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Tonight'S Game Information: SEATTLE MARINERS (8-9-3) vs. CINCINNATI REDS (8-13-5)
Tonight'S Game Information: SEATTLE MARINERS (8-9-3) vs. CINCINNATI REDS (8-13-5)
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After winning the American League
League debut, becoming the first Japanese-born player to debut in Japan…Ryon Healy belted a
2-run home run, Beckham added 2 hits and Santana drove in the winning run in the top of the 12th,
as the Mariners prevailed 5-4 in 12 innings.
Most Valuable Player award as well as
the AL Rookie of the Year award, Ichiro OPENING DAY FESTIVITES…the Mariners recently announced the pre-game festivities for Opening
Suzuki became 1 of 2 players ever to
win both awards in the same season Day at T-Mobile Park on March 28…pre-game festivities begin at 3:30 pm with a performance by
(also: Fred Lynn-BOS, 1975). Macklemore in the T-Mobile Pen…Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready will perform the National Anthem…
Hall of Famer Edgar Martinez will throw out the ceremonial first pitch…the Mariners and Red Sox
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With 3,089 career hits and 509 career
square off at 4:10…tickets are available at Mariners.com/Tickets, the T-Mobile Park Box Office
and any Mariners Team Store.
VS. THE REDS…the Mariners and Reds meet tonight in the finale of three Cactus League match-
steals, Ichiro Suzuki is 1 of 7 players
in Major League history to reach both ups this spring…the Mariners have won the first two meetings this spring by identical scores of 11-
of those milestones, joining Lou Brock, 3: Feb. 25 in Peoria and March 7 in Goodyear…the Mariners and Reds split 2 Cactus League games
Ty Cobb, Eddie Collins, Rickey Hender-
son, Paul Molitor and Honus Wagner. last season…Seattle and Cincinnati will square off for a three-game series at T-Mobile Park on Sept.
10-12…Seattle is 13-2 in the all-time regular season series between the two clubs.
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Ichiro Suzuki was a 10-time Gold Glove
OPENING DAY IN SEATTLE…Opening Day at T-Mobile Park is just 7 days away, Thursday, March
28 vs. the Boston Red Sox at 4:10 pm… tickets for Opening Day and all Mariners home games are
available at Mariners.com/Tickets, the T-Mobile Park Box Office and any Mariners Team Store…
Award winner and a 10-time All-Star.
Hall of Famer Edgar Martinez will throw out the ceremonial first pitch.
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Ichiro Suzuki ranks 21st all-time in Ma-
QUEEN CITY CONNECTION…five players in the Mariners organization have spent time in the
Cincinnati Reds organization: Jay Bruce (2005-16 w/CIN), Edwin Encarnación (2001-09 w/CIN),
Mike Leake (2010-15 w/CIN), Shed Long (2013-18 w/CIN) and Kristopher Negrón (2009-15)…
jor League history with 3,089 career hits.
Mariners Bullpen Coach Jim Brower also spent two seasons with the Reds as a player (2001-02)…
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in the Reds dugout, a couple of figures have spent time with the Mariners: manager David Bell
(1998-01) and left-hander Zach Duke (2018).
Ichiro Suzuki set a single-season Major FAN FEST…the Mariners 2019 FanFest will take place Saturday, March 23 and Sunday, March 24
League record with 262 hits in 2004… at T-Mobile Park in Seattle…following the club’s trip to Tokyo for the 2019 Japan Opening Series vs.
he owns 3 of the top-17 single-season
hit totals in the Modern Era (also: 242, the Athletics, the Mariners will hold workouts at T-Mobile Park on March 23 and March 24…FanFest
2001; 238, 2007). weekend will be followed by a pair of exhibition games in Seattle against the San Diego Padres
on Monday, March 25 at 7:10 pm and Tuesday, March 26 at 1:10 pm…tickets for the preseason
4,367
Ichiro Suzuki totaled 4,367 profession-
exhibition games and FanFest are available at Mariners.com/Tickets.
HEY MIKE, DID YOU KNOW?…that two Mariners in tonight’s starting lineup were selected within
al hits: 3,089 in the Major Leagues and
the first 20 picks of the 2016 MLB First-Year Player Draft?…center fielder Kyle Lewis was selected
1,278 in Japan’s Pacific League. by the Mariners with the 11th overall pick in 2016, while starting pitcher Justin Dunn was selected
19th overall by the Mets in 2016.
2019 SPRING TRAINING GAME NOTES • MARCH 21, 2019 • VS. CINCINNATI REDS