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Game Preview: SEA @ STL, 8:15pm, Wednesday, June 16, 2010 @Busch Stadium III

Mariners, 24-41, 24-414th, 12½ GB, 12½ GB in WC

SP: Jason Vargas (27, LHP, 4-2, 3.05)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (4-2)			76.2	67	28	26	22	49	7	3.05
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		2-0	45.0	43	15	13	13	22	4	2.60	55
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
2010-05-20	TOR	ND	6.2	5	3	3	2	2	1	100	52
2010-05-15	@TBR	ND	7.0	4	2	2	2	2	0	90	61
2010-05-09	LAA	W	7.1	4	1	0	2	4	0	97	70

Last 5 v.STL		0-1	5.0	10	7	7	0	2	2	12.60	21
2005-08-31	STL	L	5.0	10	7	7	0	2	2	91	21

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

 Home:   15-17   Road:    9-24   ExtrInn: 1-6 
 vsRHP:  17-27   vsLHP:   7-14   1-Run:   7-14
 vsEast:  6-8    vsCntrl: 9-6    vsWest:  7-21 IL: 2-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 65 Tue, Jun 15  @STL  L   2-4       24-41  4th 12.5 gb
 64 Mon, Jun 14  @STL  L   3-9       24-40  4th 11.5 gb
 63 Sun, Jun 13  @SDP  W   4-2       24-39  4th 11.0 gb
 62 Sat, Jun 12  @SDP  L   1-7       23-39  4th 11.0 gb
 61 Fri, Jun 11  @SDP  L   3-4       23-38  4th 10.0 gb
 60 Thu, Jun 10  @TEX  L   3-12      23-37  4th 10.0 gb
 59 Wed, Jun  9  @TEX  L   2-12      23-36  4th  9.0 gb
 58 Tue, Jun  8  @TEX  L   1-7       23-35  4th  8.0 gb
 57 Mon, Jun  7  @TEX  W   4-2       23-34  4th  7.5 gb
 56 Sun, Jun  6   LAA  L   4-9       22-34  4th  8.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:10-20

Cardinals, 36-29, 36-291st, Tied

SP: Jaime Garcia (23, LHP, 6-2, 1.49)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (6-2)			72.1	58	16	12	34	59	2	1.49
2008 (1-1)			16.0	14	10	10	8	8	4	5.63

Last 7 GS		3-1	40.1	39	10	8	21	36	2	1.79	57
2010-06-11	@ARI	W	5.0	4	1	1	5	4	0	102	54
2010-06-06	MIL	ND	6.0	8	3	2	2	4	1	103	48
2010-05-31	CIN	W	6.0	7	3	2	3	6	0	97	51
2010-05-26	@SDP	ND	6.0	3	0	0	4	3	0	92	65
2010-05-19	FLA	ND	5.0	5	0	0	4	6	0	96	59
2010-05-14	@CIN	W	6.1	5	2	2	1	6	1	96	60
2010-05-08	@PIT	L	6.0	7	1	1	2	7	0	110	59

Has never faced SEA as starter.

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

 Home:   21-10   Road:   15-19   ExtrInn: 2-4 
 vsRHP:  25-21   vsLHP:  11-8    1-Run:  10-12
 vsEast: 10-5    vsCntrl:17-13   vsWest:  5-10 IL: 4-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 65 Tue, Jun 15   SEA  W   4-2       36-29  1st    Tied
 64 Mon, Jun 14   SEA  W   9-3       35-29  2nd  1.0 gb
 63 Sun, Jun 13  @ARI  L   5-7       34-29  2nd  1.5 gb
 62 Sat, Jun 12  @ARI  L   2-7       34-28  2nd  1.5 gb
 61 Fri, Jun 11  @ARI  W   5-2       34-27  2nd  0.5 gb
 60 Wed, Jun  9  @LAD  L   3-4       33-27  2nd  1.0 gb
 59 Tue, Jun  8  @LAD  L   0-1       33-26  1st    Tied
 58 Mon, Jun  7  @LAD  L   4-12      33-25  1st    Tied
 57 Sun, Jun  6   MIL  L   3-4 (10)  33-24  1st    Tied
 56 Sat, Jun  5   MIL  W   5-4 (11)  33-23  1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jun 15, 2010 STL  4  SEA  2        W:Blake Hawksworth (1-3), L: Ryan Rowland-Smith (0-6), S: Ryan Franklin (12)
Mon, Jun 14, 2010 STL  9  SEA  3        W:Adam Wainwright (9-4), L: Luke French (0-1), S: none

