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Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Game #5 (2-1-1)
Surprise Stadium SEATTLE MARINERS (2-1-1) at KANSAS CITY ROYALS (2-0-1) Away #3 (1-0-1)

TODAY’S GAME INFORMATION


Starting Pitchers: RH Andrew Moore (1-5, 5.34 in 2017) vs. RH Wily Peralta (5-4, 7.85 in 2017)
1:05 pm MT/12:05 pm PT • Radio: None • TV: None
TODAY’S TILT…the Mariners continue their 42nd spring training with a Cactus League match-
SPRING RECORD
up today against the San Diego Padres at Peoria Stadium and against the Kansas City Royals at
Overall Record................................2-1-1 Surprise Stadium…today’s games are the 5th and 6th of a 32-game Cactus League schedule for the
PEORIA STADIUM............................. 2-1
Home Record.................................... 1-1
Mariners that concludes March 27 vs. the Colorado Rockies at Salt River Fields…the Mariners will
Road Record..................................1-0-1 open the 2018 season March 29 vs. the Cleveland Indians at Safeco Field.
Current Streak.................................. T 1 UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS (subject to change)…
THE COUNTDOWN TODAY: Mariners (SS) at Royals 1:05 pm
30 days to Opening Day, 3/29 vs. CLE SEA — Moore, Misiewicz*, Bannister, Bonnell, Herrmann*, Gillies
KC — Peralta, Herrera, Stout*, McCarthy
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
TODAY: Mariners (SS) vs. Padres 1:10 pm 710 ESPN Seattle (delayed)
Feb. 28.............................. at Cleveland
SD — Richard*, Lauer*, Lucchesi*, Stock, Kennedy, Lloyd Mariners.com (live)
March 1....................... vs. Kansas City
March 2............................ at Milwaukee SEA — Paxton*, Rzepczynski*, Rumbelow, Jiminian, Pazos*, Bergman
March 3................ vs. Los Angeles-AL WEDNESDAY: Mariners at Indians 1:05 pm 710 ESPN Seattle (delayed)
March 4.................................... at Texas
SEA — Miranda*, Morin, De Jong, Nicasio, Moll, Díaz, Cook Mariners.com (live)
March 5.......................................... OFF
CLE — Clevinger, Morimando*, McAllister, Otero, Torres, Marshall
Bold - Peoria Stadium
THURSDAY: Mariners vs. Royals 1:10 pm 710 ESPN Seattle (delayed)
BY THE NUMBERS KC — Smith, Hahn Mariners.com (live)/ROOT (live)
SEA — Leake, Lawrence, Bradford

.298
The Mariners are batting .298 (39x131)
* left-handed pitcher

SPLIT-SQUAD ACTION…the Mariners will be split today, with one half of the squad hosting the San
as a club this spring, the 6th-highest av- Diego Padres…the other hald of the Mariners squad will be on the road, playing the Kansas City
erage in all of Spring Training. Royals at Surprise Stadium in Surprise…today is the first of two split-squad days for the Mariners:
March 17 vs. Los Angeles–AL (1:10 p.m.) and at Oakland (1:05 p.m.).

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Robinson Canó is the most senior
VS. THE ROYALS…the Mariners and Royals meet in the first of two Cactus League match-ups this
spring (also: March 1 in Peoria)…Seattle went 2-1 vs. Kansas City during Cactus League play last
player in camp with 12 years, 153 days spring…the Mariners trail the all-time regular season series, 211-229.
of Major League service…he is joined
by Félix Hernández (12 years, 60 days) VS. THE PADRES…the Mariners and Padres meet for the second of three Cactus League games
and Nelson Cruz (10 years, 82 days) as this spring (also: March 25)…Seattle won the first match-up between the two clubs, 3-2, on Feb.
one of three players with 10+ years of
service time.
23…the Mariners will be the home team today and the road team in late March…Seattle was 2-1 vs.
its complex partner last spring, and leads the all-time Cactus League series 87-81-7…the Mariners

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are 21-8-3 in spring play vs. the Padres since 2009.
HIGH FIVE…five days into Spring Training, Gordon Beckham leads both the Cactus and Grapefruit
The Mariners currently have 63 players in Leagues with a 1.000 batting average…Beckham is 5-for-5 with 2 runs, 1 double and 1 walk.
camp…20 of them were not in the orga-
nization when the 2017 season ended. NO HITS FOR YOU…Mariners pitchers have combined to limit opposing batters to a .214 (28x131)
average, the 3rd-lowest opponents batting average in Spring Training…only Boston’s (.167) and

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This is the Mariners 42nd spring training
New York-AL’s (.203) pitching staffs have lowers opponents batting averages than Seattle…the
Mariners rank ahead of Detroit (.224), Washington (.231) and Tampa Bay (.238)…the next closest
Cactus League team is Milwaukee (.240).
in club history…Seattle trained in Tempe
from 1977-1992 and have been in Peoria HIGH-POWERED TRIO…Robinson Canó, Nelson Cruz and Kyle Seager have each recorded at
since 1993 (played all road games in ‘93 least 80 RBI in each of the last two seasons, making the Mariners one of three teams in the Majors
as stadium was being completed).
to have a trio of 80-RBI players in 2016 and 2017...the Astros (Jose Altuve, Carlos Correa, George

