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Tonight's Game Information Monday, April 17, 2017 Game #14 (5-8) Safeco Field MIAMI MARLINS (7-5) vs. SEATTLE MARINERS (5-8) Home #7 (4-2) TONIGHT’S GAME INFORMATION Starting Pitchers: RHP Tom Koehler (0-0, 3.27) vs. LHP Ariel Miranda (0-1, 5.06) 7:10 pm PT • Radio: 710 ESPN / Mariners.com • TV: ROOT SPORTS Day Date Opp. Time (PT) Mariners Pitcher Opposing Pitcher RADIO Tuesday April 18 MIA 7:10 pm RH Yovani Gallardo (0-1, 6.30) vs. LH Wei-Yin Chen (1-1, 7.00) 710 ESPN Wednesday April 19 MIA 12:40 pm RH Felix Hernandez (1-1, 2.95) vs. RH Edinson Volquez (0-1, 3.45) 710 ESPN All games televised on ROOT SPORTS with home games featuring Spanish Audio via TV SAP TONIGHT’S TILT…the Mariners continue a 9-game homestand tonight with the first of a three-game series ON THIS DATE vs. Miami…began the homestand by losing 2-of-3 to Houston before sweeping a 3-game series from 2002: With a 7-4 win at Oakland, Seattle com- pletes a perfect 10-0 road trip, a Mariners Texas…went 1-6 on a season-opening, seven-game road trip to Houston (1-3) and Los Angeles (0-3)… club record…2012: The Mariners recorded the following this series, will embark on an 11-day, 10-game, 3-city road trip to Oakland (4 G), Detroit (3 G) and 25,000th run (Justin Smoak) and 50,000th hit Cleveland (3 G)…tonight’s game will be televised live in HD on ROOT SPORTS NW and broadcast live on (Kyle Seager) in club history in a 9-8 loss to the Cleveland Indians. 710 ESPN Seattle and the Mariners Radio Network. ODDS AND ENDS…the Mariners continue their 41st season in club history with a 9-game homestand vs. INTERLEAGUE STARS Houston, Texas and Miami…9 of the club’s first 26 games – and 15 of the first 38 – will be played at Safeco Field. This series features 2 of the top-8 active • Beautiful Day - Mariners left-hander James Paxton was named American League Pitcher of the leaders in hits during Interleague play: Rk. Name H Week (April 10-16) earlier today…Paxton went 2-0 with a 0.00 ERA (0 ER, 15.0 IP) with 17 strikeouts 1. Ichiro Suzuki .............................358 in two starts against Houston (4/10) and Texas (4/15)…this is his first career Player of the Week hon- 2. Adrian Beltre .............................335 or and the first by a Mariners pitcher sinceHisashi Iwakuma on Aug. 17, 2015…the last Mariners 3. Carlos Beltran ...........................300 left-handed pitcher to earn a Player of the Week honor since Randy Johnson (June 9, 1997). 4. Miguel Cabrera .........................295 • Another Time, Another Place - Mariners right-hander Steve Cishek (10-day DL) played with the 5. Albert Pujols .............................286 Marlins from 2010-15…Marlins outfielder Ichiro Suzuki appeared in 12 seasons with the Mariners 6. Joe Mauer .................................248 7. Nick Markakis ...........................244 (2001-12)…Marlins administrative coach Ed Lucas played in the Mariners minor league system (AAA 8. Robinson Canó .......................243 Tacoma) last season. • Rise Up - in his last 5 games (4/11-c), Taylor Motter is 7-for-18 (.389) with 3 runs, 4 doubles, 2 home INSIDE THE NUMBERS runs and 5 RBI…his 6 extra-base hits (4 2B, 2 HR) are T11th in the AL (also: 10 others). • With or Without You - the Mariners rank 2nd in MLB with 19 double plays turned…trail only Colorado (20)…have turned at least 1 double play in 12 games of their 13 games, including 7 games with two 0.93 double plays apiece. Beginning with the 9th inning on • 40 - during the 2017 season, the Mariners will commemorate the 40th anniversary of the club’s incep- Wednesday, the Mariners bullpen has tion in 1977, celebrating four decades of team and individual accomplishments. combined to allow 1 run in its last 9.2 EVERYBODY LOVES A WINNER...Nelson Cruz recorded his 8th career walk-off hit (last: 5/15/15 vs. BOS) innings of work for a 0.93 ERA. yesterday as Seattle completed a three-game sweep of Texas…was the Mariners first sweep of the Rangers since April 27-29, 2015 at Texas and their first sweep of the Rangersat Safeco Field since Sept. 28-30, 2007…overall, marked the Mariners 19th sweep of the Rangers in a series of at least 3 games. 