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TONIGHT’S TILT…the Mariners continue a 2-team, 6-game, 7-day homestand with the 2nd of 4 games vs.
SEATTLE TEAM RANKINGS the Texas Rangers (1-0)…after an off day Monday, will host the Chicago Cubs for 2 games…went 3-3 on a
The Mariners lead the Major Leagues in recently-concluded 6-game, 2-city road trip to Los Angeles-AL (3-1) and San Diego (0-2)...tonight’s game will
severall offensive categories:
Category Rank be televised on ROOT SPORTS NW and broadcast live on 710 ESPN Seattle and the Mariners Radio Network.
Runs Scored.................................. 1st (177) ODDS AND ENDS…are 4-3 following a season-high 6-game losing streak, April 12-17...Seattle is 14-10
Hits .............................................. 1st (256)
Home Runs...................................... 1st (57) in its last 24 games…won a season-high 6 straight games, April 6-11…are 5-5 in day games and 12-6 at
RBI .............................................. 1st (175) night…are 6-7 at T-Mobile Park and 11-4 on the road…are 16-4 when scoring at least 5 runs.
Extra-Base Hits............................. 1st (116)
Runs/Game.................................. 1st (6.32)
• Crooked Numbers - the Mariners reached double-digits in runs scored last night for the 6th time this
Total Bases.................................... 1st (490) season and their 2nd time in the last 7 games (also: 4/18 at LAA, 11 R)…the Mariners lead the Major
Slugging Percentage.................... 1st (.501) Leagues in games with at least 10 runs scored, ranking ahead of the Cubs (5), Rangers (4), Dodgers
OPS ............................................. 1st (.844) (4) and Diamondbacks (4).
Pitches/PA.................................... 1st (4.12)
Times on Base............................... 1st (385) • Extra, Extra! - the Mariners lead the Majors with 116 extra-base hits (55 2B, 4 3B, 57 HR)…Mitch
Run Differential............................T1st (+40) Haniger (11 2B, 1 3B, 7 HR) is tied for the Major League-lead with 19 extra-base hits (also: Cody
Stolen Bases..................................2nd (23) Bellinger-LAD)…among AL leaders, Ryon Healy (12 2B, 5 HR) ranks 2nd, Tim Beckham (7 2B, 6 HR)
Walks............................................2nd (115) and Daniel Vogelbach (5 2B, 8 HR) rank T8th, while Jay Bruce (3 2B, 9 HR) is tied for 17th.
Doubles...........................................3rd (55)
• New Faces - 16 of the 25 players on the Mariners active roster are new to the organization since
MARINERS SINGLE-SEASON the end of the 2018 season: Tim Beckham, Brandon Brennan, Jay Bruce, Edwin Encarnación,
RBI LEADERS Cory Gearrin, Yusei Kikuchi, Dylan Moore, Tom Murphy, Omar Narváez, Zac Rosscup, Connor
Sadzeck, Domingo Santana, Justus Sheffield, Mallex Smith, Erik Swanson and Anthony Swarzak.
FOR MARCH/APRIL
• Debuts - 6 Mariners have made their Major League debuts this season: Dylan Moore (3/20 at OAK),
Rk. Player (Year) RBI Yusei Kikuchi (3/21 at OAK), Brandon Brennan (3/21 at OAK), Braden Bishop (3/21 at OAK), Erik
1. Ken Griffey Jr. (1997).................. 30
2. Domingo Santana (2019).......... 29 Swanson (4/11 at KC) and Ruben Alaniz (4/12 vs. HOU).
3. Ken Griffey Jr. (1998).................. 27 FOR OPENERS...Yusei Kikuchi is scheduled to make an abbreviated start tonight…left-hander Justus
Mitch Haniger (2018).................. 27
Sheffield, who was recalled from Triple-A Tacoma earlier today, is expected to follow Kikuchi…Sheffield
5. Alex Rodriguez (2000)................ 26
was 0-1 with a 3.93 ERA (8 ER, 18.1 IP) with 11 strikeouts and 14 walks in 4 appearances (3 starts) with
MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS the Rainiers prior to his recall…Sheffield is the Mariners No. 1 prospect according to Baseball America and
PITCHES/PLATE APPEARANCE MLB.com…more information on Kikuchi (page 2) and Sheffield (page 3) is available in this notes packet.
