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Date
May 6
May 7
May 8
Mariners Pitcher
RH Taijuan Walker (2-1, 1.80)
vs.
RH Nathan Karns (3-1, 3.81)
vs.
RH Hisashi Iwakuma (1-3, 4.03)
vs.
Opposing Pitcher
RH Doug Fister (2-3, 4.60)
LH Dallas Keuchel (2-4, 5.11)
RH Collin McHugh (3-3, 6.59)
All games televised on ROOT SPORTS with home games on Spanish Audio via TV SAP
Seattle has won 6 straight series overall and have won 5 straight series on
the road.
+29
51
COOPERSTOWN BOUND
80
VS. HOUSTON
The Mariners and Astros meet in the 4th
of 19 games this season tonightAstros will return to Seattle July 15-16 and
Sept. 16-18; Seattle travels to Houston
May 5-8, July 15-16 & Sept. 26-28the
Mariners are 8-6 in their last 14 games
vs. the Astros after going only 2-11 in
the previous 13 meetings...Mariners trail
the series 29-31 since the Astros joined
the AL West in 2013 (32- 37 overall):
Year
Home Road Totals
2016
2-1 0-0 2-1
2015
4-5 3-7 7-12
2014
4-6 6-3 10-9
All-Time 14-20 18-17 32-37
RADIO
710 ESPN
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TONIGHT'S TILTthe Mariners continue a 7-game, two-city road trip with the first of four games
against the Houston Astros (4 G)began the trip by sweeping the Oakland Athleticson recently
concluded homestand, took 2-of-3 from AL West rival the Houston Astros, before taking two of three from
the Kansas City Royalstonights game will be televised in the Mariners TV market on ROOT SPORTS NW
and broadcast live on 710 ESPN Seattle and the Mariners Radio Network.
ODDS AND ENDSthe Mariners are 11-4 in their last 15 games, 14-5 in their last 19...are 14-5 since a
5-game losing streak...are 5-7 at home, but 11-4 on the road.
Runs/Game - the Mariners are averaging 4.52 runs per game, ranking 3rd in the American League.
Goodbye Baseball The Mariners homered in 9 straight games April 21-30, their longest streak this seasontheir 21 home runs since April 21 rank T1st in the Majors with Arizona (21).
For Openers - the Mariners are 5-4 in the first game of a series; 11-7 in all other games.
Batting Around the Mariners have batted around (10 men to plate) once this season (4/5 at TEX).
WHAT A DAEDae-Ho Lee went 2-for-4 with 2 runs, 2 home runs, 3 RBI and an intentional walk, including
the go-ahead 2-run home run in the 7th inning of Seattles 9-8 win in Oakland yesterday.
26th time Mariners rookie hit 2 HR in game (last: 2013, Mike Zunino, Brad Miller-3x & Nick Franklin-2x).
2nd time this season to hit a game-winning home run (also: walk-off HR April 13 vs. Texas).
Has hit 2 game-winning home runs in the 7th inning or later this season (4/13 vs. TEX, 10th inning &
5/4 at OAK, 7th inning)his 2 game-winning home runs in the 7th or later are T2nd in club history for
a rookie (Alvin Davis, 1984) behind Ken Griffey Jr.s 4 such home runs in 1989
2-OUT, SO WHAT?! REVIVALof the 9 runs scored by the Mariners in yesterdays win in Oakland, 6 were
scored with two outsof the 122 runs scored by Seattle this season, 53 of them have come with two outs
(33 with zero outs & 36 with 1 out)the 53 two-out runs are the most in the American League ahead of
Detroit (51) and 4th in the Majors behind St. Louis (64), San Francisco (57) and Washington (55)with 2
outs this season are hitting .230 (67x291) with 13 doubles, 1 triple, 15 home runs and 51 RBI with a .325
on-base percentage.
DOUBLE-DIGIT KNOCKSthe Mariners collected a season-high 16 hits yesterday in OaklandSeattle
has collected at least 12 hits in each of the last three games and have double-digit hits in 5 of the last 8
games (11 double-digit hit games this season)Seattle is averaging 8.26 hits per game this season.
LOOKING FOR FOURthe Mariners have won 3 straight gamesit is the 4th three-game winning streak
of the season (also: April 13-16, April 20-22, April 24-26 and May 2-current).
K-MARTEKetel Marte is hitting .388 (19x49) with 8 runs, 5 doubles, 3 RBI, a .400 on-base percentage
and a .490 slugging mark in his last 12 gameshe has hit safely in 5 straight and 12 of the last 13 games
he has 6 multi-hit games during this stretchin his first 13 games of the season, he hit .188 (9x48) with 4
runs, 1 RBI and a .245 on-base mark.
GETTING SERIE-OUSthe Mariners have won 6 straight series (2-1 at NYY, 2-1 at CLE, 2-1 at LAA,
2-1 vs. HOU, 2-1 vs. KC, 3-0 at OAK) and have won 7 of 9 series overall this seasonthe Mariners
last won at least 6 straight series when they won 6 consecutive series from May 18-June 5, 2011in
that stretch: vs. LAA: 2-0, at SD: 3-0, at MIN: 2-1, vs. NYY: 2-1, vs. BAL: 2-1, vs. TB: 3-1last won 7
straight series was a 14-series win streak July 27-Sept. 20, 2001.
