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AS YOU KNOW…Eugenio Suarez (31 home runs), Julio Rodriguez (27) and Cal Raleigh (25) lead the Mariners in homeruns this season, but…DID YOU KNOW?…that Seattle is tied for most players (3) with 25+ home runs in the Majors this season?…the Mariners are tied with Texas (Adolis García, Nathaniel Lowe, Corey Seager), New York-AL (Aaron Judge, Anthony Rizzo, Giancarlo Stanton), Houston (Jose Altuve, Yordan Alvarez, Kyle Tucker), and Milwaukee (Willy Adames, Hunter Renfroe, Rowdy Tellez).

TILT TILT…the Mariners begin their final home standings of the 2022 regular season tonight with the 1st of 3 games against the Texas Rangers…the Mariners will also host the Oakland Athletics (3 G, 9/30-10/ 2) and Detroit Tigers (4 G , 10/3-10/5) on the 9-day, 10-game homestand… tonight’s game will be broadcast live on CARROT SPORTS of Aaron Goldsmith, Mike Blowers and Mariners Hall of Famer Dan Wilson during the call and broadcast live on Seattle Sports (710 AM) of Rick Rizzs and Dave Sims.

ODDS AND END…the Mariners left Sunday’s series finale to the Royals with a score of 13–12 … the Mariners are 14–11 in their last 25 games, 16–12 in their last 28, 21–15 in their last 36, 28–20 in their last 48, 46-27 in their last 73, 49-28 in their last 77, 54-30 in their last 84 and 62-40 in their last 102 games… Seattle is 67-17 (0.798 ) on a score of at least 4 runs and 16-52 (.235) on scoring 3 or fewer runs this season… they are 39-32 at home and 44-37 in away games.

  • Series openers — Seattle is 26-22 (10-12 at home) in series openers this season.
  • Ray’s The Bar — Robbie Ray is 6–4 with a 2.73 ERA (30 ER, 99.0 IP) with 24 walks and 112 strikeouts in 16 starts at T-Mobile Park this season… Seattle is 10–6 in Ray’s home games.
  • Where are you from, Texas — Seattle is 5-1 against Texas at T-Mobile Park this season.

SUÁREZ WITH THE ELITE THIRD CHURCH PEOPLE…Eugenio Suarez leads the Mariners this season in home runs (31), RBI (84) and extra-base hits (56)… in his last 40 games, hitting .246 (34×138) with 26 runs, 4 doubles, 15 home runs, 32 RBI and 20 walks since August 1. In that time frame, his 15 home runs are the 2nd most in the Majors behind only Aaron Judge-NYY (18 HR)… Suárez’ .968 OPS over 40 games leading, the Major League qualified as third basemen…overall Suárez was among the top third basemen in the American League this season, finishing first in home runs (31), T3rd in RBI (84), 4th in extra-base hits (56), 3rd in total bases (240), 3rd in slugging percentage (.470), 5th in OPS (.805) and T2nd in bWAR (4.5).

THE FRENCH QUARTER…Ty France went 3-for-5 with a double and 2 RBI on Sunday… in his last 25 games since Aug 28, hitting .270 (27×100) with 17 runs, 7 doubles, 1 triple, 6 homeruns, 19 RBI, 4 Walks and 3 Hit-by-Pitches… France has 20+ home runs and 20+ hit-by-pitches this season, making it the first player in Mariners history to achieve that feat and the 42nd time in the history of the major league.

LIGHT YOU IN MAGIC… the Mariners bullpen is 21-10 with 27 saves and a 2.66 ERA (83 ER, 281.1 IP) with 102 walks and 299 strikeouts in their last 84 games since June 21, taking the team to a 54-30 (.643 ) record led in that period, 2nd best record in the American League… during that stretch, the Seattle relievers are in 1st place in the AL in ERA (2.66), opp. batting average (.195), WHIP (1.05), hits-per-9 innings (6.17), opponent OPS (.578) and average exit speed (85.4)… overall Seattle relievers are in 1st place this season in the AL in opp. BA (.210), WHIP (1.10), surface on-base percentage (0.284) and mean exit speed (86.8).

BULLPEN BULLETS…Andres Munoz struckout 92 this season, the most among American League relievers…Paul Sewald has the lowest WHIP (0.889) in Mariners history among pitchers in the last 2 seasons with at least 100.0 innings pitched…Penn Murfee has appeared in 60 Major League-games, with his 0.912 WHIP the lowest in Mariners history during a pitcher’s first 60 career games…Erik Swanson has the 6th best strikeout-to-walk ratio (7.00) and 7th best ERA (1.85) in a season in Mariners history (min 40 IP) and could become the only pitcher in franchise history to the top-7 is in both categories in the same season…Diego Castillo is in the 95th percentile in hard-hit% and the 75th percentile in average fastball speed this season (statcast), with only him and Jacob deGrom-NYM ranking 95+ & 75+ in those categories (min 48 IP) this season.

JULIO RODRÍGUEZ: ALREADY 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), R2nd in runs (81) , 2nd in RBI (73) , 1st in total bases (251), 1st in slugging percentage (.502), 1st in wRC+ (143), 1st in OPS (.844), 1st in OPS+ (144), 3rd in hits (140), 2nd in times on base (188), 2nd in stolen bases (25) and 2nd in extra-base hits (54)…Rodríguez became 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 achievement reached and surpassed Mike Trout-LAA (128 career games).

RALEIGH TIME…Cal Raleigh leads Major League-catchers with 25 homeruns this season…he tied for most homeruns hit by a Mariners catcher in a season with Mike Zunino, who hit 25 homeruns in 2017…Cal is the lone catcher with 25+ home runs and 1.0+ defensive WAR (Baseball Reference) this season…he is the first catcher in franchise history to meet those criteria and only the 49th backstop in MLB history…Raleigh is the youngest to meet those criteria since Mike Piazza-LAD did it in 1993 at age 24.

25 UNDER 25…Julio Rodriguez (27 home runs) and Cal Raleigh (25) are only the 2nd Mariners duo aged 25 or under to hit more than 25 home runs in a season, alongside Jim Presley, who hit 27 home runs in his 24-year season, and Danny Tartabull, who hit 25 home runs in his age-23 season, for the 1986 Mariners.

KELENIC KRUSHING IT…in 4 games since Triple-A Tacoma’s recall, Jarred Kelenic hits .375 (6×16) with 5 runs, 3 doubles, 1 homerun, 2 RBI, 2 walks and a 1,194 OPS… he has batted safely in each of his 4 games since being recalled.

I’VE GOT THE POWER…Seattle leads the American League in homeruns (73) since August 1, third in the Majors behind the Cardinals (78) and Dodgers (75) in that period…Eugenio Suarez has 15 home runs in that span, the 2nd most in the Majors behind Aaron Judge-NYY (18) since August 1….Cal Raleigh (11 HR) ranks 6th in the AL in that period, while Carlos Santana (10) ranks T7th and Julio Rodriguez (9) ranks T15th.

50×6?…the Mariners have 5 relievers this season with 50+ strikeouts from the bullpen: Andres Munoz (92), Paul Sewald (67), Penn Murfee (67), Erik Swanson (62) and Matt Festa (59)…Diego Castillo (48) is 2 strikeouts away from tying the franchise record of 6 pitchers set in 2014.