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Game Preview: TEX @ HOU, 7:10pm, Saturday, August 10, 2013 @Minute Maid Park

Rangers, 66-50, 66-50 1st, Tied

SP: Derek Holland (26, LHP, 9-6, 3.02)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (9-6) 155.0 150 58 52 44 145 11 3.02
2012 (12-7) 175.1 162 100 91 52 145 32 4.67
2011 (16-5) 198.0 201 97 87 67 162 22 3.95
Last 7 GS 3-2 49.0 48 17 15 17 48 5 2.76 58
2013-08-04 @OAK W 8.0 4 0 0 2 10 0 112 82
2013-07-30 LAA ND 6.0 8 4 4 2 6 2 102 44
2013-07-25 NYY L 7.1 8 2 2 1 2 0 94 55
2013-07-19 BAL L 8.0 6 3 3 2 6 1 119 62
2013-07-13 @DET W 7.0 5 1 1 5 7 0 95 65
2013-07-08 @BAL W 6.2 10 5 3 3 7 1 125 42
2013-07-03 SEA ND 6.0 7 2 2 2 10 1 104 58
Last 5 v.HOU 1-1 18.0 16 11 11 5 14 4 5.50 49
2012-05-19 @HOU L 5.0 5 5 5 2 6 3 100 41
2011-06-20 HOU W 7.1 6 3 3 3 4 0 113 55
2009-05-22 @HOU ND 5.2 5 3 3 0 4 1 76 51
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   33-24   Road:   33-26   ExtrInn: 2-7 
 vsRHP:  44-37   vsLHP:  22-13   1-Run:  18-10
 vsEast: 13-17   vsCntrl:10-13   vsWest: 34-14 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
116 Fri, Aug  9  @HOU  W   9-5       66-50  1st    Tied
115 Wed, Aug  7  @LAA  W  10-3       65-50  1st    Tied
114 Tue, Aug  6  @LAA  W   8-3       64-50  2nd  1.0 gb
113 Mon, Aug  5  @LAA  W   5-2       63-50  2nd  2.0 gb
112 Sun, Aug  4  @OAK  W   4-0       62-50  2nd  2.5 gb
111 Sat, Aug  3  @OAK  L   2-4       61-50  2nd  3.5 gb
110 Fri, Aug  2  @OAK  W   8-3       61-49  2nd  2.5 gb
109 Thu, Aug  1   ARI  W   7-1       60-49  2nd  3.5 gb
108 Wed, Jul 31   LAA  W   2-1       59-49  2nd  4.0 gb
107 Tue, Jul 30   LAA  W  14-11(10)  58-49  2nd  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 9-1    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:16-14
Astros, 37-77, 37-77 5th, 28 GB, 28 GB in WC

SP: Brad Peacock (25, RHP, 1-4, 7.25)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (1-4) 36.0 38 29 29 19 33 10 7.25
2011 (2-0) 12.0 7 1 1 6 4 0 0.75
Last 7 GS 2-4 34.0 31 23 23 17 31 8 6.09 46
2013-08-04 @MIN L 7.0 4 3 3 2 10 2 117 65
2013-04-27 @BOS L 3.1 6 5 5 5 3 0 90 26
2013-04-22 SEA L 4.1 9 7 7 1 1 3 90 17
2013-04-16 @OAK ND 4.1 4 3 3 3 7 0 92 47
2013-04-10 @SEA W 5.0 4 3 3 1 3 2 95 49
2013-04-05 OAK L 4.1 3 2 2 3 5 1 89 51
2011-09-22 @PHI W 5.2 1 0 0 2 2 0 69 67
Has never faced TEX as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   19-40   Road:   18-37   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  27-59   vsLHP:  10-18   1-Run:  14-21
 vsEast:  7-20   vsCntrl: 7-16   vsWest: 15-32 IL: 8-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
114 Fri, Aug  9   TEX  L   5-9       37-77  5th 28.0 gb
113 Wed, Aug  7   BOS  L   5-7       37-76  5th 27.0 gb
112 Tue, Aug  6   BOS  L  10-15      37-75  5th 27.0 gb
111 Mon, Aug  5   BOS  W   2-0       37-74  5th 27.0 gb
110 Sun, Aug  4  @MIN  L   2-3       36-74  5th 27.5 gb
109 Sat, Aug  3  @MIN  L   4-6       36-73  5th 27.5 gb
108 Fri, Aug  2  @MIN  L   3-4 (13)  36-72  5th 26.5 gb
107 Thu, Aug  1  @BAL  L   3-6       36-71  5th 26.5 gb
106 Wed, Jul 31  @BAL  W  11-0       36-70  5th 26.0 gb
105 Tue, Jul 30  @BAL  L   3-4       35-70  5th 27.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 4-16   Last 30: 7-23
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 09, 2013 TEX  9 @HOU  5        W:Matt Garza (8-2), L: Josh Zeid (0-1), S: Neal Cotts (1)
Sun, Jul 07, 2013 TEX  5  HOU  4        W:Cory Burns (1-0), L: Erik Bedard (3-5), S: Joe Nathan (29)
