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Game Preview: TBR @ TEX, 8:05pm, Monday, April 8, 2013 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Rays, 3-3, 3-3 2nd, 1 GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Jeremy Hellickson (26, RHP, 0-0, 7.11)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (0-0) 6.1 8 5 5 1 2 1 7.11
2012 (10-11) 177.0 163 68 61 59 124 25 3.10
2011 (13-10) 189.0 146 64 62 72 117 21 2.95
Last 7 GS 2-1 38.0 36 12 11 11 33 3 2.61 55
2013-04-03 BAL ND 6.1 8 5 5 1 2 1 94 38
2012-10-03 BAL W 5.1 1 0 0 1 6 0 80 71
2012-09-28 @CHW L 5.2 9 3 2 1 2 1 93 42
2012-09-23 TOR W 5.2 5 0 0 2 6 0 95 63
2012-09-18 BOS ND 4.0 5 3 3 2 7 0 94 45
2012-09-13 @BAL ND 5.0 4 0 0 3 5 0 93 61
2012-09-07 TEX ND 6.0 4 1 1 1 5 1 95 64
Last 5 v.TEX 0-1 12.0 10 3 3 5 9 2 2.25 58
2012-09-07 TEX ND 6.0 4 1 1 1 5 1 95 64
2011-08-30 @TEX L 6.0 6 2 2 4 4 1 112 52
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    3-3    Road:    0-0    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   2-3    vsLHP:   1-0    1-Run:   1-0 
 vsEast:  1-2    vsCntrl: 2-1    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  6 Sun, Apr  7   CLE  L   0-13       3-3   2nd  1.0 gb
  5 Sat, Apr  6   CLE  W   6-0        3-2   1st    Tied
  4 Fri, Apr  5   CLE  W   4-0        2-2   3rd  1.0 gb
  3 Thu, Apr  4   BAL  L   3-6        1-2   3rd  1.0 gb
  2 Wed, Apr  3   BAL  W   8-7        1-1   2nd  1.0 gb
  1 Tue, Apr  2   BAL  L   4-7        0-1   3rd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-3    Last 20: 3-3    Last 30: 3-3
Rangers, 4-2, 4-2 2nd, ½ GB, tied for WC

SP: Alexi Ogando (29, RHP, 1-0, 0.00)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (1-0) 6.1 4 0 0 1 10 0 0.00
2012 (2-0) 66.0 49 26 24 17 66 9 3.27
2011 (13-8) 169.0 149 73 66 43 126 16 3.51
Last 7 GS 2-3 29.0 23 14 12 7 29 4 3.72 53
2013-04-03 @HOU W 6.1 4 0 0 1 10 0 94 74
2012-06-10 @SFG ND 3.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 39 61
2011-09-24 SEA ND 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 28 58
2011-09-15 CLE W 6.0 2 0 0 2 4 0 92 70
2011-09-10 OAK L 5.0 6 5 3 1 3 0 85 41
2011-08-31 TBR L 2.2 5 3 3 2 3 0 54 37
2011-08-25 BOS L 4.0 6 6 6 1 5 4 77 30
Last 5 v.TBR 0-1 2.2 5 3 3 2 3 0 10.13 37
2011-08-31 TBR L 2.2 5 3 3 2 3 0 54 37
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    2-1    Road:    2-1    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   3-2    vsLHP:   1-0    1-Run:   1-0 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  4-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  6 Sun, Apr  7   LAA  W   7-3        4-2   2nd  0.5 gb
  5 Sat, Apr  6   LAA  L   4-8        3-2   2nd  0.5 gb
  4 Fri, Apr  5   LAA  W   3-2        3-1   1st  0.5 up
  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: 4-2    Last 20: 4-2    Last 30: 4-2 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Sep 09, 2012 TBR  6  TEX  0        W:James Shields (14-8), L: Roy Oswalt (4-3), S: none
Sat, Sep 08, 2012 TEX  4 @TBR  2 (10)   W:Mike Adams (5-3), L: Kyle Farnsworth (1-4), S: Joe Nathan (31)
Fri, Sep 07, 2012 TBR  3  TEX  1 (11)   W:Wade Davis (3-0), L: Mark Lowe (0-1), S: none
Wed, Aug 29, 2012 TBR  8 @TEX  4        W:Jake McGee (5-2), L: Matt Harrison (15-8), S: none
Tue, Aug 28, 2012 TEX  1  TBR  0        W:Yu Darvish (13-9), L: James Shields (12-8), S: Joe Nathan (27)
Mon, Aug 27, 2012 TEX  6  TBR  5        W:Derek Holland (9-6), L: David Price (16-5), S: Joe Nathan (26)
Sun, Apr 29, 2012 TBR  5 @TEX  2        W:David Price (4-1), L: Derek Holland (2-2), S: Fernando Rodney (7)
Sat, Apr 28, 2012 TEX  7  TBR  2        W:Colby Lewis (3-0), L: Jeff Niemann (1-3), S: none
Fri, Apr 27, 2012 TBR  8 @TEX  4        W:James Shields (4-0), L: Matt Harrison (3-1), S: none
Wed, Sep 07, 2011 TBR  5  TEX  4 (10)   W:Jake McGee (2-1), L: Mark Lowe (2-3), S: none
Season Series: 2013 -  0-0; 2012 - TBR won 5-4; 2011 - TEX won 5-4; All-Time - TEX leads 77-62

