Sep/Oct Games Recaps

The Mariners went 4-7 the final month of the regular season to end in 23-24 for the year.  It started out terribly with losing the first six. The Mariners scored 37 runs and their opponents 40, but 12 of those runs came on the final day for us.  We scored 1 run in five games, winning just one of them.  The average attendance was 16,652 vs 22,559 in August.

Our starting pitchers had a higher combined ERA at 3.71 vs 3.12 in August. The starters accounted for 71% of the innings pitched compared to 75% in August.  They accounted for 80% of the runs given up. Felix had is worst month of the season, by far.

Our OBP was a respectable 69 points higher than our average, compared to only 26 points in August.  Of our 96 total hits, 32.2% were extra base hits compared to 28.9% in August.  Smoak had a great month as well as Montero, with Ackley falling off.

August Games Recap

It takes too much effort to blog game after game, so I will only be updating sporadically now with stats.  To be honest I am doing this right now after the season, because I got too exhausted doing it every day!

The Mariners went 4-2 in August and are now 19-17 when I attend.  The Mariners scored 20 runs and their opponents 22, for a run differential of just two, but the 8/31 game really fudged the numbers.  The average attendance was 22,559 vs 23,265 in July.

Our starting pitchers had a higher combined ERA at 3.12 vs 2.92 in July. The starters accounted for 75% of the innings pitched compared to 73% in July.  They accounted for 73% of the runs given up.

Our OBP was only 26 points higher than our average, compared to 49 points in July.  Of our 45 total hits in July, 28.9% were extra base hits compared to 25.9% in July.  Thames, Ackley (surprise!), and Jaso were the best hitters.

July Games Recap

The Mariners went 5-3 in July, an improvement of their 4-4 record previous two months, and are now 15-15 when I attend.  There were just three one run games, no shut outs, and we had 1-2 record.  The Mariners scored 31 runs and their opponents 22, for a run differential of nine!  Last month it was 18 vs. 17.  The average attendance was 23,265 vs 19,957 in June.

Our starting pitchers had a higher combined ERA at 2.92 vs 2.59 in June. But it doesn't matter if you don't get the run support.  It is a team game. The starters accounted for 73% of the innings pitched compared to 77% in June.  They accounted for 81% of the runs given up.

Despite having worse stats in practically every category, we scored more runs and won more games.  I guess it comes down to being more clutch in July.  We had three more homers, and more stolen bases but that's pretty much it.   Our OBP was only 49 points higher than our average, nearly identical to the 50 points in June.  Of our 54 total hits in June, 25.9% were extra base hits compared to 16.67% in June. 

Jaso, Seager, and Montero were the only really productive hitters.  Everyone else stunk it up especially Peguero. At least we said goodbye to Ichiro!!!  I think this proves without a doubt it does not matter how many hits you get, what matters is when you get them.

June Games Recap

As they were in May, the Mariners went 4-4 during the month and are now 10-12 when I attend.  There were an amazing six one run games, 4 of those shut outs (2-2 record).  June 8th was the combine no-hitter.  The Mariners scored 18 runs and their opponents 17, for a run differential of, you guessed it... ONE!  Last month it was 28 vs. 21.  The average attendance was 19,957 compared to 21,028 in May.  June 26th was tied for the third lowest attendance at Safeco with April 19th of last year.  Take out the San Francisco games and the average attendance was 16,541!!

 Our starting pitchers had a slightly higher combined ERA at 2.59 vs 2.48 in May, yet I felt like we had much better performances.  Maybe because all the the games were so tight. Ramirez came in for Beavan, who was sent down to AAA.  His only outing was stellar, but he was the victim of a shutout.  Same with Noesi, good outing yet the offense couldn't come through.  The starters accounted for 77% of the innings pitched compared to 75% in May.  However, they accounted for 94% of the runs!  That's absolutely unbelievable pitching by our Bullpen.

Despite scoring 10 fewer runs than May, we definitely cranked out more hits.  So we are getting people on, we just can't produce runs like we should.  We hit a lot more singles, but had fewer extra base hits and walks.  Our OBP was only 50 points higher than our average, versus 94 in May.  Of our 66 total hits in June, only 16.67% were extra-base hits.  In May, 37.5% of the hits went for extra bases. 

