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Game Preview: TEX @ SEA, 10:10pm, Thursday, July 9, 2009 @Safeco Field

Rangers, 47-36, 1st, 1 up

SP: Tommy Hunter (22, RHP, 1-1, 3.18)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (1-1) 17.0 17 6 6 6 9 2 3.18
2008 (0-2) 11.0 23 20 20 3 9 4 16.36
Last 7 GS 1-3 28.0 40 26 26 9 18 6 8.36 37
2009-07-03 TBR W 5.1 3 1 1 3 5 0 90 60
2009-06-28 SDP L 6.1 7 2 2 0 3 1 94 54
2009-05-29 OAK ND 5.1 7 3 3 3 1 1 90 40
2008-08-14 @BOS L 1.2 7 9 9 1 1 1 50 5
2008-08-06 NYY L 4.1 8 5 5 0 4 1 77 31
2008-08-01 TOR ND 5.0 8 6 6 2 4 2 87 29
Has never faced SEA.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   28-17   Road:   19-19   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  29-25   vsLHP:  18-11   1-Run:  14-9 
 vsEast: 13-12   vsCntrl: 8-10   vsWest: 17-5  IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 83 Wed, Jul  8  @LAA  W   8-1       47-36  1st  1.0 up
 82 Tue, Jul  7  @LAA  W   8-5       46-36  1st    Tied
 81 Mon, Jul  6  @LAA  L   4-9       45-36  2nd  1.0 gb
 80 Sun, Jul  5   TBR  W   5-2       45-35  1st    Tied
 79 Sat, Jul  4   TBR  W  12-4       44-35  1st    Tied
 78 Fri, Jul  3   TBR  W   3-1       43-35  1st    Tied
 77 Wed, Jul  1   LAA  W   9-7       42-35  2nd  0.5 gb
 76 Tue, Jun 30   LAA  W   9-5       41-35  2nd  1.5 gb
 75 Mon, Jun 29   LAA  L   2-5       40-35  2nd  2.5 gb
 74 Sun, Jun 28   SDP  L   0-2       40-34  2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14
Mariners, 43-41, 3rd, 4½ GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Felix Hernandez (23, RHP, 8-3, 2.62)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (8-3) 116.2 103 40 34 34 114 8 2.62
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 3-0 52.0 38 9 7 15 48 2 1.21 68
2009-07-03 @BOS ND 7.0 7 3 3 2 7 1 105 56
2009-06-27 @LAD W 8.0 4 1 0 1 9 0 117 80
2009-06-21 ARI ND 7.1 6 2 2 2 8 1 112 64
2009-06-16 @SDP W 9.0 2 0 0 4 6 0 117 85
2009-06-10 @BAL W 7.0 7 1 1 2 5 0 103 62
2009-06-05 MIN ND 7.0 6 1 1 3 7 0 111 65
2009-05-30 @LAA ND 6.2 6 1 0 1 6 0 113 65
Last 5 v.TEX 0-3 30.2 33 17 16 11 27 2 4.70 49
2009-05-14 @TEX ND 7.0 4 0 0 2 6 0 110 73
2009-05-04 TEX L 6.0 10 6 6 0 9 2 97 37
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
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   22-17   Road:   21-24   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  29-30   vsLHP:  14-11   1-Run:  21-13
 vsEast: 12-9    vsCntrl: 7-11   vsWest: 13-14 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 84 Wed, Jul  8   BAL  L   3-5       43-41  3rd  4.5 gb
 83 Tue, Jul  7   BAL  L   4-12      43-40  3rd  3.5 gb
 82 Mon, Jul  6   BAL  W   5-0       43-39  3rd  3.5 gb
 81 Sun, Jul  5  @BOS  L   4-8       42-39  3rd  3.5 gb
 80 Sat, Jul  4  @BOS  W   3-2       42-38  3rd  2.5 gb
 79 Fri, Jul  3  @BOS  W   7-6 (11)  41-38  3rd  2.5 gb
 78 Thu, Jul  2  @NYY  W   8-4       40-38  3rd  3.5 gb
 77 Wed, Jul  1  @NYY  L   2-4       39-38  3rd  3.5 gb
 76 Tue, Jun 30  @NYY  L   5-8       39-37  3rd  3.5 gb
 75 Sun, Jun 28  @LAD  W   4-2       39-36  3rd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, May 14, 2009 TEX  3  SEA  2        W:Matt Harrison (4-2), L: Brandon Morrow (0-3), S: none
Wed, May 13, 2009 TEX  6  SEA  5 (11)   W:C.J. Wilson (2-2), L: Brandon Morrow (0-2), S: none
Tue, May 12, 2009 TEX  7  SEA  1        W:Derek Holland (1-1), L: Mark Lowe (0-1), S: none
Tue, May 05, 2009 TEX  7 @SEA  2 (10)   W:Darren O'Day (1-0), L: Dennis Stark (0-1), S: none
Mon, May 04, 2009 TEX  6 @SEA  5        W:Kevin Millwood (3-2), L: Felix Hernandez (4-1), S: Frank Francisco (8)

