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Seattle Mariners vs. Texas Rangers, at Safeco Field, August 26, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Start Time:

7:10pt (local), 10:10et

Venue:

Safeco Field

Tickets:

Game Tickets / Tickets for games at Safeco Field

Series:

Game #2 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

72° (based on last ten years)

Rangers

Manager:

Ron Washington

Game #:

131

On This Date:

26-24

Mariners

Manager:

Lloyd McClendon

Game #:

131

On This Date:

14-18

Season Series
Mon, Apr 14, 2014 SEA  7 @TEX  1     
Tue, Apr 15, 2014 TEX  5  SEA  0     
Wed, Apr 16, 2014 TEX  3  SEA  2     
Thu, Apr 17, 2014 TEX  8  SEA  6     
Fri, Apr 25, 2014 SEA  6  TEX  5     
Sat, Apr 26, 2014 TEX  6 @SEA  3     
Sun, Apr 27, 2014 SEA  6  TEX  5     
Tue, May 20, 2014 SEA  6 @TEX  2     
Wed, May 21, 2014 TEX  4  SEA  3     
Fri, Jun 13, 2014 TEX  1 @SEA  0     
Sat, Jun 14, 2014 TEX  4 @SEA  3     
Sun, Jun 15, 2014 SEA  5  TEX  1     
Mon, Aug 25, 2014 TEX  2 @SEA  0     

Tue, Aug 26, 2014 TEX    @SEA 10:10pm
Wed, Aug 27, 2014 TEX    @SEA  3:40pm
Thu, Sep 04, 2014 SEA    @TEX  8:05pm
Fri, Sep 05, 2014 SEA    @TEX  8:05pm
Sat, Sep 06, 2014 SEA    @TEX  8:05pm
Sun, Sep 07, 2014 SEA    @TEX  3:05pm

                         All times ET

Texas Rangers

51-79, 5th, 26 GB, 21 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   24-40   Road:   27-39   ExtrInn: 2-5 
 vsRHP:  36-56   vsLHP:  15-23   1-Run:  17-19
 vsEast: 10-23   vsCntrl:14-16   vsWest: 20-30 IL: 7-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
130 Mon, Aug 25  @SEA  W   2-0       51-79  5th 26.0 gb
129 Sun, Aug 24   KCR  W   3-1       50-79  5th 27.0 gb
128 Sat, Aug 23   KCR  L   3-6       49-79  5th 27.0 gb
127 Fri, Aug 22   KCR  L   3-6       49-78  5th 27.0 gb
126 Wed, Aug 20  @MIA  W   5-4       49-77  5th 26.5 gb
125 Tue, Aug 19  @MIA  L   3-4 (10)  48-77  5th 26.5 gb
124 Sun, Aug 17   LAA  W   3-2       48-76  5th 25.0 gb
123 Sat, Aug 16   LAA  L   4-5       47-76  5th 26.0 gb
122 Fri, Aug 15   LAA  L   4-5       47-75  5th 26.0 gb
121 Thu, Aug 14   TBR  L   3-6       47-74  5th 26.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:11-19

