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Texas Rangers vs. Minnesota Twins, at Globe Life Park in Arlington, July 9, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Saturday, July 9, 2016

Start Time:

8:05ct (local), 9:05et

Venue:

Globe Life Park in Arlington

Series:

Game #3 of a 4-game series

Average Temp:

93° (based on last ten years)

Twins

Manager:

Paul Molitor

Game #:

On This Date:

46-55

Rangers

Manager:

Jeff Banister

Game #:

On This Date:

25-18

Season Series
Fri, Jul 01, 2016 TEX  3 @MIN  2 (10)
Sat, Jul 02, 2016 MIN 17  TEX  5     
Sun, Jul 03, 2016 MIN  5  TEX  4     
Thu, Jul 07, 2016 MIN 10 @TEX  1     
Fri, Jul 08, 2016 TEX  6  MIN  5     

Sat, Jul 09, 2016 MIN    @TEX  9:05pm
Sun, Jul 10, 2016 MIN    @TEX  3:05pm

                         All times ET

Minnesota Twins

30-56, 5th, 22 GB, 18½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   19-27   Road:   11-29   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  20-42   vsLHP:  10-14   1-Run:   8-16
 vsEast:  5-18   vsCntrl: 6-21   vsWest: 13-10 IL: 6-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 86 Fri, Jul  8  @TEX  L   5-6       30-56  5th 22.0 gb
 85 Thu, Jul  7  @TEX  W  10-1       30-55  5th 21.0 gb
 84 Wed, Jul  6   OAK  W   4-0       29-55  5th 22.0 gb
 83 Tue, Jul  5   OAK  W  11-4       28-55  5th 23.0 gb
 82 Mon, Jul  4   OAK  L   1-3       27-55  5th 23.0 gb
 81 Sun, Jul  3   TEX  W   5-4       27-54  5th 22.0 gb
 80 Sat, Jul  2   TEX  W  17-5       26-54  5th 23.0 gb
 79 Fri, Jul  1   TEX  L   2-3 (10)  25-54  5th 24.0 gb
 78 Thu, Jun 30  @CHW  L   5-6       25-53  5th 23.0 gb
 77 Wed, Jun 29  @CHW  L   6-9       25-52  5th 22.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16

Texas Rangers

54-34, 1st, 6½ up / Schedule

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

 Home:   29-13   Road:   25-21   ExtrInn: 3-5 
 vsRHP:  40-24   vsLHP:  14-10   1-Run:  19-7 
 vsEast: 13-11   vsCntrl: 9-8    vsWest: 26-13 IL: 6-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 88 Fri, Jul  8   MIN  W   6-5       54-34  1st  6.5 up
 87 Thu, Jul  7   MIN  L   1-10      53-34  1st  6.5 up
 86 Wed, Jul  6  @BOS  L   6-11      53-33  1st  6.5 up
 85 Tue, Jul  5  @BOS  W   7-2       53-32  1st  7.5 up
 84 Mon, Jul  4  @BOS  L   5-12      52-32  1st  7.5 up
 83 Sun, Jul  3  @MIN  L   4-5       52-31  1st  8.5 up
 82 Sat, Jul  2  @MIN  L   5-17      52-30  1st  8.5 up
 81 Fri, Jul  1  @MIN  W   3-2 (10)  52-29  1st  8.5 up
 80 Thu, Jun 30  @NYY  L   1-2       51-29  1st  8.5 up
 79 Wed, Jun 29  @NYY  L   7-9       51-28  1st  9.0 up
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jul 08, 2016 TEX  6  MIN  5        W:Tony Barnette (6-3), L: Ryan Pressly (2-5), S: Sam Dyson (18)
Thu, Jul 07, 2016 MIN 10 @TEX  1        W:Tyler Duffey (5-6), L: Chi Chi Gonzalez (0-2), S: none
Sun, Jul 03, 2016 MIN  5  TEX  4        W:Kyle Gibson (2-5), L: Cole Hamels (9-2), S: Brandon Kintzler (4)
Sat, Jul 02, 2016 MIN 17  TEX  5        W:Tyler Duffey (4-6), L: Chi Chi Gonzalez (0-1), S: none
Fri, Jul 01, 2016 TEX  3 @MIN  2 (10)   W:Matt Bush (3-1), L: Fernando Abad (1-3), S: Sam Dyson (17)

Thu, Aug 13, 2015 TEX  6 @MIN  5        W:Keone Kela (6-5), L: Casey Fien (2-5), S: Shawn Tolleson (21)
Wed, Aug 12, 2015 MIN 11  TEX  1        W:Mike Pelfrey (6-7), L: Nick Martinez (7-7), S: none
Tue, Aug 11, 2015 MIN  3  TEX  2        W:Glen Perkins (1-3), L: Spencer Patton (1-1), S: none
Sun, Jun 14, 2015 MIN  4 @TEX  3        W:Casey Fien (2-2), L: Shawn Tolleson (1-1), S: Glen Perkins (22)
Sat, Jun 13, 2015 TEX 11  MIN  7        W:Colby Lewis (6-3), L: Mike Pelfrey (5-3), S: none
Season Series: 2016 - MIN over 3-2; 2015 - Tied 3-3; 2014 - TEX won 5-2; All-Time - MIN leads 372-334

