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Game Preview: SEA @ TBR, 7:10pm, Thursday, August 15, 2013 @Tropicana Field

Mariners, 55-64, 55-64 3rd, 14 GB, 12½ GB in WC

SP: Joe Saunders (32, LHP, 10-11, 4.69)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (10-11) 140.0 169 82 73 44 83 18 4.69
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 39.1 53 27 20 13 29 5 4.58 43
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
2013-07-24 CLE L 4.2 9 6 5 3 5 0 104 26
2013-07-19 @HOU W 5.1 9 3 3 3 6 1 99 41
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
Last 5 v.TBR 0-2 10.2 13 9 9 6 7 3 7.59 38
2008-06-09 TBR L 4.2 9 8 8 2 4 3 102 16
2008-05-10 @TBR L 6.0 4 1 1 4 3 0 101 59
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   31-32   Road:   24-32   ExtrInn: 6-10
 vsRHP:  37-44   vsLHP:  18-20   1-Run:  16-20
 vsEast: 12-16   vsCntrl: 9-14   vsWest: 27-24 IL: 7-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
119 Wed, Aug 14  @TBR  L   4-5       55-64  3rd 14.0 gb
118 Tue, Aug 13  @TBR  W   5-4       55-63  3rd 13.0 gb
117 Sun, Aug 11   MIL  W   2-0       54-63  3rd 13.5 gb
116 Sat, Aug 10   MIL  L   0-10      53-63  4th 13.5 gb
115 Fri, Aug  9   MIL  L   5-10      53-62  3rd 12.5 gb
114 Wed, Aug  7   TOR  W   9-7       53-61  3rd 11.5 gb
113 Tue, Aug  6   TOR  L   2-7       52-61  3rd 12.5 gb
112 Mon, Aug  5   TOR  L   1-3       52-60  3rd 12.5 gb
111 Sun, Aug  4  @BAL  W   3-2       52-59  3rd 12.0 gb
110 Sat, Aug  3  @BAL  W   8-4       51-59  4th 13.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:15-15
Rays, 67-51, 67-51 2nd, 3 GB, ½ up in WC

SP: Alex Cobb (25, RHP, 6-2, 3.01)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (6-2) 83.2 74 29 28 23 76 9 3.01
2012 (11-9) 136.1 130 67 61 40 106 11 4.03
2011 (3-2) 52.2 49 21 20 21 37 3 3.42
Last 7 GS 2-0 41.2 32 15 15 15 43 4 3.24 57
2013-06-15 KCR ND 4.1 4 2 2 3 3 0 78 47
2013-06-10 BOS ND 4.0 7 6 6 3 4 0 98 25
2013-06-05 @DET ND 7.2 5 0 0 3 7 0 108 73
2013-05-26 NYY W 8.1 5 2 2 0 8 1 113 73
2013-05-21 @TOR W 6.1 3 1 1 2 2 1 107 63
2013-05-16 BOS ND 6.1 3 1 1 2 6 0 92 67
2013-05-10 SDP ND 4.2 5 3 3 2 13 2 117 53
Last 5 v.SEA 1-2 15.1 13 6 6 5 17 1 3.52 56
2012-08-13 @SEA W 7.0 4 1 1 2 5 0 91 68
2012-07-21 SEA L 2.0 3 2 2 2 3 0 52 43
2011-07-30 @SEA L 6.1 6 3 3 1 9 1 105 57
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   38-22   Road:   29-29   ExtrInn: 6-5 
 vsRHP:  44-35   vsLHP:  23-16   1-Run:  18-17
 vsEast: 28-26   vsCntrl:17-12   vsWest: 10-5  IL:12-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
118 Wed, Aug 14   SEA  W   5-4       67-51  2nd  3.0 gb
117 Tue, Aug 13   SEA  L   4-5       66-51  2nd  4.0 gb
116 Sun, Aug 11  @LAD  L   2-8       66-50  2nd  3.0 gb
115 Sat, Aug 10  @LAD  L   0-5       66-49  2nd  3.0 gb
114 Fri, Aug  9  @LAD  L   6-7       66-48  2nd  2.0 gb
113 Wed, Aug  7  @ARI  L   8-9       66-47  2nd  2.5 gb
112 Tue, Aug  6  @ARI  L   1-6       66-46  2nd  1.5 gb
111 Sun, Aug  4   SFG  W   4-3       66-45  2nd  1.0 gb
110 Sat, Aug  3   SFG  W   2-1 (10)  65-45  2nd  1.0 gb
109 Fri, Aug  2   SFG  L   1-4       64-45  2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Aug 14, 2013 TBR  5  SEA  4        W:Joel Peralta (2-5), L: Danny Farquhar (0-1), S: none
Tue, Aug 13, 2013 SEA  5 @TBR  4        W:Erasmo Ramirez (4-0), L: Chris Archer (6-5), S: Danny Farquhar (5)

