Post-Game Notes

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DETROIT TIGERS 2 (9-5) vs. SEATTLE MARINERS 1 (6-10) Final 14 innings

Wednesday, April 17, 2013 Safeco Field
FINAL 1 0 Detroit Tigers 0 Seattle Mariners First Pitch: 7:10 pm 2 0 0 3 0 0 4 0 0 5 1 0 6 0 0 7 0 1 8 0 0 9 0 0 10 0 0 11 0 0 12 0 0 13 0 0 14 1 0 R 2 1 H 7 11 E 0 2 LOB 11 10

Time of Game: 4:27

Temp: 54/1 MPH NE

Attendance: 14,981

WP: Drew Smyly (1-0, 2.89) LP: Charlie Furbush (0-1, 4.26) SV: Joaquin Benoit (1)
HOME RUNS: None PITCHING LINES: DETROIT Max Scherzer Octavio Dotel Phil Coke Brayan Villarreal Darin Downs Al Alburquerque Drew Smyly (W) Joaquin Benoit (S) SEATTLE Felix Hernandez Tom Wilhelmsen Carter Capps Oliver Perez Charlie Furbush (L) Blake Beavan NO. PITCHER INN. MOB OUT COUNT DISTANCE

IP 8.0 0.0 1.0 0.2 0.1 2.0 1.0 1.0 IP 8.0 2.0 0.2 1.1 1.0 1.0

H 6 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 H 4 1 1 0 1 0

R 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 R 1 0 0 0 1 0

ER 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ER 0 0 0 0 1 0

BB-I 1-0 1-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 BB-I 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-0 2-0 0-0

SO 12 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 SO 12 3 1 2 3 0

HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 HR 0 0 0 0 0 0

WP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 WP 1 0 0 0 0 0

HB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 HB 0 0 0 0 0 0

BK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 BK 0 0 0 0 0 0

PITCHES/STRIKES 105/75 8/3 8/7 21/9 4/3 25/16 27/18 9/6 PITCHES/STRIKES 106/76 20/16 9/7 27/12 32/17 9/7

TIGERS NOTES: Max Scherzer pitched 8 innings and allowed one run while striking out 12, but did not factor into the decisionis now st 4-1, with a 2.70 ERA (12 ER/40 IP), with 40 SO in 6 career starts against the Marinersposted his 51 outing with seven-or-more strikeouts since 2010, second only to Justin Verlander (61)Scherzers 12 strikeouts tonight were his most since 05/20/12 vs. PIT (15). Scherzer also had 12 strikeouts on 06/17/12 vs. COL. Torii Hunter extended his hitting streak to 11 gamesis hitting .449 (22x49) during that span. Austin Jackson extended his hitting streak to 8 games is hitting .364 (16x44) during that span. MARINERS NOTES: The Mariners tied a club record with 21 strikeoutsalso: 3/31/96 vs. CWS (12 inn) and 9/28/86 vs. CLE (12 inn). Felix Hernandez pitched 8 innings and allowed just 1 run while striking out 12, but did not factor in the th decisionfailed to collect his 100 career win in his third trylimited the Tigers to just 4 hits. It was just the 6th time this season the Tigers have not registered double-digit hit totals. The last time both starting pitchers allowed 1 or fewer ER with 12+ strikeouts was Randy Johnson (15 SO) and Mark Langston (12 SO) on 09/16/92 (Elias Sports Bureau). Felix Hernandez (12) and Max Scherzer (12) both recorded 10+ strikeouts tonight. Marks the first game in Safeco Field history where both starters registered double-digits in strikeouts. Felix and Maxs double-digit strikeout efforts tonight marks the first time since Clayton Kershaw (10 Ks) and Madison Bumgarner (10 Ks) on Aug. 20, 2012 (Giants at Dodgers), where both starting pitchers recorded 10+ strikeouts (happened 3 total times last season, first time in 2013). th With 12 strikeouts, Felix was one strikeout off his career high of 13 (3 times, last: June 28, 2012 vs. Boston)9 career start with 12 or more strikeouts (second-most by any of player since 2007, Lincecum 12, Hernandez 9, Verlander 8)has recorded 8 of the 9 12+ strikeout games since 2010, the most by any MLB pitcher over that time frame (Cliff Lee 7). Seattle pitchers have struck out 37 Tigers in the first two games of this series. Both the Mariners (21 pitching SOs) and Tigers (19 pitching SOs) have recorded 18+ strikeout, only the second time in MLB history (according to research via the play index tool at baseball-reference.com) that this has happenedonly other game was June 16, 2001 (Giants at Padres) where both teams had 20 strikeouts in a 15-inning 4-3 Padres win. NEXT GAME Detroit Tigers vs. Seattle Mariners - Thursday, April 18, 2013 at 12:40 p.m. (ROOT Sports) RHP Justin Verlander (2-1, 1.96) vs. RHP Hisashi Iwakuma (2-0, 2.18)