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Seattle Mariners vs. Tampa Bay Rays - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 at 7:10 p.m. (ROOT Sports)
RHP Hisashi Iwakuma (2-0, 2.45)
vs.
LHP David Price (3-3, 4.53)

TAMPA BAY RAYS (16-23) vs. SEATTLE MARINERS (20-18)
Monday, May 12, 2014 Safeco Field

LINESCORE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB
Tampa Bay Rays 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 - 5 10 4 5
Seattle Mariners 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 3 x - 12 14 0 6
First Pitch: 7:10 pm Time of Game: 3:10 Temp: 76/W @ 2 mph Attendance: 12,392

WP: Felix Hernandez (4-1,3.03) LP: Cesar Ramos (1-2, 3.71)
SV: None

HOME RUNS: NO. PITCHER INN. MOB OUT COUNT DISTANCE
Mike Zunino (SEA) 6 Ramos 2 0 0 1-1 355 FT/RF
Stefen Romero (SEA) 2 Lueke 8 0 1 0-1 402 FT/LF
Justin Smoak (SEA) 6 Lueke 8 1 2 0-2 395 FT/FC

PITCHING LINES:
TAMPA BAY IP H R ER BB-I SO HR WP HB BK PITCHES/STRIKES
Cesar Ramos (L) 6.2 11 9 5 2-0 6 1 0 0 0 114/75
Josh Leuke 1.1 3 3 3 1-0 1 2 0 0 0 30/22

SEATTLE IP H R ER BB-I SO HR WP HB BK PITCHES/STRIKES
Felix Hernandez (W) 6.2 8 4 4 0-0 7 0 0 0 0 111/73
Tom Wilhelmsen 1.1 1 0 0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 29/21
Yoervis Medina 1.0 1 1 1 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 19/12



MARINERS NOTES:
Seattle has won 8 of the last 11 games, 11 of their last 15, and 13 of the last 18.
The Mariners have now earned their 20
th
win after playing 38 games The last time the Mariners reached 20 wins in
38 games or fewer was in 2003 when their record after 31 games was 20-11.
The Mariners improve to 9-4 in series openers this season, and are 5-1 in home series openers.
Seattle has won 8 of the last 11 games, 11 of their last 15, and 13 of the last 18 games.
Seattle has scored 19 runs in the last two games after scoring 5 in the previous four games combined.
o Scored a season-high 12 runs (previous: 10, March 31 at Los Angeles Angels, May 3).
o Scored 5 runs in 2
nd
inning5
th
time this year to score 5+ runs in a frame (last: 8 in 7
th
, May 3 at HOU).
o Recorded 14 hits tonight, 13th time this season with 10+ hits (last: May 6 at Oakland).
Seattle tied a season-high with 3 home runs tonight (also: 3, April 2 at LAA & May 11 vs. KC).
o Have multiple home runs in three straight games (2 on May 10 and 3 on May 11 vs. Kansas City.
Felix Hernandez won for the first time since April 11 vs. Oakland and had 4 no-decisions and a loss in between.
o Is now 5-2 with a 2.28 ERA (23 ER, 90.2 IP) with 95 strikeouts in 12 career starts against the Rays.
o Is now 5-0 with a 1.61 ERA (12 ER, 67.0 IP) with 70 strikeouts in 9 career home starts against the Rays.
o Before allowing 3 runs in the 7
th
inning, he had not allowed a run to Rays in his previous 21.0 innings, dating back
to 3
rd
inning of his start on April 30, 2012.
o From the 8
th
inning on April 30, 2012 to the second inning tonight (and including the Perfect Game on Aug. 15,
2012), he retired 34 consecutive Rays batters.
o Felix was ejected by home plate umpire Mark Ripperger after being removed from the game with two outs in the
7
th
inning for arguing balls and strikesit was his first career ejection.
James Jones went 2-for-5 with 3 runs scored and a double (also reached on a fielders choice).
o Scored 3 runs; one run off the Mariners rookie record for a single game (4, Adam Jones on Aug. 9, 2007 vs.
Baltimore & Jesus Montero on May 30, 2012 vs. Texas.
o Has reached base via hit or walk 11 times in 22 plate appearancesoverall he is hitting .462 (8x18) with 5 runs, 2
doubles and 3 walks in 9 games.
Mike Zunino hit his 6
th
home run of the seasonentered the game T4th in the Majors in home runs amongst
catchers behind Atlantas Evan Gattis (8), San Franciscos Buster Posey (6) and Miamis Jarrod Saltalamacchia (6).
Robinson Cano has reached base safely in 21 consecutive games (since April 20)during the streak, he is hitting
.341 (28x82) with 11 runs, 5 doubles, 13 RBI and 7 walks.
Stefen Romero notched a career-high 3 hits and hit his first career home run at Safeco Field.
Kyle Seager is hitting .292 (14x48) with 9 runs, 1 double, 6 home runs, 14 RBI in 14 games at Safeco Field this year
o Hitting .423 (11x26) with 7 runs, 6 home runs, 14 RBI in his last 7 games at Safeco Field (since April 23).
All 5 of his multi-hit games at home this season have come in the last 7 games.
Tom Wilhelmsen 1.1 shutout innings tonight and has now tossed 11.1 consecutive scoreless innings (since April 21).
o Began the season by allowing 5 runs (4 earned) in his first 8.1 innings.
o The 11.1 consecutive scoreless inning streak is the longest by a Seattle pitcher this season.
Play review: Cano double in 1
st
inning reviewed to check for HR, call upheld 43 second review.
Play review: Corey Hart thrown out 9-4-6, might have been a HR, call upheld 45 second review.

