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Game Preview: SEA @ KCR, 2:10pm, Thursday, September 5, 2013 @Kauffman Stadium

Mariners, 63-76, 63-76 4th, 17 GB, 17 GB in WC

SP: Joe Saunders (32, LHP, 11-13, 4.92)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (11-13) 162.2 201 99 89 56 87 22 4.92
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 2-4 38.0 56 34 27 17 15 8 6.39 35
2013-08-31 @HOU W 5.1 6 1 0 3 2 0 86 53
2013-08-26 TEX L 7.0 9 7 7 3 0 1 107 28
2013-08-20 @OAK ND 6.0 10 4 4 3 2 2 102 35
2013-08-15 @TBR L 4.1 7 5 5 3 0 1 98 26
2013-08-09 MIL L 4.1 7 9 4 2 4 1 95 25
2013-08-04 @BAL W 6.0 8 2 2 2 2 1 115 48
2013-07-30 @BOS L 5.0 9 6 5 1 5 2 99 31
Last 5 v.KCR 2-0 32.0 39 14 14 10 13 3 3.94 47
2012-05-18 @KCR ND 6.0 8 3 3 2 2 1 105 44
2011-06-21 @KCR W 7.0 6 2 2 3 3 1 109 57
2010-07-02 KCR ND 8.0 6 1 1 2 4 0 111 68
2009-09-06 @KCR W 5.1 10 2 2 1 2 1 103 41
2009-07-22 @KCR ND 5.2 9 6 6 2 2 0 109 27
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   31-38   Road:   32-38   ExtrInn: 6-11
 vsRHP:  43-48   vsLHP:  20-28   1-Run:  18-23
 vsEast: 12-17   vsCntrl:10-16   vsWest: 34-33 IL: 7-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
139 Wed, Sep  4  @KCR  W   6-4       63-76  4th 17.0 gb
138 Tue, Sep  3  @KCR  L   3-4       62-76  4th 18.0 gb
137 Mon, Sep  2  @KCR  L   1-3       62-75  4th 17.0 gb
136 Sun, Sep  1  @HOU  L   0-2       62-74  4th 17.0 gb
135 Sat, Aug 31  @HOU  W   3-1       62-73  4th 17.0 gb
134 Fri, Aug 30  @HOU  W   7-1       61-73  4th 17.0 gb
133 Thu, Aug 29  @HOU  W   3-2       60-73  4th 18.0 gb
132 Wed, Aug 28   TEX  L   4-12      59-73  4th 18.5 gb
131 Tue, Aug 27   TEX  L   3-4 (10)  59-72  4th 17.5 gb
130 Mon, Aug 26   TEX  L   3-8       59-71  3rd 16.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17
Royals, 72-67, 72-67 3rd, 8½ GB, 8 GB in WC

SP: Jeremy Guthrie (34, RHP, 13-10, 4.08)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (13-10) 178.2 196 85 81 53 99 25 4.08
2012 (8-12) 181.2 206 109 96 50 101 30 4.76
2011 (9-17) 208.0 213 113 100 66 130 26 4.33
Last 7 GS 3-3 46.0 56 18 18 7 30 3 3.52 52
2013-08-31 @TOR ND 7.0 8 1 1 0 4 0 92 61
2013-08-26 TBR W 5.0 6 1 1 3 5 0 108 53
2013-08-21 CHW L 6.0 9 5 5 0 2 1 100 36
2013-08-15 @DET L 7.0 13 4 4 0 2 1 104 37
2013-08-10 BOS L 6.0 10 5 5 1 5 0 123 36
2013-08-05 MIN W 9.0 4 0 0 1 7 0 106 85
2013-07-31 @MIN W 6.0 6 2 2 2 5 1 107 55
Last 5 v.SEA 0-4 29.2 33 24 20 8 20 8 6.07 44
2012-07-27 @SEA L 5.1 11 6 6 0 4 2 105 26
2012-05-20 SEA L 6.0 7 6 6 2 4 3 102 36
2011-05-31 @SEA L 8.0 5 3 0 1 9 1 111 74
2010-08-18 SEA L 8.0 8 6 5 1 3 1 110 46
2009-07-07 @SEA ND 2.1 2 3 3 4 0 1 58 37
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   37-34   Road:   35-33   ExtrInn: 8-4 
 vsRHP:  54-44   vsLHP:  18-23   1-Run:  25-22
 vsEast: 19-15   vsCntrl:34-26   vsWest: 10-15 IL: 9-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
139 Wed, Sep  4   SEA  L   4-6       72-67  3rd  8.5 gb
138 Tue, Sep  3   SEA  W   4-3       72-66  3rd  8.5 gb
137 Mon, Sep  2   SEA  W   3-1       71-66  3rd  9.5 gb
136 Sun, Sep  1  @TOR  W   5-0       70-66  3rd  9.5 gb
135 Sat, Aug 31  @TOR  L   2-4       69-66  3rd 10.5 gb
134 Fri, Aug 30  @TOR  L   2-3       69-65  3rd  9.5 gb
133 Thu, Aug 29  @MIN  W   3-1       69-64  3rd  8.5 gb
132 Wed, Aug 28  @MIN  W   8-1       68-64  3rd  8.5 gb
