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Home , Brad Wilkerson, Bump Wills, Koji Uehara, Pete Incaviglia, Tomo Ohka, Yu Darvish

(69-75) at (85-58) RHP (6-4, 3.39) vs. RHP (14-9, 4.14) Game #144 • Home #72 (45-26) • Fri., Sept. 14, 2012 • Rangers Ballpark in Arlington • 7:05 p.m. (CDT) • FSSW / 103.3 FM / 1540 AM

WINS AND LOSSES: The Rangers lost to the Indians last night 5-4 and are IF I HAD A MILLION: The Rangers surpassed the 3 million mark in attendance 2-1 on this 6-game, 6-day homestand with Cleveland (2-1) and Seattle (3 for the first time in club history last night…Rangers have drawn 3,003,143 fans games)…went 6-4 on the 10-game road trip that preceded this in 71 home dates in 2012…club has set -season home attendance homestand…Texas is 7-1-0 last 8 series and 10-2-0 in last 12 series…have records (1972-2012) for sellouts (32) and crowds of 40,000-or-more not lost consecutive games since 3 in a row Aug. 13-15…team has won 2 of (49)…team has seen 3 separate streaks of at least 5 straight sellouts after 3, 3 of 5, 5 of 8, 7 of 11, and 18 of 27…are 26-15 (.634) since the start of never having more than 4 in a row prior to 2012. August, 3rd-best in the A.L. (behind BAL & OAK) and T5th-best in majors…Texas is 33-24 since the All-Star break and has won 52 of 85 begin- DARVISH ON VERGE OF 200 K’S: Yu Darvish enters tonight needing 4 ning June 8…club is 70-54 since a 15-4 start…the Rangers’ .594 winning per- to reach 200 for the season…according to Elias Sports Bureau, he centage is best in the A.L. and 3rd-best in majors (see chart below)…also would be just the 16th rookie overall, and only the 6th rook- lead A.L. with 85 wins, already T12th-most in team history…have had A.L.’s ie, with 200 K’s in one campaign since 1900. best record for 23 straight days…current record matches best in club ROOKIES WITH 200 STRIKEOUTS IN A SEASON SINCE 1900 history thru 143 games…Texas was a season-high 28 games above .500 (Chronological order) after win on Wednesday, just 3rd season in club history to reach at least 28- Year/Tm Player SO Year/Tm Player SO over (also 1999 and 2011), seeking to reach 28-over again with a win 1901 ChC "Long" Tom Hughes 225 1970 KC Bob Johnson 206 tonight…Texas has already secured a club-record 4th consecutive winning 1901 NYG 221 1975 SF John Montefusco 215 season (previously 3 straight twice)…the Rangers own majors’ best winning 1910 NYY Russ Ford 209 1984 NYM 276 1911 Phi Grover Cleveland Alexander 227 1984 Sea 204 pct. since 2011 All-Star break at .610 (130-83), and also have best record over- 1955 Cle 245 1995 LA 236 all since start of 2011 (.593, 181-124). 1966 LA Don Sutton 209 1998 ChC 233 RANGERS’ BEST RANGERS’ BEST 1967 Cin Gary Nolan 206 2007 Bos 201 143-GAME RECORDS 144-GAME RECORDS 1969 Hou Tom Griffin 200 Rk W-L Year(s) Rk W-L Year(s) 1 85-58 1999, 2012 1 85-59 1999 HAVE WE MET?: Tonight’s game features starters who are both natives of 2 82-61 1996 2 83-61 1996 …it will be just the 8th time in major league history for Japanese starters 3 81-62 2011 3 81-63 2010, 2011 to against each other in a game, 2nd this season…Yu Darvish becomes the 5th to participate in these games multiple times, joining Mac Suzuki BEST RECORDS IN MAJORS IN 2012 (3), Tomo Ohka (2), Daisuke Matsuzaka (2), and (2)…he is try- Win Pct. Team W-L G ing to become the first pitcher with multiple wins in these contests…today’s .622 Washington 89-54 143 duo faced each other 6 times while playing in Nippon , .604 Cincinnati 87-57 144 the last on May 10, 2011, when Darvish (W, CG SHO) started for the Fighters .594 Texas 85-58 143 against Iwakuma (L, 8.2 IP, 2 R-ER) in a 2-0 win over the Golden Eagles at .573 Oakland 82-61 143 Kleenex Stadium in City, Miyagi…in the 6 career matchups with .566 Bal / NYY / SF 81-62 143 Iwakuma, Darvish went 3-2, 1.19 (7 ER/53.0 IP). GAMES WITH TWO JAPANESE-BORN STARTERS, IN THE LEAD: The Rangers have a 3.0-game lead over Oakland in the A.L. MAJOR LEAGUE HISTORY West for a 4th straight day, matching smallest lead in the division since the All- Date Road Starter (Team) Home Starter (Team) Result Star break (7th day overall), still the largest lead in any A.L. division…club has 5/7/99 Mac Suzuki (Sea) Hideki Irabu (NYY) NYY 10, Sea 1 not had a lead smaller than 3.0 games since June 11 (+2.5), and has not led 7/2/00 Hideo Nomo (Det) Mac Suzuki (KC) Det 2, KC 0 by less than 2.5 games since April 13 (+2.0)…Rangers’ 159 days in first place 6/19/02 Mac Suzuki (KC) Tomo Ohka (Mon) Mon 6, KC 3 lead majors in 2012…season’s biggest advantage has been 6.5 games on 6 5/9/07 Daisuke Matsuzaka (Bos) Tomo Ohka (Tor) Bos 9, Tor 3 days, last thru games of August 12…club has led by at least 3.5 games for 138 6/19/09 (Atl) Daisuke Matsuzaka (Bos) Atl 8, Bos 2 of last 150 days beginning April 17…have had outright possession of A.L. 7/22/10 Hisanori Takahashi (NYM) Hiroki Kuroda (LAD) LAD 2, NYM 0 West lead for last 158 days and have held at least a share of the West lead for 4/24/12 Hiroki Kuroda (NYY) Yu Darvish (Tex) Tex 2, NYY 0 159 of 161 days in 2012 and 295 of last 297 days beginning May 16, 9/14/12 Hisashi Iwakuma (Sea) Yu Darvish (Tex) TBD 2011…beg. June 8, 2010, Texas has held 1st place for 445 of 461 days. HOW THE WEST WAS WON: Tonight begins a season-ending stretch in ABOUT LAST NIGHT: Texas took a 4-2 lead into the 9th last night and which Texas plays its final 19 games against A.L. West opponents, meeting lost, just the club’s 2nd loss this season when leading after 8 frames…the each of the division’s other 3 teams in home and road series…the team hasn’t other was April 11 vs. Seattle, when club also had a multi- lead (3-1) head- played against another A.L. West club since Aug. 2 vs. LAA…the Rangers ing into the 9th…those 2 games have involved the only blown saves by Joe have gone 19-19 against the West this year, including 12-8 at home…Texas is Nathan all year…despite last night, he still ranks 3rd in the majors with a 94.3 within a game of .500 against each of the other 3 clubs in the division…A.L. pct. (33-for-35) behind only San Diego’s Huston Street (21-for-21) and West: Rangers are 18-19 vs. West in 2012, 11-8 at home…the 19 losses are Tampa Bay’s Fernando Rodney (95.5%, 42-for-44)…some other notes: already 2 more in the division than all of last season (40-17), and 8 home loss- • Nathan converted a career-high and Rangers-record 31 consecutive save es are more than ‘11 as well (20-7)…club has lost 14 of 25, 15 of 27, and 17 chances from April 15-Sept. 12, the longest such streak in the majors in of last 30 to West opponents overall…in Arlington, have won 19 of 27, 21 of 30, 2012…it was also just the 17th single-season save streak of 30+ games in the and 25 of last 37 vs. West foes…Texas is 10-2-3 in home series vs. A.L. majors since 1969 (when save became official stat). West clubs since start of last year, only series losses April 18-20, 2011 vs. • Rangers still have a .974 (75-2) winning pct. when leading after 8 , LAA and May 28-30, 2012 vs. SEA. 2nd-best in the A.L. to only Baltimore (.985, 66-1). • Club is 0-6 in last 6 chances when attempting to complete a series sweep. ROTATION REBOUND: Over the club’s last 11 games beginning Sept. 2, • The Indians’ 3-run 9th matched the most runs allowed by Texas in an inning Texas starters have issued 3 earned runs-or-less 10 times, posting a 3.28 ERA that late (9th or later) in 2012, just the 4th time it has happened…the others: (25 ER/68.2 IP) and .223 opp. avg. (57-256) in that span to drop season ERA 4/11 vs. SEA (3-run 9th), 7/27 vs. CWS (3-run 9th), and 8/1 vs. LAA (3-run from 4.23 to 4.16…the current rotation ERA is lowest since July 31 10th - still won game). (4.10)…rotation has quality starts in 6 of last 8.

MORE HONORS FOR PROFAR AND OLT: (SS) and Mike AT HOME: Texas is 45-26 (.634) at home, highest home winning pct. in the Olt (3B) were both named to the First Team of Baseball America’s Minor majors…record is also T2nd-best 71-game home mark in Rangers history League All-Star Team, which includes just one minor league player at each (also 1996), trailing only 2004 (46-25)…have won 4 of 6, 8 of 11, 11 of 15 and position, along with 5 starting and a reliever…this is the 2nd straight 13 of 18…Texas is 12-1-1 in last 14 home series…dating to last year, club is year for Profar to be named to the first team. 22-4-2 in last 28 and 27-5-3 in last 35 series at RBIA. NAPOLI WITH FRISCO: is scheduled to be the tonight for Frisco (AA) as they host Game 3 of the Texas League VS. SEATTLE: Rangers are 7-6 vs. M’s this season, losing 3 of 5 and 5 of Championship against Springfield…the RoughRiders are down 2-games-to- 8…Texas has won 12 of last 18 dating to Sept. 17, 2011, and is 12-4 in none in the series, needing to take the final 3 (all in Frisco) to win the Arlington since beginning of 2011…club is 23-9 vs. M’s overall since start of title…Napoli started behind the plate in the first 2 games, going 1-for-6 with a 2011…Texas went 15-4 (.789) against Seattle in 2011, the most wins ever by HR, 2 RBI, and a HBP. Texas against any opponent in a single season…club has a 54-32 advantage since start of 2008…Rangers lead all-time series 271-264, including 145-126 TOUGH LUCK: Last night was Derek Holland’s 4th no decision of the year in in Arlington and 89-69 at Rangers Ballpark. an outing of 7.0+ innings, 2-ER-or-less…just 5 other A.L. pitchers have as many no decisions of that kind in 2012: Felix Hernandez (6), Buchholz (4), MISCELLANEOUS: has allowed multiple HR twice in ‘12, some- Price (4), Quintana (4), and Verlander (4). thing Elias says he did once in 7 seasons with the Twins. UPCOMING PROBABLES, TIMES & BROADCASTS Date Opponent Pitchers - Texas vs. Opponent Time (CDT) Radio/TV Saturday, Sept. 15 vs. Seattle RHP (6-11, 4.97) vs. LHP Jason Vargas (14-10, 3.85) 7:05 103.3/1540/TXA21 Sunday, Sept. 16 vs. Seattle LHP (16-9, 3.36) vs. RHP Blake Beavan (9-9, 5.01) 2:05 103.3/1540/FSSW * – For radio broadcasts, most games are on ESPN 103.3 FM…All games are broadcast in Spanish on 1540 AM ESPN Deportes. PAGE 2 RANGERS GAME NOTES • FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2012 • SEATTLE

TONIGHT’S DARVISH’S CAREER RECORD W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO 2012 14-9 4.14 26 26 169.2 141 84 78 85 196 #11 Yu Darvish, RHP Career (Japan)93-38 1.99 167 164 1268.1 916 310 281 333 1250 DARVISH VS. SEATTLE (14-9, 4.14) W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO 2012 1-2 9.00 3 3 16.0 20 17 16 14 14 TONIGHT: The 26-year-old right-hander is slated to make his 27th start in tonight’s Career 1-2 9.00 3 3 16.0 20 17 16 14 14 series opener against Seattle…faced Hisashi Iwakuma 6 times in Japan and also squared off with Hiroki Kuroda in April (see front page)…is pitching on extra 5 days’ rest DARVISH AT RANGERS BALLPARK after taking no decision in his last start on Sat. at Tampa Bay…ranks among A.L. lead- W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO ers in wins (T7th, 14), strikeouts (4th, 196), opponents average (3rd, .223), strikeouts- 2012 9-2 4.10 12 12 79.0 69 37 36 36 95 per-9 (2nd, 10.40), walks (3rd, 85) and batsmen (T7th, 10)…has the most wins and Career 9-2 4.10 12 12 79.0 69 37 36 36 95 strikeouts among A.L. rookies…Rangers are 17-9 in his starts…has a career-high 5 straight quality starts, going 3-1 with a 2.52 ERA (10 ER/35.2 IP) and .161 (20-124) opp. 2012 HIGHS CAREER HIGHS (JAPAN) avg. in that span to drop season figure from 4.57 to 4.14…has gone 2-0, 1.64 (4 ER/22.0 IP) with .147 (11-75) opp. avg. his last 3 starts…seeking to join Matt Harrison Innings: 8.1, April 24 vs. NYY Innings: 9.0, 55x, last Oct. 11, 2011 vs. Saitama as only Ranger in ‘12 with more than 5 straight QS (Harrison: 6, May 22-June 18). Hits: 11, Aug. 6 at BOS Hits: 11, 3x, last Aug. 13, 2010 at Fukuoka Runs: 7, 2x, last Aug. 1 vs. LAA Runs: 7, April 12, 2011 vs. Saitama RECORD BOOK: Darvish already owns club rookie records in wins (14) and strikeouts ER: 7, 2x, last Aug. 1 vs. LAA ER: 7, April 12, 2011 vs. Saitama (196). SO’s: 11, 4x, last July 21 at LAA SO’s: 15, 3x, last Oct. 11, 2011 vs. Saitama Strikeouts- With 196 K’s, is just the 6th rookie in the majors with that many SO in the Walks: 6, 3x, last Aug. 1 vs. LAA Walks: 7, Sept. 20, 2009 at Orix last 37 years (since 1976), first since Daisuke Matsuzaka in 2007…seeking to become HR: 2, May 11 vs. LAA HR: 2, 9x, last Aug. 21, 2009 at Fukuoka just the 16th rookie since 1900 (6th in A.L.) with 200 K’s in a season (see front page for Pitches: 123, Aug. 6 at BOS Pitches: 165, July 24, 2008 vs. Chiba Lotte CG’s: NA CG’s: 55, last Oct. 11, 2011 vs. Saitama chart)…only A.L. rookies to do it since 1976 were Mark Langston (204 for 1984 Low-Hit CG: NA Low-Hit CG: 1, July 6, 2007 vs. Chiba Lotte Mariners) and Daisuke Matsuzaka (201 for 2007 Red Sox)…has ML-high 8 games of CG SHO’s: NA CG SHO’s: 18, last Oct. 11, 2011 vs. Saitama 10+ K’s, and ranks 2nd in ML with 13 games of 8+ K’s, trailing only Win Streak: 4, April 9-30 Win Streak: 10, May 30-Sept. 16, 2006 (17)…has 6 -digit games in his last 14 starts…is just the 4th ML pitcher since 1918 with at least 8 games of 10+ K’s in first 25 career games (Wood-8 and 2012 SPLITS Nomo/Gooden-10 each)…joins (1989, ‘90) as the only pitchers in Rangers history with as many as 8 10+ strikeout games in one season…passed the 100-strike- W L ERA G/S IP ER AVG H AB HR BB SO out barrier on 6/26 vs. DET, the fastest pitcher to 100 strikeouts in Rangers history (15 Home 9 2 4.10 12/12 79.0 36 vs Left .242 88 364 5 51 106 career games)…registered at least one strikeout in 14 consecutive from Road 5 7 4.17 14/14 90.2 42 vs Right .197 53 269 8 34 90 June 20-July 1, longest streak by a Ranger since (14, June 18-July 9, Day 5 2 4.09 8/8 50.2 23 TOTALS .223 141 633 13 85 196 2003), longest by a ML rookie since ATL's Brandon Beachy (16, Sept. 7-24, 2011)…has Night 9 7 4.16 18/18 119.0 55 Grass 13 8 4.45 23/23 147.2 73 MLB-high 11 K’s 4 times: 5/6 at CLE, 6/15 at HOU, 7/1 vs. OAK and 7/21 at LAA…has Turf 1 1 2.05 3/3 22.0 5 had 2 5-game streaks of at least 7 strikeouts, April 24-May 16 and Aug. 1-28, first Ranger ever with multiple 5-game streaks of that kind, though Nolan Ryan had a 15- RUNS ALLOWED BY INNING game streak in 1989…streaks match 2nd-longest single-season streak of that kind in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Total Rangers history, longest such streak by Texas pitcher since Nolan Ryan in 1991. Wins- is one of just 6 rookies in the last 7 seasons (2006-12) with at least 14 wins, join- 166191610971--- 84 ing (17 in 2006), Daisuke Matsuzaka (15 in 2007), Rick Porcello (14 in RUN SUPPORT 2009), Ivan Nova (16 in 2011), and Wade Miley (14 in 2012)…previous Texas rookie 0R 1R 2R 3R 4R 5R 6R 7R 8R 9R 10R+ Total AVG/9 record was 12 wins by 3 different pitchers…was the quickest to 10 wins in Rangers his- 3 5 4 - 4 2 3 1 1 3 - 99 5.25 tory to begin a career (15 games) and the first to win 10 games as a rookie since Chris Young went 12-7 in 2005 (9th overall)…is one of just 27 ML pitchers since 1918 with 14+ wins in his first 25 career games, most recentrly Detroit’s Justin Verlander (14, ting .232 (41-177) with RISP, 8th-lowest in A.L…opp. are hitting .106 (36-341) with 2 2005-06). strikes, lowest among A.L. pitchers with 150+ AB w/ 2 strikes…has a 5.54 ERA (16 ER/26.0 IP) with 34 strikeouts and 16 walks in the 1st inning, 3.88 ERA (62 ER/143.2 LAST START: Took a no-decision in last start on Saturday at TB, a 4-2, 10-inning Texas IP) in all other innings…has had a 1-2-3 first inning in 5 of his 26 starts, but 4 of last 11. win (8.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R-1 ER, 2 BB, 8 SO, 0 HR, 96 pitches/64 strikes)…was just 6th out- ing of that kind in club history (8.0+ IP, 2-H-or-less, 2-R-or-less) for a starter to take a RUNDOWN BY MONTH: Was named American League Rookie of the Month for April no decision…faced the minimum through 5 frames before permitting a run and strand- on May 2…is just the third Ranger to win the A.L.’s Rookie monthly Award since it was ing a runner on 3rd in the 6th…tying run scored in the 8th on an error to first instituted in 2003 (Gerald Laird, April 2004; Neftali Feliz, Sept. 2010)…shared A.L. make it 2-2, but Jurickson Profar hit a go-ahead 2-out RBI double in the 10th and later lead with 4 wins in April…finished May with a 3-2 record and 4.50 ERA in 5 starts, more scored in that frame to provide the final margin. than double his April ERA (2.18), but had the same number of strikeouts (33) in 5 fewer IP (33.0 vs. 28.0)…finished June with a 3-2 record a 4.15 ERA (16 ER/34.2 IP), with 40 VS. SEATTLE: Is 1-2, 9.00 (16 ER/16.0 IP) in 3 G/GS vs. Seattle this season, allowing SO against 15 BB (2.67 K:BB ratio)…opp. avg. was .217 (28-129) after .235 over first 5 runs in all 3 outings…only other team to pin multiple losses on Darvish this season is 2 months…completed July with a 1-3 record and 5.74 ERA (17 ER/26.2 IP), with 32 Oakland (1-2, 4.50 in 3 starts)…last faced them 7/14 at SEA (L, 6.1 IP, 8 H, 7 R-ER), strikeouts against 14 walks…in August, was 2-2, 5.29 (19 ER/32.1 IP), ranking T2nd in allowing 7 runs for first time in his ML career. A.L. with 44 K’s.

