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Texas Rangers vs. Pittsburgh Pirates, at Globe Life Park in Arlington, May 28, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Saturday, May 28, 2016
Start Time:
6:15ct (local), 7:15et
Venue:
Globe Life Park in Arlington
Series:
Game #2 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
86° (based on last ten years)
Pirates
Manager:
Clint Hurdle
Game #:
51
On This Date:
64-57
Rangers
Manager:
Jeff Banister
Game #:
50
On This Date:
18-28
Season Series
Fri, May 27, 2016 PIT  9 @TEX  1     

Sat, May 28, 2016 PIT    @TEX  7:15pm
Sun, May 29, 2016 PIT    @TEX  3:05pm

                         All times ET
Pittsburgh Pirates
28-19, 2nd, 4½ GB, tied for WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   15-9    Road:   13-10   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  22-17   vsLHP:   6-2    1-Run:   8-4 
 vsEast:  3-1    vsCntrl:12-11   vsWest: 11-4  IL: 2-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 47 Fri, May 27  @TEX  W   9-1       28-19  2nd  4.5 gb
 46 Thu, May 26   ARI  W   8-3       27-19  2nd  4.5 gb
 45 Wed, May 25   ARI  W   5-4       26-19  2nd  5.0 gb
 44 Tue, May 24   ARI  W  12-1       25-19  2nd  5.0 gb
 43 Mon, May 23   COL  W   6-3       24-19  2nd  5.0 gb
 42 Sat, May 21   COL  L   1-5       23-19  2nd  6.5 gb
 41 Fri, May 20   COL  W   2-1       23-18  2nd  6.5 gb
 40 Thu, May 19   ATL  W   8-2       22-18  2nd  6.5 gb
 39 Wed, May 18   ATL  L   1-3       21-18  2nd  7.5 gb
 38 Tue, May 17   ATL  W  12-9       21-17  2nd  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:19-11
Texas Rangers
27-21, 2nd, 1½ GB, 1 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   16-9    Road:   11-12   ExtrInn: 1-4 
 vsRHP:  20-13   vsLHP:   7-8    1-Run:   9-3 
 vsEast:  7-6    vsCntrl: 5-4    vsWest: 15-10 IL: 0-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 48 Fri, May 27   PIT  L   1-9       27-21  2nd  1.5 gb
 47 Wed, May 25   LAA  W  15-9       27-20  2nd  1.5 gb
 46 Tue, May 24   LAA  W   4-1       26-20  2nd  1.5 gb
 45 Mon, May 23   LAA  L   0-2       25-20  2nd  1.5 gb
 44 Sun, May 22  @HOU  W   9-2       25-19  2nd  1.5 gb
 43 Sat, May 21  @HOU  W   2-1       24-19  2nd  1.5 gb
 42 Fri, May 20  @HOU  W   2-1       23-19  2nd  1.5 gb
 41 Wed, May 18  @OAK  L   1-8       22-19  2nd  1.0 gb
 40 Tue, May 17  @OAK  L   5-8       22-18  2nd  1.0 gb
 39 Mon, May 16  @OAK  L   1-3       22-17  1st    Tied
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, May 27, 2016 PIT  9 @TEX  1        W:Jon Niese (5-2), L: Cole Hamels (5-1), S: none

Wed, Sep 11, 2013 PIT  7 @TEX  5        W:A.J. Burnett (8-10), L: Matt Garza (9-5), S: Kyle Farnsworth (1)
Tue, Sep 10, 2013 PIT  5 @TEX  4        W:Francisco Liriano (16-7), L: Martin Perez (9-4), S: Mark Melancon (13)
Mon, Sep 09, 2013 PIT  1 @TEX  0        W:Gerrit Cole (7-7), L: Yu Darvish (12-8), S: Mark Melancon (12)
Thu, Jun 24, 2010 TEX  6  PIT  5        W:Frank Francisco (6-3), L: Steven Jackson (0-1), S: none
Wed, Jun 23, 2010 TEX 13  PIT  3        W:Alexi Ogando (3-0), L: Paul Maholm (4-6), S: Matt Harrison (1)
Tue, Jun 22, 2010 TEX  6  PIT  3        W:Tommy Hunter (3-0), L: Ross Ohlendorf (0-6), S: Neftali Feliz (20)
Thu, Jun 14, 2007 TEX  6 @PIT  0        W:Kameron Loe (2-6), L: Tom Gorzelanny (6-4), S: none
Wed, Jun 13, 2007 PIT  8  TEX  1        W:Ian Snell (6-4), L: Rob Tejeda (5-7), S: none
Tue, Jun 12, 2007 PIT  7  TEX  5        W:Zach Duke (3-6), L: Kevin Millwood (2-6), S: Matt Capps (3)
Season Series: 2016 - PIT over 1-0; 2015 -  0-0; 2014 -  0-0; All-Time - TEX leads 10-6

