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Game Preview: SEA @ TEX, 8:05pm, Monday, April 9, 2012 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Mariners, 3-1, 3-1 1st, ½ up

SP: Hector Noesi (25, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (2-2)			56.1	63	29	28	22	45	6	4.47

Last 7 GS		0-1	4.2	9	5	5	3	3	1	9.64	38
2011-09-26	@TBR	L	2.0	5	3	3	2	1	0	59	33
2011-09-21	TBR	ND	2.2	4	2	2	1	2	1	55	43

Has never faced TEX as starter.

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

 Home:    0-0    Road:    3-1    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   3-1    vsLHP:   0-0    1-Run:   1-0 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  3-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  4 Sat, Apr  7  @OAK  W   8-7        3-1   1st  1.0 up
  3 Fri, Apr  6  @OAK  W   7-3        2-1   1st    Tied
  2 Thu, Mar 29  @OAK  L   1-4        1-1   1st    Tied
  1 Wed, Mar 28  @OAK  W   3-1 (11)   1-0   1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 3-1    Last 20: 3-1    Last 30: 3-1

Rangers, 2-1, 2-1 2nd, ½ GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: (2012, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc

Last 7 GS

Has never faced SEA as starter.

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

 Home:    2-1    Road:    0-0    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   1-1    vsLHP:   1-0    1-Run:   1-1 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 2-1    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  3 Sun, Apr  8   CHW  W   5-0        2-1   2nd  0.5 gb
  2 Sat, Apr  7   CHW  L   3-4        1-1   2nd  1.0 gb
  1 Fri, Apr  6   CHW  W   3-2        1-0   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 2-1    Last 20: 2-1    Last 30: 2-1

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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
Wed, Aug 10, 2011 SEA  4 @TEX  3        W:Jason Vargas (7-10), L: Koji Uehara (1-2), S: Brandon League (27)
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)
Season Series: 2012 -  0-0; 2011 - TEX won 15-4; 2010 - TEX won 12-7; All-Time - TEX leads 264-258

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

For the 2011 season

Stat Best Middle Worst	RS/G BOS 5.40 CLE 4.35 SEA 3.43	RA/G PHI 3.27 FLA 4.33 BAL 5.31	BA M. Cabrera .344 A. Ramirez .269 V. Wells .218	OBP M. Cabrera .448 J. Bruce .341 V. Wells .248	SLG J. Bautista .608 C. Lee .446 J. Bartlett .307	OPS J. Bautista 1.056 Y. Escobar .782 A. Rios .613	ERA C. Kershaw 2.28 R. Wolf 3.69 B. Penny 5.30	K/9IP Z. Greinke 10.54 G. Floyd 7.02 B. Penny 3.67

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

BOS 5.40

CLE 4.35

SEA 3.43

RA/G

PHI 3.27

FLA 4.33

BAL 5.31

M. Cabrera .344

A. Ramirez .269

V. Wells .218

OBP

M. Cabrera .448

J. Bruce .341

V. Wells .248

SLG

J. Bautista .608

C. Lee .446

J. Bartlett .307

OPS

J. Bautista 1.056

Y. Escobar .782

A. Rios .613

ERA

C. Kershaw 2.28

R. Wolf 3.69

B. Penny 5.30

K/9IP

Z. Greinke 10.54

G. Floyd 7.02

B. Penny 3.67

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2012 season. Player Stats for the 2011 season. We will switch to 2012 stats on May 1st.

Mariners Batters (4.75 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (2.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 37.Adams
G/S/vB 39.Feldman
G/S/vB 30.Feliz
G/S/vB 54.Harrison*
G/S/vB 57.Lowe
G/S/vB 36.Nathan
G/S/vB 41.Ogando
G/S/vB 19.Uehara
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Ackley* G/S/vP 3/.333 2/1.500 2/.500 12/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· 376/282 .273/.348/.417/.766 .652/.804 .797 19/.789 6/0 6/6

9.Figgins# G/S/vP 4/.666 41/.594 3/.333 15/.619 11/.586 6/.167 6/.334 3/.000 313/212 .188/.241/.243/.484 .446/.508 .468 19/1.000 11/6 1/11

27.Jaso* G/S/vP 3/.666 2/1.000 1/no AB 3/1.167 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 4/.250 273/235 .224/.298/.354/.651 .574/.662 .646 / 1/2 5/4

61.Kawasaki* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 4/.500 / /

16.Liddi G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 2/.000 5/.933 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 44/27 .225/.295/.525/.820 1.529/.417 1.015 / 1/0 3/1

63.Montero G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 69/42 .328/.406/.590/.996 1.181/.877 .502 16/.388 0/0 4/0

30.Olivo G/S/vP 9/.666 5/.000 2/.000 15/.000 3/.666 8/.000 8/.583 3/.666 507/373 .224/.253/.388/.641 .643/.640 .644 16/.250 6/5 19/11

26.Ryan G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 2/.000 2/.000 494/370 .248/.313/.326/.639 .708/.616 .700 11/.864 13/3 3/15

55.Saunders* G/S/vP 2/.000 8/.821 3/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 5/.000 2/.000 179/118 .149/.207/.217/.424 .330/.474 .413 15/1.015 6/2 2/0

15.Seager* G/S/vP 1/.000 2/2.000 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 201/158 .258/.312/.379/.691 .570/.719 .828 12/.780 3/1 3/6

17.Smoak# G/S/vP ··· 4/1.750 3/.333 5/.400 3/.000 ··· 7/.715 1/no AB 489/345 .234/.323/.396/.719 .720/.716 .674 18/.461 0/0 15/7

51.Suzuki* G/S/vP 7/.572 33/.704 4/.000 34/.565 3/.666 11/.546 9/.222 4/1.750 721/515 .272/.310/.335/.645 .648/.644 .658 19/.839 40/7 5/4

