GAME INFORMATION Safeco Field • PO Box 4100 • Seattle, WA 98194 • TEL: 206.346.4000 • FAX: 206.346.4000 • www.mariners.com Sunday, April 22, 2012 CHICAGO WHITE SOX (8-6) vs. SEATTLE MARINERS (7-9) Game #17 (7-9) Safeco Field LH John Danks (1-2, 4.82) vs. RH Kevin Millwood (0-0, 6.30) Home #9 (3-5) UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS…all times PDT… Day Date Opp. Time Mariners Pitcher Opposing Pitcher TV Tuesday April 24 @DET 4:05 pm LH Jason Vargas (2-1, 2.84) vs. RH Max Scherzer (1-1, 7.98) ROOT Wednesday April 25 @DET 4:05 pm RH Felix Hernandez (1-1, 2.76) vs. LH Adam Wilk (0-2, 4.00) ROOT Thursday April 26 @DET 10:05 am RH Hector Noesi (1-2, 9.49) vs. RH Rick Porcello (1-1, 6.32) ROOT All games broadcast on 710 ESPN Seattle & Mariners Radio Network TODAY’S TILT…the Mariners host the Chicago White Sox in the fi nal game of a three-game weekend HOMESTAND HIGHLIGHTS TODAY: Little League Day - Mariners series at Safeco Field (0-2)…the Mariners are 3-5 during current 3-team, 9-game homestand, Drawstring Backpack winning 2 of 3 from Oakland and dropping 2 of 3 vs. Cleveland…Seattle begins a 3-team, 10-game KING FELIX roadtrip to Detroit (3 G), Toronto (3 G) and Tampa Bay (4 G) on Tuesday (travel day Monday)…today’s Felix Hernandez tossed 8.0 shutout game will be televised on ROOT Sports in high defi nition & broadcast live on 710 ESPN Seattle and innings with 12 strikeouts Thursday the Mariners Radio Network. night…marked his 25th career start of 7.0 or more shutout IP, and 16th ODDS AND ENDS…Mariners dropped last 3 games and are 3-4 over last 7 games…have fallen a career start with 8.0+ ShO IP…since season-high two games below .500 at 7-9. his debut in 2005, has 2nd-most 8.0+ • The Mariners fi nished spring training with a 16-9-1 record (.635), the 12th winning spring in club IP, 0 R GS among AL pitchers: history…3rd-best spring winning percentage in club history. Player GS 8.0+ IP, 0 R CC Sabathia ..................................18 • The Mariners are 6-1 when out-hitting their opponent…6-2 when scoring 4+ runs. Felix Hernandez ...........................16 • Road Warriors -- 18 of fi rst 27 (and 28 of fi rst 43) Mariners games will be played on the road. Justin Verlander .............................12 • Sent 10+ batters to the plate 3 times: 4/7 @OAK (10), 4/9 @TEX (10) & 4/17 vs. CLE (11). James Shields ...............................11 • On April 17 vs. CLE Kyle Seager collected franchise hit #50,000 and Justin Smoak scored run #25,000. John Lackey ..................................11 • Kawasaki, Luetge, Ramirez and Iwakuma have made their Major League debuts this season. Mark Buehrle .................................11 • Erasmo Ramirez made his MLB debut at 21 years, 343 days 4/9 at Texas…was the youngest player THAT’S QUALITY STUFF on any MLB Opening Day roster. The Mariners rank 2nd in the American • In 7 career G at catcher, Jesus Montero is batting .333 (8x24) w/2 HR, 8 RBI (.357-2 HR-5 RBI in ‘12). League with 10 quality starts…Felix Hernandez and Blake Beavan are SEATTLE VS. THE WHITE SOX…today is the 3rd of 9 meetings between the Mariners and White tied for the AL lead with 3 quality Sox this season (0-2), but concludes the only series to be played in Seattle…Mariners visit the Windy starts: City for a pair of three-game series, June 1-3 & Aug. 24-26…Mariners dropped 7 of 9 games last Team Quality Starts Texas ..............................................12 season, and are 3-18 over the last three seasons vs. the White Sox (1-9 in ‘10)…Seattle is 183-214 Seattle ...........................................10 all-time vs. the White Sox, including posting a winning record (104-94) in Seattle (33-25 at Safeco Chicago (AL) ....................................9 Field, 71-69 at the Kingdome)…Mariners have dropped 7 straight at home in the series, 2nd-longest Oakland ...........................................9 Detroit ..............................................8 home losing streak against White Sox in club history (8-game losing streak 5/12/93-6/26/94). LA Angels .........................................8 QUALITY EFFORT…he wasn’t perfect or anything, but starter Blake Beavan worked 6.0 innings WHAT A RELIEF and allowed 3 earned runs yesterday, continuing a trend for Seattle: the Mariners starting fi ve Erasmo Ramirez (3.2 IP, 0 R) and has compiled 10 quality starts this season, ranking 2nd in the AL (TEX, 12)...Beavan and Felix Hisashi Iwakuma (4.0 IP, 1 R) combined to allow only 2 hits and 1 Hernandez each have 3 QS, Jason Vargas has 2, and Kevin Millwood and Hector Noesi each run in 7.2 IP of relief Friday vs. the have 1...Hernandez and Beavan are tied for the AL lead in quality starts. White Sox…marked the 64th time in club history the bullpen has tossed PENNED IN…the Mariners bullpen has allowed just 2 earned runs in 10.2 IP this series (1.69 ERA)... at least 7.0 innings in a game while overall, the ‘pen has pitched to a 2.08 ERA over the past seven games (4/14-current), allowing 5 allowing 1 or fewer runs…just the earned runs in 21.2 innings pitched. 