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Friday, May 7, 2021 Game #33 (17-15) Globe Life Field SEATTLE MARINERS (17-15) at TEXAS RANGERS (16-17) Home #16 (8-7) TONIGHT’S GAME INFORMATION Starting Pitchers: RHP Chris Flexen (2-1, 3.33) vs. RHP Mike Foltynewicz (1-3, 4.32) First Pitch: 7:05 pm CT/5:05 pm PT • Radio: 710 ESPN / Mariners.com • TV: ROOT SPORTS NW Day Date Opp. Time (PT) Mariners Pitcher Opposing Pitcher RADIO Saturday May 8 at TEX 4:05 pm TBD vs. RH Kohei Arihara (2-3, 5.76) 710 ESPN Sunday May 9 at TEX 11:35 am LH Justus Sheffield (2-2, 4.18) vs. RH Dane Dunning (1-2, 3.81) 710 ESPN All games televised on ROOT SPORTS with home games featuring Spanish Audio via TV SAP TONIGHT’S TILT…the Mariners begin their third road trip of the season, a 6-day, 5-game odyssey that INSIDE THE NUMBERS includes trips to Texas (3 games) and Los Angeles (2 games) before returning home to Seattle...recently completely their 3rd homestand going 3-3 vs. Los Angeles-AL (2-1) and Baltimore (1-2)...tonight’s game .197 will be televised on ROOT Sports NW, as well as broadcast on 710 ESPN Seattle and the Mariners Radio The Mariners pitching staff has combined Network. to limited left-handed batters to a .197 ODDS AND ENDS…lost on Tuesday afternoon...have alternated wins and losses in 6 straight games...won (67x340) average...their .179 opponent 4 of their last 7 games, 15 of their last 25 games and 16 of their last 27 games...are 9-4 in day games and batting average vs. lefties is the 3rd-lowest 8-11 at night…are 9-8 at T-Mobile Park and 8-7 on the road...are 14-5 when scoring at least 4 runs and in the Majors this season, trailing Toronto 3-10 when scoring 3 or fewer. (.186) and San Diego (.191). • Taxi Squad - RHP JT Chargois and INF Jack Mayfield are on the Mariners taxi squad and traveling on the current road trip. .375 • Trio of Debuts - 3 players have made their Major League debut with the Mariners this season: Taylor The Mariners are batting .375 (6x16) with 2 Trammell (4/1 vs. SF), Will Vest (4/1 vs. SF) and Wyatt Mills (May 1 vs. LAA). doubles, 16 RBI and 2 walks with the bases • Double Vision - Seattle’s 49 doubles as a team ranks 7th in the Majors (6th in the American League)... loaded this season. the Mariners have recorded at least 1 double in 8 of their last 10 games. • Runners on Base - Mitch Haniger is batting .316 (12x38) with 2 doubles, 1 triple, 4 home runs, 19 RBI and 6 walks with runners on base this season...compared to .225 (18x80) with 5 doubles, 4 home runs, 6.00 4 RBI and 3 walks with no runners on. The Mariners averaged 6.00 runs per game • Milestones - Kyle Seager (289) is 6 doubles away from tying Ichiro Suzuki (295) for 3rd-most doubles vs. the Rangers in 2020 (60 R in 10 G). in club history. • Closing in - J.P. Crawford is 5 hits away from 200 career hits and 4 RBI away from 100 career RBI. • 8 - Kyle Seager has now played in 8 no-hitters in a Mariners uniform (for or against, including com- 14 bined no-hitters)...that ties the MLB record for most no-hitters played in for a single team, along with Dating back to April 10, J.P. Crawford has Sal Bando-OAK, Bert Campaneris-OAK and Pee Wee Reese-BRO. reached base safely in 14 consecutive road DEEP IN THE HEART OF TEXAS...dating back to Aug. 21, 2020, the Mariners have won 7 consecutive games, batting .304 (14x46) with 5 runs games vs. the Rangers...it is T2nd-longest winning streak vs. Texas in club history (also: 9/25-10/4/87 & scored, 3 doubles, 5 RBI, 4 walks and 1 stolen base. 7/1/-9/29/95)...trails only an 8-game winning streak, June 14, 1994-May 3, 1995...the Mariners have won 13 of their last 19 games vs. the Rangers (7/22/19-c). IT’S ABOUT TIME…the Mariners face the Rangers tonight for the first time this season (G#33), having 15 already played 10 of their 33 games against the AL West, all coming against the Astros (3-4) and Angels (2- Dating back to Sept. 19, 2020, Kendall 1)…this marks the latest to open a season without playing the Rangers since 1998 (G#44). Graveman has made 15 consecutive scoreless appearances, spanning 18.2 WHAT I LIKE ABOUT TEXAS…Kyle Seager is batting .301 (96x319) with 56 runs scored, 23 doubles, 2 IP...during that stretch, he has allowed triples, 16 home runs, 60 RBI, 6 HBP, 