POWER CONTINUES, AVERAGE RISESRobinson Can hit his 9th home run of the season Tuesday
night, but his average is what has been climbingin his last 9 games, hes hitting .378 (14x37) with 7 runs,
2 doubles, 3 home runs, 12 RBI and a 1.086 OPSthe 9-game run has raised his average to .273 on the
seasonin his first 18 games, he hit .219 (16x73) with 10 runs, 3 doubles, 6 home runs and 14 RBI.
SEAGER SWINGINGKyle Seager has hit safely in 8 of his last 10 games since April 24during the 10game span, hes hitting .306 (11x36) with 7 runs, 4 doubles, 4 home runs, 12 RBI and a 1.125 OPSin his
first 16 games of the season, he hit .127 (8x63) with 9 runs, 2 doubles, 2 home runs, 6 RBI and a .479 OPS.
STARTING THINGS UPMariners starters did not earn a win in the first 9 games of the seasonNathan
Karns collected the first win for the rotation on April 15 at New York-AL and since then, the starters have
notched wins in 10 of the 13 Mariners wins, while posting a 3.05 ERA (38 ER, 112.0 IP)in that span, Karns
has 3 wins, Felix Hernandez, Wade Miley & Taijuan Walker each have two & Hisashi Iwakuma has one.
BULLPEN BULLIESSeattles bullpen has posted a 1.53 ERA (9 ER, 53.0 IP) with 55 strikeouts in its
last 18 games since April 13in that span, the bullpen has the best ERA in Majors ahead of Chicago-AL
(1.84), and Detroit (2.54)overall, Seattles bullpen has a 2.31 ERA (20 ER, 78.0 IP), which ranks 2nd in
the Majors behind Chicago-AL (1.75)four Mariners relievers have ERAs under 2.50: Steve Cishek (0.69),
Nick Vincent (1.74), Vidal Nuno (1.93) and Joel Peralta (2.25)Mike Montgomery (2.63) is right behind.
ROAD TRIPPINNelson Cruz is 7-for-12 on this road trip and has hit safely in his last 8 road games
overall on the road, hes hitting .379 (22x58) with 9 runs, 4 doubles, 4 home runs, 11 RBI and a 1.103 OPS
in 15 gameshis .379 batting average is the 5th-best road average in the American League.
ON THE ROAD AGAINthe Mariners are 11-4 on the road this season, the best record in the A.L. ahead of
Chicago (12-5), Boston (8-4) and Oakland (8-5) and the 2nd-best road record in the Majors behind ChicagoNL (13-3)Seattle has won all 5 road series this season, winning two of three at Texas, at New York-AL,
at Cleveland, at Los Angeles-AL and sweeping in Oaklandlast time Seattle won 5 straight road series to
open a season was a 7-series streak in 2001.
ELITE 2B Robinson Can recorded his 450th career double in the 4th inning Monday nighthe became
the 5th second baseman in Major League history with 2,000 hits, 450 doubles, 200 home runs and 1,000
RBIhe joins Roberto Alomar, Craig Biggio, Jeff Kent and Rogers Hornsby.
AS YOU KNOWthe Mariners are 11-4 on the road, the best record in the American League
BUT DID YOU KNOW?that the 11 wins through the first 15 road games of the season is the
3rd-most in club history?the 11 wins trails only the 2002 (13 wins) and 2001 (12 wins) clubs and
is ahead of the 1997 Mariners (10 wins).
2016 MARINERS GAME NOTES THURSDAY MAY 5, 2016 AT HOUSTON ASTROS PAGE 2
TONIGHTS MARINERS STARTER
LHP WADE MILEY
2016 Breakdown:
W-L ERA G/GS
IP H R ER BB SO HR
Overall 2-2 5.06 5/5 32.0 37 18 18 6 23 4
Home 1-1 3.60 2/2 15.0 15 6 6 0 11 1
Road
1-1 6.35 3/3 17.0 22 12 12 6 12 3
vs. HOU
0-0 --- 0/0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
scr
DT OPP SCR W-L
IP H R ER BB SO HR left PC-K
4/6 @TEX
W 9-5 ND
6.0 7 5 5 0 7 1 3-5
91-66
4/12 TEX L 0-8 L (0-1) 6.0 10 6 6 0 7 1 0-6
93-65
4/19
@CLE
L, 2-3 L (0-2) 3.2 9 3 3 4 2 0 0-3
81-50
4/24
@LAA
W, 9-4 W (1-2) 7.1 6 4 4 2 3 2 7-4
98-64
4/30 KC W, 6-0 W (2-2) 9.0 5 0 0 0 4 0 6-0
114-77
APRIL: 5 GS, 2-2, 5.06
32.0 37 18 18 6
23 4
W-L-S ERA G/GS
IP H R ER BB SO HR
Overall 51-48-0 3.99
143/139 864.1 887 406 383 266 669 85
Home 27-23-0 4.29 67/64 408.2 421 203 195 104 313 47
Road 24-25-0 3.71 76/75 455.2 466 203 188 162 356 38
Starter 50-48-0 4.02
139/139 854.2 877 401 378 262 667 83
Reliever 1-0-0 4.44 4/0 9.2 10 5 5 4 2 2
vs. HOU 2-0 2.63 4/4 24.0 23 7 7 9 26 3
ABOUT MILEY
Making 6th start of the season, and the 144th appearance of his MLB career/140th start today vs. the Astros.
