Thursday, May 25, 2017 Game #48 (20-27) Nationals Park SEATTLE MARINERS (20-27) at WASHINGTON NATIONALS (28-17) Road #26 (7-18) TODAY’S GAME INFORMATION Starting Pitchers: LHP Ariel Miranda (2-3, 4.28) at LHP Gio Gonzalez (3-1, 2.86) 12:05pm ET / 9:05am PT • Radio: 710 ESPN / Mariners.com • TV: ROOT SPORTS Day Date Opp. Time (PT) Mariners Pitcher Opposing Pitcher RADIO Friday May 26 at BOS 4:10 pm RH Yovani Gallardo (2-4, 5.84) at LH Eduardo Rodriguez (3-1, 3.10) 710 ESPN Saturday May 27 at BOS 1:05 pm TBD at TBD 710 ESPN Sunday May 28 at BOS 10:35 am RH Christian Bergman (1-2, 6.30) at RH Rick Porcello (3-5, 4.35) 710 ESPN All games televised on ROOT SPORTS with home games featuring Spanish Audio via TV SAP TODAY’S TILT…the Mariners look to snap a season-high 5-game losing streak as they play the 3rd (0-2) ON THIS DATE of 3 games at the Washington Nationals…trip also includes 3 games in Boston (Fri.-Sun.) and a 2-game 1989: The Mariners acquire pitch- set at Colorado (Mon.-Tue.)…Seattle was 3-4 on its just-completed homestand against Oakland (2-1) and ers Randy Johnson, Brian Holman ROOT SPORTS NW and Gene Harris from the Expos for Chicago (1-3)...tonight’s game will be televised live in HD on and broadcast live on pitchers Mark Langston and a PTBNL 710 ESPN Seattle and the Mariners Radio Network. (Mike Campbell)...1991: Ken Griffey Jr. ODDS AND ENDS…Seattle has lost 5 straight and 6 of its last 8…are 3-10 in last 13 games, but 7-10 in makes one of his career best catches of a drive off the bat of Ruben Sierra at last 17 games and 9-11 in the last 20…are 5-2 in home series, 2-6 in road series…have won 18 of their the Kingdome. Ranging to right-cen- last 37 and 19 of their last 40 after opening the season 1-6.…are 13-9 at home, but 7-18 on the road…23 ter he back-hands the line drive at full of club’s fi rst 38 games were played on road…14 of the club’s next 34 games will be played on the road. speed before crashing feet fi rst into the wall...1999: Edgar Martinez gets his • 7 UP - the Mariners are 7-1 when their starter works at least 7.0 innings this season. 3rd career GSHR at Minnesota....2001: • Early Leads - the Mariners have scored fi rst in 21 (10-11) of their last 29 games, since April 20. John Olerud went 4x5 in a 13-3 win at • Leadoff - Jean Segura is 14-for-32 (.438) with 1 double, 1 walk and 2 HBP when leading off a game. Kansas City; the win put the Mariners QUITE THE STRETCH…in his last 14 starts since Sept. 7, 2016, Ariel Miranda is 6-3 with a 3.40 ERA 25-games over .500 for the fi rst time in club history. (29 ER, 76.2 IP) with 68 strikeouts…among pitchers with 75.0+ innings in that span, his 3.40 ERA is the 10th-best in the AL and the 2nd-best by a left-hander behind Boston’s Chris Sale (3.14/37 ER, 106.0 IP). INTERLEAGUE HR SINCE 2012 NOT SO 1-DERFUL…the Mariners have scored exactly 1 run in each of their last fi ve games (0-5)...as a Nelson Cruz is 2nd & Robinson Canó team, are hitting a combined .170 (26x153) over the fi ve games, with 3 doubles, 1 triple, 2 HR and 5 RBI... is 6th among all players in Interleague have 7 walks and 33 strikeouts...are hitting .071 (1x14) w/3 RBI with Men In Scoring Position. HR since the start of the 2012 season: Rk. Name Interleague HR ONE IS THE LONELIEST NUMBER…the Mariners have scored 1 run in 5 consecutive games (5/19-c)… 1. Edwin Encarnacion ....................32 marks the fi rst time in club history to score 1 run-or-fewer in 5 straight contests…Seattle scored exactly 2. Nelson Cruz ..............................30 1 run in 4 consecutive games, June 13-17, 1988 and 1 run-or-fewer in 4 successive games, July 14-17, 3. Chris Davis .................................25 Colby Rasmus ............................25 2011 (2 games with 0 runs and 2 games with 1 run)…the last team to score 1 run-or-fewer in at least 5 5. Jose Bautista.............................. 24 consecutive games was the Kansas City Royals, June 3-8, 2016 (2 G w/0 R and 4 G 2 w/1 R). 6. Robinson Canó ......................... 