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Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Game #32 (15-14-2)


Salt River Fields SEATTLE MARINERS (15-14-2) at COLORADO ROCKIES (12-16-2) Road #16 (8-5-2)

TODAY’S GAME INFORMATION


Starting Pitchers: LH Marco Gonzales (1-1, 1.69) vs. RH Chad Bettis (2-0, 4.80)
12:10 pm • Radio: 710 ESPN Seattle (delayed) / Mariners.com (live) • TV: ROOT SPORTS NW
TODAY’S TILT…the Mariners conclude their 42nd spring training with a Cactus League match-up
SPRING RECORD
today against the Colorado Rockies at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick…the Mariners will open the
Overall Record............................15-14-2
2018 season in 2 days on March 29 vs. the Cleveland Indians at Safeco Field.
PEORIA STADIUM............................. 9-8
Home Record.................................... 7-9 UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS (subject to change)…
Road Record..................................8-5-2
TUESDAY: Mariners at Rockies 12:10 pm 710 ESPN Seattle (delayed)
Current Streak................................. W 2
SEA — Gonzales*, Díaz, Altavilla ROOT SPORTS NW (live)
THE COUNTDOWN COL — Betts, Dunn*, McGee*, Shaw, Oberg
2 days to Opening Day, 3/29 vs. CLE WEDNESDAY: OFF DAY
UPCOMING SCHEDULE TUESDAY: Mariners vs. Indians 7:10 pm 710 ESPN Seattle (live)
March 28..................Workout in Seattle
CLE — Kluber ROOT SPORTS NW (live)
March 29..........................vs. Cleveland SEA — Hernández
March 30................................ OFF DAY * left-handed pitcher
March 31..........................vs. Cleveland
April 1...............................vs. Cleveland
TRIPLE SLASH CROWN…Daniel Vogelbach leads all of Spring Training in batting, on-base
percentage, slugging and OPS (also ranks 1st in extra-base hits)…Vogelbach also ranks T2nd in walks,
SPRING OPS LEADERS 3rd in total bases, T4th in home runs, T5th in doubles and T12th in hits…he has reached base safely
Rk. Name OPS in 18 of his 20 games with an at-bat this spring, batting .400 (20x50) with 11 runs, 7 doubles, 6 home
1. Daniel Vogelbach-SEA...... 1.431 runs, 12 RBI, 12 walks, a .531 on-base percentage and an .900 slugging percentage (1.431 OPS).
2. Rhys Hoskins-PHI............... 1.117
3. Enrique Hernández-LAD..... 1.113
FINISHING STRONG…the Mariners are 9-2-1 over their last 12 games, dating back to March 14…
4. J.D. Davis-HOU................... 1.090 during this span, Seattle is averaging 6.1 runs per game (73 R, 12 G)…Mariners hitters are batting
5. Jonathan Schoop-BAL......... 1.081 .299 (123x412) with 30 doubles, 4 triples, 19 home runs and 67 RBI over the club’s last 12 games…
6. Mookie Betts-BOS............... 1.081 during this same span, Mariners pitching have posted a 4.04 ERA (48 ER, 107.0 IP) while recording
107 strikeouts and only 33 walks.
BY THE NUMBERS
NO MINOR THING…four Mariners appeared in minor league games on Monday night: Ichiro

1.69
Suzuki, Mike Leake, Casey Lawrence and newly-acquired Wade LeBlanc…Ichiro went 1-for-5
with a single…Leake allowed 1 run on 4 hits over 7.0 innings while walking 1 and striking out 7
Marco Gonzales has an ERA of 1.69 (7.0,4,1,1,1,4,103 pitches)…Lawrence gave up 2 hits in 1.0 inning of work but did not allow a run
(4 ER, 21.1 IP), which ranks 6th-best and struck out 2 (1.0,2,0,0,2,21 pitches)…LeBlanc, who was signed as a free agent on Sunday,
in all of Spring Training…he trails Clay-
ton Kershaw-LAD (0.00/0 ER, 21.1 surrendered 3 runs on 4 hits in 0.2 innings pitched (0.2,4,3,3,0,0,19 pitches).
IP), Lance McCullers Jr.-HOU (1.29/3 JEAN, JEAN, THE HITTING MACHINE…Jean Segura has hit safely in 6 of his last 7 games (3/11-
ER, 21.0 IP), Noah Syndergaard-NYM
(1.35/3 ER, 20.0 IP), Julio Teheran-ATL c), batting .632 (12x19) with 3 runs, 1 double, 1 triple, 4 RBI and 3 walks during that span…over his
(1.40/4 ER, 25.2 IP) and Justin Verland- last 6 games, Segura has made 22 trips to the plate and reached base via a hit or walk 15 times…
er-HOU (1.64/4 ER, 22.0 IP). overall, this spring, he is batting .436 (17x39) with 7 runs, 2 doubles, 1 triple, 2 home runs, 10 RBI, 6
walks, a .500 on-base percentage and a .692 slugging mark (1.1192 OPS) in 15 games.