Montero was the big bopper, which is interesting because he had only 1 RBI the entire month of June.  I guess I just picked the right games to go to.  Wells, after being recalled from AAA, went on a tear.  Gutierrez came back from a couple of injuries to make his 2012 debut and was productive.  Smoak continued his ineptitude, I'm sick of his wasted potential. Seager was just as pathetic, but he has been more productive over the year so I'm willing to overlook it.

May Games Recap

The Mariners were .500 during the month, going 4-4, and are now 6-8 overall when I attend.  We were 2-1 in one run games and were not shut out, although we did shut out Minnesota 7-0. The average attendance was, 21,028 which is pretty close to April's 22,200 (including Opening Day).  We scored 28 runs, our opponent's 21, for a run differential of 7 runs in our favor.   I would say we were much more competitive this month in that our 4 losses were by a combined 7 runs, whereas in April it was 13.

Our starting pitchers were much better this month, averaging 6.2 IP per game.  Of the 8 games, 6 were quality starts.  Beavan's stats were skewed because he left one game early due to getting hit on the elbow.  The starters accounted for 75% of the innings, up from 62% last month, and gave up 71% of the runs, which was down from 76% from April.  The best start by far was by Felix on the 5th, when he went 8 innings giving up only 1 hit.  Take out his last start in which he gave up 5 runs, and he would have been the best pitcher of the month, by far.  Vargas once again suffered from a lack of run support in both of his games.  An interesting stat, almost 20 extra innings pitched (33.1) yet our starters gave up the same amount of hits and walks and had nearly double the amount of strikeouts (42).

If you compare to April's hitting stats when we had . 200/.284/.319/.603, May's are eerily similar!  Our homers were actually down (5), but we had 6 more doubles and 2 triples (none last month). Hopefully we can start picking up our offense as the weather gets warmer, because batting .200 for half your games isn't going to cut it, neither is getting on base less than 30% of the time.

Carp came back from the disabled list but did not pick up where he left off last year, although he did draw a fair amount of walks.  Figgins was demoted to utility player, and Olivo missed most of the month because of a groin pull.  Smoak's stats look pretty paltry, but he really started heating up the last few games.  Montero, after an exciting first month, dipped.  I was surprised to see Ichiro as our top hitter... as I am not a fan.

April Games Recap

Well, take out that Perfect Game and all the stats etc were much better.  Unfortuntately, can't ignore it.  Below are several tables showing the stats from the first six games of the year.  I went to 6 out of the 9 home games for April.  A couple of notable games, the 4/18 game was the lowest attendance, and the 4/21 game was the 21st Perfect Game in MLB History.

We were 2-4 in the six games (0-1 in one run games), shut out the first and the last.  The last, of course, being Humber's game.  The average attendance was just over 22k, at 22,220.  Take out the inflated numbers of the first game and it was actually 17,459.  In April of last year I had gone to 8 games in which we were 4-4 and average attendance was 21,411.  We scored 19 total runs, our opponents 25 for total run differential of 6 runs.  There weren't any huge blowouts, but 3 of the 4 losses we lost by 4 runs, which is very interesting.

 Vargas, Hernandez, and Beavan all had quality starts, which is at least six innings of 3 runs or less.  Unfortunately if your team doesn't score runs you can't win.  Beavan was especially unfortunate as he was up against Humber.  Vargas probably wins for best start, this round. Noesi's first start he went 8 innings and gave up no runs, but wasn't able to get out of the 2nd inning in his second start which skewed his numbers.  It is really hard to draw any conclusions with just 1 or 2 starts.  I was lucky enough to be able to see all starting pitchers on this home stand.  The starters accounted for 62% of innings pitched, and 76% of runs scored against us.  So, we can say that our relief pitchers were more consistent, although at times it didn't feel like it.

Something new this year, now that I have excel, is being able to keep track of our hitting performance by month.  As much as I thought we were improving in this matter, a .200 batting average is not going to win you many games.  However, take out the Perfect Game and it is a more respectable  .234 with .326 OBP, .373 SLG, .699 OPS.

