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Game Preview: TEX @ SEA, 10:10pm, Friday, May 24, 2013 @Safeco Field

Rangers, 30-17, 30-17 1st, 5½ up

SP: Justin Grimm (24, RHP, 3-3, 4.02)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (3-3) 40.1 44 19 18 14 36 5 4.02
2012 (1-1) 14.0 22 14 14 3 13 1 9.00
Last 7 GS 3-3 40.1 44 19 18 14 36 5 4.02 50
2013-05-18 DET W 6.2 7 2 2 1 2 0 105 53
2013-05-13 @OAK L 5.0 7 5 5 2 3 2 90 34
2013-05-07 @MIL L 5.0 8 5 5 3 7 1 99 35
2013-05-02 CHW L 6.2 6 3 3 4 9 1 105 55
2013-04-26 @MIN W 7.0 5 0 0 0 4 0 94 71
2013-04-21 SEA W 6.0 6 2 1 1 9 0 96 62
2013-04-11 @SEA ND 4.0 5 2 2 3 2 1 92 43
Last 5 v.SEA 1-0 10.0 11 4 3 4 11 1 2.70 53
2013-04-21 SEA W 6.0 6 2 1 1 9 0 96 62
2013-04-11 @SEA ND 4.0 5 2 2 3 2 1 92 43
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   15-7    Road:   15-10   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  19-12   vsLHP:  11-5    1-Run:   9-4 
 vsEast:  5-1    vsCntrl: 6-5    vsWest: 17-8  IL: 2-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 47 Wed, May 22   OAK  W   3-1       30-17  1st  5.5 up
 46 Tue, May 21   OAK  L   0-1       29-17  1st  4.5 up
 45 Mon, May 20   OAK  L   2-9       29-16  1st  5.5 up
 44 Sun, May 19   DET  W  11-8       29-15  1st  6.5 up
 43 Sat, May 18   DET  W   7-2       28-15  1st  6.5 up
 42 Fri, May 17   DET  L   1-2       27-15  1st  6.5 up
 41 Thu, May 16   DET  W  10-4       27-14  1st  7.0 up
 40 Wed, May 15  @OAK  W   6-2       26-14  1st  7.0 up
 39 Tue, May 14  @OAK  W   6-5 (10)  25-14  1st  6.0 up
 38 Mon, May 13  @OAK  L   1-5       24-14  1st  5.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:19-11
Mariners, 20-27, 20-27 3rd, 10 GB, 7½ GB in WC

