Seattle Mariners Net Runs for 4-28-2010 (Seattle 6, Kansas City 5)

Team	Player	Net Runs	Hit	Pitch	Def	Base	EXERA	PitOuts
SEA	Ryan Rowland-Smith	-2.533	0.000	-2.533	0.000	0.000	8.78	17
SEA	Rob Johnson	-1.030	-0.528	0.000	0.000	-0.502	0.00	0
SEA	Casey Kotchman	2.062	1.905	0.000	0.000	0.157	0.00	0
SEA	Chone Figgins	2.541	1.603	0.000	1.685	-0.747	0.00	0
SEA	Jose Lopez	-0.364	-0.562	0.000	0.198	0.000	0.00	0
SEA	Jack Wilson	2.900	0.573	0.000	2.327	0.000	0.00	0
SEA	Milton Bradley	0.519	-0.084	0.000	0.603	0.000	0.00	0
SEA	Franklin Gutierrez	-1.942	-2.029	0.000	0.087	0.000	0.00	0
SEA	Ichiro Suzuki	0.726	1.075	0.000	-0.506	0.157	0.00	0
SEA	Mike Sweeney	-0.348	-0.381	0.000	0.000	0.033	0.00	0
SEA	SEA Luckbox	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.00	0
SEA	Don Wakamatsu	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.00	0
SEA	Brandon League	0.382	0.000	0.382	0.000	0.000	2.66	4
SEA	Mark Lowe	-0.406	0.000	-0.406	0.000	0.000	8.43	3
SEA	David Aardsma	-0.443	0.000	-0.443	0.000	0.000	8.74	3

Team	Player	Net Runs	Hit	Pitch	Def	Base	EXERA	PitOuts
KCR	Gil Meche	-1.354	0.000	-0.422	-0.932	0.000	5.63	18
KCR	Jason Kendall	2.067	2.183	0.000	-0.116	0.000	0.00	0
KCR	Billy Butler	-1.245	-0.299	0.000	-0.946	0.000	0.00	0
KCR	Willie Bloomquist	-0.585	-1.520	0.000	1.479	-0.544	0.00	0
KCR	Alberto Callaspo	-0.259	-0.307	0.000	0.300	-0.252	0.00	0
KCR	Yuniesky Betancourt	-0.725	-0.941	0.000	0.216	0.000	0.00	0
KCR	Scott Podsednik	1.210	-0.218	0.000	1.428	0.000	0.00	0
KCR	Mitch Maier	2.211	1.600	0.000	0.611	0.000	0.00	0
KCR	David DeJesus	-1.103	0.307	0.000	-1.410	0.000	0.00	0
KCR	Jose Guillen	-0.714	-0.714	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.00	0
KCR	KCR Luckbox	0.145	0.145	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.00	0
KCR	Trey Hillman	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.00	0
KCR	Alex Gordon	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.00	0
KCR	Brad Thompson	0.586	0.000	0.445	0.141	0.000	2.26	4
KCR	Dusty Hughes	-0.803	0.000	-0.966	0.163	0.000	13.11	3
KCR	Rob Tejeda	-0.546	0.000	-0.546	0.000	0.000	11.88	2
	Kauffmann Stadium	0.949	0.000	0.000	-0.949	0.000	0.00	0

Player of the Game: Jack Wilson (2.900 NRuns: 0.573 hitting, 2.327 fielding)

Pretty good:

Chone Figgins (2.541 NRuns: 1.603 hitting, 1.685 fielding, -0.747 running)
Casey Kotchman (2.062 NRuns: 1.905 hitting, 0.157 fielding)

Pretty bad:

Ryan Rowland-Smith (-2.533 pitching NRuns)
Franklin Gutierrez (-1.942 NRuns: -2.029 hitting, 0.087 fielding)

The Royals can play sometimes:

Mitch Maier (2.211 NRuns: 1.600 hitting, 0.611 fielding)
Jason Kendall (2.067 NRuns: 2.183 hitting, -0.116 fielding)

******

Ryan Rowland-Smith: He looked alright the first four innings. He didn't look so good in the 5th, and he looked absolutely terrible in the 6th, which completely sunk his outing. After spending most of the game with an EXERA in the 3's, the 5th sent it up to 5.73 and the 6th inning meltdown left him with an 8.78.

This, however, is not a serious cause for alarm. RRS has historically been a poor pitcher in April who picks up steam and pitches much better the rest of the season. Here are his rate stats by month over his four year MLB career:

Month	BA	OBP	SLG	BB%	K%
April	0.250	0.338	0.477	11.4	7.6
May	0.224	0.281	0.241	7.7	20.0
June	0.188	0.284	0.344	12.2	29.7
July	0.261	0.326	0.446	6.8	14.8
August	0.241	0.309	0.389	8.1	17.1
Sep/Oct	0.269	0.325	0.418	7.8	13.0

And in many of those seasons, his velocity and command start out weak and picks up, just as his numbers do. He'll get better. In time, keeping him over Snell will seem more like the smarter move, unless Snell puts it together and becomes a better pitcher during his time in the pen... in which case that's a problem you'd like to have.