Sunday, September 15, 2013 Game Previews

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Game Preview: SEA @ STL, 2:15pm, Sunday, September 15, 2013 @Busch Stadium III

Mariners, 66-82, 66-82 4th, 21 GB, 15½ GB in WC

SP: Erasmo Ramirez (23, RHP, 5-1, 4.57)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2013 (5-1)			61.0	62	33	31	21	50	11	4.57
2012 (1-3)			59.0	47	26	22	12	48	6	3.36

Last 7 GS		3-1	43.0	38	18	16	13	35	8	3.35	55
2013-09-08	TBR	ND	6.0	4	0	0	4	5	0	106	65
2013-09-03	@KCR	ND	6.1	7	3	3	3	3	2	101	47
2013-08-29	@HOU	W	5.2	5	2	2	2	7	1	104	56
2013-08-24	LAA	L	6.2	7	3	2	2	5	1	112	53
2013-08-18	@TEX	ND	7.0	4	2	1	1	2	0	102	64
2013-08-13	@TBR	W	5.1	7	4	4	1	7	2	86	44
2013-08-03	@BAL	W	6.0	4	4	4	0	6	2	96	54

Has never faced STL as starter.

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   33-42   Road:   33-40   ExtrInn: 6-13
 vsRHP:  46-53   vsLHP:  20-29   1-Run:  18-25
 vsEast: 14-18   vsCntrl:10-17   vsWest: 34-36 IL: 8-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
148 Sat, Sep 14  @STL  W   4-1       66-82  4th 21.0 gb
147 Fri, Sep 13  @STL  L   1-2 (10)  65-82  4th 21.0 gb
146 Wed, Sep 11   HOU  L   1-6       65-81  4th 19.5 gb
145 Tue, Sep 10   HOU  L   2-13      65-80  4th 18.5 gb
144 Mon, Sep  9   HOU  L   4-6       65-79  4th 18.5 gb
143 Sun, Sep  8   TBR  L   1-4       65-78  4th 18.0 gb
142 Sat, Sep  7   TBR  W   6-2       65-77  4th 17.0 gb
141 Fri, Sep  6   TBR  W   6-4       64-77  4th 17.0 gb
140 Thu, Sep  5  @KCR  L   6-7 (13)  63-77  4th 17.5 gb
139 Wed, Sep  4  @KCR  W   6-4       63-76  4th 17.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:11-19

Cardinals, 86-62, 86-62 1st, Tied

SP: Shelby Miller (22, RHP, 13-9, 3.05)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2013 (13-9)			156.1	138	58	53	50	161	19	3.05
2012 (1-0)			13.2	9	2	2	4	16	0	1.32

Last 7 GS		2-2	35.0	36	16	14	15	29	7	3.60	51
2013-09-10	MIL	W	6.2	5	0	0	2	4	0	108	66
2013-09-04	@CIN	ND	5.2	6	3	3	4	3	1	95	44
2013-08-30	@PIT	L	4.1	8	5	5	3	3	2	99	27
2013-08-24	ATL	W	7.0	3	1	1	0	6	1	101	73
2013-08-19	@MIL	ND	5.1	5	2	2	4	8	1	101	54
2013-08-14	PIT	L	6.0	8	5	3	2	5	2	112	43
2013-08-07	LAD	ND	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	48

Has never faced SEA as starter.

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   47-27   Road:   39-35   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  69-39   vsLHP:  17-23   1-Run:  17-15
 vsEast: 20-10   vsCntrl:41-29   vsWest: 16-13 IL: 9-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
148 Sat, Sep 14   SEA  L   1-4       86-62  1st    Tied
147 Fri, Sep 13   SEA  W   2-1 (10)  86-61  1st  1.0 up
146 Thu, Sep 12   MIL  L   3-5       85-61  1st    Tied
145 Wed, Sep 11   MIL  W   5-1       85-60  1st  1.0 up
144 Tue, Sep 10   MIL  W   4-2       84-60  1st  1.0 up
143 Sun, Sep  8   PIT  W   9-2       83-60  1st  1.5 up
142 Sat, Sep  7   PIT  W   5-0       82-60  1st  0.5 up
141 Fri, Sep  6   PIT  W  12-8       81-60  2nd  0.5 gb
140 Thu, Sep  5  @CIN  L   2-6       80-60  2nd  1.5 gb
139 Wed, Sep  4  @CIN  W   5-4 (16)  80-59  2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Sep 14, 2013 SEA  4 @STL  1        W:James Paxton (2-0), L: Michael Wacha (3-1), S: Danny Farquhar (14)
Fri, Sep 13, 2013 STL  2  SEA  1 (10)   W:Kevin Siegrist (3-1), L: Chance Ruffin (0-2), S: none