SP: Joe Saunders (32, LHP, 3-4, 5.64)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (3-4) 52.2 65 34 33 20 22 7 5.64
2012 (9-13) 174.2 195 88 79 39 112 21 4.07
2011 (12-13) 212.0 210 94 87 67 108 29 3.69
Last 7 GS 2-3 42.1 52 30 29 15 14 7 6.17 40
2013-05-18 @CLE ND 5.1 11 4 4 2 2 1 120 30
2013-05-12 OAK W 6.1 5 1 1 3 6 0 104 62
2013-05-05 @TOR L 5.0 9 7 7 2 0 2 82 19
2013-04-29 BAL W 9.0 4 2 2 1 2 1 105 72
2013-04-24 @HOU L 5.0 11 8 8 2 2 2 84 13
2013-04-19 @TEX L 4.2 9 7 7 3 0 1 95 15
2013-04-13 TEX ND 7.0 3 1 0 2 2 0 98 69
Last 5 v.TEX 0-4 24.0 30 22 21 12 10 8 7.88 37
2013-04-19 @TEX L 4.2 9 7 7 3 0 1 95 15
2013-04-13 TEX ND 7.0 3 1 0 2 2 0 98 69
2010-07-23 @TEX L 7.0 7 1 1 1 6 1 126 64
2009-08-07 TEX L 1.2 5 5 5 1 0 2 48 24
2009-06-30 @TEX L 3.2 6 8 8 5 2 4 100 14
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   11-9    Road:    9-18   ExtrInn: 1-4 
 vsRHP:  12-20   vsLHP:   8-7    1-Run:   6-8 
 vsEast:  6-3    vsCntrl: 2-8    vsWest: 11-15 IL: 1-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 47 Wed, May 22  @LAA  L   1-7       20-27  3rd 10.0 gb
 46 Tue, May 21  @LAA  L   0-12      20-26  3rd  9.0 gb
 45 Mon, May 20  @CLE  L   8-10(10)  20-25  3rd  9.0 gb
 44 Sun, May 19  @CLE  L   0-6       20-24  3rd  9.0 gb
 43 Sat, May 18  @CLE  L   4-5       20-23  3rd  8.0 gb
 42 Fri, May 17  @CLE  L   3-6 (10)  20-22  3rd  7.0 gb
 41 Thu, May 16  @NYY  W   3-2       20-21  2nd  7.0 gb
 40 Wed, May 15  @NYY  W  12-2       19-21  2nd  7.0 gb
 39 Tue, May 14  @NYY  L   3-4       18-21  3rd  7.0 gb
 38 Sun, May 12   OAK  W   6-1       18-20  3rd  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Apr 21, 2013 TEX 11  SEA  3        W:Justin Grimm (1-0), L: Aaron Harang (0-2), S: Michael Kirkman (1)
Sat, Apr 20, 2013 TEX  5  SEA  0        W:Derek Lowe (1-0), L: Brandon Maurer (1-3), S: none
Fri, Apr 19, 2013 TEX  7  SEA  0        W:Yu Darvish (3-1), L: Joe Saunders (1-2), S: none
Sun, Apr 14, 2013 SEA  4  TEX  3        W:Brandon Maurer (1-2), L: Nick Tepesch (1-1), S: Tom Wilhelmsen (5)
Sat, Apr 13, 2013 TEX  3 @SEA  1        W:Joe Ortiz (2-0), L: Carter Capps (0-1), S: Joe Nathan (4)
Fri, Apr 12, 2013 SEA  3  TEX  1        W:Hisashi Iwakuma (2-0), L: Yu Darvish (2-1), S: Tom Wilhelmsen (4)
Thu, Apr 11, 2013 TEX  4 @SEA  3        W:Joe Ortiz (1-0), L: Felix Hernandez (1-2), S: Joe Nathan (3)

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)
Season Series: 2013 - TEX over 5-2; 2012 - TEX won 10-9; 2011 - TEX won 15-4; All-Time - TEX leads 279-269

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
Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

