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Game Preview: SEA @ TEX, 8:05pm, Thursday, July 31, 2008 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Seattle Mariners, 40-67, 4th, 27 GB, 20 GB in WC

SP: R.A. Dickey (33, RHP, 2-6, 4.62)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-6)             74    82  38  38  35  43  8    4.62      
 2006 (0-1)              3.1   8   7   7   1   1  6   18.90      
 2005 (1-2)             29.2  29  23  22  17  15  4    6.67      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-4  41.1  48  21  21  23  22  6    4.57   46 
 2008-07-26   @TOR   L   5.1  10   8   8   4   3  2     102   15 
 2008-07-22    BOS   L   6     9   4   4   3   0  1     105   35 
 2008-07-10   @OAK  ND   7     4   0   0   4   4  0     116   69 
 2008-07-05    DET  ND   6     4   2   2   5   3  2     105   54 
 2008-06-30    TOR   L   6.1   9   2   2   1   3  0     116   49 
 2008-06-24   @NYM   W   7     6   0   0   2   5  0     115   68 
 2008-06-18    FLA   L   3.2   6   5   5   4   4  1      97   29 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TEX    Has never faced TEX.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   20-32   Road:   20-35   ExtrInn: 2-6 
 vsRHP:  30-46   vsLHP:  10-21   1-Run:  11-22
 vsEast: 11-23   vsCntrl: 8-16   vsWest: 12-19 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
107 Wed, Jul 30  @TEX  L   3-4       40-67  4th 27.0 gb
106 Tue, Jul 29  @TEX  L  10-11      40-66  4th 26.0 gb
105 Mon, Jul 28  @TEX  W   7-5       40-65  4th 25.0 gb
104 Sun, Jul 27  @TOR  W   5-1       39-65  4th 25.0 gb
103 Sat, Jul 26  @TOR  L   3-8       38-65  4th 26.0 gb
102 Fri, Jul 25  @TOR  L   4-5 (10)  38-64  4th 25.0 gb
101 Wed, Jul 23   BOS  L   3-6 (12)  38-63  4th 24.0 gb
100 Tue, Jul 22   BOS  L   2-4       38-62  4th 23.0 gb
 99 Mon, Jul 21   BOS  L   0-4       38-61  4th 22.0 gb
 98 Sun, Jul 20   CLE  L   2-6       38-60  4th 22.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30:12-18
Texas Rangers, 56-52, 2nd, 11½ GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Matt Harrison (22, LHP, 2-1, 7.32)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-1)             19.2  26  18  16   9   2  4    7.32      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-1  19.2  26  18  16   9   2  4    7.32   36 
 2008-07-26   @OAK   W   5     5   3   1   3   1  1      86   47 
 2008-07-19   @MIN   L   5     9   8   8   3   0  2      84   14 
 2008-07-13    CHW  ND   2.2   7   5   5   2   0  1      59   22 
 2008-07-08    LAA   W   7     5   2   2   1   1  0      97   59 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.SEA    Has never faced SEA.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   27-22   Road:   29-30   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  45-30   vsLHP:  11-22   1-Run:  22-12
 vsEast: 10-14   vsCntrl:16-16   vsWest: 20-14 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
108 Wed, Jul 30   SEA  W   4-3       56-52  2nd 11.5 gb
107 Tue, Jul 29   SEA  W  11-10      55-52  2nd 11.5 gb
106 Mon, Jul 28   SEA  L   5-7       54-52  2nd 11.5 gb
105 Sun, Jul 27  @OAK  L   5-6       54-51  2nd 10.5 gb
104 Sat, Jul 26  @OAK  W   9-4       54-50  2nd 10.5 gb
103 Fri, Jul 25  @OAK  W  14-6       53-50  2nd 10.5 gb
102 Wed, Jul 23  @CHW  L   8-10      52-50  3rd 10.5 gb
101 Tue, Jul 22  @CHW  L   2-10      52-49  3rd  9.5 gb
100 Mon, Jul 21  @CHW  W   6-1       52-48  2nd  8.5 gb
 99 Sun, Jul 20  @MIN  W   1-0       51-48  3rd  9.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jul 30, 2008 TEX  4  SEA  3        W:Eddie Guardado (2-2), L: Arthur Rhodes (2-1), S: C.J. Wilson (24)
Tue, Jul 29, 2008 TEX 11  SEA 10        W:C.J. Wilson (1-2), L: J.J. Putz (2-4), S: none
Mon, Jul 28, 2008 SEA  7 @TEX  5        W:Sean Green (3-3), L: Frank Francisco (2-3), S: Brandon Morrow (10)
Wed, May 14, 2008 SEA  4 @TEX  3 (12)   W:J.J. Putz (1-1), L: Franklyn German (1-2), S: Jarrod Washburn (1)
Tue, May 13, 2008 TEX  5  SEA  2        W:Josh Rupe (2-1), L: Felix Hernandez (2-4), S: Eddie Guardado (1)
Mon, May 12, 2008 TEX 13  SEA 12 (10)   W:Doug Mathis (1-0), L: Brandon Morrow (0-1), S: none
Thu, May 08, 2008 TEX  5 @SEA  0        W:Franklyn German (1-0), L: Felix Hernandez (2-3), S: none
Wed, May 07, 2008 TEX  2 @SEA  0        W:Vicente Padilla (5-2), L: Erik Bedard (2-2), S: C.J. Wilson (8)
Tue, May 06, 2008 TEX 10 @SEA  1        W:Sidney Ponson (2-0), L: Miguel Batista (2-4), S: none
Mon, May 05, 2008 SEA  7  TEX  3        W:Jarrod Washburn (2-4), L: Kevin Millwood (2-3), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - TEX leads 8-5; 2007 - SEA won 11-8; 2006 - TEX won 11-8; All-Time - SEA leads 236-223

