Saturday, March 19, 2016

Surprise Stadium

SEATTLE MARINERS (9-8-2) at KANSAS CITY ROYALS (9-11)

Game #20 (9-8-2)

Road #10 (4-3-2)

TODAYS GAME INFORMATION

Starting Pitchers: RH Felix Hernandez (0-1, 11.57) vs. LH Matt Strahm (0-0, 1.59)
1:05 pm Radio: None TV: None
SPRING RECORD
Overall Record ...............................9-8-2
PEORIA STADIUM ............................ 6-5
Home Record ................................... 5-5
Road Record .................................4-3-2
Current Streak ................................. 1 W

THE COUNTDOWN
17 days to Opening Day, 4/4 at TEX

UPCOMING SCHEDULE
March 19 ........................ at Kansas City
March 19 .............................vs. Arizona
March 20 .........................vs. Cleveland
March 21 ................ at Los Angeles (NL)
March 22 ................................ OFF DAY
Bold - Peoria Stadium

BY THE NUMBERS

.320

Dae-Ho Lee is hitting .320 (8x25) with 5

R, 2 2B, 1 HR & 4 RBI in 12 games.

TODAYS TILTthe Mariners continue their 40th spring training with the 20th game of the Cactus
League season today against the Kansas City Royals at Surprise Stadiumtodays game continues
the 33-game Cactus League schedule for the Mariners that will conclude April 2 vs. Colorado at Salt
River FieldsSeattle will open the 2016 season April 4 at Globe Life Park vs. the Rangers.
TODAYS STARTING 9 AT ROYALSthe Mariners starting 9 today by batting order: Norichika Aoki
(CF), Luis Sardias (SS), Kyle Seager (3B), Dae-Ho Lee (DH), Seth Smith (RF), Jesus Montero
(1B), Chris Taylor (2B), Rob Brantly (C), Daniel Robertson (LF).
UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS (subject to change)
SATURDAY:
Mariners at Kansas City
1:05 pm
No TV/No Radio
SEA

Walker, Wieland, Coleman

KC

Strahm*, Soria, Herrera, Duensing*

SATURDAY:
Mariners vs. Arizona
7:10 pm
ROOT SPORTS/710 ESPN Seattle
ARI

Wagner, Burgos, Reynolds*, Collmenter

SEA

Hernandez, Montgomery*, Nuo*, Parker, Peralta, Altavilla

ROOT SPORTS/710 ESPN Seattle
SUNDAY:
Mariners vs. Cleveland
1:10 pm
CLE

House*
SEA

Miley*, Guaipe, Cishek, Rollins*

710 ESPN Seattle
MONDAY:
Mariners at Los Angeles (NL)
1:05 pm
SEA

Iwakuma, Roach
LAD

Maeda
* left-handed pitcher

.486

Jesus Montero is hitting .486 (17x35)

with 3 doubles, 3 home runs and 13 RBI
in 9 career games against Kansas City.

.556

Shawn OMalley is batting .556 (15x27),

with 13 runs, 2 doubles, 1 triple, 1 home
run and 4 RBI in 15 games this spring.

10

Luis Sardias ranked T6th in the Cactus League with 10 RBI in 14 games
he has driven in a run in four of his last
eight games.

23

The Mariners lead the Cactus League

and are third in the Majors with 23
steals this springnext closest Cactus
League team is Los Angeles-AL (18).

40

This is the Mariners 40th spring training in club historySeattle trained in

Tempe from 1977-1992 and have been
in Peoria since 1993 (all road games in
93 as stadium was being completed).

THE ROSTER
The spring roster is currently at 47
players (35 roster, 10 non-roster,
2 DL)the camp breakdown by
position is the following: 24 pitchers
(6 non-roster, 1 DL), 5 catchers (1
DL), 11 infielders (3 non-roster) & 7
outfielders (1 non-roster).

ON THE AIR
Todays game vs. the Royals will not
be on TV or radio but tonights game
against Arizona will be televised on
ROOT Sports and broadcast on
ESPN 710 Seattle and on Mariners.
comRick Rizzs & Dave Sims
will call the game on radioAaron
Goldsmith & Mike Blowers will
broadcast the game on the radio
complete spring training schedule
with TV and radio listings is on Page
2 of game notes.

