Sunday, March 13, 2016

Peoria Stadium

CINCINNATI REDS (5-7-1) at SEATTLE MARINERS (7-5)

Game #13 (7-5)

Home #7 (3-3)

TODAYS GAME INFORMATION

Starting Pitchers: RH Nathan Karns (0-0, 1.80) vs. RH Anthony DeSclafani (1-0, 7.20)
1:10 pm Radio: 710 ESPN Seattle TV: ROOT SPORTS
SPRING RECORD
Overall Record .................................. 7-5
PEORIA STADIUM ............................ 4-3
Home Record ................................... 3-3
Road Record .................................... 4-2
Current Streak ...................................1 L

THE COUNTDOWN
23 days to Opening Day, 4/4 at TEX

UPCOMING SCHEDULE
March 13 ........................ vs. Cincinnati
March 14 ........................... vs. Colorado
............................................... at Arizona
March 15 .................. at Los Angeles-AL
Bold - Peoria Stadium

BY THE NUMBERS

.476

Luis Sardias is hitting .476 (10x21)

with 4 runs, 3 doubles and 7 RBI in 9
games this spring.

.545

Daniel Robertson is hitting .545 (6x11)

w/ 4 runs, 3 doubles & 7 RBI this spring.

TODAYS TILTthe Mariners continue their 40th spring training with the 13th game of the Cactus
League season today against the Cincinnati Reds at Peoria Stadiumtodays game continues
the 33-game Cactus League schedule for the Mariners that will conclude April 2 vs. the Colorado
Rockies at Salt River FieldsSeattle will open the 2016 season April 4 at Globe Life Park vs. the
Rangers.
TODAYS STARTING 9 VS. REDSthe Mariners starting 9 today by batting order: Norichika Aoki
(LF), Boog Powell (CF), Seth Smith (DH), Nelson Cruz (RF), Chris Iannetta (C), Luis Sardias (SS),
Jesus Montero (1B), Chris Taylor (2B), Ed Lucas (3B).
UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS (subject to change)
SUNDAY:
Mariners vs. Cincinnati
1:10 pm
ROOT SPORTS/710 ESPN Seattle
CIN

DeSclafani, Cotham, Morris, Sanchez*, Villarreal, Weiss

SEA

Karns, Wieland, Guaipe, Parker

MONDAY:
Mariners vs. Colorado
1:10 pm
ROOT SPORTS/710 ESPN Seattle
COL

Chatwood, Butler, Motte, Oberg, Castro

SEA

Hernandez, Sampson, Coleman, Benoit

No Radio/No TV
MONDAY:
Mariners at Arizona
1:10 pm
SEA

Walker, Rollins*, Peralta, Zych

ARI

Greinke, Wagner*, Hudson, Clippard, Chafin, Delgado

* left-handed pitcher

STARTING THINGS RIGHTSeattle starters are 3-2 with a 2.81 ERA (10 ER, 32.0 IP) with 19
strikeouts in 12 startsthe 2.81 ERA is 3rd-best in the Cactus League behind Cleveland (2.61) and
Arizona (2.65), and 6th in the Majors.
ROSTER MOVESSeattle made the following roster moves this morningoptioned to AA Jackson:
OF Guillermo Herediare-assigned to minor league camp: LHP Paul Fry, C Marcus Littlewood,
C Steve Lerud, INF Benji Gonzalez, INF Tyler Smith and OF Dario Pizzano.

16

JUNIOR CIRCUITSeattle is in G #5 in a stretch of seven games against National League

opponentswill face the Reds today, and the Rockies and Diamondbacks tomorrow in split-squad
action before playing five of the next seven against American League foesthe Mariners are 5-3
against the National League this spring.

19-6

SETH, JUST SETHSeth Smith is hitting .600 (9x15) with 1 run, 1 double and 1 RBI this spring
he has hit safely in five of his six games and had four multi-hit efforts (March 2 vs. SD, 4 at MIL, 6
at TEX & 10 vs. CHC).

The spring schedule will feature 16

games televised by ROOT Sports.

Mariners have outscored opponents

19-6 in the first two innings...Seattle has
scored 8 first-inning runs and 11 second-inning runs in the springs first 10
games...overall, Seattle has outscored
its opponents 71-63 in first 12 games.

