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Monday, May 24, 2021 Game #48 (21-26) RingCentral Coliseum OAKLAND ATHLETICS (28-20) at SEATTLE MARINERS (21-26) Road #24 (9-14) TONIGHT’S GAME INFORMATION Starting Pitchers: LHP Yusei Kikuchi (1-3, 4.32) vs. RHP Frankie Montas (5-3, 4.79) First Pitch: 6:40 pm PT • Radio: 710 ESPN / Mariners.com • TV: ROOT SPORTS NW Day Date Opp. Time (PT) Mariners Pitcher Opposing Pitcher RADIO Tuesday May 25 at OAK 6:40 pm RHP Logan Gilbert (0-2, 9.45) vs. LHP Cole Irvin (3-5, 3.59) 710 ESPN Wednesday May 26 at OAK 12:37 pm TBA vs. RHP James Kaprielian (1-0, 2.53) 710 ESPN All games televised on ROOT SPORTS with home games featuring Spanish Audio via TV SAP TONIGHT’S TILT…the Mariners continue a 2-team, 6-game road trip tonight with the series opener against AL HOME RUN LEADERS the Oakland Athletics...wrapped up a 3-game series yesterday against the San Diego Padres (0-3)...went 3-4 Mitch Haniger ranks T3rd in the on the recent homestand vs. Cleveland (3-1) and Detroit (0-3)...tonight’s game will be televised on ROOT American League with 13 home runs this season. Sports NW, as well as broadcast on 710 ESPN Seattle and the Mariners Radio Network. Rk. Player HR ODDS AND ENDS…the Mariners are 7-8 in 15 series openers...have lost a season-high 6 consecutive T1. Adolis García-TEX ................... 14 games...Mariners are 9-5 in 14 one-run games...own a 6-7-2 series record in 15 series...are 10-6 in day Shohei Ohtani-LAA.................. 14 games and 11-20 at night…are 12-12 at T-Mobile Park and 9-14 on the road...are 17-8 when scoring at T3. Mitch Haniger-SEA ................ 13 least 4 runs and 4-18 when scoring 3 or fewer runs. Rafael Devers-BOS ................. 13 Vladimir Guerrero Jr.-TOR ....... 13 • California Dreamin’ - The Mariners play their 6th of 12 consecutive road games against teams in the T6. Aaron Judge-NYY ................... 12 state of California...played a pair of games at Dodger Stadium from 5/11-5/12...wrapped up a 3-game J.D. Martinez-BOS .................. 12 series at San Diego (5/21-5/23)...start series in Oakland tonight (5/24-5/26), followed by a 7-game Matt Olson-OAK ...................... 12 homestand and then a road series against Los Angeles-AL (6/3-6/6). José Ramírez-CLE .................. 12 • Yesterday - Kendall Graveman was placed on the Injured List and RHP Wyatt Mills was recalled from Triple-A Tacoma. INSIDE THE NUMBERS • Young Man - The Mariners have had the 2nd-youngest pitching staff (average age: 27.2 years) in the Majors this season, trailing only Cleveland (26.0)...the Mariners are tied for the 5th-youngest offensive team (27.4)...only Seattle and Cleveland rank in the top 5 youngest in both hitting and pitching. 48 • Swan Song - Erik Swanson has yet to allow a run as a relief pitcher this season...allowed 1 earned run Seattle and Oakland are meeting for the first time this season in the Mariners 48th as a starter on May 8 at TEX...overall, has made 5 scoreless outings as a reliever, totaling 6.0 IP with 3 game...since MLB’s division realignment walks and 6 strikeouts...has spun 4 consecutive scoreless outings (5/13-c). started in 1994, it is the 4th-latest into • The R is Silent - JT Chargois boasts a 2.08 ERA (2 ER, 8.2 IP) through his first 7 games with Seattle... a season the clubs will meet for the first the right-hander has walked 1 and struck out 9 since making his season debut on May 9. time...latest first meeting came in 79th • MLB Debuts - 6 players have made their Major League debut with the Mariners this season: OF Taylor game of 1996 season. Trammell (4/1 vs. SF), RHP Will Vest (4/1 vs. SF), RHP Wyatt Mills (5/1 vs. LAA), RHP Logan Gilbert (5/13 vs. CLE), OF Jarred Kelenic (5/13 vs. CLE) and José Godoy (5/21 at SD). ‘SEA’TTLE...Kyle Seager is batting .452 (14x31) with 4 doubles, 1 triple, 3 home runs and 23 RBI with 292 runners in scoring position this season...his .452 average with RISP ranks 3rd in the Majors among players Kyle Seager’s 292 career doubles are with at least 20 plate appearances with RISP (Akil Baddoo-DET, .467/7x15 and Austin Nola-SD, .467/7x15)... now only 3 doubles away from tying Seager’s .935 slugging percentage with RISP leads the Majors, while his 1.422 OPS ranks 2nd to only Los Ichiro (295) for 3rd-most doubles in Mariners history...Hall of