Seattle Mariners

71-59, 3rd, 6 GB, 1 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   34-33   Road:   37-26   ExtrInn: 3-6 
 vsRHP:  44-42   vsLHP:  27-17   1-Run:  14-23
 vsEast: 17-12   vsCntrl:19-14   vsWest: 27-24 IL: 8-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
130 Mon, Aug 25   TEX  L   0-2       71-59  3rd  6.0 gb
129 Sun, Aug 24  @BOS  W   8-6       71-58  3rd  6.0 gb
128 Sat, Aug 23  @BOS  W   7-3       70-58  3rd  6.0 gb
127 Fri, Aug 22  @BOS  W   5-3       69-58  3rd  7.0 gb
126 Wed, Aug 20  @PHI  L   3-4       68-58  3rd  7.5 gb
125 Tue, Aug 19  @PHI  W   5-2       68-57  3rd  6.5 gb
124 Mon, Aug 18  @PHI  L   1-4       67-57  3rd  6.5 gb
123 Sun, Aug 17  @DET  W   8-1       67-56  3rd  5.5 gb
122 Sat, Aug 16  @DET  L   2-4       66-56  3rd  6.5 gb
121 Fri, Aug 15  @DET  W   7-2       66-55  3rd  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Aug 25, 2014 TEX  2 @SEA  0        W:Miles Mikolas (2-5), L: Roenis Elias (9-11), S: Neftali Feliz (7)
Sun, Jun 15, 2014 SEA  5  TEX  1        W:Hisashi Iwakuma (5-3), L: Nick Martinez (1-4), S: none
Sat, Jun 14, 2014 TEX  4 @SEA  3        W:Neal Cotts (2-3), L: Fernando Rodney (1-3), S: Joakim Soria (15)
Fri, Jun 13, 2014 TEX  1 @SEA  0        W:Shawn Tolleson (2-1), L: Felix Hernandez (8-2), S: Joakim Soria (14)
Wed, May 21, 2014 TEX  4  SEA  3        W:Nick Tepesch (1-0), L: Chris Young (3-2), S: Joakim Soria (8)
Tue, May 20, 2014 SEA  6 @TEX  2        W:Hisashi Iwakuma (3-0), L: Colby Lewis (3-3), S: none
Sun, Apr 27, 2014 SEA  6  TEX  5        W:Danny Farquhar (1-0), L: Alexi Ogando (1-2), S: Fernando Rodney (5)
Sat, Apr 26, 2014 TEX  6 @SEA  3        W:Aaron Poreda (1-0), L: Charlie Furbush (0-2), S: Joakim Soria (6)
Fri, Apr 25, 2014 SEA  6  TEX  5        W:Yoervis Medina (1-1), L: Neal Cotts (1-2), S: Fernando Rodney (4)
Thu, Apr 17, 2014 TEX  8  SEA  6        W:Pedro Figueroa (2-1), L: Joe Beimel (0-1), S: Joakim Soria (2)
Season Series: 2014 - TEX over 8-5; 2013 - TEX won 12-7; 2012 - TEX won 10-9; All-Time - TEX leads 294-279

SP: Nick Martinez (23, RHP, 3-9, 5.13)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (3-9)			100.0	116	63	57	43	57	15	5.13

Last 7 GS		2-4	38.0	41	27	25	13	29	6	5.92	45
2014-08-20	@MIA	W	6.0	6	2	2	2	7	0	96	57
2014-08-15	LAA	L	6.0	6	4	4	1	6	1	103	49
2014-08-10	@HOU	W	5.0	5	2	2	2	6	0	102	53
2014-08-04	@CHW	L	5.0	8	5	5	3	4	1	97	32
2014-07-29	NYY	L	5.2	6	6	6	3	2	1	83	32
2014-07-22	@NYY	ND	5.1	3	0	0	1	3	0	67	64
2014-07-01	@BAL	L	5.0	7	8	6	1	1	3	98	25

Last 5 v.SEA		0-1	6.0	9	2	2	1	3	0	3.00	48
2014-06-15	@SEA	L	6.0	9	2	2	1	3	0	97	48

SP: James Paxton (25, LHP, 3-1, 2.20)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (3-1)			32.2	28	11	8	8	29	3	2.20
2013 (3-0)			24.0	15	5	4	7	21	2	1.50

Last 7 GS		4-1	39.2	32	11	8	8	39	3	1.82	60
2014-08-20	@PHI	L	4.0	7	4	1	2	5	0	88	41
2014-08-15	@DET	W	6.0	5	1	1	1	2	0	99	59
2014-08-09	CHW	ND	6.1	6	1	1	0	4	0	77	61
2014-08-02	@BAL	ND	4.1	4	2	2	3	5	1	83	49
2014-04-08	LAA	W	5.0	4	3	3	0	4	2	59	51
2014-04-02	@LAA	W	7.0	2	0	0	2	9	0	99	80
2013-09-24	KCR	W	7.0	4	0	0	0	10	0	97	79

Has never faced TEX as starter.

