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Game Preview: TEX @ CHC, 8:05pm, Monday, May 6, 2013 @Wrigley Field

Rangers, 20-11, 20-11 1st, 2½ up

SP: Nick Tepesch (24, RHP, 2-2, 3.54)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (2-2) 28.0 28 11 11 5 18 4 3.54
Last 7 GS 2-2 28.0 28 11 11 5 18 4 3.54 53
2013-05-01 CHW L 6.2 8 5 5 2 4 2 109 40
2013-04-25 @MIN W 6.2 5 1 1 0 1 1 90 61
2013-04-20 SEA ND 1.2 2 0 0 0 3 0 21 54
2013-04-14 @SEA L 5.2 9 4 4 0 5 1 102 40
2013-04-09 TBR W 7.1 4 1 1 3 5 0 104 68
Has never faced CHC as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   11-4    Road:    9-7    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:  11-6    vsLHP:   9-5    1-Run:   7-2 
 vsEast:  5-1    vsCntrl: 3-4    vsWest: 11-5  IL: 1-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 31 Sun, May  5   BOS  W   4-3       20-11  1st  2.5 up
 30 Sat, May  4   BOS  W   5-1       19-11  1st  2.5 up
 29 Fri, May  3   BOS  W   7-0       18-11  1st  1.5 up
 28 Thu, May  2   CHW  L   1-3       17-11  1st  1.5 up
 27 Wed, May  1   CHW  L   2-5       17-10  1st  2.0 up
 26 Tue, Apr 30   CHW  W  10-6       17-9   1st  2.0 up
 25 Sun, Apr 28  @MIN  L   0-5       16-9   1st  2.5 up
 24 Sat, Apr 27  @MIN  L   2-7       16-8   1st  3.5 up
 23 Fri, Apr 26  @MIN  W   4-3       16-7   1st  3.5 up
 22 Thu, Apr 25  @MIN  W   2-1       15-7   1st  2.5 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:20-10
Cubs, 11-20, 11-20 5th, 9 GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Scott Feldman (30, RHP, 2-3, 3.34)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (2-3) 29.2 25 18 11 13 24 5 3.34
2012 (6-11) 123.2 139 79 70 32 96 14 5.09
2011 (2-1) 32.0 25 14 14 10 22 3 3.94
Last 7 GS 2-3 36.1 36 26 19 18 31 7 4.71 47
2013-05-01 SDP W 9.0 3 2 2 1 12 2 114 84
2013-04-26 @MIA W 6.2 7 2 2 2 2 1 99 52
2013-04-21 @MIL L 5.0 3 4 1 3 6 1 90 54
2013-04-11 SFG L 4.1 7 6 2 3 3 0 92 33
2013-04-05 @ATL L 4.2 5 4 4 4 1 1 102 35
2012-09-25 OAK ND 4.0 4 2 2 3 5 1 75 48
2012-09-15 SEA ND 2.2 7 6 6 2 2 1 71 20
Has never faced TEX as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    5-10   Road:    6-10   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:   8-14   vsLHP:   3-6    1-Run:   4-7 
 vsEast:  3-4    vsCntrl: 4-10   vsWest:  3-5  IL: 1-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 31 Sun, May  5   CIN  L   4-7       11-20  5th  9.0 gb
 30 Sat, May  4   CIN  L   4-6       11-19  5th  8.0 gb
 29 Fri, May  3   CIN  L   5-6       11-18  5th  7.0 gb
 28 Thu, May  2   SDP  L   2-4       11-17  5th  6.0 gb
 27 Wed, May  1   SDP  W   6-2       11-16  5th  5.0 gb
 26 Tue, Apr 30   SDP  L   7-13      10-16  5th  5.0 gb
 25 Mon, Apr 29   SDP  W   5-3       10-15  5th  4.5 gb
 24 Sun, Apr 28  @MIA  L   4-6        9-15  5th  5.5 gb
 23 Sat, Apr 27  @MIA  W   3-2        9-14  5th  5.0 gb
 22 Fri, Apr 26  @MIA  W   4-2        8-14  5th  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:10-20

