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Texas Rangers vs. Boston Red Sox, at Globe Life Park in Arlington, June 25, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Saturday, June 25, 2016

Start Time:

8:20ct (local), 9:20et

Venue:

Globe Life Park in Arlington

Series:

Game #2 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

95° (based on last ten years)

Red Sox

Manager:

John Farrell

Game #:

On This Date:

51-58

Rangers

Manager:

Jeff Banister

Game #:

On This Date:

24-27

Season Series
Fri, Jun 24, 2016 BOS  8 @TEX  7     

Sat, Jun 25, 2016 BOS    @TEX  9:20pm
Sun, Jun 26, 2016 BOS    @TEX  3:05pm
Mon, Jul 04, 2016 TEX    @BOS  1:35pm
Tue, Jul 05, 2016 TEX    @BOS  7:10pm
Wed, Jul 06, 2016 TEX    @BOS  7:10pm

                         All times ET

Boston Red Sox

41-32, 2nd, 1½ GB, 2½ up in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   23-18   Road:   18-14   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  36-25   vsLHP:   5-7    1-Run:   8-9 
 vsEast: 15-17   vsCntrl: 9-9    vsWest: 11-3  IL: 6-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 73 Fri, Jun 24  @TEX  W   8-7       41-32  2nd  1.5 gb
 72 Thu, Jun 23   CHW  W   8-7 (10)  40-32  2nd  1.5 gb
 71 Wed, Jun 22   CHW  L   6-8       39-32  2nd  2.0 gb
 70 Tue, Jun 21   CHW  L   1-3       39-31  2nd  1.0 gb
 69 Mon, Jun 20   CHW  L   1-3 (10)  39-30  2nd  1.0 gb
 68 Sun, Jun 19   SEA  W   2-1       39-29  2nd  1.0 gb
 67 Sat, Jun 18   SEA  W   6-2       38-29  2nd  1.0 gb
 66 Fri, Jun 17   SEA  L   4-8       37-29  2nd  1.0 gb
 65 Thu, Jun 16   BAL  L   1-5       37-28  2nd  1.0 gb
 64 Wed, Jun 15   BAL  W   6-4       37-27  1st    Tied
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15

Texas Rangers

47-27, 1st, 9½ up / Schedule

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

 Home:   26-12   Road:   21-15   ExtrInn: 2-5 
 vsRHP:  35-17   vsLHP:  12-10   1-Run:  17-5 
 vsEast:  8-7    vsCntrl: 7-5    vsWest: 26-13 IL: 6-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 74 Fri, Jun 24   BOS  L   7-8       47-27  1st  9.5 up
 73 Wed, Jun 22   CIN  W   6-4       47-26  1st 10.5 up
 72 Tue, Jun 21   CIN  L   2-8       46-26  1st  9.5 up
 71 Mon, Jun 20   BAL  W   4-3       46-25  1st  9.5 up
 70 Sun, Jun 19  @STL  W   5-4       45-25  1st  8.5 up
 69 Sat, Jun 18  @STL  W   4-3       44-25  1st  7.5 up
 68 Fri, Jun 17  @STL  W   1-0       43-25  1st  6.5 up
 67 Thu, Jun 16  @OAK  W   5-1       42-25  1st  6.5 up
 66 Wed, Jun 15  @OAK  W   7-5       41-25  1st  6.5 up
 65 Tue, Jun 14  @OAK  W  10-6       40-25  1st  5.5 up
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:22-8

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jun 24, 2016 BOS  8 @TEX  7        W:Heath Hembree (4-0), L: Matt Bush (2-1), S: Koji Uehara (2)

Sun, May 31, 2015 TEX  4  BOS  3        W:Ross Ohlendorf (1-0), L: Koji Uehara (2-2), S: none
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
Season Series: 2016 - BOS over 1-0; 2015 - TEX won 5-2; 2014 - BOS won 4-2; All-Time - BOS leads 338-309

SP: Steven Wright (31, RHP, 8-4, 2.01)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (8-4)			98.1	71	31	22	37	80	4	2.01
2015 (5-4)			72.2	67	38	33	27	52	12	4.09
2014 (0-1)			21.0	21	8	6	4	22	2	2.57

Last 7 GS		5-1	52.2	37	16	10	19	39	2	1.71	64
2016-06-20	CHW	ND	9.0	5	1	0	3	6	0	112	78
2016-06-15	BAL	W	7.1	6	3	3	1	4	1	106	57
2016-06-10	@MIN	W	7.1	7	1	0	2	6	0	105	66
2016-06-04	TOR	W	5.0	3	3	0	5	3	0	111	53
2016-05-30	@BAL	W	9.0	4	2	2	5	7	0	122	73
2016-05-25	COL	W	7.0	7	3	2	2	7	0	117	58
2016-05-18	@KCR	L	8.0	5	3	3	1	6	1	101	65

