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Texas Rangers vs. Oakland Athletics, at Globe Life Park in Arlington, July 26, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Start Time:

7:05ct (local), 8:05et

Venue:

Globe Life Park in Arlington

Series:

Game #2 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

95° (based on last ten years)

Athletics

Manager:

Bob Melvin

Game #:

102

On This Date:

47-57

Rangers

Manager:

Jeff Banister

Game #:

102

On This Date:

26-21

Season Series
Mon, May 16, 2016 OAK  3  TEX  1     
Tue, May 17, 2016 OAK  8  TEX  5     
Wed, May 18, 2016 OAK  8  TEX  1     
Mon, Jun 13, 2016 OAK 14  TEX  5     
Tue, Jun 14, 2016 TEX 10 @OAK  6     
Wed, Jun 15, 2016 TEX  7 @OAK  5     
Thu, Jun 16, 2016 TEX  5 @OAK  1     
Mon, Jul 25, 2016 TEX  7  OAK  6     

Tue, Jul 26, 2016 OAK    @TEX  8:05pm
Wed, Jul 27, 2016 OAK    @TEX  8:05pm
Mon, Aug 15, 2016 OAK    @TEX  8:05pm
Tue, Aug 16, 2016 OAK    @TEX  8:05pm
Wed, Aug 17, 2016 OAK    @TEX  8:05pm
Fri, Sep 16, 2016 OAK    @TEX  8:05pm
Sat, Sep 17, 2016 OAK    @TEX  8:05pm
Sun, Sep 18, 2016 OAK    @TEX  3:05pm
Fri, Sep 23, 2016 TEX    @OAK  9:35pm
Sat, Sep 24, 2016 TEX    @OAK  4:05pm
Sun, Sep 25, 2016 TEX    @OAK  4:05pm

                         All times ET

Oakland Athletics

45-55, 4th, 13 GB, 11½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   24-29   Road:   21-26   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  33-39   vsLHP:  12-16   1-Run:  16-16
 vsEast: 12-14   vsCntrl:10-10   vsWest: 18-22 IL: 5-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
100 Mon, Jul 25  @TEX  L   6-7       45-55  4th 13.0 gb
 99 Sun, Jul 24   TBR  W   3-2       45-54  4th 12.0 gb
 98 Sat, Jul 23   TBR  W   4-3       44-54  4th 12.0 gb
 97 Fri, Jul 22   TBR  W   1-0 (13)  43-54  5th 12.0 gb
 96 Thu, Jul 21   TBR  L   3-7       42-54  5th 13.0 gb
 95 Wed, Jul 20   HOU  L   0-7       42-53  5th 12.5 gb
 94 Tue, Jul 19   HOU  W   4-3 (10)  42-52  4th 12.5 gb
 93 Mon, Jul 18   HOU  W   7-4       41-52  4th 13.5 gb
 92 Sun, Jul 17   TOR  L   3-5       40-52  4th 14.5 gb
 91 Sat, Jul 16   TOR  W   5-4       40-51  4th 13.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14