12th time allowing 2 or fewer hits and 1 or fewer runs in 7.0+ innings THIS DATE IN MARINERS HISTORY... on April 22, 1993 Chris Bosio hurls the second no-hitter (previous: 6/13/08 vs. WAS). in Mariners history, beating the Boston Red Sox 7-0 in the Kingdome...Bosio walked the fi rst two INNINGS EATER batters, then tossed a double play ball to start a string of 26 straight batters retired to end the game. Tom Wilhelmsen is tied for 3rd in the AL amongst relievers with 10.0 IP: MIS(P)ING IN ACTION…the Mariners were off to a solid start batting .291 (25x86) with men in 1. Davis Phelps (NYY) .............12.1 scoring position through the fi rst 12 games of the season…over last 4 games batting just .103 (3x29) 2. Jairo Asencio (CLE) .............10.1 with zero extra base hits (8 K, 3 GDP) with MISP. 3. Tom Wilhelmsen (SEA) ......10.0 Duane Below (DET) .............10.0 NO SHORTAGE OF EXTRA BASES…9 of the Mariners last 14 hits (dating back to 4/19) have been for Luis Perez (TOR) .................10.0 extra bases…recorded 8 doubles, including back-to-back games with 4 doubles, and one home run. 6. Scott Atchison (BOS) ............9.2 7. Colin Balester (DET ...............9.0 TOM TERRIFIC…reliever Tom Wilhelmsen has appeared in 8 of the Mariners fi rst 16 games, Grant Balfour (OAK) ..............9.0 including 5 games against Oakland…has allowed just one run in 10.0 innings this season, and in his ROOF MOVEMENT last 22 relief appearances (since Aug. 20, 2011) he is 2-0, 0.95 ERA (3 ER, 28.1 IP) with 32 strikeouts The Safeco Field roof has been open while limiting opponents to a .134 (13x97) batting average…currently tied for the AL lead among in 6 of the 8 home games…here is a record breakdown by roof position: relievers with 12 strikeouts and is tie-3rd with 10.0 IP. 2012 All-Time ICHIRO NEARING 500 CAREER DOUBLES…Ichiro recorded his 3rd double of the season Friday, Open 3-3 425-369 (.536) his 283rd as a Mariner (3rd-most in club history) and 494th of his professional career…he also hit Closed 0-2 78-72 (.520) Moved 0-0 52-31 (.627) 211 doubles in 951 games in Japan, and is now 6 doubles short of 500 for his career…there have been 53 players in Major League history that have hit 500 doubles. ON THE AIR Mariners will again use a rotation of JASO’S RBI STREAK…John Jaso has recorded at least one RBI in each of his three starts this announcers this season, all former season (was also 0x1 as a PH)…has 5 total RBI to rank T6th on the club…Jaso is the 12th Mariner to partners of HOF announcer Dave record at least one RBI in each of a player’s fi rst three games of a season in club history…(Michael Niehaus…Rick Rizzs, Dave Sims and Mike Blowers will work nearly Saunders (2011) and John Olerud (2001) hold the club record with an RBI in each of the fi rst fi ve all the games, while Ron Fairly, Ken games of a season). Levine, Ken Wilson, Dave Valle, Dave Henderson, Jay Buhner and Dan LAST MAN STANDING…RH Hisashi Iwakuma made his Major League debut Friday (4.0 IP, 1 R) Wilson will mix in…Rizzs and Ken becoming the last player that was on an opening day roster to appear in a game (while not being Wilson will be in the radio booth this optioned out or going on the DL)…the race was down to Iwakuma, who had not pitched in the series, with Sims and Blowers calling Mariners fi rst 14 games, and White Sox starter Philip Humber, but he started Monday vs. Baltimore. the action on TV (Fri & Sun). TOUGH LUCK FELIX…Felix Hernandez recorded a tough-luck no-decision while throwing 8.0 MARINERS BLOG shutout innings with 12 strikeouts Thursday night vs. the Indians…it was Felix’s 16th no-decision You can follow all the Mariners news while throwing 7.0 or more innings and allowing 1 or fewer runs…that’s the most by any Major on our new blog, From the Corner League pitcher since his debut season in 2005 (C.