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GAME INFORMATION Safeco Field • PO Box 4100 • Seattle, WA 98194 • TEL: 206.346.4000 • FAX: 206.346.4000 • www.mariners.com Sunday, Sept. 30, 2012 SEATTLE MARINERS (73-85) at OAKLAND ATHLETICS (90-68) Game #159 (73-85) Oakland Coliseum RHP Erasmo Ramirez (1-3, 3.42) at LHP Tommy Milone (13-10, 3.74) Road #81 (35-45) UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS…all times PDT… Day Date Opp. Time Mariners Pitcher Opposing Pitcher TV Monday Oct. 1 LAA 7:10 pm RH Felix Hernandez (13-8, 2.86) vs. C.J. Wilson (12-10, 3.86) ROOT Tuesday Oct. 2 LAA 7:10 pm RH Hisashi Iwakuma (8-5, 3.32) vs. Dan Haren (12-12, 4.32) ROOT Wednesday Oct. 3 LAA 3:40 pm RH Blake Beavan (10-11, 4.68) vs. Jered Weaver (20-4, 2.73) ROOT All games broadcast on 710 ESPN Seattle & Mariners Radio Network Spanish Audio available for all home games, presented by ROOT SPORTS via SAP (where available) TODAY’S TILT…the Mariners conclude their fi nal road series of the season with the third (0-2) of BROADCAST / CALENDAR NOTES Today’s game at OAK can be heard on three at Oakland…trip began with three games in Los Angeles (1-2)...will close out the season with KTTH 770 AM, due to a confl ict with a three-game “homestand” vs. the Angels beginning tomorrow…today’s game will be televised on Seahawks football on ESPN 710... ROOT Sports in HD and will be broadcast live on 770 KTTH Seattle & the Mariners Radio Network. please be reminded that the game on Wednesday, Oct. 3 begins at 3:40 pm. ODDS AND ENDS…lost 2 straight and 2 of last 3 games...are 3-5 in last 8 and have lost 9 of last MISPING IN ACTION 12, including a 4-game losing streak, and 11 of last 15 games…3-8 in last 11 games at Safeco Field, The Mariners were 0-for-7 with Men In after winning 17 of 20 from July 26-Sept. 3…season-high 8-game win streak Aug. 14-22; longest win Scoring Position yest. and are now streak since 2007…won 12 of last 22 series…are 9-16 in Sept. after posting back-to-back winning 7-for-their-last-79 (.089) over their months in August (15-12) and July (15-11)…37-34 (.521) post All-Star break. last 9 games...that stretch included an 0-for-17 Sept. 18 (see page 9). • Head West -- Finished 10-19 (.345) when playing in the Eastern Time Zone this season. • Thefts -- Successful in 26 of last 32 SB attempts (81.3%), 2nd-highest pct. in MLB since Aug. 14. LOOKING WEST • Close Games -- 107 of 158 games decided by 3 or less runs, combining to go 52-55; 1-Run: 25-28, The Mariners are 22-31 (.415) vs. the AL West this season, the best division in 2-Run: 13-16; 3-Run: 14-11…most 1-run games (53) among all AL teams…won 7 of last 14 1-run G. baseball, but oddly are better on the • 2012 WINS -- With 73 wins, Mariners have passed their win total from 2011 (67) & 2010 (61). road (13-15/.464) than at home (9- • Gold Gloves -- Mariners are 2nd in Majors with .988 FLD%…played error-free in 97 of 158 games. 16/.360)...are 7-11 vs. Oakland, 3-4 • Tom Wilhelmsen has recorded a save in 8 of the Mariners 9 wins this month (29-for-34 in ‘12). here, 3-6 in Seattle (1-1 in Tokyo). • Pinch Hitting -- John Jaso (.353/6x17, 4 RBI) is 2nd in the AL with 6 pinch hits (Ibañez, 7). ROOKIE ERA • Left on Left -- LH Charlie Furbush has held LH batters to a .149 batting average (11x74). RH Hisashi Iwakuma is currently 7-4 with a 2.83 ERA in 15 starts this SEATTLE VS. ATHLETICS…today is the 19th and fi nal game between the Mariners and A’s in 2012 season...he currently ranks 2nd in …the Mariners trail the season series 7-11, going 3-6 in SEA, 3-4 in OAK and 1-1 in Tokyo…the franchise history in starters ERA during his rookie season (min 10 GS): Mariners went 10-9 against the A’s last season, but were 4-5 at the Coliseum…Seattle is 60-53 vs. 1. Felix Hernandez, 2005 ............. 2.67 Oakland since 2007…Seattle trails the all-time series 224-303, including a 96-168 (.364) mark here. 2. Hisashi Iwakuma, 2012 .............2.83 ... & collected their 19th homers of the season 3. Matt Young, 1983 ...................... 3.15 20-20-20 VISION Michael Saunders Kyle Seager 4. Erik Hanson, 1989 ......................3.18 yesterday, and Justin Smoak hammered his 19th Wednesday (it’s a career high for all 3 players)... 