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Game Preview: TEX @ SEA, 9:10pm, Saturday, September 18, 2010 @Safeco Field

Rangers, 82-64, 82-64 1st, 9 up

SP: Cliff Lee (31, LHP, 11-8, 3.28)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (11-8)			192.1	179	78	70	15	166	15	3.28
2009 (14-13)			231.2	245	88	83	43	181	17	3.22
2008 (22-3)			223.1	214	68	63	34	170	12	2.54

Last 7 GS		2-3	45.1	53	32	29	6	48	6	5.76	47
2010-09-12	NYY	W	8.0	2	1	1	3	5	0	109	76
2010-08-31	@KCR	ND	4.2	10	7	4	0	5	1	108	27
2010-08-26	MIN	L	5.0	7	5	5	1	5	1	97	37
2010-08-21	@BAL	L	5.2	10	8	8	1	4	4	108	20
2010-08-16	@TBR	L	7.2	9	6	6	1	10	0	98	46
2010-08-11	NYY	ND	6.1	8	4	4	0	11	0	106	52
2010-08-06	@OAK	W	8.0	7	1	1	0	8	0	112	72

Last 5 v.SEA		4-0	38.2	41	11	11	1	19	3	2.56	59
2009-07-26	@SEA	W	7.0	6	2	2	0	4	0	99	61
2009-07-16	SEA	W	9.0	9	1	1	0	6	1	112	71
2008-07-20	@SEA	W	9.0	11	2	2	0	4	0	109	61
2008-04-30	SEA	W	6.0	8	3	3	0	3	1	97	47
2006-07-30	SEA	ND	7.2	7	3	3	1	2	1	106	54

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

 Home:   48-26   Road:   34-38   ExtrInn:10-5 
 vsRHP:  59-42   vsLHP:  23-22   1-Run:  26-21
 vsEast: 19-25   vsCntrl:25-18   vsWest: 24-17 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
146 Fri, Sep 17  @SEA  L   1-2       82-64  1st  9.0 up
145 Wed, Sep 15   DET  W  11-7       82-63  1st 10.0 up
144 Tue, Sep 14   DET  W  11-4       81-63  1st  9.0 up
143 Sun, Sep 12   NYY  W   4-1       80-63  1st  8.5 up
142 Sat, Sep 11   NYY  W   7-6       79-63  1st  7.5 up
141 Fri, Sep 10   NYY  W   6-5 (13)  78-63  1st  7.5 up
140 Thu, Sep  9  @TOR  W   4-2       77-63  1st  7.5 up
139 Wed, Sep  8  @TOR  W   8-1       76-63  1st  7.0 up
138 Tue, Sep  7  @TOR  L   5-8       75-63  1st  7.0 up
137 Mon, Sep  6  @TOR  L   2-7       75-62  1st  7.0 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15

Mariners, 56-91, 56-91 4th, 26½ GB, 32½ GB in WC

SP: Jason Vargas (27, LHP, 9-10, 3.62)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (9-10)			176.1	167	75	71	48	109	18	3.62
2009 (3-6)			91.2	98	53	50	24	54	16	4.91
2007 (0-1)			10.1	17	14	14	2	4	4	12.19

Last 7 GS		2-5	43.2	44	26	24	12	24	5	4.95	48
2010-09-12	@LAA	L	7.0	7	2	1	1	4	0	111	60
2010-09-06	@OAK	L	4.1	7	5	5	2	2	2	81	29
2010-09-01	LAA	L	7.0	4	3	3	2	4	1	106	59
2010-08-27	MIN	L	6.0	9	5	4	1	3	0	103	38
2010-08-21	@NYY	L	6.1	8	7	7	0	4	1	100	33
2010-08-14	@CLE	W	7.0	5	3	3	3	4	1	92	56
2010-08-08	KCR	W	6.0	4	1	1	3	3	0	90	60

Last 5 v.TEX		1-2	21.1	23	13	13	7	12	4	5.48	45
2010-08-03	TEX	W	6.0	3	2	2	3	2	0	92	57
2010-04-09	@TEX	L	5.1	8	5	5	1	5	1	89	36
2009-07-31	@TEX	L	5.0	7	5	5	1	2	2	80	34
2009-05-12	@TEX	ND	5.0	5	1	1	2	3	1	73	54