SP: Juan Nicasio (29, RHP, 4-3, 4.46)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (4-3) 42.1 40 23 21 17 43 6 4.46
2015 (1-3) 58.1 59 25 25 32 65 1 3.86
2014 (6-6) 93.2 107 59 56 31 63 19 5.38
Last 7 GS 3-3 36.1 38 22 20 17 36 5 4.95 48
2016-05-17 ATL W 5.0 8 5 3 2 6 1 87 39
2016-05-11 @CIN ND 6.0 4 4 4 0 5 1 68 53
2016-05-04 CHC L 4.1 9 4 4 3 3 1 102 29
2016-04-29 CIN W 7.0 3 0 0 1 8 0 97 78
2016-04-23 @ARI L 5.0 3 2 2 4 4 1 101 53
2016-04-17 MIL W 6.0 5 3 3 2 6 0 95 54
2016-04-12 @DET L 3.0 6 4 4 5 4 1 94 30
Last 5 v.TEX 1-0 5.0 2 1 1 5 1 1 1.80 55
2014-05-06 TEX W 5.0 2 1 1 5 1 1 88 55

SP: Yu Darvish (29, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (10-7) 144.1 133 54 49 49 182 13 3.06
2013 (13-9) 209.2 145 68 66 80 277 26 2.83
2012 (16-9) 191.1 156 89 83 89 221 14 3.90
Last 7 GS 2-3 40.0 47 22 21 12 54 6 4.73 51
2014-08-09 @HOU L 4.0 9 6 5 4 7 0 113 25
2014-08-03 @CLE ND 7.0 4 1 1 2 8 0 101 71
2014-07-28 NYY W 7.0 9 2 2 1 8 2 108 58
2014-07-23 @NYY L 4.1 5 2 2 0 5 1 67 50
2014-07-18 @TOR W 6.2 5 1 1 3 12 1 117 69
2014-07-09 HOU L 6.0 10 6 6 0 8 1 109 36
2014-07-04 @NYM ND 5.0 5 4 4 2 6 1 94 45
Last 5 v.PIT 0-1 7.0 4 1 1 1 6 0 1.29 70
2013-09-09 PIT L 7.0 4 1 1 1 6 0 81 70