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Apr 18, 2013 CHC  6  TEX  2        W:Carlos Villanueva (1-0), L: Alexi Ogando (2-1), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2013 - tied 1-1; 2012 -  0-0; 2011 -  0-0; All-Time - TEX leads 6-5

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  5.47

TBR  4.37

MIA  3.06

 RA/G

TEX  3.16

SEA  4.30

HOU  6.19

 BA

M. Cabrera  .385

J. Gyorko  .268

A. Hicks  .118

 OBP

C. Santana  .471

A. Pagan  .328

J. Keppinger  .192

 SLG

C. Santana  .690

C. Rasmus  .423

A. Hicks  .188

 OPS

C. Santana  1.160

K. Morales  .756

J. Keppinger  .408

 ERA

C. Buchholz  1.01

D. Axelrod  3.60

P. Humber  8.82

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  14.18

K. Slowey  7.25

J. Saunders  3.07

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

Rangers Batters (4.42 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.39 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 46.Feldman
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP ··· 3/1.167 4/.500 3/.666 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 136/93 .246/.286/.302/.587 .523/.615 .713 105/.550 6/0 0/0
15.Baker G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 37/7 .323/.432/.677/1.110 1.333/.286 .801 36/1.144 0/0 3/0
29.Beltre G/S/vP 18/.480 3/.666 11/.773 19/1.105 17/.769 1/.000 ··· ··· 129/88 .250/.302/.450/.752 .879/.694 .655 100/.803 0/0 6/3
27.Berkman# G/S/vP 10/.844 ··· 2/.000 7/1.571 4/.000 21/.781 ··· 1/.000 111/80 .303/.441/.449/.891 .795/.930 .807 83/.765 0/0 2/
17.Cruz G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 8/1.000 6/.834 ··· ··· ··· ··· 127/82 .289/.362/.518/.880 1.159/.732 .944 98/.847 1/1 7/1
3.Garcia# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 16/9 .214/.267/.357/.624 .900/.444 .724 15/.670 0/0 0/0
23.Gentry G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 64/23 .246/.317/.421/.739 .714/.781 .624 53/.704 5/1 1/0
5.Kinsler G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 8/1.285 8/.875 1/2.000 4/.833 ··· ··· 138/87 .333/.401/.545/.946 .674/1.113 .884 107/.926 3/1 6/4
2.Martin* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 62/54 .268/.339/.357/.696 .500/.727 .481 47/.825 0/1 1/0
18.Moreland* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/3.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 113/59 .282/.336/.466/.802 .771/.830 .571 87/.836 0/0 4/2
7.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 103/67 .177/.233/.292/.525 .507/.535 .389 74/.501 0/1 2/0
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 19/.433 4/.500 5/1.350 10/1.000 11/.182 6/.750 ··· 3/1.000 101/57 .263/.297/.411/.708 .512/.862 .688 77/.602 0/0 4/0
8.Soto G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 5/.900 ··· ··· ··· 26/14 .182/.280/.227/.507 .333/.685 .661 22/.431 0/0 0/1
IP 29.2 13.2 12.1 6.1 15.0 12.2 10.2 12.1 TOTAL .266/.335/.427/.762 .752/.769 .693 .747 15/5 36/11
ERA-K/9 3.34/7.3 3.95/3.9 8.03/6.6 0.00/10.0 7.80/4.2 5.68/8.5 5.06/6.7 0.00/11.0 3.95/7.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pierzynski (10-2-0)
 Soto (2-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 131/.223 55/.213 58/.353 24/.143 70/.354 63/.229 51/.256 45/.167 .231  Martin
 Murphy
 Baker
 Cruz
 Gentry
2/18/2/1
29/0/0/1
8/0/1/0
0/0/30/0
0/21/0/0
OPS .703 .578 .926 .393 1.231 .850 .828 .460 .685
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 64/.765 30/.595 20/.821 13/.490 29/.900 22/.333 20/.667 24/.333 .663
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 67/.641 25/.554 38/.988 11/.282 41/1.465 41/1.167 31/.929 21/.611 .701
