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Sunday, March 21, 2021 Game #21 (7-8-5) American Family Fields of Phx. SEATTLE MARINERS (7-8-5) at MILWAUKEE BREWERS (10-8-1) Road #10 (2-4-3) TODAY’S GAME INFORMATION Starting Pitchers: LH James Paxton (Spring Debut) vs. RH Freddy Peralta (0-0, 0.00) 1:10 pm AZ/PT • Radio: 710 ESPN Seattle • TV: None TODAY’S TILT…the Mariners take on the Milwaukee Brewers in a Sunday afternoon game, SPRING RECORD the first day game for Seattle since Monday...left-handerJames Paxton is expected to Overall Record ...............................7-8-5 make his 2021 debut...it will be his first game appearance in a Mariners uniform since PEORIA STADIUM .........................5-4-2 Sept. 29, 2018 vs. Texas, when he allowed 1 run in 6.0 innings with no walks and 9 Home Record ................................5-4-2 Road Record .................................2-4-3 strikeouts...today the Mariners will attempt to get back to .500 in Cactus League action. Current Streak ....................................L1 UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS (subject to change)… THE COUNTDOWN TODAY: Mariners at Brewers 1:10 pm 710 ESPN Seattle SEA — Paxton*, Middleton, Chargois, Lail, Newsome, Gomez, McCaughan 11 days to Opening Night, 4/1 vs. SF MIL — Peralta, Boxberger, Rasmussen UPCOMING SCHEDULE MONDAY: Mariners vs. Dodgers 6:40 pm 710 ESPN Seattle/ROOT March 22 ............. vs. Los Angeles-NL SEA — Sheffield* March 23 .............................. at Arizona LAD — Bauer, Miller, Treinen March 24 ....................vs. Chicago-NL March 25 .............................at Oakland TUESDAY: Mariners at Diamondbacks 6:10 pm 710 ESPN Seattle Bold - Peoria Stadium SEA — Flexen ARI — TBA BY THE NUMBERS * left-handed pitcher MOST WALKS...the Mariners increased their Cactus League lead to 95 walks as a team 60 this spring, with Cincinnati totaling the next-most with 89...the Mariners actually lead all 30 The Mariners Spring Training ros- clubs with their 95 walks in Spring Training, with Atlanta’s 85 walks pacing the Grapefruit ter is now at 60 players after Tues- League...J.P. Crawford is tied with the Angels Jose Rojas for the Cactus League lead with day’s roster moves that involved 3 10 walks drawn...Jake Fraley is tied for 2nd in the league with 9 walks. players. So far in camp, 11 players have been re-assigned to minor MOST STEALS...the Mariners also lead the Cactus League with 20 stolen bases as a league camp, two (2) were op- team this spring, with San Francisco totaling the next-most with 19...Seattle notched 3 tioned to the Mariners alternate stolen bases in Saturday’s game, with J.P. Crawford, Dylan Moore and Sam Haggerty site one (1) optioned to AAA Ta- coma and one (1) optioned to A all stealing bases...the Mariners lead all 30 clubs in Spring Training stolen bases, with Everett. Toronto’s 18 pacing the Grapefruit League...Haggerty’s 6 stolen bases this spring lead all Major League players across both Spring Training leagues. FIVE FOR FRANCE…Mariners infielderTy France homered yet again on Saturday night, 4 going 1-for-3 with 2 RBI. France continued his phenomenal spring, now batting .424 Leadoff hitter Mitch Haniger (14x33) with 8 runs scored, 3 doubles, 5 home runs, 10 RBI and 3 walks...his .424 average, went 2-for-4 in Saturday’s game, singling and homering in his first .500 on-base percentage, .970 slugging percentage and 1.470 OPS all lead the Cactus 2 at-bats. Going back to Friday’s League...his 5 homers and 32 total bases are tied for 1st...his 14 hits are 2nd and his 8 game, he registered 4 consecutive extra-base hits are tied for 2nd in the league. hits in as many plate appearances. This spring, Haniger is batting .313 VS. MILWAUKEE…Sunday marks the 135th all-time spring matchup between Seattle (10x32) with 2 doubles, 1 triple, 2 and Milwaukee...the clubs last met 1 week ago today in a 5-4 Mariners victory at Peoria home runs, 7 RBI and 2 walks. Stadium...the Brewers lead the all-time series with a 69-65 advantage...the teams last met at Milwaukee’s spring ballpark on March 9, 2020 in a 2-1 Milwaukee walk-off win...Kyle 26 Lewis homered in that game. The Mariners are in the midst of a ‘B’ GAME…yesterday the Mariners also traveled to Goodyear for a ‘B’ game against the “marathon” of Cactus League Cleveland Indians...highlights from the game include Yusei Kikuchi pitching 4.2 innings... games, yesterday completing the relievers Paul Sewald, Vinny Nittoli and Jimmy Yacabonis also saw action...Jarred 19th of 26 consecutive days with Kelenic hit an RBI double, while José Marmolejos and Cal Raleigh registered the other a scheduled game, ranging from March 2-27. The next-closest Cac- Seattle hits in the game. tus League team are the Chicago 65 PLAYERS…yesterday Robert Dugger made his 2021 debut for the Mariners...the White Sox, with games on 18 con- secutive days. right-hander tossed 3.0 scoreless innings in his start...Dugger became the 65th different player to see action in a Cactus League game for Seattle this season...the Mariners have used 29 different position players and 36 pitchers. 