GAME INFORMATION Safeco Field • PO Box 4100 • Seattle, WA 98194 • TEL: 206.346.4000 • FAX: 206.346.4000 • www.mariners.com Tuesday, May 15, 2012 SEATTLE MARINERS (16-21) at BOSTON RED SOX (16-19) Game #38 (16-21) Fenway Park RH Blake Beavan (1-3, 4.32) at RH Josh Beckett (2-4, 5.97) Road #23 (9-13) UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS…all times PDT… Day Date Opp. Time Mariners Pitcher Opposing Pitcher TV Wednesday May 16 @CLE 4:05 pm RH Felix Hernandez (3-2, 2.29) at RH Ubaldo Jimenez (3-3, 5.18) ROOT Thursday May 17 @CLE 9:05 am RH Hector Noesi (2-4, 6.32) at RH Zach McAllister (1-1, 4.15) ROOT Friday May 18 @COL 5:40 pm RH Kevin Millwood (1-4, 5.09) at TBA ROOT Saturday May 19 @COL 1:10 pm LH Jason Vargas (4-3, 3.28) at TBA ROOT Sunday May 20 @COL 12:10 pm RH Blake Beavan (1-3, +today) at TBA ROOT All games broadcast on 710 ESPN Seattle & Mariners Radio Network TODAY’S TILT…the Mariners close out their only trip to Boston with game #2 (0-1) vs. the Sox…this ACKLEY IS STREAKING Dustin Ackley has a current 10-game is day #4 (1-3) of an 11-day, 10-game, 4-city, 2-league roadtrip to New York (1-2), Boston, Cleveland hitting streak, a team season-high… (2 games) and Colorado (3 games)…were 4-2 on last homestand vs. Minnesota (2-1) and Detroit (2- Miguel Olivo, who is currently on 1)…today’s game will be televised on ROOT Sports in high definition & broadcast live on710 ESPN the DL, has an active 8-gamer (April Seattle & Mariners Radio Network. 22-current). MOST AL APPEARANCES ODDS AND ENDS…lost yest., and have lost 3 of 4 and 4 of 6 but have won 5 of last 9…season-high 1. Joel Peralta, TB .....................19 7-game losing streak April 28-May 4, the 2nd-longest losing streak in Majors this season (KC, 12 G) Grant Balfour, OAK ................19 …7G skid followed a season-high 4-game win streak April 24-27…are 9-13 on the road and 7-8 at Boone Logan, NYY ...............19 Safeco Field. 4. Steve Delabar, SEA .............18 Matt Thornton, CWS .............18 • Road Warriors -- 18 of first 27 (and 28 of first 43) Mariners games will be played on the road. Burke Badenhop, TB .............18 • Sent 10+ batters to the plate 3 times: 4/7 @OAK (10), 4/9 @TEX (10) & 4/17 vs. CLE (11). 7. Brandon League, SEA .........17 • On April 17 vs. CLE Kyle Seager collected franchise hit #50,000 and Justin Smoak scored run #25,000. Tom Wilhelmsen, SEA .........17 • Ichiro has drawn 169 intentional walks (1 in ‘12), 3 off club record of 172 set by Ken Griffey Jr. 6 other pitchers .....................17 IRON MEN SEATTLE VS. RED SOX…the Mariners and Red Sox meet for the 2nd (0-1) of 9 games this season, Tonight is game #5 (1-3) of 20 games but the final game here in Fenway…Boston will make a pair of trips to Seattle this year, June 30-July in 20 days for the Mariners…had 1 and Sept. 3-5…Mariners were 4-5 vs. the Sox last season, including a 2-4 mark here in Fenway… an “off day” Thursday, which was trail the all-time series 158-216, including a 71-115 mark in Boston…lost 5 straight at Fenway. actually a travel day from Seattle to New York…that followed a string of ROAD SWING OF MOMENTUM…the Mariners started the year winning 8 of their first 12 road 16 games (8-8) in 16 days…are in games…are 1-9 on the road since April 28. the midst of a stretch that will see the team play 36 games in 37 days TIMES, THEY ARE A CHANGIN’…today is game #5 of a 10-day roadtrip…the 10 games on the trip in 10 different cities…next off day is begin at eight different start times: 4:05 pm (2), 1:05 (2), 10:05, 4:10, 9:05, 5:40, 1:10 & 12:10 (all times PT). May 31 in Chicago. D UP…Seattle has not committed an error in its past 9 games (78 innings, 324 total chances) and MARINERS CONSECUTIVE has committed only 14 errors all season (in 1338 TC)…9 consecutive games without an error is the ERRORLESS TEAM GAMES (tie) 5th-longest string of errorless games in team history (see sidebar to left)…Seattle’s 14 errors 11 ............................. Aug. 9-21, 1993 10 .............................June 1-11, 1979 and .990 fielding percentage are the best mark in the Majors: 1. SEA, .990 FP, 14 E; 2. NYY, .989, 10 .............................June 2-13, 2004 14; 3. BOS, .989, 15; 4. TEX, .988, 16…Seattle committed 6 errors in a 4-game stretch 4/26-29, but 10 ....................Aug. 24-Sept. 2, 2009 has just 10 errors in the season’s other 34 games (a .993 FP). 