TEX @ BAL, Sunday, July 6, 2008 Game Preview

Texas Rangers, 45-43, 3rd, 7½ GB, 6 GB in WC	SP: Kevin Millwood (33, RHP, 5-4, 4.90) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (5-4) 90 116 51 49 33 66 9 4.90 2007 (10-14) 172.2 213 111 99 67 123 19 5.16 2006 (16-12) 215 228 114 108 53 157 23 4.52 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-1 42 54 23 23 14 37 4 4.93 47 2008-07-01 @NYY ND 5 5 1 1 1 6 0 84 58 2008-06-26 @HOU L 5 12 7 7 3 6 0 91 18 2008-06-20 @WSN ND 8 7 3 3 3 4 1 112 57 2008-06-15 @NYM W 6 5 2 2 4 5 2 114 55 2008-06-10 @KCR ND 6 11 5 5 3 5 1 104 32 2008-06-05 CLE W 6 9 4 4 0 6 0 99 44 2008-05-30 OAK W 6 5 1 1 0 5 0 86 63 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BAL 5-0 35 27 7 6 10 22 0 1.54 63 2008-04-10 BAL W 7 3 1 1 5 2 0 105 64 2007-09-23 BAL W 7 7 0 0 0 5 0 104 68 2007-07-08 BAL W 6 5 1 1 3 4 0 93 59 2006-08-29 BAL W 9 8 4 3 0 8 0 106 65 2006-07-14 @BAL W 6 4 1 1 2 3 0 78 61
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 21-18 Road: 24-25 ExtrInn: 5-4 vsRHP: 35-26 vsLHP: 10-17 1-Run: 15-10 vsEast: 9-14 vsCntrl:12-11 vsWest: 14-10 IL:10-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 88 Sat, Jul 5 @BAL W 5-3 45-43 3rd 7.5 gb 87 Fri, Jul 4 @BAL L 4-10 44-43 3rd 8.5 gb 86 Wed, Jul 2 @NYY L 7-18 44-42 3rd 7.5 gb 85 Tue, Jul 1 @NYY W 3-2 44-41 3rd 6.5 gb 84 Mon, Jun 30 @NYY W 2-1 43-41 3rd 6.5 gb 83 Sun, Jun 29 PHI W 5-1 42-41 3rd 7.5 gb 82 Sat, Jun 28 PHI L 6-8 41-41 3rd 7.5 gb 81 Fri, Jun 27 PHI W 8-7 41-40 3rd 7.5 gb 80 Thu, Jun 26 @HOU L 2-7 40-40 3rd 8.5 gb 79 Wed, Jun 25 @HOU W 3-2 40-39 3rd 8.0 gb Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:16-14
Baltimore Orioles, 44-42, 4th, 10 GB, 6 GB in WC	SP: Radhames Liz (25, RHP, 3-0, 5.46) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (3-0) 29.2 27 18 18 14 22 6 5.46 2007 (0-2) 24.2 25 21 19 23 24 3 6.93 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-0 32.1 33 24 24 18 26 7 6.68 44 2008-07-01 KCR W 6 7 3 3 1 4 2 80 49 2008-06-26 @CHC W 5 4 2 2 4 4 0 98 51 2008-06-20 @MIL ND 2 4 5 5 4 2 2 53 26 2008-06-14 PIT ND 6.1 4 4 4 1 5 2 107 53 2008-06-08 @TOR ND 5 4 2 2 3 3 0 91 51 2008-06-03 @MIN W 5.1 4 2 2 1 4 0 90 55 2007-09-22 @TEX ND 2.2 6 6 6 4 4 1 86 22 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TEX 0-0 2.2 6 6 6 4 4 1 20.25 22 2007-09-22 @TEX ND 2.2 6 6 6 4 4 1 86 22