Rk. Team P/PA CATCHING ON…Omar Narváez leads American League catchers in several offensive categories…among
1. Seattle..................................... 4.12 Al backstops, Narváez ranks 1st in runs (18), hits (22), batting (.286), on-base percentage (.356), slugging
2. Texas....................................... 4.09 (.506), OPS (.863) and total bases (39) while ranking T1st in RBI (13), T1st in walks (9), T2nd in home runs
3. New York-AL............................ 4.09
4. Los Angeles-NL....................... 4.07 (5) and T4th in extra-base hits (7)…his 6 multi-hit games are tied with Jonathan Lucroy-LAA for the most
5. Atlanta..................................... 4.07 among AL catchers…Narváez has reached base safely via hit or walk in 16 of 22 games, including 6 of his
last 8 games dating back to April 15; has a .484 on-base percentage in his last 8 games.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
OFF AND RUNNING…Seattle and Texas rank among the top-2 Major League teams in highest-scoring
.074
games this season (team & opponent runs)…Texas leads the Majors averaging 11.38 (5.38 runs/game;
6.00 runs allowed/per game) total runs per game, followed by Seattle (11.21 - 6.32 runs/game; 4.89 runs
allowed/game), New York-NL (11.16 - 5.33 runs/game; 5.83 runs allowed/game), Baltimore (10.89 - 4.54
Connor Sadzeck has limited
opponents to a .074 (2x27) average this runs/game; 6.35 runs allowed/game) and Washington (10.56 - 5.43 runs/game; 5.13 runs allowed/game).
season, the 3rd-lowest among all Major NO FREE PASSES…Mariners starters have tossed at least 6.0 innings in 17 of 28 outings and have allowed
League relievers...he trails only Roberto
Osuna-HOU (.061/2x33) and Brandon 3 or fewer earned runs in 21 starts this season…overall, Mariners starting pitchers are 11-7 with a 3.88
Workman-BOS (.061/2x33). ERA (69 ER, 160.0 IP) with 31 walks and 123 strikeouts…the 31 walks allowed this season by the Mariners
starting pitchers are the 2nd-fewest in the Majors, behind only the Tampa Bay Rays (28)…Mariners starters
12
After collecting a pair of doubles
lead the Major Leagues averaging 1.74 walks per 9.0 innings, ranking ahead of Pittsburgh (2.15), Tampa
Bay (2.22), Houston (2.36) and San Diego (2.59).
HANIMAL…Mitch Haniger has reached base safely in 28 of 31 career games vs. Texas Rangers, including
last night, Ryon Healy is tied for the
American League lead with 12 doubles 25 games with at least 1 hit…overall he is batting .341 (43x126) with 23 runs scored, 13 doubles, 1 triple, 6
this season (also: Byron Buxton-MIN). home runs and 27 RBI in 31 games vs. Texas…dating back to 2017, Haniger’s .350 batting average vs. the
Rangers is the 7th-highest in the Majors, trailing Andrew Benintendi (.432/19x44), Jose Abreu (.375/21x56),
27
Mitch Haniger has equaled the club
Justin Smoak (.370/17x46), Stephen Piscotty (.369/31x84), Francisco Lindor (.364/20x55) and Mike Trout
(.363/43x121).
BULLPEN BULLY…Brandon Brennan is 1-1 with a 1.20 ERA (2 ER, 15.0 IP) in 12 relief appearances this
record for runs scored in March/April
with 27…matches the mark set by Alex season…he has limited opponents to a .157 (8x51) average while walking 4 and striking out 16…among
Rodriguez in 2000.
rookie relievers, Brennan is T3rd in the Major Leagues in appearances (12), while also ranking 4th in ERA
COOPERSTOWN BOUND (1.20) and opponents average (.157) and T6th in strikeouts (16).
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FOLLOW THE LEADER…since first appearing in the leadoff spot in the order on Aug. 9, 2018, Mitch
Haniger is batting .323 (73x226) with 46 runs scored, 23 doubles, 2 triples, 12 home runs, 11 RBI, 26 RBI
and 21 walks when hitting first in the lineup…among all leadoff hitters over the last 2 seasons, Haniger ranks
Edgar Martinez will be inducted into
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3rd in the Major in average, trailing only Mookie Betts (.337/182x540) and Ronald Acuna Jr. (.328/86x262)…
days from today, on Sunday, July 21. he also ranks 3rd in OPS (.973), 4th in slugging percentage (.588) and 6th in on-base percentage (.385).
