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Game Preview: SEA @ TEX, 8:05pm, Friday, April 19, 2013 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Mariners, 7-10, 7-10 3rd, 5½ GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Joe Saunders (32, LHP, 1-1, 2.08)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (1-1) 17.1 16 5 4 7 10 0 2.08
2012 (9-13) 174.2 195 88 79 39 112 21 4.07
2011 (12-13) 212.0 210 94 87 67 108 29 3.69
Last 7 GS 2-3 45.0 47 16 14 9 25 4 2.80 54
2013-04-13 TEX ND 7.0 3 1 0 2 2 0 98 69
2013-04-08 HOU W 6.1 6 0 0 1 5 0 91 65
2013-04-03 @OAK L 4.0 7 4 4 4 3 0 88 31
2012-09-30 BOS W 7.1 8 3 3 0 5 2 90 55
2012-09-25 TOR L 6.1 11 4 3 0 2 0 94 39
2012-09-19 @SEA ND 8.0 5 1 1 0 2 1 98 70
2012-09-14 @OAK L 6.0 7 3 3 2 6 1 101 50
Last 5 v.TEX 0-4 24.2 29 22 21 11 14 10 7.66 39
2013-04-13 TEX ND 7.0 3 1 0 2 2 0 98 69
2010-07-23 @TEX L 7.0 7 1 1 1 6 1 126 64
2009-08-07 TEX L 1.2 5 5 5 1 0 2 48 24
2009-06-30 @TEX L 3.2 6 8 8 5 2 4 100 14
2009-05-15 @TEX L 5.1 8 7 7 2 4 3 84 26
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    4-6    Road:    3-4    ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:   5-7    vsLHP:   2-3    1-Run:   2-4 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 2-4    vsWest:  5-6  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 17 Thu, Apr 18   DET  W   2-0        7-10  3rd  5.5 gb
 16 Wed, Apr 17   DET  L   1-2 (14)   6-10  3rd  6.0 gb
 15 Tue, Apr 16   DET  L   2-6        6-9   3rd  5.0 gb
 14 Sun, Apr 14   TEX  W   4-3        6-8   3rd  3.5 gb
 13 Sat, Apr 13   TEX  L   1-3        5-8   3rd  4.5 gb
 12 Fri, Apr 12   TEX  W   3-1        5-7   3rd  4.5 gb
 11 Thu, Apr 11   TEX  L   3-4        4-7   3rd  4.5 gb
 10 Wed, Apr 10   HOU  L   3-8        4-6   3rd  3.5 gb
  9 Tue, Apr  9   HOU  L   9-16       4-5   3rd  2.5 gb
  8 Mon, Apr  8   HOU  W   3-0        4-4   3rd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-10   Last 30: 7-10
Rangers, 9-6, 9-6 2nd, 2½ GB, ½ up in WC

