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Game Preview: TEX @ SEA, 10:10pm, Friday, April 25, 2014 @Safeco Field

Rangers, 14-8, 14-8 1st, Tied

SP: Robbie Ross (25, LHP, 1-1, 2.31)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (1-1) 23.1 21 11 6 8 21 3 2.31
2013 (4-2) 62.1 63 21 21 19 58 4 3.03
2012 (6-0) 65.0 55 21 16 23 47 3 2.22
Last 7 GS 1-1 23.1 21 11 6 8 21 3 2.31 55
2014-04-20 CHW L 5.1 7 7 4 0 8 2 86 40
2014-04-15 SEA W 7.2 5 0 0 0 2 0 90 71
2014-04-09 @BOS ND 5.1 2 1 0 6 4 0 98 60
2014-04-02 PHI ND 5.0 7 3 2 2 7 1 96 48
Last 5 v.SEA 1-0 7.2 5 0 0 0 2 0 0.00 71
2014-04-15 SEA W 7.2 5 0 0 0 2 0 90 71
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    9-4    Road:    5-4    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  10-5    vsLHP:   4-3    1-Run:   7-2 
 vsEast:  2-4    vsCntrl: 2-1    vsWest:  8-2  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 22 Wed, Apr 23  @OAK  W   3-0       14-8   1st  0.5 up
 21 Tue, Apr 22  @OAK  W   5-4       13-8   2nd  0.5 gb
 20 Mon, Apr 21  @OAK  W   4-3       12-8   2nd  1.5 gb
 19 Sun, Apr 20   CHW  L   2-16      11-8   2nd  2.5 gb
 18 Sat, Apr 19   CHW  W   6-3       11-7   2nd  1.5 gb
 17 Fri, Apr 18   CHW  W  12-0       10-7   2nd  1.5 gb
 16 Thu, Apr 17   SEA  W   8-6        9-7   2nd  1.5 gb
 15 Wed, Apr 16   SEA  W   3-2        8-7   2nd  2.0 gb
 14 Tue, Apr 15   SEA  W   5-0        7-7   3rd  3.0 gb
 13 Mon, Apr 14   SEA  L   1-7        6-7   3rd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:14-8
Mariners, 8-13, 8-13 4th, 5½ GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: (2014, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
Last 7 GS
Has never faced TEX as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    3-5    Road:    5-8    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   4-10   vsLHP:   4-3    1-Run:   0-3 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  8-10 IL: 0-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 21 Wed, Apr 23   HOU  W   5-3        8-13  4th  5.5 gb
 20 Tue, Apr 22   HOU  L   2-5        7-13  4th  6.0 gb
 19 Mon, Apr 21   HOU  L   2-7        7-12  4th  6.0 gb
 18 Sun, Apr 20  @MIA  L   2-3        7-11  4th  6.0 gb
 17 Sat, Apr 19  @MIA  L   0-7        7-10  4th  5.0 gb
 16 Fri, Apr 18  @MIA  L   4-8        7-9   4th  4.0 gb
 15 Thu, Apr 17  @TEX  L   6-8        7-8   3rd  3.0 gb
 14 Wed, Apr 16  @TEX  L   2-3        7-7   3rd  2.5 gb
 13 Tue, Apr 15  @TEX  L   0-5        7-6   2nd  2.5 gb
 12 Mon, Apr 14  @TEX  W   7-1        7-5   2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30: 8-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Apr 17, 2014 TEX  8  SEA  6        W:Pedro Figueroa (2-1), L: Joe Beimel (0-1), S: Joakim Soria (2)
Wed, Apr 16, 2014 TEX  3  SEA  2        W:Pedro Figueroa (1-1), L: Fernando Rodney (0-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 15, 2014 TEX  5  SEA  0        W:Robbie Ross (1-0), L: Blake Beavan (0-1), S: none
Mon, Apr 14, 2014 SEA  7 @TEX  1        W:Roenis Elias (1-1), L: Colby Lewis (0-1), S: none

Wed, Aug 28, 2013 TEX 12 @SEA  4        W:Martin Perez (8-3), L: Felix Hernandez (12-8), S: none
Tue, Aug 27, 2013 TEX  4 @SEA  3 (10)   W:Tanner Scheppers (6-2), L: Danny Farquhar (0-2), S: Joe Nathan (38)
Mon, Aug 26, 2013 TEX  8 @SEA  3        W:Travis Blackley (2-1), L: Joe Saunders (10-13), S: none
Sun, Aug 18, 2013 SEA  4 @TEX  3        W:Yoervis Medina (4-3), L: Joe Nathan (3-2), S: Danny Farquhar (7)
Sat, Aug 17, 2013 TEX 15  SEA  3        W:Martin Perez (6-3), L: Felix Hernandez (12-6), S: none
Fri, Aug 16, 2013 SEA  3 @TEX  1        W:Hisashi Iwakuma (11-6), L: Neal Cotts (4-2), S: Danny Farquhar (6)
Season Series: 2014 - TEX over 3-1; 2013 - TEX won 12-7; 2012 - TEX won 10-9; All-Time - TEX leads 289-275

