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Game Preview: TEX @ HOU, 8:10 pm, Tuesday, April 2, 2013 @Minute Maid Park

Rangers, 0-1, 0-1 4th, 1 GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Yu Darvish (26, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (16-9) 191.1 156 89 83 89 221 14 3.90
Last 7 GS 4-1 50.2 29 13 12 10 59 2 2.13 70
2012-09-30 LAA ND 6.2 9 3 3 1 7 1 117 50
2012-09-20 @LAA W 8.0 4 1 1 1 9 0 108 78
2012-09-14 SEA W 7.0 2 1 1 2 9 0 110 76
2012-09-08 @TBR ND 8.0 2 2 1 2 8 0 96 78
2012-09-03 @KCR W 7.0 3 3 3 1 6 0 87 64
2012-08-28 TBR W 7.0 6 0 0 2 10 0 110 73
2012-08-17 @TOR L 7.0 3 3 3 1 10 1 114 68
Last 5 v.HOU 1-0 8.0 7 2 2 2 11 1 2.25 69
2012-06-15 HOU W 8.0 7 2 2 2 11 1 110 69
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    0-0    Road:    0-1    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   0-1    vsLHP:   0-0    1-Run:   0-0 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  0-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  1 Sun, Mar 31  @HOU  L   2-8        0-1   5th  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 0-1    Last 20: 0-1    Last 30: 0-1 
Astros, 1-0, 1-0 1st, Tied

SP: Lucas Harrell (28, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (11-11) 193.2 185 90 81 78 140 13 3.76
2011 (0-2) 18.0 23 12 9 8 15 0 4.50
2010 (1-0) 24.0 34 18 13 17 15 2 4.88
Last 7 GS 1-2 42.1 37 14 13 20 34 3 2.76 56
2012-10-01 @CHC W 6.0 2 0 0 1 7 0 98 74
2012-09-25 STL L 5.0 7 2 2 6 1 0 88 40
2012-09-19 @STL L 5.2 5 3 3 1 7 2 98 53
2012-09-13 PHI ND 5.2 7 4 3 5 4 0 105 40
2012-09-07 @CIN ND 6.0 7 3 3 4 5 0 105 47
2012-09-01 CIN ND 7.0 7 1 1 1 3 0 115 61
2012-08-26 @NYM ND 7.0 2 1 1 2 7 1 90 74
Last 5 v.TEX 1-1 11.0 12 9 6 3 8 2 4.91 44
2012-06-16 @TEX L 5.1 7 5 5 0 2 1 78 36
2012-05-19 TEX W 5.2 5 4 1 3 6 1 109 52
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    1-0    Road:    0-0    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   0-0    vsLHP:   1-0    1-Run:   0-0 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  1-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  1 Sun, Mar 31   TEX  W   8-2        1-0   1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 1-0    Last 20: 1-0    Last 30: 1-0 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Mar 31, 2013 HOU  8  TEX  2        W:Bud Norris (1-0), L: Matt Harrison (0-1), S: Erik Bedard (1)

Sun, Jun 17, 2012 TEX  9  HOU  3        W:Colby Lewis (6-5), L: Fernando Rodriguez (1-7), S: none
Sat, Jun 16, 2012 TEX  8  HOU  3        W:Justin Grimm (1-0), L: Lucas Harrell (6-5), S: none
Fri, Jun 15, 2012 TEX  6  HOU  2        W:Yu Darvish (8-4), L: Jordan Lyles (1-3), S: none
Sun, May 20, 2012 TEX  6 @HOU  1        W:Colby Lewis (4-3), L: Jordan Lyles (0-1), S: none
Sat, May 19, 2012 HOU  6  TEX  5        W:Lucas Harrell (3-3), L: Derek Holland (3-3), S: Brett Myers (10)
Fri, May 18, 2012 TEX  4 @HOU  1        W:Robbie Ross (5-0), L: Wandy Rodriguez (3-4), S: Joe Nathan (9)
Thu, Jun 30, 2011 HOU  7  TEX  0        W:Wandy Rodriguez (6-4), L: Matt Harrison (6-7), S: none
Wed, Jun 29, 2011 TEX  3 @HOU  2        W:Colby Lewis (7-7), L: Brett Myers (3-7), S: Neftali Feliz (16)
Tue, Jun 28, 2011 TEX  7 @HOU  3        W:C.J. Wilson (8-3), L: Jordan Lyles (0-3), S: Neftali Feliz (15)
Season Series: 2013 - HOU over 1-0; 2012 - TEX won 5-1; 2011 - TEX won 4-2; All-Time - TEX leads 42-31