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Rangers Batters (3.95 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (3.19 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 65.Paxton*
G/S/vB 97.Beimel*
G/S/vB 40.Farquhar
G/S/vB 41.Furbush*
G/S/vB 52.Leone
G/S/vB 37.Maurer
G/S/vB 31.Medina
G/S/vB 56.Rodney
G/S/vB 54.Wilhelmsen
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

35.Adduci* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 104/95 .174/.243/.239/.482 .000/.525 .365 56/.324 3/1 1/0

1.Andrus G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 3/.666 8/.268 3/.000 11/.282 7/.733 12/.958 10/.300 564/416 .269/.323/.338/.661 .796/.615 .668 105/.671 23/13 2/15

7.Arencibia G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 5/1.850 4/1.167 180/126 .177/.239/.366/.605 .819/.515 .716 68/.565 0/0 8/4

29.Beltre G/S/vP ··· 5/2.100 6/1.167 5/2.467 1/.000 12/.833 11/.586 12/.432 7/.714 484/367 .325/.380/.502/.882 .953/.861 .793 95/.883 1/1 17/10

28.Carp* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 1/2.000 139/114 .178/.295/.237/.532 .376/.567 .527 36/.347 0/1 0/2

61.Chirinos G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/2.334 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 285/204 .232/.278/.409/.687 .779/.650 .788 50/.795 0/1 11/2

15.Choice G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· 2/.500 3/.333 219/147 .177/.247/.318/.565 .656/.522 .595 / 1/0 8/2

2.Martin* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 2/1.000 6/.666 3/.000 7/.572 4/.250 3/2.000 2/1.000 461/348 .269/.324/.360/.684 .474/.751 .612 84/.661 22/10 5/6

12.Odor* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 306/218 .247/.282/.367/.650 .600/.670 .742 82/.518 2/5 5/9

51.Rios G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 10/.400 9/.944 2/2.000 4/1.000 6/.833 12/.633 9/.730 490/372 .283/.312/.402/.714 .929/.648 .715 71/.415 16/9 4/6

19.Robertson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 135/61 .289/.358/.355/.714 .858/.538 .737 46/.916 3/4 0/2

9.Rosales G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 72/26 .339/.423/.565/.987 .990/.983 1.079 44/1.135 1/0 3/1

IP 32.2 38.1 56.1 37.1 54.2 59.1 45.1 53.1 69.0 TOTAL .256/.315/.377/.692 .741/.673 .705 .646 78/51 92/89

ERA-K/9

2.20/8.0

1.17/5.2

2.56/10.2

3.86/10.4

2.47/9.5

5.01/6.8

2.18/9.3

2.19/10.5

2.09/8.2

2.95/8.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Arencibia (9-2-2)
Chirinos (39-25-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 131/.228 153/.221 232/.229 159/.262 228/.224 259/.271 190/.204 224/.230 273/.165 .225 Martin
Rios
Robertson
Choice
Adduci
Carp 0/122/0/7
0/0/107/5
26/16/9/4
33/7/8/4
20/0/5/1
13/0/1/0

OPS .657 .581 .590 .691 .662 .717 .595 .587 .532 .637

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 32/.496 70/.358 104/.627 74/.631 89/.837 107/.663 74/.497 128/.670 126/.502 .639

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 99/.704 83/.778 128/.559 85/.747 139/.552 152/.755 116/.649 96/.470 147/.556 .636

Home 42/.667 76/.645 114/.665 89/.611 107/.558 171/.768 94/.450 111/.634 128/.613

Last 28d days 88/.721 22/.332 39/.606 31/.688 46/.558 47/.616 34/.678 51/.642 42/.481

HR/SB/CS 3/2/0 1/1/1 2/0/2 4/2/0 4/4/4 5/3/0 2/2/0 1/5/1 5/12/0 100/69/26

Usage ·····X·· ·o···o·· ·XX··o·· ooo···oo ·X·o···X X··X·o·· X·X···o· ·X·o··oo ·oX··X·o

Mariners Batters (3.99 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (5.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 22.Martinez
G/S/vB 25.Baker
G/S/vB 65.Claudio*
G/S/vB 56.Cotts*
G/S/vB 62.Edwards
G/S/vB 30.Feliz
G/S/vB 64.Klein
G/S/vB 55.Mendez
G/S/vB 37.Tolleson
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Ackley* G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· 6/.533 ··· 6/.167 ··· ··· ··· 448/316 .254/.303/.396/.700 .585/.749 .621 103/.783 8/4 9/1

