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Saturday, June 12, 2021 Game #66 (31-34) Progressive Field SEATTLE MARINERS (31-34) at CLEVELAND (33-27) Road #35 (14-20) TODAY’S GAME INFORMATION Starting Pitchers: LHP Yusei Kikuchi (3-3, 4.05) vs. RHP Triston McKenzie (1-3, 6.26) First Pitch: 4:10 pm ET / 1:10 pm PT • Radio: 710 ESPN / Mariners.com • TV: ROOT SPORTS NW Day Date Opp. Time (PT) Mariners Pitcher Opposing Pitcher RADIO Sunday June 13 at CLE 10:10 am RHP Logan Gilbert (1-2, 4.98) at RHP Shane Bieber (7-3, 2.96) 710 ESPN All games televised on ROOT SPORTS with home games featuring Spanish Audio via TV SAP TODAY’S TILT…the Mariners play the 9th game of their 11-day, 10-game road trip in today’s middle game HIGHEST WALK RATE, at Cleveland (0-1)...started the trip with a 4-game series split at Los Angeles-AL (2-2) and a 3-game series MIN. 50 PLATE APPEARANCES at Detroit (1-2)...return to T-Mobile Park to start a 9-day, 8-game homestand vs. Minnesota (3 G, 6/14- Jake Fraley has drawn 18 walks in 59 6/16), Tampa Bay (4 G, 6/17-6/20) and Colorado (2 G, 6/22-6/23)...today’s game will be televised on ROOT plate appearances this season, a walk SPORTS, as well as broadcast on 710 ESPN Seattle and the Mariners Radio Network. rate of 30.5 percent: ODDS AND ENDS…the Mariners dropped last night’s series opener by a 7-0 score at Cleveland...have Rk. Player BB% 1. Jake Fraley-SEA ................. 30.5 won 8 of their last 15 games and 10 of their last 18...are 13-8 in day games and 18-26 at night…are 17-14 2. Yasmani Grandal-CWS ........ 28.7 at T-Mobile Park and 14-20 on the road...are 25-10 when scoring at least 4 runs and 6-24 when scoring 3 3. Christian Yelich-MIL ............. 20.2 or fewer runs...are 22-3 when out-hitting their opponent. 4. Lane Thomas-STL ................ 19.6 • Yesterday - The Mariners reinstated RHP Justin Dunn from the 10-day Injured List and RHP Kendall T5. Ji-Man Choi-TB .................... 19.0 Graveman from the Injured List...RHP Keynan Middleton was optioned to Triple-A Tacoma and RHP Joey Gallo-TEX .................... 19.0 Yacksel Rios was designated for assignment. INSIDE THE NUMBERS • Taylor Made - Taylor Trammell has reached base safely in 8 of 9 games since being recalled on June 1. J.P.: JUNE POWER...J.P. Crawford is batting .385 (15x39) in the month of June with 6 runs, 6 doubles, 1 home run, 6 RBI, 6 walks and 1 stolen base in 10 games...he’s hit safely in 7 of his last 8 games and 11 of 1.1 his last 13...in the month, he’s gotten on-base at a .447 clip, slugging .615 with a 1.062 OPS, all of which J.P. Crawford’s 1.1 defensive Wins lead the club in June. Above Replacement (Baseball- • Let’s Get It Started - Crawford is batting .327 (17x52) with 7 runs, 6 doubles, 1 home run, 6 RBI, 6 Reference) leads the American League... walks and 1 stolen base in 13 games batting in the leadoff spot this season...the Mariners shortstop is he trails only Ryan McMahon-COL (1.2). batting .247 (42x170) this season when not occupying the #1 spot in the batting order. • Two-Way Stud - J.P. leads the American League with 1.1 defensive Wins Above Replacement (Base- 8 ball-Reference)...he trails only Colorado’s Ryan McMahon (1.2 dWAR) for the Major League lead...he J.P. Crawford’s 8 Defensive Runs and McMahon are the only MLB players to accumulate at least 1.1 offensive WAR and 1.1 defensive Saved (FanGraphs) are tied for most WAR...J.P. has totaled 1.2 oWAR coming into play today...also, Crawford’s 8 Defensive Runs Saved in MLB with Jacob Stallings-PIT and (FanGraphs) this season are tied for the Major League lead with Pittsburgh catcher Jacob Stallings and Michael A. Taylor-KC. Kansas City outfielder Michael A. Taylor. ALL-STAR MITCH...Mitch Haniger is batting .258 (64x248) with 43 runs, 15 doubles, 1 triple, 16 home runs, 40 RBI and 17 walks in 62 games this season...Haniger is 1 of 4 MLB players with at least 15 2B and 22 15 HR this season, along with Rafael Devers-BOS (19 2B, 15 HR), Shohei Ohtani (15 2B, 17 HR) and Matt Héctor Santiago tossed 2.0 scoreless innings of relief last night...the Mariners Olson-OAK (15 2B, 15 HR). have 22 individual relief outings of at • Follow The Leader - Haniger leads the Mariners in hits (64), runs (43), home runs (16) and RBI (40)... least 2.0+ scoreless innings...the 22 Haniger is 1 of 6 MLB players to lead his team in all 4 of the aforementioned categories, along