PEORIA SPORTS COMPLEX • 15707 N 83rd Ave • (P) 623.776.4800 • (F) 623.776.4829 • www.mariners.com Thursday, March 7, 2013 Games #13&14 Surprise Stadium SEATTLE MARINERS (10-2) at KANSAS CITY ROYALS (11-0-1) Road #6&7 TODAY’S GAME INFORMATION Starting Pitchers: RH Felix Hernandez (0-0, -.--) vs. RH Ervin Santana (0-0, 0.00) 1:05 pm MT/12:05 pm PT • Radio: Mariners.com (live) / 710 ESPN Seattle (delay) TODAY’S TILTS…the Mariners (10-2) will play a pair of split-squad games today traveling to Surprise SPRING RECORD to face the Royals (11-0-1) and Phoenix to face the A’s (5-6)…right-hander Felix Hernandez will Overall Record ................................ 10-2 make his Cactus League debut today against Royals right-hander Ervin Santana (0-0, 0.00)… PEORIA STADIUM ............................ 6-2 Home Record ................................... 5-2 meanwhile over in Phoenix, right-hander Brandon Maurer (1-0, 0.00) will make his first spring start Road Record .................................... 5-0 (3rd appearance) against A’s left-hander Tommy Milone (0-0, 0.00). Current Streak ....................................L1 UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS (subject to change)… THE COUNTDOWN TODAY: Mariners (ss) at Royals 1:05 pm 710 ESPN Seattle (delay) SEA — Hernandez*, Iwakuma, Wilhelmsen, Luetge, Capps, Pryor, Carraway, LaFromboise 25 days to Opening Day, 4/1 at Oakland 32 days to Home Opener, 4/8 vs. Houston KC — Santana*, Moscoso, Coleman, Joseph TODAY: Mariners (ss) at A’s 1:05 pm RECENT RESULTS SEA — Maurer*, Paxton, Mitchell, Medina, Bawcom, Fernandez, Moran, Arias Feb. 22 ..............................L, 3-9 vs. SD OAK — Milone*, Werner, Gray, Okajima, Figueroa, Norberto, Billings Feb. 23 .............................. W, 8-6 at SD FRIDAY: Mariners vs. A’s 1:05 pm 710 ESPN Seattle Feb. 24 .............................W, 8-3 vs. SD SEA — Noesi*, Loe, Ruffin, Nunez, Arias, Farquhar, LaFromboise, Bawcom, Moran Feb. 25 ...........................W, 9-8 vs. LAA OAK — Griffin*, Thomas, Chavez, Resop, Rodriguez, Blevins, Doolittle Feb. 26 .............................W, 6-5 at MIL Feb. 27 ............................ W, 5-1 at CLE SATURDAY: Mariners at Dodgers 1:05 pm 710 ESPN Seattle Feb. 28 ...............................W, 4-3 at SF SEA — Garland*, Saunders, Mitchell, Fernandez, Bawcom, Medina, Smith March 1 ..........................W, 8-6 vs. TEX LAD — Harang* March 2 ..........................W, 9-5 vs. LAD * Starting Pitcher March 3 ............................W, 7-6 at TEX March 4 ....................... W, 16-6 vs. COL WINNING STREAK SNAPPED…the Mariners had their 10-game Cactus League winning streak snapped March 6 ........................... L, 6-7 vs. MIL yesterday with a 7-6 loss vs. the Brewers…it marked the longest spring winning streak in a single spring training, besting the previous 8-game streak set March 28-April 4, 1993…the Mariners currently have UPCOMING SCHEDULE the 2nd-best record in the Cactus League behind the Royals (11-0-1), and sit atop the AL West spring March 8 ......................... Oakland (1:05) standings 4.0 games ahead of the Astros (5-5-2) and 4.5 games ahead of the A’s (5-6). March 9 ............................@LA Dodgers March 10 ................. Chicago-AL (1:05) WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC…Michael Saunders (Canada), Alex Liddi (Italy) and Oliver Perez March 11 ................................... Off Day (Mexico) have left Mariners camp to report to their respective teams for the World Baseball Classic… Bold - Peoria Stadium pool play here in Phoenix begins tonight with Italy facing Mexico (Liddi vs. Perez) at Salt River Fields (1 p.m.)…you can follow all the action via www.worldbaseballclassic.com…all three players also saw action BY THE NUMBERS in exhibition play over the last two days: • Michael Saunders went 1-for-3 with a HR in Canada’s 7-4 win over Milwaukee Tuesday (0x2, R yest). • Oliver Perez earned the win in Mexico’s 1-0 win over Arizona with a perfect inning Tuesday night. 