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

Pirates Batters (5.17 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.42 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
G/S/vB		 43.Barnette
G/S/vB		 51.Bush
G/S/vB		 58.Claudio*
G/S/vB		 41.Diekman*
G/S/vB		 47.Dyson
G/S/vB		 77.Jackson
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
29.Cervelli G/S/vP 5/1.600 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 171/136 .257/.363/.299/.661 .762/.635 .637 75/.464 2/2 0/5
24.Figueroa* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 16/11 .188/.188/.188/.375 .400/.364 .286 7/.857 0/0 0/0
23.Freese G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.334 2/2.000 166/136 .288/.373/.397/.771 .936/.732 .728 60/.739 0/0 3/4
5.Harrison G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 175/140 .321/.356/.426/.782 .988/.731 .792 76/.745 7/1 2/6
28.Jaso* G/S/vP 24/1.231 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 171/162 .303/.371/.447/.818 .393/.839 .804 81/.788 0/1 3/2
17.Joyce* G/S/vP 10/.311 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 70/60 .339/.471/.661/1.132 1.000/1.154 .888 32/.962 0/1 5/0
27.Kang G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 60/42 .308/.367/.731/1.097 1.333/.969 1.260 60/1.097 0/0 6/1
6.Marte G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 2/.500 1/.000 191/155 .324/.366/.475/.841 .669/.881 .965 84/.782 15/3 4/1
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/5.000 210/171 .258/.343/.468/.811 .754/.823 .857 101/.841 1/2 9/0
10.Mercer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 2/.000 192/151 .287/.367/.354/.721 .709/.724 .695 90/.628 1/0 1/4
25.Polanco* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 204/158 .313/.394/.557/.951 .876/.973 .931 99/.995 7/3 7/1
3.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 81/48 .299/.413/.597/1.010 1.114/.937 .831 45/.819 0/0 5/1
19.Stewart G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 45/38 .231/.333/.385/.718 .452/.766 .956 25/.606 0/0 1/1
IP 19.1 7.2 14.0 17.1 23.0 4.1 TOTAL .286/.361/.439/.801 .834/.792 .797 .772 33/13 47/30
ERA-K/9 /0.0 2.33/6.1 1.17/8.2 3.86/5.8 2.08/12.0 1.96/7.0 10.38/4.2 4.16/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cervelli (20-9-4)
 Stewart (6-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / 81/.284 31/.214 63/.316 69/.175 87/.215 21/.421 .261  Marte
 Polanco
 McCutchen
 Joyce
 Rodriguez
41/5/0/6
7/1/41/3
0/45/0/2
3/0/9/0
2/0/2/0
OPS .686 .544 .823 .516 .591 1.213 .761
vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 38/.780 5/1.200 13/.846 17/.494 26/.490 5/1.100 .753
vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 43/.604 26/.410 50/.815 52/.522 61/.630 16/1.238 .764
Home / 44/.724 22/.623 38/.816 42/.625 41/.278 10/1.100
Last 28d days / 39/.718 31/.544 43/.838 40/.693 47/.461 21/1.213
HR/SB/CS // 1/0/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 2/0/0 1/1/1 2/0/1 64/14/10
Usage ··X··X·· ··Xoo·X· X·o····· ···X··oo ··oo··oX X·······
Rangers Batters (4.56 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.47 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 12.Nicasio
G/S/vB		 69.Boscan
G/S/vB		 30.Feliz
G/S/vB		 48.Hughes
G/S/vB		 53.Lobstein*
G/S/vB		 35.Melancon
G/S/vB		 52.Scahill
G/S/vB		 31.Schugel
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Alberto G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 35/15 .176/.176/.176/.353 .316/.400 .333 17/.471 1/0 0/1
1.Andrus G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 6/.533 1/.000 ··· 172/133 .288/.339/.397/.737 .818/.711 .781 88/.643 4/3 1/4
29.Beltre G/S/vP 3/1.666 1/2.000 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 6/1.166 ··· ··· 199/139 .269/.317/.462/.778 .929/.713 .830 100/.747 0/0 8/1
20.Desmond G/S/vP 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 4/.500 4/1.167 ··· 201/143 .292/.343/.459/.803 1.006/.719 .946 108/.900 9/1 6/4
84.Fielder* G/S/vP 5/1.350 1/.000 5/1.100 2/2.500 1/.000 4/1.000 ··· ··· 197/139 .194/.269/.286/.555 .516/.571 .602 99/.534 0/0 2/0
13.Gallo* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/
8.Holaday G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 68/42 .230/.299/.393/.692 .683/.698 .661 29/1.011 0/0 1/0
36.Hoying* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/5 .000/.200/.000/.200 /.200 .200 5/.200 0/0 0/0
30.Mazara* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 171/115 .325/.368/.500/.868 .699/.956 .842 97/.878 0/1 8/0
18.Moreland* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 3/2.667 ··· ··· 166/128 .220/.295/.360/.655 .542/.690 .817 86/.542 0/0 4/1
19.Profar# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/2 .200/.200/.200/.400 .667/.000 .400 5/.400 0/0 0/0
16.Rua G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 96/56 .287/.354/.425/.779 1.100/.558 .964 59/.841 4/0 2/1
6.Wilson G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 71/56 .317/.353/.429/.782 1.071/.703 .700 56/.896 0/0 2/0
IP 42.1 8.0 16.2 9.2 20.2 21.1 8.0 18.2 TOTAL .260/.318/.407/.725 .755/.712 .770 .739 32/9 47/22
ERA-K/9 4.46/9.1 2.25/5.6 3.24/11.3 3.72/3.7 4.79/6.1 2.11/6.8 4.50/6.8 5.30/8.7 4.07/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Holaday (8-5-1)
 Wilson (4-4-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 181/.252 30/.172 63/.186 48/.316 91/.269 91/.265 32/.259 82/.286 .262  Mazara
 Desmond
 Rua
 Hoying
2/0/40/3
29/21/0/3
20/0/2/2
3/0/0/0
OPS .754 .407 .594 .952 .790 .645 .640 .745 .774
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 88/.956 15/.414 26/.235 20/1.259 23/.217 42/.663 13/.641 39/.800 .774
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 93/.559 15/.400 37/.854 28/.768 68/.968 49/.627 19/.635 43/.698 .774
Road 64/.865 8/.500 35/.723 19/.974 60/.765 41/.678 19/.618 41/.891
Last 28d days 71/.989 30/.407 18/.278 48/.952 20/.888 49/.667 6/.333 35/.796
HR/SB/CS 6/0/3 0/0/0 2/2/0 1/0/2 2/0/0 1/2/0 0/0/0 2/0/1 57/26/12
Usage ········ X···X··· ·oo·X··· ··ooo·o· ·o······ ·Xo·o·Xo Xo······ ·X·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 2016 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

BOS  5.85

WSN  4.14

ATL  3.11

 RA/G

CHC  3.02

SDP  4.27

CIN  5.92

 BA

D. Murphy  .393

L. Martin  .262

R. Martin  .179

 OBP

B. Zobrist  .454

J. Turner  .333

E. Aybar  .225

 SLG

D. Ortiz  .706

M. Sano  .431

E. Aybar  .209

 OPS

D. Ortiz  1.126

M. Prado  .776

E. Aybar  .434

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.48

C. Kluber  3.78

J. Peavy  7.26

 K/9IP

J. Fernandez  13.34

G. Gonzalez  7.94

M. Latos  4.59

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.