09.21.12 Notes at SEA 2012 Rangers Game Notes
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Texas Rangers (89-60) at Seattle Mariners (70-80) LHP Martin Perez (1-1, 3.38) vs. RHP Hisashi Iwakuma (6-5, 3.39) Game #150 • Road #76 (42-33) • Fri., Sept. 21, 2012 • Safeco Field • 9:10 p.m. (CDT) • TXA21 / 103.3 FM / 1540 AM WINS AND LOSSES: The Rangers open 3-game series in Seattle this AGAINST SEATTLE: The Rangers and Mariners meet for the 2nd time in the evening, the 2nd and final stop on this 6-game roadtrip...Texas won the final 2 last 3 series and for the final time in 2012...Texas is 9-7 against the Mariners of its 3-game set in Anaheim to open the trip and has captured 3 of 4 overall... this season, winning 4 of the last 6...the Rangers are 24-11 vs. the M’s since Texas has won 6 of 9, 7 of 11, 9 of 14, 11 of 17, and 22 of the last 33 games, the start of 2011 and have won the season’s series in 4 straight and 7 of the the longer span beginning August 16…are 30-17 (.638) since the start of last 8 years prior to 2012...Rangers have not lost more than 8 games in a sea- August, 2nd-best in the A.L. to Baltimore at .667 (30-15).…Texas is 37-26 son to the M’s since 2007 (11)...clubs have split 6 games at Safeco Field in since the All-Star break and has won 56 of 91 beginning June 8…club is 74- 2012 with the Mariners winning 2 of 3, May 21-23 and the Rangers going 2-1, 56 since a 15-4 start…the Rangers’ .597 winning percentage is best in the July 13-15...Texas is 16-9 here beginning 2010...all-time, Texas leads, 273- A.L. and 3rd-best in majors (see chart below)…also lead A.L. with 89 wins, 265...the Mariners have 138-126 advantage in Seattle, 66-57 at Safeco Field. tied with 2004 for 6th-most in team history…have had A.L.’s best record for 30 straight days…current record matches 1999 for best in club history thru THE DARVISH LOG: With Thursday’s win in Anaheim, Yu Darvish has 16 wins 149 games…Texas has a club-record 4th consecutive winning season (previ- and 214 strikeouts this season…according to Elias Sports Bureau, over the ously 3 straight twice)…the Rangers own majors’ best winning pct. since 2011 last 100 seasons, only 3 other major league rookies have produced a season All-Star break at .612 (134-85), and also have best record overall since start of at least 16 wins and at least 200 strikeouts (see chart)…other notes: of 2011 (.595, 185-126). • Darvish now has 4 consecutive starts of 7.0+ innings while allowing 4-hits- RANGERS’ BEST RANGERS’ BEST or-less, just the 3rd pitcher in Rangers history with a streak of that kind, joining 149-GAME RECORDS 150-GAME RECORDS Hall of Famers Gaylord Perry (4, July 18-Aug. 1, 1975) and Nolan Ryan (4, Rk W-L Year(s) Rk W-L Year(s) Aug. 28-Sept. 14, 1990)…Darvish is the first major league pitcher with a streak 1 89-60 1999, 2012 1 89-61 1999 of that kind since Detroit’s Doug Fister, 4 from Aug. 30-Sept. 16, 2011. 2 85-64 2011 2 86-64 2011 • He has 7 straight quality starts, the longest streak by a Ranger this season. 3 84-65 1996 3 84-66 1996 • Thursday was his 12th game with 9+ K’s this season, 2nd-most in majors to the Tigers’ Max Scherzer (13). BEST RECORDS IN MAJORS IN 2012 • His 214 strikeouts are the 9th most for a ML rookie since 1900, the most Win Pct. Team W-L G since the Cubs’ Kerry Wood (233) in 1998...are the 2nd most ever for an A.L. .611 Washington 91-58 149 rookie behind Cleveland’s Herb Score (245) in 1955. .607 Cincinnati 91-59 150 • His 16 wins are the most for a ML rookie since the Yankees’ Ivan Nova (16) .597 Texas 89-60 149 in 2006, just the 5th time a ML rookie has won as many as 16 games since .580 San Francisco 87-63 150 2000...marks the 5th time a native of Japan and 1st rookie has recorded as .577 New York-AL 86-63 149 many as 16 victories in a season: 18 for Boston’s Daisuke Matsuzaka in 2008 .573 Atlanta 86-64 150 and 16 for the Dodgers Hideo Nomo in 1996, 2002, and 2003. HIGHEST POINT: At 89-60, the Rangers have their best record of the season ROOKIES WITH 16 WINS AND 200 STRIKEOUTS IN A SEASON, at 29 games over .500...this is just the 3rd season in franchise history in which LAST 100 SEASONS IN MLB - credit Elias Sports Bureau the club has been at least 29 over at any point with 1999 and 2011…club Year/Team Pitcher W-L SO record is 31 games over .500 on 2 different days in 1999, 94-63 on Sept. 28 1955 Indians Herb Score 16-10 245 and 95-64 on Sept. 30...club reached 30 games over .500 on the final day of 1984 Mets Dwight Gooden 17-9 276 the 2011 season at 96-66. 