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Game Preview: SEA @ TEX, 8:05pm, Thursday, July 30, 2009 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Mariners, 53-48, 3rd, 7½ GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Garrett Olson (25, LHP, 3-4, 5.37)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (3-4)			65.1	63	41	39	25	38	15	5.37
2008 (9-10)			132.2	168	100	98	62	83	17	6.65
2007 (1-3)			32.1	42	28	28	28	28	4	7.79

Last 7 GS		3-3	31.2	33	25	24	15	17	8	6.82	42
2009-07-21	@DET	L	1.1	5	7	7	3	0	2	53	13
2009-07-16	@CLE	L	2.2	5	3	2	3	2	0	69	37
2009-07-04	@BOS	ND	6.1	4	2	2	4	5	1	104	58
2009-06-28	@LAD	W	5.0	4	2	2	1	3	1	72	53
2009-06-23	SDP	L	5.1	8	6	6	0	2	1	82	30
2009-06-17	@SDP	W	6.0	2	3	3	1	4	2	94	59
2009-06-11	@BAL	W	5.0	5	2	2	3	1	1	94	47

Last 5 v.TEX		0-0	5.0	5	6	6	3	6	0	10.80	36
2007-08-22	TEX	ND	5.0	5	6	6	3	6	0	107	36

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

 Home:   27-22   Road:   26-26   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  35-32   vsLHP:  18-16   1-Run:  25-13
 vsEast: 14-10   vsCntrl:12-16   vsWest: 16-15 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
101 Wed, Jul 29   TOR  W   3-2       53-48  3rd  7.5 gb
100 Tue, Jul 28   TOR  W   4-3       52-48  3rd  7.5 gb
 99 Mon, Jul 27   TOR  L   4-11      51-48  3rd  7.5 gb
 98 Sun, Jul 26   CLE  L   3-12      51-47  3rd  7.5 gb
 97 Sat, Jul 25   CLE  L   3-10      51-46  3rd  7.5 gb
 96 Fri, Jul 24   CLE  L   0-9       51-45  3rd  6.5 gb
 95 Thu, Jul 23  @DET  W   2-1       51-44  3rd  5.5 gb
 94 Wed, Jul 22  @DET  W   2-1       50-44  3rd  5.5 gb
 93 Tue, Jul 21  @DET  L   7-9       49-44  3rd  5.5 gb
 92 Sun, Jul 19  @CLE  W   5-3       49-43  3rd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13

Rangers, 56-43, 2nd, 3½ GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Derek Holland (22, LHP, 3-6, 6.13)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (3-6)			69.0	88	50	47	24	54	13	6.13

Last 7 GS		1-4	37.0	47	27	26	15	32	7	6.32	42
2009-07-25	@KCR	L	4.2	7	4	4	2	4	1	85	36
2009-07-19	MIN	ND	4.0	5	3	3	4	4	1	90	40
2009-07-04	TBR	W	6.0	7	4	4	1	4	2	92	45
2009-06-27	SDP	L	5.2	13	7	6	1	8	0	90	24
2009-06-20	@SFG	ND	7.0	4	1	1	1	5	1	95	69
2009-06-14	LAD	L	5.0	5	4	4	4	2	1	89	39
2009-06-06	@BOS	L	4.2	6	4	4	2	5	1	91	39

Has never faced SEA.

