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Texas Rangers vs. Cleveland Indians, at Globe Life Park in Arlington, May 17, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Sunday, May 17, 2015

Start Time:

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

Venue:

Globe Life Park in Arlington

Series:

Game #3 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

80° (based on last ten years)

Indians

Manager:

Terry Francona

Game #:

On This Date:

54-46

Rangers

Manager:

Jeff Banister

Game #:

On This Date:

18-30

Season Series
Fri, May 15, 2015 CLE  8 @TEX  3     
Sat, May 16, 2015 CLE 10 @TEX  8     

Sun, May 17, 2015 CLE    @TEX  3:05pm
Mon, May 25, 2015 TEX    @CLE  4:10pm
Tue, May 26, 2015 TEX    @CLE  7:10pm
Wed, May 27, 2015 TEX    @CLE 12:10pm

                         All times ET

Cleveland Indians

14-21, 5th, 8 GB, 6½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:    6-12   Road:    8-9    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:  10-12   vsLHP:   4-9    1-Run:   0-3 
 vsEast:  2-2    vsCntrl: 7-16   vsWest:  4-1  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 35 Sat, May 16  @TEX  W  10-8       14-21  5th  8.0 gb
 34 Fri, May 15  @TEX  W   8-3       13-21  5th  9.0 gb
 33 Thu, May 14   STL  L   1-2       12-21  5th  9.0 gb
 32 Wed, May 13   STL  W   2-0       12-20  5th  8.0 gb
 31 Tue, May 12   STL  L   3-8       11-20  5th  9.0 gb
 30 Sun, May 10   MIN  W   8-2       11-19  5th  8.5 gb
 29 Sat, May  9   MIN  L   4-7       10-19  5th  8.5 gb
 28 Fri, May  8   MIN  L   3-9       10-18  5th  8.0 gb
 27 Thu, May  7  @KCR  L   4-7       10-17  5th  7.5 gb
 26 Wed, May  6  @KCR  W  10-3       10-16  5th  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18

Texas Rangers

15-22, 4th, 9 GB, 6½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:    5-13   Road:   10-9    ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:  10-14   vsLHP:   5-8    1-Run:   5-4 
 vsEast:  2-2    vsCntrl: 2-4    vsWest: 10-15 IL: 1-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 37 Sat, May 16   CLE  L   8-10      15-22  4th  9.0 gb
 36 Fri, May 15   CLE  L   3-8       15-21  4th  8.0 gb
 35 Thu, May 14   KCR  L   3-6       15-20  4th  7.0 gb
 34 Wed, May 13   KCR  W   5-2       15-19  4th  6.0 gb
 33 Tue, May 12   KCR  L   6-7 (10)  14-19  4th  6.0 gb
 32 Mon, May 11   KCR  W   8-2       14-18  4th  6.0 gb
 31 Sun, May 10  @TBR  W   2-1       13-18  4th  6.5 gb
 30 Sat, May  9  @TBR  L   2-7       12-18  4th  7.5 gb
 29 Fri, May  8  @TBR  L   2-8       12-17  3rd  6.5 gb
 28 Thu, May  7  @TBR  W   5-4       12-16  3rd  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, May 16, 2015 CLE 10 @TEX  8        W:Scott Atchison (1-1), L: Neftali Feliz (1-2), S: Cody Allen (6)
Fri, May 15, 2015 CLE  8 @TEX  3        W:Ryan Webb (1-0), L: Wandy Rodriguez (1-2), S: none

