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Game Preview: SEA @ DET, 7:05pm, Tuesday, August 18, 2009 @Comerica Park

Mariners, 61-57, 3rd, 11 GB, 6½ GB in WC

SP: Felix Hernandez (23, RHP, 12-4, 2.72)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (12-4)			165.1	145	58	50	53	158	12	2.72
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		4-1	48.2	42	18	16	19	44	4	2.96	58
2009-08-12	CHW	ND	7.0	6	0	0	4	10	0	105	71
2009-08-07	TBR	ND	6.0	5	5	3	6	7	1	113	47
2009-08-01	@TEX	W	7.0	6	2	2	4	2	1	104	55
2009-07-27	TOR	L	5.2	11	7	7	1	2	2	103	20
2009-07-22	@DET	W	7.0	6	1	1	1	8	0	112	68
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

Last 5 v.DET		5-0	31.1	35	13	12	7	31	1	3.45	54
2009-07-22	@DET	W	7.0	6	1	1	1	8	0	112	68
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

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   32-27   Road:   29-30   ExtrInn: 7-4 
 vsRHP:  41-36   vsLHP:  20-21   1-Run:  28-14
 vsEast: 17-14   vsCntrl:16-18   vsWest: 17-18 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
118 Sun, Aug 16   NYY  W  10-3       61-57  3rd 10.5 gb
117 Sat, Aug 15   NYY  L   2-5       60-57  3rd 10.5 gb
116 Fri, Aug 14   NYY  L   2-4       60-56  3rd  9.5 gb
115 Thu, Aug 13   NYY  L   1-11      60-55  3rd  9.5 gb
114 Wed, Aug 12   CHW  W   1-0 (14)  60-54  3rd  9.0 gb
113 Tue, Aug 11   CHW  L   1-3       59-54  3rd  9.0 gb
112 Mon, Aug 10   CHW  W   6-4       59-53  3rd  8.0 gb
111 Sun, Aug  9   TBR  W  11-2       58-53  3rd  8.0 gb
110 Sat, Aug  8   TBR  L   4-10      57-53  3rd  9.0 gb
109 Fri, Aug  7   TBR  W   7-6 (11)  57-52  3rd  8.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15

Tigers, 62-55, 1st, 2 up

SP: Rick Porcello (20, RHP, 10-7, 4.34)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (10-7)			112.0	119	59	54	38	57	17	4.34

Last 7 GS		2-3	33.1	39	25	23	11	13	6	6.21	42
2009-08-11	@BOS	ND	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	0	15	48
2009-08-06	BAL	W	5.2	4	2	2	3	1	0	85	51
2009-08-01	@CLE	ND	8.0	4	1	1	1	3	0	91	72
2009-07-26	CHW	L	5.1	5	5	5	2	1	2	98	37
2009-07-21	SEA	W	5.0	9	5	5	1	4	2	86	32
2009-07-05	@MIN	L	4.0	7	6	4	2	3	1	90	29
2009-06-29	@OAK	L	4.1	9	5	5	2	0	1	78	23

Last 5 v.SEA		2-0	12.0	14	6	6	1	7	3	4.50	49
2009-07-21	SEA	W	5.0	9	5	5	1	4	2	86	32
2009-04-19	@SEA	W	7.0	5	1	1	0	3	1	86	66

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   38-19   Road:   24-36   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  42-41   vsLHP:  20-14   1-Run:  19-19
 vsEast:  8-17   vsCntrl:27-20   vsWest: 17-10 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
117 Sun, Aug 16   KCR  L   2-3 (10)  62-55  1st  2.5 up
116 Sat, Aug 15   KCR  W  10-3       62-54  1st  2.5 up
115 Fri, Aug 14   KCR  W   1-0       61-54  1st  2.5 up
114 Thu, Aug 13  @BOS  W   2-0       60-54  1st  2.5 up
113 Wed, Aug 12  @BOS  L   2-8       59-54  1st  2.0 up
112 Tue, Aug 11  @BOS  L   5-7       59-53  1st  2.0 up
111 Mon, Aug 10  @BOS  L   5-6       59-52  1st  3.0 up
110 Sun, Aug  9   MIN  W   8-7       59-51  1st  3.0 up
109 Sat, Aug  8   MIN  L   0-11      58-51  1st  2.0 up
108 Fri, Aug  7   MIN  W  10-8       58-50  1st  3.0 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jul 23, 2009 SEA  2 @DET  1        W:Jarrod Washburn (8-6), L: Lucas French (1-1), S: David Aardsma (24)
Wed, Jul 22, 2009 SEA  2 @DET  1        W:Felix Hernandez (11-3), L: Bobby Seay (1-2), S: David Aardsma (23)
Tue, Jul 21, 2009 DET  9  SEA  7        W:Rick Porcello (9-6), L: Garrett Olson (3-4), S: Fernando Rodney (20)
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)
Season Series: 2009 - Tied 3-3; 2008 - DET won 7-3; 2007 - DET won 6-4; All-Time - DET leads 188-155

