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Game Preview: TBR @ SEA, 10:10pm, Friday, July 29, 2011 @Safeco Field

Rays, 54-50, 54-50 3rd, 10½ GB, 8 GB in WC

SP: Jeff Niemann (28, RHP, 4-4, 3.86)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (4-4) 67.2 71 33 29 16 47 7 3.86
2010 (12-8) 174.1 159 86 85 61 131 25 4.39
2009 (13-6) 180.2 185 84 79 59 125 17 3.94
Last 7 GS 3-1 40.1 41 13 12 9 30 3 2.68 55
2011-07-23 @KCR ND 6.0 7 3 2 0 4 0 92 52
2011-07-17 BOS ND 8.0 2 0 0 2 10 0 118 86
2011-07-07 @NYY W 7.1 6 1 1 2 4 1 114 64
2011-07-02 STL W 6.0 9 1 1 2 5 1 98 53
2011-06-26 @HOU ND 3.0 7 5 5 0 2 0 66 27
2011-06-20 @MIL W 6.0 4 0 0 3 5 0 85 66
2011-05-04 TOR L 4.0 6 3 3 0 0 1 62 38
Last 5 v.SEA 3-0 31.0 23 13 12 10 23 4 3.48 56
2010-09-24 SEA W 5.2 7 3 3 1 4 0 79 46
2010-05-06 @SEA W 7.0 4 0 0 2 6 0 99 73
2009-09-22 SEA ND 6.2 4 3 3 4 5 1 108 55
2009-08-07 @SEA ND 6.1 5 4 4 1 5 2 89 51
2009-04-22 @SEA W 5.1 3 3 2 2 3 1 86 53
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   24-25   Road:   30-25   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  38-38   vsLHP:  16-12   1-Run:  15-13
 vsEast: 19-18   vsCntrl:16-14   vsWest:  7-12 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
104 Thu, Jul 28  @OAK  W  10-8       54-50  3rd 10.5 gb
103 Wed, Jul 27  @OAK  L   4-13      53-50  3rd 11.5 gb
102 Tue, Jul 26  @OAK  L   1-6       53-49  3rd 10.5 gb
101 Mon, Jul 25  @OAK  L   5-7       53-48  3rd  9.5 gb
100 Sun, Jul 24  @KCR  W   5-0       53-47  3rd  9.5 gb
 99 Sat, Jul 23  @KCR  L   4-5 (10)  52-47  3rd  9.5 gb
 98 Fri, Jul 22  @KCR  L   4-10      52-46  3rd  8.5 gb
 97 Thu, Jul 21   NYY  W   2-1       52-45  3rd  7.5 gb
 96 Wed, Jul 20   NYY  L   0-4       51-45  3rd  8.0 gb
 95 Tue, Jul 19   NYY  W   3-2       51-44  3rd  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:14-16
Mariners, 44-60, 44-60 4th, 15 GB, 18 GB in WC

SP: Erik Bedard (32, LHP, 4-6, 3.00)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (4-6) 90.0 74 36 30 26 85 11 3.00
2009 (5-3) 83.0 65 29 26 34 90 8 2.82
2008 (6-4) 81.0 70 38 33 37 72 9 3.67
Last 7 GS 2-2 44.1 33 12 10 9 44 4 2.03 63
2011-06-27 ATL L 7.0 4 3 3 1 5 2 106 61
2011-06-22 @WSN L 6.0 3 2 0 2 10 0 87 70
2011-06-15 LAA W 7.0 3 0 0 0 5 0 96 76
2011-06-10 @DET ND 5.0 3 2 2 3 6 1 96 56
2011-06-05 TBR ND 7.0 8 3 3 0 7 0 111 56
2011-05-31 BAL ND 6.1 6 2 2 2 7 1 100 58
2011-05-25 @MIN W 6.0 6 0 0 1 4 0 96 63
Last 5 v.TBR 3-0 32.2 31 12 10 9 41 5 2.76 60
2011-06-05 TBR ND 7.0 8 3 3 0 7 0 111 56
2008-04-08 @TBR W 6.0 5 5 3 4 5 2 107 47
2007-08-05 @TBD W 6.2 9 3 3 0 11 2 115 55
2007-07-25 TBD W 6.0 6 1 1 2 8 1 109 62
2007-05-09 TBD ND 7.0 3 0 0 3 10 0 97 78
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   25-27   Road:   19-33   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  36-40   vsLHP:   8-20   1-Run:  16-18
 vsEast: 12-16   vsCntrl:12-17   vsWest: 11-18 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
104 Wed, Jul 27  @NYY  W   9-2       44-60  4th 14.5 gb
103 Tue, Jul 26  @NYY  L   1-4       43-60  4th 15.5 gb
102 Mon, Jul 25  @NYY  L   3-10      43-59  4th 15.5 gb
101 Sun, Jul 24  @BOS  L   8-12      43-58  4th 14.5 gb
100 Sat, Jul 23  @BOS  L   1-3       43-57  4th 14.5 gb
 99 Fri, Jul 22  @BOS  L   4-7       43-56  3rd 13.5 gb
 98 Thu, Jul 21  @TOR  L   5-7       43-55  3rd 12.5 gb
 97 Wed, Jul 20  @TOR  L   6-11      43-54  3rd 12.5 gb
 96 Tue, Jul 19  @TOR  L   5-6 (14)  43-53  3rd 12.5 gb
 95 Sun, Jul 17   TEX  L   1-3       43-52  3rd 11.5 gb
 Last 10: 1-9    Last 20: 3-17   Last 30: 7-23

