GAME INFORMATION Safeco Field • PO Box 4100 • Seattle, WA 98194 • TEL: 206.346.4000 • FAX: 206.346.4000 • www.mariners.com Wednesday, June 27, 2012 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (36-39) vs. SEATTLE MARINERS (32-44) Game #77 (32-44) Safeco Field RH Jarrod Parker (3-3, 2.70) vs. RH Kevin Millwood (3-6, 4.02) Home #34 (13-20) UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS…all times PDT… Day Date Opp. Time Mariners Pitcher Opposing Pitcher TV Thursday June 28 BOS 7:10 pm RH Felix Hernandez (5-5, 3.36) vs. LH Franklin Morales (1-1, 3.12) ROOT Friday June 29 BOS 7:10 pm RH Hector Noesi (2-9, 5.50) vs. RH Aaron Cook (1-1, 9.39) ROOT Saturday June 30 BOS 7:10 pm RH Erasmo Ramirez (0-2, 4.18) vs. RH Josh Beckett (4-7, 4.14) ROOT Sunday July 1 BOS 1:10 pm LH Jason Vargas (7-7, 4.54) vs. LH Felix Doubront (8-4, 4.54) ROOT All games broadcast on 710 ESPN Seattle & Mariners Radio Network Spanish Audio available for all home games, presented by ROOT SPORTS via SAP (where available) TODAY’S TILT…the Mariners continue their longest homestand of the season with the 3rd game FURBUSH STREAKING (1-1) of a 3-team, 10-game homestand hosting the A’s (1-1, 1 G remaining), Red Sox (4 games) Charlie Furbush has a current string of 20.1 consecutive scoreless innings, and Orioles (3 games)…went 2-4 on recently completed trip to Arizona (1-2) and San Diego (1-2)… the 4th-longest by a Mariners reliever today’s game will be televised on ROOT Sports in high definition and broadcast live on 710 ESPN in club history: Seattle & Mariners Radio Network. IP Pitcher Year 28.2 Shigetoshi Hasegawa 2003 ODDS AND ENDS…won last night to snap 2-game losing streak (back-to-back shutouts)…won 5 of 24.0 Edwin Nunez 1985 last 10 and 11-15 over last 26 games…went 5-10 in 15 consecutive games in Interleague play, June 22.0 J.J. Putz 2007 8-24…9-14 in June after posting a 12-17 record in May…13-20 at Safeco Field; 19-24 on the road. 20.1 Charlie Furbush 2012 • Road Warriors -- Have played the most road games (43) in MLB this season (STL 2nd w/42). 19.2 Roy Thomas 1983 • Batting Around -- Sent 10+ batters to the plate 6 times: last twice 5/30 at TEX (2nd & 3rd innings). SCORELESS STREAK HALTED • Blown Leads -- Mariners have held a lead in 21 of 44 losses, leading the Majors. The Mariners scored a run in the 3rd • Home vs. Road -- Batting .259 (403x1553) on the road (43 G) and .204 (208x1018) at home (33 G). inning last night, snapping their team • 2-Out RBI -- Kyle Seager is T1st in AL with 24 2-out RBI (T2nd in Majors behind Andre Ethier/31). scoreless streak at 25.0 innings… • Brendan Ryan is 2nd in among AL shortstops with a .993 FLD% (2 E, 291 TC); 12.8 UZR & 20 runs saved. streak is T6th-longest in club history…set the club record with • Steals -- Mariners successful on 32 of last 41 steal attempts (78.0%) since May 15…started 17-for-27. a 30.0-inning scoreless streak last • Home ERA -- Rank 4th in AL in home ERA (3.27); 2nd-lowest in club history behind 3.04 mark in 2001. season (July 10-16, 2011). • .500 vs. AL West -- Mariners are 13-13 vs. their AL West opponents: OAK (6-3), LAA (2-5), TEX (5-5). CONSECUTIVE GAMES w/ K • Streaking -- Ichiro (7 G, .483/14x29) and Franklin Gutierrez (5 G, .421/8x19) have active hitting streaks. Charlie Furbush has notched at least RUBBER MATCH REDUX…the Mariners will be playing their 14th rubber-match today, and 5th one strikeout in each of his past 17 consecutive series to be decided in the final game…are 7-6 in rubber matches this season, including appearances, the 6th-longest streak in Mariners history…here’s a look: winning 5 of 7 rubber matches at Safeco Field…own a 10-14-1 record in series this season. G Pitcher Dates RYAN HEATING UP…Brendan Ryan notched his first GWRBI of the season last night, continuing 22 Joel Pineiro 8/28/00-8/30/06 his recent hot stretch…has recorded at least one hit in 7 of last 10 games, batting .323 (10x31) with 21 Rafael Soriano 7/20-9/12/03 19 Karl Best 9/15/84-4/23/86 a pair of doubles, 1 home run and 7 RBI. 18 Bill Risley 5/27/94-7/15/94 SEATTLE VS. ATHLETICS…today is the 10th (6-3) of 