131 Tue, Aug 27  @MIN  W   6-1       67-64  3rd  9.5 gb
130 Mon, Aug 26   TBR  W  11-1       66-64  3rd 10.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Sep 04, 2013 SEA  6 @KCR  4        W:Lucas Luetge (1-2), L: Aaron Crow (7-5), S: Danny Farquhar (12)
Tue, Sep 03, 2013 KCR  4  SEA  3        W:Luke Hochevar (4-2), L: Yoervis Medina (4-4), S: Greg Holland (38)
Mon, Sep 02, 2013 KCR  3  SEA  1        W:Will Smith (2-1), L: Felix Hernandez (12-9), S: Greg Holland (37)

Sun, Jul 29, 2012 SEA  7  KCR  6        W:Oliver Perez (1-2), L: Jose Mijares (2-2), S: Tom Wilhelmsen (14)
Sat, Jul 28, 2012 SEA  4  KCR  3        W:Kevin Millwood (4-8), L: Bruce Chen (7-9), S: Tom Wilhelmsen (13)
Fri, Jul 27, 2012 SEA  6  KCR  1        W:Blake Beavan (6-6), L: Jeremy Guthrie (3-11), S: none
Thu, Jul 26, 2012 SEA  4  KCR  1        W:Jason Vargas (11-7), L: Luis Mendoza (4-7), S: Tom Wilhelmsen (12)
Thu, Jul 19, 2012 SEA  6 @KCR  1        W:Felix Hernandez (8-5), L: Will Smith (1-3), S: none
Wed, Jul 18, 2012 KCR  8  SEA  7        W:Greg Holland (4-2), L: Josh Kinney (0-1), S: none
Tue, Jul 17, 2012 SEA  9 @KCR  6        W:Blake Beavan (4-6), L: Ryan Verdugo (0-1), S: Tom Wilhelmsen (8)
Season Series: 2013 - KCR over 2-1; 2012 - SEA won 7-1; 2011 - KCR won 5-3; All-Time - KCR leads 213-196

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 (3.89 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.73 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 11.Guthrie
G/S/vB
67.Bueno*
G/S/vB
52.Chen*
G/S/vB
31.Coleman
G/S/vB
55.Collins*
G/S/vB
43.Crow
G/S/vB
40.Herrera
G/S/vB
44.Hochevar
G/S/vB
56.Holland
G/S/vB
49.Joseph*
G/S/vB
53.Smith*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Ackley* G/S/vP 6/1.333 2/2.000 6/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 1/no AB 4/.500 4/.500 2/.500 1/.000 8/.125 352/247 .252/.301/.342/.642 .658/.635 .608 81/.959 2/1 3/1
36.Almonte# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 17/8 .235/.235/.294/.529 .556/.500 .529 17/.529 0/0 0/0
33.Blanco G/S/vP 2/2.000 1/.000 10/.967 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 136/88 .149/.237/.264/.501 .475/.516 .552 33/.252 0/0 3/3
9.Chavez* G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 275/205 .271/.294/.332/.626 .530/.659 .595 18/.513 1/2 2/4
20.Franklin# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 333/216 .223/.294/.399/.693 .580/.753 .652 82/.488 5/1 12/9
21.Gutierrez G/S/vP 12/1.000 ··· 12/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 10/.300 ··· ··· ··· 93/54 .247/.272/.539/.811 .667/.921 .828 30/.682 1/1 7/0
28.Ibanez* G/S/vP 16/.913 ··· 17/.435 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 7/.572 ··· ··· ··· 431/301 .254/.313/.499/.812 .808/.814 .787 64/.775 0/0 25/4
5.Miller* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 267/176 .261/.318/.408/.727 .676/.753 .752 111/.707 4/3 5/7
8.Morales# G/S/vP 9/.778 ··· 5/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 2/3.500 3/.666 7/1.142 1/2.000 ··· 5/.000 562/356 .279/.336/.444/.780 .746/.799 .774 98/.502 0/0 18/1
35.Quintero G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 136/92 .244/.284/.378/.662 .794/.596 .589 45/.353 0/0 4/5
26.Ryan G/S/vP 10/1.000 1/.000 11/.697 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/2.000 6/.334 3/.000 ··· 5/.000 287/195 .192/.254/.265/.520 .480/.539 .583 21/.636 4/2 3/11