Wed, Aug 15, 2012 SEA  1  TBR  0        W:Felix Hernandez (11-5), L: Jeremy Hellickson (7-8), S: none
Tue, Aug 14, 2012 SEA  3  TBR  2        W:Stephen Pryor (2-0), L: Fernando Rodney (2-2), S: none
Mon, Aug 13, 2012 TBR  4 @SEA  1        W:Alex Cobb (7-8), L: Blake Beavan (7-7), S: Fernando Rodney (37)
Sun, Jul 22, 2012 SEA  2 @TBR  1        W:Blake Beavan (5-6), L: Matt Moore (6-7), S: Tom Wilhelmsen (10)
Sat, Jul 21, 2012 SEA  2 @TBR  1        W:Jason Vargas (10-7), L: Alex Cobb (4-7), S: Tom Wilhelmsen (9)
Fri, Jul 20, 2012 TBR  4  SEA  3 (14)   W:Jake McGee (3-2), L: Tom Wilhelmsen (3-2), S: none
Thu, May 03, 2012 TBR  4  SEA  3        W:Jeff Niemann (2-3), L: Kevin Millwood (0-3), S: Fernando Rodney (9)
Wed, May 02, 2012 TBR  5  SEA  4        W:James Shields (5-0), L: Blake Beavan (1-3), S: Joel Peralta (1)
Season Series: 2013 - tied 1-1; 2012 - TBR won 6-4; 2011 - TBR won 6-4; All-Time - SEA leads 74-63

