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Thursday, August 30, 2018 Game #134 (74-59) Oakland Coliseum SEATTLE MARINERS (74-59) at OAKLAND ATHLETICS (80-54) Road #68 (36-31) TONIGHT’S GAME INFORMATION Starting Pitchers: LHP Wade LeBlanc (7-3, 3.92) vs. RHP Frankie Montas (5-3, 3.75) 7:05 pm PT • Radio: 570 KVI/770 KTTH / Mariners.com • TV: ROOT SPORTS Day Date Opp. Time (PT) Mariners Pitcher Opposing Pitcher RADIO Friday Aug. 31 at OAK 7:05 pm RH Mike Leake (8-8, 4.03) vs. RH Mike Fiers (10-6, 3.15) 710 ESPN Saturday Sept. 1 at OAK 6:05 pm LH James Paxton (10-5, 3.68) vs. RH Daniel Mengden (6-6, 4.28) 710 ESPN Sunday Sept. 2 at OAK 1:05 pm RH Félix Hernández (8-12, 5.49) vs. RH Edwin Jackson (4-3, 3.03) 710 ESPN All games televised on ROOT SPORTS with home games featuring Spanish Audio via TV SAP TONIGHT'S TILT…the Mariners continue their penultimate road trip of the season – a 10-day, 9-game, SCOREBOARD WATCHING 3-city trip – with the 1st of 4 games at the Oakland Athletics…the Mariners opened the road trip taking 2 The Mariners enter play today 8.0 of 3 games vs. the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field and fell 0-2 in a brief 2-game series vs. the San games behind Houston for the lead in the AL West and 5.5 games behind Diego Padres...following this series, will return to Safeco Field on Monday for a 10-day, 8-game homestand Oakland for the final AL Wild Card spot: against Baltimore (3 G), New York-AL (3 G) and San Diego (2 G)…tonight's game will be televised on ROOT TEAM W-L Pct. GB SPORTS NW and broadcast live on 570 KVI, 770 KTTH and the Mariners Radio Network. Houston 82-51 .617 - - - ODDS AND ENDS…Mariners have won 9 of their last 18 and 11 of their last 22 games…are 19-28 Oakland 80-54 .597 -2.5 Seattle 74-59 .556 -8.0 (7/4-current) since winning a season-high 8 straight games (6/25-7/3)…the Mariners have won 34 of their Los Angeles 64-69 .481 -18.0 last 69 games, 41 of their last 78, 45 of their last 84 and 52 of their last 94…Seattle is 60-48 in its last 108 Texas 58-76 .433 -24.5 games, 65-51 over its last 116 games…Seattle is 23-24 during the day and 51-35 at night…Seattle is 38-28 TEAM W-L Pct. GB New York 84-49 .632 +4.5 at Safeco Field, 36-31 on the road. Oakland 80-54 .597 - - - • Close Games - the Mariners are 48-21 (.696) this season in games decided by 1 or 2 runs, the highest Seattle 74-59 .556 -5.5 Tampa Bay 71-62 .534 -8.5 winning percentage in the Majors…the Mariners are 32-18 (.640) in 1-run games (most 1-run wins in MLB) Los Angeles 64-69 .481 -15.5 and 16-3 (.842) in games decided by exactly 2 runs (best 2-run winning percentage in MLB). • Four Score - the Mariners are 53-17 when scoring 4-or-more runs, but are 21-42 when scoring 3-or-fewer runs. 50 SAVES • Get Through 8 - the Mariners are 1 of 2 Major League clubs with a 1.000 winning percentage (63-0) when Edwin Díaz recorded his 50th save of leading after 8 innings this season, joining Oakland (65-0). the season on Aug. 25 at Arizona, be- • 1,000 RBI - Nelson Cruz (295) is 5 doubles away from 300 in his career...Cruz (995) is also 5 RBI away from coming the 14th pitcher (done 17x) to re- cord at least 50 saves in a single season: 1,000 in his career...he will become the 12th active Major League player with at least 1,000 RBI. • Milestone Tracker - Kyle Seager (390) trails Harold Reynolds (391) by 1 for 7th-most walks in club history... Rk. Player SV 1. Francisco Rodriguez-LAA (2008) ......62 also Seager (532) trails Raúl Ibañez (540) by 8 for 8th-most runs scored in club history. 2. Bobby Thigpen-CWS (1990) .............57 • Extra! Extra! - the Mariners are 13-1 (.929) in extra innings this season, the most wins and best winning 3. Eric Gagne-LAD (2003) .....................55 percentage in the Majors...the Mariners 13 extra-inning wins are a club record (previous: 12-4 in 1984)... John Smoltz-ATL (2002( ...................55 the last ML team with at least 13 extra-inning wins in a single season was the 2017 Boston Red Sox (15-3). 