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 25-15 Road: 19-27 ExtrInn: 3-6 vsRHP: 35-28 vsLHP: 9-14 1-Run: 17-13 vsEast: 15-19 vsCntrl: 9-7 vsWest: 9-9 IL:11-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 87 Sat, Jul 5 TEX L 3-5 44-42 4th 10.0 gb 86 Fri, Jul 4 TEX W 10-4 44-41 3rd 9.0 gb 85 Thu, Jul 3 KCR L 7-10 43-41 4th 9.0 gb 84 Wed, Jul 2 KCR W 5-2 43-40 4th 8.5 gb 83 Tue, Jul 1 KCR W 7-5 42-40 4th 8.5 gb 82 Mon, Jun 30 KCR L 5-6 (11) 41-40 4th 8.5 gb 81 Sun, Jun 29 @WSN L 2-3 (12) 41-39 4th 7.5 gb 80 Sat, Jun 28 @WSN W 9-1 41-38 4th 7.0 gb 79 Fri, Jun 27 @WSN L 2-4 40-38 4th 8.0 gb 78 Thu, Jun 26 @CHC W 11-4 40-37 4th 7.0 gb Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sat, Jul 05, 2008 TEX 5 @BAL 3 W:Scott Feldman (3-3), L: Lance Cormier (1-3), S: C.J. Wilson (20) Fri, Jul 04, 2008 BAL 10 TEX 4 W:Jeremy Guthrie (5-7), L: Vicente Padilla (10-5), S: none Thu, Apr 10, 2008 TEX 5 BAL 4 W:Jamey Wright (1-0), L: Chad Bradford (0-1), S: C.J. Wilson (3) Thu, Apr 10, 2008 TEX 3 BAL 1 W:Kevin Millwood (1-2), L: Steve Trachsel (1-1), S: C.J. Wilson (2) Tue, Apr 08, 2008 BAL 8 @TEX 1 W:Brian Burres (1-0), L: Jason Jennings (0-2), S: none Sun, Sep 23, 2007 TEX 3 BAL 0 W:Kevin Millwood (10-13), L: Jon Leicester (2-3), S: C.J. Wilson (12) Sat, Sep 22, 2007 BAL 11 @TEX 9 W:James Hoey (2-4), L: Wes Littleton (3-2), S: Jamie Walker (6) Fri, Sep 21, 2007 TEX 3 BAL 2 W:Luis Mendoza (1-0), L: Victor Santos (1-6), S: Joaquin Benoit (6) Thu, Sep 20, 2007 BAL 6 @TEX 3 (10) W:Jamie Walker (2-2), L: John Rheinecker (3-3), S: none Wed, Aug 22, 2007 TEX 9 @BAL 7 W:Joaquin Benoit (6-3), L: James Hoey (1-1), S: C.J. Wilson (7) Season Series: 2008 - TEX leads 3-2; 2007 - TEX won 6-4; 2006 - TEX won 6-3; All-Time - BAL leads 355-231