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jun 05, 2011 SEA  9  TBR  6        W:Jamey Wright (2-2), L: J.P. Howell (0-1), S: Brandon League (16)
Sat, Jun 04, 2011 TBR  3 @SEA  2        W:Jeremy Hellickson (7-3), L: Doug Fister (3-6), S: Kyle Farnsworth (11)
Fri, Jun 03, 2011 SEA  7  TBR  0        W:Jason Vargas (4-3), L: Andy Sonnanstine (0-2), S: none
Thu, Jun 02, 2011 SEA  8  TBR  2        W:Felix Hernandez (6-4), L: James Shields (5-4), S: none

Sun, Sep 26, 2010 SEA  6 @TBR  2        W:Luke French (5-6), L: James Shields (13-14), S: none
Sat, Sep 25, 2010 TBR  9  SEA  1        W:Matt Garza (15-9), L: Doug Fister (6-13), S: none
Fri, Sep 24, 2010 TBR  5  SEA  3        W:Jeff Niemann (11-7), L: Jason Vargas (9-12), S: Rafael Soriano (44)
Sun, May 16, 2010 TBR  2  SEA  1        W:Dan Wheeler (2-0), L: Cliff Lee (1-2), S: Rafael Soriano (10)
Sat, May 15, 2010 TBR  3  SEA  2        W:Rafael Soriano (2-0), L: Jesus Colome (0-1), S: none
Fri, May 14, 2010 SEA  4 @TBR  3        W:Doug Fister (3-1), L: Wade Davis (3-3), S: David Aardsma (9)
Season Series: 2011 - SEA over 3-1; 2010 - TBR won 7-2; 2009 - SEA won 5-3; All-Time - SEA leads 68-51

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
Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

