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Game Preview: SEA @ HOU, 2:10pm, Wednesday, April 24, 2013 @Minute Maid Park

Mariners, 8-14, 8-14 4th, 6 GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Joe Saunders (32, LHP, 1-2, 4.50)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (1-2) 22.0 25 12 11 10 10 1 4.50
2012 (9-13) 174.2 195 88 79 39 112 21 4.07
2011 (12-13) 212.0 210 94 87 67 108 29 3.69
Last 7 GS 2-3 43.2 49 20 18 10 19 4 3.71 49
2013-04-19 @TEX L 4.2 9 7 7 3 0 1 95 15
2013-04-13 TEX ND 7.0 3 1 0 2 2 0 98 69
2013-04-08 HOU W 6.1 6 0 0 1 5 0 91 65
2013-04-03 @OAK L 4.0 7 4 4 4 3 0 88 31
2012-09-30 BOS W 7.1 8 3 3 0 5 2 90 55
2012-09-25 TOR L 6.1 11 4 3 0 2 0 94 39
2012-09-19 @SEA ND 8.0 5 1 1 0 2 1 98 70
Last 5 v.HOU 1-0 19.1 20 7 7 5 11 0 3.26 53
2013-04-08 HOU W 6.1 6 0 0 1 5 0 91 65
2011-08-11 HOU ND 6.0 11 5 5 2 2 0 89 30
2010-09-04 HOU ND 7.0 3 2 2 2 4 0 92 65
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    4-6    Road:    4-8    ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:   6-11   vsLHP:   2-3    1-Run:   2-5 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 2-4    vsWest:  6-10 IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 22 Tue, Apr 23  @HOU  L   2-3        8-14  4th  6.0 gb
 21 Mon, Apr 22  @HOU  W   7-1        8-13  4th  6.0 gb
 20 Sun, Apr 21  @TEX  L   3-11       7-13  4th  6.0 gb
 19 Sat, Apr 20  @TEX  L   0-5        7-12  4th  5.5 gb
 18 Fri, Apr 19  @TEX  L   0-7        7-11  3rd  5.5 gb
 17 Thu, Apr 18   DET  W   2-0        7-10  3rd  5.5 gb
 16 Wed, Apr 17   DET  L   1-2 (14)   6-10  3rd  6.0 gb
 15 Tue, Apr 16   DET  L   2-6        6-9   3rd  5.0 gb
 14 Sun, Apr 14   TEX  W   4-3        6-8   3rd  3.5 gb
 13 Sat, Apr 13   TEX  L   1-3        5-8   3rd  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30: 8-14
Astros, 6-14, 6-14 5th, 7 GB, 6½ GB in WC

SP: Lucas Harrell (28, RHP, 1-2, 4.98)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (1-2) 21.2 24 12 12 13 15 5 4.98
2012 (11-11) 193.2 185 90 81 78 140 13 3.76
2011 (0-2) 18.0 23 12 9 8 15 0 4.50
Last 7 GS 2-4 38.1 38 17 17 21 30 7 3.99 49
2013-04-19 CLE W 5.2 5 2 2 5 4 1 99 50
2013-04-13 @LAA ND 5.2 6 1 1 1 5 1 96 57
2013-04-07 OAK L 4.1 7 8 8 5 2 3 112 14
2013-04-02 TEX L 6.0 6 1 1 2 4 0 97 58
2012-10-01 @CHC W 6.0 2 0 0 1 7 0 98 74
2012-09-25 STL L 5.0 7 2 2 6 1 0 88 40
2012-09-19 @STL L 5.2 5 3 3 1 7 2 98 53
Has never faced SEA as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    3-8    Road:    3-6    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   5-9    vsLHP:   1-5    1-Run:   2-3 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 1-2    vsWest:  5-12 IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 20 Tue, Apr 23   SEA  W   3-2        6-14  5th  7.0 gb
 19 Mon, Apr 22   SEA  L   1-7        5-14  5th  8.0 gb
 18 Sun, Apr 21   CLE  L   4-5        5-13  5th  7.0 gb
 17 Sat, Apr 20   CLE  L   6-19       5-12  5th  6.5 gb
 16 Fri, Apr 19   CLE  W   3-2        5-11  5th  6.5 gb
 15 Wed, Apr 17  @OAK  L   5-7        4-11  5th  7.5 gb
 14 Tue, Apr 16  @OAK  L   3-4        4-10  4th  6.5 gb
 13 Mon, Apr 15  @OAK  L   2-11       4-9   4th  5.5 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 14  @LAA  L   1-4        4-8   4th  4.5 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 13  @LAA  L   4-5        4-7   3rd  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30: 6-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Apr 23, 2013 HOU  3  SEA  2        W:Bud Norris (3-2), L: Hisashi Iwakuma (2-1), S: Jose Veras (2)
Mon, Apr 22, 2013 SEA  7 @HOU  1        W:Felix Hernandez (2-2), L: Brad Peacock (1-2), S: none
Wed, Apr 10, 2013 HOU  8 @SEA  3        W:Brad Peacock (1-1), L: Blake Beavan (0-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 09, 2013 HOU 16 @SEA  9        W:Paul Clemens (1-0), L: Brandon Maurer (0-2), S: none
Mon, Apr 08, 2013 SEA  3  HOU  0        W:Joe Saunders (1-1), L: Philip Humber (0-2), S: Tom Wilhelmsen (3)

