GAME INFORMATION Safeco Field • PO Box 4100 • Seattle, WA 98194 • TEL: 206.346.4000 • FAX: 206.346.4000 • www.mariners.com Friday, April 27, 2012 SEATTLE MARINERS (10-10) at TORONTO BLUE JAYS (10-9) Game #21 (10-10) Rogers Centre RH Blake Beavan (1-2, 3.26) vs. LH Ricky Romero (3-0, 3.29) Road #12 (7-4) UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS…all times PDT… Day Date Opp. Time Mariners Pitcher Opposing Pitcher TV Saturday April 28 @TOR 1:07 pm RH Kevin Millwood (0-1, 7.04) vs. RH Brandon Morrow (1-1, 3.71) ROOT Sunday April 29 @TOR 10:07 am LH Jason Vargas (3-1, 3.45) vs. RH Henderson Alvarez (0-2, 4.10) ROOT All games broadcast on 710 ESPN Seattle & Mariners Radio Network TONIGHT’S TILT…the Mariners continue their 10-day, 3-city, 10-game road trip with the fi rst of SCORING EARLY Seattle has scored 53 of their 81 runs three against the Toronto Blue Jays...just swept 3 from Detroit Tigers at Comerica...will also travel this season in the fi rst four innings... to Tampa Bay (4G)...went 3-6 on the recently completed 9-game homestand against Oakland (2-1), the team does most of its damage in Cleveland (1-2) & Chicago (0-3)…tonight’s game will be televised on ROOT Sports in high defi nition the fourth (18 runs) and third innings & broadcast live on 710 ESPN Seattle and the Mariners Radio Network. (15)...Seattle has scored just 11 of their 81 runs from the 7th inning on. ODDS AND ENDS…Mariners have won three in a row after dropping 4 straight... 5-5 over last 10 G. RACK ‘EM UP • The Mariners are 8-1 when out-hitting their opponent…9-3 when scoring 4+ runs. Mariners recorded 15 hits in back-to- • Road Warriors -- 18 of fi rst 27 (and 28 of fi rst 43) Mariners games will be played on the road. back games April 24-25, fi rst time • Sent 10+ batters to the plate 3 times: 4/7 @OAK (10), 4/9 @TEX (10) & 4/17 vs. CLE (11). recording 15+ hits in consecutive • On April 17 vs. CLE Kyle Seager collected franchise hit #50,000 and Justin Smoak scored run #25,000. games since Aug. 23 (G#2)-24, 2011 at Cleveland. • Kawasaki, Luetge, Ramirez and Iwakuma have made their Major League debuts this season. made his MLB debut at 21 years, 343 days 4/9 at Texas…was the youngest player STACK ‘EM UP • Erasmo Ramirez Seattle had 5 hitters collect multi-hit on any MLB Opening Day roster. games Wednesday, fi rst time with 5 • In 8 career G at catcher, Jesus Montero is batting .333 (11x29) w/2 HR, 10RBI (.421-2HR-7RBI in ‘12). since Aug. 1, 2011 vs. OAK...Ackley, SEATTLE VS. BLUE JAYS…the Mariners and Blue Jays meet for the 1st of 9 games this season… Ichiro and Montero each collected 3 hits, had 3 players with 3+ hits six will play 3 games in Seattle July 30-Aug. 1 and return to Toronto for a 3-game set Sept. 11-13... times in 2011 (last: Sept. 9, 2011). Seattle lost the 2011 season series 3-6 including losing 6 of last 7...won 2 of 3 in Seattle April 11-13, COOL HAND LUCAS were swept in Toronto July 19-21 and lost two of three at home Aug. 15-17…the Mariners are 165- Lucas Luetge has not allowed an ER in 187 all-time vs. their expansion cousins, going 80-98 in Toronto…home team has won 27 of last 39 his fi rst 8 Major League appearances meetings between the two teams. (5.1 IP)...fi rst Mariner since Mark Lowe (13 appearances, 17.2 IP) to MINI STREAKING...Seattle has won a season-high three games in a row, all during a just completed open MLB career with 0.00 ERA in sweep of Detroit (April 24-26)...last won four straight road games May 20-23, 2011 vs. San Diego fi rst 7 appearances of Major League (3G) and Minnesota (1G)...last time with a winning streak of four or more of any kind was a 6-game career. streak from May 18-23, 2011 vs. LAA, SD & MIN. CLEAN BASEBALL The Seattle defense has made just 3 TURF WARS...Seattle will be playing the next seven games on turf...already split a pair of games on erros in the last 14 games...have turf against Oakland earlier this season at the Tokyo Dome...were 0-6 on turf in 2011, 3-6 in 2010, made 7 total errors this season, T2nd for fewest in the Major Leagues. 