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Game Preview: TEX @ TBR, 1:40pm, Sunday, April 6, 2014 @Tropicana Field

Rangers, 2-3, 2-3 2nd, 2 GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Yu Darvish (27, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
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		1-4	41.2	29	16	16	22	52	6	3.46	58
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
2013-09-19	@TBR	W	5.0	5	2	2	6	4	0	109	47
2013-09-14	OAK	L	7.0	4	1	1	1	10	0	113	74
2013-09-09	PIT	L	7.0	4	1	1	1	6	0	81	70
2013-09-04	@OAK	L	5.0	5	5	5	6	4	2	100	35
2013-08-30	MIN	L	6.2	3	3	3	2	11	2	107	65

Last 5 v.TBR		2-0	20.0	13	4	3	10	22	0	1.35	66
2013-09-19	@TBR	W	5.0	5	2	2	6	4	0	109	47
2012-09-08	@TBR	ND	8.0	2	2	1	2	8	0	96	78
2012-08-28	TBR	W	7.0	6	0	0	2	10	0	110	73

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:    2-1    Road:    0-2    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   2-1    vsLHP:   0-2    1-Run:   2-1 
 vsEast:  0-2    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  5 Sat, Apr  5  @TBR  L   4-5        2-3   2nd  2.0 gb
  4 Fri, Apr  4  @TBR  L   1-8        2-2   2nd  1.0 gb
  3 Wed, Apr  2   PHI  W   4-3        2-1   3rd  1.0 gb
  2 Tue, Apr  1   PHI  W   3-2        1-1   3rd  1.0 gb
  1 Mon, Mar 31   PHI  L  10-14       0-1   3rd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-3    Last 20: 2-3    Last 30: 2-3

Rays, 4-2, 4-2 1st, 1 up

SP: Alex Cobb (26, RHP, 0-1, 7.20)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (0-1)			5.0	5	4	4	4	3	1	7.20
2013 (11-3)			143.1	120	46	44	45	134	13	2.76
2012 (11-9)			136.1	130	67	61	40	106	11	4.03

Last 7 GS		3-2	48.0	38	16	16	17	45	3	3.00	60
2014-04-01	TOR	L	5.0	5	4	4	4	3	1	104	40
2013-09-26	@NYY	W	7.0	3	0	0	2	4	0	96	73
2013-09-21	BAL	W	8.1	5	1	1	2	12	0	117	79
2013-09-16	TEX	W	8.0	6	2	2	1	10	0	106	71
2013-09-11	BOS	ND	5.2	7	3	3	3	4	0	98	44
2013-09-06	@SEA	ND	6.0	7	4	4	1	5	1	92	46
2013-08-31	@OAK	L	8.0	5	2	2	4	7	1	108	67

Last 5 v.TEX		1-0	19.0	18	9	8	6	17	2	3.79	53
2013-09-16	TEX	W	8.0	6	2	2	1	10	0	106	71
2012-08-29	@TEX	ND	4.2	8	4	3	1	3	2	92	36
2011-05-31	TEX	ND	6.1	4	3	3	4	4	0	99	53

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:    4-2    Road:    0-0    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   3-1    vsLHP:   1-1    1-Run:   1-0 
 vsEast:  2-2    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  2-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  6 Sat, Apr  5   TEX  W   5-4        4-2   1st  1.0 up
  5 Fri, Apr  4   TEX  W   8-1        3-2   1st  0.5 up
  4 Thu, Apr  3   TOR  W   7-2        2-2   2nd  0.5 gb
  3 Wed, Apr  2   TOR  L   0-3        1-2   4th  1.0 gb
  2 Tue, Apr  1   TOR  L   2-4        1-1   2nd  0.5 gb
  1 Mon, Mar 31   TOR  W   9-2        1-0   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 4-2    Last 20: 4-2    Last 30: 4-2

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Apr 05, 2014 TBR  5  TEX  4        W:Brandon Gomes (1-0), L: Neal Cotts (0-1), S: Grant Balfour (1)
Fri, Apr 04, 2014 TBR  8  TEX  1        W:Jake Odorizzi (1-0), L: Joe Saunders (0-1), S: none

