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Game Preview: TEX @ SEA, 10:10pm, Saturday, July 11, 2009 @Safeco Field

Rangers, 48-37, 1st, ½ up

SP: Kevin Millwood (34, RHP, 8-6, 3.34)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (8-6)			124.0	118	50	46	42	74	15	3.34
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		4-2	46.0	45	20	18	19	31	3	3.52	53
2009-07-06	@LAA	L	5.0	9	9	9	3	0	1	78	10
2009-07-01	LAA	ND	6.1	8	4	4	3	4	0	104	42
2009-06-26	SDP	W	6.0	4	2	2	3	5	1	113	58
2009-06-21	@SFG	L	7.0	8	3	2	3	10	0	119	58
2009-06-16	HOU	W	7.0	4	1	1	3	6	1	115	68
2009-06-11	TOR	W	7.2	5	0	0	0	1	0	105	70
2009-06-05	@BOS	W	7.0	7	1	0	4	5	0	117	62

Last 5 v.SEA		1-4	28.1	43	26	21	9	12	5	6.67	35
2009-05-04	@SEA	W	7.1	8	5	5	0	3	2	87	45
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

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

 Home:   28-17   Road:   20-20   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  30-26   vsLHP:  18-11   1-Run:  14-9 
 vsEast: 13-12   vsCntrl: 8-10   vsWest: 18-6  IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 85 Fri, Jul 10  @SEA  W   6-4       48-37  1st  0.5 up
 84 Thu, Jul  9  @SEA  L   1-3       47-37  1st  0.5 up
 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
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Mariners, 44-42, 3rd, 4½ GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Jarrod Washburn (34, LHP, 5-6, 3.08)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (5-6)			105.1	90	39	36	26	69	11	3.08
2008 (5-14)			153.2	174	87	80	50	87	19	4.69
2007 (10-15)			193.2	201	102	93	67	114	23	4.32

Last 7 GS		2-3	48.0	37	16	14	10	28	6	2.62	60
2009-07-06	BAL	W	9.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	110	88
2009-07-01	@NYY	L	7.0	8	4	4	1	6	3	100	50
2009-06-25	SDP	W	6.0	6	2	2	1	6	1	102	57
2009-06-19	ARI	ND	7.0	3	3	2	3	3	1	106	61
2009-06-12	@COL	L	6.0	6	5	4	3	1	1	107	40
2009-06-06	MIN	ND	6.0	7	1	1	1	6	0	96	59
2009-06-01	BAL	L	7.0	6	1	1	1	3	0	102	63

Last 5 v.TEX		1-1	27.1	34	18	17	11	14	2	5.60	42
2009-05-13	@TEX	ND	6.0	7	4	4	4	5	1	110	43
2008-05-05	TEX	W	6.0	4	3	3	0	3	0	87	55
2007-08-26	@TEX	L	6.0	6	3	3	0	5	1	101	53
2007-07-24	@TEX	ND	5.2	8	3	3	3	1	0	112	39
2007-06-01	TEX	ND	3.2	9	5	4	4	0	0	84	21

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

 Home:   23-18   Road:   21-24   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  30-31   vsLHP:  14-11   1-Run:  21-13
 vsEast: 12-9    vsCntrl: 7-11   vsWest: 14-15 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 86 Fri, Jul 10   TEX  L   4-6       44-42  3rd  4.5 gb
 85 Thu, Jul  9   TEX  W   3-1       44-41  3rd  3.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jul 09, 2009 SEA  3  TEX  1        W:Felix Hernandez (9-3), L: C.J. Wilson (4-4), S: David Aardsma (18)
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)
Season Series: 2009 - TEX leads 6-1; 2008 - TEX won 11-8; 2007 - SEA won 11-8; All-Time - SEA leads 240-232

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 5.61

CHW 4.56

SDP 3.80

RA/G

SFG 3.68

COL 4.59

WSN 5.67

J. Mauer .389

A. Rowand .288

B. Giles .191

OBP

J. Mauer .461

W. Harris .362

D. Navarro .252

SLG

A. Pujols .723

M. Diaz .474

N. Punto .234

OPS

A. Pujols 1.181

R. Cano .827

B. Giles .548

ERA

Z. Greinke 2.12

B. Bannister 3.87

J. Moyer 5.99

K/9IP

J. Verlander 11.01

D. Davis 6.75

J. Garland 3.46

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Rangers Batters (5.01 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (4.21 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 56.Washburn*
G/S/vB 53.Aardsma
G/S/vB 43.Batista
G/S/vB 45.Bedard*
G/S/vB 48.Corcoran
G/S/vB 34.Hernandez
G/S/vB 41.Jakubauskas
G/S/vB 23.Kelley
G/S/vB 57.Lowe
G/S/vB 35.Morrow
G/S/vB 49.Olson*
G/S/vB 46.White
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Andrus G/S/vP 3/2.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 9/.444 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 258/182 .259/.316/.358/.674 .812/.619 .591 72/.543 16/1 3/12

