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Saturday, March 11, 2017 Game #15 (9-5) Peoria Stadium SEATTLE MARINERS (9-5) vs. CINCINNATI REDS (5-9) Home #8 (4-3) TODAY’S GAME INFORMATION Starting Pitchers: RH Chase De Jong (0-1, 2.25) vs. LH Brandon Finnegan (1-0, 7.20) 1:10 pm MT/12:10 pm PT • Radio: 710 ESPN Seattle • TV: ROOT SPORTS Northwest TODAY’S TILT…Mariners continue their 41st spring training with a Cactus League match-up today SPRING RECORD vs. the Cincinnati Reds at Peoria Stadium…today’s game is the 15th of a 36-game Cactus League Overall Record ..................................9-5 schedule for the Mariners that concludes April 1 vs. Colorado Rockies at Salt River Fields…the PEORIA STADIUM ............................5-3 Mariners will open the 2017 season April 3 at Minute Maid Park vs. Houston Astros. Home Record ................................... 4-3 Road Record .................................... 5-2 UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS (subject to change)… Current Streak .................................. W2 SATURDAY Mariners vs. Cincinnati 1:10 pm MT ROOT/710 ESPN Seattle# THE COUNTDOWN CIN — Finnegan*, Wood, Lorenzen 23 days to Opening Day, 4/3 at HOU SEA — De Jong, Moore, Simmons, Hagadone*, Martin, Pazos* SUNDAY Mariners at Los Angeles-AL 1:10 pm 710 ESPN Seattle# UPCOMING SCHEDULE SEA — Miranda*, Povse, Whalen, Fien, Kiekhefer* March 11 ................................... vs. CIN LAA — Chavez, Meyer, Bailey, Valdez, Bedrosian, Middleton March 12 .....................................at LAA March 13 ..................................... at MIL MONDAY Mariners at Milwaukee 1:05 pm 710 ESPN Seattle + March 14 ................................. vs. CWS SEA — Iwakuma, Weber, Scribner, Aro, Machi March 15 .................................. vs. LAD MIL — Guerra Bold - Peoria Stadium * left-handed pitcher ^switch-handed pitcher #live + delayed BY THE NUMBERS Z MARKS THE SPOT…Mike Zunino is hitting .353 (6x17) with 5 runs, 3 doubles, 3 home runs, 6 RBI and 5 walks this spring…he has scored a run in each of his last four games and has 3 home runs in the last four games…he leads the Mariners with 3 home runs and is T2nd with 6 RBI behind .314 outfi elder Guillermo Heredia (7). The Mariners lead the Majors in bat- LET THAT HAIR FLOW…Taylor Motter has hit safely in 5 of his last 6 games with an at-bat (since ting this spring with a mark of .314 (160x510)…two Mariners rank among the March 2), batting .400 (6x15) with 6 runs, 1 double, 1 home run, 2 RBI and 4 walks in those 6 top 9 individually in batting; Guillermo games…he began the spring 0-for-4 in his fi rst two games. Heredia is 3rd (.480/12x25) and Mitch Haniger is T9th (.400/10x25). OFF TO THE RACES…the Mariners have recorded 15 stolen bases this spring, T3rd-most in the Majors…Seattle trails only Los Angeles-AL (22) and Houston (16)…nine different Mariners have tallied a steal this spring, including 4 from Ian Miller and 2 each from Guillermo Heredia, Taylor 1.31 Motter and Shawn O’Malley. Mariners pitchers have combined for a 1.31 WHIP this spring (131 H, 29 BB, WBC MARINERS TODAY…Team Canada (Tyler O’Neill) plays Team Colombia (10 am this morning), 122.0 IP), which ranks T9th-best in MLB Team Venezuela plays Italy (Pat Venditte) at 1 pm MT, Team Dominican (Robinson Canó, Nelson and 3rd in the Cactus League behind Chi- Cruz, Jean Segura) squares off against Team USA (Drew Smyly) at 4:30 MT, Team Puerto Rico cago (1.28) & Kansas City (1.30). (Edwin Díaz) plays Team Mexico (Yovani Gallardo, Sebastian Valle) at 7:30 MT. MARINERS IN THE WBC RECAP…one player in the Mariners Major League Spring Training 16 camp appeared in the World Baseball Classic yesterday…Felix Hernandez was took the loss in The spring schedule features 16 games Venezuela’s 11-0 loss to Puerto Rico, allowing one earned run in 2 2/3 innings. televised by ROOT Sports, including to- day’s game vs. the Reds. HAMMERIN’ HANIGER…Mitch Haniger is batting .400 (10x25) with 5 runs, 3 doubles, 2 home runs, 4 RBI and a .483 on-base percentage in 9 spring games…all fi ve of his extra-base hits have come in his last 7 games (2/28-c)…during that span, he is 9-for-20 (.450). 