Edgar was elected to the Hall of Fame CLOSING ON 10...Jay Bruce has 9 home runs over the first month of the season…if he hits 1 more home
as part of the Class of 2019, receiving
85.4% (363x425) of the vote. run before the end of April he would become only the 5th Mariners player in club history to record at least
10 home runs in March/April…Bruce would join Ken Griffey Jr. in 1997 (13) and 1998 (11), Nelson Cruz in
VS. RANGERS 2015 (10) and Mitch Haniger in 2018 (10)…Bruce is also only 5 home runs away from 300 in his career…
The Mariners and Rangers meet for the he will become the 12th active player with at least 300 career home runs, joining Albert Pujols (636), Miguel
2nd (1-0) of 19 games this season: 10
Cabrera (465), Edwin Encarnación (386), Nelson Cruz (363), Jose Bautista (344), Curtis Granderson (335),
times at T-Mobile Park and 9 times at
Globe Like Park in Arlington: Ryan Braun (327), Adrian Gonzalez (317), Matt Holiday (316), Robinson Canó (314) and Giancarlo Stanton
Year Home Road Totals (305)…Mark Reynolds-COL ranks ahead of Jay with 297 career home runs.
2016 5-5 2-7 7-12
2017 5-4 6-4 11-8 AS YOU MAY KNOW…Justus Sheffield is the youngest player on the Mariners roster at 22 years,
2018 6-4 4-5 10-9 348 days of age…BUT DID YOU KNOW...that with an appearance tonight, Sheffield would become
2019 1-0 0-0 1-0
All-Time 170-156 154-176 324-332 the 4th-youngest pitcher in the American League this season?…Elvis Luciano-TOR (19.070), Darwinzon
Hernández-BOS (22.130) and Jaime Barria-LAA (22.282) are the only AL pitchers younger than Sheffield
MARINERSMEDIA.COM to have made an appearance this season (ages listed as of today).
2019 MARINERS GAME NOTES • FRIDAY • APRIL 26, 2019 • VS. TEXAS RANGERS • PAGE 2
TOMORROW’S PROBABLE STARTING PITCHER: RHP MIKE LEAKE (2-2, 4.30 ERA)
31-year-old right-hander is scheduled to make his 6th start of the season tomorrow vs. Texas…L #2 in his last start, an 8-6 Mariners loss on 4/21
at LAA (6.0,6,4,4,2,4,HBP,HR-3)…won his 1st 2 GS this season: W #2 4/6 at CWS allowing just a pair of solo HR (6.1,9,2,2,0,6,HR-2)...W#1 in 2019 de-
but 3/30 vs. BOS, allowing 2 ER over 6.0 IP (6.0,7,2,2,2,7)…2018: Went 10-10 with 4.36 ERA (90 ER, 185.2 IP) in 31 starts with Seattle...record-
ed 7th straight season of at least 30 starts and 50 or fewer walks (31 GS, 34 BB)...was 13th in AL with 185.2 IP and was 3rd in AL at 1.65 BB per 9.0
IP...CAREER: In 10 Major League seasons with CIN (2010-15), SF (2015), STL (2016-17) and Seattle (2017-c), is 95-89 with a 4.03 ERA (744 ER, 1661.1
IP) with 1,129 strikeouts and 382 walks in 274 career games (269 starts)…is 1 of 3 pitchers to make at least 30 starts in every season from 2012-18
(also: Jon Lester and Max Scherzer)…originally signed by CIN with the 8th overall pick of the 2009 MLB Draft out of Arizona State University…vs. TEX:
Will be making his 7th career start against the Rangers…is 1-1 with a 2.92 ERA (12 ER, 37.0 IP) with 26 strikeouts and 4 walks in 6 starts vs. Texas.
