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SPRING TRAINING GAME INFORMATION PEORIA SPORTS COMPLEX • 15707 N 83rd Ave • (P) 623.776.4800 • (F) 623.776.4829 • www.mariners.com Saturday, March 7, 2015 Game #4 Peoria Stadium ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS (2-1) vs. SEATTLE MARINERS (2-1) Home #3 TODAY’S GAME INFORMATION - VS. ARIZONA Starting Pitchers: RHP Josh Collmenter (0-0, -.--) vs. RHP Hisashi Iwakuma (0-0, -.--) 1:05 pm MT/12:05 pm PT • Radio: 710 ESPN Seattle • TV: None TODAY’S TILT…the Mariners continue their 39th spring training with the fourth and fifth games of the SPRING RECORD Cactus League schedule today vs. the Diamondbacks (Peoria Stadium) and White Sox (Camelback Overall Record .................................. 2-1 Ranch)…the Mariners will open the 2015 season April 6 at Safeco Field vs. the Los Angeles Angels. PEORIA STADIUM ............................ 2-0 Home Record ................................... 2-0 SPLIT SQUAD…the Mariners are split today, with a home game vs. the Diamondbacks and on Road Record .................................... 0-1 the road vs. the White Sox…first of two days where the Mariners will have split-squad games this Current Streak ....................................L1 spring…will face the Royals (home) and Brewers (away) March 26. THE COUNTDOWN ROAD READY…the Mariners are in day two of a three-day stretch playing a road game each day… 30 days to Opening Day, 4/6 vs. LAA the Mariners traveled to Glendale yesterday (Dodgers) and again today (White Sox), Goodyear Sunday (Reds) and Scottsdale Tuesday (Rockies). RECENT RESULTS UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS (subject to change)… March 3 ...............W, 4-3 vs. SD (10 inn) TODAY: Mariners vs. D-backs 1:05 pm 710 ESPN Seattle March 4 ............................W, 9-4 vs. SD March 5 ............................ L, 4-7 at LAD ARI — Collmenter, Chafin*, Runzler*, Crabbe SEA — Iwakuma, Luetge*, Rollins*, Leone, Pagan, Cochran-Gill, Fry*, Altavilla UPCOMING SCHEDULE TODAY: Mariners at White Sox 1:05 pm March 8 ............. at Cincinnati (1:05 pm) SEA — Pries, Smith, Gaviglio, Landazuri, DeCecco, Anderson March 9 .......... vs. Cleveland (1:05 pm) CWS — Noesi, Surkamp*, Putnam, Phillips*, Sanburn, Kensing, Montas March 10 .............at Colorado (1:10 pm) March 11 ......... vs. Colorado (1:05 pm) TOMORROW: Mariners at Reds 1:05 pm 710 ESPN Seattle March 12 .................at Oakland (12 pm) SEA — Happ* March 13 .......vs. Milwaukee (1:05 pm) CIN — Marquis, Parra*, Sampson, Iglesias, Guillon*, Dennick*, Corcino March 14 ............... at Arizona (1:10 pm) Bold - Peoria Stadium MONDAY: Mariners vs. Indians 1:05 pm ROOT/710 ESPN Seattle CLE — Carrasco, Rzepczynski*, Downs*, Roberts, Maronde* BY THE NUMBERS SEA — Walker * left-handed pitcher KING FELIX’S DEBUT…Felix Hernandez is scheduled to make his Cactus League debut Tuesday 0.00 in a road game vs. the Colorado Rockies. Mariners starting pitchers - Taijuan Walker, Roenis Elias, Erasmo Ramirez TAYLOR’S BIG DAY…Chris Taylor went 2-for-2 with a triple, home run and 3 RBI in yesterday’s - have yet to allow an earned run in three game vs. the Dodgers. starts so far this spring (6.0 IP). GOLDEN LINEUP…today’s Mariners lineup vs. the D-backs features a pair of Golden Spikes Award winners…Rickie Weeks (Southern University) won the award in 2003 and Mike Zunino (University .500 of Florida) was the winner in 2012…D.J. Peterson (University of New Mexico) was a semifinalist for Patrick Kivlehan is 3-for-6 (.500) with a the 2013 Golden Spikes Award. home run and 3 RBI in 3 games. FIRST LOSS…the Mariners suffered their first spring setback yesterday in a 7-4 loss vs. the Dodgers…are 2-1 overall, including a perfect 2-0 record at Peoria Stadium. 16 HEART OF THE ORDER…Robinson Canó, Nelson Cruz, Kyle Seager and Logan Morrison, the The spring schedule will feature 16 No. 3-4-5-6 hitters in the lineup, combined to go 8-for-12 with a double, home run and three RBI to games televised by ROOT Sports. lead the Mariners to a 9-4 victory Thursday vs. the Padres. GAME TIME CHANGE - MARCH 12…the Mariners March 12 game vs. the Oakland Athletics at 39 HoHoKam Stadium in Mesa has been changed to a 12:00 pm…this adjustment from the original This is the Mariners 39th spring training 1:05 pm start time is to accommodate a request by Major League Baseball, which is collaborating in club history…Seattle trained in Tempe with HBO to film a special that day in Arizona. from 1977-1992 and have been in Peoria since 1993 (played all road games in ‘93 WHAT TIME IS IT ANYWAY?