Post-Game Notes

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TEXAS RANGERS 5 (32-17), SEATTLE MARINERS 2 (20-29)

Saturday, May 25, 2013 Safeco Field
FINAL 1 0 Texas Rangers 0 Seattle Mariners First Pitch: 7:10 pm 2 3 4 3 0 0 0 2 0 Time of Game: 3:27 5 1 0 6 7 8 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp: 59 / calm winds R H E LOB 5 13 2 9 2 5 0 7 Attendance: 35,022

WP: Derek Holland (4-2, 2.97) LP: Felix Hernandez (5-4, 2.51) SV: Joe Nathan (16)
HOME RUNS: Nelson Cruz (TEX) PITCHING LINES: TEXAS Derek Holland Robbie Ross Tanner Scheppers Joe Nathan SEATTLE Felix Hernandez Oliver Perez Yoervis Medina Charlie Furbush Carter Capps NO. 12 PITCHER Felix Hernandez INN. 5 MOB 0 OUT 2 COUNT 2-1 DISTANCE/FIELD 368/RF

IP 6.2 0.1 1.0 1.0 IP 5.2 0.1 0.2 2.0 0.1

H 4 0 1 0 H 11 1 0 1 0

R 2 0 0 0 R 5 0 0 0 0

ER 0 0 0 0 ER 5 0 0 0 0

BB-I 3-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 BB-I 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0

SO 10 0 1 0 SO 9 0 1 2 1

HR 0 0 0 0 HR 1 0 0 0 0

WP 1 0 0 0 WP 0 0 0 0 0

HB 0 0 0 0 HB 0 0 0 0 0

BK 0 0 0 0 BK 0 0 0 0 0

PITCHES/STRIKES 119/77 1/1 24/16 11/7 PITCHES/STRIKES 114/69 9/4 8/5 36/20 5/3

RANGERS NOTES: Derek Holland recorded his 4th victory of the season, allowing 2 runs (both unearned) on 4 hits while striking out 10 and walking 1 in 6.2 innings. o is now 7-2 with a 3.38 ERA (24 ER/ 64.0 IP) with 64 SO and 18 BB in 10 career starts against the Mariners. o is now 3-0 with 0.00 ERA (0 ER/ 23.1 IP) with 22 SO and 6 BB in 3 career starts at Safeco Field. o was 1 strikeout shy of tying his career high (11) set 9/7/12 @ TB. o allowed 2 runs in the 3rd inning, snapping his streak of 21.1 scoreless innings at Safeco Field. Holland entered tonight with 19.1 scoreless innings at Safeco Field, dating back to 07/12/09. Joe Nathan has converted his first 16 save opportunities of the season, the longest streak of his career to begin a season. o has recorded 36 consecutive save opportunities on the road (dating back to 7/26/11 at TEX w/MIN). Leonys Martin (1x3, 1 R, 3B) extended his hitting streak to 8 games with a 6th inning triple to right fieldis batting .375 (9x24) with 6 R, 2 2B, and 2 3B during that stretchis now batting .319 (23x72) over his past 30 games to raise his batting average from .174 to .289. David Murphy (2x5, 2B, 3 RBI) extended his hitting streak to 3 games with a 2nd inning 2-run double to right fieldis now batting .328 (19x58) with 8 R, 4 2B, 4 HR, 16 RBI, and 4 BB over his past 19 games to raise his batting average from .168 to .229...has 7 RBI over his past 3 games. Adrian Beltre (2x4, BB) extended his hitting streak to 3 games with a 1st inning infield singleis now batting .417 (5x12) with R, 2B, HR, RBI, BB over his past 3 games. Mitch Moreland (2x4, 1 R) is now batting .355 (27x76) with 6 2B, 3B, 7 HR, 14 RBI over his past 21 games to raise his batting average from .250 to .298. Lance Berkman (2x5) is now batting .333 (11x33) with 3 R, 2B, HR, 7 RBI, and 1 BB over his past 8 games to raise his batting average from .286 to .296. Nelson Cruz (1x5, HR, RBI) hit 5th inning home run to right field after just two hits in his past 15 at-bats. Jurickson Profar (2x4, 1 R, 1 RBI) is now 4x13 since being recalled from AAA Round Rock on Sunday. MARINERS NOTES: Felix Hernandez recorded his 4th loss of the season, allowing 5 earned runs on 11 hits while striking out 9 and walking 1 in 5.2 innings. o is now 96-25 in 159 career starts when the Mariners give him 3 or more runs of support. o is now 4-2 with a 1.77 ERA (11 ER/56.0 IP) in 8 starts at night this season. Brendan Ryan (1x4) has now hit safely in 9 of his past 10 games, batting .389 (14x36) with 3 R, 4 2B, 1 HR, and 6 RBI during that stretchhas raised his batting average from .122 to .203 during that stretch. NEXT GAME Texas Rangers vs. Seattle Mariners - Sunday, May 25, 2013 at 1:10 pm PT (ROOT Sports) RHP Hisashi Iwakuma (5-1, 2.37) vs. RHP Nick Tepesch (3-4, 3.98)

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Michael Morse (1x4, 1 R) has now hit safely in 8 of his past 11 games, batting .333 (14x42) with 6 R, 2 2B, HR, 3 RBI and 5 BB during that stretchhas now hit safely in 3 consecutive games (4x12). Kendrys Morales (1x4, 2B, 2 RBI) is now batting .390 (16x41) with 6 2B, 1 HR, 19 RBI, and 5 BB with RISP. o has now hit safely in 17 of his past 20 games, batting.342 (27x79) with 11 R, 9 2B, 2 HR, 14 RBI, and 6 BB, dating back to 04/30. Charlie Furbush threw 2.0 scoreless innings, striking out 2...is now averaging 13.50 K/ 9.0 IP (26 K/ 17.1 IP). Jason Bay (1x2, 1 R, 2 BB) stole 2 bases tonight, marking the 9th time in his career he has stolen 2 bases (last: 06/29/11 @ DET with NYM). The Mariners have recorded 138 strikeouts in their past 14 games, dating back to 5/10are averaging 10.21 Ks/9.0 IP (138 SO/ 121.2 IP) during that stretch.

Post-Game Quotes
RANGERS MANAGER RON WASHINGTON: On how the Rangers were able to get to Felix Hernandez for 5 runs: We just havent missed opportunities when he threw the ball in the strike zone. Hes at his best when he can get you to chase some pitches and then lock you up with the fastball. Tonight, when he threw some balls across the plate, we were fortunate enough to put them in play. On whether this is what he was hoping to see from David Murphy when he moved him up in the lineup: No doubt about it, just get him involved quickly. We need David, and we know what David is capable of doing. What we saw the first month-and-a-half is not David Murphy. What youre seeing right now is David Murphy. Hopefully, he can sustain it, which I believe he will. My intention was just to get him involved in the game quickly. On his assessment of Derek Hollands performance tonight: I thought he was in control the whole night. One mistake, the one he made to Morales with two strikes on him. He wanted to go higher in the strike zone [and] hopefully get him to chase again, because he chased two up there. But he got it down in the area where he [Morales] could put it in play. Other than that, he had control of the ballgame.