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Friday, February 23, 2018 Game #1 (0-0) Peoria Stadium SEATTLE MARINERS (0-0) at SAN DIEGO PADRES (0-0) Away #1 (0-0) TODAY’S GAME INFORMATION Starting Pitchers: LH Aríel Miranda (8-7, 5.12 in 2017) vs. RH Brett Kennedy (13-7, 3.70 w/AA in 2017) 1:10 pm MT/12:10 pm PT • Radio: 710 ESPN Seattle • TV: None TODAY’S TILT…the Mariners begin their 42nd spring training with the Cactus League opener today SPRING RECORD against the San Diego Padres at Peoria Stadium…today’s lid-lifter opens the 32-game Cactus Overall Record .................................. 0-0 League schedule for the Mariners that will conclude March 27 vs. the Colorado Rockies at Salt River PEORIA STADIUM ............................ 0-0 Fields…the Mariners will open the 2018 season March 29 vs. the Cleveland Indians at Safeco Field. Home Record ................................... 0-0 Road Record .................................... 0-0 UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS (subject to change)… Current Streak .................................... -- TODAY: Mariners at Padres 1:10 pm 710 ESPN Seattle THE COUNTDOWN SEA — Miranda*, Moore, Bergman, Pazos*, Armstrong, Altavilla 34 days to Opening Day, 3/29 vs. CLE SD — Kennedy, Lloyd, Wilhelmsen, Weir, Cimber, Baumann*, Yardley, Diaz SATURDAY: Mariners vs. White Sox 1:10 pm 710 ESPN Seattle/ROOT Sports UPCOMING SCHEDULE CWS — Volstad, Dunning, Fry*, Cedeno*, Stephens, Santiago*, House* Feb. 24 ..................... vs. Chicago (AL) SEA — Leake, De Jong, Lawrence, Rumbelow, Jiminian, Morin Feb. 25 .............. vs. Los Angeles (NL) Feb. 26 ........................ at Chicago (NL) SUNDAY: Mariners vs. Dodgers 1:10 pm 710 ESPN Seattle/ROOT Sports Feb. 27 ..........................vs. San Diego LAD — TBA .......................................at Kansas City SEA — Gonzales*, Whalen, Bradford, Díaz, Moll*, Warren, Nicasio Bold - Peoria Stadium * left-handed pitcher BY THE NUMBERS STONEMAN DOUGLAS STRONG…all MLB clubs will wear the caps of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Eagles (Parkland, FL) baseball team during pregame today…the Mariners and Padres will wear the hats throughout today’s game…the hats worn today by the Mariners will be 12.153 signed and auctioned off to benefit the official victims fund via the Broward Education Foundation Robinson Canó is the most senior play- following the shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14. er in camp with 12 years, 153 days of Major League service…he is joined by SPEED AT THE TOP…Dee Gordon (60) and Jean Segura (22), the top-2 hitters in the Mariners Félix Hernández (12 years, 60 days) and lineup today, combined for 82 stolen bases last season…with Miami last season, Gordon’s 60 steals Nelson Cruz (10 years, 82 days) as one of three players with 10+ years of service led the National League…among American League leaders in 2017, Segura’s 22 steals ranked time…current spring roster includes 13 T12th-most (also: Mike Trout-LAA and Jacoby Ellsbury-NYY). players with at least 5 years of MLB time. LID LIFTER…the Mariners are 21-22-1 all-time in “official” Cactus League openers, including a 13-3 victory over the Padres last spring…Seattle opened spring play three times with split-squad 14 action (‘02, ‘01, ‘03)…have won 7 of last 10 spring openers. This is the 14th Major League Spring VS. THE PADRES…the Mariners and Padres meet for the first of three Cactus League games (also: Training for Félix Hernández; his first was as an 18-year-old in 2005. Feb. 27 & March 25)…the Mariners will be the road team today, home on Feb. 27 and the road team in late March…Seattle was 2-1 vs. its complex partner last spring, and lead the all-time Cactus League series 86-81-7…the Mariners are 20-8-3 in spring play vs. the Padres since 2009. 16 THIS ONE COUNTS…for the ninth consecutive spring, the statistics from today’s Charity Game The spring schedule features 16 games vs. the Padres will count towards the official Cactus League standings…from 1996-2009, the stats televised by ROOT Sports…the first TV game will be tomorrow vs. Chicago (AL). from the Charity Game (usually the spring opener) did not count towards Cactus League standings. FOR CHARITY…proceeds from today’s 25th Annual Charity Game will be donated to the Peoria Diamond Club…this annual charity game has allowed the Peoria Diamond Club to distribute more 18 than $1,500,000 in grants over the past 25 years…the children’s groups they serve and have funded Today is the first of 18 games for the include special needs, under privileged, educational, leadership, athletic programs and more. Mariners this spring at the Peoria Sports Complex: 16 home games and 2 “road” OPENING NIGHT…for the first time since 2015 – and just the second time in the last 10 years – the games vs. San Diego. Mariners will open the regular season at Safeco Field…the Mariners will host the Cleveland Indians on Thursday, March 29 at 7:10 p.m.