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Game Preview: SEA @ HOU, 8:10pm, Friday, July 19, 2013 @Minute Maid Park

Mariners, 43-52, 43-52

SP: Joe Saunders (32, LHP, 8-8, 4.24)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (8-8) 114.2 127 56 54 33 61 13 4.24
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 4-3 43.2 45 14 13 10 24 3 2.68 55
2013-07-12 LAA W 7.0 5 0 0 2 5 0 109 70
2013-07-07 @CIN W 7.0 6 1 1 0 2 0 101 63
2013-07-02 @TEX W 6.2 10 2 1 1 5 0 107 52
2013-06-25 PIT L 1.2 6 6 6 1 1 3 51 19
2013-06-19 @LAA L 8.0 6 1 1 2 3 0 100 67
2013-06-14 @OAK W 7.0 5 1 1 2 4 0 98 65
2013-06-08 NYY L 6.1 7 3 3 2 4 0 106 49
Last 5 v.HOU 1-1 24.1 31 15 15 7 13 2 5.55 43
2013-04-24 @HOU L 5.0 11 8 8 2 2 2 84 13
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:   25-25   Road:   18-27   ExtrInn: 6-8 
 vsRHP:  28-36   vsLHP:  15-16   1-Run:  12-16
 vsEast:  8-9    vsCntrl: 5-11   vsWest: 24-24 IL: 6-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 95 Sun, Jul 14   LAA  W   4-3       43-52  4th 13.0 gb
 94 Sat, Jul 13   LAA  W   6-0       42-52  4th 13.0 gb
 93 Fri, Jul 12   LAA  W   8-3       41-52  4th 13.0 gb
 92 Thu, Jul 11   BOS  L   7-8 (10)  40-52  4th 14.0 gb
 91 Wed, Jul 10   BOS  L   4-11      40-51  4th 13.5 gb
 90 Tue, Jul  9   BOS  L   8-11      40-50  4th 13.5 gb
 89 Mon, Jul  8   BOS  W  11-4       40-49  4th 12.5 gb
 88 Sun, Jul  7  @CIN  W   3-1       39-49  4th 12.5 gb
 87 Sat, Jul  6  @CIN  L   4-13      38-49  4th 12.5 gb
 86 Fri, Jul  5  @CIN  W   4-2       38-48  4th 12.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15
Astros, 33-61, 33-61

SP: Bud Norris (28, RHP, 6-8, 3.63)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (6-8) 114.0 125 53 46 36 81 8 3.63
2012 (7-13) 168.1 165 90 87 66 165 23 4.65
2011 (6-11) 186.0 177 93 78 70 176 24 3.77
Last 7 GS 1-4 45.0 49 22 20 10 37 3 4.00 52
2013-07-09 @STL L 5.0 11 7 7 1 5 1 92 21
2013-07-03 TBR W 7.0 6 1 1 3 5 0 105 63
2013-06-28 LAA ND 7.0 4 1 0 1 5 0 94 71
2013-06-22 @CHC ND 6.0 6 3 2 3 5 1 97 52
2013-06-17 CHW L 6.0 8 4 4 0 4 0 99 44
2013-06-11 @SEA L 7.0 5 3 3 1 6 1 94 60
2013-06-06 BAL L 7.0 9 3 3 1 7 0 106 53
Last 5 v.SEA 1-1 12.0 13 4 4 3 8 1 3.00 54
2013-06-11 @SEA L 7.0 5 3 3 1 6 1 94 60
2013-04-23 SEA W 5.0 8 1 1 2 2 0 96 47
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   17-32   Road:   16-29   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  23-47   vsLHP:  10-14   1-Run:  13-15
 vsEast:  4-13   vsCntrl: 7-13   vsWest: 14-26 IL: 8-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 94 Sun, Jul 14  @TBR  L   0-5       33-61  5th 22.5 gb
 93 Sat, Jul 13  @TBR  L   3-4       33-60  5th 21.5 gb
 92 Fri, Jul 12  @TBR  W   2-1       33-59  5th 20.5 gb
 91 Wed, Jul 10  @STL  L   4-5       32-59  5th 21.5 gb
 90 Tue, Jul  9  @STL  L   5-9       32-58  5th 21.5 gb
 89 Sun, Jul  7  @TEX  L   4-5       32-57  5th 20.0 gb
 88 Sat, Jul  6  @TEX  W   9-5       32-56  5th 19.0 gb
 87 Fri, Jul  5  @TEX  L   5-10      31-56  5th 20.0 gb
 86 Thu, Jul  4   TBR  L   5-7 (11)  31-55  5th 19.0 gb
 85 Wed, Jul  3   TBR  W   4-1       31-54  5th 18.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30:11-19
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jun 12, 2013 HOU  6 @SEA  1        W:Paul Clemens (4-2), L: Tom Wilhelmsen (0-2), S: none
Tue, Jun 11, 2013 SEA  4  HOU  0        W:Aaron Harang (3-6), L: Bud Norris (5-6), S: none
Mon, Jun 10, 2013 SEA  3  HOU  2        W:Hisashi Iwakuma (7-1), L: Dallas Keuchel (3-3), S: Tom Wilhelmsen (16)
Wed, Apr 24, 2013 HOU 10  SEA  3        W:Lucas Harrell (2-2), L: Joe Saunders (1-3), S: none
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
Season Series: 2013 - HOU over 5-4; 2012 -  0-0; 2011 -  0-0; All-Time - HOU leads 11-7

