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Game Preview: SEA @ KCR, 9:05pm, Tuesday, March 25, 2014 @Kauffman Stadium

Mariners, 71-91, 71-91

SP: Felix Hernandez (27, RHP, 12-10, 3.04)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (12-10) 204.1 185 74 69 46 216 15 3.04
2012 (13-9) 232.0 209 84 79 56 223 14 3.06
2011 (14-14) 233.2 218 99 90 67 222 19 3.47
Last 7 GS 1-5 38.2 35 23 22 14 47 3 5.12 52
2013-09-27 OAK L 6.0 5 3 3 1 6 1 106 55
2013-09-22 @LAA ND 4.0 1 1 1 4 10 0 92 62
2013-09-02 @KCR L 6.2 6 3 3 1 6 0 102 55
2013-08-28 TEX L 3.0 11 9 8 1 2 1 78 4
2013-08-23 LAA L 6.0 3 2 2 1 10 1 104 67
2013-08-17 @TEX L 5.0 5 5 5 5 4 0 90 36
2013-08-11 MIL W 8.0 4 0 0 1 9 0 108 82
Last 5 v.KCR 1-2 33.2 31 13 10 8 27 0 2.67 58
2013-09-02 @KCR L 6.2 6 3 3 1 6 0 102 55
2012-07-29 KCR ND 7.0 5 2 2 2 6 0 101 63
2012-07-19 @KCR W 8.0 8 1 1 1 3 0 89 64
2011-04-16 @KCR L 5.0 6 5 2 2 6 0 90 45
2010-07-05 KCR ND 7.0 6 2 2 2 6 0 112 61
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   36-45   Road:   35-46   ExtrInn: 6-15
 vsRHP:  49-62   vsLHP:  22-29   1-Run:  19-29
 vsEast: 14-18   vsCntrl:13-21   vsWest: 36-40 IL: 8-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
162 Sun, Sep 29   OAK  L   0-9       71-91  4th 25.0 gb
161 Sat, Sep 28   OAK  W   7-5       71-90  4th 24.0 gb
160 Fri, Sep 27   OAK  L   2-8       70-90  4th 25.0 gb
159 Wed, Sep 25   KCR  W   6-0       70-89  4th 24.0 gb
158 Tue, Sep 24   KCR  W   4-0       69-89  4th 25.0 gb
157 Mon, Sep 23   KCR  L   5-6 (12)  68-89  4th 26.0 gb
156 Sun, Sep 22  @LAA  W   3-2       68-88  4th 25.0 gb
155 Sat, Sep 21  @LAA  L   5-6       67-88  4th 25.0 gb
154 Fri, Sep 20  @LAA  L   2-3 (11)  67-87  4th 24.0 gb
153 Thu, Sep 19  @DET  L   4-5       67-86  4th 23.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:12-18
Royals, 86-76, 86-76

SP: Bruce Chen (36, LHP, 9-4, 3.27)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (9-4) 121.0 107 46 44 36 78 13 3.27
2012 (11-14) 191.2 215 114 108 47 140 33 5.07
2011 (12-8) 155.0 152 71 65 50 97 18 3.77
Last 7 GS 4-2 39.2 38 18 18 10 22 6 4.08 50
2013-09-29 @CHW W 6.2 4 1 1 3 4 1 81 63
2013-09-24 @SEA L 5.0 7 4 4 3 5 1 97 39
2013-09-18 CLE W 5.0 4 2 2 1 1 0 71 51
2013-09-13 @DET L 4.1 7 6 6 2 3 1 61 26
2013-09-08 DET W 7.0 5 2 2 0 4 1 81 63
2013-09-03 SEA ND 6.0 6 2 2 0 2 1 85 54
2013-08-29 @MIN W 5.2 5 1 1 1 3 1 93 57
Last 5 v.SEA 1-2 30.1 33 14 13 5 19 5 3.86 51
2013-09-24 @SEA L 5.0 7 4 4 3 5 1 97 39
2013-09-03 SEA ND 6.0 6 2 2 0 2 1 85 54
2012-07-28 @SEA L 6.0 7 3 3 1 5 1 96 50
2012-07-18 SEA ND 5.1 7 4 4 0 6 2 105 44
2011-04-14 SEA W 8.0 6 1 0 1 1 0 101 68
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   44-37   Road:   42-39   ExtrInn:11-4 
 vsRHP:  62-52   vsLHP:  24-24   1-Run:  31-25
 vsEast: 19-15   vsCntrl:44-32   vsWest: 14-18 IL: 9-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
162 Sun, Sep 29  @CHW  W   4-1       86-76  3rd  7.0 gb
161 Sat, Sep 28  @CHW  L   5-6       85-76  3rd  8.0 gb
160 Fri, Sep 27  @CHW  W   6-1       85-75  3rd  8.0 gb
159 Thu, Sep 26  @CHW  W   3-2       84-75  3rd  9.0 gb
158 Wed, Sep 25  @SEA  L   0-6       83-75  3rd  9.5 gb
157 Tue, Sep 24  @SEA  L   0-4       83-74  3rd  8.5 gb
