09-25-2020 Mariners Game Notes
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Friday, September 25, 2020 Game #57 (25-31) Oakland Coliseum SEATTLE MARINERS (25-31) vs. OAKLAND ATHLETICS (34-22) Road #33 (11-21) TONIGHT’S GAME INFORMATION Starting Pitchers: LHP Yusei Kikuchi (2-4, 5.93) vs. RHP Chris Bassitt (5-2, 2.57) 6:40 pm PT • Radio: 710 ESPN / Mariners.com • TV: ROOT SPORTS NW Day Date Opp. Time (PT) Mariners Pitcher Opposing Pitcher RADIO Saturday Sept. 26 at OAK 1:10 pm LH Justus Sheffield (4-3, 3.75) vs. TBA 710 ESPN at OAK RH Justin Dunn (3-1, 4.20) at TBA 710 ESPN Sunday Sept. 27 at OAK 12:10 pm LH Marco Gonzales (7-2, 3.06) at TBA 770 KTTH All games televised on ROOT SPORTS with home games featuring Spanish Audio via TV SAP OFFENSIVE ROOKIE f WAR TONIGHT’S TILT…the Mariners will wrap up the regular season with a 3-day, 4-game road trip at Oakland beginning today...recently concluded a four-team, 10-game, 10-day homestand/road trip vs. Rk. Player WAR 1. Kyle Lewis-SEA .................... 1.9 Oakland (1-1), at San Francisco (0-2) at San Diego (1-2) and vs. Houston (2-1)…tonight’s game will 2. Jake Cronenworth-SD ............ 1.7 be televised by ROOT SPORTS NW and broadcast on 710 ESPN and the Mariners Radio Network. 3. Willi Castro-DET ..................... 1.4 ODDS AND ENDS…the Mariners won on Wednesday and have won 3 of their last 5 games...they are 6-6 4. Luis Robert-CHW ................... 1.3 in their last 12 games, 12-9 since Aug. 30 and 17-12 since Aug. 21. 5. Sean Murphy-OAK ................. 1.3 • Taxi Squad - LHP Aaron Fletcher, RHP Seth Frankoff, C Joe Hudson, INF Donovan Walton and RHP Art Warren are on the Mariners taxi squad on the final road trip. YOUNGEST AVERAGE AGE • Ribeyes - Kyle Seager ranks 10th in the American League with 37 RBI this season. OF ACTIVE ROSTER • France Stays Hot - since joining the Mariners, Ty France has reached base safely via hit, walk or HBP in 17 Rk. Team Age of 19 games (9/4-c), batting .296 (21x71) with 8 runs scored, 4 doubles, 1 triple, 2 home runs, 10 RBI, 6 walks 1. Seattle Mariners ............. 27.125 and 1 HBP. 2. Detroit Tigers .................... 27.141 • Catch Us If You Can- the Mariners rank T3rd in the Majors with 47 stolen bases this season (also: Tampa 3. Texas Rangers .................. 27.148 Bay), trailing only San Diego (52) and Miami (50)...Dylan Moore leads the Mariners with 12 stolen bases, fol- 4. Baltimore Orioles .............. 27.276 lowed by J.P. Crawford (5), Tim Lopes (5) and Kyle Seager (5)....overall, the Mariners 12 players with at least 5. Kansas City Royals .......... 27.281 1 stolen base this season rank T5th in the Majors (also: Chicago-NL & Tampa Bay), trailing only Cincinnati (15), Texas (15), Miami (13) and San Diego (13). HARD HIT RATE Kyle Seager has recorded 66 “hard- START ME UP...the Mariners starters have recorded 24 quality starts this season with the starters going hit” balls this season with an exit 16-2 when allowing 3 runs or less and tossing at least 6.0 innings...the Mariners 24 quality starts this season velocity of 95+ MLB, which is the most are T5th-most in the Majors (also: Houston), trailing only Cleveland (36), Chicago-NL (29), Colorado (27) by a Mariners batter: and Cincinnati (26)...Marco Gonzales and Justus Sheffield are T9th in the American League with 6 quality Rk. Player Hard Hit starts this season...dating back to Aug. 30, the Mariners are 10-0 when their starter recorded a quality start. 1. Kyle Seager ............................ 66 NICE STRETCH...the Mariners starters have allowed 1 run or less in 4 of their last 5 starts...during this 2. Evan White ............................. 49 3. Kyle Lewis .............................. 48 stretch, the starters have gone 3-0 with a 1.50 ERA (5 ER, 30.0 IP), while limiting opponents to a .206 4. J.P. Crawford ......................... 47 (22x107) batting average with 10 walks and 22 strikeouts. 5. Dylan Moore ........................... 42 GET IN THERE, ROOK…22 different rookies have seen action for the Mariners so far this season, the most in the Majors this season...rank ahead of Miami (21), Houston (19), St. Louis (19), Chicago-AL (18) and LOWEST OPPONENT Texas (18)…22 rookies are T3rd-most in club history (also: 2017), trailing only 25 rookies used in 2019 and BATTING AVERAGE 23 rookies in 2006...the Mariners also lead the Majors with most games played by team’s rookies with 339 BY RELIEVER games, ranking ahead of Texas (284), San Francsico (240), Houston (221) and Chicago-AL (198)…here is a Rk. Player Opp. AVG list of rookies to appear in at least 1 game with Seattle this season: Braden Bishop, Justin Dunn, Aaron 1. Devin Williams-MIL .......072 (6x83) Fletcher, Jake Fraley, Seth Frankoff, Joey Gerber, Zac Grotz, Taylor Guilbeau, Sam Haggerty, Joe 2. Jesse Hahn-KC .............080 (4x50) Hudson, Brady Lail, Kyle Lewis, Walker Lockett, Tim Lopes, José Marmolejos, Anthony Misiewicz, 3. Nick Anderson-TB .........096 (5x52) Ljay Newsome, Joseph Odom, Yohan Ramirez, Justus Sheffield, Donovan Walton and Evan White. 