19 games between the Mariners and A’s in 18 Rich DeLucia 9/26/92-5/18/93 17 Charlie Furbush 5/13/12-c 2012…the Mariners and A’s split a pair of games to open the season in Japan (March 28-29), Seattle 17 Kazuhiro Sasaki 10/6/01-5/17-02 swept two games April 6-7 in Oakland, and Mariners won 2 of 3 here April 13-15 …Seattle is 59-45 16 J.J. Putz 5/13-6/21/07 vs. Oakland since 2007 (33-21 at home)…Mariners trail the all-time series 223-295, including a 128- 16 Bobby Ayala 8/9/97-9/15/97 131 mark in Seattle (64-55 at Safeco Field, 64-76 at Kingdome). LEFT ON LEFT ROOKIE K’S…Erasmo Ramirez struck out 10 batters Monday night, while allowing only 3 hits and Mariners LH relievers Charlie Furbush 1 run in a career-high 8.0 innings…he became the 8th rookie (17th time) in club history to record a and Lucas Luetge have combined to hold LH batters to a .139 batting double-digit strikeout performance, and the first since Michael Pineda last season vs. Tampa Bay average (12x86) with 37 strikeouts… (7/30/11)…Freddy Garcia (4x), Mark Langston (4x), Randy Johnson (3x), Byron McLaughlin (2x), Erik Furbush has limited lefties to a .137 Hanson, Felix Hernandez (8/15/05 vs. KC) and Pineda all had a 10+ strikeout performance during mark (7x51) with 24 K’s, while Luetge has a .143 opponent average (5x35) their rookie season…joins Yu Darvish (4x), Christian Friedrich and Matt Moore as the only rookies in with 15 K’s…duo has also combined the Majors this season to strike out 10 batters in a game. to strand 30 of 38 inherited runners THAT’S CHARLIE WITH A K…LHP Charlie Furbush has recorded at least one strikeout in each of his (Luetge, 17 of 19, Furbush, 13 of 19). last 17 appearances, including 3 in 1.0 scoreless inning last night while recording the win…that’s tied ICHIRO 2,500 HITS for the 6th-longest streak by a Mariners reliever in club history, and longest since a 21-G streak Ichiro recorded his 2,500th MLB hit by Rafael Soriano in 2003…since May 13, Furbush has struck out 30 in 21.2 innings over 17 G, while June 19 at Arizona (in his 1,817th game)…among all players who have posting a 2-0, 0.42 (1 ER) mark…he’s appeared in 28 G this season (32.1 IP), and has at least one K in debuted since 1900, reached 2,500 24 games (42 total K’s) for a 11.7 K/9.0 IP ratio (ranks 9th in K/9.0 IP among AL relievers). hits in the 4th-fewest games (Elias). HOME TOWN TEAM…Seattle is in the midst of stretch of 19 of 25 games being played at Safeco Date of 2,500th H Games 9/14/36 Al Simmons ...................1,784 Field, including the next 10 straight…were only on road for one trip (last week) between June 8-July 4. 8/16/18 Ty Cobb .........................1,790 MONTERO (LHP) MASHER…Jesus Montero is batting .373 (28x75) vs. left-handed pitchers this 5/18/29 George Sisler ................1,808 6/19/12 Ichiro ............................1,817 season, ranking 5th in the AL (7th in the Majors)…is 13-for-last-32 (.406) in his last 12 games when 6/03/38 Paul Waner ....................1,825 facing a left-handed pitcher…is batting .218 (39x179) vs. RHP this season. 5/07/29 Rogers Hornsby ............1,846 TOM TERRIFIC…Tom Wilhelmsen has not allowed a run in his last 15.2 innings over his last 13 OH SO CLOSE appearances (6-for-6 in save opportunities)…during scoreless streak is limiting opponents to .118 The Mariners are a combined 15-22 in (6x51) batting average while striking out 19…among AL relievers he ranks 2nd in strikeouts (48), 4th games decided by 2 or fewer runs, going 8-11 in 1-run games and 7-11 in innings pitched (39.0), T8th in appearances (35) and 15th with 11.08 K/9.0 IP. in 2-run affairs…14 of last 21 losses START IT UP…Mariners starters have posted a 1.95 ERA (6 ER, 27.2 IP) over the last 4 games, with have been by 3 or fewer runs. 36 strikeouts…prior to current 4-game stretch, were 0-9 with a 7.44 ERA in previous 12 G (6/9-22). 100 HOMERS AND THE ‘PEN…the Mariners bullpen is 7-0, 2.19 with 7 saves (in 8 save opportunities) in its last 22 Ichiro’s next home run will be the 100th games (since June 2)…’pen has tossed 74.0 innings, and allowed just 18 ER, while striking out 81.