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Game Preview: SEA @ HOU, 8:10pm, Friday, May 2, 2014 @Minute Maid Park

Mariners, 12-14, 12-14 4th, 5 GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Felix Hernandez (28, RHP, 3-1, 2.40)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (3-1) 41.1 30 16 11 7 47 3 2.40
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
Last 7 GS 3-2 47.1 35 19 14 8 53 4 2.66 63
2014-04-26 TEX ND 6.0 5 3 3 3 4 0 107 51
2014-04-21 HOU L 7.0 7 6 2 1 4 1 96 50
2014-04-16 @TEX ND 7.0 4 1 1 1 9 0 96 73
2014-04-11 OAK W 7.0 4 2 2 0 11 0 104 72
2014-04-05 @OAK W 8.1 6 1 1 1 8 1 101 74
2014-03-31 @LAA W 6.0 4 3 2 1 11 1 103 64
2013-09-27 OAK L 6.0 5 3 3 1 6 1 106 55
Last 5 v.HOU 2-2 25.0 28 10 6 4 26 2 2.16 57
2014-04-21 HOU L 7.0 7 6 2 1 4 1 96 50
2013-07-21 @HOU W 6.0 4 0 0 1 7 0 99 70
2013-04-22 @HOU W 6.0 5 0 0 1 9 0 93 70
2007-06-15 @HOU L 6.0 12 4 4 1 6 1 99 37
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    5-6    Road:    7-8    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   5-11   vsLHP:   7-3    1-Run:   2-3 
 vsEast:  2-0    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest: 10-11 IL: 0-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 26 Thu, May  1  @NYY  W   4-2       12-14  4th  5.0 gb
 25 Tue, Apr 29  @NYY  W   6-3       11-14  4th  5.0 gb
 24 Sun, Apr 27   TEX  W   6-5       10-14  4th  4.5 gb
 23 Sat, Apr 26   TEX  L   3-6        9-14  4th  5.5 gb
 22 Fri, Apr 25   TEX  W   6-5        9-13  4th  5.5 gb
 21 Wed, Apr 23   HOU  W   5-3        8-13  4th  5.5 gb
 20 Tue, Apr 22   HOU  L   2-5        7-13  4th  6.0 gb
 19 Mon, Apr 21   HOU  L   2-7        7-12  4th  6.0 gb
 18 Sun, Apr 20  @MIA  L   2-3        7-11  4th  6.0 gb
 17 Sat, Apr 19  @MIA  L   0-7        7-10  4th  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-14
Astros, 9-19, 9-19 5th, 9 GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Brad Peacock (26, RHP, 0-2, 5.95)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (0-2) 19.2 22 15 13 17 18 1 5.95
2013 (5-6) 83.1 78 51 48 37 77 15 5.18
2011 (2-0) 12.0 7 1 1 6 4 0 0.75
Last 7 GS 2-3 39.1 37 22 19 19 36 3 4.35 50
2014-04-25 OAK ND 5.0 5 5 3 6 3 0 92 38
2014-04-20 @OAK L 5.0 5 2 2 3 4 1 83 50
2013-09-24 @TEX L 6.0 6 3 3 1 7 1 95 54
2013-09-18 CIN ND 5.2 6 4 3 3 5 0 98 45
2013-09-11 @SEA W 6.0 3 1 1 1 4 1 105 65
2013-09-05 @OAK W 7.0 5 2 2 1 9 0 97 67
2013-08-30 SEA L 4.2 7 5 5 4 4 0 103 30
Last 5 v.SEA 2-2 20.0 23 16 16 7 12 6 7.20 40
2013-09-11 @SEA W 6.0 3 1 1 1 4 1 105 65
2013-08-30 SEA L 4.2 7 5 5 4 4 0 103 30
2013-04-22 SEA L 4.1 9 7 7 1 1 3 90 17
2013-04-10 @SEA W 5.0 4 3 3 1 3 2 95 49
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    5-11   Road:    4-8    ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:   7-12   vsLHP:   2-7    1-Run:   2-4 
 vsEast:  3-3    vsCntrl: 0-3    vsWest:  6-11 IL: 0-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 28 Wed, Apr 30   WSN  L   0-7        9-19  5th  9.0 gb
 27 Tue, Apr 29   WSN  L   3-4        9-18  5th  8.0 gb
 26 Sun, Apr 27   OAK  W   5-1        9-17  5th  6.5 gb
 25 Sat, Apr 26   OAK  W   7-6        8-17  5th  7.5 gb
 24 Fri, Apr 25   OAK  L   5-12       7-17  5th  8.5 gb
 23 Thu, Apr 24   OAK  L   1-10       7-16  5th  7.5 gb
 22 Wed, Apr 23  @SEA  L   3-5        7-15  5th  7.0 gb
 21 Tue, Apr 22  @SEA  W   5-2        7-14  5th  6.5 gb
 20 Mon, Apr 21  @SEA  W   7-2        6-14  5th  7.5 gb
 19 Sun, Apr 20  @OAK  L   1-4        5-14  5th  8.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30: 9-19
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Apr 23, 2014 SEA  5  HOU  3        W:Fernando Rodney (1-1), L: Josh Fields (0-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 22, 2014 HOU  5 @SEA  2        W:Collin McHugh (1-0), L: Erasmo Ramirez (1-3), S: Josh Fields (2)
Mon, Apr 21, 2014 HOU  7 @SEA  2        W:Dallas Keuchel (2-1), L: Felix Hernandez (3-1), S: none