2012: Ranks among A.L. leaders in wins (T7th, 14), strikeouts (4th, 196), opponents OTHER STARTS: Won his ML debut on 4/9 vs. SEA (5.2 IP, 8 H, 5 R-ER, 4 BB, 5 average (3rd, .223), strikeouts-per-9 (2nd, 10.40), walks (3rd, 85) and hit batsmen SO)…threw 42 pitches in the first inning of his first big league start, allowing 7 of his first (T7th, 10)…has the most wins and strikeouts among A.L. rookies…4th in majors and in 8 batters faced to reach safely (3 walks/4 singles)…according to Elias, he was the first A.L. with 108.9 pitches per start (Verlander, 114.0)…has a .197 opp. average (53-269) pitcher in more than 100 years to win his ML debut in a start in which he allowed 4+ vs. RHB, 2nd-lowest in A.L. (.109, 5-46 in last 4 games)…has issued 3-or-more walks runs in the 1st inning (Bill Steele, 1910)…just the 2nd Ranger ever to allow 5+ runs in in 18 of 26 starts, none of last 4…6 walks over last 4 starts…has 5.25 run support avg., a start in his big league debut and still earn the win (Paul Mirabella, 7/28/78)…held 18th-highest in A.L., though 8 starts with one or no run support…has allowed 22 stolen Yankees scoreless on 4/26 at RBIA (8.1 IP, 7 H, 2 BB, 10 K), defeating Hiroki Kuroda bases in 25 attempts against him, highest pct. (88.0%) in the A.L. among pitchers with in just the 7th game in MLB history featuring opposing Japanese starters…with career- at least 15 attempts against…selected to his first career All-Star Game via the Final Vote high 8.1 IP, was the longest scoreless outing by a Texas pitcher vs. NYY since Bob but did not pitch in the game…was the 9th Japanese player to be selected to the All- Tewksbury (9.0 IP, 0 R) on 7/7/95…took first ML loss on 5/6 at CLE (6.0 IP, 6 H, 4 R-3 Star Game and the 2nd starting pitcher, joining Hideo Nomo, who was also selected as ER), a 4-2 Rangers defeat…all 28 batters faced hit left-handed…returned following a a rookie in 1995. rain delay of 1:56 in the bottom half of the 1st inning on 5/11 vs. LAA to win his 5th start in a 10-3 victory…earned 7th win on 5/27 vs. TOR, exiting after 5.0 IP with a lower back BREAKDOWN: ERA with Napoli: 5.68; with Torrealba: 3.74, and with Soto: 2.52…bat- issue…dropped 6/2 start in Anaheim (6.1 IP, 3 R-ER), matching 5 scoreless frames with ters in leadoff spot hitting .301 (25-83) with 12 walks (.389 OBP), one of 2 spots in line- C.J. Wilson…surrendered the first run of the game in the 6th on a misplayed Pujols up above .250 (also .273 by 3-hole)…batters have hit .242 (58-240) with 16 doubles, bloop single/error…struck out 8 and went 1-for-3 at the plate in 4-2 win 6/20 at SD (8.0 one triple, 5 HR, and 66 walks after 1st pitch ball; .179 (58-324) after 1st pitch IP, 2 R-ER)…suffered his first career loss at Rangers Ballpark on 7/1 vs. OAK (7.0 IP, strike…leadoff batters in an inning are hitting .222 (34-153) with 21 walks, reaching 3 R-ER)…defeated LAA and tied career high with 11 K’s 7/21 in Anaheim, 6 of his final safely in 58 of the 176 frames he has started (.324 OBP)…first time thru order, opp. bat- 8 outs via strikeout…took loss 7/27 vs. CWS (6.1 IP, 6 R-5 ER), first loss as a profes- ting .199 (40-201); 2nd time .248 (51-206); 3rd time .207 (38-184)…opponents are bat- sional (Japan and MLB) when receiving 4+ runs of support (had been 52-0 in Japan and 10-0 in majors)…took a ND 8/1 vs. LAA (5.0 IP, 4 H, 7 R-ER, 6 BB, 7 SO)…matched DARVISH’S 2012 DAY-BY-DAY career high with 6 walks, 5 that eventually scored…exited trailing 7-5, but Rangers tied Date Opp. Score Dec. ERA IP H R ER HR BB-I SO Left Game Pitches it in 9th on Kinsler solo HR and overcame a 3-run deficit in 10th for walk-off win…set a 4/9 vs. SEA 11-5 W 7.94 5.2 8 5 5 0 4-0 5 Leading 8-5 110/59 Rangers record by allowing 7 doubles among career-high 11 hits in 9-2 loss on 8/6 at 4/14 at MIN 6-2 - 4.76 5.2 9 2 1 0 4-0 4 Tied 2-2 102/60 BOS, just 7th occurrence in majors since 2000 (6.2 IP, 11 H, 6 R-ER)…won 8/12 vs. 4/19 at DET 10-3 W 3.57 6.1 2 1 1 0 5-0 5 Leading 5-1 121/70 4/24 vs. NYY 2-0 W 2.42 8.1 7 0 0 0 2-0 10 Leading 2-0 119/82 DET in rubber game of series (6.2 IP, 3 R-ER)…became first rookie with as many as 3 4/30 at TOR 4-1 W 2.18 7.0 4 1 1 1 2-0 9 Leading 4-1 97/62 wins vs. Tigers since SEA’s Freddy Garcia and TOR’s were both 3-0 in April Totals 4-0 2.18 33.0 30 9 8 1 17-0 33 1999 (Elias)…took tough-luck loss 8/17 at TOR, despite tying Rangers rookie record 5/6 at CLE 2-4 L 2.54 6.0 6 4 3 1 4-0 11 Trailing 0-4 112/63 with his 7th 10+ K game (7.0 IP, 3 H, 3 R-ER, 10 SO)…outdueled to set 5/11 vs. LAA 10-3 W 2.84 5.1 3 3 3 2 3-0 7 Leading 9-3 93/57 a new Rangers rookie record with his 13th win in 1-0 victory on 8/28 vs. TB…earned 5/16 vs. OAK 4-1 W 2.60 7.2 4 1 1 0 2-0 7 Leading 4-1 118/73 14th victory on Labor Day, 9/3 at KC (7.0 IP, 3 R-ER), pitching at The K for first time on 5/21 at SEA 1-6 L 3.05 4.0 4 5 4 0 6-0 5 Trailing 0-5 96/56 his 3rd trip there (incl. ASG)…retired first 17 batters faced before allowing a 2-out walk 5/27 vs. TOR 12-6 W 3.25 5.0 7 3 3 1 3-0 3 Leading 9-3 93/54 May Totals 3-2 4.50 28.0 24 16 14 4 18-0 33 that was followed by 3 straight hits…the walk also ended a stretch in which he had 6/2 at LAA 2-3 L 3.34 6.1 6 3 3 0 3-0 7 Trailing 1-2 111/71 retired 24 in a row dating to his previous start…marked longest perfect effort by a Texas 6/7 at OAK 1-7 L 3.72 5.1 6 6 6 1 6-0 4 Trailing 1-6 110/61 starter since retired game’s first 21 batters on 8/9/02 at CLE (7.0 IP). 6/15 vs. HOU 6-2 W 3.57 8.0 7 2 2 1 2-0 11 Leading 6-2 110/76 6/20 at SD 4-2 W 3.45 8.0 5 2 2 0 3-0 8 Leading 4-2 122/81 BATTER-PITCHER MATCHUPS (incl. postseason) 6/26 vs. DET 7-5 W 3.57 7.0 4 4 4 1 1-0 10 Leading 7-4 113/72 June Totals 3-2 4.15 34.2 28 17 16 3 15-0 40 Darvish vs. Seattle Iwakuma vs. Texas 7/1 vs. OAK 1-3 L 3.59 7.0 5 3 3 1 3-0 11 Trailing 1-3 105/69 PLAYER AVG AB H HR RBI SO PLAYER AVG AB H HR RBI SO 7/14 at SEA 0-7 L 3.96 6.1 8 7 7 1 4-0 4 Trailing 0-7 106/65 Ackley .250 8 2 0 2 2 Andrus .333 3 1 0 0 0 7/21 at LAA 9-2 W 3.88 7.0 3 2 2 0 4-0 11 Leading 9-2 117/75 Carp .000 1 0 0 0 1 Beltre .600 5 3 0 2 0 7/27 vs. CWS 5-9 L 4.05 6.1 8 6 5 1 3-0 6 Trailing 4-5 118/73 Figgins .000 3 0 0 0 0 Cruz .000 2 0 0 0 0 July Totals 1-3 5.74 26.2 24 18 17 3 14-0 32 Jaso .500 4 2 1 2 0 Gentry .667 3 2 0 0 0 8/1 vs. LAA11-10(10) - 4.38 5.0 4 7 7 1 6-0 7 Trailing 5-7 108/59 Kawasaki .500 2 1 0 1 0 Hamilton .333 3 1 0 2 0 8/6 at BOS 2-9 L 4.57 6.2 11 6 6 0 4-0 9 Trailing 1-6 123/75 Montero .000 1 0 0 0 1 Kinsler .667 3 2 1 1 0 8/12 vs. DET 8-3 W 4.54 6.2 6 3 3 0 5-1 8 Leading 6-3 120/68 Olivo .333 3 1 0 0 1 Moreland .000 1 0 0 0 0 8/17 at TOR 2-3 L 4.51 7.0 3 3 3 1 1-0 10 Trailing 2-3 114/71 Peguero .333 3 1 0 0 1 Murphy .000 4 0 0 0 0 8/28 vs. TB 1-0 W 4.31 7.0 6 0 0 0 2-0 10 Leading 1-0 110/70 Ryan .167 6 1 0 0 2 Snyder BB in only PA August Totals 2-2 5.29 32.1 30 19 19 2 18-1 44 Saunders .125 8 1 0 2 2 Young .200 5 1 0 1 0 9/3 at KC 8-4 W 4.29 7.0 3 3 3 0 1-0 6 Leading 6-3 87/60 Seager .429 7 3 0 5 2 9/8 at TB 4-2(10) - 4.14 8.0 2 2 1 0 2-0 8 Tied 2-2 96/64 Smoak .125 8 1 0 0 1 September Totals 1-0 2.40 15.0 5 5 4 0 3-0 14 Thames .167 6 1 0 0 1 Season Totals 14-9 4.14 169.2 141 84 78 13 85-1 196 Wells .333 3 1 0 0 0 RANGERS GAME NOTES • FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2012 • SEATTLE PAGE 3

TEAM PITCHING W-L-S G ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA CS SBA CS% PB PO Starters 65-48 143 4.16 883.2 855 451 408 275 759 105 Napoli 4.12 6 44 13.6 8 0 Relievers 20-10-38 137 3.21 392.1 349 160 140 113 360 45 Torrealba 3.73 6 36 16.7 4 0 Martinez 2.89 0 6 0.0 0 0 Home 45-26-18 71 4.00 650.0 643 320 289 190 585 76 Snyder 0.00 0 0 - 0 0 Road 40-32-21 72 3.72 626.0 561 291 259 198 534 74 Soto 3.74 2 27 7.4 1 0 Stolen bases against pitchers: 0-for-8 (0 SB, 8 CS)

