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Texas Rangers vs. Tampa Bay Rays, at Globe Life Park in Arlington, August 11, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Monday, August 11, 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 4-game series

Average Temp:

96° (based on last ten years)

Rays

Manager:

Joe Maddon

Game #:

118

On This Date:

6-9

Rangers

Manager:

Ron Washington

Game #:

118

On This Date:

27-20

Season Series
Fri, Apr 04, 2014 TBR  8  TEX  1     
Sat, Apr 05, 2014 TBR  5  TEX  4     
Sun, Apr 06, 2014 TEX  3 @TBR  0     

Mon, Aug 11, 2014 TBR    @TEX  8:05pm
Tue, Aug 12, 2014 TBR    @TEX  8:05pm
Wed, Aug 13, 2014 TBR    @TEX  8:05pm
Thu, Aug 14, 2014 TBR    @TEX  8:05pm

                         All times ET

Tampa Bay Rays

57-60, 4th, 10 GB, 11 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   27-32   Road:   30-28   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  43-43   vsLHP:  14-17   1-Run:  17-14
 vsEast: 22-22   vsCntrl:11-12   vsWest: 14-16 IL:10-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
117 Sun, Aug 10  @CHC  L   2-3 (12)  57-60  4th 10.0 gb
116 Sat, Aug  9  @CHC  W   4-0       57-59  4th 10.0 gb
115 Fri, Aug  8  @CHC  W   4-3 (10)  56-59  4th 10.0 gb
114 Wed, Aug  6  @OAK  W   7-3       55-59  4th  9.5 gb
113 Tue, Aug  5  @OAK  L   0-3       54-59  4th 10.5 gb
112 Mon, Aug  4  @OAK  L   2-3 (10)  54-58  4th  9.5 gb
111 Sun, Aug  3   LAA  L   5-7       54-57  4th  8.5 gb
110 Sat, Aug  2   LAA  W  10-3       54-56  4th  7.5 gb
109 Fri, Aug  1   LAA  L   3-5       53-56  4th  8.5 gb
108 Wed, Jul 30   MIL  L   0-5       53-55  4th  8.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:19-11

Texas Rangers

46-71, 5th, 26 GB, 22 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   21-33   Road:   25-38   ExtrInn: 1-4 
 vsRHP:  34-49   vsLHP:  12-22   1-Run:  14-16
 vsEast:  9-20   vsCntrl:13-14   vsWest: 18-28 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
117 Sun, Aug 10  @HOU  W   6-2       46-71  5th 26.0 gb
116 Sat, Aug  9  @HOU  L   3-8       45-71  5th 27.0 gb
115 Fri, Aug  8  @HOU  L   3-4       45-70  5th 26.0 gb
114 Wed, Aug  6  @CHW  W   3-1       45-69  5th 24.5 gb
113 Tue, Aug  5  @CHW  W  16-0       44-69  5th 25.5 gb
112 Mon, Aug  4  @CHW  L   3-5  (7)  43-69  5th 25.5 gb
111 Sun, Aug  3  @CLE  L   3-4 (12)  43-68  5th 24.5 gb
110 Sat, Aug  2  @CLE  L   0-2       43-67  5th 24.5 gb
109 Fri, Aug  1  @CLE  L   2-12      43-66  5th 23.5 gb
108 Wed, Jul 30   NYY  W   3-2       43-65  5th 23.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30: 8-22

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Apr 06, 2014 TEX  3 @TBR  0        W:Yu Darvish (1-0), L: Joel Peralta (0-1), S: Joakim Soria (1)
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
Season Series: 2014 - TBR over 2-1; 2013 - Tied 4-4; 2012 - TBR won 5-4; All-Time - TEX leads 82-68

SP: Drew Smyly (25, LHP, 6-10, 3.98)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (6-10)			110.2	118	51	49	33	95	14	3.98
2013 (6-0)			76.0	62	20	20	17	81	4	2.37
2012 (4-3)			99.1	93	49	44	33	94	12	3.99

Last 7 GS		2-4	37.1	49	23	23	9	33	4	5.54	45
2014-08-05	@OAK	L	5.1	7	3	3	2	6	0	107	46
2014-07-31	CHW	ND	5.0	11	4	4	0	2	0	95	31
2014-07-25	@LAA	L	5.2	4	2	2	1	11	0	92	63
2014-07-20	CLE	W	7.0	4	1	1	2	6	1	103	69
2014-07-10	@KCR	W	6.2	8	4	4	1	2	2	112	43
2014-07-04	TBR	L	5.1	7	5	5	1	3	1	102	36
2014-06-29	@HOU	L	2.1	8	4	4	2	3	0	67	26

