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Texas Rangers vs. Boston Red Sox, at Globe Life Park in Arlington, May 31, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Sunday, May 31, 2015
Start Time:
2:05ct (local), 3:05et
Venue:
Globe Life Park in Arlington
Series:
Game #4 of a 4-game series
Average Temp:
87° (based on last ten years)
Red Sox
Manager:
John Farrell
Game #:
51
On This Date:
53-48
Rangers
Manager:
Jeff Banister
Game #:
51
On This Date:
22-27
Season Series
Tue, May 19, 2015 BOS  4  TEX  3     
Wed, May 20, 2015 TEX  2 @BOS  1     
Thu, May 21, 2015 TEX  3 @BOS  1     
Thu, May 28, 2015 BOS  5 @TEX  1     
Fri, May 29, 2015 TEX  7  BOS  4     
Sat, May 30, 2015 TEX  8  BOS  0     

Sun, May 31, 2015 BOS    @TEX  3:05pm

                         All times ET
Boston Red Sox
22-28, 5th, 4 GB, 8 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   10-12   Road:   12-16   ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:  15-21   vsLHP:   7-7    1-Run:   8-6 
 vsEast: 10-15   vsCntrl: 0-3    vsWest:  8-8  IL: 4-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 50 Sat, May 30  @TEX  L   0-8       22-28  5th  4.0 gb
 49 Fri, May 29  @TEX  L   4-7       22-27  5th  3.0 gb
 48 Thu, May 28  @TEX  W   5-1       22-26  4th  3.0 gb
 47 Wed, May 27  @MIN  L   4-6       21-26  4th  4.0 gb
 46 Tue, May 26  @MIN  L   1-2       21-25  4th  3.0 gb
 45 Mon, May 25  @MIN  L   2-7       21-24  4th  2.5 gb
 44 Sun, May 24   LAA  W   6-1       21-23  3rd  2.5 gb
 43 Sat, May 23   LAA  W   8-3       20-23  4th  3.5 gb
 42 Fri, May 22   LAA  L   5-12      19-23  4th  4.5 gb
 41 Thu, May 21   TEX  L   1-3       19-22  4th  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:11-19
Texas Rangers
25-25, 3rd, 6 GB, 5 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    8-14   Road:   17-11   ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:  17-15   vsLHP:   8-10   1-Run:   8-5 
 vsEast:  9-4    vsCntrl: 5-5    vsWest: 10-15 IL: 1-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 50 Sat, May 30   BOS  W   8-0       25-25  3rd  6.0 gb
 49 Fri, May 29   BOS  W   7-4       24-25  4th  6.0 gb
 48 Thu, May 28   BOS  L   1-5       23-25  4th  7.0 gb
 47 Wed, May 27  @CLE  L   3-12      23-24  3rd  6.5 gb
 46 Tue, May 26  @CLE  W   4-3       23-23  2nd  6.5 gb
 45 Mon, May 25  @CLE  W  10-8       22-23  3rd  6.5 gb
 44 Sun, May 24  @NYY  W   5-2       21-23  3rd  7.5 gb
 43 Sat, May 23  @NYY  W  15-4       20-23  4th  7.5 gb
 42 Fri, May 22  @NYY  W  10-9       19-23  4th  7.5 gb
 41 Thu, May 21  @BOS  W   3-1       18-23  4th  8.5 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, May 30, 2015 TEX  8  BOS  0        W:Chi Chi Gonzalez (1-0), L: Wade Miley (4-5), S: none
Fri, May 29, 2015 TEX  7  BOS  4        W:Yovani Gallardo (5-6), L: Steven Wright (2-2), S: Shawn Tolleson (6)
Thu, May 28, 2015 BOS  5 @TEX  1        W:Eduardo Rodriguez (1-0), L: Nick Martinez (4-1), S: none
Thu, May 21, 2015 TEX  3 @BOS  1        W:Wandy Rodriguez (2-2), L: Clay Buchholz (2-5), S: Shawn Tolleson (2)
Wed, May 20, 2015 TEX  2 @BOS  1        W:Phil Klein (1-0), L: Joe Kelly (1-3), S: Shawn Tolleson (1)
Tue, May 19, 2015 BOS  4  TEX  3        W:Wade Miley (3-4), L: Yovani Gallardo (3-6), S: Koji Uehara (10)