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

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 (2.00 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (2.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 64.Harrell
G/S/vB
62.Ambriz
G/S/vB
45.Bedard*
G/S/vB
63.Cedeno*
G/S/vB
55.Cruz
G/S/vB
31.Gonzalez
G/S/vB
59.Humber
G/S/vB
43.Peacock
G/S/vB
41.Veras
G/S/vB
53.Wright*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP 6/.200 ··· 15/.696 ··· 2/.500 5/.650 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/1.167 711/522 .286/.349/.378/.727 .687/.742 .736 4/.000 21/10 3/16
15.Baker G/S/vP ··· ··· 11/.473 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 201/64 .239/.279/.378/.656 .665/.637 .643 / 4/1 4/3
29.Beltre G/S/vP 7/1.714 1/3.000 21/.490 1/2.000 2/.000 8/1.071 3/.666 ··· 3/.666 ··· 654/485 .321/.359/.561/.921 .737/.985 .849 4/.000 1/0 36/8
27.Berkman# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 10/.600 ··· ··· 7/1.262 1/3.000 97/77 .259/.381/.444/.826 .712/.856 .907 4/1.000 2/0 2/4
20.Borbon* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/1.000 ··· ··· 5/.933 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
17.Cruz G/S/vP 6/1.166 1/5.000 17/1.118 1/.000 3/.666 6/.666 5/.200 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 642/483 .260/.319/.460/.779 .944/.727 .689 4/1.417 8/4 24/4
23.Gentry G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 4/.250 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 269/154 .304/.367/.392/.759 .859/.686 .781 / 13/7 1/0
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 6/.334 3/.666 33/.731 ··· 2/.000 7/.143 5/.400 ··· 2/2.500 4/.500 731/550 .256/.326/.423/.749 .988/.671 .611 4/.250 21/9 19/18
2.Martin* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 52/44 .174/.235/.370/.605 .500/.624 .243 3/.000 3/0 0/0
18.Moreland* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 5/.000 ··· 2/4.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 357/306 .275/.321/.468/.789 .737/.798 .675 4/.000 1/1 15/3
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 6/1.166 ··· 11/.364 1/2.000 3/1.000 8/2.250 5/.000 ··· 2/.500 4/.250 521/437 .304/.380/.479/.859 .845/.862 .803 4/.833 10/5 15/1
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP ··· ··· 13/1.154 1/.000 1/.000 3/2.500 4/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 520/399 .278/.326/.501/.827 .673/.874 .708 4/.500 0/0 27/6
8.Soto G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 6/.900 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.333 ··· 6/1.500 6/.833 361/264 .198/.270/.343/.613 .677/.589 .647 / 1/0 11/8
IP 193.2 19.1 125.2 31.0 55.0 25.0 102.0 67.0 52.1 TOTAL .188/.257/.188/.445 .182/.571 .445 .445 0/1 0/1
ERA-K/9 3.76/6.5 4.19/10.3 5.01/8.4 3.77/10.5 6.05/7.5 5.04/6.5 6.44/7.5 /0.0 3.63/10.6 3.27/9.3 2.00/7.0

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 827/.253 83/.206 557/.263 138/.254 253/.297 105/.240 462/.276 / 300/.239 223/.226 .188  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 .685 .613 .758 .704 .870 .725 .846 .694 .638 .445
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 378/.713 27/.487 101/.628 70/.616 100/.974 49/.912 264/.893 / 146/.724 133/.538 .513
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 449/.663 56/.675 456/.786 68/.797 153/.798 56/.571 198/.783 / 154/.665 90/.790 .369
Home 345/.647 46/.601 271/.591 52/.475 114/.766 26/.882 237/.992 / 152/.666 123/.726
Last 28d days / / 11/.182 / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 13/18/5 0/2/1 14/6/0 3/3/0 8/5/1 3/4/0 23/15/1 // 5/10/2 4/3/1 0/0/1
Usage ·X······