55.Saunders* G/S/vP 6/.334 1/.000 12/.500 1/.000 3/1.000 2/.000 2/.000 4/.500 2/.000 ··· 8/1.125 393/264 .233/.321/.381/.702 .584/.761 .745 55/.613 12/4 10/1
15.Seager* G/S/vP 6/.533 2/.000 8/1.875 2/.000 6/.334 3/1.000 ··· 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 8/1.125 596/369 .282/.352/.468/.820 .759/.859 .903 105/.723 7/3 22/12
17.Smoak# G/S/vP 12/1.166 2/.000 11/.364 1/.000 4/1.167 2/.000 ··· 7/1.000 1/.000 1/3.000 5/.400 439/299 .250/.349/.408/.756 .490/.884 .791 96/.572 0/0 14/3
1.Triunfel G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 25/7 .083/.120/.083/.203 .284/.000 .000 / 0/0 0/1
3.Zunino G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 123/90 .239/.317/.330/.647 .613/.660 .519 12/.533 0/0 2/1
IP 178.2 3.1 93.0 23.1 48.2 44.2 53.1 60.1 55.0 3.2 28.0 TOTAL .241/.307/.393/.700 .652/.725 .703 .615 40/19 159/72
ERA-K/9 4.08/5.0 0.00/0.0 2.81/5.9 0.39/9.3 3.70/8.5 3.43/8.3 3.54/11.1 1.79/9.9 1.31/14.1 0.00/9.7 2.57/11.2 3.45/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Blanco (10-5-10)
 Quintero (21-12-2)
 Zunino (10-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 763/.282 13/.154 381/.231 88/.207 212/.242 199/.271 224/.215 226/.164 210/.175 18/.214 106/.196 .252  Saunders
 Ibanez
 Chavez
 Ackley
 Gutierrez
 Almonte
13/73/27/6
83/0/1/6
12/24/50/4
8/41/0/1
0/17/7/0
1/3/1/0
OPS .778 .308 .651 .546 .663 .779 .695 .503 .477 .675 .587 .702
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 426/.900 6/.333 128/.790 33/.555 108/.558 95/.834 111/.710 115/.592 115/.519 7/.286 44/.491 .745
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 337/.624 7/.286 253/.580 55/.539 104/.769 104/.728 113/.680 111/.412 95/.427 11/.899 62/.658 .657
Home 377/.692 13/.308 234/.676 48/.778 105/.684 98/.713 108/.585 124/.492 118/.465 10/.633 67/.667
Last 28d days 134/.858 13/.308 117/.753 32/.875 38/.619 37/.951 53/.465 55/.381 39/.323 10/.633 33/.415
HR/SB/CS 25/8/3 0/0/0 9/4/6 1/2/0 2/2/0 6/8/1 9/8/2 5/4/2 2/0/0 0/0/0 4/1/1 130/70/31
Usage ····X··· X······· ·X····X· ········ XX··oo·· X···o··X oo··X·X· oo·X·o·X ·ooo··o· o······· ··X·o·o·
Royals Batters (4.04 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (4.63 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 23.Saunders*
G/S/vB
58.Capps
G/S/vB
40.Farquhar
G/S/vB
41.Furbush*
G/S/vB
44.Luetge*
G/S/vB
37.Maurer
G/S/vB
31.Medina
G/S/vB
45.Noesi
G/S/vB
59.Perez*
G/S/vB
57.Ruffin
G/S/vB
27.Walker
G/S/vB
54.Wilhelmsen
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
64.Bonifacio# G/S/vP 17/.912 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 5/.400 ··· 3/.333 ··· 367/267 .230/.281/.331/.612 .445/.671 .575 99/.696 24/6 3/8
16.Butler G/S/vP 20/.879 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/1.500 571/421 .285/.375/.418/.793 .801/.790 .851 118/.821 0/0 14/0
6.Cain G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.333 386/267 .261/.324/.362/.686 .569/.737 .662 / 12/4 4/2
21.Carroll G/S/vP 25/.751 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 8/1.482 ··· ··· 3/.000 237/172 .208/.264/.241/.505 .633/.456 .544 40/.382 2/0 0/2
37.Ciriaco G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 126/70 .228/.288/.342/.630 .523/.717 .821 / 8/1 2/10
1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB 186/136 .266/.326/.373/.699 .567/.747 .871 70/.619 29/5 2/3
