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Game Preview: TBR @ SEA, 10:10pm, Friday, August 8, 2008 @Safeco Field

Tampa Bay Rays, 68-46, 1st, 2½ up

SP: James Shields (26, RHP, 9-7, 3.63)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (9-7)            151.1 143  69  61  25 120 17    3.63      
 2007 (12-8)           215   202  98  92  36 184 28    3.85      
 2006 (6-8)            124.2 141  69  67  38 104 18    4.84      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-2  48.1  43  18  18   6  37  6    3.35   58 
 2008-08-03    DET  ND   6.1   9   2   2   1   4  0     111   50 
 2008-07-28   @TOR   L   7.1   5   3   3   0   5  1      94   61 
 2008-07-23    OAK   W   8.1   6   3   3   0   7  2     104   66 
 2008-07-18    TOR   W   7     4   1   1   2   4  1     104   67 
 2008-07-11   @CLE   L   6    10   5   5   1   4  1     103   35 
 2008-07-06    KCR   W   7     4   2   2   1   8  0      93   68 
 2008-06-30    BOS   W   6.1   5   2   2   1   5  1     104   59 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.SEA      0-1  23    14   4   4   4  16  2    1.57   70 
 2007-09-14   @SEA  ND   8     4   1   1   2   5  0      99   73 
 2006-09-01    SEA  ND   7     5   1   1   1   5  1      94   67 
 2006-08-09   @SEA   L   8     5   2   2   1   6  1     103   69 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   45-17   Road:   23-29   ExtrInn: 6-4 
 vsRHP:  49-30   vsLHP:  19-16   1-Run:  20-12
 vsEast: 28-19   vsCntrl:15-12   vsWest: 13-9  IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
114 Thu, Aug  7  @SEA  L   1-2       68-46  1st 9223372036854775808.0 gb
113 Wed, Aug  6   CLE  W  10-7       68-45  1st 9223372036854775808.0 gb
112 Tue, Aug  5   CLE  W   8-4       67-45  1st 9223372036854775808.0 gb
111 Mon, Aug  4   CLE  L   2-5       66-45  1st 9223372036854775808.0 gb
110 Sun, Aug  3   DET  W   6-5 (10)  66-44  1st 9223372036854775808.0 gb
109 Sat, Aug  2   DET  W   9-3       65-44  1st 9223372036854775808.0 gb
108 Fri, Aug  1   DET  W   5-2       64-44  1st 9223372036854775808.0 gb
107 Wed, Jul 30  @TOR  W   3-2       63-44  1st 9223372036854775808.0 gb
106 Tue, Jul 29  @TOR  W   3-0       62-44  1st 9223372036854775808.0 gb
105 Mon, Jul 28  @TOR  L   1-3       61-44  1st 9223372036854775808.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:16-14
Seattle Mariners, 45-70, 4th, 26½ GB, 21 GB in WC

SP: Carlos Silva (29, RHP, 4-12, 5.92)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (4-12)           130.2 174  88  86  22  56 16    5.92      
 2007 (13-14)          202   229  99  94  36  89 20    4.19      
 2006 (11-15)          180.1 246 130 119  32  70 38    5.94      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-3  38    52  25  25   6  20  3    5.92   43 
 2008-08-03    BAL  ND   6.2   9   4   4   1   2  1     117   41 
 2008-07-29   @TEX  ND   2.1   7   6   6   1   1  1      42   19 
 2008-07-20    CLE   L   3     4   4   4   1   1  1      72   35 
 2008-07-13   @KCR  ND   6     8   2   2   1   5  0      97   52 
 2008-07-08   @OAK   L   8     7   2   2   0   5  0      94   65 
 2008-07-03    DET   L   5     9   5   5   2   3  0     100   30 
 2008-06-28   @SDP   W   7     8   2   2   0   3  0      87   56 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TBR    Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   24-35   Road:   21-35   ExtrInn: 2-6 
 vsRHP:  33-48   vsLHP:  12-22   1-Run:  13-22
 vsEast: 13-25   vsCntrl:10-17   vsWest: 13-19 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
115 Thu, Aug  7   TBR  W   2-1       45-70  4th 26.5 gb
114 Wed, Aug  6   MIN  L   3-7       44-70  4th 27.0 gb
113 Tue, Aug  5   MIN  W   8-7       44-69  4th 26.0 gb
112 Mon, Aug  4   MIN  W  11-6       43-69  4th 27.0 gb
111 Sun, Aug  3   BAL  W   8-4       42-69  4th 27.0 gb
110 Sat, Aug  2   BAL  L   1-3       41-69  4th 28.0 gb
109 Fri, Aug  1   BAL  L   5-10      41-68  4th 28.0 gb
108 Thu, Jul 31  @TEX  W   8-5       41-67  4th 27.0 gb
107 Wed, Jul 30  @TEX  L   3-4       40-67  4th 27.0 gb
106 Tue, Jul 29  @TEX  L  10-11      40-66  4th 26.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Aug 07, 2008 SEA  2  TBR  1        W:J.J. Putz (5-4), L: Dan Wheeler (2-5), S: none
Thu, Apr 10, 2008 TBR  7  SEA  0        W:Edwin Jackson (2-0), L: Miguel Batista (0-2), S: none
Wed, Apr 09, 2008 SEA  7 @TBR  1        W:Jarrod Washburn (1-1), L: Andy Sonnanstine (1-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 08, 2008 SEA  6 @TBR  5        W:Erik Bedard (1-0), L: Gary Glover (0-1), S: Ryan Rowland-Smith (1)

