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Game Preview: TEX @ LAA, 3:35pm, Sunday, May 4, 2014 @Angel Stadium of Anaheim

Rangers, 16-14, 16-14 2nd, 2 GB, tied for WC

SP: Yu Darvish (27, RHP, 1-1, 2.59)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. LAA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (1-1) 31.1 29 9 9 10 33 1 2.59
2013 (13-9) 209.2 145 68 66 80 277 26 2.83
2012 (16-9) 191.1 156 89 83 89 221 14 3.90
Last 7 GS 1-1 42.1 37 13 13 16 50 3 2.76 59
2014-04-28 OAK L 3.1 6 4 4 2 4 0 83 34
2014-04-21 @OAK ND 6.0 8 3 3 4 6 1 116 46
2014-04-16 SEA ND 7.0 7 2 2 2 8 0 107 61
2014-04-11 HOU ND 8.0 1 0 0 1 9 0 101 88
2014-04-06 @TBR W 7.0 7 0 0 1 6 0 89 68
2013-09-29 LAA ND 5.2 4 2 2 2 8 1 84 59
2013-09-24 HOU ND 5.1 4 2 2 4 9 1 101 57
Last 5 v.LAA 3-0 30.1 30 11 11 12 38 4 3.26 56
2013-09-29 LAA ND 5.2 4 2 2 2 8 1 84 59
2013-08-06 @LAA W 7.0 8 3 3 3 6 2 113 52
2013-04-24 @LAA W 6.0 3 0 0 2 11 0 100 75
2013-04-07 LAA W 5.0 6 3 3 4 6 0 85 45
2012-09-30 LAA ND 6.2 9 3 3 1 7 1 117 50
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    9-7    Road:    7-7    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  11-9    vsLHP:   5-5    1-Run:   7-4 
 vsEast:  2-4    vsCntrl: 2-1    vsWest: 10-8  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 30 Sat, May  3  @LAA  L   3-5       16-14  2nd  2.0 gb
 29 Fri, May  2  @LAA  W   5-2       16-13  2nd  2.0 gb
 28 Wed, Apr 30   OAK  L   1-12      15-13  2nd  3.0 gb
 27 Tue, Apr 29   OAK  L   3-9       15-12  2nd  2.0 gb
 26 Mon, Apr 28   OAK  L   0-4       15-11  2nd  1.0 gb
 25 Sun, Apr 27  @SEA  L   5-6       15-10  1st    Tied
 24 Sat, Apr 26  @SEA  W   6-3       15-9   1st    Tied
 23 Fri, Apr 25  @SEA  L   5-6       14-9   2nd  1.0 gb
 22 Wed, Apr 23  @OAK  W   3-0       14-8   1st  0.5 up
 21 Tue, Apr 22  @OAK  W   5-4       13-8   2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14
Angels, 15-14, 15-14 3rd, 2½ GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Tyler Skaggs (22, LHP, 2-0, 3.34)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (2-0) 35.0 27 14 13 9 22 3 3.34
2013 (2-3) 38.2 38 23 22 15 36 7 5.12
2012 (1-3) 29.1 30 20 19 13 21 6 5.83
Last 7 GS 2-2 44.2 37 24 22 14 33 6 4.43 53
2014-04-28 CLE ND 7.0 4 3 3 1 6 1 103 62
2014-04-22 @WSN W 7.0 3 2 2 4 5 0 94 64
2014-04-16 OAK ND 6.0 7 4 4 3 2 1 95 41
2014-04-11 NYM ND 7.0 9 4 4 0 4 1 89 47
2014-04-05 @HOU W 8.0 4 1 0 1 5 0 95 76
2013-07-27 SDP L 3.2 3 7 6 5 5 1 85 29
2013-07-22 CHC L 6.0 7 3 3 0 6 2 86 52
Last 5 v.TEX 1-0 6.0 3 0 0 3 9 0 0.00 72
2013-05-27 TEX W 6.0 3 0 0 3 9 0 102 72
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    7-7    Road:    8-7    ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:  10-9    vsLHP:   5-5    1-Run:   2-7 
 vsEast:  1-2    vsCntrl: 4-2    vsWest:  6-8  IL: 4-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 29 Sat, May  3   TEX  W   5-3       15-14  3rd  2.5 gb
 28 Fri, May  2   TEX  L   2-5       14-14  3rd  3.5 gb
 27 Wed, Apr 30   CLE  W   7-1       14-13  3rd  3.5 gb
 26 Tue, Apr 29   CLE  W   6-4       13-13  3rd  3.5 gb
 25 Mon, Apr 28   CLE  W   6-3       12-13  3rd  3.5 gb
 24 Sun, Apr 27  @NYY  L   2-3       11-13  3rd  3.5 gb
 23 Sat, Apr 26  @NYY  L   3-4       11-12  3rd  3.5 gb
 22 Fri, Apr 25  @NYY  W  13-1       11-11  3rd  3.5 gb
 21 Wed, Apr 23  @WSN  L   4-5       10-11  3rd  3.5 gb
 20 Tue, Apr 22  @WSN  W   7-2       10-10  3rd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, May 03, 2014 LAA  5  TEX  3        W:Garrett Richards (3-0), L: Shawn Tolleson (0-1), S: Joe Smith (3)
Fri, May 02, 2014 TEX  5 @LAA  2        W:Colby Lewis (2-1), L: Hector Santiago (0-5), S: Joakim Soria (7)

