Thursday, May 1, 2014 Game #26 (11-14) Yankee Stadium SEATTLE MARINERS (11-14) at NEW YORK YANKEES (15-11) Road #15 (6-8) TONIGHT’S GAME INFORMATION Starting Pitchers: LHP Roenis Elias (1-2, 3.54) vs. RHP Hiroki Kuroda (2-2, 5.28) 7:05 pm ET/4:05 pm PT • Radio: 710 ESPN Seattle / Mariners.com • TV: ROOT SPORTS/MLB Network Day Date Opp. Time Mariners Pitcher Opposing Pitcher TELEVISION Friday May 2 @HOU 5:10 pm RH Felix Hernandez (3-1, 2.40) vs. RH Brad Peacock (0-2, 5.95) ROOT SPORTS Saturday May 3 @HOU 1:10 pm TBA vs. LH Dallas Keuchel (2-1, 3.56) ROOT SPORTS Sunday May 4 @HOU 11:10 Am TBA vs. RH Collin McHugh (2-0, 0.59) ROOT SPORTS All game broadcast on 710 ESPN Seattle & Mariners Radio Network TONIGHT’S TILT…the Mariners resume a rain-shortened 9-game, 3-city road trip tonight with the INSIDE THE NUMBERS final game of the series the New York Yankees (1-0)…opened the road trip with a come-from-behind 6-3 win over the Yankees Tuesday night and were washed away yesterday…also travel to Houston (3 games) and Oakland (4 games), including doubleheader May 7 during this trip…went 3-3 in .311 recent homestand vs. the Astros (1-2) and Rangers (2-1)…tonight’s game will be televised on ROOT Robinson Cano is a career .311 (476x1529) hitter with 99 doubles, 4 SPORTS in high definition & broadcast live on 710 ESPN Seattle & Mariners Radio Network. triples, 79 home runs and 287 RBI in ODDS AND ENDS…won 4 of last 5 games (3 in final at-bat) after a season-high 8-game losing streak 402 games at new Yankee Stadium. (April 15-22)…snapped 6-game road losing streak with win Tuesday…are 6-8 on the road and 5-6 at Safeco Field…opened the season with 3-game sweep of the Angels, the first 3-0 start since 1995. • Corey Hart - Has reached base in 12 straight games, hitting .279 (12x43), 6 BB, 3 HBP, .404 OBP. .387 • Farquhar K’s – Danny Farquhar is averaging 11.84 K/9.0 IP (93 K, 70.2 IP) for his career. Robinson Cano is batting .387 (12x31) during his current 8-game hitting streak. • 2-Out RBI – Scored 43 of 97 runs (44.3%) with 2 outs…Justin Smoak is 3rd in AL w/11 2-out RBI. • Closing Time – Fernando Rodney has recorded 91 saves since 2012, 3rd-most in baseball. • Ouch – Mariners batters have 8 HBP in last 4 games…3rd in AL with 13 HBP…recorded at least one HBP in 4 straight games, one off the club record (4x, last: April 4-9, 2003). 3.67 • Pinch Hitters – Mariners pinch-hitters are 3-for-last-3 and 4-for-12 (.333) this season. The Mariners rank 3rd in the AL with a 3.67 ERA (90 ER, 220.2 IP). • Southpaws – Mariners are 7-3 in games started by left-handed pitchers, compared to 4-11 vs. RHP. • Solving Sabathia – Seattle beat CC Sabathia Tuesday night, ending a 9-start stretch where he was 8-0 with a 1.36 ERA vs. the Mariners (dating back to Aug. 13, 2009). 4 BRONX WINNING STREAK…Seattle has won 3 straight games at Yankee Stadium dating back to Hits by Mike Zunino Tuesday to set a last season…first 3-game winning streak in The Bronx since July 2, 2009-June 30, 2010…have not career-high (snapped an 0-for-13). won 4 straight in New York since a club-record-tying 6-game streak Aug. 18, 2001-April 29, 2003. STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE…the Mariners have had a grueling start to the 2014 season, playing 21 of 25 games vs. division opponents and over half the games on the road (14 of 25)…according to the 5 ESPN.com (#2) and Baseball-Reference.com (#1) rankings, the Mariners are among the top two in the Kyle Seager has hit 5 home runs in his American League for strength of schedule. last 5 games (5 HR in last 19 PA). RAIN, RAIN GO AWAY…the Mariners were rained out yesterday for the second time this season (also: April 4 at Oakland)…the game has been rescheduled for June 2 at 7:05 pm ET/4:05 pm PT at 6-0 Yankee Stadium (originally a scheduled off day)…was Seattle’s first rainout in New York City since The Mariners are a perfect 6-0 this June 7, 2003 (vs. Mets), and the first rainout at the Yankees since May 18, 1988. season following an off-day (includes STARTERS IN THE CITY…the Mariners are 6-5 over their last 11 games vs. the Yankees in New York Opening Day and following rain outs). (dating back to July 27, 2011)…during this stretch Mariners starting pitchers have posted a 2.80 ERA (22 ER, 70.2 IP). 