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Monday, April 6, 2016 Game #1 (0-0) Globe Life Park SEATTLE MARINERS (0-0) at TEXAS RANGERS (0-0) Road #1 (0-0) TODAY'S GAME INFORMATION Starting Pitchers: RHP Felix Hernandez (18-9, 3.53 in ‘15) vs. LHP Cole Hamels (13-8, 3.65 ERA in ‘15) 3:05 pm • Radio: 710 ESPN Seattle / Mariners.com • TV: ROOT SPORTS Day Date Opp. Time Mariners Pitcher Opposing Pitcher RADIO Tuesday April 5 at TEX 7:05 pm RH Hisashi Iwakuma (9-5, 3.54 in ‘15) vs. LH Martin Perez (3-6, 4.46 in ‘15) 710 ESPN Wednesday April 6 at TEX 1:05 pm LH Wade Miley (11-11, 4.46 in ‘15) vs. RH Colby Lewis (17-9, 4.66 in ‘15) 710 ESPN Thursday OFF DAY All games televised on ROOT SPORTS with home games on Spanish Audio via TV SAP TODAY'S TILT…the Mariners open their 40th season with a road game vs. the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Park…today is the fi rst of a three-game series vs. the Rangers, which will be followed by an off day Thursday, and a 6-game homestand against Oakland (3 G) and Texas (3 G)…today’s game will be televised in the Mariners TV market on ROOT SPORTS NW and broadcast live on 710 ESPN Seattle and the Mariners Radio Network. THE NEW SKIPPER…today is game #1 for Mariners manager Scott Servais…Servais is the 20th Manager in Mariners history, 17th full-time skipper…Seattle managers are 12-7 in their fi rst game as skipper of the club: Rene Lachemann, Del Crandall, Chuck Cottier, Dick Williams, Jim Snyder (interim), Lou Piniella, Mike Hargrove, Jim Riggleman, Don Wakamatsu, Daren Brown (interim), Eric SPRING RECAP Wedge and Lloyd McClendon all won their debuts, while Darrell Johnson, Maury Wills, Marty Martinez Overall .......................................16-14-3 (interim), Jim Lefebvre, Bill Plummer, Bob Melvin and John McLaren took losses. Home .............................................8-9-1 ON THE ROAD AGAIN…the Mariners are opening the season on the road for the 7th time in the last Road ..............................................8-5-2 8 seasons (since 2009)…last year’s home opener snapped a streak of six straight road openers… Day ............................................15-10-2 Night ..............................................1-4-1 Seattle is opening on the road for the 14th time in club history…between 1991 and 2008, had just two 1-Run ................................................ 4-3 road openers: 1994 at Cleveland and 2003 at Oakland. X-Inn ................................................. 1-1 ODDS AND ENDS…the Mariners open the 2016 season today to begin a 3-game road trip…12 of vs. AL .............................................5-5-2 vs. NL ..........................................11-9-1 fi rst 18 games of the season will be played away from Safeco Field. • Young & Old – Joel Peralta is the oldest player on the Mariners roster at 40 years, 12 days…Ketel OPENING DAY WIN STREAKS Marte is the youngest player at 22 years, 175 days. The Mariners have won 9 consecutive • First Opening Day - Dae-Ho Lee (INF), Ketel Marte (INF), Mike Montgomery (LHP), Luis Sardiñas season opening games, tied for the 2nd-longest streak in MLB history: (INF), and Tony Zych (RHP) are on their fi rst Opening Day rosters…this is the 11th Opening Day roster Team Wins for Felix Hernandez and Robinson Canó. Boston Beaneaters .....................10 (1887-96) • 2015 Review – Completed the 2015 season 76-86 (.469), fi nishing 4th in the American League West Seattle Mariners .......................... 9 (2007-c) (12.0 games behind division winner Texas)…registered 11 fewer wins than the 87-75 campaign in Cincinnati Reds ............................9 (1983-91) New York Mets .............................9 (1975-83) 2014…compiled a losing record in 5 of last 6 seasons…went 36-45 (.444) at home and 40-41 (.494) on St. Louis Browns ..........................9 (1937-45) the road…were 41-48 prior to the All-Star break and 35-38 following the break. Boston Beaneaters .......................8 (1906-13) KING FELIX MAKING NINTH OPENING DAY START…Felix Hernandez is making his 9th career INSIDE THE NUMBERS Opening Day start (2007 vs. OAK, 2009 at MIN, 2010 at OAK, 2011 at OAK, 2012 at OAK-Tokyo, 2013 at OAK, 2014 at LAA, 2015 vs. LAA), and his 8th consecutive…today’s start extends his club record for most career Opening Day nods, with the previous record being 5 by Randy Johnson (1992-96)… 6 Felix is 6-0, 1.49 ERA (10 ER, 60.1 IP) with 62 strikeouts in his 8 career Opening Day starts: The Mariners Opening Day roster fea- • Mariners Record - Felix’s 6 career Opening Day wins are the most in Mariners history (R. Johnson - 2) tures players from six countries: Cuba, • MLB History - 6 Opening Day wins is T7th all-time in MLB history (a 7th would be T3rd) since 1914. Dominican Republic, Japan, South