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Game Preview: TEX @ SEA, 10:10pm, Friday, September 21, 2012 @Safeco Field

Rangers, 89-60, 89-60 1st, 4 up

SP: Martin Perez (21, LHP, 1-1, 3.38)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (1-1) 29.1 29 13 11 11 18 3 3.38
Last 7 GS 1-1 17.1 17 7 5 6 9 1 2.60 52
2012-07-24 BOS ND 6.0 5 1 1 2 1 0 98 57
2012-07-06 MIN L 6.0 6 4 2 3 3 0 106 48
2012-06-30 OAK W 5.1 6 2 2 1 5 1 103 52
Has never faced SEA as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   47-27   Road:   42-33   ExtrInn: 8-4 
 vsRHP:  63-43   vsLHP:  26-17   1-Run:  21-18
 vsEast: 24-16   vsCntrl:28-19   vsWest: 23-21 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
149 Thu, Sep 20  @LAA  W   3-1       89-60  1st  4.0 up
148 Wed, Sep 19  @LAA  W   6-2       88-60  1st  4.0 up
147 Tue, Sep 18  @LAA  L   3-11      87-60  1st  3.0 up
146 Sun, Sep 16   SEA  W   2-1       87-59  1st  3.0 up
145 Sat, Sep 15   SEA  L   6-8       86-59  1st  2.0 up
144 Fri, Sep 14   SEA  W   9-3       86-58  1st  3.0 up
143 Thu, Sep 13   CLE  L   4-5       85-58  1st  3.0 up
142 Wed, Sep 12   CLE  W   5-2       85-57  1st  3.0 up
141 Tue, Sep 11   CLE  W   6-4       84-57  1st  3.0 up
140 Sun, Sep  9  @TBR  L   0-6       83-57  1st  3.5 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:20-10
Mariners, 70-80, 70-80 4th, 19½ GB, 15½ GB in WC

SP: Hisashi Iwakuma (31, RHP, 6-5, 3.39)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (6-5) 106.1 96 44 40 42 87 16 3.39
Last 7 GS 4-2 42.0 35 13 10 12 33 4 2.14 58
2012-09-14 @TEX L 5.1 7 2 2 1 4 2 88 49
2012-09-08 OAK L 3.2 6 5 4 2 3 1 77 32
2012-09-02 LAA W 7.1 5 0 0 0 7 0 101 75
2012-08-28 @MIN W 6.0 1 1 0 4 4 0 92 68
2012-08-22 CLE ND 5.2 6 1 1 3 5 0 90 55
2012-08-17 MIN W 7.0 4 1 0 1 6 0 97 72
2012-08-11 @LAA W 7.0 6 3 3 1 4 1 86 56
Last 5 v.TEX 0-2 10.1 14 6 6 4 4 3 5.23 42
2012-09-14 @TEX L 5.1 7 2 2 1 4 2 88 49
2012-07-15 TEX L 5.0 7 4 4 3 0 1 85 34
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   36-39   Road:   34-41   ExtrInn: 5-9 
 vsRHP:  47-51   vsLHP:  23-29   1-Run:  24-25
 vsEast: 18-28   vsCntrl:25-16   vsWest: 19-26 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
150 Wed, Sep 19   BAL  L   1-3 (11)  70-80  4th 19.0 gb
149 Tue, Sep 18   BAL  L   2-4 (18)  70-79  4th 18.0 gb
148 Mon, Sep 17   BAL  L   4-10      70-78  4th 18.0 gb
147 Sun, Sep 16  @TEX  L   1-2       70-77  4th 17.5 gb
146 Sat, Sep 15  @TEX  W   8-6       70-76  4th 16.5 gb
145 Fri, Sep 14  @TEX  L   3-9       69-76  4th 17.5 gb
144 Thu, Sep 13  @TOR  L   3-8       69-75  4th 16.5 gb
143 Wed, Sep 12  @TOR  W   3-2       69-74  4th 16.5 gb
142 Tue, Sep 11  @TOR  W   4-3       68-74  4th 16.5 gb
141 Sun, Sep  9   OAK  L   2-4       67-74  4th 16.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Sep 16, 2012 TEX  2  SEA  1        W:Matt Harrison (17-9), L: Blake Beavan (9-10), S: Koji Uehara (1)
Sat, Sep 15, 2012 SEA  8 @TEX  6        W:Lucas Luetge (2-1), L: Tanner Scheppers (1-1), S: Tom Wilhelmsen (27)
Fri, Sep 14, 2012 TEX  9  SEA  3        W:Yu Darvish (15-9), L: Hisashi Iwakuma (6-5), S: none
Sun, Jul 15, 2012 TEX  4 @SEA  0        W:Matt Harrison (12-4), L: Hisashi Iwakuma (1-2), S: none
Sat, Jul 14, 2012 SEA  7  TEX  0        W:Felix Hernandez (7-5), L: Yu Darvish (10-6), S: none
Fri, Jul 13, 2012 TEX  3 @SEA  2        W:Derek Holland (6-4), L: Kevin Millwood (3-7), S: Joe Nathan (19)
Wed, May 30, 2012 SEA 21 @TEX  8        W:Blake Beavan (3-4), L: Derek Holland (4-4), S: Hisashi Iwakuma (1)
Tue, May 29, 2012 SEA 10 @TEX  3        W:Jason Vargas (6-4), L: Scott Feldman (0-3), S: none
Mon, May 28, 2012 TEX  4  SEA  2        W:Matt Harrison (6-3), L: Steve Delabar (1-1), S: Joe Nathan (11)
Wed, May 23, 2012 SEA  5  TEX  3        W:Kevin Millwood (3-4), L: Scott Feldman (0-2), S: Brandon League (9)
Season Series: 2012 - TEX over 9-7; 2011 - TEX won 15-4; 2010 - TEX won 12-7; All-Time - TEX leads 273-265

