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Tuesday, March 21, 2017 Game #25 (15-9) Peoria Stadium SEATTLE MARINERS (15-9) vs. OAKLAND ATHLETICS (11-10) Home #12 (7-4) TONIGHT’S GAME INFORMATION Starting Pitchers: RH Chris Heston (1-0, 2.89) vs. RH Jharel Cotton (1-0, 3.68) 7:10 pm • Radio: 710 ESPN Seattle • TV: ROOT SPORTS Northwest TONIGHT’S TILT…Mariners continue their 41st spring training with a Cactus League match-up SPRING RECORD tonight against the Oakland Athletics at Peoria Stadium…tonight’s game is the 25th of a 36-game Overall Record ................................15-9 Cactus League schedule for the Mariners that concludes April 1 vs. Colorado Rockies at Salt River PEORIA STADIUM ............................8-4 Fields…the Mariners will open the 2017 season April 3 at Minute Maid Park vs. Houston Astros. Home Record ................................... 7-4 Road Record .................................... 8-5 UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS (subject to change)… Current Streak ....................................L1 TUESDAY Mariners vs. Oakland 7:10 pm ROOT#/710 ESPN Seattle# THE COUNTDOWN OAK — Cotton, Castro, Coulombe*, Hendriks SEA — Heston, Scribner, Altavilla, Kiekhefer*, Aro 13 days to Opening Day, 4/3 at HOU WEDNESDAY Mariners vs. Los Angeles-AL 1:10 pm ROOT#/710 ESPN Seattle+ UPCOMING SCHEDULE LAA — Petit, Morin, Yates, Guerra March 21 ..................................vs. OAK SEA — Martin, Vincent, Pazos*, Rzepczynski*, Machi March 22 ...................................vs. LAA March 23 ....................................... at SF THURSDAY Mariners at San Francisco 6:05 pm 710 ESPN Seattle# March 24 ..................vs. KC (1:10 p.m.) SEA — Hernandez ...................................at LAA (5:10 p.m.) SF — TBA Bold - Peoria Stadium * left-handed pitcher #live + delayed BY THE NUMBERS GUESS WHO JUST GOT BACK TODAY…Felix Hernandez, Robinson Canó, Nelson Cruz and Jean Segura have returned to the Mariners Major League Spring Training Camp…Cano, Cruz and Segura are all in the starting lineup tonight…Felix is slated to start Thursday at San Francisco .301 (6:05 p.m. fi rst pitch)…Team Venezuela (Hernandez) went 2-5 in WBC play while Team Dominican The Mariners rank 2nd in the Ma- Republic (Cano, Cruz & Segura) went 4-2…Hernandez went 0-1 with a 1.17 ERA (1 ER, 7.2 IP) with jors in batting this spring with a mark of .301 (260x863)…join the Brewers 6 strikeouts and 2 walks in 2 starts…Canó hit .300 (6x20) with 4 runs, 1 double, 1 home run and 3 (.306/255x833) as the only clubs this RBI in 6 WBC games…Cruz also hit .300 (6x20) with 4 runs, 2 doubles, 3 home runs and 5 RBI in 6 spring to have a team batting average games…Segura batted .364 (4x11) with 2 runs, 2 doubles and 3 RBI in 2 games. above .300. BUENOS DÍAZ…in four World Baseball Classic appearances for Team Puerto Rico, Edwin Díaz is 1-0 with 2 saves and a 3.38 ERA (2 ER, 5.1 IP) with 9 strikeouts and 4 walks…Díaz has struck out 2 2 or more batters in each of his last three appearances (3/14-c), including 3 apiece in both of his last The Mariners organization has just two two outings (3/17 vs. USA & 3/20 vs. NED)...Team Puerto Rico will play in the WBC Championship remaining players in the World Baseball on Wednesday night at 6:00 p.m. at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles against the winner of tonight’s Classic, both on team Puerto Rico: Re- lievers Edwin Diaz and Emilio Pagan. USA-Japan match-up (6:00 p.m. fi rst pitch). DON’T WALK…the Mariners pitching staff has combined to not walk a batter in each of the last two games (3/18 vs. SF & 3/19 at TEX)…marks the 5th time this spring, the club has not issued a free 3 pass (also: 2/25 at SD, 2/26 vs. SD & 3/5 at LAD) and 2nd time to not walk a batter in consecutive Nelson Cruz’s 3 home runs in the games…in 24 Cactus League games this spring, the Mariners pitching staff has issued 56 walks, WBC rank T2nd in this year’s tourney (also: J. Andreoli-ITA, C. Correa-PR, A. fewest in the Majors. Despaigne-CUB, S. Nakata-JPN and Y. NO MINOR THING…Drew Smyly allowed 6 runs (4 earned runs) on 7 hits while walking 2 and Tsutsugoh-JPN)…trails only W. Balen- tien-NED (4). striking out 3 over 4.0 innings pitched in a ‘B’ game vs. the San Diego Padres AAA team today… James