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Game Preview: SEA @ TEX, 2:05pm, Thursday, April 12, 2012 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Mariners, 4-3, 4-3 2nd, ½ GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Jason Vargas (29, LHP, 1-0, 2.31)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (1-0) 11.2 7 3 3 3 6 1 2.31
2011 (10-13) 201.0 205 105 95 59 131 22 4.25
2010 (9-12) 192.2 187 86 81 54 116 18 3.78
Last 7 GS 4-1 43.1 34 15 13 12 33 2 2.70 58
2012-04-06 @OAK W 5.1 5 2 2 1 3 1 91 52
2012-03-29 @OAK ND 6.1 2 1 1 2 3 0 85 66
2011-09-26 OAK W 8.0 5 1 1 0 10 0 105 78
2011-09-20 @MIN W 6.0 9 4 3 2 4 0 109 42
2011-09-14 NYY ND 6.2 3 1 1 1 6 1 101 69
2011-09-08 KCR W 6.0 4 1 1 2 3 0 102 61
2011-09-02 @OAK L 5.0 6 5 4 4 4 0 115 37
Last 5 v.TEX 2-2 32.2 38 15 14 9 14 5 3.86 49
2011-08-10 @TEX W 7.0 6 3 3 4 3 2 121 52
2011-07-14 TEX L 6.0 12 5 5 1 3 3 107 30
2011-05-05 TEX W 7.2 6 1 1 2 3 0 98 64
2010-09-29 @TEX ND 6.0 5 1 0 1 2 0 91 61
2010-09-18 TEX L 6.0 9 5 5 1 3 0 88 36
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    0-0    Road:    4-3    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   4-3    vsLHP:   0-0    1-Run:   2-1 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  4-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  7 Wed, Apr 11  @TEX  W   4-3        4-3   2nd  0.5 gb
  6 Tue, Apr 10  @TEX  L   0-1        3-3   2nd  1.5 gb
  5 Mon, Apr  9  @TEX  L   5-11       3-2   2nd  0.5 gb
  4 Sat, Apr  7  @OAK  W   8-7        3-1   1st  1.0 up
  3 Fri, Apr  6  @OAK  W   7-3        2-1   1st    Tied
  2 Thu, Mar 29  @OAK  L   1-4        1-1   1st    Tied
  1 Wed, Mar 28  @OAK  W   3-1 (11)   1-0   1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 4-3    Last 20: 4-3    Last 30: 4-3
Rangers, 4-2, 4-2 1st, ½ up

SP: Derek Holland (25, LHP, 0-0, 4.50)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (0-0) 6.0 3 3 3 3 5 0 4.50
2011 (16-5) 198.0 201 97 87 67 162 22 3.95
2010 (3-4) 57.1 55 30 26 24 54 6 4.08
Last 7 GS 5-0 45.1 32 13 12 15 46 5 2.38 62
2012-04-07 CHW ND 6.0 3 3 3 3 5 0 93 56
2011-09-25 SEA W 5.0 5 3 3 1 7 2 74 51
2011-09-20 @OAK W 7.0 2 1 1 3 7 1 107 73
2011-09-14 CLE W 7.0 6 1 1 3 6 1 107 64
2011-09-07 @TBR ND 6.2 6 4 3 3 9 1 107 54
2011-09-02 @BOS W 7.0 2 0 0 0 6 0 98 79
2011-08-26 LAA W 6.2 8 1 1 2 6 0 115 58
Last 5 v.SEA 3-1 32.0 32 14 13 10 30 4 3.66 54
2011-09-25 SEA W 5.0 5 3 3 1 7 2 74 51
2011-08-10 SEA ND 6.0 7 3 2 5 7 1 116 50
2011-07-14 @SEA W 9.0 5 0 0 1 8 0 118 84
2011-04-04 SEA W 6.0 7 3 3 1 5 0 105 50
2009-09-13 SEA L 6.0 8 5 5 2 3 1 88 37
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    4-2    Road:    0-0    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   3-2    vsLHP:   1-0    1-Run:   2-2 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 2-1    vsWest:  2-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  6 Wed, Apr 11   SEA  L   3-4        4-2   1st  0.5 up
  5 Tue, Apr 10   SEA  W   1-0        4-1   1st  1.5 up
  4 Mon, Apr  9   SEA  W  11-5        3-1   1st  0.5 up
  3 Sun, Apr  8   CHW  W   5-0        2-1   2nd  0.5 gb
  2 Sat, Apr  7   CHW  L   3-4        1-1   2nd  1.0 gb
  1 Fri, Apr  6   CHW  W   3-2        1-0   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 4-2    Last 20: 4-2    Last 30: 4-2 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Apr 11, 2012 SEA  4 @TEX  3        W:Lucas Luetge (1-0), L: Joe Nathan (0-2), S: Brandon League (3)
Tue, Apr 10, 2012 TEX  1  SEA  0        W:Neftali Feliz (1-0), L: Blake Beavan (0-1), S: Joe Nathan (2)
Mon, Apr 09, 2012 TEX 11  SEA  5        W:Yu Darvish (1-0), L: Hector Noesi (0-1), S: none