2.Escobar G/S/vP 9/.583 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 2/.000 565/390 .235/.260/.298/.559 .628/.527 .531 102/.475 18/0 3/13
17.Getz* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 4/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 231/171 .225/.291/.279/.571 .617/.555 .558 55/.602 13/3 1/4
9.Giavotella G/S/vP 3/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 38/27 .206/.289/.265/.554 .182/.718 .133 / 0/0 0/0
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 10/1.400 ··· ··· 4/2.417 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· 3/.000 3/.666 599/400 .266/.327/.421/.749 .894/.676 .714 117/.785 9/3 16/0
12.Hayes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/6 .273/.273/.455/.727 .000/1.333 .727 4/.750 0/0 0/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 3/.333 5/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/1.000 583/392 .299/.354/.444/.798 .814/.790 .785 119/.878 10/4 15/6
26.Kottaras* G/S/vP 2/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 114/95 .180/.360/.393/.753 .522/.792 .888 19/.551 1/0 5/4
7.Lough* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 300/239 .284/.305/.400/.705 .750/.694 .610 69/.541 5/2 4/2
27.Maxwell G/S/vP 10/.650 3/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 4/1.250 ··· ··· 3/.000 224/144 .259/.335/.443/.778 .723/.808 .835 59/.837 5/1 6/4
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 6/.334 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/3.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 436/330 .238/.291/.365/.656 .573/.683 .711 60/.639 1/4 10/14
23.Pena* G/S/vP 12/.167 1/3.000 ··· 3/.333 4/.250 1/3.000 ··· 3/.667 2/.000 ··· ··· 7/.762 325/263 .209/.324/.350/.674 .836/.637 .595 0/ 1/3 8/0
13.Perez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/no AB 2/.000 444/319 .281/.315/.412/.728 .782/.706 .788 91/.877 0/0 10/7
IP 162.2 50.2 47.1 55.0 29.0 68.1 59.2 22.1 46.2 10.0 47.2 TOTAL .259/.315/.377/.691 .688/.692 .689 .697 129/25 96/68
ERA-K/9 4.92/4.8 5.15/10.3 4.37/13.5 3.27/11.6 4.66/6.5 6.59/6.5 2.56/9.6 5.64/7.3 3.86/12.7 /0.0 3.60/3.6 4.34/6.6 4.30/7.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hayes (3-1-0)
 Kottaras (25-8-3)
 Perez (39-21-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 726/.306 224/.296 193/.220 232/.180 131/.307 308/.318 252/.201 107/.326 203/.254 / 39/.171 199/.202 .259  Gordon
 Lough
 Cain
 Maxwell
 Dyson
 Bonifacio
 Hosmer
133/0/0/14
13/7/64/7
0/84/18/7
0/26/35/5
0/55/0/3
20/14/5/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .862 .845 .593 .570 .799 .923 .606 .882 .727 .459 .578 .736
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 154/.562 92/1.060 96/.448 108/.436 46/.748 171/.964 112/.571 47/.825 87/.632 / 25/.501 102/.715 .706
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 572/.944 132/.703 97/.739 124/.684 85/.827 137/.870 140/.633 60/.926 116/.798 / 14/.381 97/.440 .762
Road 420/.937 99/.843 106/.559 126/.502 58/.875 134/.871 110/.544 64/.832 94/.767 / 39/.459 89/.674
Last 28d days 131/.946 53/.604 42/.495 34/.419 34/.708 45/.890 56/.673 / 30/.720 / 39/.459 1/.000
HR/SB/CS 22/12/5 10/7/1 2/3/1 5/4/1 2/2/0 14/3/5 4/3/3 3/1/0 5/1/0 // 0/0/1 2/4/0 157/68/27
Usage ····X··· X···XX·· o···X·o· ·X·o·Xo· X······X ·······X ·X··X·X· ········ ··X··o·· X····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.