Last 5 v.TEX		1-1	16.2	18	8	7	5	15	2	3.78	51
2014-06-24	@TEX	W	6.0	5	1	0	1	5	0	102	64
2012-06-26	@TEX	L	4.2	8	6	6	2	3	1	97	25
2012-04-22	TEX	ND	6.0	5	1	1	2	7	1	100	63

SP: Colby Lewis (34, RHP, 8-8, 5.50)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (8-8)			111.1	149	72	68	35	91	13	5.50
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		3-3	41.2	48	25	22	9	34	4	4.75	49
2014-08-05	@CHW	W	9.0	6	0	0	1	7	0	110	81
2014-07-30	NYY	W	7.0	4	2	2	2	4	2	106	63
2014-07-24	@NYY	L	6.1	4	3	3	3	2	0	87	52
2014-07-19	@TOR	L	5.0	8	2	2	3	5	0	106	45
2014-07-10	LAA	L	2.1	13	13	11	0	1	1	61	-16
2014-07-05	@NYM	W	6.0	8	3	2	0	7	1	102	53
2014-06-29	MIN	ND	6.0	5	2	2	0	8	0	92	62

Last 5 v.TBR		3-0	23.0	18	9	9	11	20	2	3.52	55
2012-04-28	TBR	W	6.0	3	1	1	3	5	1	96	64
2011-06-01	@TBR	W	8.0	4	0	0	2	8	0	113	80
2003-05-27	@TBD	W	5.0	4	1	1	2	5	0	72	58
2003-05-22	TBD	ND	4.0	7	7	7	4	2	1	87	18

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

Rays Batters (3.91 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (5.06 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 48.Lewis
G/S/vB 57.Adcock
G/S/vB 25.Baker
G/S/vB 56.Cotts*
G/S/vB 30.Feliz
G/S/vB 64.Klein
G/S/vB 55.Mendez
G/S/vB 37.Tolleson
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

59.Casali G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 34/21 .167/.265/.200/.465 .580/.396 .465 34/.465 0/0 0/1

11.Escobar G/S/vP 12/.500 ··· ··· 2/2.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 390/304 .257/.325/.331/.656 .745/.631 .672 81/.650 1/1 4/11

35.Figueroa* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 44/43 .205/.250/.231/.481 .000/.493 .267 22/.596 0/0 0/1

10.Forsythe G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 246/131 .246/.298/.357/.655 .743/.580 .635 40/.762 1/0 4/1

5.Guyer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 194/114 .274/.349/.357/.706 .812/.632 .720 39/.832 4/1 1/0

8.Jennings G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 477/357 .243/.326/.385/.711 .902/.649 .797 86/.636 14/6 10/0

20.Joyce* G/S/vP 6/1.133 1/.000 17/.551 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 367/339 .279/.365/.417/.782 .512/.805 .764 63/.806 1/4 7/1

39.Kiermaier* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 233/185 .282/.333/.502/.836 .529/.916 .792 63/.581 4/3 9/5

21.Loney* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 4/.750 ··· ··· ··· ··· 484/345 .287/.341/.374/.714 .606/.759 .693 85/.756 4/0 5/3

3.Longoria G/S/vP 6/.334 1/.000 14/1.071 2/5.000 6/.533 ··· ··· ··· 511/376 .251/.325/.390/.716 .848/.670 .624 88/.698 4/0 14/7

28.Molina G/S/vP 8/.250 2/.000 9/.819 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 204/162 .191/.250/.202/.452 .623/.407 .488 43/.499 3/0 0/2

1.Rodriguez G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 6/.833 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 189/84 .227/.278/.488/.766 .769/.759 .883 28/.673 2/0 10/2

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 6/1.000 1/.000 17/.647 1/no AB 5/1.100 ··· ··· ··· 459/337 .285/.371/.433/.804 .979/.741 .782 92/1.010 9/4 9/8

IP 111.1 7.0 58.0 50.2 16.0 2.0 17.0 54.2 TOTAL .254/.327/.379/.706 .736/.696 .688 .710 50/22 88/55

ERA-K/9

5.50/7.4

5.14/9.0

5.90/6.5

3.73/9.9

2.81/3.9

9.00/9.0

1.59/5.8

3.13/8.7

4.82/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Casali (7-3-3)
Molina (30-12-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 509/.324 31/.259 243/.264 216/.258 59/.151 10/.333 69/.155 227/.216 .282 Joyce
Jennings
Kiermaier
Zobrist
Forsythe
Rodriguez
Guyer 56/0/9/4
0/104/0/2
1/14/56/2
21/0/13/1
3/0/0/0
16/0/2/0
41/6/1/0

OPS .866 .836 .785 .709 .541 1.400 .517 .690 .788

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 284/.949 19/.888 121/.772 79/.742 33/.452 6/2.000 41/.529 92/.716 .791

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 225/.759 12/.750 122/.798 137/.689 26/.656 4/.250 28/.486 135/.673 .785

