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Friday, March 26, 2021 Game #26 (10-10-5) Peoria Stadium MARINERS (10-10-5) at PADRES (10-12-2) Road #13 (4-5-3) TODAY’S GAME INFORMATION Starting Pitchers: LH (1-0, 4.22) vs. LH (1-0, 6.30) 6:40 pm AZ/PT • Radio: 710 ESPN Seattle • TV: None

TONIGHT’S TILT…the Mariners and Padres meet Friday night at Peoria Stadium, with SPRING RECORD Seattle acting as the road team after hosting the Padres in the matchup back on Feb. 28 Overall Record...... 10-10-5 to open camp...left-hander Marco Gonzales is set to make his final spring start before PEORIA STADIUM...... 6-5-2 scheduled to take the mound in the Mariners regular opener on April 1 vs. San Home Record...... 6-5-2 Road Record...... 4-5-3 Francisco at T-Mobile Park...despite losing 2 straight, the Mariners have won 3 of their last Current Streak...... L2 5 and 5 of their last 8 games. UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS (subject to change)… THE COUNTDOWN TODAY: Mariners at Padres 6:40 pm 710 ESPN Seattle 6 days to Opening Night, 4/1 vs. SF SEA — Gonzales*, Graveman, Montero, Swanson UPCOMING SCHEDULE SD — Weathers*, Melancon, Pomeranz*, Pagán, Baez, Knehr, Camarena* March 27...... vs. San Francisco SATURDAY: Mariners vs. Giants 6:40 pm 710 ESPN Seattle/ROOT March 28...... OFF DAY March 29...... at Cincinnati SEA — TBA Bold - Peoria Stadium SF — Kazmir*, Wood*, Yamaguchi, Gott, Marte, Pfeifer*, Santos, Gonzalez* SUNDAY: OFF DAY BY THE NUMBERS MONDAY: Mariners at Reds 12:05 pm 710 ESPN Seattle SEA — Flexen 40 CIN — TBA The Mariners ros- * left-handed pitcher ter is now at 40 players after roster moves that involved 2 . So SIX DAYS TO OPENING NIGHT...Seattle opens the 2021 regular season 6 days from far in camp, 27 players have been tonight at T-Mobile Park...the Mariners will take on the with a 7:10 re-assigned to minor league camp, pm PT first ...the limited inventory of 9,000 tickets available for the Opening Night 4 were optioned to the Mariners game is sold ...the Mariners have already sold out for all 3 games of their opening alternate site, one (1) optioned to AAA Tacoma, one (1) optioned to A against San Francisco, as well as Monday, April 19 vs. the ... Everett, one (1) assigned to minor tickets are still available for select remaining games in the first two homestands, including league rehab and one (1) released. April 5-7 (CWS), April 16-18 (HOU) and April 20 (LAD). VS. SAN DIEGO...the Mariners and Padres, who share a spring home in the Peoria Sports 49 Complex and Peoria Stadium, have met 183 times in Spring Training action...the Mariners In addition to piling up the walks hold a 90-86-7 advantage in the all-time series...the teams last met on Feb. 28 this spring and stolen bases, Seattle hitters in each team’s first game of 2021...the Mariners won 5-4 on a walk-off by Julio have been racking up the two- Rodríguez that scored in the bottom of the 9th . baggers of late. The Mariners 49 doubles as a team this spring now ALT SITE...on Wednesday the Mariners announced that they will host their alternate rank 4th in the Majors as Spring training site at T-Mobile Park this year...according to MLB.com, they will be the only club Training winds down. Jack Rein- to use their home ballpark as their alternate site...in 2020, the team used AAA Tacoma’s heimer, Cal Raleigh and Jarred Kelenic all recorded RBI doubles Cheney Field as the team’s “alt” site. on Thursday, account for all 5 of WALKS LEADER...the Mariners drew 6 more walks in Thursday’s game, bringing their the Mariners runs in the ballgame. total to 115 walks this spring...Seattle not only leads all 30 Major League clubs in walks, but has walked 7 more times than next-closest Cincinnati (108 walks)...J.P. Crawford has 26 12 walks, 2 more than any other player in Cactus League action in 2021. The Mariners are in the midst of a STOLEN BASES LEADER...the Mariners also pace MLB with their 29 stolen bases as “marathon” of Cactus League a team this spring...Julio Rodríguez successfully stole his 