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

DET  5.12

SEA  4.05

MIA  3.16

 RA/G

ATL  3.41

CHC  4.27

HOU  5.28

 BA

M. Cabrera  .360

J. Bruce  .272

D. Uggla  .186

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .453

A. Gordon  .333

J. Arencibia  .249

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .685

J. Morneau  .424

P. Kozma  .285

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.138

A. De Aza  .754

J. Keppinger  .555

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.88

C. Hamels  3.65

J. Blanton  5.86

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  12.12

J. Blanton  7.21

B. Colon  4.84

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

Mariners Batters (4.05 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (4.08 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
G/S/vB		 57.McGee*
G/S/vB		 62.Peralta
G/S/vB		 27.Ramos*
G/S/vB		 56.Rodney
G/S/vB		 54.Torres*
G/S/vB		 35.Wright
G/S/vB		 49.Wright*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Ackley* G/S/vP 8/1.000 4/.833 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.333 285/214 .230/.286/.295/.581 .585/.580 .615 66/.775 1/1 1/1
33.Blanco G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 2/.000 106/68 .181/.267/.319/.586 .488/.643 .645 36/.644 0/0 3/2
9.Chavez* G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.000 2/.000 3/.666 3/.333 ··· 11/.844 1/3.000 260/195 .270/.292/.335/.627 .508/.666 .608 26/.423 1/2 2/3
20.Franklin# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 269/179 .242/.309/.430/.739 .643/.788 .641 100/.656 5/1 10/8
28.Ibanez* G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 7/1.381 1/.000 14/.297 ··· 14/.800 6/.583 378/269 .250/.302/.506/.807 .828/.799 .763 82/.496 0/0 24/4
5.Miller* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 177/127 .261/.328/.447/.775 .606/.842 .899 109/.810 3/0 4/6
8.Morales# G/S/vP 5/.800 1/2.000 5/1.400 ··· 7/.286 ··· 8/.542 1/no AB 484/314 .294/.347/.473/.820 .841/.809 .823 104/.895 0/0 17/1
38.Morse G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 278/185 .239/.299/.431/.730 .874/.659 .767 51/.569 0/0 12/1
35.Quintero G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 106/78 .250/.292/.420/.712 .973/.621 .602 38/.734 0/0 4/4
26.Ryan G/S/vP 5/.400 1/.000 5/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 269/186 .189/.253/.259/.512 .471/.531 .578 14/.298 4/2 3/9
55.Saunders* G/S/vP 4/.500 1/.000 4/.000 2/.000 7/.143 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 350/237 .227/.318/.387/.705 .617/.748 .740 85/.828 11/4 10/1
15.Seager* G/S/vP 4/.833 3/.000 5/.000 2/1.000 5/1.200 ··· ··· 2/1.000 511/325 .285/.354/.465/.819 .642/.925 .925 104/.710 6/3 17/11
17.Smoak# G/S/vP 4/.000 3/.000 3/.000 3/.000 6/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 362/258 .273/.367/.448/.815 .503/.945 .859 93/.849 0/0 13/2
IP 83.2 45.2 50.1 49.0 47.2 37.2 49.1 42.1 TOTAL .244/.310/.403/.713 .662/.737 .719 .723 36/15 143/62
ERA-K/9 3.01/8.2 4.34/11.0 3.04/9.5 4.22/6.8 4.15/12.5 1.43/11.5 3.28/8.2 3.83/8.9 3.88/8.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Blanco (6-4-10)
 Quintero (17-8-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 343/.233 191/.222 203/.183 213/.283 216/.224 143/.117 209/.235 188/.277 .241  Saunders
 Ibanez
 Chavez
 Ackley
 Morse
7/69/21/6
72/0/1/5
11/24/44/4
5/26/0/1
8/0/48/0
OPS .645 .658 .570 .703 .690 .382 .623 .799 .688
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 206/.636 65/.642 117/.526 79/.761 121/.735 52/.439 121/.609 97/.863 .725
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 137/.659 126/.666 86/.631 134/.669 95/.634 91/.348 88/.642 91/.733 .656
Home 204/.606 95/.557 102/.489 112/.736 137/.684 53/.311 102/.599 103/.741
Last 28d days / 37/.780 36/.656 37/.837 41/.900 48/.601 30/.841 43/.766
HR/SB/CS 9/7/2 6/3/0 4/0/1 3/3/0 3/7/1 1/1/0 2/12/2 5/5/1 112/83/24
Usage Xo···X·X oX···o·X ···XX··· ·X···X·X ···X···X ····X··· ·X···o·X
Rays Batters (4.50 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (4.65 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		 59.Perez*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Bourgeois G/S/vP 4/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/2 .167/.167/.167/.333 .000/1.000 2.000 6/.333 0/0 0/0
11.Escobar G/S/vP 9/.888 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 16/1.600 423/287 .257/.324/.369/.693 .818/.632 .742 78/.755 4/2 8/5
5.Fuld* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 150/98 .206/.279/.298/.577 1.007/.366 .524 27/.718 4/1 2/0
2.Johnson* G/S/vP 6/.666 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 12/.258 332/253 .251/.316/.458/.774 .753/.781 .733 41/.854 7/3 16/3
20.Joyce* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 4/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/no AB 366/317 .247/.336/.428/.764 .496/.808 .752 56/.759 7/1 14/1
59.Lobaton# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 218/136 .244/.306/.371/.676 .652/.687 .700 37/.454 0/1 4/2
21.Loney* G/S/vP 29/.901 ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 12/.878 426/306 .314/.362/.450/.812 .820/.809 .720 70/.712 3/1 10/6
3.Longoria G/S/vP 6/1.133 ··· 2/1.500 4/1.833 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 499/346 .267/.345/.492/.837 .963/.782 .800 100/.733 1/0 22/7
28.Molina G/S/vP 10/.222 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 9/.555 234/156 .246/.312/.314/.626 .619/.629 .562 51/.583 2/1 2/4
9.Myers G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 198/126 .316/.369/.508/.877 .839/.896 .879 86/1.074 5/1 9/0
19.Roberts G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 7/.715 173/86 .247/.295/.377/.671 .845/.494 .776 31/.525 0/2 5/4
1.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 6/1.867 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 163/32 .257/.325/.368/.693 .702/.655 .699 39/.685 1/2 2/1
30.Scott* G/S/vP 7/.429 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 274/190 .249/.336/.430/.766 .773/.763 .855 54/.475 1/0 9/1
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.000 6/.833 3/1.167 ··· ··· 3/.333 502/326 .276/.357/.413/.771 .620/.848 .871 98/.936 9/1 9/3
IP 140.0 40.0 38.1 48.0 23.2 58.2 50.0 41.2 TOTAL .261/.331/.414/.745 .765/.735 .755 .726 61/23 125/43
ERA-K/9 4.69/5.3 5.63/10.3 5.17/13.6 3.19/12.4 5.70/6.5 6.75/5.7 2.52/9.4 3.02/12.7 4.28/7.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Lobaton (39-8-2)
 Molina (44-16-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 619/.300 181/.309 163/.248 203/.180 108/.340 263/.318 213/.197 178/.250 .260  Johnson
 Zobrist
 Rodriguez
 Fuld
 Myers
 Bourgeois
 Joyce
 Scott
48/0/0/6
3/0/38/2
33/0/6/1
48/14/19/1
0/7/38/1
3/0/0/0
44/0/50/0
6/0/0/0
OPS .846 .894 .667 .581 .871 .928 .574 .726 .741
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 137/.556 75/1.080 83/.507 100/.406 35/.898 150/1.000 95/.557 79/.666 .714
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 482/.931 106/.771 80/.837 103/.752 73/.858 113/.833 118/.586 99/.774 .764
Road 346/.930 70/.925 84/.686 100/.488 49/.981 118/.917 84/.510 75/.712
Last 28d days 128/1.034 19/.557 60/.509 38/.521 45/.755 42/.739 67/.732 33/1.285
HR/SB/CS 18/11/3 9/7/1 2/2/1 5/4/1 2/1/0 12/3/5 3/3/1 5/1/0 140/57/21
Usage ·····X·· ····oX·· oX·X···o X······o ····Xo·· ·······X XX··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.