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Wednesday, April 28, 2021 Game #25 (13-11) Minute Maid Park SEATTLE MARINERS (13-11) at HOUSTON ASTROS (12-11) Road #14 (7-6) TONIGHT’S GAME INFORMATION Starting Pitchers: RHP Justin Dunn (1-0, 3.68) vs. RHP Zack Greinke (2-1, 2.76) First Pitch: 7:10 pm CT/5:10 pm PT • Radio: 710 ESPN / Mariners.com • TV: ROOT SPORTS NW Day Date Opp. Time (PT) Mariners Pitcher Opposing Pitcher RADIO Thursday April 29 at HOU 11:10 am LHP Yusei Kikuchi (0-1, 5.70) at TBA 710 ESPN All games televised on ROOT SPORTS with home games featuring Spanish Audio via TV SAP TONIGHT’S TILT…the Mariners continue the current 8-game road trip (2-4) with the 3rd of 4 games INSIDE THE NUMBERS against the Houston Astros (0-2)...opened the road trip with a 4-game series split at Boston (2-2)... following Thursday’s series finale at Houston, will return home to Seattle for a 6-game homestand vs. Los 5 Angeles-AL (3 G) and Baltimore (3 G)...went 3-2 on the recent homestand against Houston (2-1) and Los J.P Crawford has tallied 5 Defensive Angeles-NL (1-1)...went 5-2 on the first road trip of the season at Minnesota (2-1) and Baltimore (3-1)... Runs Saved (DRS) this season, tied for today’s game will be televised on ROOT Sports NW, as well as broadcast on 710 ESPN Seattle and the the most by any infielder in the Majors Mariners Radio Network. (also: Asdrubal Cabrera-ARI). ODDS AND ENDS…have lost three straight games for the first time this season...have won 7 of their last 13 games, 11 of their last 17 games and 12 of their last 19 games...are 4-1-2 in series this season...are 7-3 in day games and 6-8 at night…are 6-5 at T-Mobile Park and 7-6 on the road...are 12-3 when scoring at 6 least 4 runs and 1-8 when scoring 3 or fewer. The Mariners recorded 6 outs on balls hit over 95 mph in last night’s game, • Control the Zone - The Mariners are batting .260 after 1-0 counts this season, the 8th-best average tied for their 3rd-most in any game after 1-0 counts in the Majors...after 0-1 counts, are batting .170, 29th in the Majors after 0-1...the this season (most: 8-2x, last: 4/22 at Mariners rank last in the Majors with a .230 batting average on the first pitch this season. BOS)...Tom Murphy has had 66.7% • Game #3 - The Mariners are 6-0 this season in Game 3 of a series. of his hard-hit balls result in outs this • Take a Walk - The Mariners rank 5th in the AL this season with 77 walks, trailing New York-AL (100), season, leading the Mariners. Oakland (86), Tampa Bay (83) and Chicago-AL (82). • Get On - The Mariners are batting .256 (77x301) with runners on base this season, T6th-best average in the Majors...Seattle ranks T4th in the Majors with 33 extra-base hits with runners on base (also: 7 Tampa Bay), trailing only Houston (41), Chicago-AL (35) and Cincinnati (34). Mariners infielders rank T2nd in the • Take it to the Grave - Dating back to Sept. 19, 2020, Kendall Graveman has made 12 consecutive Majors with 7 Outs Above Average this appearances without allowing a run, spanning 15.0 IP...during that stretch, he has allowed only 3 hits season (also: San Francisco), trailing (all singles) and 4 walks with 12 strikeouts. only Miami (8)...J.P. Crawford leads • Take it Away - The Mariners have played 13 games on the road this season, T4th-most in the Majors Mariners infielders with 3 OAA, followed (also: Texas), trailing Arizona (17), Toronto (15) and Pittsburgh (15)...Seattle is 7-6 (.538) on the road by Evan White (2) and Dylan Moore (2). this season. • No Runs for You - 5 Mariners relievers currently hold active scoreless innings streaks of 4.0 innings +16.4 or more: Kendall Graveman (9.2 IP), Anthony Misiewicz (7.1 IP), Keynan Middleton (5.0 IP), Rafael Kendall Graveman has improved Montero (4.0 IP) and Ljay Newsome (4.0 IP). his whiff rate from 18.6% in 2020 to • Young Guns - The Mariners pitching staff is the 2nd-youngest in the Majors this season with an aver- 35% in 2021...marks the 2nd-largest age age of 27.5 years old, trailing only Cleveland (26.2). increase in whiff rate from last season, • Taxi Squad - LHP Aaron Fletcher, C José Godoy, RHP Domingo Tapia and IF Donovan Walton are trailing only Nick Nelson (+17.7). on the Mariners taxi squad for the current 8-game road trip. WANDERLUST...Kyle Seager is batting .347 (17x49) with 6 runs, 4 doubles, 1 triple, 4 home