MEANWHILE, IN PEORIA TONIGHTthe Mariners have a day/night, home/road split squad today
...have the day game at the Royals, and will host the D-Backs tonight at 7:10 in Peoria...Felix
Hernandez will start the night game.
SPLIT-SQUADthis is the Mariners third split squad of the springteam was also split March 12
(won 5-2 at CIN, lost 4-8 vs. LAD in 10 innings) and March 14 (lost 4-6 vs. COL & lost 3-8 vs. AZ).
GUTI, GUTI, GONEFranklin Gutierrez has hit 4 home runs in just 18 Spring Training at-batsin
2015, he hit 15 home runs in just 171 Major League at-bats, average of one home run every 11.40
at-batsthe HR/AB ratio was 2nd-best in the Majors and 5th-best in club history.
SWING AND A MISSSeattle pitchers struck out 15 Rangers in yesterdays 7-1 win while walking
just 3included the bullpen combining for 8 K with no walks in 4.1 IPNathan Karns started and
had 7 K in 4.2 IP; he was followed by Adrian Sampson (2.1 IP, 3 K), Tony Zych (1.0 IP, 2 K) and
Jonathan Aro (1.0 IP, 3 K)...for the spring, Seattle pitchers have struck out 140 while walking only 49.
WHERES THE CAKE?!?Seattle Mariners Senior Director of Baseball Information Tim Hevly
is celebrating his 50th birthday today, while Mariners Video Coordinator Jimmy Hartley is also
celebrating a birthday today, his 34ththe only Mariners player in club history to share this birthday
is Ivan Calderon (1984-1986).
EXTRA! EXTRA!Seattle has recorded 69 extra-base hits this springamong American League
teams this spring (Cactus & Grapefruit League), the 69 XBH is 3rd behind Detroit (77) & Tampa Bay
(71)among Major League teams, Seattle ranks T7th in doubles (39), T2nd in triples (9) and T10th
in home runs (21)Seattle ranked 8th in the AL in extra-base hits in 2015 (482).
DOUBLE TROUBLEthe Mariners recorded at least 2 doubles in 11 consecutive games (3/9-17)
and 16 of 19 games overallSeattle has 39 doubles this spring, T7th in MLB and T4th in the Cactus
League (TBR: 54; ARI: 48; LAA: 48; PHI: 44; ATL: 42; CIN: 41; CHI: 39; BOS: 39)Adam Lind and
Luis Sardias are tied for the individual team lead with 4 doubles apiece.
NOT SO AVERAGEthe Mariners are hitting .295 (195x662) with 112 runs, 39 doubles, 9 triples,
21 home runs, 109 RBI and a .359 on-base percentage in 19 games this springthe .295 average
ranks 4th in the Majors this spring behind Arizona (.321), Texas (.309) and Los Angeles-AL (.302)
Seattles .359 on-base percentage ranks 4th in the Cactus League behind Arizona (.373), Texas
(.370) & Los Angeles-AL (.363).
VS. THE ROYALSSeattle was 2-4 vs. Kansas City in 2015the Mariners went 0-2 against the
Royals during 2015 Spring TrainingSeattle trails all-time regular season series 205-221the teams
will face each other 7 times during the 2016 season (April 29-May 1 in Seattle & July 7-10 in KC).
BROADCAST NOTES ROOT SPORTS and 710 ESPN Seattle will provide complete coverage of
the Mariners 2016 Spring Training schedulea club-record tying 16 Cactus League games will be
televised (all from Peoria Stadium except the last game of the spring from Talking Stick) and radio
partner 710 ESPN will air 30 spring gamescomplete broadcast schedule on page 2 of game notes.
CACTUS LEAGUE REPORTthe Cactus League Report will be live from 6-8 pm (AZ time) two
more times this spring, all on Monday and all from the Salty Seorita in Peoriathe Cactus League
Report will be hosted by Rick Rizzs, Aaron Goldsmith, Dave Sims, Mike Blowers & Shannon Drayer.
HEY CAPLE, DID YOU KNOWthat the Mariners have hit 7 home runs in the last 3 games and
have hit 13 homers in the last 9 gamesSeattle started the spring hitting just 8 home runs in the
first 10 gamesFranklin Gutierrez (4), Robinson Can (3) and Kyle Seager (2) are the team
home run leaders and 12 other players have homered once this spring.