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
Mariners Batters (3.93 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.26 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 20.Norris
G/S/vB
62.Ambriz
G/S/vB
54.Blackley*
G/S/vB
68.Cisnero
G/S/vB
56.Clemens
G/S/vB
50.Fields
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 2/1.000 ··· 4/.500 2/2.000 4/1.250 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 219/169 .205/.267/.255/.522 .436/.548 .560 48/.544 1/1 1/0
12.Bay G/S/vP 3/1.666 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 2/3.500 ··· 9/.597 ··· 226/118 .214/.311/.413/.724 .798/.653 .630 36/.832 3/1 11/0
33.Blanco G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 70/45 .180/.275/.279/.554 .408/.643 .495 19/.503 0/0 1/1
9.Chavez* G/S/vP 6/1.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 234/176 .279/.303/.347/.650 .500/.699 .623 56/.635 1/2 2/2
20.Franklin# G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 169/114 .268/.337/.451/.788 .619/.873 .819 75/.707 5/1 6/6
28.Ibanez* G/S/vP 18/.921 4/.833 2/.000 ··· 3/2.667 ··· 7/.714 5/.200 296/211 .267/.314/.578/.892 .906/.886 .795 85/1.232 0/0 24/2
5.Miller* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 68/54 .246/.324/.393/.717 .845/.684 .739 68/.717 2/0 0/2
8.Morales# G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 5/1.850 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/2.334 ··· 380/247 .280/.337/.463/.800 .843/.777 .753 81/.953 0/0 14/1
26.Ryan G/S/vP 7/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/1.500 3/.000 255/180 .195/.255/.268/.523 .507/.530 .603 29/.540 4/2 3/9
55.Saunders* G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.000 4/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 265/178 .225/.303/.364/.667 .612/.694 .651 50/.885 10/3 6/0
15.Seager* G/S/vP 6/.900 ··· 6/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 407/259 .293/.359/.488/.846 .705/.930 .961 91/.947 3/3 15/5
17.Smoak# G/S/vP 3/1.334 3/1.334 5/.000 1/no AB 3/1.666 ··· ··· 1/5.000 269/193 .272/.372/.431/.803 .512/.922 .780 76/1.055 0/0 8/2
3.Zunino G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 94/71 .230/.277/.299/.575 .748/.522 .495 68/.580 0/0 1/0
IP 114.0 33.1 29.0 37.2 46.1 14.1 39.1 32.2 TOTAL .244/.309/.401/.710 .688/.721 .694 .827 31/14 115/44
ERA-K/9 3.63/6.4 5.40/6.8 4.97/7.4 2.87/8.8 5.24/7.0 5.65/6.3 3.20/9.6 4.41/8.3 4.84/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Blanco (5-2-9)
 Zunino (7-2-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 486/.283 156/.326 124/.240 163/.262 201/.262 58/.250 157/.201 145/.292 .282  Ibanez
 Saunders
 Chavez
 Bay
 Ackley
54/0/1/4
3/55/14/4
8/24/34/4
37/1/22/2
1/13/0/0
OPS .746 .889 .813 .717 .816 .812 .619 .809 .815
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 258/.868 59/.916 56/.570 71/.743 83/.855 15/.414 78/.673 72/.771 .839
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 228/.613 97/.872 68/1.029 92/.697 118/.790 43/.945 79/.567 73/.842 .797
Home 294/.675 93/.929 76/1.088 111/.809 92/.889 40/.712 101/.627 72/.694
Last 28d days 106/.747 21/1.246 23/.919 34/.864 38/.907 32/.959 27/.415 27/.963
HR/SB/CS 8/9/5 6/4/0 7/0/2 2/4/1 11/2/0 4/0/1 4/3/0 4/5/0 118/57/18
Usage ········ ········ ·····o·· ········ ····X··· ·····o·· ······X· ········
