Saturday, September 26, 2020 Games #58 & 59 (25-32) Oakland Coliseum SEATTLE MARINERS (25-32) vs. OAKLAND ATHLETICS (35-22) Road #34 & 35 (11-22) TODAY’S GAME INFORMATION Game #1 Starting Pitchers: LHP Justus Sheffield (4-3, 3.75) at LHP Mike Minor (1-6, 5.92) Game #2 Starting Pitchers: RHP Justin Dunn (3-1, 4.20) vs. RHP Paul Blackburn (0-0, ---) Game #1 start time: 1:10 pm PT • Radio: 710 ESPN / Mariners.com • TV: ROOT SPORTS NW Day Date Opp. Time (PT) Mariners Pitcher Opposing Pitcher RADIO Sunday Sept. 27 at OAK 12:10 pm LH Marco Gonzales (7-2, 3.06) at RH Frankie Montas (3-5, 6.32) 770 KTTH All games televised on ROOT SPORTS with home games featuring Spanish Audio via TV SAP OFFENSIVE ROOKIE f WAR TODAY’S TILTS…the Mariners continue a 3-day, 4-game road trip (0-1) to wrap up the season with today’s doubleheader against Oakland...recently concluded a four-team, 10-game, 10-day Rk. Player WAR 1. Kyle Lewis-SEA .................... 1.8 homestand/road trip vs. Oakland (1-1), at San Francisco (0-2) at San Diego (1-2) and vs. Houston 2. Jake Cronenworth-SD ............ 1.6 (2-1)…tonight’s game will be televised by ROOT SPORTS NW and broadcast on 710 ESPN and the 3. Willi Castro-DET ..................... 1.4 Mariners Radio Network. 4. Luis Robert-CHW ................... 1.3 SCHEDULE NOTES... The Athletics will be designated as the home team for Game 1 (originally 5. Sean Murphy-OAK ................. 1.3 scheduled game) of today’s doubleheader and the Mariners will be the home team for Game 2 AL ROOKIE (rescheduled game)...Game 2 will begin approximately 30 minutes after the completion of Game 1. ERA LEADERS (Min. 40 IP) ODDS AND ENDS…the Mariners are 3-3 over their last 6 games...they are 6-7 in their last 13 games, 12-10 Rk. Player ERA since Aug. 30 and 17-13 since Aug. 21. 1. Christian Javier-HOU ........... 3.48 • Taxi Squad - LHP Aaron Fletcher, RHP Seth Frankoff, C Joe Hudson, INF Donovan Walton and RHP Art 2. Justus Sheffield-SEA ......... 3.75 Warren are on the Mariners taxi squad on the final road trip. 3. Randy Dobnak-MIN ............. 4.05 • Ribeyes - Kyle Seager ranks T10th in the American League with 37 RBI this season. 4. Jesus Luzardo-OAK ............. 4.12 • France Stays Hot - since joining the Mariners, Ty France has reached base safely via hit, walk or HBP in 18 of 20 5. Justin Dunn-SEA ................ 4.20 games (9/4-c), batting .293 (22x75) with 8 runs scored, 4 doubles, 1 triple, 2 home runs, 10 RBI, 6 walks and 1 HBP. • J.P. Getting Hot - J.P. Crawford has hit safely in each of his last 4 games, including 2 games with multiple AL ROOKIE hits during that span...overall is batting .353 (6x17) during the 4-game stretch. QUALITY START LEADERS • Sliders - Opponents are batting .179 (12x67) off Justus Sheffield’s slider this season, while Justin Dunn has limited opponents to a .143 (6x42) clip against his slider. Rk. Player QS • Catch Us If You Can- the Mariners rank 5th in the Majors with 47 stolen bases this season, trailing only San 1. Justus Sheffield-SEA .............. 6 Diego (52\3) and Miami (50), Kansas City (49) and Tampa Bay (48)...Dylan Moore leads the Mariners with 12 T2. Justin Dunn-SEA ..................... 4 stolen bases, followed by J.P. Crawford (5), Tim Lopes (5) and Kyle Seager (5)....overall, the Mariners 12 Jesus Luzardo-OAK .................. 4 players with at least 1 stolen base this season rank T5th in the Majors (also: Chicago-NL & Tampa Bay), trailing Jose Urquidy-HOU .................... 4 only Cincinnati (15), Texas (15), San Diego (14) and Miami (13). T5. Deivi Garcia-NYY ...................... 3 Christian Javier-HOU ................ 3 ALL ROOKIE TEAM...on Wednesday, Justus Sheffield and Kyle Lewis were named to the MLB Pipepline 2020 All-Rookie Team...Lewis received first team honors as an outfielder, while Sheffield was named to the AVERAGE MARINERS second team as a starting pitcher...the Mariners are one of three American League teams to have both a POSITION PLAYER AGE position player and a starting pitcher listed on the All-Rookie teams, joining Chicago-AL (Luis Robert-OF & BY SEASON Sixto Sanchez-SP) and Oakland (Sean Murphy-C and Jesus Luzardo-SP). The Mariners position player group has TWO GAMES IN ONE DAY...the Mariners are scheduled to play their third doubleheader (0-0-2) of the been tied for the 4th youngest in club season today...marks the Mariners first time playing at least 3 doubleheaders in a season since 1986 when history this season: the club went 0-2-1 in three doubleheaders...overall, is the 9th time in club history that the Mariners have Rk. Player AGE played at least 3 doubleheaders (most: 10, 1998)...dating back to 2009, the Mariners have split each of 1. 