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 2008 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

TEX  5.60

MIL  4.64

WSN  3.68

RA/G

OAK  3.81

CLE  4.66

TEX  5.89

BA

C. Jones  .369

R. Johnson  .286

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .466

D. Pedroia  .359

T. Pena  .171

SLG

L. Berkman  .621

N. Markakis  .478

T. Pena  .198

OPS

A. Pujols  1.079

C. Barmes  .824

T. Pena  .369

ERA

J. Duchscherer  2.37

S. Olsen  4.04

M. Hendrickson  6.09

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  9.84

T. Wellemeyer  6.20

K. Rogers  3.40

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Seattle Mariners Batters (3.99 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (5.89 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 54.Harrison*
G/S/vB
50.Francisco
G/S/vB
18.Guardado*
G/S/vB
60.Madrigal
G/S/vB
57.Nippert
G/S/vB
59.Rupe
G/S/vB
36.Wilson*
G/S/vB
45.Wright
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
29.Beltre G/S/vP ··· 5/1.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 9/.000 9/1.413 36/1.081 445/334 .257/.326/.439/.765 1.013/.685 .837 102/.738 8/1 18/
5.Betancourt G/S/vP ··· 8/.625 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 6/.000 9/.333 5/.500 378/279 .255/.267/.353/.620 .589/.631 .516 80/.426 2/2 3/
16.Bloomquist G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.200 6/.334 168/94 .281/.371/.288/.659 .803/.548 .663 67/.712 14/2 0/
15.Burke G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.833 ··· 73/44 .284/.342/.373/.716 1.000/.506 .759 19/1.137 0/1 1/
13.Cairo G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 5/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 8/.625 137/99 .237/.311/.288/.599 .739/.546 .530 51/.624 4/2 0/
9.Clement* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 2/1.500 ··· 136/112 .165/.250/.331/.581 .583/.579 .614 38/.536 0/0 5/
28.Ibanez* G/S/vP ··· 6/.000 9/.666 ··· ··· 8/1.500 20/.308 13/.871 465/333 .279/.348/.462/.810 .866/.788 .760 104/.920 1/3 15/
2.Johjima G/S/vP ··· 7/.858 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 5/1.600 6/1.500 8/.500 291/219 .210/.252/.290/.542 .544/.542 .534 54/.381 2/0 3/
39.LaHair* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 30/24 .321/.367/.536/.902 .167/1.069 1.283 30/.902 0/0 2/
4.Lopez G/S/vP ··· 7/.286 3/.000 ··· ··· 8/.536 9/1.292 4/1.250 461/338 .304/.327/.431/.758 .873/.717 .728 100/.890 4/1 8/
8.Reed* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 4/.000 155/146 .255/.312/.340/.652 .444/.666 .660 60/.474 0/1 2/
51.Suzuki* G/S/vP ··· 7/.572 7/.000 ··· ··· 7/.858 11/.664 7/.762 492/363 .302/.361/.378/.740 .596/.789 .704 106/.757 34/3 4/
3.Vidro# G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.533 24/1.000 315/235 .225/.268/.334/.603 .537/.628 .598 64/.637 1/1 7/
IP 19.2 43.2 40.2 11.1 27.1 59.1 45.0 59.1 TOTAL .258/.314/.378/.692 .762/.668 .688 .700 72/19 84/68
ERA-K/9 7.32/0.9 3.30/10.7 3.32/5.1 7.94/6.4 8.56/5.9 4.10/4.9 5.00/8.0 4.70/6.2 5.24/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Burke (7-7-2)
 Clement (10-2-1)
 Johjima (36-12-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 92/.321 188/.224 156/.190 52/.302 137/.347 250/.270 204/.261 258/.265 .286  Ibanez
 Suzuki
 Bloomquist
 Reed
 Cairo
105/0/0/8
0/69/37/6
7/21/13/0
4/25/13/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .972 .691 .567 .904 .943 .766 .804 .704 .816
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 21/1.460 95/.692 62/.546 26/1.110 66/.912 118/.881 56/.801 124/.794 .848
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 71/.830 93/.690 94/.581 26/.695 71/.969 132/.660 148/.804 134/.624 .789
Home 42/.896 87/.823 86/.544 22/.810 57/.666 108/.734 119/.896 121/.723 .821