Wed, Jun 16, 2010 SEA  2 @STL  1        W:Jason Vargas (5-2), L: Jaime Garcia (6-3), S: David Aardsma (14)
Tue, Jun 15, 2010 STL  4  SEA  2        W:Blake Hawksworth (1-3), L: Ryan Rowland-Smith (0-6), S: Ryan Franklin (12)
Mon, Jun 14, 2010 STL  9  SEA  3        W:Adam Wainwright (9-4), L: Luke French (0-1), S: none
Sun, Jul 04, 2004 STL  2  SEA  1        W:Jeff Suppan (7-5), L: Joel Pineiro (4-9), S: Jason Isringhausen (18)
Sat, Jul 03, 2004 STL  8  SEA  1        W:Jason Marquis (8-4), L: Ryan Franklin (3-7), S: none
Fri, Jul 02, 2004 STL 11  SEA  2        W:Woody Williams (6-6), L: Matt Thornton (0-1), S: none
Wed, Jun 12, 2002 SEA  5  STL  0        W:Joel Pineiro (5-3), L: Darryl Kile (4-4), S: none
Tue, Jun 11, 2002 STL  7 @SEA  4        W:Woody Williams (3-2), L: James Baldwin (4-6), S: none
Season Series: 2013 - tied 1-1; 2012 -  0-0; 2011 -  0-0; All-Time - STL leads 7-4

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

Stat Best Middle Worst	RS/G BOS 5.21 WSN 4.05 MIA 3.24	RA/G ATL 3.38 ARI 4.22 HOU 5.24	BA M. Cabrera .348 E. Encarnacion .272 D. Uggla .180	OBP M. Cabrera .443 M. Byrd .335 J. Arencibia .238	SLG M. Cabrera .656 J. Loney .430 A. Hechavarria .294	OPS M. Cabrera 1.098 A. Gordon .762 A. Hechavarria .558	ERA C. Kershaw 1.94 U. Jimenez 3.49 E. Volquez 5.99	K/9IP Y. Darvish 11.89 Z. Greinke 7.45 J. Guthrie 4.81

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

BOS 5.21

WSN 4.05

MIA 3.24

RA/G

ATL 3.38

ARI 4.22

HOU 5.24

M. Cabrera .348

E. Encarnacion .272

D. Uggla .180

OBP

M. Cabrera .443

M. Byrd .335

J. Arencibia .238

SLG

M. Cabrera .656

J. Loney .430

A. Hechavarria .294

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.098

A. Gordon .762

A. Hechavarria .558

ERA

C. Kershaw 1.94

U. Jimenez 3.49

E. Volquez 5.99

K/9IP

Y. Darvish 11.89

Z. Greinke 7.45

J. Guthrie 4.81

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Mariners Batters (3.86 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.74 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 40.Miller
G/S/vB 34.Axford
G/S/vB 36.Choate*
G/S/vB 71.Freeman*
G/S/vB 58.Kelly
G/S/vB 70.Lyons*
G/S/vB 61.Maness
G/S/vB 62.Martinez
G/S/vB 44.Mujica
G/S/vB 26.Rosenthal
G/S/vB 59.Salas
G/S/vB 46.Siegrist*
G/S/vB 52.Wacha
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Ackley* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/2.000 381/266 .256/.318/.343/.661 .677/.655 .640 81/.918 2/2 3/1

36.Almonte# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 46/28 .293/.341/.439/.780 .529/.949 .645 46/.780 1/0 1/3

33.Blanco G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 142/91 .143/.234/.254/.488 .471/.498 .527 30/.171 0/0 3/3

9.Chavez* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 275/205 .271/.294/.332/.626 .530/.659 .595 11/.545 1/3 2/4