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

 Home:   34-41   Road:   22-50   ExtrInn: 3-11
 vsRHP:  43-60   vsLHP:  13-31   1-Run:  20-25
 vsEast: 15-22   vsCntrl:18-26   vsWest: 14-34 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
147 Fri, Sep 17   TEX  W   2-1       56-91  4th 26.5 gb
146 Wed, Sep 15   BOS  L   1-5       55-91  4th 27.5 gb
145 Tue, Sep 14   BOS  L   6-9       55-90  4th 26.5 gb
144 Mon, Sep 13   BOS  L   1-5       55-89  4th 25.5 gb
143 Sun, Sep 12  @LAA  L   0-3       55-88  4th 25.0 gb
142 Sat, Sep 11  @LAA  L   4-7       55-87  4th 24.0 gb
141 Fri, Sep 10  @LAA  L   3-4 (14)  55-86  4th 23.0 gb
140 Wed, Sep  8  @OAK  L   3-4       55-85  4th 21.5 gb
139 Tue, Sep  7  @OAK  W   7-5       55-84  4th 20.5 gb
138 Mon, Sep  6  @OAK  L   2-6       54-84  4th 21.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:10-20

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Sep 17, 2010 SEA  2  TEX  1        W:Felix Hernandez (12-11), L: C.J. Wilson (14-7), S: David Aardsma (30)
Thu, Aug 05, 2010 TEX  6 @SEA  0        W:Tommy Hunter (9-1), L: Felix Hernandez (7-9), S: none
Wed, Aug 04, 2010 TEX 11 @SEA  6        W:Scott Feldman (6-9), L: Doug Fister (3-8), S: none
Tue, Aug 03, 2010 SEA  3  TEX  2        W:Jason Vargas (7-5), L: Colby Lewis (9-8), S: David Aardsma (19)
Thu, Jun 10, 2010 TEX 12  SEA  3        W:Tommy Hunter (2-0), L: Ryan Rowland-Smith (0-5), S: none
Wed, Jun 09, 2010 TEX 12  SEA  2        W:C.J. Wilson (5-3), L: Ian Snell (0-5), S: none
Tue, Jun 08, 2010 TEX  7  SEA  1        W:Colby Lewis (5-4), L: Felix Hernandez (3-5), S: none
Mon, Jun 07, 2010 SEA  4 @TEX  2        W:Cliff Lee (4-2), L: Scott Feldman (3-6), S: none
Sun, May 02, 2010 TEX  3 @SEA  1 (11)   W:Dustin Nippert (1-2), L: Mark Lowe (1-3), S: Neftali Feliz (5)
Sat, May 01, 2010 TEX  6 @SEA  3        W:Matt Harrison (1-1), L: Felix Hernandez (2-2), S: Frank Francisco (2)
Season Series: 2010 - TEX over 10-4; 2009 - TEX won 11-8; 2008 - TEX won 11-8; All-Time - SEA leads 251-247

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 2010 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 5.29

ARI 4.45

SEA 3.19

RA/G

SDP 3.64

CHW 4.37

PIT 5.39

J. Hamilton .361

A. Rios .286

B. Wood .157

OBP

J. Morneau .437

M. Joyce .359

B. Wood .181

SLG

J. Hamilton .635

B. Conrad .470

B. Wood .223

OPS

J. Morneau 1.055

J. Jay .819

B. Wood .405

ERA

J. Johnson 2.30

J. Guthrie 3.74

P. Maholm 5.36

K/9IP

J. Lester 9.85

A. Burnett 7.03

M. Buehrle 4.12

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

Rangers Batters (4.91 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (4.27 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 38.Vargas*
G/S/vB 53.Aardsma
G/S/vB 43.League
G/S/vB 49.Olson*
G/S/vB 39.Pauley
G/S/vB 52.Seddon*
G/S/vB 37.Sweeney
G/S/vB 46.White
G/S/vB 50.Wright
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Andrus G/S/vP 10/.325 4/.250 4/.833 3/1.167 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 6/.334 3/1.334 618/463 .274/.354/.312/.665 .690/.657 .696 81/.598 30/14 0/16

3.Blanco# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 167/114 .283/.327/.362/.689 .572/.741 .676 50/.941 0/2 0/6

29.Borbon* G/S/vP 7/.167 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 410/317 .272/.303/.345/.648 .577/.668 .605 70/.692 12/7 3/3

8.Cantu G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 3/1.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 481/343 .253/.304/.386/.690 .650/.706 .701 27/.389 0/0 10/16

