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Game Preview: SEA @ TBR, 4:10pm, Saturday, May 15, 2010 @Tropicana Field

Mariners, 14-21, 14-214th, 5½ GB, 9 GB in WC

SP: Jason Vargas (27, LHP, 3-2, 3.00)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (3-2)			39.0	28	14	13	11	31	3	3.00
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		3-3	46.0	37	22	20	14	31	4	3.91	54
2010-05-09	LAA	W	7.1	4	1	0	2	4	0	97	70
2010-05-04	TBR	L	6.2	4	3	3	3	8	1	108	59
2010-04-25	@CHW	ND	6.2	4	2	2	3	3	0	95	58
2010-04-20	BAL	W	7.0	3	1	1	2	5	0	105	70
2010-04-14	OAK	W	6.0	5	2	2	0	6	1	89	60
2010-04-09	@TEX	L	5.1	8	5	5	1	5	1	89	36
2009-08-06	@KCR	L	7.0	9	8	7	3	0	1	109	26

Last 5 v.TBR		0-1	6.2	4	3	3	3	8	1	4.05	59
2010-05-04	TBR	L	6.2	4	3	3	3	8	1	108	59

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

 Home:    8-10   Road:    6-11   ExtrInn: 0-4 
 vsRHP:  11-15   vsLHP:   3-6    1-Run:   4-7 
 vsEast:  5-5    vsCntrl: 4-5    vsWest:  5-11 IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 35 Fri, May 14  @TBR  W   4-3       14-21  4th  5.5 gb
 34 Thu, May 13  @BAL  L   5-6       13-21  4th  6.5 gb
 33 Wed, May 12  @BAL  L   2-5       13-20  4th  5.5 gb
 32 Tue, May 11  @BAL  W   5-1       13-19  4th  4.5 gb
 31 Sun, May  9   LAA  W   8-1       12-19  4th  5.5 gb
 30 Sat, May  8   LAA  L   3-4 (10)  11-19  4th  5.5 gb
 29 Fri, May  7   LAA  L   0-8       11-18  4th  4.5 gb
 28 Thu, May  6   TBR  L   0-8       11-17  3rd  3.5 gb
 27 Wed, May  5   TBR  L   3-8       11-16  3rd  3.0 gb
 26 Tue, May  4   TBR  L   2-5       11-15  3rd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:13-17

Rays, 24-11, 24-111st, 1 up

SP: James Shields (28, RHP, 4-1, 3.13)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (4-1)			46.0	53	19	16	11	49	7	3.13
2009 (11-12)			219.2	239	113	101	52	167	29	4.14
2008 (14-8)			215.0	208	94	85	40	160	24	3.56

Last 7 GS		4-1	46.0	53	19	16	11	49	7	3.13	55
2010-05-09	@OAK	L	6.0	11	4	2	1	6	0	108	43
2010-05-04	@SEA	W	8.0	8	2	2	0	10	0	110	68
2010-04-28	OAK	W	7.0	6	2	1	1	12	1	101	70
2010-04-22	@CHW	W	7.0	6	2	2	3	3	1	110	57
2010-04-17	@BOS	W	6.2	9	4	4	1	7	2	121	46
2010-04-11	NYY	ND	5.1	4	2	2	3	5	0	103	54
2010-04-06	BAL	ND	6.0	9	3	3	2	6	3	107	46

Last 5 v.SEA		3-1	35.1	33	11	10	6	30	3	2.55	60
2010-05-04	@SEA	W	8.0	8	2	2	0	10	0	110	68
2009-08-08	@SEA	W	5.1	8	4	3	3	6	1	112	41
2009-04-23	@SEA	L	7.1	4	1	1	1	4	1	102	69
2008-08-08	@SEA	W	6.2	9	3	3	0	5	1	106	49
2007-09-14	@SEA	ND	8.0	4	1	1	2	5	0	99	73

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

 Home:    9-7    Road:   15-4    ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:  14-6    vsLHP:  10-5    1-Run:   5-5 
 vsEast: 12-4    vsCntrl: 4-3    vsWest:  8-4  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 35 Fri, May 14   SEA  L   3-4       24-11  1st  1.0 up
 34 Wed, May 12  @LAA  W   4-3       24-10  1st  1.5 up
 33 Tue, May 11  @LAA  W   7-2       23-10  1st  1.0 up
 32 Mon, May 10  @LAA  L   4-5 (11)  22-10  1st  0.5 up
 31 Sun, May  9  @OAK  L   0-4       22-9   1st  0.5 up
 30 Sat, May  8  @OAK  L   2-4       22-8   1st  0.5 up
 29 Fri, May  7  @OAK  W   4-1       22-7   1st  1.5 up
 28 Thu, May  6  @SEA  W   8-0       21-7   1st  1.5 up
 27 Wed, May  5  @SEA  W   8-3       20-7   1st  1.0 up
 26 Tue, May  4  @SEA  W   5-2       19-7   1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:21-9