2019 MARINERS GAME NOTES • FRIDAY • APRIL 26, 2019 • VS. TEXAS RANGERS • PAGE 3
TEAM PITCHING
W-L ERA CG/SV IP H R ER BB-I SO HR
Season Totals 17-11 4.18 0/12 252.0 255 137 117 81-4 222 38
Starters 11-7 3.88 0/0 160.0 173 81 69 31-0 123 24
Relievers 6-4 4.70 0/12 92.0 82 56 48 50-4 99 14
T-Mobile Park 6-7 3.46 0/4 117.0 110 57 45 35-1 103 14
Road 11-4 4.80 0/8 135.0 145 80 72 46-3 119 24
March 5-1 4.11 0/4 57.0 56 35 26 24-0 49 9
April 12-10 4.20 0/8 195.0 199 102 91 57-4 173 29
#1 - TIM BECKHAM, INF vs. Miller: Never Faced #25 - DYLAN MOORE, INF vs. Miller: Never Faced
Last Game: 2x4, 2 R, HR, 3 RBI, BB, K 4/25 vs. TEX Current Streak: 1 G (2x4) Last Game: 3x4, BB, R, 2B, RBI, K, 4/25 as LF vs. TEX Current Streak: 1 G (3x4)
Road Trip: 5x19, R, HR, 4 RBI, 2 BB, 9 K, HBP Last HR: 4/25 vs. TEX (#6) Road Trip: 0x2 Last HR: 4/8 at KC (#1)
Season-Highs: streak: 7 (3/20-4/1)…hits: 4 (4/6 at CWS)…RBI: 3-3x (4/25 vs. TEX) Season-Highs: streak: 2 (4/8-9)…hits: 3 (4/25 vs. TEX)…RBI: 1-3x (last: 4/25 vs TEX)
• Fast Start - Has hit in 19 of his first 26 games to open season. • Big Day - Career-high 3 hits (incl. 2B), RBI, BB 4/25 vs. TEX as left-fielder
• Bang - Hit HR #6 and collected 3 RBI 4/25 vs. TEX. • Homer Happy - Hit first career HR, a solo shot, off H. Bailey on 4/8 at KC.
• Winner - Belted game-winning home run in 9th, 4/19 at LAA. • 1st MLB Hit - 1B to CF off Lucas Giolito 4/6 at CWS.
• Big Day - 4x5, 2B, HR, 3 RBI, 4/6 at CWS. • Debut - Made MLB debut 3/20 at OAK (in Tokyo); BB in only PA (BB, SB).
• Snap - 0x3 on 4/2 vs. LAA snapped season-opening 7G hit streak (11x26). • 2018 Season - Split the 2018 season between AA Biloxi and AAA Colorado
• Player of the Week - Named AL Player of the Week on 4/1. Springs, batting .299 (122x408) w/70 R, 31 2B, 9 3B, 14 HR, 58 RBI, 35 BB
• Goodbye Baseball - 4th career multi-home run game, 3/28 vs. BOS…5th & 23 SB in 121 combined games.
player with 2 homers off Chris Sale (last: J. Donaldson-TOR, 9/26/17 at BOS). • AAA All-Star - Represented the Sky Sox on the PCL All-Star team.
• Homer Happy - Is the 6th Mariners player with 3+ home runs in the club’s #2 - TOM MURPHY, C vs. Miller: Never Faced
first 3 games of a season, joining G. Thomas (3, 1985), K. Griffey Jr. (3, Last Game: 1x3, K, 4/23 at SD Current Streak: 4 G (7x15)
1997), D. Segui (3, 1998), M. Morse (3, 2013) and R. Canó (4, 2016).
• Hot Start - Went 3-for-3 w/3 R, 1 HR & 2 RBI in SEA debut on 3/20 at OAK. Road Trip: 3x7, R, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, K Last HR: 4/21 at LAA (#2)
Season-Highs: streak: 4 (4/12-c)…hits: 3 (4/16 vs. CLE)…RBI: 2 (4/21 at LAA)
#32 - JAY BRUCE, OF vs. Miller: 2x15 (.133), 2B, RBI, 4 BB, 4 SO • Rollin’ - In 3 games since 4/12, is 7-for-15 (.467) w/2 R, 3 2B, 2 HR and 4 RBI.
Last Game: BB as PH, 4/21 at LAA Current Streak: 4 G (5x10) • Big Day - 3x4 w/2 doubles, RBI on 4/16 vs. CLE.
Road Trip: 5x10, 2 R, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, BB, 2 K Last HR: 4/19 at LAA (#9) • Homer - Hit 1st HR of the season leading off the 9th 4/12 vs. HOU; extended
Season-Highs: streak: 4 (4/6-10)…hits: 2-4x (4/20 at LAA)…RBI: 3 (3/30 vs. BOS) the Mariners MLB-record HR streak to open season to 16 games.
• Ouch - Has not played since 4/21 with tightness in his quad. • Hit After Hit - Has hits in 6 of 7 games, including 3 multi-hit games.
