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Game Preview: TEX @ SEA, 10:10pm, Monday, May 4, 2009 @Safeco Field

Rangers, 12-12, 2nd, 2½ GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Kevin Millwood (34, RHP, 2-2, 2.13)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (2-2) 38.0 29 11 9 8 22 5 2.13
2008 (9-10) 168.2 220 104 95 49 125 18 5.07
2007 (10-14) 172.2 213 111 99 67 123 19 5.16
Last 7 GS 2-3 51.0 46 19 15 10 34 6 2.65 59
2009-04-28 OAK W 8.0 10 4 2 2 5 1 121 53
2009-04-23 @TOR L 7.0 5 4 4 2 3 3 116 52
2009-04-18 KCR L 9.0 5 2 2 3 3 1 111 69
2009-04-12 @DET ND 7.0 4 0 0 0 6 0 112 75
2009-04-06 CLE W 7.0 5 1 1 1 5 0 113 67
2008-09-28 @LAA L 6.0 9 5 4 1 6 1 93 41
2008-09-22 OAK ND 7.0 8 3 2 1 6 0 111 56
Last 5 v.SEA 0-5 29.2 48 25 20 9 10 4 6.07 35
2008-09-10 @SEA L 5.0 11 7 5 2 2 0 103 21
2008-05-05 @SEA L 3.0 9 7 7 1 2 2 76 14
2008-03-31 @SEA L 6.0 4 2 0 3 4 0 89 61
2007-09-29 @SEA L 7.0 11 5 4 3 1 1 119 35
2007-08-24 SEA L 8.2 13 4 4 0 1 1 112 43
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    8-6    Road:    4-6    ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:   7-9    vsLHP:   5-3    1-Run:   5-4 
 vsEast:  5-5    vsCntrl: 6-6    vsWest:  1-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 24 Sun, May  3   CHW  W   5-1       12-12  2nd  2.5 gb
 23 Sat, May  2   CHW  W   9-6       11-12  2nd  2.5 gb
 22 Fri, May  1   CHW  L   3-4       10-12  2nd  3.5 gb
 21 Thu, Apr 30   OAK  L   2-4       10-11  2nd  2.5 gb
 20 Tue, Apr 28   OAK  W   5-4       10-10  2nd  2.5 gb
 19 Mon, Apr 27  @BAL  W   6-4        9-10  2nd  3.0 gb
 18 Sun, Apr 26  @BAL  L   5-8        8-10  2nd  3.5 gb
 17 Sat, Apr 25  @BAL  W   6-5        8-9   2nd  3.5 gb
 16 Fri, Apr 24  @BAL  W   5-4        7-9   2nd  3.5 gb
 15 Thu, Apr 23  @TOR  L   2-5        6-9   2nd  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:12-12
Mariners, 15-10, 1st, 2½ up

SP: Felix Hernandez (23, RHP, 4-0, 2.38)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (4-0) 34.0 27 9 9 10 36 1 2.38
2008 (9-11) 200.2 198 85 77 80 175 17 3.45
2007 (14-7) 190.1 209 88 83 53 165 20 3.92
Last 7 GS 4-1 48.0 46 16 15 14 48 2 2.81 59
2009-04-28 @CHW W 8.0 4 0 0 1 9 0 100 82
2009-04-23 TBR W 7.0 4 0 0 3 7 0 104 73
2009-04-17 DET W 6.0 7 3 3 1 6 0 104 51
2009-04-11 @OAK ND 5.0 7 5 5 2 8 1 94 39
2009-04-06 @MIN W 8.0 5 1 1 3 6 0 97 71
2008-09-24 LAA ND 6.0 13 5 4 3 4 0 109 29
2008-09-19 @OAK L 8.0 6 2 2 1 8 1 117 69
Last 5 v.TEX 0-4 28.2 31 18 16 17 20 1 5.02 45
2008-09-09 TEX L 4.1 6 6 6 4 3 0 98 26
2008-09-03 @TEX L 7.1 7 1 1 1 3 0 102 62
2008-07-28 @TEX ND 6.0 6 4 3 4 6 0 112 48
2008-05-13 @TEX L 6.0 6 3 2 5 3 0 112 48
2008-05-08 TEX L 5.0 6 4 4 3 5 1 112 41
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    7-5    Road:    8-5    ExtrInn: 2-0 
 vsRHP:   8-9    vsLHP:   7-1    1-Run:   7-4 
 vsEast:  2-1    vsCntrl: 4-6    vsWest:  9-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 25 Sun, May  3   OAK  W   8-7 (15)  15-10  1st  2.5 up
 24 Sat, May  2   OAK  L   2-3       14-10  1st  2.5 up
 23 Fri, May  1   OAK  W   8-7       14-9   1st  3.5 up
 22 Wed, Apr 29  @CHW  L   3-6       13-9   1st  2.0 up
 21 Tue, Apr 28  @CHW  W   9-1       13-8   1st  2.5 up
 20 Tue, Apr 28  @CHW  L   1-2       12-8   1st  2.5 up
 19 Sun, Apr 26  @LAA  L   0-8       12-7   1st  3.5 up
 18 Sat, Apr 25  @LAA  W   9-8       12-6   1st  3.5 up
 17 Fri, Apr 24  @LAA  W   8-3       11-6   1st  3.5 up
 16 Thu, Apr 23   TBR  W   1-0       10-6   1st  3.5 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:15-10