Sun, Sep 16, 2007 TBD  9 @SEA  2        W:Andy Sonnanstine (6-9), L: Jarrod Washburn (9-15), S: none
Sat, Sep 15, 2007 TBD  6 @SEA  2        W:Scott Kazmir (13-8), L: Horacio Ramirez (8-7), S: none
Fri, Sep 14, 2007 SEA  2  TBD  1        W:J.J. Putz (4-1), L: Gary Glover (5-5), S: none
Thu, Sep 13, 2007 SEA  8  TBD  7        W:Ryan Rowland-Smith (1-0), L: Dan Wheeler (1-8), S: J.J. Putz (38)
Thu, May 24, 2007 TBD 13  SEA 12        W:Jae Weong Seo (3-4), L: Sean White (1-1), S: Al Reyes (13)
Wed, May 23, 2007 SEA  5 @TBD  1        W:Miguel Batista (4-4), L: Casey Fossum (3-4), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - SEA leads 3-1; 2007 - SEA won 4-3; 2006 - SEA won 6-3; All-Time - SEA leads 58-37

Key for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids on the next pageKey for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids Below

Batter vs. Pitcher totals are career totals. All others are year-to-date.

PA - Plate Appearances (AB+BB+HBP+SH+SF+CI)
BF - Batters Faced
BA - Batting Average
OBP - On-Base Percentage
SLG - Slugging Percentage
Last 28d - PA and OPS in the last 28 days.
SB/CS - Stolen Bases and Caught Stealing
HR/E - Home Runs and Errors Made
ERA-K/9 - Earned Run Average and SO per 9 IP
Total - Team totals for those categories.
Usage - See the note below the grid.
OPS - On-Base Percentage + Slugging Percentage (a good single number for measuring a player's hitting, avg. is .750 or so)
RA/G & RS/G - Runs scored and allowed per game.
PA/vRH - Plate Appearances overall/PA's vs. Right-handed Pitchers
Catcher Def. - Catcher Defense with each catcher's Stolen Bases, Caught Stealings, and Passed Balls allowed.
G/S/vB or G/S/vP - Links to the player's 2008 gamelogs, splits, or career batter vs. pitcher results
vLH/vRH - OPS vs. left-handed pitchers and vs. right-handed pitchers
Hm or Rd, Home or Road - OPS or OPS allowed in home or road games.
OF G: LF / CF / RF - A - Outfielders with the games played by position and their total number of assists
vs LHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against left-handed batters
vs RHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against right-handed batters
HR/SB/CS - Pitcher's Home Runs, Stolen Bases and Caught Stealings allowed

