GAME INFORMATION Safeco Field • PO Box 4100 • Seattle, WA 98194 • TEL: 206.346.4000 • FAX: 206.346.4000 • www.mariners.com Friday, May 18, 2012 SEATTLE MARINERS (16-24) at COLORADO ROCKIES (15-22) Game #41 (16-24) Coors Field RH Kevin Millwood (1-4, 5.09) at RH Alex White (0-2, 6.75) Road #26 (9-16) UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS…all times PDT… Day Date Opp. Time Mariners Pitcher Opposing Pitcher TV Saturday May 19 @COL 1:10 pm LH Jason Vargas (4-3, 3.28) at LH Christian Friedrich (1-0, 1.38) ROOT Sunday May 20 @COL 12:10 pm RH Blake Beavan (1-4, 4.58) at RH Jeremy Guthrie (2-1, 5.92) ROOT All games broadcast on 710 ESPN Seattle & Mariners Radio Network TONIGHT’S TILT…the Mariners, who have dropped 4 straight games, begin the final series of BONUS NOTES • Justin Smoak is batting .345 (10x29) this roadtrip with game #1 of 3 vs. the Rockies…this is day #7 (1-6) of an 11-day, 10-game, 4-city, during current road trip to raise season 2-league roadtrip to New York (1-2), Boston (0-2), Cleveland (0-2) and Colorado (3 games)…the batting average from .173 to .209. team returns home to begin a 7-game homestand on Monday, as the Rangers (3 G) and Angels (4 • Brendan Ryan reached base 4 times G) come to town…tonight’s game will be televised on ROOT Sports in high definition & broadcast yesterday (2 1B, 2 BB)…12th time in his career to reach base 4 times safely in a live on 710 ESPN Seattle & Mariners Radio Network. game (2nd time in ’12). ODDS AND ENDS…lost 4 straight, 6 of 7 and 7 of 9…are 5-7 in last 12 games…season-high 7-game ACKLEY IS STREAKING losing streak April 28-May 4, the 2nd-longest losing streak in Majors this season (KC, 12 G) …7G skid Dustin Ackley has a current, career-high followed a season-high 4-game win streak April 24-27…are 9-16 on the road and 7-8 at Safeco Field. 13-game hitting streak (16x50/.320), a team season-high…Miguel Olivo, • Road Warriors -- 18 of first 27 (and 28 of first 43) Mariners games will be played on the road. who is currently on the DL, has an • Sent 10+ batters to the plate 3 times: 4/7 @OAK (10), 4/9 @TEX (10) & 4/17 vs. CLE (11). active 8-gamer (April 22-current). • On April 17 vs. CLE Kyle Seager collected franchise hit #50,000 and Justin Smoak scored run #25,000. MOST AL APPEARANCES • Ichiro has drawn 169 intentional walks (1 in ‘12), 3 off club record of 172 set by Ken Griffey Jr. 1. Joel Peralta, TB .....................21 HEY, I KNOW YOU…Kyle Seager and Dustin Ackley will see a familiar face when they step into 2. Steve Delabar, SEA .............20 Grant Balfour, OAK ................20 the batter’s box tonight, facing former college teammate Alex White…Ackley & Seager teamed with 4. Tom Wilhelmsen, SEA .........19 White (among others) to compile a 159-48 record at the University of North Carolina from 2007-09, 6 other AL pitchers ................19 including three trips to the College World Series…they were among 7 UNC players drafted in ‘09. 11. Brandon League, SEA .........18 6 other pitchers .....................18 SEATTLE VS. COLORADO…tonight is the 1st of 3 meetings between the Rockies and Mariners this IRON MEN season, and Seattle’s first interleague game of the year…two franchises have not met in the regular Tonight is game #8 (1-6) of 20 games season since 2009…Seattle is 13-12 all-time vs. Colorado, but just 4-7 here in Denver…last win in in 20 days for the Mariners…had an Coors Field was 6/14/01 (are 0-3 here since); last win vs. the Rox overall was 7/1/06. “off day” 5/10, which was actually a travel day from Seattle to NYC…that MISP-ING IN ACTION…Seattle was 2-for-18 with Men In Scoring Position yest…during this trip, Seattle followed a string of 16 games (8-8) was 3-for-9 with MISP in its win Sunday at New York, and is 2x43 with MISP in its 6 losses…are a in 16 days…in the midst of a stretch combined 5-for-52 (.096) on this trip, 9-for-last-97 (.093) in last 13 road games & have lost 12 of 13 that will see the team play 36 games in 37 days in 10 different cities…next games…had an 8-game road losing streak (during which the club was outscored 41-16) snapped Sunday. off day is May 31 in Chicago. THE STREAK LIVES ON…the Mariners went 9-9 in Interleague play last season, marking the 12th MARINERS CONSECUTIVE consecutive season (since 2000) to post at least a .500 record in Interleague play (124-92/.574)… ERRORLESS TEAM GAMES the 12 consecutive seasons with a .500 or better record in Interleague play is the 2nd-longest active 11 ............................. Aug. 9-21, 1993 streak in the Majors: 1. NYY – 14, 2. SEA – 12, 3. BOS – 9, 4. LAA/TEX – 5. 