5. Trevor Hoffman-SD (1998) ................53 Randy Myers-CHI (1993) ..................53 ROAD WARRIOR...Jean Segura is batting .336 (86x256) with 47 runs, 16 doubles, 2 triples, 3 home runs, Mariano Rivera-NYY (2004) ..............53 8. Eric Gagne-LAD (2002) .....................52 28 RBI, 3 HBP, 17 walks and 13 stolen bases in 61 games on the road this season...he leads the American 9. Rod Beck-CHI (1998)........................51 League with 86 hits on the road, while also ranking 2nd in average (.336), T3rd in runs scored (47), T4th in Dennis Eckersley-OAK (1992)...........51 stolen bases (13) and 10th in on-base percentage (.383)...Segura's .336 road batting average is currently Jeurys Familia-NYM (2016) ..............51 the 13th-highest in franchise history (Ichiro Suzuki, .405 in 2004) and highest since Ichiro's .337 average Jim Johnson-BAL (2012) ..................51 Mark Melancon-PIT (2015) ...............51 in 2007. 14. Edwin Díaz-SEA (2018) ...................50 Jim Johnson-BAL (2013) ..................50 STEAL AWAY...Jean Segura recorded his 20th stolen base of the season yesterday afternoon vs. the Craig Kimbrel-ATL (2013) ..................50 Padres...his 20 stolen bases currently rank T8th in the American League this season (teammate Dee Mariano Rivera-NYY (2001) ..............50 Gordon leads the league with 29 SB)...Segura has recorded 20+ stolen bases in 6 consecutive seasons ALL-TIME CAREER DOUBLES (44 in 2013, 20 in 2014, 25 in 2015, 33 in 2016, 22 in 2017), which is currently the T2nd-longest streak in the Major Leagues...he trails only Elvis Andrus-TEX (9, 2009-2017, 4 SB in 2018), while also being tied with Rk. Player 2B 40. Lou Gehrig (HOF) ............................534 Starling Marte-PIT (6, 2013-18), José Altuve-HOU (6, 2012-17, 15 SB in 2018) and Jarrod Dyson (6, 2012- 41. Al Oliver ..........................................529 17, 16 SB in 2018)...Gordon (5, 2014-18), Billy Hamilton-CIN (5, 2014-18) and Jacoby Ellsbury-NYY (5, 42. Cap Anson (HOF) ............................528 2013-17, 0 SB in 2018) each have active streaks of 5 seasons...with 1 more stolen base, Gordon will extend Frank Robinson (HOF) ....................528 his streak of seasons with 30+ steals to 5 consecutive seasons...only Altuve (6, 2012-17, 4 SB in 2018) has 44. Dave Parker ....................................526 45. Robinson Canó .............................525 a longer active streak while Hamilton (4, 2014-17, 29 SB in 2018) is also 1 stolen base away from his 5th Ted Williams (HOF) .........................525 consecutive season with 30+ stolen bases. BY THE NUMBERS WE'RE GOING STREAKING…Mitch Haniger currently has a season-high 10-game hitting streak (8/18-current), batting .333 (14x42) with 9 runs scored, 2 doubles, 3 home runs, 5 RBI, 1 HBP and 6 walks...his active 10-game hitting streak is currently T2nd-longest in the Major Leagues (along with Alex .400 Bregman-HOU), trailing only an 11-game hitting streak by Milwaukee's Lorenzo Cain...Haniger's 10-game Dating back to July 11, Nelson Cruz is hitting streak is also the 2nd-longest in his career, trailing only a 13-game hitting streak, April 6-19, 2017. batting .400 (16x40) with 2 2B, 2 HR, 20 RBI and 4 walks with RISP...during this PLAYER OF THE MONTH…Mitch Haniger has hit safely in 22 of 26 games in August, including 11 multi-hit stretch his .400 average with RISP is T4th- games…over that span, he is batting .349 (38x109) with 18 runs, 12 doubles, 4 home runs, 14 RBI, 1 HBP, highest in the American League. 9 walks, a .400 on-base percentage and a .569 slugging percentage (.969 OPS)…among American League leaders in the month of August, Haniger ranks 4th in average, trailing only J.D. Martinez-BOS (.398/37x93), Mallex Smith-TB (.389/28x72) and Yan Gomes-CLE (.350/21x60)...leads the AL during August in hits (38) and 2.70 doubles (12) and is T3rd in extra-base hits (16), 4th in total bases (62) and T10th in on-base percentage (.400). Wade LeBlanc is 1-0 with a 2.70 ERA (7 ER, 23.1 IP) over his last 4 road starts THE DÍAZ REPORT…in 64 games this season, Edwin Díaz is 50-for-54 (92.6%) in save opportunities with a (7/27-c)...during this stretch he has limited 1.97 ERA (14 ER, 64.0 IP) with 108 strikeouts and 15 walks…here are some notes on Díaz's standout season: opponents to a .175 (14x80) average, • Leads the Major Leagues with 50 saves…Craig Kimbrel-BOS is 2nd with 37. while walking 8 and striking out 21. • Is the 14th pitcher (done 17x) in ML history to record at least 50 saves in a season. HOMESTAND HIGHLIGHTS • Ranks 2nd among Major League relievers with 108 strikeouts…Josh Hader-MIL is 1st with 113. • Leads the Major Leagues with 25 one-run saves…Blake Treinen-OAK is 2nd with 16.