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

LAA 5.79

DET 4.62

SDP 3.87

RA/G

SFG 3.72

NYY 4.69

WSN 5.41

J. Mauer .377

N. Schierholtz .293

A. Casilla .182

OBP

A. Pujols .446

M. Bourn .364

R. Cedeno .235

SLG

A. Pujols .680

P. Konerko .478

A. Casilla .227

OPS

A. Pujols 1.126

V. Martinez .840

A. Casilla .499

ERA

T. Lincecum 2.19

J. Blanton 3.88

J. Guthrie 5.66

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.71

A. Pettitte 6.90

N. Blackburn 3.74

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Mariners Batters (3.98 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 48.Porcello
G/S/vB 49.Bonine
G/S/vB 58.Galarraga
G/S/vB 36.Jackson
G/S/vB 37.Lyon
G/S/vB 31.Miner
G/S/vB 59.Ni*
G/S/vB 45.Perry
G/S/vB 56.Rodney
G/S/vB 44.Seay*
G/S/vB 35.Verlander
G/S/vB 53.Washburn*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

30.Branyan* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/no AB 4/1.250 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/5.000 2/1.000 5/.000 459/294 .256/.356/.523/.879 .765/.944 .819 100/.644 2/0 27/10

24.Griffey* G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 3/.000 6/1.167 4/.500 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 9/.444 7/.715 10/.967 356/279 .224/.334/.393/.727 .883/.684 .613 68/.748 0/0 12/0

21.Gutierrez G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 9/.347 9/1.194 ··· 8/.953 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 2/.000 21/.883 8/.286 433/304 .293/.349/.447/.796 .945/.737 .724 98/.736 8/5 14/6

7.Hannahan* G/S/vP 2/2.500 ··· 6/.500 2/.000 ··· 6/.833 2/2.500 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 3/.667 8/.661 221/145 .222/.309/.330/.639 .559/.683 .554 71/.814 1/1 3/7

2.Johjima G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/5.000 4/.833 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 8/1.125 ··· 170/112 .248/.284/.379/.663 .615/.689 .703 42/.597 2/2 5/1

32.Johnson G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 3/1.334 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 233/164 .231/.303/.341/.644 .487/.711 .699 62/.716 1/1 1/3

12.Langerhans* G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· 3/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 95/63 .218/.323/.397/.720 .605/.779 .875 40/.749 0/1 2/0

4.Lopez G/S/vP 6/.833 ··· 6/.533 7/.714 4/1.167 10/.200 ··· 1/.000 8/.875 1/.000 25/.720 9/.476 464/317 .277/.302/.451/.752 .732/.762 .905 109/.816 2/3 15/12

55.Saunders* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 65/31 .250/.297/.300/.597 .485/.725 .729 65/.597 1/0 0/0

51.Suzuki* G/S/vP 6/.833 ··· 6/.334 11/.282 9/.444 8/.250 1/.000 2/1.000 5/.400 7/1.000 28/.739 58/.721 514/338 .360/.391/.463/.854 .903/.828 .820 121/.782 23/8 7/4

5.Sweeney G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 3/1.167 3/1.666 ··· 1/.000 7/.000 1/3.000 12/.083 26/.884 174/76 .228/.287/.361/.648 .637/.662 .644 45/.556 0/0 4/2

9.Wilson G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 6/.000 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/1.100 336/243 .260/.298/.376/.674 .604/.699 .686 60/.590 3/1 4/8

16.Wilson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 90/59 .175/.258/.263/.521 .598/.482 .681 15/.905 0/1 1/4

IP 112.0 14.0 129.0 157.2 56.0 67.1 21.0 40.0 52.0 37.2 167.1 152.1 TOTAL .262/.317/.399/.716 .714/.718 .712 .701 68/28 109/98

ERA-K/9

4.34/4.6

7.07/5.8

5.16/5.9

2.85/7.0

2.89/6.1

4.95/6.4

2.14/7.3

3.60/8.3

3.63/8.3

3.35/6.4

3.28/10.4

2.95/5.2

4.22/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 475/.274 64/.383 567/.281 648/.231 223/.200 303/.288 80/.194 174/.236 219/.222 153/.216 688/.235 610/.229 .259

OPS .769 1.105 .840 .687 .629 .821 .638 .706 .657 .595 .660 .636 .754

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 258/.786 29/.935 307/.933 372/.663 100/.554 129/.678 46/.589 76/.817 128/.648 95/.570 385/.708 166/.499 .762

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 217/.748 35/1.245 260/.736 276/.718 123/.682 174/.927 34/.700 98/.620 91/.670 58/.638 303/.598 444/.688 .746

Home 232/.817 42/1.073 307/.785 310/.649 95/.554 134/.954 31/.428 92/.618 129/.594 74/.616 310/.585 365/.604

Last 28d days 104/.704 23/1.010 132/.766 134/.894 44/.307 77/.825 48/.560 50/.642 55/.607 38/.867 154/.632 130/.651

