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Game Preview: SEA @ TEX, 8:05pm, Wednesday, August 10, 2011 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Mariners, 49-66, 49-66 4th, 16 GB, 20½ GB in WC

SP: Jason Vargas (28, LHP, 6-10, 4.02)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (6-10) 145.2 148 71 65 40 95 16 4.02
2010 (9-12) 192.2 187 86 81 54 116 18 3.78
2009 (3-6) 91.2 98 53 50 24 54 16 4.91
Last 7 GS 1-5 41.1 52 26 20 10 27 6 4.35 46
2011-08-05 @LAA ND 6.0 7 0 0 1 3 0 111 60
2011-07-31 TBR L 5.1 9 6 4 1 6 0 113 35
2011-07-25 @NYY L 4.0 7 8 4 1 2 2 84 25
2011-07-20 @TOR L 3.0 6 5 5 5 0 0 80 22
2011-07-14 TEX L 6.0 12 5 5 1 3 3 107 30
2011-07-06 @OAK L 8.0 5 2 2 1 6 1 106 69
2011-07-01 SDP W 9.0 6 0 0 0 7 0 106 82
Last 5 v.TEX 2-2 31.2 35 14 13 8 13 3 3.69 50
2011-07-14 TEX L 6.0 12 5 5 1 3 3 107 30
2011-05-05 TEX W 7.2 6 1 1 2 3 0 98 64
2010-09-29 @TEX ND 6.0 5 1 0 1 2 0 91 61
2010-09-18 TEX L 6.0 9 5 5 1 3 0 88 36
2010-08-03 TEX W 6.0 3 2 2 3 2 0 92 57
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   29-29   Road:   20-37   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  40-45   vsLHP:   9-21   1-Run:  17-21
 vsEast: 13-18   vsCntrl:12-17   vsWest: 15-22 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
115 Tue, Aug  9  @TEX  L   6-7       49-66  4th 16.0 gb
114 Mon, Aug  8  @TEX  L   2-9       49-65  4th 15.0 gb
113 Sun, Aug  7  @LAA  L   1-2       49-64  4th 14.0 gb
112 Sat, Aug  6  @LAA  W   5-1       49-63  4th 13.0 gb
111 Fri, Aug  5  @LAA  L   0-1 (10)  48-63  4th 14.0 gb
110 Wed, Aug  3   OAK  W   7-4       48-62  4th 12.5 gb
109 Tue, Aug  2   OAK  W   4-2       47-62  4th 13.5 gb
108 Mon, Aug  1   OAK  W   8-4       46-62  4th 14.5 gb
107 Sun, Jul 31   TBR  L   1-8       45-62  4th 15.0 gb
106 Sat, Jul 30   TBR  W   3-2       45-61  4th 15.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30: 7-23
Rangers, 66-51, 66-51 1st, 1½ up

SP: Derek Holland (24, LHP, 10-4, 4.35)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (10-4) 140.2 148 76 68 47 104 15 4.35
2010 (3-4) 57.1 55 30 26 24 54 6 4.08
2009 (8-13) 138.1 160 98 94 47 107 26 6.12
Last 7 GS 4-1 40.2 36 19 16 10 30 3 3.54 55
2011-08-05 CLE ND 1.2 5 6 4 1 1 1 53 25
2011-07-30 @TOR W 9.0 4 0 0 1 5 0 95 83
2011-07-25 MIN W 6.0 5 1 0 0 4 0 90 64
2011-07-20 @LAA ND 5.1 9 7 7 3 4 1 104 23
2011-07-14 @SEA W 9.0 5 0 0 1 8 0 118 84
2011-07-07 OAK W 9.0 4 0 0 2 7 0 119 84
2011-07-02 FLA L 0.2 4 5 5 2 1 1 46 23
Last 5 v.SEA 3-1 29.2 22 9 9 5 26 1 2.73 64
2011-07-14 @SEA W 9.0 5 0 0 1 8 0 118 84
2011-04-04 SEA W 6.0 7 3 3 1 5 0 105 50
2009-09-13 SEA L 6.0 8 5 5 2 3 1 88 37
2009-07-30 SEA W 8.2 2 1 1 1 10 0 118 85
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   39-22   Road:   27-29   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  47-35   vsLHP:  19-16   1-Run:  14-18
 vsEast: 16-15   vsCntrl:21-16   vsWest: 20-11 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
117 Tue, Aug  9   SEA  W   7-6       66-51  1st  1.5 up
116 Mon, Aug  8   SEA  W   9-2       65-51  1st  1.5 up
115 Sun, Aug  7   CLE  W   5-3       64-51  1st  1.0 up
114 Sat, Aug  6   CLE  L   5-7       63-51  1st  1.0 up
113 Fri, Aug  5   CLE  W   8-7 (11)  63-50  1st  1.0 up
112 Thu, Aug  4  @DET  W   5-2       62-50  1st  1.0 up
111 Wed, Aug  3  @DET  L   4-5       61-50  1st  1.0 up
110 Tue, Aug  2  @DET  L   5-6       61-49  1st  1.0 up
109 Sun, Jul 31  @TOR  L   3-7       61-48  1st  2.0 up
108 Sat, Jul 30  @TOR  W   3-0       61-47  1st  2.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:20-10

