Post-Game Notes

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SEATTLE MARINERS 6 (70-89), KANSAS CITY ROYALS 0 (83-75)

Wednesday, September 25, 2013 Safeco Field
FINAL Kansas City Royals Seattle Mariners First Pitch: 7:11 pm 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 Time of Game: 2:25 6 0 0 7 8 9 R H E LOB 0 0 0 0 5 2 4 1 2 X 6 8 0 6 Temp: 59/ SW @ 2 MPH Attendance: 15,347

WP: Hisashi Iwakuma (14-6, 2.66) LP: Ervin Santana (9-10, 3.24) SV: None
HOME RUNS: Mike Zunino (SEA) Michael Saunders (SEA) Mike Zunino (SEA) PITCHING LINES: KANSAS CITY Ervin Santana (L) Will Smith SEATTLE Hisashi Iwakuma (W) Charlie Furbush NO. 4 12 5 PITCHER Ervin Santana Will Smith Will Smith INN. 5 8 8 MOB 0 0 0 OUT 0 2 2 COUNT 0-0 2-1 0-1 DISTANCE/FIELD 418/LF 386/RF 407/CF

IP 6.0+ 2.0 IP 8.0 1.0

H 5 3 H 4 1

R 4 2 R 0 0

ER 4 2 ER 0 0

BB-I 4-0 0-0 BB-I 1-0 0-0

SO 2 3 SO 8 0

HR 1 2 HR 0 0

WP 0 0 WP 0 0

HB 0 0 HB 0 0

BK 0 0 BK 0 0

PITCHES/STRIKES 103/57 30/19 PITCHES/STRIKES 101/73 14/10

ROYALS NOTES: The Royals were shut out on consecutive days for the first time since May 22-23, 2009 at St. Louis. Ervin Santana recorded his 10th loss of the season, allowing 4 earned runs on 5 hits with 2 strikeouts and 4 walks. o Pitched at least 6.0 innings for the 8th time in his past 9 starts, since 8/14. o Is 12-8 with 4.12 ERA (89 ER/ 194.1 IP) with 131 strikeouts and 72 walks in 31 career starts vs. the Marinersthe 31 starts are his most against any team. o Is 5-6 with a 3.20 ERA (35 ER/ 98.1 IP) with 80 strikeouts and 27 walks in 15 starts on the road this season. Eric Hosmer (1x4) extended his hitting streak to 9 games, since 9/16, batting .307 (12x39), with 5 runs scored, 3 doubles, 1 home run, 3 RBI, and 2 walks during that spanmatches his season-long hitting streak (also: 8/28-9/5). o Is batting .341 (31x91), with 14 runs scored, 6 doubles, 1 triple, 2 home runs, 13 RBI, and 9 walks in the month of September (23 games). Alex Gordon (2x4, 2B) has hit safely in 17 consecutive road games, since 8/17, batting .320 (24x75), with 15 runs scored, 4 doubles, 4 home runs, 11 RBI, and 4 walks. Mike Moustakas (1x3, 2B) snapped an 0-for-14 slump with a double to right field in the 5th inning. Ervin Santana committed a throwing error in the 5th inning, and Will Smith committed a throwing error in the 7th inning, which were the Royals 8th and 9th errors by pitchers this seasonComing into tonight, the Royals were tied for the 4th fewest errors by a pitching staff in MLB. MARINERS NOTES: The Mariners recorded back-to-back shutouts for the first time since April 21-22, 2011 vs. Oakland recorded their 14th team shutout of the season, which ties for 2nd in franchise history (2003: 15, 2001: 14) o Marks the 24th time the Mariners have shut out the Royals, and the third time Seattle has blanked Kansas City in back-to-back games (last: 9/22-23/89 at KC). Hisashi Iwakuma earned his 14th win, allowing no runs over 8.0 innings on 4 hits, with 8 strikeouts and 1 walk. o Extended his scoreless innings streak to 23.0 innings, since the 4th inning on September 6 vs. Tampa Bay this is his second streak of at least 20.0 consecutive scoreless innings this season, also recording a careerhigh streak of 23.2 scoreless innings May 26-June 10. o Worked 6.0 or more innings without allowing an earned run for the 10th time this year, setting a club record. o Has pitched 219.2 innings this season, T3rd-most innings in a year by a Japanese-born pitcher (Kuroda, 2012). o Iwakuma joins Freddy Garcia (2001 season) as the only pitchers in club history with a pair of streaks of at least 20.0 consecutive scoreless innings in the same seasonIwakuma is the only MLB pitcher with two streaks of 20.0 scoreless innings this season. o Lowered his season ERA to 2.66 (65 ER, 219.2 IP, 184 K, 7.54 K/ 9.0 IP)...entered the game with a 2.76 ERA (3rd-best in the American League), trailing AL leaders Bartolo Colon and Anibal Sanchez (both 2.64). o Recorded his 6th start of at least 8.0 innings this season and second in a row (also: 9/18 at DET). o Recorded 3rd start of the season with 8.0 shutout innings and second in a row (last: 9/18 at DET). Mike Zunino (2x4, 2R, 2 HR, 2 RBI) recorded his first career multi-home run game. NEXT GAME Oakland Athletics vs. Seattle Mariners Friday, September 27, 2013 at 7:10 pm PT (ROOT Sports) RHP Bartolo Colon (17-6, 2.64) vs. RHP Felix Hernandez (12-9, 2.99)

Kyle Seager (1x4, 2B, 2 RBI) drove in two runs with a double to right field in the 5th inningsmarked Seagers 56th extra-base hit of the season, which ties him with Kendrys Morales for the team lead first multi-RBI game for Seager since Sept. 6 vs. Tampa Bay. Nick Franklin (0x3, R, BB) had his career-high 8 game hitting streak snappedduring the streak, Franklin hit .367 (11x30), with 3 runs scored, 2 doubles, 2 RBI, and 4 walks.

Post-Game Quotes
ROYALS MANAGER NED YOST: That was quite a pitching duel for a while Hes [Iwakuma] an All-Star caliber pitcher. I think hes given up one run this month, true to form again tonight. He handcuffed us. We couldnt do anything. Your offense has been up-and-down this season, but the last two days it just looked like you ran into good arms Yeah, we did. Those were two great pitching performances. You kind of have got to give credit where credit is due. They shut us down, both guys, both night. Santana looked like he had it going early and then just a hiccup there in the 5th Yeah, got a fastball up to Zunino and he ended up hitting a home run in the 5th. The pickoff play made it tougher and then actually on [Seager], he didnt hit it good, kind of jammed him a little bit, but right down the line.