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Saturday, June 6, 2015 Game #56 (24-31) Safeco Field TAMPA BAY RAYS (30-26) vs. SEATTLE MARINERS (24-31) Home #31 (12-18) TONIGHT’S GAME INFORMATION Starting Pitchers: RHP Alex Colome (3-2, 5.05) vs. RHP Felix Hernandez (8-2, 2.63) 7:10 pm • Radio: 710 ESPN Seattle / Mariners.com • TV: ROOT SPORTS NW Day Date Opp. Time (PT) Mariners Pitcher Opposing Pitcher RADIO Sunday 6/7 TB 1:10 pm LH Mike Montgomery (0-0, 1.50) vs. RH Chris Archer (6-4, 2.01) 710 ESPN/97.3 FM Monday 6/8 OFF DAY Tuesday 6/9 @CLE 4:10 pm RH Taijuan Walker (2-6, 5.80) at RH Corey Kluber (3-6, 3.61) 710 ESPN Wednesday 6/10 @CLE 4:10 pm LH Roenis Elias (2-3, 2.94) at RH Trevor Bauer (5-2, 2.94) 710 ESPN Thursday 6/11 @CLE 9:10 am LH J.A. Happ (3-1, 3.31) at RH Shaun Marcum (2-0, 5.19) 710 ESPN All games televised on ROOT SPORTS with home games on Spanish Audio via TV SAP TONIGHT’S TILT…the Mariners continue an 11-game homestand (1-8) tonight with the third game RECORD BREAKDOWN of a 4-game series vs. the Tampa Bay Rays (0-2)…opened the homestand with a 4-game set against Overall .......................................... 24-31 the Cleveland Indians (1-3) and the New York Yankees (0-3)…following this series, Seattle will travel Home ............................................ 12-18 Road ............................................. 12-13 to Cleveland (3 games), Houston (3 games) and San Francisco (2 games)…tonight’s game will be vs. LH Starter.................................... 5-6 televised in the Mariners TV market on ROOT SPORTS NW and broadcast live on 710 ESPN Seattle vs. RH Starter ............................... 19-25 and the Mariners Radio Network. Day ................................................... 8-6 Night ............................................. 16-25 ODDS AND ENDS…have lost 7 in a row and 8 of 12, 9 of 15, 11 of 18…season-high 4-game winning 1-Run / 2-Run .......................13-12 / 4-9 streak May 8-12…23-27 record vs. AL teams, and 1-4 in Interleague play…6-9-2 in series played, Extra Inning ...................................... 4-5 including 6 rubber games (2-4)…played 25 of 55 games vs. the AL West (13-12 record)…4th place in vs. AL / vs. NL ......................23-27 / 1-4 AL West (9.5 back of Houston). STARTERS ERA • Flashing the Leather - Since recording season-high 3 errors 5/2 at HOU, Mariners have a .992 fielding The Mariners starting pitchers rank 3rd percentage (9 E, 1175 TC) over the last 30 games. in the American League with a 3.74 • Close Games - Lead MLB with 38 of 55 games decided by 2 or fewer runs (13-12 in 1-run games). ERA…since April 24, starters ERA is • Extra Innings - Mariners lead the AL with 9 extra-inning games (4-5). 2nd-best in the AL at 3.11 trailing only Tampa Bay (3.10): • Iron Man - Kyle Seager has played in 181 consecutive games, 2nd-longest active streak in MLB. RK AL Team Starters ERA • Mixing & Matching - The Mariners have used 45 different batting orders in 54 games. 1. Oakland ............ 3.13 (119 ER, 341.2 IP) • Long Stretch - Seattle is in game 25 (10-14) of 26 games in a 27-day stretch, & 42 games in 44 days. 2. Tampa Bay ........ 3.28 (115 ER, 315.1 IP) • Cruz vs. LHP - Nelson Cruz is hitting .472 (17x36) with 6 HR vs. LH pitchers this season. 3. Seattle ..............3.74 (138 ER, 332.1 IP) 4. LA Angels ......... 3.84 (144 ER, 337.2 IP) • Furbush - Charlie Furbush has held opponents scoreless in 21 of 22 appearances (1.38 ERA). 5. Minnesota ......... 4.01 (140 ER, 314.0 IP) • Low(e) ERA - Mark Lowe has a 0.61 ERA (1 ER, 14.2 IP) in 14 appearances this season. OFFENSIVE FORCE KING OF THE RAYS…Felix Hernandez is 6-2 with 3 complete games (2 shutouts), a 1.94 ERA (23 Nelson Cruz is batting .322 (69x214) ER, 106.2 IP), 0.94 WHIP and 118 strikeouts (9.96 K/9.0 IP) in 14 career starts vs. the Rays (12 quality with 18 home runs and 39 RBI in 55 starts)…in 9 starts vs. the Rays at Safeco Field is 5-0, 1.61 ERA (12 ER, 67.0 IP) and the Mariners are games…he is among AL leaders in the 9-0 in Felix home starts vs. the Rays…current streak of 16.0 consecutive scoreless innings vs. TB… triple crown categories (AVG, HR, RBI). Felix recorded a Perfect Game vs. the Rays on Aug. 15, 2012, the 23rd (and last) in MLB history. RK PLAYER AVG. 1. P. Fielder, TEX ................... .352 (77x219) THE WRONG KIND OF STREAK…the Mariners have lost a season-high 7 consecutive games to go 2. J. Kipnis, CLE .................... .329 (73x222) 3. M. Cabrera, DET ................ .327 (65x199) from .500 at 24-24 to current record of 24-31…last dropped 7 or more games in a row as part of 4. N. Cruz, SEA .................... .322 (69x214) an 8-game losing streak April 15-22, 2014…during the 7-game losing streak the club is batting .238 4. M. Moustakas, KC ............ .316 (60x190) (60x252), but averaging 1.9 runs per game (13 total runs)…with runners in scoring position during the RK PLAYER HR losing streak the club is batting .159 (10x63) and has left 60 runners on base (8.57 per game avg). 1. N. Cruz, SEA ....................................... 18 2. M. Teixeira, NYY .................................. 17 START IT UP…over the last 4 games the Mariners starting pitchers have combined to allow only 6 runs 3. J. Donaldson, TOR............................... 15 in 29.0 innings (1.86 ERA) and limited opposing hitters to a .196 batting average (20x102)…received 4. A. Pujols, LAA ...................................... 14 M. Trout, LAA ....................................... 14 a run support average of 1.24 during this stretch…during the 7-game losing streak the starters have RK PLAYER RBI recorded a 3.89 ERA (19 ER, 44.0 IP)…overall Mariners starters rank 3rd in AL with 3.74 ERA. 1. M. Teixeira, NYY .................................. 43 2. P. Fielder, TEX ...................................... 40 HITTING WOES…the Mariners offense is 14th in the American League with a .237 batting average and 3. N. Cruz, SEA ....................................... 39 ranks last in the AL with a .212 mark with runners in scoring position…also rank last in the AL averaging J. Donaldson, TOR............................... 39 3.51 runs per game…have scored 3 or fewer runs in 10 consecutive games, the 3rd-longest streak in S. Vogt, OAK ........................................ 39 club history trailing a 12-game stretch in 1988 and an 11-game stretch in 2010. INSIDE THE NUMBERS LOOKING FOR THE HOME RUN…the Mariners have not homered in a season-high 6 consecutive games…prior to current stretch had homered in 9 consecutive games and 14 of 15…from Opening Day through May 30 ranked 3rd in the AL with 62 home runs (now 4th in AL)…Nelson Cruz remains the AL 1.94 leader with 18 home runs, but has not homered in a season-high 9 consecutive games (39 PA w/o HR). Felix Hernandez career ERA in 14 starts vs. the Tampa Bay Rays. SEAGER BELIEVER…Kyle Seager has hit safely in 19 of his last 22 games with 8 multi-hit contests, batting .337 (28x83) with 10 runs scored, 4 doubles, 5 home runs, 10 RBI and 6 walks…since May 14, he has raised his season average from .238 average to .278…during his stretch he among the American 12 League leaders in average (T8th), home runs (T8th), slugging percentage (10th/.556), OPS (10th/.948) Logan Morrison has recorded a hit in 12 and on-base percentage (12th/.382). consecutive games. CLOSE GAMES VS. RAYS…30 of the last 38 games the Mariners have played vs. the Rays dating back to the 2011 season have been 3-runs or fewer, including 20 one-run contests…the Mariners are 13-17 during this stretch in games decided by 3-runs or fewer (18-20 overall), but have won 5 of last 7 games 898 decided by 3-runs or less. Robinson Canó is 2 runs short of 900 in GETTING ON TRACK…Austin Jackson has hit safely in 8 of his last 9 games with 4 multi-hit contests, his Major League career. batting .378 (14x37) with 1 run, 3 doubles, 1 triple, 3 RBI, 1 walk and 1 stolen base…current stretch VS. THE RAYS has raised his season average from .231 to current mark of .270…in his career Jackson is batting .293 Tonight is game #6 of 7 between (126x430) with 71 runs scored, 21 doubles, 7 triples, 6 home runs and 43 RBI in 114 games in the month the Mariners and Rays this season of June (highest monthly average in his career). (3-2)…swept a 3-game series in St. Petersburg, May 25-27…Seattle won STREAKING…Logan Morrison has a season-high 12-game hitting streak (since May 24), batting .333 last year’s series 4-3, including a 1-2 (15x45) with 2 runs, 1 double and 4 walks…the streak is 3rd longest in his career and his longest since mark at Safeco Field…SEA has won 5 a career-best 13-game streak last year (July 29-Aug. 12). of last 7 games vs. the Rays. Year Home Road Totals 2015 0-2 3-0 3-2 DID YOU KNOW?…that reigning American League Gold Glove third baseman Kyle Seager has not 2014 1-2 3-1 4-3 made an error in 38 consecutive games (37 starts) at the hot corner?…since a rare 2-error game April 2013 2-1 1-2 3-3 25 vs.