Sunday, March 20, 2016 Game #22 (9-10-2) Peoria Stadium CLEVELAND INDIANS (8-10-2) at SEATTLE MARINERS (9-10-2) Home #12 (5-6) TODAY’S GAME INFORMATION Starting Pitchers: LH TJ House (0-1, 9.53) vs. LH Wade Miley (0-0, 5.40) 1:10 pm • Radio: 710 ESPN Seattle • TV: ROOT SPORTS TODAY’S TILT…the Mariners continue their 40th spring training with the 22nd game of the Cactus SPRING RECORD League season today vs. the Cleveland Indians at Peoria Stadium…today’s game continues the 33- Overall Record .............................9-10-2 game Cactus League schedule for the Mariners that will conclude April 2 vs. Colorado at Salt River PEORIA STADIUM ............................6-6 Fields…Seattle will open the 2016 season April 4 at Globe Life Park vs. the Rangers. Home Record ................................... 5-6 Road Record .................................4-4-2 TODAY’S STARTING 9 VS. INDIANS…the Mariners starting 9 today by batting order: Norichika Current Streak ...................................2 L Aoki (LF), Luis Sardiñas (2B), Kyle Seager (3B), Dae-Ho Lee (1B), Seth Smith (RF), Chris Iannetta THE COUNTDOWN (C), Daniel Robertson (CF), Leonys Martín (DH), Chris Taylor (SS). 15 days to Opening Day, 4/4 at TEX UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS (subject to change)… SUNDAY: Mariners vs. Cleveland 1:10 pm ROOT SPORTS/710 ESPN Seattle UPCOMING SCHEDULE CLE — House*, Gorzelanny*, Detwiler*, Chamberlain, Adams, Thatcher* March 20 .........................vs. Cleveland SEA — Miley*, Guaipe, Cishek, Coleman March 21 ................ at Los Angeles (NL) March 22 .................................OFF DAY MONDAY: Mariners at Los Angeles (NL) 1:05 pm 710 ESPN Seattle March 23 ........................... vs. Oakland SEA — Iwakuma, Roach March 24 .............................at Colorado LAD — Maeda Bold - Peoria Stadium TUESDAY: OFF DAY BY THE NUMBERS SEA — Paxton* (MiLB Game) * left-handed pitcher THE KING AND THE (FRESH) PRINCE…in the Mariners split-squad yesterday, Taijuan Walker .556 and Felix Hernandez combined for 9.0 IP of 2-run ball with 8 K…Walker’s line at Kansas City: 5.0 Shawn O’Malley is batting .556 (15x27), with 13 runs, 2 doubles, 1 triple, 1 home IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K…Hernandez’s line vs. Arizona: 4.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K. run and 4 RBI in 16 games this spring. TRIPLE THREAT…the Mariners are tied with Los Angeles-NL & San Francisco for the MLB lead in triples this spring with 10…Daniel Robertson leads the club with 2 triples. 6 CONTROL THE ZONE…the Mariners pitching staff owns a 2.85 strikeout-to-walk ratio (154 K/54 Leonys Martín’s 6 stolen bases are tied BB), which ranks 3rd in MLB and 2nd in the Cactus League this spring (NYY: 3.31, 149 K/45 BB; for the most in MLB this spring (also: KC: 2.95, 168 K/57 BB). Keon Broxton - MIL). ON A TEAR…Shawn O’Malley has hit safely in 6 consecutive games (3/12-current)…during the streak, O’Malley is batting .750 (9x12), with 6 runs, 2 doubles, 1 triple, 1 home run, 1 stolen base, a 24 .786 on-base percentage and a 1.333 slugging percentage. The Mariners lead the Cactus League MARINERS MARCH MADNESS CONNECTIONS…the alma maters of several Mariners played and are T-2 in the Majors with 24 steals this spring…next closest Cactus in the NCAA D1 Men’s Basketball Championship yesterday…Chris Iannetta, Kyle Seager (North League team is Arizona (19). Carolina): North Carolina 85, Providence 66. Chris Taylor (Virginia): Virginia 77, Butler 69. James Paxton (Kentucky): Indiana 73, Kentucky 67. Cody Martin (Gonzaga): Gonzaga 82, Utah 59. VS. THE INDIANS…earlier this spring on March 8, Cleveland defeated Seattle, 4-3, at Goodyear 40 Ballpark...the Mariners were 3-4 against the Indians in 2015, dropping three out of four games in This is the Mariners 40th spring train- ing in club history…Seattle trained in Cleveland on May 28-31, but taking two of three games at Safeco Field on June 9-11...the two Tempe from 1977-1992 and have been teams are slated to square off twice this season, April 19-21 in Cleveland and June 6-9 at Safeco in Peoria since 1993 (all road games in Field...Seattle trails the all-time regular season series, 171-216. ‘93 as stadium was being completed). HOME AWAY FROM HOME…through 11 home games this spring, the Mariners are averaging ROSTER MOVES 8,270 fans per game (90,977 total)…2 of the last 3 home games have drawn crowds of more than Mariners Executive Vice President 11,000 fans. and General Manager Jerry Dipoto announced the following roster GUTI, GUTI, GONE…Franklin Gutierrez has hit 4 home runs in just 18 Spring Training at-bats…in moves today: Optioned to AAA 2015, he hit 15 home runs in just 171 Major League at-bats, an average of one home run every 11.40 Tacoma: RHP Jonathan Aro, LHP at-bats…the HR/AB ratio was 2nd-best in the Majors and 5th-best in club history. David Rollins and C Steven Baron. Re-Assigned to minor league camp: EXTRA! EXTRA!