Post-Game Notes

SAFECO FIELD P.O. BOX 4100 SEATTLE, WA 98194 TEL: 206.346.4000 FAX: 206.346.4400 www.mariners.com

SEATTLE MARINERS 6 (12-16), Baltimore Orioles 2 (15-11)

Monday, April 29, 2013 Safeco Field
FINAL 1 0 Baltimore Orioles 1 Seattle Mariners First Pitch: 7:11 pm 2 0 0 3 0 0 4 2 2 5 0 0 6 0 3 7 0 0 8 0 0 9 0 x R 2 6 H 4 11 E 0 0 LOB 1 7

Time of Game: 2:12

Temp: 51/ NE @ 3 MPH

Attendance: 9,818

WP: Joe Saunders (2-3, 5.25) LP: Zach Britton (0-1, 9.00) SV: None
HOME RUNS: Michael Saunders Matt Wieters PITCHING LINES: BALTIMORE Zach Britton (L) Tommy Hunter SEATTLE Joe Saunders (W) NO. 2 4 PITCHER Zach Britton Joe Saunders INN. 1 4 MOB 0 1 OUT 0 2 COUNT 1-0 2-2 DISTANCE/FIELD 401/Right 378/Left

IP 6.0 2.0 IP 9.0

H 10 1 H 4

R 6 0 R 2

ER 6 0 ER 2

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

SO 2 2 SO 2

HR 1 0 HR 1

WP 1 0 WP 0

HB 0 0 HB 0

BK 0 0 BK 0

PITCHES/STRIKES 101/60 26/18 PITCHES/STRIKES 105/66

ORIOLES NOTES: Zach Britton went 6.0 innings and allowed 6 earned runs on 10 hits while striking out two in his first start of the 2013 season. In his only other start against the Mariners (08/07/12), Britton went 5.0 innings and allowed 4 ER (7 R) on 8 hits while striking out 6. th Manny Machado extended his hitting streak to 8 games with an infield single in the 4 inning...is hitting .412 (14x34) with 4 2B, 1 3B, 5 RBI, 3 BB, 3 SO during his past 8 gameshas 7 hits in his past 13 at-bats. th th nd Matt Wieters hit his 4 home run of the season in the 4 inning. It was the 2 career home run Wieters has hit off Saunders in just 5 at-bats (2x5) with 2 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB. Adam Jones went 0-4 and had his 9 game hitting streak broken. J.J. Hardy went 0-3 and had his 5 game hitting broken. MARINERS NOTES: th Joe Saunders tossed a complete game allowing 2 earned runs on 4 hits while striking out 2. It was his 7 complete game and first since 04/27/12 @ MIA with ARI.is now 6-0 with a 4.22 ERA (23 ER/ 49.0 IP) with 13 strikeouts in 8 career starts against the Oriolesis now 8-0 with a 1.75 ERA (15 ER/ 77.1 IP) with 32 strikeouts in 12 career starts at Safeco Field. th Tonight marked the 16 quality start by a Mariners starting pitcher this season, and it puts them in a tie with the Detroit st Tigers for 1 place in the American League. st Michael Saunders hit a home run to right field leading off the bottom of the 1 in his first game since being activated rd from the 15-day disabled list. It was Saunders first career leadoff home run. (3 leadoff home run allowed by the Orioles this season). With the home run, Saunders extended his hitting streak to 8 games. Saunders is hitting .321 (9x28) with 1 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 4 BB, 4 SO during his past 8 games. o Saunders is now hitting .308 (4x13) with 1 3B, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 3 BB, 2 SO against left-handed pitchers this season. rd th Jason Bay extended his hitting streak to 4 games with an RBI-double down the 3 base line in the 4 inningwent 3x4 tonight with 2 1B, 2B, 1 R, 1 RBI, upping his season average to .269is Bays first three-hit game since Aug. 31, 2011 with the Mets (vs. Florida Marlins)is hitting .500 (7x14) with 1 HR, 4 RBI, 1 BB, 2 SO during his past 4 games. rd Kyle Seager singled to right field in the 3 inning and has now collected a hit in 17 of his past 18 gameswent 2x4 tonight with 1B, 3B, 1 RBIis hitting .373 (25x67) with 7 2B, 3 HR, and 12 RBI during his past 18 gameshas 70 rd extra base hits since the start of last season (45 2B, 2 3B, 23 HR). Thats 3 -most amongst AL third baseman (primary position) behind Miguel Cabrera (94) and Adrian Beltre (80). Justin Smoak went 2x4 tonight with 1B, 2B, 1 Rhas now collected a hit in 17 of the 26 games he has started. Michael Morse went 1x4...has now collected 4 hits in his past 12 at-bats. With the win, the Mariners have 4 of their past 5 games, marking the first time since an 8-game winning streak on 08/14/12-08/22/12 that they have won at least 4 of 5 games.

NEXT GAME Baltimore Orioles at Seattle Mariners - Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at 7:10 pm PT (ROOT Sports) RHP Jason Hammel (3-1, 3.82) vs. RHP Brandon Maurer (2-3, 5.61)

Post-Game Quotes
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ORIOLES MANAGER BUCK SHOWALTER: On what he saw from Zach Britton: It was okay, all things considered. I think the last inning he gave up a run they hit one ball out of the infield. He got through st the 1 inning. I thought he was throwing well. He gave us a chance. We just didnt do much off Saunders. On Joe Saunders performance tonight: He pitched well, obviously. Theres not any big secret about what Joes going to do. Youve just got to make the adjustments. He mixed in a lot of different pitches like he does. Hes been pitching for a long time. We just didnt make the adjustment to what he was doing. Pulling the ball on the ground, youre going to get a lot of outs.