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Friday, March 19, 2021 Game #19 (6-7-5) Peoria Stadium CHICAGO WHITE SOX (5-9-4) at SEATTLE MARINERS (6-7-5) Home #11 (4-4-2) TODAY’S GAME INFORMATION Starting Pitchers: LH Marco Gonzales (0-0, 0.00) vs. RH Lance Lynn (0-0, 0.00) 6:40 pm AZ/PT • Radio: 710 ESPN Seattle • TV: ROOT SPORTS NW TONIGHT’S TILT…the Mariners and White Sox meet at Peoria Stadium with a 6:40 first SPRING RECORD pitch televised live on ROOT SPORTS NW and broadcast live on 710 ESPN Seattle...the Overall Record ...............................6-7-5 Mariners are coming off a 6-3 win over the Giants in which the offense recorded 7 walks, PEORIA STADIUM .........................4-4-2 5 doubles and 4 stolen bases...left-hander Marco Gonzales is set to make his 3rd start Home Record ................................4-4-2 Road Record .................................2-3-3 of the spring for the Mariners. Current Streak .................................. W1 UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS (subject to change)… THE COUNTDOWN TODAY: Mariners vs. White Sox 6:40 pm 710 ESPN Seattle/ROOT SEA — Gonzales*, Sadler, Vest, Steckenrider, Misiewicz*, Swanson 13 days to Opening Night, 4/1 vs. SF CWS — Lynn, Bummer*, Heuer, Foster, Guerrero UPCOMING SCHEDULE SATURDAY: Mariners at Rangers 6:05 pm 710 ESPN Seattle March 20 .................................at Texas SEA — Dugger, Montero, Graveman, Middleton, Misiewicz*, Gerber March 21 ......................... at Milwaukee TEX — Benjamin*, King*, Vincent, Gaviglio, Sborz, Herget, Kennedy March 22 ............. vs. Los Angeles-NL March 23 .............................. at Arizona SUNDAY: Mariners at Brewers 1:10 pm 710 ESPN Seattle Bold - Peoria Stadium SEA — TBA MIL — TBA BY THE NUMBERS * left-handed pitcher WE WALK...the Mariners drew 7 walks in last night’s win...Seattle increased its Cactus League lead to 89 walks as a team this spring, with Cincinnati and San Francisco tied for 60 next-most with 82...the Mariners actually lead all 30 clubs with their 89 walks in Spring The Mariners Spring Training ros- ter is now at 60 players after Tues- Training, with Detroit’s 77 walks pacing the Grapefruit League...J.P. Crawford and Jake day’s roster moves that involved 3 Fraley are both tied for the Cactus League lead with 9 walks drawn each. players. So far in camp, 11 players have been re-assigned to minor WE ALSO RUN...the Mariners recorded 4 stolen bases on Thursday...Seattle got steals league camp, two (2) were op- from Taylor Trammell, Jack Reinheimer and a pair from Sam Haggerty...the Mariners tioned to the Mariners alternate now rank 2nd in the Cactus League with 16 stolen bases as a team this spring. site one (1) optioned to AAA Ta- coma and one (1) optioned to A MLB.COM PROSPECTING…the Mariners are ranked by MLB.com as having the 3rd- Everett. best farm system in the Major Leagues, trailing only Tampa Bay and Detroit…Seattle’s Top 100 prospects as listed by Major League Baseball’s official website includes 6 players: OF Jarred Kelenic (#4), OF Julio Rodríguez (#5), RHP Emerson Hancock (#31), RHP 5 Logan Gilbert (#33), RHP George Kirby (#92) and OF Taylor Trammell (#100)...the #3 Outfielder Taylor Trammell went ranking by MLB.com comes after publications Baseball America and Baseball Prospectus 2-for-3 with a double, walk and both ranked the Mariners as the #2 farm system in the Major Leagues. RBI in Thursday’s 6-3 win. Tram- mell now has 5 doubles this spring, ‘PEN PALS...over their last 3 games, the Mariners bullpen has a 0.59 ERA (1 ER, 15.1 tied for most in the Cactus League. IP) with a combined 4 walks and 23 strikeouts...Seattle relievers Casey Sadler, Will Vest, Joey Gerber, Drew Steckenrider, Taylor Guerrieri, Kendall Graveman, Rafael Montero, Keynan Middleton, JT Chargois, Nick Margevicius, Aaron Fletcher and Erik 26 Swanson have all appeared for the Mariners in the last 3 contests. The Mariners are in the midst of a “marathon” of Cactus League QUALIFY TY…Mariners infielderTy France is batting .433 (13x30) this spring with 7 runs games, yesterday completing the scored, 3 doubles, 4 home runs, 8 RBI and 3 walks...he now has enough plate appearances 17th of 26 consecutive days with to qualify for the Cactus League leaderboard...his .433 average, .514 on-base percentage, a scheduled game, ranging from March 2-27. The next-closest Cac- .933 slugging percentage and 1.448 OPS are all tied for 1st in the league. tus League team are the Chicago • Very Similar: Coming into play Friday, France has the exact amount of hits, at-bats, White Sox, with games on 18 con- secutive days. plate appearances, times on base and total bases as Corey Seager of the Dodgers...the pair are tied for the Cactus League lead in AVG, OBP, SLG and OPS. VS. THE WHITE SOX...the Mariners and White Sox meet for the 2nd time this spring, last 3 playing on March 5 in a 7-inning, 2-2 tie...in the all-time spring series, the Mariners are Mariners Manager Scott Servais 20-23-3 in 46 matchups against Chicago-AL...the teams last met in Peoria on Feb. 28, has already named Marco Gonza- 2019 in an 8-3 Seattle win...Kyle Lewis and Braden Bishop both homered in that game. les as Opening Night starter for the Mariners vs. the Giants on April 1... TRYING TO BREAK THE PATTERN…over their last 7 games since March 12, the will mark his third consecutive start Mariners have gone Win-Loss-Win-Loss-Win-Loss-Win...Seattle has not had the same on Opening Day, trailing only Félix Hernández (11), Randy Johnson (6) game result since dropping back-to-back contests on March 7-8...the Mariners look to and Jamie Moyer (4) for the most win consecutive games for the first time this spring. Opening Day starts in club history. DON’T EVER GIVE UP!…the Mariners trailed 3-1 in yesterday’s ballgame...they scored THE ROSTER 5 unanswered runs between the 5th-6th innings to win by a 6-3 score, giving them back- to-back road wins for the first time this spring...in 4 of the Mariners 6 wins this spring, The spring roster is currently at 60 they have done it in come-from-behind fashion...the biggest deficit they have overcame in players (36 roster, 23 non-roster, 1 60-day IL)…the camp breakdown eventual victories has been 3 runs...the Mariners overcame a 3-0 deficit on March 12 vs. by position is the following: 33 Cincinnati to win 4-3...they overcame a 3-0 deficit on March 14 vs. Milwaukee to win 5-4. pitchers (14 non-roster, 1 IL), 5 catchers (3 non-roster), 8 infielders TOUGH TICKET…the Mariners are tied for the most home games among Cactus League (2 non-roster), 10 outfielders (5 clubs with Cincinnati and San Francisco...in 10 games at Peoria Stadium this spring the non-roster) and 4 INF/OF (1 non- Mariners have seen an average of 1,787 fans, including a game-high of 2,000 in last roster). Sunday afternoon’s 5-4 win over the Milwaukee Brewers...capacity is limited this spring ON THE AIR for health and safety reasons…since the ballpark opened in 1994, and coming into 2021, Friday night’s ballgame that hosts the Chicago White Sox (first pitch 6:40 pm local and PT) will be televised live on HEY DIVISH, AS YOU KNOW…Happy March Madness!...DID YOU KNOW?...the ROOT SPORTS Northwest with Aaron Mariners have 21 players who have participated in 2021 Spring Training who played Goldsmith and Mike Blowers on the call...the game will be broadcast live baseball at a school in the 2021 Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournaments...5 on 710 ESPN Seattle with Rick Rizzs coaches also played for schools in the tournaments, including manager Scott Servais and Gary Hill on the call...complete who played for Creighton University from 1986-88...Mariners Executive Vice President & spring training day-by-day with TV and radio listings is listed on Page 2 of General Manager Jerry Dipoto starred for the VCU Rams from 1987–89, leading Virginia these game notes. Commonwealth to its first-ever appearance in the NCAA Baseball Tournament in 1988. 2021 SPRING TRAINING GAME NOTES • MARCH 19, 2021 • VS. CHICAGO WHITE SOX #7 — MARCO GONZALES (LHP) YEAR TEAM W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB SO 2020 SEATTLE 7-2 3.10 11 11 1 0 69.2 59 27 24 8 7 64 2021 SPRING 0-0 0.00 2 2 0 0 6.0 4 1 0 0 1 5 MLB Totals 41-27 4.09 96 88 2 0 516.2 539 256 235 61 128 420 2021 Spring Training - 0-0, 0.00 in 2G: Started the Mariners Cactus League opener on Feb. 28 vs. San Diego in the 5-4 win...allowed one unearned run, which came across via 2 first inning errors by Seattle’s defense...was credited with 2.0 innings pitched, but recorded only 5 outs, due to the top of the 1st being “rolled over” due to COVID-19 protocols that allow pitchers to be removed from the game after throwing 20 pitches in a frame...made his 2nd start on March 13 at Colorado in a 2-1 loss...in that outing, threw 4.0 scoreless IP with 2 hits allowed, no walks and 5 strikeouts. • 2020 Totals – Went 7-2 with a 3.10 ERA (24 ER, 69.2 IP) with 64 strikeouts and 7 walks in 11 starts with the Mariners.