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Texas Rangers vs. Detroit Tigers, at Globe Life Park in Arlington, June 25, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Start Time:
7:05ct (local), 8:05et
Venue:
Globe Life Park in Arlington
Tickets:
Series:
Game #2 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
93° (based on last ten years)
Tigers
Manager:
Game #:
75
On This Date:
47-62
Rangers
Manager:
Game #:
77
On This Date:
24-25
Season Series
Thu, May 22, 2014 TEX  9 @DET  2     
Fri, May 23, 2014 DET  7  TEX  2     
Sat, May 24, 2014 TEX 12 @DET  2     
Sun, May 25, 2014 TEX 12 @DET  4     
Tue, Jun 24, 2014 DET  8 @TEX  2     

Wed, Jun 25, 2014 DET    @TEX  8:05pm
Thu, Jun 26, 2014 DET    @TEX  8:05pm

                         All times ET
41-32, 1st, 3 up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   19-19   Road:   22-13   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  28-24   vsLHP:  13-8    1-Run:  13-9 
 vsEast: 10-5    vsCntrl:19-15   vsWest: 10-9  IL: 2-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 73 Tue, Jun 24  @TEX  W   8-2       41-32  1st  3.0 up
 72 Sun, Jun 22  @CLE  W  10-4       40-32  1st  2.5 up
 71 Sat, Jun 21  @CLE  W   5-4 (10)  39-32  1st  1.5 up
 70 Fri, Jun 20  @CLE  W   6-4       38-32  1st  0.5 up
 69 Thu, Jun 19   KCR  W   2-1       37-32  2nd  0.5 gb
 68 Wed, Jun 18   KCR  L   1-2       36-32  2nd  1.5 gb
 67 Tue, Jun 17   KCR  L   4-11      36-31  2nd  0.5 gb
 66 Mon, Jun 16   KCR  L   8-11      36-30  1st  0.5 up
 65 Sun, Jun 15   MIN  W   4-3       36-29  1st  1.5 up
 64 Sat, Jun 14   MIN  W  12-9       35-29  1st  1.5 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16
35-41, 4th, 11½ GB, 7½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   16-20   Road:   19-21   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  26-29   vsLHP:   9-12   1-Run:  12-9 
 vsEast:  5-10   vsCntrl: 9-7    vsWest: 16-17 IL: 5-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 76 Tue, Jun 24   DET  L   2-8       35-41  4th 11.5 gb
 75 Sun, Jun 22  @LAA  L   2-5       35-40  4th 11.5 gb
 74 Sat, Jun 21  @LAA  L   2-3 (10)  35-39  4th 11.5 gb
 73 Fri, Jun 20  @LAA  L   3-7       35-38  4th 10.5 gb
 72 Wed, Jun 18  @OAK  L   2-4       35-37  4th  9.0 gb
 71 Tue, Jun 17  @OAK  L   6-10      35-36  4th  8.0 gb
 70 Mon, Jun 16  @OAK  W  14-8       35-35  4th  7.0 gb
 69 Sun, Jun 15  @SEA  L   1-5       34-35  4th  8.0 gb
 68 Sat, Jun 14  @SEA  W   4-3       34-34  3rd  7.0 gb
 67 Fri, Jun 13  @SEA  W   1-0       33-34  4th  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jun 24, 2014 DET  8 @TEX  2        W:Drew Smyly (4-6), L: Colby Lewis (5-5), S: none
Sun, May 25, 2014 TEX 12 @DET  4        W:Colby Lewis (4-3), L: Justin Verlander (5-4), S: none
Sat, May 24, 2014 TEX 12 @DET  2        W:Nick Martinez (1-1), L: Rick Porcello (7-2), S: none
Fri, May 23, 2014 DET  7  TEX  2        W:Anibal Sanchez (2-2), L: Scott Baker (0-1), S: none
Thu, May 22, 2014 TEX  9 @DET  2        W:Yu Darvish (4-2), L: Robbie Ray (1-1), S: none