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

Astros Batters (8.00 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (8.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 11.Darvish
G/S/vB
44.Frasor
G/S/vB
45.Holland*
G/S/vB
50.Kirkman*
G/S/vB
55.Lowe
G/S/vB
36.Nathan
G/S/vB
41.Ogando
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
27.Altuve G/S/vP 4/.250 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 630/461 .290/.340/.399/.740 .911/.676 .725 4/1.000 33/11 7/11
28.Ankiel* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 12/1.773 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 171/148 .228/.282/.411/.694 .435/.736 .716 2/2.500 1/3 5/2
2.Barnes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 105/54 .204/.250/.265/.515 .578/.458 .481 2/.500 1/1 1/0
23.Carter G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 10/.400 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 3/1.666 260/151 .239/.350/.514/.864 .898/.837 .831 4/.000 0/0 16/6
15.Castro* G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 295/238 .257/.334/.401/.735 .361/.831 .805 4/.000 0/0 6/6
13.Cedeno G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 10/.222 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 186/84 .259/.332/.410/.741 .759/.718 .647 3/.667 0/1 4/4
22.Corporan# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 85/66 .269/.310/.449/.758 .433/.855 .848 / 0/1 4/2
30.Dominguez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 113/88 .284/.310/.477/.787 .655/.824 .608 4/.833 0/0 5/1
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 219/164 .234/.280/.327/.607 .296/.713 .612 / 3/3 2/5
14.Martinez G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 439/320 .241/.311/.375/.685 .690/.683 .724 / 0/2 11/2
44.Maxwell G/S/vP 3/2.334 ··· 3/2.667 1/no AB 3/2.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/4.000 2/.000 ··· 352/228 .229/.304/.460/.764 .892/.697 .794 4/2.750 9/4 18/2
12.Pena* G/S/vP 4/.000 16/1.018 10/.311 1/.000 24/.811 12/.523 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 600/418 .197/.330/.354/.684 .636/.705 .699 4/.500 2/3 19/7
29.Wallace* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 6/2.167 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 254/196 .253/.323/.424/.746 .711/.757 .710 4/.500 0/0 9/9
IP 191.1 43.2 175.1 35.1 142.2 64.1 66.0 65.0 32.1 TOTAL .281/.343/.500/.843 .811/1.000 .843 .843 0/0 1/0
ERA-K/9 3.90/10.4 4.12/10.9 4.67/7.4 3.82/9.7 5.11/3.5 2.80/10.9 3.27/9.0 /0.0 2.22/6.5 4.45/8.4 7.88/14.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (57-13-8)
 Corporan (14-7-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 816/.220 191/.256 730/.243 151/.182 640/.311 257/.231 263/.203 / 265/.232 152/.343 .281  Martinez
 Maxwell
 Barnes
 Ankiel
 Wright
100/0/0/9
38/59/20/5
1/32/5/3
0/62/0/2
0/0/1/0
OPS .659 .799 .745 .611 .796 .631 .615 .624 .908 .843
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 464/.674 82/.915 164/.656 60/.709 290/.937 151/.617 114/.637 / 113/.612 60/.949 .643
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 352/.640 109/.715 566/.770 91/.549 350/.683 106/.650 149/.598 / 152/.632 92/.881 .984
Road 423/.631 93/.810 332/.696 45/.758 319/.852 108/.538 131/.612 / 123/.629 48/.714
Last 28d days / 3/.000 / / 2/2.500 / / 5/1.200 / /
HR/SB/CS 14/23/4 6/6/2 32/9/3 5/1/0 10/7/2 7/3/1 9/5/0 // 3/1/1 6/6/0 1/0/0
Usage ·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.