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Game Preview: SEA @ KCR, 8:10pm, Tuesday, August 4, 2009 @Kauffman Stadium

Mariners, 54-51, 3rd, 10 GB, 8½ GB in WC

SP: Ryan Rowland-Smith (26, LHP, 1-1, 3.12)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (1-1) 17.1 12 8 6 5 7 3 3.12
2008 (5-3) 118.1 114 49 45 48 77 13 3.42
2007 (1-0) 38.2 39 19 17 15 42 4 3.96
Last 7 GS 2-2 43.1 36 17 14 14 22 5 2.91 55
2009-07-29 TOR W 7.0 3 2 2 0 4 1 89 67
2009-07-24 CLE L 7.0 5 4 4 1 2 2 91 52
2009-04-10 @OAK ND 3.1 4 2 0 4 1 0 82 45
2008-09-27 OAK W 6.2 9 3 3 2 5 0 113 47
2008-09-22 LAA L 7.0 8 2 1 1 6 1 116 60
2008-09-17 @KCR ND 6.0 3 1 1 4 1 1 96 59
2008-09-12 @LAA ND 6.1 4 3 3 2 3 0 95 54
Last 5 v.KCR 0-0 6.0 3 1 1 4 1 1 1.50 59
2008-09-17 @KCR ND 6.0 3 1 1 4 1 1 96 59
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   27-22   Road:   27-29   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  36-34   vsLHP:  18-17   1-Run:  25-14
 vsEast: 14-10   vsCntrl:12-16   vsWest: 17-18 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
105 Sun, Aug  2  @TEX  L   2-4       54-51  3rd 10.0 gb
104 Sat, Aug  1  @TEX  W   7-2       54-50  3rd  9.0 gb
103 Fri, Jul 31  @TEX  L   4-5       53-50  3rd  9.0 gb
102 Thu, Jul 30  @TEX  L   1-7       53-49  3rd  8.0 gb
101 Wed, Jul 29   TOR  W   3-2       53-48  3rd  7.5 gb
100 Tue, Jul 28   TOR  W   4-3       52-48  3rd  7.5 gb
 99 Mon, Jul 27   TOR  L   4-11      51-48  3rd  7.5 gb
 98 Sun, Jul 26   CLE  L   3-12      51-47  3rd  7.5 gb
 97 Sat, Jul 25   CLE  L   3-10      51-46  3rd  7.5 gb
 96 Fri, Jul 24   CLE  L   0-9       51-45  3rd  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
Royals, 41-64, 5th, 14½ GB, 21½ GB in WC

SP: Luke Hochevar (25, RHP, 6-4, 5.28)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (6-4) 76.2 79 48 45 21 52 11 5.28
2008 (6-12) 129.0 143 84 79 47 72 12 5.51
2007 (0-1) 12.2 11 4 3 4 5 1 2.13
Last 7 GS 4-1 45.1 46 23 22 9 40 7 4.37 53
2009-07-30 @BAL L 6.0 11 7 7 1 4 1 105 25
2009-07-25 TEX W 7.0 5 3 2 0 13 1 112 70
2009-07-19 TBR ND 6.1 7 2 2 0 9 0 97 60
2009-07-09 @BOS W 6.0 9 5 5 1 5 2 101 38
2009-07-04 CHW W 6.0 9 4 4 2 3 2 95 39
2009-06-29 MIN W 7.0 2 0 0 4 2 0 102 71
2009-06-24 @HOU ND 7.0 3 2 2 1 4 1 93 66
Last 5 v.SEA 1-0 7.0 5 1 1 0 4 0 1.29 67
2008-07-11 SEA W 7.0 5 1 1 0 4 0 92 67
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   23-32   Road:   18-32   ExtrInn: 4-1 
 vsRHP:  27-40   vsLHP:  14-24   1-Run:   9-15
 vsEast: 11-21   vsCntrl:17-22   vsWest:  5-11 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
105 Mon, Aug  3  @TBR  L   4-10      41-64  5th 14.5 gb
104 Sun, Aug  2  @TBR  W   4-1       41-63  5th 13.5 gb
103 Sat, Aug  1  @TBR  L   1-7       40-63  5th 14.5 gb
102 Fri, Jul 31  @TBR  L   2-8       40-62  5th 13.5 gb
101 Thu, Jul 30  @BAL  L   3-7       40-61  5th 13.5 gb
100 Wed, Jul 29  @BAL  L   3-7       40-60  5th 13.0 gb
 99 Tue, Jul 28  @BAL  W   4-3 (11)  40-59  5th 12.0 gb
 98 Mon, Jul 27  @BAL  W   5-3       39-59  5th 13.0 gb
 97 Sun, Jul 26   TEX  L   2-7       38-59  5th 14.0 gb
 96 Sat, Jul 25   TEX  W   6-3       38-58  5th 14.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 4-16   Last 30: 8-22
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, May 07, 2009 KCR  3  SEA  1        W:Brian Bannister (3-0), L: Jarrod Washburn (3-2), S: Joakim Soria (7)
Wed, May 06, 2009 KCR  9  SEA  1        W:Sidney Ponson (1-4), L: Carlos Silva (1-3), S: none