Paxton struck out 8 and walked 2 while allowing 2 runs on 3 hits in 4.2 innings of work in a ‘B’ game vs. the Chicago White Sox advanced-A squad on Sunday…Paxton fanned 4 of the last 6 9.33 batters he faced, including 3 in a row in a 1-2-3 5th inning…RHP Yovani Gallardo will also appear Over the last three games (3/17 at LAD- in a minor league game tomorrow vs. the Kansas City Royals advanced-A team). c), the Mariners have posted a 9.33 strikeout-to-walk ratio (28 K, 3 BB)… VS. THE ATHLETICS…the Mariners and Athletics meet in the fi nal of two match-ups this spring … overall this spring, the club has a K/BB Seattle lost the fi rst meeting between the two clubs this spring, 5-4 on March 5 in Peoria…Seattle ratio of 3.18 (178 K, 56 BB). went 12-7 against Oakland in 2016…the Mariners and Athletics are scheduled to face each other 19 times in 2017 (10 games at Safeco Field, 9 games at the Oakland Coliseum), including a 4-game set April 20-23 in Oakland…Seattle trails the all-time regular season series 270-334. 94 HAMMERIN’ HANIGER…Mitch Haniger has hit safely in each of his last 4 games (3/14-c), batting Seattle ranks 3rd in MLB with 94 extra- base hits (62 2B, 9 3B, 23 HR), trailing .400 (6x15) with 1 run, 2 doubles, 1 triple and 2 RBI during that span…overall, he is batting .404 Cleveland (106) and Milwaukee (99). (19x47) with 5 runs, 6 doubles, 1 triple, 2 home runs, 8 RBI and a .462 OBP in 15 games this spring. THE ROSTER GETTING OFFENSIVE…among Major League leaders this spring, the Mariners rank 2nd in hits The spring roster is currently at 45 (260), batting (.301), on-base percentage (.375), doubles (62), stolen bases (32) and OPS (.849)… players (35 roster, 10 non-roster)… the club also ranks T2nd in walks (98), 3rd in runs (154), RBI (141) and extra-base hits (94), 5th in the camp breakdown by position slugging (.474), T5th in triples (9) and T19th in home runs (23). is the following: 25 pitchers (6 non- roster), 5 catchers (2 non-roster), OFF TO THE RACES…the Mariners have recorded 32 stolen bases this spring, 2nd-most in the 9 infi elders (2 non-roster) and 6 Majors, behind the Los Angeles Angels (36)…Seattle has only been caught stealing 4 times this outfi elders (0 non-roster). spring for a stolen base percentage of 88.9% (32x36)…15 different Mariners have tallied a steal ON THE AIR this spring, including 5 by Jarrod Dyson and Taylor Motter and 4 each from Ian Miller and Shawn Tonight’s game vs. the Athletics O’Malley…Dyson and Motter rank T5th in the Majors in steals this spring. will be broadcast live on 710 ESPN CONTROL THE ZONE…Mariners pitchers have issued only 56 walks this spring, fewest in Majors… Seattle and televised live in HD on the pitching staff is averaging 2.41 walks/9.0 innings (56 BB, 209.0 IP) and 7.67 strikeouts/9.0 innings ROOT SPORTS Northwest…Rick Rizzs and Aaron Goldsmith will (178 K, 209.0 IP)…Mariners hitters have drawn 98 walks, ranking T2nd in MLB (also: Philadelphia), broadcast the game on the radio… trailing only Milwaukee (108). Dave Sims and Mike Blowers will call the game on TV…Ryan HEY BRAD, AS YOU KNOW…the Mariners have not walked a batter in back-to-back games Rowland-Smith will also join each (3/18 vs. SF & 3/19 at TEX)…AND AS YOU MAY KNOW…the Mariners have not issued a walk of the broadcasts tonight…complete in consecutive games on 27 occasions in the regular season in club history (last: 8/12-13/16)… spring training day-by-day with TV and radio listings is listed on Page 2 BUT DID YOU KNOW?…that the club has never recorded 0 walks as a pitching staff in three of these game notes. consecutive regular season games in club history? 2017 SPRING TRAINING GAME NOTES • MARCH 21, 2017 • VS. OAKLAND ATHLETICS #32 — CHRIS HESTON (RHP) YEAR TEAM W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB SO 2016 SAN FRANCISCO 1-1 10.80 4 0 0 0 5.0 9 6 6 0 6 3 Sacramento # 2-9 4.54 15 14 0 0 81.1 82 42 41 8 32 53 AZL Giants # 0-0 0.00 2 2 0 0 6.2 7 0 0 0 2 7 San Jose # 0-0 6.23 1 1 0 0 4.1 5 3 3 0 3 1 2017 SPRING 1-0 2.89 4 3 0 0 9.1 7 3 3 2 3 3 MiLB Totals 48-54 3.64 151 145 5 2 857.1 834 405 347 56 257 707 MLB Totals 13-12 4.16 38 32 2 1 188.0 184 91 87 16 73 148 2017 Spring Training - 1-0, 2.89 ERA (3 ER, 9.1 IP) in 4 G/3 GS...allowed only 1 H & 1 K in 2.0 ShO IP in Cactus League debut on 2/26 vs.