3rd base of the spring in games, yesterday completing the 24th of 26 consecutive days with yesterday’s game at Oakland...the Mariners have registered at least 1 in each a scheduled game, ranging from of their last 8 games...Miami and San Francisco are tied for the next-most stolen bases in March 2-27. The next-closest Cac- the Majors with 23 apiece. tus League team are the , with games on 18 con- PEORIA STADIUM…the Mariners have averaged 1,812 fans in 13 openings at Peoria secutive days. Stadium this spring...including tonight, Seattle will play just 2 more games in 2021 at their Spring Training home...that includes tonight’s game where Seattle will play as the “road” team, 1st against the home ...the Mariners wrap up their 2021 3 Peoria Stadium schedule tomorrow with a 6:40 pm first pitch against the Giants. Mariners has already named Marco Gonza- HAPPY FRIDAY…the Mariners are 2-0-1 in 3 Friday ballgames this spring, their only les as Opening Night starter for the undefeated day of the week...Seattle also owns a winning record on Sunday (3-1) and Mariners vs. the Giants on April 1... Tuesday (3-1), while remaining winless on Wednesday (0-3-1) and Saturday (0-2-1). will mark his third consecutive start on , trailing only Félix LIVE BP…Seattle participated in a Live BP game at 2 pm PT today...left-hander Yusei Hernández (11), (6) Kikuchi pitched in the session. and (4) for the most Opening Day starts in club history. PROSPECT RANKINGS…the Mariners are ranked by MLB.com as having the 3rd-best farm system in the Major Leagues, trailing only Tampa Bay and Detroit…Seattle’s Top THE ROSTER 100 prospects as listed by ’s official website includes 6 players: The spring roster is currently at 40 OF Jarred Kelenic (#4), OF Julio Rodríguez (#5), RHP Emerson Hancock (#31), RHP players (34 roster, 5 non-roster, 1 (#33), RHP George Kirby (#92) and OF (#100)...the #3 60-day IL)…the camp breakdown ranking by MLB.com comes after publications and Baseball Prospectus by position is the following: 23 pitchers (3 non-roster, 1 60-day IL), 2 both ranked the Mariners as the #2 farm system in the Major Leagues. catchers, 5 infielders, 7 outfielders (2 non-roster) and 3 INF/OF. HEY DANIEL, AS YOU KNOW…the Mariners and Padres share a spring home in Peoria...the teams last met 26 days ago on February 28...Seattle had a scheduled off day ON THE AIR the very next day on March 1 and have played games in 24 consecutive days coming into Friday night’s game against the San tonight, but...DID YOU KNOW?...tonight’s Mariners starting pitcher Marco Gonzales Diego Padres (first pitch 6:40 pm local also started in that one, throwing 2.0 and allowing 1 unearned on 2 hits and PT) will be broadcast live on 710 ESPN Seattle with with 1 walk... reached in all 3 of his plate appearances, going 1-for-1 with and on the call... a and 2 walks...before that, the teams last met in Spring Training on March 11, complete spring training day-by-day 2020 in a 4-2 Mariners win in 7 innings...that was the final 2020 spring contest before with TV and radio listings is listed on a rain cancellation the next day and ultimately Major League Baseball canceling the Page 2 of these game notes. remainder of 2020 Spring Training due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 2021 SPRING TRAINING GAME NOTES • MARCH 26, 2021 • AT SAN DIEGO PADRES

#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 1-0 4.33 3 3 0 0 10.2 13 6 5 1 2 6 MLB Totals 41-27 4.09 96 88 2 0 516.2 539 256 235 61 128 420 2021 Spring Training - 1-0, 4.22 in 3G: 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 ...recorded a victory on March 19 vs. the White Sox, tossing 4.2 innings and allowing 5 earned runs on 9 hits in the 7-6 Mariners win. • 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. • League Leader – Led the in walks-per-9.0-innings with a mark of 0.90 (7 BB, 69.2 IP) and -to-walk ratio with a mark of 9.14 (64 K, 7 BB)…among American League leaders, also ranked T2nd in wins (7), 3rd in WHIP (0.95), 7th in innings pitched (69.2), 8th