4. Yohan Ramirez-SEA .. .098 (6x61) 5. Tejay Antone-CIN ..........103 (6x58) FOR STARTERS...the Mariners used only 10 different starting pitchers this season: Marco Gonzales (10 GS), Justus Sheffield (9 GS), Justin Dunn (9 GS), Yusei Kikuchi (8), Nick Margevicius (7), Taijaun LOWEST OPPONENT Walker (5), Ljay Newsome (4), Kendall Graveman (2), Nestor Cortes (1 GS) and Jimmy Yacabonis (1 GS)... BATTING AVERAGE the Mariners 10 starters used this season is T5th-fewest in the American League (also: Houston, Detroit, BY RELIEVER IN Baltimore and Los Angeles-AL), trailing only Cleveland (8), New York-AL (8), Oakland (8) and Chicago-AL (9). MARINERS CLUB HISTORY GOLD GLOVE CALIBER…Kyle Seager has not made an error over his last 27 games (8/23-c), successfully Rk. Player Opp. AVG converting each of his 60 total chances (14 PO, 46 A)…J.P. Crawford has not made an error over his last 29 1. Yohan Ramirez, 2020 .....098 (6x61) games (8/15-c), successfully converting each of his 121 total chances (42 PO, 79 A)…Evan White has not 2. Jeff Nelson, 2001 ... .. .136 (30x221) made an error over his last 45 games (7/29-c), successfully converting each of his 330 total chances (303 3. Norm Charlton, 1995 ....143 (23x161) PO, 27 A)…overall this season, Crawford ranks 2nd among American League shortstops with 4 Defensive 4. J.J. Putz, 2007 ...... .153 (37x242) 5. Edwin Diaz, 2018 ..... .160 (41x257) Runs Saved, trailing only Carlos Correa-HOU (8)…White has tallied 5 Defensive Runs Saved this season, tied with José Abreu-CWS and Carlos Santana for tops among AL first basemen…Seager has made 20 out BY THE NUMBERS of zone plays this season, the most among AL third basemen. LEADING THE WAY...Kyle Lewis leads the club in hits (54), walks (33), runs scored (37) and home runs .317 (11)...he is currently one of four Major League players that currently lead his team in hits, walks, runs scored Since joining the Mariners on Sept. and home runs, joining Nelson Cruz-MIN (55 H, 22 BB, 33 R, 16 HR), Brandon Lowe-TB (51 H, 23 BB, 35 4, Ty France has hit safely in 9 of 10 R, 14 HR) and Trevor Story-COL (65 H, 24 BB, 40 R, 11 HR). games on the road, batting .317 (13x41) LEADER AMONG US…Kyle Lewis leads the club in batting (.277), home runs (11), walks (33) and runs with 5 runs scored, 2 doubles, 1 triple, 2 home runs, 3 RBI and 3 walks. scored (37)...he is on pace to become only the 2nd Major League rookie (dating back to 1969) to lead his team in all four categories, joining Mark McGwire-OAK in 1987. STOP IT!…since Aug. 15, the Mariners lead the Major Leagues in fielding percentage with a mark of .993 999 over that span...in their last 35 games, the Mariners have successfully converted 1,193 (903 PO, 290 A) of Dee Strange-Gordon has appeared in 999 career games. 1,202 total chances, committing only 9 errors...during this stretch, the Mariners rank ahead of Houston (.991), Kansas City (.990) and Tampa Bay (.989)…overall this season the Mariners have committed just 21 errors VS. OAKLAND total, the 3rd-fewest in the Majors (Houston, 18; Minnesota, 19)…the Mariners .989 fielding percentage (21 The Mariners and A’s meet tonight in E, 1,933 TC) is 3rd-best in the Majors this season, trailing only Houston (.991) and Minnesota (.990). the 7th (2-4) of 10 games this season… the Mariners have won the season se- ROY...Kyle Lewis ranks among American League rookie leaders in nearly every offensive category: runs ries against Oakland in 6 of the last 7 scored (1st, 37), hits (1st, 54), walks (1st, 33), batting (1st, .277), on-base percentage (1st, .378), slugging seasons (2013-18) and could do so percentage (1st, .462), OPS (1st, .842), multi-hit games (1st, 15), times on base (1st, 87), total bases (1st, for a 7th time by winning each of the 90), FanGraphs WAR (1st, 1.9), home runs (T1st, 11), RBI (2nd, 28) and extra-base hits (T2nd, 14). last 4 games...dating back to 2015, the Mariners are 27-19 at the Oakland Col- iseum. AS YOU MAY KNOW…dating back to 2015, the Mariners are 27-19 (.587) in this last 46 games vs.