Sun, May 11, 2014 BOS  5 @TEX  2        W:John Lackey (5-2), L: Robbie Ross (1-4), S: Koji Uehara (9)
Sat, May 10, 2014 BOS  8 @TEX  3        W:Jon Lester (4-4), L: Martin Perez (4-3), S: none
Fri, May 09, 2014 TEX  8  BOS  0        W:Yu Darvish (3-1), L: Clay Buchholz (2-3), S: none
Wed, Apr 09, 2014 BOS  4  TEX  2        W:Andrew Miller (1-0), L: Alexi Ogando (0-1), S: Koji Uehara (2)
Season Series: 2015 - TEX over 4-2; 2014 - BOS won 4-2; 2013 - TEX won 4-2; All-Time - BOS leads 337-308

SP: Joe Kelly (27, RHP, 1-4, 6.24)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (1-4) 49.0 51 34 34 20 43 7 6.24
2014 (6-4) 96.1 88 48 45 42 66 8 4.20
2013 (10-5) 124.0 124 42 37 44 79 10 2.69
Last 7 GS 0-4 36.1 46 31 31 16 32 6 7.68 40
2015-05-25 @MIN L 1.2 8 7 7 1 0 1 52 10
2015-05-20 TEX L 7.0 7 2 2 1 7 1 108 61
2015-05-14 @SEA ND 6.1 5 1 1 3 2 0 92 58
2015-05-09 @TOR L 5.2 4 6 6 7 3 1 113 33
2015-05-03 NYY L 4.2 9 5 5 0 3 1 97 29
2015-04-27 TOR ND 6.0 5 5 5 3 10 1 104 49
2015-04-22 @TBR ND 5.0 8 5 5 1 7 1 82 37
Last 5 v.TEX 0-1 7.0 7 2 2 1 7 1 2.57 61
2015-05-20 TEX L 7.0 7 2 2 1 7 1 108 61

SP: Wandy Rodriguez (36, LHP, 2-2, 3.60)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (2-2) 40.0 31 16 16 18 35 4 3.60
2014 (0-2) 26.2 37 25 20 8 20 10 6.75
2013 (6-4) 62.2 58 26 25 12 46 10 3.59
Last 7 GS 2-2 40.0 31 16 16 18 35 4 3.60 54
2015-05-26 @CLE ND 5.1 4 3 3 5 6 2 102 49
2015-05-21 @BOS W 6.2 4 1 1 2 5 0 113 65
2015-05-15 CLE L 4.2 8 5 5 1 2 0 101 29
2015-05-10 @TBR ND 6.0 2 1 1 1 6 0 91 69
2015-05-05 @HOU W 8.0 3 1 1 1 8 1 104 79
2015-04-29 SEA L 4.1 5 4 4 5 3 1 101 35
2015-04-24 @LAA ND 5.0 5 1 1 3 5 0 89 55
Last 5 v.BOS 1-0 6.2 4 1 1 2 5 0 1.35 65
2015-05-21 @BOS W 6.2 4 1 1 2 5 0 113 65

