Tuesday, April 27, 2021 Game #24 (13-10) Minute Maid Park SEATTLE MARINERS (13-10) at HOUSTON ASTROS (11-11) Road #12 (7-5) TONIGHT’S GAME INFORMATION Starting Pitchers: LHP Marco Gonzales (1-2, 6.04) vs. RHP Cristian Javier (2-0, 1.32) First Pitch: 7:10 pm CT/5:10 pm PT • Radio: 710 ESPN / Mariners.com • TV: ROOT SPORTS NW Day Date Opp. Time (PT) Mariners Pitcher Opposing Pitcher RADIO Wednesday April 28 at HOU 5:10 pm RHP Justin Dunn (1-0, 3.68) at RHP Zack Greinke (2-1, 2.76) 710 ESPN Thursday April 29 at HOU 11:10 am LHP Yusei Kikuchi (0-1, 5.70) at TBA 710 ESPN All games televised on ROOT SPORTS with home games featuring Spanish Audio via TV SAP TONIGHT’S TILT…the Mariners continue the current 8-game road trip (2-3) with the second of 4 games INSIDE THE NUMBERS against the Houston Astros (0-1)...opened the road trip with a 4-game series at Boston (2-2)...following Thursday’s series finale at Houston, will return home to Seattle for a 6-game homestand vs. Los Angeles- 1.1 AL (3 G) and Baltimore (3 G)...went 3-2 on the recent homestand against Houston (2-1) and Los Angeles- Ty France ranks 7th in the American NL (1-1)...went 5-2 on the first road trip of the season at Minnesota (2-1) and Baltimore (3-1)...today’s League with 1.1 fWAR this season, game will be televised on ROOT Sports NW, as well as broadcast on 710 ESPN Seattle and the Mariners trailing only Mike Trout (1.8), Byron Radio Network. Buxton (1.7), J.D. Martinez (1.4), ODDS AND ENDS…have lost back-to-back games for only the 2nd time this season (also: April 5 & 6 vs. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (1.3), Cedric CWS)...have won 7 of their last 12 games, 11 of their last 16 games and 12 of their last 18 games...are Mullins II (1.3) and Yuli Gurriel (1.2). 4-1-2 in series this season...are 7-3 in day games and 6-7 at night…are 6-5 at T-Mobile Park and 7-5 on the road...are 12-3 when scoring at least 4 runs and 1-7 when scoring 3 or fewer. 4 • Stop it at Two - The Mariners will look to avoid losing 3 straight games for the first time this season... J.P Crawford has tallied 4 Defensive are one of 5 teams without a 3-game losing streak so far in the 2021 season (also: Los Angeles-NL, Runs Saved (DRS) this season, tied for San Francisco, Kansas City and Chicago-AL). the most by any infielder (also: Isiah • HR on Aisle Kyle - Kyle Lewis and Kyle Seager accounted for the Mariners 2 runs in last night’s Kiner-Falefa-TEX & David Fletcher-LAA). game with a pair of solo home runs...marks the 6th time the Kyle’s have homered in the same game (also: 9/10/19 vs. CIN, 7/24/20 at HOU, 8/10 at TEX, 8/17 at LAD and 9/6/20 vs. TEX). • Multi-Hit Madness - The Mariners are one of seven teams in the AL with at least 3 players with 6+ 36 multi-hit games this season...Kyle Seager and Ty France are tied for the club lead with 7 multi-hit Kyle Seager’s 36 hard-hit balls (exit games, while Mitch Haniger has 6. velocities of at least 95 mph) are • Take it Away - The Mariners are 7-5 (.583) on the road this season, T5th-best away record in the AL most in the American League...Mitch this season (also: Tampa Bay), trailing only Boston (6-1/.857), Oakland (7-2/.778), Kansas City (6- Haniger ranks T6th with 31 such 2/.750) and Baltimore (7-4/.636)...Seattle’s 12 games on the road this season ranks T3rd-most in the batted balls (also: 3 others). AL, trailing only Toronto (15) and Texas (13). AL fWAR PITCHING LEADERS • Take it to the Grave - Dating back to Sept. 19, 2020, Kendall Graveman has made 11 consecutive appearances without allowing a run, spanning 14.0 IP...during that stretch, he has allowed only 3 hits (2018 - CURRENT) (all singles) and 4 walks with 12 strikeouts. Rk. Player fWAR • No Runs for You - 5 Mariners relievers currently hold active scoreless innings streaks of 4.0 innings 1. Gerrit Cole 16.6 or more: Kendall Graveman (8.2 IP), Anthony Misiewicz (6.1 IP), Keynan Middleton (5.0 IP), Rafael 2. Justin Verlander 12.8 Montero (4.0 IP) and Ljay Newsome (4.0 IP). 