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Game Preview: LAA @ TEX, 2:05pm, Friday, April 5, 2013 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Angels, 1-2, 1-2 4th, 1 GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Jason Vargas (30, LHP, 0-0, undef)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (14-11) 217.1 201 94 93 55 141 35 3.85
2011 (10-13) 201.0 205 105 95 59 131 22 4.25
2010 (9-12) 192.2 187 86 81 54 116 18 3.78
Last 7 GS 1-3 41.1 45 24 24 11 32 9 5.23 48
2012-09-29 @OAK ND 7.0 5 1 1 0 7 0 103 70
2012-09-23 TEX L 6.0 8 3 3 2 3 2 106 45
2012-09-15 @TEX ND 5.2 6 4 4 3 4 1 104 42
2012-09-09 OAK L 7.0 4 3 3 3 6 1 105 60
2012-09-03 BOS W 7.0 6 1 1 0 5 0 102 66
2012-08-29 @MIN L 4.2 9 6 6 2 5 2 102 25
2012-08-24 @CHW ND 4.0 7 6 6 1 2 3 74 25
Last 5 v.TEX 2-2 32.0 32 17 17 13 18 7 4.78 48
2012-09-23 TEX L 6.0 8 3 3 2 3 2 106 45
2012-09-15 @TEX ND 5.2 6 4 4 3 4 1 104 42
2012-05-29 @TEX W 6.2 5 3 3 3 2 1 101 51
2012-04-12 @TEX L 6.2 7 4 4 1 6 1 96 49
2011-08-10 @TEX W 7.0 6 3 3 4 3 2 121 52
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    0-0    Road:    1-2    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   1-2    vsLHP:   0-0    1-Run:   0-2 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  3 Thu, Apr  4  @CIN  L   4-5        1-2   4th  1.0 gb
  2 Wed, Apr  3  @CIN  L   4-5        1-1   3rd  0.5 gb
  1 Mon, Apr  1  @CIN  W   3-1 (13)   1-0   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 1-2    Last 20: 1-2    Last 30: 1-2
Rangers, 2-1, 2-1 1st, ½ up

SP: Derek Holland (26, LHP, 0-0, undef)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. LAA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
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
2010 (3-4) 57.1 55 30 26 24 54 6 4.08
Last 7 GS 4-0 44.2 44 22 20 11 42 9 4.03 54
2012-09-30 LAA W 6.2 12 7 7 2 5 2 113 25
2012-09-24 OAK ND 3.0 4 3 3 2 4 2 77 41
2012-09-19 @LAA W 7.0 6 2 2 1 4 1 104 60
2012-09-13 CLE ND 7.0 7 2 2 1 7 1 106 61
2012-09-07 @TBR ND 8.0 2 1 1 2 11 1 116 83
2012-09-02 @CLE W 7.0 7 2 2 2 6 1 110 59
2012-08-27 TBR W 6.0 6 5 3 1 5 1 94 48
Last 5 v.LAA 3-2 33.2 40 22 22 10 20 8 5.88 43
2012-09-30 LAA W 6.2 12 7 7 2 5 2 113 25
2012-09-19 @LAA W 7.0 6 2 2 1 4 1 104 60
2012-07-31 LAA L 6.2 5 6 6 4 5 3 97 41
2012-07-20 @LAA L 6.2 9 6 6 1 0 2 98 31
2011-08-26 LAA W 6.2 8 1 1 2 6 0 115 58
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    0-0    Road:    2-1    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   2-1    vsLHP:   0-0    1-Run:   0-0 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  2-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  3 Wed, Apr  3  @HOU  W   4-0        2-1   1st    Tied
  2 Tue, Apr  2  @HOU  W   7-0        1-1   3rd  1.0 gb
  1 Sun, Mar 31  @HOU  L   2-8        0-1   5th  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-1    Last 20: 2-1    Last 30: 2-1 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Sep 30, 2012 TEX  8  LAA  7        W:Derek Holland (12-6), L: Ervin Santana (9-13), S: Joe Nathan (37)
Sun, Sep 30, 2012 LAA  5 @TEX  4        W:Garrett Richards (4-3), L: Joe Nathan (3-5), S: Ernesto Frieri (23)
Fri, Sep 28, 2012 LAA  7 @TEX  4        W:Jered Weaver (20-4), L: Ryan Dempster (12-8), S: Ernesto Frieri (22)
Thu, Sep 20, 2012 TEX  3 @LAA  1        W:Yu Darvish (16-9), L: Ernesto Frieri (4-2), S: Joe Nathan (34)
Wed, Sep 19, 2012 TEX  6 @LAA  2        W:Derek Holland (11-6), L: C.J. Wilson (12-10), S: none
Tue, Sep 18, 2012 LAA 11  TEX  3        W:Jered Weaver (18-4), L: Ryan Dempster (11-7), S: none
Thu, Aug 02, 2012 TEX 15  LAA  9        W:Roy Oswalt (4-2), L: David Carpenter (1-2), S: none
Wed, Aug 01, 2012 TEX 11  LAA 10 (10)   W:Joe Nathan (2-3), L: Jason Isringhausen (3-1), S: none
Tue, Jul 31, 2012 LAA  6 @TEX  2        W:Jered Weaver (14-1), L: Derek Holland (7-6), S: none
Mon, Jul 30, 2012 LAA 15 @TEX  8        W:Ervin Santana (5-10), L: Roy Oswalt (3-2), S: Jerome Williams (1)
Season Series: 2013 -  0-0; 2012 - LAA won 10-9; 2011 - TEX won 12-7; All-Time - LAA leads 410-389

