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Game Preview: SEA @ KCR, 1:10pm, Saturday, April 16, 2011 @Kauffman Stadium

Mariners, 4-10, 4-10 4th, 6½ GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Felix Hernandez (25, RHP, 1-1, 4.50)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (1-1) 22.0 23 13 11 5 17 2 4.50
2010 (13-12) 249.2 194 80 63 70 232 17 2.27
2009 (19-5) 238.2 200 81 66 71 217 15 2.49
Last 7 GS 3-3 52.1 39 23 18 15 40 5 3.10 60
2011-04-11 TOR ND 6.0 12 7 7 2 6 1 111 24
2011-04-06 @TEX L 7.0 6 4 2 3 6 0 107 56
2011-04-01 @OAK W 9.0 5 2 2 0 5 1 108 74
2010-09-28 @TEX W 8.0 5 1 1 2 5 0 111 71
2010-09-23 @TOR L 8.0 2 1 1 4 5 1 110 75
2010-09-17 TEX W 8.0 3 1 1 1 8 1 98 79
2010-09-11 @LAA L 6.1 6 7 4 3 5 1 114 41
Last 5 v.KCR 1-2 34.0 27 13 12 8 32 3 3.18 60
2010-07-05 KCR ND 7.0 6 2 2 2 6 0 112 61
2010-04-26 @KCR L 7.0 7 3 2 3 7 1 114 57
2009-08-28 KCR W 7.0 5 3 3 1 6 1 104 60
2008-07-11 @KCR L 5.0 4 3 3 1 8 0 83 54
2007-07-02 @KCR ND 8.0 5 2 2 1 5 1 92 68
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    2-4    Road:    2-6    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   2-6    vsLHP:   2-4    1-Run:   2-3 
 vsEast:  2-1    vsCntrl: 0-5    vsWest:  2-4  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 14 Fri, Apr 15  @KCR  L   5-6        4-10  4th  6.5 gb
 13 Thu, Apr 14  @KCR  L   1-5  (8)   4-9   4th  5.5 gb
 12 Wed, Apr 13   TOR  L   3-8        4-8   4th  5.0 gb
 11 Tue, Apr 12   TOR  W   3-2        4-7   4th  5.0 gb
 10 Mon, Apr 11   TOR  W   8-7        3-7   4th  6.0 gb
  9 Sun, Apr 10   CLE  L   4-6        2-7   4th  6.0 gb
  8 Sat, Apr  9   CLE  L   1-2        2-6   4th  5.0 gb
  7 Fri, Apr  8   CLE  L   3-12       2-5   3rd  4.5 gb
  6 Wed, Apr  6  @TEX  L   3-7        2-4   3rd  4.0 gb
  5 Tue, Apr  5  @TEX  L   2-3        2-3   2nd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 4-10   Last 30: 4-10
Royals, 9-4, 9-4 1st, Tied

SP: Sean O'Sullivan (23, RHP, 0-1, 11.25)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (0-1) 4.0 7 5 5 1 1 1 11.25
2010 (4-6) 83.2 90 53 51 31 43 15 5.49
2009 (4-2) 51.2 60 34 34 16 29 12 5.92
Last 7 GS 2-2 34.2 41 25 24 19 18 8 6.23 41
2010-10-03 TBR ND 6.0 2 0 0 3 3 0 91 68
2010-09-28 MIN W 6.0 5 1 1 6 1 0 114 53
2010-09-23 @CLE W 6.0 4 2 2 4 3 0 92 55
2010-09-18 CLE L 4.0 6 5 5 0 4 1 68 34
2010-09-12 @CHW ND 3.0 8 6 5 1 3 2 75 23
2010-09-06 @MIN L 4.2 7 5 5 5 4 2 97 29
2010-08-31 TEX ND 5.0 9 6 6 0 0 3 91 25
Has never faced SEA as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    6-2    Road:    3-2    ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:   5-2    vsLHP:   4-2    1-Run:   4-1 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 4-3    vsWest:  5-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 13 Fri, Apr 15   SEA  W   6-5        9-4   1st    Tied
 12 Thu, Apr 14   SEA  W   5-1  (8)   8-4   1st    Tied
 11 Wed, Apr 13  @MIN  W  10-5        7-4   2nd  0.5 gb
 10 Tue, Apr 12  @MIN  L   3-4 (10)   6-4   3rd  1.5 gb
  9 Sun, Apr 10  @DET  W   9-5        6-3   2nd  1.0 gb
  8 Sat, Apr  9  @DET  W   3-1        5-3   2nd  1.0 gb
  7 Fri, Apr  8  @DET  L   2-5        4-3   2nd  1.0 gb
  6 Wed, Apr  6   CHW  L   7-10(12)   4-2   1st  0.5 up
  5 Tue, Apr  5   CHW  W   7-6 (12)   4-1   1st  1.5 up
  4 Sun, Apr  3   LAA  W  12-9 (13)   3-1   1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20: 9-4    Last 30: 9-4 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Apr 15, 2011 KCR  6  SEA  5        W:Luke Hochevar (2-1), L: Erik Bedard (0-3), S: Joakim Soria (4)
Thu, Apr 14, 2011 KCR  5  SEA  1  (8)   W:Bruce Chen (2-0), L: Doug Fister (0-3), S: none

