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Game Preview: TEX @ KCR, 8:10pm, Wednesday, August 27, 2008 @Kauffman Stadium

Texas Rangers, 65-68, 2nd, 16 GB, 12 GB in WC

SP: Matt Harrison (22, LHP, 5-3, 6.27)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (5-3)             47.1  56  37  33  21  18  6    6.27      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-3  37.2  44  30  26  18  17  5    6.21   40 
 2008-08-22    CLE   L   3.2   7   5   5   2   3  0      90   28 
 2008-08-16    TBR   W   8     3   0   0   0   8  0     109   84 
 2008-08-10   @BAL   W   5    10   6   6   2   0  2      89   21 
 2008-08-05    NYY   W   6.1   5   2   2   3   3  0     105   55 
 2008-07-31    SEA   L   4.2   5   6   4   5   2  0      95   31 
 2008-07-26   @OAK   W   5     5   3   1   3   1  1      86   47 
 2008-07-19   @MIN   L   5     9   8   8   3   0  2      84   14 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR    Has never faced KCR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   33-33   Road:   32-35   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  50-42   vsLHP:  15-26   1-Run:  24-15
 vsEast: 16-24   vsCntrl:19-21   vsWest: 20-15 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
133 Tue, Aug 26  @KCR  W   2-1       65-68  2nd 16.0 gb
132 Mon, Aug 25  @KCR  W   9-4       64-68  2nd 16.0 gb
131 Sun, Aug 24   CLE  L   3-4       63-68  2nd 17.0 gb
130 Sat, Aug 23   CLE  L   7-8       63-67  2nd 16.0 gb
129 Fri, Aug 22   CLE  L   5-7       63-66  2nd 15.0 gb
128 Wed, Aug 20   DET  W   9-1       63-65  2nd 15.5 gb
127 Tue, Aug 19   DET  L   3-11      62-65  2nd 15.5 gb
126 Mon, Aug 18   DET  L   7-8       62-64  2nd 15.5 gb
125 Sun, Aug 17   TBR  L   4-7       62-63  2nd 15.5 gb
124 Sat, Aug 16   TBR  W   3-0       62-62  2nd 15.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:12-18
Kansas City Royals, 56-76, 5th, 20 GB, 20½ GB in WC

SP: Brian Bannister (27, RHP, 7-13, 5.89)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (7-13)           148.1 171 103  97  50  93 24    5.89      
 2007 (12-9)           165   156  76  71  44  77 15    3.87      
 2006 (2-1)             38    34  18  18  22  19  4    4.26      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-5  33.1  48  31  30  16  24  9    8.10   37 
 2008-08-22    DET   L   8     5   4   4   3   2  2     100   55 
 2008-08-17   @NYY   L   1    10  10  10   3   0  3      65  -10 
 2008-08-12   @CHW   L   7     4   4   4   2   7  3     106   58 
 2008-08-05    BOS   L   4     6   3   3   2   3  0      87   39 
 2008-07-30   @OAK  ND   5     8   2   2   4   7  0     111   46 
 2008-07-25    TBR   L   5.1   7   3   2   1   1  0     100   44 
 2008-07-20   @CHW  ND   3     8   5   5   1   4  1      77   26 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TEX      1-1  17    17  11  11   4  13  5    5.82   48 
 2008-06-12    TEX  ND   7     6   4   4   0   4  2     127   53 
 2008-04-30   @TEX   L   3     7   7   7   2   3  3      90   18 
 2007-07-27    TEX   W   7     4   0   0   2   6  0     116   73 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   29-38   Road:   27-38   ExtrInn: 5-6 
 vsRHP:  32-57   vsLHP:  24-19   1-Run:  18-17
 vsEast: 14-26   vsCntrl:19-31   vsWest: 10-14 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
132 Tue, Aug 26   TEX  L   1-2       56-76  5th 20.0 gb
131 Mon, Aug 25   TEX  L   4-9       56-75  5th 19.0 gb
130 Sun, Aug 24   DET  W   7-3       56-74  5th 18.0 gb
129 Sat, Aug 23   DET  L   0-4       55-74  5th 19.0 gb
128 Fri, Aug 22   DET  L   3-4       55-73  5th 19.0 gb
127 Thu, Aug 21  @CLE  L   3-10      55-72  5th 18.0 gb
126 Wed, Aug 20  @CLE  L   5-8       55-71  5th 17.5 gb
125 Tue, Aug 19  @CLE  L   4-9       55-70  5th 16.5 gb
124 Sun, Aug 17  @NYY  L   6-15      55-69  5th 15.5 gb
123 Sat, Aug 16  @NYY  L   2-3 (13)  55-68  5th 14.5 gb
 Last 10: 1-9    Last 20: 4-16   Last 30:11-19
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Aug 26, 2008 TEX  2 @KCR  1        W:Kevin Millwood (8-7), L: Ramon Ramirez (2-2), S: none
Mon, Aug 25, 2008 TEX  9 @KCR  4        W:Scott Feldman (5-5), L: Gil Meche (10-10), S: none
Thu, Jun 12, 2008 KCR  6  TEX  5        W:Ron Mahay (2-0), L: Frank Francisco (1-2), S: Joakim Soria (15)
Wed, Jun 11, 2008 TEX 11 @KCR  5        W:Vicente Padilla (8-3), L: Jimmy Gobble (0-2), S: none
Tue, Jun 10, 2008 TEX  6 @KCR  5        W:Eddie Guardado (1-1), L: Yasuhiko Yabuta (1-1), S: C.J. Wilson (12)
Thu, May 01, 2008 TEX  2  KCR  1        W:Sidney Ponson (1-0), L: Zack Greinke (3-1), S: C.J. Wilson (6)
Wed, Apr 30, 2008 TEX 11  KCR  9        W:Kevin Millwood (2-2), L: Brian Bannister (3-3), S: none
Tue, Apr 29, 2008 KCR  9 @TEX  5        W:Ron Mahay (1-0), L: Jason Jennings (0-5), S: none

