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Game Preview: TEX @ OAK, 10:05pm, Tuesday, April 22, 2014 @O.co Coliseum

Rangers, 12-8, 12-8 2nd, 1½ GB, 1½ up in WC

SP: Nick Martinez (23, RHP, 0-0, 4.50)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (0-0) 6.0 4 3 3 3 3 2 4.50
Last 7 GS 0-0 6.0 4 3 3 3 3 2 4.50 52
2014-04-05 @TBR ND 6.0 4 3 3 3 3 2 85 52
Has never faced OAK as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    9-4    Road:    3-4    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:   9-5    vsLHP:   3-3    1-Run:   6-2 
 vsEast:  2-4    vsCntrl: 2-1    vsWest:  6-2  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 20 Mon, Apr 21  @OAK  W   4-3       12-8   2nd  1.5 gb
 19 Sun, Apr 20   CHW  L   2-16      11-8   2nd  2.5 gb
 18 Sat, Apr 19   CHW  W   6-3       11-7   2nd  1.5 gb
 17 Fri, Apr 18   CHW  W  12-0       10-7   2nd  1.5 gb
 16 Thu, Apr 17   SEA  W   8-6        9-7   2nd  1.5 gb
 15 Wed, Apr 16   SEA  W   3-2        8-7   2nd  2.0 gb
 14 Tue, Apr 15   SEA  W   5-0        7-7   3rd  3.0 gb
 13 Mon, Apr 14   SEA  L   1-7        6-7   3rd  3.0 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 13   HOU  W   1-0        6-6   3rd  2.0 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 12   HOU  L   5-6 (10)   5-6   3rd  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:12-8
Athletics, 13-6, 13-6 1st, 1½ up

SP: Tommy Milone (27, LHP, 0-1, 4.09)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (0-1) 11.0 15 8 5 2 8 1 4.09
2013 (12-9) 156.1 160 83 72 39 126 25 4.14
2012 (13-10) 190.0 207 90 79 36 137 24 3.74
Last 7 GS 3-2 34.2 44 26 17 8 31 5 4.41 45
2014-04-16 @LAA ND 6.0 6 3 2 2 1 0 95 49
2014-04-11 @SEA L 5.0 9 5 3 0 7 1 93 40
2013-09-23 @LAA W 5.1 5 5 2 1 8 1 88 51
2013-09-15 @TEX W 5.0 6 1 1 1 5 0 86 55
2013-08-27 @DET W 5.0 3 3 2 3 3 0 84 51
2013-08-18 CLE ND 4.2 6 3 1 1 5 1 97 48
2013-08-02 TEX L 3.2 9 6 6 0 2 2 76 21
Last 5 v.TEX 1-3 25.0 35 21 14 2 17 5 5.04 42
2013-09-15 @TEX W 5.0 6 1 1 1 5 0 86 55
2013-08-02 TEX L 3.2 9 6 6 0 2 2 76 21
2013-06-19 @TEX L 5.1 8 6 6 1 1 1 100 28
2012-09-25 @TEX ND 6.0 6 2 0 0 3 0 110 59
2012-06-30 @TEX L 5.0 6 6 1 0 6 2 96 47
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    6-4    Road:    7-2    ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  10-5    vsLHP:   3-1    1-Run:   4-2 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 4-2    vsWest:  9-4  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 19 Mon, Apr 21   TEX  L   3-4       13-6   1st  1.5 up
 18 Sun, Apr 20   HOU  W   4-1       13-5   1st  2.5 up
 17 Sat, Apr 19   HOU  W   4-3       12-5   1st  1.5 up
 16 Fri, Apr 18   HOU  W  11-3       11-5   1st  1.5 up
 15 Wed, Apr 16  @LAA  L   4-5 (12)  10-5   1st  2.0 up
 14 Tue, Apr 15  @LAA  W  10-9 (11)  10-4   1st  2.5 up
 13 Mon, Apr 14  @LAA  W   3-2        9-4   1st  1.5 up
 12 Sun, Apr 13  @SEA  W   3-0        8-4   1st  1.5 up
 11 Sat, Apr 12  @SEA  W   3-1        7-4   1st  0.5 up
 10 Fri, Apr 11  @SEA  L   4-6        6-4   2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-6    Last 30:13-6 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Apr 21, 2014 TEX  4 @OAK  3        W:Neal Cotts (1-1), L: Sean Doolittle (0-1), S: Joakim Soria (4)