• Go Deep - Is T3rd in AL and T6th in MLB with 9 home runs this season. • Join the Club - Acquired 3/29 from SF for minor leaguer Jesus Ozoria (rhp).
• In A Pinch - Pinch-hit RBI 1B in T9th 4/18 at LAA snapped 10-10 tie. • 2018 - Split the year with Colorado and AAA Albuquerque… in 37 G w/COL,
• Long Ball - HR’d with 2 out in 8th 4/16 vs. CLE; extended the Mariners hit .226 (21x93) with 7 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR and 11 RBI…in 64 G w/Albuquerque,
MLB-record HR streak to open season to 20 games. posted a .258/.333/.568 slash line (.901 OPS) with 17 HR and 49 RBI.
• Homer Happy - Homered in 3 consec. games 4/6-4/9; 2nd time this season • Career - Originally selected by COL in 3rd round of 2012 Draft out of Univ.
(also: 3/30-4/1)...HR’ed in 6 of 8 games, 3/30-4/9 (7 total HR). at Buffalo, SUNY…ML debut 9/12/15 at SEA w/COL.
• Double Pump - Notched 26th career multi-HR game (25th 2 HR game) 4/6 at CWS. #22 - OMAR NARVÁEZ, C vs. Miller: Never Faced
• 2018 Season - Hit .223 (71x319) w/31 R, 18 2B, 3B, 9 HR, 37 RBI, 41 BB Last Game: 0x3, BB, SF, RBI, K, 4/25 vs. TEX Current Streak: 0 G (0x7)
& 2 SB in 94 G w/NYM...missed over 2 months on IL with a sore right hip.
• Career - 11-year ML vet w/CIN (2008-2016), NYM (2016-2018) & CLE Road Trip: 6x14, 6 R, 2B, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 5 BB, 2 K Last HR: 4/19 at LAA (#5)
(2017)...3x All-Star (2011, 2012 & 2016 w/CIN), 2x Silver Slugger (2012 & 2013). Season-His: streak: 5 (4/5-4/11)…hits: 3-2x (4/18 at LAA)…RBI: 4 (4/18 at LAA)
• Road Trippin’ - Reached base 11 times (6 H, 5 BB) in 19 PA on road trip.
#10 - EDWIN ENCARNACIÒN, 1B/DH vs. Miller: 4x12 (.333), 2B, 2 SO • Running Down a Dream - Ranks T9th in the AL w/18 runs scored.
Last Game: 1x3, 3 R, BB, HBP, K as 1B 4/25 vs. TEX Current Streak: 1 G (1x3) • Backstop - Leads American League catchers with 22 hits.
Road Trip: 2x22, 3 R, HR, RBI, HBP, 3 BB, 5 K Last HR: 4/20 at LAA (#6) • Homer Happy - Homered in back-to-back games, 4/18-19, for 2nd time in
Season-Highs: streak: 8 (3/30-4/11)…hits: 3 (4/7 at CWS)…RBI: 4-2x (4/8 at KC) his career (also: 9/14-18/18).
• Walking Man - 21 H, 15 BB & 4 HBP in 1st 24 games; has .367 OBP. • Big Day - Reached base safely 5x (3x4 w/2 BB), HR’d, 5 RBI 4/18 at LAA.
• Snap - 0x4, 4/12 snapped 8G hit streak (3/30-4/11): .406/13x32 w/3 HR, 11 RBI. • Hot Streak - 9x23/.391 w/6 R, 2B, RBI during 6 G hit streak 4/5-11.
• Big Inning - Hit 2 HR in the 6th inning on 4/8 at KC...the 1st player in the ML to • Go Long - HR in B-2-B G 3/31 & 3/29...HR #2 was 3-run shot on 3/31 vs.
hit multiple HR in the same inning since BAL’s Mark Trumbo on April 15, 2016 at BOS...HR #1 in 1st T-Mobile PA of ‘19, 3/29 vs. BOS.
Texas (7th inning)…1st Mariners player to turn the trick since both Mike Camer- • 2018 - Set career-highs in nearly every offensive category w/CWS in ‘18,
on and Bret Boone did it in the 1st inning on May 2, 2002 at the White Sox…5th batting .275 (77x280) with 30 R, 14 2B, 1 3B, 9 HR, 30 RBI and 38 BB in 97 G.
player ever to hit multiple HR in one inning multiple times (also in 2009), joining: #16 - DOMINGO SANTANA, OF vs. Miller: Never Faced
Álex Rodríguez, Jeff King, Andre Dawson and Willie McCovey. Last Game: 1x5, R, BB, 2B, 2 RBI, 4/25 vs. TEX Current Streak: 2 G (2x9)
• Big Day - 3x5 w/HR and 4 RBI 4/7 at CWS.
