Sunday, April 16, 2017 Game #13 (4-8) Safeco Field TEXAS RANGERS (4-7) vs. SEATTLE MARINERS (4-8) Home #6 (3-2) TODAY’S GAME INFORMATION Starting Pitchers: LHP Cole Hamels (0-0, 4.50) vs. RHP Hisashi Iwakuma (0-1, 2.25) 1:10 pm PT • Radio: 710 ESPN / Mariners.com • TV: ROOT SPORTS Day Date Opp. Time (PT) Mariners Pitcher Opposing Pitcher RADIO Monday April 17 MIA 7:10 pm LH Ariel Miranda (0-1, 5.06) vs. RH Tom Koehler (0-0, 3.27) 710 ESPN Tuesday April 18 MIA 7:10 pm RH Yovani Gallardo (0-1, 6.30) vs. LH Wei-Yin Chen (1-1, 7.00) 710 ESPN Wednesday April 19 MIA 12:40 pm RH Felix Hernandez (1-1, 2.95) vs. RH Edinson Volquez (0-1, 3.45) 710 ESPN All games televised on ROOT SPORTS with home games featuring Spanish Audio via TV SAP TODAY’S TILT…the Mariners continue a 9-game homestand today with the fi nale of a three-game series ON THIS DATE vs. Texas (2-0)… began the homestand by losing 2-of-3 to Houston and will also host Miami (3 G) following 1991: Brian Holman tosses his fourth ca- reer shutout in a 3-0 win against the Twins at the three-game series vs. the Rangers…went 1-6 on a recently-completed, season-opening, seven-game the Kingdome (Holman fi nished his Mariners road trip to Houston (1-3) and Los Angeles (0-3)…today’s game will be televised live in HD on ROOT career with 5 ShO, T8th-most in club histo- SPORTS NW and broadcast live on 710 ESPN Seattle and the Mariners Radio Network. ry)…2009: Ichiro goes 1-for-4 vs. the Angels and breaks the all-time Japanese hits record ODDS AND ENDS…the Mariners continue their 41st season in club history with a 9-game homestand vs. with his 3,086 career hit (1,280 in Japan, 1,806 with Mariners), passing Isao Harimoto for the Houston, Texas and Miami…9 of the club’s fi rst 26 games – and 15 of the fi rst 38 – will be played at Safeco Field. all-time Japanese record. • Motter Pop - in his last 4 games (4/11-c), Taylor Motter is 7-for-15 (.467) with 3 runs, 4 doubles, 2 home runs and 5 RBI…his 6 extra-base hits (4 2B, 2 HR) are T8th in the AL (also: Mitch Haniger and 8 others). ACTIVE HOME RUN • Off to the Races - Seattle has tallied 10 steals this season, T4th-most in the Majors (also: Houston & LEADERS VS. TEXAS Milwaukee), trailing Cincinnati (13), Arizona (12) and New York-AL (12)…Jarrod Dyson and Jean Segura Two Mariners rank in the top-5 among rank T8th in the American League (also: Chase Headley-NYY & Mallex Smith-TB) with 3 steals apiece. active home run leaders against Texas: • A Pitcher’s Best Friend - the Mariners rank T1st in MLB (also: COL) double plays turned (19)…have Rk. Name HR vs. TEX turned at least 1 double play in each of their 12 games, including 7 games with two double plays apiece. 1. Adam Lind ................................. 21 Mike Trout ..................................21 • New Faces - of the 25 players active for Opening Day, 18 were not on the Mariners Opening Day roster 3. Robinson Cano ........................ 20 last season, including 12 players who were not in the Mariners organization when the 2016 season began. 4. Kyle Seager .............................. 19 HE’S NO WALKER, TEXAS RANGERS…Hisashi Iwakuma owns a career 4.24 strikeout-to-walk ratio (89 5. Mark Trumbo .............................18 K, 21 BB) vs. the Rangers, tops all-time against Texas...he is one of two pitchers in Major League history A.L. ROOKIE LEADERS with a K/BB ratio of at least 4.0 against the Rangers, ranking ahead of Mike Mussina (4.02/209 K, 52 BB) and Dallas Keuchel (3.85/104K, 27 BB). Mitch Haniger ranks among American League rookies in several offensive cat- FOR STARTERS... Mariners starters have combined for a 2.75 ERA (22 ER, 72.0 IP), 2nd-best among egories: starting staffs in the Majors…they trail only Kansas City’s starting rotation in combined ERA (2.59/ 19 ER, Category # Rank 66.0 IP)…Seattle starters allowed 2 runs-or-fewer in eight of the club’s 12 games this season…Mariners Hits 14 1st Runs 11 1st starters have also given up 5 hits-or-fewer in seven of their 12 outings…they have logged at least 7.0 Walks 7 1st innings pitched in 3 of their last 5 appearances (4/10-c)…their 3 overall starts of 7.0+ IP rank T3rd-most Extra-Base Hits 6 1st among American League starting staffs (also: Boston, Kansas City, New York-AL & Tampa Bay), trailing OBP .393 1st Toronto (4) and Houston (4)…10 