9.Blalock* G/S/vP 37/.695 3/1.334 18/.528 15/.277 ··· 41/.609 ··· ··· ··· 5/2.550 ··· 2/.500 268/206 .259/.306/.534/.840 .603/.916 .875 72/.856 2/0 18/2

22.Byrd G/S/vP 15/.922 3/.666 13/.154 11/.637 3/.333 15/.553 ··· ··· 4/2.500 1/2.000 4/.500 3/.666 300/209 .284/.327/.476/.803 .750/.826 .657 97/.844 3/1 8/1

17.Cruz G/S/vP 9/.222 1/2.000 5/1.000 6/1.667 1/.000 20/.461 ··· ··· 3/.000 4/.000 4/.500 1/.000 316/231 .262/.326/.528/.854 .740/.895 .796 76/.602 13/2 21/3

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 6/1.917 5/.400 8/1.042 8/1.333 3/1.167 24/.500 ··· ··· 4/2.417 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 156/117 .248/.301/.447/.748 .835/.718 .882 18/.764 4/0 6/0

25.Jones G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 25/1.012 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 190/105 .245/.342/.571/.913 .850/.955 .889 66/.998 3/0 14/0

5.Kinsler G/S/vP 22/.808 5/1.400 15/.671 17/.883 2/.000 41/.674 ··· ··· 6/1.467 5/.400 4/.250 4/1.250 382/274 .250/.328/.494/.822 1.147/.693 .669 106/.709 18/2 20/6

7.Murphy* G/S/vP 2/.000 2/no AB 8/1.107 5/.400 2/.000 27/.776 ··· ··· 3/.000 3/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 229/190 .276/.357/.444/.801 .529/.856 .755 83/.900 5/4 7/1

21.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 7/.286 2/no AB 4/.833 9/.222 ··· 11/.364 ··· ··· 2/2.500 2/.500 1/2.000 ··· 246/168 .247/.301/.370/.671 .660/.676 .594 72/.668 0/2 6/6

2.Teagarden G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 8/.661 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 81/67 .233/.288/.356/.644 .742/.623 .680 20/.674 0/0 1/3

13.Vizquel# G/S/vP 28/.641 1/.000 29/.908 6/.334 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 87/72 .295/.345/.385/.730 1.000/.668 .711 23/.581 4/0 0/0

10.Young G/S/vP 66/.952 5/.600 24/.958 26/.538 3/.000 52/.925 ··· ··· 6/1.467 5/.650 3/.666 4/.250 364/267 .313/.368/.491/.859 .954/.825 .822 110/.844 5/2 11/6

IP 105.1 39.1 44.2 69.2 17.0 124.2 66.0 13.2 39.2 46.0 57.0 41.0 TOTAL .258/.319/.457/.776 .778/.775 .717 .732 73/13 127/58

ERA-K/9

3.08/5.9

2.06/11.0

3.22/5.8

2.58/9.4

6.88/3.2

2.53/8.7

5.59/4.1

5.93/7.2

3.40/6.8

5.28/8.8

4.42/5.2

2.63/4.2

3.75/6.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 427/.230 165/.184 201/.257 287/.217 84/.359 512/.228 272/.254 56/.314 174/.248 193/.274 234/.238 170/.212 .246

OPS .644 .547 .687 .620 .951 .601 .756 .855 .701 .820 .757 .599 .702

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 119/.500 88/.533 99/.740 79/.579 39/1.068 275/.671 140/.928 24/.610 86/.884 117/.939 65/.626 83/.600 .761

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 308/.701 77/.562 102/.637 208/.634 45/.860 237/.522 132/.584 32/1.042 88/.521 76/.639 169/.806 87/.598 .657

Home 232/.560 82/.553 94/.621 137/.610 39/1.026 233/.631 142/.785 34/.794 90/.680 56/.688 86/.777 93/.465

Last 28d days 109/.556 40/.597 61/.564 16/.393 39/.995 150/.460 52/.759 11/1.414 47/.640 102/.848 98/.688 47/.753

HR/SB/CS 11/3/2 1/2/2 2/6/1 6/3/3 2/1/1 8/10/5 8/2/2 2/0/0 3/2/2 7/4/0 12/4/1 2/3/3 81/44/29

Usage ····X··· ·oX···o· ··X··X·· ···X···· ···o··X· ·X·····X X··X···X o··X···o ··o··o·X X····X·· o·o···X· o·Xo·X·o