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

T. Cahill  3.78

R. Romero  5.77

 K/9IP

M. Scherzer  11.08

U. Jimenez  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.

Rays Batters (4.17 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (3.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Ogando
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
15.Duncan G/S/vP 2/.500 4/.250 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 264/136 .203/.288/.388/.676 .695/.658 .779 14/.786 1/2 11/2
11.Escobar G/S/vP 9/.819 ··· 2/.000 15/.414 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 608/441 .253/.300/.344/.644 .644/.643 .635 24/.488 5/1 9/12
5.Fuld* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 107/69 .255/.318/.327/.644 .623/.656 .764 16/.267 7/2 0/1
8.Jennings G/S/vP 3/.333 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 563/418 .246/.314/.388/.702 .735/.691 .714 24/.725 31/2 13/0
2.Johnson* G/S/vP 2/2.500 2/1.500 ··· 25/.547 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 581/423 .225/.313/.365/.678 .607/.705 .627 15/.651 14/2 16/11
20.Joyce* G/S/vP 4/2.500 5/.400 ··· ··· 6/.500 ··· ··· ··· 462/358 .241/.341/.429/.769 .631/.810 .818 19/.616 4/3 17/2
59.Lobaton# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 197/132 .222/.323/.317/.640 .751/.593 .675 9/.778 0/1 2/4
21.Loney* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 12/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 465/367 .249/.293/.336/.630 .508/.662 .637 19/.669 0/3 6/6
3.Longoria G/S/vP 4/1.750 11/.909 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 312/234 .289/.369/.527/.896 1.064/.842 .807 24/.750 2/3 17/8
28.Molina G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.500 1/2.000 14/.630 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 274/220 .223/.286/.355/.640 .469/.680 .590 9/.661 3/1 8/4
19.Roberts G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 6/.900 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/2.000 489/319 .235/.296/.360/.656 .648/.661 .671 8/.750 10/6 12/9
1.Rodriguez G/S/vP 3/.000 6/.334 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 342/215 .213/.281/.326/.607 .655/.575 .578 5/.200 5/0 6/18
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 5/.650 14/.793 ··· ··· 6/2.833 ··· 1/.000 ··· 668/471 .270/.377/.471/.848 .879/.835 .916 24/1.125 14/9 20/12
IP 66.0 43.2 35.1 142.2 64.1 65.0 32.1 TOTAL .251/.322/.364/.686 .765/.673 .686 3/1 4/0
ERA-K/9 3.27/9.0 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 3.23/10.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Lobaton (42-8-0)
 Molina (39-19-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 263/.203 191/.256 151/.182 640/.311 257/.231 / 265/.232 152/.343 .227  Zobrist
 Duncan
 Jennings
 Joyce
 Fuld
 Roberts
0/0/71/6
57/0/2/4
111/21/1/4
33/0/89/2
14/6/15/2
1/0/0/0
OPS .615 .799 .611 .796 .631 .624 .908 .663
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 114/.637 82/.915 60/.709 290/.937 151/.617 / 113/.612 60/.949 .401
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 149/.598 109/.715 91/.549 350/.683 106/.650 / 152/.632 92/.881 .794
Home 132/.618 98/.790 106/.548 321/.742 149/.702 / 142/.618 104/.996
Last 28d days 24/.426 7/1.429 4/.500 2/2.500 11/.282 15/.940 10/.522 13/.308
HR/SB/CS 9/5/0 6/6/2 5/1/0 10/7/2 7/3/1 // 3/1/1 6/6/0 6/1/1
