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Game Preview: OAK @ TEX, 8:05pm, Tuesday, June 18, 2013 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Athletics, 42-30, 42-30 1st, 2 up

SP: Jarrod Parker (24, RHP, 5-6, 4.45)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (5-6) 83.0 80 43 41 32 57 13 4.45
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 4-1 48.2 30 14 13 14 32 5 2.40 63
2013-06-13 NYY ND 8.0 5 2 2 2 2 1 108 64
2013-06-07 @CHW W 7.0 5 3 2 2 4 1 92 59
2013-06-02 CHW W 6.1 2 0 0 2 7 0 105 74
2013-05-28 SFG W 7.0 5 2 2 1 4 0 94 62
2013-05-22 @TEX L 7.0 6 3 3 1 5 2 96 57
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
Last 5 v.TEX 3-1 27.0 18 9 9 9 25 4 3.00 62
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:   22-12   Road:   20-18   ExtrInn: 6-2 
 vsRHP:  27-19   vsLHP:  15-11   1-Run:  14-9 
 vsEast:  7-9    vsCntrl: 9-8    vsWest: 21-11 IL: 5-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 72 Mon, Jun 17  @TEX  L   7-8       42-30  1st  2.0 up
 71 Sun, Jun 16   SEA  W  10-2       42-29  1st  3.0 up
 70 Sat, Jun 15   SEA  L   0-4       41-29  1st  2.0 up
 69 Fri, Jun 14   SEA  L   2-3       41-28  1st  2.0 up
 68 Thu, Jun 13   NYY  W   3-2 (18)  41-27  1st  2.0 up
 67 Wed, Jun 12   NYY  W   5-2       40-27  1st  1.0 up
 66 Tue, Jun 11   NYY  W   6-4       39-27  1st    Tied
 65 Sun, Jun  9  @CHW  L   2-4       38-27  2nd  0.5 gb
 64 Sat, Jun  8  @CHW  L   1-4       38-26  1st  0.5 up
 63 Fri, Jun  7  @CHW  W   4-3       38-25  1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:22-8
Rangers, 39-31, 39-31 2nd, 2 GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Yu Darvish (26, RHP, 7-2, 2.64)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (7-2) 95.1 61 29 28 29 127 9 2.64
2012 (16-9) 191.1 156 89 83 89 221 14 3.90
Last 7 GS 2-1 49.2 34 16 15 14 55 6 2.72 65
2013-06-13 TOR ND 7.0 3 1 1 2 9 0 110 74
2013-06-08 @TOR ND 7.0 6 3 2 3 7 0 111 59
2013-06-02 KCR ND 7.0 3 0 0 2 6 0 99 75
2013-05-27 @ARI ND 7.2 7 4 4 0 14 1 116 63
2013-05-21 OAK L 6.0 5 1 1 3 5 1 101 60
2013-05-16 DET W 8.0 7 4 4 1 6 2 130 57
2013-05-11 @HOU W 7.0 3 3 3 3 8 2 105 64
Last 5 v.OAK 1-3 26.0 20 11 11 14 27 3 3.81 56
2013-05-21 OAK L 6.0 5 1 1 3 5 1 101 60
2012-07-01 OAK L 7.0 5 3 3 3 11 1 105 63
2012-06-07 @OAK L 5.1 6 6 6 6 4 1 110 30
2012-05-16 OAK W 7.2 4 1 1 2 7 0 118 72
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   20-14   Road:   19-17   ExtrInn: 1-4 
 vsRHP:  26-22   vsLHP:  13-9    1-Run:  11-7 
 vsEast:  7-9    vsCntrl: 9-8    vsWest: 20-9  IL: 3-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 70 Mon, Jun 17   OAK  W   8-7       39-31  2nd  2.0 gb
 69 Sun, Jun 16   TOR  L   2-7       38-31  2nd  3.0 gb
 68 Sat, Jun 15   TOR  L   1-6       38-30  2nd  2.0 gb
 67 Fri, Jun 14   TOR  L   0-8       38-29  2nd  2.0 gb
 66 Thu, Jun 13   TOR  L   1-3       38-28  2nd  2.0 gb
 65 Wed, Jun 12   CLE  L   2-5       38-27  2nd  1.0 gb
 64 Tue, Jun 11   CLE  L   2-5       38-26  1st    Tied
 63 Mon, Jun 10   CLE  W   6-3       38-25  1st  1.0 up
 62 Sun, Jun  9  @TOR  W   6-4       37-25  1st  0.5 up
 61 Sat, Jun  8  @TOR  L   3-4 (18)  36-25  2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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)
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)
Season Series: 2013 - TEX over 4-3; 2012 - OAK won 11-8; 2011 - TEX won 13-6; All-Time - OAK leads 403-401