Sun, Aug 08, 2010 SEA  3  KCR  2        W:Jason Vargas (8-5), L: Kyle Davies (5-7), S: David Aardsma (20)
Sat, Aug 07, 2010 KCR  2 @SEA  1        W:Bruce Chen (7-5), L: David Pauley (0-4), S: Joakim Soria (31)
Fri, Aug 06, 2010 SEA  7  KCR  1        W:Luke French (1-2), L: Zack Greinke (7-11), S: none
Wed, Jul 07, 2010 KCR  7 @SEA  3        W:Victor Marte (3-0), L: Brandon League (5-6), S: Joakim Soria (25)
Tue, Jul 06, 2010 KCR  3 @SEA  2        W:Zack Greinke (5-8), L: Ryan Rowland-Smith (1-8), S: Joakim Soria (24)
Mon, Jul 05, 2010 KCR  6 @SEA  4 (10)   W:Kyle Farnsworth (2-0), L: Chad Cordero (0-1), S: Joakim Soria (23)
Wed, Apr 28, 2010 SEA  6 @KCR  5        W:Brandon League (3-1), L: Brad Thompson (0-1), S: David Aardsma (8)
Tue, Apr 27, 2010 SEA  3 @KCR  2        W:Shawn Kelley (1-0), L: Josh Rupe (0-1), S: David Aardsma (7)
Season Series: 2011 - KCR over 2-0; 2010 - KCR won 5-4; 2009 - KCR won 5-4; All-Time - KCR leads 207-185

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 2011 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

For the 2010 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

NYY  5.30

ARI  4.40

SEA  3.17

 RA/G

SDP  3.59

CHW  4.35

PIT  5.35

 BA

J. Hamilton  .359

M. Mora  .285

B. Wood  .146

 OBP

J. Morneau  .437

O. Infante  .359

B. Wood  .174

 SLG

J. Hamilton  .633

C. Granderson  .468

B. Wood  .208

 OPS

J. Morneau  1.055

A. Torres  .823

B. Wood  .382

 ERA

F. Hernandez  2.27

C. Pavano  3.75

J. Bonderman  5.53

 K/9IP

T. Lincecum  9.79

M. Cain  7.13

K. Kendrick  4.18

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2011 season. Player Stats for the 2010 season. We will switch to 2011 stats on May 1st.

Mariners Batters (3.50 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.62 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 42.O'Sullivan
G/S/vB		 42.Jeffress
G/S/vB		 42.Soria
G/S/vB		 42.Texeira
G/S/vB		 42.Wood
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
42.Bradley# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 278/184 .205/.292/.348/.641 .705/.612 .725 57/.713 8/2 8/2
42.Cust* G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 6/.000 1/.000 1/.000 425/346 .272/.395/.438/.834 .638/.880 .822 52/.494 2/2 13/1
42.Figgins# G/S/vP ··· ··· 8/.625 ··· 2/1.500 702/482 .259/.340/.306/.646 .708/.617 .665 50/.498 42/15 1/19
42.Gimenez G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 2/2.500 ··· 67/44 .190/.288/.328/.615 .698/.572 .373 7/.762 0/0 1/1
42.Kennedy* G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 389/343 .249/.327/.327/.655 .803/.635 .667 30/.704 14/2 3/9
42.Langerhans* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 132/93 .196/.344/.318/.661 .322/.810 .627 29/.970 4/1 3/1
42.Olivo G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 427/302 .269/.315/.449/.765 .801/.749 .598 43/.332 7/4 14/9
42.Rodriguez# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/3.000 / /// / 25/.542 / /
42.Ryan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 486/319 .223/.279/.294/.573 .568/.575 .515 44/.552 11/4 2/17
42.Saunders* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 327/237 .211/.295/.367/.662 .601/.686 .634 33/.595 6/3 10/4
42.Smoak# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 397/264 .218/.307/.371/.678 .651/.691 .732 54/.843 1/0 13/5
42.Suzuki* G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.000 ··· 3/1.334 732/489 .315/.359/.394/.754 .684/.789 .781 64/.671 42/9 6/4
42.Wilson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 211/153 .249/.282/.316/.598 .600/.597 .475 31/.448 1/2 0/8
IP 83.2 10.0 65.2 61.1 49.2 TOTAL .214/.298/.314/.612 .659/.572 .590 .612 13/2 7/11
ERA-K/9 5.49/4.6 2.70/7.2 1.78/9.7 4.84/4.8 5.07/5.6 4.02/5.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Gimenez (23-11-1)
 Olivo (45-33-10)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 368/.270 42/.229 270/.216 277/.304 220/.286 .280  Saunders
 Suzuki
 Langerhans
 Bradley
 Cust
 Gimenez
77/14/0/8
0/0/160/7
30/2/8/5
39/0/1/3
13/0/3/3
1/0/1/0
OPS .794 .676 .568 .777 .798 .769
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 220/.751 14/.792 155/.587 130/.797 111/.827 .771
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 148/.855 28/.619 115/.541 147/.759 109/.767 .767
Home 161/.757 30/.467 164/.542 136/.771 136/.668
Last 28d days 20/1.011 16/.557 34/.753 23/.835 6/1.167
HR/SB/CS 15/15/1 0/0/0 4/1/1 3/4/3 6/10/3 16/7/4
Usage ········ ··X····· X····oo· ··o··o·o X·······