Traded to Seattle by Boston, Dec. 7, 2015 (see below).
Loranger, LA, native pitched collegiately at Southeastern Louisiana; led Southland Conference with 119 strikeouts his junior year.
Named to the 2012 National League All-Star Team.
Is 8-11, 4.50 ERA (69 ER, 138.0 IP) in 22 G/22 GS in May.
LAST TIME
LAST START/WIN: 4/30, 6-0 vs. KC (9.0,5,0,0,0,4)
LAST LOSS: 4/19, 2-3 at CLE (3.2,9,3,3,4,2)
LAST ND: 4/6, 9-5 at TEX (6.0,7,5,5,0,7,HR)
LAST CG: 4/30, 6-0 vs. KC (9.0,5,0,0,0,4)
LAST ShO: 4/30, 6-0 vs. KC (9.0,5,0,0,0,4)
MLB CAREER HIGHS
INNINGS: 9.0, 2x, last: 4/30 vs. KC
HITS: 13, 8/25/15 at CWS (with BOS)
RUNS: 10, 8/5/14 vs. KC (with ARIZ)
STRIKEOUTS: 11, 5/27/14 vs. SD (with ARIZ)
WALKS: 7, 2x, last: 7/2/15 at TOR (with BOS)
HOME RUNS: 4, 6/1/14 vs. CIN (with ARIZ)
LOW-HIT GAME (CG): 5, 2x, last: 4/30 vs. KC
LONGEST WIN STREAK: 4, 9/21/11-4/29/12 (with ARIZ)
LONGEST LOSING STREAK: 4, 2x, last: 8/5-9/9/14 (with ARIZ)
MILEY vs. ASTROS
Miley is making his 5th career start vs. the Astrosis 2-0 with a 2.63 ERA
(7 ER, 24.0 IP) with 26 strikeouts and 9 walks in 4 career starts vs. Houstonthree of his four starts vs. the Astros have been quality startshas
allowed 1 run in three of those four startshere is how Miley has fared
vs. current Astros batters:
J. Altuve
J. Castro
C. Correa
E. Gattis
C. Gomez
M. Gonzalez
G. Springer
P. Tucker
L. Valbuena
AVG AB H HR RBI BB SO
.583
12 7 0 0 0 0
.000 3 0 0 0 0 2
.000 1 0 0 0 2 1
.500 8 4 0 1 1 1
.333
15 5 1 2 1 2
.333 6 2 1 1 1 1
.000 2 0 0 0 1 0
.000 3 0 0 0 0 0
.000 2 0 0 0 0 0
RIGHTING THE SHIPafter going 0-2 with a 8.04 ERA (14 ER, 15.2 IP) with 16 strikeouts, 4 walks and a .388 opponents batting average
against in his first 3 starts, Miley has posted a 2-0 record with a 2.20 ERA (4 ER, 16.1 IP) with 7 strikeouts, 2 walks and a .193 opponents
average against over his last two starts since April 24 at Los Angeles - AL.
WALK THIS WAY did not walk a batter in his last start on 4/30 vs. KC, his 3rd outing with zero free passes this seasonis one of 8 starting
pitchers to record 3 starts this season with zero walks (also: Taijuan Walker SEA, Jose Quintana - CWS, Ricky Nolasco MIN, Clayton Kershaw LAD, Mike Fiers HOU, Jerad Eickhoff PHI & Chad Bettis COL)prior to walking 4 batters on 4/19 at CLE, had not walked a batter
through 12.0 innings pitched to start the season, the 4th-longest streak without a walk in his careerMileys career-best is 16.0 consecutive
innings without allowing a walk (9/5 9/11/2015 w/ BOS).
WELCOME TO SEATTLE...acquired by the Mariners along with Jonathan Aro (rhp) from the Boston Red Sox in exchange for Carson Smith
(rhp) and Roenis Elias (lhp) on Dec. 7, 2015.
TOUGH ON RUNNERS...opposing base runners have been successful on just 16 of 38 attempted steals vs. Miley in his career, including just 13
of 33 (37.1%) since the start of 2012...Miley has picked off 19 opposing base runners since the start of 2012.
CAUGHT LEANING...tied career-high with 5 pickoffs in 2015, T2nd in the AL.
QUICK WORKER...according to Fan Graphs 2015 leader board, Miley was the second-quickest working pitcher in MLB last season, averaging
just 17.5 seconds between pitches...trailed only Mark Buehrle (15.9) and was just ahead of Doug Fister (17.8)...teammate Vidal Nuno was 6th
(18.1) and Taijuan Walker was 10th (18.4).
MR. DURABLEis 1 of 4 lefties (and 13 pitchers overall) to have made at least 32 starts in each of the last 3 seasons (2013-15)...his 103 starts
since the beginning of 2013 are the tie-most by a left-handed pitcher (also: Jon Lester & Jose Quintana) and T6th overall in the Majors (also:
Lester & Quintana)...his 132 starts since 2012 are T3rd-most in the Majors amongst left-handers behind only Jon Lester (136) and Madison
Bumgarner (134)...is tied with Clayton Kershaw.
2015 SEASON RECAPwent 11-11, 4.46 ERA (96 ER, 193.2 IP) in 32 starts with Boston...marked the 4th consecutive season hes pitched in 32
games or more and tossed at least 193.0 innings...in his first AL season in 2015, he led the Sox in wins, starts, innings and quality starts (17).
