05-26-2021 Mariners Game Notes
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Wednesday, May 26, 2021 Game #50 (23-26) RingCentral Coliseum OAKLAND ATHLETICS (28-22) vs. SEATTLE MARINERS (23-26) Road #26 (11-14) TODAY’S GAME INFORMATION Starting Pitchers: RHP Robert Dugger (0-0, 4.15) vs. RHP James Kaprielian (1-0, 2.53) First Pitch: 12:37 pm PT • Radio: 710 ESPN / Mariners.com • TV: ROOT SPORTS NW Day Date Opp. Time (PT) Mariners Pitcher Opposing Pitcher RADIO Thursday May 27 vs. TEX 7:10 pm RHP Chris Flexen (4-2, 5.09) vs. TBA 710 ESPN Friday May 28 vs. TEX 7:10 pm LHP Justus Sheffield (3-4, 5.11) vs. RHP Jordan Lyles (2-3, 5.94) 710 ESPN Saturday May 29 vs. TEX 7:10 pm RHP Justin Dunn (1-2, 3.40) vs. RHP Mike Foltynewicz (1-4, 4.53) 710 ESPN Sunday May 30 vs. TEX 1:10 pm LHP Yusei Kikuchi (2-3, 4.02) vs. LHP Hyeon-jong Yang (0-2, 5.47) 710 ESPN All games televised on ROOT SPORTS with home games featuring Spanish Audio via TV SAP TODAY’S TILT…the Mariners wrap up the current 2-team, 6-game road trip today with the final game of a MOST EXTRA-BASE HITS 3-game series against Oakland (2-0)...finished a 3-game series Sunday against the San Diego Padres (0-3)... Mitch Haniger is tied for 3rd in the following today’s game, will return home to T-Mobile Park for a 7-day, 7-game homestand vs. Texas (4 G) Majors with 26 extra-base hits (12 2B, 1 and Oakland (4 G)...today’s game will be televised on ROOT Sports NW, as well as broadcast on 710 ESPN 3B, 13 HR) this season: Seattle and the Mariners Radio Network. Rk. Player XBH 1. Shohei Ohtani-LAA.................. 29 ODDS AND ENDS…the Mariners have won back-to-back games...own a 7-7-2 series record in 16 series, T2. Rafael Devers-BOS ................. 27 with a chance to secure their first series sweep of the season today...are 10-6 in day games and 13-20 at Nick Castellanos-CIN .............. 27 night…are 12-12 at T-Mobile Park and 11-14 on the road...are 19-8 when scoring at least 4 runs and 4-18 T4. Mitch Haniger-SEA ................ 26 when scoring 3 or fewer runs...are 16-3 when out-hitting their opponent. Nolan Arenado-COL ................ 26 • Fun in the Sun - The Mariners are 10-6 (.625) in day games this season, compared to 13-20 (.393) at Vladimir Guerrero Jr.-TOR ....... 26 night...Seattle’s .625 winning percentage in day games ranks T4th-best in the Majors (also: Toronto), INSIDE THE NUMBERS trailing only San Francisco (13-5, .722), Tampa Bay (12-6, .667) and San Diego (10-5, .667). • Happy Birthday - Paul Sewald celebrates his 31st birthday and Sam Haggerty celebrates his 27th birthday today. 2 • Nous Aimons Ty - Ty France is 3-for-8 with 1 double and 1 RBI since returning from the 10-day IL on May 24. Robert Dugger is making his 2nd start • Game-by-Game - The Mariners won the 2nd game of a series in last night’s game for only the 4th time of the season...tossed 3.0 scoreless this season, improving to 4-12 on the year in game 2 of series...are 8-5 in game 3 of series this year. innings with 1 walk and 4 strikeouts in his first start on May 16 vs. CLE, • California Dreamin’ - The Mariners play their 8th of 12 consecutive road games against teams in the leading the Mariners to a 3-2 win against state of California...played a pair of games (0-2) at Dodger Stadium...wrapped up a 3-game series (0-3) Cleveland starter Shane Bieber. at San Diego...continue their series (2-0) in Oakland today, followed by a 7-game homestand and then a road series against Los Angeles-AL (6/3-6/6). • Joy Division - Seattle plays its 3rd of 14 consecutive games against AL West opponents. 45 • MLB Debuts - 6 players have made their Major League debut with the Mariners this season: OF Taylor The Mariners lead the Majors with 45 Trammell (4/1 vs. SF), RHP Will Vest (4/1 vs. SF), RHP Wyatt Mills (5/1 vs. LAA), RHP Logan Gilbert players (25 pitchers) used this season, (5/13 vs. CLE), OF Jarred Kelenic (5/13 vs. CLE) and José Godoy (5/21 at SD). ranking ahead of Los Angeles-AL (44 STREAKING...J.P. Crawford has hit safely in 5 consecutive games dating back to May 19...during that players), Milwaukee (44 players) and Pittsburgh (43 players). span, he is batting .421 (8x19), with 1 run, 3 doubles and 1 walk...the streak is tied for his second longest of the season, trailing only an 8-game streak from April 10-17...in 41 games since April 10, is batting .279 (38x136) with 16 runs, 9 doubles, 1 home