Sat, Jul 06, 2013 HOU  9 @TEX  5        W:Travis Blackley (1-0), L: Yu Darvish (8-4), S: none
Fri, Jul 05, 2013 TEX 10  HOU  5        W:Nick Tepesch (4-6), L: Lucas Harrell (5-9), S: none
Sun, May 12, 2013 TEX 12 @HOU  7        W:Nick Tepesch (3-3), L: Jordan Lyles (1-1), S: none
Sat, May 11, 2013 TEX  8 @HOU  7        W:Yu Darvish (6-1), L: Philip Humber (0-8), S: Joe Nathan (11)
Fri, May 10, 2013 TEX  4 @HOU  2        W:Robbie Ross (1-0), L: Wesley Wright (0-1), S: Joe Nathan (10)
Wed, Apr 03, 2013 TEX  4 @HOU  0        W:Alexi Ogando (1-0), L: Philip Humber (0-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 02, 2013 TEX  7 @HOU  0        W:Yu Darvish (1-0), L: Lucas Harrell (0-1), S: none
Sun, Mar 31, 2013 HOU  8  TEX  2        W:Bud Norris (1-0), L: Matt Harrison (0-1), S: Erik Bedard (1)
Season Series: 2013 - TEX over 8-2; 2012 - TEX won 5-1; 2011 - TEX won 4-2; All-Time - TEX leads 50-32

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
Rangers Batters (4.39 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.35 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 43.Peacock
G/S/vB
48.Cosart
G/S/vB
50.Fields
G/S/vB
63.Lo
G/S/vB
65.Oberholtzer*
G/S/vB
53.Wright*
G/S/vB
61.Zeid
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.833 1/.000 505/365 .261/.323/.307/.631 .654/.622 .680 96/.827 30/3 0/11
15.Baker G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 113/45 .304/.363/.627/.990 1.303/.563 1.075 21/.588 1/0 9/1
29.Beltre G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 491/378 .321/.367/.535/.902 .939/.891 .896 96/.879 0/0 25/11
43.Beltre* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 38/33 .278/.297/.306/.603 .400/.635 .566 21/.616 1/2 0/0
20.Butler G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/1 .500/.600/1.000/1.600 1.500/ 1.600 5/1.600 0/0 0/0
23.Gentry G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 167/74 .245/.339/.350/.689 .787/.572 .668 34/.973 12/2 1/0
5.Kinsler G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 5/1.267 1/no AB 402/289 .273/.347/.420/.767 .781/.762 .740 99/.653 8/7 10/9
2.Martin* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/1.000 ··· 335/256 .278/.323/.412/.735 .526/.804 .615 86/.649 26/5 6/3
18.Moreland* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 3/.000 ··· 372/251 .247/.306/.452/.759 .707/.784 .748 78/.593 0/0 16/4
7.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 6/.333 ··· 400/294 .226/.288/.387/.674 .540/.723 .574 65/.764 1/4 12/2
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 4/.000 ··· 359/240 .275/.301/.427/.728 .738/.722 .740 81/.605 1/1 12/0
13.Profar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.667 ··· 205/136 .249/.315/.354/.669 .595/.703 .640 53/.668 0/3 4/7
8.Soto G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/1.250 ··· 139/92 .215/.312/.405/.717 .448/.858 .400 37/1.013 0/2 6/2
IP 36.0 33.0 21.1 4.0 21.1 41.1 5.2 TOTAL .263/.323/.418/.742 .732/.745 .718 .734 86/30 134/62
ERA-K/9 7.25/8.2 1.36/3.8 7.59/9.7 0.00/6.8 2.53/5.1 3.92/8.7 6.35/6.3 4.97/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pierzynski (35-13-5)
 Soto (16-5-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 165/.264 132/.221 96/.253 17/.200 85/.220 184/.278 24/.190 .278  Murphy
 Martin
 Gentry
 Baker
 Beltre
 Profar
 Butler
106/0/1/6
6/82/19/6
0/63/0/3
19/0/1/0
4/5/4/0
4/0/0/0
1/0/1/0
OPS .934 .584 .914 .494 .613 .794 .625 .814