Surprisingly, our most consistent regular hitter was Jesus Montero who reached base in 5 of the 6 games.  He was catcher in three of those games and had 2 homers, 1 double, and 4 RBI with a .364 average while slugging 1.000 with an On Base Plus Slugging of 1.417.  Coincidence?  Time will tell.

Another surprising statistic is that Figgins lead the team in strikeouts, that is not what you want from your lead off position.  My impression of him the first couple of games is that he was back to his old self, getting on base and wreaking havoc.  The numbers don't indicate this.  If he doesn't improve soon it may be time to part ways.

September Games Recap

The final month of the season wrapped up poorly.  I didn't keep track of food the final games, but that ended up being too hard to keep track of anyway so I won't do again next year.

Thu 9/1 LAA L 4-3, Furbush,  Baked Potato, scored, 19,453
Thu 9/8 KC W 4-2, Vargas, Pizza, scored, 14,473
Sat 9/10 KC L 4-2, Pineda, Torta, scored, 17,883
Sun 9/11 KC L 2-1, Vasquez, Cafe, scored, 20,951
Tue 9/13 NYY L 3-2, Furbush, Burger, scored, 18,306
Fri 9/16 TEX W 4-0, Beavan, scored, 17,607
Sat 9/17 TEX L 7-6, Vasquez, scored, ROOF, 22,159
Mon 9/26 OAK W 4-2, Vargas, scored, ROOF, 17,507
Tue 9/27 OAK L 7-0, Beavan, scored, 18,600
Wed 9/28 OAK L 2-0, Vasquez, scored, 20,173

Record by Starting Pitcher
Felix: N/A (6-3)
Pineda: 0-1 (4-2)
Vargas: 2-0 (3-6)
Beavan: 1-1 (3-2)
Furbush: 0-2 (0-3)
Vasquez: 0-3 (0-3)
Fister: N/A (0-3)
Bedard: N/A (1-2)

Record by Day (Overall)
Mon: 1-0 (6-3)
Tue: 0-2 (2-3)
Wed: 0-1 (3-2)
Thu: 1-1 (2-1)
Fri: 1-0 (5-4)
Sat: 0-2 (0-9)
Sun: 0-1 (0-1)

Record By Food
Baked Potato: 1-0 (2-1)
Cookies: N/A (1-1)
Pizza:  1-0 (4-1)
Gyro: N/A (3-2)
Garlic Chicken N/A (2-2)
Garlic Fries: N/A (1-1)
Kettle Corn: N/A (3-2)
Crepe: N/A (2-3)
Brisket Sandwich: N/A (1-1) 
Burger: 0-1 (0-2)
Cafe: 0-1 (0-1)
Torta: 0-1 (1-1)

Record with Roof Closed: 1-1 (3-3)
Record while Scoring: 3-7 (10-17)

Attendance:
Mon: 17,057;
Tue: 18,306; 18,600
Wed: 20,173
Thu: 19,453; 14,473
Fri: 17,607
Sat: 17,884; 22,159
Sun: 20,951
Avg Attendance:  18,666 (21,953)

Overall Score:  Opponent 33 (135) Mariners 26 (121)
Run Differential: -7 (-14)

Avg Runs Scored
Mariners 2.6
Opponent 3.33

Greatest Run Differential Win: 4
Greatest Run Differential Loss:7

Mariners total Runs Record:
0: 0-2 (0-6)
1: 0-1 (1-8)
2: 0-2 (1-4)
3: 0-1 (4-4)
4: 3-0 (5-0)
5:       (3-0)
6: 0-1 (2-1)
8:       (2-0)

Opponent:
0: 1-0 (5-0)
1:       (2-1)
2: 2-2 (7-4)
3: 0-1 (1-3)
4: 0-2 (1-5)
5:       (1-3)
6:       (0-1)
7: 0-2 (1-2)
8:       (0-2)
9:       (0-1)
12:     (0-1)

Overall 3-7 (18-23)
One Run Games: 0-4 (6-7)

August Games Recap

Much better month of baseball than July!