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

 Home:   34-20   Road:   22-23   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  36-29   vsLHP:  20-14   1-Run:  14-9 
 vsEast: 16-12   vsCntrl:13-14   vsWest: 18-8  IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 99 Wed, Jul 29   DET  L   5-13      56-43  2nd  3.5 gb
 98 Tue, Jul 28   DET  W   7-3       56-42  2nd  2.5 gb
 97 Mon, Jul 27   DET  W   5-2       55-42  2nd  2.5 gb
 96 Sun, Jul 26  @KCR  W   7-2       54-42  2nd  3.5 gb
 95 Sat, Jul 25  @KCR  L   3-6       53-42  2nd  4.5 gb
 94 Fri, Jul 24  @KCR  W   2-0       53-41  2nd  3.5 gb
 93 Wed, Jul 22   BOS  W   3-1       52-41  2nd  3.0 gb
 92 Tue, Jul 21   BOS  W   4-2       51-41  2nd  3.0 gb
 91 Mon, Jul 20   BOS  W   6-3       50-41  2nd  2.5 gb
 90 Sun, Jul 19   MIN  W   5-3 (12)  49-41  2nd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jul 12, 2009 SEA  5  TEX  3        W:Miguel Batista (6-3), L: Darren O'Day (2-1), S: David Aardsma (20)
Sat, Jul 11, 2009 SEA  4  TEX  1        W:Jarrod Washburn (6-6), L: Kevin Millwood (8-7), S: David Aardsma (19)
Fri, Jul 10, 2009 TEX  6 @SEA  4        W:Scott Feldman (8-2), L: Brandon Morrow (0-4), S: Frank Francisco (15)
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)
Season Series: 2009 - TEX leads 6-3; 2008 - TEX won 11-8; 2007 - SEA won 11-8; All-Time - SEA leads 242-232

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 5.56

CHW 4.51

SDP 3.66

RA/G

SFG 3.68

NYM 4.60

WSN 5.46

I. Suzuki .367

V. Guerrero .290

R. Cedeno .170

OBP

M. Ramirez .455

J. Loney .363

R. Cedeno .218

SLG

A. Pujols .680

Y. Escobar .471

A. Casilla .211

OPS

A. Pujols 1.123

M. Tejada .831

A. Casilla .474

ERA

Z. Greinke 2.08

C. Sabathia 3.83

J. Geer 5.96

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 11.08

C. Sabathia 6.63

J. Lannan 3.65

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Mariners Batters (3.87 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.44 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 45.Holland*
G/S/vB 39.Feldman
G/S/vB 49.Grilli
G/S/vB 18.Guardado*
G/S/vB 35.Hunter
G/S/vB 28.Jennings
G/S/vB 33.Millwood
G/S/vB 58.Moscoso
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 Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

30.Branyan* G/S/vP 3/.333 6/.500 ··· 2/.500 3/.333 6/.533 9/1.333 ··· 3/.333 2/1.500 20/.485 6/.000 380/245 .265/.364/.548/.912 .820/.964 .843 85/.620 2/0 24/9

24.Griffey* G/S/vP 3/1.000 6/1.583 1/.000 23/.412 3/.333 17/1.020 21/.396 ··· 2/.500 2/1.000 13/.308 4/.250 306/237 .215/.327/.385/.711 .966/.638 .577 68/.580 0/0 10/0

21.Gutierrez G/S/vP 1/.000 7/.715 4/1.000 4/1.250 3/.666 1/.000 9/1.250 ··· 2/1.000 3/.666 5/.900 2/2.500 356/256 .293/.352/.448/.800 .954/.744 .745 80/.874 7/5 12/5

7.Hannahan* G/S/vP 2/.000 14/.464 1/.000 3/.333 2/.500 1/.000 11/.455 ··· 4/.500 3/1.167 8/.833 3/.000 180/123 .206/.285/.338/.622 .620/.623 .517 46/.743 1/0 3/6

2.Johjima G/S/vP ··· 13/.616 7/.143 3/1.000 ··· 3/1.000 44/.747 ··· ··· 4/1.250 16/.536 7/1.262 143/94 .265/.296/.368/.663 .730/.628 .746 35/.617 2/1 3/1

32.Johnson G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/1.666 ··· 5/.000 1/.000 5/.000 1/2.000 187/136 .210/.281/.329/.610 .535/.639 .626 52/.816 1/1 1/3

12.Langerhans* G/S/vP 1/.000 3/.000 3/.333 1/.000 3/.333 10/1.067 3/1.167 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 71/44 .228/.343/.386/.729 .502/.887 .900 67/.692 0/1 1/0