Sun, Jul 04, 2004 STL  2  SEA  1        W:Jeff Suppan (7-5), L: Joel Pineiro (4-9), S: Jason Isringhausen (18)
Sat, Jul 03, 2004 STL  8  SEA  1        W:Jason Marquis (8-4), L: Ryan Franklin (3-7), S: none
Fri, Jul 02, 2004 STL 11  SEA  2        W:Woody Williams (6-6), L: Matt Thornton (0-1), S: none
Wed, Jun 12, 2002 SEA  5  STL  0        W:Joel Pineiro (5-3), L: Darryl Kile (4-4), S: none
Tue, Jun 11, 2002 STL  7 @SEA  4        W:Woody Williams (3-2), L: James Baldwin (4-6), S: none
Mon, Jun 10, 2002 SEA 10  STL  0        W:Jamie Moyer (6-2), L: Bud Smith (0-4), S: none
Season Series: 2010 - STL leads 2-0; 2009 -  0-0; 2008 -  0-0; All-Time - STL leads 6-2

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 5.67

NYM 4.53

PIT 3.25

RA/G

SDP 3.25

CHC 4.45

ARI 5.78

R. Cano .368

K. Johnson .277

A. Ramirez .168

OBP

J. Morneau .455

C. Snyder .349

A. Ramirez .232

SLG

M. Cabrera .652

C. Blake .446

C. Izturis .239

OPS

J. Morneau 1.079

O. Hudson .799

C. Izturis .511

ERA

U. Jimenez 1.16

E. Santana 3.91

M. Scherzer 6.14

K/9IP

C. Kershaw 10.42

K. Slowey 6.60

N. Blackburn 2.66

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

Mariners Batters (3.48 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.66 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 54.Garcia*
G/S/vB 41.Boggs
G/S/vB 31.Franklin
G/S/vB 53.Hawksworth
G/S/vB 46.McClellan
G/S/vB 43.Miller*
G/S/vB 30.Motte
G/S/vB 36.Reyes*
G/S/vB 59.Salas
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

41.Alfonzo G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 26/17 .308/.308/.462/.769 1.000/.647 .923 26/.769 0/0 1/2

15.Bradley# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 6/.733 2/2.000 2/.000 4/1.250 ··· 7/.829 ··· 181/119 .228/.317/.386/.703 .587/.763 .754 97/.705 6/2 6/1

20.Carp* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 25/18 .182/.280/.227/.507 .429/.533 .507 25/.507 0/0 0/0

9.Figgins# G/S/vP ··· ··· 37/.736 1/.000 1/.000 5/1.200 1/.000 6/.333 ··· 281/193 .228/.337/.280/.617 .721/.567 .662 104/.691 13/4 0/8

21.Gutierrez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 273/199 .275/.355/.400/.755 .852/.720 .712 107/.649 7/0 5/0

32.Johnson G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 129/95 .211/.318/.330/.648 .686/.635 .882 55/.681 1/1 2/1

13.Kotchman* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.833 ··· 200/143 .184/.260/.291/.551 .538/.555 .597 56/.350 0/0 3/0

12.Langerhans* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/3.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 42/34 .200/.429/.433/.862 .250/1.012 1.048 11/.864 2/0 2/0

4.Lopez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 271/200 .232/.258/.313/.571 .727/.516 .540 101/.673 3/2 4/7

55.Saunders* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 77/68 .229/.299/.400/.699 .111/.775 .634 44/.573 1/1 3/1

51.Suzuki* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 12/1.000 ··· 293/193 .341/.395/.434/.830 .702/.897 .864 113/.829 19/6 2/1

27.Tuiasosopo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 57/36 .170/.214/.245/.460 .588/.382 .382 22/.523 0/0 1/6

16.Wilson G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 148/111 .283/.331/.377/.708 .870/.656 .473 97/.709 3/0 1/7

IP 72.1 27.0 29.0 29.2 31.0 15.2 27.0 17.1 2.0 TOTAL .242/.313/.348/.660 .669/.657 .654 .683 57/17 38/51

ERA-K/9

1.49/7.3

3.00/6.7

1.86/5.6

5.76/6.7

2.32/8.1

3.45/7.5

2.33/10.3

3.63/6.2

0.00/4.5

3.21/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Alfonzo (2-1-0)
Johnson (14-8-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 305/.218 113/.208 113/.208 145/.349 128/.202 64/.204 106/.196 73/.220 7/.000 .246 Suzuki
Langerhans
Bradley
Saunders
Gutierrez
Tuiasosopo 0/0/64/2
5/2/3/1
31/0/0/1
21/1/0/1
0/63/0/1
2/0/0/0

