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Game Preview: SEA @ DET, 7:05pm, Wednesday, July 22, 2009 @Comerica Park

Mariners, 49-44, 3rd, 5½ GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Felix Hernandez (23, RHP, 10-3, 2.51)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (10-3) 132.2 111 43 37 37 129 8 2.51
2008 (9-11) 200.2 198 85 77 80 175 17 3.45
2007 (14-7) 190.1 209 88 83 53 165 20 3.92
Last 7 GS 5-0 54.1 34 10 9 14 50 2 1.49 71
2009-07-17 @CLE W 8.0 5 2 2 1 8 0 112 71
2009-07-09 TEX W 8.0 3 1 1 2 7 0 112 77
2009-07-03 @BOS ND 7.0 7 3 3 2 7 1 105 56
2009-06-27 @LAD W 8.0 4 1 0 1 9 0 117 80
2009-06-21 ARI ND 7.1 6 2 2 2 8 1 112 64
2009-06-16 @SDP W 9.0 2 0 0 4 6 0 117 85
2009-06-10 @BAL W 7.0 7 1 1 2 5 0 103 62
Last 5 v.DET 4-1 31.1 35 15 12 7 32 1 3.45 53
2009-04-17 DET W 6.0 7 3 3 1 6 0 104 51
2008-05-31 DET W 7.0 2 0 0 0 7 0 87 80
2007-09-09 @DET W 5.0 10 7 6 3 4 1 110 22
2007-07-12 DET W 6.1 10 2 2 2 6 0 102 49
2006-04-23 DET L 7.0 6 3 1 1 9 0 98 65
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   25-18   Road:   24-26   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  33-32   vsLHP:  16-12   1-Run:  21-13
 vsEast: 12-9    vsCntrl:10-13   vsWest: 16-15 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 93 Tue, Jul 21  @DET  L   7-9       49-44  3rd  5.5 gb
 92 Sun, Jul 19  @CLE  W   5-3       49-43  3rd  4.0 gb
 91 Sat, Jul 18  @CLE  W   3-1       48-43  3rd  4.0 gb
 90 Fri, Jul 17  @CLE  W   6-2       47-43  3rd  4.0 gb
 89 Thu, Jul 16  @CLE  L   1-4       46-43  3rd  5.0 gb
 88 Sun, Jul 12   TEX  W   5-3       46-42  3rd  4.0 gb
 87 Sat, Jul 11   TEX  W   4-1       45-42  3rd  4.0 gb
 86 Fri, Jul 10   TEX  L   4-6       44-42  3rd  4.5 gb
 85 Thu, Jul  9   TEX  W   3-1       44-41  3rd  3.5 gb
 84 Wed, Jul  8   BAL  L   3-5       43-41  3rd  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11
Tigers, 49-42, 1st, 2 up

SP: Armando Galarraga (27, RHP, 5-8, 5.09)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (5-8) 99.0 110 58 56 43 65 17 5.09
2008 (13-7) 178.2 152 83 74 61 126 28 3.73
2007 (0-0) 8.2 8 6 6 7 6 2 6.23
Last 7 GS 2-2 38.0 45 21 20 16 24 5 4.74 46
2009-07-11 CLE L 6.0 9 4 4 2 3 0 103 39
2009-07-06 KCR ND 7.0 5 1 1 1 7 1 102 69
2009-06-30 @OAK W 6.1 2 1 1 6 5 0 97 64
2009-06-25 CHC W 6.0 6 4 4 1 5 1 90 48
2009-06-19 MIL ND 4.0 8 4 3 1 1 1 77 32
2009-06-13 @PIT L 2.0 8 4 4 1 0 1 43 23
2009-06-08 @CHW ND 6.2 7 3 3 4 3 1 118 47
Last 5 v.SEA 0-0 6.0 5 1 1 3 2 1 1.50 57
2008-07-05 @SEA ND 6.0 5 1 1 3 2 1 95 57
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   28-13   Road:   21-29   ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:  30-31   vsLHP:  19-11   1-Run:  13-14
 vsEast:  4-13   vsCntrl:19-15   vsWest: 16-6  IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 91 Tue, Jul 21   SEA  W   9-7       49-42  1st  2.0 up
 90 Sun, Jul 19  @NYY  L   1-2       48-42  1st  1.5 up
 89 Sat, Jul 18  @NYY  L   1-2       48-41  1st  1.5 up
 88 Fri, Jul 17  @NYY  L   3-5       48-40  1st  2.5 up
 87 Sun, Jul 12   CLE  W  10-1       48-39  1st  3.5 up
 86 Sat, Jul 11   CLE  L   4-5       47-39  1st  2.5 up
 85 Fri, Jul 10   CLE  W   5-1       47-38  1st  3.5 up
 84 Wed, Jul  8   KCR  W   3-1       46-38  1st  2.0 up
 83 Tue, Jul  7   KCR  W   8-5       45-38  1st  2.0 up
 82 Mon, Jul  6   KCR  L   3-4       44-38  1st  1.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Apr 19, 2009 DET  8 @SEA  2        W:Rick Porcello (1-1), L: Carlos Silva (0-2), S: none
Sat, Apr 18, 2009 DET  2 @SEA  0        W:Edwin Jackson (1-0), L: Erik Bedard (1-1), S: Fernando Rodney (3)
Fri, Apr 17, 2009 SEA  6  DET  3        W:Felix Hernandez (2-0), L: Justin Verlander (0-2), S: Brandon Morrow (3)