Sun, Sep 25, 2011 TEX 12  SEA  5        W:Derek Holland (16-5), L: Charlie Furbush (4-10), S: none
Sat, Sep 24, 2011 TEX  7  SEA  3        W:Scott Feldman (2-1), L: Felix Hernandez (14-14), S: none
Fri, Sep 23, 2011 TEX  5  SEA  3        W:Matt Harrison (14-9), L: Anthony Vasquez (1-5), S: Neftali Feliz (30)
Sun, Sep 18, 2011 TEX  3 @SEA  0        W:Matt Harrison (13-9), L: Felix Hernandez (14-13), S: Neftali Feliz (28)
Sat, Sep 17, 2011 TEX  7 @SEA  6        W:Colby Lewis (13-10), L: Anthony Vasquez (1-4), S: Neftali Feliz (27)
Fri, Sep 16, 2011 SEA  4  TEX  0        W:Blake Beavan (5-5), L: C.J. Wilson (16-7), S: none
Wed, Aug 10, 2011 SEA  4 @TEX  3        W:Jason Vargas (7-10), L: Koji Uehara (1-2), S: Brandon League (27)
Season Series: 2012 - TEX over 2-1; 2011 - TEX won 15-4; 2010 - TEX won 12-7; All-Time - TEX leads 266-259

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 2012 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

For the 2011 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

BOS  5.40

CLE  4.35

SEA  3.43

 RA/G

PHI  3.27

FLA  4.33

BAL  5.31

 BA

M. Cabrera  .344

A. Ramirez  .269

V. Wells  .218

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .448

J. Bruce  .341

V. Wells  .248

 SLG

J. Bautista  .608

C. Lee  .446

J. Bartlett  .307

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.056

Y. Escobar  .782

A. Rios  .613

 ERA

C. Kershaw  2.28

R. Wolf  3.69

B. Penny  5.30

 K/9IP

Z. Greinke  10.54

G. Floyd  7.02

B. Penny  3.67

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2012 season. Player Stats for the 2011 season. We will switch to 2012 stats on May 1st.

