Mariners Game Notes • MONDAY • MAY 14, 2012 • at BOSTON RED SOX • Page 2
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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 Monday, May 14, 2012 SEATTLE MARINERS (16-20) at BOSTON RED SOX (15-19) Game #37 (16-20) Fenway Park LH Jason Vargas (4-2, 2.79) at LH Jon Lester (1-3, 4.29) Road #22 (9-12) UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS…all times PDT… Day Date Opp. Time Mariners Pitcher Opposing Pitcher TV Tuesday May 15 @BOS 1:05 pm RH Blake Beavan (1-3, 4.32) at RH Josh Beckett (2-4, 5.97) ROOT Wednesday May 16 @CLE 4:05 pm RH Felix Hernandez (3-2, 2.29) at RH Ubaldo Jimenez (3-3, 5.18) ROOT Thursday May 17 @CLE 9:05 am RH Hector Noesi (2-4, 6.32) at RH Zach McAllister (1-1, 4.15) ROOT All games broadcast on 710 ESPN Seattle & Mariners Radio Network TONIGHT’S TILT…the Mariners continue a 11-day, 10-game, 4-city, 2-league roadtrip to New York ACKLEY IS STREAKING Dustin Ackley has a current 9-game (1-2), Boston (2 games), Cleveland (2 games) and Colorado (3 games) tonight with game #1 vs. hitting streak, a team season-high… the Sox…were 4-2 on last homestand vs. Minnesota (2-1) and Detroit (2-1)…tonight’s game will Miguel Olivo, who is currently on be televised on ROOT Sports in high definition & broadcast live on 710 ESPN Seattle & Mariners the DL, has an active 8-gamer (April Radio Network. 22-current)…Jesus Montero also has an 8-gamer this year (3/29-4/14). ODDS AND ENDS…won yesterday, but have lost 2 of 3 and 3 of 5, but have won 5 of last 8… LEFTY ON THE BUMP season-high 7-game losing streak April 28-May 4, the 2nd-longest losing streak in Majors this season Mariners are scheduled to face LH (KC, 12 G) …7G skid followed a season-high 4-game win streak April 24-27…are 9-12 on the road starter Jon Lester today…Mariners and 7-8 at Safeco Field. are 5-4 in games vs. LH starters this season…compares 13-28 last • Road Warriors -- 18 of first 27 (and 28 of first 43) Mariners games will be played on the road. season. • Sent 10+ batters to the plate 3 times: 4/7 @OAK (10), 4/9 @TEX (10) & 4/17 vs. CLE (11). • On April 17 vs. CLE Kyle Seager collected franchise hit #50,000 and Justin Smoak scored run #25,000. MOST AL APPEARANCES 1. Joel Peralta, TB .....................19 • Ichiro has drawn 169 intentional walks (1 in ‘12), 3 off club record of 172 set by Ken Griffey Jr. 2. Steve Delabar, SEA .............18 • Mariners rank 5th in the AL with 61 doubles: 1. BOS - 100, 2. KC - 76, 3. TEX - 69, 4. BAL - 63. Grant Balfour, OAK ................18 • Kyle Seager leads the team and ranks T2nd in AL with 13 2-out RBI. Boone Logan, NYY ...............18 5. Brandon League, SEA .........17 SEATTLE VS. RED SOX…the Mariners and Red Sox meet for the 1st of 9 games this season, the Tom Wilhelmsen, SEA .........17 1st of just 2 here in Fenway…Boston will make a pair of trips to Seattle this year, June 30-July 1 and Fernando Rodney, TB ...........17 Sept. 3-5…Mariners were 4-5 vs. the Sox last season, including a 2-4 mark here in Fenway…trail the Matt Thornton, CWS .............17 9. 10 pitchers ............................16 all-time series 158-215, including a 71-114 mark in Boston…current 4-game Fenway losing streak. ALL-TIME HITS LIST PITCHERS BEST FRIEND…Kevin Millwood, won yesterday in New York largely by inducing 3 GIDP 97. Ted Simmons ...................2,472 (Jeter, 2; Rodriguez)…according to Elias, it was the most GIDPs in a game off Millwood since June 98. Joe Medwick ....................2,471 27, 2006; that’s a string of 154 games…Millwood had lost his previous 4 starts to match the longest 99. Ichiro Suzuki ...................2,469 100. Frank Thomas ..................2,468 such streak of his career. NOTHING GETS BY HIM WELCOME HOME (BOSTON EDITION)…if he gets in a game, LHP Charlie Furbush will be making Justin Smoak has not committed an his Fenway Park debut…Charlie is a South Portland, Maine, native…notable Mariners alumni from error in his last 62 games/61 starts South Portland High School include Jim Beattie (1980-86), Billy Swift (1985-86, 1988-91 & 1998) (521 TC) at 1B, the longest current and now, Charlie (2011-current). streak among active American League first basemen (min 1 GS at WELCOME HOME (NY EDITION)…OF Casper Wells got the start in LF yesterday in NY, his first- 1B in 