of the 22 runs allowed by Mariners starting pitchers this season have come OPS .935 1st Home Runs 3 T1st via solo home runs. SLG .542 2nd WE MESS WITH TEXAS…dating back to Sept. 7, 2016, the Mariners have won 4 consecutive games vs. RBI 7 T2nd the Texas Rangers…during that span, Seattle’s pitching staff has posted a 1.00 ERA (4 ER, 36.0 IP) with 30 IINSIDENSIDE TTHEHE NNUMBERSUMBERS strikeouts and 7 walks while limiting the Rangers to a .189 average (24x127)…in that same stretch, Mariners batters have combined to hit .295 (36x122) with 5 doubles, 1 triple, 7 home runs and 21 RBI while average 5.3 runs per game (21 R, 4 G). .340 LOOKING FOR A SWEEP…the Mariners are looking for their fi rst sweep of the Texas Rangers since April Since 2015, Danny Valencia is batting 27-29, 2015 at Texas…Seattle has not swept the Rangers at home since Sept. 28-30, 2007…overall, the .340 (32x94) with 17 runs, 4 doubles, 2 Mariners have recorded 18 sweeps of the Rangers in a series of at least 3 games. triples, 5 home runs and 20 RBI in 26 games against Texas. EARLY-SEASON SHUTOUTS…the Mariners have thrown 2 combined shutouts this season, both in games started by James Paxton (4/10 vs. HOU and 4/15 vs. TEX)…their 2 shutouts lead the American League and rank T2nd in the Major Leagues (also: San Diego), trailing only Cincinnati (3)…marks the 5th time in 4.24 club history the Mariners have recorded 2 shutouts through their fi rst games games of a season (also: 1992, Hisashi Iwakuma has a career 2007, 2009 and 2013). strikeout-to-walk ratio of 4.24 (89 K, 21 TEXAS-SIZED NUMBERS...Kyle Seager has recorded 58 RBI vs. the Rangers dating back to 2013…his 58 BB) vs. the Texas Rangers. RBI vs. Texas are 2nd-most by a American Leaguer vs. a single opponent (2013-2017)...during this stretch only Miguel Cabrera’s 64 RBI vs. Cleveland rank ahead of Seager…he ranks ahead of Chris Davis (56 vs. TB), Edwin Encarnacion (56 vs. BOS) and Mike Trout (56 vs. TEX)…overall since 2013, Seager is batting 6 .344 (101x294) with 55 runs scored, 21 doubles, 17 home runs, 58 RBI, 6 HBP, 30 walks and 6 stolen bases Despite only having 21 at-bats, Taylor Motter ranks T8th in the American in 78 games vs. the Rangers. League (also: Mitch Haniger and HE’S GOING FOR DISTANCE…Jarrod Dyson has been successful on each of his last 15 stolen base 8 others) with 6 extra-base hits (4 attempts (8/26/16-c)…in his career, he has been successful on 179 of his 209 steal attempts, an 85.6% doubles, 2 home run). success rate…that success mark is the 2nd-best in Major League history (min. 200 stolen base attempts) behind Carlos Beltran (86.4%, 312 of 361) and ahead of Hall of Famer Tim Raines (84.7%, 808 of 954). 15 DOUBLE OR NOTHING…the Mariners rank 3rd in the American League in doubles with 21, trailing only Jarrod Dyson has been successful on Boston (23) and Minnesota (22)…Seattle is one of 6 teams in the AL with 3 players with at least 3 doubles each of his last 15 stolen base attempts each (Taylor Motter: 4, Robinson Canó: 3, Mitch Haniger: 3)…the other AL teams are the Angels, Athletics, (8/26/16-c). Orioles, Tigers and Twins…21 of Seattle’s 89 total hits (23.6%) have been doubles. #MARINERS40 KEEPING IT IN THE DIVISION...today is the Mariners fi nal of 13 straight games vs. AL West opponents to open the season (4-8)…17 of the club’s fi rst 20 games this year will be played against divisonal foes… During the 2017 season, the Mariners will commemorate the 40th anniversary the Mariners are 17-13 (.567) in their last 30 match-ups against AL West opponents (9/7/16-c)…from Sept. of the club’s inception in 1977, cele- 7-14, 2016, the Mariners won 8 consecutive games vs. AL West opponents. brating four decades of team and indi- vidual accomplishments. AS YOU KNOW...each team on this 9-game homestand features at least 1 Japanese-born player on its roster (Seattle: Hisashi Iwakuma), Houston (Norichika Aoki), Texas (Yu Darvish) and Miami (Ichiro VS. TEXAS Suzuki and Junichi Tazawa)…AND AS YOU MAY KNOW…Tuesday is Salute to Japanese Baseball The Mariners and Rangers meet in the Night at Safeco Field…BUT DID YOU KNOW?…that the Mariners have had the most appearances by third (2-0) of 19 games this season… Japanese-born position players and the 2nd-most appearances by Japanese-born pitchers in Major Seattle went 7-12 vs.