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Texas Rangers vs. Minnesota Twins, at Globe Life Park in Arlington, June 29, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Sunday, June 29, 2014

Start Time:

2:05ct (local), 3:05et

Venue:

Globe Life Park in Arlington

Tickets:

Game Tickets / Tickets for games at Globe Life Park in Arlington

Series:

Game #3 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

94° (based on last ten years)

Twins

Manager:

Ron Gardenhire

Game #:

On This Date:

40-64

Rangers

Manager:

Ron Washington

Game #:

On This Date:

27-24

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 TEX  5  MIN  4     
Sat, Jun 28, 2014 TEX  5  MIN  0     

Sun, Jun 29, 2014 MIN    @TEX  3:05pm

                         All times ET

Minnesota Twins

36-43, 5th, 9 GB, 9 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   19-17   Road:   17-26   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  24-32   vsLHP:  12-11   1-Run:  12-14
 vsEast: 12-9    vsCntrl:16-12   vsWest:  4-14 IL: 4-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 79 Sat, Jun 28  @TEX  L   0-5       36-43  5th  9.0 gb
 78 Fri, Jun 27  @TEX  L   4-5       36-42  4th  8.0 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18

Texas Rangers

37-43, 4th, 13 GB, 8½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   18-22   Road:   19-21   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  28-31   vsLHP:   9-12   1-Run:  13-9 
 vsEast:  5-10   vsCntrl:11-9    vsWest: 16-17 IL: 5-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 80 Sat, Jun 28   MIN  W   5-0       37-43  4th 13.0 gb
 79 Fri, Jun 27   MIN  W   5-4       36-43  4th 13.0 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
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jun 28, 2014 TEX  5  MIN  0        W:Yu Darvish (8-4), L: Phil Hughes (8-4), S: none
Fri, Jun 27, 2014 TEX  5  MIN  4        W:Nick Tepesch (3-3), L: Kevin Correia (4-9), S: none
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
Season Series: 2014 - TEX over 5-1; 2013 - MIN won 4-3; 2012 - TEX won 8-2; All-Time - MIN leads 365-329

SP: Kyle Gibson (26, RHP, 6-6, 3.92)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (6-6)			85.0	77	37	37	27	47	5	3.92
2013 (2-4)			51.0	69	38	37	20	29	7	6.53

Last 7 GS		2-3	40.0	31	16	16	7	26	4	3.60	56
2014-06-24	@LAA	L	2.0	4	7	7	2	1	1	50	19
2014-06-18	@BOS	ND	7.0	2	0	0	0	8	0	102	81
2014-06-13	@DET	W	7.0	5	0	0	2	3	0	110	68
2014-06-07	HOU	W	7.0	3	0	0	3	5	0	106	73
2014-06-02	@MIL	L	6.0	6	4	4	0	1	1	77	45
2014-05-28	TEX	ND	6.0	6	0	0	0	4	0	107	64
2014-05-23	@SFG	L	5.0	5	5	5	0	4	2	72	41

Last 5 v.TEX		0-0	6.0	6	0	0	0	4	0	0.00	64
2014-05-28	TEX	ND	6.0	6	0	0	0	4	0	107	64

SP: Colby Lewis (34, RHP, 5-5, 5.94)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (5-5)			69.2	101	47	46	26	57	9	5.94
2012 (6-6)			105.0	99	48	40	14	93	16	3.43
2011 (14-10)			200.1	187	103	98	56	169	35	4.40

Last 7 GS		2-3	39.0	56	30	29	19	28	5	6.69	38
2014-06-24	DET	L	6.1	9	4	4	0	6	2	93	45
2014-06-16	@OAK	W	5.1	10	5	5	3	2	1	102	27
2014-06-10	MIA	ND	5.0	7	3	3	4	3	0	106	40
2014-06-05	BAL	ND	5.0	7	5	5	2	4	1	98	35
2014-05-30	@WSN	L	5.2	9	6	5	2	5	1	97	32
2014-05-25	@DET	W	5.2	5	2	2	5	2	0	108	48
2014-05-20	SEA	L	6.0	9	5	5	3	6	0	104	37

