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Game Preview: TEX @ SEA, 4:10pm, Sunday, April 27, 2014 @Safeco Field

Rangers, 15-9, 15-9 1st, Tied

SP: Matt Harrison (28, LHP, 0-0, undef)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (0-2) 10.2 14 11 10 7 12 2 8.44
2012 (18-11) 213.1 210 82 78 59 133 22 3.29
2011 (14-9) 185.2 180 79 70 57 126 13 3.39
Last 7 GS 3-4 45.0 45 22 21 17 36 7 4.20 51
2013-04-06 LAA L 5.0 8 5 5 4 3 2 96 30
2013-03-31 @HOU L 5.2 6 6 5 3 9 0 100 41
2012-10-02 @OAK L 6.0 6 3 3 1 5 1 89 52
2012-09-27 OAK W 6.0 7 4 4 1 2 2 99 43
2012-09-22 @SEA L 8.0 7 1 1 4 6 1 108 66
2012-09-16 SEA W 8.2 6 1 1 1 5 1 119 72
2012-09-11 CLE W 5.2 5 2 2 3 6 0 87 54
Last 5 v.SEA 4-1 40.2 33 5 5 11 25 2 1.11 68
2012-09-22 @SEA L 8.0 7 1 1 4 6 1 108 66
2012-09-16 SEA W 8.2 6 1 1 1 5 1 119 72
2012-07-15 @SEA W 9.0 5 0 0 4 3 0 114 76
2012-05-28 SEA W 8.0 7 2 2 0 5 0 98 65
2012-05-22 @SEA W 7.0 8 1 1 2 6 0 114 61
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    9-4    Road:    6-5    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  11-5    vsLHP:   4-4    1-Run:   7-3 
 vsEast:  2-4    vsCntrl: 2-1    vsWest:  9-3  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 24 Sat, Apr 26  @SEA  W   6-3       15-9   1st    Tied
 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
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:15-9
Mariners, 9-14, 9-14 4th, 5½ GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Brandon Maurer (23, RHP, 0-0, 2.08)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (0-0) 4.1 2 1 1 2 4 0 2.08
2013 (5-8) 90.0 114 66 63 27 70 16 6.30
Last 7 GS 1-3 33.1 44 25 23 9 28 4 6.21 42
2014-04-20 @MIA ND 4.1 2 1 1 2 4 0 63 57
2013-09-28 OAK W 5.1 6 2 2 1 5 0 103 52
2013-09-23 KCR ND 7.0 4 2 1 1 6 0 95 68
2013-09-17 @DET ND 5.0 5 2 2 2 6 2 86 53
2013-09-11 HOU L 3.0 7 5 5 0 3 0 66 28
2013-05-28 SDP L 5.2 9 6 5 1 2 2 80 30
2013-05-22 @LAA L 3.0 11 7 7 2 2 0 74 9
Last 5 v.TEX 1-1 12.2 7 5 4 4 7 2 2.84 59
2013-04-20 @TEX L 6.2 2 2 2 3 2 2 94 61
2013-04-14 TEX W 6.0 5 3 2 1 5 0 97 56
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    4-6    Road:    5-8    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   4-11   vsLHP:   5-3    1-Run:   1-3 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  9-11 IL: 0-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 23 Sat, Apr 26   TEX  L   3-6        9-14  4th  5.5 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
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30: 9-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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)
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)
Season Series: 2014 - TEX over 4-2; 2013 - TEX won 12-7; 2012 - TEX won 10-9; All-Time - TEX leads 290-276

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 (4.38 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (4.09 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Maurer
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 8/.393 1/3.000 6/.533 3/.666 8/.268 3/.000 1/.000 7/.733 10/1.200 9/.333 ··· 698/498 .271/.328/.331/.659 .698/.644 .726 105/.685 42/8 4/14
7.Arencibia G/S/vP ··· 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 9/.778 5/2.100 3/1.000 4/1.000 4/3.500 ··· 2/.500 9/.730 11/.473 6/.834 17/.352 690/516 .315/.371/.509/.880 .948/.857 .869 43/.801 1/0 30/14
61.Chirinos G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 30/16 .179/.233/.286/.519 .445/.583 .808 53/.664 0/0 0/1
15.Choice G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 6/.533 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 19/10 .278/.316/.333/.649 .583/.700 .750 51/.599 0/0 0/0
17.Choo* G/S/vP ··· 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 3/.666 15/.933 6/.833 3/.666 6/.533 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 7/.572 6/.750 6/.333 712/451 .279/.362/.457/.819 .819/.819 .797 105/.684 1/1 25/6
2.Martin* G/S/vP 4/.000 2/2.000 4/.000 1/2.000 5/.800 3/.000 2/.500 3/.333 2/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 508/364 .260/.313/.385/.698 .573/.749 .652 89/.785 36/9 8/5
18.Moreland* G/S/vP 6/1.700 2/no AB ··· 3/.666 10/.944 1/3.000 4/.000 5/1.200 9/1.238 10/.522 ··· 518/363 .232/.299/.437/.736 .701/.752 .762 67/.744 0/0 23/5
16.Murphy G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 3/.333 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 163/123 .255/.319/.530/.849 .950/.818 .722 65/.647 2/0 11/4
51.Rios G/S/vP 2/.000 1/no AB 6/1.100 7/.572 8/1.071 2/2.000 1/.000 4/.500 11/.697 8/.542 5/.450 662/502 .278/.324/.432/.756 .889/.714 .816 103/.807 42/7 18/3
3.Sardinas# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· / /// / 4/.833 / /
12.Wilson G/S/vP ··· 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 90.0 55.2 65.0 37.0 68.0 66.2 59.0 TOTAL .273/.349/.397/.746 .809/.718 .693 .746 23/9 14/21
ERA-K/9 6.30/7.0 /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 3.69/7.9

