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Saturday, March 20, 2021 Game #20 (7-7-5) Surprise Stadium SEATTLE MARINERS (7-7-5) at TEXAS RANGERS (9-6-3) Road #9 (2-3-3) TODAY’S GAME INFORMATION Starting Pitchers: RH Robert Dugger (Spring Debut) vs. LH Wes Benjamin (0-0, 1.50) 6:05 pm AZ/PT • Radio: 710 ESPN Seattle • TV: None TONIGHT’S TILT…the Mariners take on the Texas Rangers to complete a streak of 5 SPRING RECORD consecutive night games that started and ends at Surprise Stadium...Seattle has won Overall Record ...............................7-7-5 back-to-back games for the first time this spring, evening its record to 7-7-5 coming PEORIA STADIUM .........................5-4-2 into play Saturday...right-hander Robert Dugger makes his 2021 debut as the Mariners Home Record ................................5-4-2 Road Record .................................2-3-3 attempt to go above .500 in Cactus League play. Current Streak .................................. W2 UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS (subject to change)… THE COUNTDOWN TODAY: Mariners at Rangers 6:05 pm 710 ESPN Seattle SEA — Dugger, Montero, Graveman, Middleton, Gerber 12 days to Opening Night, 4/1 vs. SF TEX — Benjamin*, King*, Vincent, Gaviglio, Sborz, Herget, Kennedy UPCOMING SCHEDULE SUNDAY: Mariners at Brewers 1:10 pm 710 ESPN Seattle March 21 ......................... at Milwaukee SEA — Paxton*, Ramirez, Chargois, Bautista, Gerber March 22 ............. vs. Los Angeles-NL MIL — Peralta, Boxberger, Rasmussen March 23 .............................. at Arizona March 24 ....................vs. Chicago-NL MONDAY: Mariners vs. Dodgers 6:40 pm 710 ESPN Seattle/ROOT Bold - Peoria Stadium SEA — TBA LAD — TBA BY THE NUMBERS * left-handed pitcher RESILIENT BUNCH…the Mariners trailed 5-1 in yesterday’s ballgame...it was the second 60 straight night that Seattle overcame a deficit of at least 3 runs to win the game...in 5 of the The Mariners Spring Training ros- Mariners 7 wins this spring, they have done it in come-from-behind fashion...the biggest ter is now at 60 players after Tues- deficit they had overcame in eventual victories was 3 runs on March 12 vs. Cincinnati and day’s roster moves that involved 3 March 14 vs. Milwaukee before overcoming the 4-run deficit in Friday’s win. players. So far in camp, 11 players have been re-assigned to minor WALK IT OUT...the Mariners increased their Cactus League lead to 92 walks as a team league camp, two (2) were op- this spring, with Cincinnati totaling the next-most with 86...the Mariners actually lead all 30 tioned to the Mariners alternate clubs with their 92 walks in Spring Training, with Atlanta’s 85 walks pacing the Grapefruit site one (1) optioned to AAA Ta- coma and one (1) optioned to A League...J.P. Crawford is tied with the Angels Jose Rojas for the Cactus League lead with Everett. 10 walks drawn...Jake Fraley is tied for 2nd in the league with 9 walks. NEED FOR SPEED...Infielder Donovan Walton came into the game as a pinch runner yesterday and registered his 2nd stolen base of the spring...the Mariners 17 stolen bases 1.037 rank 2nd in the Cactus League, trailing only San Francisco’s 19 steals. OutfielderKyle Lewis went 2-for-3 with his first spring home run and a ‘PEN PALS...over their last 4 games, the Mariners bullpen has a 0.92 ERA (2 ER, 19.2 walk last night, increasing his OPS IP) with a combined 7 walks and 27 strikeouts...Seattle relievers Casey Sadler, Will to 1.037. He’s batting .310 (9x29) Vest, Joey Gerber, Drew Steckenrider, Taylor Guerrieri, Kendall Graveman, Rafael this spring with 4 doubles, 1 triple, 1 homer, 7 RBI and 6 walks with a Montero, Keynan Middleton, JT Chargois, Nick Margevicius, Aaron Fletcher, Erik .417 on-base percentage. Swanson, Gerson Bautista and Anthony Misiewicz have all appeared for the Mariners in the last 4 contests. QUALIFY TY…Mariners infielderTy France is batting .433 (13x30) this spring with 26 7 runs scored, 3 doubles, 4 home runs, 8 RBI and 3 walks...he now has enough plate The Mariners are in the midst of a appearances to qualify for the Cactus League leaderboard...his .433 average and .514 “marathon” of Cactus League games, yesterday completing the on-base percentage are tops in the Cactus League...his .933 slugging percentage and 18th of 26 consecutive days with 1.448 OPS rank 2nd in the league behind Joc Pederson (1.033 SLG, 1.533 OPS) of the a scheduled game, ranging from Chicago Cubs. March 2-27. The next-closest Cac- tus League team are the Chicago VS. TEXAS…Seattle and Texas meet for their 47th all-time spring matchup today...the White Sox, with games on 18 con- Mariners have dominated the series to the tune