1984 Mariners Mark Langston 17-10 204 2012 Rangers Yu Darvish 16-9 214 NO BACK-TO-BACK DEFEATS: Texas has not lost consecutive games since dropping 3 in a row, August. 13-15, all at Yankee Stadium…the 33 games BELTRE’S BLASTING: Not in the original lineup on Thursday, Adrian Beltre without back-to-back losses is the longest current streak in the majors and connected for his 34th homer to win the game in the 9th inning last night...the matches the longest such streak in club history to 33 games, July 15- hit produced his 18th game-winning RBI of 2012, the most in the A.L. and the August 19, 1977, so Texas will break that mark tonight. ...in 2011, Texas 4th most GWRBI ever for a Ranger in a season: 20--Rafael Palmeiro, 1999 went the final 31 regular season games and the 1st 15 playoff contests with- and Josh Hamilton, 2011; 19--Mark Teixeira, 2006...Beltre has 7 GWRBI in out consecutive defeats before losing Games 6 and 7 of the World Series to Texas’ last 18 victories beginning August 20. St. Louis. --beginning Aug. 20, he is batting .374 (40-107) with 15 HR, 27 RBI, and 25 runs in 28 games to rise from .303 to .316, 5th in A.L…Beltre leads majors in IN THE LEAD: The Rangers lead in the A.L. West the last 2 days has been that span (min. 75 PA’s) in HR, XBH (24), TB (96), and SLG (.897), and tops 4.0 games, the biggest margin since Sept. 8 (4.5 GA)...Texas has gained 2 the A.L. in AVG and H, and RBI. games in the last 5 days after lead dropped to 2.0 games over Oakland for one day (9/15), the club’s smallest lead since April 13 (+2.0)…Rangers’ 166 days FOREVER YOUNG: Michael Young a 9-game batting streak at .469 (15-32), in first place lead majors in 2012 and are 4th most in team history for a sea- the 5th longest active streak in A.L....he has hit safely in 15 of 17 games at .359 son…season’s biggest advantage has been 6.5 games on 6 days, last thru (23-64) to rise from .266 to .277, best since June 28 (.277)...Young has a .307 games of August 12…club has led by at least 3.5 games for 140 of last 157 (35-114) average over last 30 games..Young has 256 career hits against days beginning April 17…have had outright possession of A.L. West lead for Seattle, the 2nd most of any player all-time versus the Mariners to the 261 for last 165 days and have held at least a share of the West lead for 166 of 168 Cal Ripken, Jr...Young’s 115 lifetime hits at Safeco Field are the most ever for days in 2012 and 302 of last 304 days beginning May 16, 2011…beg. June 8, an opponent in this park. 2010, Texas has held 1st place for 452 of 468 days. --After 149 games in 2011, Texas held a 3.0 game advantage over the Angels MATT HARRISON will attempt to win his 18th game of the season on in the A.L. West...in 2010, the Rangers’ lead after 149 games was 8.0 games. Saturday, which would tie Kenny Rogers in 2004 for the most victories ever by a Rangers lefthander...Rogers in 2004 was also the last Ranger to record at ON THE ROAD: At 42-33 (.560), the Rangers have the the 2nd-best away win- least 18 wins in any season, a feat which has been done 9 times in club histo- ning percentage in the A.L. behind .573 (43-32) for Baltimore...this marks the ry...last prior to Rogers was Aaron Sele (18) in 1999. 7th season in which the Rangers have had a winning road record, just their 5th --Harrison has defeated Seattle in each of his last 9 starts against the Mariners, in the last 35 years...with a 44-37 mark in 2011, it is the 1st time that the matching Charlie Hough (9 vs.