Thursday, April 18, 2013 Game Previews

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Game Preview: TEX @ CHC, 2:20pm, Thursday, April 18, 2013 @Wrigley Field

Rangers, 9-5, 9-5 2nd, 2 GB, ½ up in WC

SP: Alexi Ogando (29, RHP, 2-0, 1.08)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2013 (2-0)			16.2	12	2	2	5	17	0	1.08
2012 (2-0)			66.0	49	26	24	17	66	9	3.27
2011 (13-8)			169.0	149	73	66	43	126	16	3.51

Last 7 GS		3-1	32.2	20	7	5	8	28	0	1.38	60
2013-04-13	@SEA	ND	5.0	5	1	1	1	5	0	98	57
2013-04-08	TBR	W	5.1	3	1	1	3	2	0	89	57
2013-04-03	@HOU	W	6.1	4	0	0	1	10	0	94	74
2012-06-10	@SFG	ND	3.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	39	61
2011-09-24	SEA	ND	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	28	58
2011-09-15	CLE	W	6.0	2	0	0	2	4	0	92	70
2011-09-10	OAK	L	5.0	6	5	3	1	3	0	85	41

Has never faced CHC as starter.

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

 Home:    4-2    Road:    5-3    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   6-4    vsLHP:   3-1    1-Run:   3-1 
 vsEast:  2-1    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  6-4  IL: 1-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 14 Tue, Apr 16  @CHC  W   4-2        9-5   2nd  1.5 gb
 13 Sun, Apr 14  @SEA  L   3-4        8-5   2nd  1.0 gb
 12 Sat, Apr 13  @SEA  W   3-1        8-4   2nd  1.0 gb
 11 Fri, Apr 12  @SEA  L   1-3        7-4   2nd  2.0 gb
 10 Thu, Apr 11  @SEA  W   4-3        7-3   2nd  1.0 gb
  9 Wed, Apr 10   TBR  L   0-2        6-3   2nd  1.0 gb
  8 Tue, Apr  9   TBR  W   6-1        6-2   1st    Tied
  7 Mon, Apr  8   TBR  W   5-4        5-2   1st    Tied
  6 Sun, Apr  7   LAA  W   7-3        4-2   2nd  0.5 gb
  5 Sat, Apr  6   LAA  L   4-8        3-2   2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-5    Last 30: 9-5

Cubs, 4-9, 4-9 5th, 3½ GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Carlos Villanueva (29, RHP, 0-0, 0.64)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2013 (0-0)			14.0	9	1	1	3	9	1	0.64
2012 (7-7)			125.1	113	59	58	46	122	23	4.16
2011 (6-4)			107.0	103	49	48	32	68	11	4.04

Last 7 GS		0-3	40.2	42	25	25	11	30	11	5.53	47
2013-04-12	SFG	ND	7.1	3	0	0	1	3	0	93	74
2013-04-06	@ATL	ND	6.2	6	1	1	2	6	1	92	62
2012-09-26	@BAL	L	4.2	7	6	6	1	7	4	86	32
2012-09-21	@TBR	L	2.1	8	7	7	2	0	2	60	11
2012-09-15	BOS	ND	7.0	4	2	2	2	6	1	87	65
2012-09-09	@BOS	ND	6.0	7	3	3	2	2	2	97	46
2012-09-04	BAL	L	6.2	7	6	6	1	6	1	90	41

Last 5 v.TEX		0-1	12.0	14	5	5	1	5	1	3.75	49
2012-08-18	TEX	L	6.1	4	2	2	1	4	1	86	60
2011-07-23	@TEX	ND	5.2	10	3	3	0	1	0	105	38