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
Season Series: 2009 - TEX leads 5-0; 2008 - TEX won 11-8; 2007 - SEA won 11-8; All-Time - SEA leads 239-231

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  5.63

CHW  4.52

SDP  3.83

RA/G

SFG  3.65

TEX  4.62

WSN  5.57

BA

J. Mauer  .384

R. Church  .286

B. Giles  .191

OBP

A. Pujols  .462

J. Kubel  .360

D. Navarro  .244

SLG

A. Pujols  .735

M. Diaz  .474

N. Punto  .242

OPS

A. Pujols  1.197

A. Rowand  .824

B. Giles  .548

ERA

Z. Greinke  2.00

B. Bannister  3.87

B. Arroyo  5.85

K/9IP

J. Verlander  11.01

D. Davis  6.75

J. Garland  3.46

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

Rangers Batters (5.05 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (4.23 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
48.Corcoran
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 6/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 251/175 .267/.325/.369/.694 .812/.645 .627 68/.597 16/1 3/12
9.Blalock* G/S/vP 38/.549 3/1.334 18/.528 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 260/198 .249/.292/.531/.823 .603/.896 .838 68/.819 2/0 17/2
22.Byrd G/S/vP 12/.697 3/.666 13/.154 3/.333 ··· ··· 4/2.500 3/.666 292/201 .288/.332/.476/.808 .750/.834 .658 96/.877 3/1 8/1
17.Cruz G/S/vP 20/.461 1/2.000 5/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 316/231 .262/.326/.528/.854 .740/.895 .796 84/.600 13/1 20/3
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 21/.521 4/.500 8/1.042 3/1.167 ··· ··· 4/2.417 2/.000 147/108 .263/.313/.474/.787 .835/.768 1.007 9/1.417 4/0 6/0
25.Jones G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 25/1.012 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 182/97 .239/.341/.523/.863 .850/.871 .752 62/.810 3/0 14/0
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 38/.697 4/1.833 15/.671 2/.000 ··· ··· 6/1.467 4/1.250 378/270 .252/.329/.498/.827 1.147/.698 .677 110/.687 17/2 20/6
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 24/.878 2/no AB 8/1.107 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/no AB 222/183 .274/.355/.447/.802 .529/.860 .755 84/.908 5/4 7/1
21.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 8/.500 2/no AB 4/.833 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· 243/165 .250/.305/.375/.680 .660/.688 .609 72/.697 0/2 6/6
2.Teagarden G/S/vP 8/.661 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 77/63 .232/.289/.319/.608 .742/.578 .589 20/.724 0/0 1/3
13.Vizquel# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 29/.908 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 82/67 .297/.342/.378/.720 1.000/.651 .691 22/.396 4/0 0/0
10.Young G/S/vP 49/.941 4/.750 24/.958 3/.000 ··· ··· 6/1.467 4/.250 355/258 .313/.369/.492/.861 .954/.827 .825 109/.802 4/1 10/6
IP 116.2 38.1 44.2 17.0 64.1 13.1 39.2 40.0 TOTAL .258/.319/.456/.776 .778/.775 .714 .724 71/12 122/58
ERA-K/9 2.62/8.8 2.11/11.3 3.22/5.8 6.88/3.2 5.74/4.2 4.73/7.4 3.40/6.8 2.70/4.0 3.79/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 485/.234 156/.165 195/.259 84/.359 272/.254 56/.314 171/.253 166/.211 .248
OPS .617 .509 .692 .951 .756 .855 .714 .602 .706
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 263/.682 85/.539 97/.734 39/1.068 140/.928 24/.610 84/.906 80/.597 .767
