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Seattle Mariners vs. Houston Astros, at Safeco Field, May 23, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Friday, May 23, 2014

Start Time:

7:10pt (local), 10:10et

Venue:

Safeco Field

Tickets:

Tickets for games at Safeco Field

Series:

Game #2 of a 4-game series

Average Temp:

63° (based on last ten years)

Astros

Manager:

Bo Porter

Game #:

On This Date:

21-25

Mariners

Manager:

Lloyd McClendon

Game #:

On This Date:

16-17

Season Series
Mon, Apr 21, 2014 HOU  7 @SEA  2     
Tue, Apr 22, 2014 HOU  5 @SEA  2     
Wed, Apr 23, 2014 SEA  5  HOU  3     
Fri, May 02, 2014 HOU  5  SEA  4 (11)
Sat, May 03, 2014 SEA  9 @HOU  8     
Sun, May 04, 2014 SEA  8 @HOU  7     
Thu, May 22, 2014 SEA  3  HOU  1     

Fri, May 23, 2014 HOU    @SEA 10:10pm
Sat, May 24, 2014 HOU    @SEA 10:10pm
Sun, May 25, 2014 HOU    @SEA  4:10pm
Mon, Jun 30, 2014 SEA    @HOU  8:10pm
Tue, Jul 01, 2014 SEA    @HOU  8:10pm
Wed, Jul 02, 2014 SEA    @HOU  2:10pm
Mon, Sep 08, 2014 HOU    @SEA 10:10pm
Tue, Sep 09, 2014 HOU    @SEA 10:10pm
Wed, Sep 10, 2014 HOU    @SEA 10:10pm
Fri, Sep 19, 2014 SEA    @HOU  8:10pm
Sat, Sep 20, 2014 SEA    @HOU  7:10pm
Sun, Sep 21, 2014 SEA    @HOU  2:10pm

                         All times ET

Houston Astros

17-31, 5th, 13½ GB, 10 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   10-15   Road:    7-16   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  12-19   vsLHP:   5-12   1-Run:   5-10
 vsEast:  4-5    vsCntrl: 3-7    vsWest: 10-17 IL: 0-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 48 Thu, May 22  @SEA  L   1-3       17-31  5th 13.5 gb
 47 Wed, May 21  @LAA  L   1-2       17-30  5th 13.5 gb
 46 Tue, May 20  @LAA  L   3-9       17-29  5th 12.5 gb
 45 Mon, May 19  @LAA  W   5-2       17-28  5th 11.5 gb
 44 Sun, May 18   CHW  W   8-2       16-28  5th 12.0 gb
 43 Sat, May 17   CHW  W   6-5       15-28  5th 12.0 gb
 42 Fri, May 16   CHW  L   2-7       14-28  5th 12.0 gb
 41 Wed, May 14   TEX  W   5-4       14-27  5th 11.0 gb
 40 Tue, May 13   TEX  W   8-0       13-27  5th 12.0 gb
 39 Mon, May 12   TEX  L   0-4       12-27  5th 12.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18

Seattle Mariners

23-23, 3rd, 6½ GB, 3 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:    9-10   Road:   14-13   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  12-17   vsLHP:  11-6    1-Run:   5-8 
 vsEast:  3-2    vsCntrl: 3-4    vsWest: 17-14 IL: 0-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 46 Thu, May 22   HOU  W   3-1       23-23  3rd  6.5 gb
 45 Wed, May 21  @TEX  L   3-4       22-23  3rd  7.5 gb
 44 Tue, May 20  @TEX  W   6-2       22-22  3rd  6.5 gb
 43 Sun, May 18  @MIN  W   6-2       21-22  3rd  6.5 gb
 42 Sat, May 17  @MIN  L   3-4       20-22  3rd  6.5 gb
 41 Fri, May 16  @MIN  L   4-5       20-21  3rd  5.5 gb
 40 Wed, May 14   TBR  L   0-2       20-20  3rd  4.5 gb
 39 Tue, May 13   TBR  L   1-2       20-19  3rd  4.5 gb
 38 Mon, May 12   TBR  W  12-5       20-18  2nd  3.5 gb
 37 Sun, May 11   KCR  L   7-9       19-18  3rd  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, May 22, 2014 SEA  3  HOU  1        W:Dominic Leone (1-0), L: Jarred Cosart (3-4), S: Fernando Rodney (12)
Sun, May 04, 2014 SEA  8 @HOU  7        W:Brandon Maurer (1-0), L: Collin McHugh (2-1), S: Danny Farquhar (1)
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)
Season Series: 2014 - SEA over 4-3; 2013 - SEA won 10-9; 2012 -  0-0; All-Time - HOU leads 18-17

SP: Brad Peacock (26, RHP, 1-4, 5.20)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (1-4)			45.0	45	28	26	30	44	6	5.20
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		1-4	41.1	39	23	21	23	40	7	4.57	50
2014-05-18	CHW	W	6.2	5	2	2	4	5	0	104	57
2014-05-12	TEX	L	6.0	8	4	4	2	11	2	106	49
2014-05-07	@DET	L	6.2	4	3	3	4	4	2	105	54
2014-05-02	SEA	ND	6.0	6	4	4	3	6	1	92	47
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

