Sunday, February 26, 2017 Game #2 (1-0) Peoria Stadium SEATTLE MARINERS (1-0) vs. SAN DIEGO PADRES (0-1) Home #1 (0-0) TODAY’S GAME INFORMATION Starting Pitchers: RH Chris Heston (1-1, 10.80 in 2016) vs. RH Zach Lee (7-14, 6.14 in AAA in 2016) 1:10 pm MT/12:10 pm PT • Radio: 710 ESPN Seattle • TV: None TODAY’S TILT…Mariners continue their 41st spring training with the Cactus League home opener SPRING RECORD today against the San Diego Padres at Peoria Stadium…today’s game is the 2nd of a 33-game Overall Record ..................................1-0 Cactus League schedule for the Mariners that concludes April 1 vs. Colorado Rockies at Salt River PEORIA STADIUM ............................1-0 Fields…the Mariners will open the 2017 season April 3 at Minute Maid Park vs. Houston Astros. Home Record ................................... 0-0 Road Record .................................... 1-0 UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS (subject to change)… Current Streak .................................. W1 SUNDAY Mariners vs. Padres 1:10 pm 710 ESPN Seattle THE COUNTDOWN SD — Lee, Kelly, Lament, Fisher, Stammen, Torres* 36 days to Opening Day, 4/3 at HOU SEA — Heston, Overton*, Bergman, Kiekhefer*, Hagadone*, Venditte^ MONDAY: Mariners vs. Royals 1:10 pm 710 ESPN Seattle UPCOMING SCHEDULE KC — Vargas*, Soria, Minor*, Withrow Feb. 27 ........................ vs. Kansas City SEA — Gallardo, Whalen, Vincent, Rzepczynski*, Altavilla, Aro Feb. 28 ..........................at Chicago (AL) March 1 ..............................at Cleveland TUESDAY: Mariners at White Sox 1:05 pm 710 ESPN Seattle Bold - Peoria Stadium SEA — Hernandez, Moore, Unsworth, Owings, Fry*, Machi CWS — Kopech, Danish, Beck, Goldberg, Purke*, Smith, Bummer* BY THE NUMBERS * left-handed pitcher ^switch-handed pitcher NO-NO BATTERY…the Mariners battery today both have experience with no-hitters…starter Chris 0 Heston tossed a no-hitter with San Francisco on June 9, 2015 at New York-NL…catcher Carlos Tim Hevly, Mariners PR Director and Ruiz has caught four no-no’s during his career, tying the Major League mark for catching no- proud Whitman College Alum, is cel- hitters…he caught the following no-hitters: Cole Hamels July 25, 2015 vs. Chicago-NL; combined ebrating a no-hitter today as Whitman’s Eric Ma tossed 9.0 inning no-no against effort (Hamels, Diekman, Giles, Papelbon) on Sept. 1, 2014 at Atlanta; Roy Halladay Oct. 6, 2010 Whitworth University yesterday. vs. Cincinnati in the NLDS and Roy Halladay (perfect game) on May 29, 2010 vs. Florida. MVP’s…today’s Mariners lineup features Ben Gamel, the 2016 International League MVP with Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and Tyler O’Neill, the 2016 Southern League MVP with Jackson…Robinson 13 Canó (8th) and Nelson Cruz (15th) also received MVP votes along with Kyle Seager (12th). This is the 13th Major League Spring Training for Felix Hernandez; his fi rst LID LIFTER…the Mariners are 21-22-1 all-time in “offi cial” Cactus League openers, including a was as an 18-year-old in 2005. 13-3 victory over the Padres yesterday…Seattle opened spring play three times with split-squad action (‘02, ‘01, ‘03)…have won 7 of last 10 spring openers. 16 MARINERSMEDIA.COM…game notes, lineups, rosters, statistics and news releases (among The spring schedule features 16 games other things) can be found on MarinersMedia.com…if you need login information, please contact a televised by ROOT Sports…the fi rst TV member of the Mariners Baseball Information staff. game will be March 5 vs. Oakland. VS. THE PADRES…the Mariners and Padres meet for the second of three Cactus League games (also: March 27)…the Mariners will be the home team today, and the road team in late March… 18 Seattle was 2-1 vs. its complex partner last spring, and lead the all-time Cactus League series 85- 18 days since GM Jerry Dipoto made 80-7…the Mariners are 19-7-3 in spring play vs. the Padres since 2009. his last trade (Sucre to TB on Feb. 8). WHAT TIME IS IT ANYWAY?…Arizona is currently one hour ahead of Seattle time…when the clocks change for Daylight Saving Time on March 12, Seattle and Peoria will be on the same time… 27 so today’s game starts at 12:10 pm in Seattle (1:10 pm in Peoria). The Mariners currently have 62 players in BROADCAST NOTES… ROOT SPORTS and 710 ESPN Seattle will provide complete coverage of camp…27 of them were not in the orga- the Mariners 2017 Spring Training schedule…a club-record tying 16 Cactus League games will be nization when the 2016 season ended. televised (all from Peoria Stadium) and radio partner 710 ESPN will air 33 spring games…see the complete broadcast schedule on page 2 of the game notes. 