• 2018 Season - Hit .246 (123x500) w/ 74 R, 16 2B, 3B, 32 HR, 107 RBI, 63 Road Trip: 4x22, R, HR, 3 RBI, 2 BB, 5 K, SF, 2 GIDP Last HR: 4/20 at LAA (#5)
BB in 137 games with Cleveland. Season-His: streak: 8 (4/5-12)…hits: 3-3x (last: 4/15 vs CLE)…RBI: 4-3x (last: 4/8 at KC)
• The One - Is only MLB player w/30+ HR in each of last 7 seasons (2012-c). • Leader - Leads the AL / 3rd in MLB w/29 RBI.
• Hit Parade - Ranks 2nd in the AL / T4th in MLB with 34 hits this season.
#9 - DEE GORDON, 2B vs. Miller: 8x25 (.320), 2B, RBI, 4 SO • 2 Outs, So What - Has 16 hits and 16 RBI with 2 outs this season…both
Last Game: 3x4, R, SF, RBI, K, 4/25 vs. TEX Current Streak: 1 G (3x4) marks lead the Major Leagues.
Road Trip: 6x23, R, 2 2B, HR, 3 RBI, BB, 3 K, SB Last HR: 4/21 at LAA (#2) • Streaker - 8G hit streak 4/5-12: 14x34/.412 w/2B, HR, 11 RBI.
Season-Highs: streak: 10 (3/30-4/12)…hits: 3-3x (last: 4/25 vs. TEX)…RBI: 3 (3/31 vs BOS) • Winner - First Major Leaguer w/game-winning RBI in each of his club’s first
• Reset - After 5G 0x13 stretch 4/13-17, has hit safely in 6 of last 7 games: 3 games of a season since Vladimir Guerrero-LAA (2007).
(9x27/.333 w/2 2B, HR). • Hot - Had 10 RBI in the first 4 games of the season.
• Good Start - Has reached base safely in 22 of 27 G, incl. 19 G with at least 1 hit. • Slam - GA GSHR in 3rd inning of game #1 of season, 3/20 at OAK (in JPN).
• Milestone - Tallied 1,000th career hit on 4th-inning, 2-RBI single, 4/20 at LAA. • 2018 Season - Appeared in 85 games with Milwaukee, batting .265 (56x211)
• Homer - Hit 1st HR of the season leading off the 6th 4/11 at KC; extended the w/21 R, 14 2B, 1 3B, 5 HR, 20 RBI, 20 BB & 1 SB.
Mariners MLB-record HR streak to open season to 15 games. • Welcome to Seattle - Acquired by Seattle from Milwaukee in exchange for
• Streak - Reached base safely in 11 straight games, incl. 10 G hit streak, from Ben Gamel (of) and Noah Zavolas (rhp) on Dec. 21, 2018.
3/30-4/12: 16x39/.410, 2B, 3B, HR, 9 RBI, 2 BB, 6 steals. #0 - MALLEX SMITH, OF vs. Miller: RBI, sac., SF
• Ouch - left game with groin tightness on 4/5 at CWS...DNP 4/6 at CWS. Last Game: 0x1, BB, R, 4/25 vs. TEX Current Streak: 0 G (0x16)
• Steal Away - Is 1 of 4 active players with at least 300 career stolen bases.
Road Trip: 1x20, 2 R, 2 BB, 8 K, 2 SB Last HR: 3/29 vs. BOS (#1)
#17 - MITCH HANIGER, OF vs. Miller: Never Faced Season-Highs: streak: 5 (3/28-4/2)…hits: 2-4x (4/12 vs. HOU)…RBI: 2-2x (4/10 at KC)
Last Game: 0x3, R, BB, K 4/25 vs. TEX Current Streak: 0 G (0x7) • Streaker - 5G hit streak, 3/28-4/2 (6x21/.286, 4 R, 3B, HR, 2 BB, 2 SB).
Road Trip: 6x24, 7 R, 2 2B, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 6 BB, 6 K, SB Last HR: 4/21 at LAA (#7) • Boom - Hit 1st career leadoff HR in 1st ‘19 game in 1-hole, 3/29 vs. BOS.