Ko- • What’s the Record? - The most Opening Day starts all-time is 16 by Tom Seaver…Steve Carlton, rea, Venezuela and the United States. Randy Johnson, Walter Johnson, Jack Morris and Cy Young all recorded 14…Morris holds the record with 14 consecutive Opening Day starts (1980-93). OPENING DAY DATA…the Mariners are 24-15 (.615) in season openers, including a current 9-game 6-0 Opening Day winning streak…have won 10 of the last 11 season openers, including Opening Day Felix Hernandez is 6-0 with a 1.49 ERA shutouts in 2007 (4-0 vs. OAK) and 2013 (2-0 at OAK)…OPENERS vs. THE RANGERS…the Mariners in his 8 career Opening Day starts. will open with the Rangers for the 3rd time in club history; others were 1992 and 2008 in Seattle… have never opened the season in the state of Texas…Seattle is 1-1 vs. the Rangers on Opening Day… OPENERS IN TEXAS…this will be the fi rst Mariners opener in the state of Texas…DAY OPENERS… 8 will be opening the season with a day game for just the 11th time in club history (last: 2015)…are 4-6 Felix Hernandez will be making his 8th in season openers in day games…are playing their 2nd straight daytime opener after having 6 straight consecutive Opening Day start…only CC night openers from 2009-2014…MONDAY OPENERS…will open on a Monday for the 18th time in Sabathia (9, 2006-14) has as many con- secutive among active pitchers…CC’s club history (most of any day of the week)…Seattle is 10-7 when opening on a Monday. streak ended last season. OPENING DAY WIN STREAK…the Mariners have won 9 consecutive season openers to extend a club record…Seattle’s previous record for consecutive Opening Day wins was 5 straight from 1982- 86…the streak is T2nd-longest Opening Day win streak in history and tied for the longest in the modern 9 era (see sidebar)…it is the longest OD winning streak since the Cincinnati Reds posted 9 straight OD The Mariners have won their last 9 sea- wins from 1983-1991, and tied for the longest American League Opening Day win streak trailing only son openers dating back to 2007. the St. Louis Browns (9 straight, 1937-45)…the 9 consecutive wins are tied for the 2nd-most all-time. LID LIFTERS…Seattle has opened the season with a win in 24 of 39 seasons for a .615 winning percentage…since the club debuted in 1977, the .615 winning percentage on Opening Day is T3rd- 2.83 best in the Majors with Chicago-AL and behind New York-NL (29-10/.744) and Baltimore (25-14/.641). Felix Hernandez is 104-65 with a 2.83 CACTUS LEAGUE…completed Cactus League play with an 16-14-3 record (.533)…were 6-2-1 in the ERA over his last 7 seasons (since 2009), the 3rd-lowest ERA among MLB fi nal 9 games of the spring, including a 5-game winning streak March 21-28…ended the spring with pitchers during this span (Clayton Ker- by tying once and winning once against the Colorado Rockies in exhibition games…posted a 8-9-1 shaw - 2.30 & Adam Wainwright - 2.80). record in home games and 8-5-2 when the road team…had a 1-4-1 record in night games, compared to a 15-10-2 mark in day games…ranked 4th among A.L. teams and 8th in the Cactus League (T7th VS. TEXAS RANGERS overall in MLB) with 117 extra-base hits…recorded 67 doubles (T8th in AL), 15 triples (2nd in AL and The Mariners and Rangers meet in the 35 home runs (9th in AL)…complete spring recap on pages 7-8 of Opening Day notes package. fi rst of 19 games this season…Seattle went 12-7 vs. the Rangers last season, AS YOU KNOW…Felix Hernandez is 6-0 with a 1.49 ERA (10 ER, 60.1 IP) with 62 strikeouts in his marking the fi rst season series win over 8 career Opening Day starts (2007, 2009-2015)…BUT DID YOU KNOW?…that his Opening Day TEX since 2007. ERA is 7th-lowest in MLB history (min. 5 GS dating back to 1914) trailing only Rick Mahler (4-0, Year Home Road Totals 0.92, 5 GS), Clayton Kershaw (3-0, 1.14, 5 GS), Bob Feller (4-3, 1.21, 7 GS), Jim Palmer (5-1, 1.40, 2015 6-4 6-3 12-7 2014 4-5 5-5 9-10 6 GS), Hal Newhouser (4-2, 1.41, 6 GS) and Wilbur Wood (2-2, 1.49, 5 GS), and it is ahead of Bob All-Time 153-143 142-160 295-303 Lemon (3-1, 1.51, 5 GS)? 2016 SEATTLE MARINERS GAME NOTES • MONDAY • APRIL 4, 2016 • AT TEXAS RANGERS • PAGE 2 TODAY’S MARINERS STARTER 2015 GAME-BY-GAME RHP FELIX HERNANDEZ scr DT OPP SCR W-L IP H R ER BB SO HR left PC-K 2016 Breakdown: 4/6 LAA 4-1 W (1-0) 7.0 2 1 1 1 10 1 4-1 97-64 W-L ERA GS IP H R ER BB SO HR 4/12 @OAK 8-7 ND 5.0 8 3 3 2 1 0 4-3 81-50 Overall 0-0 --- 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4/18 TEX 3-1 W (2-0) 7.0 2 1 1 2 12 0 3-1 111-70 Home 0-0 --- 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4/24 MIN 2-0 W (3-0) 9.0 5 0 0 0 9 0 CG 102-73 Road 0-0 --- 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4/29 @TEX 5-2 W (4-0) 6.2 5 2 2 1 4 0 4-2 114-71 APRIL 5 GS, 4-0, 1.82 34.2 22 7 7 6 36 1 vs.