Texas Rangers

58-42, 1st, 3½ up / Schedule

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

 Home:   30-15   Road:   28-27   ExtrInn: 3-5 
 vsRHP:  44-29   vsLHP:  14-13   1-Run:  21-7 
 vsEast: 13-11   vsCntrl:11-11   vsWest: 27-16 IL: 7-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
100 Mon, Jul 25   OAK  W   7-6       58-42  1st  3.5 up
 99 Sun, Jul 24  @KCR  W   2-1       57-42  1st  2.5 up
 98 Sat, Jul 23  @KCR  W   7-4       56-42  1st  2.5 up
 97 Fri, Jul 22  @KCR  L   1-3       55-42  1st  2.5 up
 96 Wed, Jul 20  @LAA  L   4-7       55-41  1st  3.5 up
 95 Tue, Jul 19  @LAA  L   6-8       55-40  1st  4.5 up
 94 Mon, Jul 18  @LAA  L   5-9       55-39  1st  4.5 up
 93 Sun, Jul 17  @CHC  W   4-1       55-38  1st  4.5 up
 92 Sat, Jul 16  @CHC  L   1-3       54-38  1st  4.5 up
 91 Fri, Jul 15  @CHC  L   0-6       54-37  1st  4.5 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Jul 25, 2016 TEX  7  OAK  6        W:Jake Diekman (2-1), L: Ryan Madson (3-4), S: none
Thu, Jun 16, 2016 TEX  5 @OAK  1        W:Colby Lewis (6-0), L: Daniel Mengden (0-2), S: none
Wed, Jun 15, 2016 TEX  7 @OAK  5        W:Nick Martinez (1-1), L: John Axford (3-2), S: Sam Dyson (11)
Tue, Jun 14, 2016 TEX 10 @OAK  6        W:Martin Perez (6-4), L: Eric Surkamp (0-4), S: none
Mon, Jun 13, 2016 OAK 14  TEX  5        W:Daniel Coulombe (1-0), L: Cesar Ramos (1-3), S: Zach Neal (1)
Wed, May 18, 2016 OAK  8  TEX  1        W:Rich Hill (6-3), L: Martin Perez (1-4), S: none
Tue, May 17, 2016 OAK  8  TEX  5        W:Ryan Madson (2-0), L: Shawn Tolleson (0-2), S: none
Mon, May 16, 2016 OAK  3  TEX  1        W:Sean Manaea (1-1), L: Derek Holland (3-3), S: Ryan Madson (11)

Thu, Sep 24, 2015 TEX  8 @OAK  1        W:Cole Hamels (11-8), L: Chris Bassitt (1-7), S: none
Wed, Sep 23, 2015 TEX 10 @OAK  3        W:Colby Lewis (17-8), L: Felix Doubront (3-3), S: none
Season Series: 2016 - tied 4-4; 2015 - OAK won 10-9; 2014 - TEX won 10-9; All-Time - OAK leads 433-429

SP: Sonny Gray (26, RHP, 4-9, 5.49)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (4-9)			101.2	114	68	62	38	80	15	5.49
2015 (14-7)			208.0	166	71	63	59	169	17	2.73
2014 (14-10)			219.0	187	84	75	74	183	15	3.08

Last 7 GS		1-3	41.0	49	27	26	12	30	6	5.71	45
2016-07-21	TBR	L	5.0	9	7	7	0	6	2	94	27
2016-07-16	TOR	W	6.0	6	3	3	4	2	1	102	46
2016-07-06	@MIN	L	6.0	6	1	1	4	5	0	113	57
2016-07-01	PIT	L	6.0	7	7	7	1	4	1	94	33
2016-06-26	@LAA	ND	6.0	6	2	2	1	3	0	106	54
2016-06-21	MIL	ND	6.0	7	2	1	1	7	0	100	58
2016-06-15	TEX	ND	6.0	8	5	5	1	3	2	90	38

Last 5 v.TEX		3-1	32.2	28	10	10	11	29	4	2.76	59
2016-06-15	TEX	ND	6.0	8	5	5	1	3	2	90	38
2015-06-25	@TEX	W	6.0	9	3	3	1	7	1	92	48
2015-06-09	TEX	L	6.0	8	2	2	1	6	1	95	53
2015-05-03	@TEX	W	6.2	2	0	0	7	10	0	119	73
2015-04-06	TEX	W	8.0	1	0	0	1	3	0	98	82

SP: Nick Martinez (25, RHP, 1-2, 6.45)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (1-2)			22.1	30	16	16	15	8	4	6.45
2015 (7-7)			125.0	135	66	55	46	77	16	3.96
2014 (5-12)			140.1	150	79	71	55	77	18	4.55

Last 7 GS		2-2	34.2	45	25	22	18	15	7	5.71	40
2016-07-04	@BOS	L	4.1	11	6	6	3	1	1	108	15
2016-06-29	@NYY	ND	5.0	3	2	2	5	2	1	84	50
2016-06-24	BOS	ND	6.0	6	4	4	3	2	2	91	43
2016-06-18	@STL	ND	4.1	6	3	3	2	1	0	70	38
2015-08-12	@MIN	L	3.2	11	7	4	0	4	3	96	21
2015-08-05	HOU	W	5.0	1	1	1	3	1	0	86	59
2015-07-31	SFG	W	6.1	7	2	2	2	4	0	99	53