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2011 season. Player Stats for the 2010 season. We will switch to 2011 stats on May 1st.

Royals Batters (5.62 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (5.36 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 42.Hernandez
G/S/vB		 42.Laffey*
G/S/vB		 42.League
G/S/vB		 42.Pauley
G/S/vB		 42.Ray
G/S/vB		 42.Wright
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
42.Aviles G/S/vP 6/.833 5/.400 3/.000 3/.666 2/.000 1/.000 448/325 .304/.335/.413/.748 .642/.787 .777 41/.642 14/5 8/14
42.Betemit# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 6/.900 3/.000 ··· 7/.619 315/227 .297/.378/.511/.889 .930/.873 .947 38/1.087 0/0 13/10
42.Butler G/S/vP 12/.833 17/.561 4/.250 4/.500 2/.000 5/1.000 678/543 .318/.388/.469/.857 .727/.888 .870 58/1.066 0/0 15/6
42.Cabrera# G/S/vP 11/.473 4/.833 12/.697 5/.200 10/.875 2/.500 509/346 .255/.317/.354/.671 .642/.685 .681 66/.672 7/1 4/4
42.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 65/54 .211/.286/.404/.689 .273/.783 .783 1/ 9/1 1/2
42.Escobar G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· 552/407 .235/.288/.326/.614 .614/.614 .611 57/.536 10/4 4/20
42.Francoeur G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 6/.666 503/368 .249/.300/.383/.683 .805/.639 .628 59/.848 8/3 13/4
42.Getz* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 5/.500 248/196 .237/.302/.277/.579 .699/.548 .713 56/.670 15/2 0/4
42.Gordon* G/S/vP 11/.495 12/.349 1/.000 3/1.334 ··· 4/.500 281/211 .215/.315/.355/.671 .704/.660 .687 58/.907 1/5 8/7
42.Ka'aihue* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· 4/.250 ··· ··· 206/159 .217/.307/.394/.702 .754/.684 .800 48/.592 0/1 8/2
42.Maier* G/S/vP 9/.778 4/.750 1/.000 4/1.250 2/.500 1/.000 421/337 .263/.333/.375/.709 .659/.720 .691 5/.400 3/2 5/5
42.Pena# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 174/121 .253/.306/.335/.642 .509/.701 .611 23/.623 2/0 1/3
42.Treanor G/S/vP 5/.900 1/2.000 4/.500 5/.800 ··· 2/1.000 272/190 .211/.287/.308/.595 .408/.677 .584 33/.787 1/2 5/3
IP 249.2 55.2 79.0 90.2 55.2 58.1 TOTAL .281/.344/.422/.766 .833/.725 .790 .766 16/3 11/10
ERA-K/9 2.27/8.4 4.53/4.5 3.42/6.4 4.07/5.1 3.72/5.0 4.17/4.3 4.92/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pena (29-12-1)
 Treanor (44-17-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 1001/.212 253/.283 326/.229 390/.254 234/.235 249/.256 .276  Francoeur
 Cabrera
 Maier
 Gordon
 Dyson
 Betemit
 Escobar
2/0/131/11
84/55/25/8
8/65/43/4
55/0/3/2
0/15/0/2
2/0/0/0
2/1/2/0
OPS .585 .744 .630 .713 .701 .705 .757
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 526/.593 88/.779 154/.714 202/.669 97/.817 113/.641 .700
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 475/.576 165/.724 172/.556 188/.762 137/.617 136/.758 .800
Road 540/.631 168/.787 163/.694 187/.742 117/.576 140/.637
Last 28d days 89/.712 23/.399 13/.231 28/.468 23/1.174 16/.313
HR/SB/CS 17/15/5 1/1/0 7/5/5 13/8/0 5/5/2 3/13/0 12/8/1
Usage ····X··· o···o··X ···o·o·· X····X·· ··Xo··o· ··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.