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Game Preview: TEX @ SEA, 10:10pm, Monday, May 21, 2012 @Safeco Field

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Rangers, 26-16, 26-16 1st, 5 up

SP: Yu Darvish (25, RHP, 6-1, 2.60)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (6-1) 52.0 43 17 15 26 58 4 2.60
Last 7 GS 5-1 46.1 35 12 10 22 53 4 1.94 63
2012-05-16 OAK W 7.2 4 1 1 2 7 0 118 72
2012-05-11 LAA W 5.1 3 3 3 3 7 2 93 54
2012-05-06 @CLE L 6.0 6 4 3 4 11 1 112 53
2012-04-30 @TOR W 7.0 4 1 1 2 9 1 97 72
2012-04-24 NYY W 8.1 7 0 0 2 10 0 119 77
2012-04-19 @DET W 6.1 2 1 1 5 5 0 121 65
2012-04-14 @MIN ND 5.2 9 2 1 4 4 0 102 45
Last 5 v.SEA 1-0 5.2 8 5 5 4 5 0 7.94 34
2012-04-09 SEA W 5.2 8 5 5 4 5 0 110 34
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   11-9    Road:   15-7    ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:  17-10   vsLHP:   9-6    1-Run:   4-7 
 vsEast:  9-6    vsCntrl: 9-6    vsWest:  6-3  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 42 Sun, May 20  @HOU  W   6-1       26-16  1st  5.0 up
 41 Sat, May 19  @HOU  L   5-6       25-16  1st  5.0 up
 40 Fri, May 18  @HOU  W   4-1       25-15  1st  5.0 up
 39 Thu, May 17   OAK  L   4-5 (10)  24-15  1st  4.0 up
 38 Wed, May 16   OAK  W   4-1       24-14  1st  5.0 up
 37 Tue, May 15   KCR  L   4-7       23-14  1st  4.0 up
 36 Mon, May 14   KCR  L   1-3       23-13  1st  4.0 up
 35 Sun, May 13   LAA  W  13-6       23-12  1st  5.0 up
 34 Sat, May 12   LAA  L   2-4       22-12  1st  4.0 up
 33 Fri, May 11   LAA  W  10-3       22-11  1st  5.0 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14
Mariners, 19-24, 19-24 3rd, 7½ GB, 6½ GB in WC

SP: Felix Hernandez (26, RHP, 3-3, 3.02)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (3-3) 62.2 56 23 21 19 61 3 3.02
2011 (14-14) 233.2 218 99 90 67 222 19 3.47
2010 (13-12) 249.2 194 80 63 70 232 17 2.27
Last 7 GS 2-3 48.1 43 16 14 18 48 2 2.61 60
2012-05-16 @CLE L 3.2 10 8 6 3 3 0 103 13
2012-05-11 @NYY L 6.2 11 4 4 2 7 1 101 41
2012-05-05 MIN W 8.0 1 0 0 2 9 0 107 87
2012-04-30 @TBR ND 8.0 5 1 1 4 9 0 106 73
2012-04-25 @DET W 7.0 4 1 1 3 2 1 92 64
2012-04-19 CLE ND 8.0 5 0 0 1 12 0 126 83
2012-04-13 OAK L 7.0 7 2 2 3 6 0 107 58
Last 5 v.TEX 1-4 33.0 41 19 15 8 24 3 4.09 48
2011-09-24 @TEX L 3.1 12 7 5 1 2 0 61 13
2011-09-18 TEX L 7.0 9 3 3 1 5 1 106 51
2011-07-16 TEX L 7.2 9 4 4 1 6 2 118 50
2011-04-06 @TEX L 7.0 6 4 2 3 6 0 107 56
2010-09-28 @TEX W 8.0 5 1 1 2 5 0 111 71
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    7-8    Road:   12-16   ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:  13-19   vsLHP:   6-5    1-Run:   5-8 
 vsEast:  2-10   vsCntrl: 8-9    vsWest:  6-5  IL: 3-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 43 Sun, May 20  @COL  W   6-4       19-24  3rd  7.5 gb
 42 Sat, May 19  @COL  W  10-3       18-24  4th  7.5 gb
 41 Fri, May 18  @COL  W   4-0       17-24  4th  8.5 gb
 40 Thu, May 17  @CLE  L   5-6 (11)  16-24  4th  8.5 gb
 39 Wed, May 16  @CLE  L   3-9       16-23  4th  8.5 gb
 38 Tue, May 15  @BOS  L   0-5       16-22  4th  7.5 gb
 37 Mon, May 14  @BOS  L   1-6       16-21  3rd  7.5 gb
 36 Sun, May 13  @NYY  W   6-2       16-20  3rd  7.5 gb
 35 Sat, May 12  @NYY  L   2-6       15-20  4th  7.5 gb
 34 Fri, May 11  @NYY  L   2-6       15-19  3rd  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Apr 12, 2012 TEX  5  SEA  3        W:Derek Holland (1-0), L: Jason Vargas (1-1), S: Mike Adams (1)
Wed, Apr 11, 2012 SEA  4 @TEX  3        W:Lucas Luetge (1-0), L: Joe Nathan (0-2), S: Brandon League (3)
Tue, Apr 10, 2012 TEX  1  SEA  0        W:Neftali Feliz (1-0), L: Blake Beavan (0-1), S: Joe Nathan (2)
Mon, Apr 09, 2012 TEX 11  SEA  5        W:Yu Darvish (1-0), L: Hector Noesi (0-1), S: none