5. Bobby Madritsch, 2004 ............. 3.30 Seattle has not had a 20-homer guy since 2009, when Russell Branyan (31) and Jose Lopez (25) 2- OUTS, SO WHAT each turned the trick...2010 and 2011 were the fi rst seasons since 1983 (when Pat Putnam led w/19) Kyle Seager is T4th in MLB w/ 43 2-out that Seattle has failed to have at least one player reach 20 homers...Mariners have not had three or RBI (Cabrera, 47; Ethier, 45; Uggla, more 20 HR guys since 2007, when Seattle had four guys reach 20+ (Beltre, Guillen, Ibanez, Sexson). 44; Willingham, 43)…most 2-out RBI by Mariner since Ibañez 47 in ‘07. CORNER PRODUCTION...Kyle Seager has 83 RBI this season...that trails only Miguel Cabrera SAVE MACHINE (136) and Adrian Beltre (100) among AL third basemen this season...if you only count RBI while Since the All-Star break, Tom playing 3B (no DH, PH or other positions) the list is Cabrera (131), Beltre (84) and Seager (78). Wilhelmsen has 22 saves in 25 chances…during stretch ranks T3rd GOOD MATCH-UP...Jesus Montero is 5-for-9 (.556) with a double and a home run vs. today’s A’s in MLB in saves: starter, Tommy Milone...he boasts a matching .556 OBP, and a shiny, 1.000 slugging percentage. 1. Aroldis Chapman, CIN ................ 25 2. Jim Johnson, BAL ........................ 22 TOUGH WAY TO WIN...the Mariners are 0-for-14 with Men in Scoring Position this series, posting 3. Tom Wilhelmsen, SEA ............... 22 matching 0-for-7 games Friday and Saturday...are 0-for-their-last-16 (dating back to Thursday) overall. Rafael Soriano, NYY .................... 22 NOT 2 MUCH LATELY...Kyle Seager is T4th in the Majors with 43 two-out RBI, but he hasn’t ON THE ROAD AGAIN collected one in over a month...his last 2-out RBI -- actually, his last 2 -- were Aug. 28 at MIN...after The Mariners conclude their road schedule w/this 6-game trip to LAA & OAK…Seattle collecting 43 2-out RBI among his fi rst 75 total RBI, his last 8 RBI have all been with 0 or 1 outs. fi nishes the road schedule w/55,000 STILL TIME...Michael Saunders collected his 19th HR and his 21st steal yesterday...the Mariners miles fl own/trained to 3 countries. have not had a 20-20 guy since 2002 (Mike Cameron, 25 HR, 31 SB) and its only been done 9 times (by MOST CONSECUTIVE SEATTLE fi ve different players) in franchise history: Rodriguez, 3x; Cameron, 2x; Griffey, 2x; R. Jones; P. Bradley. GAMES WITH A HOMER 1999 19 (9/07-09/27) HOMER HAPPY…Mariners have homered in 18 straight games (see chart in box at left), collecting 25 total 2012 18 (9/09-current) HR during streak...it’s the longest streak this season (prev: 11, Aug. 17-28) for Seattle…the last season 1995 16 (8/29-09/13) the Mariners had 2 streaks of 11+ consecutive games w/a HR was 1997 (14, 8/19-9/1 and 13 8/5-8/17). 1994 15 (4/29-05/16) 1997 14 (8/19-09/01) D-FICIENT...the Mariners have committed an uncharacteristic 12 errors in their last 14 games (4- 1996 14 (4/09-04/22) 10), a .978 fi elding percentage, and have posted just 4 errorless games...in the season’s fi rst 144 2001 13 (6/28-07/13) games, Seattle committed just 57 errors, a .989 fi elding percentage, and had 96 errorless games. 1997 13 (8/05-08/17) JASO ON BASE SMOAKIN’…Justin Smoak is batting .329 (24x73) with 11 runs, 4 doubles, 5 HR and 9 RBI in 22 games John Jaso has reached base safely (via in September, including 20-for-his-last-51 (.392) since Sept. 13 (14 G); counting his 8 walks during that hit or walk) in 73 of his 81 starts this stretch, he’s reached base safely in 28 of his last 59 plate appearances (.475 OBP, .745 SLG, 1.220 OPS). season (90.1%)…reached safely in 35 of 38 starts at catcher, and 38 of 1 FOR THE MONEY...Seattle has played 53 one-run games this season, posting a 25-28 mark... 43 at DH…since the All-Star break since the start of the 2008 season, Seattle has played 259 one-run games, the (tied) most in the has the 2nd-highest OBP in the AL: Majors...Seattle and Minnesota are tied with 259 games, tops among all MLB teams, and ahead of 1. Prince Fielder, DET .................... .443 2. John Jaso, SEA ........................ .419 TOR (250), KC (244) & TB (239) among AL teams...OAK is 26th in MLB at 217.