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Game Preview: TEX @ SEA, 10:10pm, Thursday, April 11, 2013 @Safeco Field

Rangers, 6-3, 6-3 2nd, 1 GB, 1½ up in WC

SP: Justin Grimm (24, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (1-1) 14.0 22 14 14 3 13 1 9.00
Last 7 GS 1-1 7.0 14 9 9 1 7 1 11.57 34
2012-06-25 DET L 1.0 8 6 6 1 0 0 52 12
2012-06-16 HOU W 6.0 6 3 3 0 7 1 88 55
Has never faced SEA as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    4-2    Road:    2-1    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   5-2    vsLHP:   1-1    1-Run:   2-0 
 vsEast:  2-1    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  4-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  9 Wed, Apr 10   TBR  L   0-2        6-3   2nd  1.0 gb
  8 Tue, Apr  9   TBR  W   6-1        6-2   1st    Tied
  7 Mon, Apr  8   TBR  W   5-4        5-2   1st    Tied
  6 Sun, Apr  7   LAA  W   7-3        4-2   2nd  0.5 gb
  5 Sat, Apr  6   LAA  L   4-8        3-2   2nd  0.5 gb
  4 Fri, Apr  5   LAA  W   3-2        3-1   1st  0.5 up
  3 Wed, Apr  3  @HOU  W   4-0        2-1   1st    Tied
  2 Tue, Apr  2  @HOU  W   7-0        1-1   3rd  1.0 gb
  1 Sun, Mar 31  @HOU  L   2-8        0-1   5th  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-3    Last 20: 6-3    Last 30: 6-3
Mariners, 4-6, 4-6 3rd, 3½ GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Felix Hernandez (27, RHP, 1-1, 2.57)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (1-1) 14.0 9 4 4 3 11 1 2.57
2012 (13-9) 232.0 209 84 79 56 223 14 3.06
2011 (14-14) 233.2 218 99 90 67 222 19 3.47
Last 7 GS 1-4 42.0 53 27 26 11 43 4 5.57 46
2013-04-06 @CHW L 6.1 6 4 4 2 3 1 108 46
2013-04-01 @OAK W 7.2 3 0 0 1 8 0 109 80
2012-10-01 LAA L 5.1 12 7 7 3 7 0 98 20
2012-09-26 @LAA ND 6.0 5 2 2 2 9 0 103 61
2012-09-19 BAL ND 8.0 6 1 1 1 8 0 103 73
2012-09-13 @TOR L 4.0 10 7 7 1 4 2 90 17
2012-09-07 OAK L 4.2 11 6 5 1 4 1 96 23
Last 5 v.TEX 2-3 35.0 39 15 13 5 32 4 3.34 56
2012-07-14 TEX W 9.0 3 0 0 0 12 0 107 93
2012-05-21 TEX W 8.0 6 1 1 2 7 1 111 71
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
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    1-2    Road:    3-4    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:   2-3    vsLHP:   2-3    1-Run:   1-2 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 1-2    vsWest:  3-4  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 10 Wed, Apr 10   HOU  L   3-8        4-6   3rd  3.5 gb
  9 Tue, Apr  9   HOU  L   9-16       4-5   3rd  2.5 gb
  8 Mon, Apr  8   HOU  W   3-0        4-4   3rd  1.5 gb
  7 Sun, Apr  7  @CHW  L   3-4 (10)   3-4   3rd  2.0 gb
  6 Sat, Apr  6  @CHW  L   3-4        3-3   3rd  1.0 gb
  5 Fri, Apr  5  @CHW  W   8-7 (10)   3-2   2nd  0.5 gb
  4 Thu, Apr  4  @OAK  L   2-8        2-2   2nd  0.5 gb
  3 Wed, Apr  3  @OAK  L   2-6        2-1   1st    Tied
  2 Tue, Apr  2  @OAK  W   7-1        2-0   1st  0.5 up
  1 Mon, Apr  1  @OAK  W   2-0        1-0   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 4-6    Last 30: 4-6 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Sep 23, 2012 TEX  3 @SEA  2        W:Ryan Dempster (12-7), L: Jason Vargas (14-11), S: Joe Nathan (35)
Sat, Sep 22, 2012 SEA  1  TEX  0        W:Blake Beavan (10-10), L: Matt Harrison (17-10), S: Tom Wilhelmsen (29)
Fri, Sep 21, 2012 SEA  6  TEX  3        W:Hisashi Iwakuma (7-5), L: Martin Perez (1-2), S: Tom Wilhelmsen (28)
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)
Season Series: 2013 -  0-0; 2012 - TEX won 10-9; 2011 - TEX won 15-4; All-Time - TEX leads 274-267

