Tuesday, March 23, 2021 Game #23 (9-8-5) Salt River Fields at Talking Stick SEATTLE MARINERS (9-8-5) at ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS (7-10-5) Road #11 (3-4-3) TODAY’S GAME INFORMATION Starting Pitchers: RH Chris Flexen (0-1, 10.13) vs. RH Merrill Kelly (0-1, 9.00) 6:10 pm AZ/PT • Radio: 710 ESPN Seattle • TV: None TONIGHT’S TILT…the Mariners take on the Arizona Diamondbacks with a 6:10 pm first SPRING RECORD pitch...Seattle has won back-to-back games and 4 of its last 5 to rise above the .500 mark Overall Record ...............................9-8-5 at 9-8-5...the Mariners have also won 3 of their last 4 road games...right-hander Chris PEORIA STADIUM .........................6-4-2 Flexen makes his 4th start of the spring as the Mariners look to win their 10th game. Home Record ................................6-4-2 Road Record .................................3-4-3 UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS (subject to change)… Current Streak .................................. W2 TODAY: Mariners at Diamondbacks 6:10 pm 710 ESPN Seattle SEA — Flexen, Middleton, Vest, Sadler, Swanson THE COUNTDOWN ARI — Kelly, Soria, Devenski, Moll*, Mantiply*, Mella, Navas 9 days to Opening Night, 4/1 vs. SF WEDNESDAY: Mariners vs. Cubs 6:40 pm 710 ESPN Seattle/ROOT UPCOMING SCHEDULE SEA — Dunn, Graveman, Misiewicz*, Fletcher* March 24 ....................vs. Chicago-NL CHC — Davies, Kimbrel, Workman, Megill March 25 .............................at Oakland THURSDAY: Mariners at Athletics 1:05 pm 710 ESPN Seattle March 26 ........................ at San Diego March 27 ................vs. San Francisco SEA — Margevicius*, Sadler, Vest, Gerber, Steckenrider, Ramirez Bold - Peoria Stadium OAK — Montas * left-handed pitcher BY THE NUMBERS ROSTER MOVES...Mariners Executive Vice President & General Manager Jerry Dipoto announced the following roster moves at the Mariners Major League spring camp Monday: 48 Optioned to alternate site (2): The Mariners Spring Training ros- RHP (1): Yohan Ramirez ter is now at 48 players after roster moves that involved 12 players. So INF (1): Donovan Walton far in camp, 19 players have been Re-Assigned to minor league camp (8): re-assigned to minor league camp, 4 were optioned to the Mariners RHP (5): JT Chargois, Logan Gilbert, Taylor Guerrieri, Vinny Nittoli, Jimmy Yacabonis alternate site, one (1) optioned to AAA Tacoma, one (1) optioned to A C (1): Brian O’Keefe Everett, one (1) assigned to minor INF (1): Jantzen Witte league rehab and one (1) released. OF (1): Eric Filia Re-Assigned to minor league rehab (1): 5 LHP (1): Roenis Elías Infielder Ty France has a team- leading 5 home runs this spring. Released (1): He also leads the Cactus League RHP (1): Gerson Bautista in 5 major hitting categories: Bat- ting Average, On-Base Percent- • Moday’s roster moves leave the Mariners with 48 players in their Major League camp: 34 age, Slugging Percentage, OPS roster players, 13 non-roster invitees and 1 player on the 60-day IL. and Total Bases. J.P.: JUST PATIENT...the Mariners increased their Cactus League lead to 99 walks as a team this spring, with the Grapefruit League’s Atlanta Braves totaling the next-most with 26 97...J.P. Crawford’s 11 walks are the most in the Major Leagues through March 22. The Mariners are in the midst of a SPEEDY SAM...the Mariners also lead all 30 Major League clubs with their 23 stolen “marathon” of Cactus League bases as a team this spring...Sam Haggerty’s 6 stolen bases pace all baserunners in games, yesterday completing the both the Cactus and Grapefruit Leagues coming into play Tuesday...Seattle has had 10 21st of 26 consecutive days with a scheduled game, ranging from different players record a stolen base this spring. March 2-27. The next-closest Cac- FIVE IN THE FIFTH...Seattle’s offense exploded in the 5th inning yesterday, scoring 5 tus League team are the Chicago White Sox, with games on 18 con- runs on 5 extra-base hits...Luis Torrens and Dylan Moore started the inning with back- secutive days. to-back doubles...Evan White, José Marmolejos and Mitch Haniger all homered, giving the Mariners 3 home runs in the span of 4 at-bats off defending NL Cy Young winner Trevor Bauer...it was the first back-to-back home runs for the Mariners since March 6 this 3 spring in a 6-3 win vs. Kansas City...in that game, Moore and Ty France went back-to- Mariners Manager Scott Servais back to