Famer Edgar Angeles-AL’s Mike Trout (1.468 OPS). Martinez holds the franchise record with THE HAMMER...Mitch Haniger is batting .257 (45x175) this season with 11 doubles, 1 triple, 13 home 514 career doubles with Seattle. runs, 31 RBI, 16 walks and 45 strikeouts in 45 games...he has gotten on-base at a .314 clip, slugging .554 with an .869 OPS and a 146 OPS+ (roughly 46% better than league average)...Haniger leads the Mariners in I’VE GOT THE POWER hits (45), runs scored (32), home runs (13), RBI (31), total bases (97) and extra-base hits (25)...Haniger is 1 of Mitch Haniger is batting .345 (10x29) 2 AL players (Nelson Cruz-MIN) to lead his team in hits, runs, home runs and RBI...the Mariners right fielder against “power” pitchers (Baseball- is the only AL player to lead his team in extra-base hits in addition to the aforementioned 4 categories. Reference) with 4 doubles, 3 home runs and 7 RBI...he is T3rd in slugging (.793). #PITCHERSWHORAKE...Justin Dunn recorded his first career Major League hit in yesterday’s game, an RBI Rk. Player Slugging Pct. double that scored Sam Haggerty...it was the 2nd hit by a Mariners pitcher in as many days, with Justus 1. Tim Anderson-CWS ............. .821 Sheffieldrecording his first MLB hit on Saturday at San Diego...it marks the first time that a Seattle pitcher has 2. Mike Zunino-TB .................... .818 recorded a hit in back-to-back games since Aug. 4-5, 2015 at Colorado...Vidal Nuño III (Aug. 4) and Taijuan T3. Mitch Haniger-SEA ............. .793 Walker (Aug. 5) recorded a single and double, respectively...the Mariners next road series in a National League Jazz Chisholm-MIA .............. .793 ballpark is a 2-game set from July 20-21 at Colorado. 5. Jesse Winker-CIN................. .774 ROAD WARRIOR...Kyle Seager has reached base safely in 20 of 23 road games this season, including SCORELESS STREAK TO 16 games with at least 1 hit...overall he is batting .314 (27x86) with 10 runs scored, 8 doubles, 1 triple, 20 RBI, 2 HBP, 7 walks and 1 stolen base in 23 road games...among American League leaders on the road, START SEASON Seager ranks 2nd in doubles (8), 3rd in extra-base hits (15), T3rd in RBI (20), 6th in slugging percentage Kendall Graveman’s 14 scoreless (.640) and T8th in home runs (6)...Seager’s .640 road slugging percentage is +.334 points higher than his appearances to start his season are tied .306 slugging percentage at home. for T2nd-most in Mariners history: Rk. Player App. (Dates) TOUGH IN RELIEF...Kendall Graveman is 1-0 with 5 saves over 16.2 scoreless innings this season...in 14 1. Marc Rzepczynski 16 (4/4-5/15/17) relief appearances he has limited opponents to a .111 (6x54) average while walking 3 and striking out 17... T2. Kendall Graveman 14 (4/1/21-c) among Major League relievers this season, Graveman ranks T1st in ERA (0.00), 3rd in WHIP (0.54), 3rd in lowest Rod Scurry 14 (5/16-6/25/88) opponent slugging percentage (.130), lowest opponent on-base percentage (.172) and opponent OPS (.302). T4. Tim Davis 13 (4/4-5/9/94) EXTRA-BASE MADNESS...this season, 42.7% (126) of the Mariners 295 hits have gone for extra-bases (71 Mark Lowe 13 (7/7-8/14/06) 2B, 3 3B, 52 HR)...Seattle’s 42.7% ranks 2nd in the Majors, trailing only Atlanta’s 43.0% (156 XBH, 363 H)... 6. Anthony Misiewicz 12 (4/1-5/2/21) Evan Scribner 12 (9/2-10/1/16) the MLB total percentage this season is 35.7% (3,898 XBH, 10,907 H)...the Mariners highest XBH% over a full season came in 2019 at 39.9% (521 XBH, 1,305 H)...followed by the 1997 Mariners at 37.9% (597 XBH, 1,574 0 RUNS ALLOWED H) and the 1998 Mariners at 37.5% (583 XBH, 1,553 H)...Seattle’s record for most XBH in a season is 607, Kendall Graveman’s 16.2 innings accomplished in 1996. pitched without allowing a run this BRING ON THE OFF DAY...the Mariners are in the 4th game of a stretch of 30 games over the next 31 season are most in the Majors: days, May 21-June 20...their only day off during this stretch will be on Tuesday, June 7...the Mariners current Rk. Pitcher IP stretch of 17 consecutive games May 21-June 6 is their longest stretch without a day off this season. 1. Kendall Graveman-SEA ..... 16.2 2. Anthony Bender-MIA .............. 8.2 VACCINATION APPRECIATION...the Seattle Mariners announced Vaccination Appreciation has been extended 3. Tommy Hunter-NYM..............