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Game Preview: TEX @ OAK, 4:05pm, Saturday, August 3, 2013 @O.co Coliseum

Rangers, 61-49, 61-49 2nd, 2½ GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Matt Garza (29, RHP, 7-1, 2.95)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (7-1) 85.1 71 30 28 23 73 9 2.95
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 6-0 51.0 41 11 9 11 44 4 1.59 65
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
2013-07-08 @CHW W 7.0 5 2 1 0 6 1 102 67
2013-07-03 @OAK W 8.0 4 1 1 3 5 1 114 72
2013-06-27 @MIL W 7.0 8 1 1 1 10 0 101 66
2013-06-21 HOU W 8.0 4 1 1 2 8 1 98 76
Last 5 v.OAK 2-2 34.1 26 11 11 15 29 3 2.88 59
2013-07-03 @OAK W 8.0 4 1 1 3 5 1 114 72
2010-08-22 @OAK W 7.2 4 1 1 3 3 0 100 67
2009-07-11 OAK L 6.1 7 3 3 1 7 1 105 53
2009-05-21 OAK ND 6.2 7 2 2 4 8 0 107 56
2009-04-25 @OAK L 5.2 4 4 4 4 6 1 107 47
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   33-24   Road:   28-25   ExtrInn: 2-7 
 vsRHP:  40-36   vsLHP:  21-13   1-Run:  18-10
 vsEast: 13-17   vsCntrl:10-13   vsWest: 29-13 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
106 Mon, Jul 29   LAA  W   4-3       57-49  2nd  6.0 gb
105 Sun, Jul 28  @CLE  L   0-6       56-49  2nd  6.0 gb
104 Sat, Jul 27  @CLE  L   0-1       56-48  2nd  5.0 gb
103 Fri, Jul 26  @CLE  L   8-11(11)  56-47  2nd  4.0 gb
102 Thu, Jul 25   NYY  L   0-2       56-46  2nd  3.0 gb
101 Wed, Jul 24   NYY  W   3-1       56-45  2nd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-16
Athletics, 63-46, 63-46 1st, 2½ up

SP: Jarrod Parker (24, RHP, 6-6, 4.07)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (6-6) 126.0 108 61 57 47 84 16 4.07
2012 (13-8) 181.1 166 71 70 63 140 11 3.47
2011 (0-0) 5.2 4 0 0 1 1 0 0.00
Last 7 GS 1-0 43.0 28 18 16 15 27 3 3.35 57
2013-07-28 LAA ND 5.0 5 6 6 7 3 0 95 29
2013-07-23 @HOU ND 7.0 5 2 1 2 4 0 93 63
2013-07-12 BOS ND 7.0 3 2 2 0 3 0 93 66
2013-07-06 @KCR ND 6.1 5 3 2 3 4 1 101 54
2013-06-29 STL ND 3.2 2 0 0 0 3 0 48 60
2013-06-23 @SEA ND 7.0 5 3 3 1 6 2 108 60
2013-06-18 @TEX W 7.0 3 2 2 2 4 0 91 65
Last 5 v.TEX 4-1 34.0 21 11 11 11 29 4 2.91 62
2013-06-18 @TEX W 7.0 3 2 2 2 4 0 91 65
2013-05-22 @TEX L 7.0 6 3 3 1 5 2 96 57
2012-10-01 TEX W 6.0 6 3 3 2 6 2 94 52
2012-09-26 @TEX W 6.0 5 3 3 3 8 0 109 55
2012-06-04 TEX W 8.0 1 0 0 3 6 0 111 83
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   34-19   Road:   29-27   ExtrInn: 7-4 
 vsRHP:  43-31   vsLHP:  20-15   1-Run:  21-12
 vsEast: 10-12   vsCntrl:11-9    vsWest: 29-20 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
109 Fri, Aug  2   TEX  L   3-8       63-46  1st  2.5 up
108 Wed, Jul 31   TOR  L   2-5 (10)  63-45  1st  4.0 up
107 Tue, Jul 30   TOR  L   0-5       63-44  1st  5.0 up
106 Mon, Jul 29   TOR  W   9-4       63-43  1st  6.0 up
105 Sun, Jul 28   LAA  W  10-6       62-43  1st  6.0 up
104 Sat, Jul 27   LAA  W   3-1       61-43  1st  5.0 up
103 Fri, Jul 26   LAA  W   6-4       60-43  1st  4.0 up
102 Thu, Jul 25   LAA  L   3-8       59-43  1st  3.0 up
101 Wed, Jul 24  @HOU  W   4-3       59-42  1st  3.0 up
100 Tue, Jul 23  @HOU  L   4-5       58-42  1st  3.0 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 02, 2013 TEX  8 @OAK  3        W:Jason Frasor (2-2), L: Tommy Milone (9-9), S: none
Thu, Jun 20, 2013 TEX  4  OAK  3        W:Tanner Scheppers (5-0), L: Sean Doolittle (3-2), S: Joe Nathan (22)
Wed, Jun 19, 2013 TEX  9  OAK  4        W:Justin Grimm (6-5), L: Tommy Milone (6-7), S: none
Tue, Jun 18, 2013 OAK  6 @TEX  2        W:Jarrod Parker (6-6), L: Yu Darvish (7-3), S: none
Mon, Jun 17, 2013 TEX  8  OAK  7        W:Neal Cotts (3-1), L: Jesse Chavez (1-1), S: Joe Nathan (21)
Wed, May 22, 2013 TEX  3  OAK  1        W:Ross Wolf (1-0), L: Jarrod Parker (2-6), S: Joe Nathan (14)
Tue, May 21, 2013 OAK  1 @TEX  0        W:Dan Straily (2-2), L: Yu Darvish (7-2), S: Grant Balfour (9)
Mon, May 20, 2013 OAK  9 @TEX  2        W:Bartolo Colon (4-2), L: Josh Lindblom (0-1), S: none
Wed, May 15, 2013 TEX  6 @OAK  2        W:Alexi Ogando (4-2), L: Dan Straily (1-2), S: none
Tue, May 14, 2013 TEX  6 @OAK  5 (10)   W:Tanner Scheppers (3-0), L: Chris Resop (1-1), S: Joe Nathan (12)
Season Series: 2013 - TEX over 7-4; 2012 - OAK won 11-8; 2011 - TEX won 13-6; All-Time - Tied 404-404