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 2008 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

TEX 5.42

COL 4.51

WSN 3.61

RA/G

OAK 3.68

SFG 4.58

TEX 5.69

C. Jones .385

M. Kemp .284

T. Pena .162

OBP

C. Jones .477

N. McLouth .358

T. Pena .184

SLG

L. Berkman .669

A. Ramirez .463

T. Pena .214

OPS

L. Berkman 1.106

F. Thomas .816

T. Pena .398

ERA

J. Duchscherer 1.96

J. Contreras 4.02

T. Gorzelanny 6.57

K/9IP

E. Volquez 9.71

D. Eveland 6.05

L. Hernandez 3.33

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Texas Rangers Batters (5.42 RS/G) vs. Baltimore Orioles Pitchers (4.59 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 62.Liz
G/S/vB 35.Aquino
G/S/vB 53.Bradford
G/S/vB 26.Cabrera
G/S/vB 54.Cormier
G/S/vB 43.Johnson
G/S/vB 29.Loewen*
G/S/vB 45.Sarfate
G/S/vB 52.Sherrill*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

41.Boggs# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 180/130 .255/.335/.427/.762 .961/.685 .731 54/.733 2/2 4/

21.Bradley# G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 2/3.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 8/.625 1/.000 ··· 312/201 .320/.434/.605/1.040 1.207/.946 .856 67/.852 4/2 17/

22.Byrd G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/.000 4/.250 1/2.000 ··· ··· 5/.900 1/.000 ··· 172/105 .233/.322/.367/.688 .727/.664 .477 82/.650 2/1 3/

27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 8/.875 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 199/190 .290/.365/.409/.775 .873/.770 .901 56/.749 1/1 2/

19.Davis* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 29/22 .222/.276/.593/.868 .952/.844 .638 29/.868 0/0 3/

6.Duran G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 100/49 .216/.271/.352/.623 .755/.485 .693 33/.819 1/0 3/

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· 4/1.250 ··· 3/.000 3/.000 1/.000 386/265 .307/.365/.547/.912 .877/.928 .761 96/.765 4/0 19/

5.Kinsler G/S/vP 2/5.000 2/.500 2/1.000 3/.666 1/5.000 ··· 3/.333 1/no AB ··· 409/308 .328/.387/.544/.932 .837/.963 .888 116/1.182 23/1 14/

7.Murphy* G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 352/249 .266/.306/.443/.748 .586/.819 .745 81/.613 5/2 10/

51.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 25/13 .182/.280/.318/.598 .167/.968 .529 25/.598 0/0 1/

25.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 153/102 .221/.333/.328/.662 .366/.819 .588 62/.435 0/1 3/

12.Vazquez* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 222/186 .313/.381/.490/.870 .491/.943 .852 73/.842 0/1 5/

10.Young G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/2.000 27/.370 4/.500 1/2.000 ··· 3/2.667 1/.000 3/.000 389/292 .292/.342/.421/.763 .829/.741 .715 104/.629 5/0 7/

IP 29.2 7.1 31.1 2.0 30.2 47.1 20.1 39.2 37.1 TOTAL .279/.350/.455/.804 .748/.826 .752 .769 49/13 105/76

ERA-K/9

5.46/6.7

13.50/7.4

2.87/3.2

0.00/9.0

2.35/6.7

1.14/4.8

8.41/5.8

3.18/9.7

3.62/9.2

4.36/5.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Ramirez (3-1-0)
Saltalamacchia (30-6-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 127/.245 44/.438 133/.300 8/.000 128/.211 177/.166 98/.313 175/.193 158/.201 .261 Hamilton
Bradley
Byrd
Boggs
Murphy
Catalanotto
Duran 0/56/25/5
1/0/18/4
4/30/17/4
40/0/1/1
40/12/43/1
17/0/0/0
2/0/2/0

OPS .788 1.183 .713 .250 .623 .428 .968 .631 .656 .749

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 56/.897 17/.796 43/.790 4/.500 58/.497 80/.480 30/.828 84/.599 46/.517 .758

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 71/.706 27/1.443 90/.679 4/.000 70/.726 97/.386 68/1.034 91/.655 112/.714 .742

Home 49/.809 28/1.354 65/.840 3/.000 28/.761 87/.333 59/.907 76/.693 85/.620 .755

Last 28d days 106/.830 7/1.071 47/.659 8/.250 67/.577 47/.352 11/1.045 60/.583 44/.890

HR/SB/CS 6/3/1 1/1/0 2/0/3 0/1/0 2/3/0 0/1/2 5/3/1 2/5/1 5/2/0 97/73/23

Usage ····X··· X······· ··o··Xo· ··o····· o·X····X ·o···XX· ··o·X··· XX··XXX· ····oXX·

Baltimore Orioles Batters (4.61 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (5.69 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 33.Millwood
G/S/vB 50.Francisco
G/S/vB 18.Guardado*
G/S/vB 60.Madrigal
G/S/vB 46.Mendoza
G/S/vB 57.Nippert
G/S/vB 59.Rupe
G/S/vB 36.Wilson*
G/S/vB 45.Wright
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

3.Bynum* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.333 112/95 .192/.236/.240/.477 .235/.522 .343 33/.354 2/3 0/

