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Game Preview: TEX @ SEA, 9:10pm, Saturday, April 26, 2014 @Safeco Field

Rangers, 14-9, 14-9 2nd, 1 GB, 2½ up in WC

SP: Colby Lewis (34, RHP, 1-1, 4.22)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (1-1) 10.2 14 5 5 1 8 1 4.22
2012 (6-6) 105.0 99 48 40 14 93 16 3.43
2011 (14-10) 200.1 187 103 98 56 169 35 4.40
Last 7 GS 3-3 43.2 42 18 17 5 37 3 3.50 56
2014-04-19 CHW W 5.1 6 1 1 1 4 0 85 55
2014-04-14 SEA L 5.1 8 4 4 0 4 1 89 40
2012-07-18 @OAK ND 5.0 3 1 1 2 3 1 75 58
2012-06-23 COL L 4.0 12 8 7 0 6 0 89 14
2012-06-17 HOU W 7.0 3 1 1 1 10 0 92 76
2012-06-12 ARI W 9.0 4 1 1 1 7 1 105 81
2012-06-06 @OAK L 8.0 6 2 2 0 3 0 101 65
Last 5 v.SEA 2-2 34.1 33 13 13 4 36 3 3.41 58
2014-04-14 SEA L 5.1 8 4 4 0 4 1 89 40
2012-04-11 SEA ND 6.2 5 0 0 0 6 0 109 70
2011-09-17 @SEA W 5.2 8 6 6 1 7 1 94 35
2011-07-15 @SEA W 8.2 4 0 0 2 8 0 121 82
2011-05-05 @SEA L 8.0 8 3 3 1 11 1 113 64
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    9-4    Road:    5-5    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  10-5    vsLHP:   4-4    1-Run:   7-3 
 vsEast:  2-4    vsCntrl: 2-1    vsWest:  8-3  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 23 Fri, Apr 25  @SEA  L   5-6       14-9   2nd  1.0 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
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:14-9
Mariners, 9-13, 9-13 4th, 5½ GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Felix Hernandez (28, RHP, 3-1, 2.04)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (3-1) 35.1 25 13 8 4 43 3 2.04
2013 (12-10) 204.1 185 74 69 46 216 15 3.04
2012 (13-9) 232.0 209 84 79 56 223 14 3.06
Last 7 GS 3-2 45.1 31 17 12 9 59 4 2.38 64
2014-04-21 HOU L 7.0 7 6 2 1 4 1 96 50
2014-04-16 @TEX ND 7.0 4 1 1 1 9 0 96 73
2014-04-11 OAK W 7.0 4 2 2 0 11 0 104 72
2014-04-05 @OAK W 8.1 6 1 1 1 8 1 101 74
2014-03-31 @LAA W 6.0 4 3 2 1 11 1 103 64
2013-09-27 OAK L 6.0 5 3 3 1 6 1 106 55
2013-09-22 @LAA ND 4.0 1 1 1 4 10 0 92 62
Last 5 v.TEX 0-3 27.2 38 22 21 10 31 4 6.83 42
2014-04-16 @TEX ND 7.0 4 1 1 1 9 0 96 73
2013-08-28 TEX L 3.0 11 9 8 1 2 1 78 4
2013-08-17 @TEX L 5.0 5 5 5 5 4 0 90 36
2013-07-03 @TEX ND 7.0 7 2 2 2 7 2 107 60
2013-05-25 TEX L 5.2 11 5 5 1 9 1 114 35
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    4-5    Road:    5-8    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   4-10   vsLHP:   5-3    1-Run:   1-3 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  9-10 IL: 0-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 22 Fri, Apr 25   TEX  W   6-5        9-13  4th  5.5 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
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30: 9-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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)
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
Season Series: 2014 - TEX over 3-2; 2013 - TEX won 12-7; 2012 - TEX won 10-9; All-Time - TEX leads 289-276

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 (4.30 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (4.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 34.Hernandez
G/S/vB		 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		 44.Luetge*
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 77/.712 ··· 6/.533 3/.666 8/.268 3/.000 1/.000 7/.733 10/1.200 8/.375 ··· 698/498 .271/.328/.331/.659 .698/.644 .726 100/.671 42/8 4/14
7.Arencibia G/S/vP 9/.222 1/.000 4/.750 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 5/1.850 4/1.167 ··· 497/354 .194/.227/.365/.592 .588/.594 .454 35/.328 0/2 21/11
29.Beltre G/S/vP 31/.870 4/2.167 3/1.000 4/1.000 4/3.500 ··· 2/.500 8/.542 11/.473 6/.834 17/.352 690/516 .315/.371/.509/.880 .948/.857 .869 38/.762 1/0 30/14
61.Chirinos G/S/vP 2/.000 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 6/.533 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 19/10 .278/.316/.333/.649 .583/.700 .750 46/.623 0/0 0/0
17.Choo* G/S/vP 36/.789 1/.000 3/.333 1/no AB 7/.286 2/.000 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 9/.111 14/.857 6/.833 3/.666 5/.400 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 7/.572 6/.750 6/.333 712/451 .279/.362/.457/.819 .819/.819 .797 100/.685 1/1 25/6
2.Martin* G/S/vP 23/1.047 1/no AB 4/.000 1/2.000 5/.800 3/.000 2/.500 3/.333 2/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 508/364 .260/.313/.385/.698 .573/.749 .652 85/.773 36/9 8/5
18.Moreland* G/S/vP 37/.641 2/no AB ··· 3/.666 10/.944 1/3.000 4/.000 4/1.250 9/1.238 10/.522 ··· 518/363 .232/.299/.437/.736 .701/.752 .762 63/.754 0/0 23/5
16.Murphy G/S/vP 3/1.000 2/2.000 3/.333 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 163/123 .255/.319/.530/.849 .950/.818 .722 61/.658 2/0 11/4
51.Rios G/S/vP 37/.613 1/no AB 6/1.100 6/.666 8/1.071 2/2.000 1/.000 3/.666 11/.697 8/.542 5/.450 662/502 .278/.324/.432/.756 .889/.714 .816 98/.829 42/7 18/3
3.Sardinas# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· / /// / 4/.833 / /
12.Wilson G/S/vP 6/.334 2/1.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/1.167 ··· ··· 65/20 .200/.262/.300/.562 .511/.671 .238 48/.697 0/0 1/2
IP 204.1 55.2 65.0 37.0 68.0 66.2 59.0 TOTAL .271/.348/.399/.747 .787/.728 .689 .747 22/9 14/20
ERA-K/9 3.04/9.5 /0.0 /0.0 4.20/12.8 3.74/11.1 /0.0 4.86/6.6 2.91/9.4 3.38/11.1 4.12/6.9 /0.0 3.58/8.0

