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Monday, May 4, 2015 Game #26 (10-15) Angel Stadium SEATTLE MARINERS (10-15) at LOS ANGELES ANGELS (11-14) Road #14 (5-8) TONIGHT’S GAME INFORMATION Starting Pitchers: RHP Felix Hernandez (4-0, 1.82) vs. RHP Matt Shoemaker (2-1, 6.00) 7:05 pm Radio: 710 ESPN Seattle / Mariners.com TV: ROOT SPORTS Day Date Opp. Time (PT) Mariners Pitcher Opposing Pitcher RADIO Tuesday 5/5 @LAA 7:05 pm LH James Paxton (0-2, 5.74) vs. RH Garrett Richards (2-1, 3.00) 710 ESPN Wednesday 5/6 @LAA 7:05 pm LH Roenis Elias (0-1, 3.86) vs. LH C.J. Wilson (1-2, 2.73) 710 ESPN Thursday 5/7 Off Day - Open 9-game homestand Friday, 5/8 with 3-game series vs. Oakland All games televised on ROOT SPORTS TONIGHT’S TILT…the Mariners continue their 10-game, 3-city road trip tonight with the first of three games vs. the Los Angeles Angels…opened the trip sweeping the Rangers in a three-game series and are coming off an 0-4 series at Houston…will be off Thursday and open a 9-game homestand Friday vs. Oakland (3 games), San Diego (2 games) and Boston (4 games)…tonight’s 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 ENDS…dropped 4 straight to tie a season-high losing streak…3-4 during current road trip…10-12 record vs. AL teams, while going 0-3 in Interleague play…3-5 in series played, including 4 rubber games (2-2)…opened season with 12 of 18 games at Safeco Field (12 of next 21 on the road)…have played 19 of 25 games vs. the AL West (9-10 record). Road Warrior - Nelson Cruz is batting .412 (21x51) with 10 HR, 14 RBI in 13 road games (1.523 OPS). Hitting Outfielder - Nelson Cruz is batting .407 (24x59) with 11 HR and 21 RBI while in the lineup as the right fielder (15 GS)…in 10 starts at DH is batting .250 (10x40) with 2 HR and 4 RBI. The King - Felix Hernandez is 4-0, 1.82 ERA in 5 starts this season…T3rd in AL with 36 K’s. Extra Innings - Mariners lead the AL with 5 extra-inning games (2-3 record)…tied with STL. Homer for the Win - When hitting a home run are 9-8, 1-7 when not hitting a home run. Save It - Fernando Rodney is 5th in the AL with 7 saves…140 saves since 2012 2nd-most in MLB. Looking for the Slam - The Mariners have not hit a grand slam since Sept. 28, 2013 (122 PA sin- ce)…2nd-longest streak in club history behind a 133 PA streak from 1979-1981. Iron Man - Kyle Seager has played in 151 consecutive games, 4th-longest active streak in MLB. Mixing & Matching - The Mariners have used 21 different batting orders in 25 games. PLAYER OF THE MONTHNelson Cruz been named the American League Player of the Month for April…this is Cruz’s first Player of the Month Award and he becomes the first Mariners position player to earn a monthly award since Ichiro in August 2004…in 22 games in April Cruz batted .322 (28x87) with 10 home runs, 3 doubles, 1 triple, 22 RBI and slugged .724…amongst AL leaders he ranked 1st in home runs (tied), slugging percentage and extra-base hits (14), 2nd in OPS (1.096) and T7th in hits. HISTORICAL HOMERSNelson Cruz has hit 13 home runs in the Mariners first 25 games of the season (he has started all 25 games), tied for the most in club history with Ken Griffey Jr. in 1997… Cruz is the first player with at least 13 home runs in the first 25 team games since Alex Rodriguez hit 14 for the Yankees in 2007…Cruz is the 10th player in MLB history with 13 or more home runs through a team’s first 25 games (see list in sidebar). BOOMSTICK NOTESNelson Cruz leads the Majors in several offensive categories, including home runs (13), RBI (25), slugging percentage (.788) and OPS (1.175)…also amongst AL leaders in hits (34, T3rd), batting average (.343, 9th), runs scored (17, T10th), multi-hit games (10, T8th), game- winning RBI (5, T1st) and extra-base hits (17, 1st)…some additional Cruz home runs notes: Recorded 3 multi-HR games this season (16 in his career). Homered in 3 of last 4 games. 6 of 13 home runs have given the Mariners a lead. HR distance has averaged 398.4 feet, including 4 homers of 425+ feet (ESPN HR Tracker). STRIKEOUTS VS. HALOS…over his last 8 starts vs. the Angels (since 8/23/13), Felix Hernandez has recorded 77 strikeouts for a 13.59 K/9.0 IP average…during this stretch he has gone 4-1 with a 1.24 ERA (7 ER, 51.0 IP)…has recorded 9 or more strikeouts in his last 4 starts at Angel Stadium. WITH KING FELIX ON THE MOUND…the Mariners are 7-0 vs. the Angels dating back to Sept. 22, 2013 with Felix on the mound…during this stretch Felix is 4-0, 1.00 ERA (5 ER, 45.0 IP, 67 K). NEED RUNNERS ON BASE…of the Mariners 31 home runs, 24 have been solo home runs…10 of Nelson Cruz’s MLB-leading 13 home runs have come with the bases empty…Seattle bats .247 with the bases empty (6th in AL), compared to .223 with runners on base (14th in AL)…24 solo homer runs lead the American League and are 2nd-most in the Majors (LAD - 25). VERY CONFUSING…when receiving 4 or more runs of support, the Mariners have a 5-6 record and the pitching staff has combined for a 5.76 ERA (64 ER, 100.0 IP, 17 HR)…when receiving 3 or fewer runs of support, the club is 5-9, but the pitching staff has posted a 3.23 ERA (45 ER, 125.1 IP, 8 HR). THEY LEAVE THE YARD IN BUNCHES…Mariners pitchers have allowed 11 home runs in the last 3 games (3 yesterday, 5 Saturday, 3 Friday), after allowing only 2 home runs in the previous 9 games April 21-30…have given up 11 homers in May, after leading the AL allowing only 14 HR in April. 5 WAS A MAGIC NUMBER…the Mariners already have more losses this season (5) when scoring 5 or more runs than all of last season…club was 55-4 last season when scoring 5+ runs (4-5 in ‘15). CLOSE GAMES23 of 25 games have been decided by 3 or fewer runs, and the Mariners are the only team this season to not record a win by at least a 4-run margin…had a club-record streak of 19 consecutive games decided by 3 or fewer runs come to an end with Saturday’s 11-4 loss…overall are 5-5 in 1-run games (2-2 at home, 3-5 on road) and 3-5 in 2-run games (2-5 at home, 1-0 on road)…8 of the Mariners 13 road games have been decided by one run (5-8 overall road record). YOU ALREADY KNOW…that Felix Hernandez is off to a 4-0, 1.82 ERA start to the season in his 5 starts (Mariners are 5-0)…BUT DID YOU KNOW?…Felix is looking to be the first Mariners starting pitcher to open a season with a 5-game winning streak since Jamie Moyer (5-0), Freddy Garcia (6- 0) and Aaron Sele (8-0) during the 2001 season?…Felix also opened the 2009 season 4-0. RECORD BREAKDOWN Overall .......................................... 10-15 Home ................................................ 5-7 Road ................................................. 5-8 vs. LH Starter.................................... 3-4 vs. RH Starter ................................. 7-11 Day ................................................... 4-2 Night ............................................... 6-13 1-Run / 2-Run...........................5-5 / 3-5 Extra Inning ...................................... 2-3 vs. AL / vs. NL ......................10-12 / 0-3 MOST HR, FIRST 25 GAMES Here is a list of the most HR hit in the first 25 games of a season: Player Year/Team HR Cy Williams 1923 Phillies ............. 14 Albert Pujols 2006 Cardinals ......... 14 Alex Rodriguez 2007 Yankees ........... 14 Nelson Cruz 2015 Mariners ......... 13 Willie Mays 1964 Giants .............. 13 Mike Schmidt 1976 Phillies ............. 13 Ken Griffey Jr. 1997 Mariners .......... 13 Luis Gonzalez 2001 D-backs ........... 13 Mark McGwire 1992 Athletics .......... 13 Ken Keltner 1948 Indians ............. 13 The record for most HR through 26 team games is 14 by Williams, Pujols, Rodri- guez and Schmidt. KING OF VENEZUELA Felix Hernandez is inching towards the all-time strikeout record for a Venezuelan-born pitcher: Pitcher Strikeouts Johan Santana ............................ 1,988 Felix Hernandez ......................... 1,987 Carlos Zambrano......................... 1,637 Freddy Garcia .............................. 1,621 Wilson Alvarez ............................. 1,330 ROSTER MOVES The Mariners have made the following roster moves for tonight’s game: Monday, May 4: Austin Jackson, OF, placed on disabled list. Chris Taylor, INF, recalled from Tacoma. Joe Beimel, LHP, selected from Tacoma. Mike Kickham, LHP, designated for assignment. **Additional roster move will be made prior to tonight’s game.** Sunday, May 3: Yoervis Medina, RHP, optioned to Tacoma (PG). Tyler Olson, LHP, optioned to Tacoma (PG). INSIDE THE NUMBERS 13 Nelson Cruz leads MLB with 13 HR. 31 Mariners are 4th in the AL with 31 home runs, behind Houston (40) New York (33) and Toronto (32). VS. LA ANGELS The Mariners are 7-4 in their last 11 games at Angel Stadium…Angels won 2 of 3 in the season-opening series April 6-8 in Seattle…Mariners went 12-7 vs. LAA last season, the first season series win over the Angels since 2003. Year Home Road Totals 2015 1-2 0-0 1-2 2014 6-3 6-4 12-7 All-Time 136-155 123-161 259-316 MARINERSMEDIA.COM

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  • Monday, May 4, 2015 Game #26 (10-15) Angel Stadium SEATTLE MARINERS (10-15) at LOS ANGELES ANGELS (11-14) Road #14 (5-8)

    TONIGHTS GAME INFORMATIONStarting Pitchers: RHP Felix Hernandez (4-0, 1.82) vs. RHP Matt Shoemaker (2-1, 6.00)

    7:05 pm Radio: 710 ESPN Seattle / Mariners.com TV: ROOT SPORTSDay Date Opp. Time (PT) Mariners Pitcher Opposing Pitcher RADIO Tuesday 5/5 @LAA 7:05 pm LH James Paxton (0-2, 5.74) vs. RH Garrett Richards (2-1, 3.00) 710 ESPNWednesday 5/6 @LAA 7:05 pm LH Roenis Elias (0-1, 3.86) vs. LH C.J. Wilson (1-2, 2.73) 710 ESPNThursday 5/7 Off Day - Open 9-game homestand Friday, 5/8 with 3-game series vs. Oakland

