Friday, July 23, 2021 Game #98 (51-46) T-Mobile Park SEATTLE MARINERS (51-46) vs. OAKLAND ATHLETICS (56-42) Home #51 (29-21) TONIGHT’S GAME INFORMATION Starting Pitchers: LHP Yusei Kikuchi (6-5, 3.92) vs. RHP Frankie Montas (8-8, 4.33) First Pitch: 7:10 pm PT • Radio: 710 ESPN / Mariners.com • TV: ROOT SPORTS NW Day Date Opp. Time (PT) Mariners Pitcher Opposing Pitcher RADIO Saturday July 24 vs. OAK 7:10 pm RHP Logan Gilbert (4-2, 3.50) vs. RHP Chris Bassitt (10-3, 3.31) 710 ESPN Sunday July 25 vs. OAK 1:10 pm LHP Marco Gonzales (2-5, 5.69) vs. LHP Cole Irvin (7-8, 3.42) 710 ESPN All games televised on ROOT SPORTS with home games featuring Spanish Audio via TV SAP TONIGHT’S TILT…the Mariners continue a 7-game homestand with the second of 4 games vs. Oakland BEST RECORDS IN MLB (0-1), followed by 3 games vs. Houston (7/26-7/28)...coming off a winning road trip (3-2) against Los SINCE JUNE 13 Angeles-AL (2-1) and Colorado (1-1)...tonight’s game will be televised on ROOT SPORTS, as well as Rk. Team Pct. Rec. broadcast on 710 ESPN Seattle and the Mariners Radio Network. 1. Houston .667 22-11 2. San Francisco .656 21-11 ODDS AND ENDS…the Mariners are 6-4 in their last 10 games, 17-10 over their last 27, 20-11 over their 3. Seattle .645 20-11 last 31 and 30-20 over their last 50...are 20-13 in day games and 31-33 at night…are 29-21 at T-Mobile 4. Boston .625 20-12 Park and 22-25 on the road...are 42-14 when scoring at least 4 runs and 9-32 when scoring 3 or fewer 5. Detroit .618 21-13 runs...are 37-3 when out-hitting their opponent. Los Angeles-NL .618 21-13 • In All Series-ness - Seattle has won or split 9 of its last 10 series dating back to June 14-16 vs. MIN... INSIDE THE NUMBERS overall, Seattle is 15-11-5 in series this season. • Happy Friday - The Mariners are 38-22 (.633) between Thursday and Sunday this season, compared to 13-24 (.351) between Monday and Wednesday. .300 • Scoreless - RH Erik Swanson (9.2 IP), RH Drew Steckenrider (7.0 IP) and RH JT Chargois (5.2) The Mariners active roster is batting .300 each have active scoreless innings streaks of at least 5 innings...Swanson’s 9.2 scoreless innings (18x60) with 6 doubles, 3 home runs and streak is T11th-longest active in the Major Leagues, T4th-longest in the American League. 10 RBI vs. A’s starter Frankie Montas... • Walk This Way - Kyle Seager (507) is 10 walks away from tying Ichiro Suzuki (517) for 5th-most walks Mitch Haniger, Jarred Kelenic and Tom Murphy have each homered off Montas. in Mariners franchise history. • Double Double - Mitch Haniger is 5 doubles away from 100 doubles in his career. LOWEST ERA IN AL • 7000 - The Mariners played their 7,000th game last night...Seattle is 3,297-3,701 in their first 7,000 SINCE JUNE 5 games in franchise history. LONG DIVISION…the Mariners play their second of 10 consecutive games against the American League Chris Flexen and Logan Gilbert rank in West Division, their 3rd-longest intra-divisional streak this season...Seattle is 21-16 (.568) in 37 games the top 5 in ERA in the American League against the AL West this season and 30-30 in 60 games outside the division...Seattle went 9-5 during a dating back to June 5: season-high 14-game stretch against divisional opponents from May 24-June 6...the Mariners play their Rk. Pitcher ERA final 13 games of the regular season within the division. 1. Chris Flexen-SEA ................ 1.94 2. Carlos Rodon-CWS .............. 2.36 OAKTOWN BULLY…Yusei Kikuchi is 1-2 with a 2.54 ERA (11 ER, 39.0 IP) in 7 career start vs. the A’s... 3. Logan Gilbert-SEA .............. 2.41 he has limited opponents to a .239 (34x142) average while walking 11 and striking out 31...over the last 4. James Kaprielian-OAK .......... 