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

Red Sox Batters (3.84 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.62 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Rodriguez*
G/S/vB		 63.Bass
G/S/vB		 58.Claudio*
G/S/vB		 36.Edwards
G/S/vB		 71.Freeman*
G/S/vB		 50.Kela
G/S/vB		 25.Ohlendorf
G/S/vB		 52.Scheppers
G/S/vB		 37.Tolleson
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
50.Betts G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/4.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 1/3.000 220/169 .246/.301/.392/.693 .597/.723 .594 106/.742 7/2 5/1
2.Bogaerts G/S/vP 2/2.000 2/no AB ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 4/.500 2/.000 175/128 .263/.312/.369/.681 .743/.658 .605 83/.691 2/0 2/4
38.Castillo G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 27/19 .192/.222/.192/.415 .500/.377 .343 27/.415 0/0 0/1
26.Holt* G/S/vP 3/.333 2/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 120/89 .286/.370/.410/.779 .810/.769 .953 63/.692 1/0 1/4
3.Leon# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 50/34 .190/.277/.190/.467 .143/.614 .470 26/.432 0/0 0/0
12.Napoli G/S/vP 9/.347 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 6/1.500 2/.000 182/127 .213/.330/.413/.743 .919/.670 .609 92/.913 1/1 8/2
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 6/.167 3/1.667 189/130 .223/.307/.386/.692 .291/.892 .584 90/.596 0/0 6/0
15.Pedroia G/S/vP 3/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 7/.286 3/.333 222/169 .296/.362/.444/.806 .765/.818 .766 109/.766 1/1 7/4
39.Peguero* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 88/78 .178/.307/.397/.704 .786/.691 .813 43/.756 2/0 4/0
13.Ramirez G/S/vP 31/1.156 5/1.600 1/no AB ··· 2/1.500 ··· 10/1.150 2/.000 2/.000 191/138 .257/.309/.486/.795 .996/.722 .839 88/.622 1/2 12/2
48.Sandoval# G/S/vP 10/.522 8/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 6/1.300 1/2.000 ··· 179/131 .252/.318/.374/.693 .255/.860 .611 79/.512 0/0 5/3
23.Swihart# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 71/53 .224/.257/.269/.526 .412/.563 .598 63/.541 0/0 0/0
IP 40.0 31.0 13.2 2.0 6.1 22.1 5.2 12.0 23.1 TOTAL .240/.315/.371/.686 .654/.698 .639 .662 16/6 49/28
ERA-K/9 3.60/7.9 4.35/5.5 2.63/6.6 0.00/13.5 7.11/4.3 2.01/8.1 4.76/11.1 5.25/6.0 2.70/11.6 4.25/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Leon (1-4-1)
 Swihart (14-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 169/.212 130/.269 58/.204 9/.167 29/.333 93/.256 25/.261 54/.222 93/.218 .263  Betts
 Ramirez
 Peguero
 Castillo
 Holt
0/48/0/4
41/0/0/2
24/1/9/1
0/1/7/1
6/2/10/0
OPS .664 .766 .742 .611 .955 .637 .842 .667 .606 .753
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 43/.799 61/.792 31/.790 4/.250 14/1.300 47/.700 15/.651 28/.713 54/.650 .772
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 126/.616 69/.742 27/.677 5/.933 15/.690 46/.572 10/1.100 26/.619 39/.542 .736
Home 48/.929 59/.657 31/.758 5/.600 16/1.130 38/.649 8/.875 14/.368 40/.695
Last 28d days 122/.610 50/.990 48/.783 7/.452 29/.955 41/.505 25/.842 30/.493 52/.569
HR/SB/CS 4/2/0 4/1/0 3/0/0 0/0/0 1/0/1 1/2/0 2/1/0 1/0/0 2/0/0 55/27/12
Usage ····X··· ···X···X o·o··X·o ·o·X···· o·o··Xo· ··o·o·X· ·X··X·X· X·o·oX·· ·o··Xoo·
Rangers Batters (4.58 RS/G) vs. Red Sox Pitchers (4.78 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 56.Kelly
G/S/vB		 68.Barnes
G/S/vB		 32.Breslow*
G/S/vB		 59.Layne*
G/S/vB		 41.Ogando
G/S/vB		 28.Ross*
G/S/vB		 36.Tazawa
G/S/vB		 19.Uehara
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
