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Seattle Mariners vs. Texas Rangers - Wednesday, August 27, 2014 at 12:40 p.m. (ROOT Sports)
RHP Erasmo Ramirez (1-5, 4.06)
vs.
RHP Colby Lewis (8-11, 5.54)

TEXAS RANGERS (51-80) vs. SEATTLE MARINERS (72-59)
Tuesday, August 26, 2014 Safeco Field

LINESCORE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB
Texas Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 1 7
Seattle Mariners 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 X - 5 7 0 7
First Pitch: 7:11 pm Time of Game: 2:51 Temp: 79/W @ 3 mph Attendance: 20,469

WP: James Paxton (4-1, 1.83) LP: Nick Martinez (3-10, 5.31)
SV: None

HOME RUNS: NO. PITCHER INN. MOB OUT COUNT DISTANCE
Robinson Cano (SEA) 12 Martinez 1 0 2 1-1 383 FT/RF

PITCHING LINES:
TEXAS IP H R ER BB-I SO HR WP HB BK PITCHES/STRIKES
Nick Martinez (L) 5.0 6 5 5 4-0 0 1 1 0 0 97/54
Jon Edwards 2.0 1 0 0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 20/14
Alex Claudio 1.0 0 0 0 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 24/14
SEATTLE IP H R ER BB-I SO HR WP HB BK PITCHES/STRIKES
James Paxton (W) 6.2 4 0 0 3-0 4 0 0 0 0 118/68
Danny Farquhar 2.1 0 0 0 1-0 2 0 0 0 0 33/20

MARINERS NOTES:
Seattle remains half a game ahead of Detroit for the second A.L. Wild Card spot, 5.0 games behind Oakland.
Seattle recorded its 72
nd
win of the season, passing the 2013 win total with 31 games left in the season.
Seattle has 16 wins in the month of August, 3
rd
most in the Majors this month behind KC (18) and WSH (17).
Seattle recorded its 9
th
shutout of the season, their first since Aug. 13 vs. Toronto.
o Eight of the shutouts have been since June 1
st
.
Seattle is 16-6 in the last 22 games (since Aug. 2), moving the team from 3 games to 13 games over .500.
Seattle has won 9 of last 11 home games (since Aug. 8) & are 21-13 at home in last 34 games (since June 15).
o Began the season 14-20 in the first 34 home games of the season.
Seattle has allowed three runs or fewer in each of the last 14 home games (since July 25).
o Since 1901, only the 1965-66 Dodgers (16) and 1966-67 White Sox (15) have had longer home streaks.
James Paxton tossed a career-high 118 pitches, first time to make over 100 pitches in a Major League game.
o His 118 pitches are a season-high by a Mariners starter this season (prev. 116 twice).
James Paxton has a 1.71 ERA (12 ER, 63.1 IP) with 54 strikeouts over his first 11 career starts.
o Since 1990, his 1.71 ERA is the lowest for a pitcher in his first 11 Major League starts.
Ahead of Jared Cosart (1.80 in 2013), Zach Duke (1.84 in 2005) & A.J. Griffin (1.94 in 2012).
James Paxton has allowed one earned run or less in 8 of his first 11 Major League starts.
o Is 4-0 with a 1.45 ERA (5 ER, 31.0 IP) with 25 strikeouts in 5 career starts at Safeco Field.
Robinson Cano hit his 5
th
home run in August, the most hes hit in any month this season.
Austin Jackson extended his hitting streak to 7 games (since Aug. 19).
o During the streak he is hitting .267 (8x30) with 5 runs, 2 doubles, 1 triple and 2 RBI.
Austin Jackson extended his hitting streak against the Rangers to 8 games.
o During the streak he is hitting .324 (11x34) with 5 runs, 3 doubles, 1 triple, 1 home run and 5 RBI.

RANGERS NOTES:
Texas was shut out for the 8
th
time this season, just the 3rd time on the road.
Adrian Beltre recorded his 6
th
multi-hit game in his last 7 games and his 7
th
in his last 10 games.
o In those 10 games is hitting .459 (17x37) with 5 runs, 3 doubles and 4 RBI.
Nick Martinez allowed 5 runs in a game for the 6
th
time this season (last: Aug. 4 at CWS).
o Took the loss after winning each of his previous two road starts.
Nick Martinez is now 0-2 with a 5.73 ERA (7 ER, 11.0 IP) with 3 strikeouts in two starts against Seattle.
Daniel Robertson has reached safely in 11 of his last 16 PAhas been walked 5 times in his last 10 at bats.
Elvis Andrus failed to reach base via hit or walk, snapped streak of reaching base in 20 straight games vs. Seattle.
o During the stretch he has hit safely in 17 of 20 games, batting .303 (23x76) with 11 runs scored, 5 doubles,
1 home run, 11 RBI, 9 walks and 5 stolen bases


RANGERS MANAGER RON WASHINGTON:


On Martinezs outing:

He just didnt command the baseball the way he had been earlier. He couldnt keep his fastball away like he wanted to, he
couldnt get his breaking ball over with consistency and he left his change-up up a lot tonight. He just didnt have his
command

On Paxtons performance:

He was good. I think hes one of their promising young arms. He throws the ball hard and has a good breaking ball. I
didnt see much of a change-up. But he dropped some good breaking balls off in there and moved the fastball around with
some velocity. He has a good arm.

On poor hitting:

They shut us down. We had a couple of chances to score runs and we just didnt. And all of it was with two outs. We just
couldnt get it done.

On Martinezs lack of experience:

Its hurt him. Its just that when things arent going as well as hed like them to go hes still trying to find out how to get
back in sync. He was out there competing tonight, he just couldnt get in sync with anything. It is inexperience.