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Game Preview: SEA @ NYY, 7:05pm, Thursday, July 2, 2009 @Yankee Stadium III

Mariners, 39-38, 3rd, 3½ GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Jason Vargas (26, LHP, 3-3, 3.79)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (3-3) 54.2 60 25 23 13 33 9 3.79
2007 (0-1) 10.1 17 14 14 2 4 4 12.19
2006 (1-2) 43.0 50 39 35 30 25 9 7.33
Last 7 GS 2-3 40.2 45 22 21 7 25 7 4.65 48
2009-06-26 @LAD L 4.2 9 5 5 1 2 2 78 27
2009-06-20 ARI W 7.0 3 2 1 0 4 1 98 69
2009-06-14 @COL L 4.2 12 7 7 2 4 0 99 14
2009-06-09 @BAL L 5.2 7 3 3 1 4 1 92 46
2009-06-03 BAL ND 5.1 8 2 2 0 2 1 85 46
2009-05-29 @LAA W 6.1 4 2 2 2 2 1 96 57
2009-05-22 SFG ND 7.0 2 1 1 1 7 1 106 75
Has never faced NYY.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   21-15   Road:   18-23   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  26-28   vsLHP:  13-10   1-Run:  19-13
 vsEast:  8-6    vsCntrl: 7-11   vsWest: 13-14 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 77 Wed, Jul  1  @NYY  L   2-4       39-38  3rd  3.5 gb
 76 Tue, Jun 30  @NYY  L   5-8       39-37  3rd  3.5 gb
 75 Sun, Jun 28  @LAD  W   4-2       39-36  3rd  3.0 gb
 74 Sat, Jun 27  @LAD  W   5-1       38-36  3rd  3.0 gb
 73 Fri, Jun 26  @LAD  L   2-8       37-36  3rd  3.5 gb
 72 Thu, Jun 25   SDP  W   9-3       37-35  3rd  2.5 gb
 71 Wed, Jun 24   SDP  W   4-3       36-35  3rd  2.5 gb
 70 Tue, Jun 23   SDP  L   7-9       35-35  3rd  2.5 gb
 69 Sun, Jun 21   ARI  W   3-2       35-34  3rd  2.5 gb
 68 Sat, Jun 20   ARI  W   7-3       34-34  3rd  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12
Yankees, 45-32, 2nd, 2½ GB, 3 up in WC

SP: C.C. Sabathia (28, LHP, 7-4, 3.55)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (7-4) 109.0 88 46 43 31 78 9 3.55
2008 (17-10) 253.0 223 85 76 59 251 19 2.70
2007 (19-7) 241.0 238 94 86 37 209 20 3.21
Last 7 GS 3-1 46.0 37 20 19 10 34 6 3.72 57
2009-06-26 @NYM W 7.0 3 1 1 0 8 1 99 75
2009-06-21 @FLA ND 1.1 3 1 1 1 1 0 28 44
2009-06-16 WSN W 7.2 6 3 3 1 2 1 109 56
2009-06-11 @BOS L 7.0 6 4 4 2 6 1 123 53
2009-06-06 TBR ND 8.0 5 5 4 3 5 2 101 56
2009-05-30 @CLE W 7.0 5 3 3 3 8 1 113 60
2009-05-24 PHI ND 8.0 9 3 3 0 4 0 110 56
Last 5 v.SEA 3-1 36.0 29 5 5 5 25 3 1.25 66
2007-05-21 SEA ND 5.0 8 1 1 1 4 0 92 50
2006-05-07 @SEA W 8.0 7 0 0 0 4 0 105 72
2005-07-30 @SEA L 7.0 4 3 3 1 4 3 100 60
2005-04-22 @SEA W 7.0 5 1 1 2 5 0 97 66
2004-09-06 @SEA W 9.0 5 0 0 1 8 0 118 84
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   23-14   Road:   22-18   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  31-25   vsLHP:  14-7    1-Run:  10-9 
 vsEast: 12-16   vsCntrl:13-5    vsWest: 10-3  IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 77 Wed, Jul  1   SEA  W   4-2       45-32  2nd  2.5 gb
 76 Tue, Jun 30   SEA  W   8-5       44-32  2nd  2.5 gb
 75 Sun, Jun 28  @NYM  W   4-2       43-32  2nd  3.0 gb
 74 Sat, Jun 27  @NYM  W   5-0       42-32  2nd  4.0 gb
 73 Fri, Jun 26  @NYM  W   9-1       41-32  2nd  4.0 gb
 72 Thu, Jun 25  @ATL  W  11-7       40-32  2nd  4.0 gb
 71 Wed, Jun 24  @ATL  W   8-4       39-32  2nd  5.0 gb
 70 Tue, Jun 23  @ATL  L   0-4       38-32  2nd  5.0 gb
 69 Sun, Jun 21  @FLA  L   5-6       38-31  2nd  4.0 gb
 68 Sat, Jun 20  @FLA  L   1-2       38-30  2nd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jun 30, 2009 NYY  8  SEA  5        W:Brian Bruney (3-0), L: Sean White (2-1), S: Mariano Rivera (19)

