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Game Preview: SEA @ DET, 7:05pm, Saturday, July 3, 2010 @Comerica Park

Mariners, 33-46, 33-46 4th, 14 GB, 14½ GB in WC

SP: Jason Vargas (27, LHP, 6-3, 2.80)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (6-3)			96.1	83	32	30	24	62	8	2.80
2009 (3-6)			91.2	98	53	50	24	54	16	4.91
2007 (0-1)			10.1	17	14	14	2	4	4	12.19

Last 7 GS		3-1	43.2	46	13	12	9	27	4	2.47	55
2010-06-27	@MIL	L	5.0	7	3	3	1	2	1	88	42
2010-06-22	CHC	W	7.0	4	0	0	1	7	0	94	75
2010-06-16	@STL	W	7.2	5	1	1	0	4	0	94	69
2010-06-11	@SDP	ND	6.0	7	2	2	2	5	0	101	53
2010-06-06	LAA	ND	6.0	10	4	3	0	4	1	106	42
2010-06-01	MIN	W	7.0	6	1	1	3	2	1	104	60
2010-05-26	DET	ND	5.0	7	2	2	2	3	1	109	46

Last 5 v.DET		0-0	5.0	7	2	2	2	3	1	3.60	46
2010-05-26	DET	ND	5.0	7	2	2	2	3	1	109	46

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

 Home:   20-18   Road:   13-28   ExtrInn: 1-7 
 vsRHP:  24-29   vsLHP:   9-17   1-Run:  11-15
 vsEast:  8-9    vsCntrl: 9-7    vsWest:  7-21 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 79 Fri, Jul  2  @DET  L   1-7       33-46  4th 14.0 gb
 78 Thu, Jul  1  @NYY  L   2-4       33-45  4th 14.0 gb
 77 Wed, Jun 30  @NYY  W   7-0       33-44  4th 14.0 gb
 76 Tue, Jun 29  @NYY  W   7-4       32-44  4th 14.0 gb
 75 Sun, Jun 27  @MIL  L   0-3       31-44  4th 15.0 gb
 74 Sat, Jun 26  @MIL  W   5-4       31-43  4th 14.0 gb
 73 Fri, Jun 25  @MIL  L   3-8       30-43  4th 14.0 gb
 72 Thu, Jun 24   CHC  L   2-3 (13)  30-42  4th 14.0 gb
 71 Wed, Jun 23   CHC  W   8-1       30-41  4th 13.0 gb
 70 Tue, Jun 22   CHC  W   2-0       29-41  4th 13.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16

Tigers, 42-36, 42-36 2nd, 1 GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Justin Verlander (27, RHP, 9-5, 4.02)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (9-5)			103.0	83	47	46	36	93	7	4.02
2009 (19-9)			240.0	219	99	92	63	269	20	3.45
2008 (11-17)			201.0	195	119	108	87	163	18	4.84

Last 7 GS		4-3	45.1	40	24	24	15	42	4	4.76	54
2010-06-27	@ATL	W	7.0	6	4	4	2	6	0	117	53
2010-06-22	@NYM	L	2.0	5	5	5	3	2	0	61	25
2010-06-16	WSN	W	8.0	7	3	3	0	11	2	116	67
2010-06-11	PIT	W	7.0	4	2	2	4	3	0	105	60
2010-06-05	@KCR	W	7.0	5	2	2	3	4	0	112	60
2010-05-31	OAK	L	7.0	6	3	3	1	8	0	114	60
2010-05-25	@SEA	L	7.1	7	5	5	2	8	2	117	50

Last 5 v.SEA		1-4	35.2	36	19	18	8	35	3	4.54	54
2010-05-25	@SEA	L	7.1	7	5	5	2	8	2	117	50
2010-04-17	@SEA	L	7.0	7	3	3	1	6	0	103	56
2009-08-19	SEA	L	8.0	6	3	3	1	10	1	116	67
2009-04-17	@SEA	L	7.1	8	6	5	1	8	0	108	47
2008-07-03	@SEA	W	6.0	8	2	2	3	3	0	109	48