4.Lopez G/S/vP 3/.666 15/.667 7/1.238 5/.000 3/.000 8/1.089 46/.651 ··· 7/1.143 5/.000 32/.548 11/1.192 381/262 .270/.299/.447/.746 .789/.726 .872 88/.882 2/3 13/12

55.Saunders* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 15/5 .267/.267/.267/.533 .600/.400 15/.533 0/0 0/0

13.Shelton G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 6/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 24/9 .273/.333/.364/.697 1.005/.222 .500 24/.697 0/0 0/0

51.Suzuki* G/S/vP 4/1.250 15/.343 6/1.100 10/.422 3/1.334 11/.788 69/.927 ··· 9/.444 3/1.000 44/1.249 14/.742 428/288 .367/.399/.476/.875 .945/.842 .827 102/.786 21/6 6/4

5.Sweeney G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/1.750 10/.650 ··· ··· 14/.928 ··· ··· 1/.000 6/.167 1/2.000 141/66 .250/.298/.386/.684 .720/.647 .634 13/.724 0/0 3/2

9.Wilson G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.200 2/1.000 ··· 21/1.032 5/.800 ··· 3/1.334 ··· 13/.968 ··· 286/209 .267/.304/.387/.691 .662/.701 .683 61/.592 2/1 4/7

6.Woodward G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· 3/.666 2/.000 4/.000 2/.500 ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 74/44 .239/.288/.254/.541 .278/.722 .448 50/.420 1/0 0/4

IP 69.0 112.2 35.2 30.1 36.0 53.1 138.0 8.1 20.1 38.0 96.1 45.0 TOTAL .260/.316/.400/.715 .749/.700 .704 .704 62/23 94/90

ERA-K/9

6.13/7.0

3.99/4.3

3.79/8.3

4.15/5.0

2.00/5.2

3.54/6.2

3.39/5.5

4.32/6.5

3.54/6.2

1.66/8.8

4.67/4.9

2.80/8.6

4.22/5.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 314/.309 461/.243 161/.261 130/.261 146/.226 231/.260 582/.249 40/.314 88/.241 149/.203 424/.286 192/.228 .261

OPS .903 .701 .736 .783 .643 .731 .719 .943 .660 .554 .762 .665 .751

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 96/.813 246/.665 70/.745 47/.994 73/.773 103/.748 279/.709 11/1.136 49/.582 44/.843 242/.887 64/.466 .751

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 218/.941 215/.742 91/.728 83/.660 73/.516 128/.717 303/.728 29/.866 39/.752 105/.430 182/.603 128/.760 .752

Home 163/1.076 252/.732 97/.801 95/.920 122/.667 135/.657 311/.688 40/.943 34/.555 82/.423 239/.867 102/.491

Last 28d days 92/.943 120/.750 30/.393 29/.530 96/.519 50/.741 83/.798 22/.965 88/.660 36/.366 54/.861 48/.512

HR/SB/CS 13/6/0 14/12/5 3/4/1 5/2/2 3/4/0 3/5/3 17/13/4 1/1/0 2/3/0 3/6/1 8/2/4 3/3/1 109/64/24

Usage ····X··· X····X·· ·X··X··· Xo······ ··X····· X·X·o··· ···X···· Xo······ ···X···X oo·X···· ········ ··X··X··

Rangers Batters (4.86 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (4.30 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 49.Olson*
G/S/vB 53.Aardsma
G/S/vB 43.Batista
G/S/vB 34.Hernandez
G/S/vB 41.Jakubauskas
G/S/vB 23.Kelley
G/S/vB 57.Lowe
G/S/vB 18.Rowland-Smith*
G/S/vB 38.Vargas*
G/S/vB 56.Washburn*
G/S/vB 46.White
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Andrus G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 9/.444 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 6/1.667 3/.666 307/219 .266/.323/.372/.696 .783/.661 .806 75/.650 20/2 4/13

3.Arias G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 7/.429 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/0

9.Blalock* G/S/vP 1/.000 4/1.000 18/.528 41/.609 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 40/.642 2/.500 329/245 .251/.292/.505/.797 .624/.859 .742 91/.722 2/0 19/3