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 222/.543 71/.474 98/.651 45/.860 132/.584 32/1.042 87/.528 86/.605 .660
Home 206/.675 73/.472 88/.627 39/1.026 142/.785 34/.794 87/.705 89/.464
Last 28d days 123/.494 34/.393 64/.557 39/.995 60/.740 11/1.414 47/.640 43/.779
HR/SB/CS 8/8/4 1/2/2 2/6/1 2/1/1 8/2/2 2/0/0 3/2/2 2/3/2 81/42/27
Usage ·····X·· X···o·X· X··X··Xo ·o··X··· ·X···X·· ·X···o·· o··o·XX· Xo·X·o··
Mariners Batters (3.95 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.58 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Hunter
G/S/vB
50.Francisco
G/S/vB
49.Grilli
G/S/vB
18.Guardado*
G/S/vB
45.Holland*
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 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.500 150/88 .225/.273/.362/.636 .528/.710 .675 35/.692 1/0 3/1
30.Branyan* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 4/.000 319/214 .290/.387/.587/.974 .873/1.024 1.110 100/.890 2/0 21/6
3.Cedeno G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 144/107 .156/.217/.297/.514 .486/.524 .628 68/.547 2/2 4/3
24.Griffey* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 23/.412 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 258/207 .218/.337/.407/.745 1.168/.645 .926 75/.857 0/0 10/0
21.Gutierrez G/S/vP ··· 4/1.250 3/1.334 4/1.250 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 297/224 .295/.360/.441/.800 .955/.755 .900 92/1.037 5/5 9/3
2.Johjima G/S/vP ··· 8/.750 7/.143 3/1.000 ··· 4/1.250 7/1.262 116/78 .255/.287/.373/.660 .677/.651 .597 24/.652 2/1 3/1
32.Johnson G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 148/115 .195/.260/.316/.576 .277/.667 .527 42/.715 0/1 0/3
12.Langerhans* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 25/17 .300/.360/.500/.860 .946/.814 .411 25/.860 0/1 0/0
4.Lopez G/S/vP ··· 8/.250 7/1.238 4/.000 1/.000 4/.000 10/1.325 315/223 .257/.288/.425/.713 .758/.695 .522 78/.780 2/3 12/11
51.Suzuki* G/S/vP ··· 9/.444 6/1.100 9/.236 1/.000 3/1.000 12/.606 352/251 .358/.390/.479/.869 .872/.868 .902 114/.845 17/5 6/3
16.Wilson G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· 75/49 .152/.243/.197/.440 .412/.451 .293 2/.000 0/0 0/4
6.Woodward G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 45/29 .300/.341/.325/.666 .330/.852 .749 45/.666 1/0 0/3
IP 17.0 26.2 30.2 24.2 57.1 29.2 36.2 TOTAL .261/.317/.403/.720 .739/.712 .743 .762 53/22 80/70
ERA-K/9 3.18/4.8 2.36/10.1 4.40/8.2 4.38/5.5 5.97/6.9 1.21/8.8 2.45/7.1 4.38/5.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 72/.258 105/.186 138/.294 104/.280 254/.303 116/.228 157/.235 .264
OPS .744 .598 .812 .827 .883 .638 .670 .766
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 39/.885 51/.487 60/.810 35/1.142 71/.814 36/.927 49/.529 .775
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 33/.586 54/.706 78/.813 69/.662 183/.910 80/.505 108/.729 .759
Road / 54/.684 52/.746 28/.347 113/.636 54/.820 74/.804
Last 28d days 46/.655 29/.977 36/.632 36/.840 113/.858 38/.744 51/.572
HR/SB/CS 2/3/0 4/0/0 3/3/1 4/2/1 11/6/0 3/5/1 2/2/1 96/55/20
Usage ·····X·· ·o·o·o·X X·X·X··· o···o··· ·X··X··· oo·····o ·X·o·X·X

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.