Last 5 v.TEX		0-1	5.2	5	3	3	1	4	2	4.76	50
2015-05-29	@TEX	L	5.2	5	3	3	1	4	2	82	50

SP: A.J. Griffin (28, RHP, 3-0, 2.94)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (3-0)			33.2	24	12	11	14	28	2	2.94
2013 (14-10)			200.0	171	91	85	54	171	36	3.83
2012 (7-1)			82.1	74	29	28	19	64	10	3.06

Last 7 GS		3-1	38.2	29	15	14	15	35	3	3.26	56
2016-05-07	@DET	ND	2.2	4	3	3	3	2	0	52	37
2016-05-02	@TOR	ND	6.0	3	1	1	2	9	0	107	69
2016-04-26	NYY	W	8.0	4	1	1	1	5	0	98	74
2016-04-21	HOU	W	6.0	4	2	2	2	6	1	108	60
2016-04-13	@SEA	ND	5.0	3	2	1	4	5	1	103	56
2016-04-08	@LAA	W	6.0	6	3	3	2	1	0	88	47
2013-09-24	@LAA	L	5.0	5	3	3	1	7	1	95	51

Last 5 v.BOS		2-1	25.0	21	12	10	4	14	3	3.60	54
2013-07-13	BOS	W	8.0	6	0	0	1	3	0	110	72
2013-04-22	@BOS	L	4.0	8	9	7	1	3	2	84	16
2012-09-01	BOS	W	7.0	3	1	1	0	5	0	91	72
2012-07-04	BOS	ND	6.0	4	2	2	2	3	1	108	57

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

Red Sox Batters (5.67 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.28 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 22.Martinez
G/S/vB 55.Ramos*
G/S/vB 37.Tolleson
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

50.Betts G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 1/4.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 7/.858 2/1.000 1/3.000 347/296 .292/.334/.519/.853 .620/.893 .863 117/.998 12/1 16/0

2.Bogaerts G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 4/.250 6/.333 2/.000 334/287 .349/.398/.505/.903 1.042/.881 .889 113/.866 10/2 9/5

25.Bradley* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/1.666 4/1.250 1/.000 283/217 .302/.392/.580/.972 .854/1.005 .943 90/.901 5/0 13/2

64.Brentz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 4/3 .250/.250/.250/.500 .000/.667 .500 4/.500 0/0 0/0

41.Hernandez* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 30/28 .231/.333/.385/.718 .500/.721 .594 18/.800 1/0 1/1

65.LaMarre G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/2 .000/.333/.000/.333 .000/.500 3/.333 0/0 0/0

3.Leon# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 26/13 .545/.615/.727/1.343 1.315/1.365 2.161 26/1.343 0/0 0/0

16.Marrero G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/ .143/.143/.143/.286 .286/ 7/.286 0/0 0/0

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 10/1.375 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.167 18/.289 3/1.667 286/232 .339/.430/.690/1.120 .831/1.189 .959 93/1.075 2/0 18/

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 10/.200 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 7/1.071 10/.300 3/.333 323/276 .306/.370/.454/.823 .665/.847 .831 111/.773 4/1 7/3

13.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/5.000 ··· ··· 6/2.667 ··· 2/.000 302/248 .267/.334/.396/.731 .981/.676 .799 100/.610 5/2 7/2

47.Shaw* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 291/238 .275/.344/.450/.794 .585/.842 .643 91/.572 3/1 7/10

7.Vazquez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 2/.500 ··· 157/129 .215/.255/.302/.557 .721/.523 .630 54/.438 0/0 1/2

IP 33.2 31.2 18.0 18.0 28.1 37.1 7.2 13.0 36.0 23.0 TOTAL .289/.356/.473/.829 .804/.834 .816 .794 48/8 88/36

ERA-K/9

2.94/7.5

3.13/6.5

2.00/9.5

4.50/5.5

2.86/10.8

1.93/7.0

7.04/3.5

5.54/3.5

4.75/5.2

7.43/7.8

4.04/6.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Leon (3-2-2)
Vazquez (11-7-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 137/.195 135/.298 75/.206 80/.315 111/.162 142/.214 36/.344 63/.308 157/.319 104/.316 .256 Betts
Bradley
LaMarre
Shaw
Brentz 0/0/72/6
0/69/0/6
1/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .603 .720 .546 .816 .525 .572 1.010 .909 .921 .923 .738

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 71/.693 58/.940 24/.661 17/1.000 31/.443 57/.592 13/1.007 24/.985 35/.820 43/1.249 .721

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 66/.508 77/.554 51/.492 63/.760 80/.556 85/.559 23/1.010 39/.865 122/.948 61/.709 .745

Home 51/.507 83/.668 48/.596 44/.748 66/.648 72/.415 14/1.000 26/.930 81/1.016 65/.934

Last 28d days / 49/.810 39/.514 17/.790 39/.585 51/.505 15/.718 58/.877 61/1.072 26/.367