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Two Mariners recorded 7 doubles this
VS. THE ROCKIES…the Mariners and Rockies meet today in the finale of three Cactus League
match-ups this spring…Colorado has won each of the the first two meetings this spring, 3-2, on
spring: Daniel Vogelbach and Taylor March 6 in Peoria and 8-7 on March 13 in Scottsdale…the Mariners went 1-0-2 vs. the Rockies in
Motter…their 7 doubles are tied for
5th-most in all of Spring Training (also:
3 spring games in 2017…the clubs will face each other in the regular season July 6-8 in Seattle and
6 others)…Seattle is one of three teams July 13-15 in Denver…Seattle leads the all-time regular season series, 22-16, including winning 9 of
this spring to have a pair of players with the last 13 regular season meetings between the two teams (3-1 in 2017).
7 doubles apiece (also: Colorado and
St. Louis). FÉLIX NAMED OPENING NIGHT STARTER…Félix Hernández was announced as the Mariners
Opening Night starting pitcher on Sunday by manager Scott Servais…Félix will be making his 11th

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Daniel Vogelbach’s 13 extra-base hits
career Opening Day start and his 10th in a row…his streak of 10 consecutive Opening Day starts is
the longest among active pitchers…with his 11th overall Opening Day start, Hernández will tie CC
Sabathia for most among active players…in 10 career starts in the opening game of the season,
(7 2B, 6 HR) lead all of Spring Training.
Félix is 6-2 with a 1.64 ERA (13 ER, 71.1 IP) with 74 strikeouts.

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THE WORKOUT…the Mariners will work out at Safeco Field on Wednesday from 2:00-3:15 pm…
manager Scott Servais will be available to the media in his office at approximately 3:20 pm…the
The Mariners have had 90 players ap- Mariners clubhouse will be open to working media for approximately 45 minutes following the workout.
pear in at least 1 Cactus League game
this spring: 50 position players and 40 OPENING SERIES HIGHLIGHTS…the opening series against the Cleveland Indians begins with
pitchers. Opening Night on Thursday, March 29…the Mariners will open the regular season at home for the
first time since 2015 and just the second time in the last 10 years…gates on Opening Night will open
THE ROSTER
at 4:40 pm with the pre-game festivities beginning at approximately 6:30 pm, and the first pitch from
The spring roster is currently at 31 Félix Hernández slated for 7:10 pm…Rick Griffin, who spent 35 years as the club’s Head Athletic
players (28 roster, 3 non-roster)…
the camp breakdown by position Trainer before transitioning to the role of Athletic Trainer Emeritus at the end of the 2017 season, will
is the following: 15 pitchers (2 non- throw out the ceremonial first pitch…the series continues with Robinson Canó Bobblehead Day
roster), 2 catchers, 7 infielders and 7 on Saturday, March 31 (1:10 pm first pitch) and concludes with Kids Opening Day on Sunday, April
outfielders (1 non-roster).
1 (1:10 pm first pitch)…tickets for all games are available at Mariners.com/tickets.
ON THE AIR SETTING ROSTERS…the Mariners, and all other Major League teams, must submit their Major
Today’s game at the Rockies (12:10 League, 25-man, roster to the MLB Commissioner’s Office by 9:00 am PT tomorrow.
pm) will televised live on ROOT
SPORTS NW and will be broadcast COUNTDOWN TO OPENING NIGHT…the Mariners open the 2018 regular season in 2 days on
live on Mariners.com…it will also Thursday, March 29 vs. Cleveland at 7:10 p.m. at Safeco Field…tickets for Opening Night are
air on a delayed basis on 710 ESPN available at Mariners.com/Tickets, the Safeco Field Box Office and any Mariners Team Store.
Seattle (7:00 pm)…Rick Rizzs and
Aaron Goldsmith will call the action HEY DIVISH, DID YOU KNOW?…Daniel Vogelbach’s 1.431 OPS (.531 OBP, .900 SLG) ranks 3rd-
on the radio…Mike Blowers will join best among all qualifiers over the last 10 Spring Training seasons?…during that time span, he trails
Rockies broadcasters Drew Goodman
and Jeff Huson to call the game on TV. only Greg Bird in 2017 with the Yankees (1.654) and Nolan Arenado in 2016 with Colorado (1.596).
2018 SPRING TRAINING GAME NOTES • MARCH 27, 2018 • AT COLORADO ROCKIES