BULLPEN BREAKDOWN (RELIEF OUTINGS ONLY) FIRST BATTER PITCHER LAST TIME (Dec.) IP H R ER BB SO SV/OPP RET/FACED RI/S GB/FB SB/CS 37 Mike Adams Sept. 11 vs. CLE 0.2 1 2 2 2 0 1/2 35/56 17/6, 40.0% 70/51 11/1 50 Michael Kirkman Sept. 7 at TB 1.0 2 0 0 0 3 0/2 17/24 20/5, 25.0% 33/36 1/0 57 Mark Lowe Sept. 7 at TB (L, 0-1) 0.0 1 2 2 1 0 0/0 24/34 7/4, 57.1% 29/49 0/1 36 Joe Nathan Sept. 13 vs. CLE (BS, L, 2-4) 0.0 4 3 3 0 0 33/35 44/58 3/0, 0% 70/49 3/0 41 Sept. 13 vs. CLE 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 3/6 36/49 35/11, 31.4% 55/71 4/0 33 Martin Perez Sept. 13 vs. CLE 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0/0 3/5 2/0, 0% 16/6 1/1 52 Sept. 13 vs. CLE 0.1 2 0 0 0 0 1/1 23/33 20/5, 25.0% 43/36 5/0 22 Yoshinori Tateyama Sept. 9 at TB 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 11/12 7/3, 42.9% 15/24 0/0 19 Sept. 13 vs. CLE 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0/0 24/28 14/5, 35.7% 24/40 1/0 Totals 38/46, 82.6% 265/363, 73.0% 172/48, 27.9% 507/428 26/4

TEAM PITCHING: Allowed 3 HR Thurs. vs. CLE, 5th multi-HR game in last 9…current 1119 K’s already 4th-most in Texas history…have allowed 4+ runs in 9 of last 14, but have 3.24 ERA (81 ER/225.0 IP) in last 25 games to drop from 4.00 to 3.87, 5th in A.L…own 4.25 ERA (181 ER/383.0 IP) last 43 games w/ 50 HR allowed to raise season ERA from 3.70…ranks among A.L. leaders in CG (T3rd, 6), opp. avg. (5th, .247), opp. OBP (3rd, .306), strike- outs (4th, 1119), SO/BB ratio (4th, 2.88), WHIP (4th, 1.25), and SHO (5th, 10)…have allowed 19 HR last 14 G after just 4 HR previous 11 G…6 games with 4+ HR (T4th in majors)…6th in A.L. with 4.08 ERA (229 ER/505.0 IP) since the AS break…4th in A.L. with franchise-record 39 games of 10+ SO…A.L.-high 16 G with no BB, 2nd-most in majors (CIN-17)…have allowed 15+ R 3 times…63 unearned runs are 3rd-most in A.L. STARTERS: Starters have posted consecutive 7.0 IP, 7 H, 2 R-ER, 1 BB outings (Dempster/Holland)…are 3-1, 3.06 (17 ER/50.0 IP) over the last 8 games…3 ER or fewer in 10-of-11…QS 6-of-8, 9-of-13 and 11-of-16…club is 62-16 when a starter posts a QS…have taken decisions in 15 of 19 and are 13-6 last 24 G…starters have a decision in 83 of last 102 and 94 of 115, the longer span since May 6…rotation has a 3.52 ERA (71 ER/181.2 IP) last 29 games to drop from 4.32 to 4.16, 7th in the A.L…have permitted 3 runs-or-fewer in 23 of last 34 contests, but are 17-14, 4.57 (136 ER/267.2 IP) in last 43 G rise from 3.97…leads ML w/ 65 wins…rotation ranks among A.L. team leaders win pct. (2nd, .575) and SO (4th, 759)…average 99.9 pitches per game, 2nd in A.L…have 2 ER-or-fewer in 76 of 143 starts overall…starters have gone at least 5.0 innings in 57 of 62 and 125 of 143 overall, at least 6.0 in 38 of last 52 and 97 of 143 overall…starters tied for ML lead with 11 G of 10+ K’s, 8 by Darvish. RELIEVERS: Bullpen suffered 2nd loss in last 6 games…opponents are hitting .310 (35-113) with 7 HR in last 10 games…saved 5 straight Texas wins and 8 of last 10…win, loss, and/or save in 8 straight games…bullpen has allowed runs in 11-of-14 at 4.50 (20 ER/40.0 IP) to rise from 3.07 to 3.21, 6th in the A.L…still have 2.63 ERA (24 ER/82.0 IP) last 32 G to drop from 3.36, and 3.80 ERA (110 ER/260.2 IP) last 92 G to rise from 2.03…had scoreless streak of 18.0 IP Aug. 16-23, longest since 28.1 IP, 5/1-10, 2008…for season, have fewest losses (10) and BB (113) in ML, and highest SO/BB ratio (3.19)…rank 3rd in ML in OBP (.293) and 3rd in WHIP (1.18) and is 4th in A.L. in opp. avg. (.237)…3rd-best winning pct. in majors at .667 (20-10)…has converted 28 of last 32 save tries, 16 of last 19…overall, have converted 38 of 46 save opps. (82.6%), 2nd-best % in ML…T4th-fewest save chances in ML (46), tied w/ TB for fewest blown saves in ML (8)…369 games are 2nd-fewest in A.L. 37 MIKE ADAMS 5-3-1, 2.96 vs. LHB: 27-for-99 (.273) vs. RHB: 22-for-91 (.242) Allowed 2 runs in only 0.2 IP Tue. vs. CLE, his 3rd multi-run outing of the season - others were May 29-30 vs. SEA (3 runs each)…2 walks Tue. 2nd multi-walk game of 2012, 3rd since start of 2011…earned wins with scoreless 9th innings, 9/6 at KC and 9/8 at TB…has earned hold or win in 9 of last 11 appearances…has allowed runs in 3 of last 5 at 7.72 (4 ER/4.2 IP) to rise from 2.45…still allowed runs in 4 of last 19 outings at 2.65 (5 ER/17.0 IP) to drop from 3.13…owns 2.43 ERA (8 ER/29.2 IP) last 34 G to drop from 4.00…allowed GW hit in 2 of 4 Texas walk-off losses in 2012 (Lawrie HR on 5/1 at TOR; Youkilis 1B on 7/4 at CWS)…T4th in A.L. in holds (26)…has allowed a run in 13 of 57 G…lone save on 4/12 vs. SEA…since start of ‘09, has most holds (112), lowest ERA at 1.75 (44 ER/226.0 IP), and 4th-lowest WHIP (0.95) among all ML relievers w/ 150.0 IP. 50 MICHAEL KIRKMAN 1-2-0, 3.73 vs. LHB: 8-for-42 (.190) vs. RHB: 12-for-74 (.162) All 3 outs 9/7 at TB were K’s…gave up game-tying solo HR to Hosmer in 7th 9/6 at KC, 2nd blown save in ‘12…has 0.75 ERA (1 ER/12.0 IP) last 11 G to drop from 5.59 to 3.73…opponents batting .167 (7-42) with 13 K’s and one XBH (HR) over last 11 outings…has stranded 12 of last 16 IR overall, includ- ing 3 in a game 3 times…was awarded the victory on 8/18 at TOR, his 2nd ML win, 1st since 6/2/11 at CLE…both of his losses have been walk-offs, 7/18 at OAK (HR to Hicks to lead off 9th) and 8/5 at KC (Hosmer scores on Olt error in 10th)…has worked 2.0-or-more innings 6 times…was recalled from Round Rock (AAA) on 6/12, where he was 5-1 with a 5.25 ERA (28 ER/48.0 IP) in 15 games/8 starts. 57 MARK LOWE 0-1-0, 2.61 vs. LHB: 14-for-67 (.209) vs. RHB: 16-for-71 (.225) Allowed walk-off HR to Zobrist 9/7at TB, a year to the day of his previous walk-off HR allowed (Jennings on 9/7/11 at TB)…3 G on recent trip: 0-1, 2.0 IP, 3 R-ER, opponents 5-for-11 (.455)…8 G since coming off DL on 8/10: 4.05 ERA (3 ER/6.2 IP) to rise from 2.30 to 2.61…missed 36 games with a right intercostal strain, June 26-Aug. 9…scoreless in 26 of 34 outings in 2012…RHB are 8-for-48 (.167) over last 20 games…matched career high with 3.0 scoreless on June 25 vs. DET, most since 9/28/06 vs. OAK…has tossed 2.0-or-more innings 4 times this season after none since 9/17/09. 36 JOE NATHAN 2-4-33, 2.83 vs. LHB: 31-for-131 (.237) vs. RHB: 20-for-83 (.241) Working on 3rd straight day, allowed solo HR to Ezequiel Carrera and 2-run HR to Jason Kipnis to suffer first blown save since 4/11 vs. SEA…3 R-ER and 4 hits matched season highs…2 HR tied career high as a reliever (6th time, first since 8/1 vs. LAA)…4th career game without retiring a batter, first since 8/30/08, MIN at OAK…career-high 4 batters faced without an out…had converted career-high 31 consecutive save chances (previous Twins-record 27 in a row May 8-Aug. 15, 2004), longest single-season and overall streak in club history, surpassing 25 by , 1997-98…was longest overall streak in majors in 2012, T18th-longest in ML history…during the streak, had a 1.86 ERA (11 ER/53.1 IP) with 9 BB and 65 SO in 54 games…this is his 7th career 30-save season, first since 2009 (47)…is just 14th pitcher with at least 7 30-save seasons since 1969, one of 5 active: Rivera (14), Papelbon (7), Cordero (7) and Isringhausen (7)…saves in 9 of last 11 appearances…since the All-Star break, has a 4.71 ERA (11 ER/21.0 IP) in 22 outings to rise from 1.73 to 2.83…5 HR allowed in last 18 games after just 2 HR in first 41 G…has 294 saves in 328 career opps. (89.63%), passing (89.28%) for highest save pct. in ML history among pitchers w/ 200+ saves…is 33-for-35 in save tries, 2nd in A.L. with 94.3% save percentage to Fernando Rodney (95.5%, 42-44) and 5th in A.L. in saves…2nd in majors with 7.78 SO/BB ratio…has at least one K in 48 of 61…no rest: 0-3, 9 saves, 4.32 ERA (8 ER/16.2 IP); one-or-more days’ rest: 2-1, 24 saves, 2.21 ERA (10 ER/40.2 IP)…pitched scoreless 2nd in All-Star Game. 41 ALEXI OGANDO 2-0-3, 2.97 vs. LHB: 20-for-89 (.225) vs. RHB: 22-for-120 (.183) Has 2.0 scoreless IP in last 2 outings but 5.40 ERA (3 ER/5.0 IP) in last 5 G to rise from 2.70 to 2.93…allowed multiple runs 9/5 at KC for just 5th time in 2012 and has a 4.18 ERA (11 ER/23.2 IP) in 23 outings since return from DL on July 17 to rise from 2.08, allowing runs 6 times…on DL June 11-July 16 with right groin strain suffered running to 1st in spot start on 6/10 at SF…allowed back-to-back HR to 1st 2 batters faced 8/14 at NYY, 1st relief out- ing with 2 HR in ML career…is 3-for-6 in save tries, saves in 2 straight, 8/3-4…has issued a run in 12 of 50 outings…prior to injury, had 2.27 ERA (8 ER/31.2 IP) in 27 G and worked 3.0 SHO IP in spot start, 6/10…has a 3.45 ERA (11 ER/28.2 IP) at RBIA compared to a 2.43 (8 ER/29.2 IP) road figure. 33 MARTIN PEREZ 1-1-0, 3.96 vs. LHB: 9-for-29 (.310) vs. RHB: 20-for-72 (.278) Walked only batter faced Thurs. vs. CLE…allowed 2 solo HR to B.J. Upton over 5.0 IP Sun. at TB…matched longest relief appearance by a Ranger in ‘12…had 2 prior stints with Texas, June 26-July 17 & July 23-31…in 3 starts: 1-1, 2.60 (5 ER/17.1 IP)…in 5 relief appearances: 0-0, 7.04 (6 ER/7.2 IP)…rest of the year at Round Rock (AAA): 7-6, 4.25 ERA (60 ER/127.0 IP) in 22 games/21 starts. 52 TANNER SCHEPPERS 1-0-1, 4.03 vs. LHB: 12-for-46 (.261) vs. RHB: 27-for-73 (.370) Scoreless in his last 6 outings (4.1 IP), 0 ER in last 9 (6.1 IP)…recalled Sept. 1 for 2nd stint w/ Texas (also June 7-Aug. 25)…has a 0.98 ERA (2 ER/18.1 IP) in last 23 games w/ Texas to lower ERA from 9.00 to 4.03, lowest since 6/9 (3.38)…recorded 1st ML win on 8/16 at NYY…first career save 6/29 vs. OAK…ML debut 6/7 at OAK (1.2 IP, 1 R-ER, 1 HR)…rest of season at Round Rock (AAA): 1-2, 11 saves, 3.48 ERA (12 ER/31.0 IP) in 27 relief outings. PAGE 4 RANGERS GAME NOTES • FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2012 • SEATTLE

22 YOSHINORI TATEYAMA 1-0-0, 10.54 vs. LHB: 8-for-24 (.333) vs. RHB: 9-for-35 (.257) Recorded 3 outs on just 2 pitches (GIDP, groundout) in 8th inn. Sun. at TB, first appearance since being recalled Sept. 1 (others May 21-June 15 & June 29-July 13)…has allowed 17 R/15 ER in 10.1 innings in last 9 ML games, but scoreless in last 3 outings (3.2 IP, 0 H, 1 BB, 4 SO)…rest of season with Round Rock (AAA): 4-0 with 6 saves, 1.13 ERA (5 ER/39.2 IP), 45 K’s, 7 BB. 19 KOJI UEHARA 0-0-0, 2.25 vs. LHB: 12-for-53 (.226) vs. RHB: 7-for-47 (.149) Has pitched on each of the last 3 days, first time since Sept. 21-23, 2011…has appeared in 8 of 17 Texas games since return from DL on 8/26, 2 R allowed in 6.2 IP…has retired 6 straight batters and 11-of-13…allowed RBI single to lone batter faced on Tue., Casey Kotchman, his first career appear- ance without recording an out…has 3.2 SHO IP last 5 G…2-run HR to Kotchman 9/1 at CLE after one HR previous 18 ML outings…missed 65 G with a right latissimus dorsi (lat) muscle strain, 6/15 (retro to 6/10)-8/25…prior to DL stint, ranked among A.L. relief leaders in strikeout-to-walk ratio (2nd, 11.00), WHIP (3rd, 0.70), and opp. avg. (T8th, .171)…3 rehab appearances w/ Round Rock (AAA), 3.0 SHO IP with 4 SO.

BATTING CAPSULES TEAM BATTING: Club was 30-for-102 (.294) with 9 walks and 15 runs in 3-game series with Cleveland...is batting .231 (78-337) last 10 G to drop from .279 to .275, still highest in majors (LAA-.274)…shut out for 4th time in ‘12 on Sunday, 2nd fewest in the A.L. (Detroit, 2)...have 10+ strikeouts in 5 of last 13 games after one such game in previous 35 contests...went 7-for-31 with RISP in 3 G series with CLE and batting .258 (17-66) overall in Sept....HR in 19 of last 22 G, multiple HR in 6 of 12 in Sept…T2nd in A.L. with 21 HR (BAL) over first 12 games in Sept., 3rd in ML to Washington (30)…HR have accounted for 29 of club’s 53 runs this month…had 3+ runs in 8 of 10 games on last road trip…10+ hits in 11 of last 24, 64x on the year…18 G w/ 10+ R lead majors…leads all ML clubs in runs (729) and total bases (2218), 2nd in hits (1364), SLG (.448) and OBP (.337)…ranks among A.L. leaders in doubles (3rd, 265), XBH (3rd, 471), and HR (5th, 177)…ML-best 25 innings of 5+ runs…10 innings of 6+ runs, incl. 3 times in 1st…leads the A.L. with .288 (702-2439) home average.