41 CACTUS LEAGUE REPORT…the Cactus League Report will make its 2017 spring debut on All 41 players on 40-man roster have Wednesday, March 1 from 6:00-7:30 pm (MT) from the Salty Señorita in Peoria, the fi rst of fi ve agreed to terms on contracts for 2017. live shows, all on Wednesday, and four from the Salty Señorita…the Cactus League Report will be hosted by Rick Rizzs, Aaron Goldsmith, Dave Sims, Mike Blowers and Shannon Drayer. 41 INFORMATION GUIDE…the 2017 Seattle Mariners Information Guide has been printed and This is the Mariners 41st spring training available for pickup in the Mariners PR offi ce…the digital edition of the media guide is also available in club history…Seattle trained in Tempe for download via the Mariners Virtual Press Box (www.MarinersMedia.com). from 1977-1992 and have been in Peoria since 1993 (played all road games in ‘93 SINGLE GAME TICKETS…single-game tickets for the 2017 season go on sale to the public at 10 am as stadium was being completed). PT on Saturday, March 11…Mariners Mail subscribers (Mariners.com/Mail) will have an opportunity to participate in a presale beginning March 7 (deadline to register is March 4)…select groups will THE ROSTER have opportunity to buy before they go on sale to general public (see Mariners.com/tickets). The spring roster is currently at 62 players (41 roster, 21 non-roster)… INJURY REPORT…reliever Steve Cishek (torn left labrum in his hip) had surgery on Oct. 12 and Tony the camp breakdown by position is Zych (biceps tendon debridement on his right arm) had surgery on Oct. 11…both are making progress the following: 35 pitchers (13 non- this spring…Randy Adamack, the Mariners Sr. Vice President of Communications and Broadcasting, roster), 8 catchers (5 non-roster), 10 infi elders (1 non-roster) and 9 had knee replacement surgery on his second knee; we’re glad he’s out of knees to replace. outfi elders (2 non-roster). 2016 IN REVIEW…completed the 2016 season 86-76 (.531), fi nishing 2nd in the American League ON THE AIR West (9.0 games behind division winner Texas)…fi nished 3.0 games back of the AL Wild Card… Today’s game vs. Padres will be registered 10 more wins than in 2015…compiled a winning record in 2 of last 3 seasons…went 44- broadcast on ESPN 710 Seattle 37 (.543) at home and 42-39 (.519) on the road…were 45-44 prior to the All-Star break and 41-32 (12:10 pm PT/1:10 pm in AZ)… following the break…posted a 25-18-9 record in series, including 9 sweeps. Rick Rizzs & Aaron Goldsmith will broadcast the game on the radio… HEY GREG, AS YOU MAY KNOW…Seattle recorded 8 extra-base hits (7 doubles, 1 home run) and complete spring training day-by-day 3 stolen bases yesterday…BUT DID YOU KNOW…that Seattle has matched those marks just three with TV and radio listings is listed on times during the regular season in club history?…June 21, 2001 vs. Oakland, Aug. 23, 1997 vs. New Page 2 of these game notes. York-AL, Aug. 2, 1983 vs. Oakland and May 31, 1995 vs. New York-AL. 2017 SPRING TRAINING GAME NOTES • FEBRUARY 26, 2017 • VS. SAN DIEGO PADRES #32 — CHRIS HESTON (RHP) YEAR TEAM W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB SO 2016 SAN FRANCISCO 1-1 10.80 4 0 0 0 5.0 9 6 6 0 6 3 Sacramento # 2-9 4.54 15 14 0 0 81.1 82 42 41 8 32 53 AZL Giants # 0-0 0.00 2 2 0 0 6.2 7 0 0 0 2 7 San Jose # 0-0 6.23 1 1 0 0 4.1 5 3 3 0 3 1 2017 SPRING - - - - - - - - - - - - - MiLB Totals 48-54 3.64 151 145 5 2 857.1 834 405 347 56 257 707 MLB Totals 13-12 4.16 38 32 2 1 188.0 184 91 87 16 73 148 2017 Spring Training - Is making his fi rst appearance of the 2017 Spring Training. • Last Season - Went 1-1 with a 10.80 ERA (6 ER, 5.0 IP) with 3 strikeouts in 4 relief outings with San Francisco last season. • For Openers - Named to an Opening Day roster for the fi rst time in his career in 2016. • Minor Recap - Optioned to AAA Sacramento on April 19...went 2-9 with a 4.54 ERA (41 ER, 81.1 IP) with 53 K’s in 15 G (14 GS). • DL Stint - Placed on the 60-day DL with an oblique strain on June 29 and was sent on a rehab assignment on Aug. 13 with the AZL Giants (2 GS), advanced-A San Jose (1 GS) and AAA Fresno (2 GS)…recalled on Sept.