Mon 8/1 OAK W 8-4, Beavan, Garlic Chicken, 23,335, scored
Tue 8/2 OAK W 4-2, Felix, Chicken Noodles, 22,576
Mon 8/15 TOR W 6-5, Pineda, Brisket, 28,530, scored
Wed 8/17 TOR L 6-1, Beavan, Pizza, 26,579, scored
Fri 8/26 CWS L 4-2, Furbush, Gyro, 28,621, scored
Sat 8/27 CWS L 3-0, Pineda, Burger, 30,522, scored
Mon 8/29 LAA W 5-3, Beavan, Garlic Chickem, 16,990, scored
Wed 8/31 LAA W 2-1, Felix, Gyro, 18,520, scored

Record by Starting Pitcher
Felix: 2-0 (6-3)
Pineda: 1-1 (4-1)
Vargas: N/A (1-6)
Beavan: 2-1 (2-1)
Furbush: 0-1 (0-1)
Fister: N/A (0-3)
Bedard: N/A (1-2)

Record by Day (Overall)
Mon: 3-0 (5-3)
Tue: 1-0 (2-1)
Wed: 1-1 (3-1)
Thu: N/A (1-0)
Fri: 0-1 (4-4)
Sat: 0-1 (0-7)

Record By Food
Baked Potato: N/A (1-1)
Cookies: N/A (1-1)
Pizza:  0-1 (3-1)
Gyro: 1-1 (3-2)
Garlic Chicken 2-0 (2-2)
Garlic Fries: N/A (1-1)
Kettle Corn: N/A (3-2)
Crepe: 0-1 (2-3)
Brisket Sandwich: 1-0 (1-1) 
Burger: 0-1 (0-1)

Record with Roof Closed: N/A (2-2)
Record while Scoring: 4-3 (7-10)

Attendance:
Mon: 23,335; 28,530; 16,990
Tue: 22,576
Wed: 26,579; 18,520
Fri: 28,621
Sat: 30,522
Avg Attendance:  24,459 (23,013)

Overall Score:  Opponent 18 (102) Mariners 37 (95)
Run Differential: +19 (-7)

Avg Runs Scored
Mariners 4.625
Opponent 2.25

Greatest Run Differential Win: 4
Greatest Run Differential Loss: 4

Mariners total Runs Record:
0: 0-1 (0-4)
1: 0-1 (1-7)
2: 1-1 (1-2)
3:       (4-3)
4: 1-0 (2-0)
5: 1-0 (3-0)
6: 1-0 (2-0)
8: 1-0 (2-0)

Opponent:
0:       (4-0)
1: 1-0 (2-1)
2: 1-0 (5-2)
3: 1-1 (1-2)
4: 1-1 (1-3)
5: 1-1 (1-3)
6:       (0-1)
7:       (1-0)
8:       (0-2)
9:       (0-1)
12:     (0-1)

Overall 5-3 (15-16)
One Run Games: 2-0 (6-3)

July Games Recap

Boy this is getting exhausted and more involved than I ever thought.  I am going to have to rethink my game log for next year.  It was a miserable month as we were shut out in 3 of the 5 games I went to.

Fri 7/1 SD W 6-0, Vargas, Pizza and Garlic Fries, 23,616
Sat 7/2 SD L 1-0, Fister, Gyro, 22,798, scored
Fri 7/15 TEX L 4-0, Fister, Garlic Fries, 30,551, scored, ROOF
Sat 7/16 TEX L 5-1, Felix, Crepe, 30,896, scored
Fri 7/29 TB L 8-0, Bedard, Brisket Sandwich, 26,570

Record by Starting Pitcher
Felix: 0-1 (4-3)
Pineda: N/A (3-0)
Vargas: 0-1 (1-6)
Fister: 0-2 (0-3)
Bedard: 0-1 (1-2)

Record by Day (Overall)
Mon: N/A (2-3)
Tue: N/A (1-1)
Wed: N/A (2-0)
Thu: N/A (1-0)
Fri: 1-2 (4-3)
Sat: 0-2 (0-6)

