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Game Preview: SEA @ MIN, 2:10pm, Sunday, August 1, 2010 @Target Field

Mariners, 39-66, 39-66 4th, 22½ GB, 26 GB in WC

SP: Luke French (24, LHP, 0-1, 6.39)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (0-1) 12.2 17 9 9 4 5 2 6.39
2009 (4-5) 67.1 87 45 39 28 42 11 5.21
Last 7 GS 2-4 35.2 47 30 26 18 20 7 6.56 38
2010-06-14 @STL L 4.0 6 4 4 2 0 1 60 32
2009-09-05 @OAK L 3.2 7 5 5 3 0 1 73 24
2009-08-31 LAA L 5.0 10 7 7 0 3 2 96 22
2009-08-26 OAK W 5.2 6 3 3 1 4 2 86 48
2009-08-21 @CLE W 6.0 8 3 3 3 6 0 100 47
2009-08-15 NYY L 6.0 7 4 0 3 2 1 107 49
2009-08-10 CHW ND 5.1 3 4 4 6 5 0 90 45
Last 5 v.MIN 0-0 4.2 6 2 2 2 3 1 3.86 45
2009-07-03 @MIN ND 4.2 6 2 2 2 3 1 81 45
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   24-28   Road:   15-38   ExtrInn: 3-9 
 vsRHP:  29-43   vsLHP:  10-23   1-Run:  13-20
 vsEast: 11-14   vsCntrl:11-19   vsWest:  8-24 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
105 Sat, Jul 31  @MIN  L   0-4       39-66  4th 22.5 gb
104 Fri, Jul 30  @MIN  L   3-5       39-65  4th 21.5 gb
103 Thu, Jul 29  @CHW  L   5-9       39-64  4th 21.5 gb
102 Wed, Jul 28  @CHW  L   5-6       39-63  4th 20.5 gb
101 Tue, Jul 27  @CHW  L   0-11      39-62  4th 20.5 gb
100 Mon, Jul 26  @CHW  L   1-6       39-61  4th 19.5 gb
 99 Sun, Jul 25   BOS  W   4-2       39-60  4th 19.0 gb
 98 Sat, Jul 24   BOS  W   5-1       38-60  4th 19.0 gb
 97 Fri, Jul 23   BOS  L   1-2       37-60  4th 20.0 gb
 96 Thu, Jul 22   BOS  L   6-8 (13)  37-59  4th 19.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30: 8-22
Twins, 58-46, 58-46 2nd, ½ GB, 6½ GB in WC

