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Monday, June 14, 2021 Game #68 (32-35) T-Mobile Park SEATTLE MARINERS (32-35) vs. MINNESOTA TWINS (26-39) Home #32 (17-14) TONIGHT’S GAME INFORMATION Starting Pitchers: LHP Marco Gonzales (1-4, 5.45) vs. RHP Kenta Maeda (2-2, 5.27) First Pitch: 7:10 pm PT • Radio: 710 ESPN / Mariners.com • TV: ROOT SPORTS NW Day Date Opp. Time (PT) Mariners Pitcher Opposing Pitcher RADIO Tuesday June 15 vs. MIN 7:10 pm RHP Chris Flexen (5-3, 4.68) vs. LHP J.A. Happ (3-2, 5.75) 710 ESPN Wednesday June 16 vs. MIN 7:10 pm LHP Justus Sheffield (5-5, 4.91) vs. RHP Bailey Ober (0-0, 4.85) 710 ESPN All games televised on ROOT SPORTS with home games featuring Spanish Audio via TV SAP TONIGHT’S TILT…the Mariners return to T-Mobile Park tonight to begin a 9-day, 8-game homestand ON BASE % LEADERS vs. Minnesota (3 G, 6/14-6/16), Tampa Bay (4 G, 6/17-6/20) and Colorado (2 G, 6/22-6/23)...following the (MIN. 60 PA) conclusion of the homestand, will embark on a 7-day, 6-game road trip vs. Chicago-AL (3 G) and Toronto Rk. Player OBP (3 G)...tonight’s game will be televised on ROOT SPORTS, as well as broadcast on 710 ESPN Seattle and 1. Mike Trout-LAA .................... .466 the Mariners Radio Network. 2. Jake Fraley-SEA ................. .464 3. Vladimir Guererro Jr.-TOR .... .450 ODDS AND ENDS…the Mariners won yesterday by a 6-2 score...have won 11 of their last 20...are 14-9 4. Starling Marte-MIA ............... .439 in day games and 18-26 at night…are 17-14 at T-Mobile Park and 15-21 on the road...are 26-11 when 5. Brandon Nimmo-NYM ......... .430 scoring at least 4 runs and 6-24 when scoring 3 or fewer runs...are 23-3 when out-hitting their opponent. • Today - The Mariners traded Yacksel Rios to Boston in exchange for cash considerations...Andres MOST HOME RUNS Mesa was sent to Texas as PTBNL in Rafael Montero trade. AT T-MOBILE PARK • Yesterday - INF Jack Mayfield was claimed off waivers by Los Angeles-AL. Tonight’s game features two of the top • Play of the Week - Earlier today, Jake Fraley received MLB Network Play of the Week honors for his home run hitters in T-Mobile Park history. game-saving home run robbery on June 9th vs. Detroit. • Game #1 - The Mariners are 5-1 in the first game of homestands this season...are 11-10 in Game #1 Rk. Player HR @ TMP 1. Kyle Seager ............................ 85 of series this season. T2. Nelson Cruz ............................. 83 • Next Man Up - Mariners coming off the bench this season hold a .733 OPS, the 4th-best mark in the Raul Ibañez ...............................83 Majors trailing only Baltimore (.817), Oakland (.812) and New York-AL (.812). 4. Bret Boone ................................62 • Can’t Tell the Players Without a Scorecard - The Mariners lead the Majors with 51 players used this 5. Robinson Canó .........................57 season, ranking ahead of 6 teams with 45 players used...the Mariners also lead the Majors with 29 pitchers used, ranking ahead of the Cubs (27)...marks the 7th time in franchise history the Mariners INSIDE THE NUMBERS have used at least 50 players in a season. HOME SWEET HOME...the Mariners are 17-14 at home this season, compared to 15-21 on the road...are 8 5-2 over their last 7 home games and 8-5 over their last 13 at T-Mobile Park...the Mariners pitching staff J.P. Crawford leads the Majors with has posted a 3.91 ERA (122 ER, 281.0 IP) at home compared to a 5.22 ERA (175, 301.2 IP) on the road... 8 Defensive Runs Saved this season, dating back to May 2, Mariners starters are 10-8 with a 3.07 ERA (32 ER, 93.2 IP) with 29 walks and 84 ranking ahead of Jacob Stallings-PIT (7) strikeouts in 18 home starts, while holding opponents to a .194 batting average against...during that span, and Michael Taylor-KC (7). Mariners starters have held opponents to 3 runs or less in 16 of 18 starts, 2 runs or less in 13 starts and 1 run or less in 8 starts. TWINNING...the Mariners hold an all-time batting average of .270 against the Twins, their best against 17.5% any American League opponent...Taylor Trammell went 3-for-10 with 2 home runs, 4 RBI and 3 walks in J.P. Crawford holds a 17.5% strikeout rate this season and a 9.3% walk rate... 3 games vs. Minnesota earlier this season...Ty France went 4-for-12 with 1 RBI in the series against the is 1 of 11 players in the American Twins...Seattle’s .262 average against the Twins this season ranks 2nd-best against any opponent, trailing League to have a K% below 18% and a only Texas (.263)...among current Mariners, only Kyle Seager and Mitch Haniger have played more than walk rate above 9%. 