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Texas Rangers vs. Seattle Mariners, at Globe Life Park in Arlington, August 18, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Start Time:

7:05ct (local), 8:05et

Venue:

Globe Life Park in Arlington

Series:

Game #2 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

91° (based on last ten years)

Mariners

Manager:

Lloyd McClendon

Game #:

120

On This Date:

12-20

Rangers

Manager:

Jeff Banister

Game #:

118

On This Date:

27-24

Season Series
Fri, Apr 17, 2015 TEX  3 @SEA  1     
Sat, Apr 18, 2015 SEA  3  TEX  1     
Sun, Apr 19, 2015 SEA 11  TEX 10     
Mon, Apr 27, 2015 SEA  3 @TEX  1     
Tue, Apr 28, 2015 SEA  2 @TEX  1     
Wed, Apr 29, 2015 SEA  5 @TEX  2     
Fri, Aug 07, 2015 SEA  4  TEX  3     
Sat, Aug 08, 2015 TEX 11 @SEA  3 (11)
Sun, Aug 09, 2015 SEA  4  TEX  2     
Mon, Aug 17, 2015 TEX  4  SEA  3     

Tue, Aug 18, 2015 SEA    @TEX  8:05pm
Wed, Aug 19, 2015 SEA    @TEX  2:05pm
Mon, Sep 07, 2015 TEX    @SEA  6:40pm
Tue, Sep 08, 2015 TEX    @SEA 10:10pm
Wed, Sep 09, 2015 TEX    @SEA 10:10pm
Thu, Sep 10, 2015 TEX    @SEA  3:40pm
Fri, Sep 18, 2015 SEA    @TEX  8:05pm
Sat, Sep 19, 2015 SEA    @TEX  8:05pm
Sun, Sep 20, 2015 SEA    @TEX  3:05pm

                         All times ET

Seattle Mariners

55-64, 4th, 9 GB, 10 GB in WC / Schedule

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   26-33   Road:   29-31   ExtrInn:10-9 
 vsRHP:  41-44   vsLHP:  14-20   1-Run:  23-21
 vsEast: 15-17   vsCntrl:10-14   vsWest: 23-23 IL: 7-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
119 Mon, Aug 17  @TEX  L   3-4       55-64  4th  9.0 gb
118 Sun, Aug 16  @BOS  W  10-8 (12)  55-63  4th  9.0 gb
117 Sat, Aug 15  @BOS  L  10-22      54-63  4th  9.0 gb
116 Fri, Aug 14  @BOS  L   1-15      54-62  4th  9.0 gb
115 Wed, Aug 12   BAL  W   3-0       54-61  4th  8.0 gb
114 Tue, Aug 11   BAL  W   6-5 (10)  53-61  4th  8.0 gb
113 Mon, Aug 10   BAL  L   2-3       52-61  4th  9.0 gb
112 Sun, Aug  9   TEX  W   4-2       52-60  4th  8.5 gb
111 Sat, Aug  8   TEX  L   3-11(11)  51-60  4th  9.5 gb
110 Fri, Aug  7   TEX  W   4-3       51-59  4th  9.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16

