04-03-2011 Mariners Notes
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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, April 3, 2011 SEATTLE MARINERS (2-0) at OAKLAND ATHLETICS (0-2) Game #3 (2-0) Oakland Coliseum RH Doug Fister (6-14, 4.11 in ‘10) vs. LH Gio Gonzalez (15-9, 3.23 in ‘10) Road #3 (2-0) UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS…all times PDT… Day Opp. Time Mariners Pitcher Opposing Pitcher TV MON, April 4 @TEX 5:05 pm LH Erik Bedard (DNP in 2010) at RH Alexi Ogando (4-1, 1.30 in 2010) ROOT TUE, April 5 @TEX 5:05 pm RH Michael Pineda (MLB Debut) at LH Derek Holland (3-4, 4.08 in 2010)) ROOT WED, April 6 @TEX 11:05 am RH Felix Hernandez (1-0, 2.00) at LH C.J. Wilson (0-0, 3.18) ROOT All games broadcast on 710 ESPN Seattle & the Mariners Radio Network NICE START TODAY’S TILT…the Mariners continue their 35th season-opening roadtrip at the Oakland A’s… The Mariners are 2-0, the seventh time tonight is game #3 (2-0) of a 3-game series against the A’s and a 6-game road trip to open the in club history to start 2-0 (also: 1979, season (also 3 games at Texas)…today’s game will be televised in the Northwest on ROOT SPORTS 1983, 1985, 1995, 1996 and 2007)... in high defi nition and broadcast on 710 ESPN Seattle and the Mariners Radio Network. started 3-0 in 1985 and 1995. ICHIRO SETS MARINERS SEATTLE VS. ATHLETICS…today is the third (2-0) of 19 games between the Mariners and A’s in HITS RECORD 2011…the A’s make their fi rst trip to Safeco Field for a 4-game set April 21-24…the Mariners went Ichiro went 2-for-5 with the GWRBI 6-13 against the A’s last season, including 2-7 at Oakland Coliseum...have won 2 straight after a April 2 at Oakland to set the all- 5G losing streak vs. A’s…Seattle is 45-33 vs. Oakland since 2007…Mariners trail the all-time series time Mariners hits record, passing Edgar Martinez for the top spot in 209-283, including a 90-158 mark in Oakland (dropped 7 of last 10 and 9 of last 13 in OAK)... the Mariners record books. SWEEPS...the Mariners last swept Oakland in a 3-game series Sept. 29-Oct. 1, 2009 in Seattle... Mariners All-Time Hits: have not had a 3-game sweep here since Sept. 17-19, 2007. 1. Ichiro 2,248 TOUGH NIGHT FOR EDGAR…in addition to losing the club record for hits to Ichiro last night, 2. Edgar Martinez 2,247 Edgar Martinez was also passed on the all-time RBI list as a DH...David Ortiz notched 3 RBI at 3. Ken Griffey Jr. 1,843 4. Jay Buhner 1,255 Texas, giving him 1,004 RBI as a DH in his career; that’s now the most all-time, surpassing Edgar’s 5. Alvin Davis 1,163 total of 1,003 (STATS, Inc). Ichiro’s Milestone Hits: MULTI MADNESS…Ichiro has collected 2 hits in each of the fi rst two games...he has 693 multi-hit #1 - 4/2/01 vs. OAK (1B) games in his career, easily the most since he joined MLB in 2001 (Derek Jeter is second at 567). #100 - 6/12/01 @COL (1B) #500 - 5/16/03 @DET (1B) LITTLE OF EVERYTHING…eight different Mariners players had a hit last night, and a ninth collected #1000 - 6/14/05 vs. PHI (1B) an RBI...on Opening Night, fi ve different players had hits, and an additional two had an RBI. #1500 - 7/29/07 vs. OAK (1B) #2000 - 9/6/09 @OAK (2B) SMOAK IS STREAKING…dating back to 2010, Justin Smoak has hit in a career-high 12 straight #2248 - 4/2/11 @OAK (1B) games (10 straight to end 2010, and fi rst 2 games this year)…he is one of just three Major Leaguers THE ROSTER with current double-digit hitting streaks (Mark Ellis - 15 G, Mike Stanton - 12 G)…Smoak ended The Mariners 25-man Opening Day his rookie season in 2010 with hits in 10 consecutive games, batting .441 (15x34) with 3 doubles, roster includes 12 pitchers, 2 3 home runs and 9 RBI (.537 OBP, .794 SLG)…marks the 11th time a Mariner has entered a catchers, 6 infi elders, 4 outfi elders and 1 designated hitter…Seattle also season with a double-digit hitting streak. opens the season with 3 players on WE PLAY (NEARLY) EVERYDAY…the Mariners open the 2011 season with 23 games in the fi rst the 15-day disabled list (Aardsma, Gutierrez, Mangini) and 2 players 24 days of April...Seattle opens with 6 games in 6 days on the road (OAK & TEX April 1-6), has an on