1977 Mariners ...................... 26.2 their last 9 doubleheaders, including both of their doubleheaders this season...overall, the Mariners are 12- T2. 1989 Mariners ...................... 26.6 18-46 in 76 doubleheaders in club history. 1983 Mariners ...................... 26.6 T4. 2020 Mariners ..................... 26.7 NICE STRETCH...the Mariners starters have allowed 1 run or less in 5 of their last 6 starts...during this 1986 Mariners ...................... 26.7 stretch, the starters have gone 3-0 with a 1.25 ERA (5 ER, 36.0 IP), while limiting opponents to a .206 (26x126) batting average with 13 walks and 27 strikeouts...over their last 4 games (9/21-c), Mariners starters BY THE NUMBERS have allowed only 1 earned run in 24.1 innings pitched with 7 walks and 16 strikeouts, including scoreless starts from Marco Gonzales (8.0 IP), Nick Margevicius (6.0 IP) and Yusei Kikuchi (6.0 IP)...dating back to the 2nd inning of Ljay Newsome’s start vs. Houston on Tuesday, Mariners starters have combined to toss .311 15.1 consecutive scoreless innings (9/22-c). Since joining the Mariners on Sept. 4, Ty France has hit safely in 10 of 11 START ME UP...Mariners starters have recorded 25 quality starts this season with the starters going 16-2 games on the road, batting .311 (14x45) when allowing 3 runs or less and tossing at least 6.0 innings...the Mariners 25 quality starts this season are with 5 runs scored, 2 doubles, 1 triple, 2 home runs, 3 RBI and 3 walks. T5th-most in the Majors (also: Houston), trailing only Cleveland (37), Chicago-NL (30), Colorado (27) and Cincinnati (26)...Marco Gonzales and Justus Sheffield are T9th in the American League with 6 quality starts this season...dating back to Aug. 30, the Mariners are 10-1 when their starter recorded a quality start. 2 GOLD GLOVE CALIBER…Kyle Seager has not made an error over his last 28 games (8/23-c), successfully With 498 career extra-base hits (280 converting each of his 66 total chances (15 PO, 51 A)…J.P. Crawford has not made an error over his last 30 2B, 13 3B, 205 HR), Kyle Seager is only 2 XBH away from becoming the games (8/15-c), successfully converting each of his 124 total chances (44 PO, 80 A)…Evan White has not 4th player in Mariners history to tally at made an error over his last 46 games (7/29-c), successfully converting each of his 342 total chances (314 least 500 extra-base hits with the club... PO, 28 A)…overall this season, Crawford ranks 2nd among American League shortstops with 5 Defensive he will join Edgar Martinez (838), Ken Runs Saved, trailing only Carlos Correa-HOU (8)…White has tallied 6 Defensive Runs Saved this season, Griffey Jr. (788) and Jay Buhner (557). the most by any AL first basemen…Seager has made 21 out of zone plays this season, the most among AL third basemen. 1,000 STOP IT!…since Aug. 15, the Mariners lead the Major Leagues in fielding percentage with a mark of .992 over Dee Strange-Gordon appeared that span...in their last 36 games, the Mariners have successfully converted 1,237 (932 PO, 305 A) of 1,247 in his 1000th career game with his total chances, committing only 10 errors...during this stretch, the Mariners rank ahead of Houston (.991), appearance as a pinch-runner in the Kansas City (.991) and Tampa Bay (.989)…overall this season the Mariners have committed just 22 errors 10th inning of last-night’s game. total, the 3rd-fewest in the Majors (Houston, 18; Minnesota, 20)…the Mariners .989 fielding percentage (22 VS. OAKLAND E, 1,978 TC) is 3rd-best in the Majors this season, trailing only Houston (.991) and Minnesota (.990). The Mariners and A’s meet today for the ROY...Kyle Lewis ranks among American League rookie leaders in nearly every offensive category: runs 8th and 9th (2-5) of 10 games this sea- scored (1st, 37), hits (1st, 54), walks (1st, 33), batting (1st, .271), on-base percentage (1st, .372), slugging son…the Mariners have won the sea- son series against Oakland in 6 of the percentage (1st, .452), OPS (1st, .834), multi-hit games (1st, 15), times on base (1st, 87), total bases (1st, last 7 seasons (2013-18)..dating back 90), FanGraphs WAR (1st, 1.8), home runs (T1st, 11), RBI (2nd, 28) and extra-base hits (T2nd, 14). to 2015, the Mariners are 27-20 at the Oakland Coliseum. AS YOU MAY KNOW…Mariners starters rank T5th in the American League with a 1.24 WHIP this season..