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Monday, August 6, 2018 Game #113 (64-48) Safeco Field SEATTLE MARINERS (64-48) at TEXAS RANGERS (49-64) Road #53 (28-24) TONIGHT’S GAME INFORMATION Starting Pitchers: LHP Wade LeBlanc (6-2, 3.95) vs. LHP Martin Pérez (2-4, 6.50) 5:05 pm PT / 7:05 pm CT • Radio: 710 ESPN / Mariners.com • TV: ROOT SPORTS Day Date Opp. Time (PT) Mariners Pitcher Opposing Pitcher RADIO Tuesday Aug. 7 at TEX 5:05 pm RH Félix Hernández (8-9, 5.49) vs. RH Bartolo Colon (5-10, 5.18) 710 ESPN Wednesday Aug. 8* at TEX 11:05 am LH Marco Gonzales (12-6, 3.46) vs. RH Yovani Gallardo (6-1, 6.51) 710 ESPN All games televised on ROOT SPORTS with home games featuring Spanish Audio via TV SAP * Wednesday's game will be televised exclusively on Facebook Watch, as selected by MLB TONIGHT'S TILT…the Mariners begin a 2-state, 3-city, 10-day, 10-game road trip with the first of 3 games SCOREBOARD WATCHING at Texas…will also travel to Houston (4 G) and Oakland (3 G)…went 2-5 on a recently-concluded 2-team, The Mariners enter play today 6.5 7-day, 7-game homestand vs. Houston (1-2) and Toronto (1-3)…tonight's game will be televised on ROOT games behind the Astros for the lead in the AL West Division and 2.5 games SPORTS NW and broadcast live on 710 ESPN Seattle and the Mariners Radio Network. behind Oakland for the final AL Wild ODDS AND ENDS…the Mariners are 9-17 (7/4-current) since winning a season-high 8 straight games Card spot: (6/25-7/3)…the Mariners have won 24 of their last 48 games, 31 of their last 57, 35 of their last 63, 40 of TEAM W-L Pct. GB their last 69 and 42 of their last 73…Seattle is 51-36 in its last 87 games, 56-39 over its last 95 games and Houston 71-42 .628 - - - Oakland 67-46 .593 -4.0 61-43 in its last 104 games…Seattle is 21-18 during the day and 43-30 at night…Seattle is 36-24 at Safeco Seattle 64-48 .571 -6.5 Field, 28-24 on the road. Los Angeles 55-58 .487 -16.0 Texas 49-64 .434 -22.0 • Whiff - Edwin Díaz has struck out his first batter faced 25 times this season, tied with Adam TEAM W-L Pct. GB Ottavino-COL for the Major League lead…Díaz has struck out his first batter in 46.3% (25x54) of his ap- New York 68-42 .618 +2.5 pearances this season. Oakland 67-46 .593 - - - • As Easy as 1-2-3 - Edwin Díaz retired the Blue Jays in order in the 9th inning yesterday for his 41st save Seattle 64-48 .571 -2.5 of the season…in 25 of his 41 saves, he has faced the minimum 3 batters in an outing of exactly 1.0 inning, Tampa Bay 56-56 .500 -10.5 Los Angeles 55-58 .487 -12.0 the most such saves in the Majors…Craig Kimbrel-BOS is 2nd with 17 saves of 1.0 inning and 3 batters faced. AL HOME RUN LEADERS • First Things First - Dee Gordon is batting .355 (33x93) with 21 runs scored, 3 doubles, 1 triple, 1 walk Rk. Player HR and 2 HBP when leading off a game this season…his 33 hits to lead off a game are the most in the Majors. 1. J.D. Martinez-BOS ............................33 • Close Games - the Mariners are 41-17 (.707) this season in games decided by 1 or 2 runs, the highest José Ramírez-CLE ............................33 winning percentage in the Majors…the Mariners are 27-14 (.659) in 1-run games (most 1-run wins in MLB) 3. Khris Davis-OAK ...............................31 and 14-3 (.824) in games decided by exactly 2 runs (best 2-run winning percentage in MLB). 4. Mike Trout-LAA .................................30 5. Nelson Cruz-SEA ............................29 • Four Score - the Mariners are 45-13 when scoring 4-or-more runs, but are 19-35 when scoring 3-or-fewer runs. Joey Gallo-TEX .................................29 • Get Through 8 - the Mariners are 1 of 2 Major League clubs with a 1.000 winning percentage (57-0) when leading after 8 innings this season, joining Oakland (54-0). AL RBI LEADERS • Bullpen Bullies - Edwin Díaz has not allowed an earned run over his last 15.0 innings spanning 14 ap- Rk. Player RBI pearances (6/25-c), while Alex Colomé has an active 13.2 scoreless innings streak over 14 games (6/30-c). 