    All games televised on ROOT SPORTS

    TONIGHTS TILTthe Mariners continue their 10-game, 3-city road trip tonight with the fi rst of three games vs. the Los Angeles Angelsopened the trip sweeping the Rangers in a three-game series and are coming off an 0-4 series at Houstonwill be off Thursday and open a 9-game homestand Friday vs. Oakland (3 games), San Diego (2 games) and Boston (4 games)tonights 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 ENDSdropped 4 straight to tie a season-high losing streak3-4 during current road trip10-12 record vs. AL teams, while going 0-3 in Interleague play3-5 in series played, including 4 rubber games (2-2)opened season with 12 of 18 games at Safeco Field (12 of next 21 on the road)have played 19 of 25 games vs. the AL West (9-10 record). Road Warrior - Nelson Cruz is batting .412 (21x51) with 10 HR, 14 RBI in 13 road games (1.523 OPS). Hitting Outfi elder - Nelson Cruz is batting .407 (24x59) with 11 HR and 21 RBI while in the lineup as

    the right fi elder (15 GS)in 10 starts at DH is batting .250 (10x40) with 2 HR and 4 RBI. The King - Felix Hernandez is 4-0, 1.82 ERA in 5 starts this seasonT3rd in AL with 36 Ks. Extra Innings - Mariners lead the AL with 5 extra-inning games (2-3 record)tied with STL. Homer for the Win - When hitting a home run are 9-8, 1-7 when not hitting a home run. Save It - Fernando Rodney is 5th in the AL with 7 saves140 saves since 2012 2nd-most in MLB. Looking for the Slam - The Mariners have not hit a grand slam since Sept. 28, 2013 (122 PA sin-

    ce)2nd-longest streak in club history behind a 133 PA streak from 1979-1981. Iron Man - Kyle Seager has played in 151 consecutive games, 4th-longest active streak in MLB. Mixing & Matching - The Mariners have used 21 different batting orders in 25 games.PLAYER OF THE MONTHNelson Cruz been named the American League Player of the Month for Aprilthis is Cruzs fi rst Player of the Month Award and he becomes the fi rst Mariners position player to earn a monthly award since Ichiro in August 2004in 22 games in April Cruz batted .322 (28x87) with 10 home runs, 3 doubles, 1 triple, 22 RBI and slugged .724amongst AL leaders he ranked 1st in home runs (tied), slugging percentage and extra-base hits (14), 2nd in OPS (1.096) and T7th in hits.HISTORICAL HOMERSNelson Cruz has hit 13 home runs in the Mariners fi rst 25 games of the season (he has started all 25 games), tied for the most in club history with Ken Griffey Jr. in 1997Cruz is the fi rst player with at least 13 home runs in the fi rst 25 team games since Alex Rodriguez hit 14 for the Yankees in 2007Cruz is the 10th player in MLB history with 13 or more home runs through a teams fi rst 25 games (see list in sidebar).BOOMSTICK NOTESNelson Cruz leads the Majors in several offensive categories, including home runs (13), RBI (25), slugging percentage (.788) and OPS (1.175)also amongst AL leaders in hits (34, T3rd), batting average (.343, 9th), runs scored (17, T10th), multi-hit games (10, T8th), game-winning RBI (5, T1st) and extra-base hits (17, 1st)some additional Cruz home runs notes: Recorded 3 multi-HR games this season (16 in his career). Homered in 3 of last 4 games. 6 of 13 home runs have given the Mariners a lead. HR distance has averaged 398.4 feet, including 4 homers of 425+ feet (ESPN HR Tracker).

    STRIKEOUTS VS. HALOSover his last 8 starts vs. the Angels (since 8/23/13), Felix Hernandez has recorded 77 strikeouts for a 13.59 K/9.0 IP averageduring this stretch he has gone 4-1 with a 1.24 ERA (7 ER, 51.0 IP)has recorded 9 or more strikeouts in his last 4 starts at Angel Stadium.WITH KING FELIX ON THE MOUNDthe Mariners are 7-0 vs. the Angels dating back to Sept. 22, 2013 with Felix on the moundduring this stretch Felix is 4-0, 1.00 ERA (5 ER, 45.0 IP, 67 K).NEED RUNNERS ON BASEof the Mariners 31 home runs, 24 have been solo home runs10 of Nelson Cruzs MLB-leading 13 home runs have come with the bases emptySeattle bats .247 with the bases empty (6th in AL), compared to .223 with runners on base (14th in AL)24 solo homer runs lead the American League and are 2nd-most in the Majors (LAD - 25).VERY CONFUSINGwhen receiving 4 or more runs of support, the Mariners have a 5-6 record and the pitching staff has combined for a 5.76 ERA (64 ER, 100.0 IP, 17 HR)when receiving 3 or fewer runs of support, the club is 5-9, but the pitching staff has posted a 3.23 ERA (45 ER, 125.1 IP, 8 HR). THEY LEAVE THE YARD IN BUNCHESMariners pitchers have allowed 11 home runs in the last 3 games (3 yesterday, 5 Saturday, 3 Friday), after allowing only 2 home runs in the previous 9 games April 21-30have given up 11 homers in May, after leading the AL allowing only 14 HR in April.5 WAS A MAGIC NUMBERthe Mariners already have more losses this season (5) when scoring 5 or more runs than all of last seasonclub was 55-4 last season when scoring 5+ runs (4-5 in 15). CLOSE GAMES23 of 25 games have been decided by 3 or fewer runs, and the Mariners are the only team this season to not record a win by at least a 4-run marginhad a club-record streak of 19 consecutive games decided by 3 or fewer runs come to an end with Saturdays 11-4 lossoverall are 5-5 in 1-run games (2-2 at home, 3-5 on road) and 3-5 in 2-run games (2-5 at home, 1-0 on road)8 of the Mariners 13 road games have been decided by one run (5-8 overall road record).

    YOU ALREADY KNOWthat Felix Hernandez is off to a 4-0, 1.82 ERA start to the season in his 5 starts (Mariners are 5-0)BUT DID YOU KNOW?Felix is looking to be the fi rst Mariners starting pitcher to open a season with a 5-game winning streak since Jamie Moyer (5-0), Freddy Garcia (6-0) and Aaron Sele (8-0) during the 2001 season?Felix also opened the 2009 season 4-0.

    RECORD BREAKDOWNOverall .......................................... 10-15Home ................................................ 5-7Road ................................................. 5-8vs. LH Starter.................................... 3-4vs. RH Starter ................................. 7-11Day ................................................... 4-2Night ............................................... 6-131-Run / 2-Run ...........................5-5 / 3-5Extra Inning ...................................... 2-3vs. AL / vs. NL ......................10-12 / 0-3

    MOST HR, FIRST 25 GAMESHere is a list of the most HR hit in the fi rst 25 games of a season:

    Player Year/Team HRCy Williams 1923 Phillies .............14Albert Pujols 2006 Cardinals .........14Alex Rodriguez 2007 Yankees ...........14Nelson Cruz 2015 Mariners .........13Willie Mays 1964 Giants ..............13Mike Schmidt 1976 Phillies .............13Ken Griffey Jr. 1997 Mariners ..........13Luis Gonzalez 2001 D-backs ...........13Mark McGwire 1992 Athletics ..........13Ken Keltner 1948 Indians .............13

    The record for most HR through 26 team games is 14 by Williams, Pujols, Rodri-guez and Schmidt.

    KING OF VENEZUELAFelix Hernandez is inching towards the all-time strikeout record for a Venezuelan-born pitcher:

    Pitcher StrikeoutsJohan Santana ............................ 1,988Felix Hernandez ......................... 1,987Carlos Zambrano ......................... 1,637Freddy Garcia .............................. 1,621Wilson Alvarez ............................. 1,330

    ROSTER MOVESThe Mariners have made the following roster moves for tonights game:Monday, May 4: Austin Jackson, OF, placed on disabled list. Chris Taylor, INF, recalled from Tacoma. Joe Beimel, LHP, selected from Tacoma. Mike Kickham, LHP, designated for assignment.**Additional roster move will be made prior to tonights game.**

    Sunday, May 3: Yoervis Medina, RHP, optioned to Tacoma (PG). Tyler Olson, LHP, optioned to Tacoma (PG).

    INSIDE THE NUMBERS

    13Nelson Cruz leads MLB with 13 HR.

    31Mariners are 4th in the AL with 31 home runs, behind Houston (40) New York (33) and Toronto (32).

    VS. LA ANGELSThe Mariners are 7-4 in their last 11 games at Angel StadiumAngels won 2 of 3 in the season-opening series April 6-8 in SeattleMariners went 12-7 vs. LAA last season, the fi rst season series win over the Angels since 2003.Year Home Road Totals2015 1-2 0-0 1-22014 6-3 6-4 12-7All-Time 136-155 123-161 259-316

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  • 2015 MARINERS GAME NOTES MONDAY MAY 4, 2015 AT LOS ANGELES ANGELS PAGE 2

    TONIGHTS MARINERS STARTERRHP FELIX HERNANDEZ

    2015 Breakdown: W-L ERA GS IP H R ER BB SO HROverall 4-0 1.82 5 34.2 22 7 7 6 36 1Home 3-0 0.78 3 23.0 9 2 2 3 31 1Road 1-0 3.86 2 11.2 13 5 5 3 5 0vs. LAA 1-0 1.29 1 7.0 2 1 1 1 10 0

    Career Breakdown: W-L ERA GS IP H R ER BB SO HROverall 129-92 3.05 308 2095.1 1861 797 711 578 1987 162Home 69-44 3.01 154 1069.2 939 387 358 271 1049 84Road 60-48 3.10 154 1025.2 922 410 353 307 938 78vs. LAA 12-13 3.47 41 277.2 253 122 107 73 268 28

    ABOUT KING FELIX29-year-old right-hander is making his 6th start of the season tonight vs. the Angels (2nd of the season), the 309th of his career, all with Seattle.

    Is the second pitcher in franchise history to record 300 games started as a Mariner. (also: Jamie Moyer, 323 GS w/ Seattle1996-2006)

    Signed a 7-year deal through the 2019 season on Feb. 13, 2013. In 2010 won the AL Cy Young, garnering 21 of 28 fi rst-place votesjoined Randy

    Johnson (1995) as only Mariners to win the Cy Youngnamed Sporting News AL Pitcher of the Yearwas 2nd in Cy Young voting in 2014.

    ML debut Aug. 4, 2005 at DetroitSafeco debut vs. MIN Aug. 9, 2005youngest pitcher since Jose Rijo worked as reliever in 84 (19 years, 54 days (7/6/84 at MIN).

    At 19 years, 118 days old at debut, was the 3rd-youngest player to debut in Mariners history & 2nd-youngest pitcher.

    Born in Valencia, VZsigned as 16-year-old non-drafted free agent July 4, 2002. American League All-Star: 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013 & 2014 (starter). Threw the fi rst Perfect Game in Mariners history, and 23rd in ML history, Aug. 15,

    2012 in a 1-0 victory over Tampa Bay at Safeco Field (9.0,0,0,0,0,12)7th PG in MLB history to be decided in a 1-0 game, and 1st in the AL since 1984.

    Tossed 6.0+ IP in 250 of 308 GS (81.1%)6.0+ innings in 57 of 70 starts since 2013 (81.4%), including 53 quality starts (211 career quality starts, Seattle record).

    Owns a 17-22, 4.20 ERA in 51 GS during the month of May. Along with Jamie Moyer (2,093.0), are only pitchers with 2,000+ innings with Seattle.

    LAST STARTW#4 April 29 at Texasallowed 5 or fewer hits for 4th time in 5 starts this seasonpassed Jamie Moyer for the most innings pitched in Mariners history (2095.1)struck out 4 batters to move to within 1 of the most in MLB history by a Venezuelan pitcher (Johan Santana - 1,988)earned fi rst win in Arlington since Sept. 28, 2010.

    EARLY LEADERBOARDFelix is at or near the top on the American League lead-erboard in several pitching categories: ranks T1st in Wins (4), T3rd in strikeouts (36), 2nd in WHIP (0.81), 3rd in K/BB ratio (6.00), 6th in ERA (1.82), 6th in opponent batting average (.182) and 5th in K/9.0 IP (9.35)also 1 of 2 MLB pitchers to throw a shutout this season and 1 of 4 AL pitchers to record a complete game.

    KS VS. THE ANGELShas struck out 77 batters in his last 8 starts vs. the Angels dating back to Aug. 23, 2013has recorded 10 or more strikeouts in 5 of those 8 starts and 9 or more in 7has recorded at least 9 strikeouts in 4 consecutive starts at Angel Stadium from Sept. 22, 2013 to Sept. 18, 2014tied for most consecutive starts with at least 9 strikeouts as an opposing pitcher at An-gel Stadium with Pedro Martinez (Apr. 9, 2000-Apr. 27, 2003 with Boston)has more career strikeouts vs the Angels (268) than any other team.

    DOUBLE-DIGIT STRIKEOUTShas a pair of double-digit strikeout games this season (4/6 vs. LAA - 10, 4/18 vs. TEX - 12), tied with Johnny Cueto and Danny Salazar for the most in MLB34 career double-digit strikeout games is the most by any pitcher since his debut in 2005also has 10 career starts with 10+ strikeouts without a walk, most in club history.

    LETS GO STREAKINGhas a current 5-game winning streak dating back to last season, matching the 6th-longest streak in his careerlongest consecutive wins streak since winning six straight in 2013 (May 30-July 21)won nine con-secutive decisions twice in his career, last coming in 2012 (June 23-Aug. 27).