SP: Yu Darvish (26, RHP, 2-1, 2.75)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (2-1) 19.2 10 6 6 5 28 0 2.75
2012 (16-9) 191.1 156 89 83 89 221 14 3.90
Last 7 GS 4-1 49.1 27 13 12 11 61 1 2.19 69
2013-04-12 @SEA L 6.0 3 3 3 1 8 0 108 61
2013-04-07 LAA W 5.0 6 3 3 4 6 0 85 45
2013-04-02 @HOU W 8.2 1 0 0 0 14 0 111 96
2012-09-30 LAA ND 6.2 9 3 3 1 7 1 117 50
2012-09-20 @LAA W 8.0 4 1 1 1 9 0 108 78
2012-09-14 SEA W 7.0 2 1 1 2 9 0 110 76
2012-09-08 @TBR ND 8.0 2 2 1 2 8 0 96 78
Last 5 v.SEA 2-3 29.0 25 21 20 17 31 1 6.21 47
2013-04-12 @SEA L 6.0 3 3 3 1 8 0 108 61
2012-09-14 SEA W 7.0 2 1 1 2 9 0 110 76
2012-07-14 @SEA L 6.1 8 7 7 4 4 1 106 29
2012-05-21 @SEA L 4.0 4 5 4 6 5 0 96 35
2012-04-09 SEA W 5.2 8 5 5 4 5 0 110 34
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    4-2    Road:    5-4    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   6-5    vsLHP:   3-1    1-Run:   3-1 
 vsEast:  2-1    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  6-4  IL: 1-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 15 Thu, Apr 18  @CHC  L   2-6        9-6   2nd  2.5 gb
 14 Tue, Apr 16  @CHC  W   4-2        9-5   2nd  1.5 gb
 13 Sun, Apr 14  @SEA  L   3-4        8-5   2nd  1.0 gb
 12 Sat, Apr 13  @SEA  W   3-1        8-4   2nd  1.0 gb
 11 Fri, Apr 12  @SEA  L   1-3        7-4   2nd  2.0 gb
 10 Thu, Apr 11  @SEA  W   4-3        7-3   2nd  1.0 gb
  9 Wed, Apr 10   TBR  L   0-2        6-3   2nd  1.0 gb
  8 Tue, Apr  9   TBR  W   6-1        6-2   1st    Tied
  7 Mon, Apr  8   TBR  W   5-4        5-2   1st    Tied
  6 Sun, Apr  7   LAA  W   7-3        4-2   2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-6    Last 30: 9-6 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Apr 14, 2013 SEA  4  TEX  3        W:Brandon Maurer (1-2), L: Nick Tepesch (1-1), S: Tom Wilhelmsen (5)
Sat, Apr 13, 2013 TEX  3 @SEA  1        W:Joe Ortiz (2-0), L: Carter Capps (0-1), S: Joe Nathan (4)
Fri, Apr 12, 2013 SEA  3  TEX  1        W:Hisashi Iwakuma (2-0), L: Yu Darvish (2-1), S: Tom Wilhelmsen (4)
Thu, Apr 11, 2013 TEX  4 @SEA  3        W:Joe Ortiz (1-0), L: Felix Hernandez (1-2), S: Joe Nathan (3)

Sun, Sep 23, 2012 TEX  3 @SEA  2        W:Ryan Dempster (12-7), L: Jason Vargas (14-11), S: Joe Nathan (35)
Sat, Sep 22, 2012 SEA  1  TEX  0        W:Blake Beavan (10-10), L: Matt Harrison (17-10), S: Tom Wilhelmsen (29)
Fri, Sep 21, 2012 SEA  6  TEX  3        W:Hisashi Iwakuma (7-5), L: Martin Perez (1-2), S: Tom Wilhelmsen (28)
Sun, Sep 16, 2012 TEX  2  SEA  1        W:Matt Harrison (17-9), L: Blake Beavan (9-10), S: Koji Uehara (1)
Sat, Sep 15, 2012 SEA  8 @TEX  6        W:Lucas Luetge (2-1), L: Tanner Scheppers (1-1), S: Tom Wilhelmsen (27)
Fri, Sep 14, 2012 TEX  9  SEA  3        W:Yu Darvish (15-9), L: Hisashi Iwakuma (6-5), S: none
Season Series: 2013 - tied 2-2; 2012 - TEX won 10-9; 2011 - TEX won 15-4; All-Time - TEX leads 276-269

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 2013 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 2012 season

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2013 season. Player Stats for the 2012 season. We will switch to 2013 stats on May 1st.