9 .....................May 5, 2012-current 9 ......................July 24-Aug. 2, 2005 MISP-ING IN ACTION…Seattle was 0-for-5 with Men In Scoring Position yesterday…during this trip, 9 ...........................June 17-26, 2003 Seattle was 3-for-9 with MISP in its win Sunday at New York, and is 0x15 with MISP in its 3 losses…are 9 .....................May 29-June 8, 2003 a combined 3-for-24 on this trip, 6-for-last-69 (.087) in last 10 road games, and have lost 9 of 10 games ALL-TIME HITS LIST …had an 8-game road losing streak (during which the club was outscored 41-16) snapped Sunday. 96. Fred McGriff .....................2,490 97. Ted Simmons ...................2,472 RBI MACHINE…Kyle Seager has collected at least 1 RBI in 7 of his last 11 games…is 3rd in the AL 98. Ichiro Suzuki ...................2,471 in RBI in May with 14 (Josh Hamilton, TEX, 19; Brandon Inge, OAK, 17). Joe Medwick ....................2,471 WELCOME HOME (BOSTON EDITION)…if he gets in today’s game, LHP Charlie Furbush will NOTHING GETS BY HIM be making his Fenway Park debut…Charlie is a South Portland, Maine, native…notable Mariners Justin Smoak has not committed an error in his last 63 games/62 alumni from South Portland High School include Jim Beattie (1980-86), Billy Swift (1985-86, 1988- starts (527 TC) at 1B, the longest 91 & 1998) and now, Charlie (2011-current). current streak among active AL first basemen (min 1 GS at 1B in 2012): WELCOME HOME (NY EDITION)…OF Casper Wells got the start in LF Sunday in NY, his first-ever 1. Justin Smoak .......................63 start (2nd game) in Yankee Stadium…Casper, a Schenectady, NY, native was 2-for-4 with a walk, 3 2. Mark Teixeira, NYY ................51 RBI and a key home run in front of over 20 family and friends, including his mom, on Mothers Day. 3. Adrian Gonzalez, BOS ..........41 4. Paul Konerko, CWS .............37 2 LITTLE…Mariners scored 2 runs in three of their past five games, and 1 in the other game (2-3)… 5. Nick Swisher, NYY ................36 for the season, Seattle has scored 2 or less runs in 14 (1-13) of its 37 games…3 runs or less in 19 MAY IS GOOD TO ICHIRO games (3-16). Ichiro is currently batting an uncharacteristic .283 (13x46) in May…he’s a career .348 ON THE ROAD AGAIN…tonight is game #5 (1-3) of a 10-game, 4-city trip…it is the Mariners 23rd (466x1339) hitter in May, which is the road game of the season, and already the team’s fourth trip, including a pair of games in Japan… highest average amongst active players by the end of this trip, will have played nearly twice as many road games (28) as home games (15). (min. 300 PA)…here is a look at the top active hitters in May: HOME RUN DERBY…on the road, the Mariners have scored 20 of their last 28 runs via the home 1. Ichiro, SEA ....................... .348 run…scored 13 consecutive runs via the home run April 27-May 2, tied for the 2nd-longest stretch of 2. Joe Mauer, MIN ................. .336 3. Hunter Pence, PHI ............ .333 runs scored via a home run in club history…7 of the Mariners 11 runs this trip have come on home 4. Angel Pagan, SF ............... .328 runs (Smoak & Wells 2-run homers; Ackley, Montero & Carp solo homers). 5. Kevin Youkilis, BOS .......... .328 HEY, HEY JESUS…Jesus Montero homered in the sixth inning Friday, his 5th of the season…has COOL HAND LUCAS 9 career home runs in 51 career games (187 AB), including 4 HR in Yankee Stadium (12 G/40 AB). Lucas Luetge has not allowed an ER in his first 14 Major League GOOD WAY TO START…Dustin Ackley led off Friday’s game at NY with his first career leadoff HR appearances (9.2 IP)…has matched …it’s the first time since 2000 (Rickey Henderson & Mike Cameron) that the Mariners have had multi Rod Scurry’s club record; he opened players hit leadoff home runs (Ackley – 1, Figgins – 2)…while we’re talking leadoff: Mariners have his MLB career with 14 straight games without allowing an ER (8.0 had 3 leadoff hitters this season (Figgins – 24 G, Ackley – 11 G, Jaso – 1 G)…first time since 2009 to IP)…Mark Lowe tossed 17.2 ShO IP have 3 players hit leadoff in a season (Ichiro – 146, E.