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Game Preview: HOU @ SEA, 10:10pm, Tuesday, April 22, 2014 @Safeco Field

Astros, 6-14, 6-14 5th, 7½ GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Collin McHugh (27, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (0-4) 26.0 45 29 29 5 11 6 10.04
2012 (0-4) 21.1 27 21 18 8 17 5 7.59
Last 7 GS 0-6 28.1 49 37 34 10 12 8 10.80 29
2013-09-27 @LAD L 4.0 9 8 8 1 3 2 88 14
2013-09-21 ARI L 5.0 11 6 6 0 1 1 80 22
2013-09-16 STL ND 5.0 4 1 1 0 2 0 72 57
2013-07-27 MIL L 5.0 9 6 6 1 2 1 84 26
2013-06-01 @MIA L 4.0 6 4 4 3 1 0 69 32
2012-09-25 PIT L 1.1 5 7 7 3 0 1 47 13
2012-09-10 WSN L 4.0 5 5 2 2 3 3 76 39
Has never faced SEA as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    3-7    Road:    3-7    ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:   5-9    vsLHP:   1-5    1-Run:   1-3 
 vsEast:  3-3    vsCntrl: 0-3    vsWest:  3-8  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 20 Mon, Apr 21  @SEA  W   7-2        6-14  5th  7.5 gb
 19 Sun, Apr 20  @OAK  L   1-4        5-14  5th  8.5 gb
 18 Sat, Apr 19  @OAK  L   3-4        5-13  5th  7.5 gb
 17 Fri, Apr 18  @OAK  L   3-11       5-12  5th  6.5 gb
 16 Thu, Apr 17   KCR  L   1-5        5-11  5th  5.5 gb
 15 Wed, Apr 16   KCR  L   4-6 (11)   5-10  5th  5.0 gb
 14 Tue, Apr 15   KCR  L   2-4        5-9   5th  5.0 gb
 13 Sun, Apr 13  @TEX  L   0-1        5-8   5th  3.5 gb
 12 Sat, Apr 12  @TEX  W   6-5 (10)   5-7   5th  2.5 gb
 11 Fri, Apr 11  @TEX  L   0-1 (12)   4-7   5th  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30: 6-14
Mariners, 7-12, 7-12 4th, 6 GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Erasmo Ramirez (24, RHP, 1-2, 7.50)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (1-2) 18.0 24 15 15 8 12 4 7.50
2013 (5-3) 72.1 79 44 40 26 57 12 4.98
2012 (1-3) 59.0 47 26 22 12 48 6 3.36
Last 7 GS 1-4 29.1 41 26 24 13 19 5 7.36 39
2014-04-17 @TEX ND 2.0 6 5 5 2 2 1 62 24
2014-04-12 OAK L 5.0 5 3 3 3 3 1 94 45
2014-04-06 @OAK L 4.0 7 5 5 3 1 1 83 26
2014-04-01 @LAA W 7.0 6 2 2 0 6 1 93 63
2013-09-29 OAK L 1.1 3 4 4 4 3 0 58 31
2013-09-20 @LAA ND 6.0 6 2 0 1 3 0 93 58
2013-09-15 @STL L 4.0 8 5 5 0 1 1 80 27
Last 5 v.HOU 1-0 5.2 5 2 2 2 7 1 3.18 56
2013-08-29 @HOU W 5.2 5 2 2 2 7 1 104 56
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    2-4    Road:    5-8    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   3-9    vsLHP:   4-3    1-Run:   0-3 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  7-9  IL: 0-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 19 Mon, Apr 21   HOU  L   2-7        7-12  4th  6.0 gb
 18 Sun, Apr 20  @MIA  L   2-3        7-11  4th  6.0 gb
 17 Sat, Apr 19  @MIA  L   0-7        7-10  4th  5.0 gb
 16 Fri, Apr 18  @MIA  L   4-8        7-9   4th  4.0 gb
 15 Thu, Apr 17  @TEX  L   6-8        7-8   3rd  3.0 gb
 14 Wed, Apr 16  @TEX  L   2-3        7-7   3rd  2.5 gb
 13 Tue, Apr 15  @TEX  L   0-5        7-6   2nd  2.5 gb
 12 Mon, Apr 14  @TEX  W   7-1        7-5   2nd  1.5 gb
 11 Sun, Apr 13   OAK  L   0-3        6-5   2nd  1.5 gb
 10 Sat, Apr 12   OAK  L   1-3        6-4   2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 1-9    Last 20: 7-12   Last 30: 7-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Apr 21, 2014 HOU  7 @SEA  2        W:Dallas Keuchel (2-1), L: Felix Hernandez (3-1), S: none