    FIRST STARTmade his 8th career Opening Day start, 7th consecutive, in a 4-1 win over the Angels on April 6 at Safeco Fieldallowed a fi rst-inning home run to Mike Trout, and then allowed only one more hit the rest of the waystruck out 10 batters, and walked one to improve to 6-0 all-time on Opening Day.

    2014 AWARD SEASONwent 15-6, 2.14 ERA (56 ER, 236.0 IP) with 248 strike-outs in 34 starts (27 quality starts)claimed the American League ERA titleAL All-Star (starting pitcher)BBWAA Pitcher of the Year (Seattle Chapter)Cy Young Finalist (2nd place)MLBPA Players Choice Award (AL Most Outstand-ing Pitcher)Sporting News American League All-Star (Starting Pitcher of the Year)Rawlings Gold Glove FinalistRoberto Clemente Award (Seattle nominee)Fred Hutch Award Nominee (community service award).

    FELIX QUALITY STARTset MLB record with 16 consecutive starts allowing 2 or fewer runs in 7.0 or more innings May 18-Aug. 11, 2014old mark was 13 by Tom Seaver in 1971led the Majors with 22 such starts (7.0 or more IP, 2 or fewer runs) last season, with the next closest AL pitcher being Corey Kluber with 19113 FQS since 2009, most in the Majors ahead of Clayton Kershaw (90)already has recorded 3 FQS this season.

    PRIDE OF VENEZUELAFelix is 1 strikeout short of the all-time strikeout mark by a Venezuelan born pitcher (Johan Santana - 1,988)Felixs 129 wins are 4th-most by a Venezuelan pitcher behind Freddy Garcia (156), Santana (139) and Carlos Zambrano (132)his 3.05 ERA is the all-time ERA leader for pitchers from Venezuala, ranking ahead of Santana (3.20), Zambrano (3.66), Wilson Alvarez (3.96), Kelvim Escobar (4.15) and Garcia (4.15) among pitchers with a minimum of 1,500.0 innings.

    SINCE 2009since 2009, Felix has combined to go 90-56 with a 2.71 ERA (430 ER, 1429.0 IP) in 204 startsduring this time frame Felix ranks 2nd in ERA (behind Clayton Kershaw - 2.36), 1st in strikeouts with 1,394 (ahead of Kershaw - 1,388), 2nd in WHIP at 1.09 (behind Kershaw - 1.03) and 2nd in games started (behind James Shields - 206)his 155 quality starts since the start of the 2009 season leads all pitchers (Kershaw is 2nd w/144)he has done all of that with the 2nd lowest run support average (3.97) of any qualifying pitcher, behind Jeff Samardzija (3.66).

    LAST TIMELAST START/WIN: 4/29, 5-2 at TEX (6.2,5,2,2,1,4)LAST ND: 4/12 at OAK (5.0,8,3,3,2,1)LAST LOSS: 9/23/14, 2-10 at TOR (4.2,6,8,4,3,5,HR)LAST CG: (24x) 4/24, 2-0 vs MIN (9.0,5,0,0,0,9)LAST ShO: (10x) 4/24, 2-0 vs MIN (9.0,5,0,0,0,9)

    CAREER HIGHSINNINGS: 9.0, 22x, last: 4/24 vs. MIN (W, 9.0,5,0,0,0,9)HITS: 13, 2x, last: 9/24/08 vs. LAARUNS: 10, 5/16/06 at OAKSTRIKEOUTS: 15, 6/8/14 at TBWALKS: 6, 3x, last: 4/5/10 at OAK LOW-HIT GAME (CG): 0, 8/15/12 vs. TB -- Perfect GameLONGEST WIN STREAK: 9, 2x, last: 6/23/12-8/27/12LONGEST LOSING STREAK: 5, 2x, last: 8/17-9/27/13

    2015 GAME-BY-GAME scrDT OPP SCR W-L IP H R ER BB SO HR left PC-K4/6 LAA 4-1 W (1-0) 7.0 2 1 1 1 10 1 4-1 97-644/12 @OAK 8-7 ND 5.0 8 3 3 2 1 0 4-3 81-504/18 TEX 3-1 W (2-0) 7.0 2 1 1 2 12 0 3-1 111-704/24 MIN 2-0 W (3-0) 9.0 5 0 0 0 9 0 CG 102-734/29 @TEX 5-2 W (4-0) 6.2 5 2 2 1 4 0 4-2 114-71APRIL 5 GS, 4-0, 1.82 34.2 22 7 7 6 36 1 SEASON 5 GS, 4-0, 1.82 34.2 22 7 7 6 36 1

    HERNANDEZ vs. ANGELSMaking his 42nd career start vs. the Angels and the 2nd of the seasonis 12-13 with a 3.47 ERA vs. LAA, including a 3-5, 3.11 ERA in Ana-heimis 5-1 with a 1.07 ERA (7 ER, 59.0 IP) in his last 9 starts (since 7/13/13)beat Texas on Opening Day at Safeco Field (7.0,2,1,1,1,10) to earn 4th-straight win over the Angelshere is how Hernandez has fared against current Angels: AVG AB H HR RBI BB SOE. Aybar .215 79 17 0 5 4 16D. Butera .000 2 0 0 0 0 1K. Calhoun .056 18 1 0 0 1 7C. Cowgill .000 2 0 0 0 1 2C. Cron .000 6 0 0 0 0 3D. Freese .000 13 0 0 0 1 6J. Giavotella .000 2 0 0 0 0 0C. Iannetta .091 22 2 1 1 4 9M. Joyce .048 21 1 0 0 1 8E. Navarro .000 9 0 0 1 1 1A. Pujols .205 39 8 1 7 2 11M. Trout .365 52 19 3 12 3 14

    MARINERS RANKINGSCategory Rank # Next UpQuality Starts 1st 211 - - -Innings 1st 2095.1 - - -Starts 2nd 308 Jamie Moyer (323) is 1stStrikeouts 2nd 1,987 Randy Johnson (2,162) is 1stWins 3rd 129 Randy Johnson (130) is 2ndShutouts 2nd 10 Randy Johnson (19), is 1st

    TOMORROWS PROBABLE STARTER: LHP JAMES PAXTON (0-2, 5.74)26-year-old left-hander will make his 6th start of the season tomorrow and his 2nd this season against the AngelsND in last start April 30 at HOU (7.0,5,2,2,2,7) in Seattles 3-2 lossL#2 April 25 vs. MIN (4.2,5,4,2,3,7,HR) in Mariners 8-5 loss; defense had 3 errors behind himrecorded back-to-back no-decisions in previous two starts (4/13 at LAD and 4/19 vs TEX)2014: Went 6-4 with a 3.04 ERA (25 ER, 74.0 IP) in 13 starts with the Mariners last seasonon the DL April 9-Aug. 2 with strain of the left latissimus dorsi muscletransferred to 60-day disabled list on June 9Career: Owns a 9-6 record with a 3.32 ERA in 22 starts in a Mariners uniformopened his career 6-0 with 1.88 ERA in fi rst 9 career starts (3-5, 4.77 since)longest winning streak to open a career in Mariners historywas the Mariners 4th round selection in the 2010 June draftvs. LAA: Making his 6th career start vs. the Angelsis 2-2 with a 2.67 ERA (9 ER, 30.1 IP) with 30 strikeouts in 5 startshas not allowed more than 3 runs in any of those starts.

    2,000 STRIKEOUTSFelix (age 29.026) is 13 strikeouts from 2,000 for his career, and will likely be the 4th-youngest pitcher to reach the 2,000-strikeout mark. According to STATS, Inc., here are the youngest players to reach 2,000 strikeouts:

    RK Player, Team Age Career Total 1. *Bert Blyleven, PIT 28.097 3,701 2. Sam McDowell, CLE 28.228 2,453 3. *Walter Johnson, WAS 28.235 3,509 4. *Nolan Ryan, CAL 29.213 5,714 5. *Sandy Koufax, LAD 29.241 2,396 6. *Don Drysdale, LAD 29.320 2,486 7. *Bob Feller, CLE 29.331 2,581 8. *Pedro Martinez, BOS 30.176 3,154 9. *Tom Seaver, NYM 30.249 3,640 *Member of the MLB Hall of Fame

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    TEAM PITCHING W-L ERA CG/SV IP H R ER BB-I SO HRSeason Totals 10-15 4.35 1/8 225.1 224 118 109 82-14 199 25Starters 7-8 4.71 1/0 145.1 151 82 76 41-2 132 20Relievers 3-7 3.71 0/8 80.0 73 36 33 41-12 67 5Safeco 5-7 3.44 1/3 110.0 94 49 42 39-5 109 10Road 5-8 5.23 0/5 115.1 130 69 67 43-9 90 15April 10-12 3.93 1/8 201.1 193 96 88 72-12 178 14May 0-3 7.88 0/0 24.0 31 22 21 10-2 21 11

    MARINERS BULLPEN BRIEFS

    PITCHER LAST APP. IP,H,R,ER,BB,K LAST WIN LAST SAVE LAST LOSS SV/OPP 1st BF/RETIRED RI/STRANDED97-Beimel, lhp 9/28/14 vs. LAA 0.1,1,0,0,0,0 7/31/14 at CLE 6/11/09 vs. CIN 4/17/14 at TEX 0/0 (---) 0/0 (---) 0/0 (---)40-Farquhar, rhp 5/2 at HOU 1.0,0,0,0,0,0 9/8/14 vs. HOU 5/4/14 at HOU 4/20 vs. HOU 0/1 (.000) 11/10 (.909) 4/2 (.500)41-Furbush, lhp 5/3 at HOU 0.2,0,0,0,1,0 6/20/14 at KC 7/19/14 at LAA 4/21 vs. HOU 0/0 (---) 12/7 (.583) 7/7 (1.000)52-Leone, rhp 4/30 at HOU 1.1,2,1,1,1,1 (L) 9/27/14 vs. LAA None 4/30 at HOU 0/0 (---) 7/5 (.714) 6/6 (1.000)56-Rodney, rhp 4/29 at TEX 1.0,0,0,0,0,1 (S) 4/12 at OAK 4/29 at TEX 4/14 at LAD 7/8 (.875) 11/7 (.636) 0/0 (---)39-Smith, rhp 5/3 at HOU 1.1,1,1,1,0,3,HR (L) 9/16/14 at LAA None 5/3 at HOU 0/1 (.000) 12/11 (.917) 9/6 (.667)54-Wilhelmsen, rhp 4/10 at OAK 1.2,5,2,2,1,1 9/18/14 at LAA 6/30/14 at HOU 7/10/14 vs. MIN 0/0 (---) 1/2 (.500) 3/0 (.000) Team Totals 8/12 (.667) 79/56 (.709) 43/32 (.744)

    #97 - JOE BEIMEL, LHP 2015: 0 G, 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0-0 SV, 0 HLD Career-High IP: 4.0 (9/13/05 vs. NYY w/TB) 2015-High IP: 0.0 (---)

    Welcome Back - Selected from AAA Tacoma May 4. AAA Tacoma - 1-0, 0.00 in 3 G (3.2 IP, 1 H, 5 K). Seattle Sign - Re-signed with Seattle as a minor league FA April 2. 2014 Review - 3-1, 2.20 in 56 games (45.0 IP, 11 ER) with Seattle. Allowed earned runs in only 7 of 56 appearances in 2014. Did not allow a run in 19.0 consecutive IP May 2 - July 10, 2014. Appearance on 4/1/14 was fi rst appearance in 951 days (last: 8/22/11).

    #40 - DANNY FARQUHAR, RHP 2015: 11 G, 0-1, 4.50 ERA, 0-1 SV, 4 HLD Career-High IP: 3.0 (7/31/13 at BOS) 2015-High IP: 2.0 (4/12 at OAK) Back & Forth - retired last 7 consecutve BF & has tossed 3.1 ShO IP

    4/26-current...had allowed 4 ER in 2.2 IP (2 G) w/L #1 (4/20) & BS #1 (4/21); started season w/2 ER in 1st 6 G (7.1 IP).

