Mariners Game Notes • SUNDAY • JUNE 17, 2012 • VS
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GAME INFORMATION Safeco Field • PO Box 4100 • Seattle, WA 98194 • TEL: 206.346.4000 • FAX: 206.346.4000 • www.mariners.com Sunday, June 17, 2012 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (37-29) vs. SEATTLE MARINERS (28-39) Game #68 (28-39) Safeco Field LH Madison Bumgarner (8-4, 3.08) vs. RH Felix Hernandez (4-5, 3.70) Home #31 (11-19) UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS…all times PDT… Day Date Opp. Time Mariners Pitcher Opposing Pitcher TV Monday June 18 @ARI 6:40 pm RH Hector Noesi (2-7, 5.54) vs. LH Wade Miley (7-3, 2.39) ROOT Tuesday June 19 @ARI 6:40 pm RH Erasmo Ramirez (0-1, 4.50) vs. RH Daniel Hudson (3-1, 5.67) ROOT Wednesday June 20 @ARI 12:40 pm LH Jason Vargas (7-6, 3.95) vs. RH Trevor Cahill (5-5, 3.08) ROOT All games broadcast on 710 ESPN Seattle & Mariners Radio Network TODAY’S TILT…the Mariners and Giants play the final game (1-1) of a three-game weekend series HOMESTAND HIGHLIGHTS at Safeco Field to conclude a 9-game Interleague homestand against the LA Dodgers (1-2), Padres TODAY: King’s Court…Youth Baseball Day - Ichiro Poster…Father’s Day (0-3) and San Francisco Giants (3 G)…after today’s game head out on a 2-city, 6-game, 7-day road fishing cap…Bob Stinson first pitch trip to Arizona (3G) and San Diego (3G)…the Mariners are in G#9 (2-7) of 15 consecutive games (35th Anniv.). vs. the National League…today’s game will be televised on ROOT Sports in high definition and INTERLEAGUE PITCHING broadcast live on 710 ESPN Seattle & Mariners Radio Network. The Mariners boast the best ERA in Interleague history…Seattle’s ODDS AND ENDS…snapped 6-game losing streak with 7-4 win last night…are 7-10 in last 17 chuckers have compiled a 3.57 games…won 4 of last 8 series, with 2 coming vs. AL West leading Rangers…finished May with a ERA in 277 games (977 ER, 2466.1 12-17 record (1-1 in March, 10-12 in April, 5-9 in June)…are 11-19 at Safeco Field and 17-20 on the IP) since the start of Interleague play in 1997…New York (AL) is 2nd road…in G#9 of stretch of play 19 of 25 games at Safeco Field (started 6/8 vs. LAD). at 3.84, followed by Atlanta (3.92), • Saunders Extrapolated -- Michael Saunders season projection is 155 G, 44 2B, 17 HR, .791 OPS. Oakland (3.94) and Los Angeles (AL), • Road Warriors -- Have played the most road games (37) in MLB this season (PHI 2nd w/36). at 3.96…no other MLB team has an • Batting Around -- Sent 10+ batters to the plate 6 times: last twice 5/30 at TEX (2nd & 3rd innings). ERA under 4.00. • Blown Leads -- Mariners have held a lead in 19 of 39 losses, leading the Majors. INTERLEAGUE PLAY • Home vs. Road -- Batting .257 (344x1339) on the road (37 G) and .203 (188x928) at home (30 G). The Mariners are 5-6 in Interleague • 2-Out RBI -- Kyle Seager leads the AL with 24 2-out RBI (2nd in Majors behind Andre Ethier/31). play this season…went 9-9 in • Brendan Ryan leads all ML shortstops with a .996 FLD% (1 E, 260 TC), 10.4 UZR & 21 runs saved. Interleague last year, marking the • Steals -- Mariners successful on 25 of last 30 steal attempts (83.3%) since May 15…started 17-for-27. 12th consecutive season (since • Interleague History -- Since start of IP in ‘97 have 30 ShO, most in Majors (ATL, 22; NYY & NYM, 20). 2000) to post at least a .500 record vs. the NL…the 12 consecutive • Saunders vs. LHP -- Michael Saunders is batting .311 (19x61) vs. LHP, compared to .256 vs. RHP. seasons with a .500 or better record • Hisashi Iwakuma is 1-0 with a 0.93 ERA (1 ER, 9.2 IP) over his last 6 appearances. in Interleague play is the 2nd-longest SEATTLE VS. GIANTS…today is the finale of a three-game season series (1-1) games between active streak in the Majors: 1. NYY – 14, 2. SEA – 12, 3. BOS – 9, 4. LAA/ Mariners and Giants…the Mariners have won 10 of the last 13 meetings between the teams including TEX – 5. 