Record By Food
Baked Potato: N/A (1-1)
Cookies: N/A (1-1)
Pizza:  1-0 (3-0)
Gyro: 0-1 (2-1)
Garlic Chicken N/A (0-2)
Garlic Fries: 1-1 (1-1)
Kettle Corn: N/A (3-2)
Crepe: 0-1 (2-3)
Brisket Sandwich: 0-1 (0-1)

Record with Roof Closed: 0-1 (2-2)
Record while Scoring: 0-3 (3-7)

Attendance:
Fri: 23,616; 30,551; 26,570
Sat: 22,798; 30,896
Avg Attendance:  26,886 (22,510)

Overall Score:  Opponent 18 (84) Mariners 7 (58)
Run Differential: -11 (-26)

Avg Runs Scored
Mariners1.4
Opponent 3.60

Greatest Run Differential Win: 6
Greatest Run Differential Loss:8

Mariners total Runs Record:
0: 0-3 (0-3)
1: 0-1 (1-6)
2:       (0-1)
3:       (4-3)
4:       (1-0)
5:       (2-0)
6: 1-0 (1-0)
8:       (1-0)

Opponent:
0: 1-0 (4-0)
1: 0-1 (1-1)
2:       (4-2)
3:       (0-1)
4: 0-1 (0-2)
5: 0-1 (0-2)
6:       (0-1)
7:       (1-0)
8: 0-1 (0-2)
9:       (0-1)
12:     (0-1)

Overall 1-4 (10-13)
One Run Games: 0-1 (4-3)

June Games Recap

Back into the swing of things, and I even had time to take in a couple away games.

Mon 6/13 LAA L 6-3, Vargas, Baked Potato and Cookies, 20,238 scored
Wed 6/15 LAA W 3-1, Bedard, Pizza, 19,321 scored
Sat 6/19 PHI L 5-1, Felix, Garlic Chicken, 35,829 scored
Fri 6/24 @ FLA W 5-1, Felix, Gyro and Kettle Korn, 15,279 scored, ROOF
Sat 6/25 @ FLA L 4-2, Vargas, Crepe and Kettle/Caramel corn, 16,896 scored
Mon 6/27 ATL L 3-1, Bedard, Crepe, 25,467, scored, ROOF


Record by Starting Pitcher
Felix: 1-1 (4-2)
Pineda: N/A (3-0)
Vargas: 0-2 (1-5)
Fister: N/A (0-1)
Bedard: 1-1 (1-1)

Record by Day (Overall)
Mon: 0-2 (2-3)
Tue: N/A (1-1)
Wed: 1-0 (2-0)
Thu: N/A (1-0)
Fri: 1-0 (3-1)
Sat: 0-2 (0-4)

Record By Food
Baked Potato: 0-1 (1-1)
Cookies: 0-1 (1-1)
Pizza:  1-0 (2-0)
Gyro: 1-0 (2-0)
Garlic Chicken 0-1 (0-2)
Kettle Corn: 1-1 (3-2)
Crepe: 1-1 (2-2)

Record with Roof Closed: 1-1 (2-1)
Record while Scoring: 2-4 (3-4)

Attendance:
Mon: 20,238; 25,467
Wed: 19,231
Fri: 15,279 (A)
Sat: 35,829; 16,896 (A)
Avg Attendance:  22,156 (21,294)

Overall Score:  Opponent 20 (66) Mariners 15 (51)
Run Differential: -5 (-15)

Avg Runs Scored
Mariners 2.5
Opponent 3.33

Greatest Run Differential Win: 4
Greatest Run Differential Loss: 4

Mariners total Runs Record:
1: 0-2 (1-5)
2: 0-1 (0-1)
3: 1-1 (4-3)
4:       (1-0)
5: 1-0 (2-0)
8:       (1-0)

Opponent:
0:       (3-0)
1: 1-0 (1-0)
2: 1-0 (4-2)
3: 0-1 (0-1)
4: 0-1 (0-1)
5: 0-1 (0-1)
6: 0-1 (0-1)
7:       (1-0)
8:       (0-1)
9:       (0-1)
12:     (0-1)

Overall 2-4 (9-9)
One Run Games: N/A (4-2)

May Games Recap

Well, only 4 games in May due to being sick and then rupturing my disc.  What fun!  In parentheses you will overall results, as May totals are added to April in several categories.