Last 5 v.OAK		3-1	30.1	19	9	6	8	14	0	1.78	59
2015-06-09	@OAK	W	6.0	1	0	0	3	3	0	103	70
2015-05-02	OAK	ND	6.0	7	5	2	0	2	0	100	46
2015-04-09	@OAK	W	7.0	4	0	0	2	5	0	95	72
2014-09-28	OAK	L	5.2	4	2	2	0	2	0	85	55
2014-09-18	@OAK	W	5.2	3	2	2	3	2	0	79	54

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

Athletics Batters (4.10 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.75 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 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

17.Alonso* G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 323/274 .253/.319/.353/.672 .561/.691 .785 67/.850 2/1 4/3

16.Butler G/S/vP 10/.633 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 2/no AB 5/1.400 4/.000 182/91 .268/.319/.405/.723 .825/.624 .795 53/.845 0/0 3/2

4.Crisp# G/S/vP 11/.830 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 5/1.600 333/251 .233/.299/.390/.689 .635/.707 .747 70/.561 5/4 7/2

2.Davis G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 373/283 .250/.290/.491/.781 .783/.780 .739 88/.718 1/1 23/1

48.Healy G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 42/27 .250/.268/.475/.743 .267/1.026 .000 42/.743 0/0 2/1

8.Lowrie# G/S/vP 12/.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· 5/1.267 2/.000 2/1.000 8/.250 342/253 .278/.330/.342/.672 .674/.672 .756 91/.592 0/0 2/6

63.Maxwell* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/2 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 5/.000 0/0 0/0

29.McBride G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 40/16 .231/.250/.308/.558 .708/.321 .533 21/.571 0/0 0/0

12.Muncy* G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 41/41 .257/.366/.314/.680 /.680 .503 0/ 0/0 0/1

22.Reddick* G/S/vP 12/1.333 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 3/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 4/.833 251/181 .293/.371/.428/.798 .402/.954 .850 80/.709 4/0 6/2

10.Semien G/S/vP 9/.472 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 1/2.000 7/.857 4/2.083 379/280 .233/.301/.451/.751 .936/.683 .756 90/.670 9/1 20/13

5.Smolinski G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 129/69 .319/.372/.526/.898 1.120/.704 .595 65/.907 1/2 6/0

26.Valencia G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 1/no AB 3/.666 312/222 .302/.353/.486/.839 1.088/.740 1.027 79/.630 0/0 13/13

IP 22.1 45.2 31.1 24.1 36.0 45.1 10.1 35.1 TOTAL .251/.306/.399/.705 .729/.696 .730 .691 40/16 103/64

ERA-K/9

6.45/3.2

2.17/6.7

2.01/8.6

3.33/6.3

2.50/9.8

2.38/6.8

7.84/16.6

7.90/6.9

4.44/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Maxwell (0-0-0)
McBride (7-1-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 112/.323 185/.247 126/.207 106/.286 143/.160 179/.238 47/.225 165/.344 .265 Reddick
Davis
Crisp
Muncy
Smolinski
Valencia
McBride 0/0/63/3
56/0/0/2
43/30/0/1
0/0/11/1
9/9/23/0
0/0/1/0
0/0/1/0

OPS .986 .617 .521 .739 .515 .643 .890 .921 .767

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 53/1.127 84/.809 44/.526 28/.607 47/.450 76/.782 19/.449 73/.968 .757

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 59/.864 101/.463 82/.517 78/.788 96/.546 103/.543 28/1.157 92/.886 .771

Home 26/.930 91/.631 67/.611 60/.653 72/.639 75/.398 18/1.178 88/.981

Last 28d days 49/1.083 43/.298 44/.488 26/.511 26/.364 32/.958 17/.723 51/1.062

HR/SB/CS 4/4/1 2/2/1 1/0/0 1/0/0 3/0/0 3/1/1 4/0/0 8/1/3 127/52/17

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

Rangers Batters (4.80 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (4.84 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 54.Gray
G/S/vB 61.Axford
G/S/vB 57.Coulombe*
G/S/vB 66.Dull
G/S/vB 31.Hendriks
G/S/vB 44.Madson
G/S/vB 58.Neal
G/S/vB 35.Rzepczynski*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

2.Alberto G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 39/16 .162/.162/.162/.324 .286/.375 .286 / 1/0 0/1