Mon, Sep 30, 2013 TBR  5 @TEX  2        W:David Price (10-8), L: Martin Perez (10-6), S: none
Thu, Sep 19, 2013 TEX  8 @TBR  2        W:Yu Darvish (13-9), L: Matt Moore (15-4), S: none
Wed, Sep 18, 2013 TBR  4  TEX  3 (12)   W:Brandon Gomes (2-1), L: Joe Ortiz (2-2), S: none
Tue, Sep 17, 2013 TEX  7 @TBR  1        W:Alexi Ogando (7-4), L: Jeremy Hellickson (11-9), S: none
Mon, Sep 16, 2013 TBR  6  TEX  2        W:Alex Cobb (9-3), L: Matt Garza (9-6), S: none
Wed, Apr 10, 2013 TBR  2 @TEX  0        W:Matt Moore (2-0), L: Derek Holland (0-1), S: Fernando Rodney (1)
Tue, Apr 09, 2013 TEX  6  TBR  1        W:Nick Tepesch (1-0), L: Roberto Hernandez (0-2), S: none
Mon, Apr 08, 2013 TEX  5  TBR  4        W:Alexi Ogando (2-0), L: Jeremy Hellickson (0-1), S: Joe Nathan (2)
Season Series: 2014 - TBR over 2-0; 2013 - Tied 4-4; 2012 - TBR won 5-4; All-Time - TEX leads 81-68

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

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

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

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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 (4.40 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (2.67 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 53.Cobb
G/S/vB 50.Balfour
G/S/vB 13.Bell
G/S/vB 47.Gomes
G/S/vB 52.Lueke
G/S/vB 57.McGee*
G/S/vB 62.Peralta
G/S/vB 27.Ramos*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

35.Adduci* G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 34/28 .258/.324/.290/.614 .667/.601 .350 3/1.333 2/0 0/1

1.Andrus G/S/vP 7/.833 12/.166 ··· 4/1.000 5/1.000 5/.400 3/.000 3/.000 698/498 .271/.328/.331/.659 .698/.644 .726 22/.750 42/8 4/14

7.Arencibia G/S/vP 3/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 7/.286 3/.000 5/.000 11/.282 5/.650 497/354 .194/.227/.365/.592 .588/.594 .454 11/.382 0/2 21/11

29.Beltre G/S/vP 9/.347 20/.261 7/.286 4/.000 3/1.000 3/.000 8/.250 1/no AB 690/516 .315/.371/.509/.880 .948/.857 .869 22/.798 1/0 30/14

61.Chirinos G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 30/16 .179/.233/.286/.519 .445/.583 .808 8/.125 0/0 0/1

15.Choice G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 19/10 .278/.316/.333/.649 .583/.700 .750 9/.222 0/0 0/0

17.Choo* G/S/vP 5/2.000 4/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 7/.953 2/1.000 712/491 .285/.423/.462/.885 .612/1.011 .823 23/.669 20/11 21/4

84.Fielder* G/S/vP 6/.900 2/2.000 4/1.250 ··· 1/2.000 3/1.334 6/.533 3/4.667 712/451 .279/.362/.457/.819 .819/.819 .797 22/.523 1/1 25/6

2.Martin* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/2.500 508/364 .260/.313/.385/.698 .573/.749 .652 21/.733 36/9 8/5

18.Moreland* G/S/vP 8/1.000 7/.453 1/.000 2/3.500 4/1.417 6/.334 4/.000 6/.334 518/363 .232/.299/.437/.736 .701/.752 .762 15/.733 0/0 23/5

16.Murphy G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 163/123 .255/.319/.530/.849 .950/.818 .722 9/.476 2/0 11/4

51.Rios G/S/vP 7/1.000 16/.521 ··· 3/.666 3/.000 2/.000 12/.450 2/1.000 662/502 .278/.324/.432/.756 .889/.714 .816 20/1.032 42/7 18/3

12.Wilson G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 65/20 .200/.262/.300/.562 .511/.671 .238 8/1.375 0/0 1/2

IP 143.1 62.2 65.2 19.1 21.1 62.2 71.1 67.1 TOTAL .279/.342/.360/.703 .775/.647 .525 .703 2/0 1/8

ERA-K/9

2.76/8.4

2.59/10.3

4.11/9.9

6.52/13.5

5.06/10.6

4.02/10.8

3.41/9.3

4.14/7.1

2.67/6.8

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 578/.228 262/.206 287/.279 83/.247 99/.277 260/.223 291/.184 288/.256 .212 Martin
Rios
Choo
Adduci
Choice
Moreland 6/127/21/14
0/1/155/9
3/150/0/9
8/0/0/0
2/2/4/0
0/0/1/0

OPS .644 .610 .802 .784 .861 .659 .586 .687 .585

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 354/.677 138/.548 115/.732 32/1.137 45/.872 88/.678 167/.556 114/.693 .551