Sun, Sep 15, 2013 OAK  5 @TEX  1        W:Tommy Milone (11-9), L: Martin Perez (9-5), S: none
Sat, Sep 14, 2013 OAK  1 @TEX  0        W:Bartolo Colon (16-6), L: Yu Darvish (12-9), S: Grant Balfour (38)
Fri, Sep 13, 2013 OAK  9 @TEX  8        W:Dan Straily (10-7), L: Derek Holland (9-9), S: Sean Doolittle (2)
Wed, Sep 04, 2013 OAK 11  TEX  4        W:Jarrod Parker (11-6), L: Yu Darvish (12-7), S: Brett Anderson (2)
Tue, Sep 03, 2013 TEX  5 @OAK  1        W:Martin Perez (9-3), L: Bartolo Colon (14-6), S: none
Mon, Sep 02, 2013 OAK  4  TEX  2        W:Dan Straily (8-7), L: Derek Holland (9-7), S: Grant Balfour (36)
Sun, Aug 04, 2013 TEX  4 @OAK  0        W:Derek Holland (9-6), L: A.J. Griffin (10-8), S: none
Sat, Aug 03, 2013 OAK  4  TEX  2        W:Jarrod Parker (7-6), L: Matt Garza (7-2), S: Grant Balfour (29)
Fri, Aug 02, 2013 TEX  8 @OAK  3        W:Jason Frasor (2-2), L: Tommy Milone (9-9), S: none
Season Series: 2014 - TEX over 1-0; 2013 - OAK won 10-9; 2012 - OAK won 11-8; All-Time - OAK leads 410-407

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

For the 2013 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

BOS  5.27

NYY  4.01

MIA  3.17

 RA/G

ATL  3.38

NYM  4.22

HOU  5.23

 BA

M. Cabrera  .348

A. Pierzynski  .272

D. Uggla  .179

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .442

C. Crisp  .335

A. Escobar  .259

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .636

J. Loney  .430

A. Hechavarria  .298

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.078

P. Sandoval  .758

A. Escobar  .559

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.83

J. De La Rosa  3.49

E. Volquez  5.71

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.89

Z. Greinke  7.50

J. Guthrie  4.72

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2014 season. Player Stats for the 2013 season. We will switch to 2014 stats on May 1st.

Rangers Batters (4.30 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.11 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 57.Milone*
G/S/vB		 56.Abad*
G/S/vB		 48.Cook
G/S/vB		 62.Doolittle*
G/S/vB		 44.Gregerson
G/S/vB		 45.Johnson
G/S/vB		 61.Otero
G/S/vB		 13.Pomeranz*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP 19/.865 3/.666 7/.858 6/.533 ··· 4/.250 4/.500 ··· 698/498 .271/.328/.331/.659 .698/.644 .726 85/.723 42/8 4/14
7.Arencibia G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 11/.664 1/.000 ··· 497/354 .194/.227/.365/.592 .588/.594 .454 32/.225 0/2 21/11
61.Chirinos G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 30/16 .179/.233/.286/.519 .445/.583 .808 41/.663 0/0 0/1
15.Choice G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 19/10 .278/.316/.333/.649 .583/.700 .750 31/.636 0/0 0/0
17.Choo* G/S/vP 9/.365 1/.000 2/.000 3/.333 1/.000 4/1.250 1/.000 ··· 712/491 .285/.423/.462/.885 .612/1.011 .823 88/.932 20/11 21/4
84.Fielder* G/S/vP 8/1.000 5/.000 1/.000 2/.000 5/2.250 2/.000 2/2.000 ··· 712/451 .279/.362/.457/.819 .819/.819 .797 88/.697 1/1 25/6
6.Kouzmanoff G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· / /// / 49/1.039 / /
2.Martin* G/S/vP 5/1.200 1/.000 1/3.000 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 508/364 .260/.313/.385/.698 .573/.749 .652 73/.843 36/9 8/5
18.Moreland* G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 3/.666 4/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/no AB ··· 518/363 .232/.299/.437/.736 .701/.752 .762 57/.691 0/0 23/5
16.Murphy G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 163/123 .255/.319/.530/.849 .950/.818 .722 51/.573 2/0 11/4
51.Rios G/S/vP 9/.000 1/2.000 5/1.600 4/1.750 ··· 7/.629 3/.666 ··· 662/502 .278/.324/.432/.756 .889/.714 .816 86/.798 42/7 18/3
3.Sardinas# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 1/2.000 / /
12.Wilson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 65/20 .200/.262/.300/.562 .511/.671 .238 36/.617 0/0 1/2
IP 156.1 37.2 67.1 69.0 66.1 70.1 39.0 21.2 TOTAL .274/.345/.405/.750 .826/.719 .674 .750 19/9 13/18
ERA-K/9 4.14/7.3 3.35/7.6 2.54/9.0 3.13/7.8 2.71/8.7 2.94/7.2 1.38/6.2 6.23/7.9 2.55/8.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Arencibia (62-21-13)
 Chirinos (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 667/.258 166/.271 294/.238 266/.214 268/.203 291/.273 159/.276 105/.301 .217  Martin
 Choo
 Rios
 Choice
 Moreland
6/127/21/14
3/150/0/9
0/1/155/9
2/2/4/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .738 .687 .616 .573 .572 .699 .613 .951 .603
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 147/.790 65/.790 132/.730 92/.516 132/.624 155/.740 83/.613 26/.405 .656
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 520/.724 101/.619 162/.526 174/.603 136/.521 136/.653 76/.613 79/1.150 .547
Home 286/.765 75/.475 165/.562 155/.587 149/.523 166/.657 110/.586 62/.851
Last 28d days 53/.807 29/.212 25/.385 43/.619 40/.405 48/.789 45/.611 32/.564
HR/SB/CS 25/9/3 3/2/0 2/16/1 4/6/3 3/10/0 5/1/1 0/1/0 4/3/0 15/17/2
Usage ·····X·· X··X·o·· o··X·oX· oX····X· ·o···X·o ·o····Xo X·o··XX· ·····XX·

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2014 season. Player Stats for the 2013 season. We will switch to 2014 stats on May 1st.