Sun, Jul 14, 2013 DET  5  TEX  0        W:Justin Verlander (10-6), L: Martin Perez (3-2), S: none
Sat, Jul 13, 2013 TEX  7 @DET  1        W:Derek Holland (8-4), L: Max Scherzer (13-1), S: none
Fri, Jul 12, 2013 DET  7  TEX  2        W:Doug Fister (7-5), L: Justin Grimm (7-7), S: none
Sun, May 19, 2013 TEX 11  DET  8        W:Robbie Ross (2-0), L: Jose Ortega (0-1), S: Joe Nathan (13)
Sat, May 18, 2013 TEX  7  DET  2        W:Justin Grimm (3-3), L: Anibal Sanchez (4-4), S: none
Season Series: 2014 - TEX over 3-2; 2013 - TEX won 4-3; 2012 - TEX won 7-3; All-Time - DET leads 352-302

SP: Anibal Sanchez (30, RHP, 4-2, 2.33)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (4-2) 69.2 45 22 18 20 59 1 2.33
2013 (14-8) 182.0 156 56 52 54 202 9 2.57
2012 (9-13) 195.2 200 95 84 48 167 20 3.86
Last 7 GS 4-0 46.2 30 11 10 9 35 1 1.93 64
2014-06-19 KCR W 7.0 5 1 1 1 0 0 107 62
2014-06-14 MIN W 6.1 4 3 3 2 6 0 114 57
2014-06-08 BOS ND 6.0 6 2 2 2 7 1 112 57
2014-06-03 TOR ND 7.0 2 0 0 0 5 0 107 78
2014-05-28 @OAK ND 8.1 3 1 1 1 9 0 111 81
2014-05-23 TEX W 7.0 5 2 2 0 5 0 99 64
2014-05-18 @BOS W 5.0 5 2 1 3 3 0 80 51
Last 5 v.TEX 1-3 19.1 29 18 15 7 17 3 6.98 39
2014-05-23 TEX W 7.0 5 2 2 0 5 0 99 64
2013-05-18 @TEX L 2.2 9 6 5 2 2 1 74 18
2011-07-01 @TEX L 3.2 7 7 7 4 4 1 79 19
2010-06-16 TEX L 6.0 8 3 1 1 6 1 103 53

