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Texas Rangers vs. Minnesota Twins, at Globe Life Park in Arlington, June 27, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Friday, June 27, 2014
Start Time:
7:05ct (local), 8:05et
Venue:
Globe Life Park in Arlington
Tickets:
Game Tickets / Tickets for games at Globe Life Park in Arlington
Series:
Game #1 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
93° (based on last ten years)
Twins
Manager:
Ron Gardenhire
Game #:
78
On This Date:
52-56
Rangers
Manager:
Ron Washington
Game #:
79
On This Date:
26-23
Season Series
Mon, May 26, 2014 TEX  7 @MIN  2     
Tue, May 27, 2014 MIN  4  TEX  3     
Wed, May 28, 2014 TEX  1 @MIN  0     
Thu, May 29, 2014 TEX  5 @MIN  4     

Fri, Jun 27, 2014 MIN    @TEX  8:05pm
Sat, Jun 28, 2014 MIN    @TEX  4:05pm
Sun, Jun 29, 2014 MIN    @TEX  3:05pm

                         All times ET
Minnesota Twins
36-41, 4th, 8 GB, 8 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   19-17   Road:   17-24   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  24-30   vsLHP:  12-11   1-Run:  12-13
 vsEast: 12-9    vsCntrl:16-12   vsWest:  4-12 IL: 4-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 77 Thu, Jun 26  @LAA  L   4-6       36-41  4th  8.0 gb
 76 Wed, Jun 25  @LAA  L   2-6       36-40  4th  7.0 gb
 75 Tue, Jun 24  @LAA  L   6-8       36-39  3rd  6.0 gb
 74 Sun, Jun 22   CHW  W   6-5       36-38  3rd  5.0 gb
 73 Sat, Jun 21   CHW  W   4-3       35-38  4th  5.0 gb
 72 Fri, Jun 20   CHW  W   5-4       34-38  4th  5.0 gb
 71 Thu, Jun 19   CHW  W   4-2       33-38  5th  5.5 gb
 70 Wed, Jun 18  @BOS  L   1-2 (10)  32-38  5th  6.5 gb
 69 Tue, Jun 17  @BOS  L   1-2       32-37  5th  5.5 gb
 68 Mon, Jun 16  @BOS  L   0-1       32-36  4th  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17
Texas Rangers
35-43, 4th, 13 GB, 9½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   16-22   Road:   19-21   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  26-31   vsLHP:   9-12   1-Run:  12-9 
 vsEast:  5-10   vsCntrl: 9-9    vsWest: 16-17 IL: 5-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 78 Thu, Jun 26   DET  L   0-6       35-43  4th 13.0 gb
 77 Wed, Jun 25   DET  L   6-8       35-42  4th 12.5 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
 Last 10: 1-9    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, May 29, 2014 TEX  5 @MIN  4        W:Alexi Ogando (2-2), L: Casey Fien (3-2), S: Joakim Soria (10)
Wed, May 28, 2014 TEX  1 @MIN  0        W:Shawn Tolleson (1-1), L: Jared Burton (1-2), S: Joakim Soria (9)
Tue, May 27, 2014 MIN  4  TEX  3        W:Glen Perkins (2-0), L: Joakim Soria (1-2), S: none
Mon, May 26, 2014 TEX  7 @MIN  2        W:Nick Tepesch (2-0), L: Kevin Correia (2-6), S: none

Sun, Sep 01, 2013 MIN  4 @TEX  2        W:Kevin Correia (9-10), L: Travis Blackley (2-2), S: Glen Perkins (32)
Sat, Aug 31, 2013 TEX  2  MIN  1        W:Joe Nathan (5-2), L: Caleb Thielbar (2-2), S: none
Fri, Aug 30, 2013 MIN  3 @TEX  2        W:Liam Hendriks (1-2), L: Yu Darvish (12-6), S: Glen Perkins (31)
Sun, Apr 28, 2013 MIN  5  TEX  0        W:Kevin Correia (3-1), L: Alexi Ogando (2-2), S: none
Sat, Apr 27, 2013 MIN  7  TEX  2        W:Pedro Hernandez (1-0), L: Derek Holland (1-2), S: none
Fri, Apr 26, 2013 TEX  4 @MIN  3        W:Justin Grimm (2-0), L: Scott Diamond (1-2), S: Joe Nathan (8)
Season Series: 2014 - TEX over 3-1; 2013 - MIN won 4-3; 2012 - TEX won 8-2; All-Time - MIN leads 365-327

