X··X ···oX··· ···oo·X· ·o···Xo· X··XX··· ···o·o·· ·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.