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 402/.311 / / 228/.217 280/.199 / 165/.296 291/.201 290/.211 251/.213 / .236  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 .883 .586 .603 .784 .629 .634 .603 .710
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 229/.919 / / 118/.485 128/.502 / 61/.633 132/.644 158/.716 125/.743 / .723
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 173/.835 / / 110/.695 152/.688 / 104/.874 159/.617 132/.538 126/.468 / .699
Home 238/.878 / / 111/.642 124/.678 / 96/.791 160/.669 187/.634 142/.550 /
Last 28d days 16/.393 44/.779 116/.726 47/.493 33/.858 48/.586 5/1.400 48/.708 37/.814 48/.790 77/.713
HR/SB/CS 16/6/5 // // 2/3/1 5/6/1 // 2/3/0 5/5/3 3/9/2 2/5/0 // 24/15/5
Usage ······X· o·····o· ·X·····X o···X·oX o··X··o· ·X··o·X· ········ oo··X··· ·X·X···X X····XX· ···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 (3.70 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.33 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
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 20/.103 5/.650 5/.400 14/.536 ··· 9/.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 427/303 .253/.319/.341/.660 .664/.659 .679 81/.618 2/3 4/1
36.Almonte# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 6/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 82/51 .264/.313/.403/.715 .475/.872 .721 104/.556 1/0 2/4
8.Bloomquist G/S/vP 12/.944 3/1.000 4/.500 7/.715 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 150/106 .317/.360/.367/.727 .745/.719 .580 20/.563 0/2 0/1
4.Buck G/S/vP 3/.333 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 17/.710 7/.929 22/.714 6/.900 ··· 9/.555 1/.000 10/.000 1/.000 681/420 .314/.383/.516/.899 .788/.969 .909 98/.718 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 ··· 2/.500 2/.500 10/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/no AB / /// / 77/.788 / /
5.Miller* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 335/226 .265/.318/.418/.737 .674/.767 .759 90/.537 5/3 8/8
7.Romero G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· / /// / 30/.679 / /
55.Saunders* G/S/vP 19/.760 3/.666 3/.333 20/.993 ··· 9/.111 ··· 2/1.000 2/1.500 468/318 .236/.323/.397/.720 .654/.751 .673 41/.595 13/5 12/1
15.Seager* G/S/vP 20/.358 9/1.333 3/.000 15/1.181 ··· 8/.804 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 695/440 .260/.338/.426/.764 .690/.808 .690 87/.709 9/3 22/15
17.Smoak# G/S/vP 22/.794 5/1.000 3/.000 12/1.583 ··· 14/.929 ··· 2/2.000 1/2.000 521/357 .238/.334/.412/.746 .548/.839 .711 88/.725 0/0 20/5
3.Zunino G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/2.500 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 193/143 .214/.290/.329/.620 .650/.609 .673 72/.720 1/0 5/2
IP 10.2 57.0 49.0 104.1 23.2 0.0 TOTAL .224/.282/.361/.643 .678/.625 .584 .643 6/7 20/13
ERA-K/9 8.44/10.1 1.11/10.3 2.57/8.8 /0.0 /0.0 3.11/6.2 /0.0 3.80/10.6 /0.0 3.85/7.0

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 51/.326 223/.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 .970 .499 .598 .678 .624 .706
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 12/.432 109/.565 74/.427 / / 237/.620 / 50/.316 / .715
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 39/1.149 114/.436 126/.699 / / 191/.753 / 51/.943 2/ .697
Road 25/.724 99/.442 100/.674 / / 293/.654 / 43/.618 2/
Last 28d days / 40/.870 29/.401 70/.849 48/.840 49/.533 14/.690 38/.413 38/.775
HR/SB/CS 2/0/0 2/3/1 4/7/1 // // 11/3/2 // 2/5/0 0/0/0 19/12/6
Usage oX···o·o ·o···o·o X······X ····X··· oo··oo·X X···o··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.