10 MIAMI…the Mariners are opening their 21st season of Interleague Play against the Miami Marlins tonight… Mitch Haniger (12 R, 11 RBI) is one of four American League players with at since IL play debuted in 1997, Seattle ranks 1st in team ERA with a mark of 3.74 (1,348 ER, 3240.0 IP), 1st least 10 runs and at least 10 RBI, joining in shutouts with 37, 1st in opponents’ batting average with a mark of .248 (3,038x12,241), 3rd in strikeouts Nomar Mazara-TEX, Miguel Sano-MIN with 2,625 and 9th in winning percentage at a .525 clip (191-173)…offensively, the Mariners are 8th in home and George Springer-HOU. runs in Interleague Play with 399 and 11th in hits with 3,249. BABYFACE…Seattle has six qualified rookies on its active roster (Dan Altavilla, Mike Freeman, Mitch Haniger, Guillermo Heredia, James Pazos and Tony Zych)…each contributed to yesterday’s win: Altavilla 16 (0.1 ShO IP, 2 BB, 1 K), Pazos (0.2 ShO IP, 1 BB, 2 K) and Zych (0.1 ShO, 1 H) combined for 1.1 scoreless Jarrod Dyson has been successful on innings in relief with 3 strikeouts…Haniger’s 4 RBI included a 3-run home run in the 3rd and a game-tying, each of his last 16 stolen base attempts bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the 9th while Heredia tied the game at 6-6 with a solo home run in the (8/26/16-c). 7th, and Freeman scored the game-winning run in the 9th as a pinch-runner…overall, Mariners rookies are batting a combined .318 (21x66) with 19 runs, 3 doubles, 6 home runs, 13 RBI and 2 stolen bases while active Seattle rookies pitchers are a combined 1-1 with a 4.09 ERA (5 ER, 11.0 IP) with 13 strikeouts and 6 37 walks in 14 games. The Mariners have tossed 37 shutouts in Interleague play, the most by any A DIFFERENT KIND OF BLUE…Mitch Haniger extended his hitting streak to 10 consecutive games team in the history of Interleague play. yesterday…Haniger is the 17th different Mariners rookie (done 21x) to record a hitting streak of at least 10 games (last: Ketel Marte, 12, 9/10-24/15)…during the streak, he is batting .359 (14x39) with 10 runs, 2 A.L. ROOKIE LEADERS doubles, 4 home runs, 11 RBI, 1 HBP, 6 walks and 1 steal. Mitch Haniger ranks among AL rookies A SORT OF HOMECOMING…Ichiro Suzuki is making his first visit to Safeco Field since June 10-12, 2014 in several offensive categories: with New York-AL…Ichiro has appeared in 10 games as a visitor at Safeco Field, all with the Yankees… Category # Rank Hits 15 1st after appearing in 12 seasons with Seattle (2001-12), he ranks among the Mariners all-time top-10 leaders Runs 12 1st in games, at-bats, runs, hits, doubles, triples, RBI, total bases, extra-base hits, walks, batting average and RBI 11 1st stolen bases, including holding the top spot in at-bats, hits, triples, batting average and steals. Walks 9 1st RACE AGAINST TIME...Seattle has tallied 12 stolen bases this season, T2nd-most in MLB (also: Arizona Extra-Base Hits 7 1st OBP .410 1st and New York-AL), trailing only Cincinnati (13)…Jarrod Dyson (4), Leonys Martin (3) and Jean Segura SLG .588 1st (3) have each recorded 3-or-more steals…the Mariners are one of two teams in MLB with 3 players who OPS .998 1st have swiped at least 3 bags apiece (also: New York-AL: Jacoby Ellsbury – 4, Brett Gardner – 5 and Chase Home Runs 4 T1st Headley – 3)…Dyson ranks T5th in the AL (also: 3 others) while Martin and Segura rank T9th (also: 3 others). VS. MIAMI ONE STEP CLOSER…the Mariners rank 2nd in the American League in doubles with 23, trailing only Boston (28)…Seattle is one of 4 AL teams with 4 players with at least 3 doubles each (Taylor Motter: 4, The Mariners and Marlins meet in the Robinson Canó: 3, Mitch Haniger: 3 and Kyle Seager: 3)…the other AL teams are the Orioles and Twins. first (0-0) of 3 games this season…Se- attle is 5-7 all-time vs. the Marlins, in- NEAR THE ISLAND…the Mariners have had the most appearances by Japanese-born position players and cluding 3-3 in 6 games at Safeco Field, the 2nd-most appearances by Japanese-born pitchers in Major League history…Ichiro Suzuki (1,844 G), but just 1-2 as the home team against Kenji Johjima (462), Norichika Aoki (118) and Munenori Kawasaki (61) combined for 2,485 games with the the Marlins…Seattle and Miami last met Mariners, ranking ahead of New York-AL (1,276 G: Hideki Matsui, 916 G and Ichiro Suzuki, 360)…Hisashi at Safeco Field in a 3-game series, June Iwakuma (147 G), Shigetoshi Hasegawa (230), Kazuhiro Sasaki (228), Mac Suzuki (23) and Masao Kida (8) 24-26, 2011…the Marlins played that series as the home team as the 3-game have combined for 636 appearances with the Mariners, trailing only Boston (1,032 G: Junichi Tazawa, 302, set was shifted from Sun Life Park in Hideki Okajima, 261, Koji Uehara, 230, Daisuke Matsuzaka, 117, Takashi Saito, 56, Hideo Nomo, 33 and Miami to Safeco Field in Seattle due to Tomo Ohka, 33)…each team on this 9-game homestand has at least 1 Japanese-born player on its roster a schedule conflict with a U2 concert.
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