40

This is the Mariners 40th spring training in club historySeattle trained in

Tempe from 1977-1992 and have been
in Peoria since 1993 (all road games in
93 as stadium was being completed).

THE ROSTER
The spring roster is currently at 51
players (39 roster, 10 non-roster,
2 DL)the camp breakdown by
position is the following: 25 pitchers
(5 non-roster, 1 DL), 2 catchers (1
DL), 12 infielders (4 non-roster) & 8
outfielders (1 non-roster).

ON THE AIR
Todays game vs. the Reds will
be televised on ROOT Sports and
broadcast on ESPN 710 Seattle (1:10
pm)Dave Sims, Mike Blowers
& Brad Adam will call the game on
TVRick Rizzs & Aaron Goldsmith
will broadcast the game on the
radiocomplete spring training
schedule with TV and radio listings is
on Page 2 of game notes.

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CONTROL THE ZONEthrough the Springs first 12 games, Mariners hitters have walked 44 times
while striking out 71 times; meanwhile Mariners pitching has allowed just 31 walks while striking out
81that compares to 30 walks and 74 Ks for Mariners hitters in the first 12 games in 2015; and 40
walks and 85 strikeouts by Mariners pitchers in 2015.
HITTING FOR AVERAGEthe Mariners are hitting .295 (124x420) with 71 runs, 25 doubles, 5
triples, 10 home runs, 69 RBI and a .362 on-base percentage in 12 games this springthe .295
average ranks 4th in the Majors this spring behind Texas (.334), Arizona (.318) and Los Angeles-NL
(.305)Seattles .362 on-base percentage ranks 4th in the Cactus League behind Texas (.394), Los
Angeles-NL (.375) and Arizona (.371).
VS. THE REDSthe Mariners won yesterdays Cactus League game against the Reds in Goodyear,
5-2Seattle has not faced the Reds in Interleague Play since 2013, but they will meet for a 3-game
set in Cincinnati May 20-22the Mariners went 0-1 against the Reds during 2015 Spring Training
Seattle leads the all-time regular season series 10-2.
BROADCAST NOTES ROOT SPORTS and 710 ESPN Seattle will provide complete coverage of
the Mariners 2016 Spring Training schedulea club-record tying 16 Cactus League games will be
televised (all from Peoria Stadium except the last game of the spring from Talking Stick) and radio
partner 710 ESPN will air 30 spring gamescomplete broadcast schedule on page 2 of game notes.
CACTUS LEAGUE REPORTthe Cactus League Report will be live from 6-8 pm (AZ time) three
more times this spring, all on Monday and all from the Salty Seorita in Peoriathe Cactus League
Report will be hosted by Rick Rizzs, Aaron Goldsmith, Dave Sims, Mike Blowers & Shannon Drayer.
2015 IN REVIEWcompleted the 2015 season 76-86 (.469), finishing 4th in the American League
West (12.0 games behind division winner Texas)registered 11 fewer wins than the 87-75 campaign
in 2014went 36-45 (.444) at home and 40-41 (.494) on the road.
SINGLE GAME TICKETSsingle-game tickets for the 2016 season are on sale to the publicsinglegame tickets for Opening Night (April 8) and Ken Griffey Jr. Number Retirement Ceremony (Aug.
6) are very limited but tickets for both games are still available as part of multi-game packages...see
Mariners.com/tickets for more information.
HEY TRACY, DID YOU KNOW?that the Mariners lead the Cactus League and are second in the
Majors with 18 stolen bases this spring?the next closest Cactus League teams are the Angels
and Rangers with 12Seattle has 3 of the top 4 stealers in the Cactus League in Shawn OMalley
(1st, 4), Leonys Martin (T2nd, 3) and Benji Gonzalez (T2nd, 3)Seattle stole 69 bases during the
2015 regular season, which ranked 11th in the American Leaguethe Mariners roster features two
players who have stolen 30+ bases in a Major League season: Norichika Aoki & Leonys Martin.