runs, 15 RBI, 3 walks and 1 stolen base on the road this season...leads the Majors with 15 RBI on the road this season 38 and ranks 10th in the Majors with a 1.114 OPS (best: Byron Buxton, 1.373)...has hit safely in 8 of 12 away Kyle Seager’s 38 hard-hit balls (exit games this season, including 6 multi-hit games away from T-Mobile Park...since 2011, Seager ranks T6th velocities of at least 95 mph) are in the Majors with 130 home runs on the road (also: Paul Goldschmidt). most in the American League...Mitch Haniger ranks T6th with 33 such TROUBLE WITH THE CURVE...opponents are batting just .071 (2x28) against Justin Dunn’s curveball batted balls (also: 4 others). (2x16) and slider (0x12) this season, without recording a single extra-base hit...Dunn’s curveball is averaging 18 inches of horizontal break this season, compared to 14.6 inches of horizontal break in 2020... with 18 inches of horizontal break, Dunn’s curveball ranks 4th in the Majors for most horizontal movement 93 this season among all other curveballs. Mariners pitchers have tallied 93 BULLPEN BULLIES...Kendall Graveman and Anthony Misiewicz are 2 of 10 relievers in the Majors to strikeouts on the road and 93 strikeouts begin the season with at least 8 appearances without allowing a run so far during 2021...the Mariners join at home this season. the Pirates as the only team in the Majors to have multiple such relievers this season...with 9.2 IP over his 8 appearances, Graveman ranks T5th in the Majors (also: James Karinchak) for longest scoreless innings 99.4% streak by a reliever this season, while Misiewicz (7.1 IP, 9 G) ranks T21st. Will Vest’s changeup ranks T11th in HERE WE GO AGAIN WITH THE ‘PEN...the Mariners bullpen has combined to hold opponents scoreless the Majors this season with a 99.4% over its last 10.2 IP (April 25-c), with 2 walks and 6 strikeouts during that span...overall, Mariners relief active spin rate this season (via. pitchers are 8-3 with a 2.29 ERA (22 ER, 86.1 IP) and 7 saves in 24 games this season...Seattle relievers Statcast)...active spin rate measure the have allowed opponents to bat just .180 which ranks best in the Majors ahead of New York-AL (.187) and percentage of spin the contributes to Pittsburgh (.192)...the Mariners rank 2nd in bullpen ERA (2.29), trailing only Toronto (2.24) and rank 2nd in pitch movement. WHIP (1.01), trailing only New York-AL (0.98). BRING ON THE WEST...after going 6-14 vs. the AL West opponents to begin the 2020 season, the MLB RBI LEADERS Mariners are 16-9 over their last 25 games (8/16/20-current) vs. their divisional rivals...the Mariners have Rk. Player RBI won or tied each of their last 7 series vs. the AL West (min. 1 game series), which is currently T4th-longest T1. J.D. Martinez-BOS 21 stretch in Mariners club history (done 10 times, last: 5/15-7/5/18), trailing only streaks of 10 (9/26/2000- Nate Lowe-TEX 21 9/20/2001) and 8 (4/8-7/18/2002 & 9/18/1995-6/30/1996). 3. Kyle Seager-SEA 20 …the Mariners have scored at least 4 runs in 11 of their last 17 games, in 12 of their last T4. Rafael Devers-BOS 19 FOUR SCORE Vladimir Guerrero Jr.-TOR 19 19 games and 15 of their 24 games overall this season…Seattle is 12-3 (.800) this season when scoring Carlos Santana-KC 19 at least 4 runs and 1-8 (.111) when scoring 3 or fewer...Seattle’s lone win this season when scoring 3 or Justin Turner-LAD 19 fewer came in a 2-1 win on Apr. 15 in game 2 of a doubleheader at Baltimore in 7 innings...the Mariners David Peralta-ARI 19 rank T2nd in the Majors with 15 games scoring 4 runs or more this season, trailing only Arizona (16). Tyler Naquin-CIN 19 STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE...through 24 games this season, the Mariners are tied for strongest schedule Jesus Aguilar-MIL 19 in all of baseball (also: Colorado) according to Baseball-Reference’s Strength of Schedule (SOS) metric... the Mariners (0.6) and Rockies (0.6) rank ahead of San Diego (0.5), San Francisco (0.4), and Cincinnati (0.4) VS. HOUSTON for the toughest schedule in the Majors so far...SOS measures a team by the number of runs per game The Mariners and Astros meet today their opponents are better (or worse) than league average...Seattle is 8-9 (.470) against teams currently for the sixth of 19 games this season with a record of .500 or better and is 5-2 (.714) against teams below .500.