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  5.15

SEA  4.06

MIA  3.25

 RA/G

PIT  3.42

CHC  4.21

HOU  5.28

 BA

M. Cabrera  .359

A. Gordon  .272

D. Uggla  .198

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .454

C. Crisp  .331

J. Arencibia  .250

 SLG

C. Davis  .684

D. Jennings  .421

J. Keppinger  .277

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.121

A. Gordon  .753

J. Keppinger  .539

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.87

R. Nolasco  3.78

E. Volquez  5.56

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  12.07

E. Volquez  7.34

B. Colon  4.75

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

Rangers Batters (4.28 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.90 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 11.Parker
G/S/vB		 50.Balfour
G/S/vB		 13.Blevins*
G/S/vB		 60.Chavez
G/S/vB		 48.Cook
G/S/vB		 62.Doolittle*
G/S/vB		 47.Neshek
G/S/vB		 61.Otero
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP 12/1.000 12/.166 9/.250 6/.500 5/.800 5/.200 3/.000 2/1.000 477/342 .255/.317/.297/.614 .623/.610 .653 96/.754 24/3 0/11
15.Baker G/S/vP 3/.666 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 109/45 .313/.376/.646/1.023 1.378/.563 1.144 17/.706 1/0 9/1
29.Beltre G/S/vP 15/.600 19/.276 10/.900 4/.833 6/.334 3/.000 10/1.100 3/1.667 463/354 .313/.354/.524/.878 .945/.858 .848 98/.911 0/0 23/11
17.Cruz G/S/vP 15/.067 13/.237 9/.472 5/2.600 7/.953 4/.000 3/.666 3/.666 444/331 .272/.333/.511/.845 .852/.842 .846 94/.769 5/1 26/3
23.Gentry G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 4/.250 1/.000 2/2.000 5/1.200 1/.000 1/.000 154/65 .233/.327/.346/.673 .800/.505 .634 21/1.017 10/2 1/0
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 12/.444 15/.666 7/.453 6/.000 5/.000 6/.900 7/.453 3/.666 374/266 .274/.349/.418/.766 .786/.758 .735 103/.664 7/7 9/9
2.Martin* G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· 2/.000 4/.250 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 2/1.000 307/236 .281/.327/.416/.743 .543/.807 .609 81/.612 20/5 6/3
18.Moreland* G/S/vP 6/.334 5/.400 4/.000 5/1.000 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 350/231 .242/.300/.450/.750 .707/.772 .730 77/.561 0/0 15/4
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 15/.557 13/.490 13/.308 6/.833 6/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 376/270 .227/.282/.388/.670 .540/.721 .553 66/.685 1/4 12/2
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 9/.444 5/.000 5/.733 5/1.933 2/1.000 3/.666 7/.953 2/1.000 340/225 .282/.309/.443/.752 .729/.763 .791 92/.804 1/1 12/0
13.Profar# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 183/119 .244/.315/.356/.671 .590/.712 .637 56/.623 0/3 4/7
9.Rosales G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 153/66 .193/.268/.319/.587 .723/.402 .570 6/.167 0/0 4/7
8.Soto G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 129/83 .225/.328/.432/.761 .459/.935 .435 30/1.208 0/2 6/2
IP 126.0 43.0 40.1 37.0 47.1 47.2 33.0 18.2 TOTAL .262/.322/.418/.740 .733/.743 .712 .737 71/29 129/62
ERA-K/9 4.07/6.0 1.88/10.0 3.57/8.0 4.14/7.1 2.09/8.8 3.02/7.9 2.45/6.5 1.93/6.3 3.63/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pierzynski (34-12-4)
 Soto (16-5-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 525/.234 173/.197 173/.235 162/.238 193/.211 183/.203 141/.244 72/.278 .242  Murphy
 Martin
 Gentry
 Cruz
 Baker
 Profar
 Rosales
101/0/0/6
6/78/13/5
0/57/0/3
0/0/101/1
19/0/1/0
4/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .697 .582 .686 .648 .532 .551 .668 .583 .677
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 287/.732 82/.508 75/.829 88/.661 84/.728 69/.558 45/.740 33/.485 .699