Home 57/.601 30/.441 37/1.280 7/.143 36/1.316 30/.592 29/1.022 26/.519
Last 28d days 106/.676 39/.623 45/.914 24/.393 53/1.267 45/.539 38/.928 41/.507
HR/SB/CS 5/6/0 0/0/1 2/1/2 0/1/0 9/2/0 2/2/0 1/2/1 0/2/0 28/27/10
Usage ····X··· X·X···o· X··o·Xo· ··o···X· X·X··X·X oo·X···· ·X···X·· ·X·o··X·
Cubs Batters (3.65 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (3.16 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Tepesch
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		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
15.Barney G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 10/.800 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 73/53 .159/.274/.270/.544 .900/.418 .485 73/.544 1/0 1/0
20.Borbon* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 23/20 .250/.348/.300/.648 1.167/.578 .432 22/.679 2/1 0/0
53.Castillo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 1/no AB 1/3.000 ··· 1/2.000 94/63 .307/.344/.409/.753 .576/.838 .960 75/.667 1/0 1/4
13.Castro G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 9/.888 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 137/94 .271/.292/.391/.683 .471/.781 .893 107/.697 2/1 3/5
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP ··· 6/.167 ··· 10/1.000 18/.398 1/.000 ··· ··· 104/94 .284/.346/.537/.883 .311/.943 1.052 82/1.038 1/0 4/0
21.Hairston G/S/vP ··· 3/1.667 ··· 10/1.100 ··· ··· ··· ··· 42/9 .132/.167/.395/.561 .552/.597 .852 34/.543 1/0 3/0
30.Navarro# G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 4/.750 ··· ··· ··· 42/35 .205/.262/.462/.723 1.571/.564 1.017 31/.930 0/1 3/2
1.Ransom G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 35/11 .226/.294/.581/.875 1.106/.311 .840 29/1.077 0/0 3/2
44.Rizzo* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 4/2.083 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 133/85 .246/.331/.517/.848 1.015/.755 .855 105/.901 4/1 8/1
17.Sappelt G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 48/11 .178/.229/.222/.451 .521/.182 .294 39/.560 2/0 0/0
19.Schierholtz* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 6/.334 1/3.000 1/.000 2/2.000 1/3.000 94/85 .302/.355/.535/.890 .393/.934 1.005 72/.860 4/1 3/0
12.Soriano G/S/vP ··· 5/.000 ··· 67/.700 6/1.333 1/.000 ··· ··· 121/81 .276/.306/.414/.720 1.082/.542 1.004 93/.794 3/1 3/1
24.Valbuena* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 4/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 95/86 .247/.358/.469/.827 .333/.867 .908 73/.900 1/0 5/3
IP 28.0 8.0 12.1 10.1 11.0 14.1 13.2 16.0 TOTAL .238/.296/.410/.706 .713/.703 .810 .752 23/6 38/25
ERA-K/9 3.54/5.8 2.25/7.9 6.57/9.5 4.35/5.2 1.64/10.6 3.77/7.6 0.66/5.9 0.56/4.5 3.02/8.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castillo (16-7-3)
 Navarro (11-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 114/.259 35/.250 58/.327 41/.243 45/.214 60/.250 57/.250 61/.200 .231  Schierholtz
 Hairston
 Borbon
 Soriano
 Sappelt
 DeJesus
0/0/24/1
0/0/12/1
4/0/4/0
29/0/0/0
2/12/1/0
0/26/0/0
OPS .733 .814 .839 .722 .576 .682 .585 .551 .648
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 62/.782 10/.100 20/1.038 14/1.024 21/.476 21/.286 16/.708 22/.883 .635
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 52/.669 25/1.096 38/.740 27/.576 24/.661 39/.914 41/.536 39/.372 .657
Road 51/.754 19/.892 28/.800 23/1.193 24/.641 37/.811 28/.629 29/.580
Last 28d days 114/.733 28/.641 50/.824 36/.639 29/.646 40/.685 47/.598 48/.622
HR/SB/CS 4/0/0 2/1/0 1/2/0 1/0/0 1/1/0 1/0/0 0/0/0 1/0/1 24/12/3
Usage ····X··· o···X··o X··o·X·· ··o····· XX······ ····o··o ·o·X·o·X ·o·o·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.