#32 — MARCO GONZALES (LHP)


YEAR TEAM W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB SO
2017 Palm Beach 0-0 1.50 1 1 0 0 6.0 2 1 1 1 0 7
Memphis 6-4 2.90 11 11 0 0 68.1 54 25 22 6 17 57
ST. LOUIS 0-0 13.50 1 1 0 0 3.1 6 5 5 3 0 2
Tacoma 2-0 4.50 2 2 0 0 12.0 8 8 6 0 5 9
SEATTLE 1-1 5.40 10 7 0 0 36.2 53 22 22 5 11 30
2018 SPRING 1-1 1.69 6 6 0 0 21.1 15 4 4 1 7 18
MiLB Totals 18-14 3.20 61 59 0 0 312.1 294 127 111 28 81 274
MLB Totals 5-3 5.47 22 14 0 0 77.1 98 47 47 13 33 64

2018 Spring Training - 1-1, 1.69 ERA (4 ER, 21.1 IP) in 6 GS...allowed 1 BB and struck out 4 in 2.0 hitless inning in Spring Training debut
on 2/25 vs. LAD...ND in Mariners 4-2 win on 3/2 at MIL, allowing 3 H and 4 K in 3.0 ShO IP...tossed 4.0 scoreless innings on 3/7 vs. OAK
(4.0,2,0,0,2,1)...L#1 on 3/12 vs. CWS (1.2,4,2,2,2,1,HR); left the game with a right hand contusion after being hit by a line drive...W#1
on 3/17 vs. LAA, allowing only 1 H over 5.2 IP (5.2,1,0,0,1,3)...ND in Mariners 5-4 win over Texas on 3/22 (5.0,5,2,2,1,5); allowed 2 R in
1st inning, but retired 11 of final 13 BF.
• Last Season - Went 1-1 with a 6.08 ERA (27 ER, 40.0 IP) in 11 games, including 8 starts with St. Louis (1 G) and Seattle (10 G, 8 GS).
• September Surge - In 5 games, including 2 starts, in September, went 1-0 with a 2.81 ERA (5 ER, 16.0 IP) and 17 strikeouts.
• Mariners Debut - Made his Mariners debut on Aug. 6 at Kansas City, getting a no-decision.
• The Trade - Acquired by Seattle from St. Louis in exchange for minor leaguer Tyler O’Neill (OF) on July 21, 2017.
• Tacome Time - Went 2-0 with 4.50 ERA (6 ER, 12.0 IP) with 9 strikeouts in 2 starts with AAA Tacoma…both of his starts were quality starts.
• AAA Recap - Combined with AAA Memphis (11 GS) and AAA Tacoma (2 GS), was 8-4 with a 3.14 ERA (28 ER, 80.1 IP) with 66 strike-
outs in 13 combined starts.
• Career - In parts of 3 Major League seasons with St. Louis (2014-15, ‘17) and Seattle (‘17), is 5-3 with a 5.47 ERA (47 ER, 77.1 IP) with
64 strikeouts and 33 walks in 22 games (14 starts)…drafted and signed by the Cardinals with the 19th overall pick in the 2013 MLB
Draft out of Gonzaga University...shared West Coast Conference Player of the Year honors with the Cubs’ Kris Bryant (University of
San Diego) as a freshman in 2011 and as a junior in 2013.

