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Game Preview: SEA @ HOU, 2:10pm, Sunday, May 4, 2014 @Minute Maid Park

Mariners, 13-15, 13-15 4th, 4 GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Brandon Maurer (23, RHP, 0-0, 6.75)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (0-0) 8.0 9 6 6 3 7 0 6.75
2013 (5-8) 90.0 114 66 63 27 70 16 6.30
Last 7 GS 1-2 34.0 40 23 21 8 29 4 5.56 45
2014-04-27 TEX ND 3.2 7 5 5 1 3 0 77 29
2014-04-20 @MIA ND 4.1 2 1 1 2 4 0 63 57
2013-09-28 OAK W 5.1 6 2 2 1 5 0 103 52
2013-09-23 KCR ND 7.0 4 2 1 1 6 0 95 68
2013-09-17 @DET ND 5.0 5 2 2 2 6 2 86 53
2013-09-11 HOU L 3.0 7 5 5 0 3 0 66 28
2013-05-28 SDP L 5.2 9 6 5 1 2 2 80 30
Last 5 v.HOU 0-2 3.2 14 11 11 1 5 0 27.00 22
2013-09-11 HOU L 3.0 7 5 5 0 3 0 66 28
2013-04-09 HOU L 0.2 7 6 6 1 2 0 36 15
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    5-6    Road:    8-9    ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:   5-12   vsLHP:   8-3    1-Run:   3-4 
 vsEast:  2-0    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest: 11-12 IL: 0-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 28 Sat, May  3  @HOU  W   9-8       13-15  4th  4.0 gb
 27 Fri, May  2  @HOU  L   4-5 (11)  12-15  4th  5.0 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-15
Astros, 10-20, 10-20 5th, 8 GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Collin McHugh (27, RHP, 2-0, 0.59)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (2-0) 15.1 5 1 1 3 19 0 0.59
2013 (0-4) 26.0 45 29 29 5 11 6 10.04
2012 (0-4) 21.1 27 21 18 8 17 5 7.59
Last 7 GS 2-4 38.1 44 26 26 8 28 4 6.10 44
2014-04-27 OAK W 8.2 2 1 1 3 7 0 114 80
2014-04-22 @SEA W 6.2 3 0 0 0 12 0 89 80
2013-09-27 @LAD L 4.0 9 8 8 1 3 2 88 14
2013-09-21 ARI L 5.0 11 6 6 0 1 1 80 22
2013-09-16 STL ND 5.0 4 1 1 0 2 0 72 57
2013-07-27 MIL L 5.0 9 6 6 1 2 1 84 26
2013-06-01 @MIA L 4.0 6 4 4 3 1 0 69 32
Last 5 v.SEA 1-0 6.2 3 0 0 0 12 0 0.00 80
2014-04-22 @SEA W 6.2 3 0 0 0 12 0 89 80
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    6-12   Road:    4-8    ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:   8-13   vsLHP:   2-7    1-Run:   3-5 
 vsEast:  3-3    vsCntrl: 0-3    vsWest:  7-12 IL: 0-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 30 Sat, May  3   SEA  L   8-9       10-20  5th  8.0 gb
 29 Fri, May  2   SEA  W   5-4 (11)  10-19  5th  8.0 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:10-20

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, May 03, 2014 SEA  9 @HOU  8        W:Hisashi Iwakuma (1-0), L: Dallas Keuchel (2-2), S: Fernando Rodney (7)
Fri, May 02, 2014 HOU  5  SEA  4 (11)   W:Anthony Bass (1-0), L: Charlie Furbush (0-3), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2014 - HOU over 3-2; 2013 - SEA won 10-9; 2012 -  0-0; All-Time - HOU leads 18-15

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
Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