Mariners Batters (3.41 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (3.13 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 11.Darvish
G/S/vB
44.Frasor
G/S/vB
50.Kirkman*
G/S/vB
55.Lowe
G/S/vB
36.Nathan
G/S/vB
58.Ortiz*
G/S/vB
46.Ross*
G/S/vB
52.Scheppers
G/S/vB
49.Tepesch
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Ackley* G/S/vP 16/.625 3/.666 ··· 6/.900 3/.666 ··· 3/.666 2/.500 3/.666 668/435 .226/.294/.328/.622 .675/.593 .658 56/.373 13/3 12/8
3.Andino G/S/vP ··· 6/.000 ··· 7/1.214 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 431/290 .211/.283/.305/.588 .607/.578 .555 28/.416 5/5 7/13
12.Bay G/S/vP 3/.667 5/.200 2/.000 23/.317 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 215/109 .165/.237/.299/.536 .565/.508 .588 36/.628 5/1 8/2
9.Chavez* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 169/140 .203/.236/.278/.515 .370/.544 .521 17/.665 3/2 2/2
21.Gutierrez G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 1/2.000 3/.666 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 163/92 .260/.309/.420/.729 1.160/.397 .832 50/.860 3/1 4/1
28.Ibanez* G/S/vP 6/.334 10/1.433 2/1.000 49/.461 8/.000 2/.000 3/.333 ··· 3/1.666 425/360 .240/.308/.453/.761 .492/.812 .634 44/.640 3/0 19/0
63.Montero G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/.333 3/.000 1/.000 3/2.000 1/.000 3/1.334 553/362 .260/.298/.386/.685 .830/.609 .768 44/.460 0/2 15/3
8.Morales# G/S/vP 18/.234 2/2.000 3/.000 6/1.334 11/.637 2/.000 3/2.667 2/2.000 3/.666 522/446 .273/.320/.467/.787 .761/.791 .767 66/.745 0/1 22/1
38.Morse G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 22/.846 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 430/319 .291/.321/.470/.791 .755/.804 .865 58/.921 0/1 18/1
26.Ryan G/S/vP 10/.425 6/.334 ··· 7/.971 6/.334 1/.000 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· 470/293 .194/.277/.278/.555 .637/.503 .535 49/.417 11/5 3/9
15.Seager* G/S/vP 15/1.082 1/.000 4/.750 3/1.000 4/1.250 1/.000 4/.500 1/2.000 3/2.000 651/418 .259/.316/.423/.738 .658/.783 .835 65/.627 13/5 20/13
7.Shoppach G/S/vP 2/.000 4/1.750 ··· 3/1.167 4/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 245/121 .233/.309/.425/.733 .717/.751 .722 24/1.077 1/0 8/10
17.Smoak# G/S/vP 12/.258 ··· 3/.000 3/.000 5/.800 2/.000 5/.650 1/5.000 3/1.667 535/347 .217/.290/.364/.654 .703/.627 .743 66/.527 1/0 19/4
IP 191.1 43.2 35.1 142.2 64.1 65.0 32.1 TOTAL .224/.286/.359/.645 .577/.677 .678 .645 5/2 16/6
ERA-K/9 3.90/10.4 4.12/10.9 3.82/9.7 5.11/3.5 2.80/10.9 /0.0 2.22/6.5 4.45/8.4 /0.0 3.09/8.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Montero (54-11-7)
 Shoppach (32-16-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 816/.220 191/.256 151/.182 640/.311 257/.231 / 265/.232 152/.343 / .229  Morse
 Bay
 Ibanez
 Chavez
 Gutierrez
 Andino
67/0/36/3
65/0/0/2
80/0/13/2
35/3/21/2
0/38/0/1
1/1/0/0
OPS .659 .799 .611 .796 .631 .624 .908 .645
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 464/.674 82/.915 60/.709 290/.937 151/.617 / 113/.612 60/.949 / .583
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 352/.640 109/.715 91/.549 350/.683 106/.650 / 152/.632 92/.881 / .683
Home 393/.690 98/.790 106/.548 321/.742 149/.702 / 142/.618 104/.996 /
Last 28d days 75/.434 18/1.039 23/.725 18/1.014 26/.519 41/.516 23/.590 27/.459 55/.721
HR/SB/CS 14/23/4 6/6/2 5/1/0 10/7/2 7/3/1 // 3/1/1 6/6/0 // 10/4/2
Usage ······X· X·····o· ··X·X·o· X······· ··X··o·o X····X·X ·····X·X ··o·o··X ····X···

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2013 season. Player Stats for the 2012 season. We will switch to 2013 stats on May 1st.