2016 SPRING TRAINING GAME NOTES MARCH 19, 2016 AT KANSAS CITY ROYALS

#32 TAIJUAN WALKER (RHP)

YEAR TEAM
2015 SEATTLE
2016 SPRING
MLB Totals

W-L
11-8
0-2
3-3

ERA
4.56
6.48
2.89

G
29
3
11

GS
29
3
8

CG
1
0
1

SHO
0
0
0

IP
169.2
8.1
53.0

H
163
12
42

R
92
6
19

ER
86
6
17

HR
25
1
2

BB
40
1
22

SO
157
9
46

2016 Spring Training - 0-2, 6.48 ERA in 3 GS: L#1 in 2016 Cactus League debut on 3/4 at MIL, allowing 1 R on 2 H in 2.0 IP (BB, K)...
struck out 5 and allowed 1 R in 3.0 IP 3/9 vs. KC (3.0,3,1,1,0,5,HR)Allowed 4 R on 7 H in 3.1 IP 3/14 at ARI (L,3.1,7,4,4,0,3).
Last Season - Was 11-8 with a 4.56 ERA (86 ER, 169.2 IP) with 157 strikeouts in 29 starts.
Team Ranks - On the Mariners staff ranked 2nd in wins (11), starts (29), innings (169.2) and strikeouts (157).
Strong Finish - Was 10-3 with a 3.62 ERA (51 ER, 126.2 IP) with 118 strikeouts in his final 20 starts.
Thatll Do - Was shut down for the season to limit his inning count after his start on Sept. 14th.
Career - Made 11 MLB appearances with the Mariners in 2013-2014owns career 30-30, 3.65 ERA in 88 MiLB appearancesoriginally selected by Seattle in the supplemental first round (43rd overall) in the 2010 MLB First-Year Player Draft.

ALSO SCHEDULED TO PITCH

#47 Joe Wieland (RHP):

MINOR LEAGUE EXTRAS

2016 Spring Training: 0-0, 4.50 ERA in 3 games: made his Cactus League
debut on 3/3 at SD, allowing 1 run on 2 hits over 2.0 innings...allowed 1 R
on 1 H in 3.0 innings in relief on 3/8 at CLE (3.0,1,1,1,2,1)allowed 2 R on
3 H in 3.0 IP on 3/13 vs. CIN (3.0,3,2,2,1,4).
Last Season - Spent most of season with AAA Oklahoma City, going 10-5
with a 4.59 ERA (58 ER, 113.2 IP) with 92 strikeouts in 22 games (21 starts).
Major Recap - Made two starts in Majors for Los Angeles (NL), May 6 at
Milwaukee and Sept. 9 at Los Angeles (AL).
Strong Finish - Posted 3.02 ERA (15 ER, 44.2 IP) in final 7 games (6 starts)
with Oklahoma.
Stretching Out - Tossed a combined 122.1 innings with Oklahoma City and
Los Angeles (NL), his most innings pitched in a single season since 2011.

#39 Casey Coleman (RHP):

2016 Spring Training: 0-0-1, 4.50 ERA in 5 games: made Cactus League debut on 3/3 at SD, allowing 3 runs (0 ER) in the 9th inning (1.0,2,3,0,0,1,HR)...
allowed 2 R on 3 H on 3/6 at TEX (2.0,3,2,2,1,2)...allowed solo HR in 5th
inning 3/10 vs. CHI (1.0,2,1,1,1,1,HR)Pitched 1.0 scoreless innings 3/14
vs. COL (1.0,0,0,0,0,1)ShO 9th 3/16 vs. SF (1.0,1,0,0,0,2).
Last Season - 5-4 with a 4.92 ERA (45 ER, 82.1 IP) with 54 strikeouts in
33 games including 6 starts with AAA Omaha in the Royals organization.
First To MLB - First player from Florida Gulf Coast to appear in MLB,
making debut August 2, four days before FGCU teammate Chris Sale.
All In The Family - Part of the only family with three generations of big
league pitchers father, Joe, won 142 games between 1965-79 his
grandfather, also Joe, appeared in 223 MLB games from 1942-55.
Draft - 15th-round pick by Chicago (NL) in 2008 MLB Draft.

#92 Emilio Pagan (RHP):

2016 Spring Training: 0-0, 0.00 in 4 games: allowed 1 BB and 1 K in
scoreless inning on 3.7 vs. ARI...allowed 2 R (0 ER) on 3/10 vs. CHI
(1.0,1,2,0,0,2,HR)Recorded a save in 1.0 scoreless inning on 3/12 at CIN
(1.0,0,0,0,1,0)Tossed 1.0 ShO with 2 K on 3/16 vs. SF (1.0,0,0,0,0,2).
Last Season - Went 3-8, 2.53 ERA (22 ER, 78.1 IP in 42 games with A
Bakersfield.
Drafted - Selected by the Mariners in the 10th round of the 2013 MLB
First-Year Player Draft out of Belmont Abbey College.