Last 5 v.SEA		2-2	26.0	29	20	20	10	18	7	6.92	42
2014-05-02	SEA	ND	6.0	6	4	4	3	6	1	92	47
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

SP: Felix Hernandez (28, RHP, 5-1, 2.94)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (5-1)			67.1	61	29	22	13	65	3	2.94
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		2-1	46.0	47	23	17	11	35	1	3.33	53
2014-05-18	@MIN	W	8.0	7	2	2	1	5	0	97	64
2014-05-12	TBR	W	6.2	8	4	4	0	7	0	111	49
2014-05-07	@OAK	ND	6.1	11	4	3	2	0	0	97	35
2014-05-02	@HOU	ND	5.0	5	3	2	3	6	0	89	50
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

Last 5 v.HOU		2-2	30.0	33	13	8	7	32	2	2.40	55
2014-05-02	@HOU	ND	5.0	5	3	2	3	6	0	89	50
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

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

Astros Batters (3.56 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (3.87 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 34.Hernandez
G/S/vB 97.Beimel*
G/S/vB 40.Farquhar
G/S/vB 41.Furbush*
G/S/vB 52.Leone
G/S/vB 31.Medina
G/S/vB 56.Rodney
G/S/vB 54.Wilhelmsen
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

27.Altuve G/S/vP 13/1.045 ··· 1/3.000 3/3.333 3/1.167 6/.666 2/.000 4/.250 219/159 .310/.352/.433/.785 1.036/.687 .757 111/.856 16/3 2/0

23.Carter G/S/vP 9/.476 ··· 4/.833 5/.400 1/.000 4/2.083 2/.000 6/.500 171/110 .185/.275/.384/.659 .668/.654 .565 87/.689 0/0 6/2

15.Castro* G/S/vP 12/.777 2/.000 5/1.200 8/1.292 ··· 4/.000 3/.000 3/.666 168/120 .230/.310/.405/.715 .558/.783 .713 82/.666 0/0 6/2

22.Corporan# G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 2/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 55/22 .163/.222/.408/.630 .460/.877 .526 27/.704 0/0 4/0

30.Dominguez G/S/vP 5/2.100 ··· 5/.200 5/.600 1/5.000 4/1.250 2/1.000 9/.756 185/126 .254/.308/.426/.734 .866/.671 .759 98/.753 0/1 7/3

21.Fowler# G/S/vP 7/.572 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 3/.666 1/2.000 2/no AB 3/.000 192/139 .264/.375/.380/.755 .793/.741 .569 106/.838 5/3 3/1

9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· 3/.333 2/.500 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 2/.000 50/44 .261/.306/.370/.676 1.000/.629 .863 29/.668 0/1 1/1

14.Guzman G/S/vP 4/.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 3/.333 1/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 99/36 .209/.273/.308/.580 .509/.708 .384 52/.584 1/0 2/1

28.Hoes G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 74/26 .219/.301/.359/.661 .829/.367 .640 33/.856 0/0 2/1

18.Krauss* G/S/vP 9/.819 ··· 3/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/1.666 103/100 .180/.291/.315/.606 1.667/.569 .752 48/.734 0/0 3/1

8.Presley* G/S/vP 5/1.200 ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 118/105 .202/.220/.316/.536 1.000/.478 .447 58/.440 1/0 3/0

4.Springer G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 141/100 .240/.326/.384/.710 .603/.752 .744 96/.809 1/2 4/6

6.Villar# G/S/vP 5/.200 ··· 4/.500 2/.000 3/2.334 2/.500 2/.000 4/.500 157/106 .215/.266/.396/.662 .697/.645 .396 75/.628 11/1 5/6

IP 67.1 14.0 21.2 12.1 19.1 19.0 18.1 22.0 TOTAL .231/.302/.382/.683 .718/.667 .636 .726 36/11 50/28

ERA-K/9

2.94/8.7

2.57/6.4

2.91/10.0

5.84/8.8

1.40/10.7

3.79/9.5

2.95/11.3

2.05/7.8

3.51/7.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castro (25-9-1)
Corporan (4-2-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 276/.237 58/.280 92/.200 56/.313 78/.203 83/.217 85/.282 94/.185 .239 Presley
Hoes
Springer
Fowler
Gonzalez
Krauss
Guzman 23/5/9/3
17/0/7/2
0/0/32/2
0/44/0/0
3/0/1/0
3/0/0/0
3/0/0/0

OPS .618 .705 .556 .798 .605 .685 .744 .584 .683

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 157/.620 26/.477 42/.677 24/.681 36/.721 34/.762 51/.812 41/.684 .703

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 119/.614 32/.884 50/.455 32/.899 42/.505 49/.623 34/.625 53/.506 .666