CAREERowns a 50-48 record with a 4.03 ERA (383 ER, 855.1 IP) in 142 appearances/138 starts...pitched with Arizona (2011-2014) and Boston (2015) prior to joining Seattle this season...named an All-Star in his first full season with the Diamondbacks in 2012.
23-year-old right-hander is scheduled to make his 6th start of the 2016 season tomorrow vs. the Astrosmatched a career high 11 strikeouts in W#2 on April 25
vs. HOU (7.0 IP, 6,1,1,1,11)has allowed 2-or-fewer earned runs and tossed at least 6.0 innings in four of his five starts2015 RECAP: went 11-8, 4.56 ERA (86
ER, 169.2 IP) in 29 starts...among Mariners pitchers, was 2nd in wins, starts, innings and strikeouts (157)...struck out 8.33 batters per 9.0 innings pitched, 11th
best in the AL...was 10-3, 3.62 with 118 strikeouts in his final 20 starts after beginning season 1-5, 7.33 in first 9 startsCareer: Is 16-12 with a 3.88 ERA (109
ER, 252.2 IP) in 45 appearances/42 startsvs. HOU: Making his 10th career start against Houstonin 5 starts at Houston, is 4-1 with a 5.12 ERA (15 ER, 26.1
IP) with 20 strikeouts and 9 walksearned the win in his ML debut on 8/30/13 at HOU, tossing 5.0 ShO innings while allowing 2 hits, walking 1 and striking out 2.
2016 MARINERS GAME NOTES THURSDAY MAY 5, 2016 AT HOUSTON ASTROS PAGE 3
TEAM PITCHING
W-L ERA CG/SV IP
H
R ER BB-I SO HR
Season Totals 16-11
3.04
1/9
243.0
204 93 82
74-2
225 25
Starters
10-9
3.38
1/0
165.0
157 71 62
51-0
138 17
Relievers
6-2
2.31
0/9 78.0 47 22 20
23-2 87 8
Safeco
5-7 3.19 0/2 110.0 101 42 39 23-1 116 9
Road
11-4
2.91
0/7
133.0
103 51 43
51-1
109 16
April
13-10
3.04
1/7
207.0
170 76 70
69-2
196 20
May
3-1
3.00
0/2 36.0 34 17 12 5-0 29 5
W/L
Pitcher
Last Start (IP,H,R,ER,BB,K)
Result Streak GS
IP/GS P/GS SB/CS K/9
BB/9 QS
GIDP
After Loss
34-Hernandez, rhp 5/4 at OAK (4+,9,8,4,0,1,HR)
ND
W1
6
6.1
99.7
6/2
7.12
4.42
4
2
1-0
18-Iwakuma, rhp
5/3 at OAK (7.0,4,1,1,2,3)
W
W1
6
6.3
93.2
4/1
6.63
2.61
3
6
0-1
20-Miley, lhp
4/30 vs. KC (9.0,5,0,0,0,4)
W
W2
5
6.4
95.4
0/0
6.47
1.69
1
7
1-2
44-Walker, rhp
5/1 vs. KC (5.0,7,3,2,0,4)
L
L1
5
6.0
106.4 2/0
8.70
0.90
4
3
1-0
13-Karns, rhp
5/2 at OAK (6.0,6,3,3,1,5,2HR)
W
W3
5
5.2
94.8
3/0
9.21
4.13
2
1 1-1
Team
Record
3-3
3-3
3-2
3-2
4-1
Team No.
Hernandez
Iwakuma
Miley
Walker
Karns
INNINGS
(Team Rec.)
(Starters Rec.)
0.0-4.2
2 (1-1)
1 (0-0)
0 (0-0)
1 (0-1)
0 (0-0)
0 (0-0)
5.0-5.2
7 (4-3)
1 (1-0)
2 (0-1)
0 (0-0)
1 (0-1)
3 (1-1)
6.0-6.2
8 (4-4)
1 (0-1)
1 (0-1)
2 (0-1)
3 (1-0)
1 (1-0)
7.0-7.2
8 (5-3)
3 (1-1)
2 (1-1)
1 (1-0)
1 (1-0)
1 (1-0)
8.0-9.0
2 (2-0)
0 (0-0)
1 (1-0)
1 (1-0)
0 (0-0)
0 (0-0)
Total Starts
27 (16-11)
6 (2-2)
6 (1-3)
5 (2-2)
5 (2-1)
5 (3-1)
Runs scored/start:
4.52 (122 R)
3.00 (18 R)
5.50 (33 R)
5.20 (26 R)
2.40 (12 R)
6.60 (33 R)
Teams record when starting:
16-11 3-3 3-3 3-2 3-2 4-1
Career-Hi IP: relief: 2.2 (4/19 at CLE) start: 9.0, 2x (last: 6/30 at SD) 2016-Hi IP: 2.2 (4/19 at CLE)
SV/OPP
0/1 (.000)
8/8 (1.000)
0/0 (---)
0/0 (---)
0/0 (---)
0/0 (---)
0/2 (.000)
1/1 (1.000)
0/0 (---)
8/11 (.727)
1st BF/RETIRED
5/3 (.600)
12/11 (.917)
2/2 (1.000)
1/1 (1.000)
9/7 (.778)
10/6 (.600)
12/9 (.750)
11/10 (.909)
10/6 (.556)
72/55 (.764)
RI/STRANDED
0/0 (---)
0/0 (---)
0/0 (---)
0/0 (---)
3/3 (1.000)
9/6 (.667)
0/0 (---)
3/2 (.667)
2/2 (1.000)
17/13 (.765)
Career-Hi IP: 6.2 (5/11/15 vs. WAS w/ARI) 2016-High IP: 1.1 (2x, last: 4/27 vs. HOU)
2016 MARINERS GAME NOTES THURSDAY MAY 5, 2016 AT HOUSTON ASTROS PAGE 4