Wed, Sep 05, 2007 TEX  3  KCR  2        W:Vicente Padilla (5-9), L: Kyle Davies (6-12), S: Joaquin Benoit (3)
Tue, Sep 04, 2007 TEX  9  KCR  8        W:John Rheinecker (2-1), L: Leo Nunez (2-3), S: C.J. Wilson (11)
Season Series: 2008 - TEX leads 6-2; 2007 - KCR won 5-4; 2006 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - KCR leads 254-231

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  5.56

PIT  4.63

WSN  3.70

RA/G

TOR  3.91

CLE  4.63

TEX  6.02

BA

C. Jones  .357

A. Soriano  .291

J. Towles  .143

OBP

A. Pujols  .466

J. Posada  .364

T. Pena  .184

SLG

A. Pujols  .634

T. Glaus  .480

T. Pena  .209

OPS

A. Pujols  1.100

D. Pedroia  .835

T. Pena  .393

ERA

C. Lee  2.43

B. Looper  3.94

C. Silva  6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.13

G. Floyd  6.40

L. Hernandez  3.49

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Texas Rangers Batters (5.56 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (5.06 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 19.Bannister
G/S/vB
54.Fulchino
G/S/vB
46.Nunez
G/S/vB
57.Peralta
G/S/vB
56.Ramirez
G/S/vB
48.Soria
G/S/vB
51.Tejeda
G/S/vB
40.Wells
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
4.Arias G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 1/3.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 27/23 .407/.407/.630/1.037 2.000/.870 1.182 27/1.037 2/0 0/
9.Blalock* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.333 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.333 3/1.167 155/105 .262/.323/.404/.727 .720/.730 .673 22/.473 1/0 4/
41.Boggs# G/S/vP 5/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 295/200 .232/.340/.404/.744 .842/.696 .653 75/.822 3/2 7/
21.Bradley# G/S/vP 2/2.500 ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/2.000 1/.000 11/1.336 ··· 432/282 .324/.448/.587/1.035 1.168/.962 .875 53/1.022 4/3 21/
22.Byrd G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· 5/.800 4/.250 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 8/.661 350/228 .297/.376/.471/.847 .938/.798 .703 112/1.033 4/1 9/
27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP 7/.286 ··· 5/1.850 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 9/.730 267/252 .272/.337/.389/.726 .536/.736 .804 51/.642 1/1 2/
17.Cruz G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.400 3/.666 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 9/9 .375/.444/.875/1.319 /1.319 1.319 9/1.319 0/0 1/
19.Davis* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 212/144 .269/.316/.543/.859 .983/.802 .807 103/.716 0/2 13/
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 5/1.600 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/.750 ··· 1/2.000 4/.000 583/397 .298/.362/.538/.900 .840/.927 .766 111/.880 7/0 29/
15.Laird G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 3/1.334 3/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 306/227 .284/.337/.417/.754 .766/.750 .837 90/.590 2/3 6/
25.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 219/138 .245/.347/.351/.698 .449/.854 .646 30/.833 0/2 3/
12.Vazquez* G/S/vP 3/.667 1/4.000 4/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 10/.900 325/271 .304/.378/.450/.828 .487/.895 .791 65/.666 0/1 6/
10.Young G/S/vP 8/.833 2/.500 14/.428 6/.533 4/.250 1/.000 2/.500 8/.804 590/433 .289/.341/.417/.758 .873/.716 .714 116/.747 8/0 12/
IP 148.1 11.0 36.0 50.0 61.0 56.0 35.0 31.2 TOTAL .281/.352/.459/.811 .798/.816 .762 .812 67/20 163/108
ERA-K/9 5.89/5.6 9.00/7.4 3.25/4.5 5.76/6.5 2.95/9.0 1.93/9.3 3.86/10.0 5.12/7.9 4.73/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Laird (46-19-4)
 Saltalamacchia (38-8-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 656/.290 56/.333 161/.266 211/.266 255/.231 219/.179 145/.164 146/.283 .270  Byrd
 Hamilton
 Boggs
 Bradley
 Cruz
 Catalanotto
6/52/39/7
0/85/34/7
66/0/3/6
1/0/19/4
0/0/2/0
26/0/0/0
OPS .822 .932 .734 .866 .612 .536 .555 .815 .763