DET  5.44

KCR  4.27

MIA  2.66

 RA/G

STL  3.46

COL  4.23

HOU  5.83

 BA

M. Cabrera  .391

E. Hosmer  .270

I. Davis  .147

 OBP

J. Votto  .484

T. Plouffe  .333

D. Espinosa  .196

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .701

A. Cabrera  .434

I. Davis  .245

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.168

J. Morneau  .769

J. Keppinger  .460

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.35

J. Quintana  3.48

V. Worley  7.21

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  12.28

P. Maholm  7.05

K. Correia  3.43

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

Rangers Batters (4.62 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (4.45 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 23.Saunders*
G/S/vB		 58.Capps
G/S/vB		 40.Farquhar
G/S/vB		 41.Furbush*
G/S/vB		 44.Luetge*
G/S/vB		 37.Maurer
G/S/vB		 31.Medina
G/S/vB		 59.Perez*
G/S/vB		 54.Wilhelmsen
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP 15/.533 3/.666 ··· 5/.400 ··· 6/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 209/151 .271/.320/.333/.654 .494/.714 .740 105/.703 12/2 0/3
15.Baker G/S/vP 15/1.043 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/.476 ··· 53/14 .326/.415/.630/1.046 1.243/.571 1.006 35/1.045 0/0 4/0
29.Beltre G/S/vP 31/.702 2/1.000 ··· 3/3.500 2/.500 6/.000 1/.000 15/.967 5/1.000 198/148 .281/.328/.503/.831 .862/.821 .790 103/.911 0/0 10/4
27.Berkman# G/S/vP 5/.650 ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.750 1/2.000 9/.222 ··· 169/125 .296/.408/.444/.852 .822/.863 .824 89/.752 0/0 3/
17.Cruz G/S/vP 26/.885 2/.000 ··· 6/2.467 1/.000 6/.500 1/.000 1/.000 7/.715 187/133 .249/.305/.473/.778 1.086/.657 .835 93/.627 2/1 11/1
3.Garcia# G/S/vP 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 38/26 .229/.250/.286/.536 .522/.538 .771 26/.480 1/0 0/1
23.Gentry G/S/vP 5/1.400 1/no AB ··· 3/.666 2/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· 3/.666 89/36 .253/.330/.380/.709 .785/.603 .606 44/.707 6/1 1/0
2.Martin* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 103/90 .284/.333/.432/.765 .692/.776 .584 57/.848 5/2 2/0
18.Moreland* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 7/.762 2/.000 4/1.167 ··· 3/.000 8/.393 174/106 .289/.339/.566/.905 .775/.988 .823 92/1.113 0/0 10/2
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 12/.633 1/2.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 6/.834 ··· 8/.393 6/.334 158/111 .219/.272/.397/.669 .574/.711 .584 69/.796 0/3 6/1
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 16/.563 ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 3/1.666 1/2.000 3/.666 4/.500 107/62 .257/.290/.396/.686 .500/.823 .688 32/.385 0/0 4/0
13.Profar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/5 .200/.167/.200/.367 .000/.450 6/.367 0/1 0/0
8.Soto G/S/vP 8/2.083 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 5/1.467 1/.000 70/48 .217/.319/.367/.686 .282/.883 .497 51/.742 0/0 2/2
IP 52.2 23.0 4.0 18.1 10.0 43.2 13.0 17.0 20.0 TOTAL .268/.330/.443/.773 .735/.791 .737 .785 29/12 60/21
ERA-K/9 5.64/3.8 3.91/11.7 6.75/18.0 4.42/13.3 8.10/8.1 6.80/6.2 3.46/10.4 1.59/12.7 0.45/6.8 4.32/8.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pierzynski (10-2-1)
 Soto (7-3-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 237/.308 93/.258 16/.143 78/.172 47/.381 194/.328 53/.152 70/.183 74/.118 .253  Martin
 Murphy
 Baker
 Cruz
 Gentry
2/31/3/3
45/0/0/1
14/0/1/0
0/0/45/0
0/32/0/0
OPS .870 .773 .393 .614 .999 .955 .460 .617 .307 .738
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 44/.470 33/1.127 7/.286 40/.613 13/.891 105/1.086 21/.616 32/.357 39/.473 .712
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 193/.965 60/.589 9/.476 38/.614 34/1.041 89/.807 32/.360 38/.852 35/.114 .758
Home 108/.464 54/.910 / 34/.782 14/.786 101/.940 25/.290 35/.748 35/.114