5-8 in 2009 and have not had a winning record on the fake stuff since going 10-5 in 2003. Team Fielding % IRON MEN...the Mariners are in the fourth game (3-0) of playing a game in 16 consecutive days… New York (AL) ..............................991 Seattle .........................................990 following an “off day” on May 10, which will actually be a travel day from Seattle to New York, the Texas ............................................990 Mariners will play in 20 consecutive days making for a 37-day stretch with 36 games. Boston .........................................990 Cleveland .....................................987 PROTECTING THE LEAD...the Mariners bullpen tossed 9.0 shutout innings with 9 strikeouts during the three-game sweep over the Tigers...allowed 8 hits and four walks but stranded all 12 runners THAT’S QUALITY STUFF The Mariners rank T4th in the American that they put on base themselves. League with 11 quality starts…Felix WITH RUNNERS ON...Seattle ranks 6th in Majors & 4th in the American League hitting .281 (78x278) Hernandez is T1st in AL with 4 with runners on base...with runners on, Alex Liddi (.545/6x11), Chone Figgins (.350/7x20) , Ichiro quality starts: (.350/14x40), (.345/10x29) & (.306/11x36) are all hitting above .300. Team Quality Starts Jesus Montero Dustin Ackley Texas ..............................................14 ROUNDING BASES, SEEING SIGHTS…Alex Liddi seems to like being on the road...in his limited Oakland .........................................13 career, he is hitting .341 (14x41) with 8 runs, 5 home runs, 10 RBI and a .707 SLG % in 13 road Chicago (AL) ..................................12 Seattle ...........................................11 games...at Safeco Field is hitting .185 (5x27) with 1 run, 4 doubles and 1 RBI in 10 games. LA Angels .......................................11 WAKE UP CALL…since Chicago’s Phil Humber tossed a perfect game against the Seattle on Toronto ...........................................10 Saturday, the Mariners are batting .300 (45x150) with 25 runs, 7 doubles, 4 home runs, 24 RBI and INNINGS EATER Tom Wilhelmsen is T2nd in the AL 14 walks over the last four games…during that stretch are hitting .260 (14x56) with 4 doubles, 1 amongst relievers with 13.0 IP: home run and 19 RBI with runners in scoring position. 1. Davis Phelps (NYY) .............14.2 SAUNDERS HEATING UP…Michael Saunders has been heating up of late...he has multi-hit 2. Tom Wilhelmsen (SEA) ......13.0 Colin Balester (DET) ............13.0 games in 2 of last 3 and three of last fi ve games, batting .333 (6x18) with 2 runs, 3 doubles and 4 4. Luis Perez (TOR) .................12.2 RBI, raising his average to .236 (13x55)...began the season batting .161 (5x31) in his fi rst 12 games. 5. Duane Below (DET) .............12.0 Tim Collins (KC) ..................12.0 ONE-TWO PUNCH…Jason Vargas and Felix Hernandez have combined to form a solid 1-2 Grant Balfour (OAK) ............12.0 punch...in a combined 10 starts they are 5-2, 2.93 ERA (22 ER, 67.2 IP) with 56 strikeouts (16 BB)... Pedro Strop (BAL) ...............12.0 the rest of the starting staff is 2-5, 6.13 ERA (36 ER, 52.0 IP) with 31 strikeouts (15 BB) in 10 starts. ON THE AIR … recorded his 225th career game with 3+ hits Wednesday, tying him Mariners will again use a rotation of MOVE OVER, TEDDY Ichiro announcers this season, all former with Ted Williams and Craig Biggio for 33rd-most 3+ hit games in MLB history (since 1918)… partners of HOF announcer Dave Ichiro had back-to-back 3-hit games (4/24-25), 26th time in his career with 3+ hits in 2 or more Niehaus…Rick Rizzs, Dave Sims consecutive games…has three straight 3+ hit games four time in his career (last: Aug. 7-9, 2007). and Mike Blowers will work nearly all the games, while Ron Fairly, Ken LIFTING THE LID(DI)…on Tuesday, Alex Liddi became just fourth rookie in club history to record Levine, Ken Wilson, Dave Valle, Dave least three hits, hit a home run and steal a base in the same game...according to the Elias Sports Henderson, Jay Buhner and Dan Bureau, Liddi joins Ruppert Jones (6/5/77 vs. CLE), Ken Griffey Jr. (4/26/89 vs. TOR) & Bret Boone Wilson will mix in…Rizzs and Dave (9/26/93 vs. OAK) as only Mariners rookies to record 3+ hits, hit a HR & steal a base in same game. Valle will be in the radio booth this series, with Sims and Blowers calling MIS(P)ING IN ACTION…the Mariners were off to a solid start batting .291 (25x86) with men in the action on TV. scoring position through the fi rst 12 games of the season…over last 8 games batting just .200 MARINERS BLOG (17x85) with 5 extra base hits (17 K, 4 GDP) with MISP (but went 12x43 with 16 RBI last 3 games). You can follow all the Mariners news ICHIRO NEARING 500 CAREER DOUBLES…Ichiro recorded his 4th double of the season on our new blog, From the Corner of Edgar & Dave…blog posts will Wednesday, his 284th as a Mariner (3rd-most in club history) and 495th of his professional career… go behind and beyond the headlines he also hit 211 doubles in 951 games in Japan, and is now 5 doubles short of 500 for his career… with news and information about Club there have been 53 players in Major League history that have hit 500 doubles.