17.Cruz G/S/vP 12/1.500 4/.500 5/.800 6/.833 3/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 4/.500 3/2.667 388/283 .316/.371/.583/.954 1.012/.933 .823 70/.896 15/4 20/5

19.Davis* G/S/vP 7/1.000 3/.666 2/1.000 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 116/85 .194/.276/.272/.548 .411/.597 .451 3/1.167 3/0 0/2

21.Francoeur G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 5/.400 462/342 .242/.297/.370/.666 .773/.629 .694 49/.733 8/3 11/3

6.German G/S/vP 2/1.500 3/.666 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 1/.000 2/0 0/

27.Guerrero G/S/vP 7/1.143 11/.899 9/.444 9/1.587 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 39/.927 587/435 .303/.346/.502/.848 .948/.813 .800 99/.912 4/5 27/2

15.Guzman# G/S/vP 7/.666 1/.000 ··· 7/1.143 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 12/.334 396/266 .266/.311/.337/.648 .752/.600 .565 13/.801 4/2 2/11

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 11/.282 7/.286 4/1.250 5/.400 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 4/1.750 559/377 .361/.414/.635/1.049 .789/1.175 .894 49/1.246 8/1 31/4

5.Kinsler G/S/vP 4/1.250 8/.821 7/.453 4/.250 ··· ··· 1/.000 6/.750 3/.000 400/309 .296/.387/.428/.815 .964/.771 .709 58/.876 13/5 9/7

11.Molina G/S/vP 5/.450 1/.000 1/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 386/282 .232/.285/.309/.594 .815/.514 .582 49/.395 0/0 5/5

18.Moreland* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 134/115 .257/.358/.425/.783 .669/.803 .820 73/.640 2/1 5/1

7.Murphy* G/S/vP 2/.000 8/1.025 4/.500 4/.250 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB 4/.500 428/310 .284/.351/.445/.796 .728/.823 .757 91/.892 13/2 11/1

2.Teagarden G/S/vP 4/1.583 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 73/47 .145/.243/.355/.598 .769/.490 .694 10/.200 0/0 4/2

20.Treanor G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 245/170 .220/.295/.327/.622 .446/.700 .649 34/.423 1/2 5/3

10.Young G/S/vP 12/.817 8/.375 8/.833 6/2.000 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 7/.143 3/.666 652/482 .288/.336/.454/.790 .873/.761 .687 109/.665 4/2 20/19

IP 176.1 48.2 73.0 32.0 71.2 18.1 32.1 34.1 50.2 TOTAL .277/.339/.422/.761 .723/.775 .711 .753 110/46 147/115

ERA-K/9

3.62/5.6

3.51/9.1

3.58/6.3

4.50/7.3

4.14/5.1

4.91/7.4

3.34/3.6

5.24/3.9

4.44/4.1

3.89/6.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Molina (75-23-4)
Teagarden (14-3-3)
Treanor (40-16-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 735/.247 197/.201 304/.236 144/.258 310/.256 77/.235 129/.248 150/.336 221/.255 .253 Francoeur
Hamilton
Murphy
Cruz
Borbon
Guerrero
Moreland
Guzman 0/0/122/11
91/39/0/9
65/8/51/8
8/0/86/3
0/118/0/2
1/0/16/1
0/0/4/0
0/0/8/0

OPS .697 .635 .650 .743 .700 .797 .664 .891 .722 .710

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 180/.565 101/.697 145/.739 49/.714 172/.704 25/.644 53/.792 66/1.001 103/.688 .716

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 555/.740 96/.567 159/.570 95/.757 138/.696 52/.870 76/.580 84/.810 118/.751 .705

Home 401/.649 132/.518 156/.570 73/.735 176/.678 45/.532 36/.806 76/.838 98/.792

Last 28d days 105/.820 26/.443 49/.793 44/.649 133/.725 21/.646 30/.686 18/.896 42/.667

HR/SB/CS 18/5/1 5/2/1 7/5/4 4/2/0 8/7/0 4/0/0 5/0/1 4/0/0 3/13/0 138/62/26

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

Mariners Batters (3.19 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.27 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 33.Lee*
G/S/vB 30.Feliz
G/S/vB 62.Kirkman*
G/S/vB 48.Lewis
G/S/vB 57.Nippert
G/S/vB 56.O'Day
G/S/vB 64.Ogando
G/S/vB 28.Oliver*
G/S/vB 59.Rapada*
G/S/vB 46.Strop
G/S/vB 36.Wilson*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