Sun, Sep 07, 2008 SEA  5  NYY  2        W:Ryan Feierabend (1-2), L: Mike Mussina (17-8), S: J.J. Putz (12)
Sat, Sep 06, 2008 NYY  7 @SEA  4        W:Sidney Ponson (8-5), L: Sean Green (4-5), S: Mariano Rivera (33)
Fri, Sep 05, 2008 SEA  3  NYY  1        W:Brandon Morrow (2-2), L: Andy Pettitte (13-12), S: J.J. Putz (11)
Sun, May 25, 2008 NYY  6  SEA  5        W:Edwar Ramirez (1-0), L: J.J. Putz (1-2), S: Mariano Rivera (12)
Sat, May 24, 2008 NYY 12  SEA  6        W:Mike Mussina (7-4), L: Carlos Silva (3-4), S: none
Fri, May 23, 2008 NYY 13  SEA  2        W:Andy Pettitte (4-5), L: Erik Bedard (3-3), S: none
Sun, May 04, 2008 NYY  8  SEA  2        W:Darrell Rasner (1-0), L: Carlos Silva (3-1), S: none
Sat, May 03, 2008 NYY  6  SEA  1        W:Mike Mussina (4-3), L: Felix Hernandez (2-2), S: none
Fri, May 02, 2008 NYY  5  SEA  1        W:Chien-Ming Wang (6-0), L: Erik Bedard (2-1), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - NYY leads 2-0; 2008 - NYY won 7-2; 2007 - Tied 5-5; All-Time - NYY leads 193-153

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 2009 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