1. J.D. Martinez-BOS ............................93 2. Khris Davis-OAK ...............................86 WE MEET AGAIN…four active Mariners are batting at least .300 in their career vs. Rangers starter Martin 3. José Ramírez-CLE ............................82 Pérez: Guillermo Heredia (.444/8x18, 2 2B, RBI), Mitch Haniger (.400/6x15,, 2 2B, RBI), Kyle Seager 4. Edwin Encarnacion-CLE ...................76 5. Nelson Cruz-SEA ............................71 (.348/16x46, 2B, 4 HR, 7 RBI) and Nelson Cruz (.320/8x25, 2B, 3 HR, 5 RBI)…Seager's 16 hits are the Alex Bregman-HOU ..........................71 most of any player against Pérez…Seager (4) also leads all players in home runs vs. Pérez, followed by 7. Mitch Haniger-SEA .........................69 Cruz (3) and 10 players with 2 homers, including Mike Zunino…among all players with at least 15 plate appearances vs. Pérez, Heredia's .444 average ranks T3rd (also: Yunel Escobar), while Haniger's .400 INSIDE THE NUMBERS average is T6th (also: Chris Carter and Jed Lowrie)…Seager's .348 average is 3rd-best among players with at least 25 plate appearances vs. Pérez, trailing only Lowrie (.400/12x30) and Khris Davis (.381/8x21). 1.83 HOMER HAPPY…this series features the top-2 home run leaders in the Majors since July 27…during that Wade LeBlanc is averaging 1.83 walks- span, Nelson Cruz leads all of baseball with 7 home runs, while the Rangers Rougned Odor is 2nd with 6; per-9.0-innings (19 BB, 93.1 IP) as a Javier Báez-CHC and Aledmys Diaz-TOR each have 5 homers over that span…since July 27, Cruz leads starter, 6th-lowest among AL starters. the Majors with 14 RBI, followed by Báez (12) and Odor (12). GLOBE TROTTER…in 65 career games at Globe Life Park in Arlington, Kyle Seager is batting .306 (79x258) with 48 runs, 23 doubles, 12 home runs, 48 RBI, 22 walks, a .370 on-base percentage and a .535 4.67 slugging percentage (.905 OPS)…Seager has hit safely in 20 of his last 28 games in Globe Life (8/17/15- The Mariners are averaging 4.67 runs- per-game (243 R, 52 G) on the road, c)…he has homered in 3 of his last 7 games at Globe Life…overall, Seager has 20 multi-hit games and 15 which ranks 5th-best in the American multi-RBI games at Globe Life…his 15 multi-RBI games are T4th-most by a visiting player in the 25-year League and 10th-best in the Majors. history of the ballpark (also: Miguel Tejada and Paul Konerko), trailing Garret Anderson (21), Tim Salmon (20) and Torii Hunter (16). STREAKING…Alex Colomé has an active season-high 13.2 scoreless innings streak…during this stretch, 19 dating back to June 30, he is 1-0 with 10 holds in 14 relief appearances…he has limited opponents to a Alex Colomé and Juan Nicasio each .200 (10x50) average, while walking 5 and striking out 16…his 13.2 scoreless innings streak is the 6th- have 19 holds, tied for 4th-most in the American League…trail only Matt longest active streak in the Majors, while also ranking the 5th-longest by a Mariners pitcher this season... Barnes-BOS (23), Jose Alvarado-TB his active scoreless inning streak is the 3rd-longest in his career, trailing only a 21.2 innings streak (16 G, (20) and Chaz Roe-TB (20). 8/4-9/5/15) and a 21.0 innings streak (19 G, 5/4-6/15/16). SO FAR, SO GOOD THE EDWIN DÍAZ FILE…Edwin Díaz recorded his Major League-leading 41st save of the season The Mariners are 64-48 (.571), their 5th- yesterday…he is 1 of 4 pitchers in single-season club history to notch at least 40 saves, joining Fernando best record through the first 112 games Rodney (48, 2014), Kazuhiro Sasaki (45, 2001) and J.J. Putz (40, 2007)…Díaz has 89 strikeouts this season, of a season in club history: equaling his single-season career-high; he had 89 strikeouts last season after recording 88 punchouts in Rk. Season WIN PCT 1. 2001 ................................. .723 (81-31) his rookie campaign of 2016 (appeared in 49 games after being called up to the Majors in June)…Díaz joins 2. 2002 ................................. .616 (69-43) Dick Radatz (1962-64 w/BOS) as the only primary relievers in Major League history to record at least 88 2003 ................................. .616 (69-43) strikeouts in each of their first 3 seasons. 4. 2000 ................................. .589 (66-46) 5. 2018 ................................. .571 (64-48) WHAT A RELIEF…the Mariners lead the Major Leagues in saves (43) and rank T1st in holds (79)…since 1973, only 6 clubs have led the Majors in saves and holds in the same season, most recently the 1992 VS. TEXAS Oakland Athletics…Edwin Díaz leads the Majors with 41 saves, while Alex Colomé and Juan Nicasio are The Mariners and Rangers meet for the T9th in MLB with 19 holds each (also: Amir Garrett-CIN).