Series Preview: Mariners @ Tigers

When I think back to all the Tigers games I went to as a kid, all I can see is the powder-blue uniform of the Seattle Mariners. If I had kept all of the ticket stubs I could verify my impression that I’ve seen them more than any other team.

Nevertheless, the Mariners are back in town. And these are not the powerhouse Mariners that opened Comerica Park on that ice-cold day in 2000. These are more like the Mariners clubs I watched as a kid: bad.

• Current Record: 33-45, 4th place in A.L. West, 14 GB of Texas
• Last 10: 6-4

Head to Head

• 2010 Record: 1-4
• 2010 at Home: 0-0
• 2010 at Seattle: 1-4
• All-Time Record: 191-160-1*
• All-Time at Home: 107-67-1
• All-Time at Comerica Park: 25-21
• All-Time at Seattle: 84-93

*If you’re wondering about the one tie in their all-time series, read this Fungo Flashback.

Batting Leaders

• Average: Ichiro Suzuki- .332
• Home Runs: Milton Bradley – 8
• RBI: Franklin Gutierrez – 34
• Runs: Chone Figgins – 33
• OPS: Ichiro – .813

Pitching Leaders

• Wins: Cliff Lee – 7
• Strikeouts: Felix Hernandez – 116
• Saves: David Aardsma – 16
• WHIP: Lee – 0.92
• ERA: Lee – 2.45

Who’s Hot (June)

• Gutierrez – .333
• Bradley – .304
• Russell Branyan – .273

Who’s Not (June)

• Josh Wilson – .077
• Figgins – .208
• Michael Saunders – .214