Wed, Sep 11, 2013 HOU  6 @SEA  1        W:Brad Peacock (5-5), L: Brandon Maurer (4-8), S: Josh Zeid (1)
Tue, Sep 10, 2013 HOU 13 @SEA  2        W:Jordan Lyles (7-7), L: Joe Saunders (11-14), S: none
Mon, Sep 09, 2013 HOU  6 @SEA  4        W:Kevin Chapman (1-1), L: Danny Farquhar (0-3), S: Josh Fields (4)
Sun, Sep 01, 2013 HOU  2  SEA  0        W:Brett Oberholtzer (4-1), L: Charlie Furbush (2-5), S: none
Sat, Aug 31, 2013 SEA  3 @HOU  1        W:Joe Saunders (11-13), L: Dallas Keuchel (5-8), S: Danny Farquhar (11)
Fri, Aug 30, 2013 SEA  7 @HOU  1        W:Taijuan Walker (1-0), L: Brad Peacock (3-5), S: none
Thu, Aug 29, 2013 SEA  3 @HOU  2        W:Erasmo Ramirez (5-1), L: Jordan Lyles (6-7), S: Danny Farquhar (10)
Sun, Jul 21, 2013 SEA 12 @HOU  5        W:Felix Hernandez (11-4), L: Jordan Lyles (4-4), S: none
Sat, Jul 20, 2013 SEA  4 @HOU  2        W:Hisashi Iwakuma (9-4), L: Erik Bedard (3-7), S: Tom Wilhelmsen (21)
Season Series: 2014 - HOU over 1-0; 2013 - SEA won 10-9; 2012 -  0-0; All-Time - HOU leads 16-13

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 2014 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

For the 2013 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

BOS  5.27

NYY  4.01

MIA  3.17

 RA/G

ATL  3.38

NYM  4.22

HOU  5.23

 BA

M. Cabrera  .348

A. Pierzynski  .272

D. Uggla  .179

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .442

C. Crisp  .335

A. Escobar  .259

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .636

J. Loney  .430

A. Hechavarria  .298

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.078

P. Sandoval  .758

A. Escobar  .559

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.83

J. De La Rosa  3.49

E. Volquez  5.71

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.89

Z. Greinke  7.50

J. Guthrie  4.72

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2014 season. Player Stats for the 2013 season. We will switch to 2014 stats on May 1st.

Astros Batters (2.95 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (3.95 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 50.Ramirez
G/S/vB		 97.Beimel*
G/S/vB		 29.Elias*
G/S/vB		 40.Farquhar
G/S/vB		 41.Furbush*
G/S/vB		 52.Leone
G/S/vB		 31.Medina
G/S/vB		 56.Rodney
G/S/vB		 54.Wilhelmsen
G/S/vB		 53.Young
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/4.000 ··· 4/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 672/480 .283/.316/.363/.678 .733/.656 .630 88/.695 35/13 5/9
23.Carter G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 2/.500 4/.500 ··· 2/2.000 2/.000 5/.600 ··· 585/410 .223/.320/.451/.770 .782/.765 .925 68/.461 2/0 29/5
15.Castro* G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· ··· 2/.000 6/1.417 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 491/380 .276/.350/.485/.835 .738/.864 .769 68/.712 2/1 18/5
22.Corporan# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· 210/123 .225/.287/.361/.648 .660/.640 .641 26/.609 0/0 7/6
30.Dominguez G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 8/.875 ··· 589/424 .241/.286/.403/.690 .627/.714 .694 71/.668 0/1 21/16
21.Fowler# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 9/.985 492/346 .263/.369/.407/.776 .860/.741 .678 68/.598 19/9 12/3
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 222/183 .221/.252/.319/.571 .575/.570 .575 21/.686 6/2 4/10
14.Guzman G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 318/166 .226/.297/.378/.675 .691/.661 .865 38/.626 3/0 9/6
28.Hoes G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 184/122 .282/.332/.365/.696 .669/.710 .735 36/.590 7/1 1/4
18.Krauss* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.666 ··· 146/131 .209/.267/.366/.633 .333/.669 .813 46/.572 2/0 4/2
8.Presley* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 195/144 .276/.313/.373/.686 .634/.705 .689 47/.591 1/4 3/1
4.Springer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· / /// / 27/.528 / /
6.Villar# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 241/176 .243/.321/.319/.640 .673/.627 .512 66/.641 18/8 1/16
IP 72.1 55.2 65.0 68.0 66.2 59.0 TOTAL .196/.266/.349/.615 .609/.618 .615 .615 17/4 22/6
ERA-K/9 4.98/7.1 /0.0 /0.0 4.20/12.8 3.74/11.1 /0.0 2.91/9.4 3.38/11.1 4.12/6.9 /0.0 3.46/7.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (58-19-9)
 Corporan (31-10-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 321/.273 / / 228/.217 280/.199 / 291/.201 290/.211 251/.213 / .230  Fowler
 Krauss
 Presley
 Carter
 Hoes
 Guzman
0/110/0/3
18/0/9/3
12/28/12/2
49/0/2/0
3/2/44/0
35/0/5/0
OPS .772 .586 .603 .629 .634 .603 .699
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 199/.791 / / 118/.485 128/.502 / 132/.644 158/.716 125/.743 / .710
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 122/.742 / / 110/.695 152/.688 / 159/.617 132/.538 126/.468 / .688
Home 152/.810 / / 111/.642 124/.678 / 160/.669 187/.634 142/.550 /
Last 28d days 84/.947 38/.624 92/.720 39/.378 27/.870 38/.513 36/.733 25/.708 44/.821 48/.729
HR/SB/CS 12/3/0 // // 2/3/1 5/6/1 // 5/5/3 3/9/2 2/5/0 // 20/12/4
Usage ····X··· ·o·XX·o· ··X····X ·oX·X··X ·o·o·o·· ·X··X·X· ···X·o·X ··X··X·· XX·oX·X· ···X····