…tickets for Opening Night and all Mariners home games are 20 available at Mariners.com/Tickets, the Safeco Field Box Office and any Mariners Team Store. The Mariners currently have 63 players in MARINERSMEDIA.COM…game notes, lineups, rosters, statistics and news releases (among camp…20 of them were not in the orga- other things) can be found on MarinersMedia.com…if you need login information, please contact a nization when the 2017 season ended. member of the Mariners Baseball Information staff. WHAT TIME IS IT ANYWAY?…Arizona is currently one hour ahead of Seattle time…when the 42 clocks change for Daylight Saving Time on March 11, Seattle and Peoria will be on the same time… This is the Mariners 42nd spring training so today’s game starts at 12:10 pm in Seattle (1:10 pm in Peoria). in club history…Seattle trained in Tempe from 1977-1992 and have been in Peoria BROADCAST NOTES…ROOT SPORTS and 710 ESPN Seattle will provide complete coverage of since 1993 (played all road games in ‘93 the Mariners 2018 Spring Training schedule…a club-record tying 16 Cactus League games will be as stadium was being completed). televised and radio partner 710 ESPN will air 30 spring games (21 will be aired live, while 9 will be THE ROSTER carried on a delayed basis)…see the complete broadcast schedule on page 2 of the game notes. The spring roster is currently at 63 INFORMATION GUIDE…the 2018 Seattle Mariners Information Guide has been printed and players (40 roster, 23 non-roster)… available for pickup in the Mariners PR office…the digital edition of the media guide is also available the camp breakdown by position for download via the Mariners Virtual Press Box (www.MarinersMedia.com). is the following: 32 pitchers (9 non- roster), 6 catchers (3 non-roster), 2017 IN REVIEW…completed the 2017 season 78-84 (.481), finishing in a tied for 3rd place in the 13 infielders (5 non-roster) and 12 American League West along with Texas (23.0 games behind division winner Houston)…finished 7.0 outfielders (6 non-roster). games back of the American League Wild Card…went 40-41 (.494) at home and 38-43 (.469) on ON THE AIR the road…were 43-47 (.478) prior to the All-Star break and 35-37 (.486) following the break…posted Today’s game vs. Padres will be a 25-23-4 record in series, including 8 sweeps…went 26-15 (.634) in one-run games, the highest broadcast on ESPN 710 Seattle (12:10 winning percentage in one-run games in the Major Leagues. pm PT/1:10 pm in AZ)…Rick Rizzs and Dave Sims will broadcast the HEY DIVISH, DID YOU KNOW…that 28 of the 40 players on Seattle’s 40-man roster appeared in the spring opener on the radio…complete Majors with the Mariners last season?…17 of the 23 pitchers on the Mariners 40-man pitched with spring training day-by-day with TV and radio listings is listed on Page 2 of Seattle last season…additionally, six of the 23 invitees to the Mariners Major League camp appeared these game notes. with Seattle last season, including four pitchers. 2018 SPRING TRAINING GAME NOTES • FEBRUARY 23, 2018 • AT SAN DIEGO PADRES #37 — ARÍEL MIRANDA (LHP) YEAR TEAM W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB SO 2017 SEATTLE 8-7 5.12 31 29 1 0 160.0 140 93 91 37 63 137 2018 SPRING - - - - - - - - - - - - - MLB Totals 13-9 4.79 43 39 1 0 218.0 187 121 116 49 81 181 2018 Spring Training - Is making his first appearance of the 2018 Spring Training. • Last Season - Went 8-7 with 5.12 ERA (91 ER, 160.0 IP) with 137 strikeouts in 31 games, including 29 starts, with the Mariners. • Leader - Led Seattle in starts and innings while ranking 2nd in wins and strikeouts. • Strong Start - Was 7-4 with 4.31 ERA (58 ER, 121.0 IP) with 98 strikeouts in first 21 starts…in final 10 games, including 8 starts, was 1-3 with 7.62 ERA (33 ER, 39.0 IP). • No Hits for You - Limited opponnents to .233 (140x600) average, 7th-best in AL (min. 150 IP). • Home Sweet Home - Was 3-3 with a 3.95 ERA (37 ER, 84.1 IP) with 72 strikeouts in 14 games (13 GS) at home…5-4 with a 6.42 ERA (54 ER, 75.2 IP) in 17 games (16 GS) on road. • Limiting Damage - Allowed 2 runs or fewer in 14-of-his-29 starts this season.