SEATTLE HITTERS vs. HOUSTON ASTROS
2016
CAREER
HR @
AVG
AB H HR RBI
AVG AB H HR RBI HOU
Norichika Aoki .143
7 1 0 0
.219 96
21
1 7
1
Robinson Can .417
12
5 2 10
.350 200
70
6 39 1
Steve Clevenger --- -- -- -- --
.214 28 6 1 3
0
Nelson Cruz
.182
11 2 0 1
.297 232
69 19 50 10
Franklin Gutierrez
.000
4 0 0 0
.226 53
12
3 8
6
Chris Iannetta .400
5 2 0 0
.255 157
40
7 30 0
Dae-Ho Lee
.375
8 3 0 0
.375 8 3 0 0
0
Adam Lind
.250
8 2 1 1
.278 36
10
2 6
0
Ketel Marte
.538
13 7 0 2
.316 38 12 1 3
0
Leonys Martin .200
5 1 1 1
.222 144
32
3 20 1
Luis Sardias .000
1 0 0 0
.143 7 1 0 0
0
Kyle Seager
.200
10
2 1 1
.227 216
49
8 34 4
Seth Smith
.182
11
2 0 1
.267 165
44
5 19 2
#8 - NORICHIKA AOKI, OF
Last Game: 1x5, R, RBI, K, 5/4 at OAK
Trip: 4x13, 2 R, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 3 K, SB
Walk this way - Has recorded 11 BB in last 16 games. including 4 multiwalk games..only 2 BB in first 17 games.
Streaker - Batted .313 (10x32) w/R, 2 2B, RBI during 8-G hit streak 4/5-13.
2015 Season - .287 (102x355) with 42 R, 12 2B, 3 3B, 5 HR, 26 RBI, 14
steals in 93 G w/SF2 DL stints; missed total of 63 games due to fractured
right fibula (6/24-7/27) and a concussion (8/13-20; Sept. 5-end of season).
In Japan - Played entire 8-year career in Japan with Yakult Swallows (200411) and hit .329 in nearly 4000 at bats (had .402 career OBP).
#22 - ROBINSON CAN, 2B
Last Game: 2x5, R, RBI, at OAK
Trip: 7x13 5 R, 2 2B, HR, 2 RBI, 2 K
Season-Highs: streak: 5-2x (last: 4/13-19)hits: 3-2x (5/2 at OAK)RBI: 6 (4/26 vs. HOU)
Sunday Funday - Has started 6 games this season (3-3), incl. 3 Sundays.
Pop - Go-ahead 2-run HR in 2nd on 4/21 at CLE.
Welcome to Seattle - Traded to Seattle by BAL Dec. 2, 2015.
Career - Originally selected by Cubs in 7th round of 2006 June draft...
appeared in bigs w/CHI 2011-2013...traded to BAL (w/S. Feldman), in exchange for J. Arrieta & P. Strop July 2, 13appeared in bigs w/BAL 2013-15.
3-Hit Night - Recorded 3-hit games of season 5/2 and 5/4 at OAK69th and
70th of his career.
Clutch - Hit 2-R HR w/2-out in 10th 4/22 at LAA...marked his 16th HR in extras
since 2014, the most in the Majors (4 players tied at 9).
Score! - Was 2x3, with 3 runs, 2B, HR, RBI and BB 4/5 at TEX.
2015 Season - 2nd in the Majors with career-high 44 home runhit .302
(178x590) with 90 R, 22 2B, 3B, 44 HR, 93 RBI in 152 G...40 HR in b-2-b yrs.
Career Year - Set career highs in runs, hits, HR & walks (59) in 2015.
40 Man - 1st player since M. Cabrera (12-13) to hit 40 HR in back-2-back yrs.
Home on the Road - Led MLB with 27 road homers in 2015.
#21 - FRANKLIN GUTIERREZ, OF
Last Game: 1x4, R, BB, K, 5/4 at OAK
Trip: 1x4, R, BB, K
Game Winner - Game winning PH RBI 1B in 10th IP w/0 out 4/22 at LAA.
Pinch Me - Is 3x6, 2 RBI, BB, 2 K in 8 PA as pinch-hitter this season.
2015 Season - Split season between AAA Tacoma and Seattle...hit .292
(50x171) w/27 R, 11 2B, 15 HR & 35 RBI in 59 G w/Mariners.
Power - 15 HR in 171 AB; HR/AB ratio 11.40 was 2nd in MLB to G. Stanton.
More Power - His 15 HR from July 7-end of season were T15th in AL.
Career - Appeared in MLB w/CLE (05-08) and SEA (09-13, 15); did not play
competitive baseball in 14 battling ankylosing spondylitis (AS), a form of arthritis.
#33 - CHRIS IANNETTA, C
Last Game: 2x5, 2B, K, 5/4 at OAK
Trip: 3x9, 2B, RBI, 2 K
Impressive - GW RBI with 1st career multi-HR day and season-high 3 RBI
on 5/4 at OAK (2x4, 2 R, 2 HR, 3 RBI, BB).