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Aug 09, 2011 TEX  7  SEA  6        W:Neftali Feliz (2-3), L: Jeff Gray (0-1), S: none
Mon, Aug 08, 2011 TEX  9  SEA  2        W:Matt Harrison (10-8), L: Charlie Furbush (2-4), S: none
Sun, Jul 17, 2011 TEX  3 @SEA  1        W:Matt Harrison (8-7), L: Blake Beavan (1-1), S: Neftali Feliz (20)
Sat, Jul 16, 2011 TEX  5 @SEA  1        W:C.J. Wilson (10-3), L: Felix Hernandez (8-8), S: none
Fri, Jul 15, 2011 TEX  4 @SEA  0        W:Colby Lewis (9-7), L: Doug Fister (3-11), S: Neftali Feliz (19)
Thu, Jul 14, 2011 TEX  5 @SEA  0        W:Derek Holland (8-4), L: Jason Vargas (6-7), S: none
Thu, May 05, 2011 SEA  3  TEX  1        W:Jason Vargas (2-2), L: Colby Lewis (2-4), S: Brandon League (9)
Wed, May 04, 2011 TEX  5 @SEA  2        W:C.J. Wilson (4-1), L: Michael Pineda (4-2), S: none
Tue, May 03, 2011 SEA  4  TEX  3        W:David Pauley (1-0), L: Pedro Strop (0-1), S: Brandon League (8)
Wed, Apr 06, 2011 TEX  7  SEA  3        W:C.J. Wilson (1-0), L: Felix Hernandez (1-1), S: none
Season Series: 2011 - TEX over 10-2; 2010 - TEX won 12-7; 2009 - TEX won 11-8; All-Time - TEX leads 259-256

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 2011 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