Sun, Sep 29, 2013 TEX  6  LAA  2        W:Neal Cotts (8-3), L: Jason Vargas (9-8), S: none
Sat, Sep 28, 2013 TEX  7  LAA  4        W:Joakim Soria (1-0), L: Garrett Richards (7-8), S: Joe Nathan (43)
Fri, Sep 27, 2013 TEX  5  LAA  3        W:Neal Cotts (7-3), L: J.C. Gutierrez (1-5), S: Joe Nathan (42)
Thu, Sep 26, 2013 TEX  6  LAA  5        W:Joe Nathan (6-2), L: Michael Kohn (1-4), S: none
Sun, Sep 08, 2013 TEX  4 @LAA  3        W:Alexi Ogando (6-4), L: Michael Kohn (1-2), S: Joe Nathan (39)
Sat, Sep 07, 2013 LAA  8  TEX  3        W:Garrett Richards (6-6), L: Derek Holland (9-8), S: none
Fri, Sep 06, 2013 LAA  6  TEX  5        W:C.J. Wilson (15-6), L: Matt Garza (9-4), S: Ernesto Frieri (31)
Wed, Aug 07, 2013 TEX 10 @LAA  3        W:Alexi Ogando (5-3), L: Tommy Hanson (4-3), S: none
Season Series: 2014 - tied 1-1; 2013 - TEX won 15-4; 2012 - LAA won 10-9; All-Time - LAA leads 415-405

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 2014 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
Rangers Batters (4.07 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (4.03 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 45.Skaggs*
G/S/vB
49.Frieri
G/S/vB
40.Jepsen
G/S/vB
58.Kohn
G/S/vB
63.Maronde*
G/S/vB
64.Morin
G/S/vB
59.Salas
G/S/vB
38.Smith
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP 3/.666 8/1.096 14/.286 4/.917 1/3.000 ··· ··· 13/.542 130/91 .217/.283/.287/.570 .686/.523 .576 104/.503 9/2 1/7
7.Arencibia G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.533 42/31 .077/.143/.128/.271 .673/.131 .388 28/.184 0/0 0/2
29.Beltre G/S/vP 3/.000 8/1.750 13/1.538 8/1.786 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 11/.717 65/42 .224/.308/.310/.618 .867/.478 .570 39/.554 0/0 0/5
61.Chirinos G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 68/46 .250/.318/.383/.702 .619/.738 .767 60/.779 0/0 2/2
15.Choice G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 68/37 .196/.309/.268/.577 .614/.547 .501 59/.637 1/0 1/0
17.Choo* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 106/71 .337/.462/.530/.992 1.172/.905 1.353 79/1.117 2/2 3/1
84.Fielder* G/S/vP ··· 5/.900 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/2.600 7/.629 129/83 .209/.326/.309/.635 .586/.660 .526 103/.687 0/0 2/2
2.Martin* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 111/77 .293/.340/.374/.713 .440/.824 .428 86/.744 8/2 1/1
18.Moreland* G/S/vP 3/.000 5/.000 2/1.000 4/.500 3/.333 1/2.000 ··· 3/.333 82/71 .264/.313/.403/.715 .222/.770 .790 63/.724 0/0 1/0
16.Murphy G/S/vP 3/.333 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 76/56 .224/.289/.313/.603 .775/.544 .640 63/.591 0/0 1/0
51.Rios G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 2/3.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 10/1.450 124/86 .333/.363/.470/.833 1.190/.679 .923 100/.807 5/4 2/2
19.Robertson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 4/3 .333/.500/.333/.833 .000/1.167 4/.833 0/0 0/0
12.Wilson G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 60/37 .273/.310/.327/.638 .913/.447 .711 52/.515 1/0 0/1
IP 35.0 12.1 10.0 14.0 5.1 2.1 12.2 13.0 TOTAL .261/.332/.372/.705 .783/.670 .685 .712 26/10 16/26
ERA-K/9 3.34/5.7 6.57/10.2 4.50/14.4 1.29/10.3 1.69/11.9 0.00/11.7 2.13/9.9 2.77/9.0 3.77/8.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Arencibia (8-2-2)
 Chirinos (8-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 137/.213 53/.286 43/.211 58/.125 25/.300 9/.250 52/.178 53/.208 .225  Martin
 Choo
 Choice
 Robertson
 Moreland
 Rios
0/29/0/2
20/0/0/1
12/3/2/0
1/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
0/0/28/0
OPS .617 .952 .644 .505 .850 .583 .666 .491 .670