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

 Home:    2-5    Road:    2-4    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   4-5    vsLHP:   0-4    1-Run:   2-3 
 vsEast:  0-3    vsCntrl: 3-2    vsWest:  1-3  IL: 0-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 13 Tue, Apr 16   TEX  L   2-4        4-9   5th  4.0 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 14   SFG  L   7-10(10)   4-8   4th  3.0 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 13   SFG  L   2-3        4-7   4th  3.0 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 12   SFG  W   4-3        4-6   3rd  2.0 gb
  9 Thu, Apr 11   SFG  L   6-7        3-6   3rd  2.0 gb
  8 Tue, Apr  9   MIL  W   6-3        3-5   3rd  2.0 gb
  7 Mon, Apr  8   MIL  L   4-7        2-5   3rd  3.0 gb
  6 Sun, Apr  7  @ATL  L   1-5        2-4   3rd  2.0 gb
  5 Sat, Apr  6  @ATL  L   5-6        2-3   2nd  1.0 gb
  4 Fri, Apr  5  @ATL  L   1-4        2-2   2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 4-9    Last 30: 4-9

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Apr 16, 2013 TEX  4 @CHC  2        W:Derek Holland (1-1), L: Travis Wood (1-1), S: Joe Nathan (5)

Sun, May 23, 2010 CHC  5 @TEX  4        W:Carlos Silva (6-0), L: C.J. Wilson (3-2), S: Carlos Marmol (9)
Sat, May 22, 2010 CHC  5 @TEX  4 (10)   W:Sean Marshall (4-1), L: Darren O'Day (1-2), S: Carlos Marmol (8)
Fri, May 21, 2010 TEX  2  CHC  1        W:Colby Lewis (4-2), L: Ted Lilly (1-4), S: Neftali Feliz (12)
Thu, Jun 21, 2007 TEX  6  CHC  5        W:Eric Gagne (2-0), L: Bob Howry (3-4), S: none
Wed, Jun 20, 2007 TEX  7  CHC  3        W:Kameron Loe (3-6), L: Jason Marquis (5-4), S: none
Tue, Jun 19, 2007 CHC  5 @TEX  4        W:Carlos Marmol (2-0), L: Joaquin Benoit (2-2), S: Ryan Dempster (16)
Thu, Jun 20, 2002 TEX  7 @CHC  4        W:Anthony Telford (1-0), L: Juan Cruz (1-9), S: Francisco Cordero (2)
Wed, Jun 19, 2002 TEX  7 @CHC  4 (10)   W:Hideki Irabu (3-6), L: Jeff Fassero (1-5), S: Francisco Cordero (1)
Tue, Jun 18, 2002 CHC  4  TEX  3        W:Antonio Alfonseca (1-1), L: John Rocker (1-3), S: none
Season Series: 2013 - TEX over 1-0; 2012 -  0-0; 2011 -  0-0; All-Time - TEX leads 6-4

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

For the 2012 season

Stat Best Middle Worst	RS/G TEX 4.99 MIN 4.33 HOU 3.60	RA/G TBR 3.56 LAA 4.31 COL 5.49	BA B. Posey .336 A. Rodriguez .272 C. Pena .197	OBP J. Mauer .416 A. Jones .334 D. Stubbs .277	SLG M. Cabrera .606 H. Ramirez .437 J. Weeks .304	OPS M. Cabrera .999 A. Pagan .778 J. Weeks .609	ERA C. Kershaw 2.53 T. Cahill 3.78 R. Romero 5.77	K/9IP M. Scherzer 11.08 U. Jimenez 7.28 H. Alvarez 3.80

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 4.99

MIN 4.33

HOU 3.60

RA/G

TBR 3.56

LAA 4.31

COL 5.49

B. Posey .336

A. Rodriguez .272

C. Pena .197

OBP

J. Mauer .416

A. Jones .334

D. Stubbs .277

SLG

M. Cabrera .606

H. Ramirez .437

J. Weeks .304

OPS

M. Cabrera .999

A. Pagan .778

J. Weeks .609

ERA

C. Kershaw 2.53

T. Cahill 3.78

R. Romero 5.77

K/9IP

M. Scherzer 11.08

U. Jimenez 7.28

H. Alvarez 3.80

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2013 season. Player Stats for the 2012 season. We will switch to 2013 stats on May 1st.