…Seattle has recorded 74 extra-base hits this spring…the 74 XBH is 5th in MLB RHP Adrian Sampson and INF Ed this spring behind Arizona (86), Philadelphia (79), Detroit (77) & Los Angeles-AL (75)…among Major Lucas. League teams, Seattle ranks 7th in doubles (42), T1st in triples (10) and 11th in home runs (22)… THE ROSTER Seattle ranked 8th in the AL in extra-base hits in 2015 (482). The spring roster is currently at 40 NOT SO AVERAGE…the Mariners are hitting .288 (212x735) with 118 runs, 42 doubles, 10 triples, players (32 roster, 8 non-roster) + 22 home runs, 115 RBI and a .351 on-base percentage in 21 games this spring…the .288 average 2 players on the 60-day DL…the camp breakdown by position is the ranks 5th in the Majors this spring behind Arizona (.317), Los Angeles-AL (.308), Texas (.305) and following: 20 pitchers (5 non-roster) + Oakland (.291)…Seattle’s .351 on-base percentage ranks 6th in the Cactus League behind Arizona 1 DL, 3 catchers + 1 DL, 10 infi elders (.373), Los Angeles-AL (.368), Texas (.367), Oakland (.356) and Milwaukee (.355). (2 non-roster) & 7 outfi elders (1 non- roster). BROADCAST NOTES… ROOT SPORTS and 710 ESPN Seattle will provide complete coverage of the Mariners 2016 Spring Training schedule…a club-record tying 16 Cactus League games will be ON THE AIR televised (all from Peoria Stadium except the last game of the spring from Talking Stick) and radio Today’s game against Cleveland will partner 710 ESPN will air 30 spring games…complete broadcast schedule on page 2 of game notes. be televised on ROOT Sports and broadcast on ESPN 710 Seattle SINGLE GAME TICKETS…single-game tickets for the 2016 season are on sale to the public…single- and on Mariners.com…Rick Rizzs game tickets for Opening Night (April 8) and Ken Griffey Jr. Number Retirement Ceremony (Aug. & Dave Sims will call the game on 6) are very limited but tickets for both games are still available as part of multi-game packages...see radio…Aaron Goldsmith & Mike Blowers will broadcast the game on Mariners.com/tickets for more information. the radio…complete spring training schedule with TV and radio listings is HEY DUTTON, DID YOU KNOW…that six Mariners have multiple stolen bases this spring (Martín: on Page 2 of game notes. 6, O’Malley: 5, Gonzalez: 3, Fields: 2, Marte: 2, Powell: 2)…the Mariners lead the Cactus League MARINERSMEDIA.COM (T2nd in MLB) with 24 steals overall…Martín is tied for the individual MLB lead with 6 stolen bases (also: Keon Broxton – MIL). 2016 SPRING TRAINING GAME NOTES • MARCH 20, 2016 • VS. CLEVELAND INDIANS #20 — WADE MILEY (LHP) YEAR TEAM W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB SO 2015 BOSTON 11-11 4.46 32 32 1 0 193.2 201 98 96 17 64 147 2016 SPRING 0-0 5.40 2 2 0 0 5.0 5 3 3 1 1 2 MiLB Totals 24-21 3.69 80 73 2 0 422.1 424 210 173 24 147 328 MLB Totals 49-46 3.95 138 134 1 0 832.1 850 388 365 81 260 646 2016 Spring Training: 0-0, 5.40 ERA in 2 GS: made Cactus League debut on 3/5 vs. LAA, allowing 1 H in 2.0 scoreless innings (2.0,1,0,0,1,1)...ND on 3/10 vs. CHI, allowing 3 R on 4 H in 3.0 IP (3.0,4,3,3,0,1,HR). • Last Season - Went 11-11 with a 4.46 ERA (96 ER, 193.2 IP) in 32 starts with Boston… Led Boston in wins, starts, innings (193.2) & quality starts (17). • A.L. West - Went 5-1 with a 2.21 ERA (13 ER/53.0 IP) in 8 starts against AL West opponents in 2015. • Durable - Is 1 of 4 lefties (and 13 pitchers overall) to have made at least 32 starts in each of the last 3 seasons from 2013-15…His 98 starts since the beginning of 2013 are the most by a left-handed pitcher and T-3rd overall in the Major Leagues. • 2012 Campaign - Named an NL All-Star in 2012, his 1st full ML season…Finished 16-11 with a 3.33 ERA (72 ER, 194.2 IP) in 29 starts with the Diamondbacks…Finished 2nd in NL ROY voting to Washington’s Bryce Harper.