    2014 Season Review - Went 3-1-1 with 2.66 ERA (21 ER, 71.0 IP) in 66 relief appearances with the Mariners.

    Clean Sheet - Had 51 shutout apps & allowed 1 run or less in 61 of 66 G. K/9.0 IP - Struck out 10.27 batters per 9.0 innings (81 K, 71.0 IP). First MLB Win - Collected fi rst MLB win in Seattles 6-5 victory over Texas

    April 27, pitching a scoreless 8th inningwin came in career game #60. The Numbers - Prior to 2015, went 3-4-14 with a 3.50 ERA (50 ER, 128.2) in 112

    games with Seattle (2013-14) and 3 appearances with Toronto (2011).

    #41 - CHARLIE FURBUSH, LHP 2015: 12 G, 0-1, 2.84 ERA, 0-0 SV, 3 HLD Career-High IP: 5.0 IP (5/27/11 vs. BOS) 2015-High IP: 1.2 IP (4/10 at OAK) Nothing Doing - has not allowed a run in 11 of 12 appearances. L #1 - 1st loss on 4/21 vs. HOU; charged w/3 R (2 ER) and did not retire a BF. Good Start - Did not allow a run in 1st 7G (4/6-20), tossing 4.1 ShO IP (2H, 4K). Hold Me - Kd only BF, stranding 2 inherited runners, for hold #1 4/6 vs. LAA. 2014 Season Review - Went 1-5-1 with 3.61 ERA (17 ER, 42.1 IP) in 67 relief

    appearances with Seattle. The Real Charlie - Went 1-2, 2.45 ERA (9 ER, 33.0 IP) with 6 BB and 43 Ks

    in fi nal 53 games (May 5-Sept. 27). K/9.0 IP - Kd 10.84 batters per 9.0 IP (51K, 42.1IP), 15th amongst AL relievers. Save Me - Notched fi rst career save July 19 at LAA, retiring all 3 BF in 12th. Year 5- In fi rst 4 Major League seasons, went 12-23-1 with 4.14 ERA (110 ER,

    239.0 IP) in 214 games/12 starts with Seattle (2011-14) and Detroit (2011).

    #52 - DOMINIC LEONE, RHP 2015: 6 G, 0-2, 4.32 ERA, 0-0 SV, 1 HLD Career-High IP: 2.2 (8/24 at BOS) 2015-High IP: 2.1 IP (4/13 at LAD) L#2 - L#2 on 4/30 at HOU...tossed scoreless 9th inning before allowing a 1

    out walkoff 1B to Jose Altuve in the bottom of 10th ininng. Multi Man - Has worked 1.0+ IP in 4 of 7 apps, incl. 2.0 ShO IP 4/19 vs. TEX. Quick Recap - 1 H to only BF 4/28 at TEX...allowed pair of runs in 0.2 IP 4/25

    vs. MIN...had allowed just 1 ER in 1st 4 G (6.1 IP) of the season. 15 Debut - Worked 2.1 IP and tagged w/L #1 in extras at LAD (1 H, 1 ER). Recalled from AAA Tacoma 4/13 (Wilhelmsen placed on 15-day DL). AAA Tacoma - Began the season at Tacoma, appearing in 1 G (1.0 IP, 1 K). Rookie Wins - Recorded 2nd-most wins (8) by a rookie reliever in club

    historyT2nd among AL relievers in wins (T4th in MLB) Rookie Rankings - Among AL rookie relievers, ranked 1st in wins (8), 2nd in Ks

    (70), 3rd in ERA (2.17) and opp. AVG (.217), 4th in IP (66.1) and T4th in games (57). MLB Debut - Tossed Scoreless 8th (1 H, 1 BB) in ML debut April 6, 2014 at OAK.

    #56 - FERNANDO RODNEY, RHP 2015: 11 G, 1-1, 5.23 ERA, 7-8 SV, 0 HLDCareer-High IP: 3.0 (9/18/12 vs. BAL) 2015-High IP: 1.0 IP-10x (last: 4/29 at TEX) Save Me - 7 for 8 in SV ops in 2015...has converted 28 of last 29 ops (7/26/14-c). Sweep - Saved all 3G @Texas sweep 4/27-29 (SV #5-6-7). Workhorse - Worked 4 straight games 4/26-29 (3 SV, 4.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 5 K). ShO Streak - Has not allowed a run in last 7 G 4/18-c: 0-0-5, 7.0 IP, 4 H, 10 K. 1-2-3 - Struck out all 3 batters faced 4/21 vs. HOU in non-save situation. Loss #1 - BS #1 4/14 at LAD trying to protect 1 R lead (0.1 IP, 3 H, 2 ER). SV Streak - converted 23 consecutive save ops (7/26/14 - 4/11/15). W #1 - Allowed 4 ER in 1.0 IP in non-save sit., 4/12 at OAK...ended up w/W #1. 15 Debut - SV#1 4/6 vs. LAAleadoff walk to A. Pujols, before FC, GIDP (3 BF). 2014 Review - 1-6, 48 saves & 2.85 ERA (21 ER, 66.1 IP) in 69 G with Seattle. Saves Leader - Led MLB with 48 saves, becoming fi rst Mariners pitcher to

    lead the Majors (or AL) in saves. Mariners Record - Broke the Mariners single-season saves record, passing

    the old record of 45 set by Kazuhiro Sasaki in 2001. 200 Saves - Recorded his 200th career save July 26 vs. BAL1 of 46

    pitchers in MLB history with 200+ saves (1 of 7 active pitchers).

    #39 - CARSON SMITH, RHP 2015: 12 G, 0-1, 0.79 ERA, 0-1 SV, 4 HLDCareer-High IP: 2.0-2x (last: 9/16 at LAA) 2015-High IP: 1.2 IP-2x (4/11 at OAK) L #1 - Allowed solo HR in 2nd inning of work (1st run of career) 5/3 at HOU

    (1.1 IP, 1 H, 1 R) and was tagged w/1st career loss. BAA - Has limited opposing hitters to a .103 batting average against (4x39). K/9.0 IP - Struck out 14 in 11.1 IP for a 11.12 Ks per 9.0 IP rate. The Streak - Did not allowed a run in the fi rst 20 G of his career (9/1/14-

    4/30/15) and did not allow a run in 1st 19.1 IP, 9/1/14-5/3/15...set Mariners record for ShO appearances to begin career & ShO IP to begin career.

    BS #1 on 2-out RBI 2B 4/11 at OAK (1.0 IP, 1 H, 3 K). Season Debut - Struck out only BF (Mike Trout) to record the fi nal out in 8th

    inning, stranding 2 inherited runners (H#1) on 4/6 vs. LAA. Opening Day Roster - Named to fi rst career Opening Day Roster. Recorded 1st career ML win on 9/16/14 at LAA, tossing 2.0 shutout innings. MiL Stats - Over 3 MiL seasons, went 7-7 with 40 saves and a 2.55 ERA (14 ER,

    43.0 IP) over 132 relief appearances.

    #54 - TOM WILHELMSEN, RHP - DL 2015: 2 G, 0-0, 6.75 ERA, 0-0 SV, 0 HLD Career-High IP: 4.0 (7/18/14 at LAA) 2015-High IP: 1.2 (4/10 at OAK) DL - Placed on 15-day DL w/hyperextended right elbow, 4/13 (retro to 4/11). 5 H, 2 ER in 1.2 IP 4/10 at OAK...worked a 1-2-3 IP (w/2 K) 4/7 vs. LAA. 2014 Season Review - Went 3-2 with 1 save and a 2.27 ERA (20 ER, 79.1 IP)

    in 57 games/2 starts with Seattle. Multi-Innings - Worked more than 1.0 innings in 22 of 55 relief apps, and

    more than 2.0 innings 16 times in 2014. Team Leader - Led Mariners relievers in IP (75.1) & ERA (2.03) in 2014. 4 Years - 9-8, 54 SV, 2.91 ERA (81 ER, 250.1 IP) in 214 G/2 GS w/SEA (11-14).

    MARINERS STARTING PITCHERS BREAKDOWN W/L TeamPitcher 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 Record34-Hernandez, rhp 4/29 at TEX (6.2,5,2,2,1,4) W W5 5 6.9 101.0 1/0 9.35 1.56 4 3 1-0 5-065-Paxton, lhp 4/30 at HOU (7.0,5,2,2,2,7) ND L4 5 5.2 89.2 2/0 8.78 2.70 2 1 0-0 1-429-Elias, lhp 5/1 at HOU (6.0,6,3,3,3,8,HR-2) L L1 2 5.2 104.0 1/1 10.80 4.63 1 2 0-1 0-218-Iwakuma, rhp 4/21 vs. HOU (5.1,5,4,4,0,3,HR-2) ND L1 3 5.4 86.0 0/1 6.06 1.65 0 0 0-1 0-332-Walker, rhp 5/2 at HOU (3.0,9,8,7,1,2,HR-3) L L1 5 4.2 83.2 0/1 8.34 4.76 1 1 1-3 1-433-Happ, lhp 5/3 at HOU (6.0,7,6,6,3,6,HR-2) NS W2 5 6.7 94.2 0/2 6.48 1.62 4 1 1-1 3-2

    Team No. Hernandez Paxton Iwakuma Happ Walker EliasINNINGS (Team Rec.) (Starters Rec.)0.0-4.2 5 (1-4) 0 (0-0) 2 (0-1) 0 (0-0) 0 (0-0) 3 (0-3) 0 (0-0)5.0-5.2 5 (1-4) 1 (0-0) 0 (0-0) 2 (0-0) 0 (0-0) 1 (0-0) 1 (0-0)6.0-6.2 8 (3-5) 1 (1-0) 2 (0-1) 1 (0-1) 3 (2-0) 0 (0-0) 1 (0-1)7.0-7.2 6 (4-2) 2 (2-0) 1 (0-0) 0 (0-0) 2 (1-1) 1 (1-0) 0 (0-0)8.0-9.0 1 (1-0) 1 (1-0) 0 (0-0) 0 (0-0) 0 (0-0) 0 (0-0) 0 (0-0)Total Starts 25 (10-15) 5 (4-0) 5 (0-2) 3 (0-1) 5 (2-1) 5 (1-3) 2 (0-1)Runs scored/start: 3.68 (92 R) 4.40 (22 R) 4.40 (22 R) 4.33 (13 R) 3.40 (17 R) 2.40 (12 R) 2.50 (5 R)Teams record when starting: 10-15 5-0 1-4 0-3 3-2 1-4 0-2

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    #13 - DUSTIN ACKLEY, OF vs. Shoemaker: .182 (2x11), 3 K, GIDPLast Game: 1x2, 2B, 5/3 at HOU Current Streak: 1 G (1x2)Roadtrip: 2x10, R, 2B Last HR: 4/13 at LAD (#3)Season-Highs: streak: 5 (4/6-13)hits: 2 (4/12 at OAK)RBI: 1-3x (4/13 at LAD) Lately - Is 6-for-his-last-43 (.140) since 4/14, including 3x19 (.158) in last 9 G. Smackley - Notched 3rd HR of season (off McCarthy) 4/13 at LAD. Starting off with a Bang - Hit a solo HR to lead off the 5th inning (off Weav-

    er) 4/6 vs. LAA (1x3, R, HR, RBI). Opening Day Bomb - hit 2nd career Opening Day HR (also: 3/28/12 vs.

    OAK in Japan)is the 3rd starting LF in Mariners history to homer on Open-ing Day (Darren Bragg in 1996, Eric Anthony in 1994).

    Career Bases Juiced - is 19x38 (.500) with 5 XBH and 42 RBI with bases loaded0x1 in 2015... .300 (3x10, 2B, 3B, 12 RBI) w/bases loaded in 2014.

    #8 - WILLIE BLOOMQUIST, UTL vs. Shoemaker: Never FacedLast Game: DNB as PR, 5/3 at HOU Current Streak: 0 G (0x4)Roadtrip: 1x8, 2 K, GDP Last HR: 5/23/14 vs. HOU Season-Highs: streak: 2 (4/19-25)hits: 2 (4/14 at LAD)RBI: 1 (4/14 at LAD) D Up - Appeared at 1B (2 G, 2 GS), 2B (1G), 3B (2 G, 1 GS) & SS (3 G, 2 GS). Hit Me - Was 2-for-3 w/R, RBI, HBP 4/14 at LAD as 1B. Season Debut - Started at SS 4/10 at OAK, and moved to 2B. 2014 Season - Hit .278 (37x133) with 15 R, 7 EBH & 14 RBI in 47 games. Season Cut Short - Had season-ending surgery on right knee Aug. 9

    placed on 15-day DL on July 24 with right knee contusion (60-day DL 9/1).