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 2014 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 2013 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

BOS  5.27

NYY  4.01

MIA  3.17

 RA/G

ATL  3.38

NYM  4.22

HOU  5.23

 BA

M. Cabrera  .348

A. Pierzynski  .272

D. Uggla  .179

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .442

C. Crisp  .335

A. Escobar  .259

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .636

J. Loney  .430

A. Hechavarria  .298

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.078

P. Sandoval  .758

A. Escobar  .559

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.83

J. De La Rosa  3.49

E. Volquez  5.71

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.89

Z. Greinke  7.50

J. Guthrie  4.72

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2014 season. Player Stats for the 2013 season. We will switch to 2014 stats on May 1st.

Rangers Batters (4.27 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (3.95 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 97.Beimel*
G/S/vB		 29.Elias*
G/S/vB		 40.Farquhar
G/S/vB		 41.Furbush*
G/S/vB		 52.Leone
G/S/vB		 31.Medina
G/S/vB		 56.Rodney
G/S/vB		 54.Wilhelmsen
G/S/vB		 53.Young
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 3/.666 8/.268 2/.000 7/.733 9/1.167 8/.375 ··· 698/498 .271/.328/.331/.659 .698/.644 .726 95/.679 42/8 4/14
7.Arencibia G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/1.850 4/1.167 ··· 497/354 .194/.227/.365/.592 .588/.594 .454 32/.225 0/2 21/11
61.Chirinos G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 30/16 .179/.233/.286/.519 .445/.583 .808 49/.634 0/0 0/1
15.Choice G/S/vP 1/.000 3/1.167 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 19/10 .278/.316/.333/.649 .583/.700 .750 41/.675 0/0 0/0
17.Choo* G/S/vP 1/.000 3/.333 1/no AB 7/.286 2/.000 1/no AB 15/1.000 7/.629 2/.000 712/491 .285/.423/.462/.885 .612/1.011 .823 88/.932 20/11 21/4
84.Fielder* G/S/vP 14/.857 3/1.000 3/.666 5/.400 2/.000 1/.000 7/.572 6/.750 6/.333 712/451 .279/.362/.457/.819 .819/.819 .797 96/.671 1/1 25/6
6.Kouzmanoff G/S/vP 4/1.750 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/2.333 3/1.000 ··· / /// / 51/1.029 / /
2.Martin* G/S/vP 1/no AB 2/.000 1/2.000 5/.800 2/.000 3/.333 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 508/364 .260/.313/.385/.698 .573/.749 .652 81/.778 36/9 8/5
18.Moreland* G/S/vP 2/no AB ··· 3/.666 10/.944 1/3.000 4/1.250 8/1.125 10/.522 ··· 518/363 .232/.299/.437/.736 .701/.752 .762 62/.732 0/0 23/5
16.Murphy G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 163/123 .255/.319/.530/.849 .950/.818 .722 58/.670 2/0 11/4
51.Rios G/S/vP 1/no AB 3/.000 6/.666 8/1.071 2/2.000 2/1.000 11/.697 8/.542 5/.450 662/502 .278/.324/.432/.756 .889/.714 .816 94/.794 42/7 18/3
3.Sardinas# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 3/1.167 / /
12.Wilson G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· ··· 65/20 .200/.262/.300/.562 .511/.671 .238 44/.732 0/0 1/2
IP 55.2 65.0 68.0 66.2 59.0 TOTAL .271/.345/.401/.747 .791/.728 .682 .747 21/9 14/19
ERA-K/9 /0.0 /0.0 4.20/12.8 3.74/11.1 /0.0 2.91/9.4 3.38/11.1 4.12/6.9 /0.0 3.51/8.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Arencibia (62-21-13)
 Chirinos (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / / 228/.217 280/.199 / 291/.201 290/.211 251/.213 / .231  Martin
 Choo
 Rios
 Choice
 Moreland
6/127/21/14
3/150/0/9
0/1/155/9
2/2/4/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .586 .603 .629 .634 .603 .707
vs LHB (BF-OPS) / / 118/.485 128/.502 / 132/.644 158/.716 125/.743 / .718
vs RHB (BF-OPS) / / 110/.695 152/.688 / 159/.617 132/.538 126/.468 / .697
Home / / 111/.642 124/.678 / 160/.669 187/.634 142/.550 /
Last 28d days 38/.624 92/.720 46/.504 32/.839 43/.628 41/.724 30/.726 44/.821 77/.713
HR/SB/CS // // 2/3/1 5/6/1 // 5/5/3 3/9/2 2/5/0 // 24/13/5
Usage ····o·XX ·····X·· ··X·oX·X ·X··o·o· ··o·X··X ··X···X· ·X···X·· ···XX·oX ·X····X·

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2014 season. Player Stats for the 2013 season. We will switch to 2014 stats on May 1st.

