GAME INFORMATION Safeco Field • PO Box 4100 • Seattle, WA 98194 • TEL: 206.346.4000 • FAX: 206.346.4000 •
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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 Friday, April 20, 2012 CHICAGO WHITE SOX (6-6) vs. SEATTLE MARINERS (7-7) Game #15 (7-7) Safeco Field LH Chris Sale (1-1, 3.09) vs. RH Hector Noesi (1-1, 5.73) Home #7 (3-3) UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS…all times PDT… Day Date Opp. Time Mariners Pitcher Opposing Pitcher TV 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 Monday April 23 Off Day Tuesday April 24 @DET 4:05 pm LH Jason Vargas (2-1, 2.84) vs. RH Max Scherzer (1-1, 7.98) ROOT Wednesday April 25 @DET 4:05 pm RH Felix Hernandez (1-1, 2.76) vs. LH Adam Wilk (0-2, 4.00) ROOT Thursday April 26 @DET 10:05 am RH Hector Noesi (1-1 +tonight) vs. RH Rick Porcello (1-0 +tonight) 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 5, host the Chicago White Sox in the first HOMESTAND HIGHLIGHTS Tonight Ichiro Bobblehead Night…SAT: game of a three-game weekend series at Safeco Field…Mariners are 3-3 during current 3-team, Salute to Armed Forces Day - Military 9-game homestand, winning 2 of 3 from Oakland and dropping 2 of 3 vs. Cleveland…Seattle begins Coin / Earth Day - Kitchen Catcher… a 3-team, 10-game roadtrip to Detroit (3 G), Toronto (3 G) and Tampa Bay (4 G) on Tuesday (travel SUN: Little League Day - Mariners Drawstring Backpack day Monday)…tonight’s game will be televised on ROOT Sports in high definition & broadcast live on 710 ESPN Seattle & Mariners Radio Network. KING FELIX Felix Hernandez tossed 8.0 shuutout JUST A REMINDER…tomorrow’s game starts at 1:05 p.m. and will be televised as part of the FOX innings with 12 strikeouts last Major League Baseball Game of the Week package…Dave Sims and Eric Karros will call the game night…marked his 25th career start for FOX…the game will be televised locally on KCPQ 13. of 7.0 or more shutout IP, and 16th career start with 8.0+ ShO IP…since ODDS AND ENDS…Mariners lost last night in the rubber-game vs. Cleveland, but have won 3 of last his debut in 2005, has 2nd-most 8.0+ 5 games following a stretch that saw them lose 4 of 5…at .500 or better after 14 games for 16th time IP, 0 R GS among AL pitchers: in club history (last: 7-7 in ‘10). Player GS 8.0+ IP, 0 R CC Sabathia ..................................18 • The Mariners finished spring training with a 16-9-1 record (.635), the 12th winning spring in club Felix Hernandez ...........................16 history…3rd-best spring winning percentage in club history. Justin Verlander .............................12 • The Mariners are 6-0 when out-hitting their opponent…recorded 10+ hits in 5 of last 12 games. James Shields ...............................11 • Road Warriors -- 18 of first 27 (and 28 of first 43) Mariners games will be played on the road. John Lackey ..................................11 Mark Buehrle .................................11 • 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 APPS, FIRST 14 GAMES • Munenori Kawasaki, Lucas Luetge and Erasmo Ramirez have made their MLB debuts this season. Tom Wilhelmsen and Brandon • Erasmo Ramirez made his MLB debut at 21 years, 343 days 4/9 at Texas…was the youngest player League have both appeared in 8 of the Mariners first 14 games…here on any MLB Opening Day roster. is a listing of most appearances by WELCOME BACK RUPPERT…former Mariners outfielderRuppert Jones, the first player selected a Mariner through the first 14 G: matching the club record…15 G in the 1976 MLB Expansion Draft, will throw out the ceremonial first pitch tonight…Jones was the record is 9 appearances, held by 5 Mariners first All-Star in 1977…his best season for the Mariners came in 1979 when he set career players (last: Sean Green in ‘08): highs in runs (109), RBI (78), hits (166), triples (9) and stolen bases (33)…Jones was invited back to Player, Year G IP Seattle as part of the Mariners 35th Anniversary celebration, a season-long tribute to the franchise’s Paul Spoljaric, 1998 9 9.0 Kazuhiro Sasaki, 2001 9 7.2 history in which former Mariners are welcomed back to Seattle. Tom Wilhelmsen, 2012 8 10.0 SEATTLE VS. THE