#91 Ryan Horstman (LHP):

2016 Spring Training: 0-0, 0.00 ERA in 1 game: Made his Spring Training
debut, tossed 1.0 scoreless IP on 3/12 vs. LAD (1.0,1,0,0,1,0).
Last Season - Went 3-0, with 0.00 (0 ER, 13.2 IP) in an injury-shortened
season between Single-A Clinton, Short-A Everett and Rookie AZL Mariners.
Drafted - Selected by Seattle in the 4th round of the 2013 MLB FirstYear Player Draft out of St. Johns University.

#89 Ronald Dominguez (RHP):

2016 Spring Training: Making his first appearance of the spring.
Last Season - Was 2-3, 2.72 with 4 saves in 27 relief appearances with
Clinton...also appeared in 2 games with Bakersfield.
Career Mariner - Pitched 3 seasons (2011-13) with Mariners DSL team..
pitched with Peoria in 2014.

2016 SEATTLE MARINERS - SPRING TRAINING DAY-BY-DAY

DAY
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday

DATE
March 2
March 3
March 4
March 5
March 6
March 7
March 8
March 9
March 10
March 11
March 12

Sunday
Monday

March 13
March 14

Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday

March 15
March 16
March 17
March 18
March 19

Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday

March 20
March 21
March 22
March 23
March 24
March 25
March 26
March 27
March 28
March 29
March 30
March 31
April 1
April 2

Bold: Home team

OPP
San Diego (Charity Game)
San Diego Padres
Milwaukee Brewers
Los Angeles Angels
Texas Rangers
Arizona Diamondbacks
Cleveland Indians
Kansas City Royals
Chicago Cubs
San Francisco Giants
Cincinnati Reds
Los Angeles Dodgers
Cincinnati Reds
Colorado Rockies
Arizona Diamondbacks
Los Angeles Angels
San Francisco Giants
Oakland Athletics
Texas Rangers
Kansas City Royals
Arizona Diamondbacks
Cleveland Indians
Los Angeles Dodgers
OFF DAY
Oakland Athletics
Colorado Rockies
Chicago White Sox
Los Angeles Dodgers
Chicago Cubs
Kansas City Royals
Cleveland Indians
San Diego Padres
OFF DAY
Colorado Rockies
Colorado Rockies

(ss) split squad game

SCORE
W, 7-0
W, 6-5
L, 2-5
L, 7-9
W, 7-3
L, 8-10
L, 3-4
W, 7-5
W, 10-8
W, 5-4
W, 5-2
L, 4-8 (10)
L, 3-5
L, 4-6
L, 3-8
T, 4-4
W, 9-6
T, 11-11
W, 7-1

WINNER
Paxton (1-0)
Cishek (1-0)
Peralta
Alcantara
Iwakuma (1-0)
De La Rosa
Otero
Sampson (1-0)
Fry (1-0)
Iwakuma (2-0)
Altavilla (1-0)
Patterson
DeSclafani
Chatwood
Sarianides
-Nuo (1-1)
-Karns (1-1)
Surprise
Peoria
Peoria
Glendale

LOSER
Perdomo (0-1)
Torres (0-1)
Walker (0-1)
Rollins (0-1)
Tepesch
Paxton (1-1)
Nuo (0-1)
Pounders
Acevedo
Samardzija
Contreras
Pineda (0-1)
Karns (0-1)
Hernandez (0-1)
Walker (0-2)
-Samardzija (0-2)
-Payano

SAVE

Chapman
Zeid
Capps
Shaw
Aro (1)
Parker (1)
Zych
Pagan (1)
Morris
Castro
-Coleman (1)
--1:05
7:10
1:10
1:05

REC
1-0
2-0
2-1
2-2
3-2
3-3
3-4
4-4
5-4
6-4
7-4
7-5
7-6
7-7
7-8
7-8-1
8-8-1
8-8-2
9-8-2

ATT
5,505
3,901
3,745
8,425
6,649
6,214
3,893
5,921
9,226
11,708
6,907
10,066
7,428
5,960
11,491
7,607
11,171
9,086
9,742

R/TV
R/TV
R

Peoria
Salt River
Peoria
Peoria
Mesa (Sloan)
Peoria
Goodyear
Peoria

7:10
1:10
1:10
1:10
1:05
1:10
6:05
12:10

R/TV
R#
R#/TV
R/TV
R
R/TV
R
R/TV

Peoria
Salt River

7:10
12:10

R/TV
R/TV

TV = ROOT Sports Broadcast R# - Delayed radio on 710 ESPN Seattle