…Arizona is currently one hour ahead of Seattle time…when the as stadium was being completed). clocks change for Daylight Saving Time early tomorrow morning, Seattle and Peoria will be on the same time…so, today’s game starts at 12:05 pm in Seattle (1:05 pm in Peoria). 87 BROADCAST NOTES… ROOT SPORTS and 710 ESPN Seattle will provide complete coverage The Mariners are coming off a 87-75 re- of the Mariners 2015 Spring Training schedule…a club-record 16 Cactus League games will be cord last season, the 7th-most wins in televised (all from Peoria Stadium) and radio partner 710 ESPN will air 30 spring games…see the club history. complete broadcast schedule on page 2 of the game notes. THE ROSTER 2014 IN REVIEW…the Mariners finished with a 87-75 (.537) record, the 6th-best winning percentage The spring roster is currently at 60 in the American League…marked a 16-win improvement from 2013 (71-91)…finished one game back players (40 roster, 20 non-roster)… of the Oakland Athletics for the second AL Wild Card, narrowly missing the club’s first postseason the camp breakdown by position since 2001…were not eliminated from postseason play until the bottom of the 5th inning in G#162… is the following: 29 pitchers (9 non- posted a 24-23-6 record in series, including 11 sweeps…recorded the 4th-highest run differential in roster), 7 catchers (4 non-roster), 12 infielders (3 non-roster) and 12 the American League at +80 (634-554), 6th-best in MLB. outfielders (4 non-roster). SINGLE GAME TICKETS…single-game tickets for the 2015 season went on sale to the public this morning…visit Mariners.com/tickets for more information. ON THE AIR Today’s game vs. the Diamondbacks CACTUS LEAGUE NUGGETS… will be broadcast on 710 ESPN • HR Line in CF - New for the 2015 Cactus League season is a yellow line on the center field “blue Seattle (12:05 pm PT/1:05 pm in monster”…balls hit above the yellow line off the batter’s eye will now be a home run at Peoria Stadium. AZ)…Rick Rizzs & Dave Sims will • Washington Connection - D-backs designated hitter Jake Lamb is a Seattle native (Bishop Blanchet broadcast the game from Peoria HS) and a product of the University of Washington. Stadium…a complete spring training day-by-day with TV and radio listings HEY SHANNON, DID YOU KNOW?…that in 77 career starts with the Mariners Hisashi Iwakuma is listed on Page 2 of these game notes…the next TV game on ROOT has limited opposing hitters to a .271 on-base percentage?…amongst qualifying starting pitchers Sports will be Monday (3/9) vs. the that is the 2nd-lowest OBP in the Majors behind Clayton Kershaw (.249)…during this same three- Indians. year span (2012-2014) has limited opponents to a .205 avg with RISP (66x322) - 7th best in MLB. 2015 SPRING TRAINING GAME NOTES • MARCH 7, 2015 • VS. ARIZONA D-BACKS #18 — HISASHI IWAKUMA (RHP) YEAR TEAM W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB SO 2014 Tacoma # 0-0 4.50 1 1 4.0 0 4.0 6 3 2 0 0 2 SEATTLE 15-9 3.52 28 28 0 0 179.0 167 70 70 20 21 154 MLB Totals 38-20 3.07 91 77 0 0 524.0 463 188 179 62 106 440 2015 Spring Training - Making his first start of the Cactus League season. • Last Season - Went 15-9 with a 3.52 ERA (70 ER, 179.0 IP) in 28 GS with Seattle…recorded a career-high 17 wins. • WHIP - Ranked 4th in the AL with a 1.050 WHIP, 4th-best in club history (holds 2nd-best mark with 1.006 in 2003. • Control Freak - Walked only 21 batters in 28 starts…ranked 2nd in the MLB with a 1.06 BB/9.0 IP and 3rd with 7.33 strikeout-to-walk ratio…recorded 14 starts without issuing a walk, 2nd-best in MLB. • Japanese Wins - Became the 5th Japanese-born pitcher with 15 wins in a season: Nomo (3x), Matsuzaka (2x), Darvish, Kuroda. • Career - Is 38-20, 3.07 ERA (179 ER, 524.0 IP) in 91 G/77 GS over 3 seasons with Seattle. ALSO SCHEDULED TO PITCH #49 — JUSTIN GERMANO (RHP): MINOR LEAGUE EXTRAS: 2015 Spring Training: 1-0-0, 0.000…W#1 in Spring debut on 3/6 vs. SD (1.1,2,0,0,0,2)…non-roster invitee. DAN ALTAVILLA (RHP): • Last Season – Went 5-3, 4.36 ERA (32 ER, 66.0 IP) in 14 starts with • Signed as a minor league free agent on Dec. 4, 2014 Short-A Everett in professional debut in 2014 • Last Season - Spent most of season with AAA Round Rock in the Texas • Mariners 5th round selection out of Mercyhurst (PA) College in the 2014 Rangers organization…had contract purchased May 8 and made a pair MLB First-Year Player Draft.