Game 34: Orioles vs. Mariners
After being swept by the Rays, the O's look to bounce back against the M's in this midweek series.
Mariners:
| Batting | Fielding | fWAR | |
| Ichiro Suzuki | .308/.354/.349 | -7 | 0.0 |
| Chone Figgins | .217/.269/.308 | 3 | 0.3 |
| Justin Smoak | .293/.393/.535 | 0 | 1.1 |
| Miguel Olivo | .212/.246/.288 | -2 | -0.3 |
| Jack Cust | .198/.362/.248 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Adam Kennedy | .260/.295/.397 | 2 | 0.3 |
| Carlos Peguero | .182/.182/.182 | 0 | -0.1 |
| Brendan Ryan | .208/.280/.260 | -1 | -0.1 |
| Michael Saunders | .170/.225/.255 | 4 | 0.0 |
The Mariners have a bit of a below average lineup (except for Ichiro and Justin Smoak so far) but have somewhat been getting it done (they sport a 16-19 record). Hopefully the O's can shut them down tonight.
Michael Pineda:
| ERA | FIP | xFIP | K/9 | BB/9 | GB% | fWAR |
| 2.58 |
2.51 |
3.33 | 9.2 |
2.8 |
31.3% | 1.1 |
Pineda has been extremely effective this season. A great compliment to Felix Hernandez, he has a great K:BB rate. Though his GB% is low, most of his fly balls are weak pop-ups which stay in the yard.
He really brings the heat with a 96 MPH fastball (average, might I add) and a 96 MPH cutter. His slider is very effective, usually coming off of his cutter or fastball. His two-seamer also has some nice break.
Orioles:
| Batting | Fielding | fWAR | |
| Brian Roberts | .221/.280/.359 | -3 | -0.1 |
| Nick Markakis | .227/.288/.318 | -2 | -0.3 |
| Derrek Lee | .233/.310/.349 | -1 | 0.0 |
| Vladimir Guerrero | .267/.289/.389 | 0 | -0.1 |
| Luke Scott | .253/.333/.505 | 1 | 0.7 |
| Adam Jones | .250/.291/.405 | 2 | 0.6 |
| Matt Wieters | .232/.315/.421 | 2 | 0.9 |
| Mark Reynolds | .187/.299/.336 | -5 | -0.3 |
| J.J. Hardy | .200/.294/.400 | 0 | 0.1 |
J.J. Hardy is finally back in the lineup after coming off his DL stint. Should be nice to have him back in the lineup.
Jake Arrieta:
| ERA | FIP | xFIP | K/9 | BB/9 | GB% | fWAR |
| 4.35 | 4.05 | 3.79 |
7.6 |
3.4 | 43.5% | 0.5 |
Though Arrieta's numbers aren't the greatest, he is sporting a 4-1 record. He gets a good number of K's each time he goes out on the bump and keeps the ball in the yard (for the most part).
Arrieta has a very good slider to complement his fastball/sinker. And, when he can get that curveball working, it is very good. It's closer to a 12-6 breaker with a big hook. He's very good when he can control all his off-speed pitches well.
Stats: UZR, WAR, ERA, FIP, xFIP, K/9 & BB/9, GB%, PitchFX