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 238/.654 91/.650 98/.577 74/.632 109/.387 114/.547 96/.634 39/.667 .660
Home 266/.670 102/.553 83/.701 82/.777 112/.479 110/.527 71/.613 64/.516
Last 28d days 82/.528 32/.541 22/.807 47/.773 39/.451 33/.291 20/.300 38/.447
HR/SB/CS 16/9/3 5/0/1 4/0/0 2/1/0 0/11/1 3/4/1 2/2/1 0/0/0 110/61/17
Usage ·····X·· ··o···oX o·oXo··o ··X··X·· ··o···Xo ··o·Xo·o o·oo···· X··X·o··
Athletics Batters (4.44 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.06 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 22.Garza
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
18.Callaspo# G/S/vP 12/.916 2/.500 7/.453 13/.385 6/.533 2/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 340/239 .248/.320/.342/.663 .717/.640 .645 71/.540 0/2 5/11
52.Cespedes G/S/vP 4/.250 2/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 7/.453 6/.334 1/.000 3/1.000 383/265 .229/.298/.426/.724 .850/.670 .719 71/.739 6/6 16/2
4.Crisp# G/S/vP 18/.343 17/.879 12/.614 13/.336 3/.000 2/2.000 9/.833 3/.666 394/246 .248/.331/.388/.719 .653/.767 .559 95/.529 16/4 10/0
20.Donaldson G/S/vP 3/.333 3/.333 4/.500 3/.666 3/.666 4/1.417 ··· 2/.000 451/317 .297/.375/.485/.859 1.014/.795 .857 90/.613 2/2 16/10
7.Freiman G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 149/36 .266/.309/.374/.683 .793/.342 .781 31/.419 0/0 2/1
8.Lowrie# G/S/vP 15/.400 2/.000 4/.250 1/no AB 4/1.000 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 445/283 .293/.358/.420/.778 .751/.787 .793 91/.761 1/0 8/15
37.Moss* G/S/vP 6/1.500 4/.000 1/no AB 4/1.750 8/.875 7/1.771 ··· 2/.000 346/282 .241/.321/.456/.777 .578/.823 .745 58/.760 3/1 17/5
36.Norris G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 3/.000 3/.333 4/.500 4/.500 ··· 2/1.500 240/114 .217/.326/.369/.696 .935/.425 .931 34/.969 3/0 7/3
16.Reddick* G/S/vP 11/.664 3/.000 4/.250 5/.200 5/1.350 3/.333 4/.750 ··· 302/208 .213/.299/.342/.641 .658/.634 .607 71/.656 8/0 5/3
15.Smith* G/S/vP 16/.321 6/.533 ··· 8/1.000 4/.000 5/.200 ··· 2/.500 339/254 .248/.322/.376/.697 .636/.718 .660 47/.334 0/0 6/0
28.Sogard* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 273/228 .271/.335/.377/.711 .611/.730 .718 54/.840 7/4 2/4
21.Vogt* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/31 .200/.242/.433/.676 .000/.722 .676 19/.786 0/0 2/0
25.Young G/S/vP 7/.453 1/.000 2/.500 4/1.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 267/156 .192/.270/.379/.649 .606/.677 .637 54/.627 7/2 9/2
IP 85.1 34.2 33.2 43.2 47.1 50.1 8.1 40.2 TOTAL .243/.320/.392/.713 .722/.708 .705 .650 55/20 109/64
ERA-K/9 2.95/7.7 0.78/10.4 2.94/9.3 1.65/9.7 2.85/8.8 1.79/6.3 4.32/6.5 3.98/3.3 3.72/7.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Norris (30-11-5)
 Vogt (3-2-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 349/.223 136/.167 136/.216 168/.161 205/.259 202/.212 35/.200 174/.294 .250  Cespedes
 Reddick
 Young
 Crisp
 Smith
 Moss
59/16/0/6
0/0/77/3
13/32/21/1
0/72/0/1
38/0/7/1
2/2/11/1
OPS .634 .472 .625 .477 .688 .609 .514 .764 .703
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 187/.645 68/.572 51/.491 86/.515 77/.974 97/.639 19/.328 99/.824 .723
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 162/.620 68/.374 85/.705 82/.437 128/.521 105/.581 16/.745 75/.685 .684
Road 181/.585 56/.375 70/.731 76/.539 95/.749 87/.445 14/.368 85/.744
Last 28d days 113/.580 40/.283 38/.526 26/.606 29/.773 30/.586 35/.514 60/1.043
HR/SB/CS 9/4/1 1/3/0 4/3/0 2/2/1 3/1/0 4/1/4 0/0/0 4/1/2 103/50/17
Usage ····X··· Xo··X·X· o··Xo··X ··XX···· X··o·X·X o·oX·o·· Xo·X···o ·····X·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.