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

BOS  5.11

SDP  4.23

MIA  3.13

 RA/G

ATL  3.41

SEA  4.32

HOU  5.13

 BA

M. Cabrera  .358

E. Hosmer  .272

B. Upton  .165

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .451

G. Blanco  .335

J. Arencibia  .235

 SLG

C. Davis  .706

A. Cabrera  .434

J. Keppinger  .259

 OPS

C. Davis  1.121

J. Hardy  .764

J. Keppinger  .498

 ERA

C. Buchholz  1.71

B. Norris  3.64

W. Peralta  6.08

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.99

J. Teheran  7.16

J. Guthrie  4.30

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

Athletics Batters (4.65 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.07 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 11.Darvish
G/S/vB		 56.Cotts*
G/S/vB		 44.Frasor
G/S/vB		 37.McClellan
G/S/vB		 36.Nathan
G/S/vB		 46.Ross*
G/S/vB		 52.Scheppers
G/S/vB		 49.Tepesch
G/S/vB		 55.Wolf
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
52.Cespedes G/S/vP 7/1.429 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 4/.500 5/.400 2/.000 3/1.000 245/163 .235/.298/.471/.769 .955/.680 .782 100/.804 2/5 13/1
4.Crisp# G/S/vP 8/1.958 17/.879 11/.686 ··· 13/.336 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.666 3/.666 239/144 .299/.382/.495/.877 .815/.916 1.048 100/.871 13/2 8/0
20.Donaldson G/S/vP 6/.167 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 3/1.167 2/.500 2/.000 297/203 .303/.370/.500/.870 1.096/.768 .899 105/.781 2/2 10/6
7.Freiman G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 109/28 .273/.330/.404/.734 .890/.294 .616 53/.818 0/0 2/1
5.Jaso* G/S/vP 12/1.117 2/.000 ··· ··· 6/.900 2/1.000 1/.000 2/1.500 3/.333 191/171 .282/.379/.356/.735 .485/.764 .738 58/.900 0/0 1/2
8.Lowrie# G/S/vP 7/.971 1/.000 4/.250 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.500 2/2.500 ··· 291/181 .297/.376/.410/.786 .727/.820 .802 94/.722 1/0 3/9
37.Moss* G/S/vP 9/.904 4/.000 ··· 6/.000 3/3.000 6/1.167 6/2.167 2/1.000 2/.000 228/179 .235/.325/.455/.780 .606/.828 .792 61/.738 1/0 12/4
36.Norris G/S/vP 3/.666 1/3.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 4/.500 4/.500 ··· 2/1.500 184/88 .195/.311/.318/.630 .777/.459 .520 63/.615 3/0 3/1
16.Reddick* G/S/vP 9/.000 1/.000 4/.250 ··· 5/.200 4/1.250 3/.333 2/.000 ··· 174/112 .205/.295/.331/.626 .628/.623 .591 65/.801 5/0 3/3
17.Rosales G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 138/60 .198/.276/.339/.615 .766/.409 .583 66/.425 0/0 4/5
15.Smith* G/S/vP 12/1.100 5/.200 ··· 2/.000 7/.857 4/.000 4/.000 2/1.000 2/.500 235/168 .273/.353/.440/.793 .679/.841 .855 72/.767 0/0 6/0
28.Sogard* G/S/vP 5/.650 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 167/137 .265/.329/.338/.667 .489/.706 .575 52/.716 6/2 0/3
25.Young G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 12/1.144 4/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 188/112 .186/.271/.359/.631 .543/.682 .614 72/.641 6/1 6/2
IP 95.1 15.0 19.0 6.1 28.1 33.0 34.1 70.2 18.1 TOTAL .248/.328/.402/.730 .752/.718 .739 .737 39/12 73/40
ERA-K/9 2.64/12.0 0.60/8.4 3.32/10.4 7.11/4.3 1.91/8.9 1.36/9.0 1.05/6.3 4.84/6.4 1.47/2.5 3.76/8.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Jaso (17-4-0)
 Norris (22-6-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 374/.181 57/.140 82/.247 26/.190 111/.153 139/.232 133/.162 306/.269 76/.243 .248  Cespedes
 Reddick
 Smith
 Moss
 Crisp
 Young
 Rosales
33/16/0/3
0/0/43/3
32/0/7/1
2/2/11/1
0/44/0/0
8/21/16/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .563 .398 .730 .736 .482 .589 .502 .736 .589 .698
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 220/.581 29/.649 27/.472 11/1.141 59/.521 48/.659 59/.535 181/.848 39/.494 .712