2 of 3 the last time they faced each other May 22-24, 2009…each of the last 11 games between LEFT ON LEFT the teams have been at Safeco Field…last played in SF June 9-11, 2000…Seattle leads the all-time Mariners LH relievers Charlie Furbush series 13-11, including winning 7 of last 9 and 10 of last 13 G dating back to June 10, 2000 (out- and Lucas Luetge have combined scored SF 59-38)…Mariners lead series in Seattle, 10-6, including 8-3 at Safeco Field. to hold LH batters to a .110 batting THANKS DAD…the Mariners are 22-12 all-time on Father’s Day, including winning three straight, average (8x73) with 34 strikeouts… Furbush has limited lefties to a .136 and 7 of last 9…are 15-4 (.789) at home on Father’s Day, including 6-1 (.857) at Safeco Field. mark (6x44) with 21 K’s, while Luetge TALE OF THE TAPE…Jesus Montero hit one of the longest home runs in Safeco Field history has a .069 opponent average (2x29) with 13 K’s…duo has also combined yesterday in the first inning off Tim Lincecum, but just how far did it go?…the ESPN Home Run to strand 29 of 36 inherited runners Tracker (which has become the standard for HR distances) estimated the first-inning blast into the (Luetge, 17 of 18, Furbush, 13 of 19). left field upper deck at445 feet…according to available records from ESPN & Stats Inc, the Montero ICHIRO 2,500 HITS Mash is tied for the 10th-longest home run in Safeco Field history (T6th-longest by a Mariner) and the Ichiro has collected 2,499 hits in his MLB 2nd-longest into the left field upper deck…Richie Sexson hit an estimated 448-ft HR into the left field career in 1,815 career games…among upper deck on July 27, 2005 off Detroit’s Chris Spurling. all players who have debuted since 1900, he has a chance to get to 2,500 RUBBER MATCH RECORD…the Mariners are 6-4 in rubber-games to decide a three-game series hits in the 4th-fewest games (Elias). this season, including winning 5 of last 7…the Mariners own a 9-12-1 series record this season, Date of 2,500th H Games including having won 4 of last 8. 9/14/36 Al Simmons ...................1,784 8/16/18 Ty Cobb .........................1,790 ALL-STAR HOMERS…Casper Wells hit his 17th career home run last night (2nd of 2012) off four- 5/18/29 George Sisler ................1,808 time All-Star Tim Lincecum…10 of Wells’ 17 career home runs have been hit off All-Star pitchers 6/03/38 Paul Waner ....................1,825 (Ted Lilly, Andy Pettitte, Zach Duke, Tim Wakefield, C.J. Wilson, Trevor Cahill, James Shields, Josh 5/07/29 Rogers Hornsby ............1,846 Beckett, Mark Buehrle, Tim Lincecum). OH SO CLOSE LONG TIME COMING…the Mariners busted out for 12 hits and 7 runs in last night’s 7-4 win over 12 of Mariners last 16 losses have been the Giants…was the third time this season (in 30 G) to record 10+ hits in a home game, and the by 3 or fewer runs, including 6 of last 13 losses by a 2-run margin…20 of 2nd-most (tied) runs in a home game this season (most since also scoring 7 May 5 vs. Minnesota. 39 losses this season have been by JUMPING OUT IN FRONT…the Mariners have scored first in 40 of their 67 games, 3rd-most in the 2 or fewer runs, going 6-10 in one-run Majors behind just Philadelphia (41) & Texas (40)…while the Mariners are 24-16 when scoring the games and 7-10 in games decided by 2 runs (3-4 in 3-run games). first run of the game this season, they are just 4-23 when their opponents score first. COOL HAND LUCAS MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU…Lucas Luetge is one of 369 pitchers who have tossed at least Lucas Luetge has not allowed an 15.0 innings this season, but Luetge is the only one who has not allowed an earned run…Luetge ER in his first 25 Major League has a 0.00 ERA in 25 appearances (16.2 IP), allowing only 9 hits (.164 OPP AVG)…dating back to appearances (16.2 IP), a club record 1918, Luetge’s streak of 25 consecutive games to start a career without allowing an ER is 2nd- (Rod Scurry opened his MLB career longest in history behind only Brad Ziegler (29 apps w/o ER w/OAK in 2008). with 14 straight games without allowing an ER / 8.0 IP)…also has ELITE COMPANY…Ichiro is one hit away from 2,500 in his Major League career (see note in set club record w/25 appearances sidebar)…when he reaches the mark will be just the 3rd active player with at least 2,500 hits and 400 to start season without allowing an ER (prev: Kazuhiro Sasaki, 2002, 20). steals in a career…he’ll join Omar Vizquel (2,851 H, 402 SB) & Johnny Damon (2,743 H, 405 SB)… will also be the 24th player in MLB history to accomplish the feat (8th in AL), joining Ty Cobb, Eddie ON THE AIR Collins, Tris Speaker, Paul Molitor, Luis Aparicio, Rickey Henderson and Johnny Damon.