Fri 5/6 CHW W 3-2, Felix, Pep Pizza, Kettle Corn, 31,192.  ROOF

Mon 5/16 MIN W 5-2,  Pineda, Torta, 14,859

Tue 5/17 MIN L 2-1, Felix, Kettle Corn, Hot Dog, 16,015

Wed 5/18 LAA W 3-0, Vargas, Rice, Kettle Corn, Seeds 16,992

Record by Starting Pitcher
Felix: 1-1 (3-1)
Pineda: 1-0 (3-0)
Vargas: 1-0 (1-3)
Fister: N/A (0-1)

Record by Day (Overall)
Mon: 1-0 (2-1)
Tue: 0-1 (1-1)
Wed: 1-0 (1-0)
Thu: N/A  (1-0)
Fri: 1-0 (2-1)
Sat: N/A (0-2)

Record By Food
Pizza: 1-0 (2-0)
Kettle Corn: 2-1 (2-1)
Torta: 1-0 (2-0)
Hot Dog: 0-1 (0-1)
Rice: 1-0 (1-0)
Seeds: 1-0 (1-0)

Record with Roof Closed: 1-0
Record while Scoring: N/A (1-0)

Attendance:
Mon: 14,859
Tue: 16.015
Wed: 16,992
Fri: 31,192
Avg Attendance:  19,765 (20,862)

Overall Score:  Mariners 12 (36) Opponent 6 (46)
Run Differential: + 6 (-10)

Avg Runs Scored
Mariners 3
Opponent 1.5

Greatest Run Differential Win: 3 (twice)
Greatest Run Differential Loss: 1

Mariners total Runs Record:
1: 0-1 (1-3)
3: 2-0 (3-2)
4: N/A (1-0)
5: 1-0 (1-0)
8: N/A (1-0)

Opponent:
0: 1-0 (3-0)
2: 2-1 (3-2)
7: N/A (1-0)
8: N/A (0-1)
9: N/A (0-1)
12: N/A (0-1)

Overall 3-1 (7-5)
One Run Games: 1-1 (4-2)

April Games Recap

I thought I would sum up each month of the season year in one post.

Fri Apr 8: CLE L 12-3. Vargas, Pho, Sold Out
Sat Apr 9: CLE L 2-1, Fister, Beef Thai 30,309
Mon Apr 11: TOR W 8-7, Felix, Turkey Crepe & W Pizza 13,056 (LU)
Tue Apr 12: TOR W 3-2, Pineda, Torta, 15,500
Mon Apr 18: DET L 8-3, Vargas, Burger, Sushi, Crepe 12,774
Thu Apr 21: OAK W 1-0, Felix, Potato, Cookies, Rice Krispies 12,770
Fri Apr 22: OAK W 4-0 , Pineda, Gyro 17,798
Sat Apr 23: OAK L 9-1, Vargas, Garlic Chicken

Record by Starting Pitcher:

Vargas 0-3
Fister 0-1
Felix 2-0
Pineda 2-0

Record by Day:

Mon: 1-1
Tue: 1-0
Wed: N/A
Th: 1-0
Fri: 1-1
Sat: 0-2
Sun: N/A

Record by Food:

Pho 0-1, Thai 0-1, Crepe 1-1, Pizza 1-0, Burger 0-1, Sushi 0-1, Potato 1-0, Cookies 1-0, Gyro 1-0, Garlic Chicken 0-1

Record by Scoring: 1-0

Att:

Mon: 13,056, 12,774
Tue: 15,500
Thu: 12,770
Fri: 45,727 (SO), 17,798
Sat: 30,309, 23,355
Avg Attendance: 21,411

Overall score: Opponent 40 Mariners 24
Run Differential: 16

Avg Runs Scored:
Opponent 5
Mariners 3

Greatest Run Differential Win: 4
Greatest Run Differential Loss: 9

Mariners total Runs Record:
1: 1-2
3: 1-2
4: 1-0
8: 1-0

Opponent:
0: 2-0
2: 1-1
7: 1-0
8: 0-1
9: 0-1
12:0-1

Overall 4-4
One Run Games: 3-1