SP: Francisco Liriano (26, LHP, 9-7, 3.35)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (9-7) 129.0 122 48 48 36 139 2 3.35
2009 (5-13) 136.2 147 93 88 65 122 21 5.80
2008 (6-4) 76.0 74 40 33 32 67 7 3.91
Last 7 GS 3-3 41.1 41 19 19 12 46 0 4.14 54
2010-07-26 @KCR W 7.0 3 0 0 0 6 0 84 77
2010-07-21 CLE W 7.0 6 0 0 4 8 0 108 69
2010-07-16 CHW W 7.2 6 2 2 2 8 0 106 65
2010-07-09 @DET L 1.2 6 7 7 2 1 0 52 14
2010-07-03 TBR ND 7.0 4 1 1 1 10 0 103 74
2010-06-28 DET L 6.0 9 6 6 2 6 0 95 34
2010-06-23 @MIL L 5.0 7 3 3 1 7 0 77 47
Last 5 v.SEA 2-1 30.0 26 14 14 7 22 4 4.20 53
2010-05-31 @SEA W 6.0 8 3 3 0 7 0 99 51
2009-06-05 @SEA ND 6.0 3 1 1 4 5 1 101 63
2009-05-09 SEA W 5.0 6 5 5 2 4 1 77 37
2009-04-06 SEA L 7.0 4 4 4 0 3 2 93 56
2008-08-25 @SEA ND 6.0 5 1 1 1 3 0 95 60
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   32-20   Road:   26-26   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  38-30   vsLHP:  20-16   1-Run:  17-16
 vsEast: 12-16   vsCntrl:27-15   vsWest: 11-5  IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
104 Sat, Jul 31   SEA  W   4-0       58-46  2nd  0.5 gb
103 Fri, Jul 30   SEA  W   5-3       57-46  2nd  1.5 gb
102 Wed, Jul 28  @KCR  W   6-4       56-46  2nd  1.0 gb
101 Tue, Jul 27  @KCR  W  11-2       55-46  2nd  1.0 gb
100 Mon, Jul 26  @KCR  W  19-1       54-46  2nd  1.0 gb
 99 Sun, Jul 25  @BAL  W  10-4       53-46  2nd  1.0 gb
 98 Sat, Jul 24  @BAL  W   7-2       52-46  2nd  2.0 gb
 97 Fri, Jul 23  @BAL  L   2-3       51-46  3rd  3.0 gb
 96 Thu, Jul 22  @BAL  W   5-0       51-45  2nd  2.0 gb
 95 Wed, Jul 21   CLE  W   6-0       50-45  2nd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 9-1    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jul 31, 2010 MIN  4  SEA  0        W:Kevin Slowey (10-5), L: Felix Hernandez (7-8), S: none
Fri, Jul 30, 2010 MIN  5  SEA  3        W:Scott Baker (9-9), L: Doug Fister (3-7), S: Matt Capps (27)
Thu, Jun 03, 2010 SEA  4  MIN  1        W:Felix Hernandez (3-4), L: Carl Pavano (5-6), S: David Aardsma (12)
Wed, Jun 02, 2010 SEA  2  MIN  1 (10)   W:Brandon League (5-5), L: Matt Guerrier (0-1), S: none
Tue, Jun 01, 2010 SEA  7  MIN  1        W:Jason Vargas (4-2), L: Nick Blackburn (6-2), S: none
Mon, May 31, 2010 MIN  5 @SEA  4        W:Francisco Liriano (5-3), L: Doug Fister (3-3), S: Jon Rauch (13)

Sun, Jun 07, 2009 SEA  4  MIN  2        W:Erik Bedard (5-2), L: Kevin Slowey (8-2), S: Sean White (1)
Sat, Jun 06, 2009 SEA  2  MIN  1        W:Chris Jakubauskas (4-5), L: Sean Henn (0-1), S: David Aardsma (9)
Fri, Jun 05, 2009 MIN  2 @SEA  1 (10)   W:Matt Guerrier (2-0), L: Mark Lowe (0-3), S: Joe Nathan (11)
Sun, May 10, 2009 SEA  5 @MIN  3        W:Miguel Batista (2-0), L: Jesse Crain (1-1), S: Brandon Morrow (6)
Season Series: 2010 - tied 3-3; 2009 - Tied 5-5; 2008 - MIN won 5-4; All-Time - SEA leads 197-188