SP: Joe Saunders (33, LHP, 0-3, 4.11)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (0-3) 30.2 46 19 14 13 18 3 4.11
2013 (11-16) 183.0 232 117 107 61 107 25 5.26
2012 (9-13) 174.2 195 88 79 39 112 21 4.07
Last 7 GS 0-4 37.2 52 25 20 15 27 4 4.78 43
2014-06-20 @LAA L 4.2 10 7 4 3 3 1 110 22
2014-06-14 @SEA ND 6.0 8 2 2 0 3 0 95 51
2014-06-08 CLE L 5.1 7 3 2 4 0 0 92 40
2014-06-03 BAL ND 6.0 10 2 2 1 2 1 101 45
2014-05-28 @MIN ND 5.0 5 0 0 2 6 0 97 61
2014-04-04 @TBR L 3.2 6 5 4 3 4 1 89 32
2013-09-21 @LAA L 7.0 6 6 6 2 9 1 125 48
Last 5 v.DET 1-2 26.1 28 15 15 11 22 2 5.13 48
2013-09-16 @DET L 5.2 7 3 3 1 3 0 83 45
2011-06-26 @DET ND 7.0 4 1 1 1 8 1 103 72
2010-04-22 DET L 2.2 6 5 5 2 0 0 59 24
2009-08-26 DET W 5.0 4 2 2 2 6 1 89 55
2009-06-07 @DET ND 6.0 7 4 4 5 5 0 112 42
Tigers Batters (4.60 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.92 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Saunders*
G/S/vB
25.Baker
G/S/vB
56.Cotts*
G/S/vB
44.Frasor
G/S/vB
49.Poreda*
G/S/vB
39.Rowen
G/S/vB
28.Soria
G/S/vB
37.Tolleson
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP 2/.000 13/.237 ··· 3/.666 1/2.000 1/2.000 6/.167 ··· 211/160 .230/.348/.371/.718 .579/.764 .829 72/.654 0/3 4/2
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 22/.971 43/1.122 ··· 13/1.315 1/.000 1/no AB 8/1.125 ··· 311/235 .318/.373/.550/.923 .753/.976 .931 101/.954 0/1 13/4
9.Castellanos G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 257/181 .264/.300/.397/.697 .872/.627 .585 90/.821 1/1 5/5
20.Davis G/S/vP 42/.767 14/1.269 ··· 2/1.000 2/2.500 1/2.000 4/1.250 1/.000 228/155 .280/.325/.408/.732 .864/.671 .770 69/.674 21/6 5/2
50.Holaday G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 70/36 .303/.329/.348/.677 .479/.869 .690 23/.891 1/1 0/3
48.Hunter G/S/vP 9/.888 17/.494 6/2.000 15/1.025 ··· ··· 14/.748 2/.000 241/178 .266/.290/.441/.732 .690/.746 .837 58/.533 1/1 9/3
14.Jackson G/S/vP 8/.393 15/1.396 1/3.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 2/.000 284/212 .253/.318/.373/.692 .850/.639 .536 91/.620 8/3 3/4
32.Kelly* G/S/vP ··· 6/1.166 1/.000 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 96/83 .233/.313/.291/.603 .785/.578 .513 29/.535 3/1 0/1
3.Kinsler G/S/vP 42/1.140 31/.734 1/.000 12/.167 2/2.000 1/.000 3/1.000 1/2.000 328/250 .295/.327/.471/.798 .684/.835 .726 108/.790 8/3 9/2
28.Martinez G/S/vP 8/.375 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 127/92 .314/.346/.619/.965 .453/1.157 1.065 67/1.097 2/2 8/2
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 18/.611 43/.716 17/.914 14/.917 3/.333 ··· 10/.200 1/no AB 310/233 .329/.387/.599/.986 1.146/.932 1.097 103/.967 2/2 19/4
27.Romine# G/S/vP 3/.666 3/1.666 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 141/115 .215/.271/.262/.533 .760/.481 .397 32/.613 4/1 1/7
30.Suarez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· 56/37 .271/.340/.542/.881 1.027/.820 .701 56/.881 0/0 3/3
IP 30.2 32.2 31.0 24.0 15.2 5.2 25.2 36.1 TOTAL .276/.328/.441/.768 .758/.772 .750 .794 51/26 79/51
ERA-K/9 4.11/5.3 6.61/6.6 3.48/10.7 2.25/10.1 4.02/6.9 3.18/7.9 1.75/12.3 3.47/8.4 4.57/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (34-23-2)
 Holaday (11-3-0)
 Martinez (3-1-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 148/.346 135/.258 133/.252 100/.218 69/.344 24/.286 96/.141 151/.230 .283  Davis
 Jackson
 Kelly
 Hunter
 Martinez
54/3/0/5
0/69/0/2
4/3/8/0
0/0/57/0
17/0/15/0
OPS .864 .820 .674 .610 .891 .638 .362 .752 .784
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 42/.780 78/.776 53/.784 43/.546 25/.860 8/.804 55/.482 58/.738 .796
