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Texas Rangers vs. Seattle Mariners, at Globe Life Park in Arlington, August 29, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Monday, August 29, 2016

Start Time:

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

Venue:

Globe Life Park in Arlington

Series:

Game #1 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

92° (based on last ten years)

Mariners

Manager:

Scott Servais

Game #:

131

On This Date:

19-19

Rangers

Manager:

Jeff Banister

Game #:

133

On This Date:

19-33

Season Series
Mon, Apr 04, 2016 TEX  3  SEA  2     
Tue, Apr 05, 2016 SEA 10 @TEX  2     
Wed, Apr 06, 2016 SEA  9 @TEX  5     
Mon, Apr 11, 2016 TEX  7 @SEA  3     
Tue, Apr 12, 2016 TEX  8 @SEA  0     
Wed, Apr 13, 2016 SEA  4  TEX  2 (10)
Fri, Jun 03, 2016 TEX  7  SEA  3     
Sat, Jun 04, 2016 TEX 10  SEA  4     
Sun, Jun 05, 2016 TEX  3  SEA  2     
Fri, Jun 10, 2016 SEA  7  TEX  5     
Sat, Jun 11, 2016 TEX  2 @SEA  1 (11)
Sun, Jun 12, 2016 TEX  6 @SEA  4     

Mon, Aug 29, 2016 SEA    @TEX  8:05pm
Tue, Aug 30, 2016 SEA    @TEX  8:05pm
Wed, Aug 31, 2016 SEA    @TEX  2:05pm
Mon, Sep 05, 2016 TEX    @SEA  4:10pm
Tue, Sep 06, 2016 TEX    @SEA 10:10pm
Wed, Sep 07, 2016 TEX    @SEA 10:10pm
Thu, Sep 08, 2016 TEX    @SEA 10:10pm

                         All times ET

Seattle Mariners

68-62, 2nd, 8½ GB, 4 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   36-28   Road:   32-34   ExtrInn: 7-7 
 vsRHP:  48-34   vsLHP:  20-28   1-Run:  23-24
 vsEast: 18-11   vsCntrl:14-17   vsWest: 23-27 IL:13-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
130 Sun, Aug 28  @CHW  L   1-4       68-62  2nd  8.5 gb
129 Sat, Aug 27  @CHW  L   3-9       68-61  2nd  7.5 gb
128 Fri, Aug 26  @CHW  W   3-1       68-60  2nd  6.5 gb
127 Thu, Aug 25  @CHW  L   6-7       67-60  2nd  7.5 gb
126 Wed, Aug 24   NYY  L   0-5       67-59  2nd  6.5 gb
125 Tue, Aug 23   NYY  L   1-5       67-58  2nd  5.5 gb
124 Mon, Aug 22   NYY  W   7-5       67-57  2nd  5.5 gb
123 Sun, Aug 21   MIL  L   6-7       66-57  2nd  6.0 gb
122 Sat, Aug 20   MIL  W   8-2       66-56  2nd  6.0 gb
121 Fri, Aug 19   MIL  W   7-6       65-56  2nd  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13