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2014 season. Player Stats for the 2013 season. We will switch to 2014 stats on May 1st.

Mariners Batters (3.63 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.75 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
G/S/vB		 37.Albers
G/S/vB		 45.Bass
G/S/vB		 56.Clemens
G/S/vB		 35.Fields
G/S/vB		 41.Peacock
G/S/vB		 50.Qualls
G/S/vB		 44.Valdes*
G/S/vB		 36.Williams
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Ackley* G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 ··· 4/1.250 1/no AB 9/.944 ··· ··· 27/.546 427/303 .253/.319/.341/.660 .664/.659 .679 69/.690 2/3 4/1
36.Almonte# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 82/51 .264/.313/.403/.715 .475/.872 .721 86/.613 1/0 2/4
8.Bloomquist G/S/vP 3/1.334 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· ··· 150/106 .317/.360/.367/.727 .745/.719 .580 16/.450 0/2 0/1
4.Buck G/S/vP ··· 3/1.667 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 8/1.071 1/.000 ··· 431/323 .222/.288/.365/.652 .617/.664 .621 15/.564 2/1 15/4
22.Cano* G/S/vP ··· 13/1.462 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/2.433 681/420 .314/.383/.516/.899 .788/.969 .909 82/.681 7/1 27/6
6.Franklin# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.167 412/277 .225/.303/.382/.686 .599/.727 .718 14/.464 6/1 12/12
27.Hart G/S/vP ··· 8/1.143 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 11/.600 1/.000 ··· / /// / 61/.864 / /
5.Miller* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/5.000 6/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 335/226 .265/.318/.418/.737 .674/.767 .759 79/.575 5/3 8/8
7.Romero G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 24/.554 / /
55.Saunders* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 19/.865 468/318 .236/.323/.397/.720 .654/.751 .673 36/.531 13/5 12/1
15.Seager* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 11/.818 ··· ··· 24/.701 695/440 .260/.338/.426/.764 .690/.808 .690 71/.511 9/3 22/15
17.Smoak# G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 1/.000 3/1.666 ··· 10/1.000 3/.666 ··· 20/.311 521/357 .238/.334/.412/.746 .548/.839 .711 73/.666 0/0 20/5
3.Zunino G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 193/143 .214/.290/.329/.620 .650/.609 .673 58/.837 1/0 5/2
IP 26.0 63.0 42.0 73.1 38.0 83.1 62.0 35.0 169.1 TOTAL .224/.280/.359/.639 .642/.637 .531 .639 5/5 15/12
ERA-K/9 10.04/3.8 3.14/5.0 5.36/6.6 5.40/6.0 4.97/9.5 5.18/8.3 2.61/7.1 7.46/9.5 4.57/5.7 4.55/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (39-16-6)
 Zunino (28-6-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 125/.388 262/.242 193/.297 323/.283 160/.220 365/.241 252/.251 152/.300 728/.272 .260  Saunders
 Ackley
 Almonte
 Bloomquist
24/78/34/7
11/50/0/1
2/15/7/1
7/0/0/0
OPS 1.053 .621 .829 .865 .783 .779 .658 .894 .772 .744
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 53/1.202 114/.683 90/.881 161/.871 71/.884 211/.919 103/.600 51/.650 402/.818 .799
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 72/.941 148/.573 103/.785 162/.859 89/.706 154/.594 149/.698 101/1.021 326/.716 .692
Road 52/1.164 121/.696 124/.965 165/.878 54/.893 222/.726 121/.689 78/1.070 367/.781
Last 28d days / 42/.675 38/.405 31/.773 32/.429 71/.778 31/1.072 5/.933 59/.981
HR/SB/CS 6/6/0 2/2/3 4/2/2 16/7/2 8/2/2 15/12/1 4/5/1 7/0/1 23/9/7 19/15/4
Usage o·XX·X·· ··X·X··· ···X··X· o··X·oX· ·X···X·· o·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.