26 walks in 80 career games combined at Globe Life Park and Globe only 5 hits (all singles) with 5 walks and 14 Life Field...his 16 home runs in Arlington are tied for the most at any road city (also: 16 in Houston), ranking strikeouts. ahead of the 12 home runs in Anaheim and 10 home runs in Oakland and Toronto. ROOKIE RELIEVERS ROAD WARRIOR...Kyle Seager has reached base safely in 13 of the Mariners 15 road games this season, Among qualifying relievers, Will Vest including at least 1 hit in 10 games...overall he is batting .333 (19x57) with 6 runs scored, 6 doubles, 1 triple, and Ljay Newsome each rank in the top 4 home runs, 15 RBI, 2 HBP, 3 walks and 1 stolen base on the road this season...Seager ranks among 6 in ERA among rookie relievers: American League road leaders in doubles (T1st, 6), triples (T1st, 1), extra-base hits (T2nd, 11), total bases Rk. Player ERA (T3rd, 39), slugging percentage (4th, .684), RBI (T5th, 15), OPS (5th, 1.065), hits (T10th, 19), average (T11th, 1. Emmanuel Clase-CLE .......... 0.00 .333) and home runs (T12th, 4). 2. Michael Kopech-CWS .......... 0.73 THE HANIMAL...Mitch Haniger ranks among American League leaders in multiple offensive categories, 3. Garrett Crochet-CWS ........... 1.00 including RBI (T7th, 23), home runs (T6th, 8), extra-base hits (T4th, 16), runs scored (T8th, 21) and totals 4. John King-TEX ..................... 1.13 5. Will Vest-SEA ...................... 1.17 bases (8th, 63). 6. Ljay Newsome-SEA...........1.54* NOTHING GETS BY HIM...dating back to April 11, SS J.P. Crawford has not committed an error in his 7. Kent Emanuel-HOU .............. 1.69 last 24 games/24 starts (106 TC) at shortstop, T3rd-longest active errorless game streak among shortstops *ERA only as a reliever (also: Tim Anderson-CWS, 9/23/20-c), trailing Brandon Crawford-SF (31 G/28 GS, 9/24/20-c) and Kevin STREAKS Newman (29 G/28 GS, 9/18/20-c) and ranking ahead of Carlos Correa-HOU (22 GS/22 G, 4/10/21-c)... among all Major League shortstops this season, Crawford ranks 1st in assists (100), 2nd in double plays (20) The Mariners currently have a 7-game winning streak vs. the Rangers...it and 6th in fielding percentage (.986)...min. 100 innings as SS in 2021. marks the 28 time in club history to have LET’S GO STREAKING...Kendall Graveman has tossed 13.1 scoreless innings over 11 appearances this at least a 7-game winning streak vs. an season (1-0, 3 SV, 3 HLD)...he has limited opponents to a .073 (3x41) average while walking 3 and striking indivdual team: out 13...his 13.1 scoreless innings streak is currently the 3rd-longest active streak in the Majors, trailing G Team Streak Dates Alex Reyes-STL (15.1) and Zach-Wheeler-PHI (15.0 IP) while ranking ahead of Dylan Cease-CWS (13.0), 10 Kansas City ............ 6/14-9/24/85 Richard Rodriguez-PIT (12.0) and Yusmeiro Petit (12.0). Baltimore ........... 6/22/00-5/31/01 9 Minnesota............ 5/23/01-7/4/02 VEST IS THE BEST...Will Vest has appeared a team-high 14 games this season (also: Rafael Montero), Kansas City ....... 4/10/18-4/11/19 going 1-0 with 1.17 ERA (2 ER, 15.1 IP) with 3 holds...he has limited opponents to a .212 (11x52) average, 8 Texas ................... 6/14/94-5/3/95 while walking 7 and striking out 10...among qualifying American League rookie relievers, Vest ranks 3rd in Chicago-AL ................ 8/9-9/1/99 appearances (14), T4th in innings pitched (15.1), 5th in ERA (1.17) and 11th in opponent batting average (.212). Toronto .............. 8/16/99-4/16/00 WHAT A RELIEF...dating back to April 7, the Mariners relievers have combined to go 9-3 with 8 saves and a Tamap Bay .......... 6/20/00-6/3/01 2.16 ERA (23 ER, 95.2 IP) in the last 27 games...during this stretch they have combined to limit opponents to a Los Angeles-AL . 10/2/01-4/23/02 Detroit ................ 4/27/03-4/30/04 .198 (67x338) average, while walking 30 and striking out 74...the teams 2.16 ERA since April 7 is the lowest in Kansas City ......... 8/27/04-7/4/05 the Majors during this stretch...among American League teams this season, the Mariners bullpen ranks T1st in Oakland .................... 7/9-9/26/17 fewest home runs allowed, 2nd in wins (10), 2nd in WHIP (1.06), 2nd in lowest opponent on-base percentage Detroit ...............