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, May 14, 2010 SEA  4 @TBR  3        W:Doug Fister (3-1), L: Wade Davis (3-3), S: David Aardsma (9)
Thu, May 06, 2010 TBR  8 @SEA  0        W:Jeff Niemann (2-0), L: Ryan Rowland-Smith (0-2), S: none
Wed, May 05, 2010 TBR  8 @SEA  3        W:Matt Garza (5-1), L: Cliff Lee (0-1), S: none
Tue, May 04, 2010 TBR  5 @SEA  2        W:James Shields (4-0), L: Jason Vargas (2-2), S: Rafael Soriano (7)

Wed, Sep 23, 2009 TBR  5  SEA  4        W:Russ Springer (1-4), L: Mark Lowe (2-7), S: Randy Choate (5)
Tue, Sep 22, 2009 SEA  4 @TBR  3        W:Miguel Batista (7-4), L: Dan Wheeler (4-5), S: Mark Lowe (3)
Sun, Aug 09, 2009 SEA 11  TBR  2        W:Ryan Rowland-Smith (2-1), L: Scott Kazmir (6-7), S: none
Sat, Aug 08, 2009 TBR 10 @SEA  4        W:James Shields (7-8), L: Chris Jakubauskas (5-7), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2010 - TBR leads 3-1; 2009 - SEA won 5-3; 2008 - TBR won 4-3; All-Time - SEA leads 64-46

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 5.66

WSN 4.51

HOU 3.03

RA/G

SDP 3.00

DET 4.58

PIT 6.20

OBP

SLG

OPS

ERA

U. Jimenez .93

J. Cueto 4.07

J. Beckett 7.46

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 11.93

M. Pelfrey 6.49

N. Blackburn 2.04

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Mariners Batters (3.37 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (3.09 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 33.Shields
G/S/vB 50.Balfour
G/S/vB 53.Benoit
G/S/vB 36.Choate*
G/S/vB 31.Cormier
G/S/vB 21.Sonnanstine
G/S/vB 29.Soriano
G/S/vB 35.Wheeler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

9.Figgins# G/S/vP 24/.756 5/1.250 11/.000 4/.500 5/1.267 6/.334 1/2.000 2/1.000 155/111 .185/.316/.242/.558 .745/.475 .608 103/.492 8/3 0/4

24.Griffey* G/S/vP 6/.167 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.600 7/.000 4/1.250 11/.495 89/83 .200/.270/.225/.495 .833/.468 .512 60/.474 0/0 0/0

21.Gutierrez G/S/vP 13/1.231 4/.500 4/.500 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 6/.000 144/111 .310/.389/.476/.865 .990/.829 .919 93/.804 3/0 4/0

32.Johnson G/S/vP 6/.750 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.333 ··· ··· 70/51 .158/.300/.246/.546 .676/.502 .834 47/.430 1/0 1/1

13.Kotchman* G/S/vP 13/.398 1/no AB 6/1.100 1/.000 2/1.000 7/.429 1/no AB ··· 128/95 .186/.273/.354/.627 .458/.681 .679 87/.586 0/0 3/0

12.Langerhans* G/S/vP 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 4/.750 ··· ··· 1/5.000 30/26 .238/.467/.429/.895 .500/.935 1.051 29/.933 1/0 1/0

4.Lopez G/S/vP 19/.222 4/.000 18/.912 1/.000 ··· 12/.614 1/.000 4/1.750 149/119 .218/.248/.282/.530 .831/.455 .501 98/.480 2/1 1/2

10.Moore G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 56/44 .185/.214/.296/.511 .432/.530 .527 36/.650 0/0 1/2

55.Saunders* G/S/vP 3/2.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 23/22 .318/.348/.682/1.030 .000/1.078 .750 23/1.030 0/1 2/1

51.Suzuki* G/S/vP 24/.811 3/3.000 38/.472 4/.500 4/1.000 12/.872 ··· 4/1.750 158/112 .356/.401/.452/.853 .529/.984 .916 105/.908 10/4 1/1

5.Sweeney G/S/vP 3/.000 6/1.100 5/.000 ··· ··· 3/2.000 2/2.000 4/2.000 46/26 .220/.304/.390/.695 .578/.786 .950 33/.787 1/0 2/0

27.Tuiasosopo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 26/18 .167/.200/.167/.367 .250/.423 .301 17/.192 0/0 0/4

16.Wilson G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 34/31 .214/.353/.393/.746 .333/.778 .393 34/.746 1/0 1/3

IP 46.0 16.1 5.0 9.2 13.1 14.1 14.0 11.2 TOTAL .233/.311/.343/.654 .605/.670 .675 .657 29/12 19/30

ERA-K/9

3.13/9.6

2.20/8.3

0.00/7.2

6.52/9.3

4.05/3.4

2.51/3.8

1.93/8.4

2.31/10.0

2.82/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Johnson (6-2-5)
Moore (7-1-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 202/.277 62/.190 17/.125 44/.268 61/.309 57/.200 54/.208 46/.167 .225 Suzuki
Langerhans
Tuiasosopo
Saunders
Gutierrez 0/0/35/1
4/2/0/1
1/0/0/0
6/0/0/0
0/33/0/0