Mariners Batters (4.00 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (2.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 45.Holland*
G/S/vB		 37.Adams
G/S/vB		 11.Darvish
G/S/vB		 39.Feldman
G/S/vB		 57.Lowe
G/S/vB		 36.Nathan
G/S/vB		 41.Ogando
G/S/vB		 46.Ross*
G/S/vB		 19.Uehara
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Ackley* G/S/vP 11/.455 5/.200 4/.250 2/1.500 2/.000 1/2.000 4/1.000 ··· ··· 376/282 .273/.348/.417/.766 .652/.804 .797 32/.668 6/0 6/6
9.Figgins# G/S/vP 16/.688 6/.800 4/.250 41/.594 11/.586 7/.143 7/.286 ··· 3/.000 313/212 .188/.241/.243/.484 .446/.508 .468 33/.769 11/6 1/11
27.Jaso* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/.666 3/2.000 ··· 4/.250 273/235 .224/.298/.354/.651 .574/.662 .646 4/1.500 1/2 5/4
61.Kawasaki* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· / /// / 11/.473 / /
16.Liddi G/S/vP 2/2.500 ··· ··· 3/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 44/27 .225/.295/.525/.820 1.529/.417 1.015 1/2.000 1/0 3/1
63.Montero G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 69/42 .328/.406/.590/.996 1.181/.877 .502 23/.547 0/0 4/0
30.Olivo G/S/vP 12/.500 9/.666 3/.666 6/.000 3/.666 8/.000 9/.508 ··· 3/.666 507/373 .224/.253/.388/.641 .643/.640 .644 24/.250 6/5 19/11
26.Ryan G/S/vP 6/.000 4/.250 3/.333 ··· 2/1.000 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 494/370 .248/.313/.326/.639 .708/.616 .700 19/.557 13/3 3/15
55.Saunders* G/S/vP 5/.000 2/.000 3/.333 8/.821 ··· 1/3.000 6/.000 ··· 2/.000 179/118 .149/.207/.217/.424 .330/.474 .413 26/.868 6/2 2/0
15.Seager* G/S/vP 5/.650 1/.000 3/1.667 3/1.167 1/.000 2/1.500 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 201/158 .258/.312/.379/.691 .570/.719 .828 25/.777 3/1 3/6
17.Smoak# G/S/vP 11/.819 ··· 3/.666 4/1.750 3/.000 2/1.000 8/.625 ··· 1/no AB 489/345 .234/.323/.396/.719 .720/.716 .674 30/.646 0/0 15/7
51.Suzuki* G/S/vP 26/.589 8/.500 4/1.750 33/.704 3/.666 12/.500 10/.200 ··· 4/1.750 721/515 .272/.310/.335/.645 .648/.644 .658 32/.758 40/7 5/4
33.Wells G/S/vP 5/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 241/131 .237/.317/.442/.759 .838/.693 .765 1/.000 3/2 11/2
IP 198.0 73.2 32.0 45.0 44.2 169.0 65.0 TOTAL .259/.293/.364/.657 .864/.639 .657 .657 6/3 3/4
ERA-K/9 3.95/7.4 1.47/9.0 /0.0 3.94/6.2 3.80/8.4 4.84/8.7 3.51/6.7 /0.0 2.35/11.8 2.50/8.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Jaso (50-10-4)
 Montero (4-1-0)
 Olivo (79-31-11)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 843/.262 277/.169 / 129/.216 196/.263 191/.222 693/.234 / 243/.164 .222  Wells
 Suzuki
 Saunders
 Figgins
21/9/58/7
0/0/151/7
12/46/0/1
2/0/0/0
OPS .724 .496 .614 .768 .705 .649 .535 .594
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 211/.601 159/.538 / 64/.391 88/.802 97/.620 412/.709 / 124/.472 .640
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 632/.765 118/.439 / 65/.837 108/.739 94/.791 281/.560 / 119/.597 .536
Home 386/.792 142/.447 / 72/.494 112/.752 105/.601 386/.694 / 127/.564
Last 28d days 24/.440 15/.400 30/.833 4/.500 4/.500 17/.919 16/.500 4/.250 4/.500
HR/SB/CS 22/7/9 5/9/0 // 3/3/4 6/1/3 7/8/0 16/2/3 // 11/0/0 2/2/1
Usage ····X··· ·oo·oX·· ··X····· ··X····· ···X···· Xo··oo·· X·X·oo·· ···o···· ···o····

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2012 season. Player Stats for the 2011 season. We will switch to 2012 stats on May 1st.