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

 Home:   26-11   Road:   16-25   ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:  28-28   vsLHP:  14-8    1-Run:  10-10
 vsEast:  5-2    vsCntrl:14-16   vsWest: 12-11 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 78 Fri, Jul  2   SEA  W   7-1       42-36  2nd  1.0 gb
 77 Wed, Jun 30  @MIN  L   1-5       41-36  2nd  1.5 gb
 76 Tue, Jun 29  @MIN  L   4-11      41-35  2nd  0.5 gb
 75 Mon, Jun 28  @MIN  W   7-5       41-34  1st  0.5 up
 74 Sun, Jun 27  @ATL  W  10-4       40-34  2nd  0.5 gb
 73 Sat, Jun 26  @ATL  L   3-4       39-34  2nd  1.5 gb
 72 Fri, Jun 25  @ATL  L   1-3       39-33  2nd  0.5 gb
 71 Thu, Jun 24  @NYM  W   6-5       39-32  2nd  0.5 gb
 70 Wed, Jun 23  @NYM  L   0-5       38-32  2nd  1.5 gb
 69 Tue, Jun 22  @NYM  L   6-14      38-31  2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jul 02, 2010 DET  7  SEA  1        W:Max Scherzer (5-6), L: Doug Fister (3-4), S: none
Wed, May 26, 2010 SEA  5  DET  4        W:Brandon League (4-4), L: Ryan Perry (1-3), S: David Aardsma (11)
Tue, May 25, 2010 SEA  5  DET  3        W:Shawn Kelley (3-0), L: Justin Verlander (5-3), S: David Aardsma (10)
Sun, Apr 18, 2010 DET  4 @SEA  2        W:Max Scherzer (1-1), L: Ian Snell (0-2), S: Jose Valverde (3)
Sat, Apr 17, 2010 SEA  4  DET  2        W:Brandon League (2-0), L: Justin Verlander (0-1), S: David Aardsma (5)
Fri, Apr 16, 2010 SEA 11  DET  3        W:Felix Hernandez (1-0), L: Jeremy Bonderman (1-1), S: none

Thu, Aug 20, 2009 DET  7  SEA  6        W:Bobby Seay (4-2), L: David Aardsma (3-5), S: none
Wed, Aug 19, 2009 SEA  3 @DET  1        W:Ian Snell (3-9), L: Justin Verlander (13-7), S: David Aardsma (28)
Tue, Aug 18, 2009 DET  5  SEA  3        W:Bobby Seay (3-2), L: Mark Lowe (1-6), S: Fernando Rodney (25)
Thu, Jul 23, 2009 SEA  2 @DET  1        W:Jarrod Washburn (8-6), L: Luke French (1-1), S: David Aardsma (24)
Season Series: 2010 - SEA leads 4-2; 2009 - DET won 5-4; 2008 - DET won 7-3; All-Time - DET leads 192-160

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 2010 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

BOS 5.48

DET 4.54

PIT 3.19

RA/G

SDP 3.34

FLA 4.42

ARI 5.64

R. Cano .347

A. Soriano .279

L. Valbuena .166

OBP

J. Morneau .438

R. Braun .352

A. Ramirez .242

SLG

M. Cabrera .628

A. Jones .448

L. Valbuena .245

OPS

J. Morneau 1.045

J. Guillen .801

T. Manzella .513

ERA

J. Johnson 1.82

Z. Greinke 3.94

N. Blackburn 6.02

K/9IP

J. Weaver 10.27

J. Cueto 6.75

N. Blackburn 3.11

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Mariners Batters (3.44 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.51 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 35.Verlander
G/S/vB 38.Bonderman
G/S/vB 40.Coke*
G/S/vB 53.Fien
G/S/vB 58.Galarraga
G/S/vB 21.Gonzalez
G/S/vB 41.Oliver*
G/S/vB 55.Schlereth*
G/S/vB 36.Thomas*
G/S/vB 46.Valverde
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