1 ELVIS ANDRUS .296 AVG, 3 HR, 54 RBI, .359 OBP, .388 SLG –– R/R Thurs: 1-for-5, 3B, K, GDP Stand: .333 (4-12), 3B, 2 BB, RBI Streak: 3 G (.333, 3-12, 2 BB, 3B, RBI Is 8-for-36 (.222) last 10 G/9 starts to drop from .301 to .296…has 4 XBH last 35 G…has hit safely in 30 of last 37 G with an AB since start of August at .319 (52-163) to rise from .286…20th steal 9/2 at CLE, just 4 steals last 61 G, 4 straight 20+ steal seasons to begin career…40 hits in August, highest career monthly total, T2nd in majors (Jeter-43)…already has career highs in doubles (28) and extra-base hits (38)…tied for A.L. lead in sac bunts (13) and ranks among A.L. leaders in multi-hit games (T12th, 47), triples (T3rd, 7), infield hits (2nd, 36), and hits (6th, 164)…2nd in A.L. with a .339 avg. (56- 165) in the 7th inning or later…4th in A.L. with .359 avg with RISP...has been picked off 4 times, 3rd in ML (Jose Reyes-7)…went 0-for-1 in All-Star Game in K.C. (2nd ASG), playing 3B for 1st time in career…season-best 13-G hit streak (.320, 16-50), July 7-25, T4th-longest of his career…has reached in 115 of 135 starts…career-high and 2012 A.L.-best 32 G on-base streak, 4/10-5/20…has hit safely in all 32 career games vs. Cleveland, a club record for longest hit streak vs. one opponent…has started 132 G at SS (3 as DH), 15 E in 592 TC…2 E’s in 4th inn. 8/31 at CLE, first career multi-error inning…had 54-G errorless streak end 5/1, longest ever by TEX regular SS.

29 ADRIAN BELTRE .320 AVG, 32 HR, 92 RBI, .357 OBP, .561 SLG –– R/R Thurs: 2-for-3, 2 R, IBB Stand: .500 (5-10), 4 R, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 2 BB Streak: 3 G (.500, 5-10, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 2 BB) Has hit safely in 11 of 12 games in Sept. at .370 (17-46)...left Wednesday’s game with a strained left shoulder...batting .410 (34-83) with 6 doubles, triple, 13 HR, 24 RBI, and 18 runs in his last 21 games to rise from .303 to .320, 4th in A.L…batting .338 (105-311) w/ 22 HR, 17 2B, and 55 RBI last 80 contests…23 G since Aug. 20: .411 (37-90) with 13 HR, 7 2B, 2 3B, 24 RBI, and 21 runs, leading majors in that span (min. 67 PA’s) in avg, HR, hits, XBH (22), and SLG (.967), 2nd in RBI (Headley-26)…has HR in 4 of 8 and 7 of 12, 32 HR in 2012, match 2nd-highest total of his career (48 in 2004; 32 in 2011)…just 5th Ranger with back-to-back 30-HR seasons: Juan Gonzalez, , Alex Rodriguez, and …joins Killebrew, Schmidt, and A. Rodriguez as only 3B ever with multiple 30-HR seasons at age 32+…dating to last September, has HR in 11 of 17, 14 of 22, and 18 of last 28 Sept. contests…Rangers are 27-3 when Beltre homers and he is tied for A.L. lead with 16 GW RBI…he has at least 3 hits in 6 of his last 21 games...selected as Rangers Player of the Month for August, 2nd Rangers monthly award (Sept. 2011)…multiple hits in 11 of 22 and 14 of 27…ranks among A.L. leaders in total bases (2nd, 303), avg. (4th, .320), hits (3rd, 173), multi-hit games (T4th, 51), SLG (5th, .561), extra-base hits (T5th, 64), RBI (7th, 92), HR (7th, 32) sac flies (T2nd, 9), GWRBI (T1st, 16), and GARBI (T6th, 24)…3rd in A.L. with .339 avg. vs. RHP…named A.L. Player of the Week for Aug. 20-26 after hitting .433 (13-30) w/ 3 doubles, one triple, 5 HR, 9 RBI, and 7 runs, incl. 3-HR game 8/22 vs. BAL and his 2nd career cycle 8/24 vs. MIN…hit for 2nd cycle of his career 8/24 vs. MIN, both at RBIA, 6th cycle in Rangers history…per Elias, he is the first player in ML history to hit for the cycle in the same ballpark as both home and visiting player (also SEA at TEX, 9/1/08)…4th cycle in majors in ‘12 (S. Hairston, A. Hill twice)…1st triple since 7/26/10, longest career triples drought (302 games)…homered in first 3 AB 8/22 vs. BAL, his first career reg. season 3-HR game (3-HR game in 2011 ALDS Game 4 at TB); 23rd career multi-HR game…hit 2 HR in 4th inn., 2nd player in Rangers history to homer twice in one frame (Carl Everett, 7/26/02 vs. OAK)…only other 2-HR inning in MLB in 2012 was Kendrys Morales at RBIA on 7/30 (both sides of plate in 6th)…first 3-HR game by a Ranger in Arlington since 7/3/07 vs. LAA…16th player in ML history (10th A.L.) with 3-HR game and cycle in same season, shortest-ever span between the two feats (2 games)…has hit .317 or better in 4 of first 5 months (.258 in July)…118 starts at 3B and 17 as DH, with 8 E in 284 TC…elect- ed starting 3B on A.L. All-Star team (3rd straight ASG, 3rd overall), going 0-for-2 in K.C…3rd among active players w/ 329 HR as a 3B…GW pinch 3-R HR off Joe Smith on 5/5 at CLE…over last 12 home games since Aug. 20, batting .429 (21-49) with 8 HR, 4 doubles, 2 triples, and 24 RBI...ranks 4th in A.L. with .342 average at home.

17 .254 AVG, 22 HR, 82 RBI, .320 OBP, .452 SLG –– R/R Thurs: 1-for-4, R, 2B, RBI, 2 K Stand: .125 (1-8), R, 2B, RBI Streak: 1 G (.250, 1-4, 2B, RBI) Is 3-for-31 (.097) last 8 G to drop from .264 to .254, lowest since June 27 (.254)…matched season high w/ 3 R 9/3 at KC (4th time, last 5/13 vs. LAA)…is hitting .169 (12-71) last 19 G to drop from .268…has HR in 2 straight 5 times in ‘12…has 7 doubles, 4 HR, 12 RBI, 15 runs, and 8 walks in his last 25 games…career-high 36 doubles (T7th in A.L.)…22 of last 40 hits have gone for extra bases (11 2B/10 HR)…has 46 RBI in last 77 games…4 consecu- tive seasons of 20+ HR, 6th player in Texas history to accomplish the feat, along with (5, 1986-90), Juan Gonzalez (5, 1995-99), Ivan Rodriguez (5, 1997-2001), Rafael Palmeiro (5, 1999-03), and Mark Teixeira (4, 2003-06)…on 5/25 vs. TOR, matched career highs w/ 8 RBI (2x) and 4 hits (6x), going 4-for-5 with a 3-run 2B, , and RBI single, T-most RBI ever by a Ranger in Arlington…only Ranger ever w/ multiple 8+ RBI games, one of 11 in ML history…7th-inning GS was 4th of career in reg. season (5th incl. postseason) and 2nd in 2-week span (5/13 vs. LAA)…tops club with career-high 140 games played…has started 127 G in RF, 2 in LF, and 7 at DH…has 2 E in 263 TC, T7th in A.L. with 8 OF assists...…has 18 HR in 81 career games vs. Seattle, 2nd-highest HR total vs. any opponent (LAA-19).

23 CRAIG GENTRY .306 AVG, 1 HR, 26 RBI, .372 OBP, .389 SLG OUTFIELDER –– R/R Thurs: 0-for-1, K as DEF Replacement Stand: .167 (1-6) Streak: 0 G Is 7-for-42 (.167) in last 28 games (since 7/27)…batting .163 (8-49) last 32 G to drop from .347 to .306…hitting .317 (45-142) over last 67 games…has started just 9 of team’s last 42 games, once since 8/27 vs. TB…tied career high with 3 RBI 8/16 at NYY…hitting .355 (33-93) vs. LHP.…has hit safely in 30 of last 58 starts…is 8th in A.L. w/ team-high 10 HBP…led majors with .455 avg. (20-44) in June (min. 50 PA)…has started 59 G in CF (0 E/180 TC)…career-high 5 hits 6/8 at SF…had 6 straight hits and reached in 7 consec. PA’s (6 H and HBP), 6/8-9…pitched 8th inn. 6/4 at OAK (1.0 IP, 2 R-ER), 4th pos. player to pitch for Texas, 1st since Scott Sheldon, 9/6/00 at CWS…is 29-for-34 on career SB tries but has been caught on 5 of his last 9 attempts…was also picked off first base by Salvador Perez 9/6 at KC. RANGERS GAME NOTES • FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2012 • SEATTLE PAGE 5

32 .285 AVG, 41 HR, 121 RBI, .354 OBP, .582 SLG OUTFIELDER –– L/L Thurs: DNP Stand: .125 (1-8), 2 R, HR, 2 RBI, IBB Streak: 1 G (.250, 1-4, 2 R, HR, RBI) Left Wednesday’s game with left knee soreness...has HR in 5 of 10 and 6 of 13, career-high and ML-high 41 HR…leads majors with 121 RBI, 3 more than Cabrera (118)…this is first career 40-HR season, first by a Ranger since Mark Teixeira in 2005 (43)…just the 5th player in Rangers history with a 40-HR season, joining Juan Gonzalez (5x), Rafael Palmeiro (3x), Alex Rodriguez (3x), and Mark Teixeira (once)…Palmeiro is only other strictly left-hand- ed batter in that group…this is just 9th season of 41 HR/121 RBI by a Ranger, as Hamilton is just the 2nd player with 41/121 in the last 3 seasons (2010- 12), joining Jose Bautista (54/124 in 2010)…the only Ranger to lead majors (or A.L.) in both HR and RBI was Alex Rodriguez (57/142) in 2002…Hamilton is 7th player chosen #1 overall in June (Tampa Bay, 1999) to have a 40-HR season…the others: Alex Rodriguez (8x), Ken Griffey, Jr. (7x), and once each for Jeff Burroughs, , Chipper Jones and Adrian Gonzalez…has more HR on road (21) than at home (20)…has hit safely in 15 of last 20 at .288 (21-73) w/ 7 HR, 2 2B, 19 RBI, and 17 R…batting .298 (37-124) with 12 HR, 31 RBI, and 32 runs in last 34 games…has a .242 (90-372) average in last 98 G to drop from .404…5th player in club history with at least 3 seasons of 30+ HR…7 games of 4+ RBI are 2 more than any other ML player…3rd career 100-RBI season (2008, ‘10)…3 of 5 career games with 5+ RBI in 2012…had 28 RBI in 29 G in August after 11 RBI over 22 G in July…43 RBI in last 47 games…has 19 HR and 57 RBI in last 68 games…ranks among A.L. leaders in SLG (2nd, .582), total bases (3rd, 296), runs (2nd, 95), IBB (5th, 12), sac flies (T2nd, 9), XBH (4th, 67), and GARBI (5th, 25)…7th in strikeouts (142)…leads majors in swing-and-miss pct. (34.9%)…is 6-for-his-last-14 vs. LHP but is hitting .233 (24-103) against them since May 17 after hitting .396 (21-53) prior to then…one of 6 A.L. players with 7 HR/21 RBI in August…ranked among A.L. August leaders in RBI (1st, 28) and runs (T2nd, 25)…elected as starting OF on A.L. All-Star team (5th straight All-Star start), going 0-for-2 as starting LF…just 6th A.L. player ever with mins. of a .308 avg., 27 HR, and 75 RBI at All-Star break (since 1933)…won A.L. Player of Month for both April and May (also 2008)…club-record 5 A.L. POM awards…has HR in consecutive games 8 times…had 21 HR and 56 RBI in first 50 team games, 6th player since RBI became official stat in 1920 to reach those mins. in team’s first 50 G…had 18 HR in first 31 G, most by any player in MLB history through his first 31 G…was 5-for-5 with a double, 4 HR, 8 RBI, 18 TB and 4 R, 5/8 at BAL…tied ML records for HR and XBH in a game and set A.L. record for total bases while falling one shy of club records for hits and RBI…3rd player in ML history with 6+ HR and 15+ RBI in 6-G span, 5/7- 12 (6 HR/15 RBI)…A.L. POW, 5/13…16-G hit streak, 4/27-5/16, 2nd-longest of career…72 starts in CF, 51 in LF, and 9 at DH, with 4 OF assists...since 2010, has hit safely in 32 of 40 vs. M’s at .287 (45-157) with 13 doubles, 9 HR, 30 RBI, and 24 R…17 career HR vs. SEA are his most against any opp.

5 IAN KINSLER .266 AVG, 16 HR, 68 RBI, .332 OBP, .434 SLG –– R/R Thurs: 2-for-5, K Stand: .385 (5-13), R, 2 2B, RBI Streak: 3 G (.385, 5-13, R, 2 2B, RBI) Has multiple hits in 2 straight for the first time since Aug. 24-25...has 40 doubles, one shy of matching a career high (41 in 2008)...batting .217 (30-138) in his last 33 G to fall from .281…hitting .239 (51-213) in last 51 games…leadoff triple in 10th 9/6 at K.C., scoring decisive run on Young’s single…has 4 multi-hit games last 16…3rd in A.L. with 40 doubles, 2nd-highest total in career (41, 2008)…ranks among A.L. leaders in runs (3rd, 94) and multi-hit games (T9th, 48)…solo HR 8/28 vs. TB (Shields) for game’s only run, just 13th solo HR 1-0 win in Texas history…5 HR in 27 August games (6 HR in previous 82 G)…had 8-game hit streak, Aug. 19-26, longest streak since 12-gamer, July 2-16, 2011…5 leadoff HR, T-most in majors (Choo, Austin Jackson, Jeter)…has Rangers-record 25 career leadoff HR and leads majors in leadoff HR since moving to leadoff spot in 2008…tied career high with 4 RBI 8/25 vs. MIN (8th time, last 5/27 vs. TOR)…went 0-for-21 from 8/12-19, 2nd-longest drought of his career (0-24, 6/30-7/6/09)…has been picked off 5 times, 2nd in ML (Jose Reyes-7)…1st Ranger ever with 5 seasons of 20+ steals…157 career steals as a Ranger, 2nd all-time, 4 shy of Bump Wills’ club record…3rd in A.L. with .361 avg. vs. LHP…went 0-for-2 ASG in K.C. (3rd ASG)…walk-off single in 13th 7/8 vs. MIN…has reached safely in 112 of 138 G…127 starts at 2B (16 E/529 TC) and 11 as DH…his 16 errors at 2B are most in ML, most since 2008 (18)...appeared at 3B on 9/12, first app. at pos. other than 2B in his career...14 HR vs. SEA, 2nd-most against any opp...8 HR vs. SEA since start of ‘11, 2nd-most of any ML players (Trumbo-9). 27 LEONYS MARTIN .186 AVG, 0 HR, 6 RBI, .250 OBP, .395 SLG OUTFIELDER –– L/R Thurs: 0-for-3, K Stand: .200 (1-5), R, 2B, RBI, SF, SB Streak: 0 G Had a 2B and RBI on Tues. in first ML start since 7/28 at CWS…scored go-ahead run as pinch-runner on Profar double Saturday...is in his 3rd stint w/ Texas in 2012 (others June 15-July 29 & Aug. 17-19)…has batted .186 w/ 5 doubles, 2 triples, and 6 RBI in 20 G with Texas, 12 starts in center and one in left…has 7 XBH in 13 starts with Texas...doubled and tripled in the same game on both 6/24 and 6/27, becoming the 4th player since 1918 to do it twice within his first 14 ML games (Babe Ganzel-1927, Johnny Blatnik-1948, Gary Ward-1980)…recorded 1st ML SB on 6/18 at SD…spent the rest of the year with Round Rock, batting .359 (83-231) with 12 HR and 42 RBI in 55 G…hit safely in 28 of his last 30 with the Express…was on minors DL May 2-June 6 with a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his left thumb…made ML debut with Texas in Sept. 2011, going 3-for-8 in 8 games.

15 LUIS MARTINEZ .111 AVG, 0 HR, 0 RBI, .158 OBP, .111 SLG –– R/R Thurs: DNP Stand: .000 (-) Streak: 0 G Caught 10th on Sat.…has hits in 2 of 3 w/ AB…has 6 starts as catcher since recall from Round Rock (AAA) on 8/11…also with club July 14-21, appear- ing in one game as a def. replacement 7/18 at OAK…batted .270 (58-215) with 2 HR, 15 doubles, 2 triples, 22 RBI, and 27 runs in 65 games with the Express…acquired 12/21/11 from San Diego, his only previous ML action with the Padres in 2011, batting .203 with a HR and 10 RBI in 22 games.