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Springer) and Nationals (Bryce Harper, Daniel Murphy, Anthony Rendon) are the other two clubs to
meet that criteria.
Minor league call-up Kyle Wilcox (RHP) PLAY-BY-PLAY…all radio broadcasts, including today’s game vs. the Padres in Peoria, can be
is wearning #99 for the Mariners split- heard live on Mariners.com…today’s broadcast will also be aired on a delayed basis on 710 ESPN
squad at Kansas City in Surprise…#99
has only been worn by a Mariner during Seattle beginning at 7:00 p.m. PT…Rick Rizzs, Aaron Goldsmith and Mike Blowers will call the
the regular season twice: James Jones action today.
(2014-15) and Daniel Robertson (2016).
FIELD OF DREAMS…on October 5, 2017, Mariners head groundskeeper Bob Christofferson and
THE ROSTER the Mariners groundscrew, along with a crew from A.M. Landshaper in Spokane, began a month-
The spring roster is currently at 63 long process of replacing the entire playing surface at Safeco Field…this marked the first complete
players (40 roster, 23 non-roster)… replacement of the ballpark’s playing surface since the original installation in spring of 1999…the
the camp breakdown by position
grass is from Country Green Turf Farms in Olympia, Wash., the original supplier of Safeco Field’s
is the following: 32 pitchers (9 non-
roster), 6 catchers (3 non-roster), turf…in addition to new grass, the dirt areas of the infield were replaced with about 260 tons of
13 infielders (5 non-roster) and 12 clay from Salt Lake City, Utah…the project returned the entire playing surface to its original level,
outfielders (6 non-roster). lowering the elevation by about four inches.
ON THE AIR OPENING NIGHT…for the first time since 2015 – and just the second time in the last 10 years – the
Today’s game vs. the Padres (12:10 Mariners will open the regular season at Safeco Field…the Mariners will host the Cleveland Indians
pm PT/1:10 pm in AZ) will be on Thursday, March 29 at 7:10 p.m.…tickets for Opening Night and all Mariners home games are
broadcast live on Mariners.com…it available at Mariners.com/Tickets, the Safeco Field Box Office and any Mariners Team Store.
will also air on a delayed basis on 710
ESPN Seattle beginning at 7:00 p.m.
PT…Rick Rizzs, Aaron Goldsmith HEY GREG, AS YOU KNOW…Mariners minor league infielder Seth Mejias-Brean hit a pinch-
and Mike Blowers will call the action hit grand slam home run yesterday vs. the Cubs in Mesa…BUT DID YOU KNOW?…that there
on today’s broadcast…complete have been two pinch-hit grand slam home runs in club history during the regular season?…Ben
spring training day-by-day with TV
Broussard hit the Mariners first pinch-hit grand slam home run on April 21, 2007 at Los Angeles-
and radio listings is listed on Page 2
AL…Franklin Gutierrez also belted a pinch-hit grand salami on July 21, 2015 at Detroit.
2018 SPRING TRAINING GAME NOTES • FEBRUARY 27, 2018 • AT KANSAS CITY ROYALS

#48 — ANDREW MOORE (LHP)


YEAR TEAM W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB SO
2017 Arkansas 1-2 2.08 6 5 0 0 34.2 28 8 8 4 9 33
Tacoma 3-4 3.48 15 14 0 0 75.0 68 30 29 9 13 66
SEATTLE 1-5 5.34 11 9 0 0 59.0 60 36 35 14 8 31
2018 SPRING 0-0 0.00 1 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 3
MiLB Totals 17-11 2.71 63 55 1 1 311.2 281 105 94 26 55 275
MLB Totals 1-5 5.34 11 9 0 0 59.0 60 36 35 14 8 31