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

NYY  5.47

STL  4.46

SEA  3.28

RA/G

SDP  3.46

FLA  4.37

ARI  5.67

BA

J. Hamilton  .362

C. Guillen  .280

L. Valbuena  .160

OBP

J. Morneau  .437

A. Ethier  .356

B. Wood  .185

SLG

M. Cabrera  .660

B. Butler  .461

B. Wood  .225

OPS

M. Cabrera  1.088

M. Napoli  .806

B. Wood  .411

ERA

J. Johnson  1.72

C. Billingsley  3.78

N. Blackburn  6.66

K/9IP

B. Morrow  9.96

J. Danks  6.99

N. Blackburn  3.03

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

Mariners Batters (3.28 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.09 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Liriano*
G/S/vB
31.Burnett
G/S/vB
55.Capps
G/S/vB
28.Crain
G/S/vB
54.Guerrier
G/S/vB
32.Mahay*
G/S/vB
50.Mijares*
G/S/vB
60.Rauch
G/S/vB
39.Slama
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
26.Bard# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 78/38 .235/.321/.397/.718 .822/.602 .973 44/.645 0/0 2/1
15.Bradley# G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· 5/.800 6/.167 2/.000 1/.000 3/2.334 ··· 278/184 .205/.292/.348/.641 .705/.612 .725 41/.491 8/2 8/2
30.Branyan* G/S/vP 8/.542 1/no AB 1/.000 3/2.000 5/.200 5/1.100 3/.000 6/1.666 ··· 257/197 .259/.324/.487/.811 .596/.880 .912 45/.704 1/0 13/5
9.Figgins# G/S/vP 10/.400 ··· 2/1.000 13/1.000 8/.929 15/.421 2/.500 3/.666 ··· 452/311 .238/.335/.285/.620 .716/.575 .647 104/.627 27/8 1/12
21.Gutierrez G/S/vP 16/.904 1/.000 ··· 8/.393 12/.166 6/.533 ··· 1/.000 ··· 420/312 .247/.320/.370/.690 .707/.684 .713 97/.423 15/1 9/0
32.Johnson G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 206/159 .192/.288/.282/.570 .582/.566 .733 39/.394 1/1 2/4
13.Kotchman* G/S/vP 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 6/1.833 2/.000 4/.750 ··· 283/207 .222/.297/.365/.662 .539/.707 .654 64/.828 0/0 7/0
12.Langerhans* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 75/50 .193/.387/.316/.702 .425/.841 .743 20/.476 4/1 2/0
4.Lopez G/S/vP 23/.364 1/.000 ··· 6/.667 10/.522 4/1.500 1/no AB 1/3.000 ··· 419/307 .236/.267/.333/.601 .660/.579 .592 81/.585 3/2 6/12
55.Saunders* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 195/148 .241/.316/.431/.747 .590/.800 .690 65/.843 3/2 8/4
17.Smoak# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 340/233 .198/.288/.336/.624 .541/.663 .679 82/.477 1/0 10/5
51.Suzuki* G/S/vP 22/.759 ··· 1/.000 11/.546 6/1.167 18/.675 4/1.000 2/.500 ··· 473/314 .309/.362/.388/.750 .754/.748 .776 108/.577 24/7 3/2
27.Tuiasosopo G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 61/40 .158/.200/.228/.428 .588/.342 .339 3/.000 0/0 1/7
2.Wilson G/S/vP 6/2.233 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 5/.666 ··· 192/140 .243/.273/.299/.572 .545/.582 .475 76/.530 1/2 0/8
16.Wilson G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 226/165 .258/.314/.340/.654 .704/.635 .418 30/.596 4/0 1/11
IP 129.0 41.0 47.0 43.1 45.2 31.0 23.2 38.1 3.0 TOTAL .235/.303/.339/.641 .654/.636 .645 .583 94/26 63/85
ERA-K/9 3.35/9.7 4.39/6.6 2.68/7.5 3.12/7.9 2.96/5.7 3.48/6.7 2.66/7.2 3.05/6.3 9.00/6.0 3.97/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bard (8-4-0)
 Johnson (22-11-9)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 535/.251 178/.293 203/.274 179/.226 187/.229 127/.261 98/.253 163/.283 16/.357 .269  Saunders
 Suzuki
 Bradley
 Langerhans
 Gutierrez
 Tuiasosopo
51/6/0/5
0/0/103/4
39/0/1/3
12/2/6/2
0/100/0/1
2/0/0/0
OPS .636 .835 .717 .652 .623 .672 .728 .716 1.080 .734
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 102/.478 67/.942 95/.673 67/.787 71/.733 59/.580 45/.734 82/.776 7/1.429 .730
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 433/.675 111/.773 108/.756 112/.571 116/.554 68/.752 53/.722 81/.655 9/.819 .737
Home 288/.595 97/.818 125/.699 77/.692 91/.682 54/.499 56/.764 79/.810 4/.500
Last 28d days 98/.634 25/1.231 40/.592 36/.253 30/.618 28/.719 27/.605 33/.825 16/1.080
HR/SB/CS 2/8/2 4/2/0 5/1/1 3/1/0 3/1/1 4/3/1 3/0/1 3/0/1 1/0/0 96/48/20
Usage ·····X·· ········ ·oo·o·o· ·X·oX··· ·X·X···o ····XX·· Xo·oX·o· ···oo··X ·····X··
Twins Batters (4.94 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (4.39 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 25.French*