Sun, Jul 06, 2008 DET  2 @SEA  1 (15)   W:Aquilino Lopez (3-1), L: Jamie Burke (0-1), S: Todd Jones (16)
Sat, Jul 05, 2008 SEA  3  DET  2        W:Miguel Batista (4-10), L: Fernando Rodney (0-2), S: Brandon Morrow (7)
Fri, Jul 04, 2008 SEA  4  DET  1        W:Erik Bedard (6-4), L: Kenny Rogers (6-6), S: Brandon Morrow (6)
Thu, Jul 03, 2008 DET  8 @SEA  4        W:Justin Verlander (5-9), L: Carlos Silva (4-10), S: Fernando Rodney (1)
Sun, Jun 01, 2008 DET  7 @SEA  5        W:Zach Miner (2-3), L: J.J. Putz (2-3), S: none
Sat, May 31, 2008 SEA  5  DET  0        W:Felix Hernandez (3-5), L: Justin Verlander (2-8), S: none
Fri, May 30, 2008 DET  7 @SEA  4        W:Nate Robertson (3-5), L: Carlos Silva (3-5), S: Todd Jones (8)
Season Series: 2009 - DET leads 3-1; 2008 - DET won 7-3; 2007 - DET won 6-4; All-Time - DET leads 188-153

