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Game Preview: CHC @ TEX, 10:05pm, Tuesday, March 18, 2014 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Cubs, 66-96, 66-96

SP: Jason Hammel (30, RHP, 7-8, 4.97)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (7-8) 139.1 155 81 77 48 96 22 4.97
2012 (8-6) 118.0 104 48 45 42 113 9 3.43
2011 (7-13) 170.1 175 100 90 68 94 21 4.76
Last 7 GS 0-4 39.1 50 24 23 15 24 6 5.26 44
2013-09-20 @TBR ND 5.0 6 3 2 0 3 0 77 48
2013-09-13 @TOR ND 5.0 3 3 3 1 2 2 62 50
2013-07-28 BOS L 5.1 6 3 3 5 3 1 97 42
2013-07-23 @KCR L 6.0 10 3 3 4 4 0 107 40
2013-07-13 TOR L 6.0 10 6 6 2 1 1 99 27
2013-07-07 @NYY ND 5.0 6 1 1 2 4 0 102 53
2013-07-02 @CHW L 7.0 9 5 5 1 7 2 110 45
Last 5 v.TEX 0-1 4.0 7 5 5 4 1 1 11.25 25
2007-08-12 @TEX L 4.0 7 5 5 4 1 1 91 25
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   31-50   Road:   35-46   ExtrInn: 7-6 
 vsRHP:  44-74   vsLHP:  22-22   1-Run:  20-33
 vsEast: 14-18   vsCntrl:25-51   vsWest: 14-20 IL:13-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
162 Sun, Sep 29  @STL  L   0-4       66-96  5th 31.0 gb
161 Sat, Sep 28  @STL  L   2-6       66-95  5th 30.0 gb
160 Fri, Sep 27  @STL  L   0-7       66-94  5th 29.0 gb
159 Wed, Sep 25   PIT  W   4-2       66-93  5th 28.0 gb
158 Tue, Sep 24   PIT  L   2-8       65-93  5th 28.0 gb
157 Mon, Sep 23   PIT  L   1-2       65-92  5th 27.0 gb
156 Sun, Sep 22   ATL  L   2-5       65-91  5th 26.0 gb
155 Sat, Sep 21   ATL  W   3-1       65-90  5th 26.0 gb
154 Fri, Sep 20   ATL  L   5-9       64-90  5th 26.0 gb
153 Thu, Sep 19  @MIL  W   5-1       64-89  5th 25.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:10-20
Rangers, 91-72, 91-72

SP: Alexi Ogando (29, RHP, 7-4, 3.11)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (7-4) 104.1 87 38 36 41 72 11 3.11
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 2-2 37.1 32 14 14 16 22 5 3.38 52
2013-09-27 LAA ND 5.1 8 3 3 3 4 0 88 41
2013-09-22 @KCR ND 7.0 2 0 0 1 5 0 77 77
2013-09-17 @TBR W 5.0 2 1 1 1 4 1 69 62
2013-08-13 MIL L 6.1 6 4 4 2 3 3 73 46
2013-08-07 @LAA W 5.0 4 2 2 2 4 1 97 53
2013-08-02 @OAK ND 4.0 4 3 3 5 1 0 92 38
2013-07-28 @CLE L 4.2 6 1 1 2 1 0 92 47
Last 5 v.CHC 0-1 2.1 6 5 5 2 2 2 19.29 25
2013-04-18 @CHC L 2.1 6 5 5 2 2 2 71 25
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   46-36   Road:   45-36   ExtrInn: 3-9 
 vsRHP:  59-53   vsLHP:  32-19   1-Run:  27-20
 vsEast: 15-20   vsCntrl:13-19   vsWest: 53-23 IL:10-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
163 Mon, Sep 30   TBR  L   2-5       91-72  2nd  5.5 gb
162 Sun, Sep 29   LAA  W   6-2       91-71  2nd  5.0 gb
161 Sat, Sep 28   LAA  W   7-4       90-71  2nd  5.0 gb
160 Fri, Sep 27   LAA  W   5-3       89-71  2nd  6.0 gb
159 Thu, Sep 26   LAA  W   6-5       88-71  2nd  6.0 gb
158 Wed, Sep 25   HOU  W   7-3       87-71  2nd  6.5 gb
157 Tue, Sep 24   HOU  W   3-2       86-71  2nd  7.5 gb
156 Mon, Sep 23   HOU  W  12-0       85-71  2nd  8.5 gb
155 Sun, Sep 22  @KCR  L   0-4 (10)  84-71  2nd  8.5 gb
154 Sat, Sep 21  @KCR  W   3-1       84-70  2nd  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, May 06, 2013 CHC  9  TEX  2        W:Scott Feldman (3-3), L: Nick Tepesch (2-3), S: none