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 154/.536 28/.151 55/.856 15/.433 52/.441 91/.553 74/.476 125/.573 37/.676 .687
Home 214/.629 34/.350 33/.717 23/.682 52/.341 76/.567 71/.542 158/.768 32/.509
Last 28d days 112/.523 54/.422 29/.618 26/.736 40/.323 56/.645 42/.508 121/.759 76/.589
HR/SB/CS 9/5/1 0/1/0 3/3/0 1/2/0 2/2/0 0/1/0 2/1/2 9/3/0 0/0/0 63/31/7
Usage ····X··· X···o·o· ··X··oo· ·X·Xo·X· Xo·····o o·X··X·o oX··o··X X····X·· ··o··X··
Rangers Batters (4.34 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.97 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/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP 12/1.000 12/.166 9/.250 5/.600 5/.800 4/.250 2/.000 ··· 311/222 .241/.294/.287/.581 .501/.613 .482 106/.444 16/2 0/6
15.Baker G/S/vP 3/.666 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 92/39 .317/.391/.695/1.086 1.491/.599 .893 42/1.101 0/0 9/1
29.Beltre G/S/vP 12/.750 18/.292 9/.777 4/.833 5/.400 3/.000 9/1.222 ··· 292/221 .308/.353/.516/.869 .853/.874 .898 97/.973 0/0 14/6
27.Berkman# G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 9/.476 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 250/182 .266/.372/.393/.765 .834/.737 .794 84/.566 0/0 5/0
17.Cruz G/S/vP 12/.000 12/.258 8/.536 5/2.600 6/1.133 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 276/200 .266/.330/.532/.862 .876/.856 .861 92/1.004 5/1 18/2
23.Gentry G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.333 1/.000 2/2.000 5/1.200 1/.000 ··· 130/54 .219/.310/.316/.626 .714/.506 .642 41/.440 7/2 1/0
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 9/.222 15/.666 7/.453 5/.000 4/.000 5/.650 6/.533 ··· 194/132 .293/.363/.477/.840 .634/.941 .903 14/.452 3/2 7/7
2.Martin* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 166/140 .268/.325/.423/.748 .511/.795 .975 66/.716 10/2 3/2
21.McGuiness* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 34/25 .176/.176/.206/.382 .222/.440 .296 34/.382 0/0 0/0
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 12/.705 13/.490 12/.334 5/.400 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· 251/180 .212/.271/.377/.648 .571/.678 .730 97/.639 0/4 8/2
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 6/.334 5/.000 5/.733 4/1.833 1/2.000 2/.000 6/1.133 ··· 189/123 .305/.339/.463/.802 .646/.884 .828 85/.920 0/1 6/0
13.Profar# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 97/67 .276/.333/.391/.724 .641/.760 .840 91/.747 0/2 2/3
8.Soto G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 86/54 .189/.294/.311/.605 .225/.844 .811 16/.259 0/1 2/2
IP 83.0 28.2 31.2 21.1 30.2 31.0 23.2 3.1 TOTAL .263/.325/.430/.755 .714/.774 .786 .719 42/17 87/36
ERA-K/9 4.45/6.2 1.26/9.1 1.99/7.4 2.53/8.5 2.35/9.7 3.48/8.7 2.28/6.8 2.70/8.2 3.68/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pierzynski (24-2-2)
 Soto (7-5-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 350/.259 116/.196 127/.212 87/.200 125/.214 121/.211 105/.253 14/.286 .244  Martin
 Murphy
 Gentry
 Baker
 Cruz
3/48/6/5
67/0/0/4
0/48/0/2
18/0/1/0
0/0/66/0
OPS .773 .594 .600 .556 .549 .583 .708 .571 .686
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 185/.806 53/.535 51/.627 43/.481 55/.665 46/.610 31/.595 7/1.143 .700
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 165/.737 63/.647 76/.581 44/.631 70/.460 75/.567 74/.750 7/.000 .675
Road 149/.844 42/.440 70/.511 42/.570 46/.616 47/.768 57/.751 /
Last 28d days 130/.572 40/.568 47/.733 43/.396 39/.562 50/.867 29/.618 14/.571
HR/SB/CS 13/4/3 3/0/0 2/0/0 2/0/0 0/6/0 3/2/0 1/2/1 0/0/0 74/39/10
Usage ····X··· ····oXo· X·o·X·X· X···X··· o···o·o· ·o·X·XX· ··o·o··· ·ooX····

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.