23 LOW FIVE…Seattle has lost a season-high fi ve straight games...have been outscored 41-5 during the 7. Josh Donaldson .........................22 Mark Trumbo ..............................22 skid...hitting .170 (see above) and pitching to a 7.16 ERA (35 ER in 44.0 IP) in the fi ve losses...have not lost six or more consecutive games since dropping six straight June 18-23, 2016. HEAT INDEX BAD NEWS / GOOD NEWS…Robinson Canó has been limited to 10 games in the month of May by a Among American League left-handed balky right quad; that’s bad news...good news: he’s got fi ve multi-hit games this month (including his 3 relievers, James Pazos ranks 5th in knocks last night): a 4-hit game, two 3-hit games and two 2-hit contests...he’s hit in 8 of 10 games overall strikeouts-per-9.0-innings with a mark this month, posting a .436 (17x39) average with 3 doubles, 4 home runs and 11 RBI (.436/.489/.821). of 12.36 (27 K, 19.2 IP). Rk. Name K/9.0 IP LET’S START WITH ONE...the Mariners are 0-8 all-time in Washington DC…the club went 0-3 at RFK in 1. Aroldis Champman ................ 14.92 2005 and is 0-5 since Washington moved to Nationals Park in 2008 (0-3 in 2011, 0-2 in 2017)...Washington 2. Justin Wilson .........................41.21 DC is the only road city in which Seattle has played, but never won. 3. Boone Logan .........................12.54 4. James Pazos ........................ 12.36 SOUTHSIDE POWER…since joining the Mariners in 2015, Nelson Cruz has hit 36 of his 98 home runs 5. Andrew Miller ........................12.00 against left-handed pitchers…in that span, nobody has hit more home runs against southpaws than Cruz… the next closest on the list is Chicago-AL’s Todd Frazier (26) and Seattle teammate Kyle Seager (24) who is IINSIDENSIDE TTHEHE NNUMBERSUMBERS tied with Chicago-NL’s Kris Bryant...Chris Carter, George Springer & Mark Trumbo all have 23 HR vs. LHP. DAYTIME DAMAGE…Seattle has three players (two active), who are hitting over .360 during day games this season: Mitch Haniger (.478/11x23), Robinson Canó (.409/18x44) and Nelson Cruz (.362/17x47)… .333 in the AL during day games, they rank 1st, 4th and 9th respectively...Kyle Seager is hitting .326 (14x43). Guillermo Heredia is hitting .333 (10x30) with 1 home run, 3 RBI and 2 NL MASHER…Nelson Cruz ranks among the top-2 leaders in home runs, RBI and slugging percentage walks against left-handers this season during Interleague Play since the start of the 2014 season?…during that span, Cruz’s 25 home runs during …has struck out just once in 32 plate IL play lead all players while his .683 slugging percentage also ranks 1st in the Majors, and his 52 RBI are appearances against lefties. T2nd-most (also: Edwin Encarnacion), trailing only Miguel Cabrera (54). BEAST VS. THE EAST…since the start of the 2011 season, Robinson Canó is batting .337 (62x184) 488 with 28 runs, 11 doubles, 2 triples, 11 home runs, 27 RBI, a .399 on-base percentage and a .598 slugging Robinson Canó doubled in the 3rd last percentage in 48 games vs. National League East opponents…his .337 average is 5th-best against night, the 488th double of his career... the NL East during that time frame (min. 150 PA), trailing Lance Berkman (.375/48x128), Corey Seager he’s now tied for 72nd all-time with Jeff (.362/50x138), Yasmany Tomas (.347/66x190) and Melky Cabrera (.340/73x215). Bagwell, Harold Baines & Mel Ott... Mickey Vernon is alone in 71st place INTERLEAGUE SUCCESS…Seattle is 17-10 (.630) in its last 27 Interleague games since the start of the with 490 career doubles. 2016 season…in that span, the .630 winning percentage is 5th-best in the Majors behind Boston (22- 9/.710), Texas (19-8/.704), Baltimore (18-8/.692) and Houston (16-9/.640). ROAD CRUISER…Nelson Cruz leads all players in home runs on the road since 2015 with 59…Kyle 514 Seager ranks T12th in the Majors (also: Brian Dozier and Manny Machado) during that same span with 39 Mariners hitting coach Edgar Martinez road homers while Robinson Canó is T16th in MLB (also: Matt Kemp) with 37 home runs on the road… had 514 doubles in his career, so while during that same time frame, the Mariners rank 3rd in the Majors with 241 home runs away from their home Robbie is 5th among ALL active players in doubles, he’s still second in the ballpark, trailing only Toronto (260) and Baltimore (247). Seattle clubhouse...#EdgarHOF ROAD WEARY…the Mariners are 7-18 in 25 road games this season and have lost 6 straight and 8 of last 10 away from Safeco...that compares to a 13-9 mark at home...Seattle’s pitching is a run worse VS.