    #22 - ROBINSON CAN, 2B vs. Shoemaker: .429 (3x7), 2 2B, K, GIDPLast Game: 0x3, BB, K, CS, 5/3 at HOU Current Streak: 0 G (0x5)Roadtrip: 5x29, 2 R, 2B, RBI, BB, 5 K, CS Last HR: 4/14 at LAD (#1)Season-Highs: streak: 11 (4/13-25)hits: 3 (4/19 vs TEX)RBI: 2 (4/14 at LAD) Snapped - 5x16 in last 4 G after career-high-tying 0x18 skid (4/26-29). Streaking - Had 11-G hit streak 4/13-25: 18x44/.409 w/9 R, 6 2B, HR, 5

    RBI, 4 BB...26th career hit streak of 10+ games or more (last: 7/29-8/8/14)...his longest hit streak since an 11-G streak (8/5-16/13 w/NYY).

    Multi-Hit G - Since 4/14 has recorded 7 multi-hit games. HR #1 - Was 2x5 w/2B & HR #1, a 2-run shot in 1st, 4/14 at LAD. .300 Again - Hit over .300 for the 6th consecutive season in 2014, tied for

    the longest active streak in the Majors with Victor Martinez. 14 Awards - AL All-Star (starter at 2B), Mariners nominee for Hank Aaron

    Award, Mariners BBWAA MVP and fi nalist for Rawlings Gold Glove Award. Career - Six-time All-Star (AL starter at 2B, 2010-c), 5 Silver Slugger Awards

    (2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013) and 2 Gold Gloves in 10-year career.

    #23 - NELSON CRUZ, OF/DH vs. Shoemaker: .167 (1x6)Last Game: 1x4, 2 K, 5/3 at HOU Current Streak: 3 G (6x12)Roadtrip: 12x28, 6R, 2B, 3B, 4HR, 5RBI, BB, 6K Last HR: 5/2 at HOU (#12&13)Season-Highs: streak: 9 (4/11-20)hits: 3-5x (5/2 at HOU)RBI: 5 (4/19 vs. TEX) April POM - Named AL Player of the Month for AprilCruzs fi rst POM Award

    and the fi rst Mariners position player to earn a monthly award since Ichiro in August 2004in 22 G in April batted .322 (28x87) w/10 HR, 3 2B, 3B, 22 RBI.

    League Leader - Leads AL in HR (13), RBI (25), SLG (.788), OPS (1.175). Clutch - Leads MLB with 10 go-ahead RBI and 5 game-winning RBI (tied). OF vs. DH - .407 (24x59, 11 HR, 21 RBI) as OF & .250 (10x40, 2 HR) as DH. Long Ball - Hit MLB-leading 12th & 13th HR 5/2 at HOU10 of 13 HR are solo. Quite the Stretch - Has hit safely in 18 of last 21 G after going 1-for-15 in fi rst

    4 G to start seasonsince April 11: .393/33x84, 17R, 3 2B, 3B, 13HR, 25RBI. POW - Named American League Player of the Week, April 13-19...hit .500

    (12x24), 7 R, 6 HR, 10 RBI and a 1.806 OPS in 6 G vs. the Dodgers and Rang-ers...marks Cruzs 4th career Player of the Week honor, having won the award twice last year w/BAL (June 2 & Sept. 8, 2014) and once w/TEX (May 24, 2010).

    Multi-Blasts - 16th career/3rd in 2015 multi-HR game 5/2 at HOU (3x4, 2 HR, 2 RBI)leads MLB with 3 multi-HR games.

    Walk it off - recorded 7th career walk-off RBI with 1B off Neftali Feliz in the 9th 4/19 vs. TEX (last: 7/7/12 against MIN Kyle Waldrop 2B).

    April Homers - His 10 HR in April were 3rd-most in club history (trails: Ken Griffey Jr. - 13 in 97, 11 in 98)...Cruz 10 HR were most in any April in his ca-reer (had 7 in 11 and 10) and 2nd-most in a single month (13 in May, 2014).

    HR Streak - Homered (6 total) in 5 consec. G 4/11-15, incl. 2 4/13 at LAD. 5 Straight - 5 straight games w/HR was T2nd in team history: Griffey Jr., 8;

    Cruz, Buhner (2x), Zisk, A. Rodriguez all 5 games. On the Board - Collected his 1st hit as a Mariner 4/7 vs. LAA (1B off Wilson). Welcome To Seattle - Signed a 4-year FA contract w/SEA on Dec. 4, 2014. 2014 Season - Led the Majors with career-high 40 HRAL All-Star (starter)

    ...hit .271 (166x613) with 87 R, 32 2B, 2 3B, 40 HR, 108 RBI in 154 w/BAL. Homer Happy - Hit at least 20 home runs for the 6th consecutive season1

    of 7 players with 20+ homers in each season since 2009.

    #16 - AUSTIN JACKSON, OF vs. Shoemaker: .333 (3x9), 2 KLast Game: 0x2, 5/3 at HOU Current Streak: 0 G (0x2)Roadtrip: 4x21, 2 R, 3 BB, 3 K, 3 BB, CS Last HR: 4/25 vs. MIN (#2)Season-Highs: streak: 5 (4/14-19)hits: 3 (4/19 vs. TEX)RBI: 2-2x (4/25 vs. MIN) Disabled List - Placed on the 15-day DL with a right ankle sprain on May 4;

    left in 3rd with an injury running to 1B, 5/3 at HOU. Lately - Batting .154 (4x26) with 2 R, 3 BB, 4 K, 3 SB in last 8 G, after batting

    .302 (13x43), 6 R, 2B, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 2 BB, 2 SB in 10 G, April 14-25. Running Wild - Has 5 stolen bases in last 11 gamesT10th in AL with 5 SB. Patrolling CF - Started 23 of 25 G in CF. HR #1- Hit leadoff HR on 4/19 vs. TEX...11th career leadoff HR (last: 9/22/12

    vs. MIN)...fi rst HR since 7/21/14 at ARI (w/DET); went 325 PA (not AB) be-tween HR, the 2nd-longest homerless streak in career (longest is 394 in 10).

    Seattle Bound - Acquired from DET on 7/31 as part of a 3-team deal.

    #5 - BRAD MILLER, SS vs. Shoemaker: .286 (2x7), HR, RBI, KLast Game: 1x4, 3B, RBI, GIDP, 5/3 at HOU Current Streak: 1 G (1x4)Roadtrip: 3x21, 3B, RBI, 3 BB, 3 K, SB, SH Last HR: 4/8 vs. LAA (#1)Season-Highs: streak: 7(4/17-24)hits: 2-5x (4/22 vs. HOU)RBI:1-8x (5/3 at HOU) Raising AVG - Hits in 11 of 16G (14x47/.298, 4XBH, 4RBI) after 0x14 (4G). GA RBI - GA RBI 2B in 11th at OAK 4/11 was GW; 1x4 w/BB, SB, relay to

    cut down winning run at plate in 10th. Splits - Batting .309 (17x55) vs. RHP, compared to .095 (2x21) vs LHP. Busy in the Field - 5th among AL SS w/103 TC4th w/210.1 IP at SS.

    #20 - LOGAN MORRISON, 1B vs. Shoemaker: .600 (3x5), 2BLast Game: 1x3, R, R, BB, 5/3 at HOU Current Streak: 5 G (9x20)Roadtrip: 9x24, 3 R, 2B, 3B, 2 HR, 4 RBI, BB, 4 K Last HR: 5/2 at HOU (#3)Season-Hi: streak: 6 (4/13-20)hits: 4 (4/30 at TEX)RBI: 2 (4/29 vs. TEX) Career-High - Career-high tying 4 hits 4/29 at TEX (4x, last: 6/23/14 vs BOS) Homer Time - Hit HR #2 5/1 at HOU (9th inning off Gregerson) and followed

    with HR #3 the following day 5/2 at HOU (2nd inning off McHugh). Coming Around - 9x20 (.450) with 3 R, 2B, 3B, 2 HR, 4 RBI, BB in last 5 G. Solid at 1B - Has not made an error in 235 TC/210.0 innings at 1B. Triple - Hit fi rst triple as a Mariner (17th of career) 5/1 at HOU (last: 9/15/13).

    #12 - JUSTIN RUGGIANO, OF vs. Shoemaker: Never FacedLast Game: 0x2, K as DR/CF, 5/3 at HOU Current Streak: 0 G (0x4)Roadtrip: 3x13, 3 R, 2B, 2 BB, 3 K, 2 SB Last HR: 9/13/14 vs. OAK (#14)Season-Highs: streak: 2 (4/28-29)hits: 2 (4/28 at TEX)RBI: --- Leading off - leadoff hitter 4/27 at TEX and collected 2 walks, scoring 2 runs. Appearances - Appeared in 16 of fi rst 22 G...5 BB & 6 hits in 32 PA in 2015. Welcome to Seattle - Acquired by Seattle from the Cubs in exchange for

    MiL pitcher Matt Brazis (rhp) on Dec. 17, 2014.

    #15 - KYLE SEAGER, 3B vs. Shoemaker: .111 (1x9), HR, 2 RBI, 2 KLast Game: 1x4, R, GIDP, 5/3 at HOU Current Streak: 1 G (1x4)Roadtrip: 3x23, R, 2 RBI, BB, 3 K, GIDP Last HR: 4/13 at LAD (#2)Season-Highs: streak: 7 (4/8-15)hits: 3 (4/19 vs. HOU)RBI: 3 (4/19 vs. HOU) 3 Hits - 3 hits 4/19 vs. TEX (37th career 3+ hit G, last: 9/6/14 at TEX). Tough Stretch - Over last 6 G batting .105 (2x19) with 0 XBH. Iron Man - Played in 151 straight games, 4th-longest active streak in MLB. 7-G Streak - Hit .286/8x28 w/2R, 2HR, 5RBI, 2BB in 7-G hit streak (4/8-15). Homers - HR #2 4/13 at LAD (McCarthy)...HR #1 4/8 vs. LAA (Shoemaker). 2014 Awards - AL Rawlings Gold Glove (3B), AL All-Star, AL Player of the

    Week (April 21-27 & June 23-29), MLBPA Heart & Hustle (Mariners nominee).

    #7 - SETH SMITH, OF vs. Shoemaker: Never FacedLast Game: 3x4, R, 2B, 3B, 5/3 at HOU Current Streak: 1 G (3x4)Roadtrip: 6x20, 2 R, 2B, 3B, RBI, BB, 5 K, GIDP Last HR: 4/26 vs. MIN (#1)Season-Highs: streak: 4 (4/25-30)hits: 3-2x (5/3 at HOU)RBI: 2 (4/6 vs. LAA) 3 H - HR short of cycle & season-hi (tied) w/3 H 5/3 at HOU (3x4, R, 2B, 3B). Good Stretch - Hit in 5 of last 7 G (.346/9x26, 4 R, 2 2B, 3B, HR, 2 RBI). HR#1 - Hit fi rst HR as a Mariner 4/26 vs. MIN (0 out/0 on/off Gibson). Mariners Debut - Went 3x3, R, 3 EBH (2 2B, 3B), 2 RBI, 4/6 vs. LAAfi rst

    Mariners player with 3 XBH on Opening Day. Welcome to Seattle - Acquired from SD in for B. Maurer (rhp) 12/30/14.

    #2 - JESUS SUCRE, C vs. Hernandez: Never FacedLast Game: 0x3, 2 K 5/1 at HOU Current Streak: 0 G (0x10)Roadtrip: 0x3, 2 K Last HR: - - - Season-Highs: streak: ---hits: ---RBI: --- Job 1 - Team is 2-2 in his 4 GS this season. Opening Day - Named to fi rst Opening Day roster. 2014 Season - Appeared in 21 G/18 GS (all at catcher), batting .213 (13x61). AAA - Hit .274/48x175 in 48G w/AAA Tacoma21 of 41 in CCS.