Astros Batters (3.73 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (4.51 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 23.Saunders*
G/S/vB
40.Farquhar
G/S/vB
41.Furbush*
G/S/vB
30.LaFromboise*
G/S/vB
44.Luetge*
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 10/.733 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 388/290 .280/.315/.352/.667 .718/.650 .670 81/.528 21/6 3/8
2.Barnes G/S/vP 4/.833 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 234/154 .232/.291/.332/.623 .864/.501 .706 61/.375 9/6 4/2
23.Carter G/S/vP 12/1.017 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 3/1.000 334/241 .229/.326/.469/.795 .760/.809 .621 59/.969 0/0 18/3
15.Castro* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 4/1.250 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 329/271 .269/.331/.475/.806 .685/.832 .862 63/.822 2/1 12/4
13.Cedeno G/S/vP 5/2.400 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 153/92 .223/.264/.302/.566 .805/.407 .627 35/.282 2/1 1/11
22.Corporan# G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 125/59 .274/.339/.434/.772 .689/.872 .673 24/.382 0/0 5/3
30.Dominguez G/S/vP 6/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 3/.333 329/240 .227/.257/.383/.640 .687/.623 .795 58/.441 0/0 11/9
10.Elmore G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 59/43 .235/.310/.314/.624 .708/.591 .367 47/.573 0/3 1/4
59.Krauss* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/27 .188/.212/.313/.525 .333/.568 .375 32/.541 0/0 1/1
14.Martinez G/S/vP 5/.600 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 268/193 .256/.281/.394/.675 .707/.662 .597 69/.648 2/0 7/2
44.Maxwell G/S/vP 7/.453 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/1.250 1/.000 114/84 .231/.298/.365/.664 .833/.602 .702 16/.713 2/1 1/2
12.Pena* G/S/vP 12/.167 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 4/.250 ··· 3/.667 2/.000 7/.762 321/259 .212/.325/.354/.679 .836/.642 .603 40/.495 1/3 8/0
29.Wallace* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 87/67 .222/.276/.457/.733 .153/.909 .684 61/.976 0/0 4/1
IP 114.2 23.1 38.1 2.1 13.1 34.1 19.0 36.0 41.0 TOTAL .235/.293/.374/.668 .712/.652 .663 .605 53/31 90/70
ERA-K/9 4.24/4.8 6.94/13.5 3.52/12.7 7.71/19.6 6.08/7.4 2.36/9.4 4.74/7.6 1.75/12.5 3.95/6.8 4.21/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (43-13-7)
 Corporan (14-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 491/.283 103/.286 165/.191 12/.250 63/.375 146/.190 92/.329 145/.208 168/.183 .258  Barnes
 Maxwell
 Martinez
 Krauss
 Carter
 Elmore
8/55/13/5
0/23/8/3
44/0/22/3
6/0/1/0
36/0/2/0
4/0/0/0
OPS .798 .760 .594 .830 .950 .503 .824 .597 .537 .734
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 108/.479 50/.581 80/.467 4/.250 21/.992 61/.544 41/.692 65/.558 86/.681 .728
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 383/.891 53/.926 85/.716 8/1.171 42/.931 85/.472 51/.934 80/.632 82/.391 .739
Road 268/.892 53/.729 75/.460 / 33/1.103 50/.604 59/.817 59/.427 74/.631
Last 28d days 96/.817 38/.898 45/.687 / 10/.956 42/.467 / 39/.555 34/.380
HR/SB/CS 13/9/3 2/2/0 4/3/0 0/0/0 2/1/0 0/3/0 1/1/0 3/1/0 2/4/0 111/53/15
Usage ······X· ······X· ····o··X ········ ······o· ·····oX· ········ ·······X ····o··X

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.