Home 242/.953 12/.977 122/.841 100/.664 27/.514 / 35/.458 112/.711

Last 28d days 112/.618 31/.836 17/.364 44/.734 31/.538 10/1.400 47/.598 34/.549

HR/SB/CS 13/14/7 2/0/0 9/3/0 4/1/1 3/1/0 2/0/0 1/2/0 9/4/2 119/57/29

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

Rangers Batters (4.07 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (3.89 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 33.Smyly*
G/S/vB 50.Balfour
G/S/vB 38.Beliveau*
G/S/vB 26.Boxberger
G/S/vB 57.McGee*
G/S/vB 62.Peralta
G/S/vB 27.Ramos*
G/S/vB 49.Yates
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

35.Adduci* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 76/68 .221/.289/.309/.598 .000/.674 .933 63/.490 1/1 1/0

1.Andrus G/S/vP 13/.725 12/.166 ··· 1/.000 5/.400 4/1.250 3/.000 ··· 506/373 .274/.322/.348/.670 .840/.612 .666 99/.752 21/12 2/14

7.Arencibia G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 5/.000 12/.258 5/.650 ··· 150/108 .185/.253/.407/.661 .976/.545 .579 84/.856 0/0 8/3

29.Beltre G/S/vP 8/1.196 20/.261 ··· ··· 3/.000 8/.250 1/no AB ··· 430/327 .320/.370/.510/.880 .941/.861 1.008 93/.746 1/1 17/9

28.Carp* G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· 111/86 .194/.315/.269/.584 .376/.647 .585 20/.313 0/1 0/0

61.Chirinos G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 258/183 .238/.280/.430/.709 .790/.677 .588 47/.772 0/1 11/2

17.Choo* G/S/vP 9/.222 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 8/1.089 2/1.000 ··· 479/328 .247/.349/.377/.725 .707/.734 .653 92/.673 3/3 11/3

2.Martin* G/S/vP 4/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 3/1.666 ··· 410/311 .251/.308/.351/.659 .467/.719 .750 81/.478 19/9 5/6

12.Odor* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 258/185 .254/.296/.377/.674 .524/.731 .546 75/.641 2/5 4/5

51.Rios G/S/vP 7/.143 16/.521 ··· ··· 2/.000 12/.450 2/1.000 ··· 448/341 .294/.324/.415/.738 1.001/.659 .771 61/.521 16/9 4/6

19.Robertson G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 113/55 .283/.321/.311/.633 .755/.498 .531 43/.731 3/3 0/2

9.Rosales G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 48/16 .350/.447/.625/1.072 .979/1.233 .930 29/1.343 0/0 3/1

8.Soto G/S/vP 1/2.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 18/12 .278/.278/.333/.611 .333/.750 18/.611 0/0 0/0

IP 110.2 43.2 10.1 49.0 52.0 46.0 66.1 23.2 TOTAL .258/.317/.384/.701 .750/.683 .694 .687 70/47 88/77

ERA-K/9

3.98/7.7

5.36/8.4

1.74/7.9

2.02/14.5

1.38/12.1

3.52/10.6

3.93/6.9

2.28/10.6

3.58/8.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Arencibia (9-2-2)
Chirinos (34-25-5)
Soto (3-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 469/.274 197/.228 45/.225 184/.149 197/.180 189/.214 293/.252 97/.225 .239 Martin
Robertson
Rios
Choo
Adduci
Carp 0/109/0/7
20/14/7/4
0/0/99/4
61/0/6/3
11/0/5/1
13/0/1/0

OPS .773 .731 .561 .509 .443 .652 .706 .615 .671

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 130/.481 111/.769 20/.535 84/.330 62/.555 112/.689 111/.653 26/.670 .660

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 339/.888 86/.682 25/.581 100/.655 135/.391 77/.600 182/.738 71/.592 .680

Road 246/.750 85/.788 21/.452 91/.382 105/.511 88/.668 186/.815 40/.436

Last 28d days 94/.777 37/.765 39/.653 45/.307 40/.389 24/.170 20/.971 35/.507

HR/SB/CS 14/13/7 2/4/0 0/1/0 6/4/2 0/1/1 7/4/0 6/2/0 2/1/1 101/57/22

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

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

OAK 4.90

ARI 4.03

SDP 3.22

RA/G

SEA 3.25

PIT 4.11

COL 5.25

T. Tulowitzki .340

A. Jackson .273

C. Davis .193

OBP

T. Tulowitzki .432

A. Jackson .332

G. Beckham .265

SLG

J. Abreu .610

M. Holliday .414

J. Bradley .289

OPS

T. Tulowitzki 1.035

K. Suzuki .755

J. Bradley .571

ERA

C. Kershaw 1.78

M. Garza 3.58

E. Jackson 5.61

K/9IP

Y. Darvish 11.35

J. Lackey 7.41

K. Correia 4.25

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.