    #1 - CHRIS TAYLOR, INF vs. Shoemaker: Never FacedLast Game: --- Current Streak: 0 G (---)Roadtrip: --- Last HR: ---Season-Highs: streak: ---hits: ---RBI: --- With the Rainiers - Hit .313 (25x80) with 12 R, 5 2B, 3B, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 10 BB,

    6 SB in 21 games with AAA Tacoma. The Injury - On 15-day DL (4/4-18) w/fractured triquetrum bone in right wrist;

    struck in the wrist by a pitch in the 6th inning on 3/13 vs. the MIL...rehab as-sign. w/TAC 4/11-18...removed from DL and optioned to AAA 4/18.

    ML Debut - Made ML debut with the Mariners 7/24/14 vs. BAL (1x3, K)...overall hit .287 (39x136) w/16 R, 8 2B, 9 RBI, 11 BB, 5 SB in 47 G with SEA.

    #25 - RICKIE WEEKS, OF/DH vs. Shoemaker: .000 (0x2), K, HBPLast Game: 1x1, R, 2B, 2 RBI, BB, 5/3 at HOU Current Streak: 1 G (1x1)Roadtrip: 4x13, 3 R, 2B, HR, 3 RBI, 5 BB, 3 K Last HR: 4/28 at TEX (#2) Season-Highs: streak: 2 (4/27-28)hits: 2-2x (last: 4/28 at TEX)RBI: 3 (4/12 at OAK) GW HR - Hit eventual game-winning solo home run 4/28 at TEX. Starting off - Has 7 GS as LF, and 3 GS as DH this season. PH HR - Drilled a 2-out, 3-run, PH HR 4/12 at OAK for 1st HR as Mariner. Welcome to Seattle - Signed as a free agent on Feb. 18, 2015.

    #3 - MIKE ZUNINO, C vs. Shoemaker: .125 (1x8), 3 KLast Game: 1x4, R, 3B, RBI, K, 5/3 at HOU Current Streak: 3 G (3x12)Roadtrip: 3x20, 2 R, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 5 K Last HR: 5/2 at HOU (#3)Season-Highs: streak: 3 (5/1-c)hits: 2 (4/12 at OAK)RBI:1-5x (5/3 at HOU) Take Flight - Hit HR #3 5/2 at HOU as part of 3-HR inning (2nd inning). Put me in - Started 21 of 25 games of season at catcher (played in 24 of 25). 2014 Season - Set club HR record by catcher w/22 (prev. 19 by Olivo in 11). Iron Mike - Caught 130 G (125 GS)7th Mariners catcher with 130+ G.

    SEATTLE HITTERS vs. LOS ANGELES ANGELS 2015 CAREER HR @ AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI LAAAckley .286 7 2 1 1 .260 250 65 4 22 1Bloomquist -- -- -- -- -- .261 176 46 1 12 0Cano .250 12 3 0 1 .304 382 116 13 56 5Cruz .091 11 1 0 0 .274 419 115 25 69 9Jackson .231 13 3 0 0 .225 191 43 0 9 0Miller .400 10 4 1 1 .259 85 22 3 6 2Morrison .182 11 2 0 0 .233 60 14 1 5 1Ruggiano .000 2 0 0 0 .350 20 7 1 4 1Seager .100 10 1 1 2 .212 259 55 8 25 3Smith 1.000 3 3 0 2 .248 117 29 2 18 1Sucre -- -- -- -- -- .143 7 1 0 1 0Taylor -- -- -- -- -- .304 23 7 0 3 0Weeks .143 7 1 0 0 .111 18 2 0 0 0Zunino .100 10 1 0 0 .211 95 20 2 15 1

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    SCORE BY INNINGS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 X TotalMariners 15 7 12 11 12 11 10 7 5 2 92Opponent 21 9 17 23 8 10 7 12 7 4 118

    MARINER HOME RUNSRECORD BY HOME RUN 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 1-7 5-3 3-3 1-0 0-2 0-0 0-0

    HOME RUNS BY POSITION Total C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH PH P 31 3 3 1 2 1 3 3 11 3 1 0

    Grand Slams (0): NoneBack-to-Back (3): N. Cruz & K. Seager, April 13 at LAD (4th inn.); R. Can & N. Cruz, April 14 at LAD

    (1st inn.); L. Morrison & M. Zunino, May 2 at HOU (2nd inn.)Inside-the-Park (0): NonePinch-Hit (0): NoneLeadoff (0): NoneGame-Ending (0): NoneGame-Winning in Last AB on Road (1): Nelson Cruz, April 12 at OAKMulti (3): Nelson Cruz, 2: April 13 at LAD (2), April 19 vs. TEX (2), May 2 at HOU (2)

    DISABLED LISTName TYPE DL Dates Eligible Injury G Missed Team Record Edgar Olmos-lhp 15-Day April 4 (retro 3/30)-current April 14 Left shoulder impingement 25 10-15Tom Wilhelmsen-rhp 15-Day April 13 (retro 4/11)-current April 25 Hyper-extended right elbow 19 7-12 Hisashi Iwakma-rhp 15-Day April 24 (retro 4/21)-current May 6 Strained right latissimus dorsi 10 4-6Chris Taylor-inf 15-Day March 29 (retro 3/27)-April 18 Fractured right wrist - Triquetrum Bone 10 3-7

    MARINERS MULTI-HIT GAMES:Player 2 3 4 5 TotalAckley 1 -- -- -- 1Bloomquist 1 -- -- -- 1Can 8 1 -- -- 9Cruz 5 5 -- -- 10Jackson 4 2 -- -- 6Miller 5 -- -- -- 5Morrison 1 -- 1 -- 2Ruggiano 1 -- -- -- 1Seager 4 1 -- -- 5Smith 3 2 -- -- 5Sucre -- -- -- -- 0Taylor -- -- -- -- 0Weeks 2 -- -- -- 2Zunino 1 -- -- -- 1Team 36 11 1 0 48

    MARINERS MULTI-RBI GAMES:Player 2 3 4 5+ Total Ackley -- -- -- -- 0Bloomquist -- -- -- -- 0Can 2 -- -- -- 2Cruz 3 2 -- 1 6Jackson 2 -- -- -- 2Miller -- -- -- -- 0Morrison 1 -- -- -- 1Ruggiano -- -- -- -- 0Seager 1 1 -- -- 2Smith 1 -- -- -- 1Sucre -- -- -- -- 0Taylor -- -- -- -- 0Weeks 1 1 -- -- 2Zunino -- -- -- -- 0Team 11 4 0 1 16

    GAME-WINNING/2-OUT RBI:Player GWRBICruz .........................................................................5Can ........................................................................1Miller ........................................................................1Zunino .....................................................................1Seager .....................................................................1Morrison ..................................................................1

    Player 2-Out RBICruz ......................................................................10Seager .....................................................................6Weeks ......................................................................4Miller ........................................................................3Jackson ...................................................................2Smith .......................................................................2Can ........................................................................2Ackley / Zunino ........................................................1Morrison ..................................................................1

    STARTS BY POSITION (Team Record) 1B 2B SS 3B LF CF RF C DHAckley -- -- -- -- 6-9 0-1 -- -- --Bloomquist 1-1 -- 1-1 1-0 -- -- -- -- --Can -- 10-15 -- -- -- -- -- -- --Cruz -- -- -- -- -- -- 6-9 -- 4-6Jackson -- -- -- -- -- 9-14 -- -- --Miller -- -- 9-14 -- -- -- -- -- --Morrison 8-14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --Ruggiano -- -- -- -- 1-1 1-0 2-1 -- --Seager -- -- -- 9-15 -- -- -- -- --Smith -- -- -- -- 0-1 -- 2-5 -- 5-4Sucre -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2-2 --Taylor -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --Weeks -- -- -- -- 3-4 -- -- -- 1-2Zunino -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 8-13 --

    STARTS BY BATTING ORDER (Team Record) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9Ackley 0-2 1-2 -- -- -- 1-0 3-3 1-3 --Bloomquist -- -- -- -- -- -- 2-0 1-1 0-1Can -- -- 10-15 -- -- -- -- -- --Cruz -- -- -- 10-15 -- -- -- -- --Jackson 8-7 1-7 -- -- -- -- -- -- --Miller -- -- -- -- -- -- 1-3 4-4 4-7Morrison -- -- -- -- -- 5-8 3-5 1-1 --Ruggiano 1-0 2-0 -- -- -- 1-2 -- -- --Seager -- -- -- -- 9-15 -- -- -- --Smith 1-2 5-6 -- -- -- 1-2 -- -- --Sucre -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2-2Taylor -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --Weeks 0-4 1-0 -- -- 1-0 2-2 -- -- --Zunino -- -- -- -- -- 0-1 1-4 3-6 4-2

    PITCHER - Hernandez (5-0), Paxton (1-4), Iwakuma (0-3), Walker (1-4), Happ (3-2), Elias (0-2)

    Player Solo 2R 3R GS TotalAckley 3 -- -- -- 3Bloomquist -- -- -- -- 0Can -- 1 -- -- 1Cruz 10 1 2 -- 13Jackson 1 1 -- -- 2Miller 1 -- -- -- 1Morrison 3 -- -- -- 3Ruggiano -- -- -- -- 0Seager 1 1 -- -- 2Smith 1 -- -- -- 1Sucre -- -- -- -- 0Taylor -- -- -- -- 0Weeks 1 -- 1 -- 2Zunino 3 -- -- -- 3Team 24 4 3 0 31 Runs via HR: 41

    2015 MARINERS RECENT TRANSACTIONSMarch 29 Roenis Elias, LHP, optioned to AAA Tacoma. Carson Smith, RHP, optioned to AAA Tacoma. Mark Lowe, RHP, reassigned to minor league camp. Jordan Pries, RHP, reassigned to minor league camp. Kevin Correia, RHP, reassigned to minor league camp. Joe Saunders, LHP, reassigned to minor league camp. Shawn OMalley, UTL, reassigned to minor league camp. Carlos Rivero, INF, reassigned to minor league camp. John Baker, C, reassigned to minor league camp. Endy Chavez, OF, reassigned to minor league camp.March 30 Kevin Correia, RHP, released from minor league contract.March 31 Mike Montgomery, LHP, acquired in trade with Tampa Bay in ex-

    change for Erasmo Ramirez (rhp). Franklin Gutierrez, OF, released from MiLB contract and resigned. Joe Saunders, LHP, released from MiLB contract and resigned. Endy Chavez, OF, released from minor league contract.April 2 Mike Montgomery, LHP, optioned to AAA Tacoma. Joe Beimel, LHP, signed to minor league contract.April 3 Carson Smith, RHP, recalled from AAA Tacoma. Dominic Leone, RHP, optioned to AAA Tacoma. Edgar Olmos, LHP, placed on 15-day disabled list (retro to 3/30) with

    left shoulder impingement.April 5 Tyler Olson, LHP, selected from AAA Tacoma. Chris Taylor, INF, placed on 15-day disabled list (retro to 3/27) with

    right wrist fracture (triquetrum bone).

    April 6 Opening Day Roster (25 players + 2 DL) -- PITCHERS (12) - RH Danny Farquhar, LH Charlie Furbush, LH J.A. Happ, RH Felix Her-nandez, RH Hisashi Iwakuma, RH Yoervis Medina, LH Tyler Olson, LH James Paxton, RH Fernando Rodney, RH Carson Smith, RH Taijuan Walker, RH Tom WilhelmsenCATCHERS (2) - Jesus Sucre, Mike ZuninoINFIELDERS (5) - Willie Bloomquist, Robinson Can, Brad Miller, Logan Morrison, Kyle SeagerOUTFIELDERS (6) - Dustin Ackley, Nelson Cruz, Austin Jackson, Justin Ruggiano, Seth Smith, Rickie WeeksDL (2) - LHP Edgar Olmos, INF Chris Taylor.