20.Franklin# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 359/236 .217/.292/.387/.679 .587/.727 .630 77/.509 6/1 12/10

21.Gutierrez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.666 ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/1.000 116/71 .250/.270/.491/.761 .622/.852 .814 53/.630 2/1 7/1

28.Ibanez* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 7/.572 ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 455/321 .248/.308/.496/.804 .805/.804 .793 65/.749 0/0 27/4

5.Miller* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 308/207 .260/.314/.402/.716 .675/.736 .702 114/.678 5/3 6/8

8.Morales# G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 600/384 .284/.342/.460/.802 .783/.812 .789 99/.783 0/0 22/1

35.Quintero G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 137/93 .242/.281/.375/.656 .794/.589 .581 23/.325 0/0 4/5

55.Saunders* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 420/282 .234/.320/.376/.696 .592/.748 .726 62/.626 12/5 10/1

15.Seager* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 636/399 .274/.346/.451/.796 .725/.840 .893 108/.642 8/3 22/13

17.Smoak# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 469/319 .244/.339/.408/.747 .484/.874 .803 90/.486 0/0 16/4

1.Triunfel G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 27/8 .083/.115/.083/.199 .284/.000 .000 2/ 0/0 0/1

3.Zunino G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 152/113 .222/.303/.319/.621 .568/.640 .578 41/.518 0/0 3/1

IP 156.1 59.1 32.2 8.1 106.2 50.1 57.1 22.1 61.2 68.1 26.1 34.0 51.1 TOTAL .240/.307/.391/.698 .650/.723 .703 .636 45/22 170/80

ERA-K/9

3.05/9.3

4.40/9.0

2.48/7.2

3.24/7.6

2.87/6.1

5.01/7.3

2.35/5.3

4.84/7.3

2.19/6.4

2.24/12.8

4.44/6.8

0.53/11.9

2.81/8.6

3.51/7.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Blanco (12-6-10)
Quintero (21-12-2)
Zunino (20-6-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 651/.234 265/.282 131/.198 36/.219 461/.267 212/.244 235/.286 99/.291 234/.220 282/.220 111/.253 129/.116 206/.211 .249 Saunders
Ibanez
Chavez
Ackley
Almonte
Gutierrez 16/76/30/6
90/0/1/6
16/24/50/4
10/43/0/1
1/8/3/1
0/17/13/0

OPS .678 .801 .527 .618 .710 .738 .735 .739 .590 .601 .705 .429 .597 .685

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 308/.768 123/.849 93/.520 13/.641 203/.682 57/.676 76/.756 45/.753 104/.532 123/.518 41/.789 65/.340 105/.459 .694

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 343/.596 142/.759 38/.541 23/.604 258/.733 155/.762 159/.724 54/.728 130/.637 159/.667 70/.654 64/.518 101/.745 .677

Home 320/.574 143/.753 64/.537 13/.671 254/.740 69/.851 127/.717 68/.860 124/.439 151/.586 50/.737 70/.426 149/.577

Last 28d days 130/.772 40/.765 18/.411 21/.702 130/.741 46/.633 46/.793 26/.668 33/1.081 35/.273 21/.524 36/.495 101/.528

HR/SB/CS 19/8/3 10/3/2 0/1/0 0/0/0 10/1/1 5/2/0 4/2/0 1/1/1 7/2/2 4/0/2 3/1/0 1/0/1 4/1/0 107/36/24

Usage ····X··· ···o··X· o··o···o ······o· ··X····· X······· o·X····o ··X····· ·o··X··· ···XX··o o·····o· ·Xo·o··· X·····X·

Cardinals Batters (4.75 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (4.65 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 50.Ramirez
G/S/vB 58.Capps
G/S/vB 40.Farquhar
G/S/vB 41.Furbush*
G/S/vB 30.LaFromboise*
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 59.Perez*
G/S/vB 57.Ruffin
G/S/vB 27.Walker
G/S/vB 54.Wilhelmsen
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

53.Adams* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 262/220 .266/.324/.473/.797 .667/.823 .836 54/.738 0/1 13/1

3.Beltran# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 7/.953 ··· ··· ··· 547/388 .303/.341/.505/.846 .715/.900 .842 92/.853 2/1 23/5

