SEATTLE MARINERS (36-42) vs.

SAN DIEGO PADRES (37-43)

Wednesday, July 1, 2015
Game 80 Home Game 40 Petco Park San Diego, CA
1

LOB

Seattle

San Diego

Winning Pitcher:
Losing Pitcher:
Save:

Walker (7-6)
Shields (7-3)
None

Pitcher
Taijuan Walker
James Shields

Time of Game:
First Pitch:
Game-Time Temp:

3:01
12:42 p.m.
78 degrees

Attendance:
30,251
Season Total:
1,259,162
Season Avg. (40 games):
31,479

Starting Pitcher Lines

R
ER
BB
SO
HR
0
0
0
7
0
2
2
4
7
1
Thursdays Matchup
San Diego Padres at St. Louis Cardinals 4:14 p.m. PT
RHP Tyson Ross (5-7, 3.57) vs. TBA
IP
6.0
6.2

H
1
4

Pitches/Strikes
76/52
117/69

SAN DIEGO NOTES

James Shields owns a lifetime 49-26 record (.653) in 107 starts over his career in the final game of a series
(STATS, Inc.) is 4-2 this season in his seven starts in series finales.
o Now has 123 strikeouts on the year, which entered play today as the sixth-most in baseball.
o Threw 117 pitches today, the most thrown by a Padres pitcher this season and the most since Odrisamer
Despaigne threw 123 pitches on July 20 of last season.
o Owns a lifetime 25-16 record in 61 career starts and appearances against AL West teams, pitching to a
3.27 ERA (155 ER, 426.1 IP) his win total against the AL West entered today as the fourth-most among
active players to have never played a game within the division.
o Is 5-5 in his career against the Mariners with a 3.79 ERA (46 ER, 109.0 IP) to go along with 109
strikeouts against 28 walks.
Yonder Alonso is hitting .300 (15-for-50) over his last 14 games since being reinstated from the disabled list
on June 2, is hitting .289 (28-for-97).
Yangervis Solarte is has hit safely in four of his last five games, batting .412 (7-for-17) with four doubles and
multi-hit games in two of those five games.

SEATTLE NOTES
The Mariners have recorded 19 back-to-back team shutouts in club history, with the most recent one being June 89 of last year when Seattle shutout the Tampa Bay Rays in two consecutive games.
Taijuan Walker is 6-1 over his last seven starts (all quality starts) since May 29, pitching to a 1.68 ERA (9 ER, 48.1
IP) has won his last five consecutive starts, the longest such streak of his career.
o Has not allowed a walk over his last 27.1 innings, which is the fourth-longest stretch by a starter in franchise
history, trailing only Cliff Lee (38.0 IP, June 2-29, 2010), Hisashi Iwakuma (35.2 IP, July 1-24, 2014) and
Jamie Moyer (28.1 IP, July 1-17, 2002).
o With seven strikeouts on the day, Walker is 7-2 this season when striking out five or more batters with a
1.90 ERA (15 ER, 71.2 IP) has struck out at least five batters in each of his last seven starts and in nine of
his last 11 starts.
Robinson Cano recorded a season-high four hits in todays game, the 27th four-hit game of his career and one
shy of his career-high (Last, July 18, 2014 at LAA) also recorded a season-high three RBI today.
o Hit his fifth homer of the year in his career against James Shields, is batting .411 (37-for-90) with nine
doubles, two triples, five home runs and 17 RBI his 37 hits off of Shields is the most by an active player
off an active pitcher.

Nelson Cruz hit his 20th of the season, making it the 18th time in club history that someone has hit 20 home runs
before the All-Star Break with today being Cruzs birthday, he is hitting .360 (9-for-25) with a double, a triple, three
home runs and nine RBI in six games played on his birthday.
o Has hit in five straight games, going 7-for-20 (.350) in that time is hitting .329 (46-for-140) on the road
this season with 15 of his 20 home runs.
Home Runs
o Robinson Cano (5)
o Nelson Cruz (20)

Inning
6th
9th

Count
1-2
3-1

RBI
1
2

Location
LF
LF

Pitcher
Shields
Mateo

Distance
378
342