3 ONE-RUN GAMES…the Mariners lost 6-5 on Saturday night after winning 7-6 the Mariners Manager Scott Servais previous night...of the Mariners 20 spring games through March 20, 6 have been decided has already named Marco Gonza- by 1-run and 5 have ended in ties...Seattle played in 3 consecutive ballgames decided by les as Opening Night starter for the Mariners vs. the Giants on April 1... 1 run from March 12-14. will mark his third consecutive start TOUGH TICKET…the Mariners are tied for the most home games among Cactus League on Opening Day, trailing only Félix Hernández (11), Randy Johnson (6) clubs with San Francisco and Cincinnati...in 11 games at Peoria Stadium this spring the and Jamie Moyer (4) for the most Mariners have seen an average of 1,799 fans, including a game-high of 2,000, one week Opening Day starts in club history. ago today, in a 5-4 win over the Milwaukee Brewers...capacity is limited this spring for health and safety reasons…since the ballpark opened in 1994, and coming into 2021, THE ROSTER Seattle averaged 7,635 per game over the 27 seasons (397 games). The spring roster is currently at 60 PROSPECT RANKINGS…the Mariners are ranked by MLB.com as having the 3rd-best players (36 roster, 23 non-roster, 1 60-day IL)…the camp breakdown farm system in the Major Leagues, trailing only Tampa Bay and Detroit…Seattle’s Top by position is the following: 33 100 prospects as listed by Major League Baseball’s official website includes 6 players: pitchers (14 non-roster, 1 IL), 5 OF Jarred Kelenic (#4), OF Julio Rodríguez (#5), RHP Emerson Hancock (#31), RHP catchers (3 non-roster), 8 infielders Logan Gilbert (#33), RHP George Kirby (#92) and OF Taylor Trammell (#100)...the #3 (2 non-roster), 10 outfielders (5 non-roster) and 4 INF/OF (1 non- ranking by MLB.com comes after publications Baseball America and Baseball Prospectus roster). both ranked the Mariners as the #2 farm system in the Major Leagues. ON THE AIR Sunday afternoon’s clash with the HEY AARON, AS YOU KNOW…Today is the Mariners final Sunday game of Spring Milwaukee Brewers (first pitch 1:10 pm local and PT) will be broadcast Training, but...DID YOU KNOW?...it will actually be the last time the Mariners have a live on 710 ESPN Seattle with Aaron scheduled game on a Sunday until April 11...Seattle has an off day on Sunday, April 4 Goldsmith and Gary Hill on the call... sandwiched between the first 3 games of the season vs. the San Francisco Giants from complete spring training day-by-day with TV and radio listings is listed on April 1-3 and vs. the Chicago White Sox from April 5-7...both series make up the first Page 2 of these game notes. homestand of the season for the Mariners at T-Mobile Park. 2021 SPRING TRAINING GAME NOTES • MARCH 21, 2021 • AT MILWAUKEE BREWERS #44 — JAMES PAXTON (LHP) YEAR TEAM W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB SO 2020 NEW YORK-AL 1-1 6.64 5 5 0 0 20.1 23 17 15 4 7 26 2021 SPRING 0-0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MLB Totals 57-33 3.58 136 136 2 1 753.1 684 332 300 81 230 829 2021 Spring Training - The left-hander makes his first Cactus League appearance today. • 2020 Totals – Made 5 starts for the Yankees, going 1-1 with a 6.64 ERA (15 ER, 20.1 IP) with 7 walks and 26 strikeouts...was placed on the 10-day Injured List on 8/24 (retroactive to 8/21) with a left flexor strain…was transferred to the 45-day IL on 9/16, missing the remainder of the season (missed the final 35 team games). • Personal – James Alston Paxton…native of Ladner, British Columbia, a suburb of Vancouver, Canada…attended Delta Secondary School where he helped win BC’s Best Tournament Championship as junior and senior…pitched for University of Kentucky from 2007-09. • Career – Has appeared in parts of 8 Major League seasons with Seattle (2013-18) and New York-AL (2019-20), after being selected by Seattle in the 4th round of the 2010 MLB First-Year Player Draft…made his MLB debut with the Mariners on Sept.