COL  5.78

PHI  4.18

SDP  2.58

 RA/G

ATL  2.97

PIT  4.20

ARI  5.52

 BA

T. Tulowitzki  .400

A. Escobar  .268

R. Ibanez  .149

 OBP

T. Tulowitzki  .500

H. Pence  .333

Y. Alonso  .194

 SLG

T. Tulowitzki  .730

J. Rollins  .408

R. Tejada  .218

 OPS

T. Tulowitzki  1.230

J. Rollins  .750

Y. Alonso  .418

 ERA

J. Cueto  1.31

K. Kendrick  3.52

K. Correia  6.09

 K/9IP

S. Strasburg  13.05

H. Santiago  7.80

P. Maholm  3.52

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

Mariners Batters (4.07 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.17 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.McHugh
G/S/vB		 45.Bass
G/S/vB		 68.Cisnero
G/S/vB		 35.Fields
G/S/vB		 41.Peacock
G/S/vB		 50.Qualls
G/S/vB		 29.Sipp*
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 3/.000 1/.000 3/1.334 1/no AB 12/.697 ··· 5/.000 1/.000 27/.546 92/65 .247/.293/.353/.646 .667/.635 .717 66/.551 1/1 1/0
36.Almonte# G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/.250 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 113/75 .198/.248/.292/.540 .687/.467 .649 84/.437 2/1 1/5
8.Bloomquist G/S/vP 3/1.334 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 2/.000 ··· ··· 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 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 19/13 .188/.316/.188/.503 .533/.490 .664 15/.500 0/0 0/1
22.Cano* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 3/.333 1/.000 6/2.000 ··· 7/2.047 121/73 .288/.339/.369/.708 .643/.748 .696 93/.631 2/1 1/3
16.Gillespie G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 13/ .167/.231/.250/.481 .481/ .619 13/.481 0/1 0/0
27.Hart G/S/vP 3/.666 4/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.666 11/.600 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 100/62 .213/.300/.393/.693 .686/.695 .694 82/.738 0/0 4/0
5.Miller* G/S/vP 2/.000 2/1.500 2/1.000 3/3.334 9/.888 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 102/68 .188/.228/.323/.551 .751/.460 .622 74/.454 0/0 3/3
7.Romero G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 48/15 .234/.250/.340/.590 .648/.467 .600 41/.569 0/0 0/1
55.Saunders* G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 3/3.000 1/.000 5/.650 ··· 6/.834 ··· 19/.865 59/47 .250/.322/.404/.726 .717/.726 .733 45/.806 1/3 1/0
15.Seager* G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.500 1/.000 5/1.000 14/1.000 ··· 3/.000 2/3.000 25/.671 110/75 .237/.327/.454/.781 .507/.914 .567 88/.847 1/2 5/4
17.Smoak# G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 13/.862 3/.666 4/.000 2/5.000 20/.311 110/64 .242/.309/.434/.743 .804/.694 .830 83/.662 0/1 4/1
3.Zunino G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 3/.667 3/.667 4/1.250 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/1.000 89/59 .265/.303/.482/.785 .782/.788 .925 68/.791 0/1 4/1
IP 15.1 15.2 3.2 11.1 25.2 9.0 1.2 3.2 17.0 TOTAL .231/.290/.367/.657 .681/.644 .688 .627 8/11 24/20
ERA-K/9 0.59/11.2 4.02/2.3 7.36/12.2 8.74/10.4 5.26/8.4 5.00/13.0 0.00/10.6 12.27/9.7 6.35/6.4 4.88/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (5-0-0)
 Zunino (16-6-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 54/.100 64/.203 19/.333 53/.267 122/.277 44/.390 5/.000 19/.313 79/.324 .260  Ackley
 Almonte
 Saunders
 Romero
 Gillespie
 Hart
 Bloomquist
26/0/0/2
0/26/0/2
0/3/18/1
0/0/13/0
4/0/0/0
0/0/3/0
2/0/1/0
OPS .267 .622 .874 .755 .789 .968 .000 1.234 .921 .758
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 45/.251 34/.373 12/1.139 28/.989 84/.690 25/1.176 3/.000 9/1.270 49/1.090 .740
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 9/.347 30/.885 7/.452 25/.470 38/.997 19/.702 2/.000 10/1.189 30/.644 .777
Home 32/.259 46/.701 19/.874 28/.726 86/.790 23/1.024 5/.000 11/1.000 55/.970
Last 28d days 54/.267 48/.599 19/.874 45/.805 107/.818 31/.919 5/.000 19/1.234 55/.842
