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Seattle Mariners vs. Baltimore Orioles - Friday, July 25, 2014 at 7:10 p.m. (ROOT Sports)
RHP Felix Hernandez (11-2, 2.02)
vs.
RHP Kevin Guasman (4-3, 4.04)


BALTIMORE ORIOLES (56-45) vs. SEATTLE MARINERS (53-49)
Thursday, July 24, 2014 Safeco Field

LINESCORE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB
Baltimore Orioles 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 8 0 4
Seattle Mariners 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 0 6
First Pitch: 7:10 pm Time of Game: 2:44 Temp: 62/varying @ 4 mph Attendance: 19,621

WP: Wei-Yin Chen (11-3, 3.92) LP: Hisashi Iwakuma (8-5, 3.09)
SV: None

HOME RUNS: NO. PITCHER INN. MOB OUT COUNT DISTANCE
Delmon Young 4 Iwakuma 3 2 0 0-0 385 ft./LF

PITCHING LINES:
BALTIMORE IP H R ER BB-I SO HR WP HB BK PITCHES/STRIKES
Wei-Yin Chen (W) 8.0 5 0 0 1-0 3 0 0 0 0 109/78
Darren ODay 1.0 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 19/12

SEATTLE IP H R ER BB-I SO HR WP HB BK PITCHES/STRIKES
Hisashi Iwakuma (L) 7.0 7 4 4 0-0 5 1 0 0 0 96/73
Yoervis Medina 1.0 1 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 14/10
Charlie Furbush 1.0 0 0 0 0-0 3 0 0 0 0 14/10



MARINERS NOTES:
Seattle was shut out for the 12
th
time this season (were shut out 11 times in 2013).
o Entered the day T2
nd
in the A.L. & T3rd in the Majors in times being shut out.
Seattle is 4-9 over the last 13 games after reaching a season-high tying 9 games over .500 at 49-40.
Dustin Ackley extended his hitting streak to 7 games, batting .444 (12x27) with 3 runs, 4 doubles and 3 RBI.
o In July is hitting .373 (22x59) with 5 runs, 6 doubles and 5 RBI in 18 games.
James Jones recorded his 20
th
stolen base of the season, becoming 4
th
rookie in club history to reach milestone.
o Joins Ichiro (56 in 2001), Phil Bradley (21 in 1984) and Donell Nixon (21 in 1987).
Chris Taylor made his Major League debut tonight, starting at shortstop and batting ninth.
o Is the 5
th
Mariners player to make their Major League debut this season.
Joins James Jones, Dominic Leone, Roenis Elias and Stefen Romero.
Is the third player from the Mariners 2012 Draft Class to reach the Majors (Mike Zunino & Leone).
o Recorded his first Major League hit in the bottom of the 5
th
inning (single to center off Wei-Yin Chen).
Hisashi Iwakuma lost for the first time since June 25 vs. Boston.
o During his 3-game win streak (4 starts), was 3-0 with a 1.57 ERA (5 ER, 28.2 IP) with 28 strikeouts.
Hisashi Iwakuma did not record a walk in his 7.0 innings of work tonight.
o Has not allowed a base on balls since his start on June 25 vs. the Red Sox.
o His string of 35.2 consecutive innings without a walk is 2
nd
longest in club history (C. Lee, 38.0 in 2010).

ORIOLES NOTES:
Baltimore recorded its 8
th
shutout of the season, their 5
th
on the road (last: June 22 at New York Yankees).
Baltimore is 15-7 in the last 22 road games since May 31; began the season 15-15 on the road.
Baltimore is 44-13 when scoring at least four runs in a game including 22-4 in the last 26 games.
Baltimore hit one home run tonight, entered the game tied for the Major League lead in home runs.
Starter Wei-Yin Chen tied a career-high with 8.0 innings pitched (also: April 26, 2013 at Oakland).
o Won his fourth straight outing (July 3 vs. TEX, July 10 vs. WAS & July 19 at OAK).
o Over his last four starts is 4-0 with a 2.92 ERA (8 ER, 24.2 IP) with 17 strikeouts.
o Defeated Seattle for the first time, had been 0-2 with a 4.56 ERA (12 ER, 23.2 IP) in four starts.
Delmon Young went 2-for-4 with a three-run home run tonight off Mariners right-handers.
o Against righties this season is hitting .351 (26x74) with 4 doubles, 2 home runs and 8 RBI in 40 games.
Caleb Joseph went 2-for-3, his fourth multi-hit game of the season (last: July 5 at Boston).
ORIOLES MANAGER BUCK SHOWALTER:


On the four big plays in that first inning to get quickly them out of it

I was actually just thinking about that, you beat me to it. Chris [Davis] made a big play there and about [Chen] made
athletic plays that most pitchers dont make. It makes a big difference. Things you work on all spring and you dont think
they carry over but they do but its got a lot to do with [Chens] talent. He made a great play there at the plate.

On Wei-Yin Chens glove flip play to Caleb Joseph

You know they actually practice that play in the spring. Its one of those things that sometimes people think youre just
killing time with pitchers but when it came to the play today but it really helped. You know Delmon [Young] had a big hit
for us today, obviously, and brought in some big runs in for us tonight. I though Ryan [Flaherty] had a great night at third
base.

On Chen matching Iwakumas performance tonight

You know weve faced a lot of good pitching on this road trip and were going to face some great pitching tomorrow night
so you know were going to have to get ready to be pitched some great games.