HR/SB/CS 17/7/2 5/0/2 21/2/5 19/18/7 5/2/2 8/3/1 3/0/0 4/4/2 5/0/0 2/0/0 14/5/8 15/3/4 132/55/32

Usage ······o· ········ ·X······ ··X····X ··oo···· ·····X·X ·X···o·X ·o···XX· ·X··o··· ··X···o· ····X··· ···X····

Tigers Batters (4.62 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (4.41 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 58.Fister
G/S/vB 25.French*
G/S/vB 41.Jakubauskas
G/S/vB 23.Kelley
G/S/vB 57.Lowe
G/S/vB 49.Olson*
G/S/vB 18.Rowland-Smith*
G/S/vB 48.Snell
G/S/vB 46.White
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Avila* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 20/15 .471/.550/1.059/1.609 2.100/1.456 1.888 20/1.609 0/0 2/0

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 9/1.181 4/.250 10/1.700 ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/2.334 4/.000 6/1.334 4/.250 9/1.111 1/3.000 483/361 .331/.398/.552/.949 1.035/.920 1.135 116/1.029 2/2 24/7

4.Everett G/S/vP ··· 3/1.667 12/1.042 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 3/.000 12/.417 ··· 291/195 .240/.288/.322/.610 .715/.557 .654 62/.459 4/2 2/12

28.Granderson* G/S/vP 22/1.000 ··· 17/1.212 ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 6/1.300 8/.804 5/.933 7/.286 2/.000 522/375 .258/.343/.466/.809 .513/.925 .719 121/.832 20/6 23/3

9.Guillen# G/S/vP 18/.801 4/1.250 20/.921 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/2.250 ··· 4/.000 3/2.667 ··· 195/156 .249/.323/.364/.687 .465/.736 .746 94/.877 1/1 4/0

15.Inge G/S/vP 11/.546 4/.000 11/1.155 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 4/1.750 5/1.850 3/.333 5/.600 2/1.000 451/339 .247/.340/.457/.797 1.004/.731 .785 94/.574 2/4 23/13

8.Laird G/S/vP 23/.687 3/1.667 13/.321 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 5/.200 3/.666 3/1.667 3/1.000 1/no AB 348/272 .224/.300/.337/.637 .738/.609 .705 71/.475 2/0 4/3

30.Ordonez G/S/vP 17/.470 6/.733 29/.944 ··· ··· 2/.500 3/1.167 1/.000 4/1.750 1/.000 7/1.238 ··· 377/268 .271/.334/.391/.725 .862/.668 .795 78/.900 3/0 7/2

14.Polanco G/S/vP 19/.900 2/1.000 32/.712 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 4/.000 7/1.904 5/.600 11/1.245 4/.750 481/350 .273/.322/.391/.713 .775/.688 .805 119/.743 4/1 7/2

25.Raburn G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/2.667 ··· ··· 197/104 .257/.321/.441/.763 .724/.793 .831 59/.645 3/3 7/8

39.Santiago# G/S/vP 12/.000 ··· 5/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.167 2/.000 200/173 .251/.302/.423/.725 .500/.762 .903 46/.697 0/2 7/6

33.Thames G/S/vP 13/.558 5/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 5/1.267 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 222/146 .251/.315/.497/.813 .896/.772 .779 70/.659 0/2 13/0

34.Thomas* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 231/192 .245/.330/.412/.742 .730/.745 .763 83/.599 1/0 7/4

IP 165.1 54.0 54.0 14.0 45.2 88.0 27.2 58.1 75.0 35.0 94.0 58.1 TOTAL .258/.327/.419/.746 .756/.743 .801 .742 55/27 135/88

ERA-K/9

2.72/8.6

2.17/10.5

4.33/6.5

1.93/5.8

3.74/5.5

5.32/4.4

4.55/7.5

3.09/7.6

5.88/5.4

3.60/5.4

5.84/5.8

3.09/4.0

3.97/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 686/.235 224/.182 253/.280 57/.196 208/.283 369/.251 118/.287 245/.226 328/.263 148/.211 426/.279 242/.226 .247

OPS .628 .558 .801 .555 .818 .765 .828 .647 .851 .650 .883 .618 .719

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 363/.653 118/.526 122/.855 33/.509 69/.712 181/.846 56/.422 120/.792 94/.813 42/.675 215/.893 114/.578 .742

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 323/.602 106/.592 131/.750 24/.619 139/.875 188/.689 62/1.215 125/.507 234/.866 106/.640 211/.872 128/.652 .702

Road 365/.584 105/.485 126/.744 / 95/.914 176/.737 51/.775 109/.638 203/.896 40/.852 250/.875 100/.702

Last 28d days 145/.754 41/.725 40/1.343 57/.555 125/.911 80/.847 51/.757 57/.616 77/1.121 128/.636 66/1.013 65/.733

HR/SB/CS 12/13/6 3/2/2 7/6/1 1/0/0 5/1/0 14/2/2 6/2/0 4/2/2 19/5/3 4/0/0 11/8/5 3/3/3 131/53/38

Usage ·····X·· ··o···XX ······X· ·X····X· ··X····X ·X···X·· ···o·Xo· ···X·XoX ····X··· ···X···· ····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.