Usage ····X··· ·X·····o ····oo·· ·······o o·o·o··· ·X·····o oo··o··· X·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 (4.50 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (5.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 58.Hellickson
G/S/vB		 43.Farnsworth
G/S/vB		 47.Gomes
G/S/vB		 57.McGee*
G/S/vB		 62.Peralta
G/S/vB		 27.Ramos*
G/S/vB		 56.Rodney
G/S/vB		 35.Wright
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP 6/.000 6/.334 2/2.000 2/.000 3/.000 2/.000 9/1.167 8/.661 711/522 .286/.349/.378/.727 .687/.742 .719 27/.671 21/10 3/16
15.Baker G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 201/64 .239/.279/.378/.656 .665/.637 .670 1/.000 4/1 4/3
29.Beltre G/S/vP 2/1.000 23/.043 2/.000 2/.000 7/.000 ··· 9/.583 43/1.029 654/485 .321/.359/.561/.921 .737/.985 .988 25/.560 1/0 36/8
27.Berkman# G/S/vP 5/2.600 15/1.417 ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 30/1.792 97/77 .259/.381/.444/.826 .712/.856 .714 24/1.292 2/0 2/4
20.Borbon* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 / /// / 1/.000 / /
17.Cruz G/S/vP 2/.000 4/.250 2/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 12/.432 7/1.429 642/483 .260/.319/.460/.779 .944/.727 .873 25/1.147 8/4 24/4
3.Garcia# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 1/.000 / /
23.Gentry G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 269/154 .304/.367/.392/.759 .859/.686 .737 8/1.286 13/7 1/0
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 7/.286 5/1.400 1/5.000 2/.500 5/1.400 1/.000 14/.762 8/.393 731/550 .256/.326/.423/.749 .988/.671 .886 27/1.116 21/9 19/18
2.Martin* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 52/44 .174/.235/.370/.605 .500/.624 .794 15/.277 3/0 0/0
18.Moreland* G/S/vP 5/.933 ··· 1/5.000 5/.400 3/.000 2/.000 5/1.100 4/1.167 357/306 .275/.321/.468/.789 .737/.798 .895 23/.369 1/1 15/3
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 5/1.467 4/1.000 1/.000 5/.800 5/1.000 3/1.667 8/1.071 7/.286 521/437 .304/.380/.479/.859 .845/.862 .917 25/.689 10/5 15/1
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 3/.000 13/1.621 ··· 2/1.500 14/.220 4/.500 15/.434 17/.502 520/399 .278/.326/.501/.827 .673/.874 .943 20/.900 0/0 27/6
8.Soto G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 361/264 .198/.270/.343/.613 .677/.589 .576 4/1.000 1/0 11/8
IP 177.0 27.0 17.2 55.1 67.0 30.0 74.2 67.2 TOTAL .275/.330/.480/.811 .721/.841 .917 .811 2/1 8/2
ERA-K/9 3.10/6.3 4.00/8.3 5.09/7.6 1.95/11.9 3.63/11.3 2.10/8.7 0.60/9.2 3.72/7.2 5.50/7.0

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 741/.244 120/.216 83/.235 212/.168 264/.200 120/.176 282/.167 306/.270 .270  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 .710 .588 .773 .452 .629 .490 .417 .676 .820
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 416/.703 51/.723 33/1.047 90/.665 137/.556 59/.510 160/.435 139/.643 .858
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 325/.717 69/.494 50/.593 122/.291 127/.708 61/.470 122/.394 167/.699 .784
Road 317/.733 50/.487 36/.837 105/.471 132/.642 63/.488 137/.520 175/.760
Last 28d days 28/.803 6/1.667 7/.714 10/1.389 10/.500 14/.643 10/1.806 15/.564
HR/SB/CS 25/7/3 1/3/0 2/3/0 3/0/0 9/3/1 2/3/0 2/2/1 2/10/1 10/5/1
Usage ····X··· o···o··· o·o····· ··o··X·· ·oX·X··· oX·X·o·· X···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.