10-9 HEATING UP…Kyle Seager, the reigning AL Player of the Week, has recorded hits in 5 consecutive Mariners record vs. teams with a .500 games (.474/9x19) and is batting .353 (12x34) with 8 runs, 1 double, 5 home runs, 12 RBI and a 1.229 or better record (at the time played)… OPS over his last 10 games…in his first 14 games, hit .143 (7x49) with 3 runs, 3 doubles, 2 RBI and a are 1-5 vs. teams with sub .500 records. .492 OPS…he has hit 5 HR over his last 5 games including multi-homer games April 23 vs. Houston and April 27 vs. Texas. VS. THE YANKEES Tonight is the second of 6 games Seager Breakdown AVG AB R H 2B HR RBI OBP SLG OPS between the Mariners and Yankees Last 7 G (since 4/21) .385 26 8 10 0 5 12 .448 .962 1.410 this season…New York visits Safeco Last 14 G (since 4/14) .300 50 9 15 1 5 13 .364 .620 .984 Field June 10-12…Seattle went 2-1 at First 10 G (3/31-4/13) .121 33 2 4 3 0 1 .293 .212 .505 Yankee Stadium last season, winning Season (24 G) .229 83 11 19 4 5 14 .333 .458 .791 the road season series for the first time since 2002 (3-0)…Mariners are 15-21 YANKEE STADIUM LEADER…Robinson Cano is the Yankee Stadium (opened in 2009) leader in vs. the Yankees since the 2010 season. games played (402), at-bats (1,529), runs scored (243), hits (476), doubles (99), extra-base hits (182) Year Home Road Totals and RBI (286), and ranks 2nd behind Mark Teixeira (81) with 79 home runs. 2014 0-0 1-0 1-0 2013 1-3 2-1 3-4 HITTING MACHINE…Robinson Cano is batting .387 (12x31) with 5 runs scored, 3 doubles and 3 2012 1-2 2-4 3-6 RBI during his current 8-game hitting streak…overall has recorded at least one hit in 21 of 25 games All-Time 89-108 83-110 172-218 this season, including a team-high 8 multi-hit games. STRIKEOUT KINGS COMEBACK WINS…the Mariners have overcome a deficit in 6 of the 11 wins this season…each of Felix Hernandez has 47 strikeouts in his the Mariners last 4 wins have been come-from-behind victories, including coming back from a 2-0 first 6 starts this season to tie for the AL lead with David Price (10.23 K/9.0 IP)… deficit in last night’s 6-3 win over the Yankees. his 47 K’s are T6th-most through the first IRON MAN…Robinson Cano has started all 25 games this season (2B - 24, DH - 1)…over the last 6 starts of a season…here is a look at the best strikeout totals in Seattle history 8 seasons (since 2007), has appeared in 1,145 out of a possible 1,159 team games…since the 2007 in the first 6 starts of a season: ranks 2nd in the Majors in games played behind Prince Fielder (1,154). K’s in first 6 GS GS SO BEAVERS REPRESENT…this series features a trio of former Oregon State University baseball Mark Langston, 1988 6 53 Randy Johnson, 1997 6 50 players…Mariners outfieldersCole Gillespie and Stefen Romero, and Yankees outfielder Jacoby Randy Johnson, 1995 6 49 Ellsbury…Gillespie (Portland, OR) and Ellsbury (Madras, OR) were teammates at OSU in 2004-05. Randy Johnson, 1996 6 48 Randy Johnson, 1998 6 48 Felix Hernandez, 2014 5 47 YOU LIKELY ALREADY KNOW…that Mike Zunino went 4-for-5 in his Yankee Stadium debut Mark Langston, 1987 6 47 Tuesday setting a career-high in hits…BUT DID YOU KNOW?…that Zunino became the 15th player Randy Johnson, 1993 6 47 Felix Hernandez, 2009 6 45 to get 4+ hits in his first game at Yankee Stadium (new or old)?…of the previous 14, only one was Felix Hernandez, 2013 6 44 younger than Zunino (23 years, 35 days)…Wayne Ambler of the Philadelphia A’s was 22 years, 186 days old when he went 5-for-5 in his Yankee Stadium debut on May 13, 1938. [Elias Sports Bureau] 2014 MARINERS GAME NOTES • THURSDAY • MAY 1, 2014 • AT NEW YORK YANKEES • PAGE 2 TONIGHT’S MARINERS STARTER LHP ROENIS ELIAS ELIAS’ 2014 MLB STARTS scr 2014/Career MLB Breakdown: DT OPP SCR W-L IP H R ER BB SO HR left PC-K W-L ERA G/GS IP H R ER BB SO HR 4/3 @OAK 2-3 ND 5.0 2 1 1 3 3 0 2-1 80-46 Overall 1-2 3.54 5/5 28.0 24 13 11 14 21 2 4/9 LAA 0-2 L (0-1) 5.0 4 2 2 1 2 1 0-2 91-54 Home 0-1 4.22 2/2 10.2 9 5 5 4 8 1 4/14 @TEX 7-1 W (1-1) 6.2 5 1 1 2 5 0 7-1 104-70 Road 1-1 3.12 3/3 17.1 15 8 6 10 13 1 4/19 @MIA 0-7 L (1-2) 5.2 8 6 4 5 5 1 0-6 111-64 vs.