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Monday, March 29, 2021 Game #28 (11-11-5) Goodyear Ballpark SEATTLE MARINERS (11-11-5) at CINCINNATI REDS (7-19-1) Road #14 (4-6-3) TODAY’S GAME INFORMATION Starting Pitchers: RH Chris Flexen (1-1, 6.23) vs. LH Brandon Finnegan (0-0, 4.26) 12:05 pm AZ/PT • Radio: 710 ESPN Seattle • TV: None TODAY’S TILT…the Mariners travel to Goodyear Ballpark for their 2021 Spring Training SPRING RECORD finale...Seattle enjoyed an off day Sunday coming off a 5-0 win over the Giants on Saturday, Overall Record ...........................11-11-5 with James Paxton leading the pitching staff to 20 combined strikeouts as a team in PEORIA STADIUM .........................7-6-2 the shutout victory...Seattle looks to finish the spring above .500 with right-handerChris Home Record ................................7-5-2 Road Record .................................4-6-3 Flexen set to make his 5th start. Current Streak .................................. W1 UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS (subject to change)… THE COUNTDOWN MONDAY: Mariners at Reds 12:05 pm 710 ESPN Seattle 3 days to Opening Night, 4/1 vs. SF SEA — Flexen, Graveman, Montero, Vest, Guerrieri, Steckenrider, Sadler CIN — Finnegan*, Lodolo*, Shipley, Osich*, Fulmer, Hembree UPCOMING SCHEDULE * left-handed pitcher March 30 ............................... OFF DAY March 31 ............................... OFF DAY ROSTER MOVES...Mariners Executive Vice President & General Manager Jerry Dipoto April 1 ..........................vs. SF (Game 1) announced the following roster moves at the Mariners Major League spring camp on Bold - Peoria Stadium Saturday. BY THE NUMBERS Optioned to alternate training site (2): RHP (2): Joey Gerber, Erik Swanson Saturday’s moves leave the Mariners with 31 players in their Major League camp: 29 roster 31 players, 1 non-roster invitee (RHP Drew Steckenrider) and 1 player (RHP Andrés Muñoz) The Mariners Spring Training ros- ter is now at 31 players after roster on the 60-day IL. moves that involved 2 players on THREE DAYS TO OPENING NIGHT...Seattle opens the 2021 regular season 3 days from Saturday. So far in camp, 31 play- ers have been re-assigned to mi- tonight at T-Mobile Park...the Mariners will take on the San Francisco Giants with a 7:10 nor league camp, 9 were optioned pm PT first pitch...the limited inventory of 9,000 tickets available for the Opening Night to the Mariners alternate site, one game is sold out...the Mariners have already sold out for all 3 games of their opening (1) optioned to AAA Tacoma, one (1) optioned to A Everett, one (1) series against San Francisco, as well as Monday, April 19 vs. the Los Angeles Dodgers... assigned to minor league rehab tickets are still available for select remaining games in the first two homestands, including and one (1) released. April 5-7 (CWS), April 16-18 (HOU) and April 20 (LAD). FINISHED THE MARATHON...the Mariners played games on 26 consecutive days 550 from March 2-27 before enjoying an off day yesterday...Seattle went 10-11-5 during the When the Seattle Mariners wel- stretch...the Mariners playing on 26 straight days was the longest streak of games in the come a sold-out crowd to T-Mobile Cactus League, with the next-closest Chicago White Sox playing on 18 straight days. Park for Opening Night against the San Francisco Giants on April 1, VS. CINCINNATI...the Mariners and Reds have met 21 times in Spring Training...Seattle owns it will be the first time in 550 days a 15-6 advantage in the matchup...they last met 17 days ago on March 12 at Peoria Stadium in that fans will be in attendance at a 4-3 Mariners win in 8 innings...the clubs last met at Goodyear Ballpark on Feb. 26, 2020 in a T-Mobile Park (Sept. 29, 2019 in a 3-1 win vs. Oakland)...research 5-3 Mariners victory...Justin Dunn started and tossed 2.0 innings in that game. thanks to Mariners Sr. Director of WALKS & STEALS...the Mariners lead all 30 Major League clubs in walks (121) and stolen Public Information Rebecca Hale. bases (30) in Spring Training...J.P. Crawford’s 12 walks this spring rank 2nd in MLB, trailing only Oakland’s Matt Chapman (14)...Sam Haggerty’s 6 stolen bases are tied with Colorado’s Garrett Hampson for most in the Majors...the Mariners 50 doubles as a team 20 rank 5th in Spring Training. Mariners pitchers James Paxton (4.0 IP, 9 K), Vinny Nittoli (1.0 IP, LIVE BP TODAY…in addition to their final spring game in Goodyear, the Mariners are also 1 K), Keynan