TBR  5.59

NYM  4.50

SDP  3.83

 RA/G

SFG  3.75

TEX  4.62

WSN  5.67

 BA

J. Mauer  .383

M. Cabrera  .286

B. Giles  .191

 OBP

J. Mauer  .455

C. Iannetta  .360

D. Navarro  .241

 SLG

A. Pujols  .743

B. Phillips  .473

N. Punto  .240

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.197

T. Tulowitzki  .815

N. Punto  .546

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.95

A. Harang  3.95

A. Sonnanstine  6.61

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  10.80

C. Volstad  6.61

J. Garland  3.33

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

Mariners Batters (3.87 RS/G) vs. Yankees Pitchers (4.77 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Sabathia*
G/S/vB		 38.Bruney
G/S/vB		 62.Chamberlain
G/S/vB		 48.Coke*
G/S/vB		 42.Rivera
G/S/vB		 30.Robertson
G/S/vB		 28.Tomko
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
25.Balentien G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 147/88 .230/.279/.370/.649 .556/.710 .620 40/.680 1/0 3/1
30.Branyan* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.000 3/1.167 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 12/2.067 286/197 .303/.400/.606/1.006 1.006/1.006 .923 88/.939 2/0 19/6
59.Carp* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/8 .375/.538/.375/.913 1.100/.750 .821 13/.913 0/0 0/0
3.Cedeno G/S/vP 11/.182 1/no AB 3/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 6/1.633 116/90 .140/.218/.260/.478 .322/.522 .327 54/.393 1/2 3/2
24.Griffey* G/S/vP 19/.610 1/.000 3/.333 2/1.500 15/1.169 1/2.000 21/1.348 234/190 .213/.329/.401/.730 1.058/.656 .607 69/.715 0/0 10/0
21.Gutierrez G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 3/1.334 ··· 4/.750 ··· ··· 267/205 .274/.340/.406/.746 .773/.738 .664 76/.813 5/4 7/2
2.Johjima G/S/vP 5/1.400 3/.666 5/1.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/3.000 104/72 .250/.272/.380/.652 .615/.668 .709 12/.583 2/0 3/1
32.Johnson G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 132/103 .183/.238/.292/.530 .246/.614 .524 30/.486 0/1 0/3
Langerhans* G/S/vP 1/no AB 2/4.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 / /// / / / /
4.Lopez G/S/vP 8/.500 2/.000 6/.167 ··· 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 284/205 .259/.288/.422/.710 .772/.687 .870 68/.948 2/2 10/9
51.Suzuki* G/S/vP 38/1.132 2/.500 6/1.000 2/.000 10/.311 ··· 4/.250 317/232 .373/.405/.500/.905 .919/.900 .878 101/.987 16/5 6/2
5.Sweeney G/S/vP 80/.754 ··· 3/.000 ··· 17/.584 ··· 15/.983 123/62 .263/.309/.404/.712 .731/.695 .661 31/.938 0/0 3/2
16.Wilson G/S/vP 6/.334 4/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 75/49 .152/.243/.197/.440 .412/.451 .681 19/.217 0/0 0/4
6.Woodward G/S/vP 10/.444 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 17/12 .400/.471/.400/.871 .200/1.129 1.000 17/.871 1/0 0/2
IP 109.0 13.2 81.0 34.0 32.2 17.1 16.1 TOTAL .262/.316/.401/.717 .737/.710 .696 .748 51/17 73/65
ERA-K/9 3.55/6.4 3.95/10.5 3.89/8.1 3.18/7.1 2.76/11.0 2.60/13.5 5.51/5.5 4.48/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 441/.220 55/.152 357/.262 129/.186 126/.228 73/.190 68/.246 .252
OPS .615 .433 .769 .629 .628 .651 .805 .756
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 99/.590 30/.244 206/.730 68/.640 68/.569 30/.674 29/.472 .742
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 342/.622 25/.675 151/.817 61/.614 58/.697 43/.631 39/1.054 .767
Home 205/.620 22/.602 176/.783 68/.585 82/.681 37/.464 34/.782
Last 28d days 121/.631 23/.659 127/.745 45/.300 39/.528 38/.760 36/.927
HR/SB/CS 9/6/4 0/0/0 9/14/4 5/0/1 5/1/0 2/0/1 4/3/0 96/73/30
Usage ·····X·· ·X·oo··X ·X·····X oo·o··Xo oo·X··oX ····X·X· ·····X··
Yankees Batters (5.55 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (4.13 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 38.Vargas*
G/S/vB		 53.Aardsma
G/S/vB		 43.Batista
G/S/vB		 48.Corcoran
G/S/vB		 41.Jakubauskas
G/S/vB		 57.Lowe
G/S/vB		 46.White
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
53.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· 3/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 2/2.500 240/173 .286/.346/.441/.787 .851/.764 .839 81/.718 5/2 8/2
24.Cano* G/S/vP ··· 5/1.000 8/.804 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 325/234 .300/.332/.482/.814 .923/.773 .842 94/.778 4/3 12/3
29.Cervelli G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 73/52 .269/.290/.343/.633 .850/.543 .594 27/.669 0/1 1/1
18.Damon* G/S/vP ··· 3/.667 33/1.397 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 2/1.000 314/223 .291/.367/.532/.900 .737/.971 1.001 89/.904 8/0 15/4
11.Gardner* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 185/147 .289/.367/.421/.788 .716/.806 .804 47/.949 17/2 3/1
14.Hinske* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 6/1.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 126/98 .255/.373/.368/.741 .747/.738 .778 40/.688 0/0 1/0
2.Jeter G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 26/.573 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/2.000 329/254 .307/.381/.451/.832 1.187/.728 .880 85/.773 17/1 9/3
55.Matsui* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 18/1.435 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/1.667 239/171 .248/.347/.466/.813 .875/.787 .731 56/.735 0/0 10/
19.Pena# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 92/75 .267/.308/.349/.657 .180/.766 .540 20/.926 3/1 0/3
20.Posada# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 14/1.186 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 188/136 .275/.367/.513/.880 .893/.875 1.022 71/.627 1/0 10/4
12.Ransom G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 58/40 .200/.241/.345/.587 .389/.680 .636 5/1.000 1/0 0/2
13.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· 5/.200 23/.909 1/no AB 1/5.000 1/.000 2/.500 203/160 .233/.399/.497/.896 .981/.874 .916 93/.849 2/0 13/4
33.Swisher# G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 25/.680 1/5.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/2.000 293/211 .237/.371/.496/.867 .842/.870 .689 86/.807 0/0 14/4
25.Teixeira# G/S/vP ··· ··· 20/.583 5/.900 1/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 333/247 .275/.384/.568/.952 1.040/.900 1.067 106/.888 1/0 20/0
IP 54.2 36.1 41.0 13.2 61.0 35.2 36.1 TOTAL .272/.355/.469/.824 .876/.805 .844 .789 59/10 113/49
ERA-K/9 3.79/5.4 1.49/11.4 2.85/5.9 7.90/3.3 5.46/4.3 3.28/6.8 2.48/4.0 3.68/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 228/.283 148/.160 180/.261 73/.407 258/.251 156/.248 156/.216 .250
OPS .784 .510 .702 1.009 .753 .685 .612 .706
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 63/.899 77/.542 89/.749 34/1.059 133/.903 75/.828 75/.612 .756
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 165/.739 71/.474 91/.657 39/.969 125/.601 81/.553 81/.611 .668
Road 124/.935 75/.546 92/.770 40/1.016 124/.763 69/.658 70/.780
Last 28d days 97/.947 37/.368 54/.584 28/1.171 48/.686 41/.511 45/.790
HR/SB/CS 9/1/2 1/2/2 2/6/1 1/1/1 8/2/2 2/2/2 2/3/2 70/39/26
Usage ·····X·· ···oX··X o··X·Xo· ·····X·· ·X····oX ···X··X· ·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.