Sun, Jun 17, 2007 HOU 10  SEA  3        W:Roy Oswalt (7-4), L: Jarrod Washburn (5-6), S: none
Sat, Jun 16, 2007 HOU  9  SEA  4        W:Woody Williams (3-9), L: Cha-Seung Baek (3-3), S: none
Fri, Jun 15, 2007 HOU  5  SEA  1        W:Wandy Rodriguez (4-6), L: Felix Hernandez (3-4), S: none
Wed, Jun 09, 2004 HOU  3 @SEA  0        W:Wade Miller (6-6), L: Freddy Garcia (3-5), S: Octavio Dotel (11)
Tue, Jun 08, 2004 HOU  1 @SEA  0        W:Roger Clemens (9-0), L: Joel Pineiro (1-8), S: Octavio Dotel (10)
Season Series: 2013 - HOU over 3-2; 2012 -  0-0; 2011 -  0-0; All-Time - HOU leads 9-5

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 2013 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 2012 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

TEX  4.99

MIN  4.33

HOU  3.60

 RA/G

TBR  3.56

LAA  4.31

COL  5.49

 BA

B. Posey  .336

A. Rodriguez  .272

C. Pena  .197

 OBP

J. Mauer  .416

A. Jones  .334

D. Stubbs  .277

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .606

H. Ramirez  .437

J. Weeks  .304

 OPS

M. Cabrera  .999

A. Pagan  .778

J. Weeks  .609

 ERA

C. Kershaw  2.53

T. Cahill  3.78

R. Romero  5.77

 K/9IP

M. Scherzer  11.08

U. Jimenez  7.28

H. Alvarez  3.80

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2013 season. Player Stats for the 2012 season. We will switch to 2013 stats on May 1st.

Mariners Batters (3.18 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.85 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 64.Harrell
G/S/vB		 62.Ambriz
G/S/vB		 54.Blackley*
G/S/vB		 68.Cisnero
G/S/vB		 56.Clemens
G/S/vB		 55.Cruz
G/S/vB		 43.Peacock
G/S/vB		 41.Veras
G/S/vB		 53.Wright*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Ackley* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.500 2/2.000 3/.666 ··· 4/1.167 2/.000 1/.000 668/435 .226/.294/.328/.622 .675/.593 .658 75/.461 13/3 12/8
3.Andino G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 431/290 .211/.283/.305/.588 .607/.578 .555 33/.413 5/5 7/13
12.Bay G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 2/3.500 ··· 5/.200 8/.679 ··· 215/109 .165/.237/.299/.536 .565/.508 .588 45/.601 5/1 8/2
9.Chavez* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 169/140 .203/.236/.278/.515 .370/.544 .521 34/.568 3/2 2/2
28.Ibanez* G/S/vP ··· 4/.833 1/.000 ··· 2/5.000 1/no AB 4/.750 7/.714 4/.250 425/360 .240/.308/.453/.761 .492/.812 .634 53/.528 3/0 19/0
63.Montero G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/.500 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· 553/362 .260/.298/.386/.685 .830/.609 .768 56/.515 0/2 15/3
8.Morales# G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/1.850 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 5/1.400 3/2.334 ··· 522/446 .273/.320/.467/.787 .761/.791 .767 88/.828 0/1 22/1
38.Morse G/S/vP 3/.333 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 2/.000 3/.000 6/.833 ··· 430/319 .291/.321/.470/.791 .755/.804 .865 79/.778 0/1 18/1
4.Peguero* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 57/43 .179/.193/.357/.550 .000/.732 .720 / 0/0 2/0
26.Ryan G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 2/.000 470/293 .194/.277/.278/.555 .637/.503 .535 63/.353 11/5 3/9
15.Seager* G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 5/1.400 1/.000 ··· 651/418 .259/.316/.423/.738 .658/.783 .835 87/.826 13/5 20/13
7.Shoppach G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/4.000 3/.666 ··· 245/121 .233/.309/.425/.733 .717/.751 .722 32/.993 1/0 8/10
17.Smoak# G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 5/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 5/1.000 ··· 1/5.000 535/347 .217/.290/.364/.654 .703/.627 .743 86/.564 1/0 19/4
IP 193.2 19.1 107.2 55.0 67.0 52.1 TOTAL .226/.289/.362/.651 .598/.672 .675 .651 6/2 21/9
ERA-K/9 3.76/6.5 4.19/10.3 4.10/5.9 /0.0 /0.0 6.05/7.5 /0.0 3.63/10.6 3.27/9.3 5.31/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Montero (54-11-7)
 Shoppach (32-16-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 827/.253 83/.206 444/.243 / / 253/.297 / 300/.239 223/.226 .284  Morse
 Ibanez
 Bay
 Chavez
 Andino
 Peguero
67/0/36/3
80/0/13/2
65/0/0/2
35/3/21/2
1/1/0/0
2/0/11/0
OPS .685 .613 .694 .870 .694 .638 .852
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 378/.713 27/.487 125/.630 / / 100/.974 / 146/.724 133/.538 .908
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 449/.663 56/.675 319/.719 / / 153/.798 / 154/.665 90/.790 .798
Home 345/.647 46/.601 215/.584 / / 114/.766 / 152/.666 123/.726
Last 28d days 97/.957 54/.765 15/1.246 14/.381 49/.656 48/1.079 82/1.011 38/.768 43/.602
HR/SB/CS 13/18/5 0/2/1 10/2/4 // // 8/5/1 // 5/10/2 4/3/1 29/10/3
Usage ····X··· o·X·X·o· X··X···· ·X······ ···X···· ···X···X ·X·····X oo··o·o· ··o·X·X·