10 ........................... May 5 - 15, 2012 10 .............................June 1-11, 1979 PITCHING TO PERFECTION…Seattle posted a 1.68 ERA (30 ER, 160.1 IP) in 18 games vs. the NL 10 .............................June 2-13, 2004 last season, setting a single-season Interleague Major League record…the starters posted a 1.75 10 ....................Aug. 24-Sept. 2, 2009 ERA (26 ER, 134.0 IP) and relievers a 1.37 ERA (4 ER, 26.1 IP)…the previous lowest team ERA in 9 ......................July 24-Aug. 2, 2005 9 ...........................June 17-26, 2003 Interleague play was 2.28 by Oakland in 2001, and previous club-record was a 2.38 mark in 2002… 9 .....................May 29-June 8, 2003 the Mariners own the best all-time Interleague ERA at 3.56 (936 ER, 2367.1 IP) in 266 games. ALL-TIME HITS LIST INTERLEAGUE SHUTOUTS…the Mariners recorded 3 shutouts in Interleague play last season to 96. Fred McGriff .....................2,490 tie Philadelphia and Los Angeles (NL) for the MLB lead: 5/21 at SD (4-0), 6/19 vs. PHI (2-0), 7/1 vs. 97. Ichiro Suzuki ...................2,473 98. Ted Simmons ...................2,472 SD (6-0)…since the start of Interleague play in 1997, Seattle has tossed 28 shutouts, the most in 99. Joe Medwick ....................2,471 Interleague history…Atlanta (21) is 2nd, with New York-NL (20) in 3rd. NOTHING GETS BY HIM AL WINS AGAIN…the American League posted a 131-121 record in Interleague play last season, Justin Smoak has not committed marking the 8th consecutive season in which the AL has won the season series and extending its an error in his last 66 games/65 starts (557 TC) at 1B, the longest all-time Interleague lead to 1,939-1,773 (.522)…the AL collected a .258 batting average with 1,074 current streak among active AL first runs scored, 255 home runs and a 3.56 ERA, compared to the NL .250 batting average, 993 runs basemen (min 1 GS at 1B in 2012): scored, 208 home runs and 4.00 ERA. 1. Justin Smoak .......................66 2. Mark Teixeira, NYY ................54 DIFFERENT VIEW…Alex Liddi made his MLB debut (1.0 inning) in LF in the 9th Wednesday, 3. Adrian Gonzalez, BOS ..........44 and started in LF yesterday @CLE…Wednesday was MLB game #31 for Liddi, with all his other 4. Paul Konerko, CWS .............39 appearances coming at 3B (27 G, 25 GS) or 1B (4 G, 4 GS). 5. Nick Swisher, NYY ................36 ROAD SWING OF MOMENTUM…the Mariners started the year winning 8 of their first 12 road COOL HAND LUCAS Lucas Luetge has not allowed an games…are 1-12 on the road since April 28. ER in his first 15 Major League TIMES, THEY ARE A CHANGIN’…tonight is game #8 of a 10-day roadtrip…the 10 games on the appearances (9.2 IP)…surpassed Rod Scurry’s club record; he opened trip begin at eight different start times: 4:05 pm (2), 1:05 pm (2), 10:05 am, 4:10 pm, 9:05 am, 5:40 his MLB career with 14 straight pm, 1:10 pm & 12:10 pm (all times PT). games without allowing an ER (8.0 RBI MACHINE…Kyle Seager has collected at least 1 RBI in 7 of his last 14 games…is T3rd in the IP)…Mark Lowe tossed 17.2 ShO IP over 13 appearances in his first 13 G AL in RBI in May with 14 (J. Hamilton, TEX, 20; B. Inge, OAK, 17; Seager, 6 other players, 14). of MLB career. 2 LITTLE…Mariners have scored 2 runs or less in 5 (1-4) of their past 8 games…for the season, SWING IT Seattle has scored 2 or less runs in 15 (1-14) of its 40 games…3 runs or less in 21 games (3-18). Tonight is the Mariners first Interleague Game…Mariners pitchers were ON THE ROAD AGAIN…today is game #8 (1-6) of a 10-game, 4-city trip…it is the Mariners 26th 5-for-25 (.200) at the plate in 2011… road game of the season, and already the team’s fourth trip, including a pair of games in Japan… tonight’s starter Kevin Millwood is a after Sunday, will have played nearly twice as many road games (28) as home games (15).