with José appearances are ranked T2nd in MLB Ramírez-CLE, Aaron Judge-NYY, Avisaíl García-MIL, Rhys Hoskins-PHI and Trea Turner-WSN. with St. Louis, trailing only Texas (23). • AL Outfielders - Among American League players with at least 60 percent of their games played in the outfield this season, Haniger ranks1st in extra-base hits (32), 2nd in runs (43), T3rd in hits (64), T3rd in 154 doubles (15), T1st in HR (16), T3rd in RBI (40), 4th in slugging percentage (.520) and 6th in OPS (.825). Seattle’s 154 individual scoreless relief THE JAKE...Jake Fraley leads the Majors with a .492 on-base percentage among players with at least 50 outings this season are most in the plate appearances...in 16 games this season, the outfielder has reached base safely in 14 of them...he also American League...the Mariners out-pace has the highest walk rate in the Majors among players with at least 50 PA, drawing walks in 30.5% (18 BB Toronto (147), Boston (147) and Kansas in 59 PA) of his trips to the plate...Fraley ranks 4th on the team in walks despite accruing 169 fewer plate City (144). appearances than the next-closest Mariners player with at least 18 walks (Ty France, 19 BB in 228 PA). LAST TIME AGAINST MCKENZIE...the Mariners faced Cleveland starting pitcher Triston McKenzie on May 15 at T-Mobile Park...Seattle scored 5 runs on 5 hits, including 2 home runs, in 4.1 innings against the 294 Cleveland right-hander...Mitch Haniger hit a leadoff home run off McKenzie and Dylan Moore crushed a Kyle Seager has recorded 294 career doubles...he is 1 double away from 3-run homer in the 4th inning...Seattle won the game by a 7-3 score to improve to 20-20 on the season. tying Ichiro Suzuki (295) for 3rd-most in REHABBER’S DELIGHT...Evan White made his first appearance on Major League rehab assignment last Mariners club history. night for Triple-A Tacoma...he batted 2nd and served as the designated hitter...White went 1-for-4 and crushed a 3-run homer in the 2nd inning off Sacramento starter Matt Frisbee as part of a 7-2 Rainiers win... MOST TOTAL BASES, the Mariners placed White on the 10-day Injured List on May 14 with a left hip flexor strain. AMERICAN LEAGUE SLUGGING POSITION…the Mariners have the best slugging percentage (.487) with runners in scoring Rk. Player TB position in the Majors, recording 218 total bases in 448 at-bats with RISP...Seattle’s .823 OPS with RISP 1. Vladimir Guerrero Jr.-TOR ..... 144 ranks 2nd in the Majors to Los Angeles-AL (.827), while their batting average (.268/120x448) ranks 3rd to T2. Mitch Haniger-SEA .............. 129 Los Angeles-AL (.273) and Los Angeles-NL (.271)...Seattle’s 35 doubles with RISP are ranked T2nd with Salvador Pérez-KC ................ 129 4. Shohei Ohtani-LAA................ 128 Boston, trailing only Houston’s 37...Seattle’s 57 extra-base hits with RISP are ranked T2nd with Boston, T5. Rafael Devers-BOS ............... 126 trailing only Houston’s 60 XBH...Kyle Seager is batting .404 (19x47) with 5 doubles, 1 triple, 4 HR and 30 Cedric Mullins-BAL ............... 126 RBI with RISP...J.P. Crawford is batting .350 (14x40) with 6 doubles, 1 HR and 19 RBI with RISP. Marcus Semien-TOR ............. 126 DOUBLE PLAYS...The Mariners defense has turned 65 double plays this season, most in the Majors... Seattle holds a lead over Boston (61), San Diego (61), Chicago-NL (60) and Texas (60)...J.P. Crawford has MOST EXTRA-BASE HITS, been involved in 40 double plays defensively, tied for 1st in the Majors among non-first basemen (also: SS AMERICAN LEAGUE Isiah Kiner-Falefa-TEX). Rk. Player XBH NEXT HOMESTAND...the Mariners have received permission from the state of Washington and King 1. Shohei Ohtani-LAA ...................35 County to increase seating capacity at T-Mobile Park for the next homestand from June 14-23...the 2. Rafael Devers-BOS ...................34 updated operations plan allows 26,265 tickets to be sold as vaccine only with no social distancing...the T3. Mitch Haniger-SEA ..................32 Vladimir Guerrero Jr.-TOR .........32 remaining capacity will be sold in socially distanced pods of 1-6 seats for a total of 4,680 seats...total 5. Austin Meadows-TB .................31 ballpark capacity under the approved plan is 30,945 (out of 47,000). 6. Matt Olson-OAK........................30 ALL-STAR BALLOT...Mariners fans can cast their all-star ballots at https://www.mlb.com/all-star/ballot T7.