Post-Game Notes

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SEATTLE MARINERS 4 (29-37), HOUSTON ASTROS 0 (22-44)

Tuesday, June 11, 2013 Safeco Field
FINAL 1 0 Houston Astros 1 Seattle Mariners First Pitch: 7:10 pm 2 0 1 3 0 0 4 0 0 5 0 0 6 0 1 7 0 0 8 0 1 9 0 X R 0 4 H 2 7 E 2 1 LOB 3 3

Time of Game: 2:15

Temp: 65/ Calm Winds

Attendance: 10,266

WP: Harang (3-6, 5.60) LP: Norris (5-6, 3.47) SV: NONE
HOME RUNS: Raul Ibaez (SEA) PITCHING LINES: HOUSTON Bud Norris Wesley Wright SEATTLE Aaron Harang NO. 13 PITCHER Norris INN. 6 MOB 0 OUT 1 COUNT 0-1 DISTANCE/FIELD 394/LF

IP 7.0 1.0 IP 9.0

H 5 2 H 2

R 3 1 R 0

ER 3 1 ER 0

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

SO 6 0 SO 10

HR 1 0 HR 0

WP 1 0 WP 0

HB 0 0 HB 0

BK 0 0 BK 0

PITCHES/STRIKES 94/63 9/7 PITCHES/STRIKES 114/78

ASTROS NOTES: Bud Norris (7.0,5,3,3,1,6,HR) threw his 5th straight quality start (since 5/21) o Over that stretch, he has a 1-2 record and 2.18 ERA (8 ER, 33 IP) o In 8 of his last 9 starts, hes held his opponent to three runs or fewer Jose Altuve (0x4) saw his 11 game hit streak snappedhe hit .277 (13x47) during the streak with 4 runs scored, 2 doubles, 1 home run, and 3 RBI. J.D. Martinez (2x3) has hits in 13 of his last 15 games (since 5/28) and is hitting .322 (19x59) with 6 runs scored, 2 doubles, 1 home run, and 6 RBI during that stretch o Tonight was his first multi-hit game since 5/30 @ COL (4 H, 1 R, 1 RBI) Jason Castro (0x3) is batting .307 (23x75) with 12 runs scored, 6 doubles, 5 home runs, 10 RBI, and 10 walks over his last 21 games (since 5/18). MARINERS NOTES: th Aaron Harang (9.0,2,0,0,0,10) threw his second complete game shutout of the season (last: 5/27 vs. SD)it is his 8 career complete game shutout he last threw 2 complete game shutouts in a year in 2006 (4/23 @ MIL, 7/23 @ CLE) th th o Tonight marked his 15 career complete game, and his 8 career shutout o 10 strikeouts is a season high for Harang (last: 8, 5/27 vs. SD)the last time he had double-digit strikeouts was 4/13/12 vs. SD (w/ LAD) th o Tonight was his 12 career game with double-digit strikeouts nd th o Retired 12 straight batters from the 2 to the 6 inning o has won 6 straight starts against the Astros dating back to 5/25/09he has a 2.04 ERA (9 ER, 39.2 + IP) during that stretch. Raul Ibaez (2x3, R, HR, RBI) hit his 13th homer of the seasonhe now has hit a homer in back-to-back games for the fourth time this seasonthose have all come within the last month (5/14-15 @ NYY, 5/17-18 @ CLE, 6/3-4 vs. CWS) o He leads the team with home runs (next: Michael Morse, 11). o He has hit 11 home runs in his last 26 games (since 5/10 vs. OAK) with 26 RBI o Tonight is his 8th game of the year with multiple hits (last: 2, 6/4 vs. CWS) Endy Chavez (2x4, 2 R, 2 2B) has hit safely in 8 of his last 9 games, hitting .333 (11x33) with 3 runs scored, 2 2B, 1 RBI, and 2 walks. o He hit 2 doubles for the first time since 08/12/11 @ OAK (w/TEX)s o Hes also tallied a hit in 26 of his 30 starts Kyle Seager (2x4, RBI) has hits in 20 of his last 22 games (since 5/19 @ CLE), hitting .319 (29x91) with 7 doubles, 3 home runs, 9 RBIs, and 6 walks th Nick Franklin (1x2, R, 2B, BB) reached base twice todayit is the 5 time hes reached base multiple times on the year With a sacrifice fly to left field in the 2nd inning, Michael Saunders (0x2, RBI) tallied his first RBI since 5/22 @ LAA Brendan Ryan (0x4) hit second in the lineup for the first time this yearit is the first time since 5/11/12 @NYY hes hit second.

NEXT GAME Seattle Mariners vs. Houston Astros Wednesday, June 12, 2013 at 7:10 pm PT (ROOT Sports) RHP Jeremy Bonderman (1-1, 6.75) vs. RHP Jordan Lyles (3-1, 4.03)

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ASTROS MANAGER BO PORTER:

Is it something Harang was doing tonight or was it your at-bats? He attacked the zone. I dont think it wasnt anything we were not prepared for; it just seemed like he missed barrels and changed speeds when he needed to. I dont think he had any walk, 10-something strikeouts; you have to tip your cap to him, he got through a complete game shutout and did a good job. Did Bud have a pitch limit? No, it was one of those things where we thought about doing it, but hes battling some cold symptoms and he did a great th job of giving us everything he had. At the end of the 7 there he was pretty much spent from an energy standpoint. How disheartening is it to have those two errors right away? Thats very disheartening, especially when you look it as basic fundamentals; throw the ball, catch the ball, back up the lanes from which the ball is coming from. I thought Bud was going to get out of it, after he made some big pitches during the first they were able to score what they ruled the wild pitch, the breaking ball in the dirt. Its very disheartening when you dont play solid defense and make the team score runs and you give them opportunities to put themselves in the better position to score runs.