AS YOU KNOW… the Mariners roster currently includes 4 switch hitters: Abraham Toro, Carlos Santana, Cal Raleigh and Sam Haggertyand…AS YOU MIGHT KNOW…Toro, Santana, Raleigh and Haggerty have hit 53 homeruns together this season, but…DID YOU KNOW?…the 53 home runs by Mariners switch hitters this season are the most in club history?…Seattle’s 53 home runs by switch hitters in 2022 surpass 8 Mariners switch hitters in 2002, who combined 44 home runs.
TILT TILT…the Mariners continue a 10-game (2–6) road trip tonight with the 2nd of 3 games against the Kansas City Royals (0–1)…Seattle opened the current 4-game trip with the Los Angeles Angels (1 –3 ) and 3 games in the Oakland Athletics (1-2)… after the current trip, the Mariners will return to T-Mobile Park for their last 10 games of the regular season, starting with the Texas Rangers ( 3 G, 27-9-29), followed by series with the Oakland Athletics (3 G, 30-9-10/2) and Detroit Tigers (4 G, 10/3-10/5)… Tonight will be broadcast live On CARROT SPORTS of Aaron Goldsmith and Mike Blowers during the call and broadcast live on Seattle Sports (710 AM) of Rick Rizzs and Dave Sims.
ODDS AND END…the Mariners lost yesterday’s series opener with a score of 5-1…despite the loss, the Mariners are 13-10 in their last 23 games, 15-11 in their last 26, 20-14 in their last 34, 27-19 in their last 46, 45-26 in their last 71, 48-27 in their last 75, 53-29 in their last 82 and 61-39 in their last 100 games… Seattle is 66- 16 (0.805) when scoring a minimum of 4 points and 16-52 (.235) when scoring 3 or less points this season… they are 39-32 at home and 43-36 away.
- Magic number 9 — The Mariners are guaranteed a place after the season with 9 more wins.
CATCHING ON…Cal Raleigh went 1-for-3 with 1 homerun and 1 walk in yesterday’s game…the homerun was his 24th of the season, the most by any catcher in MLB this year…Cal is now just 1 homerun away from the Mariners club record of a catcher, trailing Mike Zunino’s 25 home runs during the 2017 season… Cal has also tallied 3.7 bWAR this season, already the 2nd most by a catcher in club history behind Dan Wilson’s 3.8 bWAR in 1997.
NO LOGAN, ONLY WALTER…Logan Gilbert has allowed 2 runs or less in each of his last 5 starts, including 4 starts of 1 run or less and 2 scoreless starts… in that period (8/26-c), he has a 1.23 ERA (4 ER , 29.1 IP) ) with 5 walks and 36 strikeouts … in his final appearance on September 19 in LAA, Gilbert struckout a career-high 11, leading the Mariners to a 9-1 victory.
WAKE ME WHEN SEPTEMBER BEGINS…Logan Gilbert is 4-1 with a 1.92 ERA (12 ER, 56.1) with 13 walks and 65 strikeouts in 10 career starts in September and October … among active players with at least 10 career starts in September and October, Gilbert’s 1.92 ERA leads the Majors, ahead of Dakota Hudson (2.11), Julio Urías (2.15) and Clayton Kershaw (2.35)… Logan made 4 starts in September this season, limiting his opponents to 1-run or less in each appearance to a 0.78 ERA (2 ER, 23.0 IP) with 5 walks and 34 strikeouts…his 0.78 ERA in September is 2nd in the Majors (min 4 GS), trailing only by Jose Quintana’s 0.71 ERA.
CARLOS SLAMTANA…Carlos Santana went 1-for-4 with 1 double in yesterday’s game… in his last 13 games since September 9, he has 9 extra-base hits (2 2B, 7 HR) and 14 RBI, while scoring a .930 OPS posted…since he joined the Mariners on June 28, he has tallyed 15 home runs in 66 games…his 15 home runs in that span rank third behind the Mariners Eugenio Suarez (18) and Julio Rodriguez (16) and are ranked 8th in the American League.
WELCOME (BACK) TO THE SHOW…Jarred Kelenic is 3-for-7 with 2 runs, 2 doubles, 1 home run, 2 RBI and 1 walk since being recalled from Triple-A Tacoma on September 21… over 31 career games in September/October Kelenic has an OPS of .904 , hit .259 (29×112) with 21 runs, 8 doubles, 1 triple, 8 home runs, 22 RBI, 3 stolen bases and 13 walks… among all active players with at least 30 games played in Sept/Oct . Kelenics . 909 OPS ranks 18th in the Majors, leading the Mariners’ batters, leading by Mitch Haniger (.851).
LAST ROAD SERIES…the current series vs. Kansas City marks Seattle’s final 2022 regular season racing series…with a 43–35 road record, the Mariners are already tied for 8th most road wins in club history (also: 2003)…with 1 win this series, Seattle would finish with 44 road wins, tie for 5th in club history (also: 2021, 2018, 2000)…with 2 wins, Seattle would finish with 45 wins on road, tie for 3rd in club history ( also: 2002 & 2014), featuring only the 2014 Mariners (46 road wins) and 2001 Mariners (59 road wins).
JULIO RODRÍGUEZ: ALL ROOKIE OF THE YEAR FRONTRUNNER… Julio Rodriguez ranks among the Major League rookie leaders in nearly every category this season…he ranks 1st in bWAR (5.7), 1st in fWAR (5.0), 1st in home runs (27), 2nd in runs (82) , 2nd in RBI (73) , 1st in total bases (251), 2nd in multi-hit games (38), 2nd in 3+ hit games (13), 1st in slugging percentage (.502), 1st in wRC+ (143 ), 1st in OPS (.844), 1st in OPS+ (142), 2nd in hits (140), 2nd in times on base (188), 2nd in stolen bases (25) and 2nd in extra-base hits (54 ).
JULIO RODRÍGUEZ REACH 25/25 CLUB…Julio Rodriguez registered his 25th stolen base of the season on September 14, becoming the 3rd rookie in Major League history, and the first player in his debut season to reach 25+ home runs and 25+ stolen bases… Rodríguez also became the fastest player in major league history (125 career games) to achieve that feat and surpass Mike Trout-LAA (128 career games)… the only other rookies in major league history to reach the 25/25 club are Trout ( 2012) and Chris Young-ARI (2007).
50+ STRIKEOUT RELIEVERS…the Mariners have 5 relievers this season with 50+ strikeouts from the bullpen: Andres Munoz (92), Paul Sewald (67), Penn Murfee (66), Erik Swanson (62) and Matt Festa (59)…Diego Castillo (48) is 2 strikeouts away… the franchise record is 6 pitchers, set in 2014: Danny Farquhar (81), Fernando Rodney (76), Dominic Leone (70), Tom Wilhelmsen (68), Yoervis Medina (60) and Charlie Furbush (51)… Seattle also had 5 relievers who registered 50+ strikeouts in 2013 and 2017.
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