Sun, Sep 25, 2011 TEX 12  SEA  5        W:Derek Holland (16-5), L: Charlie Furbush (4-10), S: none
Sat, Sep 24, 2011 TEX  7  SEA  3        W:Scott Feldman (2-1), L: Felix Hernandez (14-14), S: none
Fri, Sep 23, 2011 TEX  5  SEA  3        W:Matt Harrison (14-9), L: Anthony Vasquez (1-5), S: Neftali Feliz (30)
Sun, Sep 18, 2011 TEX  3 @SEA  0        W:Matt Harrison (13-9), L: Felix Hernandez (14-13), S: Neftali Feliz (28)
Sat, Sep 17, 2011 TEX  7 @SEA  6        W:Colby Lewis (13-10), L: Anthony Vasquez (1-4), S: Neftali Feliz (27)
Fri, Sep 16, 2011 SEA  4  TEX  0        W:Blake Beavan (5-5), L: C.J. Wilson (16-7), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - TEX over 3-1; 2011 - TEX won 15-4; 2010 - TEX won 12-7; All-Time - TEX leads 267-259

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 2012 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

TEX  5.60

HOU  4.07

PIT  2.88

 RA/G

WSN  3.34

TBR  4.00

MIN  5.49

 BA

D. Wright  .409

K. Johnson  .263

R. Weeks  .154

 OBP

D. Wright  .510

C. Hart  .329

C. Barmes  .190

 SLG

J. Hamilton  .785

T. Hunter  .413

M. Byrd  .238

 OPS

J. Hamilton  1.227

S. Castro  .746

C. Barmes  .471

 ERA

B. Beachy  1.33

B. Norris  3.58

C. Buchholz  7.77

 K/9IP

M. Scherzer  11.64

J. Johnson  7.23

D. Lowe  2.30

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

Rangers Batters (5.60 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (4.09 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 34.Hernandez
G/S/vB		 35.Delabar
G/S/vB		 41.Furbush*
G/S/vB		 18.Iwakuma
G/S/vB		 23.Kelley
G/S/vB		 43.League
G/S/vB		 44.Luetge*
G/S/vB		 54.Wilhelmsen
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP 48/.823 2/4.000 4/.500 ··· 2/1.000 6/.533 ··· 2/.000 190/130 .325/.400/.423/.823 .739/.864 .963 114/.920 8/1 1/4
29.Beltre G/S/vP 10/.856 2/.000 3/3.500 ··· 1/.000 9/.444 1/.000 1/.000 154/108 .306/.331/.535/.866 .578/.982 .965 93/.891 1/0 8/2
17.Cruz G/S/vP 47/.819 2/1.000 6/2.467 ··· 4/1.250 8/.875 1/.000 3/1.000 177/120 .274/.328/.409/.736 .830/.692 .741 103/.732 2/3 4/0
23.Gentry G/S/vP 4/.250 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 71/30 .323/.380/.431/.811 .911/.679 .741 45/.922 5/1 1/0
14.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 41/19 .225/.225/.275/.500 .500/.500 .481 28/.333 0/0 0/0
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 50/.706 1/no AB 7/.762 ··· 2/1.500 5/.933 1/.000 3/1.167 172/110 .389/.442/.785/1.227 1.070/1.322 1.339 95/1.235 4/1 18/1
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 69/.769 3/2.334 7/1.262 ··· 1/no AB 13/.490 ··· 2/1.000 195/139 .276/.349/.454/.803 1.015/.716 .636 113/.696 5/4 5/4