Last 28d days 113/.794 39/.626 16/.393 39/.508 26/1.010 85/1.096 32/.429 33/.771 37/.332
HR/SB/CS 7/6/1 5/3/1 0/2/0 3/2/0 2/1/0 8/3/4 0/2/0 2/0/0 0/3/0 59/34/8
Usage ·····X·· ···o··XX ··X··X·· ·X·oX·X· ··X·o·Xo ·X····X· ·o·X·o·X ···o·o·X ·o·X···X
Mariners Batters (3.60 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (3.60 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Grimm
G/S/vB		 56.Cotts*
G/S/vB		 44.Frasor
G/S/vB		 50.Kirkman*
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		 55.Wolf
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Ackley* G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 3/.666 3/1.167 3/.666 ··· 161/125 .218/.277/.265/.542 .542/.542 .520 76/.543 1/0 1/0
3.Andino G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 6/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 85/51 .184/.253/.237/.490 .720/.333 .465 42/.463 0/0 0/2
12.Bay G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 6/.333 4/.500 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 108/54 .228/.333/.402/.736 .882/.571 .951 55/.817 1/0 4/0
9.Chavez* G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.500 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 78/61 .289/.295/.368/.663 .364/.745 .694 31/.645 0/2 1/0
28.Ibanez* G/S/vP 2/.000 7/.286 10/1.433 2/1.000 8/.000 2/.000 3/.333 ··· 4/1.250 ··· 102/83 .229/.275/.531/.806 .819/.803 .822 45/1.211 0/0 8/2
8.Morales# G/S/vP 6/.167 ··· 2/2.000 5/.000 11/.637 3/.333 4/2.750 3/1.167 4/.500 ··· 188/123 .281/.362/.449/.811 .977/.724 .767 87/.855 0/0 5/0
38.Morse G/S/vP 5/.800 ··· 2/.000 1/3.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 171/116 .244/.310/.462/.771 1.002/.663 .815 83/.809 0/0 10/1
26.Ryan G/S/vP 4/1.250 3/1.667 6/.334 3/.000 6/.334 1/.000 3/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 125/84 .191/.262/.236/.499 .683/.409 .265 58/.625 3/1 1/3
55.Saunders* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 1/5.000 5/1.400 ··· 4/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 120/74 .236/.303/.406/.708 .757/.676 .763 86/.662 6/1 4/0
15.Seager* G/S/vP 6/.833 ··· 1/.000 6/1.700 4/1.250 2/1.000 5/.400 2/2.000 4/2.000 ··· 192/125 .275/.344/.468/.812 .704/.870 .738 92/.735 1/3 6/2
7.Shoppach G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 4/1.750 2/.500 4/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 83/61 .229/.333/.386/.719 .599/.756 1.030 39/.566 0/0 2/1
17.Smoak# G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 5/.800 3/.000 6/.533 1/5.000 4/1.167 1/.000 172/122 .240/.355/.349/.704 .399/.833 .685 73/.847 0/0 3/2
IP 40.1 3.0 12.1 18.2 18.0 22.1 21.1 24.0 43.0 5.0 TOTAL .239/.310/.389/.699 .737/.681 .711 .730 14/8 53/19
ERA-K/9 4.02/8.0 0.00/12.0 3.65/9.5 6.27/10.6 2.00/8.5 3.63/6.9 0.42/7.2 0.75/5.6 3.98/6.5 1.80/5.4 3.48/8.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Shoppach (11-7-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 179/.270 10/.100 53/.234 92/.321 74/.185 94/.244 86/.215 91/.160 185/.260 21/.167 .237  Ibanez
 Chavez
 Bay
 Saunders
 Morse
20/0/0/3
7/15/3/2
21/1/7/1
0/23/8/1
8/0/33/0
OPS .749 .300 .791 .849 .547 .687 .532 .500 .721 .516 .681
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 83/.685 4/.000 14/.297 33/.961 37/.519 35/.356 26/.509 35/.653 99/.848 12/.361 .665
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 96/.804 6/.500 39/.977 59/.778 37/.574 59/.883 60/.543 56/.408 86/.574 9/.667 .693
Road 96/.825 / 33/.833 52/.804 43/.681 58/.732 39/.560 44/.450 97/.716 /
Last 28d days 107/.833 10/.300 24/.631 51/.914 37/.470 41/.722 46/.472 42/.434 99/.779 21/.516
HR/SB/CS 5/2/1 0/0/0 3/1/0 1/2/0 1/2/0 2/0/0 0/0/0 2/0/1 5/2/0 0/0/0 42/17/5
Usage ·····X·· ·Xo····· ····o·o· ···Xoo·· ·o··Xo·· ···X··o· ·oo·o·X· ··X·Xo·· ······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.