RAYS NOTES:
The Rays have lost 5 of their last 6 games, and 12 of their last 18.
The Rays committed 4 errors, 3 coming in the 2nd inningits the second time in a span of 15 games they hit these
marks in a gameon April 27 at CWS, they committed 4 errors all coming in the 6th inningprior to that, they hadnt
done either since May 12, 2012 at BAL (5 errors, 3 in the 2nd inning).
The 2nd inning marked the 8th time the Rays have allowed an inning of 5-plus runs this seasonthey allowed only 10
such innings in all of 2013.
The Rays scored 4 runs in the 7th inning, snapping a string of 21.0 consecutive scoreless innings throw by Felix
Hernandez over his last 3 starts (since 4/30/12) vs. TB.
Starter Cesar Ramos recorded his 2nd loss of the season, allowing 9 runs (5 ER) on 11 hits in 6.2 inningsmarked
the most runs he has allowed in an appearance in his career, while allowing 5 or more earned runs in a start 3 times
(last: 8/26/13 at KC, 3.0,5,5,5,2,1,HR).
After allowing 9 runs on 11 hits, Cesar Ramos retired the final 12 batters he faced, including 6 via strikeouthe
established career highs in innings pitched (6.2), pitches (114) as well as hits, runs and tied his career high in
strikeouts (6, 3rd time)he allowed as many runs tonight as he had all season prior to this, in 27.1 inningsonly
once this season has a Rays starter thrown more pitches than Ramos did tonight: David Price on May 2 at NYY (118).
David DeJesus extended his hit streak to 8 games, batting .440 (13x29) with 3 runs scored, 4 doubles, 1 home run, 5
RBI and 1 walk.
o DeJesus is batting .412 (21x51) with 8 runs scored, 5 doubles, 3 home runs, 13 RBI and 9 walks since April 22,
when he snapped a career-long 0-for-24 skidduring this stretch average from .119 to 274.
Wil Myers has hit safely in 9 of his last 10 games with 4 multi-hit contests, batting .333 (14x43) with 7 runs scored, 3
doubles, 2 home runs, 8 RBI and 1 walk.
Sean Rodriguez is batting .364 (9x24) with 6 runs, 4 doubles, 1 home run, 4 RBI and 1 walk in 8 games in May.
James Loney is batting .350 (15x42) with 4 runs scored, 1 double, 7 RBI and 4 walks in 12 games in May.
Ryan Hanigan hit a 3-run double in the 7th inninghis 21 RBI are already more than half his career high (40 in 2010)
and are one shy of James Loney for the team lead...leads the team with a .423 (11-for-26) avg. with RISP.


RAYS MANAGER JOE MADDON:

General Thoughts:

They came out and jumped us early. They hit a lot of balls well. We had a chance to make that second inning less
offensive, but we didnt. We had three errors there by some really good defenders. It was just one of those moments. But
after that, what happened tonight above all the negative stuff was that Cesar was the ultimate professional. What he did to
get us as deeply into the game as he did and prevent us from using more bullpen people was really beneficial to us
tomorrow and for the days to come. Most people out there dont understand it, but what he did out there tonight was
spectacular.

On giving Felix Hernandez a big lead:

Thats called being sub-optimal. You dont like that but we kept battling through it. That was such a big number to
overcome. Right up to the very end, I was pretty pleased we just had a horrible start in the second inning.

On whats expected from starter after giving up eight runs:

110 to 115 pitches whatever that means. It meant six and two-thirds today. It could have been four, it could have been
five. But he really started making some great pitches in the fourth, fifth, and sixth he pitched really well. The first inning
happened, the second inning was a mistake inning, but after that he pitched like he had been pitching his last couple
times out.