26.Bard# G/S/vP 9/.708 ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 107/63 .213/.286/.372/.658 .761/.585 .428 14/.000 0/0 3/2

30.Branyan* G/S/vP 7/.429 ··· ··· 3/.333 4/.250 2/1.500 ··· 5/.600 ··· ··· 9/.250 428/322 .237/.323/.487/.810 .626/.874 .737 96/.784 1/0 25/5

9.Figgins# G/S/vP 28/.617 3/.333 ··· 22/.830 12/.606 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB ··· 26/.694 636/443 .258/.340/.302/.642 .709/.613 .652 103/.704 40/15 1/18

21.Gutierrez G/S/vP 7/.715 1/.000 ··· 14/1.231 7/.286 9/.444 ··· 9/.536 2/.000 ··· 13/1.098 577/437 .248/.310/.367/.677 .733/.659 .709 83/.616 22/3 11/0

13.Kotchman* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 11/.473 6/.334 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 16/.313 453/334 .220/.283/.339/.622 .460/.678 .587 95/.539 0/0 9/1

12.Langerhans* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 6/1.100 ··· ··· 3/.000 116/84 .172/.330/.290/.621 .397/.708 .594 24/.167 4/1 3/1

4.Lopez G/S/vP 26/.840 2/.000 ··· 11/.091 10/.800 12/.300 ··· 9/.555 ··· 1/no AB 23/1.093 579/429 .236/.266/.322/.588 .643/.569 .584 91/.484 3/2 7/18

10.Moore G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 9/.347 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 5/1.400 186/145 .169/.199/.260/.459 .511/.445 .378 76/.325 0/1 4/3

40.Quiroz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· / /// / / / /

55.Saunders* G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 6/.167 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 9/.889 282/216 .215/.304/.368/.672 .633/.684 .718 51/.533 6/3 8/4

51.Suzuki* G/S/vP 42/.718 2/.000 ··· 39/.869 14/.572 4/.750 ··· 25/.943 1/.000 ··· 28/.691 662/452 .312/.358/.395/.753 .695/.781 .729 106/.732 41/9 6/4

27.Tuiasosopo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.167 126/82 .181/.240/.319/.559 .558/.559 .400 39/.611 0/0 4/7

16.Wilson G/S/vP 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 4/.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 7/.715 342/255 .244/.298/.307/.605 .570/.616 .751 72/.474 5/0 1/18

6.Woodward G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 14/11 .154/.214/.231/.445 .667/.382 .333 11/.455 0/0 0/0

IP 192.1 63.0 11.2 183.0 49.0 57.1 34.2 57.2 4.0 8.1 188.0 TOTAL .234/.298/.338/.636 .633/.637 .626 .570 135/39 91/113

ERA-K/9

3.28/7.8

3.00/9.4

0.77/8.5

3.84/8.7

4.59/7.7

2.04/6.4

1.30/8.8

2.50/9.8

0.00/6.8

9.72/9.8

3.21/7.5

3.95/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Bard (11-4-0)
Moore (27-8-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 767/.241 248/.182 48/.171 774/.233 232/.294 223/.198 145/.208 225/.234 14/.000 44/.343 782/.214 .246 Saunders
Suzuki
Langerhans
Gutierrez
Tuiasosopo 70/10/0/8
0/0/145/6
25/2/8/4
0/139/0/2
14/0/0/1

OPS .619 .535 .466 .673 .854 .549 .566 .645 .143 1.134 .612 .711

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 178/.719 117/.422 24/.652 394/.694 99/.914 71/.573 51/.599 106/.514 10/.000 18/1.111 166/.413 .696

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 589/.588 131/.635 24/.261 380/.652 133/.810 152/.538 94/.548 119/.766 4/.500 26/1.150 616/.666 .720

Road 408/.647 89/.316 19/.446 420/.666 86/.744 119/.600 59/.483 119/.763 10/.100 22/1.167 343/.594

Last 28d days 75/.715 40/.416 44/.512 131/.825 28/.490 31/.743 30/.861 30/.600 14/.143 15/.830 130/.632

HR/SB/CS 15/3/3 5/0/0 0/0/0 20/12/4 6/11/0 4/3/1 2/6/1 4/7/3 0/0/0 2/1/0 8/21/8 148/107/33

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