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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, July 16, 2012 SEATTLE MARINERS (37-53) at KANSAS CITY ROYALS (38-49) Game #91 (37-53) Kauffman Stadium LH Jason Vargas (8-7, 4.07) vs. LH Jonathan Sanchez (1-5, 6.75) Road #47 (20-26) UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS…all times PDT… Day Date Opp. Time Mariners Pitcher Opposing Pitcher TV Tuesday July 17 @KC 5:10 pm TBA at LH Everett Teaford (1-3, 5.52) ROOT Wednesday July 18 @KC 5:10 pm RH Kevin Millwood (3-7, 3.71) at LH Bruce Chen (7-8, 5.50) ROOT Thursday July 19 @KC 11:10 am RH Felix Hernandez (7-5, 2.92) at RH Luke Hochevar (6-8, 5.16) ROOT All games broadcast on 710 ESPN Seattle & Mariners Radio Network TONIGHT’S TILT… the Mariners open a 7-game, 2-city road trip tonight with the first of a four- KING FELIX Felix Hernandez threw a 3-hit shutout game series vs. the Kansas City Royals…complete the cross country road trip with three games vs. Saturday, allowing 3 singles and zero the Tampa Bay Rays Friday-Sunday…including this road trip, Mariners will have flown over 40,000 walks…some King Felix facts: miles, including season-opening trip to Tokyo…following road trip will return to Safeco Field for a • Leads the Majors with 140 K’s…also season-high-tying 10-game homestand vs. the Yankees, Royals and Blue Jays July 23-Aug. 1… 7th in AL in ERA (2.92), T7th in quality starts (12) & 2nd in IP (132.2) tonight’s game will be televised on ROOT Sports in high definition and broadcast live on 710 ESPN • 3-0, 1.40 ERA (7 ER, 45.0 IP) with 56 Seattle & Mariners Radio Network. strikeouts (11.2 K/9.0 IP) in last 6 GS. • Recorded 20th career CG…first ODDS AND ENDS…lost yesterday 4-0 vs. Texas, 11th time to be shut out this season (have shut pitcher since Mark Mulder (2000-04) out opponent 6 times)…7 of last 15 games have been decided in the final at-bat, going 3-4 in those to record 20+ CG by age 26. games (2 w/o wins)…have not won back-to-back games since June 16-17 vs. San Francisco…17-27 • Has 7 starts of at least 8.0 IP while allowing 1 or fewer runs this season. at Safeco Field; 20-26 on the road. • Blown Leads -- Mariners have held a lead in 23 of 53 losses, leading the American League. JASO = GWRBI • Kyle Seager leads the AL with 29 2-out RBI, 2nd in Majors behind Andre Ethier (31). John Jaso was credited with the GWRBI Saturday with his base • Lefties on Parade -- Mariners are in 2nd of 4 straight games vs. LH starting pitchers. loaded walk in the first inning…Jaso • Home vs. Road -- Batting .256 (428x1675) on the road (46 G) and .196 (269x1370) at home (44 G). leads the Mariners and ranks T8th in • Brendan Ryan leads AL shortstops with a .994 FLD% (2 E, 334 TC); 14.4 UZR & 21 runs saved. the AL with 8 GWRBI…is the only AL • Bases Loaded -- Mariners rank 4th in the Majors with a .328 (22x67) average with the base loaded… player among the top 33 in the AL in trail Tampa Bay (.357/25x70), Toronto (.348/16x46) & Boston (.343/24x70). GWRBI with fewer than 200 PA. • Home ERA -- Rank 3rd in AL in home ERA (3.09); 2nd-lowest in club history behind 3.04 mark in 2001. LEFT VS. LEFT • Nocturnal -- Batting .243 (496x2037) in 60 night G (28-32); .199 (201x1008) in 30 day G (9-21). Charlie Furbush (.158/9x57) and Lucas Luetge (.143/6x42) have combined SEATTLE VS. KANSAS CITY…tonight marks the first of 8 meetings between the Mariners and Royals, to hold lefties to a .151 (15x99) avg. all coming over the next 14 days…Seattle hosts the Royals at Safeco Field in a four-game set July 26- START IT UP 29…went 3-5 vs. the Royals last season, including going 1-3 here…dropped each of last four season Mariners starters have posted a 2.59 series vs. the Royals, going 13-22 over that span (6-13 at Kauffman)…trail the all-time series 188-210, ERA (33 ER, 114.2 IP) over the last 18 games (since 6/23). including going 88-115 in Kansas City. AND THE ‘PEN… CALLING BATON ROUGE…Mariners LH Charlie Furbush and Royals RH Louis Coleman were The Mariners bullpen is 9-5, 2.02 with 8 college teammates at LSU in 2007…Furbush was a junior after transferring from Saint Joseph’s saves (in 11 save opportunities) in its College in Maine and Coleman was a freshman. last 33 games (since June 2)…’pen has tossed 120.1 innings, & allowed 