Post-Game Notes

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SEATTLE MARINERS 4 (6-8), TEXAS RANGERS 3 (8-5)

Sunday, April 14, 2013 Safeco Field
FINAL 1 2 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 Time of Game: 2:59 5 6 7 8 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Temp: 48/SW 4 mph R H E LOB 3 6 1 7 4 10 0 8 Attendance: 16,981

Texas Rangers Seattle Mariners

First Pitch: 1:10 pm

WP: Brandon Maurer (1-1, 9.95) LP: Nick Tepesch (1-1, 3.46) SV: Tom Wilhelmsen (5) HOME RUNS: Raul Ibaez (SEA) PITCHING LINES: TEXAS Nick Tepesch (L) Michael Kirkman Tanner Scheppers SEATTLE Brandon Maurer (W) Bobby LaFromboise Stephen Pryor Oliver Perez Tom Wilhelmsen (S) NO. 2 IP 5.2 1.1 1.0 IP 6.0 0.1 1.1 0.1 1.0 H 9 1 0 H 5 0 0 1 0 PITCHER Tepesch R 4 0 0 R 3 0 0 0 0 ER 4 0 0 ER 2 0 0 0 0 INN. 4 BB-I 0-0 0-0 0-0 BB-I 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 SO 5 2 1 SO 5 0 2 0 1 MOB 0 HR 1 0 0 HR 0 0 0 0 0 OUT 0 WP 0 0 0 WP 0 0 0 0 0 HB 1 0 0 HB 1 0 0 0 0 COUNT 1-0 BK 0 0 0 BK 0 0 0 0 0 DISTANCE (FIELD) 409 (CF) PITCHES/STRIKES 102/65 23/16 13/7 PITCHES/STRIKES 97/61 6/2 28/16 16/10 9/7

RANGERS NOTES: Leury Garcia hit his first career triple off the center field wall in the 5th inning in three games played, he is hitting .333 with two hitsone being todays tripleand one run. Nick Tepesch took the first loss of his career with 5 strikeouts, he tied his career-high in a single game. With a walk in the eighth inning, Adrian Beltre extended his on-base streak to seven consecutive games he is hitting .286 (6-21) during the on-base streak with one double, three walks, and three RBI during the game, however, he saw his four-game hit streak snapped. MARINERS NOTES: With two doubles today, Kyle Seager extended his hitting streak to four games he is batting .333 (5x15) with two doubles and three RBI during the streak today was his second game of the season with two or more extra base hits (last: 4/02 @ OAK, two doubles). RHP Brandon Maurer recorded his first Major League win he more than doubled his career strikeout totals after fanning 5 Texas batters today, setting a single-game high. th Raul Ibaez hit his second home run of the season (last: 4/09 vs. HOU) it is his 68 career homer at Safeco Field, the most in Safeco history of any one player Ibaez tallied his second multi-hit game of the season he went 2-for-4 today with a single and a home run. Stephen Pryor threw 1.2 scoreless innings he has now retired 22 of 26 batters faced in 2013 and is yet to allow a run in 2013 hes allowed just three singles and one walk he left the game with two out in the eighth inning due to right lat sprain he will be re-evaluated tomorrow. nd Justin Smoak continued his hot hitting against his former club, going 1-for-3 with a double in the 2 inningis batting .308 (45x146) with 16 extra base hits (8 2B, 8 HR) and 23 RBI in his career against the Rangersover his last 14 games vs. the Rangers (since 5/29/12), he is batting .380 (19x50) with 13 runs scored, 4 doubles, 4 home runs and 10 RBI. Jesus Montero went 2-for-4 today with 2 singles, 1 run, and 1 RBI has tallied 2 hits the last two games he played in (2 singles 4/11 vs. Texas) has three multi-game hits on the season (also two singles 4/03 @ OAK). Endy Chavez now has hits in all three games he has registered an at bat in 2013 he went 1-for-4 with a single today he is hitting .250 (3x12) on the year with three singles. All four of the Mariners runs came with one out in the inning.

NEXT GAME Detroit Tigers vs. Seattle Mariners - Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at 7:10 p.m. (ROOT Sports) RHP Doug Fister (2-0, 2.77) vs. RHP Aaron Harang (2013 debut)

Post-Game Quotes
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RANGERS MANAGER RON WASHINGTON: On Tepesch: He was pretty good again today. The Mariners battled for at-bats today, they put the ball in play and found some holes; they hit some pretty good pitches. A couple pitches he threw were pretty good and they went down and got them and found some holes. Especially Seager, the first base hit he left one up, but after that he threw some good pitches to him. Morales caught a good one and Ackley caught a good one; you have to give them credit for swinging the bats at the right time. The bottom line is he kept us in the ballgame. We had a chance, we just didnt get the hit to make a difference.

On the Rangers hitting: We still have some guys trying to find their strides, no doubt about it. Pitching and defense have been keeping us in the ballgame but I know were going to start swinging the bats as a group soon. Its just weve got some guys trying to find. This pitching staff they have got over there in Seattle is pretty good. Definitely have some arms coming out of their bullpen, their starting pitchers can manipulate the baseball a little bit, they keep them in the ballgame. They dont play very many blowouts. We went back and forth; played a four-game series and it ended up that they won two and we won two.