Rangers Batters (3.79 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.46 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 33.Villanueva
G/S/vB 28.Bowden
G/S/vB 54.Camp
G/S/vB 63.Gregg
G/S/vB 50.Loe
G/S/vB 49.Marmol
G/S/vB 56.Rondon
G/S/vB 40.Russell*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Andrus G/S/vP 8/.393 3/1.167 4/.500 3/.666 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 711/522 .286/.349/.378/.727 .687/.742 .736 62/.631 21/10 3/16

15.Baker G/S/vP 5/1.200 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 201/64 .239/.279/.378/.656 .665/.637 .643 11/.899 4/1 4/3

29.Beltre G/S/vP 6/1.167 3/.666 11/.773 19/1.105 17/.769 1/.000 ··· ··· 654/485 .321/.359/.561/.921 .737/.985 .849 57/.713 1/0 36/8

27.Berkman# G/S/vP 23/.923 ··· 2/.000 7/1.571 4/.000 21/.781 ··· 1/.000 97/77 .259/.381/.444/.826 .712/.856 .907 44/1.111 2/0 2/4

17.Cruz G/S/vP 10/1.000 1/.000 8/1.000 6/.834 ··· ··· ··· ··· 642/483 .260/.319/.460/.779 .944/.727 .689 57/.723 8/4 24/4

3.Garcia# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 9/.946 / /

23.Gentry G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 269/154 .304/.367/.392/.759 .859/.686 .781 27/.755 13/7 1/0

5.Kinsler G/S/vP 12/.523 2/2.500 8/1.285 8/.875 1/2.000 3/1.167 ··· ··· 731/550 .256/.326/.423/.749 .988/.671 .611 58/.909 21/9 19/18

2.Martin* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 52/44 .174/.235/.370/.605 .500/.624 .243 27/.505 3/0 0/0

18.Moreland* G/S/vP 8/.750 2/.000 1/3.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 357/306 .275/.321/.468/.789 .737/.798 .675 51/.561 1/1 15/3

7.Murphy* G/S/vP 10/.200 2/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 521/437 .304/.380/.479/.859 .845/.862 .803 53/.488 10/5 15/1

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 7/.715 4/.500 5/1.350 10/1.000 11/.182 6/.750 ··· 3/1.000 520/399 .278/.326/.501/.827 .673/.874 .708 45/.833 0/0 27/6

8.Soto G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 5/.900 ··· ··· ··· 361/264 .198/.270/.343/.613 .677/.589 .647 11/.500 1/0 11/8

IP 125.1 39.2 77.2 43.2 68.1 55.1 69.1 TOTAL .253/.322/.403/.725 .601/.777 .657 .725 8/2 13/5

ERA-K/9

4.16/8.8

2.95/7.3

3.59/6.3

4.95/7.6

4.61/7.2

3.42/11.7

/0.0

3.25/7.1

4.09/8.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Pierzynski (76-27-8)
Soto (65-21-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 521/.242 165/.225 327/.261 200/.291 303/.284 247/.200 / 292/.255 .244 Cruz
Gentry
Murphy
Martin
Baker
Moreland 6/0/151/9
0/114/3/7
120/2/17/4
4/14/0/1
5/0/26/0
0/0/3/0

OPS .758 .689 .719 .838 .786 .662 .732 .685

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 262/.816 65/.669 126/.740 94/.911 127/.843 124/.703 / 111/.727 .606

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 259/.703 100/.700 201/.706 106/.778 176/.745 123/.618 / 181/.735 .742

Home 275/.667 86/.629 191/.742 112/.921 152/.795 146/.636 / 163/.667

Last 28d days 53/.521 29/.576 28/1.224 / 35/1.341 29/1.157 20/.600 13/.154

HR/SB/CS 23/6/5 5/6/0 7/7/4 6/2/1 9/7/2 4/6/0 // 5/7/2 7/14/4

Usage ·····X·· ···oo·X· ·o·X··o· ·o······ ···oo··· ···X···· ·o··ooX·

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2013 season. Player Stats for the 2012 season. We will switch to 2013 stats on May 1st.