Thu, Sep 18, 2008 KCR 12  SEA  0        W:Zack Greinke (12-10), L: Ryan Feierabend (1-4), S: none
Wed, Sep 17, 2008 KCR  5  SEA  2        W:Gil Meche (12-11), L: Roy Corcoran (5-2), S: Joakim Soria (40)
Tue, Sep 16, 2008 KCR  6  SEA  3        W:Brandon Duckworth (3-1), L: Brandon Morrow (2-4), S: Joakim Soria (39)
Mon, Sep 15, 2008 KCR  3  SEA  0        W:Kyle Davies (7-7), L: Carlos Silva (4-15), S: Joakim Soria (38)
Sun, Jul 13, 2008 SEA  4 @KCR  3        W:Sean Green (2-2), L: Joakim Soria (1-2), S: Brandon Morrow (9)
Sat, Jul 12, 2008 KCR  5  SEA  4        W:Horacio Ramirez (1-1), L: Brandon Morrow (1-2), S: none
Fri, Jul 11, 2008 KCR  3  SEA  1        W:Luke Hochevar (6-7), L: Felix Hernandez (6-6), S: Joakim Soria (25)
Tue, Apr 15, 2008 SEA 11  KCR  6        W:Miguel Batista (1-2), L: John Bale (0-3), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - KCR leads 2-0; 2008 - KCR won 7-2; 2007 - SEA won 6-3; All-Time - KCR leads 197-177