Middleton (1.0 IP, 3 participating in a live BP session at the Peoria Sports Complex today starting at 10:30 K), Drew Steckenrider (1.0 IP, 2 K), Paul Sewald (1.0 IP, 3 K) and am...starting pitcher Justus Sheffield is expected to throw at the session. JT Chargois (1.0 IP, 2 K) combined SPRING HIGHLIGHTS…Julio Rodríguez hit a walk-off single in the spring opener on for 20 strikeouts against the Giants in Saturday’s 5-0 victory. Feb. 28 in a 5-4 win over San Diego...Mitch Haniger, Kyle Seager and Ty France hit back-to-back-to-back home runs in the 3rd inning on March 4 vs. Colorado...the Mariners tied 4 straight games from March 3-6, surpassing their previous spring-high 3 ties...Dylan 3 Moore and Ty France led off a game with back-to-back homers, followed by a Kyle Mariners Manager Scott Servais Lewis triple, in a 6-3 win vs. KC on March 9...Seattle pitchers combined for 20 strikeouts has already named Marco Gonza- on March 27 vs. San Francisco. les as Opening Night starter for the Mariners vs. the Giants on April 1... 67 PLAYERS…67 different players have appeared in a game for the Mariners this will mark his third consecutive start spring...29 different position players have played, while 38 pitchers have registered an on Opening Day, trailing only Félix Hernández (11), Randy Johnson (6) appearance. and Jamie Moyer (4) for the most PEORIA STADIUM…the Mariners finished 2021 Spring Training averaging 1,820 fans in Opening Day starts in club history. 14 home openings at Peoria Stadium...Seattle drew a spring-high 2,000 fans on Sunday, THE ROSTER March 14 in a 5-4 win over the Milwaukee Brewers...capacities at Peoria Stadium were capped due to COVID-19 safety protocols. The spring roster is currently at 31 players (29 roster, 1 non-roster, 1 60- PROSPECT RANKINGS…the Mariners are ranked by MLB.com as having the 3rd-best day IL)…the camp breakdown by farm system in the Major Leagues, trailing only Tampa Bay and Detroit…Seattle’s Top position is the following: 17 pitchers (1 non-roster, 1 60-day IL), 2 catchers, 5 100 prospects as listed by Major League Baseball’s official website includes 6 players: infielders, 4 outfielders and 3 INF/OF. OF Jarred Kelenic (#4), OF Julio Rodríguez (#5), RHP Emerson Hancock (#31), RHP Logan Gilbert (#33), RHP George Kirby (#92) and OF Taylor Trammell (#100)...the #3 ON THE AIR ranking by MLB.com comes after publications Baseball America and Baseball Prospectus Monday’s spring finale will be broadcast live on ESPN 710 Seattle both ranked the Mariners as the #2 farm system in the Major Leagues. (first pitch 12:05 local and PT) with Rick Rizzs and Gary Hill. • Thursday’s Opening Night game at HEY RIZZS, AS YOU KNOW…the Mariners won 5-0 over the Giants on Saturday night... T-Mobile Park vs. the San Francisco it was the 3rd shutout victory of the spring for Seattle, joining March 16 at Kansas City (W Giants will be televised live on ROOT 13-0) and March 23 at Arizona (W 3-0), but...DID YOU KNOW?...it was the Mariners first SPORTS Northwest (first pitch shutout victory at Peoria Stadium since March 17, 2018 in a 7-0 win over the Angels... 7:10 PT) with Dave Sims and Mike Blowers...the game will be broadcast Marco Gonzales started for Seattle in that game...the Mariners hit a trio of home runs live on ESPN 710 with Rick Rizzs and (Mike Zunino, Daniel Vogelbach, Kyle Seager) in the shutout victory. Aaron Goldsmith. 2021 SPRING TRAINING GAME NOTES • MARCH 29, 2021 • AT CINCINNATI REDS #77 — CHRIS FLEXEN (RHP) YEAR TEAM W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB SO 2020 Doosan-KBO 8-4 3.01 21 21 0 0 116.2 97 43 39 6 30 132 2021 SPRING 1-1 6.23 4 4 0 0 13.0 15 10 9 2 5 14 MLB Totals 3-11 8.07 27 11 0 0 68.0 91 69 61 14 54 49 2021 Spring Training - 1-1, 6.23 in 4G: His March 5 start at Chicago-AL was his first in America since Aug. 31, 2019 with AAA Syracuse in the New York Mets organization...allowed 2 runs (1 earned) on 2 hits...snagged a Luis Robert comeback line drive in the 1st...struck out the last 3 White Sox batters he faced...started on March 11 at the Dodgers, his second start at Camelback Ranch in as many out- ings...allowed 2 earned runs on 1 hit, a 2-run homer by Corey Seager...retired 9 of the last 11 batters he faced in a 3.0-inning start... allowed 6 earned runs on 9 hits in 3.0 innings on March 17 vs. the Angels, getting tagged with the loss...threw 5.0 scoreless innings in a March 23 start at Arizona, allowing 3 hits and 1 walk with 4 strikeouts in a 3-0 shutout win against the D’Backs.