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 2013 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 2012 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

TEX  4.99

MIN  4.33

HOU  3.60

 RA/G

TBR  3.56

LAA  4.31

COL  5.49

 BA

B. Posey  .336

A. Rodriguez  .272

C. Pena  .197

 OBP

J. Mauer  .416

A. Jones  .334

D. Stubbs  .277

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .606

H. Ramirez  .437

J. Weeks  .304

 OPS

M. Cabrera  .999

A. Pagan  .778

J. Weeks  .609

 ERA

C. Kershaw  2.53

T. Cahill  3.78

R. Romero  5.77

 K/9IP

M. Scherzer  11.08

U. Jimenez  7.28

H. Alvarez  3.80

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2013 season. Player Stats for the 2012 season. We will switch to 2013 stats on May 1st.

Rangers Batters (4.22 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (5.40 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 34.Hernandez
G/S/vB		 58.Capps
G/S/vB		 41.Furbush*
G/S/vB		 31.Loe
G/S/vB		 37.Maurer
G/S/vB		 59.Perez*
G/S/vB		 46.Pryor
G/S/vB		 54.Wilhelmsen
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP 56/.737 2/.000 5/.400 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/3.000 3/.000 711/522 .286/.349/.378/.727 .687/.742 .736 40/.686 21/10 3/16
15.Baker G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 9/.476 ··· ··· 201/64 .239/.279/.378/.656 .665/.637 .643 4/.500 4/1 4/3
29.Beltre G/S/vP 16/.650 1/.000 3/3.500 17/.769 ··· 15/.967 ··· 5/1.000 654/485 .321/.359/.561/.921 .737/.985 .849 37/.586 1/0 36/8
27.Berkman# G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 9/.222 ··· ··· 97/77 .259/.381/.444/.826 .712/.856 .907 32/1.354 2/0 2/4
17.Cruz G/S/vP 53/.723 1/.000 6/2.467 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 6/.833 642/483 .260/.319/.460/.779 .944/.727 .689 37/.905 8/4 24/4
3.Garcia# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 1/.000 / /
23.Gentry G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 269/154 .304/.367/.392/.759 .859/.686 .781 15/.896 13/7 1/0
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 77/.738 1/.000 8/1.089 1/2.000 ··· 3/.333 2/.000 4/1.000 731/550 .256/.326/.423/.749 .988/.671 .611 41/.933 21/9 19/18
2.Martin* G/S/vP 5/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 52/44 .174/.235/.370/.605 .500/.624 .243 20/.476 3/0 0/0
18.Moreland* G/S/vP 20/.800 1/.000 5/.800 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB 6/.533 357/306 .275/.321/.468/.789 .737/.798 .675 34/.642 1/1 15/3
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 67/.788 1/2.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 5/.200 1/.000 6/.334 521/437 .304/.380/.479/.859 .845/.862 .803 37/.596 10/5 15/1
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 33/.493 ··· 3/.000 11/.182 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 520/399 .278/.326/.501/.827 .673/.874 .708 29/.863 0/0 27/6
8.Soto G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.900 ··· 4/2.000 1/3.000 1/.000 361/264 .198/.270/.343/.613 .677/.589 .647 7/.500 1/0 11/8
IP 232.0 25.0 46.1 68.1 29.2 23.0 79.1 TOTAL .267/.340/.439/.780 .675/.816 .706 .780 5/2 10/4
ERA-K/9 3.06/8.7 3.96/10.1 2.72/10.3 4.61/7.2 /0.0 2.12/7.3 3.91/10.6 2.50/9.9 5.40/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pierzynski (76-27-8)
 Soto (65-21-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 939/.241 109/.260 182/.174 303/.284 / 123/.243 104/.253 326/.202 .270  Cruz
 Gentry
 Murphy
 Martin
 Baker
 Moreland
6/0/151/9
0/114/3/7
120/2/17/4
4/14/0/1
5/0/26/0
0/0/3/0
OPS .629 .667 .529 .786 .628 .849 .578 .819
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 551/.643 51/.798 84/.404 127/.843 / 62/.679 42/.750 164/.637 .750
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 388/.608 58/.552 98/.637 176/.745 / 61/.575 62/.921 162/.519 .869
Home 518/.583 62/.670 82/.551 152/.795 / 59/.518 53/.703 161/.523
Last 28d days 54/.562 28/1.024 19/.753 31/1.354 34/1.313 13/.647 13/.154 14/.457
HR/SB/CS 14/17/7 0/8/1 3/10/3 9/7/2 // 1/0/0 5/2/0 5/12/1 19/5/1
Usage ····X··· X·oo·X·· ·Xo·o··X ·X·o·o·X ·X····X· ·X·o··X· o···oX·· ··o··X··

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2013 season. Player Stats for the 2012 season. We will switch to 2013 stats on May 1st.