13.Carpenter* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 649/444 .317/.389/.482/.871 .808/.900 1.006 106/.932 3/3 10/11

56.Chambers* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 18/15 .125/.222/.188/.410 .000/.497 .384 4/.000 0/0 0/1

21.Craig G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 563/431 .315/.373/.457/.830 .779/.845 .834 59/.952 2/0 13/1

48.Cruz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 118/85 .205/.246/.286/.531 .242/.648 .463 13/.308 0/0 1/1

33.Descalso* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 309/251 .236/.289/.359/.648 .552/.670 .564 56/.366 6/3 5/13

23.Freese G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/2.333 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 475/346 .260/.335/.376/.711 .787/.682 .642 76/.642 1/2 8/10

7.Holliday G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 19/.576 ··· ··· ··· 555/420 .284/.369/.464/.833 .760/.856 .933 103/.875 6/1 19/1

8.Jackson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/2 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 2/.000 0/0 0/0

19.Jay* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 566/443 .263/.341/.365/.706 .590/.737 .706 80/.604 7/3 7/1

32.Johnson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 38/27 .171/.237/.257/.494 .182/.605 .358 12/.258 0/0 0/0

38.Kozma G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 431/294 .218/.274/.273/.548 .551/.546 .497 43/.480 3/1 1/9

4.Molina G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 23/.962 ··· ··· 1/.000 486/381 .312/.352/.470/.822 .891/.803 .762 82/.644 3/2 11/3

41.Peterson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 24/8 .087/.125/.087/.212 .125/.393 .133 10/.000 0/0 0/0

43.Robinson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 145/57 .261/.372/.345/.717 .592/.913 .665 42/.654 5/1 2/2

16.Wong* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 49/45 .149/.184/.170/.354 .000/.386 .111 41/.425 3/0 0/0

IP 61.0 53.2 50.2 60.2 5.1 33.2 72.2 62.1 24.1 12.0 49.2 5.0 15.0 52.2 TOTAL .265/.328/.397/.725 .666/.747 .729 .669 42/19 114/68

ERA-K/9

4.57/7.4

5.37/10.2

4.62/13.1

3.12/11.3

8.44/11.9

4.81/6.7

7.18/6.6

2.89/9.5

5.92/7.0

0.75/6.0

3.62/12.5

5.40/18.0

3.60/7.2

3.93/6.7

4.31/7.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cruz (12-6-2)
Johnson (1-0-1)
Molina (23-18-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 264/.259 243/.303 208/.222 254/.174 26/.286 152/.308 332/.329 265/.201 120/.358 46/.140 215/.253 23/.211 60/.204 219/.190 .260 Jay
Beltran
Holliday
Craig
Carpenter
Peterson
Robinson
Kozma
Chambers 0/138/0/4
0/0/125/3
126/0/0/2
25/0/22/1
0/0/2/1
4/0/0/0
21/26/28/0
1/0/0/0
7/0/4/0

OPS .753 .875 .597 .555 .733 .799 .938 .610 .948 .405 .724 .769 .546 .555 .737

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 164/.779 98/1.058 104/.489 116/.443 5/.200 53/.710 184/.948 118/.598 53/.914 6/.533 90/.654 7/.952 39/.536 109/.703 .709

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 100/.712 145/.758 104/.706 138/.648 21/.862 99/.847 148/.925 147/.619 67/.977 40/.386 125/.770 16/.683 21/.563 110/.415 .760

Road 123/.729 99/.843 109/.542 143/.496 5/1.550 65/.828 142/.894 114/.523 64/.832 22/.282 96/.780 9/.778 39/.459 94/.673

Last 28d days 107/.714 50/.849 39/.403 44/.410 9/.222 41/.590 58/1.067 45/.734 13/1.510 46/.405 26/.361 23/.769 60/.546 21/.297

HR/SB/CS 11/3/0 11/11/1 2/3/1 5/6/1 0/0/0 2/3/0 14/4/5 4/3/3 3/1/1 1/0/0 5/1/1 1/0/0 0/0/1 2/4/0 163/80/30

Usage ······X· ····Xo·· o····X·o XX···oo· ···X·o·· ····Xo·o ···X···· ·o····o· ···X··X· X······X ·o·X··o· ·o··Xo·o ·····X·· o··Xo··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.