BOS  5.47

BAL  4.12

SEA  3.32

 RA/G

PHI  3.24

TEX  4.24

BAL  5.33

 BA

A. Gonzalez  .351

M. Moreland  .272

A. Dunn  .165

 OBP

J. Bautista  .446

H. Matsui  .335

V. Wells  .243

 SLG

J. Bautista  .639

I. Kinsler  .427

C. Getz  .285

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.085

D. Fowler  .770

A. Rios  .573

 ERA

J. Weaver  1.78

C. Carpenter  3.75

J. Happ  6.26

 K/9IP

B. Morrow  10.45

E. Jackson  6.92

B. Penny  3.57

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

Mariners Batters (3.32 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.24 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 45.Holland*
G/S/vB		 37.Adams
G/S/vB		 39.Feldman
G/S/vB		 30.Feliz
G/S/vB		 57.Lowe
G/S/vB		 56.O'Day
G/S/vB		 28.Oliver*
G/S/vB		 19.Uehara
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
3.Bard# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 52/39 .224/.269/.367/.637 .481/.687 .635 29/.618 0/0 1/2
20.Carp* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 3/.666 2/.500 ··· 2/1.500 2/.000 ··· 122/97 .304/.361/.464/.825 .943/.793 .951 80/.933 0/2 3/3
21.Gutierrez G/S/vP 12/.697 3/.666 19/.816 2/.000 5/.400 10/.400 9/.536 1/.000 242/185 .207/.247/.256/.502 .630/.464 .626 85/.613 8/2 1/0
4.Kennedy* G/S/vP 5/.800 7/.143 13/.917 6/1.133 4/.500 2/.000 16/1.302 2/1.000 341/275 .244/.290/.375/.665 .479/.708 .640 76/.532 7/2 7/5
30.Olivo G/S/vP 9/.666 6/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/.666 2/1.500 5/.400 2/1.000 365/262 .220/.253/.375/.628 .568/.651 .712 77/.524 5/4 14/10
1.Rodriguez# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 87/64 .167/.271/.292/.562 .353/.620 .913 / 1/2 1/2
17.Smoak# G/S/vP 9/.777 ··· 2/2.500 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB 409/284 .221/.318/.388/.706 .770/.674 .682 63/.502 0/0 12/7
51.Suzuki* G/S/vP 19/.527 5/.800 31/.752 4/.000 3/.666 5/.600 26/.906 4/1.750 509/359 .268/.309/.314/.624 .634/.619 .646 107/.562 29/5 1/3
33.Wells G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 153/62 .259/.322/.439/.761 .797/.710 .787 30/.704 2/1 5/1
2.Wilson G/S/vP 8/.625 10/.400 7/.286 4/.000 2/1.000 4/.500 7/.619 ··· 170/92 .236/.269/.280/.550 .555/.545 .579 36/.727 5/2 0/3
IP 140.2 53.1 6.1 43.0 34.1 11.2 39.2 50.1 TOTAL .229/.291/.336/.626 .609/.633 .639 .647 90/33 68/72
ERA-K/9 4.35/6.7 1.18/9.1 2.84/5.7 3.56/6.3 3.41/8.7 3.86/6.9 2.04/7.9 1.79/12.0 3.78/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bard (11-4-0)
 Olivo (51-23-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 608/.269 203/.168 23/.136 177/.219 154/.281 54/.283 164/.212 185/.149 .248  Gutierrez
 Suzuki
 Wells
 Carp
0/68/0/7
0/0/108/6
9/6/54/3
13/0/0/0
OPS .732 .492 .492 .675 .767 .924 .548 .483 .707
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 151/.536 115/.527 12/.083 99/.635 65/.918 18/.588 69/.573 102/.453 .742
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 457/.798 88/.447 11/.909 78/.724 89/.659 36/1.100 95/.528 83/.516 .684
Home 279/.795 103/.414 20/.568 110/.684 91/.693 44/.881 99/.487 102/.420
Last 28d days 128/.579 50/.613 23/.492 37/.669 35/.643 4/.750 24/.212 35/.408
HR/SB/CS 15/5/6 3/7/0 1/0/1 4/0/3 3/1/3 4/4/0 3/4/2 7/0/0 123/62/35
Usage ····X··· o·o·Xo·X ····X··· X··XoX·· Xo··X·o· ·o······ o·Xo·o·o ···X·oX·
Rangers Batters (5.09 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (3.88 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 38.Vargas*
G/S/vB		 57.Cortes
G/S/vB		 60.Gray
G/S/vB		 32.Laffey*
G/S/vB		 43.League
G/S/vB		 50.Wright
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP 22/.427 ··· 4/.500 11/1.091 4/.833 6/.666 473/351 .278/.333/.340/.672 .728/.653 .665 104/.627 31/6 3/22
9.Chavez* G/S/vP 4/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 11/.844 180/145 .309/.335/.473/.808 .986/.764 .761 65/.654 6/3 5/1
17.Cruz G/S/vP 18/1.377 1/.000 6/.333 6/1.167 8/.875 5/2.000 399/308 .266/.316/.537/.852 1.187/.756 .946 96/.981 7/4 25/6
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 15/.557 ··· 4/.750 11/1.363 4/1.250 5/1.400 351/248 .306/.353/.524/.877 .761/.926 .897 110/.831 6/1 13/4
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 18/.889 1/.000 2/.500 10/1.575 9/.476 6/.167 517/374 .237/.347/.427/.774 .719/.795 .906 116/.637 21/2 17/7
18.Moreland* G/S/vP 7/.453 1/no AB 1/no AB 1/.000 5/.000 4/1.167 389/292 .272/.340/.436/.776 .589/.837 .842 96/.751 2/2 13/4
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 9/.111 ··· 2/1.000 9/.444 8/.250 6/.333 287/206 .253/.317/.345/.662 .465/.739 .700 44/.699 6/6 5/4
25.Napoli G/S/vP 23/1.278 ··· 4/.250 4/.917 3/.000 8/1.292 263/165 .295/.395/.603/.998 1.040/.973 1.011 80/1.281 2/2 18/2
12.Quintanilla* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 ··· ··· 14/9 .077/.077/.231/.308 .000/.500 .800 14/.308 0/0 0/0
2.Teagarden G/S/vP 4/1.583 ··· 2/.000 2/3.000 ··· ··· 33/30 .258/.303/.323/.626 .000/.690 .778 5/.400 0/0 0/0
8.Torrealba G/S/vP 8/1.500 ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 6/.167 9/.819 314/217 .279/.310/.411/.721 .635/.757 .815 72/.868 0/1 4/7
10.Young G/S/vP 24/.934 1/.000 5/.650 11/.728 9/.730 6/1.100 496/368 .333/.369/.494/.862 .927/.840 .941 110/.943 4/2 10/5
IP 145.2 3.0 33.1 41.1 44.1 50.1 TOTAL .277/.334/.448/.782 .783/.782 .852 .805 103/33 138/95
ERA-K/9 4.02/5.9 6.00/0.0 3.78/5.1 3.48/5.2 3.05/6.1 3.58/5.9 3.62/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Napoli (11-8-0)
 Teagarden (6-7-1)
 Torrealba (45-20-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 621/.259 16/.308 143/.269 188/.296 176/.227 212/.251 .243  Cruz
 Murphy
 Chavez
 Hamilton
 Moreland
18/0/88/6
66/13/7/5
3/40/5/3
52/24/0/3
0/0/34/0
OPS .701 .745 .721 .828 .583 .736 .670
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 148/.710 5/.400 67/.653 78/.755 88/.600 107/.735 .658
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 473/.698 11/.920 76/.782 110/.880 88/.566 105/.736 .679
Road 240/.742 2/2.000 80/.794 99/.826 83/.720 113/.787
Last 28d days 125/.992 12/.833 53/.696 43/1.286 28/.484 61/.792
HR/SB/CS 16/13/4 0/2/0 2/3/3 6/1/0 2/2/1 6/6/1 88/71/32
Usage ····X··· ····o·o· X·····oX o···o··· ···o··oo ·X··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.