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Sep 10, 2008 SEA  8  TEX  7        W:Roy Corcoran (5-0), L: Kevin Millwood (9-9), S: J.J. Putz (13)
Tue, Sep 09, 2008 TEX  7 @SEA  3        W:Vicente Padilla (13-7), L: Felix Hernandez (9-10), S: Warner Madrigal (1)
Wed, Sep 03, 2008 TEX  1  SEA  0        W:Dustin Nippert (2-4), L: Felix Hernandez (9-9), S: Frank Francisco (4)
Tue, Sep 02, 2008 TEX  6  SEA  4        W:Brandon McCarthy (1-0), L: Ryan Feierabend (0-2), S: Frank Francisco (3)
Mon, Sep 01, 2008 SEA 12 @TEX  6        W:Sean Green (4-4), L: Luis Mendoza (3-7), S: none
Thu, Jul 31, 2008 SEA  8 @TEX  5        W:R.A. Dickey (3-6), L: Matt Harrison (2-2), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2009 -  0-0; 2008 - TEX won 11-8; 2007 - SEA won 11-8; All-Time - SEA leads 239-226

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 2009 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

NYY  5.92

KCR  4.76

SFG  3.57

 RA/G

PIT  3.75

CHW  4.79

BAL  6.44

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 OBP

  

  

  

 SLG

  

  

  

 OPS

  

  

  