18.Moreland* G/S/vP 17/.435 1/.000 4/1.000 ··· ··· 7/.334 ··· 4/.833 104/84 .277/.337/.511/.847 .583/.910 .648 67/1.044 0/0 6/0
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 61/.811 ··· 2/.500 ··· 4/.500 10/.200 ··· 1/.000 121/98 .271/.333/.477/.810 .542/.875 .799 75/.753 2/1 5/1
25.Napoli G/S/vP 36/.661 1/.000 4/.833 ··· 5/2.200 4/.000 ··· 1/2.000 147/92 .244/.333/.457/.790 .642/.880 .879 86/.663 0/0 7/3
21.Snyder G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 38/12 .333/.368/.611/.980 1.215/.500 1.155 25/1.068 0/0 3/0
8.Torrealba G/S/vP 6/.666 2/2.500 6/.334 ··· 1/.000 8/.393 ··· 3/.666 73/36 .219/.292/.281/.573 .559/.587 .741 31/.550 1/0 0/0
10.Young G/S/vP 85/.717 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 4/.500 9/.730 1/2.000 3/.000 176/118 .280/.307/.387/.694 .967/.562 .864 107/.557 2/0 3/1
IP 62.2 19.1 15.2 12.0 7.2 18.1 10.1 21.1 TOTAL .292/.348/.473/.822 .809/.828 .852 .805 30/11 61/20
ERA-K/9 3.02/8.8 5.12/11.2 4.02/9.7 5.25/9.8 3.52/9.4 3.93/5.4 0.00/10.5 3.80/11.0 3.98/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Napoli (10-4-3)
 Torrealba (8-5-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 258/.240 80/.186 59/.189 50/.222 25/.261 74/.242 43/.194 92/.268 .240  Cruz
 Hamilton
 Murphy
 Snyder
 Moreland
 Gentry
2/0/41/3
27/26/1/3
30/2/1/1
5/0/0/0
0/0/2/0
0/34/0/0
OPS .646 .750 .594 .767 .845 .621 .520 .704 .699
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 186/.678 31/.268 30/.426 27/.954 9/.958 44/.813 29/.401 50/.792 .733
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 72/.563 49/1.068 29/.757 23/.551 16/.783 30/.325 14/.714 42/.602 .663
Home 86/.439 24/.258 21/.675 25/.492 10/.700 30/.401 17/.567 32/.775
Last 28d days 139/.683 48/.657 45/.584 37/.867 23/.689 39/.776 27/.515 47/.895
HR/SB/CS 3/5/1 6/2/0 2/3/0 3/0/1 2/0/0 0/1/0 0/1/0 2/2/1 45/25/9
Usage ····X··· ·X·X·X·o ···X·X·o ····X··· ·o··o·X· ···X···o ···X···o ···o·o·o
Mariners Batters (3.81 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (3.60 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 11.Darvish
G/S/vB		 37.Adams
G/S/vB		 39.Feldman
G/S/vB		 57.Lowe
G/S/vB		 36.Nathan
G/S/vB		 41.Ogando
G/S/vB		 46.Ross*
G/S/vB		 19.Uehara
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Ackley* G/S/vP 4/.250 5/.200 2/1.500 2/.000 1/2.000 4/1.000 ··· ··· 178/123 .252/.315/.368/.683 .497/.763 .643 108/.725 4/1 3/1
20.Carp* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 6/.367 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 45/38 .146/.222/.415/.637 .429/.678 .728 41/.703 0/0 4/0