18 MITCH MORELAND .282 AVG, 15 HR, 47 RBI, .329 OBP, .496 SLG FIRST BASE / OF –– L/L Thurs: 2-for-4 Stand: .273 (3-11), 2B Streak: 1 G (.500, 2-4) Hits in 6 of 9 w/ AB, but is 7-for-37 (.189) last 13 G/10 starts to drop from .296…14 RBI in last 21 games (2 in prev. 16)…is batting .294 (37-126) with 8 2B, 5 HR and 22 RBI in 42 games/35 starts since returning from DL on 7/30 to rise from .272…made first start vs. LHP in 2012 on 8/25 vs. MIN and hit a 3-run HR to upper HR porch off Brian Duensing…3rd-longest HR in history of RBIA at 463 feet, trailing only Hamilton (490, 6/27/10 vs. HOU) and Canseco (480, 6/13/94 vs. SEA)…2 of 4 career regular season HR vs. LHP came in August (8/3 at KC off Mijares)…1st career grand slam 8/22 vs. BAL and tied career high with 5 RBI…with Beltre, became 4th pair of teammates in ML in ‘12 with 5+ RBI in same game, first for Texas in 5 years to the day (Saltalamacchia/R. Vazquez, 7 each, 8/22/07 at BAL)…on DL June 20-July 29 (missed 31 G) with a strained left hamstring suffered while running to 1B on 6/19 at SD…1st ML pinch HR 6/9 at SF…has started 70 games at 1B with 3 E in 644 total chances and 5 at DH.

7 DAVID MURPHY .313 AVG, 13 HR, 54 RBI, .392 OBP, .494 SLG OUTFIELDER –– L/L Thurs: 0-for-5 Stand: .273 (3-11), 3B, 2 BB, SB Streak: 0 G Is batting .275 (11-40) over 11 G since acquiring enough PA’s to qualify for league leader status on 9/2 to fall from .322 to .313, 6th in the A.L....ranks among A.L. leaders in RISP Avg (2nd, .385) and on-base pct. (5th, .392…his .391 avg. vs. LH pitchers (note that he bats lefty) is the highest in the A.L…had a career-high 5 straight multi-hit games Aug. 29-Sept. 3, joining Michael Young (5, April 11-15) as only Rangers to do that in ‘12…since Aug. 16, batting .385 (40-104) with 3 HR, a triple, 6 doubles, 12 RBI, and 17 runs in 27 games/26 starts…HR in 2 straight Sept. 1-2 at CLE for a 3rd time in 2012 (also 5/19-20 & 6/12-14)…has 13 multi-hit games in his last 26 starts…4th in A.L. with .340 (64-188) avg. since All-Star break…batted team-high .366 (37-101) in August, 3rd in A.L…has 15 2B in 46 G since July 24 (11 doubles in first 71 G)…7-game run scored streak, Aug. 19-25…tied a career high with 3 extra-base hits (2 2B, HR) on 8/19 at TOR…HR on 8/13 at NYY ended 32-game HR drought, 2nd-longest of his career…reached safely in 8 straight PA’s (6-for-6; 2 BB), 7/31-8/1…had doubles in Rangers-record 7 straight starts, 7/24-8/1, longest in majors since Luis Gonzalez (7), 8/24-9/2/08; longest in A.L. since Brian Roberts (7), 8/9-15/04…tied career high with 5 RBI and had season-high 4 hits, 6/27 vs. DET…hit 23rd inside-the-park HR in Rangers history, 5/19 at HOU…has started 87 G in LF, 12 in RF and 6 as DH, (1 E/177 TC) and 4 OF assists....leads A.L. with .356 average at home. 9 MIKE OLT .156 AVG, 0 HR, 5 RBI, .256 OBP, .188 SLG INFIELDER –– R/R Thurs: DNP Stand: .500 (1-2) Streak: 1 G (.500, 1-2) Left Wed.’s game with plantar fasciitis in right foot...started 2 of 4 in K.C., going 0-for-5, and has played 4x in last 18 G…had walk-off, pinch-hit RBI sin- gle on 8/11 vs. DET, 1st by a Rangers rookie since Mike Lamb on 5/5/00 vs. OAK…has made 11 starts (8 at 1B; 2 at 3B; 1 in RF) since promotion from Double-A Frisco on Aug. 2…is 3-for-27 (.111) in his last 12 games…made ML debut at 1B, 8/2 vs. LAA, single in first career PA…first Ranger with a hit in ML debut since Leonys Martin on 9/2/11 at BOS (also first career PA)…batted .288 (102-354) with 17 doubles, 28 HR, and 82 RBI over 95 games with Frisco…at time of callup, led all Double-A players in HR and OPS (.977) and was T2nd among all minor league players in HR…ranked among Texas League leaders in HR (1st, 28), SLG (1st, .579), RBI (2nd, 82), total bases (3rd, 205), walks (5th, 61), OBP (6th, .398), and avg. (11th, .288)…played mostly 3B, also 1B and RF…mid-season Texas League All-Star…named Rangers Minor League Player of the Month in May and June. PAGE 6 RANGERS GAME NOTES • FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2012 • SEATTLE

2 JURICKSON PROFAR .333 AVG, 1 HR, 2 RBI, .333 OBP, .889 SLG INFIELDER –– S/R Thurs: DNP Stand: .000 (-) Streak: 1 G (.250, 1-4, 2B, RBI, R) GW RBI double in 10th Sat. at TB…has XBH and RBI in each of his first 2 starts spanning his first 3 career games in majors…both RBI have been game-winning RBI…according to baseball-reference.com, Profar is only teenager since at least 1918 with multiple games with an XBH and RBI within his first 3 career contests…struck out as PH Fri. at TB…recalled Sept. 1 and went 2-for-4 w/ HR and 2B in ML debut 9/2 at CLE at age of 19 years, 195 days…HR in first ML PA (4th pitch), just 3rd teenager to hit a HR in first career ML (since 1876) at-bat, the 2nd-youngest to do it, and youngest in the A.L…other teenagers were NY Giants’ Whitey Lockman (18.345) on 7/5/45 vs. St. Louis at the Polo Grounds and Reds’ Ted Tappe (19.224) on 9/14/50 at Brooklyn’s Ebbets Field…first Ranger to HR in first career AB, 3rd in Washington/Texas franchise history, last Brant Alyea for Washington 9/12/65 vs. California at D.C. Stadium (later RFK)…3rd player in majors to HR in first AB in ‘12: PIT’s Starling Marte (7/26 at HOU) and SD’s Eddy Rodriguez (8/2 at CIN)…youngest player to HR since Adrian Beltre (19.171) on 9/25/98 vs. MIL at Dodger Stadium…first player born in 1993 to appear in majors, youngest position player in Rangers history, 3rd-youngest overall behind pitchers David Clyde (18.066) and Wilson Alvarez (19.122)… was also exact- ly 19.195 for his debut on 4/28/12 at LAD, and Profar is youngest active player in the majors…is first teenager to appear for Rangers since Ivan Rodriguez, 19.309 for 1991 season finale…spent season with Frisco (AA), batting .281 (135-480) with 14 HR, 26 2B, 7 3B, 62 RBI, and 76 runs in 126 games…made starts at shortstop (96), second (25), DH (5), and third (1)…HR in Futures Game 7/8 in KC…when called up, ranked among Texas League leaders in triples (T4th), total bases (6th), walks (6th), runs (7th), hits (7th), SLG (10th)…was youngest player in Texas League and Double-A in ‘12.

21 BRANDON SNYDER .281 AVG, 3 HR, 9 RBI, .313 OBP, .453 SLG INFIELDER –– R/R Wed: DNP Stand: .000 (-) Streak: 0 G Recalled Sept. 1 for 2nd stint with Texas, was on Rangers 25-man roster from Opening Day-Aug. 1, batting .281 (18-64) with 3 HR and 9 RBI in 38 games…saw action at 5 different positions, as well as DH…batting .222 (10-45) last 26 games w/ Texas to drop from season-high .421…1st career pinch hit was a HR on 5/15 vs. KC…had 6 RBI 5/7 at BAL, just the 3rd Texas rookie ever with 6+ RBI in one game…first pro start in OF on 5/2 at TOR (LF), hitting first ML HR off Romero…is 2-for-12 with one HR as a PH…since being sent to Round Rock, batted .253 (22-87) with 2 HR and 9 RBI in 23 G.

8 GEOVANY SOTO .201 AVG, 9 HR, 31 RBI, .278 OBP, .340 SLG CATCHER –– R/R Thurs: 0-for-4, 2 K, GDP Stand: .000 (0-6), R, BB, RBI, SB Streak: 0 G Is 0-for-13 with 5 K and 2 GDP over last 4 games…batting .115 (3-26) over last 9 games to drop from .210 to .201...had 6-game hitting streak (.391, 9- 23) and career-high 6-game RBI streak, 8/19-25…has started behind the plate in 26 of the Rangers’ last 32 games…had season-high 3 hits on 8/19 at TOR, most since 3-hit effort on 9/21/11 vs. MIL…is batting .205 (23-112) with 5 doubles, 3 HR, 17 RBI and 16 runs in 34 games w/ Texas, 30 starts at catcher and one at DH…had 2 hits in Texas debut 8/2 vs. LAA, 1st player with 2 hits in team debut since Napoli on 4/1/11 vs. BOS (2-3)…acquired from Cubs on 7/30 for RHP Jacob Brigham…hit .199 with 6 HR/14 RBI in 52 games/51 starts with Cubs…missed over a month on DL May 19-June 17 with torn meniscus in left knee…has made 79 overall starts at catcher, throwing out 11-of-73 base stealers (15.1%), but 2-of-27 with Texas.

10 MICHAEL YOUNG .269 AVG, 7 HR, 62 RBI, .299 OBP, .359 SLG INF / DH –– R/R Thurs: 3-for-4, 2 RBI Stand: .455 (5-11), 2 R, 2B, 3 RBI, BB Streak: 3 G (.455, 5-11, 2 R, 3 RBI, BB) Had 3 hits yesterday for first 3-hit effort since Aug. 19 at TOR and 7th overall...is 5-for-18 since end of 6-G hit and RBI streak on Fri…has RBI in 9 of 13 games (12 RBI total)...after having RBI in just one of previous 20 contests (5 RBI game on 8/19 at TOR)...has 4 hits in last 5 at-bats with RISP...has 3 HR past 10 games after one long ball previous 99 G from May 8-Sept. 2…has hit 5 of 6 HR on the road (lone HR at RBIA, 4/12 vs. SEA)…is one of 3 Rangers w/ 3 HR this month (Beltre-7, Hamilton-5) and tied for club lead with 10 RBI (Beltre)…solo HR was Rangers’ only run Fri. at TB…GW RBI sin- gle in 10th Thurs. at KC…multiple hits in 3 of 10 on last trip…is hitting .243 (26-107) in 29 games since his 10-game hitting streak ended on Aug. 10 to drop from .275 to .269…is batting .255 (76-298) in last 78 games to fall from .286…missed 3 games, 8/24-26, following the birth of his third son (Antonio Barbosa) on 8/23…has 4 doubles, 4 HR, 17 RBI, and 16 runs in his last 24 games…ended career-long 88-game HR drought with 3-run shot 8/19 at TOR, also season-high 5 RBI, most since 4/25/10 vs. DET (5)…has started 65 games at DH, 35 at 1B, 17 at 3B, 13 at 2B, and 4 at SS (5 E/451 TC)…1st in Rangers history in avg., games, at bats, runs, hits, singles, doubles, triples, total bases, multi-hit games, strikeouts, and sacrifice flies…one of 11 play- ers with at least 100 hits in each of the last 11 seasons (2002-12)...his 18 HR vs. SEA are most vs. any opponent, while 108 RBI and 250 hits rank 2nd. 2012 TRANSACTIONS

April 11 2B Ian Kinsler signed to five-year extension for 2013-17 with club option for 2018…RHP Yoshinori Tateyama sent on rehab assignment to Round Rock (AAA). April 14 RHP Yoshinori Tateyama reinstated from DL and optioned to Round Rock (AAA). April 23 RHP Justin Miller placed on unconditional release waivers. April 28 RHP Justin Miller re-signed to minor league contract. May 4 OF Ryan Spilborghs acquired from Cleveland in exchange for cash considerations in minor league trade, assigned from Columbus (AAA) to Round Rock (AAA). May 21 RHP Neftali Feliz placed on 15-day disabled list with right elbow inflammation…RHP Yoshinori Tateyama recalled from Round Rock (AAA). May 24 LHP John Gaub acquired on waiver claim from Tampa Bay and optioned to Round Rock (AAA). May 29 RHP agreed to terms on minor league contract. June 1 RHP Roy Oswalt formally signed minor league contract. June 7 LHP Derek Holland placed on 15-day disabled list with left shoulder fatigue…RHP Tanner Scheppers purchased from Round Rock (AAA)…LHP John Gaub designated for assignment. June 9 LHP John Gaub acquired by St. Louis on waiver claim. June 12 RHP Alexi Ogando placed on 15-day disabled list with right groin strain…LHP Michael Kirkman recalled from Round Rock (AAA). June 15 OF Leonys Martin recalled from Round Rock (AAA)…RHP Koji Uehara placed on 15-day disabled list with right lat muscle strain. June 16 RHP Justin Grimm contract purchased from Frisco (AA)…RHP Yoshinori Tateyama optioned to Round Rock (AAA)…RHP Neftali Feliz transferred from 15- to 60-day disabled list. June 22 RHP Roy Oswalt contract purchased from Round Rock (AAA)…1B Mitch Moreland placed on 15-day disabled list with left hamstring strain… RHP Mark Hamburger designated for assignment. June 25 RHP Mark Hamburger acquired by San Diego on waiver claim. June 26 RHP placed on 15-day disabled list with tendinitis in right forearm…LHP Martin Perez recalled from Round Rock (AAA). June 29 RHP Mark Lowe placed on 15-day disabled list with right intercostal strain…RHP Yoshinori Tateyama recalled from Round Rock (AAA). July 7 LHP Derek Holland reinstated from DL…RHP Justin Grimm optioned to Frisco (AA). July 12 RHP Alexi Ogando sent to Round Rock (AAA) on injury rehab assignment. July 14 C Luis Martinez recalled from Round Rock (AAA)…RHP Yoshinori Tateyama optioned to Round Rock…RHP Koji Uehara sent to Round Rock on injury rehab assignment. July 16 RHP Neftali Feliz sent to Frisco (AA) on injury rehab assignment. July 17 RHP Alexi Ogando reinstated from DL…C Yorvit Torrealba placed on paternity leave list. July 18 RHP Colby Lewis reinstated from DL…LHP Martin Perez optioned to Round Rock (AAA). July 20 C Yorvit Torrealba transfered to restricted list. July 21 C Yorvit Torrealba reinstated from restricted list…C Luis Martinez optioned to Round Rock (AAA). July 23 RHP Colby Lewis placed on 15-day disabled list with right forearm tendinitis…LHP Martin Perez recalled from Round Rock (AAA). July 27 1B Mitch Moreland sent to Frisco (AA) on injury rehab assignment. July 30 1B Mitch Moreland reinstated from 15-day disabled list…OF Leonys Martin optioned to Round Rock (AAA). July 31 C Geovany Soto acquired from Chicago-NL for RHP Jacob Brigham…C Yorvit Torrealba designated for assignment… RHP acquired from Chicago-NL for 3B Christian Villanueva and LHP Kyle Hendricks. Aug. 2 1B/3B Mike Olt contract purchased from Frisco (AA)…1B/3B Brandon Snyder optioned to Round Rock (AAA)…RHP Colby Lewis transferred from 15- to 60-day disabled list. Aug. 6 RHP Mark Lowe transferred from Frisco (AA) to Round Rock (AAA) on rehab assignment. Aug. 10 RHP Mark Lowe reinstated from the 15-day disabled list…INF Alberto Gonzalez designated for assignment. Aug. 11 C/1B Mike Napoli placed on the 15-day disabled list with a left quadriceps strain…C Luis Martinez recalled from Round Rock (AAA). Aug. 12 INF Alberto Gonzalez assigned outright to Round Rock (AAA). Aug. 17 RHP Ryan Dempster placed on restricted list…OF Leonys Martin recalled from Round Rock (AAA). Aug. 20 RHP Ryan Dempster reinstated from restricted list…OF Leonys Martin optioned to Round Rock (AAA). Aug. 24 INF Michael Young placed on paternity list…INF Luis Hernandez contract purchased from Round Rock (AAA). Aug. 26 RHP Koji Uehara reinstated from the 15-day disabled list…RHP Tanner Scheppers optioned to Round Rock (AAA). Aug. 27 INF Michael Young reinstated from paternity list…INF Luis Hernandez designated for assignment. Aug. 31 RHP Tyler Tufts contract purchased from Frisco (AA) and placed on major league 15-day disabled list for surgery to repair a perforated bowel. Sept. 1 LHP Robbie Ross placed on 15-day disabled list (retro to Aug. 30) with left forearm strain…INF Jurickson Profar contract purchased from Frisco (AA)…OF Leonys Martin, LHP Martin Perez, RHP Tanner Scheppers, INF/OF Brandon Snyder, RHP Yoshinori Tateyama recalled from Round Rock (AAA)…LHP Miguel De Los Santos designated for assignment. Sept. 6 LHP Miguel De Los Santos placed on release waivers. Sept. 9 LHP Miguel De Los Santos acquired by Milwaukee on waiver claim. 2012 DISABLED LIST Player Type Injury Placed (retro) Reinstated (Eligible) G Missed Record Neftali Feliz 60-day Right elbow inflammation May 21 (May 19) (July 18) 103 60-43 Colby Lewis 60-day Right forearm tendinitis July 23 (July 19) (September 18) 49 29-20 Mike Napoli 15-day Left quadriceps August 11 (August 26) 32 20-12 Robbie Ross 15-day Left forearm strain Sept. 1 (Aug. 30) (September 14) 13 8-5 Tyler Tufts 15-day Surgery to repair a perforated bowel August 31 (September 14) 13 8-5 Yoshinori Tateyama 15-day Low back muscle strain March 30 April 14 8 6-2 Derek Holland 15-day Left elbow fatigue June 7 (June 6) July 7 28 17-11 Alexi Ogando 15-day Right groin strain June 12 (June 11) July 17 28 19-9 Colby Lewis 15-day Right forearm tendinitis June 26 (June 24) July 18 18 11-7 Mitch Moreland 15-day Left hamstring strain June 22 (June 20) July 30 31 17-14 Mark Lowe 15-day Right intercostal strain June 29 (June 26) August 10 36 20-16 Koji Uehara 15-day Right lat strain June 15 (June 10) August 26 65 40-25 RANGERS GAME NOTES • FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2012 • SEATTLE PAGE 7 RANGERS STATISTICS