run, 14 RBI and 14 walks...overall, Crawford holds a .328 on- 76 base percentage this season, tied for 4th among all American League shortstops. Mariners pitcher JT Chargois fielded ROY STUFF...Kyle Lewis is batting .276 (21x76) with 8 runs scored, 1 double, 2 home runs, 6 RBI, 14 walks an infield popup with a launch angle and 2 stolen bases during the month of May...began the season batting .136 (3x22) in his first 6 games after of 76 degrees in the 8th inning of last returning from the Injured List...in 23 games since then, is batting .271 (23x85), improving his season batting night’s game, the 2nd-highest launch angle ever fielded by a Mariners pitcher average by 111 points from .132 to .243...since the beginning of the 2020 season, Lewis ranks 7th in Fangraphs in the Statcast era...he trails only Marco WAR among all outfielders age 25 and younger, trailing Ronald Acuna Jr.-ATL (4.6), Trent Grisham-SD (4.1), Gonzales who snagged a popup of 80 Juan Soto-WSH (3.3), Kyle Tucker-HOU (2.7), Alex Verdugo-BOS (2.6) and Luis Robert (2.5). degrees on Aug. 8, 2020 vs. TEX. THAT HURTS...the Mariners lead the American League with 15 players currently on the Injured List, ranking ahead of Toronto (10) and Tampa Bay (10)...the Mariners have had 20 players on the Injured list so far this season after tallying only 17 IL stints in 60 games during the 2020 season...since 2015, the Mariners have 143 tallied 20+ players on the IL only one other time over the course of a full 162-game season: 2021 (21 players). Mitch Haniger’s 143 OPS+ (Baseball- Reference) leads the Mariners and BULLISH ‘PEN...the Mariners bullpen has posted a 2.25 ERA (2 ER, 8.0 IP) with 4 walks and 11 strikeouts ranks T16th in the AL among qualified in the current series vs. Oakland, having received contributions from Keynan Middleton (1.0 ShO IP), hitters...the last Seattle player to finish Anthony Misiewicz (0.2 ShO IP), Paul Sewald (2.0 ShO IP), Erik Swanson (1.0 ShO IP), Rafael Montero a season with an OPS+ of 140 or better (2.0 IP, 1 ER) and JT Chargois (1.1 IP, 1 ER)...the ‘pen had posted a 7.92 ERA (22 ER, 25.0 IP) during the was Nelson Cruz (149 OPS+) in 2017. club’s 6-game losing streak from May 17-23, which was snapped on Monday’s series opener. 2-OUTS, SO WHAT? MIGHTY MITCH...Mitch Haniger is batting .257 (47x183) this season with 12 doubles, 1 triple, 13 home runs, 32 RBI, 16 walks and 45 strikeouts in 45 games...he has gotten on-base at a .315 clip, slugging .546 Ty France and Kyle Lewis rank among OBP leaders with 2 outs this season with an .862 OPS and a 143 OPS+ (roughly 43% better than league average)...Haniger leads the Mariners in (min. 40 PA). hits (47), runs scored (34), home runs (13), RBI (32), total bases (100) and extra-base hits (26)...Haniger is 1 Rk. Player OBP of 2 AL players (Nelson Cruz-MIN) to lead his team in hits, runs, home runs and RBI. 1. Austin Riley-ATL ................... .492 NOTHING GETS BY J.P....J.P. Crawford is tied for 2nd in the Majors with 6 Defensive Runs Saved (Fangraphs), 2. Freddie Freeman-ATL ........... .490 tied with Kyle Tucker-HOU and trailing only Isiah Kiner-Falefa-TEX (8 DRS)...Crawford also ranks 2nd in 3. Juan Soto-WSN ................... .489 defensive assists (133) to Kiner-Falefa (149)...Crawford’s 66 putouts are tied for 1st among MLB shortstops 4. Ty France-SEA ........................475 with Miguel Rojas...Crawford has not committed an error over his last 39 total chances, spanning 11 games... 5. Adam Frazier-PIT .....................473 is 1 of 8 qualified Major League shortstops to have not committed an error in that span (May 13-c). 6. Kyle Lewis-SEA ......................467 7. Max Muncy-LAD ......................466 HIGHEST XBH%...this season, 42.6% (133) of the Mariners 312 hits have gone for extra-bases (76 2B, 8. Gavin Lux-LAD.........................442 3 3B, 54 HR)...Seattle’s 42.6% ranks 2nd the Majors, trailing only Atlanta’s 42.9% (159 XBH, 371 H)...the MLB total percentage this season is 35.8% (4,033 XBH, 11,257 H)...the Mariners highest XBH% over a full DOUBLE PLAYS TURNED season came in 2019 at 39.9% (521 XBH, 1,305 H)...followed by the 1997 Mariners at 37.9% (597 XBH, The Mariners defense leads the Major 1,574 H) and the 1998 Mariners at 37.5% (583 XBH, 1,553 H)...Seattle’s record for most XBH in a season Leagues with 48 double plays turned this season: is 607, accomplished in 1996.