SP: Ricky Nolasco (33, RHP, 3-7, 5.26)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (3-7)			102.2	118	65	60	22	83	14	5.26
2015 (5-2)			37.1	50	31	28	14	35	3	6.75
2014 (6-12)			159.0	203	96	95	38	115	22	5.38

Last 7 GS		1-4	44.2	55	27	26	10	30	6	5.24	45
2016-07-04	OAK	L	6.0	4	3	3	3	4	0	110	53
2016-06-29	@CHW	L	5.2	9	7	7	1	5	3	95	27
2016-06-23	PHI	L	6.2	10	4	4	4	1	1	106	35
2016-06-18	NYY	ND	7.0	8	2	2	0	5	1	93	58
2016-06-13	@LAA	W	6.0	7	3	3	1	5	0	106	50
2016-06-08	MIA	ND	5.2	11	5	5	1	3	0	96	29
2016-06-03	TBR	L	7.2	6	3	2	0	7	1	107	64

Last 5 v.TEX		0-1	6.0	7	4	2	1	4	1	3.00	49
2010-06-17	TEX	L	6.0	7	4	2	1	4	1	80	49

SP: Kyle Lohse (37, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (5-13)			152.1	180	99	99	43	108	29	5.85
2014 (13-9)			198.1	183	87	78	45	141	22	3.54
2013 (11-10)			198.2	196	78	74	36	125	26	3.35

Last 7 GS		2-4	38.1	54	27	27	11	22	8	6.34	40
2015-08-02	CHC	L	4.1	9	4	4	1	3	1	90	31
2015-07-27	@SFG	L	6.2	5	4	4	3	0	1	97	45
2015-07-22	CLE	L	5.0	10	5	5	3	3	2	94	27
2015-07-12	@LAD	ND	5.0	4	2	2	0	6	1	81	57
2015-07-06	ATL	L	5.0	11	4	4	1	4	1	107	32
2015-07-01	@PHI	W	6.1	9	4	4	2	4	0	98	41
2015-06-26	MIN	W	6.0	6	4	4	1	2	2	108	45

Last 5 v.MIN		1-1	16.2	22	15	15	2	6	7	8.10	36
2015-06-26	MIN	W	6.0	6	4	4	1	2	2	108	45
2015-06-05	@MIN	ND	6.0	8	5	5	0	4	1	102	40
2013-05-30	@MIN	L	4.2	8	6	6	1	0	4	87	23

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

Twins Batters (4.33 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.59 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 62.Leclerc
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

25.Buxton G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/2.167 3/.666 164/109 .212/.253/.364/.617 .553/.648 .610 72/.638 6/0 1/2

37.Centeno* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 82/61 .231/.268/.359/.627 .488/.675 .842 33/.606 0/0 2/2

2.Dozier G/S/vP 9/1.555 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.250 4/.000 349/267 .250/.339/.451/.790 1.052/.712 .924 106/1.002 7/0 13/4

5.Escobar# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 192/144 .257/.283/.355/.638 .757/.599 .434 53/.755 1/2 2/8

36.Grossman# G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 6/1.167 190/120 .279/.416/.461/.877 1.033/.776 .815 103/.698 0/2 6/3

26.Kepler* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/3.500 1/5.000 154/96 .246/.327/.485/.812 .773/.835 .700 105/.908 2/0 7/2

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 9/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.667 1/.000 ··· 7/.762 3/.333 353/265 .269/.371/.382/.753 .609/.804 .715 95/.624 1/0 7/2

9.Nunez G/S/vP 6/.167 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 6/1.250 3/1.334 331/245 .323/.350/.484/.833 .936/.798 .908 113/.764 22/5 11/9

20.Rosario* G/S/vP 6/.334 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/2.333 143/110 .206/.220/.324/.543 .426/.575 .545 22/.608 3/1 3/2

22.Sano G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.666 3/.666 247/201 .236/.348/.471/.819 1.063/.769 .864 36/.941 1/0 14/6

39.Santana# G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 175/135 .250/.287/.354/.641 .448/.697 .517 44/.654 11/7 2/2

8.Suzuki G/S/vP 17/.706 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/1.417 207/138 .286/.325/.432/.758 .831/.720 .790 69/1.057 0/0 5/3

19.Vargas# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 13/7 .455/.538/1.273/1.811 2.267/1.429 2.800 13/1.811 0/0 2/0

IP 40.2 25.1 18.0 33.0 41.2 2.2 47.0 30.2 TOTAL .250/.317/.412/.728 .771/.713 .708 .786 58/17 99/60

ERA-K/9

/0.0

2.43/6.4

2.49/8.9

4.50/5.5

2.73/9.8

2.59/6.7

0.00/13.3

5.17/5.2

7.04/7.3

4.32/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Centeno (8-1-2)
Suzuki (29-7-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / 167/.260 104/.202 80/.315 132/.165 163/.233 11/.111 205/.304 140/.328 .264 Kepler
Grossman
Santana
Rosario
Buxton
Sano
Escobar 0/4/40/4
40/1/0/3
5/36/2/2
32/8/0/2
0/48/0/1
0/0/38/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .646 .535 .816 .535 .641 .495 .918 .891 .762

vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 78/.829 36/.591 17/1.000 43/.495 70/.741 3/.333 54/.862 62/1.064 .760

vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 89/.491 68/.505 63/.760 89/.553 93/.568 8/.536 151/.937 78/.760 .763