in ERA (3.10), 9th in home-runs-allowed-per-9.0-innings (1.03), T9th in quality starts (6) and 10th in opponents average against (.222). ALSO SCHEDULED TO PITCH #49 — (RHP): #50 — (RHP): 2021 Spring Training: 0-0, 7.27 in 7G: Made spring debut on Feb. 28 vs. SD, 2021 Spring Training: 1-0, 3.00 in 6G: Allowed 2 earned runs in his first spring tossing a scoreless 3rd inning in relief of starter Marco Gonzales...threw a appearance on a 2-run homer off the bat of Cleveland’s Andrés Giménez...re- scoreless 3rd inning on March 4 vs. Colorado in relief of ...al- bounded in his next outing on March 5 at CWS, tossing a scoreless 7th to preserve lowed 4 earned runs on 4 hits in 1.0 inning on March 10 vs. Texas...tossed 1.0 a tie...tossed a scoreless frame on March 8 at Cleveland...recorded the win on inning with 1 allowed and 2 strikeouts on March 14 vs. Milwaukee...tossed March 12 vs. CIN, tossing a scoreless 7th inning in a 4-3 win...earned the save on 1.2 scoreless frames on March 17 vs. LAA...threw 2.0 innings on March 20 at March 18 at SF, allowing 1 hit in a scoreless 9th inning of a 6-3 win...pitched 1.0 TEX, allowing 2 earned runs on 2 hits and a homer with 2 strikeouts...tossed inning with 1 hit allowed and 2 strikeouts on March 23 at ARI. 1.0 inning on March 24 vs. CHC, allowing 1 earned run on 2 hits with 1 walk • 2020 Totals – Posted a 12.91 ERA (11 ER, 7.2 IP) with 9 strikeouts and 2 walks and 1 strikeout. in 9 games. • 2020 Totals – Went 1-3 with 5 holds and a 5.79 ERA (12 ER, 18.2 IP) in 11 • Trust The Heater – Threw 149 pitches in 2020, 101 of which were his 4-seam games (2 starts) with Seattle…limited opponents to a .221 (15x68) average, (67.8%)…among pitchers who threw at least 100 4-seam fast balls in while walking 8 and striking out 15. 2020, his 67.8% fastball rate ranked tied for 8th in the Majors with Oakland’s • Ouch - Missed 27 games due to injuries…on 10-Day on Aug. 4 Liam Hendriks. (retroactive to Aug. 3)-Sept. 1 with a neck spasm…appeared in 2 Intrasquad • Recalled – Was recalled on Aug. 2 for his first stint with the big league club. games at the alternate site in Tacoma while on the IL. • Ouch – Was placed on the 10-Day Injured List on Aug. 20 with a strained right • Mariners Debut – Recorded the loss in his Mariners debut on July 27 at forearm…was reinstated on Sept. 14, and finished the season with the team. HOU, allowing 7 runs (6 ER) on 6 hits, while walking 3 and striking out 7 over #59 — (RHP): 4.0 innings…also allowed 2 home runs, his only home runs of the season. 2021 Spring Training: 0-1, 8.59 in 8G: Made spring debut on March 2 vs. CLE, re- • Long Road Back – Prior to the 2020 season, his last Major League pitch was lieving starter ...tossed a scoreless 3rd inning with 1 hit allowed and 1 thrown on May 11, 2018 as a member of the in Yankee strikeout...tossed a scoreless inning on March 5 at CWS, striking out Jose Abreu... Stadium...went 807 days (2 years, 2 months and 16 days) between Major allowed 3 runs in an inning of work on March 8 at Cleveland...on March 11 at LAD, League appearances...in Mariners history, 807 days would rank as the 4th- tossed a scoreless 6th inning with 1 hit allowed and 2 strikeouts...recorded a save longest span between pitching appearances for Seattle. on March 14 vs. MIL, striking out 2 in a scoreless 8th inning...threw 1.0 scoreless #47 — Rafael Montero (RHP): inning on March 16 at KC with 1 walk and 1 strikeout...got the loss on March 20 at 2021 Spring Training: 1-0, 6.00 in 6G: Made spring debut on March 8 at CLE, TEX, blowing a save while allowing 4 earned runs on 3 hits with 1 walk...tossed a allowing a 3-run, inside-the-park HR to Andres Gimenez...also recorded a pair scoreless frame on March 22 vs. LAD with 2 strikeouts. of strikeouts...on March 11 at LAD, allowed 2 runs (1 earned) on 3 hits in 1.0 • 2020 Totals – Appeared in 17 games in relief during this rookie campaign, going inning of work...registered his first spring win on March 14 vs. MIL, tossing a 1-1 with 4 holds and a 4.02 ERA…limited opponents to a .241 (13x54) average, scoreless frame...threw a scoreless inning on March 17 vs. LAA, striking out 2... while walking 5 and striking out 6. tossed a scoreless 8th inning on March 20 at Texas...threw a scoreless frame #56 — Jimmy Yacabonis* (RHP): on March 22 vs. LAD with 1 strikeout. 