OPS .772 .523 .301 .759 .785 .701 .611 .572 .657

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 125/.724 25/.726 10/.522 33/.472 42/.813 28/.709 22/.596 9/.619 .673

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 77/.852 37/.391 7/.000 11/1.636 19/.721 29/.690 32/.617 37/.559 .642

Home 81/.829 28/.607 8/.393 34/.778 34/.958 33/.928 29/.779 22/.608

Last 28d days 120/.657 38/.503 17/.301 26/.284 36/1.006 30/.467 28/.417 28/.622

HR/SB/CS 7/2/0 1/0/0 0/0/0 2/0/0 0/3/0 4/1/0 1/0/0 2/0/0 33/18/7

Usage ·····X·· o·ooX·o· o··o··o· o·ooo··o X·oo··X· ·····o·· ··o····X o·o·XX··

Rays Batters (5.49 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (3.97 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 38.Vargas*
G/S/vB 53.Aardsma
G/S/vB 37.Colome
G/S/vB 23.Kelley
G/S/vB 43.League
G/S/vB 54.Texeira
G/S/vB 46.White
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

16.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/.500 5/1.100 ··· 1/.000 54/21 .255/.278/.471/.748 .727/.778 .983 42/.846 0/0 3/0

8.Bartlett G/S/vP ··· 6/.167 ··· 3/2.333 5/.400 1/.000 4/2.333 153/96 .248/.327/.343/.670 .684/.661 .712 106/.725 3/2 0/5

15.Brignac* G/S/vP 4/.500 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/3.000 73/67 .269/.329/.433/.762 .333/.802 .851 55/.676 0/1 2/3

5.Burrell G/S/vP 8/.500 4/.250 2/.000 1/.000 3/1.666 2/.500 2/.000 96/73 .202/.292/.333/.625 .227/.744 .627 60/.594 0/0 2/0

13.Crawford* G/S/vP 4/.250 2/.000 2/1.500 4/1.000 3/.000 ··· 5/1.100 154/90 .316/.375/.493/.868 .730/.959 .825 109/.862 9/4 3/0

28.Jaso* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 61/49 .313/.443/.438/.880 .833/.890 .864 57/.799 0/0 1/3

19.Kapler G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 52/11 .234/.308/.319/.627 .685/.384 .872 43/.685 1/1 1/0

3.Longoria G/S/vP 3/2.667 6/.000 1/3.000 4/1.250 5/.400 3/.666 1/.000 153/96 .326/.392/.615/1.007 .992/1.015 1.234 107/1.012 5/2 9/7

30.Navarro# G/S/vP 4/.500 3/1.167 1/no AB 1/.000 8/.536 1/.000 4/.833 73/41 .172/.264/.219/.483 .443/.512 .616 42/.499 0/0 0/2

23.Pena* G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.333 3/.666 2/1.500 7/1.771 3/.000 2/.500 142/91 .176/.303/.345/.647 .573/.690 .601 99/.542 1/1 5/2

1.Rodriguez G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 59/41 .222/.271/.333/.605 .778/.522 .397 32/.795 0/1 1/0

2.Upton G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 1/2.000 3/.666 11/.697 2/.000 5/1.100 137/90 .211/.292/.366/.658 .694/.639 .540 91/.612 8/3 4/0

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 4/.750 1/.000 1/.000 4/.500 6/1.500 1/.000 2/no AB 151/96 .275/.351/.374/.725 .569/.816 .751 103/.733 6/0 0/0

IP 39.0 13.0 12.2 11.0 20.1 14.2 10.0 TOTAL .252/.331/.402/.733 .678/.764 .763 .736 33/15 31/25

ERA-K/9

3.00/7.2

3.46/9.7

4.26/8.5

3.27/9.0

3.98/6.2

3.07/8.6

3.60/1.8

3.62/6.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Jaso (7-2-1)
Navarro (8-4-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 158/.193 50/.205 56/.205 48/.289 88/.235 63/.263 44/.297 .245 Crawford
Zobrist
Upton
Kapler
Brignac
Rodriguez 35/0/0/5
0/2/29/3
0/34/0/1
3/0/16/0
0/0/1/0
1/3/0/0

OPS .558 .649 .640 .844 .649 .632 .738 .689

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 45/.321 24/.652 27/.825 24/.697 38/.728 30/.526 19/.702 .690

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 113/.655 26/.649 29/.458 24/.986 50/.590 33/.727 25/.764 .688

Road 52/.710 20/.674 25/.720 22/.794 44/.866 36/.764 22/.652

Last 28d days 112/.474 34/.897 33/.534 31/.857 57/.610 37/.363 24/.903

HR/SB/CS 3/2/1 2/1/0 0/2/0 2/0/0 3/0/0 0/1/0 0/0/0 30/13/3

Usage ·····X·· o·····X· ··o····X X····oo· ·X·o·ooo X·o····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.