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Game Preview: TBR @ SEA, 4:10pm, Sunday, August 9, 2009 @Safeco Field

Rays, 61-49, 3rd, 7 GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Scott Kazmir (25, LHP, 6-6, 6.10)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (6-6)			87.0	98	63	59	42	67	12	6.10
2008 (12-8)			152.1	123	61	59	70	166	23	3.49
2007 (13-9)			206.2	196	91	80	89	239	18	3.48

Last 7 GS		2-2	41.1	38	22	20	13	32	5	4.35	51
2009-08-03	KCR	W	6.0	6	3	3	1	5	0	114	52
2009-07-28	NYY	W	7.0	5	1	1	1	4	0	113	66
2009-07-23	@CHW	L	6.0	5	5	5	3	5	1	98	44
2009-07-18	@KCR	ND	6.0	4	1	1	4	3	0	101	59
2009-07-08	TOR	ND	6.1	9	7	7	2	4	2	107	29
2009-07-03	@TEX	L	5.0	5	3	1	1	6	1	99	54
2009-06-27	FLA	ND	5.0	4	2	2	1	5	1	92	55

Last 5 v.SEA		3-0	29.1	17	6	5	13	33	1	1.53	64
2007-09-15	@SEA	W	6.0	3	1	0	2	11	0	99	73
2007-05-22	SEA	ND	5.0	4	2	2	3	4	0	96	52
2006-05-10	@SEA	W	7.0	3	0	0	1	9	0	110	79
2005-06-04	@SEA	ND	6.1	3	3	3	4	5	1	105	56
2004-08-23	@SEA	W	5.0	4	0	0	3	4	0	99	60

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

 Home:   36-18   Road:   25-31   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  41-28   vsLHP:  20-21   1-Run:  15-17
 vsEast: 23-16   vsCntrl:17-15   vsWest:  8-13 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
110 Sat, Aug  8  @SEA  W  10-4       61-49  3rd  7.0 gb
109 Fri, Aug  7  @SEA  L   6-7 (11)  60-49  3rd  7.0 gb
108 Wed, Aug  5   BOS  W   6-4       60-48  3rd  5.5 gb
107 Tue, Aug  4   BOS  W   4-2 (13)  59-48  3rd  5.5 gb
106 Mon, Aug  3   KCR  W  10-4       58-48  3rd  5.5 gb
105 Sun, Aug  2   KCR  L   1-4       57-48  3rd  6.0 gb
104 Sat, Aug  1   KCR  W   7-1       57-47  3rd  5.0 gb
103 Fri, Jul 31   KCR  W   8-2       56-47  3rd  6.0 gb
102 Wed, Jul 29   NYY  L   2-6       55-47  3rd  7.5 gb
101 Tue, Jul 28   NYY  W   6-2       55-46  3rd  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13

Mariners, 57-53, 3rd, 9 GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Ryan Rowland-Smith (26, LHP, 1-1, 4.22)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (1-1)			21.1	18	13	10	6	10	3	4.22
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	41.0	38	19	15	13	22	5	3.29	52
2009-08-04	@KCR	ND	4.0	6	5	4	1	3	0	77	34
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

Last 5 v.TBR		0-0	5.2	7	4	4	2	5	1	6.35	42
2008-08-09	TBR	ND	5.2	7	4	4	2	5	1	105	42