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  5.09

BAL  4.38

HOU  3.59

 RA/G

WSN  3.58

LAA  4.27

COL  5.48

 BA

M. Cabrera  .346

C. Ross  .274

C. Pena  .196

 OBP

J. Mauer  .417

A. Gonzalez  .336

J. Smoak  .269

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .613

D. Jeter  .443

J. Weeks  .305

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.011

J. Upton  .782

J. Smoak  .602

 ERA

D. Price  2.58

J. Johnson  3.84

R. Romero  5.72

 K/9IP

M. Scherzer  11.28

R. Halladay  7.33

H. Alvarez  3.53

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

Rangers Batters (5.09 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (4.02 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 18.Iwakuma
G/S/vB		 58.Capps
G/S/vB		 41.Furbush*
G/S/vB		 23.Kelley
G/S/vB		 53.Kinney
G/S/vB		 44.Luetge*
G/S/vB		 36.Perez*
G/S/vB		 46.Pryor
G/S/vB		 50.Ramirez
G/S/vB		 54.Wilhelmsen
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP 6/.500 1/.000 5/.400 4/.500 4/1.250 ··· ··· 1/4.000 2/.000 3/.000 652/478 .289/.351/.386/.736 .693/.752 .749 99/.623 20/9 3/15
29.Beltre G/S/vP 8/.750 ··· 3/3.500 4/1.250 ··· 2/.500 15/.967 ··· 2/1.000 4/1.250 604/451 .316/.354/.560/.914 .733/.976 .861 92/1.111 1/0 34/8
17.Cruz G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· 6/2.467 7/1.429 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 4/.750 589/444 .259/.323/.453/.776 1.005/.703 .701 91/.702 8/4 22/2
23.Gentry G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 252/142 .304/.368/.384/.752 .882/.655 .763 26/.511 12/6 1/0
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 7/1.429 ··· 9/.583 5/.900 1/no AB 4/.750 3/2.334 ··· 3/1.666 4/1.750 592/415 .287/.358/.588/.947 .867/.981 .948 86/1.067 7/3 42/5
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 8/2.583 1/.000 8/1.089 3/.333 5/.600 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 3/1.000 4/1.000 672/506 .264/.331/.436/.767 .998/.692 .635 103/.733 21/9 18/17
27.Martin* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 51/43 .178/.240/.378/.618 .500/.640 .243 8/.411 3/0 0/0
15.Martinez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 19/17 .111/.158/.111/.269 .000/.301 .167 10/.400 0/0 0/0
18.Moreland* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 5/.800 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/no AB 1/.000 5/.650 329/282 .277/.324/.483/.807 .804/.808 .669 75/.619 1/1 15/3
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 6/.833 ··· 2/.500 4/.500 2/.000 1/.000 5/.200 1/.000 1/.000 4/.500 477/399 .308/.385/.481/.866 .867/.866 .778 94/.775 9/5 13/1
25.Napoli G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.833 5/2.200 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 2/no AB 3/.666 374/252 .230/.350/.450/.801 .634/.883 .839 15/1.533 1/0 19/7
9.Olt G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 39/20 .156/.256/.188/.444 .387/.500 .398 10/.200 1/1 0/3
2.Profar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 14/10 .214/.214/.571/.786 .000/1.100 1.100 14/.786 0/0 1/0
21.Snyder G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 69/23 .277/.309/.446/.755 .916/.418 .853 1/.000 0/0 3/0
8.Soto G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/2.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· 335/247 .204/.279/.351/.630 .689/.610 .647 72/.578 1/0 10/8
10.Young G/S/vP 8/.661 ··· 5/.400 7/.629 1/.000 1/2.000 6/1.500 1/no AB 2/1.000 6/.000 599/441 .277/.309/.367/.676 .769/.643 .715 89/.801 2/2 7/5