Texas Rangers

60-57, 3rd, 3 GB, 4 GB in WC / Schedule

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   27-29   Road:   33-28   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  39-34   vsLHP:  21-23   1-Run:  22-18
 vsEast: 19-9    vsCntrl:13-12   vsWest: 19-28 IL: 9-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
117 Mon, Aug 17   SEA  W   4-3       60-57  3rd  3.0 gb
116 Sun, Aug 16   TBR  W   5-3       59-57  3rd  4.0 gb
115 Sat, Aug 15   TBR  W  12-4       58-57  3rd  4.0 gb
114 Fri, Aug 14   TBR  W   5-3       57-57  3rd  5.0 gb
113 Thu, Aug 13  @MIN  W   6-5       56-57  3rd  5.0 gb
112 Wed, Aug 12  @MIN  L   1-11      55-57  3rd  5.5 gb
111 Tue, Aug 11  @MIN  L   2-3       55-56  3rd  4.5 gb
110 Sun, Aug  9  @SEA  L   2-4       55-55  3rd  4.5 gb
109 Sat, Aug  8  @SEA  W  11-3 (11)  55-54  3rd  4.5 gb
108 Fri, Aug  7  @SEA  L   3-4       54-54  3rd  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Aug 17, 2015 TEX  4  SEA  3        W:Shawn Tolleson (5-2), L: Fernando Rodney (5-5), S: none
Sun, Aug 09, 2015 SEA  4  TEX  2        W:Felix Hernandez (14-6), L: Colby Lewis (12-5), S: Carson Smith (12)
Sat, Aug 08, 2015 TEX 11 @SEA  3 (11)   W:Shawn Tolleson (4-2), L: Rob Rasmussen (1-1), S: none
Fri, Aug 07, 2015 SEA  4  TEX  3        W:Hisashi Iwakuma (3-2), L: Cole Hamels (6-8), S: Carson Smith (11)
Wed, Apr 29, 2015 SEA  5 @TEX  2        W:Felix Hernandez (4-0), L: Wandy Rodriguez (0-1), S: Fernando Rodney (7)
Tue, Apr 28, 2015 SEA  2 @TEX  1        W:J.A. Happ (2-1), L: Ross Detwiler (0-3), S: Fernando Rodney (6)
Mon, Apr 27, 2015 SEA  3 @TEX  1        W:Taijuan Walker (1-2), L: Yovani Gallardo (2-3), S: Fernando Rodney (5)
Sun, Apr 19, 2015 SEA 11  TEX 10        W:Yoervis Medina (1-0), L: Neftali Feliz (0-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 18, 2015 SEA  3  TEX  1        W:Felix Hernandez (2-0), L: Colby Lewis (1-1), S: Fernando Rodney (3)
Fri, Apr 17, 2015 TEX  3 @SEA  1        W:Yovani Gallardo (2-1), L: J.A. Happ (0-1), S: Neftali Feliz (2)
Season Series: 2015 - SEA over 7-3; 2014 - TEX won 10-9; 2013 - TEX won 12-7; All-Time - TEX leads 299-290

SP: Hisashi Iwakuma (34, RHP, 4-2, 3.86)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (4-2)			72.1	61	32	31	12	58	12	3.86
2014 (15-9)			179.0	167	70	70	21	154	20	3.52
2013 (14-6)			219.2	179	69	65	42	185	25	2.66

Last 7 GS		4-1	51.0	33	14	14	9	44	3	2.47	65
2015-08-12	BAL	W	9.0	0	0	0	3	7	0	116	91
2015-08-07	TEX	W	7.0	6	3	3	0	6	0	118	59
2015-08-02	@MIN	ND	8.2	3	1	1	1	8	1	92	81
2015-07-28	ARI	L	5.2	10	6	6	1	5	1	96	29
2015-07-23	@DET	ND	7.0	6	2	2	2	7	0	112	62
2015-07-18	@NYY	W	5.2	5	2	2	0	5	1	76	56
2015-07-11	LAA	W	8.0	3	0	0	2	6	0	101	80

Last 5 v.TEX		4-0	34.1	32	12	12	3	27	2	3.15	59
2015-08-07	TEX	W	7.0	6	3	3	0	6	0	118	59
2014-09-05	@TEX	W	5.1	7	3	3	1	5	0	84	46
2014-06-15	TEX	W	8.0	6	1	1	0	6	1	106	72
2014-05-20	@TEX	W	8.0	6	2	2	1	3	1	99	64
2013-08-27	TEX	ND	6.0	7	3	3	1	7	0	103	52

SP: Chi Chi Gonzalez (23, RHP, 2-4, 4.22)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (2-4)			49.0	40	23	23	24	19	4	4.22

Last 7 GS		1-4	43.1	38	23	23	19	17	4	4.78	49
2015-08-13	@MIN	ND	5.2	5	5	5	5	4	1	96	38
2015-07-03	LAA	L	1.2	5	6	6	2	1	0	52	20
2015-06-28	@TOR	L	6.0	4	3	3	4	3	1	98	51
2015-06-23	OAK	L	5.2	8	6	6	1	1	1	88	29
2015-06-16	LAD	ND	8.1	5	2	2	2	2	1	105	65
2015-06-11	@OAK	L	7.0	8	1	1	3	4	0	105	58
2015-06-05	@KCR	W	9.0	3	0	0	2	2	0	116	81

Has never faced SEA as starter.