BOS  5.53

BAL  4.14

SEA  3.32

 RA/G

PHI  3.32

CLE  4.25

BAL  5.24

 BA

A. Gonzalez  .352

T. Tulowitzki  .281

A. Dunn  .163

 OBP

J. Bautista  .463

A. Pujols  .344

V. Wells  .249

 SLG

J. Bautista  .670

J. Francoeur  .455

C. Getz  .284

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.133

A. Ethier  .807

A. Rios  .555

 ERA

J. Weaver  1.79

M. Garza  3.72

J. Happ  6.12

 K/9IP

B. Morrow  10.46

R. Nolasco  6.80

B. Penny  3.76

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

Rays Batters (4.19 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (3.83 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
G/S/vB		 60.Gray
G/S/vB		 32.Laffey*
G/S/vB		 43.League
G/S/vB		 39.Pauley
G/S/vB		 46.Ray
G/S/vB		 50.Wright
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
22.Damon* G/S/vP 25/.457 ··· 2/.000 12/.606 7/1.286 12/1.500 12/1.128 418/305 .274/.322/.413/.736 .681/.755 .810 87/.750 8/4 9/0
5.Fuld* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 298/229 .240/.298/.362/.660 .599/.677 .669 47/.731 18/8 3/3
8.Jennings G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 29/25 .500/.607/.864/1.471 3.500/1.242 1.471 29/1.471 4/1 1/1
9.Johnson# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 147/78 .192/.259/.338/.597 .742/.482 .523 39/.571 4/5 3/1
20.Joyce* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 4/1.750 342/284 .283/.339/.511/.851 .636/.895 .822 67/.637 9/0 15/3
11.Kotchman* G/S/vP 5/.650 ··· 6/2.333 ··· 2/.000 5/1.000 7/.000 330/257 .324/.385/.445/.830 .607/.897 .789 94/.780 1/2 4/1
3.Longoria G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 8/.708 5/.400 ··· 4/.500 4/2.000 316/243 .236/.339/.458/.796 .883/.771 .897 94/.722 1/1 14/8
1.Rodriguez G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 3/1.667 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 258/166 .211/.297/.355/.652 .922/.509 .628 81/.532 7/4 4/7
16.Ruggiano G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 95/56 .256/.277/.433/.710 .608/.781 .698 30/.467 1/1 4/0
10.Shoppach G/S/vP 9/1.111 2/.000 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 3/1.167 169/84 .190/.286/.327/.612 .754/.471 .634 40/.745 0/0 6/2
2.Upton G/S/vP 28/.558 1/.000 9/.583 11/.697 1/no AB 7/.143 11/1.182 406/303 .228/.309/.403/.711 .747/.699 .844 87/.750 23/7 16/3
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 13/.334 ··· 9/1.056 7/1.262 2/.000 6/1.000 6/.733 442/319 .277/.372/.493/.865 .850/.877 .969 93/1.062 12/3 13/5
IP 90.0 28.1 39.0 39.2 54.1 30.2 42.0 TOTAL .244/.314/.397/.712 .727/.706 .750 .734 93/39 100/52
ERA-K/9 3.00/8.5 2.86/4.5 3.00/4.8 3.18/6.1 2.15/5.6 4.99/5.9 4.29/5.8 3.57/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Shoppach (11-13-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 362/.222 118/.269 173/.282 159/.231 213/.200 130/.272 181/.263 .242  Joyce
 Fuld
 Upton
 Ruggiano
 Rodriguez
 Johnson
 Zobrist
 Jennings
 Damon
12/0/82/6
69/5/3/5
0/98/0/5
24/2/3/1
2/0/0/0
1/1/0/0
0/0/30/0
4/2/0/0
15/0/0/0
OPS .654 .702 .781 .580 .549 .723 .774 .667
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 97/.671 56/.614 72/.698 80/.611 94/.324 55/.713 94/.778 .660
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 265/.648 62/.782 101/.841 79/.549 119/.743 75/.730 87/.768 .673
Home 196/.685 47/.560 78/.739 79/.431 97/.366 58/.745 80/.767
Last 28d days / 38/.630 33/1.158 23/.483 49/.812 36/.844 38/1.040
HR/SB/CS 11/3/1 1/2/3 5/1/0 1/2/1 2/3/3 2/6/1 6/6/1 79/64/29
Usage ·o····o· ····oX·· ·o··X··· ···X·o·X ···X···o ··o·X···
Mariners Batters (3.32 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (4.04 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 34.Niemann
G/S/vB		 54.Ekstrom
G/S/vB		 43.Farnsworth
G/S/vB		 74.Howell*
G/S/vB		 57.McGee*
G/S/vB		 62.Peralta
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
3.Bard# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 41/31 .225/.244/.400/.644 .300/.757 .588 33/.587 0/0 1/1
20.Carp* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 76/63 .294/.368/.471/.839 1.378/.724 .564 34/1.109 0/1 2/3
29.Cust* G/S/vP 8/1.357 ··· 3/.333 3/.666 ··· 3/1.333 270/196 .213/.344/.329/.673 .630/.691 .618 32/.413 0/0 3/
9.Figgins# G/S/vP 12/1.167 1/.000 8/.250 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 302/202 .180/.233/.237/.471 .451/.487 .474 25/.335 10/6 1/11
21.Gutierrez G/S/vP 14/.428 1/.000 4/.500 4/.833 ··· 8/.821 205/155 .193/.236/.234/.471 .604/.428 .334 73/.474 8/2 1/0
56.Halman G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 87/59 .241/.267/.361/.629 .766/.563 .804 50/.445 5/1 2/0
4.Kennedy* G/S/vP 7/.286 ··· 4/1.750 4/.500 ··· 2/.000 309/250 .253/.297/.386/.683 .540/.716 .741 75/.547 6/2 7/3
30.Olivo G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 2/5.000 332/235 .217/.254/.385/.639 .584/.661 .543 61/.525 4/3 14/8
26.Ryan G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 380/277 .263/.321/.340/.661 .674/.656 .593 95/.732 8/2 2/9
17.Smoak# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/no AB ··· ··· 395/272 .223/.319/.393/.712 .757/.688 .749 84/.401 0/0 12/7
51.Suzuki* G/S/vP 15/.734 ··· 9/.222 9/.819 1/.000 4/.833 462/325 .272/.317/.323/.640 .620/.648 .626 98/.613 28/5 1/3
2.Wilson G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 5/.400 2/3.000 ··· 3/.000 142/71 .229/.259/.252/.511 .463/.558 .515 10/.522 5/1 0/2
IP 67.2 41.2 17.2 12.0 47.0 TOTAL .226/.290/.335/.625 .606/.632 .607 .581 85/29 64/63
ERA-K/9 3.86/6.2 /0.0 2.16/7.1 9.17/8.1 3.75/6.8 3.83/7.7 3.78/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bard (10-3-0)
 Olivo (45-21-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 291/.264 / 166/.221 87/.282 55/.292 186/.214 .241  Gutierrez
 Suzuki
 Carp
 Halman
 Figgins
0/57/0/6
0/0/99/4
11/0/0/0
28/8/2/0
2/0/0/0
OPS .727 .592 .815 .766 .677 .699
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 158/.672 / 76/.693 41/.576 27/.345 84/.517 .668
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 133/.794 / 90/.514 46/1.065 28/1.208 102/.809 .725
Road 135/.702 / 92/.620 56/.773 28/.690 116/.887
Last 28d days 112/.592 / 41/.603 32/.615 21/.508 41/.722
HR/SB/CS 7/11/2 // 2/1/1 3/3/0 1/2/0 6/3/1 99/63/21
Usage ·····X·· X····X·o ···X·oX· X···X·X· o··ooX··

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.