2016 SPRING TRAINING GAME NOTES MARCH 13, 2016 VS. CINCINNATI REDS

#13 NATHAN KARNS (RHP)

YEAR TEAM
2015 TAMPA BAY
2016 SPRING
MLB Totals

W-L
7-5
0-0
8-7

ERA
3.67
1.80
4.00

G
27
2
32

GS
26
2
31

CG
0
0
0

SHO
0
0
0

IP
147.0
5.0
171.0

H
132
6
156

R
62
2
79

ER
60
1
76

HR
19
0
27

BB
56
1
66

SO
145
0
169

2016 Spring Training - 0-0, 1.80 ERA in 2 GS: made his Cactus League debut on 3/3 at SD, allowing 1 H and 1 BB in 2.0 scoreless innings...allowed 2 R (1 ER) on 5 H in 3.0 IP on 3/8 at CLE (3.0,5,2,1,0,0).
Last Season - Was 7-5 with a 3.67 ERA (60 ER, 147.0 IP) and 145 strikeouts in 27 games, 26 starts with Tampa Bay.
Leaderboard - Led A.L. rookies with 26 starts, 147 innings and 145 strikeoutsamong A.L. rookies (100+ IP), was 3rd in ERA, 2nd
in opp avg. (.239).
Limiting Damage - Allowed 2 runs or fewer in 19 of his 26 starts, 5th-best in the A.L.
Strong Finish - Was 6-4 with a 3.36 ERA (46 ER, 123.1 IP) in his final 23 games, including 22 starts after starting the season with a
5.32 ERA (14 ER, 23.2 IP) through his first 4 starts.
Career - Originally selected by Washington in the 12th round in the 2009 MLB First-Year Player Draft Owns a career record of 8-7
with a 4.00 ERA (76 ER, 171.0 IP) in 32 games/31 starts in three MLB seasons with Washington and Tampa Bay.

ALSO SCHEDULED TO PITCH

#47 Joe Wieland (RHP):
2016 Spring Training: 0-0, 3.60 ERA in 2 games: made his Cactus League
debut on 3/3 at SD, allowing 1 run on 2 hits over 2.0 innings...allowed 1 R
on 1 H in 3.0 innings in relief on 3/8 at CLE (3.0,1,1,1,2,1).
2015 - Spent most of season with AAA Oklahoma City, going 10-5 with a
4.59 ERA (58 ER, 113.2 IP) with 92 Ks in 22 games (21 starts).
Major Recap - Made two starts in Majors for Los Angeles (NL), May 6 at
Milwaukee and Sept. 9 at Los Angeles (AL).
Strong Finish - 3.02 ERA (15 ER, 44.2 IP) in final 7 G (6 starts) with OKC.
Stretching Out - Tossed a combined 122.1 innings with Oklahoma City and
Los Angeles (NL), his most innings pitched in a single season since 2011.

#48 Mayckol Guaipe (RHP):

2016 Spring Training: 0-0, 4.91 ERA in 3 games: made Cactus League
debut 3/4 at MIL, allowing a 2-R HR with 1 out in the 7th inning...stranded
1 inherited runner over 1.2 scoreless innings (1.2,0,0,0,0,1)...struck out 1 in
1-2-3 6th inning 3/10 vs. CHI.
Last Season - Was 0-3 with 5.40 ERA (16 ER, 26.2 IP) with 22 strikeouts
in 21 outings with Seattle.
Strong Finish - 2.70 ERA (3 ER, 10.0 IP) with 11 Ks in final 9 outings.
MLB Debut - Retired all seven batters in 2.1 shutout frames June 1 vs.
New York-AL, striking out 2 and stranding an inherited runner.
Split - Limited RH hitters to .246 (15x61) average; lefties hit .452 (19x42).

MINOR LEAGUE EXTRAS:

#88 Matt Clancy (RHP):
Last Season - Went 1-4, 1.19 ERA (4 ER, 30.1 IP) in 22 relief appearances in first professional season with Short-A Everett
Drafted - Selected by the Mariners in the 13th round of the 2015 MLB
First-Year Player Draft out of St. Johns University.

#89 Ronald Dominguez (RHP):

2016 Spring Training: Making his first appearance of the spring.
Last Season - Was 2-3, 2.72 with 4 saves in 27 relief appearances with
Clinton...also appeared in 2 games with Bakersfield.
Career Mariner - Pitched 3 seasons (2011-13) with Mariners DSL team..
pitched with Peoria in 2014.

#90 Dylan Unsworth (RHP):

2016 Spring Training: Making his first appearance of the spring.
Last Season - Split 2015 between AA West Tenn and A Bakersfield...
was 4-7, 4.34 in 13 GS with West Tenn and 1-3, 3.32 in 11 G, 5 GS with
Bakersfield.
Career Mariner - Began career in 2010 with Peoria...attended high
school in South Africa.

