Behind Perez's 3.55 ERA is a 4.36 FIP and .302 BABIP. And he faltered in September with a .298 BAA and 1.48 WHIP though his ERA remained good. He hasn't given up fewer than 3 ERs in home starts since July, so a dominant performance tonight is highly unlikely. More likely is that Lady Luck catches up with him and/or as a rookie pitcher he falters under post-season pressure.
Price has fared poorly against Texas, and especially in Arlington where over 4 GS he's racked up the highest ERA of any ballpark over his career -- a shocking 10.26. Current Rangers have hit him at .315, led by Alex Rios at .435. Cruz isn't shown in the table, but he's 6 for 12 lifetime vs. Price with 2 HRs.
Price is better pitcher than that and I'd expect him to put the sins of his Texas past behind him and continue his recent series of strong perfomances.
But numbers are numbers, I'll probably just enjoy the game.
|
PA |
AB |
H |
2B |
3B |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
BA |
OBP |
SLG |
OPS |
SH |
SF |
IBB |
HBP |
GDP |
missG |
Elvis Andrus |
33 |
27 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
.407 |
.515 |
.407 |
.923 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Ian Kinsler |
30 |
27 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
.222 |
.276 |
.407 |
.683 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Adrian Beltre |
26 |
26 |
9 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
6 |
.346 |
.346 |
.577 |
.923 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Alex Rios |
26 |
23 |
10 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
3 |
5 |
.435 |
.500 |
.870 |
1.370 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Craig Gentry |
13 |
11 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
.364 |
.417 |
.455 |
.871 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
David Murphy |
12 |
10 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
.200 |
.250 |
.300 |
.550 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
A.J. Pierzynski |
12 |
10 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
.200 |
.273 |
.200 |
.473 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Mitch Moreland |
5 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
.000 |
.000 |
.000 |
.000 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Adam Rosales |
5 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
.200 |
.200 |
.200 |
.400 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Geovany Soto |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
.500 |
.500 |
.500 |
1.000 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Total |
164 |
146 |
46 |
9 |
1 |
4 |
20 |
12 |
30 |
.315 |
.373 |
.473 |
.845 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|