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Game Preview: OAK @ TEX, 2:05pm, Wednesday, May 22, 2013 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Athletics, 25-22, 25-22 2nd, 4½ GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Jarrod Parker (24, RHP, 2-5, 6.04)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (2-5) 47.2 57 33 32 24 35 9 6.04
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 2-4 39.1 43 27 26 18 33 8 5.95 45
2013-05-17 KCR ND 7.0 4 1 1 2 5 0 98 68
2013-05-11 @SEA W 6.1 3 3 3 4 5 1 85 56
2013-05-06 @CLE L 5.0 7 4 4 2 7 4 93 42
2013-04-30 LAA W 6.0 6 4 3 3 4 0 96 47
2013-04-25 BAL L 5.1 8 6 6 3 5 1 98 30
2013-04-20 @TBR L 6.1 6 1 1 2 5 1 91 60
2013-04-14 DET L 3.1 9 8 8 2 2 1 76 10
Last 5 v.TEX 3-0 20.0 12 6 6 8 20 2 2.70 63
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:   13-10   Road:   12-12   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  19-15   vsLHP:   6-7    1-Run:   9-6 
 vsEast:  4-9    vsCntrl: 4-6    vsWest: 17-7  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 47 Tue, May 21  @TEX  W   1-0       25-22  2nd  4.5 gb
 46 Mon, May 20  @TEX  W   9-2       24-22  2nd  5.5 gb
 45 Sun, May 19   KCR  W   4-3       23-22  2nd  6.5 gb
 44 Sat, May 18   KCR  W   2-1       22-22  2nd  6.5 gb
 43 Fri, May 17   KCR  W   2-1       21-22  2nd  6.5 gb
 42 Wed, May 15   TEX  L   2-6       20-22  2nd  7.0 gb
 41 Tue, May 14   TEX  L   5-6 (10)  20-21  2nd  6.0 gb
 40 Mon, May 13   TEX  W   5-1       20-20  2nd  5.0 gb
 39 Sun, May 12  @SEA  L   1-6       19-20  2nd  6.0 gb
 38 Sat, May 11  @SEA  W   4-3       19-19  2nd  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-17
Rangers, 29-17, 29-17 1st, 4½ up

SP: Ross Wolf (30, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (0-0) 12.2 12 6 6 6 9 1 4.26
2007 (0-1) 12.1 24 16 16 3 6 4 11.68
Last 7 GS
Has never faced OAK as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   14-7    Road:   15-10   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  18-12   vsLHP:  11-5    1-Run:   9-4 
 vsEast:  5-1    vsCntrl: 6-5    vsWest: 16-8  IL: 2-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 46 Tue, May 21   OAK  L   0-1       29-17  1st  4.5 up
 45 Mon, May 20   OAK  L   2-9       29-16  1st  5.5 up
 44 Sun, May 19   DET  W  11-8       29-15  1st  6.5 up
 43 Sat, May 18   DET  W   7-2       28-15  1st  6.5 up
 42 Fri, May 17   DET  L   1-2       27-15  1st  6.5 up
 41 Thu, May 16   DET  W  10-4       27-14  1st  7.0 up
 40 Wed, May 15  @OAK  W   6-2       26-14  1st  7.0 up
 39 Tue, May 14  @OAK  W   6-5 (10)  25-14  1st  6.0 up
 38 Mon, May 13  @OAK  L   1-5       24-14  1st  5.0 up
 37 Sun, May 12  @HOU  W  12-7       24-13  1st  6.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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)
Mon, May 13, 2013 OAK  5  TEX  1        W:A.J. Griffin (4-3), L: Justin Grimm (2-3), S: none

Wed, Oct 03, 2012 OAK 12  TEX  5        W:Evan Scribner (2-0), L: Derek Holland (12-7), S: none
Tue, Oct 02, 2012 OAK  3  TEX  1        W:Travis Blackley (6-4), L: Matt Harrison (18-11), S: Grant Balfour (24)
Mon, Oct 01, 2012 OAK  4  TEX  3        W:Jarrod Parker (13-8), L: Martin Perez (1-4), S: Grant Balfour (23)
Thu, Sep 27, 2012 TEX  9  OAK  7        W:Matt Harrison (18-10), L: Travis Blackley (5-4), S: Joe Nathan (36)
Wed, Sep 26, 2012 OAK  9 @TEX  3        W:Jarrod Parker (12-8), L: Martin Perez (1-3), S: none