2018 Spring Training - 0-0, 0.00 ERA (0 ER, 2.0 IP) in 1 G...tossed 2.0 scoreless inning in Cactus League debut (1 BB, 3 K) on 2/23 at SD.
• Last Season - Went 1-5 with a 5.34 ERA (35 ER, 59.0 IP) in 11 games, including 9 starts, with Seattle.
• Up & Down - Had four stints in the Majors: June 21-23, July 3-28, Aug. 11-12 & Sept. 1-end of season.
• Dandy Debut - Became the 4th pitcher in club history with 7.0+ innings and a win in his MLB debut on June 22 vs. Detroit…joined
Matt Young (April 6, 1983 vs. NYY), Mark Langston (April 7, 1984 vs. MIL) and Blake Beavan (July 3, 2011 vs. SD).
• Welcome to the Show - Made his Major League debut on June 22, 2017 vs. Detroit, earning the win after tossing 7.0 innings while
allowing 3 runs on 6 hits with 4 strikeouts…became the 13th Mariners starting pitcher in club history to earn win in ML debut (last:
James Paxton, 9/7/13 vs. TB)…was also the 16th player in club history with a quality start in his MLB debut.
• No Free Passes - Faced 69 batters without allowing a walk to start his MLB career, the longest streak in club history…was 2nd-
longest to begin a Mariners career (Cliff Lee, 90 BF in 2010).
• Length - Tossed 6.0+ innings in 6 of his 9 starts, including in 6 of his first 7 starts.
• Strong MLB Start - Became 1 of 11 players in history to start Mariners career with 3 consecutive quality starts.
• AA Arkansas - Began the season with Arkansas and was 1-2 with a 2.08 ERA (8 ER, 34.2 IP) in 6 games (5 starts)...allowed 2 ER or
less in 5 of 6 appearances.
• Rainier Land - Went 3-4 with a 3.48 ERA (29 ER, 75.0 IP) in 15 appearances (14 GS) with Tacoma.
• The Climb - Selected from AAA Tacoma on June 21…promoted to Tacoma on May 8.
• Control It - Combined between AA Arkansas and AAA Tacoma, struck out 99 while walking just 22.
• Draft - Selected by the Mariners in the 2nd round (compensation round) of the 2015 MLB First-Year Player Draft out of Oregon State
University…made his Major League debut on June 22, 2017 vs. Detroit…native of Springfield, OR.

ALSO SCHEDULED TO PITCH


#96 — Nathan Bannister (RHP) – Bio on page 245 of the Mariners Media Guide
#94 — Spencer Herrmann (LHP) – Bio on page 263 of the Mariners Media Guide
#98 — Randy Bell (RHP) – Bio on page 245 of the Mariners Media Guide
#92 — Darren McCaughan (RHP) – Bio on page 272 of the Mariners Media Guide
#95 — Bryan Bonnell (RHP) – Bio on page 247 of the Mariners Media Guide
#97 — Anthony Misiewicz (LHP) – Bio on page 274 of the Mariners Media Guide
#93 — Darin Gillies (RHP) – Bio on page 259 of the Mariners Media Guide
#99 — Kyle Wilcox (RHP) – Bio on page 296 of the Mariners Media Guide

2018 SEATTLE MARINERS - SPRING TRAINING DAY-BY-DAY


DAY DATE OPP SCORE WINNER LOSER SAVE REC ATT
Friday February 23 San Diego Padres (charity game) 3-2 Miranda (1-0) Kennedy Altavilla (1) 1-0 5,431
Saturday February 24 Chicago White Sox 3-5 Gomez Morin (0-1) Volstad 1-1 5,107
Sunday February 25 Los Angeles Dodgers 2-0 Nicasio (1-0) Alexander Moll (1) 2-1 7,504
Monday February 26 Chicago Cubs 9-9 None None None 2-1-1 10,021
Tuesday February 27 San Diego Padres (ss) Peoria 1:10/12:10 R#
Kansas City Royals (ss) Surprise 1:05/12:05
Wednesday February 28 Cleveland Indians Goodyear 1:05/12:05 R#
Thursday March 1 Kansas City Royals Peoria 1:10/12:10 R#/TV
Friday March 2 Milwaukee Brewers Maryvale 1:05/12:05 R#
Saturday March 3 Los Angeles Angels Peoria 6:40/5:40 R
Sunday March 4 Texas Rangers Surprise 1:05/12:05 R
Monday March 5 OFF DAY
Tuesday March 6 Colorado Rockies Peoria 6:40/5:40 R/TV
Wednesday March 7 Oakland Athletics Peoria 6:40/5:40 R/TV
Thursday March 8 San Francisco Giants Peoria 6:40/5:40 R/TV
Friday March 9 San Francisco Giants Scottsdale 1:05/12:05 R
Saturday March 10 Cincinnati Reds Goodyear 6:05/5:05 R
Sunday March 11 Cincinnati Reds Peoria 1:10 R/TV
Monday March 12 Chicago White Sox Peoria 6:40 R/TV
Tuesday March 13 Colorado Rockies Salt River 1:10 R#/TV
Wednesday March 14 San Francisco Giants Peoria 6:40 R/TV
Thursday March 15 Oakland Athletics Mesa 7:05 R
Friday March 16 Texas Rangers Surprise 1:05 R#
Saturday March 17 Los Angeles Angels (ss) Peoria 1:10 R/TV
Oakland Athletics (ss) Mesa 1:05
Sunday March 18 Cleveland Indians Peoria 1:10 R/TV
Monday March 19 Los Angeles Angels Tempe 6:10 R
Tuesday March 20 OFF DAY
Wednesday March 21 Milwaukee Brewers Peoria 6:40 R/TV
Thursday March 22 Texas Rangers Peoria 6:40 R/TV
Friday March 23 Chicago White Sox Glendale 1:05 R#
Saturday March 24 Chicago Cubs (ss) Peoria 6:40 R/TV
Sunday March 25 San Diego Padres Peoria 12:10 R
Monday March 26 OFF DAY
Tuesday March 27 Colorado Rockies Salt River 1:10 R#/TV
Bold: Home team (ss) split squad game
TV = ROOT Sports Broadcast R# - Delayed radio on 710 ESPN Seattle

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