    April 11 Chris Taylor, INF, sent on rehab assignment with AAA Tacoma.April 13 Tom Wilhelmsen, RHP, placed on 15-day DL w/hyperextended rt elbow. Dominic Leone, RHP, recalled from AAA Tacoma.April 18 Chris Taylor, INF, recalled from rehab assignment at AAA Tacoma,

    activated from 15-day DL & optioned to AAA Tacoma.April 24 Hisashi Iwakuma, RHP, placed on 15-day disabled list with strained

    right latissimus dorsi (retroactive to April 21). Lucas Luetge, LHP, recalled from AAA Tacoma.April 25 Lucas Luetge, LHP, optioned AAA Tacoma (post-game).April 26 Roenis Elias, LHP, recalled from AAA Tacoma.May 3 Yoervis Medina, RHP, optioned to AAA Tacoma (post-game). Tyler Olson, LHP, optioned to AAA Tacoma (post-game).May 4 Austin Jackson, OF, placed on the 15-day DL with right ankle sprain. Chris Taylor, INF, recalled from AAA Tacoma. Joe Beimel, LHP, selected from AAA Tacoma. Mike Kickham, LHP, designated for assignment.

  • 2015 MARINERS HIGHS & LOWS

    CLUBLONGEST WINNING STREAK ................................................................................................. 3, April 27-29LONGEST LOSING STREAK ................................................................................4, 2x, last: April 30-currentMOST RUNS, GAME:Mariners ......................................................................................................................... 11, April 19 vs. Texas Opponent .................................................................................................................... 12, April 10 at OaklandMOST RUNS, INNING:Mariners .......................................................................................... 4, 2x, last: May 3 at Houston (7th inning)Opponent ...................................................................................................... 7, April 19 vs. Texas (3rd inning)MOST HITS, 9-INNING GAME:Mariners ......................................................................................................................... 17, April 19 vs. TexasOpponent .................................................................................................................... 16, April 10 at Oakland FEWEST HITS, 9-INNING GAME:Mariners ......................................................................................................................2, April 7 vs. LA AngelsOpponent ......................................................................................................................... 2, April 18 vs. TexasMOST HITS, INNING:Mariners ........................................................................................................5, May 3 at Houston (7th inning)Opponent ...................................................................................................... 7, April 19 vs. Texas (3rd inning)MOST DOUBLES, GAME:Mariners .......................................................................................................................5, April 20 vs. HoustonOpponent ...................................................................................................................... 5, April 10 at OaklandMOST TRIPLES, GAME:Mariners .............................................................................................................1, 4x, last: May 1 at HoustonOpponent ................................................................................................................. 1, April 26 vs. MinnesotaMOST HOME RUNS, GAME:Mariners .............................................................................................................4, 2x, last: May 2 at HoustonOpponent ........................................................................................................................ 5, May 2 at HoustonMOST STOLEN BASES, GAME:Mariners ...........................................................................................................2, 3x, last: April 30 at HoustonOpponent ...........................................................................................................1, 8x, last: May 1 at HoustonMOST ERRORS, GAME:Mariners .............................................................................................................3, 2x, last: May 2 at HoustonOpponent ...........................................................................................................................4, April 29 at TexasMOST DOUBLE PLAYS TURNED, GAME:Mariners .............................................................................................................3, 2x, last: May 1 at HoustonOpponent ...........................................................................................................3, 2x, last: May 3 at HoustonMOST STRIKEOUTS, 9-INNING GAME:Mariners hitters ......................................................................................................12, April 14 at LA DodgersOpponent hitters ............................................................................................................ 15, April 18 vs. TexasMOST WALKS, 9-INNING GAME:Mariners hitters ................................................................................................................ 7, April 19 vs. TexasOpponent hitters .........................................................................................7, 2x, last: April 25 vs. MinnesotaMOST LEFT ON BASE, 9-INNING GAME:Mariners ......................................................................................................................... 12, April 19 vs. TexasOpponent ............................................................................................................... 11, April 25 vs. MinnesotaLARGEST DEFICIT OVERCOME IN WIN ....................5, April 19 vs. Texas (trailed 7-2 & 10-5, won 11-10)LARGEST LEAD GIVEN UP IN LOSS ...................................... 4, April 13 at LA Dodgers, (led 4-0, lost 5-6)LARGEST WINNING MARGIN ...................................................................3, 2x, last: April 29 at Texas (5-2)LARGEST LOSING MARGIN ........................................................................... 12, April 10 at Oakland (0-12)LONGEST GAME, INNINGS, HOME ................................................................. 11.0, April 26 vs. MinnesotaLONGEST GAME, INNINGS, ROAD ...................................................................... 11.0, April 11 at OaklandSHORTEST GAME, 9-INNINGS, HOME ........................................................... 2:03, April 24 vs. MinnesotaSHORTEST GAME, 9-INNINGS, ROAD ................................................................. 2:44, April 10 at OaklandLONGEST GAME, 9-INNINGS, HOME ..................................................................... 3:45, April 19 vs. TexasLONGEST GAME, 9-INNINGS, ROAD ..............................................................3:40, April 14 at LA DodgersLONGEST GAME, EXTRA-INNINGS, HOME ................................................... 3:40, April 26 vs. MinnesotaLONGEST GAME, EXTRA-INNINGS, ROAD ...................................... 3:39, April 11 at Oakland (11 innings)LARGEST CROWD, HOME ..............................................................................45,909, April 6 vs. LA AngelsSMALLEST CROWD, HOME .............................................................................13,949, April 21 vs. HoustonLARGEST CROWD, ROAD ............................................................................51,287, April 15 at LA DodgersSMALLEST CROWD, ROAD ...................................................................................19,748, April 27 at Texas

    INDIVIDUAL BATTINGLONGEST HITTING STREAK ..............................................................................................................................................................11, Robinson Can (April 13-25) MOST HITS, GAME ....................................................................................................................................................................... 4, Logan Morrison, April 29 at TexasMOST RUNS, GAME ......................................................................................................................................................... 2, 13x, last: Nelson Cruz, May 2 at HoustonMOST DOUBLES, GAME ........................................................................................................................................... 2, 3x, last: Robinson Can, April 20 vs. HoustonMOST TRIPLES, GAME .................................................................................................................................................1, 4x, last: Logan Morrison, May 1 at HoustonMOST HOME RUNS, GAME ............................................................................................................................................... 2, 3x, last: Nelson Cruz, May 2 at HoustonMOST EXTRA-BASE HITS, GAME ............................................................................................................................. 3, Seth Smith (2B - 2, 3B), April 6 vs. LA AngelsMOST RBI, 9-INNING GAME ............................................................................................................................................................ 5, Nelson Cruz, April 19 vs. TexasMOST RBI, EXTRA-INNING GAME ............................................................................................................................ 3, 3x, last: Nelson Cruz, April 13 at LA DodgersMOST STOLEN BASES, GAME .................................................................................................................................................2, Austin Jackson, April 30 at HoustonGRAND SLAMS (0) ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... None

    INDIVIDUAL PITCHINGFEWEST HITS ALLOWED (CG):Mariners ...........................................................................................................................................................................................5, Felix Hernandez, April 24 vs. MINOpponents ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 6, Phil Hughes, April 24 vs. MINMOST STRIKEOUTS, GAME (Starter):Mariners ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 12, Felix Hernandez, April 18 vs. TexasOpponents ..................................................................................................................................................................... 10, Brandon McCarthy, April 13 at LA DodgersMOST STRIKEOUTS, GAME (Reliever):Mariners ....................................................................................................................................................................3, 4x, last: Fernando Rodney, April 21 vs. HoustonOpponents .................................................................................................................................................................................4, Juan Nicasio, April 14 at LA DodgersMOST WALKS, GAME:Mariners ......................................................................................................................................................................... 4, 2x, last: Taijuan Walker, April 21 vs. HoustonOpponents ...................................................................................................................................................................................3, Kyle Gibson, April 26 vs. MinnesotaMOST INNINGS, GAME, STARTER:Mariners ........................................................................................................................................................................................9.0, Felix Hernandez, April 24 vs. MINOpponents .............................................................................................................................................................................8.0, 2x, last: Phil Hughes, April 24 vs. MINMOST INNINGS, GAME, RELIEVERMariners .............................................................................................................................................................................................3.0, Tyler Olson, May 2 at HoustonOpponents .....................................................................................................................................................................................3.2, Anthony Bass, April 19 vs. TexasLONGEST WINNING STREAK: ....................................................................................................................................................... 4, Felix Hernandez (April 6-current)LONGEST LOSING STREAK: ............................................................................................................ 2, Taijuan Walker (April 10-15) & James Paxton (April 7-current)MOST CONSECUTIVE SCORELESS INNINGS:Overall ...............................................................................................................................................................................................12.0, Felix Hernandez (April 18-29)Starter ................................................................................................................................................................................................12.0, Felix Hernandez (April 18-29)Reliever ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 10.0, Carson Smith (April 6-current)#Club Record ^Ties Club Record

    MARINERS UPDATEOverall Record ........................................10-15Series Records ...........................................3-5First Game of Series ...................................3-5Second Game of Series .............................4-5Third Game of Series..................................4-4Fourth Game of Series ...............................0-1Leading After 6 ...........................................9-2Trailing After 6 .............................................1-8Tied After 6 ..................................................0-5Leading After 7 ...........................................8-2Trailing After 7 .............................................2-8Tied After 7 ..................................................0-5Leading After 8 ...........................................8-1Trailing After 8 ...........................................1-11Tied After 8 ..................................................1-3Score First ...................................................8-5Opponent Score First ...............................2-10Comeback Wins / Blown Losses ............4 / 7Last at-bat W/L (walk-off) ................. 3-5 (1-3)Hit a home run ............................................9-8No home runs .............................................1-7Scoring 4 or more runs ..............................5-7Scoring less than 4 runs ............................5-8Shutouts Thrown / Times Shut Out ........1 / 2Score in 3 or more innings .........................5-6Out-hit opponent ........................................5-4Out-hit by opponent .................................4-10Hits even ......................................................1-1Lineups Used ............................................... 21Players Used (Pitchers) ........................ 28 (15)Safeco Field Roof Open .............................5-6Safeco Field Roof Closed ..........................0-1Safeco Field Roof Moved ...........................0-0Sunday Cream Jersey ................................1-1Northwest Green Jersey ............................1-1Astro Navy Jersey .......................................1-32014 after 25 games ...............................11-142014 after 26 games ...............................12-142014 after 27 games ...............................12-15Best ever after 25 games .................20-5 (01)Best ever after 26 games .................20-6 (01)Best ever after 27 games .................21-6 (01)April ..........................................................10-12May ..............................................................0-3June .............................................................0-0July ...............................................................0-0August .........................................................0-0September ...................................................0-0Monday ........................................................2-2Tuesday .......................................................1-3Wednesday ..................................................2-2Thursday ......................................................0-1Friday ...........................................................1-3Saturday ......................................................2-2Sunday .........................................................2-2Safeco Field Sellouts ..................................1-01-Run Games/2-Run Games .............. 5-5/3-5Extra Innings ...............................................2-3Average Time of Game (9-inn.) ................ 2:58Postponements............................................---