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
52.Seddon*
G/S/vB
37.Sweeney
G/S/vB
38.Vargas*
G/S/vB
46.White
G/S/vB
50.Wright
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
41.Butera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 78/39 .192/.211/.301/.512 .406/.615 .546 29/.564 0/0 1/1
12.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/1.750 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 79/61 .284/.364/.433/.796 .840/.784 .689 32/.926 1/1 1/0
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 2/1.500 7/.143 2/2.500 2/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 3/2.334 10/.500 433/294 .278/.344/.437/.781 .948/.707 .817 100/.917 2/2 10/3
27.Hardy G/S/vP ··· 2/5.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/.000 4/.833 ··· 9/.944 226/162 .264/.304/.387/.690 .576/.735 .671 70/.891 1/0 4/2
1.Hudson# G/S/vP ··· ··· 8/.542 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 3/.000 ··· 10/1.533 362/229 .285/.356/.387/.743 .765/.729 .822 67/.853 7/2 4/3
16.Kubel* G/S/vP ··· 6/.334 ··· 4/.500 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 4/.000 7/.453 384/259 .256/.336/.420/.756 .664/.799 .766 93/.663 0/0 12/2
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 3/.666 3/2.000 1/no AB 1/3.000 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 4/.750 4/2.083 5/.900 393/239 .313/.382/.468/.850 .704/.944 .813 85/.997 1/2 6/3
26.Morales# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 3/.000 0/0 0/
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 3/.666 5/.400 1/.000 1/.000 6/.334 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.666 4/.833 4/.500 348/215 .345/.437/.618/1.055 .966/1.113 .914 9/1.194 0/0 18/1
24.Plouffe G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 26/24 .130/.125/.174/.299 .000/.327 .299 / 0/0 0/1
8.Punto# G/S/vP 2/.500 3/.667 ··· 1/.000 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· 3/.667 ··· 7/.666 265/178 .251/.326/.316/.642 .669/.610 .681 51/.595 6/2 1/5
18.Repko G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 5/.400 39/25 .324/.410/.559/.969 .368/1.330 .833 34/.998 0/1 2/0
2.Span* G/S/vP 3/1.334 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 1/2.000 5/1.467 470/308 .273/.346/.362/.708 .749/.687 .824 91/.633 18/3 3/3
25.Thome* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 4/2.417 1/.000 6/.167 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 15/.582 222/168 .258/.387/.549/.937 .658/1.036 .991 66/.823 0/0 13/0
19.Valencia G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 109/63 .384/.440/.485/.925 1.000/.871 .933 56/1.090 1/0 1/1
21.Young G/S/vP 2/5.000 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 6/.666 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.000 4/.000 13/.718 377/255 .335/.366/.550/.916 1.013/.872 .887 97/1.189 4/3 14/3
IP 12.2 33.1 9.2 53.0 18.2 23.1 11.1 20.2 126.2 21.0 31.1 TOTAL .283/.352/.435/.786 .761/.800 .795 .870 41/18 93/44
ERA-K/9 6.39/3.5 4.59/9.7 6.52/5.6 3.40/6.6 5.30/4.8 3.47/5.0 3.18/4.8 3.92/4.3 3.20/5.9 6.86/3.0 4.88/3.7 4.04/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Butera (8-7-2)
 Mauer (36-13-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 60/.327 140/.224 41/.313 222/.231 85/.243 100/.264 41/.179 84/.272 528/.245 99/.400 140/.273 .260  Young
 Cuddyer
 Kubel
 Span
 Repko
 Casilla
94/0/0/7
0/2/66/5
16/0/43/5
0/100/0/4
0/3/6/1
0/1/0/0
OPS .960 .705 .994 .645 .767 .716 .681 .697 .687 1.025 .760 .730
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 17/.978 65/.730 22/1.017 97/.730 26/.775 46/.692 12/.083 34/.626 135/.516 39/1.171 59/.726 .730
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 43/.951 75/.680 19/.968 125/.580 59/.764 54/.735 29/.919 50/.740 393/.747 60/.941 81/.785 .730
Road 43/.898 50/.964 16/.479 104/.788 42/.898 29/.983 19/.963 60/.548 228/.728 53/.926 78/.772
Last 28d days 15/.983 35/.526 17/1.646 44/.807 40/.789 85/.698 41/.681 58/.915 111/.815 8/1.250 42/.678
HR/SB/CS 2/0/0 4/2/0 1/0/3 6/3/2 3/0/0 3/1/0 3/0/0 3/0/0 13/4/1 2/0/0 2/8/0 105/39/18
Usage ········ ··o···X· ········ ···X··o· ·XX····X ··X····X ··X···Xo ·o··XX·· ···X···· ········ oX·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.