Last 5 v.MIN		0-4	24.0	35	24	24	10	11	4	9.00	34
2011-07-27	MIN	L	6.2	8	4	4	2	5	2	105	45
2011-06-11	@MIN	L	1.1	7	6	6	2	1	0	52	15
2010-09-04	@MIN	L	3.2	8	9	9	2	2	2	77	9
2010-08-24	MIN	ND	6.1	7	3	3	0	2	0	99	49
2010-05-28	@MIN	L	6.0	5	2	2	4	1	0	111	51

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Twins Batters (4.20 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.90 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 48.Lewis
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

31.Arcia* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/2.333 ··· 131/95 .208/.275/.392/.666 .430/.759 .546 82/.562 0/2 5/2

2.Dozier G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 ··· 4/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 358/266 .242/.356/.433/.789 .907/.746 .664 103/.875 15/4 15/5

5.Escobar# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 1/2.000 228/170 .275/.319/.408/.726 .757/.715 .665 95/.603 1/1 2/4

25.Florimon# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 86/55 .092/.179/.132/.310 .311/.310 .219 12/.083 6/0 0/2

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 3/1.167 5/.200 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.333 ··· 140/110 .216/.288/.344/.632 .764/.594 .607 51/.550 7/0 1/2

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 9/1.431 3/1.000 10/.700 7/1.238 1/.000 ··· 14/1.310 ··· 327/218 .271/.343/.353/.695 .546/.771 .710 106/.721 3/0 2/0

17.Morales# G/S/vP 4/.750 11/.191 6/.167 2/2.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 76/54 .225/.263/.324/.587 .515/.616 .635 76/.587 0/0 1/0

27.Parmelee* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 98/70 .264/.306/.418/.724 .766/.706 .765 38/.990 0/2 4/1

11.Polanco# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/4.000 ··· 4/4 .333/.500/1.000/1.500 /1.500 1.500 4/1.500 0/0 0/0

8.Suzuki G/S/vP 26/.539 11/.455 1/2.000 9/.111 ··· ··· 9/.555 2/2.000 256/183 .297/.353/.389/.742 .785/.722 .674 75/.686 0/0 2/3

16.Willingham G/S/vP 19/1.211 5/1.000 2/1.000 5/1.933 ··· ··· 6/.533 1/.000 144/105 .243/.396/.477/.873 .947/.843 .874 91/.824 0/0 7/0

IP 69.2 39.1 34.1 25.1 15.2 5.2 26.2 38.1 TOTAL .243/.321/.371/.691 .700/.688 .661 .692 42/15 60/42

ERA-K/9

5.94/7.4

5.95/6.2

3.41/10.8

2.13/9.6

4.02/6.9

3.18/7.9

2.70/12.1

3.52/8.5

4.56/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Fryer (3-0-0)
Suzuki (31-9-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 328/.345 161/.257 146/.252 104/.209 69/.344 24/.286 104/.162 158/.225 .281 Fuld
Arcia
Parmelee
Escobar
Willingham 3/29/4/5
0/0/30/4
8/0/20/3
2/1/0/2
31/0/0/1

OPS .918 .779 .671 .585 .891 .638 .435 .751 .780

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 172/1.007 84/.762 56/.739 44/.532 25/.860 8/.804 60/.595 58/.738 .787

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 156/.819 77/.798 90/.627 60/.623 44/.909 16/.552 44/.211 100/.757 .773

Home 173/.955 78/.815 70/.636 56/.339 36/.992 5/1.800 53/.473 86/.712

Last 28d days 103/1.031 69/.781 49/.595 31/.576 13/1.077 24/.638 27/.530 51/.864

HR/SB/CS 9/13/6 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··· ··X·o··· oo·X···X ·o·o···o ····X·o· ····X··· ·X··o··· ···XX·X·

Rangers Batters (4.20 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.58 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 44.Gibson
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Andrus G/S/vP 3/.000 3/1.334 15/1.038 7/.334 7/1.143 8/.500 12/.819 ··· 342/252 .268/.318/.345/.663 .831/.606 .640 99/.663 18/6 2/8