9.Figgins# G/S/vP 4/.250 6/.800 41/.594 11/.586 7/.143 7/.286 ··· 3/.000 115/84 .180/.245/.290/.535 .392/.588 .443 40/.413 2/0 2/1
27.Jaso* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 2/1.000 ··· 3/.666 3/2.000 ··· 4/.250 65/54 .263/.323/.456/.779 .307/.862 .660 52/.727 0/0 1/0
61.Kawasaki* G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 38/34 .176/.263/.176/.440 .000/.494 .167 21/.496 0/2 0/0
16.Liddi G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 75/37 .243/.293/.357/.650 .632/.669 .528 59/.628 1/1 2/2
63.Montero G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 148/105 .259/.291/.403/.693 1.044/.551 .658 90/.735 0/1 6/1
26.Ryan G/S/vP 3/.333 4/.250 ··· 2/1.000 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 129/87 .162/.289/.248/.537 .559/.523 .676 77/.425 2/2 1/1
55.Saunders* G/S/vP 3/.333 3/.000 8/.821 ··· 1/3.000 6/.000 ··· 2/.000 147/111 .235/.313/.424/.737 .986/.657 .517 99/.773 5/2 4/1
15.Seager* G/S/vP 3/1.667 2/.000 3/1.167 1/.000 2/1.500 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 143/111 .292/.310/.496/.806 .923/.774 .703 87/.898 4/1 5/2
17.Smoak# G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 4/1.750 3/.000 2/1.000 8/.625 ··· 1/no AB 151/110 .210/.252/.308/.559 .520/.574 .421 89/.556 0/0 5/0
51.Suzuki* G/S/vP 4/1.750 8/.500 33/.704 3/.666 12/.500 10/.200 ··· 5/1.400 182/120 .281/.319/.368/.687 .640/.712 .717 109/.683 6/0 1/0
33.Wells G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 48/13 .238/.333/.405/.738 .776/.641 .862 33/.726 0/0 1/0
IP 52.0 14.1 15.0 14.0 17.2 24.0 21.0 14.1 TOTAL .234/.290/.367/.658 .659/.657 .607 .685 23/11 35/16
ERA-K/9 2.60/10.0 2.51/5.7 3.00/4.2 2.57/10.9 2.55/10.7 1.13/9.4 2.14/6.0 1.26/10.1 3.18/8.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Jaso (5-1-0)
 Montero (9-2-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 225/.222 58/.250 63/.259 56/.231 68/.246 87/.139 77/.214 51/.140 .230  Suzuki
 Saunders
 Carp
 Wells
 Figgins
 Liddi
0/0/42/3
0/38/0/2
10/0/0/1
17/0/0/1
22/5/0/1
2/0/0/0
OPS .654 .633 .629 .632 .665 .423 .577 .457 .673
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 144/.668 37/.438 33/.379 26/.472 44/.636 37/.605 32/.469 25/.280 .634
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 81/.630 21/.981 30/.900 30/.774 24/.720 50/.273 45/.653 26/.631 .708
Road 111/.672 22/.673 22/.739 20/.153 31/.499 44/.353 45/.771 23/.652
Last 28d days 139/.606 28/.783 55/.687 42/.754 34/.569 56/.459 55/.581 32/.254
HR/SB/CS 4/3/0 1/3/0 1/3/1 2/0/1 2/1/0 1/1/0 2/0/1 2/0/0 45/18/9
Usage ····X··· ···oo·o· ······X· ·o·o···X ··Xooo·X ·X·X·o·· o·Xo··X· ··o··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.