ALSO SCHEDULED TO PITCH


#53 — Dan Altavilla (RHP): #39 — Edwin Díaz (RHP):
2018 Spring Training: 1-1-1, 1.80 ERA (2 ER, 10.0 IP) in 10 G...struck out 2018 Spring Training: 1-1, 3.12 ERA (3 ER, 8.2 IP) in 9 G...retired 15 straight
the side in the 9th inning to earn SV#1 in Cactus League debut on 2/23 at BF over 5 appearances with 6 K’s, 3/4-18...allowed 1 BB in scoreless
SD...struck out 2 in 1.0 IP on 2/26 at CHI...tossed scoreless 5th inning on 4th inning in Cactus League debut on 2/25 vs. LAD...L#1 on 2/28 at CLE
3/2 at MIL (1.0,1,0,0,0,1)...2 K’s in 1-2-3 5th inning 3/6 vs. COL...1-2-3 4th (1.0,2,2,2,1,2,HR)...K’d 2 in 1-2-3 3rd inning 3/4 at TEX...K’d 2 in 1-2-3 6th
inning 3/10 at CIN...L#1 on 3/13 at COL, allowing 2 R on 2 H in 0.2 IP in the inning on 3/8 vs. SF...tossed 1-2-3 7th inning on 3/12 vs. CWS...K’d all 3 BF
9th...W#1 on 3/16 at TEX, striking out 1 over 2.0 scoreless innings...1 BB in 1-2-3 7th inning (immaculate inning/9 pitches)...1-2-3 7th inning 3/18 vs.
and 2 K in scoreless 6th inning 3/19 at LAA...1 K in 1-2-3 5th inning 3/23 at CLE...W#1 on 3/19 vs. TEX (1.0,1,1,1,1,1,HR)...struck out both BF on 3/23
CWS…struck out only BF on 3/24 vs. CHC. at CWS.
• Totals - Went 1-1 with 4.24 ERA (22 ER, 46.2 IP) with 52 strikeouts in 41 • Last Season - Went 4-6 with 34 saves and a 3.27 ERA (24 ER, 66.0 IP) with
relief games with Seattle. 89 strikeouts in 66 relief games.
• Up & Down - Had five stints with Seattle: April 3-21, May 14-July 3, Aug. • Save It - His 34 saves were T4th in AL (also: Ken Giles-HOU), trailing Alex
22-27 & Sept. 1-end of year. Colome-TB (47), Roberto Osuna-TOR (39) and Craig Kimbrel-BOS (35).
• Strong Finish - In his final 16 MLB appearances (June 24-end of season), • Reliever of the Month - Named AL Reliever of the Month for July, going
he posted a 1.74 ERA (4 ER, 20.2 IP) with 19 strikeouts. 0-1 with 8 saves and a 1.98 ERA (3 ER, 13.2 IP) with 21 strikeouts in 13
• Tale of Two Seasons - Posted a 3.13 ERA (11 ER, 31.2 IP) with 34 strike- relief appearances…limited opponents to a .163 (8x49) batting average.
outs in his final 25 appearances of the season…posted 6.60 ERA (11 ER, • Yer Out - Struck out 12.14 batters per 9.0 innings, the 4th-best by a re-
15.0 IP) with 18 strikeouts in his first 16 games of the year. liever in club history.
• The First - Earned his first Major League win on April 6 at Houston (3 K, • Finishing Strong - Was 2-1 with 7 saves and a 1.38 ERA (2 ER, 13.0 IP)
1.0 ShO IP). with 17 strikeouts in final 13 games of year…had a 2.83 ERA (11 ER, 35.0
• Yer Out - Had 10.03 strikeouts per 9.0 innings (52 K, 46.2 IP)…one of 11 IP) with 48 strikeouts from July on.
rookie relievers in club history with 10.0+ K per 9.0 IP. • No Hits for You - Limited opponents to a .183 (44x240) batting average,
• Tacoma Time - Was 2-0 with 6 saves and a 1.54 ERA (4 ER, 23.1 IP) with the 13th-best among American League relievers.
36 strikeouts and 15 walks in 20 relief appearances with AAA Tacoma. • Thirty - Recorded his 30th save of the season on Aug. 25 at New York-AL,
• Career - Is 1-1 with a 3.51 ERA (23 ER, 59.0 IP) with 62 strikeouts and 21 becoming the 9th Mariners pitcher (14th overall) with a 30-save season.
walks in 56 career appearances over 2 seasons with Seattle (2016-17). • Career - Has spent his entire 6-year professional career with the Mari-
• Drafted - Selected by Seattle in the 5th round of the 2014 MLB First-Year ners…originally selected by the Mariners in the 3rd round (98th overall)
Player Draft out of Mercyhurst College. of the 2012 MLB First-Year Player Draft out of Caguas Military Academy.