TEXAS TEAM BATTING STARTS BY Runs, Game ...... 18, April 17 at 123456789 Runs, Inning ...... 9, Aug. 22 vs. Baltimore (4th) Andrus 5 130 ------Hits, Game...... 21, April 17 at Boston Beltre - - 4 131 ----- Hits, Inning...... 8, Aug. 22 vs. Baltimore (4th) Cruz - - - 5 55 64 12 - - Fewest Hits, Game ...... 2, 3x, last Sept. 9 at Tampa Bay Gentry ------1049 Doubles ...... 7, 2x, last Aug. 19 at Toronto Gonzalez - 1 ----164 Triples ...... 2, 2x, last June 10 at San Francisco Hamilton - - 129 - 3 ---- Home Runs ...... 6, April 17 at Boston Hernandez ------1 Home Runs, Both Clubs ...... 8, April 17 at Boston Kinsler 138 ------Extra Base Hits ...... 9, 2x, last Aug. 19 at Toronto Martin ------211 Total Bases ...... 42, April 17 at Boston Martinez ------33 Stolen Bases ...... 4, 2x, last June 28 vs. Oakland Moreland - 1 ----101748 Walks ...... 9, June 17 vs. Houston Murphy - - 1 - 13 30 61 2 1 Strikeouts ...... 14, Sept. 8 at Tampa Bay (10 inn.) Napoli - - - 1 1 8 37 40 - Left on Base (9 innings) ...... 15, April 19 at Detroit Olt ------110 Left on Base (Extras)...... 14, 2x, last July 8 vs. Minnesota Profar ------2 Snyder ------393 TEXAS INDIVIDUAL BATTING Soto -----1822- Hits...... 5, 2x, Hamilton, May 8 at Baltimore; Gentry, June 8 at San Francisco Torrealba -----211312 Runs ...... 4, 3x, last Kinsler, Aug. 2 vs. Los Angeles-AL Young - 11 9 6 71 38 - - - Home Runs ...... 4*, Hamilton, May 8 at Baltimore (TIES ML RECORD) PITCHERS ------9 RBI...... 8, 2x, last Cruz, May 25 vs. Toronto Total Bases ...... 18*, Hamilton, May 8 at Baltimore (AL RECORD) Doubles ...... 2, 19x, last Beltre, Aug. 31 at Cleveland STARTS BY POSITION Extra-Base Hits ...... 5*, Hamilton, May 8 at Baltimore (TIES ML RECORD) C1B2B3BSSLFCFRFDH Stolen Bases ...... 2, 4x, last Kinsler, June 28 vs. Oakland Andrus ----132---2 Walks ...... 3, 3x, last Napoli, June 17 vs. Houston Beltre - - - 118 ----17 Strikeouts ...... 4, 5x, last Hamilton, June 27 vs. Detroit Cruz -----2-1277 Hitting Streak ...... 16, Hamilton, April 27 - May 16 Gentry ------60-- Gonzalez - - 2 5 5 ---- TEXAS TEAM PITCHING Hamilton -----5072-10 Strikeouts ...... 16, 2x, last Sept. 7 at Tampa Bay (11 inn.) Hernandez ----1---- Walks ...... 8, Aug. 1 vs. Los Angeles-AL Kinsler - - 127 -----11 Fewest Walks ...... 0, 16x, last Sept. 6 at Kansas City Martin -----111-- Runs Allowed, Game...... 21, May 30 vs. Seattle Martinez 6 ------Runs Allowed, Inning...... 9, 2x, last July 30 vs. Los Angeles-AL (6th) Moreland - 71 ------5 Hits Allowed, Game ...... 21, July 3 at Chicago-AL Murphy -----89-127 Hits Allowed, Inning ...... 8, 4x, last July 30 vs. Los Angeles-AL (6th) Napoli 61 22 ------4 Home Runs ...... 5, May 10-D at Baltimore Olt -8-2---1- Consecutive Scoreless Innings ..23.0, April 9 (3rd inn.) - April 11 (7th inn.) Profar - - 1-1---- Snyder - 8-1-1-32 TEXAS INDIVIDUAL PITCHING Soto 30 ------1 Innings, Starter ...... 9.0, 3x, last Harrison, July 15 at Seattle Torrealba 46 ------Fewest Innings, Starter ...... 1.0, Grimm, June 25 vs. Detroit Young - 34 13 17 4 - - - 67 Innings, Reliever ...... 5.0, 2x, Kirkman, June 25 vs. Detroit, Perez, Sept. 9 at Tampa Bay Strikeouts, Starter ...... 12, Lewis, May 10-D at Baltimore Strikeouts, Reliever ...... 5, Kirkman, June 25 vs. Detroit RUNS BY INNING Runs Allowed...... 11, Oswalt, July 3 at Chicago-AL 12345678910+ Earned Runs Allowed ...... 9, Oswalt, July 3 at Chicago-AL Texas 92 74 89 87 81 92 84 75 41 16 Hits Allowed ...... 14#, Harrison, April 27 vs. Tampa Bay Opp. 76 68 79 64 79 78 71 49 35 10 Home Runs Allowed ...... 5, Lewis, May 10-D at Baltimore Pitches ...... 123, Darvish, Aug. 6 at Boston RECORD BY MONTH TEXAS TEAM MISCELLANEOUS April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Winning Streak ...... 8, April 12-21-D Losing Streak...... 5, July 1-6 17-6 14-14 19-9 9-14 19-10 7-5 0-0 Longest Game, Innings ...... 13, May 26 vs. Toronto Longest Game, Time, 9 inn. 4:01, 2x, last Aug. 2 vs. Los Angeles-AL RECORD BY DAY OF WEEK Longest Game, Time, Xtra ..4:38, May 26 vs. Toronto (13 innings) Sun. Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri. Sat. Shortest Game, Time...... 2:04, June 6 at Oakland 16-7 9-8 13-9 12-9 8-6 13-9 14-10 Largest Crowd, Home ...... 49,197, April 28 vs. Tampa Bay Largest Crowd, Road...... 47,645, Aug. 16 at New York-AL Winning Margin ...... 15, April 17 at Boston (18-3) RECORD BY HOME RUNS Losing Margin ...... 17, July 3 at Chicago-AL (2-19) 1234567 Largest Deficit in Win ...... 6, Aug. 1 vs. Los Angeles-AL (0-6, 3rd; 1-7, 4th) 33-23 18-10 7-1 5-0 3-0 1-0 0-0 Largest Deficit in 9th, Win ....3, July 8 vs. Minnesota Largest Lead in Loss ...... 5, May 1 at Toronto (5-0, 3rd) Errors ...... 3, 3x, last June 9 at SF RECORD BY RUNS *-Club record #-Ties club record 012345678910+ Scored 0-4 3-10 5-16 4-10 15-8 11-5 9-1 9-2 6-2 5-0 18-0 Allowed 10-0 14-0 16-3 27-8 4-7 3-9 6-10 1-6 0-5 3-2 1-8 Multi-Hit Games Multi-RBI Games PLAYER 2H 3H 4H 5H Total 2BI 3BI 4BI 5+BI Total Andrus 35 9 3 0 47 8 2 0 0 10 Beltre 34 15 2 0 51 17 6 1 1 25 Cruz 19 12 2 0 33 10 3 3 1 17 Gentry 13 3 0 1 17 4 2 0 0 6 Gonzalez 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 Hamilton 27 8 0 1 35 17 7 4 3 31 Kinsler 36 10 2 0 48 12 4 2 0 18 Martin 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 Moreland 19 3 0 0 22 6 4 0 1 11 Murphy 24 9 1 0 34 10 3 0 1 14 Napoli 11 5 0 0 16 6 1 2 0 9 Olt 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 Profar 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Snyder 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 Soto 4 1 0 0 5 3 1 0 0 4 Torrealba 6 2 0 0 8 1 0 0 0 1 Young 32 8 1 0 41 8 1 1 1 11

2012 TEXAS RANGERS STARTING PITCHERS Pitcher Last Start W-L Streak GS RSA IP/GS P/GS SB/CS K/9 BB/9 QS GB/FB GIDP W-L After Loss Team W-L Lewis 7/18 at OAK 6-6 L1 16 5.49 6.1+ 101.7 8/3 8.0 1.2 10 105/151 5 2-3 8-8 Holland 9/13 vs. CLE 10-6 W3 24 5.83 6.1+ 100.1 9/3 7.7 2.6 15 199/188 9 8-3 14-10 Darvish 9/8 at TB 14-9 W2 26 5.25 6.1+ 108.9 22/3 10.4 4.5 15 204/153 11 6-3 17-9 Harrison 9/11 vs. CLE 16-9 W1 28 5.31 6.1+ 101.1 1/2 5.6 2.5 17 301/187 20 9-3 18-10 Feliz 5/18 at HOU 3-1 W2 7 6.70 5.2+ 103.0 3/0 7.8 5.0 4 42/53 5 1-0 5-2 Feldman 9/6 at KC 5-11 L5 19 4.62 5.1+ 92.1 19/2 6.8 2.0 5 157/135 6 2-1 7-12 Ogando 6/10 at SF 0-0 — 1 9.00 3.0 39.0 0/0 6.0 0.0 0 5/2 0 0-0 1-0 Grimm 6/25 vs. DET 1-1 L1 2 6.43 3.1+ 70.0 2/1 9.0 1.3 1 10/8 0 0-0 1-1 Oswalt 9/9 at TB 3-3 L2 9 5.40 5.0+ 90.9 2/1 7.5 1.9 2 72/52 6 0-1 6-3 Perez 7/24 vs. BOS 1-1 L1 3 4.15 5.2+ 102.3 1/1 4.7 3.1 2 25/23 0 0-1 1-2 Dempster 9/12 vs. CLE 6-1 W5 8 7.69 6.0+ 102.3 6/2 9.3 2.9 6 61/59 2 3-1 7-1 PAGE 8 RANGERS GAME NOTES • FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2012 • SEATTLE RANGERS AT A GLANCE Overall Record: 85-58 White/Gray/Throwback: 34-19/27-21/3-1 Home Record: 45-26 Alt. Blue/Home/Road: 15-15/2-4/13-11 Road Record: 40-32 Alt. Red/Home/Road: 6-2/6-2/0-0 Standing: 1st, +3.0 GA Last 5 Games: 3-2 Homestand: 2-1 Last 10 Games: 6-4 One-Run/2-Run: 20-18/14-9 Come From Behind Wins: 35 HR/No HR: 66-34/18-23 Losses After Holding Lead: 25 Score First: 56-20 Opp. Score First: 29-38 vs. Division AL West AL Central AL East Overall 19-19 28-19 24-16 In Series Home Road Total Overall 17-4-2 12-9-1 29-13-3 Series Openers 15-8 13-10 28-18 Series Finales 14-9 14-9 28-18 Rubber Games 9-2 6-5 15-7 When leading after… Home Road Total Six complete 36-2 35-2 71-4 Seven complete 37-1 36-0 73-1 Eight complete 40-2 35-0 75-2 When trailing after… Home Road Total Six complete 3-20 3-26 6-46 Seven complete 3-21 2-28 5-49 Eight complete 2-21 0-28 2-49 When tied after… Home Road Total Six complete 6-4 2-4 8-8 Seven complete 5-4 2-4 7-8 Eight complete 3-3 5-4 8-7 Decided seventh/later 10-6 8-8 18-14 Decided final AB 7-5 5-5 12-10 Walk-off games 5 5 5-5

BATTERS VS. SEATTLE - 2012 AND CAREER PITCHERS VS. SEATTLE - 2012 AND CAREER 2012 CAREER 2012 CAREER PLAYER AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI PLAYER W-L-S ERA G IP H ER W-L-S ERA G IP H ER Andrus .209 43 9 1 3 .247 231 57 3 24 Adams 0-0-1 7.50 8 6.0 8 5 0-0-1 4.12 21 19.2 22 9 Beltre .320 50 16 2 7 .250 172 43 8 22 Darvish 1-2-0 9.00 3 16.0 20 16 1-2-0 9.00 3 16.0 20 16 Cruz .136 44 6 2 5 .259 270 70 18 42 Dempster — — — — — — 0-1-1 1.80 3 10.0 6 2 Gentry .222 18 4 0 0 .227 44 10 1 4 Feldman 0-2-0 6.30 3 10.0 8 7 5-5-0 3.67 24 81.0 76 33 Hamilton .255 47 12 2 8 .280 271 76 17 51 Harrison 3-0-0 1.13 3 24.0 20 3 9-1-0 2.51 16 88.0 74 22 Kinsler .288 52 15 3 8 .268 388 104 14 34 Holland 2-1-0 5.40 3 16.2 17 10 7-2-0 3.74 13 65.0 59 27 Martin .000 5 0 0 0 .200 10 2 0 0 Kirkman 0-0-0 0.00 1 0.2 0 0 0-0-0 0.00 4 4.2 0 0 Martinez — — — — — — — — — — Lowe 0-0 2.45 3 3.2 1 1 0-0-0 3.00 10 9.0 7 3 Moreland .200 25 5 2 3 .216 88 19 4 12 Nathan 0-1-4 7.50 6 6.0 8 5 3-1-17 2.34 34 34.2 29 9 Murphy .194 36 7 0 2 .239 251 60 6 35 Ogando 0-0-0 6.35 5 5.2 7 4 1-0-0 4.18 11 23.2 22 11 Olt — — — — — — — — — — Oswalt — — — — — — 1-1-0 4.26 3 19.0 25 9 Profar — — — — — — — — — — Perez 0-0-0 0.00 1 1.0 0 0 0-0-0 0.00 1 1.0 0 0 Snyder .000 1 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 Scheppers — — — — — — — — — — — — Soto — — — — — .167 6 1 0 0 Tateyama 0-0-0 23.62 2 2.2 8 7 0-0-0 10.50 4 6.0 9 7 Young .275 51 14 1 7 .301 834 251 18 108 Uehara 0-0-0 3.00 3 3.0 1 1 0-2-0 4.30 12 14.2 16 7