Texas Rangers

77-54, 1st, 8½ up / Schedule

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

 Home:   42-21   Road:   35-33   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  58-37   vsLHP:  19-17   1-Run:  29-8 
 vsEast: 15-15   vsCntrl:19-14   vsWest: 32-19 IL:11-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
131 Sun, Aug 28   CLE  W   2-1       77-54  1st  8.5 up
130 Sat, Aug 27   CLE  W   7-0       76-54  1st  7.5 up
129 Fri, Aug 26   CLE  L   1-12      75-54  1st  6.5 up
128 Thu, Aug 25   CLE  W   9-0       75-53  1st  7.5 up
127 Wed, Aug 24  @CIN  W   6-5       74-53  1st  6.5 up
126 Tue, Aug 23  @CIN  L   0-3       73-53  1st  5.5 up
125 Sun, Aug 21  @TBR  L   4-8       73-52  1st  6.0 up
124 Sat, Aug 20  @TBR  L   2-8       73-51  1st  6.0 up
123 Fri, Aug 19  @TBR  W   6-2       73-50  1st  7.0 up
122 Wed, Aug 17   OAK  W   6-2       72-50  1st  6.5 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jun 12, 2016 TEX  6 @SEA  4        W:Cole Hamels (6-1), L: Wade Miley (6-3), S: Sam Dyson (10)
Sat, Jun 11, 2016 TEX  2 @SEA  1 (11)   W:Matt Bush (2-0), L: Mike Montgomery (2-1), S: Sam Dyson (9)
Fri, Jun 10, 2016 SEA  7  TEX  5        W:Hisashi Iwakuma (5-5), L: Derek Holland (5-5), S: Steve Cishek (14)
Sun, Jun 05, 2016 TEX  3  SEA  2        W:Derek Holland (5-4), L: Hisashi Iwakuma (4-5), S: Sam Dyson (7)
Sat, Jun 04, 2016 TEX 10  SEA  4        W:Martin Perez (4-4), L: Nate Karns (5-2), S: none
Fri, Jun 03, 2016 TEX  7  SEA  3        W:Yu Darvish (2-0), L: Taijuan Walker (2-6), S: none
Wed, Apr 13, 2016 SEA  4  TEX  2 (10)   W:Steve Cishek (1-1), L: Jake Diekman (0-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 12, 2016 TEX  8 @SEA  0        W:Derek Holland (1-0), L: Wade Miley (0-1), S: none
Mon, Apr 11, 2016 TEX  7 @SEA  3        W:Colby Lewis (1-0), L: Hisashi Iwakuma (0-1), S: none
Wed, Apr 06, 2016 SEA  9 @TEX  5        W:Joaquin Benoit (1-0), L: Shawn Tolleson (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2016 - TEX over 8-4; 2015 - SEA won 12-7; 2014 - TEX won 10-9; All-Time - TEX leads 311-299

SP: Hisashi Iwakuma (35, RHP, 14-9, 3.81)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (14-9)			163.0	171	72	69	36	118	23	3.81
2015 (9-5)			129.2	117	53	51	21	111	18	3.54
2014 (15-9)			179.0	167	70	70	21	154	20	3.52

Last 7 GS		4-3	41.2	43	16	15	8	27	5	3.24	53
2016-08-24	NYY	L	6.0	6	3	3	2	3	1	100	49
2016-08-18	@LAA	L	7.0	6	3	2	1	2	1	92	56
2016-08-13	@OAK	W	5.1	9	3	3	0	2	1	94	40
2016-08-08	DET	W	7.0	5	0	0	1	8	0	97	74
2016-08-03	BOS	W	7.1	5	0	0	0	7	0	97	75
2016-07-29	@CHC	L	3.0	8	5	5	1	2	1	60	24
2016-07-23	@TOR	W	6.0	4	2	2	3	3	1	98	56

Last 5 v.TEX		2-2	32.0	30	13	11	7	28	4	3.09	57
2016-06-10	TEX	W	7.0	7	3	3	1	3	3	93	53
2016-06-05	@TEX	L	7.0	4	3	1	1	7	0	89	67
2016-04-11	TEX	L	6.0	8	3	3	1	7	0	97	50
2016-04-05	@TEX	ND	5.0	6	2	2	3	5	0	90	49
2015-08-18	@TEX	W	7.0	5	2	2	1	6	1	99	64

SP: Yu Darvish (29, RHP, 4-3, 2.91)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (4-3)			65.0	53	26	21	19	81	9	2.91
2014 (10-7)			144.1	133	54	49	49	182	13	3.06
2013 (13-9)			209.2	145	68	66	80	277	26	2.83

Last 7 GS		2-2	45.0	39	19	14	9	53	8	2.80	60
2016-08-24	@CIN	ND	6.0	4	5	3	5	5	0	100	48
2016-08-17	OAK	W	7.0	8	2	2	1	9	2	99	61
2016-08-12	DET	W	6.2	5	4	2	1	5	1	107	56
2016-08-07	@HOU	ND	7.0	5	0	0	0	8	0	93	75
2016-08-02	@BAL	L	6.1	6	3	3	1	9	3	94	57
2016-07-27	OAK	ND	6.0	4	2	2	0	6	1	93	62
2016-07-22	@KCR	L	6.0	7	3	2	1	11	1	91	58

Last 5 v.SEA		2-1	33.0	26	11	11	11	38	0	3.00	61
2016-06-03	SEA	W	5.2	6	3	3	1	5	0	88	49
2014-04-16	SEA	ND	7.0	7	2	2	2	8	0	107	61
2013-08-18	SEA	ND	7.1	7	3	3	4	7	0	120	55
2013-04-19	SEA	W	7.0	3	0	0	3	10	0	111	78
2013-04-12	@SEA	L	6.0	3	3	3	1	8	0	108	61