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

 Home:   28-23   Road:   29-30   ExtrInn: 6-4 
 vsRHP:  39-35   vsLHP:  18-18   1-Run:  27-14
 vsEast: 15-11   vsCntrl:14-17   vsWest: 17-18 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
108 Thu, Aug  6  @KCR  L   2-8       56-52  3rd  9.0 gb
107 Wed, Aug  5  @KCR  W  11-6       56-51  3rd  8.0 gb
106 Tue, Aug  4  @KCR  W   7-6       55-51  3rd  9.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 07, 2009 SEA  7  TBR  6 (11)   W:Shawn Kelley (4-1), L: J.P. Howell (6-3), S: none
Thu, Apr 23, 2009 SEA  1  TBR  0        W:Felix Hernandez (3-0), L: James Shields (2-2), S: Brandon Morrow (5)
Wed, Apr 22, 2009 TBR  9 @SEA  3        W:Jeff Niemann (1-2), L: Chris Jakubauskas (1-2), S: none
Tue, Apr 21, 2009 SEA  4  TBR  2        W:Jarrod Washburn (3-0), L: Andy Sonnanstine (0-2), S: Brandon Morrow (4)

Sun, Aug 10, 2008 TBR 11 @SEA  3        W:Edwin Jackson (9-7), L: R.A. Dickey (3-7), S: none
Sat, Aug 09, 2008 TBR  8 @SEA  7 (11)   W:Chad Bradford (4-3), L: Miguel Batista (4-12), S: Troy Percival (26)
Fri, Aug 08, 2008 TBR  5 @SEA  3        W:James Shields (10-7), L: Carlos Silva (4-13), S: Troy Percival (25)
Thu, Aug 07, 2008 SEA  2  TBR  1        W:J.J. Putz (5-4), L: Dan Wheeler (2-5), S: none
Thu, Apr 10, 2008 TBR  7  SEA  0        W:Edwin Jackson (2-0), L: Miguel Batista (0-2), S: none
Wed, Apr 09, 2008 SEA  7 @TBR  1        W:Jarrod Washburn (1-1), L: Andy Sonnanstine (1-1), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - SEA leads 3-2; 2008 - TBR won 4-3; 2007 - SEA won 4-3; All-Time - SEA leads 61-42

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 5.71

WSN 4.57

SDP 3.77

RA/G

SFG 3.70

NYM 4.63

WSN 5.48

I. Suzuki .365

C. Blake .291

A. Casilla .163

OBP

A. Pujols .447

J. Bautista .364

R. Cedeno .227

SLG

A. Pujols .686

I. Stewart .479

A. Casilla .200

OPS

A. Pujols 1.133

S. Rolen .839

A. Casilla .456

ERA

T. Lincecum 2.20

M. Buehrle 3.89

T. Wellemeyer 5.67

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.89

R. Wolf 6.73

N. Blackburn 3.72

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Rays Batters (5.27 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (4.44 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 46.White
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

16.Aybar# G/S/vP 3/1.000 3/.666 5/.200 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/.286 1/.000 213/134 .272/.354/.478/.832 .864/.814 .825 39/.777 0/0 10/6

8.Bartlett G/S/vP 5/.000 6/.167 4/.000 ··· 15/.000 2/.000 1/5.000 2/.000 6/1.167 2/1.000 2/2.500 352/240 .334/.387/.530/.917 .943/.905 .913 83/.851 21/3 10/11

5.Burrell G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 18/.410 ··· 6/1.917 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 16/.646 2/.000 299/202 .226/.331/.381/.712 .617/.753 .647 80/.820 2/0 9/0

13.Crawford* G/S/vP 5/1.100 2/.000 26/.398 ··· 22/.651 3/2.000 1/2.000 3/.666 3/.000 ··· 3/1.167 477/317 .316/.373/.467/.840 .733/.895 .855 91/.976 52/9 12/2

11.Dillon G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 35/12 .300/.400/.400/.800 .620/1.129 .440 6/.533 0/0 1/0

26.Gross* G/S/vP 3/2.334 2/no AB 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.666 ··· 236/213 .261/.377/.412/.789 1.184/.751 .797 48/.696 6/3 5/3

41.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 107/72 .242/.292/.323/.616 .561/.639 .422 31/.630 2/1 1/2

27.Kapler G/S/vP ··· ··· 9/.750 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 162/45 .250/.333/.450/.783 .985/.297 .752 33/.514 4/2 4/1