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  5.73

FLA  4.54

SDP  3.74

RA/G

SFG  3.64

HOU  4.60

WSN  5.50

BA

I. Suzuki  .364

A. McCutchen  .292

A. Casilla  .166

OBP

A. Pujols  .438

T. Gwynn  .365

R. Cedeno  .221

SLG

A. Pujols  .661

Y. Escobar  .471

A. Casilla  .204

OPS

A. Pujols  1.099

C. Crawford  .836

A. Casilla  .464

ERA

Z. Greinke  2.08

A. Cook  3.88

T. Wellemeyer  5.77

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.97

K. Correia  6.73

J. Lannan  3.66

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

Mariners Batters (3.86 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 44.Hochevar
G/S/vB
49.Bale*
G/S/vB
19.Bannister
G/S/vB
52.Chen*
G/S/vB
56.Colon
G/S/vB
37.Cruz
G/S/vB
28.Davies
G/S/vB
23.Greinke
G/S/vB
32.Mahay*
G/S/vB
48.Soria
G/S/vB
51.Tejeda
G/S/vB
34.Wright
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
30.Branyan* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/2.667 9/.222 2/.500 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 3/.000 6/.333 399/260 .258/.359/.531/.890 .805/.937 .816 85/.539 2/0 24/9
24.Griffey* G/S/vP 6/1.000 1/.000 5/.400 4/.500 2/1.000 12/.533 14/.762 2/1.000 9/1.194 1/2.000 ··· 19/1.726 319/248 .220/.326/.396/.722 .935/.661 .604 65/.681 0/0 11/0
21.Gutierrez G/S/vP 7/.000 4/.666 13/.308 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 8/1.625 12/.258 4/.250 5/1.000 2/.500 3/.666 373/266 .291/.349/.441/.790 .962/.726 .719 80/.816 7/5 12/5
7.Hannahan* G/S/vP 3/2.000 3/1.000 11/.546 ··· ··· ··· 4/.750 9/.873 3/1.167 5/.400 2/1.500 6/1.100 199/134 .217/.303/.337/.640 .605/.658 .560 65/.765 1/1 3/7
2.Johjima G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 3/2.334 3/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 5/.800 2/1.500 ··· 9/.472 8/.500 147/97 .257/.288/.357/.645 .715/.608 .705 31/.590 2/1 3/1
32.Johnson G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 202/145 .218/.295/.335/.630 .521/.673 .645 58/.747 1/1 1/3
12.Langerhans* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 5/.650 79/52 .231/.333/.400/.733 .502/.867 .875 58/.625 0/1 1/0
4.Lopez G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 9/.666 9/.222 ··· 2/.000 6/.666 11/.455 3/1.334 1/.000 11/.899 5/1.400 404/278 .278/.307/.463/.770 .760/.774 .923 94/.944 2/3 15/12
55.Saunders* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 28/11 .148/.179/.148/.327 .353/.282 .111 28/.327 0/0 0/0
51.Suzuki* G/S/vP 3/.000 4/1.250 14/.594 16/1.240 ··· 2/2.000 6/.666 17/.787 16/.771 3/.000 13/1.356 8/.661 451/303 .364/.394/.469/.864 .906/.843 .805 104/.827 22/6 6/4
5.Sweeney G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.000 6/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.833 2/1.000 ··· 9/.583 150/68 .239/.293/.370/.663 .655/.673 .605 21/.563 0/0 3/2
9.Wilson G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· 11/.800 2/2.000 21/1.129 8/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 22/.634 302/219 .266/.301/.387/.688 .637/.706 .677 60/.634 2/1 4/7
6.Woodward G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.833 2/1.000 ··· 8/1.232 ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/1.500 3/.000 74/44 .239/.288/.254/.541 .278/.722 .448 33/.373 1/0 0/4
IP 76.2 20.0 123.0 37.2 25.2 44.2 79.2 152.1 35.2 31.2 28.0 50.1 TOTAL .259/.315/.397/.712 .723/.708 .702 .686 63/24 97/91
ERA-K/9 5.28/6.1 5.85/8.6 3.59/5.8 5.73/6.7 5.61/5.6 6.25/6.8 5.76/6.1 2.36/9.6 4.29/8.1 1.71/11.4 5.79/11.9 5.19/6.4 4.52/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 327/.263 96/.278 522/.252 165/.286 111/.273 190/.247 348/.274 590/.242 166/.299 128/.188 132/.235 226/.277 .265
OPS .777 .816 .672 .870 .776 .781 .811 .627 .876 .535 .671 .804 .749
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 153/.697 43/.629 281/.676 41/.576 45/1.068 88/.846 144/.724 280/.661 68/.756 64/.538 73/.786 102/.640 .718
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 174/.846 53/.985 241/.667 124/.974 66/.585 102/.726 204/.870 310/.596 98/.965 64/.531 59/.540 124/.938 .777
Home 178/.690 55/.966 267/.658 48/.755 66/.683 107/.903 192/1.005 341/.619 98/.894 50/.461 87/.715 140/.814