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

NYY  5.50

FLA  4.50

SDP  3.70

RA/G

SFG  3.72

PHI  4.64

WSN  5.66

BA

I. Suzuki  .363

P. Feliz  .288

R. Cedeno  .185

OBP

M. Ramirez  .466

N. Swisher  .362

R. Cedeno  .238

SLG

A. Pujols  .726

M. Tejada  .468

N. Punto  .251

OPS

A. Pujols  1.182

R. Cano  .821

B. Giles  .548

ERA

D. Haren  1.96

S. Feldman  3.87

J. Geer  6.02

K/9IP

J. Verlander  10.79

K. Kawakami  6.71

J. Pineiro  3.75

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

Mariners Batters (3.98 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.42 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 58.Galarraga
G/S/vB
40.Dolsi
G/S/vB
53.French*
G/S/vB
37.Lyon
G/S/vB
59.Ni*
G/S/vB
45.Perry
G/S/vB
48.Porcello
G/S/vB
56.Rodney
G/S/vB
44.Seay*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
25.Balentien G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 158/95 .214/.266/.345/.611 .519/.671 .577 23/.358 1/0 4/1
30.Branyan* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/1.250 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 359/236 .278/.377/.570/.947 .849/.998 .866 100/.798 2/0 23/8
3.Cedeno G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· 177/128 .185/.238/.331/.569 .664/.532 .513 83/.732 3/2 5/4
24.Griffey* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.000 7/.571 288/225 .215/.333/.388/.722 1.035/.636 .598 71/.627 0/0 10/0
21.Gutierrez G/S/vP 9/.347 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 335/249 .295/.355/.460/.814 .994/.757 .750 94/1.091 7/5 12/4
7.Hannahan* G/S/vP 3/.333 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 150/112 .182/.268/.288/.556 .498/.576 .359 24/.408 1/0 3/6
2.Johjima G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 128/86 .270/.299/.385/.684 .757/.649 .762 36/.743 2/1 3/1
32.Johnson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 171/130 .209/.278/.340/.618 .456/.671 .666 51/.756 1/1 1/3
12.Langerhans* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 55/36 .227/.333/.364/.697 .544/.785 .825 55/.697 0/1 1/0
4.Lopez G/S/vP 3/1.167 2/1.000 ··· 4/1.167 ··· ··· 3/.000 7/.715 ··· 355/248 .264/.295/.436/.732 .814/.697 .879 93/.821 2/3 12/12
13.Shelton G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/3 .250/.250/.375/.625 1.000/.000 .500 8/.625 0/0 0/
51.Suzuki* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/no AB ··· 8/.500 ··· 1/2.000 3/.666 5/.400 6/1.200 393/274 .363/.396/.480/.876 .931/.852 .847 104/.887 21/6 6/3
16.Wilson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 75/49 .152/.243/.197/.440 .412/.451 .681 1/.000 0/0 0/4
6.Woodward G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 62/39 .250/.295/.268/.563 .226/.766 .448 49/.494 1/0 0/4
IP 99.0 9.1 19.0 44.2 9.2 27.1 92.0 40.0 30.1 TOTAL .261/.317/.404/.721 .758/.706 .705 .763 61/23 88/83
ERA-K/9 5.09/5.9 0.96/1.9 1.89/5.2 3.63/5.2 2.79/9.3 4.28/8.2 4.40/5.0 3.83/7.9 2.97/6.5 4.15/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 435/.289 37/.286 83/.230 179/.226 32/.267 124/.238 371/.284 164/.229 115/.192 .259
OPS .863 .669 .678 .711 .748 .732 .787 .673 .504 .751
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 232/.946 18/.859 33/.499 75/.630 17/.894 57/.905 200/.871 93/.677 71/.555 .777
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 203/.773 19/.488 50/.805 104/.760 15/.600 67/.589 171/.687 71/.668 44/.417 .725
Home 232/.841 6/.833 38/.616 67/.684 8/.375 63/.680 160/.802 89/.594 47/.480
Last 28d days 104/.727 37/.669 71/.739 33/.700 32/.748 / 65/1.091 44/.805 28/.334
HR/SB/CS 17/2/4 0/1/1 2/0/0 5/2/2 1/0/0 3/3/1 13/4/2 4/0/0 0/0/0 95/43/24
Usage ········ ········ ····X··· o·o····· o···o··· ········ X······· X······· X··o····
Tigers Batters (4.75 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (4.14 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 34.Hernandez
G/S/vB
53.Aardsma
G/S/vB
43.Batista
G/S/vB
48.Corcoran
G/S/vB
41.Jakubauskas
G/S/vB
23.Kelley
G/S/vB
57.Lowe
G/S/vB
46.White
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Anderson* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 171/150 .248/.288/.323/.611 .496/.627 .664 30/.563 13/2 0/2
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 6/1.267 3/.333 10/1.700 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· 367/264 .324/.387/.538/.924 .950/.912 1.141 88/.870 1/2 19/4
4.Everett G/S/vP ··· 3/1.667 12/1.042 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 229/147 .254/.309/.343/.652 .802/.567 .674 52/.681 3/2 2/8
28.Granderson* G/S/vP 18/1.111 ··· 17/1.212 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 5/.650 1/.000 401/276 .254/.339/.463/.802 .548/.915 .669 89/.685 16/4 19/0
15.Inge G/S/vP 11/.546 3/.000 11/1.155 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.667 2/1.000 357/263 .260/.357/.500/.857 1.120/.768 .862 78/.681 2/4 21/11
8.Laird G/S/vP 20/.807 3/1.667 13/.321 4/1.750 ··· ··· 5/.200 1/no AB 277/209 .238/.322/.356/.678 .789/.642 .774 63/.823 1/0 4/2
30.Ordonez G/S/vP 17/.470 5/.900 29/.944 1/2.000 ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 299/209 .260/.331/.346/.677 .842/.605 .750 54/.632 3/0 5/2
14.Polanco G/S/vP 16/.800 2/1.000 32/.712 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 2/1.500 362/251 .257/.315/.388/.703 .770/.671 .795 82/.714 3/1 7/1
25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 138/63 .260/.336/.480/.815 .819/.809 1.056 45/.865 2/1 6/2
55.Ryan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 17/8 .143/.294/.214/.508 .476/.536 .929 14/.377 0/1 0/0
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 9/.000 ··· 5/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 154/130 .261/.297/.435/.732 .565/.764 .993 31/.614 0/2 6/4
33.Thames G/S/vP 10/.400 3/1.666 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 152/92 .277/.336/.547/.883 .992/.814 .940 79/.869 0/2 10/0
34.Thomas* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 148/117 .263/.338/.481/.819 .702/.851 .847 21/1.371 1/0 6/2
IP 132.2 44.1 47.1 19.0 72.0 16.2 43.2 43.1 TOTAL .257/.327/.420/.748 .778/.736 .809 .735 46/22 107/55
ERA-K/9 2.51/8.7 1.83/10.8 3.23/6.1 6.16/2.8 5.25/4.0 5.40/7.5 3.09/7.0 2.49/4.2 3.65/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 541/.226 183/.172 213/.254 87/.358 289/.251 67/.323 188/.234 177/.203 .244
OPS .595 .521 .700 .939 .741 .881 .656 .573 .695
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 295/.668 99/.495 102/.744 41/1.064 147/.891 30/.552 91/.832 87/.570 .748
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 246/.510 84/.551 111/.661 46/.839 142/.595 37/1.152 97/.492 90/.576 .656
Road 308/.568 93/.493 114/.747 48/.873 141/.706 30/.818 92/.679 81/.727
Last 28d days 116/.472 47/.539 51/.650 23/.898 49/.773 22/1.200 43/.484 33/.603
HR/SB/CS 8/10/5 1/2/2 3/6/1 2/1/1 8/2/2 3/0/0 3/2/2 2/3/3 87/45/32
Usage ····X··· ··Xoo··· ··X····· X····o·· X····X·· X·o··X·· ··o··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.