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

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

TEX  4.99

MIN  4.33

HOU  3.60

 RA/G

TBR  3.56

LAA  4.31

COL  5.49

 BA

B. Posey  .336

A. Rodriguez  .272

C. Pena  .197

 OBP

J. Mauer  .416

A. Jones  .334

D. Stubbs  .277

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .606

H. Ramirez  .437

J. Weeks  .304

 OPS

M. Cabrera  .999

A. Pagan  .778

J. Weeks  .609

 ERA

C. Kershaw  2.53

L. Lynn  3.78

R. Romero  5.77

 K/9IP

M. Scherzer  11.08

M. Minor  7.28

H. Alvarez  3.80

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

Angels Batters (3.67 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (2.67 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 45.Holland*
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/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Aybar# G/S/vP 36/.828 3/.666 ··· 16/.467 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/2.000 554/404 .290/.324/.416/.740 .879/.690 .737 15/.786 20/4 8/15
25.Bourjos G/S/vP 15/.534 2/1.000 5/1.650 3/.333 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 195/117 .220/.291/.315/.606 .606/.607 .601 2/2.000 3/1 3/1
6.Callaspo# G/S/vP 32/.988 6/.533 2/1.000 9/.708 13/.385 ··· 4/.000 1/2.000 520/372 .252/.331/.361/.692 .833/.634 .670 13/.647 4/3 10/12
16.Conger# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 22/22 .167/.238/.167/.405 /.405 .222 5/.650 0/0 0/1
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP ··· 6/1.166 ··· 7/.762 4/2.250 ··· ··· ··· 636/444 .285/.354/.577/.930 .853/.965 .924 15/.350 7/4 43/7
20.Harris G/S/vP 2/1.000 7/.619 ··· 6/.334 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· / /// / 3/1.167 / /
17.Iannetta G/S/vP 6/.750 2/1.000 ··· 25/.624 3/5.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 253/195 .240/.332/.398/.730 .636/.756 .869 10/1.067 1/3 9/2
47.Kendrick G/S/vP 39/.965 8/.250 4/.500 6/.000 8/.500 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 594/418 .287/.325/.400/.725 .797/.694 .769 14/.930 14/6 8/15
5.Pujols G/S/vP 13/1.539 2/1.000 1/2.000 36/.832 7/1.429 ··· 2/.500 3/.666 670/499 .285/.343/.516/.859 .926/.836 .884 14/.396 8/1 30/7
7.Romine* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 21/17 .412/.500/.412/.912 .833/.929 .912 1/.000 1/0 0/2
39.Shuck* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 3/.667 / /
27.Trout G/S/vP 18/1.286 1/no AB 2/.500 6/.666 4/.500 ··· 6/.750 ··· 639/468 .326/.399/.564/.963 .862/.999 .951 16/.713 49/5 30/4
44.Trumbo G/S/vP 26/.986 2/1.000 1/.000 9/1.181 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 586/420 .268/.317/.491/.808 .808/.808 .823 14/.593 4/5 32/7
IP 175.1 43.2 35.1 142.2 64.1 65.0 32.1 TOTAL .226/.302/.365/.668 .384/.692 .668 .668 0/1 3/6
ERA-K/9 4.67/7.4 4.12/10.9 3.82/9.7 5.11/3.5 2.80/10.9 /0.0 2.22/6.5 4.45/8.4 2.42/14.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Conger (6-2-0)
 Iannetta (46-16-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 730/.243 191/.256 151/.182 640/.311 257/.231 / 265/.232 152/.343 .172  Hamilton
 Trumbo
 Trout
 Bourjos
 Kendrick
84/95/2/5
66/0/35/4
67/110/4/3
0/90/0/2
2/0/0/0
OPS .745 .799 .611 .796 .631 .624 .908 .464
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 164/.656 82/.915 60/.709 290/.937 151/.617 / 113/.612 60/.949 .308
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 566/.770 109/.715 91/.549 350/.683 106/.650 / 152/.632 92/.881 .608
Home 398/.786 98/.790 106/.548 321/.742 149/.702 / 142/.618 104/.996
Last 28d days / 3/.000 4/.500 2/2.500 3/.000 5/1.200 1/.000 3/.667
HR/SB/CS 32/9/3 6/6/2 5/1/0 10/7/2 7/3/1 // 3/1/1 6/6/0 1/0/0
Usage ····o··· ·oo····· ····o··· ·o······ ····o··· ·o······ ·o······