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 27/.514 35/.786 26/.824 33/.572 15/.900 4/1.000 34/.408 31/.573 .656
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 110/.641 18/1.268 17/.369 25/.422 10/.775 5/.200 18/1.098 22/.377 .683
Home 81/.751 25/1.000 24/.825 27/.564 10/.971 9/.583 34/.535 34/.620
Last 28d days 108/.700 48/.833 33/.442 44/.385 14/.729 9/.583 36/.382 46/.524
HR/SB/CS 3/2/1 5/0/0 1/1/0 1/1/0 0/1/1 0/0/0 2/1/0 0/1/0 30/20/9
Usage ·····X·· oo·····o ·o··o·oo ····o·oX ·o··o·oo ·X·o···· o···oo·· o···oX··
Angels Batters (5.38 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.73 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
48.Lewis
G/S/vB
22.Martinez
G/S/vB
41.Ogando
G/S/vB
49.Poreda*
G/S/vB
28.Soria
G/S/vB
37.Tolleson
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Aybar# G/S/vP 23/.707 4/.000 9/.222 12/.550 ··· 16/.846 ··· 10/.200 1/.000 116/88 .266/.296/.385/.681 .474/.749 .550 92/.694 1/2 1/0
16.Conger# G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.500 2/1.500 12/.500 ··· 9/.444 ··· 1/.000 ··· 41/38 .297/.350/.541/.891 .333/.923 .951 33/.930 0/0 2/2
7.Cowgill G/S/vP 5/.400 1/.000 3/.000 3/1.167 ··· 6/.334 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 57/30 .327/.411/.510/.921 .907/.934 1.071 54/.915 1/0 2/1
10.Green G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 5/2 .400/.400/.400/.800 1.333/.000 .800 5/.800 0/0 0/0
17.Iannetta G/S/vP 16/.393 1/no AB 4/.500 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 2/no AB ··· 80/50 .222/.375/.397/.772 .927/.669 .882 63/.850 2/0 2/0
28.Ibanez* G/S/vP 9/.222 11/.637 11/1.259 12/.444 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 95/71 .149/.221/.299/.520 .216/.623 .580 75/.493 0/0 3/0
13.Jimenez G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 4/.000 0/0 0/0
47.Kendrick G/S/vP 18/.111 2/.000 9/.222 25/.671 ··· 20/.900 ··· 6/.333 1/3.000 134/100 .314/.391/.441/.832 .690/.880 .624 109/.871 7/2 2/2
8.McDonald G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 2/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 15/7 .357/.400/.429/.829 1.071/.571 3.000 10/.844 0/0 0/2
5.Pujols G/S/vP 25/.741 ··· 4/1.750 7/1.371 ··· 10/.971 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 132/99 .286/.348/.580/.928 1.102/.869 .742 106/1.026 1/0 9/2
44.Stewart* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 54/44 .220/.278/.460/.738 1.100/.648 .933 53/.752 1/0 2/1
27.Trout G/S/vP 34/1.227 3/1.334 6/.583 9/.597 ··· 15/1.103 ··· 3/1.167 2/.000 134/99 .308/.396/.564/.960 1.370/.821 1.167 108/.930 4/0 6/1
IP 31.1 11.2 10.1 21.1 16.0 15.2 5.1 12.0 15.0 TOTAL .260/.327/.438/.765 .805/.750 .747 .777 23/4 38/17
ERA-K/9 2.59/9.5 5.40/9.2 0.87/7.0 4.22/8.5 2.81/3.4 6.32/8.6 0.00/3.4 3.00/10.5 3.60/8.4 4.25/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Conger (8-5-0)
 Iannetta (12-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 132/.242 53/.267 40/.143 96/.299 66/.218 73/.292 21/.222 44/.122 61/.214 .264  Cowgill
 Trout
 Green
 Ibanez
5/3/15/1
0/29/0/1
1/0/0/0
3/0/0/0
OPS .636 .765 .421 .802 .723 .739 .611 .354 .779 .727
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 99/.640 21/1.060 20/.472 60/.814 45/.764 37/.820 9/.444 25/.492 30/.893 .728
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 33/.626 32/.553 20/.368 36/.780 21/.638 36/.651 12/.750 19/.164 31/.672 .725
Road 58/.760 29/1.012 19/.610 50/.802 48/.840 36/.681 13/.641 23/.391 22/.701
Last 28d days 103/.637 41/.747 32/.398 96/.802 42/.665 57/.735 21/.611 38/.413 52/.778
HR/SB/CS 1/5/0 1/0/0 0/1/0 3/5/1 2/0/0 1/2/0 0/0/1 0/0/0 4/2/0 22/16/7
Usage ·····X·· ·X·XX··o oo··X··· ·X·····X ·····X·· Xo·X··Xo ·o·X·o·X ·o·o···o X··oX·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.