Wed, Sep 11, 2013 HOU  6 @SEA  1        W:Brad Peacock (5-5), L: Brandon Maurer (4-8), S: Josh Zeid (1)
Tue, Sep 10, 2013 HOU 13 @SEA  2        W:Jordan Lyles (7-7), L: Joe Saunders (11-14), S: none
Mon, Sep 09, 2013 HOU  6 @SEA  4        W:Kevin Chapman (1-1), L: Danny Farquhar (0-3), S: Josh Fields (4)
Sun, Sep 01, 2013 HOU  2  SEA  0        W:Brett Oberholtzer (4-1), L: Charlie Furbush (2-5), S: none
Sat, Aug 31, 2013 SEA  3 @HOU  1        W:Joe Saunders (11-13), L: Dallas Keuchel (5-8), S: Danny Farquhar (11)
Fri, Aug 30, 2013 SEA  7 @HOU  1        W:Taijuan Walker (1-0), L: Brad Peacock (3-5), S: none
Thu, Aug 29, 2013 SEA  3 @HOU  2        W:Erasmo Ramirez (5-1), L: Jordan Lyles (6-7), S: Danny Farquhar (10)
Season Series: 2014 - HOU over 2-1; 2013 - SEA won 10-9; 2012 -  0-0; All-Time - HOU leads 17-14

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 2014 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 (3.88 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.07 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Peacock
G/S/vB
45.Bass
G/S/vB
68.Cisnero
G/S/vB
56.Clemens
G/S/vB
35.Fields
G/S/vB
50.Qualls
G/S/vB
44.Valdes*
G/S/vB
36.Williams
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Ackley* G/S/vP 9/.944 1/.000 3/1.334 4/1.250 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 27/.546 88/62 .259/.307/.370/.677 .692/.668 .771 70/.624 1/1 1/0
36.Almonte# G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 109/71 .204/.248/.301/.549 .687/.476 .669 89/.493 2/1 1/3
8.Bloomquist G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· ··· 28/12 .259/.286/.259/.545 .708/.333 .579 24/.500 0/0 0/0
4.Buck G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 8/1.071 1/.000 ··· 19/13 .188/.316/.188/.503 .533/.490 .664 15/.500 0/0 0/1
22.Cano* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 6/2.433 111/67 .294/.342/.382/.725 .657/.765 .722 91/.680 2/1 1/3
16.Gillespie G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/ .222/.222/.333/.556 .556/ 1.000 9/.556 0/1 0/0
27.Hart G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 11/.600 1/.000 ··· 90/56 .228/.322/.430/.753 .775/.737 .798 76/.773 0/0 4/0
5.Miller* G/S/vP 6/1.000 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 2/5.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 93/62 .180/.215/.326/.541 .755/.440 .616 73/.452 0/0 3/2
7.Romero G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 43/13 .214/.233/.286/.518 .577/.385 .450 36/.479 0/0 0/1
55.Saunders* G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 1/3.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 19/.865 49/40 .233/.306/.395/.701 .730/.692 .701 40/.822 1/3 1/0
15.Seager* G/S/vP 11/.818 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 5/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 24/.701 100/70 .230/.330/.448/.778 .489/.907 .521 86/.824 1/1 5/4
17.Smoak# G/S/vP 10/1.000 1/.000 1/no AB 3/1.666 1/.000 3/.666 1/5.000 20/.311 101/60 .239/.297/.402/.699 .668/.721 .766 82/.575 0/1 3/1
3.Zunino G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 81/53 .260/.284/.455/.738 .839/.685 .868 67/.680 0/0 3/1
IP 19.2 13.2 2.1 13.1 10.1 8.1 3.1 16.0 TOTAL .231/.288/.365/.653 .679/.638 .684 .619 8/9 22/17
ERA-K/9 5.95/8.2 4.61/2.0 0.00/15.7 4.73/3.4 9.58/10.5 5.40/13.0 8.10/10.9 6.75/6.2 4.87/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (5-0-0)
 Zunino (12-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 97/.278 58/.226 10/.125 59/.245 49/.286 42/.385 16/.231 76/.338 .262  Ackley
 Almonte
 Bloomquist
 Romero
 Gillespie
 Saunders
 Hart
25/0/0/2
0/25/0/2
2/0/1/0
0/0/12/0
3/0/0/0
0/2/17/0
0/0/3/0
OPS .782 .689 .425 .782 .793 .967 .913 .960 .761
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 64/.704 29/.441 7/.629 36/.611 26/1.070 24/1.227 8/1.000 47/1.140 .754
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 33/.924 29/.916 3/.000 23/1.064 23/.462 18/.627 8/.821 29/.668 .769