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 106/.900 57/.881 80/.600 57/.658 44/.909 16/.552 41/.200 93/.760 .773
Home 53/.853 52/.939 57/.635 52/.367 36/.992 5/1.800 45/.322 79/.709
Last 28d days 104/.877 64/.886 37/.562 30/.596 13/1.077 24/.638 25/.240 47/.825
HR/SB/CS 3/1/0 8/1/0 1/0/1 1/1/0 1/1/3 0/2/0 0/0/0 8/2/2 73/35/23
Usage ····X··· o·····Xo ···X···X ···o···o X·o····o X···X··· o······· X·X····o
Rangers Batters (4.21 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.42 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 19.Sanchez
G/S/vB
62.Alburquerque
G/S/vB
44.Chamberlain
G/S/vB
40.Coke*
G/S/vB
65.Hardy*
G/S/vB
63.McCoy*
G/S/vB
36.Nathan
G/S/vB
55.Smith
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP 13/.616 2/.000 9/1.334 10/.800 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 325/236 .271/.319/.353/.671 .824/.616 .656 95/.697 18/6 2/8
29.Beltre G/S/vP 8/1.625 2/5.000 14/.671 8/.833 ··· ··· 26/.323 ··· 259/195 .321/.363/.488/.850 .922/.827 .947 94/.939 0/0 8/6
61.Chirinos G/S/vP 4/.500 2/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 164/115 .228/.263/.396/.658 .715/.634 .563 55/.746 0/0 6/2
15.Choice G/S/vP 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 194/126 .191/.268/.353/.621 .699/.580 .588 63/.686 1/0 8/2
17.Choo* G/S/vP 16/.661 1/.000 7/1.214 17/.301 ··· ··· 12/.417 ··· 304/207 .244/.372/.380/.752 .756/.750 .664 96/.490 3/3 7/3
60.Gimenez G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 56/49 .327/.375/.423/.798 .571/.832 .681 34/.678 0/0 0/1
2.Martin* G/S/vP 5/.500 3/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 267/201 .275/.330/.375/.705 .529/.761 .827 79/.785 17/7 3/5
16.Murphy G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 124/89 .204/.276/.343/.619 .761/.565 .362 32/.560 0/1 4/0
73.Odor* G/S/vP 2/.000 2/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 116/86 .292/.327/.462/.790 .588/.862 .707 65/.792 1/3 3/3
21.Pena* G/S/vP 15/.795 ··· 12/1.012 8/1.125 ··· ··· 12/.523 ··· 4/ .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ .000 4/.000 0/0 0/0
51.Rios G/S/vP 9/.708 7/.971 12/.533 9/.583 ··· ··· 12/.917 ··· 311/235 .316/.350/.457/.808 1.140/.705 .818 91/.699 13/8 3/4
19.Robertson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 49/26 .217/.265/.261/.526 .696/.361 .549 27/.642 1/2 0/0
3.Sardinas# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 65/47 .283/.328/.300/.628 .882/.533 .836 38/.628 1/1 0/3
IP 69.2 28.2 31.2 27.1 5.0 1.0 27.2 2.0 TOTAL .262/.323/.388/.711 .773/.688 .698 .689 56/31 54/54
ERA-K/9 2.33/7.6 3.14/10.3 2.84/9.9 5.60/6.6 0.00/7.2 0.00/9.0 6.18/9.1 18.00/18.0 4.08/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Chirinos (22-19-4)
 Gimenez (4-2-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 270/.182 120/.231 127/.233 126/.315 18/.063 4/.250 127/.279 12/.500 .260  Martin
 Choice
 Rios
 Choo
 Robertson
0/72/0/5
29/7/7/3
0/0/69/3
48/0/0/3
12/7/3/2
OPS .521 .661 .610 .839 .229 .500 .769 1.167 .728
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 161/.444 61/.700 66/.642 53/.629 9/.111 3/.000 72/.833 10/1.400 .671
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 109/.639 59/.621 61/.576 73/1.002 9/.347 1/2.000 55/.684 2/.000 .789
Road 82/.503 54/.593 53/.410 69/.854 6/.000 4/.500 59/.865 12/1.167
Last 28d days 101/.516 32/.714 39/.514 46/.690 18/.229 4/.500 47/.918 12/1.167
HR/SB/CS 1/7/2 4/3/0 1/2/1 3/1/1 0/0/0 0/0/0 4/6/0 0/0/0 64/48/27
Usage ·····X·· X··oo··o ····ooo· o··X···X ··oo···o ··o····· ···XXo·· X·X·····

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

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.