 ERA

Z. Greinke  .50

G. Meche  4.14

J. Contreras  8.31

 K/9IP

R. Harden  13.48

K. Slowey  6.61

J. Saunders  2.56

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

Rangers Batters (5.83 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (4.04 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 34.Hernandez
G/S/vB		 53.Aardsma
G/S/vB		 43.Batista
G/S/vB		 41.Jakubauskas
G/S/vB		 23.Kelley
G/S/vB		 57.Lowe
G/S/vB		 46.White
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 68/49 .274/.308/.419/.727 .951/.646 .308 64/.725 3/0 1/6
9.Blalock* G/S/vP 32/.557 1/2.000 18/.528 ··· ··· ··· ··· 92/62 .256/.283/.570/.852 .578/.991 .831 88/.809 0/0 7/0
22.Byrd G/S/vP 9/.708 1/2.000 12/.166 ··· ··· 3/2.000 1/2.000 80/48 .321/.325/.500/.825 .681/.917 .769 76/.829 0/0 2/0
17.Cruz G/S/vP 14/.368 ··· 4/.750 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 98/70 .284/.347/.534/.881 .721/.944 .715 93/.886 3/0 6/3
19.Davis* G/S/vP 8/1.000 ··· 4/2.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 89/61 .200/.281/.413/.693 .619/.725 .694 85/.728 0/0 5/0
25.Jones G/S/vP ··· ··· 24/.985 ··· ··· ··· ··· 52/26 .333/.500/.718/1.218 1.299/1.137 .872 52/1.218 1/0 3/0
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 31/.877 2/5.000 15/.671 ··· ··· 4/2.333 2/.500 113/79 .337/.389/.703/1.092 1.501/.899 .678 108/1.067 7/1 9/1
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 18/.958 2/no AB 8/1.107 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 44/38 .139/.295/.250/.545 .000/.642 .620 44/.545 1/1 1/0
51.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
21.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 5/.800 ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 64/45 .279/.313/.443/.755 .868/.707 .667 60/.686 0/0 2/1
2.Teagarden G/S/vP 5/.800 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 32/23 .172/.250/.172/.422 .819/.269 .500 32/.422 0/0 0/0
13.Vizquel# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 29/.908 ··· ··· ··· ··· 24/14 .400/.455/.450/.905 1.300/.533 .500 24/.905 0/0 0/0
10.Young G/S/vP 43/.808 2/.000 24/.958 ··· ··· 4/.833 1/.000 109/76 .317/.367/.584/.951 .896/.976 .825 104/.943 2/0 6/2
IP 34.0 11.1 14.0 25.0 11.2 10.2 9.1 TOTAL .277/.335/.504/.839 .876/.822 .705 .830 20/2 44/15
ERA-K/9 2.38/9.5 2.38/8.0 2.57/7.1 5.76/4.0 1.54/8.5 4.22/8.4 0.96/1.0 3.60/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 138/.220 46/.132 66/.263 106/.268 45/.262 49/.289 39/.200 .242
OPS .555 .504 .687 .703 .725 .702 .596 .668
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 62/.574 23/.408 32/.665 46/.827 19/.632 21/1.026 17/.437 .716
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 76/.539 23/.612 34/.708 60/.612 26/.802 28/.450 22/.701 .636
Home 54/.531 25/.397 44/.705 62/.931 26/.572 31/.656 31/.579
Last 28d days 107/.574 46/.504 62/.700 106/.703 45/.725 49/.702 39/.596
HR/SB/CS 1/2/0 1/1/0 0/3/0 1/0/1 2/0/0 0/2/0 1/1/1 15/14/6
Usage ·····X·· oX··X··· X·X····· X····X·· X·X·X··· oX··X··o X·X····X
Mariners Batters (4.44 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (5.75 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Millwood
G/S/vB		 50.Francisco
G/S/vB		 18.Guardado*
G/S/vB		 45.Holland*
G/S/vB		 46.Mendoza
G/S/vB		 56.O'Day
G/S/vB		 36.Wilson*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
25.Balentien G/S/vP 5/2.300 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 38/23 .353/.395/.500/.895 .921/.870 .916 38/.895 1/0 1/0
29.Beltre G/S/vP 66/.802 5/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 5/.600 2/.000 9/1.413 108/77 .216/.250/.284/.534 .540/.531 .373 104/.526 4/1 0/5
7.Betancourt G/S/vP 44/.355 9/.555 3/.000 ··· 4/1.250 2/.000 9/.333 93/70 .297/.293/.396/.689 .870/.628 .556 90/.712 2/0 1/4
30.Branyan* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 81/53 .324/.395/.648/1.043 .975/1.078 .910 77/1.102 1/0 6/0
3.Cedeno G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 29/22 .154/.241/.308/.549 .452/.577 .786 29/.549 0/1 1/0
10.Chavez* G/S/vP 27/.414 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 103/74 .307/.380/.352/.732 .641/.768 .834 99/.743 5/1 1/1
24.Griffey* G/S/vP 18/.466 ··· 22/.432 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 77/61 .190/.338/.317/.655 .739/.636 .549 73/.595 0/0 2/0
21.Gutierrez G/S/vP 3/1.500 2/1.500 3/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 86/63 .278/.366/.403/.769 1.065/.663 .913 82/.721 0/2 2/0
2.Johjima G/S/vP 41/.727 7/.858 3/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/1.167 6/1.500 35/21 .242/.265/.333/.598 .516/.650 .908 32/.591 0/0 1/1
32.Johnson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 51/44 .229/.240/.333/.573 .000/.669 .605 51/.573 0/1 0/1
4.Lopez G/S/vP 40/.616 7/.286 3/.000 ··· 4/.833 3/.000 9/1.292 102/75 .272/.317/.370/.686 .576/.727 .579 98/.690 0/1 2/2
51.Suzuki* G/S/vP 62/.968 8/.500 8/.000 ··· 6/.533 2/1.500 11/.664 81/62 .304/.321/.392/.713 .485/.781 .754 81/.713 3/2 2/1
5.Sweeney G/S/vP 10/1.000 3/.000 10/.650 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 52/24 .292/.346/.417/.763 .706/.830 .964 48/.830 0/0 1/1
IP 38.0 11.2 5.1 6.1 1.0 7.1 11.2 TOTAL .267/.321/.383/.703 .700/.704 .687 .705 16/9 20/18
ERA-K/9 2.13/5.2 0.00/7.7 10.13/3.4 2.84/5.7 36.00/0.0 0.00/7.4 5.40/6.2 5.44/5.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 146/.210 42/.125 32/.429 30/.259 7/.400 33/.276 56/.298 .284
OPS .587 .317 1.286 .815 1.571 .609 .836 .822
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 69/.467 23/.132 17/1.588 12/1.227 2/3.500 7/.619 19/.620 .807
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 77/.691 19/.541 15/.938 18/.535 5/.400 26/.607 37/.937 .835
Road 53/.580 19/.610 4/.833 23/.594 / 17/.899 30/1.167
Last 28d days 121/.616 39/.342 32/1.286 30/.815 7/1.571 33/.609 53/.889
HR/SB/CS 5/1/1 0/0/0 2/1/0 1/0/0 1/0/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 34/5/4
Usage ·····X·· ·o···oX· ·X·o···o ··X····· ·X······ ooX···o· o·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.