22.Byrd G/S/vP 4/.500 5/1.000 13/.154 15/.553 1/.000 1/2.000 4/2.500 1/.000 7/.286 18/.873 3/.666 361/253 .275/.316/.455/.771 .776/.769 .844 91/.682 4/1 9/2

17.Cruz G/S/vP 4/.500 3/.666 6/1.667 20/.461 1/no AB 1/5.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 12/.166 1/.000 361/262 .265/.335/.543/.878 .694/.946 .935 62/.955 17/2 24/3

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 1/.000 5/.400 8/1.042 24/.500 ··· ··· 6/1.500 6/.000 3/.000 9/1.413 2/.000 213/154 .224/.272/.388/.660 .796/.607 .605 75/.508 5/0 7/0

25.Jones G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 25/1.012 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.334 ··· 4/.250 6/.500 1/.000 236/133 .235/.343/.560/.903 .848/.938 .961 72/1.011 5/0 17/0

5.Kinsler G/S/vP 4/.250 5/1.400 16/.624 41/.674 1/2.000 ··· 7/1.238 1/.000 3/1.667 25/.836 5/.933 445/322 .242/.313/.481/.794 1.120/.668 .927 90/.576 22/2 23/7

7.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· 3/no AB 8/1.107 27/.776 ··· ··· 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 268/223 .276/.361/.439/.799 .578/.844 .847 60/.897 6/4 8/1

21.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 1/2.000 2/no AB 4/.833 11/.364 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 2/2.000 2/.000 10/.500 ··· 280/193 .240/.291/.364/.656 .673/.648 .713 53/.567 0/2 7/6

2.Teagarden G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 8/.661 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 103/85 .191/.245/.287/.532 .686/.499 .535 31/.437 0/0 1/3

13.Vizquel# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 29/.908 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 28/.641 1/.000 100/85 .281/.340/.360/.700 1.000/.641 .742 18/.600 4/0 0/0

10.Young G/S/vP 3/.666 5/.600 25/.916 52/.925 1/.000 ··· 7/1.238 3/.000 3/2.000 69/.909 5/.200 426/313 .321/.376/.514/.890 .885/.891 .916 94/.976 7/2 14/7

IP 65.1 49.1 50.0 145.1 74.0 18.2 48.1 17.1 67.2 133.0 47.0 TOTAL .254/.315/.450/.765 .769/.763 .813 .729 92/15 148/65

ERA-K/9

5.37/5.2

1.64/10.6

4.50/6.5

2.79/8.6

5.59/3.9

5.79/7.7

3.35/7.3

3.12/3.6

4.39/5.7

2.64/5.3

3.06/4.0

3.83/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 263/.258 201/.163 233/.281 597/.234 305/.248 82/.333 209/.231 73/.188 289/.284 531/.222 199/.213 .245

OPS .821 .497 .806 .613 .733 .957 .667 .620 .798 .608 .606 .703

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 75/.668 105/.497 112/.859 317/.660 148/.899 37/.556 99/.804 22/.897 85/.954 140/.474 94/.595 .752

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 188/.882 96/.496 121/.756 280/.562 157/.584 45/1.305 110/.542 51/.502 204/.732 391/.657 105/.614 .669

Road 174/.859 99/.461 114/.747 336/.563 156/.698 35/.892 99/.687 20/.733 141/.927 245/.684 86/.719

Last 28d days 59/.986 48/.425 43/1.353 142/.633 47/.623 37/1.244 46/.642 53/.575 44/.847 132/.381 43/.581

HR/SB/CS 14/4/3 1/2/2 7/6/1 10/11/6 8/2/2 5/0/0 3/2/2 3/0/0 11/1/4 11/3/3 2/3/3 101/46/35

Usage ····X··· Xoo···oo ···X·X·· ··X····X ····Xo·· ···X·o·· oX·X··Xo X····X·· ···X···· ·X····X· ··XX··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.