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2013 season. Player Stats for the 2012 season. We will switch to 2013 stats on May 1st.

Astros Batters (3.90 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (4.55 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 23.Saunders*
G/S/vB		 49.Beavan
G/S/vB		 58.Capps
G/S/vB		 41.Furbush*
G/S/vB		 37.Maurer
G/S/vB		 31.Medina
G/S/vB		 45.Noesi
G/S/vB		 59.Perez*
G/S/vB		 54.Wilhelmsen
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP 7/.858 3/.666 2/.000 1/5.000 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 630/461 .290/.340/.399/.740 .911/.676 .725 89/.908 33/11 7/11
28.Ankiel* G/S/vP 4/.000 3/1.666 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.650 ··· 171/148 .228/.282/.411/.694 .435/.736 .716 42/.833 1/3 5/2
2.Barnes G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 105/54 .204/.250/.265/.515 .578/.458 .481 30/.933 1/1 1/0
23.Carter G/S/vP 9/.583 3/1.334 3/1.666 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 260/151 .239/.350/.514/.864 .898/.837 .831 83/.695 0/0 16/6
15.Castro* G/S/vP 3/.666 3/1.000 1/3.000 2/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 295/238 .257/.334/.401/.735 .361/.831 .805 72/.655 0/0 6/6
13.Cedeno G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 186/84 .259/.332/.410/.741 .759/.718 .647 26/.577 0/1 4/4
22.Corporan# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 85/66 .269/.310/.449/.758 .433/.855 .848 16/.579 0/1 4/2
30.Dominguez G/S/vP 3/1.334 3/.000 1/3.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 1/.000 113/88 .284/.310/.477/.787 .655/.824 .608 70/.608 0/0 5/1
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP ··· 3/1.167 2/2.500 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 219/164 .234/.280/.327/.607 .296/.713 .612 53/.880 3/3 2/5
4.Laird G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 37/17 .257/.297/.371/.669 .461/.915 .485 14/.599 0/0 1/1
21.Martinez* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 130/117 .237/.300/.466/.766 .154/.839 .612 10/.700 0/1 6/0
12.Pena* G/S/vP 9/.222 12/.583 1/3.000 3/.333 1/3.000 ··· 3/.667 2/.000 5/.800 600/418 .197/.330/.354/.684 .636/.705 .699 79/.711 2/3 19/7
IP 174.2 152.1 25.0 46.1 106.2 29.2 79.1 TOTAL .250/.305/.407/.713 .691/.722 .628 .713 8/3 22/12
ERA-K/9 4.07/5.8 4.43/4.0 3.96/10.1 2.72/10.3 /0.0 /0.0 5.82/5.7 2.12/7.3 2.50/9.9 4.38/7.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (57-13-8)
 Corporan (14-7-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 745/.281 638/.281 109/.260 182/.174 / / 453/.266 123/.243 326/.202 .247  Barnes
 Ankiel
 Martinez
 Wright
1/32/5/3
0/62/0/2
31/0/6/1
0/0/1/0
OPS .755 .792 .667 .529 .826 .628 .578 .739
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 172/.451 316/.844 51/.798 84/.404 / / 245/.865 62/.679 164/.637 .711
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 573/.849 322/.741 58/.552 98/.637 / / 208/.782 61/.575 162/.519 .761
Road 372/.642 348/.835 47/.661 100/.511 / / 221/.854 64/.729 165/.631
Last 28d days 98/.791 71/.912 50/.956 38/.740 84/.904 13/.585 14/.462 37/.428 34/.306
HR/SB/CS 21/4/6 23/15/4 0/8/1 3/10/3 // // 21/6/5 1/0/0 5/12/1 31/12/1
Usage ····X··· ··X···oo ·o···Xo· X··o··XX ···X···· o··X···X o···X··· oX····X· ·o···oX·

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.