HR/SB/CS 2/1/0 2/2/0 1/0/0 1/0/0 3/0/0 1/1/1 2/0/1 2/1/1 7/4/1 6/1/3 90/29/14

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

Rangers Batters (4.80 RS/G) vs. Red Sox Pitchers (4.59 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 35.Wright
G/S/vB 68.Barnes
G/S/vB 11.Buchholz
G/S/vB 37.Hembree
G/S/vB 46.Kimbrel
G/S/vB 59.Layne*
G/S/vB 28.Ross*
G/S/vB 36.Tazawa
G/S/vB 19.Uehara
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Andrus G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 14/.786 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 8/1.375 11/.273 269/204 .290/.336/.399/.735 .987/.650 .730 93/.765 10/5 3/6

29.Beltre G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.000 15/.575 1/.000 3/.666 1/3.000 1/.000 8/.875 6/.666 280/207 .273/.325/.445/.770 .862/.738 .779 77/.704 0/0 10/2

61.Chirinos G/S/vP 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 45/36 .205/.311/.564/.875 1.587/.715 .481 29/.852 0/0 4/1

17.Choo* G/S/vP 3/.333 2/.500 19/.516 ··· 7/1.571 5/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 5/.650 70/51 .241/.414/.426/.840 1.526/.578 .825 46/.918 2/0 3/2

20.Desmond G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 14/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 313/228 .321/.371/.519/.890 1.025/.839 1.005 108/1.039 13/3 12/5

84.Fielder* G/S/vP 3/.666 2/3.500 13/.490 ··· 2/.000 5/.200 6/1.000 1/.000 4/.250 290/206 .205/.272/.324/.597 .543/.619 .681 89/.681 0/0 6/1

8.Holaday G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 91/59 .244/.289/.415/.704 .661/.727 .664 23/.737 0/0 2/0

30.Mazara* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 278/195 .287/.335/.438/.773 .588/.854 .826 103/.646 0/1 11/0

18.Moreland* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 7/1.571 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/1.334 246/188 .231/.297/.431/.728 .694/.738 .798 76/.852 0/0 11/1

12.Odor* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 279/193 .270/.294/.479/.773 .843/.743 .757 84/.872 6/2 13/7

19.Profar# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 95/63 .352/.379/.516/.895 .450/1.117 1.055 86/.896 0/1 3/4

16.Rua G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 158/93 .288/.367/.482/.849 1.113/.671 .888 62/.964 6/0 6/2

6.Wilson G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.334 ··· 2/1.000 119/91 .255/.287/.358/.645 1.115/.498 .676 45/.432 0/0 3/0

IP 98.1 36.1 71.0 30.0 30.0 21.0 22.1 28.1 27.1 TOTAL .266/.321/.429/.750 .799/.730 .784 .794 45/15 92/40

ERA-K/9

2.01/7.3

3.22/8.9

5.83/6.2

2.10/9.0

2.40/13.5

3.86/8.1

2.82/10.9

3.18/10.5

4.61/13.5

4.24/8.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Chirinos (3-3-0)
Holaday (9-5-1)
Wilson (15-5-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 398/.201 158/.243 306/.256 129/.250 115/.137 85/.233 94/.193 111/.194 111/.208 .243 Mazara
Desmond
Rua
Choo
Holaday 11/0/56/5
29/47/0/5
34/3/2/3
0/0/16/2
1/0/0/0

OPS .559 .735 .794 .661 .460 .662 .552 .592 .679 .719

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 150/.529 55/.871 152/.907 48/1.159 47/.464 47/.729 31/.341 49/.443 49/.538 .710

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 248/.578 103/.665 154/.686 81/.370 68/.454 38/.584 63/.651 62/.711 62/.787 .725

Road 202/.531 73/.667 97/.711 42/.708 37/.567 27/.476 40/.311 49/.827 51/.498

Last 28d days 152/.535 53/.752 58/.653 44/.639 36/.404 28/.486 23/.462 34/.796 34/.796

HR/SB/CS 4/2/4 4/6/2 14/1/2 3/3/1 2/2/0 1/0/4 1/0/0 4/3/1 5/1/0 86/30/16

Usage ····X··· X··X···· ···X···· XXo····X ·X··Xoo· Xo·X···X ··X·o··· ·oo···o· o·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 5.67

CIN 4.34

PHI 3.29

RA/G

CHC 2.99

BAL 4.46

CIN 5.89

D. Murphy .349

A. Hill .269

B. Park .197

OBP

P. Goldschmidt .437

M. Betts .334

F. Galvis .255

SLG

D. Ortiz .690

A. Jones .443

B. Burns .309

OPS

D. Ortiz 1.120

Y. Escobar .772

N. Ahmed .569

ERA

C. Kershaw 1.57

J. Garcia 3.83

J. Shields 6.22

K/9IP

J. Fernandez 12.83

R. Porcello 7.76

M. Pelfrey 4.46

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.