MLB Best, Middle, Worst

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX  5.61

LAA  4.63

SDP  3.76

RA/G

OAK  3.93

SFG  4.65

TEX  5.87

BA

C. Jones  .369

A. Pierzynski  .288

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .466

M. Byrd  .360

T. Pena  .169

SLG

R. Ludwick  .620

J. Werth  .476

T. Pena  .196

OPS

A. Pujols  1.075

M. Reynolds  .825

T. Pena  .365

ERA

J. Duchscherer  2.51

O. Perez  4.12

N. Robertson  6.11

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  9.99

M. Mussina  6.16

L. Hernandez  3.48

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Tampa Bay Rays Batters (4.52 RS/G) vs. Seattle Mariners Pitchers (4.74 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Silva
G/S/vB
48.Corcoran
G/S/vB
54.Green
G/S/vB
36.Jimenez*
G/S/vB
57.Lowe
G/S/vB
20.Putz
G/S/vB
40.Wells
G/S/vB
49.Woods*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 187/100 .222/.301/.347/.648 .767/.537 .655 44/.448 2/1 4/
8.Bartlett G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 338/245 .263/.302/.317/.620 .827/.541 .577 40/.812 18/4 0/
13.Crawford* G/S/vP 10/.900 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 471/326 .272/.316/.399/.714 .609/.762 .616 77/.737 25/7 8/
15.Floyd* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 175/168 .248/.331/.438/.769 .619/.776 .517 40/.692 1/0 8/
26.Gross* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 245/203 .229/.331/.410/.740 .588/.773 .605 36/.712 2/2 8/
32.Hinske* G/S/vP 6/.750 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 3/.000 318/267 .246/.343/.489/.832 .482/.898 .941 54/.644 8/2 16/
1.Iwamura* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 504/352 .278/.349/.378/.726 .682/.745 .689 97/.729 5/4 5/
3.Longoria G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 435/314 .278/.352/.533/.885 .868/.891 .921 92/.909 7/0 22/
30.Navarro# G/S/vP 3/2.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· ··· 331/243 .302/.359/.425/.784 .657/.838 .757 67/.821 0/4 6/
23.Pena* G/S/vP 21/.538 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.650 ··· ··· 401/261 .239/.349/.466/.815 .638/.909 .774 94/.906 0/1 20/
9.Riggans G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 106/55 .242/.317/.418/.735 .829/.650 .870 21/.488 0/0 4/
2.Upton G/S/vP 2/.000 1/3.000 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 478/336 .264/.378/.391/.769 .816/.750 .742 86/.660 34/14 7/
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· 92/57 .241/.315/.470/.785 .769/.796 .754 42/.688 2/0 5/
IP 130.2 43.0 58.2 18.0 50.0 28.2 5.0 4.0 TOTAL .257/.335/.414/.749 .714/.764 .715 .741 115/42 122/60
ERA-K/9 5.92/3.9 4.19/6.1 2.91/7.8 2.00/7.5 4.86/8.1 4.40/10.7 3.60/7.2 0.00/9.0 4.40/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Navarro (31-17-5)
 Riggans (15-0-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 573/.323 190/.257 253/.228 70/.190 237/.286 137/.293 23/.263 19/.286 .270  Upton
 Gross
 Hinske
 Crawford
 Zobrist
 Riggans
0/107/0/9
2/17/77/7
9/0/48/2
105/1/0/2
0/2/1/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .849 .657 .617 .578 .773 .791 .649 .831 .757
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 301/.927 80/.628 107/.745 34/.767 115/.892 70/.875 7/.929 10/.844 .798
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 272/.764 110/.678 146/.523 36/.407 122/.658 67/.704 16/.516 9/.756 .723
Home 245/.821 99/.797 148/.537 49/.488 138/.672 88/.732 23/.649 19/.831 .742
Last 28d days 83/.943 72/.747 39/.511 39/.788 44/.874 43/.822 9/.393 19/.831
HR/SB/CS 16/7/1 0/1/0 3/0/1 2/0/0 3/4/0 1/0/2 0/2/0 0/0/0 100/56/22
Usage ····X··· ··oo··X· ·····X·· ··oo·o·· ·X·o··oX X·X·o··o ·X······ ···X·X··