Sun, Aug 03, 2014 CLE  4  TEX  3 (12)   W:Scott Atchison (5-0), L: Phil Klein (0-1), S: none
Sat, Aug 02, 2014 CLE  2  TEX  0        W:Scott Atchison (4-0), L: Miles Mikolas (1-4), S: Cody Allen (14)
Fri, Aug 01, 2014 CLE 12  TEX  2        W:Danny Salazar (4-4), L: Jerome Williams (2-5), S: none
Mon, Jun 09, 2014 CLE 17 @TEX  7        W:Scott Atchison (3-0), L: Nick Martinez (1-3), S: none
Sun, Jun 08, 2014 CLE  3 @TEX  2        W:Justin Masterson (4-4), L: Joe Saunders (0-2), S: Cody Allen (6)
Sat, Jun 07, 2014 CLE  8 @TEX  3        W:Josh Tomlin (4-2), L: Nick Tepesch (2-2), S: none
Fri, Jun 06, 2014 TEX  6  CLE  4        W:Yu Darvish (6-2), L: Marc Rzepczynski (0-2), S: Joakim Soria (13)
Sun, Jul 28, 2013 CLE  6  TEX  0        W:Ubaldo Jimenez (8-5), L: Alexi Ogando (4-3), S: none
Season Series: 2015 - CLE over 2-0; 2014 - CLE won 6-1; 2013 - CLE won 5-1; All-Time - TEX leads 332-312

SP: Carlos Carrasco (28, RHP, 4-3, 4.84)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (4-3)			35.1	39	19	19	8	42	3	4.84
2014 (8-7)			134.0	103	40	38	29	140	7	2.55
2013 (1-4)			46.2	64	36	35	18	30	4	6.75

Last 7 GS		4-3	35.1	39	19	19	8	42	3	4.84	51
2015-05-12	STL	L	6.2	10	4	4	0	7	0	104	45
2015-05-06	@KCR	W	7.0	5	3	3	2	6	1	98	59
2015-05-01	TOR	W	6.0	6	4	4	3	6	1	101	47
2015-04-26	@DET	L	4.1	9	5	5	2	5	0	91	28
2015-04-21	@CHW	W	5.0	4	1	1	0	8	1	60	63
2015-04-14	CHW	L	0.0	2	2	2	0	0	0	8	38
2015-04-08	@HOU	W	6.1	3	0	0	1	10	0	88	76

Last 5 v.TEX		0-1	11.0	16	11	10	5	4	2	8.18	32
2011-06-02	TEX	L	6.0	8	6	5	2	0	0	88	32
2009-09-08	TEX	ND	5.0	8	5	5	3	4	2	91	32

SP: Nick Martinez (24, RHP, 2-0, 1.88)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (2-0)			43.0	40	14	9	10	19	1	1.88
2014 (5-12)			140.1	150	79	71	55	77	18	4.55

Last 7 GS		2-0	43.0	40	14	9	10	19	1	1.88	56
2015-05-12	KCR	ND	6.1	6	4	3	1	4	1	101	50
2015-05-07	@TBR	ND	4.2	6	3	3	1	2	0	80	41
2015-05-02	OAK	ND	6.0	7	5	2	0	2	0	100	46
2015-04-26	@LAA	ND	6.0	7	0	0	2	2	0	94	58
2015-04-21	@ARI	ND	6.0	5	1	1	1	3	0	96	60
2015-04-14	LAA	W	7.0	5	1	0	3	1	0	99	63
2015-04-09	@OAK	W	7.0	4	0	0	2	5	0	95	72

Last 5 v.CLE		0-1	2.0	6	8	8	3	1	2	36.00	10
2014-06-09	CLE	L	2.0	6	8	8	3	1	2	64	10

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

Indians Batters (4.51 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.78 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 22.Martinez
G/S/vB 63.Bass
G/S/vB 58.Claudio*
G/S/vB 30.Feliz
G/S/vB 71.Freeman*
G/S/vB 21.Fujikawa
G/S/vB 50.Kela
G/S/vB 37.Tolleson
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Bourn* G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 127/81 .232/.317/.304/.621 .564/.653 .447 78/.694 2/2 0/0

23.Brantley* G/S/vP 2/no AB ··· ··· 6/1.333 2/1.500 ··· 2/.500 2/.500 129/82 .348/.426/.563/.989 1.189/.876 .957 108/1.093 6/0 4/0