Rangers Batters (4.33 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (4.29 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 38.Vargas*
G/S/vB		 35.Delabar
G/S/vB		 43.League
G/S/vB		 44.Luetge*
G/S/vB		 25.Millwood
G/S/vB		 50.Ramirez
G/S/vB		 52.Sherrill*
G/S/vB		 54.Wilhelmsen
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP 26/.481 2/4.000 6/.533 ··· 6/1.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 665/503 .279/.347/.361/.708 .714/.706 .674 27/.410 37/12 5/25
29.Beltre G/S/vP 9/.472 2/.000 9/.444 1/.000 79/.686 1/2.000 4/.750 1/.000 525/397 .296/.331/.561/.892 1.075/.836 1.078 25/.715 1/1 32/11
17.Cruz G/S/vP 21/1.351 2/1.000 8/.875 1/.000 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.000 513/402 .263/.312/.509/.821 1.096/.747 .953 23/.594 9/5 29/6
23.Gentry G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 153/74 .271/.347/.346/.693 .735/.648 .862 2/.000 18/0 1/2
14.Gonzalez G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 267/189 .215/.256/.283/.539 .655/.493 .534 0/ 1/2 1/4
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 18/.751 1/no AB 5/.933 1/.000 9/1.556 2/2.500 6/.666 3/1.167 538/383 .298/.346/.536/.882 .825/.904 .912 25/1.108 8/1 25/5
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 22/1.205 3/2.334 13/.490 ··· 3/1.000 2/.000 5/2.400 2/1.000 723/534 .255/.355/.477/.832 .880/.815 .933 27/1.277 30/4 32/11
18.Moreland* G/S/vP 10/.311 1/.000 7/.334 ··· 5/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 4/.833 512/390 .259/.320/.414/.733 .577/.783 .741 18/.653 2/2 16/5
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 12/.083 ··· 10/.200 ··· 6/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 440/322 .275/.328/.401/.729 .507/.809 .783 19/1.307 11/6 11/4
25.Napoli G/S/vP 26/1.119 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 17/1.225 1/no AB 4/1.167 1/2.000 432/297 .320/.414/.631/1.046 1.049/1.044 1.011 14/.457 4/2 30/3
21.Snyder G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 17/6 .231/.412/.308/.719 .764/.500 .719 0/ 0/0 0/1
8.Torrealba G/S/vP 11/1.273 2/2.500 8/.393 ··· 8/.929 ··· 2/1.000 3/.666 419/294 .273/.306/.399/.705 .612/.744 .827 10/.311 0/2 7/9
10.Young G/S/vP 27/.902 2/.000 9/.730 1/2.000 13/.968 1/.000 7/1.000 3/.000 689/520 .338/.380/.474/.854 .902/.838 .931 24/.500 6/2 11/8
IP 201.0 7.0 61.1 54.1 36.0 32.2 TOTAL .253/.307/.459/.765 .697/.788 .765 .765 1/2 10/2
ERA-K/9 4.25/5.9 2.57/9.0 2.79/6.6 /0.0 3.98/6.0 /0.0 3.00/9.5 3.31/8.3 4.35/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Napoli (21-12-1)
 Torrealba (56-27-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 857/.260 28/.217 250/.239 / 222/.274 / 149/.248 136/.210 .242  Cruz
 Murphy
 Hamilton
 Moreland
 Gentry
18/0/109/6
78/13/32/5
85/35/0/5
0/0/34/0
2/55/7/0
OPS .712 .792 .601 .748 .659 .580 .724
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 216/.720 12/.667 128/.658 / 85/.823 / 81/.608 66/.508 .697
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 641/.709 16/.846 122/.543 / 137/.701 / 68/.722 70/.651 .748
Road 351/.749 12/1.278 119/.752 / 123/.567 / 69/.692 50/.537
Last 28d days 44/.496 19/1.158 15/.400 6/.333 25/.577 12/.705 10/2.033 22/.364
HR/SB/CS 22/18/5 1/0/2 3/5/1 // 9/1/3 // 3/0/2 2/3/1 12/3/3
Usage ·····X·· X·o·oX·· X···Xo·· X···o··· X······· ··X····· ··X····· ·X··oX··

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.