3.Longoria G/S/vP ··· 6/.000 1/no AB ··· 10/.875 3/2.167 1/.000 2/.000 6/.533 ··· ··· 449/314 .275/.363/.528/.892 .862/.904 .966 97/.848 3/0 24/11

30.Navarro# G/S/vP 3/1.167 3/1.167 6/.167 ··· 15/.624 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 6/1.467 6/.533 3/.666 312/205 .221/.252/.331/.583 .751/.497 .593 46/.565 2/1 6/5

23.Pena* G/S/vP 6/.167 3/.333 13/.770 ··· 12/.083 3/1.667 ··· 3/1.333 6/.533 ··· 2/.500 462/296 .213/.346/.491/.837 .741/.893 .707 87/.595 2/2 28/9

2.Upton G/S/vP 5/.400 3/.333 8/.875 ··· 19/.161 3/1.000 ··· 4/.500 6/.167 ··· 4/.833 465/320 .242/.317/.367/.685 .576/.731 .677 91/.582 35/10 7/1

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 3/.667 ··· 17/.520 2/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/.333 ··· 1/no AB 386/255 .290/.403/.555/.957 1.064/.902 .891 93/.787 13/3 19/5

IP 21.1 51.1 52.1 34.1 158.1 84.0 23.2 53.1 72.0 88.0 52.2 TOTAL .266/.348/.449/.797 .801/.795 .769 .745 152/37 138/78

ERA-K/9

4.22/4.2

1.58/10.9

4.47/6.5

3.93/5.5

2.84/8.4

5.57/4.0

5.32/7.2

3.04/7.4

5.75/5.4

5.42/5.8

3.42/3.9

3.97/6.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 93/.225 211/.167 245/.282 157/.294 657/.234 339/.265 103/.316 225/.218 307/.258 383/.274 216/.209 .248

OPS .690 .505 .802 .833 .627 .790 .911 .626 .846 .859 .601 .718

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 29/.886 111/.530 118/.861 60/.719 350/.637 164/.884 49/.459 108/.753 87/.753 188/.855 103/.600 .745

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 64/.605 100/.475 127/.747 97/.907 307/.616 175/.704 54/1.347 117/.507 220/.882 195/.860 113/.602 .699

Home 53/.575 106/.524 119/.865 62/.710 292/.682 163/.846 52/1.048 116/.615 104/.752 133/.826 116/.516

Last 28d days 73/.676 42/.305 44/1.319 97/.910 145/.723 61/.957 44/.877 48/.406 70/1.199 23/.831 43/.654

HR/SB/CS 3/0/0 1/2/2 7/6/1 4/1/0 12/12/6 12/2/2 6/1/0 3/2/2 18/5/3 9/8/5 3/3/3 120/51/38

Usage ····X··· ·X··X··· ···Xo··· ···X···· ·X·····X X·o····· ·X··X·o· ·X··X··X X··X···· X·····X· oo·X··o·

Mariners Batters (3.96 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (4.45 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 19.Kazmir*
G/S/vB 50.Balfour
G/S/vB 47.Bennett
G/S/vB 36.Choate*
G/S/vB 31.Cormier
G/S/vB 22.Garza
G/S/vB 39.Howell*
G/S/vB 34.Niemann
G/S/vB 14.Price*
G/S/vB 33.Shields
G/S/vB 52.Shouse*
G/S/vB 35.Wheeler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

29.Beltre G/S/vP 12/.250 3/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 4/.500 10/.600 9/.666 5/.400 ··· 16/.521 ··· 3/.666 332/243 .263/.292/.370/.662 .712/.644 .565 19/.632 9/2 5/10

30.Branyan* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.750 5/.200 ··· ··· 3/1.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 419/273 .259/.359/.532/.891 .811/.934 .993 83/.595 2/0 25/10

24.Griffey* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 5/.600 ··· 3/.000 5/1.400 ··· ··· 19/.600 10/.422 334/262 .222/.332/.401/.734 .921/.683 .921 63/.688 0/0 12/0

