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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 Thursday, April 19, 2012 CLEVELAND INDIANS (5-5) vs. SEATTLE MARINERS (7-6) Game #13 (7-6) Safeco Field RH Josh Tomlin (0-1, 8.31) vs. RH Felix Hernandez (1-1, 3.80) Home #5 (3-2) UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS…all times PDT… Day Date Opp. Time Mariners Pitcher Opposing Pitcher TV Friday April 20 CWS 7:10 pm RH Hector Noesi (1-1, 5.73) vs. LH Chris Sale (1-1, 3.09) ROOT Saturday April 21 CWS 1:05 pm RH Blake Beavan (1-1, 2.70) vs. RH Philip Humber (0-0, 1.69) FOX Sunday April 22 CWS 1:10 pm RH Kevin Millwood (0-0, 6.30) vs. LH John Danks (1-2, 4.82) ROOT All games broadcast on 710 ESPN Seattle & Mariners Radio Network Spanish Audio available for all home games, presented by ROOT SPORTS via SAP (where available) TONIGHT’S TILT…the Mariners, winners of 3 of their last 4, host the Cleveland Indians in the fi nal HOMESTAND HIGHLIGHTS Tonight is College Night...FRI: Ichiro (1-1) of a three-game weekday series at Safeco Field…won 2 of 3 from Oakland Athletics over the Bobblehead Night...SAT: Salute to weekend...Mariners also host Chicago-AL (3 G) to complete 3-team, 9-game, 10-day homestand Armed Forces Day - Military Coin (2-1)…Seattle begins a 3-team, 10-game roadtrip to DET (3 G), TOR (3 G) and TB (4 G) on Tuesday… / Earth Day - Kitchen Catcher... tonight’s game will be televised on ROOT Sports in high defi nition & broadcast live on 710 ESPN SUN: Little League Day - Mariners Drawstring Backpack Seattle & Mariners Radio Network. MOST APPS, FIRST 13 GAMES ODDS AND ENDS… Tom Wilhelmsen has appeared in • Mariners won yest. and have won 3 of last 4 games following a stretch that saw them lose 4 of 5. 8 of the Mariners fi rst 13 games, matching the club record: • The Mariners fi nished spring training with a 16-9-1 record (.635), the 12th winning spring in club Player, Year G IP history…3rd-best spring winning percentage in club history. Tom Wilhelmsen, 2002 8 10.0 • The Mariners are 6-0 when out-hitting their opponent…recorded 10+ hits in 5 of last 11 games. Ed Vande Berg, 1982 8 8.2 • Road Warriors -- 18 of fi rst 27 (and 28 of fi rst 43) Mariners games will be played on the road. Mike Timlin, 1998 8 7.0 • Batting Around -- Sent 10 batters to the plate in the April 7 at OAK (4th) & April 9 at TEX (1st). Ed Vande Berg, 1984 8 6.2 • On April 17 vs. CLE Kyle Seager collected franchise hit #50,000 and Justin Smoak scored run #25,000. Mike Stanton, 1984 8 6.2 Paul Spoljaric, 1998 8 6.2 • Munenori Kawasaki, Lucas Luetge and Erasmo Ramirez have made their MLB debuts this season. Kazuhiro Sasaki, 2001 8 6.2 • Erasmo Ramirez made his MLB debut at 21 years, 343 days 4/9 at Texas…youngest Seattle pitcher Tony Fossas, 1998 8 2.2 at the time of his debut since Ryan Feierabend (21.022 on 9/13/06) and 17th-youngest in club his- WALK THIS WAY tory…was the youngest player on any MLB Opening Day roster. Brendan Ryan collected a career-high • Opening Day -- Seattle has won 6 straight season openers, tied for the longest active streak in MLB. 4 walks, including 1 bases loaded freebie, on April 17 vs. CLE...walked SEATTLE VS. THE INDIANS…tonight is the 3rd (1-1) of 8 meetings between the Indians and once last night and now has 7 BB and Mariners this season…Mariners lost the 2011 season series 4-5 but won the last three, and four of 1 HBP in 11 games, leading to his last fi ve...won three of four Aug. 22-24 (double-header on the 23rd) and won 1-game series Sept. team-best .375 on-base percentage. 19 in Cleveland…Seattle is 159-202 all-time vs. the Indians, including going 81-99 in Seattle (22-33 HIGHEST CAREER AVG VS. CLE Among active players, Ichiro has third at Safeco Field)…Seattle has lost 11 of last 14 at Safeco Field (since July 19, 2008)...Mariners have highest batting average by active won 13 of last 19 games in Cleveland, and posted a winning record there three straight seasons. player against Indians (min. 150 AB): UH OH, NOT THIS GUY AGAIN…Kyle Seager has hit safely in all 6 games in which he has 1. Mark Kotsay ..........349/59x169 appeared vs. the Indians in his career, recording multi-hits in 5 of the 6 games...is currently batting 2. Joe Mauer ...........346/110x318 3. Ichiro .................342/139x406 .577 (15x26) with 7 runs scored, 6 doubles, 1 home run, 3 RBI and 1 walk. 4. Derek