SP: Kevin Correia (33, RHP, 4-8, 5.02)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (4-8) 84.1 105 51 47 18 42 8 5.02
2013 (9-13) 185.1 218 89 86 45 101 24 4.18
2012 (12-11) 171.0 176 89 80 46 89 20 4.21
Last 7 GS 3-3 42.0 46 16 15 6 22 3 3.21 52
2014-06-21 CHW W 6.0 5 2 1 2 2 0 108 56
2014-06-16 @BOS L 6.0 5 1 1 1 2 0 95 59
2014-06-10 @TOR W 6.0 6 0 0 1 1 0 99 60
2014-06-05 MIL L 5.0 10 5 5 0 3 2 98 30
2014-05-31 @NYY ND 6.0 9 1 1 1 3 1 104 52
2014-05-26 TEX L 7.0 7 4 4 0 5 0 90 52
2014-05-20 @SDP W 6.0 4 3 3 1 6 0 96 57
Last 5 v.TEX 3-1 29.0 23 8 8 3 18 2 2.48 63
2014-05-26 TEX L 7.0 7 4 4 0 5 0 90 52
2013-09-01 @TEX W 7.0 5 1 1 1 2 1 79 64
2013-04-28 TEX W 8.0 6 0 0 1 2 0 102 71
2009-06-27 @TEX W 7.0 5 3 3 1 9 1 95 63

SP: Nick Tepesch (25, RHP, 2-3, 4.38)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (2-3) 37.0 40 19 18 15 24 5 4.38
2013 (4-6) 93.0 100 53 50 27 76 12 4.84
Last 7 GS 2-3 37.0 40 19 18 15 24 5 4.38 48
2014-06-18 @OAK L 5.0 9 4 4 2 1 0 99 32
2014-06-13 @SEA ND 6.1 2 0 0 2 5 0 73 72
2014-06-07 CLE L 5.1 8 4 4 4 1 1 88 33
2014-05-31 @WSN L 2.0 7 5 4 2 1 2 62 23
2014-05-26 @MIN W 6.2 7 2 2 0 4 1 104 56
2014-05-21 SEA W 6.1 5 3 3 2 4 1 112 53
2014-05-14 @HOU ND 5.1 2 1 1 3 8 0 104 65
Last 5 v.MIN 2-0 13.1 12 3 3 0 5 2 2.03 59
2014-05-26 @MIN W 6.2 7 2 2 0 4 1 104 56
2013-04-25 @MIN W 6.2 5 1 1 0 1 1 90 61