Rangers Batters (3.67 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (4.29 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 23.Saunders*
G/S/vB
49.Beavan
G/S/vB
58.Capps
G/S/vB
41.Furbush*
G/S/vB
37.Maurer
G/S/vB
31.Medina
G/S/vB
45.Noesi
G/S/vB
59.Perez*
G/S/vB
54.Wilhelmsen
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP 12/.730 15/.286 3/.666 5/.400 3/.000 ··· 7/1.262 ··· 4/.000 711/522 .286/.349/.378/.727 .687/.742 .719 66/.590 21/10 3/16
15.Baker G/S/vP 12/.750 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/.476 ··· 201/64 .239/.279/.378/.656 .665/.637 .670 12/.817 4/1 4/3
29.Beltre G/S/vP 28/.656 18/1.209 2/1.000 3/3.500 3/.000 ··· 6/.334 15/.967 5/1.000 654/485 .321/.359/.561/.921 .737/.985 .988 60/.676 1/0 36/8
27.Berkman# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· 9/.222 ··· 97/77 .259/.381/.444/.826 .712/.856 .714 44/1.111 2/0 2/4
17.Cruz G/S/vP 23/.913 15/.333 2/.000 6/2.467 3/1.000 ··· 5/1.850 1/.000 7/.715 642/483 .260/.319/.460/.779 .944/.727 .873 60/.807 8/4 24/4
3.Garcia# G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 / /// / 10/.833 / /
23.Gentry G/S/vP 2/.000 3/1.167 1/no AB 3/.666 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 269/154 .304/.367/.392/.759 .859/.686 .737 27/.755 13/7 1/0
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 31/1.308 19/.513 2/.000 8/1.089 ··· ··· 7/.143 3/.333 4/1.000 731/550 .256/.326/.423/.749 .988/.671 .886 62/.969 21/9 19/18
2.Martin* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 52/44 .174/.235/.370/.605 .500/.624 .794 30/.492 3/0 0/0
18.Moreland* G/S/vP ··· 16/.813 1/.000 6/.900 2/1.500 ··· 5/1.400 3/.000 8/.393 357/306 .275/.321/.468/.789 .737/.798 .895 54/.528 1/1 15/3
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 9/.222 18/.945 1/2.000 2/.500 3/.000 ··· 5/.000 8/.393 6/.334 521/437 .304/.380/.479/.859 .845/.862 .917 56/.461 10/5 15/1
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 13/.539 4/.500 ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 3/2.667 3/.666 4/.500 520/399 .278/.326/.501/.827 .673/.874 .943 48/.779 0/0 27/6
8.Soto G/S/vP 8/2.083 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 5/1.467 1/.000 361/264 .198/.270/.343/.613 .677/.589 .576 11/.500 1/0 11/8
IP 174.2 152.1 25.0 46.1 106.2 29.2 79.1 TOTAL .246/.314/.400/.715 .588/.765 .819 .715 8/2 15/5
ERA-K/9 4.07/5.8 4.43/4.0 3.96/10.1 2.72/10.3 /0.0 /0.0 5.82/5.7 2.12/7.3 2.50/9.9 3.97/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pierzynski (76-27-8)
 Soto (65-21-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 745/.281 638/.281 109/.260 182/.174 / / 453/.266 123/.243 326/.202 .245  Cruz
 Gentry
 Murphy
 Martin
 Baker
 Moreland
6/0/151/9
0/114/3/7
120/2/17/4
4/14/0/1
5/0/26/0
0/0/3/0
OPS .755 .792 .667 .529 .826 .628 .578 .719
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 172/.451 316/.844 51/.798 84/.404 / / 245/.865 62/.679 164/.637 .640
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 573/.849 322/.741 58/.552 98/.637 / / 208/.782 61/.575 162/.519 .777
Road 372/.642 348/.835 47/.661 100/.511 / / 221/.854 64/.729 165/.631
Last 28d days 71/.667 56/.942 46/.928 32/.754 59/1.043 6/.333 / 29/.511 30/.277
HR/SB/CS 21/4/6 23/15/4 0/8/1 3/10/3 // // 21/6/5 1/0/0 5/12/1 22/10/1
Usage ·····X·· ·oo····· Xo···X·· ·XX···o· ····X··· ··X····· ·X··Xo·o oX··o·o·

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.