Walk-Off - 3rd walk-off PH HR in club history 4/13 vs. TEX in 10th inning.
Homer Happy - Recorded first ML hit/HR on 4/8 vs. OAK...became the 7th
player in club history with first ML hit was a home run
LEE, cont.
Debut - Made his MLB debut as PH 4/4 at TEX (K vs. Hamels).
Welcome to Seattle - Signed as a FA on Dec. 3, 2015.
2015 Season - Spent season with Fukuoka Softbank Hawks in Japans Pacific League...hit .282 w/30 2B, 31 HR, 98 RBI in 141 G.
Japan - Spent 12-15 playing in Japan w/Orix (12-13) & Softbank (14-15);
combined to hit .293 w/242 R, 112 2B, 98 HR, 348 RBI in 570 G.
Korea - Spent first 11 years of career in KBO; was 4x Gold Glove winner at 1B
(06-07, 11) and 3B (10); 3x batting champ (06, 10-11), 2x HR champ (06,
10)...played extensively on National Team (Asian Games, Olympics, WBC).
School Days - Was a pitcher in high school (and hit clean-up); chosen for Korean
National Junior Team as pitcher...primary school teammate of Shin-Soo Choo.
#26 - ADAM LIND, 1B
Last Game: 1x4, R, RBI, K, 5/3 at OAK
Trip: 2x8, R, 2 RBI, 2 K
Season-Highs: streak: 5 (4/19-4/24)hits: 2-5x (4/27 vs. HOU)RBI: 1-5x (5/3 at OAK)
Lately - Hit .341 (14x41) w/6 R, 2 2B, HR, 3 RBI, BB over 12 G, 4/13-27, but
2-for-16 over last 5 games...went 1-for-17 (.059) over first 6 G to start season.
Multi Hit - Has 2 hits in 5 of last 14 games (hits in 10 of 21 games, overall).
Longball - 1st HR as a Mariner 4/27 vs. HOU off LH T. Sipp.
Hit Me - 2B as PH in only AB 4/16 at NYY...2x4 w/RBI 4/15 at NYY.
2015 Season - Hit .277 w/72 R, 32 2B, 20 HR, 87 RBI in 149 G.
Career Highs - Career highs in BB (66), G, AB (502); 32 2B were most since 10.
Career - Began career in TOR (06-14) before spending 15 in MIL.
#4 - KETEL MARTE, SS
Last Game: 2x6, R, 2 2B, RBI, K, 5/4 at OAK
Trip: 5x14, 2 R, 2 2B, RBI, 2 K
Season-Hi: streak: 7 (4/21-27)hits: 3-3x (4/27 vs. HOU)RBI: 2 (4/26 vs. HOU)
Streaking - Hit .433 (13x30) w/7 R & 3 2B, 2 RBI during 7 G streak (4/21-27).
Hot - 3 hits in back to back games April 26-27 (6x10, 3 R, 2B, 2 RBI).
Getting Hot - Since 4/21 has hits in 12 of 13 G, .370/20x54, 9 R, 5 2B, 3 RBI
in 13 G...and .333/24x72, 11 R, 5 2B, 3 RBI, 2 BB, 2 SB in last 18 G (4/13-c).
Big Day - was 3-for-5, with 3 R, 2B, 2 RBI April 26 vs. HOU.
Single - Singled in final 3 at bats 4/6 at TEX; scored GW run in 9th.
Opening Day - Named to first Opening Day roster.
2015 Season - Hit .283 (62x219) w/25 R, 14 2B, 3 3B, 2 HR, 17 RBI in 57 MLB G.
D Up - Appeared at SS (57 G/54 GS), 2B (4 G/3 GS) & CF (2 GS).
#12 - LEONYS MARTIN, OF
Last Game: 1x4, R, 2 K, SB, 5/4 at OAK
Trip: 3x11, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI, 3 K, SB, 2 SH
Season-Highs: streak: 2-4x (5/3-c)...hits: 3 (4/6 at TEX)RBI: 2-2x (last: 5/3 at OAK)
Lately - Has hit safely in last 5 straight games (.400/8x20, 5 R, 3 2B, 2 HR,
8 RBI, BB)...also hits in 8 of last 10 G (.306/11x36, 7 R, 4 2B, 4 HR, 12 RBI).
Century Mark - Hit 100th career HR on 4/25 vs. HOU (12th player to hit 100
HR w/ SEA; 7th player to hit first 100 career home runs with the Mariners).
Goodbye Baseball - Homered in back-to-back games 4/24-25 (12th time).
GW - Had 2 RBI 9th inning 1B to snap 5-5 tie and boost SEA to 9-5 win 4/6.
Blast Off - Homered in 1st AB of 16, a solo shot of C. Hamels (4/4 at TEX).
2015 Season - Hit .266 (166x623) w/85 R, 37 2B, 26 HR, 74 RBI in 161 G.
Left on Left - Hit 13 HR vs. LHP, the most by a LHB vs. LHP in MLB.