OPS .581 .630 .552 .907 .609 .725 .574 .669 .000 .685

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 60/.463 35/.764 42/.785 58/.990 42/.403 32/.512 33/.690 41/.877 3/.000 .723

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 245/.610 78/.572 71/.411 87/.853 86/.708 32/.945 73/.524 32/.411 4/.000 .660

Home 129/.546 54/.625 62/.542 60/.927 60/.264 36/.564 55/.437 34/.817 /

Last 28d days 104/.650 39/.545 44/.472 61/.933 57/.571 36/.845 46/.271 31/.967 7/.000

HR/SB/CS 2/1/2 2/1/1 1/0/1 5/3/0 3/5/1 2/0/2 3/0/0 1/1/0 0/0/0 51/17/16

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

Cardinals Batters (4.51 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (4.62 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 23.Kelley
G/S/vB 43.League
G/S/vB 49.Olson*
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

23.Freese G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 234/169 .309/.374/.435/.809 .929/.763 1.002 78/.775 1/1 4/8

7.Holliday G/S/vP 6/2.033 7/.453 4/1.750 2/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 3/.333 4/1.750 269/207 .289/.368/.439/.807 .886/.784 .774 108/.810 6/1 6/0

21.LaRue G/S/vP 3/.333 1/no AB 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 35/26 .161/.235/.290/.526 .347/.588 .641 17/.321 0/0 1/0

3.Lopez# G/S/vP 9/.222 1/no AB 4/.250 ··· ··· 6/.666 ··· 2/.500 148/96 .256/.347/.403/.750 .745/.751 .794 86/.747 4/1 3/3

47.Ludwick G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 272/198 .284/.351/.506/.857 .697/.916 .972 100/.847 0/3 11/0

12.Miles# G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 7/.286 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 13/8 .231/.231/.231/.462 .800/.250 .400 13/.462 0/0 0/1

4.Molina G/S/vP 3/1.333 3/1.667 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 227/162 .257/.335/.332/.666 .450/.755 .494 82/.617 6/3 2/2

5.Pujols G/S/vP 4/1.750 5/1.000 6/1.166 1/5.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 287/217 .309/.425/.559/.984 .895/1.013 1.050 108/.985 6/1 15/3

28.Rasmus* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 223/179 .298/.401/.596/.997 .951/1.008 .921 77/1.126 8/4 13/3

13.Ryan G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 185/127 .220/.293/.329/.622 .691/.591 .729 65/.900 4/1 2/10

55.Schumaker* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 247/205 .240/.305/.308/.613 .720/.591 .630 82/.648 2/1 1/10

34.Stavinoha G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 52/34 .300/.327/.440/.767 .915/.689 .690 18/.513 0/0 2/0

44.Winn# G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 7/.572 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 4/.000 ··· 93/77 .235/.304/.321/.625 .000/.768 .485 30/.790 2/0 1/0

IP 76.2 20.0 4.0 25.0 34.2 7.2 16.2 TOTAL .263/.338/.412/.750 .703/.767 .789 .779 40/17 63/49

ERA-K/9

3.05/5.7

5.85/8.1

2.25/4.5

3.96/9.4

3.63/6.0

3.52/4.7

/0.0

7.56/2.7

4.19/6.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
LaRue (2-1-1)
Molina (13-15-2)
Stavinoha (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 319/.228 83/.254 15/.214 112/.265 150/.234 34/.200 / 80/.373 .260 Ludwick
Winn
Rasmus
Holliday
Stavinoha 1/5/58/1
18/4/12/1
0/58/0/1
61/0/0/1
4/0/9/0

OPS .640 .770 .624 .841 .658 .561 .923 .730

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 92/.513 37/.870 6/.733 55/.696 66/.764 8/.393 / 32/.865 .751

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 227/.693 46/.686 9/.556 57/.968 84/.576 26/.612 / 48/.958 .716

Road 105/.638 31/1.047 7/.452 55/.795 77/.948 18/.528 / 45/.789

Last 28d days 135/.782 29/.994 15/.624 58/.879 52/.630 34/.561 / 26/1.333

HR/SB/CS 7/4/1 3/1/0 0/0/0 5/0/0 5/2/1 0/0/0 // 1/0/0 63/26/10

Usage ····X··· ··o·X··· ·o·····o X···Xo·· o··ooX·· X····o·X ·X·o··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.