Home 61/.777 40/.811 10/.425 39/.689 24/.798 21/1.026 8/.375 52/1.030
Last 28d days 82/.818 50/.764 10/.425 59/.782 46/.849 37/.935 16/.913 52/.894
HR/SB/CS 1/3/0 2/1/0 0/1/0 3/0/0 1/1/0 1/3/0 1/0/0 4/1/0 30/21/5
Usage ······X· ··o···XX ·o····X· ·X·····X ··X···X· ··X···X· ··o·ooX· ·····X·X
Astros Batters (3.14 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (4.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 34.Hernandez
G/S/vB
97.Beimel*
G/S/vB
29.Elias*
G/S/vB
40.Farquhar
G/S/vB
41.Furbush*
G/S/vB
52.Leone
G/S/vB
44.Luetge*
G/S/vB
31.Medina
G/S/vB
56.Rodney
G/S/vB
54.Wilhelmsen
G/S/vB
53.Young
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP 10/.844 ··· ··· ··· 2/4.000 1/.000 3/1.667 5/.800 1/.000 2/.000 4/.000 126/92 .276/.325/.371/.696 .971/.593 .727 110/.659 9/1 1/0
23.Carter G/S/vP 9/.476 ··· ··· 3/1.167 5/.400 1/.000 5/.200 2/2.000 2/.000 5/.600 3/2.667 100/65 .153/.270/.329/.599 .586/.607 .510 85/.601 0/0 3/1
15.Castro* G/S/vP 9/.904 ··· ··· 3/.666 7/1.171 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 2/.000 3/.666 3/1.000 97/72 .220/.330/.427/.757 .457/.870 .733 86/.785 0/0 4/1
22.Corporan# G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· 32/14 .167/.188/.367/.554 .500/.631 .667 26/.609 0/0 2/0
30.Dominguez G/S/vP 3/2.667 ··· ··· 4/.250 4/.000 1/5.000 2/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 8/.875 3/.333 102/71 .231/.304/.407/.711 .635/.745 .615 87/.728 0/1 4/3
21.Fowler# G/S/vP 4/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB 1/.000 13/.938 101/78 .231/.307/.363/.670 .668/.670 .838 89/.534 3/1 2/0
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.500 ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 24/18 .261/.292/.391/.683 1.000/.575 .619 20/.824 0/0 1/1
14.Guzman G/S/vP 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 58/20 .236/.276/.382/.658 .482/1.006 .718 50/.620 0/0 2/1
28.Hoes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 49/17 .136/.224/.227/.452 .578/.235 .422 46/.339 0/0 1/1
18.Krauss* G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.666 3/.333 60/59 .130/.217/.259/.476 .000/.484 .340 48/.547 0/0 2/0
8.Presley* G/S/vP 3/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 68/61 .242/.250/.364/.614 1.143/.552 .590 56/.675 0/0 2/0
4.Springer G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 3/.333 61/41 .182/.262/.218/.480 .417/.512 .512 61/.480 1/1 0/5
6.Villar# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 3/1.000 93/62 .241/.300/.458/.758 .974/.648 .952 82/.743 4/1 3/2
IP 41.1 10.0 35.0 13.0 9.1 12.0 2.1 12.1 10.1 11.1 23.2 TOTAL .210/.282/.358/.639 .636/.641 .635 .628 18/5 29/18
ERA-K/9 2.40/10.2 3.60/6.3 3.09/8.0 1.38/9.0 4.82/7.7 1.50/8.2 7.71/7.8 2.92/8.0 3.48/14.0 3.97/5.6 3.04/4.9 3.57/8.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (17-4-1)
 Corporan (4-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 164/.196 44/.306 144/.240 56/.204 40/.286 48/.190 10/.125 51/.209 50/.317 52/.214 101/.212 .235  Presley
 Hoes
 Springer
 Guzman
 Fowler
 Gonzalez
 Krauss
8/5/7/2
9/0/7/1
0/0/14/1
2/0/0/0
0/24/0/0
1/0/1/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .571 .779 .707 .508 .750 .586 .800 .663 .783 .751 .682 .699
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 92/.595 19/.686 35/.727 25/.611 17/.849 22/.602 5/.200 20/.783 29/.816 22/.753 66/.704 .732
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 72/.540 25/.845 109/.700 31/.426 23/.673 26/.574 5/1.400 31/.583 21/.717 30/.750 35/.636 .670
Road 83/.559 28/.664 99/.709 36/.439 18/.708 26/.638 / 27/.812 26/.817 34/.805 47/.802
Last 28d days 139/.568 36/.919 126/.730 46/.570 34/.724 48/.586 10/.800 43/.681 47/.791 39/.708 101/.682
HR/SB/CS 3/4/0 0/0/0 3/1/0 0/0/0 1/1/0 1/2/1 1/0/0 2/0/0 0/1/0 1/2/0 3/2/2 26/17/5
Usage ·····X·· ·····o·· X·····X· ··X·Xo·· ··X·oo·· ······X· ····X··· o····oo· X·X·o·X· ····XX·· ··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.