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 324/.841 30/.933 77/.803 93/.928 121/.794 113/.546 69/.636 66/.742 .775
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 332/.804 26/.930 84/.672 118/.821 134/.451 106/.525 76/.473 80/.877 .752
Home 377/.709 25/1.220 96/.814 123/.837 143/.548 102/.413 96/.658 45/.945 .744
Last 28d days 119/1.028 24/.920 58/.991 65/.823 52/.800 38/.840 55/.492 43/.752
HR/SB/CS 24/6/3 1/1/0 2/1/0 15/3/1 2/3/1 5/2/1 3/6/0 3/1/2 141/65/19
Usage ····X··· ·X····o· o··o···X ·X·X·o·o X·X···o· ··X···X· ·X·X·X·· ··X·o··X
Kansas City Royals Batters (4.07 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (6.02 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 54.Harrison*
G/S/vB
53.Benoit
G/S/vB
50.Francisco
G/S/vB
60.Madrigal
G/S/vB
57.Nippert
G/S/vB
59.Rupe
G/S/vB
56.White*
G/S/vB
45.Wright
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
30.Aviles G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 309/218 .329/.356/.492/.848 1.098/.745 .801 108/.826 5/2 7/
14.Buck G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 4/.750 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 5/.650 358/257 .224/.293/.370/.663 .786/.615 .645 67/.401 0/3 8/
16.Butler G/S/vP ··· 3/.667 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.666 395/281 .266/.319/.371/.690 .896/.609 .709 93/.657 0/1 7/
13.Callaspo# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 125/102 .292/.355/.336/.691 .978/.623 .652 16/.785 1/1 0/
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP ··· 5/.200 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 8/1.025 461/305 .291/.352/.430/.782 .680/.835 .782 65/.559 10/7 10/
2.Gathright* G/S/vP ··· 7/.572 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 288/216 .245/.300/.261/.561 .522/.573 .573 13/.350 21/4 0/
3.German G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 188/103 .234/.292/.323/.615 .534/.680 .646 69/.623 6/2 0/
7.Gload* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 4/.583 383/289 .277/.322/.350/.672 .572/.705 .780 82/.736 3/4 3/
11.Guillen G/S/vP ··· 11/.773 10/.422 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 27/.828 509/372 .249/.285/.426/.711 .972/.620 .703 98/.620 2/1 17/
21.Olivo G/S/vP ··· 5/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.334 257/173 .268/.296/.480/.775 .966/.685 .688 40/1.041 5/0 11/
1.Pena G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.500 209/144 .164/.184/.209/.393 .582/.310 .442 17/.588 3/1 1/
26.Smith* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 19/15 .211/.211/.316/.526 .500/.533 .750 19/.526 0/1 0/
24.Teahen* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.500 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 5/1.350 506/356 .241/.306/.372/.678 .663/.684 .671 102/.565 3/3 10/
IP 47.1 41.1 52.1 24.1 43.2 74.2 72.1 TOTAL .262/.315/.384/.698 .754/.676 .715 .681 68/34 91/80
ERA-K/9 6.27/3.4 5.23/8.3 3.78/11.2 5.18/5.6 7.83/5.6 4.58/4.7 /0.0 4.23/6.5 5.36/5.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (47-8-3)
 Olivo (18-11-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 215/.299 193/.236 222/.218 108/.277 216/.339 320/.283 / 318/.267 .289  Guillen
 Gathright
 Teahen
 DeJesus
 Smith
 Gload
 Callaspo
 German
45/0/47/9
0/85/0/5
24/1/82/4
59/51/15/3
1/0/0/0
6/0/2/0
3/0/0/0
24/0/0/0
OPS .888 .786 .699 .791 .959 .786 .707 .825
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 59/1.114 94/.627 111/.680 55/.911 112/.856 153/.876 / 153/.771 .857
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 156/.806 99/.942 111/.718 53/.667 104/1.066 167/.703 / 165/.649 .799
Road 76/1.116 100/.790 115/.624 58/.835 117/1.037 169/.846 / 149/.666 .834
Last 28d days 123/.824 27/.704 34/.735 56/.694 79/.984 70/.857 / 60/.720
HR/SB/CS 6/3/3 6/1/1 7/6/1 3/2/1 7/4/1 5/0/1 // 4/8/1 151/99/33
Usage ····X··· ··o····· ···Xo··· ·XoX···X ········ ·o·X···X ··XX····

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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