IP 106.1 18.1 45.0 42.0 28.2 40.1 28.1 19.1 46.2 73.2 TOTAL .275/.336/.448/.784 .798/.780 .746 .768 88/41 185/78
ERA-K/9 3.39/7.4 3.93/10.3 2.40/10.4 3.21/8.8 4.08/10.0 3.57/8.5 1.91/7.6 2.79/11.7 3.28/7.5 2.32/9.6 3.77/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martinez (6-0-0)
 Napoli (41-9-8)
 Snyder (0-0-0)
 Soto (62-19-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 441/.243 82/.292 172/.167 180/.256 121/.190 175/.240 117/.238 85/.236 187/.215 302/.196 .246  Cruz
 Gentry
 Hamilton
 Murphy
 Martin
 Snyder
 Olt
 Moreland
6/0/138/8
0/108/3/6
81/86/2/5
108/2/17/4
4/14/0/1
5/0/5/0
0/0/2/0
0/0/3/0
OPS .727 .719 .503 .688 .658 .660 .626 .821 .601 .561 .698
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 222/.708 40/.817 82/.399 57/.761 44/.706 95/.464 59/.679 35/.690 92/.678 154/.623 .699
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 219/.746 42/.623 90/.597 123/.653 77/.630 80/.895 58/.570 50/.915 95/.525 148/.496 .697
Home 252/.650 47/.754 82/.551 81/.489 58/.444 88/.592 59/.518 47/.759 106/.438 149/.525
Last 28d days 93/.683 57/.766 20/.813 29/.410 48/.666 40/1.069 29/.570 32/.895 60/.411 51/.313
HR/SB/CS 16/7/6 0/7/1 3/10/3 4/2/0 3/4/0 2/3/0 1/0/0 4/2/0 4/2/0 4/11/1 155/117/36
Usage ······X· ···Xo··X ··o··o·· ··XX·Xo· ·XX··oo· ··X··oo· ··oX··o· ··XX··X· ··X····· ·XX··X··
Mariners Batters (3.76 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.28 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Perez*
G/S/vB		 37.Adams
G/S/vB		 11.Darvish
G/S/vB		 53.Font
G/S/vB		 51.Grimm
G/S/vB		 50.Kirkman*
G/S/vB		 57.Lowe
G/S/vB		 36.Nathan
G/S/vB		 41.Ogando
G/S/vB		 28.Ross*
G/S/vB		 52.Scheppers
G/S/vB		 22.Tateyama
G/S/vB		 19.Uehara
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Ackley* G/S/vP 3/.000 7/.929 14/.729 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 2/1.000 4/1.000 2/1.000 1/no AB 3/.333 2/.000 627/407 .232/.300/.339/.640 .684/.616 .594 104/.643 13/3 12/6
20.Carp* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.000 5/.200 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 187/143 .216/.316/.346/.661 .722/.641 .710 23/.634 1/0 5/2
9.Figgins# G/S/vP ··· 7/.666 4/.250 ··· ··· 1/.000 12/.533 7/.143 7/.286 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 191/123 .183/.261/.274/.535 .499/.556 .453 10/.425 4/1 2/1
21.Gutierrez G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 2/1.000 4/1.250 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 131/73 .256/.308/.405/.713 1.122/.375 .609 82/.686 3/1 4/1
27.Jaso* G/S/vP 2/.500 4/.500 9/1.158 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 5/.800 5/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.250 329/282 .277/.396/.457/.853 .423/.923 .900 61/.694 4/0 9/0
39.Jimenez* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 11/8 .100/.182/.100/.282 .000/.393 .533 11/.282 0/0 0/
61.Kawasaki* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/.650 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 112/92 .196/.255/.206/.460 .255/.507 .307 8/.250 1/2 0/0
16.Liddi G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/.333 121/59 .234/.289/.369/.659 .555/.768 .573 7/.714 2/1 3/4
63.Montero G/S/vP ··· 3/1.167 5/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.333 3/.000 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· 2/3.000 ··· 513/340 .261/.298/.392/.691 .851/.610 .593 81/.583 0/2 15/3