21.Gutierrez G/S/vP 6/1.166 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 8/1.000 4/.833 5/.000 ··· 6/.000 ··· 4/.000 392/280 .291/.347/.436/.783 .969/.714 .849 79/.726 7/5 13/5

7.Hannahan* G/S/vP 5/1.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 3/.333 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 12/.167 ··· 3/1.334 200/134 .216/.302/.335/.637 .595/.658 .710 63/.738 1/1 3/7

2.Johjima G/S/vP 6/.334 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 9/1.333 3/.000 ··· ··· 6/1.500 ··· 2/1.000 152/102 .257/.291/.354/.646 .715/.611 .583 28/.591 2/2 3/1

32.Johnson G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 216/154 .229/.304/.349/.653 .511/.710 .604 62/.781 1/1 1/3

12.Langerhans* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.750 ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.200 1/5.000 81/53 .239/.338/.448/.785 .673/.848 .652 40/.833 0/1 2/0

4.Lopez G/S/vP 7/.000 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 9/1.222 9/.819 5/1.400 ··· 13/.334 ··· 2/.000 423/293 .277/.305/.456/.761 .736/.772 .572 91/.913 2/3 15/12

55.Saunders* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 44/21 .238/.273/.286/.558 .609/.501 .381 44/.558 0/0 0/0

51.Suzuki* G/S/vP 15/.534 3/3.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 11/1.091 9/.819 6/.334 ··· 17/.823 9/1.056 4/1.750 472/317 .365/.396/.473/.869 .913/.847 .921 102/.849 23/7 7/4

5.Sweeney G/S/vP 13/.808 5/1.350 1/3.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 4/.750 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/1.000 155/70 .239/.297/.387/.684 .694/.672 .715 26/.717 0/0 4/2

9.Wilson G/S/vP 5/1.000 1/.000 7/.572 ··· 6/.167 ··· 2/3.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/.000 12/.750 320/233 .268/.301/.389/.690 .618/.715 .694 62/.646 2/1 4/8

IP 87.0 52.0 36.0 18.2 58.2 143.2 54.2 120.2 66.0 159.0 17.2 41.1 TOTAL .262/.317/.401/.718 .733/.711 .724 .712 64/26 102/95

ERA-K/9

6.10/6.9

4.50/8.8

3.25/6.5

2.41/7.2

2.76/4.6

3.63/8.0

2.14/10.5

3.73/5.7

4.91/8.5

3.79/6.3

5.09/5.6

3.48/6.3

4.17/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 399/.280 220/.246 172/.319 69/.222 244/.245 597/.222 221/.191 507/.255 300/.263 646/.269 75/.319 159/.208 .255

OPS .818 .668 .842 .623 .638 .665 .572 .710 .832 .752 .930 .645 .735

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 101/.948 87/.700 72/.940 44/.590 119/.604 320/.602 70/.724 252/.720 70/.802 333/.742 44/.708 52/1.039 .727

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 298/.774 133/.646 100/.773 25/.684 125/.669 277/.734 151/.500 255/.700 230/.842 313/.763 31/1.262 107/.451 .741

Road 170/.754 100/.708 84/.843 33/.555 158/.641 263/.692 113/.513 317/.734 130/1.050 276/.809 29/.839 79/.508

Last 28d days 103/.627 41/.755 9/.944 14/1.038 48/.674 115/.655 52/.688 113/.657 96/.909 135/.771 13/1.462 33/.625

HR/SB/CS 12/3/1 2/4/0 2/3/1 2/1/1 3/3/0 18/1/2 4/3/2 12/17/4 13/5/4 18/2/2 4/1/0 6/4/0 119/59/19

Usage ·····X·· oo··Xoo· ···o·ooo o·····o· ·X·XX··· ····X··· ·X·XXX·· ·X·····X ···X···· X·····X· oo··oo·o ·X·oo·o·

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.