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Saturday, September 17, 2016 Game #148 (78-69) Safeco Field HOUSTON ASTROS (77-70) vs. SEATTLE MARINERS (78-69) Home #73 (40-32) TONIGHT’S GAME INFORMATION Starting Pitchers: RHP Mike Fiers (10-7, 4.4.64) vs. LHP James Paxton (4-6, 3.97) 6:10 pm PT • Radio: 710 ESPN / Mariners.com • TV: ROOT SPORTS Day Date Opp. Time (PT) Mariners Pitcher Opposing Pitcher RADIO Sunday Sept. 18 HOU 1:10 pm LH Ariel Miranda (4-1, 4.10) vs. RH Doug Fister (12-11, 4.17) 770 KTTH Monday Sept. 19 TOR 7:10 pm RH Taijuan Walker (6-10, 4.28) vs. RH Marco Estrada (8-9, 3.78) 710 ESPN Tuesday Sept. 20 TOR 7:10 pm RH Hisashi Iwakuma (16-11, 3.87) vs. LH J.A. Happ (19-4, 3.27) 710 ESPN Wednesday Sept. 21 TOR 12:40 pm RH Felix Hernandez (11-6, 3.79) vs. RH Aaron Sanchez (13-2, 3.17) 710 ESPN Thursday Sept. 22 OFF DAY - TRAVEL TO MINNESOTA All games televised on ROOT SPORTS with home games featuring Spanish Audio via TV SAP TONIGHT’S TILT…the Mariners continue a 2-team, 6-game homestand tonight with the second of A.L. WILD CARD three games against Houston (0-1) and will also host Toronto (Mon-Wed)…recently concluded a perfect The Mariners enter play today 3.0 games 6-0, 2-city, 6-game road trip by sweeping the Athletics (3-0) and Angels (3-0)…tonight’s game will be back of Baltimore & Toronto for the American League Wild Card spots: televised on ROOT SPORTS NW and broadcast live on 710 ESPN and the Mariners Radio Network. TEAM W-L Pct. GB ODDS AND ENDS…the Mariners have won 8 of last 9 game and are 10-4 in their last 14 games…are 11-11 Baltimore 81-66 .551 --- in their last 22 games…overall have won 24 of their last 40 games and 26 of their last 44…are 32-23 in their Toronto 81-66 .551 --- Seattle 78-69 .531 -3.0 last 55 games, 33-25 in the last 58 games and 42-32 in their last 74 games since snapping a 6-game losing Detroit 78-69 .531 -3.0 streak…are 50-51 over their last 101 games since May 27 following a 26-12 stretch from April 13-May 25. Houston 77-70 .524 -4.0 New York-AL 77-70 .524 -4.0 • Buenos Diaz - since Aug. 1, Edwin Diaz leads MLB in saves with 16…during that span, has convert- Kansas City 74-73 .503 -7.0 ed 16 of 17 save opportunities (94.1%) while posting a 13.26 strikeout/9.0 innings ratio (28 K, 19.0 IP). • Seager Surge - Since Aug. 6, Kyle Seager is batting .321 (43x134) with 25 runs, 4 doubles, 1 triple, INSIDE THE NUMBERS 9 home runs, 26 RBI, a .403 on-base percentage, a .567 slugging mark and a .970 OPS in 36 games. • Guti, Guti, Guti - Franklin Gutierrez is 12-for-his-last-31 (.387) with 5 runs, 2 double, 3 home runs and 10 RBI in his last 11 games since Aug. 26. 204 • Divisional Data - Seattle is 33-34 vs. the AL West, 14-17 vs. the AL Central and 18-11 vs. AL East this Seattle has hit 204 home runs this season...is 13-7 vs. Interleague opponents. season…the 2016 club is the 5th Mariners team to hit 200-plus home runs, IT’S A SAFECO THING…dating back to Aug. 6, Kyle Seager has hit safely in 16 of his last 18 games at joining the clubs from 1997 (264), 1996 Safeco Field, batting .406 (26x64) with 16 runs, 2 doubles, 5 home runs, 13 RBI, 12 walks and 1 stolen (245), 1999 (244) and 1998 (234). base...overall this season he is batting .294 (74x252) with 43 runs, 20 doubles, 11 home runs, 37 RBI and 38 walks in 71 games at home this season, including batting .339 (42x124) with 23 runs scored, 9 doubles, 6 home runs, 20 RBI and 20 walks in last 35 games at home dating back to June 28...among Mariners 431 single season franchise leaders at Safeco Field, Seager currently ranks T6th in doubles (20), 8th in on-base Kyle Seager has 431 career RBI with percentage (.395) and OPS (.899), T10th in slugging percentage (.510) and T11th in extra-base hits (31). the Mariners, ranking him tied with Jose Lopez for 10th-most in franchise history... WHAT A RELIEF…dating back to Sept. 7, the Mariners relievers are 1-0 with a 4 saves with a 1.40 ERA, Dan Wilson currently ranks 9th with 508 including not allowing a run over the last 7.1 innings in relief...during this 8-game stretch, the Mariners RBI. relievers have limited opponents to a .157 (14x89) average, while walking 6 and striking out 23...Steve Cishek (5.2 IP), Edwin Diaz (5.1 IP), Vidal Nuño (5.0 IP), Evan Scribner (4.2 IP) and Dan Altavilla (4.0 IP) RELIEVER STRIKEOUTS each have an active scoreless innings streak of at least 4.0 innings...among A.L. relievers the Mariners rank The Mariners relievers have combined 3rd in strikeouts (493) and 4th in opponent average (.236) this season. to strikeout 493 batters this season, the 3rd-most by a relief corp in franchise THAT’S A LOT OF K’S…Edwin Diaz has recorded 77 strikeouts, tied for the 6th-most by a rookie relief history: pitcher in MLB in 2016, trailing Kyle Barraclough-TOR (106), Seung Hwan Oh-STL (97), Michael Feliz-HOU 1. 