26.Bard# G/S/vP 3/.000 11/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 30/11 .250/.367/.500/.867 1.109/.398 .425 3/.333 0/0 1/1

15.Bradley# G/S/vP 16/1.230 18/1.167 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 10/1.625 233/154 .215/.297/.376/.673 .685/.672 .787 90/.782 6/2 8/2

30.Branyan* G/S/vP 6/.334 4/1.250 3/.000 ··· 6/.000 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· 7/.000 206/159 .265/.332/.492/.824 .722/.854 .947 78/.846 0/0 11/5

9.Figgins# G/S/vP 27/.459 30/.627 5/.400 ··· 9/.236 3/1.000 ··· ··· 3/1.667 ··· 338/227 .232/.333/.275/.608 .703/.560 .650 96/.611 23/4 0/8

21.Gutierrez G/S/vP 31/.941 6/1.300 ··· ··· 9/.347 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 314/231 .278/.350/.426/.776 .818/.761 .762 84/.685 9/1 8/0

32.Johnson G/S/vP 3/.000 5/.650 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 162/121 .200/.311/.311/.622 .623/.620 .827 60/.716 1/1 2/2

13.Kotchman* G/S/vP 15/.800 17/.435 5/.200 ··· 9/1.158 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 210/151 .187/.267/.289/.555 .519/.569 .583 23/.360 0/0 3/0

12.Langerhans* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· 3/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 55/38 .200/.418/.375/.793 .436/.947 .882 20/.800 3/0 2/0

4.Lopez G/S/vP 35/.629 25/.653 1/.000 ··· 6/.533 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 329/239 .240/.271/.329/.600 .746/.545 .570 100/.617 3/2 5/8

55.Saunders* G/S/vP 6/.334 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 121/93 .205/.258/.438/.696 .292/.822 .662 66/.713 1/1 7/2

51.Suzuki* G/S/vP 39/.951 41/.791 6/.533 ··· 6/.334 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 355/228 .331/.385/.424/.809 .716/.862 .819 108/.755 21/7 3/1

2.Wilson G/S/vP 3/.666 5/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 5/.800 114/81 .255/.270/.340/.610 .524/.647 .527 31/.581 0/1 0/7

16.Wilson G/S/vP 6/1.167 6/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 190/138 .273/.326/.358/.684 .699/.678 .429 83/.610 3/0 1/8

IP 103.0 86.2 32.2 2.0 48.0 10.1 12.0 34.1 34.0 TOTAL .239/.308/.347/.655 .660/.654 .651 .640 73/19 50/60

ERA-K/9

4.02/8.1

4.36/6.4

2.76/6.9

0.00/0.0

4.50/3.4

1.74/2.6

3.00/7.5

/0.0

4.46/3.7

0.53/8.5

4.28/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Bard (3-0-0)
Johnson (15-9-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 423/.221 368/.265 140/.260 7/.143 199/.245 39/.242 49/.302 / 159/.301 122/.102 .259 Suzuki
Saunders
Bradley
Gutierrez
Langerhans 0/0/77/3
32/5/0/2
35/0/1/2
0/75/0/1
8/2/4/1

OPS .633 .727 .647 .286 .704 .727 .852 .795 .354 .722

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 251/.622 188/.838 67/.667 4/.500 106/.805 21/.910 18/1.153 / 58/.619 70/.418 .725

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 172/.648 180/.615 73/.628 3/.000 93/.591 18/.528 31/.690 / 101/.898 52/.274 .720

Home 190/.563 159/.639 75/.641 / 109/.492 16/.333 / / 71/.730 63/.336

Last 28d days 103/.742 132/.861 33/.575 7/.286 121/.807 39/.727 49/.852 / 38/.843 37/.226

HR/SB/CS 7/10/3 9/8/4 1/1/0 0/0/0 5/3/1 1/0/0 2/0/1 // 1/0/1 1/0/0 60/46/23

Usage ·····X·· ····X··· X···XX·· ··X····· ···X···· ···X··X· ··X····X ····o··o ····Xo··