HR/SB/CS 0/1/1 2/1/0 0/1/0 1/1/0 2/3/1 1/3/1 0/0/0 2/0/0 4/1/0 32/21/7
Usage ······X· ·X··o··· oX·o···· X···X··· ·X······ ·o··X··· ·X······ o···o·oo o······X
Astros Batters (3.37 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (4.18 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Maurer
G/S/vB		 97.Beimel*
G/S/vB		 29.Elias*
G/S/vB		 40.Farquhar
G/S/vB		 41.Furbush*
G/S/vB		 18.Iwakuma
G/S/vB		 52.Leone
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 4/1.250 ··· ··· ··· 3/3.333 16/.775 2/.500 6/.666 2/.000 3/.333 4/.000 137/102 .290/.343/.387/.730 1.001/.635 .781 113/.722 11/1 1/0
23.Carter G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/1.167 5/.400 17/.761 1/.000 3/3.000 2/.000 5/.600 3/2.667 104/69 .169/.279/.393/.672 .586/.716 .644 85/.721 0/0 4/1
15.Castro* G/S/vP 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 4/1.000 7/1.171 15/.343 ··· 3/.000 3/.000 3/.666 3/1.000 107/80 .209/.318/.396/.713 .422/.820 .662 92/.708 0/0 4/2
22.Corporan# G/S/vP 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· 33/14 .167/.188/.367/.554 .500/.631 .667 24/.694 0/0 2/0
30.Dominguez G/S/vP 3/2.667 ··· ··· 4/.250 4/.000 14/.665 1/5.000 3/1.667 2/1.000 9/.756 3/.333 111/80 .235/.315/.408/.723 .635/.760 .648 90/.733 0/1 4/3
21.Fowler# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 2/no AB 2/.000 13/.938 112/88 .238/.313/.356/.669 .725/.653 .808 100/.548 3/2 2/0
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.500 2/.500 7/2.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 29/23 .333/.379/.481/.861 1.000/.824 .894 22/1.055 0/0 1/1
14.Guzman G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/.333 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 63/25 .217/.254/.350/.604 .482/.795 .639 47/.505 0/0 2/1
28.Hoes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 49/17 .136/.224/.227/.452 .578/.235 .422 40/.286 0/0 1/1
18.Krauss* G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· ··· 2/no AB ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.666 3/.333 70/69 .145/.243/.258/.501 .000/.509 .414 55/.599 0/0 2/0
8.Presley* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 77/70 .230/.247/.338/.585 1.143/.528 .543 62/.580 0/0 2/0
4.Springer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 3/.333 67/46 .180/.254/.213/.467 .496/.453 .485 67/.467 1/1 0/5
6.Villar# G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 2/.000 5/.800 2/3.500 2/.500 1/no AB 3/.666 3/1.000 102/71 .256/.323/.511/.834 .974/.772 1.064 83/.806 6/1 4/4
IP 8.0 11.0 35.0 15.0 9.1 6.2 12.2 13.2 11.2 12.1 23.2 TOTAL .216/.290/.365/.655 .645/.659 .662 .649 22/6 31/21
ERA-K/9 6.75/7.9 3.27/6.5 3.09/8.0 1.20/10.2 5.79/7.7 5.40/4.0 2.13/9.2 4.61/7.9 3.09/13.8 3.65/5.9 3.04/4.9 3.69/8.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (17-6-1)
 Corporan (4-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 35/.281 46/.289 144/.240 64/.196 44/.342 26/.250 53/.217 62/.255 55/.289 57/.217 101/.212 .239  Presley
 Hoes
 Springer
 Fowler
 Gonzalez
 Krauss
 Guzman
9/5/8/3
9/0/7/1
0/0/15/1
0/26/0/0
2/0/1/0
1/0/0/0
2/0/0/0
OPS .718 .741 .707 .493 .843 .769 .699 .802 .730 .742 .682 .711
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 10/1.056 21/.610 35/.727 31/.595 17/.849 17/.647 25/.833 26/.833 32/.780 25/.741 66/.704 .737
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 25/.584 25/.845 109/.700 33/.400 27/.839 9/1.048 28/.577 36/.763 23/.644 32/.744 35/.636 .687
Road 16/.393 30/.613 99/.709 44/.431 22/.902 26/.769 31/.828 38/1.002 31/.724 39/.785 47/.802
Last 28d days 35/.718 38/.862 126/.730 54/.544 38/.833 26/.769 48/.679 50/.795 50/.767 44/.702 95/.724
HR/SB/CS 0/1/0 0/0/1 3/1/0 0/0/0 1/1/0 1/0/0 2/3/1 2/0/0 0/1/0 1/4/0 3/2/2 28/21/6
Usage ······X· oo·····o ··X····· ·X··X·Xo ·o··X·oo X······· oo······ XXo····o X·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.