29.Beltre G/S/vP 3/.666 6/.500 6/1.100 4/.000 13/1.189 16/1.349 12/1.084 ··· 275/211 .333/.378/.512/.890 .922/.880 1.026 94/1.069 1/1 9/7

61.Chirinos G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 171/122 .232/.269/.400/.669 .715/.651 .593 55/.819 0/0 6/2

15.Choice G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 204/136 .186/.260/.339/.599 .699/.551 .549 68/.603 1/0 8/2

17.Choo* G/S/vP 3/.000 5/.650 31/.633 3/.000 7/.858 8/.708 8/1.667 1/.000 321/222 .255/.374/.390/.763 .740/.774 .696 99/.536 3/3 7/3

60.Gimenez G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/1.167 6/.666 ··· 63/56 .310/.365/.414/.779 .571/.806 .664 33/.579 0/0 0/1

2.Martin* G/S/vP 2/1.500 4/1.500 2/1.000 2/1.500 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 284/217 .275/.331/.373/.703 .521/.759 .809 81/.712 17/7 3/5

16.Murphy G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 127/92 .198/.270/.333/.603 .761/.545 .338 29/.403 0/1 4/0

73.Odor* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 126/94 .276/.309/.431/.740 .550/.806 .610 65/.735 2/3 3/3

21.Pena* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.334 7/.953 ··· ··· 20/15 .158/.200/.316/.516 .000/.695 .516 20/.516 0/0 1/0

51.Rios G/S/vP 3/.666 8/.542 19/.387 3/1.667 27/.733 22/1.091 10/.800 1/3.000 323/247 .305/.337/.440/.778 1.140/.671 .756 87/.649 13/8 3/4

19.Robertson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 49/26 .217/.265/.261/.526 .696/.361 .549 21/.733 1/2 0/0

3.Sardinas# G/S/vP 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 72/53 .288/.329/.318/.647 .833/.580 .836 34/.739 1/1 0/4

IP 85.0 32.0 30.2 33.2 19.0 32.1 37.2 26.2 TOTAL .262/.322/.387/.709 .766/.688 .694 .690 58/32 56/56

ERA-K/9

3.92/5.0

5.63/7.0

2.64/5.0

2.41/6.9

3.32/4.3

3.34/11.7

4.06/4.8

3.04/6.4

4.41/6.2

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 355/.236 139/.252 127/.241 131/.208 80/.254 137/.244 166/.262 101/.205 .271 Martin
Choice
Rios
Choo
Robertson 0/76/0/5
30/7/8/4
0/0/72/3
51/0/0/3
12/7/3/2

OPS .631 .762 .692 .574 .628 .679 .700 .623 .736

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 191/.707 59/.815 51/.564 61/.700 31/.566 33/.758 65/.654 50/.604 .735

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 164/.541 80/.721 76/.780 70/.465 49/.670 104/.651 101/.729 51/.641 .737

Road 187/.732 73/.565 68/.509 76/.633 51/.804 65/.519 81/.819 60/.667

Last 28d days 113/.538 45/.686 37/.650 46/.794 48/.720 38/.962 57/.651 28/.542

HR/SB/CS 5/3/2 5/6/0 3/1/1 3/1/0 0/1/0 2/1/0 1/1/0 2/1/1 64/50/9

Usage ····X··· ···X··o· ·o·X···o o·o···oX ·Xo·X··o ·······X ···X··X· ··o·o···

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 5.18

PIT 4.07

SDP 2.96

RA/G

STL 3.45

TBR 4.19

COL 5.18

T. Tulowitzki .348

E. Andrus .268

C. Carter .184

OBP

T. Tulowitzki .442

B. Butler .332

N. Schierholtz .253

SLG

J. Abreu .631

A. Pagan .411

E. Cabrera .291

OPS

T. Tulowitzki 1.060

M. Ozuna .750

E. Cabrera .546

ERA

J. Cueto 1.88

B. Colon 3.67

R. Nolasco 5.74

K/9IP

Y. Darvish 11.05

B. McCarthy 7.53

K. Correia 4.49

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.