Tigers Batters (4.54 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (4.25 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 38.Vargas*
G/S/vB 53.Aardsma
G/S/vB 33.Cordero
G/S/vB 43.League
G/S/vB 49.Olson*
G/S/vB 39.Pauley
G/S/vB 37.Sweeney
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 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 142/131 .224/.317/.336/.653 .489/.663 .802 50/.704 2/0 3/3

26.Boesch* G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 233/179 .340/.386/.605/.991 1.321/.891 1.086 99/.982 2/0 12/4

24.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· 5/.900 15/.750 4/.500 6/1.334 ··· 2/2.500 3/1.667 325/251 .337/.412/.628/1.040 1.136/1.013 .967 94/.841 2/3 20/9

18.Damon* G/S/vP 5/.200 4/.500 2/.000 10/.733 8/.661 6/1.500 ··· 5/1.800 306/233 .269/.364/.402/.765 .840/.742 .818 79/.713 7/1 4/2

9.Guillen# G/S/vP ··· 5/1.350 2/.000 4/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 190/141 .279/.342/.436/.778 .604/.838 .749 89/.762 1/1 5/3

15.Inge G/S/vP 2/.000 6/.000 1/2.000 9/.347 5/1.850 ··· ··· 3/.666 305/225 .256/.331/.396/.727 .799/.701 .805 85/.787 0/2 6/5

14.Jackson G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 304/222 .307/.355/.406/.762 .506/.856 .746 64/.568 13/3 1/1

32.Kelly* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 103/92 .213/.255/.266/.521 .182/.554 .562 44/.401 1/0 1/1

12.Laird G/S/vP 2/1.000 3/1.667 ··· 3/.000 3/.666 4/1.000 ··· 2/.500 172/103 .195/.265/.273/.537 .536/.538 .590 39/.766 2/1 2/2

30.Ordonez G/S/vP 3/2.667 8/1.000 1/2.000 7/.858 4/1.750 ··· ··· 3/.666 293/229 .313/.386/.490/.876 1.269/.769 .925 64/.819 1/0 10/2

25.Raburn G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 125/70 .211/.290/.358/.648 .887/.459 .726 49/.835 1/0 2/3

39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 201/171 .272/.345/.329/.675 .666/.676 .601 63/.763 1/0 2/4

29.Worth G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 61/35 .263/.300/.316/.616 .763/.507 .631 36/.581 1/0 0/0

IP 96.1 25.1 6.2 42.0 9.1 2.0 5.0 19.0 TOTAL .272/.341/.418/.759 .806/.743 .786 .747 36/12 69/67

ERA-K/9

2.80/5.8

5.33/8.5

2.70/5.4

3.00/6.9

5.79/3.9

0.00/9.0

7.58/2.8

3.89/6.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Avila (15-9-2)
Laird (31-14-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 394/.227 105/.244 24/.200 173/.210 45/.270 11/.250 16/.063 91/.390 .251 Ordonez
Jackson
Boesch
Damon
Raburn
Kelly
Guillen 0/0/60/7
0/69/0/3
33/0/19/3
27/4/0/2
16/5/6/1
36/8/1/0
4/0/0/0

OPS .634 .757 .592 .597 .742 .830 .125 1.003 .708

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 105/.468 48/.749 10/.422 74/.676 12/.764 2/.000 6/.000 35/1.161 .725

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 289/.697 57/.763 14/.721 99/.539 33/.734 9/1.056 10/.200 56/.916 .698

Road 155/.656 41/1.036 16/.479 84/.864 27/.805 11/.830 16/.125 53/.926

Last 28d days 132/.695 34/.962 16/.479 41/.495 31/.817 11/.830 16/.125 24/1.331

HR/SB/CS 8/4/1 4/1/0 0/0/1 5/2/1 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 2/0/0 73/27/12

Usage ·····X·· ·o·····o X······X o·····o· o······X ·····X·· ·o····X· X····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.