22.Cano* G/S/vP 3/.333 14/.928 ··· 9/.944 ··· 5/1.400 ··· ··· 1/.000 537/333 .326/.393/.463/.856 .751/.921 .847 98/.926 10/2 11/4

9.Chavez* G/S/vP 3/1.667 9/.222 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 214/182 .272/.308/.364/.672 .240/.744 .744 48/.830 4/1 2/0

28.Denorfia G/S/vP ··· 4/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 316/184 .242/.290/.317/.607 .623/.596 .527 48/.582 8/3 1/1

16.Jackson G/S/vP 5/.800 18/1.154 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 8/1.071 ··· ··· 2/.000 519/367 .266/.324/.376/.700 .782/.666 .796 108/.583 13/5 4/5

5.Miller* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 351/256 .200/.277/.329/.606 .536/.632 .533 26/.701 3/2 8/15

21.Morales# G/S/vP ··· 11/.191 ··· 6/.167 ··· 5/.200 ··· ··· ··· 276/176 .227/.272/.333/.605 .741/.527 .538 96/.708 0/0 4/0

20.Morrison* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 266/199 .249/.301/.371/.672 .772/.638 .645 84/.847 4/2 6/3

15.Seager* G/S/vP 3/2.333 ··· ··· 11/1.091 ··· 6/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 528/338 .275/.345/.468/.814 .693/.884 .991 97/.714 5/5 19/8

2.Sucre G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 39/29 .216/.216/.243/.459 .444/.464 .375 24/.478 0/0 0/0

1.Taylor G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 84/48 .316/.369/.395/.764 .736/.784 .813 71/.741 2/2 0/5

3.Zunino G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 390/271 .204/.262/.412/.673 .754/.637 .669 65/.539 0/3 18/5

IP 100.0 66.0 4.0 56.1 2.2 22.1 9.0 22.0 62.0 TOTAL .247/.303/.375/.678 .647/.695 .667 .706 72/37 102/61

ERA-K/9

5.13/5.1

5.45/6.0

0.00/9.0

3.36/9.6

0.00/6.7

2.82/5.7

3.00/10.0

1.23/5.7

2.90/9.0

4.72/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Sucre (7-2-1)
Zunino (51-21-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 445/.294 276/.263 15/.200 238/.243 13/.273 86/.182 37/.152 87/.137 254/.210 .278 Ackley
Jackson
Denorfia
Chavez
Morrison 110/0/0/4
0/122/0/3
28/13/67/2
8/8/35/1
0/0/6/1

OPS .843 .776 .467 .669 .748 .624 .667 .458 .665 .778

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 240/.896 136/.756 6/.833 84/.712 4/1.750 45/.532 15/1.323 45/.505 101/.668 .787

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 205/.782 140/.795 9/.222 154/.645 9/.347 41/.722 22/.236 42/.404 153/.663 .770

Road 291/.789 121/.729 / 121/.732 4/.750 43/.792 16/1.188 41/.509 122/.659

Last 28d days 96/.796 44/.631 15/.467 41/.483 13/.748 41/.734 37/.667 39/.559 44/.512

HR/SB/CS 15/3/4 10/4/0 0/0/0 4/1/1 0/1/0 5/1/0 2/1/0 1/2/0 9/4/2 134/64/30

Usage ·····X·· ·X······ ··oX···· ·oo···X· ···X·o·· XX···Xo· ···X··X· ··X··oo· ·X····X·

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

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

OAK 4.82

SEA 3.99

SDP 3.30

RA/G

SEA 3.19

CHC 4.15

COL 5.22

J. Altuve .333

C. Johnson .272

C. Davis .190

OBP

G. Stanton .407

S. Castro .333

G. Beckham .258

SLG

J. Abreu .598

N. Castellanos .412

Z. Cozart .302

OPS

G. Stanton .973

J. Ellsbury .751

Z. Cozart .576

ERA

C. Kershaw 1.82

M. Garza 3.58

E. Jackson 6.09

K/9IP

Y. Darvish 11.35

R. Vogelsong 7.26

K. Correia 4.58

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.