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

Rangers, 61-50, 61-50 2nd, 3½ GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Derek Holland (26, LHP, 8-6, 3.18)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (8-6) 147.0 146 58 52 42 135 11 3.18
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 50.0 46 17 15 17 45 5 2.70 59
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
2013-06-27 @NYY W 9.0 2 0 0 2 7 0 92 88
Last 5 v.OAK 3-0 30.0 25 11 11 10 25 5 3.30 56
2013-05-14 @OAK ND 5.2 8 4 4 1 5 0 98 41
2012-09-24 OAK ND 3.0 4 3 3 2 4 2 77 41
2012-06-05 @OAK W 5.1 7 3 3 2 2 2 92 42
2011-09-20 @OAK W 7.0 2 1 1 3 7 1 107 73
2011-07-07 OAK W 9.0 4 0 0 2 7 0 119 84
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   33-24   Road:   28-26   ExtrInn: 2-7 
 vsRHP:  40-37   vsLHP:  21-13   1-Run:  18-10
 vsEast: 13-17   vsCntrl:10-13   vsWest: 29-14 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-16
Athletics, 64-46, 64-46 1st, 3½ up

SP: A.J. Griffin (25, RHP, 10-7, 3.90)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (10-7) 140.2 125 64 61 31 111 26 3.90
2012 (7-1) 82.1 74 29 28 19 64 10 3.06
Last 7 GS 5-1 46.0 39 20 20 8 37 11 3.91 56
2013-07-29 TOR W 7.0 4 4 4 2 5 3 99 56
2013-07-24 @HOU W 6.1 6 3 3 0 8 2 95 57
2013-07-19 @LAA L 5.0 6 4 4 1 4 3 88 42
2013-07-13 BOS W 8.0 6 0 0 1 3 0 110 72
2013-07-07 @KCR W 5.0 5 2 2 1 4 2 105 52
2013-07-02 CHC ND 5.2 10 7 7 1 6 1 99 26
2013-06-26 CIN W 9.0 2 0 0 2 7 0 108 88
Last 5 v.TEX 1-0 21.0 18 8 7 5 17 2 3.00 55
2013-06-20 @TEX ND 5.1 3 2 2 1 5 1 98 58
2013-05-13 TEX W 7.0 6 1 1 0 8 1 108 69
2012-10-03 TEX ND 2.2 7 5 4 2 0 0 70 24
2012-06-29 @TEX ND 6.0 2 0 0 2 4 0 109 70
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   35-19   Road:   29-27   ExtrInn: 7-4 
 vsRHP:  44-31   vsLHP:  20-15   1-Run:  21-12
 vsEast: 10-12   vsCntrl:11-9    vsWest: 30-20 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
110 Sat, Aug  3   TEX  W   4-2       64-46  1st  3.5 up
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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Aug 03, 2013 OAK  4  TEX  2        W:Jarrod Parker (7-6), L: Matt Garza (7-2), S: Grant Balfour (29)
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
Season Series: 2013 - TEX over 7-5; 2012 - OAK won 11-8; 2011 - TEX won 13-6; All-Time - OAK leads 405-404

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  5.13

NYM  4.08

MIA  3.25

 RA/G

PIT  3.41

CHC  4.20

HOU  5.28

 BA

M. Cabrera  .359

A. Gordon  .269

D. Uggla  .196

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .454

M. Brantley  .331

J. Arencibia  .247

 SLG

C. Davis  .679

N. McLouth  .421

J. Keppinger  .277

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.121

A. Rios  .751

J. Keppinger  .539

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.87

J. Samardzija  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 (4.26 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.88 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 64.Griffin
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		 58.Scribner
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP 11/.311 12/.166 9/.250 6/.500 5/.800 6/.533 3/.000 2/1.000 4/.000 481/345 .255/.318/.297/.616 .634/.609 .656 96/.739 25/3 0/11
15.Baker G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 110/45 .310/.373/.640/1.013 1.354/.563 1.122 18/.667 1/0 9/1
29.Beltre G/S/vP 10/.522 19/.276 10/.900 4/.833 7/.286 3/.000 10/1.100 3/1.667 1/2.000 467/358 .312/.353/.522/.875 .945/.854 .842 98/.878 0/0 23/11
17.Cruz G/S/vP 9/.444 13/.237 9/.472 5/2.600 8/.821 4/.000 3/.666 3/.666 2/2.500 448/335 .269/.330/.506/.837 .852/.831 .830 94/.731 5/1 26/3
23.Gentry G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/.250 1/.000 2/2.000 5/1.200 1/.000 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 11/.473 15/.666 7/.453 6/.000 5/.000 7/.762 7/.453 3/.666 4/.250 378/269 .274/.347/.425/.772 .778/.770 .747 103/.697 7/7 10/9
2.Martin* G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.250 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 311/239 .282/.329/.419/.748 .535/.816 .623 82/.634 20/5 6/3
18.Moreland* G/S/vP 3/1.666 5/.400 4/.000 5/1.000 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 352/233 .244/.301/.450/.751 .707/.774 .732 79/.573 0/0 15/4
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 8/.929 13/.490 13/.308 6/.833 7/.829 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 380/274 .227/.282/.386/.668 .540/.717 .552 66/.663 1/4 12/2
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP ··· 6/.000 5/.733 5/1.933 2/1.000 3/.666 7/.953 2/1.000 ··· 341/226 .281/.308/.441/.749 .729/.759 .786 89/.775 1/1 12/0
13.Profar# G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 187/123 .244/.313/.354/.667 .590/.704 .631 56/.636 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 6/1.500 4/.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 133/87 .217/.318/.417/.736 .459/.887 .407 34/1.048 0/2 6/2
IP 140.2 44.0 40.1 37.0 48.1 48.2 33.0 18.2 18.2 TOTAL .261/.321/.418/.739 .732/.742 .710 .727 72/29 130/62
ERA-K/9 3.90/7.1 1.84/10.2 3.57/8.0 4.14/7.1 2.05/8.6 2.96/7.9 2.45/6.5 1.93/6.3 5.30/4.8 3.62/6.8