Season Series: 2013 - OAK over 3-2; 2012 - OAK won 11-8; 2011 - TEX won 13-6; All-Time - OAK leads 403-399

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
Athletics Batters (4.62 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (3.65 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
G/S/vB
57.Burns
G/S/vB
56.Cotts*
G/S/vB
44.Frasor
G/S/vB
50.Kirkman*
G/S/vB
36.Nathan
G/S/vB
58.Ortiz*
G/S/vB
46.Ross*
G/S/vB
52.Scheppers
G/S/vB
49.Tepesch
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
52.Cespedes G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/.250 1/2.000 1/no AB 3/.666 4/.500 ··· 145/105 .211/.283/.461/.744 .948/.671 .661 98/.741 1/3 9/0
4.Crisp# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 16/.938 11/.686 6/1.333 12/.349 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 139/91 .274/.370/.513/.882 .753/.942 1.200 49/.584 9/1 5/0
20.Donaldson G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· 3/.666 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/2.000 ··· 192/138 .315/.391/.530/.920 1.213/.804 .909 105/1.017 2/1 6/4
7.Freiman G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 56/16 .224/.304/.347/.651 .900/.063 .444 30/.726 0/0 1/1
5.Jaso* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 6/.900 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 133/117 .256/.341/.325/.666 .619/.672 .683 63/.661 0/0 1/2
8.Lowrie# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 2/2.000 ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 197/131 .301/.378/.439/.817 .823/.813 .880 104/.628 0/0 3/7
22.Montz G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 25/3 .208/.200/.458/.658 .751/.000 .722 25/.658 0/0 1/0
37.Moss* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 3/3.000 2/.500 5/1.400 5/2.800 ··· 167/129 .252/.359/.434/.793 .577/.860 .874 90/.768 1/0 6/4
36.Norris G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 2/1.500 3/.666 4/.500 ··· 121/67 .204/.339/.296/.635 .770/.521 .622 75/.501 3/0 1/0
17.Rosales G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 72/35 .274/.357/.435/.793 .917/.652 .786 72/.793 0/0 2/3
15.Smith* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 3/.333 ··· 3/.666 5/.600 3/1.167 4/.000 4/.000 ··· 163/121 .286/.356/.449/.805 .943/.756 .837 96/.669 0/0 4/0
28.Sogard* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 115/97 .257/.322/.324/.646 .465/.678 .536 54/.610 2/1 0/2
25.Young G/S/vP 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 116/82 .168/.267/.356/.624 .631/.617 .643 35/.479 5/0 4/1
IP 3.2 1.0 12.1 18.2 17.0 22.1 20.1 24.0 43.0 TOTAL .243/.329/.398/.727 .792/.697 .752 .678 28/6 45/27
ERA-K/9 /0.0 4.91/7.3 0.00/9.0 3.65/9.5 6.27/10.6 2.12/8.5 3.63/6.9 0.44/6.7 0.75/5.6 3.98/6.5 3.54/8.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Jaso (15-4-0)
 Norris (14-4-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / 17/.214 3/.000 53/.234 92/.321 71/.194 94/.244 83/.224 91/.160 185/.260 .239  Cespedes
 Moss
 Young
 Rosales
 Crisp
 Smith
17/16/0/3
1/2/11/1
6/14/9/0
1/0/0/0
0/23/0/0
23/0/3/0
OPS .639 .000 .791 .849 .572 .687 .552 .500 .721 .687
vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 7/.821 1/.000 14/.297 33/.961 36/.535 35/.356 25/.530 35/.653 99/.848 .674
vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 10/.500 2/.000 39/.977 59/.778 35/.610 59/.883 58/.562 56/.408 86/.574 .696
Home / 17/.639 3/.000 20/.721 40/.910 28/.410 36/.590 44/.545 47/.548 88/.727