Season-Highs: streak: 9 (3/21-4/6)…hits: 2-9x (last: 4/23 at SD)…RBI: 3 (4/11 at KC) • Return - Tripled in his first game of 2019, 3/28 vs. BOS…from 2016-18,
• Leader - Leads AL in R (27) & XBH (19); is T3rd in 2B (11), T14th in RBI (18). tallied 18 triples, which ranked T8th-most in the Majors (also: Ender Inciarte).
• Hot - Hits in 20 of last 26 G since 3/21: 29x108/.269 w/11 2B, 3B, 7 HR, 17 RBI. • 2019 Spring Training - Missed majority of Spring Training while recovering
• Leading Off - Belted 4th career leadoff HR, 4/20 at LAA…4 leadoff HR are from sore right elbow...appeared in 2 ST games on 3/25 & 3/26 vs. SD (0x6, 2 K).
3rd-most in club history, behind Ichiro Suzuki (37) and Joey Cora (5). • 2018 Season - Hit .296 (142x480) w/65 R, 27 2B, 10 3B, 2 HR, 40 RBI, 47
• 0-fer - 0x4 4/16 vs. CLE ended 7G hit streak (10x32/.313). BB, 40 SB and a .367 OBP in 141 games with TB.
• Homer - Hit HR #4 off Verlander, 4/13 vs. HOU, and HR #5 off Cole, 4/14 vs. HOU; • Speedy - Tied for AL lead w/10 3B…2nd in AL/3rd in MLB w/40 SB last year.
extended Seattle’s MLB-record HR streak to open season to 17 and 18 games. #20 - DANIEL VOGELBACH, 1B/DH vs. Miller: Never Faced
• Winner - GA HR in T9th for 6-5 win 4/10 at KC. Last Game: 1x4, BB, R, 2B, 2 RBI, 4/25 vs. TEX Current Streak: 2 G (2x8)
• Snap - 0x5 4/7 at CWS snapped 9G hit-streak (13x40/.325) w/8R, 5 2B, 2 HR, 7 RBI.
Road Trip: 5x17, 4 R, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 7 BB, 3 K Last HR: 4/20 at LAA (#8)
• Boom! - 1st 2019 HR 3/21 at OAK (in JPN); also 2B, 2 BB, HBP.
Season-Highs: streak: 5 (4/2-4/9)…hits: 3-2x (last: 4/9 at KC)…RBI: 6 (4/7 at CWS)
#27 - RYON HEALY, INF vs. Miller: Never Faced
• Leader - Is T5th in AL with 8 HR…has 8 HR in just 64 AB.
Last Game: 3x5, 3 R, 2 2B, 3 RBI, K 4/25 vs. TEX Current Streak: 1 G (3x5) • On Base - His .451 OBP would rank 3rd in AL, but is 6 PA short of qualifying.
Road Trip: 4x19, 3 R, 2B, 2 HR, 5 RBI, HBP, 4 BB, 3 K Last HR: 4/18 at LAA-2 (#4 & #5) • In a Groove - After going 0-for-4 in first 3 games of the season, has hit safely
Season-Highs: streak: 6 (3/20-31)…hits: 2-7x (4/21 at LAA)…RBI: 5 (4/18 at LAA) in 12 of last 18 games, batting .333 (20x60, 13 R, 5 2B, 8 HR, 16 RBI, 14 BB).
• Double Time - Tied for 1st in the American League with 12 doubles. • Who’s On First - From April 18-20, recorded at least 1 hit and 2 walks in
• Extra, Extra - 17 of his 24 hits have gone for extra-bases (12 2B, 5 HR). 3 consecutive games…became the 4th player in club history (done 6x) to
• Score! - Is T5th in AL in runs scored with 19. accomplish this feat (last: Jack Cust, 4/29-5/1/11).
• Boom - 8th career 2HR G 4/18 at LAA; had 5 RBI in 11-10 SEA win. • Livin’ on Base - Reached base safely 5x (2x2 w/3BB) 4/18 at LAA.
• KC Masterpiece - 5x13/.385 w/3 R, 2B, RBI in 1st 3G of KC series. • Winner - GA solo HR in T10th 4/12 at KC was game-winner.
• Run Producer - 5 RBI + 2 R scored in 3 games of CWS series. • Go Deep - Homered in 4 consecutive games (4/2-4/8)...5 HR total.