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 224/.592 124/.682 172/.849 51/.566 54/.850 172/.648 124/.627 174/.682 .610

Home 335/.634 145/.578 138/.982 29/.580 43/.652 129/.551 144/.425 134/.754

Last 28d days 24/.825 8/.250 11/.282 11/.473 18/.863 8/.000 7/.143 5/.400

HR/SB/CS 13/12/4 7/0/1 12/1/1 4/3/0 3/1/1 8/3/0 7/2/1 6/6/0 4/4/0

Usage ····X··· o··X···· ··XoX··· o·Xo·X·· ·X·XX··· oX·oo··· ··X··o·· ····X···

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

Rays Batters (5.17 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (6.40 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 41.Ogando
G/S/vB 19.Rosin
G/S/vB 28.Soria
G/S/vB 37.Tolleson
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

7.DeJesus* G/S/vP 3/.333 8/1.250 ··· 7/.143 8/1.286 ··· ··· ··· 439/379 .251/.327/.402/.729 .467/.772 .843 14/.812 5/3 8/1

11.Escobar G/S/vP 11/.473 2/2.000 2/.500 2/.000 14/.702 ··· 2/.000 ··· 578/393 .256/.332/.366/.698 .750/.674 .749 22/.718 4/4 9/7

10.Forsythe G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 243/157 .214/.281/.332/.613 .651/.593 .575 17/.485 6/1 6/5

5.Guyer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· / /// / 6/.000 / /

24.Hanigan G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 260/197 .198/.306/.261/.567 .608/.555 .658 13/1.098 0/1 2/1

8.Jennings G/S/vP 6/.533 2/.000 1/.000 5/.650 8/.125 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 602/411 .252/.334/.414/.748 .857/.697 .761 27/.906 20/8 14/3

20.Joyce* G/S/vP 7/.453 1/.000 ··· 7/.629 8/1.292 ··· 4/1.500 ··· 481/423 .235/.328/.419/.747 .499/.783 .756 18/1.534 7/3 18/1

21.Loney* G/S/vP 3/1.000 4/.750 1/.000 1/.000 5/.200 ··· 1/.000 ··· 598/432 .299/.348/.430/.778 .729/.797 .663 20/.800 3/1 13/7

3.Longoria G/S/vP 9/.347 2/5.000 1/no AB 13/.885 10/1.600 ··· 7/1.571 ··· 693/492 .269/.343/.498/.842 .950/.799 .830 26/1.071 1/0 32/11

28.Molina G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 6/.334 6/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 313/207 .233/.290/.304/.594 .628/.577 .598 9/.000 2/1 2/4

9.Myers G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 2/3.000 2/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 373/254 .293/.354/.478/.831 .821/.834 .769 22/.732 5/2 13/0

1.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.334 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 222/46 .246/.320/.385/.704 .745/.545 .688 8/1.232 1/3 5/1

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 9/.476 1/no AB 2/1.000 15/.733 10/.650 ··· 7/1.262 ··· 698/471 .275/.354/.402/.756 .643/.812 .798 26/.560 11/3 12/5

IP 209.2 57.0 3.0 49.0 104.1 23.2 0.0 TOTAL .267/.372/.435/.806 .604/.895 .806 .806 3/1 5/0

ERA-K/9

2.83/11.9

1.11/10.3

12.00/9.0

2.57/8.8

3.11/6.2

/0.0

3.80/10.6

/0.0

6.07/7.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hanigan (18-15-3)
Molina (56-23-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 841/.194 223/.180 18/.400 200/.203 428/.231 / 101/.212 2/ .295 Zobrist
DeJesus
Joyce
Myers
Jennings
Rodriguez
Forsythe 4/1/39/4
30/81/6/2
58/0/58/2
0/8/72/2
0/136/0/2
47/0/8/1
11/0/3/0

OPS .611 .499 1.367 .598 .678 .624 .862

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 514/.655 109/.565 7/1.000 74/.427 237/.620 / 50/.316 / .884

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 327/.543 114/.436 11/1.670 126/.699 191/.753 / 51/.943 2/ .845

Road 344/.630 99/.442 8/.393 100/.674 293/.654 / 43/.618 2/

Last 28d days / 11/.929 17/1.113 8/.500 12/.717 11/.455 3/.000 9/.778

HR/SB/CS 26/18/7 2/3/1 2/0/0 4/7/1 11/3/2 // 2/5/0 0/0/0 8/2/1

Usage X···X··· ·X·o·X·· o···X··· ·o···X·· ···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.