2012): ever start (2nd game) in Yankee Stadium…Casper, a Schenectady, NY, native was 2-for-4 with a walk, 1. Justin Smoak .......................62 2. Mark Teixeira, NYY ................50 3 RBI and a key home run in front of over 20 family and friends, including his mom, on Mothers Day. 3. Adrian Gonzalez, BOS ..........40 MISP-ING IN ACTION…Seattle was 3-for-9 with Men In Scoring Position yesterday, snapping an 4. Paul Konerko, CWS .............36 Nick Swisher, NYY ................36 0x10 skid with MISP…are still a combined 3-for-19 on this trip, and 6-for-last-64 (.094) in last 9 road MAY IS GOOD TO ICHIRO games, and have lost 8 of 9 games…had an 8-game road losing streak (during which the club was Ichiro is currently batting an outscored 41-16) snapped yesterday. uncharacteristic .262 (11x42) in May TWO OUT DAMAGE…Mariners allowed 14 runs in 3 games in New York to open this trip…11 of the …he’s a career .348 (464x1335) hitter in May, which is the highest average Yankees 14 runs scored with two outs. amongst active players (min. 300 PA) 2 LITTLE…Mariners have scored exactly 2 runs in three of their past four games (2-2)…for the season, … here is a look at the top active hitters in May: Seattle has scored 2 or less runs in 13 (1-12) of its 36 games…3 runs or less in 18 games (3-15). 1. Ichiro, SEA ....................... .348 HEY, HEY JESUS…Jesus Montero homered in the sixth inning Friday, his 5th of the season…has 2. Joe Mauer, MIN ................. .339 3. Hunter Pence, PHI ............ .333 9 career home runs in 50 career games (183 AB), including 4 HR in Yankee Stadium (12 G/40 AB). 4. Kevin Youkilis, BOS .......... .328 HOME RUN DERBY…on the road, the Mariners have scored 20 of their last 27 runs via the home 5. Elvis Andrus, TEX .............. .327 run…scored 13 consecutive runs via the home run April 27-May 2, tied for the 2nd-longest stretch of IRON MEN runs scored via a home run in club history…7 of the Mariners 10 runs this trip have come on home Tonight is game #4 (1-2) of 20 games runs (Smoak & Wells 2-run homers; Ackley, Montero & Carp solo homers). in 20 days for the Mariners…had an “off day” Thursday, which was GOOD WAY TO START…Dustin Ackley led off Friday’s game at NY with his first career leadoff HR actually a travel day from Seattle to …it’s the first time since 2000 (Rickey Henderson & Mike Cameron) that the Mariners have had multi New York…that followed a string of 16 games (8-8) in 16 days…are in players hit leadoff home runs (Ackley – 1, Figgins – 2)…while we’re talking leadoff: Mariners have the midst of a stretch that will see had 3 leadoff hitters this season (Figgins – 24 G, Ackley – 11 G, Jaso – 1 G)…first time since 2009 to the team play 36 games in 37 days have 3 players hit leadoff in a season (Ichiro – 146, E. Chavez – 8, Gutierrez – 8). in 10 different cities…next off day is May 31 in Chicago. RBI MACHINE…Kyle Seager has collected at least 1 RBI in 6 of his last 10 games…is T3rd in the AL in RBI in May with 13 (Josh Hamilton, TEX, 19; Brandon Inge, OAK, 17; Will Middlebrooks, BOS, 13). COOL HAND LUCAS Lucas Luetge has not allowed an ON THE ROAD AGAIN…tonight is game #4 (1-2) of a 10-game, 4-city trip…it is the Mariners 22nd ER in his first 14 Major League road game of the season, and already the team’s fourth trip, including a pair of games in Japan… appearances (9.2 IP)…has matched by the end of this trip, will have played nearly twice as many road games (28) as home games (15). Rod Scurry’s club record; he opened his MLB career with 14 straight AS ACKLEY GOES, MARINERS GO…Dustin Ackley is batting .367 (22x60) with 13 runs scored, games without allowing an ER (8.0 4 doubles, 1 triple, 1 home run and 8 RBI in the Mariners 15 wins (when he is in the line-up)…in 19 IP)…Mark Lowe tossed 17.2 ShO IP over 13 appearances in his first 13 G losses (when he is in the lineup), is batting .156 (12x77) with 5 runs scored, 3 doubles, 1 HR & 2 RBI. of MLB career. LEADING OFF…the Mariners are 6-5 in the 11 games Dustin Ackley has hit leadoff, batting .310 ON THE AIR (13x42) with 7 runs, 2 doubles, 1 triple, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 7 walks with .408 OBP and .476 SLG %…in 23 Mariners will again use a rotation of games batting second hit .221 (21x95) with 5 doubles, 1 HR, 6 RBI, .275 OBP, .305 SLG %.