Last 28d days 108/.815 39/.830 135/.647 118/.928 52/.969 43/1.211 / 111/.659 42/.798 39/.620 36/.659 60/.833
HR/SB/CS 11/7/2 2/3/0 11/12/1 7/4/3 4/3/0 6/1/3 14/16/3 6/2/6 5/0/0 2/0/0 0/5/1 8/5/1 100/74/23
Usage ····X··· ··X··oo· ·X····X· ··X····X o··X··X· X··X·X·· ········ X····X·· o···Xo·· ·X····XX X··X·o·X ··X···X·
Royals Batters (3.86 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (4.30 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 18.Rowland-Smith*
G/S/vB
53.Aardsma
G/S/vB
43.Batista
G/S/vB
25.French*
G/S/vB
34.Hernandez
G/S/vB
41.Jakubauskas
G/S/vB
23.Kelley
G/S/vB
57.Lowe
G/S/vB
49.Olson*
G/S/vB
48.Snell
G/S/vB
38.Vargas*
G/S/vB
46.White
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
3.Betancourt G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 302/230 .224/.250/.296/.546 .589/.533 .594 57/.278 3/1 3/10
8.Bloomquist G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/.762 ··· ··· ··· 302/185 .266/.311/.367/.678 .738/.640 .575 81/.562 17/3 3/7
14.Buck G/S/vP 4/1.250 2/1.000 3/1.667 ··· 10/.100 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/no AB 124/93 .227/.301/.436/.737 .755/.731 .955 27/.644 0/0 4/5
16.Butler G/S/vP 4/.833 2/1.500 4/.250 3/3.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 9/1.556 ··· ··· 1/2.000 418/281 .286/.342/.453/.795 .961/.719 .888 98/.885 0/0 11/5
13.Callaspo# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/1.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 393/271 .298/.346/.452/.798 .977/.714 .888 88/.787 1/1 7/15
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 6/1.150 1/2.000 3/1.167 3/.000 13/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 9/.583 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 425/278 .259/.324/.406/.730 .597/.803 .800 94/.790 3/7 8/0
26.Freel G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 16/.650 6/1.000 ··· 99/62 .200/.292/.224/.515 .438/.562 .558 47/.621 1/0 0/1
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 2/.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 8/.536 ··· ··· ··· 6/.334 ··· ··· 2/.500 72/45 .183/.319/.233/.553 .450/.612 .521 46/.579 3/0 1/3
17.Jacobs* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.667 7/1.000 3/1.000 ··· 318/228 .216/.292/.408/.700 .547/.761 .727 47/.606 0/0 14/2
35.Maier* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 171/133 .227/.304/.327/.630 .775/.589 .720 23/.764 4/1 0/0
21.Olivo G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 6/.400 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 4/1.000 3/1.333 ··· 274/167 .234/.267/.456/.723 .643/.775 .685 61/.497 3/1 14/6
27.Pena# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 77/51 .319/.355/.478/.834 1.049/.727 .909 28/.667 0/0 2/0
24.Teahen* G/S/vP 6/.000 2/.000 5/.000 3/.000 11/.573 ··· ··· ··· 6/.900 2/2.000 ··· 3/.667 397/253 .287/.340/.434/.774 .762/.781 .837 83/.673 6/0 9/8
IP 17.1 49.1 50.2 29.1 152.1 78.1 20.2 50.1 69.0 86.2 72.2 49.1 TOTAL .250/.309/.392/.701 .709/.696 .740 .656 52/15 86/85
ERA-K/9 3.12/3.6 1.64/10.6 4.44/6.6 3.38/5.8 2.78/8.3 5.63/3.8 5.23/7.4 3.22/7.5 5.61/5.2 5.19/5.8 4.71/5.6 3.28/4.0 3.91/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 73/.188 201/.163 236/.282 133/.275 626/.236 336/.267 89/.317 215/.224 297/.261 383/.274 311/.289 209/.217 .247
OPS .620 .497 .804 .772 .624 .797 .901 .647 .853 .859 .818 .623 .716
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 22/.897 105/.497 113/.870 50/.639 333/.645 162/.896 41/.500 103/.771 83/.756 188/.855 89/.956 98/.635 .752
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 51/.502 96/.496 123/.743 83/.856 293/.601 174/.708 48/1.261 112/.532 214/.891 195/.860 222/.762 111/.614 .690
Road 20/.733 99/.461 117/.744 71/.827 365/.584 173/.750 42/.787 105/.644 193/.910 250/.875 163/.949 96/.734
Last 28d days 53/.575 45/.455 41/1.325 99/.805 141/.647 72/1.024 41/1.088 44/.397 65/1.181 23/.831 66/.934 46/.654
HR/SB/CS 3/0/0 1/2/2 7/6/1 2/1/0 11/11/6 12/2/2 5/0/0 3/2/2 18/5/3 9/8/5 13/1/5 3/3/3 115/48/37
Usage ·····X·· ·····Xoo ···o···· ······X· ··X····X ····X··· ·o·X···· ··X··oX· ····X··· ·X······ ···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.