2018 SEATTLE MARINERS - SPRING TRAINING DAY-BY-DAY


DAY DATE OPP SCORE WINNER LOSER SAVE REC ATT
Friday February 23 San Diego Padres (charity game) 3-2 Miranda (1-0) Kennedy Altavilla (1) 1-0 5,431
Saturday February 24 Chicago White Sox 3-5 Gomez Morin (0-1) Volstad 1-1 5,107
Sunday February 25 Los Angeles Dodgers 2-0 Nicasio (1-0) Alexander Moll (1) 2-1 7,504
Monday February 26 Chicago Cubs 9-9 None None None 2-1-1 10,021
Tuesday February 27 San Diego Padres (ss) 6-11 Lauer Bergman (0-1) None 2-2-1 3,029
Kansas City Royals (ss) 9-14 K. McCarthy Bonnell (0-1) None 2-3-1 2,887
Wednesday February 28 Cleveland Indians 2-4 Morimando Díaz (0-1) N. Ramirez 2-4-1 2,615
Thursday March 1 Kansas City Royals 3-4 Keller Bradford (0-1) Fillmyer 2-5-1 4,795
Friday March 2 Milwaukee Brewers 4-2 Rzepczynski (1-0) Logan Mills (1) 3-5-1 3,954
Saturday March 3 Los Angeles Angels 4-2 Phelps (1-0) Parker Morin (1) 4-5-1 9,756
Sunday March 4 Texas Rangers 10-7 Moore (1-0) Hernandez Newsome (1) 5-5-1 6,607
Monday March 5 OFF DAY
Tuesday March 6 Colorado Rockies 2-3 Márquez Leake (0-1) Jemiola (1) 5-6-1 5,086
Wednesday March 7 Oakland Athletics 3-7 Bassitt Phelps (1-1) None 5-7-1 4,571
Thursday March 8 San Francisco Giants 0-4 Cueto Whalen (0-1) None 5-8-1 8,230
Friday March 9 San Francisco Giants 7-10 Gomez Jiminian (0-1) Valdez (1) 5-9-1 11,226
Saturday March 10 Cincinnati Reds 5-2 Rzepczynski (2-0) Hernandez (0-1) Warren (1) 6-9-1 6,302
Sunday March 11 Cincinnati Reds 5-6 Floro Morin (0-2) None 6-10-1 8,499
Monday March 12 Chicago White Sox 2-4 Cease Gonzales (0-1) Clarkin (1) 6-11-1 7,287
Tuesday March 13 Colorado Rockies 7-8 Shaw Altavilla (0-1) None 6-12-1 9,645
Wednesday March 14 San Francisco Giants 5-4 Phelps (2-1) Dyson Armstrong (1) 7-12-1 9,174
Thursday March 15 Oakland Athletics 6-2 Miranda (2-0) Puk None 8-12-1 8,143
Friday March 16 Texas Rangers 9-7 Altavilla (1-1) Bush Bradford (1) 9-12-1 9,013
Saturday March 17 Los Angeles Angels (ss) 7-0 Gonzales (1-1) Lamb None 10-12-1 11,364
Oakland Athletics (ss) 4-1 Misiewicz (1-0) Buchter Warren (2) 11-12-1 6,330
Sunday March 18 Cleveland Indians 3-16 Clevinger Whalen (0-2) None 11-13-1 8,696
Monday March 19 Los Angeles Angels 4-8 Pena Bergman (0-2) None 11-14-1 7,613
Tuesday March 20 OFF DAY
Wednesday March 21 Milwaukee Brewers 7-4 Leake (1-1) Suter Vincent (1) 12-14-1 6,846
Thursday March 22 Texas Rangers 5-4 Díaz (1-1) Chavez None 13-14-1 6,306
Friday March 23 Chicago White Sox 5-5 None None None 13-14-2 6,173
Saturday March 24 Chicago Cubs (ss) 7-3 Hernández (1-0) Butler None 14-14-2 12,601
Sunday March 25 San Diego Padres 11-7 Paxton (1-0) Lamet (0-2) Kuzminsky (1) 15-14-2 10,878
Monday March 26 OFF DAY
Tuesday March 27 Colorado Rockies Salt River 12:10 R#/TV
Bold: Home team (ss) split squad game
TV = ROOT Sports Broadcast R# - Delayed radio on 710 ESPN Seattle All radio broadcasts are live on Mariners.com.

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