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 576/.233 176/.194 173/.235 162/.238 196/.208 187/.205 141/.244 72/.278 82/.247 .242  Murphy
 Martin
 Gentry
 Cruz
 Baker
 Profar
 Rosales
102/0/0/6
6/79/14/5
0/58/0/3
0/0/102/1
19/0/1/0
4/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .697 .571 .686 .648 .524 .550 .668 .583 .786 .677
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 314/.660 84/.495 75/.829 88/.661 85/.719 70/.550 45/.740 33/.485 36/.544 .699
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 262/.741 92/.643 98/.577 74/.632 111/.380 117/.550 96/.634 39/.667 46/.977 .659
Home 275/.660 105/.537 83/.701 82/.777 115/.466 114/.526 71/.613 64/.516 24/.970
Last 28d days 106/.750 35/.494 19/.568 31/.952 42/.418 37/.316 20/.300 38/.447 /
HR/SB/CS 26/3/2 5/0/1 4/0/0 2/1/0 0/11/1 3/5/1 2/2/1 0/0/0 3/6/0 111/62/17
Usage ·····X·· o··o···o ·o·oXo·· ···X··X· o··o···X X··o·Xo· ·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 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
18.Callaspo# G/S/vP 37/.949 2/.500 7/.453 13/.385 6/.533 2/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 343/242 .247/.321/.340/.661 .717/.637 .641 71/.528 0/2 5/11
52.Cespedes G/S/vP 10/1.189 2/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 7/.453 6/.334 1/.000 3/1.000 387/269 .229/.297/.433/.730 .850/.679 .732 70/.769 6/6 17/2
4.Crisp# G/S/vP 11/.382 17/.879 12/.614 13/.336 3/.000 2/2.000 9/.833 3/.666 398/250 .251/.332/.389/.722 .653/.771 .569 94/.544 16/4 10/0
20.Donaldson G/S/vP 8/1.875 3/.333 4/.500 3/.666 3/.666 4/1.417 ··· 2/.000 455/321 .296/.374/.482/.856 1.014/.791 .850 89/.568 2/2 16/10
7.Freiman G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 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 7/.715 2/.000 4/.250 1/no AB 4/1.000 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 449/287 .292/.357/.418/.775 .751/.783 .787 90/.688 1/0 8/15
37.Moss* G/S/vP 3/.667 4/.000 1/no AB 4/1.750 8/.875 7/1.771 ··· 2/.000 350/286 .244/.323/.460/.783 .578/.829 .758 57/.830 3/1 17/5
36.Norris G/S/vP 6/.334 2/1.500 3/.000 3/.333 4/.500 4/.500 ··· 2/1.500 240/114 .217/.326/.369/.696 .935/.425 .931 32/.968 3/0 7/3
16.Reddick* G/S/vP 6/.334 3/.000 4/.250 5/.200 5/1.350 3/.333 4/.750 ··· 305/211 .211/.296/.338/.634 .658/.624 .595 69/.547 8/0 5/3
15.Smith* G/S/vP 4/1.000 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 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 277/232 .273/.336/.378/.713 .611/.732 .722 54/.754 7/4 2/4
21.Vogt* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 36/34 .188/.229/.406/.635 .000/.676 .635 22/.707 0/0 2/0
25.Young G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.500 4/1.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 267/156 .192/.270/.379/.649 .606/.677 .637 49/.665 7/2 9/2
IP 147.0 34.2 33.2 43.2 47.1 50.1 8.1 40.2 TOTAL .243/.320/.392/.713 .722/.708 .705 .626 55/20 110/64
ERA-K/9 3.18/8.3 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 3.73/7.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Norris (30-11-5)
 Vogt (4-2-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 614/.260 136/.167 136/.216 168/.161 205/.259 202/.212 35/.200 174/.294 .250  Cespedes
 Reddick
 Young
 Crisp
 Smith
 Moss
60/16/0/6
0/0/78/3
13/32/21/1
0/73/0/1
38/0/7/1
2/2/11/1
OPS .698 .472 .625 .477 .688 .609 .514 .764 .703
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 142/.658 68/.572 51/.491 86/.515 77/.974 97/.639 19/.328 99/.824 .723
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 472/.710 68/.374 85/.705 82/.437 128/.521 105/.581 16/.745 75/.685 .685
Road 307/.628 56/.375 70/.731 76/.539 95/.749 87/.445 14/.368 85/.744
Last 28d days 153/.757 36/.258 34/.529 23/.697 29/.773 30/.586 32/.566 60/1.043
HR/SB/CS 11/7/2 1/3/0 4/3/0 2/2/1 3/1/0 4/1/4 0/0/0 4/1/2 104/50/17
Usage ····X··· ·Xo··X·X ·o··Xo·· ···XX··· ·X··o·X· ·o·oX·o· ·Xo·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.