3. Shane Bieber 12.3 4. Lance Lynn 11.8 • Taxi Squad - LHP Aaron Fletcher, C José Godoy, RHP Domingo Tapia and IF Donovan Walton are 5. Chris Sale 9.8 on the Mariners taxi squad for the current 8-game road trip. 6. Charlie Morton 9.8 EXTRA-EXTRA...the Mariners have tallied 65 extra-base hits this season, good for 41.4% of their total hits 7. Jose Berrios 9.4 (157)...only 4 clubs have had a larger portion of their hits go for extra bases this season: Atlanta (44.1%), 8. Marco Gonzales 9.0 Chicago-NL (42.9%), Cleveland (42.3%) and San Francisco (42.1%)...the current pace of 41.4% XBH 9. Mike Clevinger 8.7 would be the highest rate in club history, ahead of the 2019 Mariners (39.9%), 1997 Mariners (37.9%) and 10. Trevor Bauer 8.4 1988 Mariners (37.5%). AL RBI LEADERS LET’S GO STREAKING...Ty France has an active 5-game hitting streak (4/22-c), batting .381 (8x21) with 4 runs, 8 doubles, 3 RBI and 2 walks during that span...with a hit today, would tie his career-high 6-game Rk. Player RBI hitting streak (Sept. 7-13, 2020)...has hit safely in his last 10 consecutive starts (April 15-26), batting .395 T1. J.D. Martinez-BOS 21 Nate Lowe-TEX 21 (15x38) with 8 runs, 6 doubles, 1 home run, 8 RBI and 4 walks...went 0-for-1 as PH on April 20 vs. LAD... 3. Kyle Seager-SEA 20 has reached base safely in 20 of 22 starts this season and has hit safely in 18 of 22 starts. T4. Rafael Devers-BOS 18 HERE WE GO AGAIN WITH THE ‘PEN...the Mariners bullpen has combined to hold opponents scoreless Adam Eaton-CWS 18 over its last 8.2 IP (April 25-c), with 2 walks and 5 strikeouts during that span...overall, Mariners relief Shohei Ohtani-LAA 18 pitchers are 8-3 with a 2.35 ERA (22 ER, 84.1 IP) and 7 saves in 23 games this season...Seattle relievers Carlos Santana-KC 18 have allowed opponents to bat just .181 which ranks best in the Majors ahead of New York-AL (.185) and T8. Mitch Haniger-SEA 17 Pittsburgh (.195)...the Mariners rank 3rd in bullpen ERA (2.35) and 2nd in WHIP (1.02). Jed Lowrie-OAK 17 BRING ON THE WEST...after going 6-14 vs. the AL West opponents to begin the 2020 season, the Matt Olson-OAK 17 Jose Abreu-CWS 17 Mariners are 16-8 over their last 24 games (8/16/20-current) vs. their divisional rivals...the Mariners have won or tied each of their last 7 series vs. the AL West (min. 1 game series), which is currently T4th-longest BEST MARINERS RECORD stretch in Mariners club history (done 10 times, last: 5/15-7/5/18), trailing only streaks of 10 (9/26/2000- AFTER 23 GAMES 9/20/2001) and 8 (4/8-7/18/2002 & 9/18/1995-6/30/1996). DOUBLE TIME...Mariners batters rank 6th in the Majors with 39 doubles this season, tailing only Boston The Mariners enter Game #24 with a (54), Houston (43), Baltimore (40), Los Angeles-NL (40) and Tampa Bay (40) for most doubles this year...Ty record of 13-10, which is tied for the France leads the Mariners and ranks T4th in the American League with 8 doubles this season, followed 8th-best start in club history. by Mitch Haniger (T7th, 7) and Kyle Seager (T10th, 6). Rk CLUB RECORD 1. 2001 Mariners 19-4 (.826) FOUR SCORE…the Mariners have scored at least 4 runs in 11 of their last 16 games, in 12 of their last 18 2. 2002 Mariners 17-6 (.739) games and 15 of their 23 games overall this season…Seattle is 12-3 (.800) this season when scoring at T3. 2003 Mariners 15-8 (.652) least 4 runs and 1-7 (.125) when scoring 3 or fewer...Seattle’s lone win this season when scoring 3 or fewer 2019 Mariners 15-8 (.652) came in a 2-1 win on Apr. 15 in game 2 of a doubleheader at Baltimore in 7 innings...the Mariners lead the T5. 1996 Mariners 14-9 (.609) Majors in games (15) of scoring at least 4 runs (also: Arizona & Los Angeles-AL). 1997 Mariners 14-9 (.609) STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE...through 23 games this season, the Mariners have played the strongest 2009 Mariners 14-9 (.609) schedule in all of baseball according to Baseball-Reference’s Strength of Schedule (SOS) metric...the T8. 2021 Mariners 13-10 (.565) Mariners (0.7) rank ahead of Colorado (0.6) and San Diego (0.5) for the toughest schedule in the Majors 2000 Mariners 13-10 (.565) so far...SOS measures a team by the number of runs per game their opponents are better (or worse) than 2016 Mariners 13-10 (.565) league average...Seattle is 8-8 (.500) against teams currently with a record of .500 or better and is 5-2 2018 Mariners 13-10 (.565) (.714) against teams below .500.