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    2015 MARINERS DAY-BY-DAYSG D D/N OPP W / L SCORE WINNER/LOSER/SAVE REC. POS GA/GB CLUBS TIME ATT1 4/6 D LAA W 4-1 Hernandez (1-0)/Weaver/Rodney (1) 1-0 T1 +1.0 OAK/HOU 2:33 45,9092 4/7 N LAA L 0-2 Wilson/Paxton (0-1)/Street 1-1 T2 -0.5 HOU 2:13 26,5453 4/8 N LAA L 3-5 Shoemaker/Iwakuma (0-1)/Street 1-2 T4 -1.0 LAA/OAK 2:48 25,495 4/9 Off Day 1-2 T4 -1.0 LAA4 4/10 N @OAK L 0-12 Pomeranz/Walker (0-1) 1-3 5 -1.5 OAK 2:44 30,1145 4/11 D @OAK W 5-4 (11) Olson (1-0)/Abad/Rodney (2) 2-3 T3 -0.5 OAK/TEX 3:39 24,3556 4/12 D @OAK W 8-7 (10) Rodney (1-0)/Clippard/Medina (1) 3-3 T1 - - HOU 3:11 32,2827 4/13 N @LAD L 5-6 (10) Garcia/Leone (0-1) 3-4 T2 -0.5 OAK 3:04 42,2028 4/14 N @LAD L 5-6 Garcia/Rodney (1-1) 3-5 T3 -1.5 OAK 3:40 43,1159 4/15 N @LAD L 2-5 Anderson/Walker (0-2) 3-6 5 -1.5 OAK 2:53 51,287 4/16 Off Day 3-6 5 -1.5 OAK10 4/17 N TEX L 1-3 Gallardo/Happ (0-1)/Feliz 3-7 5 -2.0 LAA 3:00 36,60611 4/18 N TEX W 3-1 Hernandez (2-0)/Lewis/Rodney (3) 4-7 5 -1.5 OAK 3:00 43,01712 4/19 D TEX W 11-10 Medina (1-0)/Feliz 5-7 T3 -1.0 HOU 3:45 31,60113 4/20 N HOU L 5-7 Sipp/Farquhar (0-1)/Gregerson 5-8 T3 -2.0 HOU 3:36 15,12914 4/21 N HOU L 3-6 Furbush (0-1)/McHugh/Qualls 5-9 5 -3.0 HOU 3:00 13,949 15 4/22 N HOU W 3-2 Happ (1-1)/Hernandez/Rodney (4) 6-9 T3 -2.0 HOU 2:34 14,756 4/23 Off Day 6-9 T4 -2.0 HOU 16 4/24 N MIN W 2-0 HERNANDEZ (3-0)/HUGHES 7-9 T3 -2.0 HOU 2:03 25,21517 4/25 N MIN L 5-8 Stauffer/Paxton (0-2)/Perkins 7-10 T3 -2.0 HOU 3:26 33,56618 4/26 D MIN L 2-4 (11) Fien/Olson (1-1)/Perkins 7-11 T3 -4.0 HOU 3:40 35,41219 4/27 N @TEX W 3-1 Walker (1-2)/Gallardo/Rodney (5) 8-11 3 -4.0 HOU 2:47 19,74820 4/28 N @TEX W 2-1 Happ (2-1)/Detwiler/Rodney (6) 9-11 T2 -4.0 HOU 2:43 23,71421 4/29 N @TEX W 5-2 Hernandez (4-0)/Rodriguez/Rodney (7) 10-11 T2 -4.0 HOU 3:05 26,03722 4/30 N @HOU L 2-3 (10) Gregerson/Leone (0-2) 10-12 3 -5.0 HOU 3:01 19,108 April (10-12) Batting: .239 (178x746), 25 HR Pitching: 10-12, 8 SV, 3.93 ERA (88 ER, 201.1 IP)23 5/1 N @HOU L 3-4 Fields/Elias (0-1) 10-13 3 -6.0 HOU 2:50 21,83424 5/2 N @HOU L 4-11 McHugh/Walker (1-3) 10-14 3 -7.0 HOU 2:38 24,43525 5/3 D @HOU L 6-7 Neshek/Smith (0-1)/Gregerson 10-15 4 -8.0 HOU 2:50 25,28326 5/4 N @LAA RHP Felix Hernandez (4-0, 1.82) vs. RHP Matt Shoemaker (2-1, 6.00)27 5/5 N @LAA LHP James Paxton (0-2, 5.74) vs. RHP Garrett Richards (2-1, 3.00)28 5/6 N @LAA LHP Roenis Elias (0-1, 3.86) vs. LHP C.J. Wilson (1-2, 2.73) 5/7 Off Day29 5/8 N OAK30 5/9 N OAK31 5/10 D OAK 5/11 Off Day32 5/12 N SD33 5/13 N SD34 5/14 N BOS35 5/15 N BOS36 5/16 N BOS37 5/17 D BOS 5/18 Off Day38 5/19 N @BAL39 5/20 N @BAL40 5/21 D @BAL41 5/22 N @TOR42 5/23 D @TOR43 5/24 D @TOR44 5/25 N @TB45 5/26 N @TB46 5/27 D @TB47 5/28 N CLE48 5/29 N CLE49 5/30 N CLE50 5/31 D CLE May (0-3) Batting: .232 (23x99), 6 HR Pitching: 0-3, 0 SV, 7.88 ERA (21 ER, 24.0 IP)51 6/1 N NYY52 6/2 N NYY53 6/3 D NYY54 6/4 N TB55 6/5 N TB56 6/6 N TB57 6/7 D TB 6/8 Off Day58 6/9 N @CLE59 6/10 N @CLE60 6/11 D @CLE61 6/12 N @HOU62 6/13 D @HOU63 6/14 D @HOU64 6/15 N @SF65 6/16 D @SF66 6/17 N SF67 6/18 N SF68 6/19 N HOU69 6/20 N HOU70 6/21 D HOU71 6/22 N KC72 6/23 N KC73 6/24 N KC 6/25 Off Day74 6/26 N @LAA75 6/27 D @LAA76 6/28 D @LAA 6/29 Off Day77 6/30 N @SD June (0-0) Batting: .--- (---), 0 HR Pitching: 0-0, 0 SV, -.-- ERA (-- ER, -- IP)

  • GI PINCH HIT PLAYER AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB IBB SO SB CS DP E SLG OBP AB H HR RBI Ackley,D .200 22 60 7 12 23 2 0 3 3 1 0 0 3 0 10 0 0 0 0 .383 .238 3 0 0 0 Bloomquist,W .238 10 21 1 5 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 .238 .273 4 0 0 0 Cano,R .255 25 102 14 26 38 9 0 1 7 0 0 0 6 1 16 0 2 4 2 .373 .296 0 0 0 0 Cruz,N .343 25 99 17 34 78 3 1 13 25 0 0 0 7 2 21 1 0 1 1 .788 .387 0 0 0 0 Jackson,A .242 25 95 11 23 31 2 0 2 4 1 0 0 7 0 19 5 2 1 2 .326 .294 0 0 0 0 Miller,B .250 25 76 4 19 29 3 2 1 8 2 1 0 6 0 17 3 1 1 4 .382 .301 1 0 0 0 Morrison,L .218 24 87 7 19 31 1 1 3 6 0 0 0 5 0 11 1 0 2 0 .356 .261 0 0 0 0 Ruggiano,J .222 17 27 4 6 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 8 2 0 0 1 .296 .344 3 2 0 0 Seager,K .244 25 90 6 22 33 5 0 2 12 0 1 0 7 1 11 1 1 3 4 .367 .296 0 0 0 0 Smith,S .276 19 58 8 16 28 5 2 1 6 0 2 0 6 0 11 0 0 3 0 .483 .333 1 0 0 0 Sucre,J .000 4 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 Weeks Jr,R .200 18 45 5 9 16 1 0 2 7 0 0 1 6 0 15 0 0 2 0 .356 .308 8 2 1 5 Zunino,M .143 24 70 8 10 21 2 0 3 5 0 1 1 6 0 29 0 0 3 2 .300 .218 0 0 0 0 * Iwakuma,H .000 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 Paxton,J .000 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 Walker,T .000 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 0 0 0 0

    SEATTLE .238 25 845 92 201 341 35 6 31 84 6 5 3 64 4 179 14 6 21 19 .404 .292 20 4 1 5 OPPONENTS .257 25 870 118 224 358 55 2 25 113 6 4 8 82 14 199 9 8 16 13 .411 .326 16 3 1 4 DH .218 25 87 9 19 37 4 1 4 10 0 1 1 5 1 18 0 0 4 0 .425 .266 3 1 1 3 OPP PITCHER R/L W L ERA G GS CG GF SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK AVG Elias,R L 0 1 3.86 2 2 0 0 0 0 11.2 12 5 5 2 1 6 0 14 1 0 .279 Farquhar,D R 0 1 4.05 11 0 0 3 0 0 13.1 12 6 6 1 0 4 1 11 1 0 .245 Furbush,C L 0 1 2.84 12 0 0 1 0 0 6.1 5 3 2 0 0 2 0 5 3 0 .208 Happ,J L 2 1 3.51 5 5 0 0 0 0 33.1 33 13 13 4 0 6 1 24 0 0 .258

    Hernandez,F R 4 0 1.82 5 5 1 0 1 0 34.2 22 7 7 1 3 6 0 36 0 0 .182 * Iwakuma,H R 0 1 6.61 3 3 0 0 0 0 16.1 20 13 12 5 0 3 0 11 0 0 .308 Leone,D R 0 2 4.32 7 0 0 2 0 0 8.1 7 5 4 0 0 6 1 4 2 0 .219 Medina,Y R 1 0 3.00 12 0 0 3 0 1 12.0 11 5 4 1 0 7 0 9 1 0 .234 *+Olmos,E L 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 +Olson,T L 1 1 5.40 11 0 0 4 0 0 13.1 18 8 8 2 1 10 7 8 0 1 .346 Paxton,J L 0 2 5.74 5 5 0 0 0 0 26.2 30 20 17 4 0 8 0 26 1 0 .268 Rodney,F R 1 1 5.23 11 0 0 9 0 7 10.1 11 6 6 0 0 6 1 11 0 0 .275 +Rollins,D L 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 +Smith,C R 0 1 0.79 12 0 0 1 0 0 11.1 4 1 1 1 1 3 1 14 0 0 .103 Walker,T R 1 3 8.74 5 5 0 0 0 0 22.2 34 24 22 4 2 12 1 21 1 0 .343 * Wilhelmsen,T R 0 0 6.75 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 5 2 2 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 .385

    SEATTLE 10 15 4.35 25 25 1 24 1 8 225.1 224 118 109 25 8 82 14 199 10 1 .257 OPPONENTS 15 10 3.28 25 25 1 24 2 9 227.2 201 92 83 31 3 64 4 179 9 0 .238

    * = D/L, + = ROOKIE, # = MULT. TEAMS

    HOME ROAD TOTALS W L W L W L SEA OPP. VS. BALTIMORE 0 0 0 0 0 0 DOUBLE PLAYS 19 24 VS. BOSTON 0 0 0 0 0 0 TRIPLE PLAYS 0 0 VS. NEW YORK 0 0 0 0 0 0 LEFT ON BASE 148 176 VS. TAMPA BAY 0 0 0 0 0 0 GRAND SLAM HR 0 0 VS. TORONTO 0 0 0 0 0 0 HOME RUNS - HOME 12 10 TOTALS VS. EAST 0 0 0 0 0 0 HOME RUNS - ROAD 19 15 VS. CLEVELAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 VS. CHICAGO 0 0 0 0 0 0 VS. DETROIT 0 0 0 0 0 0 VS. KANSAS CITY 0 0 0 0 0 0 VS. MINNESOTA 1 2 0 0 1 2 TOTALS VS. CENTRAL 1 2 0 0 1 2 HOME ROAD TOTALS W L W L W L VS. HOUSTON 1 2 0 4 1 6 SHUTOUTS 1 1 0 1 1 2 VS. LOS ANGELES 1 2 0 0 1 2 SHO - INDIVIDUAL 1 0 0 0 1 0 VS. OAKLAND 0 0 2 1 2 1 EXTRA INNINGS 0 1 2 2 2 3 VS. TEXAS 2 1 3 0 5 1 ONE-RUN DECISIONS 2 0 3 5 5 5 TOTALS VS. WEST 4 5 5 5 9 10 TWO-RUN DECISIONS 2 5 1 0 3 5 VS. LH STARTERS 1 1 2 3 3 4 TOTALS VS. A.L. 5 7 5 5 10 12 VS. RH STARTERS 4 6 3 5 7 11 GRASS FIELDS 5 7 5 8 10 15 ARTIFICIAL FIELDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 DAY GAMES 2 1 2 1 4 2 NIGHT GAMES 3 6 3 7 6 13 VS. LOS ANGELES 0 0 0 3 0 3 TOTALS VS. N.L. 0 0 0 3 0 3 OVERALL TOTALS 5 7 5 8 10 15

    DOUBLEHEADERS (HOME) WON 0 LOST 0 SPLIT 0 DOUBLEHEADERS (ROAD) WON 0 LOST 0 SPLIT 0 WON LOST ATTENDANCE STARTERS 7 8 HOME 347,030 ( 12 DATES) 28,919 AVG RELIEVERS 3 7 ROAD 383,514 ( 13 DATES) 29,501 AVG STREAKS 3 * 4 (* FOR CURRENT STREAK)

    2015 SEATTLE MARINERS STATISTICS

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