8.Chisenhall* G/S/vP 2/3.500 ··· ··· 4/1.250 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 ··· 130/85 .235/.273/.387/.660 .626/.675 .765 93/.694 0/1 3/2

12.Hayes G/S/vP ··· 6/.000 ··· 2/no AB ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· 32/18 .172/.226/.483/.709 1.058/.461 .910 31/.733 0/0 3/1

22.Kipnis* G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/2.000 1/.000 3/1.666 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.000 165/102 .340/.400/.510/.910 .607/1.097 .722 117/1.061 5/2 4/2

44.Moss* G/S/vP 9/.472 6/2.100 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 4/.000 127/84 .237/.291/.439/.730 .837/.676 .775 90/.788 0/0 5/3

7.Murphy* G/S/vP 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/1.667 74/72 .304/.329/.478/.807 .000/.819 .817 52/.964 0/0 3/0

55.Perez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 82/59 .154/.288/.308/.595 .227/.719 .599 56/.481 0/0 3/3

9.Raburn G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.750 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 58/9 .333/.362/.556/.918 1.095/.000 .969 41/1.020 0/0 1/0

11.Ramirez# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 109/78 .175/.229/.237/.466 .136/.599 .510 70/.414 5/1 1/6

41.Santana# G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 156/99 .220/.365/.341/.707 .583/.784 .720 108/.675 2/1 4/2

33.Swisher# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 37/24 .257/.297/.343/.640 .923/.477 .669 37/.640 0/0 0/

6.Walters# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 12/9 .083/.083/.083/.167 .667/.000 .500 12/.167 0/0 0/2

IP 43.0 25.2 7.0 16.1 2.1 1.2 17.2 16.1 TOTAL .256/.327/.406/.733 .725/.737 .728 .790 20/7 33/25

ERA-K/9

1.88/4.0

3.86/5.6

3.86/5.1

5.51/8.3

3.86/3.9

16.20/5.3

2.55/7.6

3.86/12.1

4.34/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hayes (7-2-0)
Perez (17-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 179/.247 105/.258 28/.192 77/.300 9/.250 8/.286 76/.275 66/.258 .266 Brantley
Moss
Bourn
Raburn
Walters
Murphy 25/4/0/4
0/0/29/3
0/31/0/2
6/0/3/1
1/0/0/0
4/0/4/0

OPS .647 .713 .753 .792 .972 1.089 .704 .696 .747

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 66/.544 42/.650 15/1.048 42/.881 5/1.900 5/.650 38/.822 36/.763 .792

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 113/.709 63/.749 13/.410 35/.687 4/.000 3/1.667 38/.588 30/.609 .715

Home 83/.724 59/.657 23/.694 40/1.008 9/.972 8/1.089 37/.667 33/.785

Last 28d days 125/.703 46/.893 28/.753 46/.790 9/.972 8/1.089 50/.690 45/.876

HR/SB/CS 1/0/0 3/1/0 3/0/0 2/0/1 1/0/0 1/0/0 1/2/0 2/0/0 38/23/9

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

Rangers Batters (4.14 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (4.97 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 59.Carrasco
G/S/vB 49.Adams
G/S/vB 37.Allen
G/S/vB 48.Atchison
G/S/vB 50.Hagadone*
G/S/vB 34.McAllister
G/S/vB 35.Rzepczynski*
G/S/vB 27.Shaw
G/S/vB 54.Webb
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Andrus G/S/vP 7/1.000 ··· 5/1.550 8/.268 2/1.000 6/.334 3/.666 3/.000 1/.000 168/115 .233/.305/.295/.599 .934/.442 .667 110/.678 5/3 1/9

29.Beltre G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 7/.762 5/.400 ··· 6/1.500 ··· 2/.000 3/1.167 163/115 .257/.294/.428/.722 .945/.631 .720 106/.845 1/0 5/4

