Sunday, July 25, 2021 Game #100 (53-46) T-Mobile Park SEATTLE MARINERS (53-46) Vs
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Sunday, July 25, 2021 Game #100 (53-46) T-Mobile Park SEATTLE MARINERS (53-46) vs. OAKLAND ATHLETICS (56-44) Home #53 (31-21) TODAY’S GAME INFORMATION Starting Pitchers: LHP Marco Gonzales (2-5, 5.69) vs. LHP Cole Irvin (7-8, 3.42) First Pitch: 1:10 pm PT • Radio: 710 ESPN / Mariners.com • TV: ROOT SPORTS NW Day Date Opp. Time (PT) Mariners Pitcher Opposing Pitcher RADIO Monday July 26 vs. HOU 7:10 pm RHP Darren McCaughan (0-0, 1.80) vs. RHP Luis García (7-5, 2.86) 710 ESPN Tuesday July 27 vs. HOU 7:10 pm RHP Chris Flexen (9-4, 3.35) vs. RHP Lance McCullers Jr. (7-2, 3.04) 710 ESPN Wednesday July 28 vs. HOU 12:40 pm LHP Yusei Kikuchi (6-5, 3.95) vs. RHP Jake Odorizzi (3-5, 4.23) 710 ESPN All games televised on ROOT SPORTS with home games featuring Spanish Audio via TV SAP TODAY’S TILT…the Mariners continue a 7-game homestand with the last of 4 games vs. Oakland (2-1)... BEST RECORDS IN MLB begin a 3-game series vs. Houston tomorrow night before embarking on a 10-game road trip at Texas (3 SINCE JUNE 13 G, 7/30-8/1), Tampa Bay (3 G, 8/2-8/4) and New York-AL (4 G, 8/5-8/8) with off days before and after the Rk. Team Pct. Rec. trip...today’s game will be televised on ROOT SPORTS, as well as broadcast on 710 ESPN Seattle and 1. Houston .686 24-11 the Mariners Radio Network. 2. Seattle .667 22-11 T3. Boston .618 21-13 ODDS AND ENDS…the Mariners won last night’s game 5-4 in walk-off fashion...are 8-4 in their last 12 San Francisco .618 21-13 games, 19-10 over their last 29, 22-11 over their last 33 and 32-20 over their last 52...are 20-13 in day 5. Los Angeles-NL .611 22-14 games and 33-33 at night…are 31-21 at T-Mobile Park and 22-25 on the road...are 44-14 when scoring at least 4 runs and 9-32 when scoring 3 or fewer runs...are 38-3 when out-hitting their opponent. INSIDE THE NUMBERS • The Century Mark - The Mariners play their 100th game of the season today. • High Water Mark - The Mariners enter today’s game with a record of 53-46, matching their sea- 6 son-high water mark of 7 games over .500 (51-44 on July 20)...Seattle was last 8 games over .500 on Mitch Haniger is 1 of 6 MLB players with April 20, 2019 when they were 16-8. multiple extra-base hits in 10+ games • Series of Fortunate Events - The Mariners have won or split 10 of their last 11 series including the this season...he joins Shohei Ohtani-LAA current 4-game set vs. Oakland after last night’s victory clinched at least a series tie...are 7-1-2 in (14 G), J.D. Martinez-BOS (11), Marcus series in their last 10 coming into the current series. Semien-TOR (11), Ronald Acuña Jr.-ATL (10) and Cedric Mullins-BAL (10). • One on One - The Mariners are 22-8 (.733) in 1-run games this season, leading the Majors in 1-run winning percentage by a wide margin...Cincinnati has the 2nd-best winning percentage (.643, 18-10)... Seattle also owns the most 1-run wins (22), leading the New York Mets (19). 25 • I Wanna Play That Game Tonight - Seattle trailed 3-1 in last night’s eventual 5-4 win...earned their Mitch Haniger hit his 25th home run 22nd comeback win of the season. of the season last night, one shy of his • Pack the Park - T-Mobile Park drew a season-high 30,843 fans last night. career-high (26 HR in 2018)...recorded • Weekend Warriors - The Mariners are 40-22 (.645) between Thursday and Sunday this season, com- the 61st 25-homer season in Mariners pared to 13-24 (.351) between Monday and Wednesday. history. • Matinee - The Mariners are 20-13 (.606) in day games, the 3rd-best record in the American League. MITCH THE MAGNIFICENT...Mitch Haniger went 3-for-4 with 3 runs scored, 1 double, 2 home runs, 3 BEST 1-RUN RECORDS RBI and was at the plate when Jarred Kelenic scored the game-ending run on a wild pitch in the 9th... Rk. Team Winning % Haniger has reached base safely in 22 of his last 23 games since June 25...in that span, Mitch is batting 1. Seattle ...................... .733 (22-8) .333 (30x90) with 24 runs, 3 doubles, 9 home runs, 21 RBI, 8 walks and 4 hit-by-pitches...he’s also hit 2. Cincinnati ................. .643 (18-10) 3. Los Angeles-AL .......... .640 (16-9) safely in 13 of his last 14 games since July 6. 4. Boston ...................... .621 (18-11) • Multi-HR Mitch - Recorded his 5th career multi-homer game and 3rd this season...has accounted for 5. New York-AL ............ .615 (16-10) half of the Mariners 6 individual multi-homer performances this season...Mitch has homered twice in a game on 9/25/17 at OAK, 6/12/18 vs. LAA, 5/11/21 at LAD, 6/10/21 at DET and 7/24/21 vs. OAK. MARINERS 2-HR GAMES • Extra Note - 2nd Mariners player with 3+ XBH in a game this season (other: Jarred Kelenic, 5/14 vs. CLE). Player Game • AL Outfield Ranks - Mitch is batting .268 (99x370) with 69 runs, 18 doubles, 1 triple, 25 home runs, Kyle Seager ...................... 4/11 at MIN 62 RBI and 27 walks this season...among AL players with at least 60% of their games played in the Mitch Haniger .................. 5/11 at LAD outfield, Haniger ranks 1st in runs (69), 1st in home runs (25), T2nd in RBI (62), 2nd in extra-base hits Mitch Haniger .................. 6/10 at LAD (44), 2nd in total bases (194), 3rd in hits (99) and 3rd in slugging percentage (.524). Luis Torrens .................... 6/25 at CHW BULLPEN BULLIES…last night, 6 Mariners relievers (JT Chargois, Anthony Misiewicz, Casey Sadler, Taylor Trammell.............. 6/25 at CHW Drew Steckenrider, Paul Sewald and Kendall Graveman) combined for 6.1 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 1 BB and 6 Mitch Haniger ................7/24 vs. OAK SO...Seattle’s bullpen is 26-14 with 27 saves and a 4.03 ERA (171 ER, 381.2 IP) with 334 hits allowed, MOST PITCHES PER 136 walks and 389 strikeouts this season...FanGraphs pegs Mariners relievers as the 2nd-most valuable by Wins Above Replacement (4.8) this season, trailing only Tampa Bay (5.2)...the bullpen’s 3.54 Fielding PLATE APPEARANCE Independent Pitching also ranks 2nd in the Majors to Tampa Bay (3.41). Rk. Batting Team P/PA • Sadler (H, 1.0 IP, 2 SO) made his first appearance since April 30...he was returned from Major League 1. New York-AL ........................ 4.09 2. Detroit ................................... 4.01 rehab assignment and reinstated from the 60-day Injured List on July 23. T3. Seattle ................................. 4.00 • Sewald (1.0 IP, 2 SO) reclaimed the Major League lead in strikeouts-per-9 innings (15.73) among pitch- San Francisco ...................... 4.00 ers with at least 30.0 IP...leads Aroldis Chapman-NYY (15.58) and Craig Kimbrel-CHC (15.54). 5. Chicago-AL .......................... 3.98 • Graveman (W, 1.0 IP, 1 SO) leads the American League with a 0.69 WHIP and a .140 (15x107) oppo- nent batting average among pitchers with at least 30.0 IP. MOST CLUTCH TEAMS TYPICAL TY...Ty France went 1-for-4 with a run batted in last night...is batting .406 (13x32) with 5 runs, FanGraphs measures how well a team 2 doubles, 1 home run, 7 RBI and 2 hit-by-pitches in his last 8 games...in 52 games since returning from performs in high-leverage situations us- the Injured List on May 24, the Mariners are 32-20 (.615) and Ty is batting .308 (60x195) with 23 runs, 13 ing the “Clutch” metric: doubles, 6 home runs, 30 RBI, 11 walks and 10 hit-by-pitches in that span...he’s batting .346 (28x81) with Rk. Team Clutch 8 doubles, 3 home runs and 36 RBI with runners in scoring position this season. 1. Seattle ...................................6.51 LONG DIVISION…the Mariners play the 4th of 10 consecutive games against the American League West 2. Philadelphia............................3.45 3. Boston ....................................3.24 Division, their 3rd-longest intra-divisional streak this season...Seattle is 23-16 (.590) in 39 games against 4. Kansas City ............................1.98 the AL West this season and 30-30 in 60 games outside the division...Seattle went 9-5 during a season- 5. Cleveland ...............................1.73 high 14-game stretch against divisional opponents from May 24-June 6...the Mariners play their final 13 games of the regular season within the division. BEST BULLPENS WILD WILD LIFE…the Mariners won 5-4 on a walk-off wild pitch in the bottom of the 9th last night...it was The Mariners have the 2nd-best bullpen Seattle’s 8th walk-off win of the season...Jarred Kelenic scored after reaching base via his second walk in MLB by WAR (FanGraphs): of the game...the walk-off wild pitch came one night after Oakland’s 5 wild pitches on Friday set a new Rk. Team WAR Mariners franchise record for most wild pitches thrown against them in a game.