Better & Better - Increased HR total in each of his 5 MLB seasons; joins
T. Martinez (90-95) as only Ms to increase HR total in each of 1st 5 years.
#7 - SETH SMITH, OF
Last Game: 0x5, 2 K, 5/3 at OAK
Trip: 0x10, 4 K
Season-Highs: streak: 5 (4/26-5/1)hits: 2-5x (5/1 vs. KC)RBI: 2-2x (4/24 at LAA)
Last 15 Starts - since 4/13 (16 GS) is 16x56 (.286) w/11R, 2 2B, 3 HR, 8 RBI.
Century Mark - Hit 100th career HR on 4/29 vs. KC...recorded teams only
hit in 1-0 win on 4/29 vs. KC.
In A Pinch - 2x3, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI as PH-RF 4/5 at TEX.
Career - Has appeared in games with Colorado (2007-11), Oakland (201213), San Diego (2014) & SEA (2015-c) in 9-year Major League career.
2016 MARINERS GAME NOTES THURSDAY MAY 5, 2016 AT HOUSTON ASTROS PAGE 5
SCORE BY INNINGS
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 X
Total
Mariners 16 9 5 14 18 14 13 15 10 8 122
Opponent 7 8 16 8 20 11 9 11 2 1 93
Player
Solo 2R 3R GS Total
Aoki
-- -- -- -- 0
Can
5 2 1
1 9
Clevenger -- 1 -- -- 1
Cruz
2 2 1
-- 5
Gutierrez -- -- -- -- 0
Iannetta
1 1 -- -- 2
Lee
2 2 -- -- 4
Lind
1 -- -- -- 1
Marte
-- -- -- -- 0
Martin
3 2 -- -- 5
Sardias -- 1 -- -- 1
Seager
3 -- 3
-- 6
Smith
2 2 -- -- 4
Team
19 13 5 1 38
Runs via HR:
64
DISABLED LIST
Name
Tony Zych-rhp
Joaquin Benoit-rhp
Ryan Cook-rhp
Charlie Furbush-lhp
Evan Scribner-rhp
Jesus Sucre-c
TYPE
15-day
15-day
60-Day
15-Day
15-Day
60-Day
DL Dates
May 3 (retro 5/2)-current
April 25 (retro 3/22)-currnet
April 3-current
April 3 (retro 3/25)-current
April 3 (retro 3/25)-current
April 3-current
Eligible
May 17
May 7
June 2
April 9
April 9
June 2
Injury
Right rotator cuff tendonitis
Right shoulder inflammation
Strained right lat
Left shoulder biceps tendonitis
Strained right lat
Fractured right fibula
G Missed
3
9
27
27
27
27
Team Record
3-0
7-2
16-11
16-11
16-11
16-11
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Aoki
15-9
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -Can
-- -- 16-11 -- -- -- -- -- -Clevenger -- -- -- -- -- -- 1-1 3-2 -Cruz
-- -- --
16-11
-- -- -- -- -Gutierrez -- -- -- --
3-1
1-1
0-3 -- -Iannetta
-- -- -- -- --
1-3
11-4
0-1 -Lee
-- -- -- -- -- -- 1-1 3-4 -Lind
-- -- -- --
7-4
5-2
0-1 -- -Marte
0-2 4-4 -- -- -- -- 1-1 3-1 7-2
Martin
1-0
-- -- -- -- --
1-0
7-3 6-8
Sardias
-- 0-1 -- -- -- -- 1-0 -- 2-1
Seager
-- 1-2 -- -- 6-6
8-3 -- -- -Smith
--
11-4
-- -- --
1-2
-- -- 1-0
Pitcher - Hernandez (3-3), Iwakuma (3-3), Miley (3-2), Walker (3-2), Karns (4-1)
GAME-WINNING/2-OUT RBI:
Player
Aoki
Can
Clevenger
Cruz
Gutierrez
Iannetta
Lee
Lind
Marte
Martin
Sardias
Seager
Smith
Team
Player
Aoki
Can
Clevenger
Cruz
Gutierrez
Iannetta
Lee
Lind
Marte
Martin
Sardias
Seager
Smith
Team
Player
2-Out RBI
Can.......................................................................13
Cruz..........................................................................9
Seager......................................................................8
Iannetta.....................................................................4
Aoki..........................................................................4
Lee............................................................................4
Martin.......................................................................2
Smith........................................................................2
Lind / Marte..............................................................2
Clevenger.................................................................1
2 3 4 5 Total
3 -- -- -- 3
7 2 -- -- 9
3 -- -- -- 3
8 2 -- -- 10
-- -- -- -- 0
3 1 -- -- 4
2 -- -- -- 2
5 -- -- -- 5
5 3 -- -- 8
3 1 -- -- 4
-- -- -- -- 0
3 -- -- -- 3
5 -- -- -- 5
47 9 0 0 56
2 3 4 5+ Total
1 -- -- -- 1
-- 1 1 2 4
1 -- -- -- 1
2 2 -- -- 4
1 -- -- -- 1
-- 1 -- -- 1
1 1 -- -- 2
-- -- -- -- 0
1 -- -- -- 1
3 -- -- -- 3
1 -- -- -- 1
1 3 -- -- 4
2 -- -- -- 2
14 8 1 2 25
Player GWRBI
Seager......................................................................3
Can / Smith............................................................2
Lee / Martin / Cruz....................................................2
Aoki / Gutierrez / Iannetta........................................1
April 4
April 6
April 25
May 2
May 3
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MARINERS UPDATE
Overall Record.........................................16-11
Series Records............................................7-2
First Game of Series....................................5-4
Second Game of Series..............................6-3
Third Game of Series..................................5-4
Fourth Game of Series................................0-0
Leading After 6..........................................12-1
Trailing After 6..............................................2-9
Tied After 6...................................................2-1