10 • Alex Liddi went 2-for-3 with a home run, double and 3 RBI vs. LAA yesterday. The Mariners winning streak that was • Minor leaguer RHP Brian Sweeney threw 0.1 inning for Italy on Tuesday. snapped yesterday, besting the previous spring record of an 8-game streak to end CACTUS LEAGUE NUGGETS… ‘93 spring training. • Raul Ibañez has a current 5-game hitting streak (.571/8x14), and is batting .500 (8x16) overall. • Jason Bay is batting .455 (5x11) and has reached base safely in 9 of his 15 plate apps (.600 OBP). • Franklin Gutierrez has recorded 5 hits, all for extra bases (3 HR, 2B, 3B)…ranks T4th in the Cactus 16 League with 8 RBI and T3rd with 3 home runs. Different players have hit home runs this • Carlos Peguero has a 1.000 SLG% and is batting .450 (9x20) with 3 HR, 2 2B, 4 RBI. spring to combine for the 26 total HR. • The Feb. 22 game vs. SD marked the earliest start to a Mariners spring training…34 official games will be the 2nd-most in club spring history trailing only 37 in 2009 (also a WBC year). • The Mariners have 5 players listed amongst Baseball America’s Top 100 Prospects: Mike Zunino (17), 26 Taijuan Walker (18), Danny Hultzen (29), Nick Franklin (79), James Paxton (87). Home runs the Mariners have hit this spring to lead all Major League teams… B GAME ADDED TO SCHEDULE…the Mariners have added a B game to the spring schedule, hit at least 1 HR in all 12 games. traveling to Goodyear on Thursday, March 14 vs. the Indians (10 am). HANSEN HAS ‘EM HAMMERING…Seattle has clubbed 26 home runs in 12 games to lead both Cactus 61 and Grapefruit League (CLE is 2nd w/19)…hit at least one home run in all 12 games, and multi-HR in 10 Players currently on the Major League of the 12 games (9 straight)…16 different players have combined for the 26 home runs, led by three each Spring Training roster (40 roster + 21 from Carlos Peguero and Franklin Gutierrez, and two by Justin Smoak, Jason Bay, Raul Ibañez, non-roster). Michael Morse, Kendrys Morales and Michael Saunders…Nick Franklin, Kyle Seager, Mike Jacobs, Alex Liddi, Brendan Ryan, Mike Zunino, Jesus Montero and Casper Wells have also homered…the SINGLE-GAME TICKETS Mariners also lead all spring teams with a team .574 SLG, .934 OPS and 61 extra base hits…also ranks Single-game tickets for the 2013 3rd with a .304 batting average (132x434), with double-digits in hits in 8 of 12 games. season go on sale to the public at 10 am Saturday, March 16…tickets will WOULD BE A RECORD…the Mariners have recorded multiple home runs in 9 consecutive games be available without a service charge (Feb. 25-current), and even though this is spring training, by comparison, that would set the club at the Safeco Field Box Office and record for consecutive multi-HR games…the regular-season record is 7 straight games with 2+ Seattle Mariners Team Stores home runs, set Sept. 18-26, 1995 during the Mariners run towards the AL West title. ON THE AIR SURPRISE!…the Mariners are 16-8-1 all-time at Billy Parker Field, including winning 8 of the last 12…the Today’s game vs. the Royals will spring series vs. the Royals is tied 12-12-4. be broadcast on ESPN 710 Seattle LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION…TV games this spring include the following games: March 17 vs. and the Mariners Radio Network delayed to 7 PM…Rick Rizzs (28th Texas (1:05 pm), March 19 vs. San Francisco (7:05 pm), March 21 vs. Chicago-NL (7:05 pm), March season with the Mariners) and Aaron 23 vs. Cleveland (1:05 pm), March 30 vs. Colorado (12:05 pm). Goldsmith (1st season) will call the action…any game that is tape- HEY LARRY…you already know that the Mariners have 61 players in Major League camp…BUT delayed will be available live and DID YOU KNOW?…that when Felix Hernandez takes the mound today in Surprise that will mean free of charge online via Mariners. that all 61 players will have played in a Cactus League game…up to this point, the Mariners have com (need login credentials). not used any minor league players. 2013 SPRING TRAINING GAME NOTES • March 7, 2013 • at Kansas CITY ROYALS TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER -- #34 FELIX HERNANDEZ (RHP) YEAR TEAM W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB SO 2012 SEATTLE 13-9 3.06 33 33 5 5 232.0 209 84 79 14 56 223 2013 SPRING 0-0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- MLB TOTALS 98-76 3.22 238 238 23 9 1620.1 1484 648 579 130 480 1487 2013 Spring Training: Making first A game appearance...has thrown a simulated game (3/3) and live BP. • Went 13-9, 3.06 (5th in AL) in 33 GS in 2012...led the AL in ShO (5), 2nd in IP (232.0) & CG (5), 3rd in Ks (223), T5th in QS (21). • Threw the 23rd perfect game in MLB history Aug. 15 vs. TB, a 1-0 victory...was 7th PG in MLB history to be decided by 1-0 score. • Selected to All-Star Team but did not pitch...was 3rd ASG selection. • Fourth consecutive season with 200+ IP, 200+ K, 30+ GS and a sub 3.50 ERA. • Was 9-0, 1.40 over a 14-game stretch June 17-Aug. 27. • Signed new seven-year contract on Feb. 13 and is now signed thru 2019. ALSO SCHEDULED TO PITCH… #18 - Hisashi Iwakuma (rhp): 2013 Spring Training: 0-0, 3.00 - allowed 1 R on 2 H in 2.0 IP on 3/2 vs.