22 LEADING THE WAY…Guillermo Heredia is 2nd among all players in doubles (5) this spring…he Pinch-hitter Luis Liberato hit an inside- the-park home run in the 8th inning yes- also ranks T2nd in MLB in extra-base hits with 6 (also: Mike Zunino, Andrew Benintendi-BOS, Jose terday…there have been 22 ITP home Martinez-STL, Greg Bird-NYY and Jose Osuna-PIT), 3rd in batting (.480/12x25), 4th in on-base runs in club history, the last by Willie percentage (.536), 5th in OPS (1.296) and 8th in slugging (.760). Bloomquist at Houston on June 25, 2007 off Wandy Rodriguez. CONTROL THE ZONE…Mariners pitchers have issued only 29 walks this spring, tied for fewest in Majors…Mariners hitters have drawn 60 walks this spring, T3rd behind Milwaukee (73) and Philadelphia (63) for the Major League lead…Seattle’s hitters have struck out 97 times this spring, 58 T7th-fewest among all teams. Seattle ranks T2nd in MLB with 58 extra- base hits (39 2B, 6 3B, 13 HR), trailing FOR STARTERS…over the last 10 games (3/1-c), Mariners starters have posted a 1.73 ERA (5 ER, only New York-AL (61 XBH)…Mike Zuni- 26.0 IP)…during that span, Seattle has gotten scoreless starts from Drew Smyly (2.0 IP on 3/1 at CLE no and Guillermo Heredia are T2nd in & 3.0 IP 3/6 vs. TEX), Andrew Moore (2.0 IP on 3/5 at LAD), Yovani Gallardo (3.0 IP on 3/4 at COL), the Majors with 6 extra-base hits. Hisashi Iwakuma (2.0 IP on 3/8 vs. CLE) & Chris Heston (3.0 IP on 3/10 vs. CHC). THE ROSTER SEATTLE SLUGGERS…the Mariners rank among the top 9 clubs in the Majors this spring in batting, The spring roster is currently at 63 runs, hits, doubles, triples, RBI, walks, on-base percentage, slugging, OPS, total bases and extra- players (41 roster, 22 non-roster)… base hits…here is a breakdown of where the Mariners rank in those categories: doubles (39): 2nd, the camp breakdown by position is the following: 36 pitchers (13 non- walks (60): 3rd, OBP (.393): 1st, OPS (.883): 1st, XBH (58): T2nd, batting (.314): 1st, runs (97): 1st, roster), 8 catchers (5 non-roster), RBI (86): 1st, slugging (.490): 3rd, total bases (250): 3rd, triples (6): T4th and hits (160): 2nd. 10 infi elders (2 non-roster) and 9 outfi elders (2 non-roster). VS. THE REDS…the Mariners and Reds meet in the fi rst of two Cactus League match-ups this spring (also: March 26 in Goodyear)…Seattle swept a 3-game set in Cincinnati last season (May ON THE AIR 20-22), but will not face each other in 2017…Seattle leads the all-time regular season series 13-2. Today’s game vs. the Reds (12:10 pm SINGLE-GAME TICKETS…single-game tickets for the 2017 season are on sale to the public PT/1:10 pm MT) will be televised live on ROOT Sports NW and broadcast now (Saturday, March 11)…tickets will be available at the Safeco Field Box Offi ce, at all Mariners on 710 ESPN Seattle…Dave Sims Team Store locations (Bellevue Square, downtown Seattle at 4th & Stewart, Southcenter Mall and and Mike Blowers will call the game Alderwood Mall) and online at Mariners.com/tickets. on TV, while Rick Rizzs and Aaron Goldsmith will broadcast the game on the radio…complete spring HEY CREMIN, AS YOU KNOW…the Mariners scored nine runs over the fi nal three innings, training day-by-day with TV and including three runs in the ninth last night in the 11-10 win over the Cubs…BUT DID YOU KNOW?… radio listings is listed on Page 2 of these game notes. that Seattle has outscored its opponents 11-1 in the 9th inning?…overall, Seattle is outscoring opponents 97-79 this spring. 2017 SPRING TRAINING GAME NOTES • MARCH 11, 2017 • VS. CINCINNATI #77 — CHASE DE JONG (RHP) YEAR TEAM W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB SO 2016 Tulsa 14-5 2.86 25 25 2 1 141.2 106 51 45 15 39 125 Oklahoma City 1-0 1.69 1 1 0 0 5.1 6 1 1 0 1 8 2017 SPRING 0-1 2.25 2 0 0 0 4.0 4 2 1 0 1 2 MiLB Totals 30-21 3.43 93 81 4 1 448.1 409 197 171 44 106 416 2017 Spring Training - 0-1, 2.25 ERA (1 ER, 4.0 IP) in 2 G…tossed two scoreless frames in Cactus League debut on 2/27 vs. COL w/ LAD (2.0,1,0,0,0,1)…took the loss after allowing two runs (one earned run) over two innings in his Mariners Cactus League debut on 3/5 vs. OAK (2.0,3,2,1,1,1). • Last Season - Went 15-5 with a 2.82 ERA (46 ER, 147.0 IP) with 133 strikeouts and 40 walks in 26 combined starts with AA Tulsa (25 GS) and AAA Oklahoma City (1 GS) in the Dodgers organization. • Welcome to the Mariner Blue - Acquired by the Mariners from Los Angeles-NL on March 1 for two minor leaguers: INF Drew Jackson and RHP Aneurys Zabala.