Jeter ..........340/171x503 LEAGUE LEADER…Brandon League recorded his 5th save this season last night, tying him for the 5. Miguel Cabrera ......336/98x292 AL lead (w/Jim Johnson, BAL)...is 5-for-5 in save opportunities this season, and has allowed just 3 FAMILIAR FACES hits, 0 walks and 0 runs in his save chances...has now converted 33 of his last 35 save opps, dating Six players on the Indians roster have spent time in the Mariners back to May 18, 2011...last night was career save #50 for League (#48 with Seattle). organization: RH Derek Lowe, INFs CLEVELAND ROCKED…as you know, Kyle Seager was very productive against Cleveland last Asdrubal Cabrera, Jack Hannahan, Casey Kotchman, Jose Lopez & OF year, but so was the rest of the current roster...the current roster combined to hit .297 (58x195) with Shin-Soo Choo. 34 runs, 10 doubles, 1 triple, 6 home runs, 27 RBI and 12 walks...Seager (.706/12x17), Alex Liddi BASES JUICED (.500/2x4), Ichiro (.325/13x40), John Jaso (.313/5x16) and Dustin Ackley (.300/6x20) all hit at least The Mariners are currently batting .364 .300 against Cleveland in 2011. (4x11) with 1 double, 15 RBI and 4 walks this season with the bases TOM TERRIFIC...reliever Tom Wilhelmsen has appeared in 8 of the Mariners fi rst 13 games, loaded, ranking 4th in the AL. including 5 games against Oakland…has allowed just one run in 10.0 innings this season, and in his INNINGS EATERS last 22 relief appearances (since Aug. 20, 2011) he is 2-0, 0.95 ERA (3 ER, 28.1 IP) with 32 strikeouts Tom Wilhelmsen is currently tied for while limiting opponents to a .134 (13x97) batting average...currently leads all American League the ML lead with 10.0 IP as a reliever: relievers with 12 strikeouts. 1. Tom Wilhelmsen ..............10.0 2. Jairo Asencio.......................9.2 GETTIN’ ON...Seattle has combined for 18 hits, 14 walks and 1 HBP the past two nights, jumping 3. Kris Medlen (ATL) ................9.0 the club’s OBP from .267 to .291. Kenley Jansen (LAD) ...........9.0 5. Scott Atchison (BOS) ..........8.2 THAT’S A RBI...DH Jesus Montero walked with the bases loaded last night, the second consecutive Josh Lindblom (LAD) ...........8.2 game the Mariners have worked a bases loaded walk...club now has 4 bases loaded walks (Kawasaki, SWITCH HITTERS Ryan, Montero, Smoak) this season, which leads the American League and is tied (w/SD) for the MLB Chone Figgins has recorded 1,266 lead...the Mariners recorded 13 bases loaded walks last season, ranking T2nd in the AL. career hits, 12th-most among active switch hitters: CENTURY MAN...Ichiro collected his fi rst homer of the season last night, the 96th longball of his 1. Omar Vizquel ...................2,842 career...needs four more homers to become just the 12th player in Mariners history with 100 or more 2. Chipper Jones .................2,621 homers...Ichiro has hit 5 or more in each of his 11 big league seasons, but never more than 15...he 3. Carlos Beltran .................1,931 now has 94 homers from the leadoff spot in the order, 1 batting second and 1 batting third. 4. Jimmy Rollins ..................1,880 5. Lance Berkman ...............1,830 LAST MAN STANDING…RH Hisashi Iwakuma is offi cially the “last man standing” as the player 6. Rafael Furcal ...................1,703 that was on an opening day roster and has yet to appear in a game (while not being optioned out 7. Mark Teixeira ...................1,479 8. Brian Roberts ..................1,374 or going on the DL)…the race was down to Iwakuma, who has not pitched in the Mariners fi rst 12 9. Jose Reyes ......................1,312 games, and White Sox starter Philip Humber, but he started Monday vs. the Orioles…Iwakuma last 10. Victor Martinez ................1,298 pitched in a game situation April 2 in Spring Training vs. the Colorado Rockies (3.0,1,2,1,1,2,HR). 11. Orlando Hudson ..............1,271 12. Chone Figgins................1,268 GOOD START...Chone Figgins (#1) and Ichiro (#1) each homered in the fi rst inning last night; ON THE AIR was the fi rst time this season Seattle’s had a pair of homers in an inning...also marked Figgins fi rst Mariners will again use a rotation of leadoff homer with Seattle (8th career) and the fi rst time someone other than Ichiro has led off a announcers this season, all former Mariners game with a homer since Rickey Henderson on May 26, 2000 at Tampa Bay.