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Twins Batters (4.26 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.97 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 23.Tepesch
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
31.Arcia* G/S/vP 5/.600 2/2.500 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 123/88 .204/.268/.398/.667 .442/.758 .535 83/.564 0/2 5/2
2.Dozier G/S/vP 6/.000 3/1.000 ··· 4/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 349/257 .246/.362/.443/.805 .907/.767 .688 103/.887 15/4 15/5
5.Escobar# G/S/vP 2/2.500 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 221/163 .284/.329/.422/.750 .757/.748 .706 96/.640 1/1 2/4
25.Florimon# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 82/51 .096/.175/.137/.312 .311/.312 .215 8/.000 6/0 0/1
26.Fryer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/9 .273/.273/.273/.545 1.000/.444 .545 11/.545 0/0 0/0
1.Fuld* G/S/vP ··· 5/.200 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 132/102 .222/.298/.359/.657 .764/.623 .650 43/.611 7/0 1/1
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 6/.000 3/1.000 8/.875 7/1.238 1/.000 ··· 14/1.310 ··· 319/212 .270/.342/.354/.696 .557/.767 .712 107/.694 3/0 2/0
17.Morales# G/S/vP 7/1.286 11/.191 5/.200 2/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 68/47 .238/.279/.333/.613 .540/.645 .676 68/.613 0/0 1/0
27.Parmelee* G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 95/67 .250/.295/.409/.704 .766/.677 .730 39/.857 0/2 4/1
39.Santana# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 143/106 .328/.366/.448/.814 1.111/.716 .848 98/.773 6/1 2/1
8.Suzuki G/S/vP 5/1.100 11/.455 1/2.000 8/.125 ··· ··· 8/.625 2/2.000 248/175 .308/.364/.403/.767 .785/.758 .719 71/.775 0/0 2/3
16.Willingham G/S/vP 6/1.133 5/1.000 2/1.000 5/1.933 ··· ··· 5/.400 1/.000 140/101 .248/.393/.486/.879 .947/.851 .882 96/.862 0/0 7/0
IP 37.0 39.1 33.0 25.0 15.2 5.2 25.2 38.1 TOTAL .245/.323/.375/.698 .703/.696 .672 .705 42/15 60/40
ERA-K/9 4.38/5.8 5.95/6.2 3.55/10.6 2.16/9.7 4.02/6.9 3.18/7.9 1.75/12.3 3.52/8.5 4.64/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Fryer (3-0-0)
 Suzuki (30-8-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 162/.278 161/.257 142/.260 103/.211 69/.344 24/.286 96/.141 158/.225 .284  Fuld
 Arcia
 Parmelee
 Escobar
 Willingham
 Santana
3/27/4/5
0/0/28/4
7/0/20/2
2/1/0/2
30/0/0/1
0/18/0/0
OPS .818 .779 .691 .591 .891 .638 .362 .751 .788
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 108/.773 84/.762 53/.784 44/.532 25/.860 8/.804 55/.482 58/.738 .797
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 54/.901 77/.798 89/.635 59/.634 44/.909 16/.552 41/.200 100/.757 .781
Home 53/.858 78/.815 66/.677 55/.346 36/.992 5/1.800 45/.322 86/.712
Last 28d days 89/.950 90/.794 45/.650 30/.596 13/1.077 24/.638 22/.182 54/.812
HR/SB/CS 5/1/2 8/1/0 1/0/1 1/1/0 1/1/3 0/2/0 0/0/0 9/2/2 75/35/24
Usage ········ X·o····· ·X···X·· ·o···o·· ··X·o··· ··X···X· ··o····· ·XX·X···
Rangers Batters (4.18 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.57 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Correia
G/S/vB		 61.Burton
G/S/vB		 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB		 50.Fien
G/S/vB		 54.Guerrier
G/S/vB		 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB		 51.Swarzak
G/S/vB		 56.Thielbar*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP 9/.555 3/1.334 15/1.038 7/.334 6/1.000 8/.500 12/.819 ··· 334/244 .267/.316/.347/.663 .831/.604 .638 100/.681 18/6 2/8
29.Beltre G/S/vP 19/.895 6/.500 6/1.100 4/.000 12/1.227 16/1.349 12/1.084 ··· 267/203 .325/.371/.492/.863 .922/.844 .970 93/.939 1/0 8/7
61.Chirinos G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 171/122 .232/.269/.400/.669 .715/.651 .593 58/.774 0/0 6/2
15.Choice G/S/vP 3/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 201/133 .183/.259/.339/.598 .699/.548 .545 66/.590 1/0 8/2
17.Choo* G/S/vP 7/.453 5/.650 30/.654 3/.000 7/.858 8/.708 8/1.667 1/.000 313/215 .243/.367/.378/.746 .748/.745 .658 96/.477 3/3 7/3
60.Gimenez G/S/vP 3/.666 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/1.167 6/.666 ··· 56/49 .327/.375/.423/.798 .571/.832 .681 30/.596 0/0 0/1
2.Martin* G/S/vP 9/.444 4/1.500 2/1.000 2/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 276/209 .271/.330/.368/.698 .521/.754 .805 80/.738 17/7 3/5
16.Murphy G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 124/89 .204/.276/.343/.619 .761/.565 .362 31/.579 0/1 4/0
73.Odor* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 120/89 .282/.316/.445/.762 .568/.831 .646 62/.791 1/3 3/3
21.Pena* G/S/vP 13/.826 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 7/.953 ··· ··· 12/7 .182/.250/.455/.705 .000/1.262 .705 12/.705 0/0 1/0
51.Rios G/S/vP 14/.643 8/.542 19/.387 3/1.667 26/.763 22/1.091 10/.800 1/3.000 319/243 .309/.342/.446/.788 1.140/.682 .776 90/.688 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 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 68/50 .286/.328/.302/.630 .882/.541 .819 34/.705 1/1 0/3
IP 84.1 32.0 29.2 33.1 18.0 32.1 37.2 26.2 TOTAL .261/.321/.386/.707 .770/.685 .690 .681 57/31 55/55
ERA-K/9 5.02/4.5 5.63/7.0 2.73/4.8 2.43/6.8 3.00/4.0 3.34/11.7 4.06/4.8 3.04/6.4 4.38/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Chirinos (22-20-4)
 Gimenez (4-2-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 371/.303 139/.252 124/.248 130/.210 75/.239 137/.244 166/.262 101/.205 .270  Martin
 Choice
 Rios
 Choo
 Robertson
0/74/0/5
30/7/7/4
0/0/71/3
49/0/0/3
12/7/3/2
OPS .794 .762 .711 .578 .611 .679 .700 .623 .735
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 193/.786 59/.815 49/.589 61/.700 29/.535 33/.758 65/.654 51/.591 .733
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 178/.803 80/.721 75/.791 69/.472 46/.661 104/.651 101/.729 50/.655 .737
Road 174/.762 73/.565 65/.534 75/.642 46/.795 65/.519 81/.819 60/.667
Last 28d days 124/.749 48/.685 42/.763 45/.813 43/.700 38/.962 57/.651 31/.485
HR/SB/CS 8/6/0 5/6/0 3/1/1 3/1/0 0/1/0 2/1/0 1/1/0 2/1/1 63/49/8
Usage ·····X·· ·X··o·o· ·X···o·· o···oX·o o·X··oo· ·····XXX ·X··X··· o·o···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
Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

OAK  5.10

PIT  4.10

SDP  3.01

 RA/G

STL  3.41

BOS  4.20

COL  5.19

 BA

T. Tulowitzki  .352

J. Reyes  .267

C. Carter  .187

 OBP

T. Tulowitzki  .447

S. Castro  .332

N. Schierholtz  .254

 SLG

T. Tulowitzki  .625

A. Ramirez  .413

W. Venable  .278

 OPS

T. Tulowitzki  1.072

S. Choo  .746

W. Venable  .539

 ERA

J. Cueto  1.86

D. Price  3.63

R. Nolasco  5.74

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.03

B. McCarthy  7.42

C. Young  4.48

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.