2012 HOME RUNS Player Total Solo 2-run 3-run GS LHP RHP Home Road GT GA Record Last Elvis Andrus 3 3 - - - - 3 1 2 - 2 0-3 9/4 at KC Adrian Beltre 32 18 11 3 - 6 26 17 15 3 7 27-3 9/12 vs. CLE Nelson Cruz 22 11 5 4 2 6 16 16 6 4 5 15-6 9/3 at KC Craig Gentry 1 1 - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1-0 4/30 at TOR Alberto Gonzalez ------Josh Hamilton 41 22 16 3 - 9 32 20 21 4 10 25-11 9/12 vs. CLE Ian Kinsler 16 12 3 1 - 7 9 12 4 2 4 14-2 8/28 vs. TB Leonys Martin ------Mitch Moreland 15 9 3 2 1 3 12 10 5 1 3 10-4 8/29 vs. TB David Murphy 13 8 2 3 - - 13 6 7 - 1 6-6 9/2 at CLE Mike Napoli 17 11 5 1 - 5 12 7 10 1 3 11-4 7/30 vs. LAA Jurickson Profar 1 1 - - - - 1 - 1 - 1 1-0 9/2 at CLE Brandon Snyder 3 2 - 1 - 3 - 1 2 - 1 1-2 5/15 vs. KC Geovany Soto 3 - 2 1 - 1 2 1 2 - 1 2-1 9/3 at KC Yorvit Torrealba 3 3 - - - - 3 2 1 1 - 3-0 7/21 at LAA Michael Young 7 3 3 1 - 1 6 1 6 1 - 6-1 9/7 at TB TOTALS 176 104 49 20 3 43 133 94 82 17 37 67-34

GRAND SLAMS (3): Cruz, 5/13 vs. LAA; Cruz, 5/25 vs. TOR; Moreland, 8/22 vs. BAL BACK-TO-BACK HOMERS (9): 4/11 vs. SEA (Kinsler-Andrus); 4/17 at BOS MULTI-HOMER GAMES (9): Napoli (2), 4/17 at BOS; Hamilton (4), 5/8 at BAL; (Hamilton-Beltre); 4/30 at TOR (Moreland-Gentry); 5/8 at BAL (Hamilton-Beltre); Hamilton (2), 5/11 vs. LAA; Moreland (2), 5/17 vs. OAK; Cruz (2), 6/23 vs. COL; Murphy 7/21 at LAA (Napoli-Torrealba); 8/27 vs. TB (Beltre-Cruz); 9/2 at CLE (Hamilton- (2), 6/27 vs. DET; Napoli (2), 7/21 at LAA; Hamilton (2), 8/15 at NYY; Beltre (3), 8/22 vs. Beltre); 9/3 at KC (Beltre-Cruz); 9/6 at KC (Hamilton-Beltre) BAL BACK-TO-BACK-TO-BACK HOMERS (1): 5/26 vs. TOR (Cruz-Torrealba-Moreland) PINCH-HIT HOMERS (4): Beltre, 5/5 at CLE; Murphy, 5/10-D at BAL; Snyder, 5/15 WALKOFF HOMERS (1): Hamilton, 5/26 vs. TOR vs. KC; Moreland, 6/9 at SF LEADOFF HOMERS (5): Kinsler: 4/24 vs. NYY; 6/8 at SF; 6/26 vs. DET; 8/2 vs. LAA; 8/25 vs. MIN INSIDE THE PARK HOMERS (1): Murphy, 5/19 at HOU HR BY PITCHERS (0): None

TOMORROW’S SCHEDULED STARTER - RHP Scott Feldman (6-11, 4.97 in 25 games/19 starts) The 29-year-old right-hander is scheduled to make his 26th appearance/20th start in the middle installment of this 3-game weekend set with the Mariners here in Arlington… the 100th career start and 201st appearance of his career…will make a second attempt to snap a 5-game losing streak after a no decision in the Rangers’ 5-4, 10-inning win on Thursday in Kansas City (6.1 IP, 6 H, 3 R-ER, 0 BB, 6 SO, 1 HR, 97 pitches/63 strikes)…left the game with a 4-3 lead, but the Royals tied it in the bottom of the 7th on 's off Kirkman… trailed 3-0 after three innings, giving up a home run to Jeff Francoeur in the 2nd and two more runs in the 3rd...set down the side in order in the 4th, 5th, and 6th innings after the Rangers tied the game in the 4th…season has featured 3 streaks: 6 losses over 6 straight starts, followed by 6 consecu- tive winning decisions, and now losses in his last 5 straight starts…is 0-5, 5.97 (23 ER/34.2 IP) his last 6 starts to raise season ERA from 4.52 to 4.97…is the only Texas starter to lose even 4 straight decisions in 2012, losing at least 5 straight twice…is the only pitcher in the majors this season with multiple 5+ game losing streaks…is the 4th pitcher in Rangers history with multiple 5+ game losing streaks in one season, joining Rick Honeycutt (1982: 7-game, 5-game, and 5-game), (1982: 6- game and 5-game), and (1989: two 5-game)…he is the first Ranger ever to have two 5+ game losing streaks AND a 5+ game winning streak in one sea- son…has never pitched a , 8th-most starts in ML history without one…has allowed 6+ hits in 13 consecutive starts, T3rd-longest streak in majors in 2012…has walked one-or-fewer batters in 16 of 19 starts this season…is 5-11 with a 5.14 ERA (59 ER/103.1 IP) over 19 starts and 1-0 with a 3.00 ERA (3 ER/9.0 IP) in 6 appearances out of the bullpen…is 3-5, 4.08 (26 ER/57.1 IP) in 9 starts since All-Star break…was voted the Rangers Player of the Month for July after recording 3 of the club’s 9 wins…went 3-0 with a 1.96 ERA (5 ER/23.0 IP) in 4 games/3 starts, allowing just one walk with 14 strikeouts…it was the 2nd time Feldman has won the team’s monthly award (August 2009)…his ERA was 4th-lowest in A.L. in July (min. 3 starts)…is 5-5, 3.67 (33 ER/81.0 IP) in 24 career games/11 starts vs. SEA, including 0-2, 7.00 ERA (7 ER/9.0 IP) in back-to-back starts in May. RANGERS GAME NOTES • FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2012 • SEATTLE PAGE 9 2012 DAY-BY-DAY GAME DATE OPPONENT SCORE REC. POS. GB WIN LOSS SAVE TOG ATT. HOME TOTAL 1 4/6 CHICAGO-AL W, 3-2 1-0 T1st +0.0 Lewis (1-0) Danks (0-1) Nathan (1) 2:24 *49,085 49,085 2 4/7 CHICAGO-AL L, 3-4 1-1 T2nd -1.0 Thornton (1-0) Nathan (0-1) Santiago (1) 2:36 *47,867 96,952 3 4/8 CHICAGO-AL W, 5-0 2-1 2nd -0.5 Harrison (1-0) Floyd (0-1) - 2:50 45,368 142,320 4 4/9 SEATTLE W, 11-5 3-1 1st +0.5 Darvish (1-0) Noesi (0-1) - 3:12 42,003 184,323 5 4/10 SEATTLE W, 1-0 4-1 1st +1.5 Feliz (1-0) Beavan (0-1) Nathan (2) 2:23 25,753 210,076 6 4/11 SEATTLE L, 3-4 4-2 1st +0.5 Luetge (1-0) Nathan (0-2) League (3) 3:20 32,342 242,418 7 4/12 SEATTLE W, 5-3 5-2 1st +1.5 Holland (1-0) Vargas (1-1) Adams (1) 2:33 31,512 273,930 8 4/13 at Minnesota W, 4-1 6-2 1st +2.0 Harrison (2-0) Swarzak (0-2) Ogando (1) 2:28 31,400 9 4/14 at Minnesota W, 6-2 7-2 1st +2.5 Ross (1-0) Duensing (0-1) 3:27 35,854 10 4/15 at Minnesota W, 4-3 8-2 1st +2.5 Ross (2-0) Perkins (0-1) Nathan (3) 2:48 32,093 4/16 OFF DAY 1st +2.5 11 4/17 at Boston W, 18-3 9-2 1st +3.5 Lewis (2-0) Lester (0-2) 3:25 38,229 12 4/18 at Boston W, 6-3 10-2 1st +3.5 Holland (2-0) Beckett (1-2) 3:03 37,967 13 4/19 at Detroit W, 10-3 11-2 1st +4.5 Darvish (2-0) Wilk (0-2) 3:44 30,029 4/20 at Detroit 1st +5.0 RAINED OUT - RESCHEDULED AS PART OF SPLIT DOUBLEHEADER ON 4/21 14 4/21 at Detroit (G1) W, 10-4 12-2 Harrison (3-0) Porcello (1-1) 2:34 41,427 15 4/21 at Detroit (G2) L, 2-3 12-3 1st +5.5 Verlander (2-1) Feliz (1-1) Valverde (4) 3:11 35,001 16 4/22 at Detroit W, 3-2 (11) 13-3 1st +5.5 Ross (3-0) Weber (0-1) Nathan (4) 3:38 36,255 17 4/23 NEW YORK-AL L, 4-7 13-4 1st +5.5 Sabathia (2-0) Holland (2-1) Rivera (4) 2:49 *48,234 322,165 18 4/24 NEW YORK-AL W, 2-0 14-4 1st +5.5 Darvish (3-0) Kuroda (1-3) Nathan (5) 2:41 *47,085 369,250 19 4/25 NEW YORK-AL W, 7-3 15-4 1st +5.5 Ross (4-0) Hughes (1-3) 2:55 *47,942 417,192 4/26 OFF DAY 1st +5.5 20 4/27 TAMPA BAY L, 4-8 15-5 1st +4.5 Shields (4-0) Harrison (3-1) 3:18 *47,496 464,688 21 4/28 TAMPA BAY W, 7-2 16-5 1st +5.5 Lewis (3-0) Niemann (1-3) 2:54 *49,197 513,885 22 4/29 TAMPA BAY L, 2-5 16-6 1st +5.5 Price (4-1) Holland (2-2) Rodney (7) 3:19 *43,475 557,360 23 4/30 at Toronto W, 4-1 17-6 1st +6.5 Darvish (4-0) Drabek (2-2) Nathan (6) 2:59 21,945 24 5/1 at Toronto L, 7-8 17-7 1st +5.5 Cordero (1-1) Adams (0-1) 2:56 18,774 25 5/2 at Toronto L, 5-11 17-8 1st +4.5 Romero (4-0) Harrison (3-2) 2:45 25,123 5/3 OFF DAY 1st +4.5 26 5/4 at Cleveland L, 3-6 17-9 1st +4.5 Gomez (2-1) Lewis (3-1) C. Perez (10) 2:26 16,147 27 5/5 at Cleveland W, 5-2 (11) 18-9 1st +4.5 Ogando (1-0) J. Smith (1-1) Nathan (7) 3:12 21,307 28 5/6 at Cleveland L, 2-4 18-10 1st +3.5 Jimenez (3-2) Darvish (4-1) C. Perez (11) 2:49 18,171 29 5/7 at Baltimore W, 14-3 19-10 1st +4.0 Harrison (4-2) Matusz (1-4) 2:35 11,938 30 5/8 at Baltimore W, 10-3 20-10 1st +4.0 Feliz (2-1) Arrieta (2-3) 2:51 11,263 5/9 at Baltimore 1st +4.5 RAINED OUT - RESCHEDULED AS PART OF DOUBLEHEADER ON 5/10 31 5/10 at Baltimore (G1) L, 5-6 20-11 Chen (3-0) Lewis (3-2) Johnson (9) 2:23 - 32 5/10 at Baltimore (G2) W, 7-3 21-11 1st +5.0 Holland (3-2) Hunter (2-2) 2:44 19,250 33 5/11 LOS ANGELES-AL W, 10-3 22-11 1st +5.0 Darvish (5-1) Wilson (4-3) 3:02 *48,201 605,561 34 5/12 LOS ANGELES-AL L, 2-4 22-12 1st +4.0 Carpenter (1-1) Harrison (4-3) Downs (3) 2:54 *47,699 653,260 35 5/13 LOS ANGELES-AL W, 13-6 23-12 1st +5.0 Feliz (3-1) Weaver (5-1) 3:27 *46,669 699,929 36 5/14 KANSAS CITY L, 1-3 23-13 1st +4.0 Chen (2-4) Feldman (0-1) Broxton (8) 2:50 38,702 738,631 37 5/15 KANSAS CITY L, 4-7 23-14 1st +4.0 Mazzaro (1-0) Lewis (3-3) 2:41 37,210 775,841 38 5/16 OAKLAND W, 4-1 24-14 1st +5.0 Darvish (6-1) Milone (5-3) Nathan (8) 2:35 *46,370 822,211 39 5/17 OAKLAND L, 4-5 (10) 24-15 1st +4.0 Cook (1-0) Adams (0-2) Fuentes (3) 3:30 *47,182 869,393 40 5/18 at Houston W, 4-1 25-15 1st +5.0 Ross (5-0) W. Rodriguez (3-4) Nathan (9) 3:07 34,715 41 5/19 at Houston L, 5-6 25-16 1st +5.0 Harrell (3-3) Holland (3-3) Myers (10) 2:58 42,673 42 5/20 at Houston W, 6-1 26-16 1st +5.0 Lewis (4-3) Lyles (0-1) 2:52 35,873 43 5/21 at Seattle L, 1-6 26-17 1st +4.0 Hernandez (4-3) Darvish (6-2) 2:49 18,672 44 5/22 at Seattle W, 3-1 27-17 1st +5.0 Harrison (5-3) Noesi (2-5) Nathan (10) 2:28 15,604 45 5/23 at Seattle L, 3-5 27-18 1st +5.0 Millwood (3-4) Feldman (0-2) League (9) 2:56 23,097 5/24 OFF DAY 1st +5.0 46 5/25 TORONTO W, 14-3 28-18 1st +6.0 Holland (4-3) Morrow (5-3) 3:17 *46,780 916,182 47 5/26 TORONTO W, 8-7 (13) 29-18 1st +6.5 Tateyama (1-0) Frasor (0-1) 4:38 *47,430 963,612 48 5/27 TORONTO W, 12-6 30-18 1st +6.5 Darvish (7-2) Drabek (4-5) 2:48 *46,637 1,010,249 49 5/28 SEATTLE W, 4-2 31-18 1st +6.5 Harrison (6-3) Delabar (1-1) Nathan (11) 2:33 41,384 1,051,633 50 5/29 SEATTLE L, 3-10 31-19 1st +5.5 Vargas (6-4) Feldman (0-3) 3:21 34,531 1,086,164 51 5/30 SEATTLE L, 8-21 31-20 1st +5.5 Beavan (3-4) Holland (4-4) Iwakuma (1) 3:18 43,580 1,129,744 5/31 OFF DAY 1st +5.5 52 6/1 at Los Angeles-AL L, 2-4 31-21 1st +4.5 Williams (6-2) Lewis (4-4) Frieri (3) 2:31 40,080 53 6/2 at Los Angeles-AL L, 2-3 31-22 1st +3.5 Cassevah (1-0) Darvish (7-3) Frieri (4) 3:34 44,227 54 6/3 at Los Angeles-AL W, 7-3 32-22 1st +4.5 Harrison (7-3) Haren (3-6) 3:09 42,465 55 6/4 at Oakland L, 1-12 32-23 1st +4.5 Parker (2-2) Feldman (0-4) 2:37 10,120 56 6/5 at Oakland W, 6-3 33-23 1st +4.5 Holland (5-4) Blackley (0-1) Nathan (12) 3:23 11,861 57 6/6 at Oakland L, 0-2 33-24 1st +4.5 Colon (5-6) Lewis (4-5) Fuentes (5) 2:04 15,044 58 6/7 at Oakland L, 1-7 33-25 1st +4.0 McCarthy (5-3) Darvish (7-4) 2:31 14,779 59 6/8 at San Francisco W, 5-0 34-25 1st +4.0 Harrison (8-3) Zito (5-3) 2:33 41,163 60 6/9 at San Francisco L, 2-5 34-26 1st +3.0 Vogelsong (5-2) Feldman (0-5) Casilla (16) 3:00 41,704 61 6/10 at San Francisco W, 5-0 35-26 1st +3.0 Ross (6-0) Lincecum (2-7) 2:29 42,418 6/11 OFF DAY 1st +2.5 62 6/12 ARIZONA W, 9-1 36-26 1st +3.5 Lewis (5-5) Kennedy (5-6) 2:37 39,140 1,168,884 63 6/13 ARIZONA W, 1-0 37-26 1st +3.5 Adams (1-2) Miley (7-3) Nathan (13) 2:12 *45,866 1,214,750 64 6/14 ARIZONA L, 3-11 37-27 1st +3.0 Hudson (3-1) Feldman (0-6) 2:54 40,855 1,255,605 65 6/15 HOUSTON W, 6-2 38-27 1st +4.0 Darvish (8-4) Lyles (1-3) 3:03 *47,430 1,303,035 66 6/16 HOUSTON W, 8-3 39-27 1st +4.0 Grimm (1-0) Harrell (6-5) 2:59 *48,288 1,351,323 67 6/17 HOUSTON W, 9-3 40-27 1st +4.0 Lewis (6-5) Rodriguez (1-7) 3:23 *46,320 1,397,643 68 6/18 at San Diego W, 2-1 41-27 1st +5.0 Harrison (9-3) Marquis (1-2) Nathan (14) 2:44 29,315 69 6/19 at San Diego W, 7-3 42-27 1st +5.0 Feldman (1-6) Volquez (3-7) 3:15 25,889 70 6/20 at San Diego W, 4-2 43-27 1st +5.0 Darvish (9-4) Thayer (0-2) Nathan (15) 2:55 23,942 6/21 OFF DAY 1st +5.0 71 6/22 COLORADO W, 4-1 44-27 1st +5.0 Oswalt (1-0) Friedrich (4-4) Nathan (16) 2:41 *46,964 1,444,607 72 6/23 COLORADO L, 7-11 44-28 1st +5.0 Brothers (3-2) Lewis (6-6) 3:27 42,516 1,487,123 73 6/24 COLORADO W, 4-2 45-28 1st +5.0 Harrison (10-3) White (2-6) 3:09 *45,407 1,532,530 74 6/25 DETROIT L, 2-8 45-29 1st +4.5 Porcello (5-5) Grimm (1-1) 3:15 36,920 1,569,450 75 6/26 DETROIT W, 7-5 46-29 1st +4.5 Darvish (10-4) Smyly (2-3) Nathan (17) 3:15 39,561 1,609,011 76 6/27 DETROIT W, 13-9 47-29 1st +4.5 Oswalt (2-0) Fister (1-5) 3:26 43,379 1,652,390 77 6/28 OAKLAND W, 7-6 48-29 1st +4.5 Feldman (2-6) T. Ross (2-8) Nathan (18) 3:54 33,927 1,686,317 78 6/29 OAKLAND W, 4-3 49-29 1st +5.5 Harrison (11-3) Balfour (1-2) Scheppers (1) 2:39 *46,013 1,732,330 79 6/30 OAKLAND W, 7-2 50-29 1st +6.5 Perez (1-0) Milone (8-6) 3:07 *46,711 1,779,041 80 7/1 OAKLAND L, 1-3 50-30 1st +5.5 Blackley (2-2) Darvish (10-5) Cook (7) 3:01 *45,741 1,824,782 7/2 OFF DAY 1st +5.0 81 7/3 at Chicago-AL L, 2-19 50-31 1st +5.0 Sale (10-2) Oswalt (2-1) 2:58 30,183 82 7/4 at Chicago-AL L, 4-5 (10) 50-32 1st +5.0 Reed (2-1) Adams (1-3 3:22 30,271 83 7/5 at Chicago-AL L, 1-2 50-33 1st +4.0 Quintana (4-1) Harrison (11-4) Reed (12) 2:09 21,288 84 7/6 MINNESOTA L, 1-5 50-34 1st +4.0 Liriano (3-7) Perez (1-1) 2:58 *47,240 1,872,022 85 7/7 MINNESOTA W, 4-3 (10) 51-34 1st +4.0 Nathan (1-2) Waldrop (0-1) 3:48 *47,067 1,919,089 86 7/8 MINNESOTA W, 4-3 (13) 52-34 1st +4.0 Feldman (3-6) Burnett (2-2) 4:32 43,268 1,962,357