Mariners Batters (4.20 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (3.11 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Grimm
G/S/vB		 44.Frasor
G/S/vB		 50.Kirkman*
G/S/vB		 55.Lowe
G/S/vB		 36.Nathan
G/S/vB		 58.Ortiz*
G/S/vB		 46.Ross*
G/S/vB		 52.Scheppers
G/S/vB		 49.Tepesch
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Ackley* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 6/.900 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB ··· 668/435 .226/.294/.328/.622 .675/.593 .579 33/.282 13/3 12/8
3.Andino G/S/vP ··· 6/.000 ··· 7/1.214 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 431/290 .211/.283/.305/.588 .607/.578 .622 15/.429 5/5 7/13
12.Bay G/S/vP ··· 5/.200 ··· 23/.317 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 215/109 .165/.237/.299/.536 .565/.508 .462 17/.853 5/1 8/2
21.Gutierrez G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 ··· 3/.666 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 163/92 .260/.309/.420/.729 1.160/.397 .642 34/.916 3/1 4/1
28.Ibanez* G/S/vP ··· 10/1.433 1/.000 49/.461 8/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 425/360 .240/.308/.453/.761 .492/.812 .895 19/.931 3/0 19/0
63.Montero G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.333 3/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 553/362 .260/.298/.386/.685 .830/.609 .605 30/.267 0/2 15/3
8.Morales# G/S/vP 1/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 6/1.334 10/.700 ··· 3/2.667 1/2.000 ··· 522/446 .273/.320/.467/.787 .761/.791 .806 37/.905 0/1 22/1
38.Morse G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 22/.846 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 430/319 .291/.321/.470/.791 .755/.804 .729 40/1.037 0/1 18/1
26.Ryan G/S/vP ··· 5/.000 ··· 7/.971 5/.400 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 470/293 .194/.277/.278/.555 .637/.503 .575 31/.531 11/5 3/9
55.Saunders* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 1/5.000 3/.667 5/1.400 ··· 4/1.000 ··· ··· 553/361 .247/.306/.432/.738 .774/.718 .675 34/.833 21/4 19/4
15.Seager* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 3/1.000 3/1.667 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 651/418 .259/.316/.423/.738 .658/.783 .632 38/.472 13/5 20/13
7.Shoppach G/S/vP ··· 3/1.667 ··· 3/1.167 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 245/121 .233/.309/.425/.733 .717/.751 .744 11/1.636 1/0 8/10
17.Smoak# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 5/.800 ··· 3/.333 1/5.000 ··· 535/347 .217/.290/.364/.654 .703/.627 .558 37/.427 1/0 19/4
IP 14.0 43.2 35.1 142.2 64.1 65.0 32.1 TOTAL .219/.290/.395/.686 .630/.724 .704 .686 5/1 14/3
ERA-K/9 9.00/8.4 4.12/10.9 3.82/9.7 5.11/3.5 2.80/10.9 /0.0 2.22/6.5 4.45/8.4 /0.0 2.92/8.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Montero (54-11-7)
 Shoppach (32-16-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 65/.367 191/.256 151/.182 640/.311 257/.231 / 265/.232 152/.343 / .211  Saunders
 Morse
 Ibanez
 Bay
 Gutierrez
 Andino
22/113/5/4
67/0/36/3
80/0/13/2
65/0/0/2
0/38/0/1
1/1/0/0
OPS .935 .799 .611 .796 .631 .624 .908 .603
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 34/1.006 82/.915 60/.709 290/.937 151/.617 / 113/.612 60/.949 / .380
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 31/.855 109/.715 91/.549 350/.683 106/.650 / 152/.632 92/.881 / .714
Road 18/.667 93/.810 45/.758 319/.852 108/.538 / 123/.629 48/.714 /
Last 28d days / 10/1.000 8/.929 5/1.400 16/.450 20/.675 12/.432 16/.375 28/.490
HR/SB/CS 1/2/2 6/6/2 5/1/0 10/7/2 7/3/1 // 3/1/1 6/6/0 // 6/2/2
Usage ·o··X··· ··X····o ··X····· ··Xo·o·o ··X·X··· ·o·oo··o o··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.