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Mariners Batters (3.82 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.76 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 21.Gonzalez
G/S/vB 63.Bass
G/S/vB 41.Diekman*
G/S/vB 47.Dyson
G/S/vB 71.Freeman*
G/S/vB 50.Kela
G/S/vB 44.Patton
G/S/vB 37.Tolleson
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

22.Cano* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.667 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 2/2.000 5/.900 490/336 .272/.316/.425/.742 .611/.804 .735 100/.907 2/4 13/5

23.Cruz G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 5/1.850 498/366 .321/.390/.609/.999 1.154/.944 1.105 113/1.331 3/2 36/3

30.Gutierrez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 93/31 .310/.344/.644/.988 1.061/.842 1.048 55/1.089 0/0 7/0

16.Jackson G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 7/.572 402/280 .259/.303/.372/.675 .686/.670 .629 110/.733 15/9 7/3

4.Marte# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 61/28 .269/.377/.327/.704 .787/.607 .762 61/.704 1/1 0/0

5.Miller* G/S/vP ··· 4/.750 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 5/.600 385/302 .252/.327/.404/.731 .481/.802 .618 73/.832 11/2 9/13

63.Montero G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 59/22 .232/.271/.411/.682 .594/.818 .710 46/.652 0/0 2/1

20.Morrison* G/S/vP ··· 5/.000 4/.000 ··· 1/5.000 2/2.000 ··· 5/.000 411/290 .220/.298/.364/.662 .495/.732 .712 48/.573 6/2 12/1

15.Seager* G/S/vP ··· 4/.833 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 5/1.850 497/343 .262/.320/.432/.752 .790/.733 .790 118/.685 5/3 17/12

7.Smith* G/S/vP ··· 8/.125 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 341/310 .252/.326/.444/.770 .715/.775 .724 61/.600 0/0 9/1

2.Sucre G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 56/45 .098/.098/.196/.294 .556/.238 .000 27/.520 0/0 1/0

35.Trumbo G/S/vP ··· 3/1.667 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 395/267 .249/.294/.424/.718 .775/.691 .669 87/.769 0/0 14/3

3.Zunino G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 5/.000 368/265 .177/.233/.308/.541 .577/.527 .572 71/.605 0/1 11/4

IP 49.0 54.2 46.0 53.0 30.2 47.0 22.1 54.1 TOTAL .244/.304/.402/.706 .706/.706 .705 .798 53/31 139/61

ERA-K/9

4.22/3.5

4.77/6.6

4.70/11.0

3.23/7.8

2.64/9.1

3.06/9.6

7.66/10.5

2.65/9.6

4.47/6.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Sucre (3-6-3)
Zunino (39-22-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 207/.221 235/.280 211/.247 227/.254 133/.214 195/.256 98/.247 219/.227 .266 Cruz
Trumbo
Smith
Jackson
Gutierrez
Miller
Morrison
Marte 0/0/70/5
5/0/61/4
51/0/36/4
0/95/0/2
21/0/4/1
8/1/2/1
1/0/2/0
0/2/0/0

OPS .650 .772 .730 .669 .625 .676 .818 .636 .758

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 101/.650 103/.771 82/.743 95/.569 70/.814 87/.786 38/.937 128/.714 .762

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 106/.651 132/.771 129/.720 132/.742 63/.431 108/.589 60/.744 91/.524 .755

Home 94/.703 130/.702 109/.700 146/.642 78/.741 88/.758 47/.904 112/.715

Last 28d days 27/.825 27/1.027 40/.603 51/.934 42/.651 28/.620 42/.933 56/.408

HR/SB/CS 4/1/0 5/1/1 4/3/1 4/7/1 2/3/1 4/6/1 4/0/1 6/1/0 130/63/17

Usage ····X··· ·····X·· ··X·o·X· oo·X··o· ·oX··X·· ·o··X·X· ··o···X· oX·oo···

Rangers Batters (4.51 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (4.49 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 18.Iwakuma
G/S/vB 97.Beimel*
G/S/vB 40.Farquhar
G/S/vB 49.Olmos*
G/S/vB 56.Rodney
G/S/vB 59.Rollins*
G/S/vB 39.Smith
G/S/vB 54.Wilhelmsen
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Andrus G/S/vP 34/.491 3/1.667 6/.334 1/.000 16/.833 1/.000 1/.000 12/.250 484/316 .254/.302/.341/.643 .696/.614 .722 101/.707 11/6 5/19