lead off the game...Seattle notched 4 extra-base hits in that opening frame. has already named Marco Gonza- VS. ARIZONA...today marks the 50th all-time spring matchup between the Mariners and les as Opening Night starter for the Mariners vs. the Giants on April 1... Diamondbacks...Seattle is 19-26-4 in the all-time series...the clubs last met 8 days ago at will mark his third consecutive start Peoria Stadium in a 6-2 DBacks win...in the previous matchup on Feb. 28, 2020 in a 6-2 on Opening Day, trailing only Félix Seattle win, Kyle Lewis homered, Yusei Kikuchi got the win and the Mariners recorded Hernández (11), Randy Johnson (6) 3 stolen bases. and Jamie Moyer (4) for the most Opening Day starts in club history. COMEBACK WINS…the Mariners overcame a 2-0 deficit to win 7-3 against the Dodgers on Monday night at Peoria Stadium...Seattle has trailed in 7 of its 9 victories this spring. THE ROSTER PROSPECT RANKINGS…the Mariners are ranked by MLB.com as having the 3rd-best The spring roster is currently at 48 farm system in the Major Leagues, trailing only Tampa Bay and Detroit…Seattle’s Top players (34 roster, 13 non-roster, 1 100 prospects as listed by Major League Baseball’s official website includes 6 players: 60-day IL)…the camp breakdown by position is the following: 25 pitchers OF Jarred Kelenic (#4), OF Julio Rodríguez (#5), RHP Emerson Hancock (#31), RHP (5 non-roster, 1 IL), 4 catchers (2 non- Logan Gilbert (#33), RHP George Kirby (#92) and OF Taylor Trammell (#100)...the #3 roster), 6 infielders (1 non-roster), 9 ranking by MLB.com comes after publications Baseball America and Baseball Prospectus outfielders (4 non-roster) and 4 INF/ both ranked the Mariners as the #2 farm system in the Major Leagues. OF (1 non-roster). ON THE AIR HEY SHANNON, AS YOU KNOW…Evan White, José Marmolejos and Mitch Haniger Tuesday night’s game against the all homered in the 5th inning of yesterday’s 7-3 win over the Dodgers, but...DID YOU Arizona Diamondbacks (first pitch 6:10 KNOW?...it was the second time this spring that Seattle hit 3 home runs in an inning... pm local and PT) will be broadcast live on 710 ESPN Seattle with Rick Rizzs the other occurrence came on March 4 in a 9-9 tie vs. Colorado...in that contest, Haniger, and Aaron Goldsmith on the call... Kyle Seager and Ty France in the 3rd inning became the first Mariners trio to hit back- complete spring training day-by-day to-back-to-back home runs in a Spring Training game since March 19, 2011 at Texas with TV and radio listings is listed on when Adam Kennedy, Mike Wilson and Jack Cust hit 3 consecutive home runs in the Page 2 of these game notes. 8th inning off Rangers reliever Darren O’Day...the Mariners last clubbed 3 homers in a regular season inning on Aug. 17, 2020 in the 3rd inning of an 11-9 loss at the Dodgers... Kyle Lewis, Seager and White were the Mariners to homer in that inning. 2021 SPRING TRAINING GAME NOTES • MARCH 23, 2021 • AT ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS #77 — CHRIS FLEXEN (RHP) YEAR TEAM W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB SO 2020 Doosan-KBO 8-4 3.01 21 21 0 0 116.2 97 43 39 6 30 132 2021 SPRING 0-1 10.13 3 3 0 0 8.0 12 10 9 2 4 10 MLB Totals 3-11 8.07 27 11 0 0 68.0 91 69 61 14 54 49 2021 Spring Training - 0-1, 10.13 in 3G: His March 5 start at Chicago-AL was his first in America since Aug. 31, 2019 with AAA Syra- cuse in the New York Mets organization...allowed 2 runs (1 earned) on 2 hits...snagged a Luis Robert comeback line drive in the 1st... struck out the last 3 White Sox batters he faced...started on March 11 at the Dodgers, his second start at Camelback Ranch in as many outings...allowed 2 earned runs on 1 hit, a 2-run homer by Corey Seager...retired 9 of the last 11 batters he faced in a 3.0-inning start... allowed 6 earned runs on 9 hits in 3.0 innings on March 17 vs. the Angels, getting tagged with the loss. • KBO Totals – Spent the 2020 season with the Doosan Bears in the Korean Baseball Organization and went 8-4 with a 3.01 ERA (39 ER, 116.2 IP) with 30 walks and 132 strikeouts over 21 starts. • Bearing Down In The Playoffs – During the Bears’ playoff run, in which they fell to the NC Dinos 4-2 in the Korean Series, he posted a 1.91 ERA (6 ER, 28.1 IP), pitching in both starting and relieving roles. • K% – Struck out 28% of the batters he faced, which registered as the 4th-highest in the KBO since 2002, and he only walked 6.4%.