Last 28d days / 17/.639 3/.000 24/.631 51/.914 41/.616 44/.791 44/.494 50/.493 123/.731
HR/SB/CS // 0/0/0 0/0/0 3/1/0 1/2/0 1/2/0 2/0/0 0/0/0 2/0/1 5/2/0 42/17/5
Usage ·X··oX·· o······· ··o·o··X ·Xoo··X· ··Xo···X ·X··o··· o·o·X··o X·Xo··oX ····X···
Rangers Batters (4.65 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (4.38 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
39.Okajima*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP 9/.944 12/.166 8/.286 4/.750 4/1.000 4/.250 2/.000 1/.000 205/148 .270/.317/.333/.650 .503/.705 .541 111/.708 12/1 0/2
15.Baker G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 50/11 .326/.420/.651/1.071 1.243/.545 1.135 32/1.085 0/0 4/0
29.Beltre G/S/vP 9/.444 18/.292 9/.777 3/.333 5/.400 3/.000 9/1.222 4/.000 195/145 .280/.328/.489/.817 .862/.802 .851 108/.896 0/0 9/4
27.Berkman# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 9/.476 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 166/122 .302/.416/.453/.869 .822/.886 .912 94/.767 0/0 3/
17.Cruz G/S/vP 9/.000 12/.258 7/.143 4/2.000 6/1.133 4/.000 2/.000 6/1.500 184/130 .253/.310/.482/.792 1.086/.673 .740 98/.706 2/1 11/1
3.Garcia# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 35/24 .219/.242/.281/.524 .583/.500 .154 23/.455 1/0 0/1
23.Gentry G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.333 1/.000 2/2.000 5/1.200 1/.000 ··· 89/36 .253/.330/.380/.709 .785/.603 .829 49/.632 6/1 1/0
2.Martin* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 100/87 .283/.333/.435/.768 .692/.780 .984 57/.848 5/2 2/0
18.Moreland* G/S/vP 6/.334 5/.400 3/.000 5/1.000 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 174/106 .289/.339/.566/.905 .775/.988 1.012 100/1.103 0/0 10/2
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 9/.347 13/.490 10/.400 4/.500 5/.400 ··· ··· 3/.000 154/108 .218/.273/.380/.653 .586/.682 .750 73/.746 0/3 5/1
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 3/.666 5/.000 4/.583 4/1.833 1/2.000 2/.000 6/1.133 8/.500 104/59 .265/.298/.408/.706 .500/.866 .727 33/.436 0/0 4/0
13.Profar# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/5 .200/.167/.200/.367 .000/.450 .367 6/.367 0/1 0/0
8.Soto G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 70/48 .217/.319/.367/.686 .282/.883 .899 55/.750 0/0 2/2
IP 47.2 18.1 21.2 10.0 20.2 20.0 17.0 1.0 TOTAL .269/.331/.444/.775 .739/.792 .821 .793 29/11 58/20
ERA-K/9 6.04/6.6 1.47/9.8 2.08/8.3 3.60/7.2 1.74/11.3 0.90/9.4 2.65/5.8 0.00/0.0 4.03/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pierzynski (10-2-1)
 Soto (7-3-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 220/.302 76/.194 80/.182 44/.268 86/.211 71/.132 76/.262 5/.250 .249  Martin
 Murphy
 Baker
 Cruz
 Gentry
2/30/3/3
44/0/0/1
14/0/1/0
0/0/44/0
0/32/0/0
OPS .898 .608 .525 .708 .542 .390 .744 .900 .711
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 116/.972 31/.624 30/.604 19/.579 39/.550 27/.622 24/.675 3/1.000 .751
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 104/.814 45/.598 50/.480 25/.815 47/.534 44/.253 52/.774 2/.500 .682
Road 96/.937 27/.433 40/.381 19/.610 27/.491 25/.247 38/.736 /
Last 28d days 129/.830 44/.516 35/.699 33/.690 47/.605 43/.349 35/.624 5/.900
HR/SB/CS 9/2/1 2/0/0 2/0/0 1/0/0 0/5/0 2/1/0 1/0/1 0/0/0 51/29/8
Usage ····X··· o··oX··X ·oo····o ······X· ··XX···o o··oo··X ·o····o· ··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.