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 823/.242 / / 228/.217 280/.199 / 165/.296 291/.201 290/.211 251/.213 / .232  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 .644 .586 .603 .784 .629 .634 .603 .709
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 448/.673 / / 118/.485 128/.502 / 61/.633 132/.644 158/.716 125/.743 / .723
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 375/.610 / / 110/.695 152/.688 / 104/.874 159/.617 132/.538 126/.468 / .698
Home 410/.660 / / 111/.642 124/.678 / 96/.791 160/.669 187/.634 142/.550 /
Last 28d days 139/.572 38/.624 116/.726 46/.504 32/.839 48/.586 5/1.400 44/.719 37/.814 44/.821 77/.713
HR/SB/CS 15/17/5 // // 2/3/1 5/6/1 // 2/3/0 5/5/3 3/9/2 2/5/0 // 24/14/5
Usage ····X··· ·····o·X X·····X· ···X·oX· ··X··o·o X··o·X·· ········ o··X···X X·X···X· ····XX·o ··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 (3.73 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.39 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 48.Lewis
G/S/vB		 56.Cotts*
G/S/vB		 44.Frasor
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 12/.523 4/.833 5/.400 ··· 9/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 427/303 .253/.319/.341/.660 .664/.659 .679 77/.634 2/3 4/1
36.Almonte# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 82/51 .264/.313/.403/.715 .475/.872 .721 99/.585 1/0 2/4
8.Bloomquist G/S/vP 7/.715 3/1.000 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 150/106 .317/.360/.367/.727 .745/.719 .580 20/.563 0/2 0/1
4.Buck G/S/vP 5/1.000 4/.833 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 3/.666 7/.929 22/.714 ··· 9/.555 ··· 10/.000 1/.000 681/420 .314/.383/.516/.899 .788/.969 .909 94/.713 7/1 27/6
16.Gillespie G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 69/25 .203/.294/.237/.531 .481/.625 .740 3/.000 0/0 0/0
27.Hart G/S/vP 7/.000 2/.500 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB / /// / 73/.814 / /
5.Miller* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 335/226 .265/.318/.418/.737 .674/.767 .759 86/.562 5/3 8/8
7.Romero G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 28/.656 / /
55.Saunders* G/S/vP 17/.837 3/.666 3/.333 ··· 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 12/.872 9/1.333 3/.000 ··· 8/.804 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 695/440 .260/.338/.426/.764 .690/.808 .690 83/.651 9/3 22/15
17.Smoak# G/S/vP 9/1.667 4/1.250 3/.000 ··· 14/.929 ··· 2/2.000 1/2.000 521/357 .238/.334/.412/.746 .548/.839 .711 84/.719 0/0 20/5
3.Zunino G/S/vP 2/2.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 193/143 .214/.290/.329/.620 .650/.609 .673 68/.734 1/0 5/2
IP 57.0 49.0 104.1 23.2 0.0 TOTAL .226/.282/.360/.642 .690/.617 .575 .642 5/7 18/13
ERA-K/9 /0.0 1.11/10.3 2.57/8.8 /0.0 3.11/6.2 /0.0 3.80/10.6 /0.0 3.89/6.8

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / 223/.180 200/.203 / 428/.231 / 101/.212 2/ .257  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 .499 .598 .678 .624 .708
vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 109/.565 74/.427 / 237/.620 / 50/.316 / .711
vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 114/.436 126/.699 / 191/.753 / 51/.943 2/ .705
Road / 99/.442 100/.674 / 293/.654 / 43/.618 2/
Last 28d days 46/.802 38/.921 29/.401 48/.840 48/.545 6/1.100 35/.450 38/.775
HR/SB/CS // 2/3/1 4/7/1 // 11/3/2 // 2/5/0 0/0/0 17/11/6
Usage ······X· X···o·o· o···o·o· ···X···· o··oo·X· ···o··o· ···oX·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.