Thu, Apr 18, 2013 CHC  6  TEX  2        W:Carlos Villanueva (1-0), L: Alexi Ogando (2-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 16, 2013 TEX  4 @CHC  2        W:Derek Holland (1-1), L: Travis Wood (1-1), S: Joe Nathan (5)

Sun, May 23, 2010 CHC  5 @TEX  4        W:Carlos Silva (6-0), L: C.J. Wilson (3-2), S: Carlos Marmol (9)
Sat, May 22, 2010 CHC  5 @TEX  4 (10)   W:Sean Marshall (4-1), L: Darren O'Day (1-2), S: Carlos Marmol (8)
Fri, May 21, 2010 TEX  2  CHC  1        W:Colby Lewis (4-2), L: Ted Lilly (1-4), S: Neftali Feliz (12)
Thu, Jun 21, 2007 TEX  6  CHC  5        W:Eric Gagne (2-0), L: Bob Howry (3-4), S: none
Wed, Jun 20, 2007 TEX  7  CHC  3        W:Kameron Loe (3-6), L: Jason Marquis (5-4), S: none
Tue, Jun 19, 2007 CHC  5 @TEX  4        W:Carlos Marmol (2-0), L: Joaquin Benoit (2-2), S: Ryan Dempster (16)
Thu, Jun 20, 2002 TEX  7 @CHC  4        W:Anthony Telford (1-0), L: Juan Cruz (1-9), S: Francisco Cordero (2)
Season Series: 2013 - CHC over 2-1; 2012 -  0-0; 2011 -  0-0; All-Time - Tied 6-6

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.

Cubs Batters (3.72 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (3.90 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Ogando
G/S/vB		 56.Cotts*
G/S/vB		 11.Darvish
G/S/vB		 30.Feliz
G/S/vB		 32.Figueroa*
G/S/vB		 44.Frasor
G/S/vB		 19.Hanson
G/S/vB		 54.Harrison*
G/S/vB		 50.Kirkman*
G/S/vB		 33.Perez*
G/S/vB		 46.Ross*
G/S/vB		 47.Saunders*
G/S/vB		 52.Scheppers
G/S/vB		 28.Soria
G/S/vB		 37.Tolleson
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
15.Barney G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.167 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 588/436 .254/.299/.354/.653 .636/.659 .509 / 6/1 7/3
5.Castillo G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 190/143 .265/.337/.418/.754 1.199/.609 .715 / 0/0 5/7
13.Castro G/S/vP 2/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 10/.311 ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 8/.393 ··· ··· ··· 691/525 .283/.323/.430/.753 .775/.746 .743 / 25/13 14/27
7.Jackson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 142/123 .175/.303/.342/.644 .488/.670 .550 / 0/3 4/2
9.Kottaras* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 7/.453 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 2/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 209/173 .211/.351/.415/.766 .736/.770 .740 / 0/0 9/4
21.Lake G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
8.Murphy G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 17/.983 ··· ··· ··· 129/78 .216/.281/.379/.661 .430/.816 .542 / 1/1 3/1
30.Olt G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 40/21 .152/.250/.182/.432 .387/.473 .398 / 1/1 0/3
44.Rizzo* G/S/vP 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/2.334 ··· 2/3.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 368/261 .285/.342/.463/.805 .599/.892 .824 / 3/2 15/4
20.Ruggiano G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 5/1.600 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/1.400 ··· ··· 2/.000 320/213 .313/.374/.535/.909 1.129/.806 .955 / 14/8 13/3
19.Schierholtz* G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 3/.666 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 269/201 .257/.321/.407/.728 .444/.826 .838 / 3/2 6/1