27 ER, HE LIKES THE FOUNTAINS…Ichiro is a career .370 (78x211) hitter with 33 runs scored, 11 while striking out 127 (9.5 K/9.0 IP). doubles, 5 home runs and 31 RBI in 52 games at Kauffman Stadium…among active players, ranks LET’S GO STREAKING 2nd in batting average at this venue (min. 120 PA), second only to Albert Pujols (.379/50x132)… Tom Wilhelmsen & Felix Hernandez has recorded at least one hit in 40 of 52 games here (30 multi-hit), including a string of hits in 31 of have two of the longest active scoreless streaks among AL pitchers: last 33 games dating back to 2005 (.441/60x136)…recorded recent Kauffman hitting streaks of 16 IP Pitcher Team games (7/12/08-4/15/11) & 14 games (April 14, 2005-July 4, 2007), and set a stadium record with 10 23.0 Robbie Ross ....................... TEX consecutive multi-hit games May 6, 2009-April 15, 2011.. 22.0 Tom Wilhelmsen ................SEA 15.2 Felix Hernandez ................SEA RARER THAN A NO-HITTER…Felix Hernandez threw 3-hit shutout Saturday night vs. the Rangers, 12.0 Justin Verlander ..................DET allowing only three singles, striking out 12 and did not walk a batter…was only the 36th shutout in 12.0 Carlos Villanueva ............... TOR Major League history meeting the criteria of 12+ strikeouts, zero walks and 3 or fewer hits allowed… TOM STREAKING according to the Elias Sports Bureau, that makes it more than 6-times as rare as a no-hitter (220 Tom Wilhelmsen has an active scoreless innings streak that ranks individual no-hitters since 1900)…Felix became just the 5th pitcher over the last 10 seasons to throw in top 5 for relievers in Mariners a shutout of this nature, joining Matt Cain (6/13/12), Chris Capuano (8/26/11), Erik Bedard (7/7/07) history…he has not allowed run and Randy Johnson (5/18/04). over his last 18 games (7-for-8 in save ops), limiting opponents to .147 A-G-G-R-E-S-S-I-V-E…Michael Saunders has been more aggressive this season, and it has paid (11x75) average while striking out 24: off…he has recorded 18 hits when putting the first pitch of an at-bat in play (.529/18x34), T11th- IP Pitcher Year most hits on a 0-0 count among AL players…had only one hit on a 0-0 count last season (179 PA). 28.2 Shigetoshi Hasegawa ........2003 24.0 Edwin Nunez ......................1985 RUBBER CEMENT…the Mariners played their Major League leading 17th rubber match of the 22.2 Charlie Furbush ...............2012 season yesterday (game to decide outcome of a 3-game series)…Colorado and Pittsburgh both 22.0 J.J. Putz .............................2007 22.0 Tom Wilhelmsen ...............2012 have 15…have had second consecutive three-game series decided in the final game, dropping all 19.2 Roy Thomas ......................1983 but one (1-6)…overall are 7-10 in rubber matches this season, leading to a 10-18-2 series record. OLIVO’S CANNON SO CLOSE…exactly half of the Mariners games have been decided by 1 or 2 runs (45 of 90) as Miguel Olivo has thrown out 32.6% of the Mariners are 10-16 in 1-run and 7-12 in 2-run games…Seattle has played the 2nd-most games attempted base stealers (16 CCS, 33 SB)…leads the AL in caught stealing: among AL teams decided by 2 or fewer runs (Detroit, 49 G)…Seattle has also played the 2nd-most CCS Catcher Team extra inning games (10, 5-5) in the AL (BAL - 12). 16 Miguel Olivo ......................SEA 15 Carlos Santana ...................CLE DEFENSE…Mariners lead the Majors with a .989 fielding percentage (35 E, 3,301 TC)…have played 14 Kurt Suzuki ........................ OAK error-free in 62 of 90 games (69%), and recorded only 7 multi-error games…so far this season have 13 Matt Wieters .......................BAL a pair of 10-game streaks without committing an error, May 5-15 & June 23-July 2, both tied for the 100 HOMERS 2nd-longest error-free streak in club history (record is 11 set in 1993)…have 1 error in last 18 games. Ichiro’s next home run will be 100th of Major League career…will become SIMPLY SEAGER…Kyle Seager leads the team with 54 RBI, including 29 2-out RBI…among 12th player to hit 100 HR as Mariner. American League 3B, Seager has the 3rd-most RBI (54), trailing only Miguel Cabrera (73) and Adrian ON THE AIR Beltre (58)…also has the 4th-most extra base hits (32), T7th-most (10) and 7th-highest OPS (.726).