• Snap - 0x4 on 4/1 snapped 6G season opening hit streak (9x25). • Big Day - 3x4, 2 R, 2B, 2 HR, 6 RBI, BB, 4/7 at CWS...1st career multi-HR game.
• Double Trouble - Hammered 6 doubles in first 6 games of season. • GW HR - HR #1 was a game winner, 4/2 vs. LAA, a solo shot to CF to snap 1-1 tie.
• Double Up - Hit 2 2B 3/30 vs. BOS (2x4, R, 2 2B, RBI)...marked 11th career • Ouch - Made season debut as a DR-1B 3/20 at OAK (in Tokyo), but was
multi-2B game (last: 8/11/18 at HOU). removed the inning after being hit by a pitch.
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SCORE BY INNINGS
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 X Total
Mariners 21 18 31 24 19 24 17 7 14 2 177
Opponent 14 16 20 11 8 14 29 15 10 0 137
PITCHER - Gonzales (6-1), Kikuchi (3-3), Hernández (3-2), Leake (3-2), LeBlanc (2-1), Swanson (0-2)
INDIVIDUAL BATTING
LONGEST HITTING STREAK............................................................................................................................................ 10, 2x, last: Dee Gordon, March 30-April 12
MOST HITS, GAME.............................................................................................................................................................................. 4, Tim Beckham, April 6 at CWS
MOST RUNS, GAME..............................................................................................................................3, 5x, last: Ryon Healy & Edwin Encarnación, April 25 vs. TEX
MOST DOUBLES, GAME.......................................................................................................................................................... 2, 4x, last: Ryon Healy, April 25 vs. TEX
MOST TRIPLES, GAME............................................................................................................ 1, 4x, last: Dee Gordon, Mitch Haniger & Mallex Smith, April 11 at KC
MOST HOME RUNS, GAME...................................................................................................................................................... 2, 5x, last: Ryon Healy, April 18 at LAA
MOST EXTRA-BASE HITS, GAME.................................................................................................................................................3, Daniel Vogelbach, April 7 at CWS
MOST RBI, 9-INNING GAME..........................................................................................................................................................6, Daniel Vogelbach, April 7 at CWS
MOST RBI, EXTRA-INNING GAME.......................................................................................................................................................3, Mitch Haniger, April 11 at KC
MOST STOLEN BASES, GAME.............................................................................................................................................................2, Mallex Smith, April 7 at CWS
GRAND SLAMS (1)..................................................................................................................................................Domingo Santana, March 20 at OAK (Tokyo Dome)
INDIVIDUAL PITCHING
FEWEST HITS ALLOWED (CG):
Mariners............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ None
Opponents........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ None
MOST STRIKEOUTS, GAME (Starter):
Mariners............................................................................................................................................................................................9, Marco Gonzales, April 25 vs. TEX
Opponents..................................................................................................................................................................................... 12, Carlos Carrasco, April 17 vs. CLE
MOST STRIKEOUTS, GAME (Reliever):
Mariners..................................................................................................................................................................................... 4, 2x, last: Erik Swanson, April 11 at KC
Opponents..........................................................................................................................................................................................7, Brad Peacock, April 12 vs. HOU
MOST WALKS, GAME:
Mariners.................................................................................................................................................................................. 3, 3x, last: Yusei Kikuchi, April 15 vs. CLE
Opponents......................................................................................................................................................................................... 5, Nick Margevicius, April 23 at SD
MOST INNINGS, GAME, STARTER:
Mariners.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 8.1, Marco Gonzales, April 2 vs. LAA
Opponents............................................................................................................................................................................ 7.0, 2x, last: Chris Paddack, April 24 at SD
MOST INNINGS, GAME, RELIEVER:
Mariners.................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3.0, Roenis Elias, April 8 at KC
Opponents............................................................................................................................................................................................ 5.0, Jaime Barria, April 21 at LAA
LONGEST WINNING STREAK:.................................................................................................................................................... 5, Marco Gonzales, March 20-current
LONGEST LOSING STREAK:......................................................................................................................................... 2, Mike Leake (4/16-c) & Erik Swanson (4/17-c)
MOST CONSECUTIVE SCORELESS INNINGS:
Overall............................................................................................................................................................................................... 11.1, Brandon Brennan (3/21-4/14)
Starter............................................................................................................................................................................................7.0, Marco Gonzales, April 25-current
Reliever.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 11.1, Brandon Brennan (3/21-4/14)
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