6.Sweeney* G/S/vP 2/4.000 ··· ··· 5/.650 ··· 4/1.167 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 10/.200 1/.000 7/.143 ··· 219/196 .260/.303/.373/.675 .332/.713 .693 / 0/0 0/2
24.Valbuena* G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.800 ··· 6/1.133 ··· 303/237 .219/.310/.340/.650 .624/.657 .632 / 0/2 4/7
27.Vitters G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 109/61 .121/.193/.202/.395 .346/.433 .508 / 2/0 2/4
IP 66.0 191.1 42.2 21.2 43.2 174.2 213.1 35.1 38.0 65.0 174.2 32.1 37.2 TOTAL .238/.300/.392/.693 .693/.693 .647 63/32 172/100
ERA-K/9 3.27/9.0 /0.0 3.90/10.4 3.16/7.8 3.32/5.8 4.12/10.9 4.48/8.3 3.29/5.6 3.82/9.7 5.45/5.9 2.22/6.5 4.07/5.8 4.45/8.4 /0.0 4.30/9.3 3.63/8.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castillo (33-11-4)
 Kottaras (38-8-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 263/.203 / 816/.220 175/.187 89/.216 191/.256 761/.271 876/.258 151/.182 177/.297 265/.232 745/.281 152/.343 / 160/.221 .248  Sweeney
 Ruggiano
 Jackson
 Wright
 Schierholtz
 Olt
0/19/49/3
31/52/15/3
0/39/0/0
0/0/1/0
0/7/80/0
0/0/2/0
OPS .615 .659 .623 .659 .799 .808 .714 .611 .819 .624 .755 .908 .698 .701
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 114/.637 / 464/.674 96/.623 30/.412 82/.915 393/.889 221/.571 60/.709 57/.596 113/.612 172/.451 60/.949 / 68/.988 .720
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 149/.598 / 352/.640 79/.623 59/.798 109/.715 368/.719 655/.764 91/.549 120/.924 152/.632 573/.849 92/.881 / 92/.485 .685
Home 132/.618 / 393/.690 54/.561 57/.611 98/.790 348/.829 375/.737 106/.548 112/.755 142/.618 373/.867 104/.996 / 89/.709
Last 28d days / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 9/5/0 // 14/23/4 5/3/0 2/2/0 6/6/2 27/31/11 22/1/3 5/1/0 3/1/1 3/1/1 21/4/6 6/6/0 // 4/1/0 157/73/34
Usage ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········

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 (4.48 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.25 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 39.Hammel
G/S/vB		 49.Arrieta
G/S/vB		 62.Cabrera
G/S/vB		 11.Fujikawa
G/S/vB		 52.Grimm
G/S/vB		 36.Jackson
G/S/vB		 55.McDonald
G/S/vB		 50.Parker
G/S/vB		 56.Rondon
G/S/vB		 59.Rosscup*
G/S/vB		 18.Rusin*
G/S/vB		 40.Russell*
G/S/vB		 29.Samardzija
G/S/vB		 46.Strop
G/S/vB		 41.Veras
G/S/vB		 33.Villanueva
G/S/vB		 47.Vizcaino
G/S/vB		 37.Wood*
G/S/vB		 53.Wright*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
35.Adduci* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 / /// / / / /
1.Andrus G/S/vP ··· 11/1.045 ··· ··· ··· 9/.777 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 5/1.150 11/.282 ··· 3/.666 4/.833 711/522 .286/.349/.378/.727 .687/.742 .719 / 21/10 3/16
7.Arencibia G/S/vP 13/.308 9/.904 ··· ··· 3/1.666 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 372/277 .233/.275/.435/.710 .774/.688 .686 / 1/0 18/4
29.Beltre G/S/vP 8/.804 7/1.429 ··· ··· ··· 15/.900 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 4/.500 9/.777 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 654/485 .321/.359/.561/.921 .737/.985 .988 / 1/0 36/8
43.Beltre* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