30.Olivo G/S/vP 1/.000 10/.900 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.500 8/.000 11/.404 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 4/.500 299/167 .206/.225/.354/.579 .649/.524 .593 52/.458 3/4 11/4
4.Peguero* G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 57/43 .179/.193/.357/.550 .000/.732 .414 15/.800 0/0 2/0
12.Robinson# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 139/88 .218/.292/.315/.606 .506/.664 .649 64/.502 6/3 2/1
26.Ryan G/S/vP 3/.333 7/.143 8/.542 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 4/.500 3/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 3/.000 443/277 .191/.278/.267/.545 .642/.484 .561 69/.393 11/5 2/8
55.Saunders* G/S/vP 2/.000 4/.500 13/.508 ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 4/1.250 8/.125 3/1.334 ··· 3/2.000 4/.000 510/337 .247/.305/.424/.729 .764/.710 .659 52/.868 20/4 16/3
15.Seager* G/S/vP 2/.000 4/.750 12/1.100 ··· ··· 3/1.000 3/1.000 3/1.667 6/.833 3/.000 ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 598/387 .258/.317/.420/.737 .694/.761 .617 102/.875 13/5 18/12
17.Smoak# G/S/vP 1/no AB 2/.000 9/.347 ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.000 5/.800 11/.819 3/.333 1/5.000 2/2.500 2/5.000 484/318 .202/.269/.333/.602 .601/.603 .489 75/.744 1/0 16/3
10.Thames* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 6/.334 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 10/.200 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 283/226 .235/.277/.394/.671 .627/.681 .872 53/.538 1/1 8/3
8.Triunfel G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/4 .200/.333/.400/.733 1.000/.333 .250 7/.733 0/0 0/0
33.Wells G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 4/.833 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 273/139 .221/.287/.373/.660 .794/.536 .568 27/.551 3/0 8/0
IP 29.1 49.2 184.2 1.0 11.0 32.1 38.2 59.1 59.1 61.2 30.0 14.2 29.1 TOTAL .232/.294/.363/.657 .667/.651 .608 .638 101/33 134/62
ERA-K/9 3.38/5.5 2.90/7.4 3.90/10.4 0.00/0.0 10.64/9.0 4.18/9.2 3.26/6.3 2.73/10.8 3.03/9.0 1.75/6.4 4.50/8.7 10.43/8.6 2.15/9.5 3.92/7.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Jaso (23-7-3)
 Montero (50-10-6)
 Olivo (44-19-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 129/.254 213/.262 787/.216 4/.000 53/.367 141/.195 158/.232 236/.235 234/.206 248/.222 138/.331 69/.286 109/.183 .247  Wells
 Saunders
 Figgins
 Carp
 Thames
 Gutierrez
 Robinson
 Liddi
 Peguero
52/11/14/4
16/107/5/4
37/9/1/2
24/0/0/1
44/0/33/1
0/30/0/1
39/0/0/0
7/0/0/0
2/0/11/0
OPS .697 .662 .651 .250 .968 .649 .671 .635 .611 .603 .894 .903 .540 .706
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 43/.596 112/.707 452/.681 1/ 27/.930 56/.765 72/.699 141/.623 99/.660 109/.600 54/.894 31/1.375 59/.624 .706
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 86/.745 101/.613 335/.612 3/.000 26/1.006 85/.575 86/.641 95/.652 135/.573 139/.606 84/.895 38/.560 50/.439 .706
Road 25/.925 106/.717 423/.631 4/.250 18/.667 42/.817 62/.638 104/.539 117/.556 119/.634 48/.714 29/.879 49/.765
Last 28d days 38/.672 37/.675 133/.368 4/.250 4/.500 26/1.010 22/1.379 41/.718 28/.646 12/.667 23/.785 7/.452 30/.599
HR/SB/CS 3/1/1 1/11/1 13/22/4 0/0/0 1/2/1 5/1/0 4/0/1 7/3/0 7/4/0 3/1/1 6/6/0 4/1/0 4/1/0 155/102/23
Usage ·····X·o ·o······ X·····X· ··X····· ··o····· ······X· ··X····· oo·····X ·····X·o ··X····· ··o··X·o ··X····· ····o·oo

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.