33.Wells G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 6/.833 1/3.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 241/131 .237/.317/.442/.759 .838/.693 .765 0/ 3/2 11/2

IP 73.2 32.0 62.1 185.2 45.0 44.2 169.0 65.0 TOTAL .266/.291/.385/.676 .864/.645 .676 .676 5/3 3/2

ERA-K/9

1.47/9.0

3.94/6.2

2.74/7.8

3.39/6.1

3.80/8.4

4.84/8.7

3.51/6.7

2.35/11.8

2.00/8.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Jaso (50-10-4)
Montero (4-1-0)
Olivo (79-31-11)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 277/.169 129/.216 252/.194 772/.257 196/.263 191/.222 693/.234 243/.164 .192 Wells
Suzuki
Saunders
Figgins 21/9/58/7
0/0/151/7
12/46/0/1
2/0/0/0

OPS .496 .614 .598 .685 .768 .705 .649 .535 .555

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 159/.538 64/.391 140/.561 225/.729 88/.802 97/.620 412/.709 124/.472 .538

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 118/.439 65/.837 112/.644 547/.667 108/.739 94/.791 281/.560 119/.597 .563

Home 142/.447 72/.494 151/.634 389/.716 112/.752 105/.601 386/.694 127/.564

Last 28d days 8/.500 / / 24/.568 4/.500 7/.714 6/.000 4/.500

HR/SB/CS 5/9/0 3/3/4 4/1/3 13/3/3 6/1/3 7/8/0 16/2/3 11/0/0 2/1/1

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2012 season. Player Stats for the 2011 season. We will switch to 2012 stats on May 1st.

Rangers Batters (3.67 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (3.75 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 45.Noesi
G/S/vB 49.Beavan
G/S/vB 35.Delabar
G/S/vB 43.League
G/S/vB 44.Luetge*
G/S/vB 25.Millwood
G/S/vB 52.Sherrill*
G/S/vB 54.Wilhelmsen
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Andrus G/S/vP 1/3.000 6/.334 1/3.000 5/.650 ··· 3/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 665/503 .279/.347/.361/.708 .714/.706 .674 13/.167 37/12 5/25

29.Beltre G/S/vP 1/.000 6/.733 1/.000 9/.444 ··· 76/.695 3/1.000 ··· 525/397 .296/.331/.561/.892 1.075/.836 1.078 12/.621 1/1 32/11

17.Cruz G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 1/.000 8/.875 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 513/402 .263/.312/.509/.821 1.096/.747 .953 11/.282 9/5 29/6

23.Gentry G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 153/74 .271/.347/.346/.693 .735/.648 .862 0/ 18/0 1/2

14.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 267/189 .215/.256/.283/.539 .655/.493 .534 / 1/2 1/4

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 1/no AB 6/.500 1/no AB 5/.933 ··· 6/1.917 5/.400 2/.500 538/383 .298/.346/.536/.882 .825/.904 .912 12/1.144 8/1 25/5

5.Kinsler G/S/vP 1/.000 7/.453 2/1.000 12/.533 ··· ··· 4/1.750 1/2.000 723/534 .255/.355/.477/.832 .880/.815 .933 13/1.371 30/4 32/11

18.Moreland* G/S/vP ··· 6/.834 ··· 6/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 3/1.167 512/390 .259/.320/.414/.733 .577/.783 .741 7/.286 2/2 16/5

7.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· 6/.334 ··· 10/.200 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 440/322 .275/.328/.401/.729 .507/.809 .783 10/1.711 11/6 11/4

25.Napoli G/S/vP ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 17/1.225 3/1.000 1/2.000 432/297 .320/.414/.631/1.046 1.049/1.044 1.011 7/.286 4/2 30/3

21.Snyder G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 17/6 .231/.412/.308/.719 .764/.500 .719 / 0/0 0/1

8.Torrealba G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/5.000 7/.453 ··· 6/.666 2/1.000 3/.666 419/294 .273/.306/.399/.705 .612/.744 .827 6/.000 0/2 7/9

10.Young G/S/vP 1/.000 6/.000 1/.000 9/.730 ··· 10/1.067 7/1.000 2/.000 689/520 .338/.380/.474/.854 .902/.838 .931 12/.500 6/2 11/8

IP 56.1 97.0 7.0 61.1 54.1 36.0 32.2 TOTAL .234/.275/.415/.689 .592/.755 .689 .689 0/1 4/2

ERA-K/9

4.47/7.2

4.27/3.9

2.57/9.0

2.79/6.6

/0.0

3.98/6.0

3.00/9.5

3.31/8.3

3.65/7.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Napoli (21-12-1)
Torrealba (56-27-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 247/.286 405/.278 28/.217 250/.239 / 222/.274 149/.248 136/.210 .221 Cruz
Murphy
Hamilton
Moreland
Gentry 18/0/109/6
78/13/32/5
85/35/0/5
0/0/34/0
2/55/7/0

OPS .785 .766 .792 .601 .748 .659 .580 .642

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 117/.806 215/.862 12/.667 128/.658 / 85/.823 81/.608 66/.508 .600

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 130/.766 190/.654 16/.846 122/.543 / 137/.701 68/.722 70/.651 .702

Road 120/.887 161/.724 12/1.278 119/.752 / 123/.567 69/.692 50/.537

Last 28d days / / 12/.833 11/.364 1/.000 / 3/3.000 15/.400

HR/SB/CS 6/6/3 13/6/3 1/0/2 3/5/1 // 9/1/3 3/0/2 2/3/1 6/2/2

Usage ·oX····· ·Xo····· ·o······ ········ ·oX·····

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.