#50 Blake Parker (RHP):

2016 Spring Training: 0-0-1, 0.00 ERA in 3 games: made ST debut on 3/3
at SD, allowing 1 H, 1 BB and 1 SO in scoreless 6th inning...allowed 1 H in
scoreless 9th inning on 3/6 at TEX...SV#1 on 3/10 vs. CHI, striking out 2 in
a 1-2-3 9th inning.
Last Season - Appeared in only three games with AAA Iowa before
having surgery to remove loose bodies in his right elbow on June 16th.
Winter League - Played with Mexicali in the Mexican Winter League.
Debut - Made his Major League debut with Chicago (NL) May 17, 2012
vs. PhiladelphiaAllowed 3 runs (0 ER)
Draft - Selected by Chicago (NL) in 16th round of 2006 MLB Draft.

2016 SEATTLE MARINERS - SPRING TRAINING DAY-BY-DAY

DAY
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday

DATE
March 2
March 3
March 4
March 5
March 6
March 7
March 8
March 9
March 10
March 11
March 12

Sunday
Monday

March 13
March 14

Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday

March 15
March 16
March 17
March 18
March 19

Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday

March 20
March 21
March 22
March 23
March 24
March 25
March 26
March 27
March 28
March 29
March 30
March 31
April 1
April 2

Bold: Home team

OPP
San Diego (Charity Game)
San Diego Padres
Milwaukee Brewers
Los Angeles Angels
Texas Rangers
Arizona Diamondbacks
Cleveland Indians
Kansas City Royals
Chicago Cubs
San Francisco Giants
Cincinnati Reds
Los Angeles Dodgers
Cincinnati Reds
Colorado Rockies
Arizona Diamondbacks
Los Angeles Angels
San Francisco Giants
Oakland Athletics
Texas Rangers
Kansas City Royals
Arizona Diamondbacks
Cleveland Indians
Los Angeles Dodgers
OFF DAY
Oakland Athletics
Colorado Rockies
Chicago White Sox
Los Angeles Dodgers
Chicago Cubs
Kansas City Royals
Cleveland Indians
San Diego Padres
OFF DAY
Colorado Rockies
Colorado Rockies

(ss) split squad game

SCORE
W, 7-0
W, 6-5
L, 2-5
L, 7-9
W, 7-3
L, 8-10
L, 3-4
W, 7-5
W, 10-8
W, 5-4
W, 5-2
L, 4-8 (10)

WINNER
Paxton (1-0)
Cishek (1-0)
Peralta
Alcantara
Iwakuma (1-0)
De La Rosa
Otero
Sampson (1-0)
Fry (1-0)
Iwakuma (2-0)
Altavilla (1-0)
Patterson
Peoria
Peoria
Salt River
Tempe
Peoria
Mesa (Hohokam)
Peoria
Surprise
Peoria
Peoria
Glendale

LOSER
Perdomo (0-1)
Torres (0-1)
Walker (0-1)
Rollins (0-1)
Tepesch
Paxton (1-1)
Nuo (0-1)
Pounders
Acevedo
Samardzija
Contreras
Pineda (0-1)

SAVE

Chapman
Zeid
Capps
Shaw
Aro (1)
Parker (1)
Zych
Pagan (1)
1:10
1:10
1:10
1:10
1:10
1:05
1:10
1:05
7:10
1:10
1:05

REC
1-0
2-0
2-1
2-2
3-2
3-3
3-4
4-4
5-4
6-4
7-4
7-5
R/TV
R/TV

ATT
5,505
3,901
3,745
8,425
6,649
6,214
3,893
5,921
9,226
11,708
6,907
10,066

R#
R#/TV
R#
R#TV
R/TV
R/TV
R

Peoria
Salt River
Peoria
Peoria
Mesa (Sloan)
Peoria
Goodyear
Peoria

7:10
1:10
1:10
1:10
1:05
1:10
6:05
12:10

R/TV
R#
R#/TV
R/TV
R
R/TV
R
R/TV

Peoria
Salt River

7:10
12:10

R/TV
R/TV

TV = ROOT Sports Broadcast R# - Delayed radio on 710 ESPN Seattle