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 93/1.157 85/.613 37/.896 8/.393 31/.635 95/.836 12/.258 .848
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 72/.667 47/.529 59/.925 9/.583 54/.600 89/.751 12/1.017 .786
Home 42/1.091 53/.793 65/.859 8/.125 47/.809 99/.729 15/.938
Last 28d days 27/.622 106/.660 38/1.089 17/.494 51/.360 39/.734 24/.625
HR/SB/CS 10/6/0 0/4/1 6/0/1 0/0/0 2/0/1 5/5/1 1/1/0 145/66/22
Usage ·····X·· ··X····X o·X·XX·X ··Xo···X ····X··· o·X·Xo·o o·XX···o
Astros Batters (3.85 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 45.Holland*
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
27.Altuve G/S/vP 3/.666 2/2.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/1.000 ··· 1/.000 464/343 .283/.320/.360/.680 .754/.654 .690 80/.736 29/8 4/8
2.Barnes G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 302/203 .242/.300/.359/.659 .888/.548 .772 71/.745 9/7 6/2
23.Carter G/S/vP 10/.400 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 5/1.400 ··· 1/no AB 406/289 .209/.310/.417/.727 .665/.753 .587 72/.414 0/0 19/3
15.Castro* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 3/1.666 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 414/325 .270/.338/.466/.804 .620/.855 .851 89/.783 2/1 14/4
22.Corporan# G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 149/77 .243/.304/.397/.701 .630/.772 .694 27/.303 0/0 6/5
30.Dominguez G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 405/298 .230/.263/.386/.649 .647/.650 .746 76/.689 0/0 14/11
10.Elmore G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· 99/67 .250/.316/.364/.680 .744/.648 .731 40/.757 0/3 2/5
19.Grossman# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 178/141 .257/.351/.368/.719 .830/.688 .720 47/1.174 6/4 3/1
28.Hoes G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 34/26 .265/.265/.382/.647 .500/.692 .889 34/.647 2/0 0/1
59.Krauss* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 74/64 .174/.216/.333/.550 .200/.607 .240 41/.571 2/0 3/1
6.Villar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 65/48 .245/.344/.302/.646 .421/.720 1.154 65/.646 10/3 0/4
29.Wallace* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/no AB 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 162/125 .227/.284/.467/.751 .362/.868 .675 78/.781 0/1 9/3
IP 155.0 37.1 35.1 45.2 48.0 53.0 9.1 41.2 TOTAL .237/.297/.379/.675 .692/.669 .679 .696 81/38 112/83
ERA-K/9 3.02/8.4 0.96/10.1 2.80/9.2 1.58/9.5 3.00/8.6 1.70/6.3 3.86/6.8 3.89/3.5 3.68/7.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (48-15-9)
 Corporan (18-7-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 643/.255 149/.182 143/.208 176/.161 209/.265 214/.207 38/.182 178/.293 .249  Barnes
 Grossman
 Krauss
 Carter
 Hoes
 Elmore
8/73/13/5
23/26/2/2
11/0/7/0
40/0/2/0
1/2/8/0
7/0/1/0
OPS .682 .494 .612 .480 .700 .602 .471 .757 .701
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 145/.644 73/.530 54/.462 89/.497 78/1.003 103/.633 21/.296 101/.807 .717
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 498/.693 76/.461 89/.705 87/.464 131/.524 111/.571 17/.697 77/.694 .687
Road 336/.604 69/.441 77/.699 84/.541 99/.770 99/.447 17/.301 89/.733
Last 28d days 118/.673 43/.435 33/.440 28/.741 30/.917 39/.598 28/.575 43/1.188
HR/SB/CS 11/7/2 1/3/0 4/3/0 2/2/1 3/1/0 4/1/4 0/0/0 4/1/2 109/51/18
Usage ·····X·· X·o·X··X ··X·o··o ····oo·· ··X····X X··X···o ··o····X ··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.