of a 29-14-3 record against their AL West secutive days. division counterpart...the clubs last met 10 days ago in a 17-5 Rangers win at Peoria Stadium...Texas has a current 2-game win streak in the series...the clubs tied in their lone spring matchup of 2019, and before that, the Mariners held a 4-game win streak from 3 March 25, 2017-March 22, 2018. Mariners Manager Scott Servais has already named Marco Gonza- BROKE THE PATTERN…before yesterday’s 7-6 victory, the Mariners had gone Win- les as Opening Night starter for the Loss-Win-Loss-Win-Loss-Win over their previous 7 games...the Mariners have now won Mariners vs. the Giants on April 1... back-to-back games for the first time this spring. will mark his third consecutive start on Opening Day, trailing only Félix TOUGH TICKET…the Mariners are tied for the most home games among Cactus League Hernández (11), Randy Johnson (6) clubs with San Francisco...in 11 games at Peoria Stadium this spring the Mariners have and Jamie Moyer (4) for the most Opening Day starts in club history. seen an average of 1,799 fans, including a game-high of 2,000 in last Sunday afternoon’s 5-4 win over the Milwaukee Brewers...capacity is limited this spring for health and safety THE ROSTER reasons…since the ballpark opened in 1994, and coming into 2021, Seattle averaged 7,635 per game over the 27 seasons (397 games). The spring roster is currently at 60 players (36 roster, 23 non-roster, 1 PROSPECT RANKINGS…the Mariners are ranked by MLB.com as having the 3rd-best 60-day IL)…the camp breakdown farm system in the Major Leagues, trailing only Tampa Bay and Detroit…Seattle’s Top by position is the following: 33 pitchers (14 non-roster, 1 IL), 5 100 prospects as listed by Major League Baseball’s official website includes 6 players: catchers (3 non-roster), 8 infielders OF Jarred Kelenic (#4), OF Julio Rodríguez (#5), RHP Emerson Hancock (#31), RHP (2 non-roster), 10 outfielders (5 Logan Gilbert (#33), RHP George Kirby (#92) and OF Taylor Trammell (#100)...the #3 non-roster) and 4 INF/OF (1 non- ranking by MLB.com comes after publications Baseball America and Baseball Prospectus roster). both ranked the Mariners as the #2 farm system in the Major Leagues. ON THE AIR Saturday’s game against the Texas HEY DANIEL, AS YOU KNOW…Jarred Kelenic started in center field for the Mariners Rangers (first pitch 6:05 pm local and PT) will be broadcast live on 710 ESPN last night...it was his first game action in center field since March 6, 2020 in a spring game Seattle with Aaron Goldsmith and at Camelback Ranch against the Dodgers, but...DID YOU KNOW?...Kelenic went 2-for- Gary Hill on the call...complete spring 3 with a double off White Sox starting pitcher Lance Lynn...the 21-year-old prospect is training day-by-day with TV and radio batting .333 (4x12) with 1 double, 1 home run, 3 RBI and 2 walks in 6 games this spring... listings is listed on Page 2 of these game notes. he has a .429 on-base percentage, .667 slugging percentage and 1.095 OPS across 14 plate appearances. 2021 SPRING TRAINING GAME NOTES • MARCH 20, 2021 • AT TEXAS RANGERS #30 — ROBERT DUGGER (RHP) YEAR TEAM W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB SO 2020 MIAMI 0-0 12.66 4 1 0 0 10.2 21 16 15 5 3 4 2021 SPRING 0-0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MLB Totals 0-4 7.40 11 8 0 0 45.0 54 42 37 11 20 29 2021 Spring Training - Is making his 2021 Cactus League debut. • 2020 Totals – Appeared in 4 games (1 start) with Miami in 2020, tossing 10.2 innings and allowing 15 earned runs with 3 walks and 4 strike- outs. • Ouch – Placed on the Injured List from Aug. 4-29. • Personal – Attended Texas Tech University after two years at Cisco Junior College...studied kinesiology and nutrition at TTU...was a member of the National Honors Society and an Academic All-State Honoree while at Tomball (TX) High School. • Welcome Back – Was reacquired off waivers by Seattle on Dec. 7, 2020, exactly 3 years after trading him to Miami as part of the package that brought Dee Strange-Gordon to Seattle...was originally drafted by Seattle in the 18th round of the 2016 MLB First-Year Player Draft. ALSO SCHEDULED TO PITCH #47 — Rafael Montero (RHP): #99 — Keynan Middleton (RHP): 2021 Spring Training: 1-0, 9.00 in 4G: Made spring debut on March 8 at CLE, allowing 2021 Spring Training: 0-0, 16.20 in 5G...tossed the 4th inning of Seattle’s opening a 3-run, inside-the-park HR to Andres Gimenez...also recorded a pair of strikeouts...on game...allowed a solo home run to San Diego’s Wil Myers...tossed 1.0 inning, allow- March 11 at LAD, allowed 2 runs (1 earned) on 3 hits in 1.0 inning of work...registered ing 1 earned run, on March 4 vs.