61.Chirinos G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/3.500 ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
15.Choice G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
17.Choo* G/S/vP 7/.929 6/1.100 ··· 1/no AB ··· 32/.969 3/.000 3/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 5/.000 18/.906 2/.000 3/1.666 13/.718 ··· 19/.729 2/.000 686/444 .283/.373/.441/.815 .605/.926 .835 / 21/7 16/2
84.Fielder* G/S/vP 16/.742 3/.333 ··· ··· 6/.666 13/.385 8/.250 ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/.425 9/1.194 1/.000 1/.000 2/5.000 ··· 15/1.033 20/.967 690/442 .313/.412/.528/.940 .808/1.017 1.015 / 1/0 30/11
2.Martin* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 4/1.500 52/44 .174/.235/.370/.605 .500/.624 .794 / 3/0 0/0
18.Moreland* G/S/vP ··· 8/1.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 10/.600 ··· 3/.000 4/.000 357/306 .275/.321/.468/.789 .737/.798 .895 / 1/1 15/3
13.Profar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.667 17/13 .176/.176/.471/.647 .000/.846 .000 / 0/0 1/0
51.Rios G/S/vP 21/.762 6/1.267 ··· ··· 4/.250 32/.881 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/2.667 9/.222 3/1.667 11/.473 6/.500 ··· 6/.900 ··· 640/484 .304/.334/.516/.850 .857/.848 .904 / 23/6 25/7
9.Rosales G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/no AB ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 111/42 .222/.297/.333/.631 .558/.757 .562 / 0/0 2/0
8.Soto G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 19/.417 9/.722 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/1.500 4/.000 4/.000 6/.750 8/1.250 361/264 .198/.270/.343/.613 .677/.589 .576 / 1/0 11/8
IP 118.0 114.2 21.2 14.0 189.2 171.0 6.0 29.2 69.1 174.2 66.1 67.0 125.1 156.0 52.1 TOTAL .262/.323/.412/.735 .751/.728 .745 149/46 176/86
ERA-K/9 3.43/8.6 6.20/8.6 5.40/11.2 /0.0 9.00/8.4 4.03/8.0 4.21/7.9 6.00/9.0 /0.0 /0.0 6.37/6.4 3.25/7.1 3.81/9.3 2.44/7.9 3.63/10.6 4.16/8.8 /0.0 4.27/6.9 3.27/9.3 4.00/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Arencibia (53-22-9)
 Soto (65-21-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 493/.234 496/.272 99/.205 / 65/.367 790/.243 713/.233 32/.370 / / 135/.314 292/.255 723/.240 283/.217 300/.239 521/.242 / 649/.232 223/.226 .244  Rios
 Choo
 Martin
 Moreland
0/0/156/9
0/0/154/7
4/14/0/1
0/0/3/0
OPS .637 .763 .678 .935 .719 .715 1.172 .881 .732 .698 .613 .694 .758 .745 .638 .718
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 257/.586 267/.846 35/.524 / 34/1.006 410/.758 368/.653 12/1.071 / / 35/.678 111/.727 371/.755 139/.674 146/.724 262/.816 / 130/.614 133/.538 .678
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 236/.692 229/.664 64/.767 / 31/.855 380/.677 345/.780 20/1.200 / / 100/.955 181/.735 352/.640 144/.556 154/.665 259/.703 / 519/.779 90/.790 .746
Road 262/.659 223/.626 45/.589 / 18/.667 391/.773 356/.850 20/1.265 / / 90/.933 129/.816 403/.695 136/.589 148/.721 246/.860 / 296/.758 100/.533
Last 28d days / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 9/6/4 16/9/3 1/4/1 // 1/2/2 23/7/5 21/12/4 3/1/0 // // 4/2/1 5/7/2 20/15/5 2/1/1 5/10/2 23/6/5 // 25/6/1 4/3/1 160/107/42
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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.