Home 108/.595 19/.801 31/.778 29/.678 38/.406 36/.471 43/.845 33/.606

Last 28d days 137/.664 20/.842 46/.608 24/.741 30/.633 39/.646 48/.691 50/.394

HR/SB/CS 3/6/1 0/0/1 1/0/0 1/1/0 2/4/2 2/0/0 1/1/0 1/6/0 43/26/10

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Mariners Batters (4.13 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.79 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 41.Peacock
G/S/vB 38.Downs*
G/S/vB 44.Farnsworth
G/S/vB 35.Fields
G/S/vB 50.Qualls
G/S/vB 29.Sipp*
G/S/vB 36.Williams
G/S/vB 61.Zeid
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Ackley* G/S/vP 12/.697 ··· 3/.000 2/.500 ··· 5/.000 29/.550 3/1.167 152/107 .259/.316/.424/.740 .711/.751 .834 75/.853 1/1 4/0

8.Bloomquist G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 46/22 .178/.196/.200/.396 .467/.318 .300 26/.269 0/0 0/0

4.Buck G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.834 ··· 8/1.071 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 36/28 .219/.306/.281/.587 .393/.641 .277 21/.602 0/0 0/1

22.Cano* G/S/vP 3/.333 2/1.000 5/.200 2/1.000 1/.000 7/2.071 8/1.768 ··· 199/123 .322/.372/.428/.800 .760/.822 .742 105/.879 3/1 2/2

6.Franklin# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 31/29 .154/.258/.231/.489 /.438 .393 13/.508 1/0 0/0

16.Gillespie G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 22/1 .250/.318/.300/.618 .549/2.000 .733 19/.610 1/1 0/2

99.Jones* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 61/51 .321/.400/.472/.872 .956/.855 1.007 60/.851 2/0 0/0

5.Miller* G/S/vP 9/.888 ··· ··· 3/3.334 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 156/104 .156/.227/.255/.483 .540/.455 .323 70/.371 2/0 3/8

7.Romero G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 2/3.000 ··· 96/40 .225/.266/.371/.637 .596/.698 .616 68/.629 0/1 2/1

55.Saunders* G/S/vP 5/.650 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 7/1.000 21/.781 2/1.000 121/91 .271/.319/.402/.721 .697/.725 .530 83/.824 2/3 2/0

15.Seager* G/S/vP 14/1.000 2/.000 2/.000 5/1.000 ··· 4/.000 27/.671 1/.000 176/118 .234/.330/.416/.745 .523/.859 .969 93/.826 2/2 6/5

17.Smoak# G/S/vP 13/.862 1/.000 3/.666 2/.000 3/.666 4/.000 22/.281 3/.333 187/112 .226/.294/.399/.693 .697/.689 .557 103/.672 0/1 6/2

3.Zunino G/S/vP 4/1.250 ··· ··· 3/.667 3/.666 ··· 2/1.000 2/1.000 137/89 .234/.285/.444/.728 .822/.676 .673 69/.718 0/1 6/2

IP 45.0 4.2 18.2 16.1 13.2 7.1 26.1 7.0 TOTAL .234/.299/.370/.668 .659/.674 .627 .690 20/12 37/29

ERA-K/9

5.20/8.8

0.00/9.6

3.86/5.3

8.82/13.3

3.29/10.5

0.00/13.6

5.81/6.2

3.86/10.3

4.51/7.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Buck (7-2-1)
Zunino (19-8-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 205/.259 19/.125 80/.286 77/.284 60/.321 24/.043 119/.306 30/.321 .262 Ackley
Saunders
Romero
Gillespie
Bloomquist
Jones
Franklin 41/0/0/2
1/10/31/1
3/0/24/0
7/0/2/0
2/0/1/0
0/17/1/0
0/0/2/0

OPS .774 .388 .807 .765 .795 .127 .847 1.010 .742

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 127/.763 11/.282 35/.948 37/.878 30/1.096 14/.220 67/.908 10/1.267 .730

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 78/.789 8/.542 45/.696 40/.648 30/.508 10/.000 52/.770 20/.882 .752

Road 64/.751 5/.400 34/.565 41/.900 32/.758 11/.282 43/.799 19/1.105

Last 28d days 108/.765 19/.388 39/.901 33/.751 23/.451 24/.127 54/.801 19/.957

HR/SB/CS 6/6/0 0/1/0 2/0/1 1/2/0 1/4/1 0/0/0 4/1/0 2/1/0 46/29/11

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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 5.35

TEX 4.04

SDP 2.98

RA/G

OAK 3.13

LAD 4.31

ARI 5.20

T. Tulowitzki .380

M. Montero .266

C. Santana .153

OBP

T. Tulowitzki .484

J. Uribe .331

J. Gyorko .213

SLG

T. Tulowitzki .733

C. Owings .408

B. Miller .255

OPS

T. Tulowitzki 1.217

C. McGehee .739

B. Miller .483

ERA

J. Samardzija 1.46

C. Young 3.53

K. Correia 6.52

K/9IP

J. Fernandez 12.19

R. Erlin 7.36

C. Young 3.35

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.