156 Mon, Sep 23  @SEA  W   6-5 (12)  83-73  3rd  7.5 gb
155 Sun, Sep 22   TEX  W   4-0 (10)  82-73  3rd  8.5 gb
154 Sat, Sep 21   TEX  L   1-3       81-73  3rd  9.5 gb
153 Fri, Sep 20   TEX  W   2-1       81-72  3rd  8.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Sep 25, 2013 SEA  6  KCR  0        W:Hisashi Iwakuma (14-6), L: Ervin Santana (9-10), S: none
Tue, Sep 24, 2013 SEA  4  KCR  0        W:James Paxton (3-0), L: Bruce Chen (8-4), S: none
Mon, Sep 23, 2013 KCR  6 @SEA  5 (12)   W:Wade Davis (8-11), L: Lucas Luetge (1-3), S: Greg Holland (45)
Thu, Sep 05, 2013 KCR  7  SEA  6 (13)   W:Louis Coleman (3-0), L: Chance Ruffin (0-1), S: none
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
Season Series: 2013 - KCR over 4-3; 2012 - SEA won 7-1; 2011 - KCR won 5-3; All-Time - KCR leads 215-198

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 (3.85 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.71 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Chen*
G/S/vB		 67.Bueno*
G/S/vB		 31.Coleman
G/S/vB		 55.Collins*
G/S/vB		 43.Crow
G/S/vB		 17.Davis
G/S/vB		 11.Guthrie
G/S/vB		 40.Herrera
G/S/vB		 44.Hochevar
G/S/vB		 56.Holland
G/S/vB		 33.Shields
G/S/vB		 51.Vargas*
G/S/vB		 30.Ventura
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Ackley* G/S/vP 6/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 3/2.000 1/no AB 3/.333 9/1.431 4/.500 5/.400 2/.500 11/.364 6/1.167 2/.000 668/435 .226/.294/.328/.622 .675/.593 .658 / 13/3 12/8
36.Almonte# G/S/vP 5/.400 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.667 2/1.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 3/.666 / /// / / / /
8.Bloomquist G/S/vP 10/.733 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 8/.375 1/2.000 ··· ··· 12/.400 6/.167 ··· 338/228 .302/.325/.398/.724 .797/.689 .704 / 7/10 0/6
4.Buck G/S/vP 3/2.500 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 12/.878 12/.697 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 17/1.000 3/1.000 ··· 398/273 .192/.297/.347/.644 .564/.680 .688 / 0/0 12/7
22.Cano* G/S/vP 25/.717 ··· 2/.000 6/.900 ··· 22/.983 45/.801 1/.000 13/1.871 3/.000 85/1.115 21/1.026 ··· 697/428 .313/.379/.550/.929 .646/1.108 .917 / 3/2 33/6
6.Franklin# G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.500 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 4/1.250 2/.500 / /// / / / /
27.Hart G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 3/.666 2/1.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 622/476 .270/.334/.507/.841 .893/.825 .703 / 5/0 30/6
5.Miller* G/S/vP 6/.334 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 3/1.334 3/.333 / /// / / / /
20.Morrison* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 6/1.417 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 15/.762 ··· ··· 334/249 .230/.308/.399/.707 .659/.723 .820 / 1/0 11/5
55.Saunders* G/S/vP 15/.534 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.000 2/.000 6/.900 9/.555 3/.000 5/1.400 4/.000 9/.777 3/1.167 ··· 553/361 .247/.306/.432/.738 .774/.718 .793 / 21/4 19/4
15.Seager* G/S/vP 11/1.555 4/.750 2/.000 8/.250 3/1.000 5/1.800 9/.583 1/3.000 3/.000 4/.250 9/2.042 10/.200 3/.333 651/418 .259/.316/.423/.738 .658/.783 .835 / 13/5 20/13