1.Andrus G/S/vP 38/.415 5/1.100 4/2.000 2/1.500 6/.000 ··· 2/.000 5/.800 363/279 .290/.350/.410/.760 .944/.703 .806 77/.876 13/6 4/9

29.Beltre G/S/vP 26/.274 5/2.350 3/.000 1/.000 7/.286 5/1.400 ··· ··· 392/294 .281/.334/.468/.802 .916/.764 .855 93/.839 0/0 16/6

61.Chirinos G/S/vP 23/.642 4/2.417 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/2.000 104/84 .196/.279/.500/.779 .800/.774 .327 51/.766 0/0 8/1

3.DeShields G/S/vP 3/2.167 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 3/1.334 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 137/103 .227/.306/.336/.642 .409/.720 .464 16/1.015 5/3 3/3

20.Desmond G/S/vP 6/.833 10/.100 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 14/.786 1/3.000 2/.000 429/322 .310/.361/.523/.884 1.011/.842 1.009 97/.798 16/3 19/8

36.Hoying* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 32/29 .241/.313/.241/.554 .667/.541 .358 7/.762 0/0 0/1

30.Mazara* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 377/276 .285/.340/.424/.763 .574/.834 .790 84/.710 0/2 12/1

18.Moreland* G/S/vP 17/.919 3/.000 3/.666 1/.000 4/.250 2/.000 1/5.000 4/.666 306/238 .229/.297/.419/.717 .695/.723 .760 49/.686 0/0 13/1

12.Odor* G/S/vP 26/.484 4/.833 5/1.800 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 2/1.000 390/277 .280/.300/.488/.788 .805/.781 .807 93/.839 9/4 18/14

19.Profar# G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.666 1/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 167/117 .286/.337/.403/.740 .480/.848 .957 67/.510 0/1 4/5

16.Rua G/S/vP 9/.888 ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 2/no AB 211/125 .269/.346/.430/.776 .914/.685 .855 47/.607 7/0 7/2

6.Wilson G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 5/.800 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 150/113 .235/.260/.331/.591 .886/.493 .646 27/.454 0/0 3/1

IP 101.2 41.0 21.1 51.2 34.0 43.0 18.2 30.1 TOTAL .264/.322/.430/.752 .770/.746 .791 .742 58/23 127/63

ERA-K/9

5.49/7.1

5.05/8.8

3.80/8.0

2.09/9.2

4.76/7.9

3.77/7.3

6.75/3.4

3.26/9.2

4.64/7.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Chirinos (15-5-1)
Wilson (25-6-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 450/.283 184/.288 87/.228 197/.152 148/.307 180/.252 78/.333 140/.267 .267 Mazara
Desmond
Rua
DeShields
Hoying 25/0/69/6
29/73/0/6
47/4/2/4
4/29/0/1
12/1/0/1

OPS .819 .803 .696 .502 .740 .742 .885 .713 .759

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 215/.736 83/.796 31/.710 63/.509 48/.778 76/.823 41/1.122 71/.761 .771

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 235/.898 101/.807 56/.687 134/.497 100/.721 104/.683 37/.622 69/.651 .752

Road 191/.791 80/.735 29/.772 92/.555 60/.993 87/.845 40/1.125 79/.751

Last 28d days 104/.882 50/.769 31/.531 43/.382 49/.447 43/.852 10/.200 20/.763

HR/SB/CS 15/3/1 6/2/0 4/1/1 6/1/0 4/4/0 7/6/0 4/1/0 1/3/0 116/48/14

Usage ····X··· X··X···· ·····XX· oo·X···o o···o·X· oo·o···X ····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 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 5.66

MIN 4.44

ATL 3.38

RA/G

NYM 3.55

PHI 4.50

CIN 5.76

J. Altuve .359

J. Bruce .272

D. Norris .201

OBP

J. Altuve .426

C. Utley .340

D. Norris .260

SLG

D. Ortiz .664

H. Ramirez .456

N. Ahmed .299

OPS

D. Ortiz 1.084

Z. Cozart .784

N. Ahmed .564

ERA

C. Kershaw 1.79

M. Shoemaker 3.99

J. Locke 5.54

K/9IP

J. Fernandez 13.05

C. Tillman 7.64

M. Pelfrey 4.02

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.