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GAME DATE OPPONENT SCORE REC. POS. GB WIN LOSS SAVE TOG ATT. HOME TOTAL 7/9 ALL-STAR BREAK 1st +4.0 7/10 ALL-STAR GAME (at Kansas City) 1st +4.0 7/11 ALL-STAR BREAK 1st +4.0 7/12 OFF DAY 1st +4.0 87 7/13 at Seattle W, 3-2 53-34 1st +5.0 Holland (6-4) Millwood (3-7) Nathan (19) 2:58 23,721 88 7/14 at Seattle L, 0-7 53-35 1st +5.0 Hernandez (7-5) Darvish (10-6) 2:24 29,951 89 7/15 at Seattle W, 4-0 54-35 1st +5.0 Harrison (12-4) Iwakuma (1-2) 2:32 27,378 7/16 OFF DAY 1st +5.5 90 7/17 at Oakland W, 6-1 55-35 1st +5.5 Oswalt (3-1) Colon (6-8) 2:41 15,115 91 7/18 at Oakland L, 3-4 55-36 1st +5.5 Cook (3-2) Kirkman (0-1) 2:57 20,249 7/19 OFF DAY 1st +6.0 92 7/20 at Los Angeles-AL L, 1-6 55-37 1st +5.0 Weaver (12-1) Holland (6-5) 2:35 43,936 93 7/21 at Los Angeles-AL W, 9-2 56-37 1st +6.0 Darvish (11-6) Santana (4-10) 3:13 39,086 94 7/22 at Los Angeles-AL L, 4-7 56-38 1st +5.0 Haren (7-8) Harrison (12-5) 3:09 42,160 95 7/23 BOSTON W, 9-1 57-38 1st +5.0 Feldman (4-6) Doubront (10-5) 3:03 44,132 2,006,489 96 7/24 BOSTON L, 1-2 57-39 1st +5.0 Padilla (4-0) Nathan (1-3) Aceves (21) 3:21 41,237 2,047,726 97 7/25 BOSTON W, 5-3 58-39 1st +5.0 Holland (7-5) Beckett (5-9) Nathan (20) 2:43 44,104 2,091,830 7/26 OFF DAY 1st +5.0 98 7/27 CHICAGO-AL L, 5-9 58-40 1st +4.0 Sale (12-3) Darvish (11-7) 3:31 *47,638 2,139,468 99 7/28 CHICAGO-AL L, 2-5 58-41 1st +3.5 Humber (5-5) Harrison (12-6) 2:41 *47,580 2,187,048 100 7/29 CHICAGO-AL W, 2-0 59-41 1st +4.5 Feldman (5-6) Floyd (8-9) Nathan (21) 2:38 *46,744 2,233,792 101 7/30 LOS ANGELES-AL L, 8-15 59-42 1st +3.5 Santana (5-10) Oswalt (3-2) Williams (1) 3:06 36,111 2,269,903 102 7/31 LOS ANGELES-AL L, 2-6 59-43 1st +3.0 Weaver (14-1) Holland (7-6) 2:37 34,918 2,304,821 103 8/1 LOS ANGELES-AL W, 11-10(10) 60-43 1st +4.0 Nathan (2-3) Isringhausen (3-1) 4:01 42,832 2,347,653 104 8/2 LOS ANGELES-AL W, 15-9 61-43 1st +4.5 Oswalt (4-2) Carpenter (1-2) 4:01 40,281 2,387,934 105 8/3 at Kansas City W, 5-3 62-43 1st +4.5 Harrison (13-6) Guthrie (0-3) Ogando (2) 2:58 26,889 106 8/4 at Kansas City W, 4-2 63-43 1st +5.5 Feldman (6-6) Smith (2-4) Ogando (3) 2:41 28,724 107 8/5 at Kansas City L, 6-7 (10) 63-44 1st +5.5 G. Holland (5-3) Kirkman (0-2) 3:26 22,007 108 8/6 at Boston L, 2-9 63-45 1st +5.0 Cook (3-5) Darvish (11-8) 2:47 37,316 109 8/7 at Boston W, 6-3 64-45 1st +5.5 Dempster (1-0) Lester (5-10) Nathan (22) 3:21 38,416 110 8/8 at Boston W, 10-9 65-45 1st +5.5 Ogando (2-0) Mortensen (1-1) Nathan (23) 3:30 37,716 8/9 OFF DAY 1st +5.5 111 8/10 DETROIT L, 2-6 65-46 1st +5.5 Scherzer (11-6) Feldman (6-7) 3:17 *47,255 2,435,189 112 8/11 DETROIT W, 2-1 66-46 1st +5.5 Adams (2-3) Villarreal (3-3) 3:08 *48,303 2,483,492 113 8/12 DETROIT W, 8-3 67-46 1st +6.5 Darvish (12-8) Porcello (9-7) 3:05 45,752 2,529,244 114 8/13 at New York-AL L, 2-8 67-47 1st +6.0 Phelps (3-3) Dempster (1-1) Lowe (1) 2:39 45,676 115 8/14 at New York-AL L, 0-3 67-48 1st +6.0 Kuroda (11-8) Harrison (13-7) 2:35 44,533 116 8/15 at New York-AL L, 2-3 67-49 1st +6.0 Garcia (7-5) Feldman (6-7) Soriano (29) 3:05 45,921 117 8/16 at New York-AL W, 10-6 68-49 1st +6.0 Scheppers (1-0) Logan (4-1) 3:34 47,645 118 8/17 at Toronto L, 2-3 68-50 1st +5.0 Happ (2-1) Darvish (12-9) Janssen (16) 2:42 26,816 119 8/18 at Toronto W, 2-1 69-50 1st +5.0 Kirkman (1-2) Villanueva (6-3) Nathan (24) 2:47 30,033 120 8/19 at Toronto W, 11-2 70-50 1st +5.0 Harrison (14-7) Alvarez (7-11) 2:34 35,701 121 8/20 BALTIMORE W, 5-1 71-50 1st +6.0 Dempster (2-1) Gonzalez (5-3) 2:42 36,257 2,565,501 122 8/21 BALTIMORE L, 3-5 71-51 1st +5.0 Tillman (6-2) Feldman (6-9) J. Johnson (38) 3:05 32,146 2,597,647 123 8/22 BALTIMORE W, 12-3 72-51 1st +5.0 Holland (8-6) Hunter (4-8) 2:37 40,714 2,638,361 124 8/23 MINNESOTA W, 10-6 73-51 1st +6.0 Adams (3-3) Burton (1-1) Nathan (25) 3:39 33,762 2,672,123 125 8/24 MINNESOTA W, 8-0 74-51 1st +6.0 Harrison (15-7) Deduno (4-2) 2:16 45,823 2,717,946 126 8/25 MINNESOTA W, 9-3 75-51 1st +6.0 Dempster (3-1) Duensing (3-9) 3:07 44,215 2,762,161 127 8/26 MINNESOTA L, 5-6 75-52 1st +5.5 De Vries (3-5) Feldman (6-10) Perkins (8) 3:10 37,785 2,799,946 128 8/27 TAMPA BAY W, 6-5 76-52 1st +5.5 Holland (9-6) Price (16-5) Nathan (26) 2:47 29,453 2,829,399 129 8/28 TAMPA BAY W, 1-0 77-52 1st +5.5 Darvish (13-9) Shields (12-8) Nathan (27) 2:48 30,700 2,860,099 130 8/29 TAMPA BAY L, 4-8 77-53 1st +4.5 McGee (5-2) Harrison (15-8) 3:02 36,176 2,896,275 8/30 OFF DAY 1st +4.0 131 8/31 at Cleveland W, 5-3 78-53 1st +4.0 Dempster (4-1) Jimenez (9-14) Nathan (28) 3:08 16,700 132 9/1 at Cleveland L, 3-4 78-54 1st +3.0 Gomez (5-7) Feldman (6-11) Pestano (1) 2:38 17,218 133 9/2 at Cleveland W, 8-3 79-54 1st +3.0 Holland (10-6) McAllister (5-6) 2:54 19,474 134 9/3 at Kansas City W, 8-4 80-54 1st +4.0 Darvish (14-9) Chen (10-11) 2:40 22,207 135 9/4 at Kansas City L, 3-6 80-55 1st +4.0 Guthrie (4-3) Harrison (15-9) Holland (11) 2:32 12,462 136 9/5 at Kansas City W, 7-6 81-55 1st +5.0 Dempster (5-1) Teaford (1-4) Nathan (29) 2:58 13,354 137 9/6 at Kansas City W, 5-4 (10) 82-55 1st +5.5 Adams (4-3) Holland (6-4) Nathan (30) 3:20 15,332 138 9/7 at Tampa Bay L, 1-3 (11) 82-56 1st +4.5 Davis (3-0) Lowe (0-1) 3:32 19,545 139 9/8 at Tampa Bay W, 4-2 (10) 83-56 1st +4.5 Adams (5-3) Farnsworth (1-4) Nathan (31) 3:05 18,702 140 9/9 at Tampa Bay L, 0-6 83-57 1st +3.5 Shields (14-8) Oswalt (4-3) 2:15 20,522 9/10 OFF DAY 1st +3.0 141 9/11 CLEVELAND W, 6-4 84-57 1st +3.0 Harrison (16-9) Jimenez (9-16) Nathan (32) 3:12 34,765 2,931,040 142 9/12 CLEVELAND W, 5-2 85-57 1st +3.0 Dempster (6-1) Gomez (5-8) Nathan (33) 2:41 36,001 2,967,041 143 9/13 CLEVELAND L, 4-5 85-58 1st +3.0 Maine (1-0) Nathan (2-4) Perez (36) 3:11 36,102 3,003,143 144 9/14 SEATTLE 7:05p (FSSW) 145 9/15 SEATTLE 7:05p (TXA21) 146 9/16 SEATTLE 2:05p 9/17 OFF DAY 147 9/18 at Los Angeles-AL 9:05p 148 9/19 at Los Angeles-AL 9:05p 149 9/20 at Los Angeles-AL 9:05p 150 9/21 at Seattle 9:10p 151 9/22 at Seattle 8:10p 152 9/23 at Seattle 3:10p 153 9/24 OAKLAND 7:05p 154 9/25 OAKLAND 7:05p 155 9/26 OAKLAND 7:05p 156 9/27 OAKLAND 1:05p 157 9/28 LOS ANGELES-AL 7:05p 158 9/29 LOS ANGELES-AL 7:05p 159 9/30 LOS ANGELES-AL 2:05p 160 10/1 at Oakland 9:07p 161 10/2 at Oakland 9:07p 162 10/3 at Oakland 2:37p