10 career games against the Twins. ACE...Marco Gonzales ranks 8th in the American League with 9.3 Fangraphs WAR since the start of the 2018 season...is 1 of only 5 AL pitchers to have tallied at least 9.0 fWAR while remaining with the same team 20 during the span, joining Shane Bieber-CLE (13.7), Justin Verlander-HOU (12.8), Jose Berrios-MIN (9.8) and Ty France has played in 20 games since returning from the Injured List on May Chris Sale-BOS (9.8)...since 2018, the Mariners are 34-7 (.829) when scoring at least 4 runs with Marco on 24...during that span is batting .276 the mound, compared to 142-65 (.721) when scoring 4+ runs without Marco as the starting pitcher. (21x76) with 4 runs scored, 5 doubles, 7 COMING BACK HOT...Jake Fraley is batting .282 (11x39) with 9 runs, 1 double, 4 home runs, 13 RBI, 11 RBI and 3 walks. walks and 3 stolen bases in 13 games since returning from the Injured List on May 31...during that span, holds a .440 on-base percentage and a .615 slugging percentage (1.055 OPS)...is one of 29 qualified players in the Majors to hold an OPS of 1.000 or better during that span...overall this season, ranks 2nd 24 in the Majors with a .464 on-base percentage (min 50 PA), trailing only Mike Trout-LAA (.466) and ranking The Mariners are 24-24 (.500) in 48 games vs. right-handed starters this ahead of Vladamir Guerrero Jr.-TOR (.450). season, compared to 8-11 (.421) vs. J.P.: JUNE POWER...J.P. Crawford is batting .383 (18x47) in the month of June with 7 runs, 6 doubles, 1 left-handed starters...Seattle is 7-6 in its home run, 7 RBI, 8 walks and 1 stolen base in 12 games...he’s reached base safely in 10 of his 12 games last 13 games vs. right-handed starters. this month, hitting safely in 9...in the month, he’s gotten on-base at a .456 clip, slugging .574 with a 1.031 OPS, all of which lead the club in June. 295 • The Best by Any Metric - Crawford leads the American League with 1.2 defensive Wins Above Re- Kyle Seager has recorded 295 career placement (Baseball-Reference)...he is tied for the Major League lead with Ryan McMahon-COL...J.P. doubles...he is 1 double away from leads the Majors with 8 defensive runs saved (FanGraphs). passing Ichiro Suzuki (295) for 3rd-most • The Catalyst - Crawford is batting .333 (20x60) with 8 runs, 6 doubles, 1 home run, 7 RBI, 8 walks and in Mariners club history. 1 stolen base in 15 games batting in the leadoff spot this season...he has reached base in 28 of his 70 trips to the plate out of the leadoff spot...the Mariners shortstop is batting .247 (42x170) this season MOST EXTRA-BASE HITS, when not occupying the #1 spot in the batting order. AMERICAN LEAGUE ALL-STAR MITCH...Mitch Haniger is batting .259 (65x251) with 43 runs, 15 doubles, 1 triple, 16 home Rk. Player XBH runs, 40 RBI and 19 walks in 64 games this season...Haniger has now surpassed the amount of games T1. Shohei Ohtani-LAA ...................35 played (63) that he registered during 2019...among American League players with at least 60 percent of Rafael Devers-BOS ...................35 their games played in the outfield this season, Haniger ranks1st in extra-base hits (32), 2nd in runs (43), T3. Vladimir Guerrero Jr.-TOR .........34 T2nd in hits (65), 4th in doubles (15), T1st in HR (16), T4th in RBI (40), 4th in slugging percentage (.518) and Matt Olson-OAK........................34 6th in OPS (.828). 5. Mitch Haniger-SEA ..................32 6. Austin Meadows-TB .................31 MORE FANS...the Mariners have received permission from the state of Washington and King County T7. Kyle Tucker-HOU ......................30 to increase seating capacity at T-Mobile Park for the current homestand from June 14-23...the updated Jared Walsh-LAA ......................30 operations plan allows 26,265 tickets to be sold as vaccine only with no social distancing...the remaining T9. Kyle Seager-SEA .....................29 capacity will be sold in socially distanced pods of 1-6 seats for a total of 4,680 seats...total ballpark 6 others .....................................29 capacity under the approved plan is 30,945 (out of 47,000).