Last 28d days 92/.972 44/.785 47/.636 45/.697 86/.802 53/.870 45/1.088 58/.873
HR/SB/CS 4/1/2 5/6/1 3/3/0 2/1/0 3/4/1 4/0/1 7/1/1 4/7/1 120/82/26
Usage ····X··· ·oX··o·· ooo··X·X ··o·o··X ···X···· ····X··X oo·o···o ·X·X·X·X
Texas Rangers Batters (5.60 RS/G) vs. Seattle Mariners Pitchers (4.69 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Dickey
G/S/vB
48.Corcoran
G/S/vB
54.Green
G/S/vB
36.Jimenez*
G/S/vB
57.Lowe
G/S/vB
35.Morrow
G/S/vB
20.Putz
G/S/vB
53.Rhodes*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
41.Boggs# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 223/158 .247/.333/.407/.741 .805/.711 .834 49/.660 3/2 5/
21.Bradley# G/S/vP 5/.800 2/1.500 3/1.167 4/2.250 2/.000 1/2.000 5/.900 2/.500 379/247 .320/.444/.592/1.036 1.149/.970 1.279 76/.982 4/3 19/
22.Byrd G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 5/.450 ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.666 3/.667 242/149 .255/.338/.415/.753 .778/.737 .979 75/.844 2/1 6/
27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP 5/.650 ··· 2/1.500 1/no AB 3/1.334 6/.400 3/.000 6/.950 220/208 .278/.350/.392/.742 .697/.744 .601 25/.436 1/1 2/
19.Davis* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 113/77 .290/.327/.654/.982 1.237/.866 1.060 92/.929 0/1 10/
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB 2/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/1.666 4/.500 476/326 .304/.361/.550/.911 .780/.971 1.080 100/.883 7/0 25/
5.Kinsler G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 11/.673 2/2.500 3/2.500 5/.400 7/1.286 3/1.167 508/378 .327/.387/.523/.911 .824/.940 .985 109/.901 25/1 14/
15.Laird G/S/vP ··· 2/3.000 7/.858 ··· 4/.250 4/.250 6/.000 1/.000 216/160 .320/.376/.448/.824 .674/.877 .760 13/1.252 1/2 4/
7.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 4/.833 2/1.000 2/.000 2/.000 4/2.000 2/no AB 428/308 .266/.312/.453/.765 .618/.825 .781 80/.824 7/2 14/
29.Roberts G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/ .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ .000 1/.000 0/0 0/
25.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.500 4/.250 ··· 192/123 .236/.339/.345/.684 .464/.817 .746 45/.756 0/1 3/
12.Vazquez* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.333 1/5.000 4/2.000 2/2.000 263/223 .316/.384/.474/.857 .492/.923 .863 46/.775 0/1 5/
10.Young G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 9/.888 1/.000 3/.333 4/.250 20/.600 10/.000 475/354 .295/.343/.417/.760 .868/.722 .831 95/.760 7/0 8/
IP 74.0 38.1 57.1 15.0 46.1 35.2 24.1 22.0 TOTAL .282/.352/.459/.811 .762/.831 .884 .836 60/16 132/94
ERA-K/9 4.62/5.2 3.52/6.1 2.83/7.9 1.20/9.0 4.08/8.4 1.51/11.6 5.18/10.4 2.86/10.6 4.35/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Laird (30-13-2)
 Saltalamacchia (37-7-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 330/.286 165/.238 247/.229 59/.173 218/.270 138/.139 116/.296 92/.227 .268  Byrd
 Hamilton
 Boggs
 Murphy
 Bradley
 Catalanotto
4/42/24/6
0/68/31/5
52/0/2/4
50/13/52/4
1/0/19/4
19/0/0/0
OPS .793 .610 .619 .509 .744 .504 .784 .590 .752
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 163/.735 70/.616 105/.747 26/.593 106/.871 61/.685 56/.867 51/.570 .789
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 167/.849 95/.605 142/.523 33/.445 112/.621 77/.368 60/.710 41/.615 .723
Road 155/.781 91/.491 105/.730 21/.762 93/.869 67/.703 46/.889 54/.498 .772
Last 28d days 120/.921 75/.531 53/.472 50/.565 44/.733 40/.688 22/.818 24/.320
HR/SB/CS 8/3/6 0/1/0 3/0/1 1/0/0 3/4/0 5/1/0 1/0/2 0/1/0 95/53/21
Usage ····X··· ·X··Xo·· ·oo··o·X ooX··o·o o····X·· ··X··X·X ·o·X·X·X X·X··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.

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