the 60-day DL (Kelley, Robles)… off day April 7 then plays 17 straight days April 8-24. the youngest player on the roster is RHP Michael Pineda (1/18/89) at 22 THE NEW SKIPPER…Friday was game #1 for new Mariners manager Eric Wedge…Wedge is the years, 2 months+…the oldest is OF 17th Manager in Mariners history, 15th full-time skipper…Seattle managers are now 11-7 in their Ichiro Suzuki (10/22/73) at 37 years, fi rst game as skipper of the club: Rene Lachemann, Del Crandall, Chuck Cottier, Dick Williams, 5 months+. Jim Snyder (interim), Lou Piniella, Mike Hargrove, Jim Riggleman, Don Wakamatsu, Daren Brown FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING (interim) and Wedge all won their debuts, while Darrell Johnson, Maury Wills, Marty Martinez 1B Justin Smoak, OF Michael (interim), Jim Lefebvre, Bill Plummer, Bob Melvin and John McLaren took losses…the 7 managers Saunders, INF Matt Mangini (DL) and RHPs Michael Pineda, Josh Lueke, with prior big league experience (Hargrove, Crandall, Williams, Piniella, Riggleman, Johnson and David Pauley and Tom Wilhelmsen Wedge) are 6-1: are on an Opening Day roster for the Debut Debut fi rst time in their careers…Pineda, Seattle Manager Game Opp. Result Seattle Manager Game Opp. Result Lueke and Wilhelmsen have never Darrell Johnson 4/6/77 vs. CAL L, 0-7 Bill Plummer^ 4/6/92 vs. TEX L, 10-12 appeared in a Major League game. Maury Wills^ 8/4/80 @ CAL L, 3-8 Lou Piniella 4/6/93 vs. TOR W, 8-1 Rene Lachemann^ 5/6/81 vs. MIL W, 12-1 Bob Melvin^ 4/1/03 @OAK L, 0-5 OPENING DAY IN SEATTLE Del Crandall 6/25/83 vs. TOR W, 5-2 Mike Hargrove 4/4/05 vs. MIN W, 5-1 The Mariners will play their home opener Chuck Cottier^ 9/1/84 vs. BAL W, 10-9 John McLaren^ 7/2/07 @KC L, 2-3 (11) a week from today, Friday, April 8, Marty Martinez^ 5/8/86 vs. BOS L, 4-2 Jim Riggleman 6/20/08 @ATL W, 10-2 hosting the Cleveland Indians… Dick Williams 5/9/86 vs. TOR W, 13-3 Don Wakamatsu^ 4/6/09 @MIN W, 6-1 Seattle is 21-13 all-time in the fi rst Jim Snyder^ 6/6/88 vs. MIL W, 2-0 Daren Brown^ 8/9/10 vs. OAK W, 3-1 home game of the season, including Jim Lefebvre^ 4/3/89 @ OAK L, 2-3 Eric Wedge 4/1/11 @OAK W, 6-2 going 6-3 in home openers after ^ = M.L. Managerial Debut starting the season on the road…will … made his 4th career Opening Day start for Seattle (also 2007 mark just the 2nd time to open the FOR STARTERS Felix Hernandez home schedule against the Indians vs. A’s, 2009 vs. Twins, 2010 at A’s)…Felix joins Randy Johnson (6 - 1992,1993,1994,1995,1996, (also 1998). 1998) and Jamie Moyer (4 - 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006) as the only pitchers in franchise history to TICKET INFORMATION make 4 or more Opening Day starts…Felix’s three career Opening Day wins are the most in Mariners Single game tickets for the 2011 Seattle history…in his 4 OD starts, Felix is 3-0 with a 1.71 ERA (6 ER, 31.2 IP) and 27 strikeouts. Mariners season are on sale NOW… tickets are available without a service ON THE AIR…the Mariners will use a rotation of fourth announces this season, all former partners charge at the Safeco Field Box Offi ce and at Seattle Mariners Team Stores… of HOF announcer Dave Niehas...Rick Rizzs, Dave Sims and Mike Blowers will work all the Opening Day tickets are still available games, while Ron Fairly, Ken Levine, Ken Wilson, Dave Valle, Dave Henderson, Jay Buhner and and good seats tickets remain for Dan Wilson will mix in...Ron Fairly is working the fi rst six games of the season (OAK and TEX) and every Mariners home game, including Felix Hernandez’ scheduled home will be in Seattle for Opening Night when the club honors Niehaus...Dave Valle will join Rizzs in the debut April 11 vs. Toronto…for more radio booth for the fi rst home series of the year. information visit: www.mariners.com/tickets AS YOU KNOW…Ichiro had two infi eld hits last night to set the Mariners club record with his 2,248 hits; he surpassed Edgar Martinez (2,247)…DID YOU KNOW?…that Ichiro has 519 infi eld hits (including 3 this season) amongst his 2,248 hits; that’s just over 23%...Edgar Martinez had 140 hits in his 18-year career; that is just 6.2% of his career hit total.