68.Alberto G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/4.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 8/4 .286/.286/.571/.857 .500/1.333 .857 8/.857 0/0 0/0
1.Andrus G/S/vP 5/.450 2/.000 8/.857 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 7/1.571 10/.300 217/147 .240/.296/.318/.613 .821/.513 .648 109/.648 6/4 2/11
29.Beltre G/S/vP 6/1.000 1/.000 8/.250 1/3.000 2/.000 1/.000 8/.875 6/.666 218/148 .251/.289/.404/.693 .770/.656 .649 114/.779 1/0 6/5
61.Chirinos G/S/vP 3/1.666 2/1.500 ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 123/84 .208/.322/.465/.788 1.031/.672 .715 66/.946 0/0 5/3
17.Choo* G/S/vP 9/1.111 ··· 12/1.200 3/.000 6/.666 2/.000 2/1.000 4/.833 193/129 .235/.321/.429/.751 .559/.849 .915 116/.863 0/0 7/2
3.Corporan# G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 76/58 .172/.257/.266/.522 .922/.381 .659 37/.353 0/0 1/1
7.DeShields G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 2/3.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 107/66 .283/.383/.380/.764 .877/.688 .814 91/.833 11/1 0/2
84.Fielder* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/2.000 5/.800 3/.333 ··· 6/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 221/138 .361/.412/.569/.981 .869/1.049 .974 116/1.050 0/0 10/4
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 14/.902 4/.500 9/.222 4/1.250 7/.715 12/.500 25/13 .238/.360/.571/.931 .750/1.058 1.638 25/.931 0/0 2/0
2.Martin* G/S/vP 5/1.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/3.000 2/1.500 ··· 5/1.000 164/102 .230/.272/.349/.620 .669/.590 .423 54/.751 7/5 3/0
18.Moreland* G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 8/1.375 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· 2/.000 3/1.334 123/92 .300/.358/.518/.876 .906/.866 .774 67/.891 1/0 5/3
9.Rosales G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 5/.200 5/.400 ··· ··· 75/37 .246/.307/.391/.698 .744/.650 .755 49/.791 2/3 3/3
IP 49.0 13.1 21.1 14.1 19.0 17.0 21.0 15.1 TOTAL .248/.318/.407/.725 .777/.698 .745 .805 34/15 55/43
ERA-K/9 6.24/7.9 2.03/7.4 4.22/7.6 3.14/7.6 3.79/7.1 5.29/6.4 1.71/8.1 1.76/10.6 4.60/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Chirinos (17-7-2)
 Corporan (10-5-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 218/.264 63/.310 95/.288 60/.231 76/.225 76/.299 80/.211 56/.137 .262  Martin
 Choo
 DeShields
 Hamilton
0/39/0/6
0/0/43/1
12/15/0/1
5/0/3/0
OPS .745 .831 .812 .586 .741 .833 .592 .491 .748
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 103/.557 31/.819 38/1.028 34/.367 28/.536 22/.773 29/.759 29/.567 .726
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 115/.922 32/.842 57/.671 26/.890 48/.871 54/.858 51/.492 27/.416 .767
Road 119/.721 55/.736 50/.833 45/.557 39/.752 34/.869 34/.500 28/.650
Last 28d days 97/.810 55/.882 37/.878 33/.579 34/.855 30/.811 35/.476 33/.354
HR/SB/CS 7/5/0 2/3/0 3/0/1 0/1/0 3/0/1 2/0/0 3/2/1 2/0/0 54/25/12
Usage ·····X·· oo···X·· ·X···X·· ·oX··o·· ·o··o··o X······· ···o···X ··o···oX

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  5.16

STL  4.20

PHI  3.06

 RA/G

STL  3.02

MIA  4.22

MIL  5.04

 BA

D. Gordon  .374

A. Simmons  .267

S. Drew  .157

 OBP

B. Harper  .468

M. Cuddyer  .326

S. Drew  .225

 SLG

B. Harper  .733

J. Soler  .420

J. Ramirez  .246

 OPS

B. Harper  1.201

K. Calhoun  .755

J. Ramirez  .506

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.48

J. Paxton  3.70

K. Lohse  6.50

 K/9IP

J. Shields  11.60

M. Gonzalez  7.26

M. Buehrle  4.27

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.