2013.............................................535 (92), Chris Devenski-HOU (90) and Mychal Givens-BAL (87) and tied with Ryan Buchter-SD (77)…Diaz is 2. 2014.............................................503 3. 2016.............................................493 currently ranks 5th for most strikeouts by a rookie reliever in club history…Diaz’s 16 saves are also 2nd- 4. 2015.............................................480 most by a rookie in club history, trailing only Kazuhiro Sasaki’s 37 saves set in 2000. 5. 1996.............................................476 HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE…Seattle will play 9 of the remaining 15 regular season games at Safeco Field, ROOKIE RELIEVER K’S including the final 5 games in this current homestand (vs. HOU & TOR) and a season-ending 4-game set vs. Edwin Diaz has struck out 77 batters Oakland (Sept. 29-Oct. 2)…Seattle is 30-18 in the last 48 home games since May 30…Seattle lost 5 straight in 44.0 innings this season, which ranks at home to open the home season and were 10-14 in the first 24 games. as the 5th-most all-time in Mariners 30 HOMERS…Nelson Cruz (37), Robinson Canó (33) and Kyle Seager (29) have combined to hit 99 home club history by a reliever during rookie campaign...Diaz’s 15.75 strikeouts per runs this season…with Seager’s next home run, the trio would become the 3rd Mariners teammates to hit 9.0 innings is the highest by a Mari- at least 30+ home runs in a single season, joining the 1996 club (Ken Griffey Jr.-49, Jay Buhner-44 & Alex ners rookie, ahead of Danny Farquhar’s Rodriguez-36) and the 1997 club (Griffey Jr.-56, Buhner-40 & Paul Sorrento-31). 12.77 SO/9.0 IP set in 2013 (min 40 IP): … is hitting .375 (21x56) with 6 runs, 3 doubles, 6 1. Enrique Romo (1977) .....................92 HOUSTON, YOU HAVE A PROBLEM Robinson Canó 2. Carson Smith (2015) ......................92 home runs, 20 RBI and an .750 slugging percentage in 14 games against the Astros this season…in his 3. Danny Farquhar (2013) ..................79 career vs. Houston, he’s hitting .352 (86x244) with 35 runs, 12 doubles, 1 triple, 10 home runs and 49 RBI 4. Kazuhiro Sasaki (2000) ..................78 in 63 games…his .352 lifetime average vs. Houston is 6th-best all-time, trailing K. Lofton (.373/88x236), H. 5. Edwin Diaz (2016) ........................77 Ramirez (.372/81x218), B. McBride (.361/91x252), J. Votto (.357/97x272) & T. Gwynn (.355/97x272). 6. Bill Wilkinson (1987) ......................73 YEAH, HE’S HOT…since Aug. 5, Norichika Aoki is hitting .337 (31x92) with 14 runs, 8 doubles, 2 home MLB HOME RUNS runs, 9 RBI and a .384 on-base percentage…his .337 mark in that span is the 8th-best in the A.L. (min. 80 The Mariners currently rank 4th in the AB)…as a starter in that span, he’s hitting .349 (30x86) and has reached base in 19 of 21 starts. Major Leagues in home runs…Seattle’s 204 home runs are the 5th–most in club GETTING OFFENSIVE…Seattle is the 2nd-highest scoring team in Majors during the month of September, history, trailing the 234 home runs hit by scoring 89 runs in 14 games (6.36 per G), trailing only of Boston (95 R/ 6.79 R per game)…as a team, Seattle the 1998 Mariners club: 1. Baltimore .....................................234 is hitting .285 (140x491) with 25 doubles, 25 home runs, 84 RBI, a .353 on-base mark and a .489 slugging 2. Toronto ........................................208 percentage…Seattle’s September slugging percentage and OPS (.842) are currently the 2nd-highest in the 3. St. Louis ......................................207 Majors, trailing only the Red Sox in both categories (.491 slugging percentage/.853 OPS). 4. Seattle .........................................204 5. Tampa Bay ...................................203 TURNAROUND…Seattle has won 8 of the last 9 games against the American League West and is 17-10 against the division since the start of August…began the season 16-24 in the first 40 games against the A.L.