Mariners Batters (3.62 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.32 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 46.Ross*
G/S/vB		 56.Cotts*
G/S/vB		 44.Frasor
G/S/vB		 48.Lewis
G/S/vB		 22.Martinez
G/S/vB		 41.Ogando
G/S/vB		 49.Poreda*
G/S/vB		 28.Soria
G/S/vB		 37.Tolleson
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Ackley* G/S/vP 7/.572 4/.833 5/.400 12/.523 ··· 8/.750 ··· 1/.000 ··· 427/303 .253/.319/.341/.660 .664/.659 .679 76/.643 2/3 4/1
36.Almonte# G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 82/51 .264/.313/.403/.715 .475/.872 .721 94/.581 1/0 2/4
8.Bloomquist G/S/vP 3/.666 3/1.000 3/.666 7/.715 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 150/106 .317/.360/.367/.727 .745/.719 .580 16/.450 0/2 0/1
4.Buck G/S/vP ··· 4/.833 1/.000 5/1.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 ··· 431/323 .222/.288/.365/.652 .617/.664 .621 15/.564 2/1 15/4
22.Cano* G/S/vP 6/.666 6/.733 22/.714 3/.666 ··· 9/.555 ··· 10/.000 1/.000 681/420 .314/.383/.516/.899 .788/.969 .909 90/.687 7/1 27/6
16.Gillespie G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 69/25 .203/.294/.237/.531 .481/.625 .740 / 0/0 0/0
27.Hart G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 2/.500 7/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB / /// / 69/.841 / /
5.Miller* G/S/vP 4/.500 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 335/226 .265/.318/.418/.737 .674/.767 .759 86/.562 5/3 8/8
7.Romero G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 24/.554 / /
55.Saunders* G/S/vP 7/.762 3/.666 3/.333 17/.837 ··· 9/.111 ··· 2/1.000 2/1.500 468/318 .236/.323/.397/.720 .654/.751 .673 38/.502 13/5 12/1
15.Seager* G/S/vP 11/.637 8/1.250 3/.000 12/.872 ··· 8/.804 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 695/440 .260/.338/.426/.764 .690/.808 .690 79/.632 9/3 22/15
17.Smoak# G/S/vP 10/.522 3/.666 3/.000 9/1.667 ··· 14/.929 ··· 2/2.000 1/2.000 521/357 .238/.334/.412/.746 .548/.839 .711 80/.698 0/0 20/5
3.Zunino G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 193/143 .214/.290/.329/.620 .650/.609 .673 64/.758 1/0 5/2
IP 62.1 57.0 49.0 104.1 23.2 0.0 TOTAL .222/.277/.359/.636 .661/.624 .549 .636 5/6 18/13
ERA-K/9 3.03/8.4 1.11/10.3 2.57/8.8 /0.0 /0.0 3.11/6.2 /0.0 3.80/10.6 /0.0 3.77/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (39-16-6)
 Zunino (28-6-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 267/.259 223/.180 200/.203 / / 428/.231 / 101/.212 2/ .255  Saunders
 Gillespie
 Ackley
 Almonte
 Bloomquist
24/78/34/7
6/1/13/2
11/50/0/1
2/15/7/1
7/0/0/0
OPS .684 .499 .598 .678 .624 .705
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 102/.950 109/.565 74/.427 / / 237/.620 / 50/.316 / .708
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 165/.523 114/.436 126/.699 / / 191/.753 / 51/.943 2/ .703
Road 123/.767 99/.442 100/.674 / / 293/.654 / 43/.618 2/
Last 28d days 100/.688 33/.726 26/.451 46/.802 48/.840 45/.583 6/1.100 35/.450 38/.775
HR/SB/CS 4/1/0 2/3/1 4/7/1 // // 11/3/2 // 2/5/0 0/0/0 17/11/5
Usage ····X··· ···o·o·· ···o·o·X ·····X·· ··X····· ··oo·X·o ··o··o·· ··oX·o·o ··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.