2021 Spring Training: 0-0, 9.00 in 2G: The non-roster invitee made his spring • 2020 Totals – Appeared in 17 games for the , going 0-1 with debut on March 3 at Chicago-NL...allowed 2 earned runs on 1 hit, also hitting a 8 saves and a 4.08 ERA (8 ER, 17.2 IP), 19 strikeouts and zero blown saves. batter with 1 walk and 1 strikeout...tossed a 1-2-3 top of the 8th inning on March • Acquired – In trade with Texas for José Corniell (rhp) and a PTBNL on Dec. 9 vs. Kansas City. 15, 2020. • Pronunciation – YACK-uh-boh-niss • Savior – Was the Rangers closer, going 8-for-8 in save opportunities...was • 2020 Totals – Appeared in 2 games (1 start) for Seattle in 2020…allowed 1 run one of just three pitchers in the Majors in 2020 with at least 8 saves and no over 2.1 IP (3.86 ERA) on 2 hits and 3 walks with 1 strikeout. blown saves (also: CLE’s Brad Hand, 16-for-16; and NYY’s , • Seattle Debut – Made his Mariners debut on Sept. 9 at San Francisco with a 8-for-8). scoreless 8th inning. • Limiting the Damage – He allowed an earned run in just 4 of his 17 appear- • Acquired – Was acquired from San Diego in exchange for cash considerations ances. in a minor league trade on Aug. 19…selected from the alternate training site on • Home Cookin’ – Had a 2.19 ERA (3 ER, 12.1 IP) in 12 home appearances Sept. 9…designated for assignment on Sept. 15…outrighted to the alternate and opponents slashed .159/.229/.295/.525 (7-44) at home against him. training site on Sept. 17. 2021 - SPRING TRAINING DAY-BY-DAY

DAY DATE OPP SCORE WINNER LOSER SAVE REC ATT Sunday Feb. 28 San Diego Padres 5-4 Sewald (1-0) Markel (0-1) None 1-0 1,744 Monday March 1 OFF DAY Tuesday March 2 1-6 (7.5) Plutko (1-0) Kikuchi (0-1) None 1-1 1,525 Wednesday March 3 8-8 None None None 1-1-1 3,282 Thursday March 4 9-9 (8.5) None None None 1-1-2 1,606 Friday March 5 Chicago White Sox 2-2 (7) None None None 1-1-3 2,339 Saturday March 6 Oakland Athletics 1-1 (7) None None None 1-1-4 1,865 Sunday March 7 2-6 (6) Buttrey (1-0) Steckenrider (0-1) Suarez (1) 1-2-4 1,975 Monday March 8 Cleveland Indians 0-10 Plesac (1-1) Kikuchi (0-2) None 1-3-4 2,211 Tuesday March 9 6-3 Newsome (1-0) Duffy (0-1) None 2-3-4 1,770 Wednesday March 10 Texas Rangers 5-17 Cotton (1-0) Sheffield (0-1) None 2-4-4 1,788 Thursday March 11 Los Angeles Dodgers 4-4 None None None 2-4-5 2,343 Friday March 12 4-3 (8) Swanson (1-0) Carle (0-1) Bautista (1) 3-4-5 1,803 Saturday March 13 Colorado Rockies 1-2 Estevez (1-1) Magill (0-1) None 3-5-5 2,371 Sunday March 14 5-4 (7.5) Montero (1-0) Boxberger (0-1) Gerber (1) 4-5-5 2,000 Monday March 15 Diamondbacks 2-6 Widener (1-0) Newsome (1-1) None 4-6-5 1,875 Tuesday March 16 Kansas City Royals 13-0 Sheffield (1-1) Keller (1-1) None 5-6-5 2,096 Wednesday March 17 Los Angeles Angels 4-7 (7) Quintana (2-0) Flexen (0-1) Faria (1) 5-7-5 1,897 Thursday March 18 San Francisco Giants 6-3 Margevicius (1-0) Selman (0-1) Swanson (1) 6-7-5 1,543 Friday March 19 Chicago White Sox 7-6 Gonzales (1-0) Burr (0-1) Misiewicz (1) 7-7-5 1,924 Saturday March 20 Texas Rangers 5-6 King (1-0) Gerber (0-1) Sborz (2) 7-8-5 2,212 Sunday March 21 Milwaukee Brewers 3-1 Middleton (1-0) Boxberger (0-2) Newsome (1) 8-8-5 2,242 Monday March 22 Los Angeles Dodgers 7-3 Nittoli (1-0) Bauer (1-1) None 9-8-5 1,908 Tuesday March 23 3-0 Flexen (1-1) Kelly (0-2) Sadler (1) 10-8-5 2,306 Wednesday March 24 Chicago Cubs 2-6 Davies (3-0) Dunn (0-1) None 10-9-5 1,846 Thursday March 25 Oakland Athletics 5-8 Petit (1-0) Lail (0-1) Blackham (1) 10-10-5 1,998 Friday March 26 San Diego Padres Peoria 6:40 R Saturday March 27 San Francisco Giants Peoria 6:40 R/TV Sunday March 28 OFF DAY Monday March 29 Cincinnati Reds Goodyear 12:05 R

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