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Today'S Game Information: Seattle Mariners (6-3-1) at San Diego Padres (6-3-1)
Today'S Game Information: Seattle Mariners (6-3-1) at San Diego Padres (6-3-1)
Today'S Game Information: Seattle Mariners (6-3-1) at San Diego Padres (6-3-1)
CACTUS LEAGUE JUGGERNAUTS…today’s match-up pits two of the top-3 teams in the Cactus
CACTUS LEAGUE STANDINGS League standings…the Mariners and Padres enter play today with identical records of 6-3-1 (.667)…
Rk. Team W-L they trail only the Los Angeles Angels (7-3/.700) in the Cactus League standings, while ranking
1. Los Angeles-AL.............. 7-3 (.700)
2. Seattle........................ 6-3-1 (.667) percentage points ahead of the Chicago Cubs (7-4/.636).
San Diego....................6-3-1 (.667) TO “B” OR NOT TO “B”…the Mariners played “B” game against the KT Wiz of the Korean Baseball
4. Chicago-NL.................... 7-4 (.636)
Organization on Field 2 today…Félix Hernández started the “B” game for the Mariners and was
5. Arizona.........................5-3-2 (.625)
followed by Roenis Elías, Gerson Bautista and Nick Rumbelow.
BASEBALL AMERICA’S MLB NETWORK’S 30 IN 30…MLB Network’s 30 Clubs in 30 Days visited Mariners camp today…
TOP-10 MARINERS Brian Kenny, Carlos Peña and Sean Casey visited with Jerry Dipoto, Scott Servais, Dee Gordon,
PROSPECTS Hunter Strickland, Mallex Smith and Justus Sheffield, among others…the Mariners edition of 30
Rk. Name Position Clubs in 30 Days will begin airing tonight at 4:00 pm PT on MLB Network with re-airs over the next
1. Justus Sheffield.................... LHP few days.
2. Yusei Kikuchi......................... LHP
3. Jarred Kelenic........................... OF PRELUDE TO THE VEDDER CUP…the Mariners and Padres meet today in the final of two Cactus
4. Evan White.............................. INF League match-ups this spring (San Diego won the first game, 6-4, on Feb. 23 in Peoria)…Seattle
5. Julio Rodriguez......................... OF went 2-1 vs. San Diego last spring…the Mariners lead the all-time Cactus League series, 88-83-7…
6. Justin Dunn...........................RHP
7. Logan Gilbert..........................RHP these two clubs will square off during the regular season for a two-game series in San Diego on
8. Kyle Lewis............................... OF April 23-24.
9. Shed Long.............................. INF
BRINGING VOGELBACH…Daniel Vogelbach has reached base safely in 5 games of his 6 games
10. Noelvi Marte.............................INF
BOLD = Players in Major League camp this spring, including 4 games with at least 1 hit…he has drawn a walk in 4 of his last 5 games,
dating back to Feb. 25 vs. Cincinnati…overall this spring, he is running a .455/.647/.727 slash line
BY THE NUMBERS (1.374 OPS).
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LIVING ON BASE…the Mariners are 3rd in the Cactus League with a .370 on-base percentage,
trailing only Kansas City (.404) and Los Angeles-AL (.392), while ranking ahead of Colorado (.355)
The Mariners are batting .281 (94x335) and Cincinnati (.348)…Seattle is also T5th in the Cactus League with 42 walks (also: Los Angeles-
this spring, 3rd-best in the Cactus NL), behind the Angels (58), Royals (57), Reds (50) and Cubs (48)…Daniel Vogelbach ranks T3rd
League…Seattle trails only the Los An- among Cactus League players with 6 walks (also: Jarrett Parker-LAA, Mike Tauchman-COL and
geles Angels (.301/116x386) and Kan-
sas City Royals (.299/104x348). Jhoan Urena-LAA), trailing only Kyle Schwarber-CHC (8) and Scott Schebler-CIN (7).
OPENING DAY IN SEATTLE…Opening Day at T-Mobile Park is just 23 days away, Thursday, March
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Over his last 4 games (2/26-c), Jay
28 vs. the Boston Red Sox at 4:10 pm… tickets for Opening Night and all Mariners home games are
available at Mariners.com/Tickets, the T-Mobile Park Box Office and any Mariners Team Store…
Hall of Famer Edgar Martinez will throw out the ceremonial first pitch…after the Mariners open the
Bruce is batting .545 (6x11) with 3 RBI,
1 walk and 1 stolen base. regular season with a pair of games vs. the Oakland Athletics at the Tokyo Dome in Japan (March
20-21), they will return to Seattle on March 22.
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The Mariners have scored 21 of their
2019 JAPAN OPENING SERIES…the Mariners will open the 2019 regular season in Tokyo, Japan
on March 20-21 against the Oakland Athletics…the two-game 2019 Japan Opening Series at the
Tokyo Dome will be “road” games for the Mariners…the Mariners will travel from Arizona to Tokyo on
58 runs this spring during the first and
second innings. Thursday, March 14…the trip will begin with two exhibition games vs. Nippon Professional Baseball
teams on Sunday, March 17 and Monday, March 18…the Mariners will begin the regular season on
THE ROSTER March 20 at 6:35 pm in Tokyo (2:35 am in Seattle) and will fly back to Seattle following the game on
The spring roster is currently at 61 March 21 (6:35 pm in Japan/2:35 am in Seattle)…this will mark the 5th time that the Major League
players (37 roster, 24 non-roster)…
Baseball regular season has opened with a two-game series in Japan (last: 2012, SEA vs. OAK).
the camp breakdown by position is
the following: 30 pitchers (10 non- BUSY OFFSEASON…from the end of the 2018 season through the first day of Seattle’s Major
roster), 6 catchers (4 non-roster), League Spring Training (Feb. 11), the Mariners completed 9 trades, signed 7 Major League free
14 infielders (4 non-roster) and 11
outfielders (6 non-roster). agents and claimed 1 player in the Major League Phase of the Rule 5 Draft…of the 9 trades involving
the 40-man roster, the Mariners acquired 17 players and completed deals with 8 different clubs…
ON THE AIR of the 67 players who were on the Mariners Spring Training roster when the team opened camp, 35
Today’s game at San Diego will be were new to the organization since the end of the 2018 season.
boradcast live on Mariners.com…it
will also be aired on a delayed basis DID YOU KNOW?…that the Mariners starting lineup today features six players who were selected
on 710 ESPN Seattle beginning within the first 130 picks of their respective amateur draft classes?…these six players include
at 7:00 pm PT…Dave Sims, Mike
three who were selected in the 1st round: Tim Beckham (1st overall, 2008, TB), Mike Leake (8th
Blowers and Gary Hill will call the
game on the radio…Gary’s laptop is overall, 2009, CIN), Jay Bruce (12th overall, 2005, CIN), Jake Fraley (77th overall, 2016, TB), Kyle
a game-time decision. Seager (82nd overall, 2009, SEA) and Dee Gordon (127th overall, LAD, 2008).
2019 SPRING TRAINING GAME NOTES • MARCH 5, 2019 • AT SAN DIEGO PADRES