Cubs Batters (3.38 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (2.93 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 41.Ogando
G/S/vB 44.Frasor
G/S/vB 50.Kirkman*
G/S/vB 55.Lowe
G/S/vB 36.Nathan
G/S/vB 58.Ortiz*
G/S/vB 46.Ross*
G/S/vB 52.Scheppers
G/S/vB 49.Tepesch
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

15.Barney G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 8/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 588/436 .254/.299/.354/.653 .636/.659 .799 4/.000 6/1 7/3

53.Castillo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 190/143 .265/.337/.418/.754 1.199/.609 .791 39/.895 0/0 5/7

13.Castro G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 8/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 691/525 .283/.323/.430/.753 .775/.746 .764 58/.810 25/13 14/27

9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 3/1.000 5/.000 ··· 9/.730 18/.398 ··· ··· ··· ··· 582/467 .263/.350/.403/.753 .438/.826 .797 43/.787 7/8 9/2

8.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 20/.871 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 55/33 .241/.241/.315/.556 .500/.594 .682 26/.661 0/0 0/2

21.Hairston G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 10/1.100 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 398/199 .263/.299/.504/.803 .867/.739 .740 16/.411 8/2 20/1

30.Navarro# G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 4/.750 ··· ··· ··· ··· 73/53 .290/.306/.449/.755 .750/.754 .631 21/.712 0/0 2/1

44.Rizzo* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 368/261 .285/.342/.463/.805 .599/.892 .789 54/.709 3/2 15/4

17.Sappelt G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 78/49 .275/.351/.449/.800 1.237/.545 .374 19/.105 0/0 2/0

19.Schierholtz* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.400 1/3.000 ··· 2/2.000 1/3.000 ··· 269/201 .257/.321/.407/.728 .444/.826 .630 41/1.092 3/2 6/1

12.Soriano G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 ··· 66/.711 6/1.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· 615/466 .262/.322/.499/.821 .831/.818 .827 53/.635 6/2 32/1

24.Valbuena* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 303/237 .219/.310/.340/.650 .624/.657 .666 40/.663 0/2 4/7

IP 66.0 43.2 35.1 142.2 64.1 65.0 32.1 TOTAL .221/.276/.372/.648 .540/.693 .758 .648 7/1 14/11

ERA-K/9

3.27/9.0

4.12/10.9

3.82/9.7

5.11/3.5

2.80/10.9

/0.0

2.22/6.5

4.45/8.4

/0.0

2.85/8.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castillo (33-11-4)
Navarro (5-1-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 263/.203 191/.256 151/.182 640/.311 257/.231 / 265/.232 152/.343 / .218 Soriano
DeJesus
Sappelt
Hairston
Schierholtz 145/0/0/12
3/50/100/8
4/0/20/2
59/14/48/1
0/7/80/0

OPS .615 .799 .611 .796 .631 .624 .908 .603

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 114/.637 82/.915 60/.709 290/.937 151/.617 / 113/.612 60/.949 / .515

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 149/.598 109/.715 91/.549 350/.683 106/.650 / 152/.632 92/.881 / .656

Road 131/.612 93/.810 45/.758 319/.852 108/.538 / 123/.629 48/.714 /

Last 28d days 67/.480 13/1.077 23/.725 5/1.400 26/.519 33/.454 23/.590 27/.459 55/.721

HR/SB/CS 9/5/0 6/6/2 5/1/0 10/7/2 7/3/1 // 3/1/1 6/6/0 // 8/2/2

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

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.