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

Mariners Batters (4.62 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.60 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 11.Darvish
G/S/vB 39.Alvarez*
G/S/vB 43.Barnette
G/S/vB 51.Bush
G/S/vB 58.Claudio*
G/S/vB 41.Diekman*
G/S/vB 47.Dyson
G/S/vB 50.Kela
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

22.Cano* G/S/vP 17/.669 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 11/.582 4/.500 3/.333 572/348 .298/.350/.529/.878 .751/.962 .952 108/.834 0/1 30/2

23.Cruz G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 6/.334 5/.400 2/3.500 541/358 .282/.362/.531/.893 .957/.860 .932 111/.833 0/0 32/1

21.Gutierrez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 241/61 .236/.315/.439/.754 .864/.443 .761 46/.651 1/0 12/0

5.Heredia G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 46/8 .214/.283/.286/.568 .604/.393 .267 41/.641 0/1 1/1

33.Iannetta G/S/vP 16/.393 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 318/190 .213/.306/.336/.642 .750/.570 .748 29/.572 0/0 7/4

10.Lee G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.666 2/1.000 ··· 258/120 .242/.306/.432/.738 .724/.755 .688 29/.249 0/0 13/2

26.Lind* G/S/vP 15/.757 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 358/314 .231/.268/.429/.697 .631/.707 .545 78/.706 0/1 18/4

4.Marte# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 4/.750 2/2.000 363/234 .262/.291/.338/.629 .544/.677 .580 63/.495 9/5 1/14

12.Martin* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 449/301 .246/.310/.396/.706 .739/.689 .739 101/.602 16/5 14/3

36.O'Malley# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 189/108 .237/.314/.343/.657 .691/.631 .675 53/.815 5/2 2/3

15.Seager* G/S/vP 28/.949 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 7/.143 2/.000 3/.667 536/349 .290/.366/.519/.885 .733/.968 .912 96/.925 1/1 24/16

7.Smith* G/S/vP 18/.922 ··· 4/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/.333 ··· 358/330 .257/.346/.405/.752 .490/.774 .664 58/.531 0/0 11/1

3.Zunino G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 107/75 .236/.355/.596/.951 .833/.993 .637 72/.914 0/0 9/0

IP 65.0 18.0 54.0 45.1 38.2 47.1 58.1 22.1 TOTAL .257/.324/.429/.753 .730/.765 .744 .726 39/27 178/70

ERA-K/9

2.91/11.2

5.00/15.5

2.17/6.8

2.78/8.7

3.03/5.8

2.66/9.9

2.78/6.6

7.25/13.3

4.32/7.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Iannetta (43-19-6)
Zunino (10-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 267/.218 80/.282 219/.247 182/.205 165/.286 185/.166 239/.250 100/.214 .262 Martin
Smith
Cruz
Gutierrez
Heredia
O'Malley 0/113/0/11
33/0/51/4
0/0/48/2
9/0/57/1
11/0/10/1
13/5/16/0

OPS .664 .801 .636 .549 .724 .506 .676 .743 .755

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 125/.621 29/.802 102/.784 68/.606 47/.532 64/.524 108/.787 37/.523 .758

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 142/.701 51/.800 117/.509 114/.515 118/.804 121/.496 131/.585 63/.873 .753

Home 143/.667 43/.868 113/.620 100/.635 105/.709 99/.615 106/.471 55/.689

Last 28d days 135/.693 17/1.244 28/.896 44/.394 49/.647 36/.559 47/.830 39/.805

HR/SB/CS 9/9/0 4/1/0 3/2/1 3/1/0 2/0/0 3/0/0 4/4/1 4/0/0 161/69/22

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

Rangers Batters (4.63 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (4.34 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 18.Iwakuma
G/S/vB 53.Altavilla
G/S/vB 48.Caminero
G/S/vB 31.Cishek
G/S/vB 39.Diaz
G/S/vB 38.Nuno*
G/S/vB 61.Venditte
G/S/vB 50.Vincent
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Andrus G/S/vP 48/.472 ··· ··· 6/.533 1/no AB 8/1.262 3/.333 3/.000 463/349 .295/.352/.406/.758 .918/.704 .762 86/.754 19/7 4/12