2.51 2 seasons, Kikuchi has limited the Athletics to only 1 run over 18.0 innings in 3 starts (8/1/20-c)...during 5. Cole Irvin-OAK .......................2.54 this 3-game stretch he is 1-0 with a .183 (11x60) average while walking 6 and striking out 17...his 0.50 IN THE CLUTCH ERA vs. the A’s since 2020 is the 4th-lowest ERA vs. a single opponent (min 15.0 IP) in the Major Leagues, trailing Anthony DeSclafani-CIN/SF vs. Washington (0.00/15.0 IP) and vs. Colorado (0.00/15.0 IP) and Mitch Haniger is batting .314 (32x102 Austin Gomber-COL vs. San Diego (0.47/19.1 IP). with 24 runs scored, 4 doubles 11 home runs, 34 RBI and 12 walks in the 7th in- GETTING SERIOUS…since June 14, the Mariners are 7-1-2 (.800) in their last 10 series...during this ning or later this season...his 34 RBI in stretch their winning percentage in series is the highest in the Major Leagues ranking ahead of Detroit (7-2- the 7th inning or later are the most in the 1/.750), Los Angeles Dodgers (7-3-0/.700), New York Yankees (7-3-0/.700) and San Francisco (7-3-0/.700). Major Leagues this season: START ME UP…dating back to May 24, the Mariners starters are 22-3 with a 2.16 ERA (38 ER, 158.0 IP) Rk. Player RBI in 25 starts when the pitcher tosses at least 5.1 innings, compared to 8-17 in games in which the starter 1. Mitch Haniger ..........................34 tosses 5.0 innings or fewer...last night’s loss by Chris Flexen snapped a string of 15 consecutive wins by a 2. Eduardo Escobar-ARI ...............30 Mariners starter recording at least 1 out in the 6th inning (June 13-July 18)...it was the longest such streak 3. Austin Meadows-TB .................27 in club history. 4. Jesus Aguilar-MIA .....................26 OLYMPICS…the Tokyo 2020 Olympics kicked off Friday with the Opening Ceremony — almost a year to the 5. Javier Baez-CHI ........................25 day from their intended start date in July 2020...the Mariners have 4 players currently on National League CLOSING IN ON 400 WINS rosters for the Olympics in Japan...INF/OF Eric Filia-AAA Tacoma (Team USA), OF Julio Rodriguez-AA Scott Servais is 1 win away from be- Arkansas (Team Dominican Republic), RHP Zack Weiss-AAA Tacoma and RHP Alon Leichman-AA Arkansas coming just the 2nd Mariners manager Pitching Coach (Team Israel)...The Olympic Games baseball tournament opens Wednesday, July 28. The to win 400 games as Seattle skipper: United States, Dominican Republic, Israel, Japan, Korea, and Mexico all qualified for the 6-team field. Rk. Manager Wins WINNING WITH A TY...Ty France is batting .400 (10x22) with 4 runs scored, 1 double, 1 home run, 6 RBI 1. Lou Piniella ..............................840 and 2 hit-by-pitches in his last 6 games...in 50 games since returning from the Injured List on May 24, the 2. Scott Servais .........................399 Mariners are 30-20 (.600) and Ty is batting .303 (57x188) with 22 runs, 12 doubles, 6 home runs, 29 RBI, 10 3. Jim Lefebvre ...........................233 walks and 10 hit-by-pitches...he’s gotten on-base at a .365 clip, slugging .463 with an .828 OPS in that span. 4. Darrell Johnson .......................226 5. Eric Wedge ..............................213 HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE...since May 27, INF Ty France has reached base safely in 23 of his last 26 home games, including 20 games with at least 1 hit...during this stretch, he is batting .326 (30x92) with 12 OPS VS. ATHLETICS runs scored, 7 doubles, 3 home runs, 17 RBI, 2 HBP and 7 walks...his .329 home batting average during Mitch Haniger is batting .293 (53x181) this stretch is the 7th-highest in the American League, trailing David Fletcher-LAA (.400/34x85), Cedric with 29 runs scored, 16 doubles, 1 tri- Mullins-BAL (.360/27x75), Jonathan Schoop-DET (.344/33x96), Tim Anderson-CWS (.343/35x102), Whit ple, 11 home runs, 29 RBI, 10 walks, 5 Merrifield-KC (.333/29x87) and Randy Arozarena-TB (.329/24x73). HBP and 1 stolen base (.345 OBP/.575 TORREN’ IT UP...since returning from Triple-A Tacoma on June 15, Luis Torrens is batting .278 (22x79) SLG/.920 OPS) in 45 career games vs. with 15 runs scored, 1 double, 1 triple, 9 home runs, 17 RBI and 12 walks...he’s gotten on-base at a .374 the A’s...his .920 OPS vs. the A’s is the clip, slugging .658 with a 1.032 OPS...Torrens’ .658 slugging percentage is 4th-highest in the Majors since 4th-highest by a Mariners player (min. June 15 (min. 90 PA), trailing Shohei Ohtani-LAA (.815), Joey Gallo-TEX (.699) and Trea Turner-WAS (.675). 175 PA): DOMINATE THE ZONE...since June 11, Anthony Misiewicz has held opponents scoreless in 11 of his 14 Rk. Player OPS appearances, going 1-0 with a 2.08 ERA (3 ER, 13.0 IP)...during this stretch he has limited opponents to a 1. Nelson Cruz .......................... .960 .174 (8x46) average, while walking 2 and striking out 15. 2. Edgar Martinez ...................... .953 3. Mitch Haniger .....................