Athletics Batters (4.74 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.55 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
G/S/vB		 56.Cotts*
G/S/vB		 32.Figueroa*
G/S/vB		 44.Frasor
G/S/vB		 48.Lewis
G/S/vB		 19.Noesi
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
10.Barton* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 26/.466 4/.500 6/.000 ··· 8/.500 ··· 120/91 .269/.350/.375/.725 .653/.749 .846 37/.425 0/0 3/1
18.Callaspo# G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 2/1.000 7/.453 13/.322 7/.286 16/.599 ··· 3/.666 1/no AB 516/348 .258/.333/.369/.702 .763/.672 .673 65/.821 0/2 10/16
52.Cespedes G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 5/2.300 4/.250 9/.985 ··· 2/.000 ··· 574/390 .240/.294/.442/.737 .880/.672 .787 83/.818 7/7 26/4
4.Crisp# G/S/vP ··· 17/.879 ··· 13/.667 26/.490 10/.700 13/.795 ··· 10/.744 1/.000 584/373 .261/.335/.444/.779 .645/.857 .705 50/1.010 21/5 22/0
20.Donaldson G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 ··· 5/.650 ··· 3/.000 10/.425 ··· 1/.000 ··· 668/464 .301/.384/.499/.883 1.042/.813 .888 90/.805 5/2 24/16
3.Gentry G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/3.000 ··· 287/126 .280/.373/.386/.759 .801/.709 .786 22/.876 24/3 2/2
5.Jaso* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.000 1/.000 7/1.714 ··· 2/.000 ··· 249/220 .271/.387/.372/.759 .442/.802 .696 50/.661 2/1 3/3
8.Lowrie# G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 ··· 5/.200 12/.916 ··· 10/.425 ··· 2/.000 ··· 662/431 .290/.344/.446/.791 .772/.800 .767 85/.885 1/0 15/18
37.Moss* G/S/vP ··· 5/.000 ··· 1/no AB 5/.200 2/1.500 7/.715 ··· 1/no AB ··· 505/417 .256/.337/.522/.859 .649/.904 .796 73/.816 4/2 30/8
36.Norris G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 2/.000 7/.810 ··· ··· ··· 308/135 .246/.345/.409/.754 .990/.445 .851 38/.744 5/0 9/3
1.Punto# G/S/vP ··· 5/.933 ··· 6/.000 3/.667 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 6/.000 ··· 335/227 .255/.328/.327/.655 .723/.622 .656 36/.656 3/3 2/8
16.Reddick* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 4/.250 13/.923 7/.929 8/1.958 ··· 5/1.600 1/.000 441/296 .226/.307/.379/.686 .667/.695 .586 62/.542 9/2 12/5
28.Sogard* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 1/.000 8/.375 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 410/338 .266/.322/.364/.686 .640/.695 .701 51/.577 10/5 2/9
IP 57.0 3.0 49.0 27.1 104.1 23.2 0.0 TOTAL .254/.344/.409/.754 .659/.780 .789 .754 14/1 22/20
ERA-K/9 /0.0 1.11/10.3 12.00/9.0 2.57/8.8 /0.0 6.59/6.9 3.11/6.2 /0.0 3.80/10.6 /0.0 4.05/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Jaso (28-4-0)
 Norris (35-12-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / 223/.180 18/.400 200/.203 / 134/.353 428/.231 / 101/.212 2/ .260  Cespedes
 Reddick
 Gentry
 Crisp
 Moss
94/18/0/10
0/0/113/9
34/71/0/7
0/110/0/2
8/2/27/1
OPS .499 1.367 .598 .935 .678 .624 .720
vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 109/.565 7/1.000 74/.427 / 64/.938 237/.620 / 50/.316 / .719
vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 114/.436 11/1.670 126/.699 / 70/.931 191/.753 / 51/.943 2/ .720
Road / 99/.442 8/.393 100/.674 / 64/.832 293/.654 / 43/.618 2/
Last 28d days 24/.815 33/.726 41/.730 26/.451 46/.802 34/1.280 44/.597 2/.500 32/.495 32/.864
HR/SB/CS // 2/3/1 2/0/0 4/7/1 // 3/1/1 11/3/2 // 2/5/0 0/0/0 17/11/5
Usage o·o···o· ·X··Xo·X o·o·Xo·· ··X····X ·X··X··X o·X·o·o· ··o····· X·o·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.