17.Smoak# G/S/vP 14/.748 2/.000 1/.000 5/.900 2/.000 7/1.286 15/1.266 ··· 7/1.000 1/.000 15/.696 3/.333 2/.000 535/347 .217/.290/.364/.654 .703/.627 .743 / 1/0 19/4
3.Zunino G/S/vP 5/.400 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.000 / /// / / / /
IP 191.2 17.1 51.0 69.2 64.2 70.1 181.2 84.1 185.1 67.0 227.2 217.1 TOTAL .237/.306/.390/.695 .657/.714 .696 49/23 188/88
ERA-K/9 5.07/6.6 1.56/3.6 3.71/11.5 3.36/12.0 3.48/9.0 2.43/11.1 4.76/5.0 2.35/8.2 5.73/7.0 2.96/12.2 3.52/8.8 3.85/5.8 /0.0 3.45/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (48-18-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 827/.281 69/.246 217/.219 295/.216 260/.231 284/.189 788/.288 344/.250 800/.281 289/.234 944/.239 887/.245 / .250  Saunders
 Morrison
 Bloomquist
 Hart
22/113/5/4
59/0/0/4
1/0/1/0
0/0/53/0
OPS .813 .568 .762 .692 .601 .570 .822 .643 .818 .653 .678 .714 .699
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 210/.852 40/.616 76/.827 135/.769 95/.556 130/.464 397/.868 138/.742 435/.877 125/.577 506/.706 219/.705 / .740
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 617/.800 29/.501 141/.724 160/.626 165/.626 154/.654 391/.775 206/.580 365/.749 164/.712 438/.645 668/.717 / .654
Home 411/.774 45/.522 123/.597 153/.926 148/.590 153/.610 442/.818 175/.643 356/.826 155/.611 501/.651 391/.592 /
Last 28d days / / / / / / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 33/18/8 0/0/0 10/0/2 8/9/0 4/2/2 5/4/2 30/8/4 4/12/4 27/15/7 2/2/2 25/14/2 35/10/6 // 155/77/36
Usage ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········

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

Royals Batters (4.00 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (4.65 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS Hernandez
G/S/vB		 49.Beavan
G/S/vB		 40.Farquhar
G/S/vB		 41.Furbush*
G/S/vB		 18.Iwakuma
G/S/vB		 44.Luetge*
G/S/vB		 37.Maurer
G/S/vB		 31.Medina
G/S/vB		 45.Noesi
G/S/vB		 65.Paxton*
G/S/vB		 46.Pryor
G/S/vB		 50.Ramirez
G/S/vB		 56.Rodney
G/S/vB		 32.Walker
G/S/vB		 54.Wilhelmsen
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Aoki* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 588/386 .288/.355/.433/.787 .711/.828 .790 / 30/8 10/3
16.Butler G/S/vP 25/.671 9/.666 2/.000 3/1.334 3/.000 1/.000 4/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 10/.700 2/1.000 4/1.750 679/492 .313/.373/.510/.882 1.036/.827 .872 / 2/1 29/3
6.Cain G/S/vP 6/.000 3/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/1.333 244/163 .266/.316/.419/.734 .844/.681 .890 / 10/0 7/4
37.Ciriaco G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 272/190 .293/.315/.390/.705 .764/.678 .803 / 16/3 2/9
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 12/.788 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 2/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.167 ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB 330/256 .260/.328/.322/.650 .510/.689 .635 / 30/5 0/6
2.Escobar G/S/vP 12/.500 9/.889 1/.000 4/.000 3/.000 3/.000 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 3/.000 2/.000 2/.000 648/458 .293/.331/.390/.721 .676/.739 .784 / 35/5 5/19