29.Beltre G/S/vP 35/1.007 7/1.429 8/.875 1/.000 18/.347 1/.000 1/.000 9/.778 423/285 .270/.312/.421/.733 .772/.714 .803 104/.880 1/0 11/9

17.Choo* G/S/vP 14/.671 3/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 18/.918 ··· 2/.500 7/.629 447/294 .245/.336/.434/.770 .582/.870 .875 89/.955 3/1 15/3

7.DeShields G/S/vP 4/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 317/216 .267/.362/.385/.747 .771/.736 .821 99/.686 21/5 1/3

84.Fielder* G/S/vP 10/.700 17/1.118 4/.500 1/no AB 11/.473 1/.000 1/.000 8/.542 503/310 .324/.392/.492/.884 .782/.947 .832 102/.714 0/0 17/4

38.Gimenez G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 32/23 .276/.300/.586/.886 1.643/.636 1.056 32/.886 2/0 2/0

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 19/.707 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 14/.846 1/.000 1/.000 10/1.000 152/100 .254/.296/.430/.726 .665/.757 .856 75/.721 0/0 6/0

18.Moreland* G/S/vP 25/.490 2/no AB 4/.500 1/.000 12/1.267 ··· 2/2.000 11/.473 366/259 .295/.344/.503/.847 .685/.914 .769 84/.794 1/0 17/3

25.Napoli G/S/vP 7/1.229 1/.000 5/.200 ··· 7/.762 1/.000 3/.000 7/.453 391/272 .205/.304/.381/.686 .840/.620 .735 71/.838 3/1 13/6

12.Odor* G/S/vP 8/.750 2/1.000 4/1.833 1/3.000 3/.333 1/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 313/206 .276/.333/.449/.782 .798/.774 .704 95/.845 5/5 8/13

9.Rosales G/S/vP 4/.000 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 125/49 .228/.296/.342/.638 .608/.684 .676 16/.438 4/4 3/3

20.Strausborger G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 25/15 .333/.375/.476/.851 1.194/.641 1.255 25/.851 0/0 1/1

8.Wilson G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 82/59 .184/.244/.224/.468 .269/.544 .362 23/.776 0/0 0/2

IP 72.1 37.1 34.0 1.2 50.1 15.1 49.1 43.1 TOTAL .257/.320/.410/.731 .701/.748 .762 .773 70/26 122/88

ERA-K/9

3.86/7.2

3.86/4.6

5.82/7.7

0.00/0.0

5.19/7.7

7.63/7.1

2.92/12.0

4.15/8.9

4.21/7.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Gimenez (8-0-2)
Wilson (19-6-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 284/.228 153/.263 152/.294 6/.200 223/.255 73/.348 202/.196 191/.274 .255 DeShields
Choo
Hamilton
Rosales
Strausborger 35/47/0/5
0/0/103/4
29/0/11/1
1/0/0/0
6/0/1/0

OPS .679 .730 .865 .733 .804 .948 .568 .779 .731

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 143/.694 65/.784 69/.815 4/1.167 104/.894 21/1.302 85/.648 77/1.021 .763

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 141/.664 88/.689 83/.906 2/.000 119/.729 52/.811 117/.511 114/.619 .709

Road 103/.634 72/.750 81/.758 6/.733 128/.836 33/.849 99/.774 113/.753

Last 28d days 141/.520 39/.914 15/.651 6/.733 55/.594 47/.826 53/.837 65/.642

HR/SB/CS 12/1/1 5/0/4 6/2/0 0/0/0 8/3/2 2/2/0 2/3/1 3/2/1 135/45/28

Usage ·····X·· ·oX···o· ·oX····· X······· oX····o· ···X···· ·X····X· oXo···X·

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 2015 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

TOR 5.23

LAA 4.08

PHI 3.67

RA/G

STL 2.92

CLE 4.16

COL 5.22

P. Goldschmidt .334

A. Escobar .267

M. Zunino .177

OBP

B. Harper .452

A. Simmons .326

O. Infante .232

SLG

B. Harper .638

M. Trumbo .424

B. Hamilton .293

OPS

B. Harper 1.089

K. Seager .752

O. Infante .529

ERA

Z. Greinke 1.58

F. Hernandez 3.65

K. Lohse 6.11

K/9IP

C. Sale 11.90

S. Miller 7.58

M. Buehrle 4.24

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.