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Texas Rangers at Seattle Mariners - Tuesday, August 25, 2014 at 7:10 pm PT (ROOT Sports)
LHP James Paxton (3-1, 2.20)
vs.
RHP Nick Martinez (3-9, 5.13)


TEXAS RANGERS (51-79) vs. SEATTLE MARINERS (71-59)
Monday, August 25, 2014 Safeco Field

LINESCORE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB
Texas Rangers 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 - 2 7 0 8
Seattle Mariners 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 1 3
First Pitch: 7:10 pm Time of Game: 2:50 Temp: 77 W/@2 mph Attendance: 21,620

WP: Miles Mikolas (2-5, 6.44) LP: Roenis Elias (9-11, 4.01)
SV: Neftali Feliz (7)

HOME RUNS: NO. PITCHER INN. MOB OUT COUNT DISTANCE
none

PITCHING LINES:
TEXAS IP H R ER BB-I SO HR WP HB BK PITCHES/STRIKES
Miles Mikolas (W) 8.0 3 0 0 1-0 5 0 0 0 0 92/66
Neftali Feliz (S) 1.0 1 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 17/13

SEATTLE IP H R ER BB-I SO HR WP HB BK PITCHES/STRIKES
Roenis Elias (L) 5.0 3 1 1 4-0 6 0 0 0 0 101/57
Brandon Maurer 2.0 2 1 1 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 26/17
Yoervis Medina 1.0 2 0 0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 17/12
Charlie Furbush 1.0 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 9/7



MARINERS NOTES:
The Mariners snap a 3-game win streak and are now 6-3 in the last 9 gamesare 15-6 in the month of August
Seattle was shut out for the 15
th
time this season, first since Aug. 3 at Baltimore.
o Have been shut out by Texas three times this season (also: April 15 at Texas & June 13 in Seattle).
Seattle has lost 4 of the last 5 games against Texas and are 5-8 against the Rangers this season.
Roenis Elias struck out 6 batters and now has 131 strikeouts on the season.
o Passed Matt Young (130) for 4
th
on the Mariners rookie strikeout list.
Trails Mark Langston (204 in 1984), Michael Pineda (173 in 2011) & Freddy Garcia (170 in 1999).
Roenis Elias has allowed two runs or less in each of his last 6 starts (since July 21).
o In that stretch he has a 2.05 ERA (7 ER, 30.2 IP) with 36 strikeouts.
o Has not completed 6.0 innings in any of those starts.
Logan Morrison extended his hitting streak to 9 games (since Aug. 15).
o During the streak is hitting .394 (13x33) with 5 runs, 3 doubles, 4 RBI.
o Has hit safely in 22 of his last 23 games (since July 29).
Since July 29 is hitting .346 (28x81) with 12 runs, 6 doubles, 1 home run and 10 RBI.
Austin Jackson extended his hitting streak to 6 games (since Aug. 19).
o During the streak is hitting .269 (7x26) with 4 runs, 2 doubles and 2 RBI.
Mike Zunino caught Daniel Robertson stealing second base in the 3
rd
inning, his 19 catcher-caught stealing of
the seasonhad 4 CCS in 50 games last season.

RANGERS NOTES:
The Rangers recorded their 16th shutout of the season (last: 8/5/14 at CWS)7 of the 16 shutouts have been on
the road, including 5 of the teams last 7 shutoutsthe 16 shutouts are T3rd-most in Texas history and most since
a club-record 19 in 2011.
o Marks the Rangers 3rd shutout of the Mariners this season (last: 6/13 at SEA)35th shutout all-time vs.
Seattle, including 20th at Seattle.
Rangers won 2 in a row for first time since Aug. 5-6 at CWSsnaps a span of 7 straight losses in series openers.
Tomas Telis became 58th player and 19th rookie to appear in a game for the Rangers this seasonit leaves the
club 1 shy of matching the all-time MLB record for players used in a season, and matches the clubs most rookies
ever used in a campaign (19 in 2008).
Tomas Telis recorded his first hit, a bunt single, in the 7th inning off RH Brandon Maureroverall he went 1-for-4
in his Major League debut.
Starter Miles Mikolas earned his 2nd win of the season, allowing only 3 hits in career-high 8.0 scoreless
inningsprior to tonight, Mikolas longest outing of his career was 7.1 innings on July 21, 2014 at NYY.
o Marks the 11th time this season a Rangers starter has tossed at least 8.0 innings in a start, but only the
2nd time since June 29 (last: Colby Lewis, 9.0 IP on 8/5 at CWS).
Elvis Andrus has reached base safely via a hit or walk in 20 consecutive games vs. Seattle, dating back to July 4,
2013during this 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.

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Texas Rangers at Seattle Mariners - Tuesday, August 25, 2014 at 7:10 pm PT (ROOT Sports)
LHP James Paxton (3-1, 2.20)
vs.
RHP Nick Martinez (3-9, 5.13)

Alex Rios has hit safely in 17 of his last 20 games vs. the Mariners, batting .299 (26x87) with 8 runs scored, 5
doubles, 6 RBI, 2 walks and 5 stolen bases.
Neftali Feliz is 3-0 with 10 saves in 19 game vs. the Mariners in his careerhe has allowed only 5 hits, while
walking 6 and striking out 25 in 24.0 scoreless inningsmarked his first appearance vs. the Mariners since April
10, 2012.
Daniel Robertson has reached safely in 9 of his last 13 PAhas been walked 4 times in his last 8 at bats.
Manager Ron Washington challenged a call in the fourth inning after first base umpire, Clint Fagan, called Tomas
Telis out after a put-out from Cano to Morrison at first base...after review, call Standstime of delay: 1 minute, 42
seconds.





RANGERS MANAGER RON WASHINGTON:

On Miles Mikolas outing

He was very good. Executed all of his pitches, stayed focused I think the only mistake he made tonight was the hanging
breaking ball on the 1-2 count to Logan Morrison. Other than that, he was right where he wanted to be. Used all of his
pitched extremely well.

On his reputation as a strike thrower

He is still a little in consistent, but I think youve got to give him a lot of credit for what he did tonight against a team thats
very hot theyve been playing very well, and scoring runs. Tonight is a step for him in the right direction. He has had
quite a few games where he has gotten us deep into the ball game, and really didnt exert himself as far as pitch count
goes and like what you said, he does throw strikes. Its a matter of learning to shut innings down and tonight he was
able to do everything he needed to do as a pitcher. He deserves a lot of credit, he did a great job.

On his changing speeds

Well he can change speeds, but once again, hes still go to work on his consistency. Consistency of putting pitches where
you need to. He did a tremendous job tonight, certainly like what hes been doing and he just pitched an outstanding
game.