Home / 91/.631 58/.603 44/.748 68/.659 75/.398 / 100/.913 81/.960

Last 28d days / 56/.439 47/.517 13/.641 41/.716 47/.795 11/.495 89/.993 52/.661

HR/SB/CS // 2/2/1 1/0/0 1/0/0 3/0/0 3/1/1 0/0/0 10/4/1 7/1/3 112/43/16

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

Rangers Batters (4.91 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.29 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 47.Nolasco
G/S/vB 58.Abad*
G/S/vB 27.Kintzler
G/S/vB 65.May
G/S/vB 57.Pressly
G/S/vB 50.Ramirez
G/S/vB 55.Rogers*
G/S/vB 59.Tonkin
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Andrus G/S/vP 3/.000 9/.444 3/.666 ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 3/1.334 322/249 .290/.346/.407/.753 .977/.684 .771 97/.862 13/6 3/7

29.Beltre G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 339/251 .277/.330/.442/.772 .941/.713 .784 92/.736 0/0 12/3

61.Chirinos G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 77/62 .203/.286/.507/.793 1.000/.748 .293 57/.791 0/0 6/1

17.Choo* G/S/vP 3/.333 6/1.166 5/.400 ··· 4/.750 ··· ··· 1/5.000 129/99 .264/.372/.500/.872 1.307/.743 .787 105/.906 4/2 7/2

20.Desmond G/S/vP 24/.716 1/5.000 5/1.600 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 376/279 .318/.372/.519/.891 1.033/.841 .997 113/1.006 15/3 15/6

84.Fielder* G/S/vP 15/1.433 13/.581 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.666 350/249 .218/.300/.349/.649 .546/.691 .718 103/.788 0/0 8/1

36.Hoying* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 28/25 .280/.357/.280/.637 .667/.633 .450 3/2.000 0/0 0/1

30.Mazara* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 2/.000 2/1.500 331/239 .283/.332/.423/.756 .551/.837 .807 99/.514 0/1 11/0

18.Moreland* G/S/vP ··· 6/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 ··· 274/211 .228/.296/.408/.704 .637/.724 .779 59/.723 0/0 11/1

12.Odor* G/S/vP ··· 9/1.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 1/4.000 339/238 .276/.295/.497/.792 .832/.775 .814 109/.850 7/2 16/10

19.Profar# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 130/91 .317/.354/.439/.793 .451/.936 .939 66/.650 0/1 3/4

16.Rua G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 178/102 .278/.354/.468/.822 .967/.717 .895 44/.841 6/0 7/2

6.Wilson G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 135/104 .231/.260/.322/.582 1.000/.455 .639 34/.213 0/0 3/0

IP 102.2 28.0 24.2 28.2 46.1 19.0 25.2 42.2 TOTAL .266/.323/.430/.753 .783/.741 .785 .770 53/19 109/46

ERA-K/9

5.26/7.3

2.57/8.0

2.19/5.8

5.65/13.2

3.88/8.6

5.21/9.9

3.16/9.8

4.01/11.2

4.97/7.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Chirinos (11-4-1)
Wilson (20-6-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 437/.292 111/.222 95/.217 131/.261 198/.246 83/.239 113/.290 181/.255 .283 Desmond
Mazara
Choo
Rua
Hoying 29/61/0/6
23/0/59/5
0/0/29/3
39/4/2/3
11/0/0/1

OPS .799 .600 .655 .807 .686 .872 .785 .777 .803

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 201/.761 44/.473 33/.588 42/.532 78/.762 35/.907 40/.508 59/1.061 .764

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 236/.832 67/.686 62/.691 89/.933 120/.635 48/.846 73/.941 122/.644 .829

Road 200/.773 47/.587 24/.167 69/.827 109/.742 48/.759 38/1.065 72/.795

Last 28d days 133/.871 32/.837 33/.463 8/.375 47/.610 41/.827 53/.700 53/.870

HR/SB/CS 14/5/1 2/2/0 4/0/0 5/3/0 5/1/0 5/3/1 4/0/1 6/9/1 117/41/9

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

ARI 4.55

ATL 3.46

RA/G

CHC 3.53

TEX 4.59

CIN 5.97

J. Altuve .347

T. Shaw .274

T. Frazier .212

OBP

M. Trout .429

J. Werth .342

F. Galvis .259

SLG

D. Ortiz .682

M. Kemp .457

B. Burns .303

OPS

D. Ortiz 1.109

K. Calhoun .796

B. Burns .573

ERA

C. Kershaw 1.79

E. Santana 4.06

J. Shields 5.67

K/9IP

J. Fernandez 12.92

K. Hendricks 7.84

M. Pelfrey 4.21

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.