12.Fahey* G/S/vP 15/.220 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 48/39 .239/.255/.370/.625 .583/.632 .715 21/.810 0/0 0/

55.Hernandez G/S/vP 17/.352 1/.000 13/.523 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 11/.819 267/207 .251/.293/.393/.686 .830/.644 .758 86/.853 0/0 7/

17.Huff* G/S/vP 12/.250 4/.000 8/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.666 1/2.000 3/1.167 3/1.667 355/253 .279/.344/.520/.864 .714/.925 .919 100/1.159 2/0 17/

10.Jones G/S/vP 6/1.167 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 6/.167 328/255 .276/.318/.391/.709 .705/.710 .761 97/.808 7/2 4/

21.Markakis* G/S/vP 18/.600 2/1.000 2/1.500 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/1.167 4/1.250 4/1.000 381/267 .293/.391/.473/.864 .949/.827 .828 116/.820 8/4 12/

15.Millar G/S/vP 42/.958 3/.333 3/.333 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/2.500 4/.000 9/.944 348/257 .239/.342/.391/.733 .804/.708 .779 90/.622 0/1 11/

6.Mora G/S/vP 19/.336 4/.833 5/.500 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.500 3/.000 2/1.500 337/248 .232/.301/.384/.686 .830/.635 .714 93/.551 2/6 10/

16.Payton G/S/vP 32/.282 2/.000 7/.143 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 7/1.071 8/.946 178/118 .247/.290/.380/.669 .887/.552 .576 50/.614 3/0 6/

24.Quiroz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 86/66 .211/.286/.316/.602 .961/.490 .648 21/.722 0/0 2/

1.Roberts# G/S/vP 22/.773 1/3.000 2/1.500 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 3/.000 9/1.431 2/.000 380/272 .293/.371/.485/.856 .896/.839 .880 114/.972 22/7 6/

30.Scott* G/S/vP 6/.533 1/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· 3/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/.500 284/227 .270/.345/.508/.853 .702/.892 .935 82/.956 2/1 14/

IP 90.0 35.0 30.1 2.2 21.1 8.2 47.2 37.1 46.2 TOTAL .259/.327/.421/.748 .781/.736 .787 .797 50/25 93/49

ERA-K/9

4.90/6.6

3.34/10.8

2.97/5.0

20.25/3.3

4.64/4.2

16.62/6.2

3.78/4.5

4.34/7.5

4.63/6.0

4.95/5.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hernandez (57-15-4)
Quiroz (16-8-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 409/.312 152/.227 116/.187 14/.385 104/.283 51/.463 203/.281 162/.231 200/.249 .281 Markakis
Scott
Payton
Jones 0/0/85/8
59/0/0/2
54/6/2/2
0/84/0/1

OPS .821 .658 .549 1.044 .778 1.199 .749 .713 .655 .794

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 225/.807 79/.719 49/.529 9/1.444 55/.940 27/1.277 100/.799 48/.807 93/.720 .830

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 184/.838 73/.591 67/.564 5/.200 49/.572 24/1.119 103/.699 114/.674 107/.599 .762

Road 245/.874 91/.612 50/.485 14/1.044 74/.727 37/1.428 112/.740 72/.522 105/.679 .796

Last 28d days 137/.895 53/.511 47/.469 14/1.044 49/.529 / 48/.667 60/.828 49/.733

HR/SB/CS 9/15/4 3/5/1 2/3/0 0/0/0 2/0/1 0/3/1 1/0/1 4/1/0 2/5/1 84/63/21

Usage ····X··· Xo··oX·· oo····o· ·X·X···· ···X···o ········ ·o··X··· o···ooo· ···X·oo·

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.

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Game Preview: TEX @ BAL, 1:35pm, Sunday, July 6, 2008 @Oriole Park at Camden Yards

SP: Kevin Millwood (33, RHP, 5-4, 4.90)

SP: Radhames Liz (25, RHP, 3-0, 5.46)

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