Mariners Batters (3.94 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.55 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 33.Millwood
G/S/vB 39.Feldman
G/S/vB 50.Francisco
G/S/vB 49.Grilli
G/S/vB 18.Guardado*
G/S/vB 45.Holland*
G/S/vB 35.Hunter
G/S/vB 28.Jennings
G/S/vB 52.Mathis
G/S/vB 57.Nippert
G/S/vB 56.O'Day
G/S/vB 44.Padilla
G/S/vB 36.Wilson*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

25.Balentien G/S/vP 5/2.300 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 8/.393 2/1.500 154/91 .218/.266/.352/.618 .519/.686 .641 35/.611 1/0 3/1

30.Branyan* G/S/vP 6/1.133 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 6/.533 ··· 1/no AB 2/1.500 20/.485 5/.000 327/221 .284/.383/.575/.958 .863/1.004 1.066 99/.755 2/0 21/6

3.Cedeno G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 151/113 .149/.208/.284/.492 .472/.498 .571 71/.530 2/2 4/3

24.Griffey* G/S/vP 18/.466 3/2.000 ··· ··· 23/.412 1/.000 3/.333 17/1.020 ··· ··· 1/.000 13/.308 4/.250 263/210 .215/.338/.402/.740 1.153/.641 .908 74/.810 0/0 10/0

21.Gutierrez G/S/vP 6/2.000 4/.500 4/1.250 3/1.334 4/1.250 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 5/.900 2/2.500 305/231 .297/.360/.450/.810 1.022/.749 .916 100/1.044 5/5 10/3

2.Johjima G/S/vP 44/.747 10/.800 8/.750 7/.143 3/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/1.250 16/.536 7/1.262 120/82 .254/.286/.368/.654 .677/.643 .590 28/.629 2/1 3/1

32.Johnson G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 5/.000 ··· 151/118 .199/.262/.316/.578 .277/.667 .532 42/.637 0/1 0/3

12.Langerhans* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 9/1.194 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 33/24 .269/.364/.462/.825 .833/.819 .558 33/.825 0/1 0/0

4.Lopez G/S/vP 43/.620 12/.833 8/.250 7/1.238 4/.000 1/.000 3/.000 7/1.262 1/.000 5/1.000 4/.000 32/.548 11/1.192 323/230 .257/.288/.433/.721 .750/.709 .550 77/.893 2/3 12/11

13.Shelton G/S/vP 6/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· / /// / / 0/0 0/

51.Suzuki* G/S/vP 66/.971 12/.166 9/.444 6/1.100 9/.236 1/.000 3/1.334 11/.788 1/.000 7/.286 3/1.000 44/1.249 13/.802 361/258 .361/.392/.481/.873 .904/.860 .907 113/.852 19/5 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 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 4/.000 ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 52/36 .283/.333/.304/.638 .330/.775 .677 52/.638 1/0 0/3

IP 124.0 96.1 27.2 30.2 24.2 57.2 23.0 46.2 16.2 3.2 30.2 89.1 37.2 TOTAL .260/.316/.402/.718 .744/.708 .738 .746 54/22 82/73

ERA-K/9

3.34/5.4

3.83/4.3

2.28/10.4

4.40/8.2

4.38/5.5

6.24/7.0

2.35/5.1

3.28/6.4

2.16/2.2

7.36/4.9

1.17/8.8

4.53/4.9

3.11/6.9

4.33/5.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 525/.249 365/.230 105/.186 142/.287 107/.271 254/.303 96/.244 194/.251 68/.197 18/.412 122/.215 395/.278 163/.241 .264

OPS .723 .674 .598 .798 .802 .883 .688 .705 .591 1.092 .605 .745 .707 .763

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 248/.722 195/.657 51/.487 63/.791 36/1.109 71/.814 51/.834 87/.712 26/.824 10/1.267 37/.900 225/.881 53/.576 .775

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 277/.723 170/.694 54/.706 79/.802 71/.642 183/.910 45/.530 107/.698 42/.449 8/.875 85/.473 170/.573 110/.765 .752

Road 237/.762 153/.711 54/.684 56/.714 31/.311 113/.636 24/.504 85/.794 17/.294 18/1.092 60/.732 185/.620 80/.870

Last 28d days 142/.791 118/.655 29/.977 35/.535 39/.771 113/.858 70/.607 63/.732 39/.431 18/1.092 42/.670 106/.815 54/.664

HR/SB/CS 15/12/3 11/11/3 4/0/0 3/3/1 4/2/1 11/6/0 2/4/0 3/3/3 1/0/0 1/3/0 3/5/1 7/2/4 3/2/1 97/56/20

Usage ····X··· X····X·· X··o·o·o ··X·X·X· ··o···o· o··X··X· ·X·····X o··X·X·X ····X·o· ···X···· ·ooo···· ··X····· ·X·X·o·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.