88.Blanks G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 3/.666 59/43 .327/.373/.545/.918 1.375/.731 1.100 59/.918 1/0 3/0

61.Chirinos G/S/vP 2/2.500 ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 90/64 .192/.315/.411/.726 1.154/.554 .729 62/.670 0/0 3/2

17.Choo* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 4/.833 2/1.000 4/1.250 8/1.357 1/.000 2/.000 138/97 .248/.333/.488/.821 .660/.887 1.021 101/.935 0/0 6/2

3.Corporan# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 60/43 .200/.300/.300/.600 .978/.426 .659 36/.411 0/0 1/1

7.DeShields G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 59/40 .286/.407/.408/.815 .728/.856 .832 48/.946 9/1 0/1

84.Fielder* G/S/vP 5/2.000 1/.000 7/1.229 1/no AB 2/.000 13/1.138 10/1.314 5/.400 4/.500 163/108 .340/.399/.497/.895 .837/.925 1.042 106/.904 0/0 5/4

39.Field G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/no AB 24/20 .238/.333/.524/.857 .500/.879 .857 24/.857 1/0 2/2

2.Martin* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/1.750 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 4/.000 3/.666 1/.000 127/76 .202/.238/.269/.507 .648/.411 .331 69/.502 6/2 1/0

18.Moreland* G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 3/.667 7/.286 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 73/59 .274/.356/.403/.759 .774/.756 .673 37/.688 0/0 1/1

43.Peguero* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 83/75 .188/.313/.420/.734 .833/.722 .596 59/.666 2/0 4/0

9.Rosales G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 45/18 .167/.222/.310/.532 .425/.690 .582 28/.484 1/0 2/1

IP 35.1 5.2 14.0 12.2 12.2 23.0 9.1 12.2 11.0 TOTAL .237/.315/.381/.696 .784/.654 .740 .729 28/8 36/31

ERA-K/9

4.84/10.7

1.59/1.6

7.07/12.9

4.97/6.4

4.97/10.6

3.13/11.3

4.82/10.6

2.13/8.5

1.64/4.1

4.55/9.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Chirinos (14-5-1)
Corporan (9-4-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 151/.277 21/.111 69/.286 54/.260 63/.309 102/.305 42/.306 58/.264 42/.139 .269 Martin
DeShields
Choo
Peguero
Blanks 0/29/0/5
6/10/0/1
0/0/31/1
21/1/9/1
1/0/0/0

OPS .765 .571 .826 .816 .860 .715 .779 .743 .522 .753

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 62/.523 4/.250 30/.569 17/.301 26/.668 42/.546 26/.795 14/.747 16/.063 .635

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 89/.930 17/.635 39/1.040 37/1.057 37/.995 60/.829 16/.745 44/.741 26/.836 .835

Road 93/.709 3/.333 35/.739 30/.889 28/.761 33/.633 18/.347 23/.503 13/.231

Last 28d days 126/.821 3/.333 49/.851 40/1.059 41/.907 54/.476 32/.816 38/.494 42/.522

HR/SB/CS 3/4/0 1/0/0 1/2/0 3/0/0 2/0/1 1/2/2 1/2/0 2/3/0 1/0/0 35/29/8

Usage ····X··· o······· oX·o··X· oX··o··o o···o··X ·Xo···X· X·o·o··o ·oo·X··o ·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 2015 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

TOR 5.21

ATL 4.25

PHI 3.00

RA/G

STL 3.19

CHC 4.36

COL 5.39

D. Gordon .425

A. Simmons .270

C. Utley .138

OBP

A. Rizzo .469

D. Travis .333

C. Utley .214

SLG

N. Cruz .709

D. Pedroia .415

J. Mercer .204

OPS

B. Harper 1.157

J. Panik .756

J. Mercer .434

ERA

Z. Greinke 1.52

Y. Gallardo 3.94

K. Kendrick 7.65

K/9IP

D. Salazar 12.41

M. Gonzalez 7.12

J. Guthrie 3.27

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.