WHITE SOX…tonight is the first of 9 meetings between the Mariners and White Brandon League, 2012 8 7.2 8 Additional Players 8 Sox this season, but the only series to be played in Seattle…Mariners visit the Windy City for a pair of three-game series, June 1-3 & Aug. 24-26…Mariners dropped 7 of 9 games last season, and WALK THIS WAY Brendan Ryan collected a career-high are 3-16 over the last two seasons vs. the White Sox (1-9 in ‘10)…Seattle is 183-212 all-time vs. 4 walks, including 1 bases loaded the White Sox, including posting a winning record (104-92) in Seattle (33-23 at Safeco Field, 71-69 freebie, on April 17 vs. CLE…now at the Kingdome)…Mariners have dropped five straight at home in the series, T2nd-longest home has 7 BB and 1 HBP in 12 games, leading to his team-best .349 on- losing streak against White Sox in club history (8-game losing streak 5/12/93-6/26/94). base percentage. TOM TERRIFIC…reliever Tom Wilhelmsen has appeared in 8 of the Mariners first 14 games, INNINGS EATER including 5 games against Oakland…has allowed just one run in 10.0 innings this season, and in his Tom Wilhelmsen leads all Major last 22 relief appearances (since Aug. 20, 2011) he is 2-0, 0.95 ERA (3 ER, 28.1 IP) with 32 strikeouts League relievers with 10.0 IP: while limiting opponents to a .134 (13x97) batting average…currently leads all American League 1. Tom Wilhelmsen (SEA) ...... 10.0 2. Jairo Asencio (CLE) ............... 9.2 relievers with 12 strikeouts. 3. Colin Balester (DET) .............. 9.0 CLOSE GAMES…with last night’s 2-1 loss to the Indians, Seattle is now 2-3 in one-run games…4 Grant Balfour (OAK) .............. 9.0 Kenley Jansen (LAD) ............. 9.0 of the 7 losses have been by 2 or fewer runs, and 5 have been by a margin of 3 or fewer runs…8 of Kris Medlen (ATL) .................. 9.0 14 games have been decided by 2 or fewer runs (2-3 in 1-run games, 2-1 in 2-run games). ROOF MOVEMENT THE NUMBERS DON’T LIE…Seattle has scored 4 or more runs in 8 of 14 games, going 6-2 in The Safeco Field roof has been open those games…that’s 57% of games played to score at least 4 runs in a game…by comparison, the in 4 of the 6 home games…here is a record breakdown by roof position: 2011 Mariners scored 4+ runs in 67 of 162 games (41%). 2012 All-Time JASO’S RBI STREAK…John Jaso has recorded at least one RBI in each of his three games Open 3-1 425-367 (.537) played (all starts) this season…has 5 total RBI to rank T6th on the club…Jaso is the 12th Mariner to Closed 0-2 78-72 (.520) record at least one RBI in each of a player’s first three games of a season in club history…Michael Moved 0-0 52-31 (.627) Saunders (2011) and John Olerud (2001) hold the club record with an RBI in each of the first five ON THE AIR games of a season. Mariners will again use a rotation of announcers this season, all former FROM THE STRETCH…Mariners pitchers rank 3rd in the AL holding opponents to a .222 batting partners of HOF announcer Dave average (42x189) with runners on base…also rank 5th holding opponents to a .238 average with Niehaus…Rick Rizzs, Dave Sims and Mike Blowers will work nearly runners in scoring position (25x105). all the games, while Ron Fairly, Ken LAST MAN STANDING…RH Hisashi Iwakuma is officially the “last man standing” as the player Levine, Ken Wilson, Dave Valle, Dave Henderson, Jay Buhner and Dan that was on an opening day roster and has yet to appear in a game (while not being optioned out Wilson will mix in…Rizzs and Ken or going on the DL)…the race was down to Iwakuma, who has not pitched in the Mariners first 14 Wilson will be in the radio booth this games, and White Sox starter Philip Humber, but he started Monday vs. Baltimore…Iwakuma last series, with Sims and Blowers calling pitched in a game situation April 2 in Spring Training vs. the Colorado Rockies (3.0,1,2,1,1,2,HR). the action on TV (Fri & Sun). MARINERS BLOG NOD YES…tonight is the first of four bobblehead giveaways this season: TONIGHT - Ichiro You can follow all the Mariners news Bobblehead, May 25 - Dustin Ackley, June 15 - Felix Hernandez, July 28 - Dan Wilson & Randy on our new blog, From the Corner Johnson…Ichiro is a career .311 (14x45) hitter on his 12 bobblehead giveaways.