Leading After 7..........................................14-1
Trailing After 7..............................................1-9
Tied After 7...................................................1-1
Leading After 8..........................................12-0
Trailing After 8..............................................1-9
Tied After 8...................................................3-2
Score First..................................................10-5
Opponent Score First..................................6-6
Comeback Wins / Blown Losses.............7 / 5
Last at-bat W/L (walk-off).................. 4-2 (1-0)
Hit a home run...........................................14-7
No home runs..............................................2-4
Scoring 4 or more runs.............................12-1
Scoring less than 4 runs...........................4-10
Shutouts Thrown / Times Shutout...........2 / 1
Score in 3 or more innings........................11-1
Out-hit opponent.......................................12-3
Out-hit by opponent....................................3-8
Hits even.......................................................1-0
Lineups Used................................................ 21
Players Used (Pitchers)......................... 27 (14)
Safeco Field Roof Open..............................4-6
Safeco Field Roof Closed...........................0-1
Safeco Field Roof Moved............................1-0
Sunday Cream Jersey.................................0-1
Northwest Green Jersey.............................1-0
Astro Navy Jersey........................................2-1
2015 after 27 games................................11-16
2015 after 28 games................................11-17
2015 after 29 games................................12-17
Best ever after 27 games................. 21-6 (2001)
Best ever after 28 games................. 22-6 (2001)
Best ever after 29 games..................... 23-6 (2001)
April...........................................................13-10
May...............................................................3-1
June..............................................................0-0
July................................................................0-0
August..........................................................0-0
September....................................................0-0
Monday.........................................................1-2
Tuesday........................................................3-2
Wednesday...................................................4-1
Thursday.......................................................1-0
Friday............................................................3-1
Saturday.......................................................2-2
Sunday..........................................................1-3
Safeco Field Sellouts...................................0-1
1-Run Games/2-Run Games............... 5-5/1-1
Extra Innings................................................3-1
Average Time of Game (9-inn.)................. 2:54
Postponements.............................................. 0
INDIVIDUAL BATTING
INDIVIDUAL PITCHING
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G
D
D/N OPP W / L
SCORE WINNER/LOSER/SAVE
REC.
POS
GA/GB
CLUBS
TIME
80 7/1 N BAL
81 7/2 N BAL
82 7/3 D BAL
83 7/4 D @HOU
84 7/5 N @HOU
85 7/6 N @HOU
86 7/7 N @KC
87 7/8 N @KC
88 7/9 D @KC
89 7/10 D @KC
7/11
7/12
All-Star Game (San Diego)
7/13
7/14
90 7/15 N HOU
91 7/16 D HOU
92 7/17 D HOU
93 7/18 N CWS
94 7/19 N CWS
95 7/20 D CWS
7/21
96 7/22 N @TOR
97 7/23 D @TOR
98 7/24 D @TOR
7/25
99 7/26 N @PIT
100 7/27 N @PIT
7/28
101 7/29 D @CHC
102 7/30 D @CHC
103 7/31 TBD @CHC
July (0-0)
Batting: .--- (---), 0 HR
Pitching: 0-0, 0 SV, -.-- ERA (-- ER, -- IP)
104 8/1 N BOS
105 8/2 N BOS
106 8/3 N BOS
107 8/4 N BOS
108 8/5 N LAA
109 8/6 N LAA
110 8/7 D LAA
111 8/8 N DET
112 8/9 N DET
113 8/10 N DET
8/11
114 8/12 N @OAK
115 8/13 N @OAK
116 8/14 D @OAK
117 8/15 N @LAA
118 8/16 N @LAA
119 8/17 N @LAA
120 8/18 N @LAA
121 8/19 N MIL
122 8/20 N MIL
123 8/21 D MIL
124 8/22 N NYY
125 8/23 N NYY
126 8/24 D NYY
127 8/25 N @CWS
128 8/26 N @CWS
129 8/27 N @CWS
130 8/28 D @CWS
131 8/29 N @TEX
132 8/30 N @TEX
133 8/31 D @TEX
August (0-0)
Batting: .--- (---), 0 HR
Pitching: 0-0, 0 SV, -.-- ERA (-- ER, -- IP)
9/1
134 9/2 N LAA
135 9/3 N LAA
136 9/4 D LAA
137 9/5 D TEX
138 9/6 N TEX
139 9/7 N TEX
140 9/8 N TEX
141 9/9 N @OAK
142 9/10 D @OAK
143 9/11 D @OAK
144 9/12 N @LAA
145 9/13 N @LAA
146 9/14 N @LAA
9/15
147 9/16 N HOU
148 9/17 N HOU
149 9/18 D HOU
150 9/19 N TOR
151 9/20 N TOR
152 9/21 D TOR
9/22
153 9/23 N @MIN
154 9/24 N @MIN
155 9/25 D @MIN
156 9/26 N @HOU
157 9/27 N @HOU
158 9/28 D @HOU
159 9/29 N OAK
160 9/30 N OAK
161 10/1 N OAK
162 10/2 TBD OAK
Sept/Oct (0-0)
Batting: .--- (---), 0 HR
Pitching: 0-0, 0 SV, -.-- ERA (-- ER, -- IP)
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