Seattle Mariners Batters (4.11 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Rays Pitchers (4.04 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Shields
G/S/vB
50.Balfour
G/S/vB
49.Hammel
G/S/vB
39.Howell*
G/S/vB
57.Miller*
G/S/vB
40.Percival
G/S/vB
28.Reyes
G/S/vB
35.Wheeler
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
50.Balentien G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 128/101 .205/.266/.350/.616 .681/.599 .680 11/.673 0/0 4/
29.Beltre G/S/vP 10/.700 ··· 3/.000 7/.858 1/2.000 8/.500 3/2.334 2/1.000 480/359 .253/.321/.431/.752 .975/.679 .662 96/.670 8/1 19/
5.Betancourt G/S/vP 9/.222 1/3.000 2/.000 4/.750 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.500 397/295 .255/.269/.354/.623 .591/.634 .734 67/.438 2/2 3/
16.Bloomquist G/S/vP 3/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 188/102 .280/.380/.286/.665 .791/.561 .647 62/.718 14/3 0/
15.Burke G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 79/47 .278/.333/.361/.694 .935/.517 .648 18/1.092 0/1 1/
13.Cairo G/S/vP 6/.833 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 5/.400 4/.000 6/.600 149/103 .244/.326/.299/.626 .737/.576 .676 46/.785 4/2 0/
9.Clement* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 157/132 .191/.268/.333/.601 .640/.592 .586 37/.658 0/0 5/
28.Ibanez* G/S/vP 9/.111 2/1.000 3/.666 7/1.262 4/1.250 14/.864 3/.667 2/2.500 499/354 .290/.353/.486/.838 .902/.813 .912 96/1.107 1/3 18/
2.Johjima G/S/vP 6/1.500 1/.000 2/1.500 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 298/220 .211/.253/.294/.546 .540/.549 .558 44/.484 2/0 3/
39.LaHair* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 57/44 .288/.351/.404/.755 .408/.840 .469 57/.755 0/1 2/
4.Lopez G/S/vP 7/.334 ··· ··· 7/1.071 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 494/362 .309/.330/.437/.767 .874/.728 .811 93/.904 4/1 9/
8.Reed* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 184/167 .275/.324/.377/.701 .353/.739 .754 65/.757 0/1 2/
51.Suzuki* G/S/vP 10/.500 3/3.000 3/1.334 8/.929 2/1.000 9/.889 5/1.400 2/.500 530/387 .305/.364/.383/.746 .659/.778 .775 104/.802 35/3 4/
IP 151.1 32.1 61.1 65.0 29.0 35.2 22.2 49.0 TOTAL .262/.318/.383/.700 .767/.677 .708 .772 74/21 89/74
ERA-K/9 3.63/7.1 1.39/13.7 4.11/5.0 2.49/8.9 4.97/7.4 3.79/8.3 4.37/7.5 2.39/5.7 3.76/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Burke (7-7-2)
 Clement (12-2-1)
 Johjima (37-13-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 613/.248 122/.113 268/.263 273/.197 126/.248 146/.172 96/.253 194/.176 .244  Ibanez
 Suzuki
 Balentien
 Bloomquist
 Reed
 Cairo
113/0/0/8
0/69/45/7
0/1/32/4
8/22/13/1
4/31/13/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .695 .392 .761 .595 .703 .667 .719 .577 .703
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 298/.734 42/.431 123/.887 92/.598 73/.617 73/.648 34/.849 70/.531 .719
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 315/.658 80/.372 145/.656 181/.593 53/.818 73/.684 62/.646 124/.602 .690
Road 257/.845 58/.429 162/.853 124/.681 52/.824 52/.819 38/.888 98/.623 .775
Last 28d days 113/.686 47/.408 37/.528 43/.671 28/.914 34/.931 31/.959 33/.630
HR/SB/CS 17/6/6 1/1/0 7/10/1 4/9/1 1/0/2 7/4/0 2/2/0 7/0/1 106/50/19
Usage ····X··· ··X·X·X· ···X·X·· ·Xo·o·X· oo··o··· ·o··X·X· ··oo·X·· o·X···X·

Usage -- each character represents the number of pitches thrown by the pitcher for yesterday, two days ago, three days ago, ...., up to eight days ago:
· - did not pitch; o - less than 16 pitches; X - at least 16 pitches (the median relief outing)
An Example ( ·X···o·X ): Yesterday off, 16 or more pitches, three days off, less than 16 pitches, day off, 16 or more pitches (8 days ago). Yesterday is in bold for improved scanning.

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