9.Giavotella G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 189/115 .238/.270/.304/.574 .547/.591 .529 / 3/0 1/6
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 24/.633 10/1.100 2/.500 7/2.047 3/.666 6/.533 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 3/1.666 10/1.000 3/.000 3/.666 721/467 .294/.368/.455/.822 .668/.908 .848 / 10/5 14/2
12.Hayes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 118/84 .202/.229/.254/.483 .425/.506 .501 / 1/0 0/5
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 9/1.000 8/.875 1/2.000 6/.167 3/.666 7/.286 4/1.250 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 3/2.000 2/.500 2/1.000 2/1.000 598/397 .232/.304/.359/.663 .591/.700 .679 / 16/1 14/10
14.Infante G/S/vP 13/.154 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 588/418 .274/.300/.419/.719 .872/.656 .696 / 17/3 12/18
27.Maxwell G/S/vP 4/.750 3/.666 2/1.000 3/1.333 8/1.167 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 352/228 .229/.304/.460/.764 .892/.697 .794 / 9/4 18/2
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 6/.334 9/.583 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.000 3/.000 4/.000 2/1.500 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 614/435 .242/.296/.412/.708 .704/.710 .794 / 5/2 20/15
7.Peguero* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 57/43 .179/.193/.357/.550 .000/.732 .414 / 0/0 2/0
13.Perez G/S/vP 9/.666 9/1.015 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/3.000 3/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 3/2.334 3/1.000 2/no AB 3/.666 305/218 .301/.328/.471/.798 1.021/.711 .743 / 0/0 11/4
19.Valencia G/S/vP 12/.432 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· 9/.583 ··· 1/no AB 161/105 .188/.199/.299/.497 .592/.448 .638 / 0/1 3/4
IP 232.0 152.1 46.1 125.1 40.2 106.2 23.0 59.0 74.2 79.1 TOTAL .260/.315/.379/.694 .705/.689 .696 153/32 112/85
ERA-K/9 3.06/8.7 4.43/4.0 /0.0 2.72/10.3 3.16/7.3 3.98/8.4 /0.0 /0.0 5.82/5.7 /0.0 3.91/10.6 3.36/7.3 0.60/9.2 /0.0 2.50/9.9 4.32/8.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hayes (22-6-1)
 Perez (25-18-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 939/.241 638/.281 / 182/.174 519/.248 178/.248 / / 453/.266 / 104/.253 238/.217 282/.167 / 326/.202 .259  Gordon
 Aoki
 Dyson
 Maxwell
 Cain
 Hosmer
 Ciriaco
 Peguero
160/0/0/17
13/19/107/8
0/88/0/8
38/59/20/5
1/50/9/3
0/0/3/1
2/3/2/0
2/0/11/0
OPS .629 .792 .529 .718 .693 .826 .849 .616 .417 .578 .736
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 551/.643 316/.844 / 84/.404 251/.716 98/.530 / / 245/.865 / 42/.750 123/.612 160/.435 / 164/.637 .715
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 388/.608 322/.741 / 98/.637 268/.720 80/.895 / / 208/.782 / 62/.921 115/.622 122/.394 / 162/.519 .754
Road 421/.686 348/.835 / 100/.511 214/.817 89/.802 / / 221/.854 / 51/.994 132/.767 137/.520 / 165/.631
Last 28d days / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 14/17/7 23/15/4 // 3/10/3 17/10/7 3/4/0 // // 21/6/5 // 5/2/0 6/4/0 2/2/1 // 5/12/1 174/89/30
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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.