29.Beltre G/S/vP 47/.852 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 6/.533 1/3.000 1/.000 520/390 .287/.344/.485/.829 .965/.785 .873 105/.997 0/1 23/10

36.Beltran# G/S/vP 10/1.167 ··· ··· 7/.453 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 477/329 .288/.327/.506/.833 .981/.767 .907 90/.593 0/0 24/1

61.Chirinos G/S/vP 8/.804 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.600 2/.000 1/.000 142/115 .185/.275/.427/.702 .762/.688 .420 25/.480 0/1 8/1

3.DeShields G/S/vP 10/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/1.167 3/.000 1/.000 175/119 .227/.302/.344/.646 .562/.688 .540 27/.736 6/3 4/3

20.Desmond G/S/vP 15/.419 ··· 8/2.054 15/1.000 ··· 8/.929 ··· 6/1.667 559/422 .292/.338/.469/.807 .907/.774 .911 111/.544 19/4 21/9

14.Gomez G/S/vP 7/.453 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 5/.000 ··· 5/.400 338/235 .203/.263/.319/.582 .595/.576 .562 28/.286 13/2 6/1

25.Lucroy G/S/vP 4/1.500 ··· 4/.250 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 453/333 .292/.355/.504/.859 .802/.879 .973 77/.946 5/0 20/6

30.Mazara* G/S/vP 9/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 469/359 .279/.333/.420/.753 .545/.818 .747 69/.746 0/2 15/1

18.Moreland* G/S/vP 40/.592 ··· ··· 3/1.666 1/.000 6/.334 1/no AB ··· 403/317 .251/.318/.477/.794 .784/.797 .908 78/.805 1/0 22/2

12.Odor* G/S/vP 22/.888 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 8/.625 1/.000 4/.000 515/371 .271/.293/.487/.780 .736/.797 .809 102/.707 11/5 24/18

19.Profar# G/S/vP 18/.690 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/1.000 252/181 .257/.319/.365/.684 .466/.771 .823 63/.398 1/1 5/5

16.Rua G/S/vP 9/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 239/136 .259/.335/.401/.736 .828/.667 .798 16/.259 7/0 7/2

IP 163.0 1.2 52.1 51.2 37.2 50.0 8.2 45.0 TOTAL .261/.319/.427/.746 .759/.742 .781 .706 75/28 169/79

ERA-K/9

3.81/6.5

0.00/10.6

3.44/7.2

3.14/11.8

2.15/16.5

3.60/8.5

5.19/7.2

4.00/10.4

4.01/8.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Chirinos (22-6-3)
Lucroy (56-36-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 679/.272 6/.200 237/.286 212/.188 160/.222 214/.289 44/.297 185/.228 .253 Desmond
Gomez
Mazara
Rua
Beltran
Profar
DeShields 29/103/0/8
4/79/0/7
32/0/89/6
57/4/3/4
0/0/65/3
12/0/0/1
19/30/0/1

OPS .753 .567 .817 .620 .613 .820 .796 .716 .740

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 319/.733 2/1.500 105/.849 96/.810 64/.600 78/.821 15/.829 69/.769 .712

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 360/.770 4/.000 132/.790 116/.468 96/.620 136/.820 24/.796 116/.684 .756

Road 365/.777 6/.567 103/.884 110/.563 82/.708 124/.949 15/.988 109/.708

Last 28d days 131/.619 6/.567 53/.668 14/.220 51/.434 50/1.033 / 38/.839

HR/SB/CS 23/7/3 0/0/0 5/4/2 8/4/1 3/3/0 10/2/2 1/1/0 9/1/0 170/68/28

Usage ····X··· oo······ ···oX··X ···X··oo ··X···X· ·X···ooX ········ ···Xo·oo

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 2016 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

BOS 5.42

CIN 4.52

ATL 3.70

RA/G

CHC 3.40

PIT 4.44

ARI 5.61

J. Altuve .355

J. Bradley .273

T. Frazier .215

OBP

J. Votto .432

G. Polanco .340

F. Galvis .268

SLG

D. Ortiz .633

A. Gonzalez .456

E. Aybar .319

OPS

D. Ortiz 1.040

M. Reynolds .800

E. Aybar .611

ERA

K. Hendricks 2.19

J. Eickhoff 3.87

J. Shields 5.98

K/9IP

J. Fernandez 12.89

D. Keuchel 7.71

J. Weaver 4.56

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.