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 (4.33 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (3.67 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 60.Vargas*
G/S/vB		 55.Blanton
G/S/vB		 24.Burnett*
G/S/vB		 37.Downs*
G/S/vB		 49.Frieri
G/S/vB		 48.Hanson
G/S/vB		 40.Jepsen
G/S/vB		 38.Lowe
G/S/vB		 43.Richards
G/S/vB		 57.Williams
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP 35/.578 ··· ··· 9/.708 3/1.333 ··· 10/.000 5/.650 6/.900 16/.393 711/522 .286/.349/.378/.727 .687/.742 .719 14/.973 21/10 3/16
15.Baker G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 201/64 .239/.279/.378/.656 .665/.637 .670 / 4/1 4/3
29.Beltre G/S/vP 21/.301 52/.725 3/2.334 16/1.108 3/1.666 ··· 10/1.500 ··· 5/.000 18/1.250 654/485 .321/.359/.561/.921 .737/.985 .988 13/.308 1/0 36/8
27.Berkman# G/S/vP 3/.333 3/.333 9/1.111 2/.500 ··· 6/.666 ··· ··· ··· 12/1.083 97/77 .259/.381/.444/.826 .712/.856 .714 13/1.392 2/0 2/4
20.Borbon* G/S/vP 12/.473 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 4/1.000 ··· ··· / /// / 1/.000 / /
17.Cruz G/S/vP 33/1.048 5/.000 ··· 5/.400 6/1.133 ··· 7/.453 5/.000 7/.429 15/2.024 642/483 .260/.319/.460/.779 .944/.727 .873 13/1.122 8/4 24/4
23.Gentry G/S/vP 12/.606 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 7/1.143 269/154 .304/.367/.392/.759 .859/.686 .737 4/1.750 13/7 1/0
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 35/.994 22/.673 ··· 8/.125 3/5.000 ··· 11/.384 9/1.127 6/1.300 18/.952 731/550 .256/.326/.423/.749 .988/.671 .886 14/.702 21/9 19/18
2.Martin* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 52/44 .174/.235/.370/.605 .500/.624 .794 7/.143 3/0 0/0
18.Moreland* G/S/vP 10/.311 ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/.833 15/.562 357/306 .275/.321/.468/.789 .737/.798 .895 12/.000 1/1 15/3
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 18/.230 9/.944 ··· 5/.650 4/.250 ··· 3/2.000 5/.000 6/1.467 9/.888 521/437 .304/.380/.479/.859 .845/.862 .917 13/.490 10/5 15/1
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 8/.000 10/.700 7/.000 12/.083 2/.000 3/2.000 3/.333 4/1.417 1/.000 8/.250 520/399 .278/.326/.501/.827 .673/.874 .943 12/.633 0/0 27/6
8.Soto G/S/vP 6/1.133 3/.333 3/3.000 1/2.000 2/.500 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 361/264 .198/.270/.343/.613 .677/.589 .576 / 1/0 11/8
IP 217.1 191.0 56.2 45.2 66.0 174.2 44.2 39.1 71.0 137.2 TOTAL .262/.328/.379/.706 .533/.742 .706 0/1 1/1
ERA-K/9 3.85/5.8 4.71/7.8 2.38/9.0 3.15/6.3 2.32/13.4 4.48/8.3 3.02/7.7 3.43/6.4 4.69/6.0 4.58/6.4 2.76/8.3

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 887/.245 806/.273 239/.262 194/.246 269/.152 761/.271 178/.244 162/.240 318/.280 572/.263 .155  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 .714 .759 .673 .658 .556 .808 .647 .707 .793 .743 .565
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 219/.705 406/.799 95/.534 92/.488 119/.373 393/.889 89/.744 74/.750 165/.900 296/.747 .581
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 668/.717 400/.718 144/.767 102/.813 150/.706 368/.719 89/.552 88/.663 153/.682 276/.738 .551
Road 496/.809 401/.782 122/.695 84/.601 127/.622 413/.790 78/.674 62/.638 143/.844 279/.879
Last 28d days / 23/1.205 7/.286 6/.650 4/.250 / 5/.000 14/.077 12/.282 /
HR/SB/CS 35/10/6 29/8/7 4/6/0 3/2/0 9/4/1 27/31/11 3/4/1 5/0/1 7/8/2 17/14/3 4/1/0
Usage X······· oX·o···· ·o·o···· ···X···· ·o·X···· X··X···· ·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.