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AS YOU MIGHT KNOW…the Mariners pitching staff has held its opponents to 3 or fewer runs in 9 consecutive games since August 28, tying for the 2nd longest run in franchise history (also: June 1-11, 2009), trailing only 13 – game streak from August 1-15, 2014…AND MAY YOU ALSO KNOW…that since August 28, Mariners-pitchers went 8-1 with 4 saves and a 1.41 ERA (13 ER, 83.0 IP) with 16 walks and 71 strikeouts, but…DID YOU KNOW?…that 13 runs allowed over their last 9 games is a Mariners franchise record?…prior to this season, Seattle had allowed 14 runs twice over a 9 game period: June 5-15, 2004 and May 12-22 2011…prior to this season, the Mariners franchise record for least runs allowed over a 10-game period was 18, achieved in 4 different seasons and most recently from August 3-13, 2014.

TILT TODAY…the Mariners continue an 8-game, 10-day homestand today with the last of 3 games against the Chicago White Sox (1-1)…the Mariners also welcome the Atlanta Braves (3 G, 9/9 -9/11 ) and San Diego Padres (2 G, 9-13-14) to T-Mobile Park at the current homestand… Seattle comes off a 6-0 road trip against the Detroit Tigers (3-0) and Cleveland Guardians (3-0)…today’s match will be broadcast live on CARROT SPORTS of Dave Sims and Mike Blowers during the call and broadcast live on Seattle Sports (710 AM) of Rick Rizzs and Gary Hill Jr.

ODDS AND END…the Mariners defeated the White Sox 3-0 last night…the Mariners are 8-1 in their last 9, 10-2 in their last 12, 15-5 in their last 20, 22-10 in their last 32 , 40–17 in their last 57, 43–18 in their last 61, 48–20 in their last 68 and 56–30 in their last 86 games… Seattle is 62–13 (0.827) in scoring at least 4 points and 15–46 (.246) on scoring 3 or less points this season… they are 36–29 at home and 41–30 away.

  • seriously impressive — The Mariners have a series record 15–4–2 over their last 21 series in today’s rubber game.
  • Rubber Matches — Seattle has a record of 8-7 in 15 rubber games this season.
  • Garden card Seattle has hit 47 home runs since August 1, equaling the most in the American League with the Angels during that period and fourth in the Majors.

CAL RALEIGH: SILVER AND GOLD?…Cal Raleigh went 1-for-3 last night with his 23rd homerun of the season, a 2-run blast in the bottom of the eighth…Raleigh leads Major League catchers with 23 home runs this season … the 25-year-old backstop among American League catchers this season is 1st in slugging percentage (0.492), 2nd in extra-base hits (42), T3rd in RBI (54 ), 4th in total bases (155) and 4th in OPS (0.775)…Raleigh’s 23 home runs are the 2nd most by a Mariners catcher in a season in franchise history, behind only Mike Zunino (25 HR) in 2017.. Defensively, Raleigh is ranked 3rd by AL catchers in defensive runs saved (13) via FanGraphs…he is 1 of 2 AL catchers to be worth at least 2.0 offensive WAR and 1.0 defensive WAR this season, along with Adley Rutschman-BAL…Cal is the only MLB catcher with 2.0+ oWAR, 1.0+ dWAR and 20+ home runs this season… he is also the only MLB catcher with 10+ defensive runs saved and 20+ home runs… he is 1 of 3 players with 2.0+ oWAR, 1.0+ dWAR, 20+ HR and an OPS+ of at least 120 (Raleigh: 123 OPS+) , along with Nolan Arenado-STL and Mookie Betts-LAD.

WANT TO START SOMETHING…Logan Gilbert threw 6.0 scoreless innings with 5 hits allowed, no walks and strikeouts 9 in last night’s shutout win… in 20 games since August 15, Mariners starting pitchers are 12-2 with a 2.08 ERA (27 ER, 117.0 IP ) with 16 walks and 111 strikeouts… in their last 9 games since Aug 28, they are 7-1 with a 1.21 ERA (7 ER, 52.0 IP) with 5 walks and 43 strikeouts… the 1.21 ERA in that period leads the Majors, ahead of Houston (1.86).

BULLPEN OVER A LONG STRETCH…in 68 games since June 21, the Mariners bullpen is 18–7 with 25 saves and a 2.35 ERA (60 ER, 229.2 IP) with 79 walks and 244 strikeouts, earning the Mariners an American League-best 48–20 record led during that stretch … in that span, the Mariners led MLB bullpens in fWAR (4.0), ERA (2.35), opposing batting average (.189), hits-per-9 innings ( 5.96) and inherited runners scored percentage (18.5).

J-ROD: ALREADY ROOKIE OF THE YEAR FRONTRUNNER…Julio Rodriguez has hit safe in 7 of his last 8 games since August 30, hitting .314 (11×35) during that period… of the Major League rookies this season, he ranks 1st in bWAR (4.7), 1st in home runs (23), 1st in runs (73), 1st in total bases (222), 2nd in RBI (67), 2nd in hits (126), 2nd in times on bases (167), 2nd in stolen bases (24 ) and 2nd in extra-base hits (47).

J-ROD: FORCE SPEED THREAT…Julio Rodriguez is 1 of 13 rookies in Major League history to hit 20+ home runs and 20+ stolen bases in a season and 1 of 5 freshman rookies to reach the 20/20 club… he became the fastest player (81 career G) in major league history who reached 15+ home runs and 20+ stolen bases…he became the first player in major league history to reach 15+ home runs, 50+ RBI and 20+ stolen bases in his first 90 games in his career…he became the fastest player (107 career games) in American League history to hit 20+ home runs and 20+ stolen bases and the 2nd fastest in Major League history…he is 2 home runs away and 1 stolen base away from becoming just the 3rd rookie in Major League history with a 25+ home run, 25+ stolen base season and would join Chris Young-ARI (2007) and Mike Trout-LAA (2012) add.

50+ STRIKEOUT RELIEVERS…the Mariners have 5 relievers this season with 50+ strikeouts from the bullpen: Andres Munoz (87), Paul Sewald (64), Penn Murfee (59), Erik Swanson (55) and Matt Festa (52)…Diego Castillo (45) is still 5 strikeouts away from joining them…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.

FRANCE AT THE CEILING…Ty France went 1-for-4 with a double last night…he has batted safely in 8 of his last 9 games…the Mariners first baseman hits .324 (12×37) with 7 runs, 3 doubles, 4 homeruns, 8 RBI and 2 runs, arrives on base with a clip of .359 and tees off .730 with an OPS of 1.089 during that period.

FOUR MARINERS NAMED “MLB BEST TOOLS” LIST… Major League Baseball managers, scouts and executives voted for the best baseball talent this season, with 4 Mariners on the list and 2 first-place finishers … right-handed Andres Munoz was voted the best slider in the American League… left-handed Robbie Ray was voted the best pick-off move in the AL… Ray leads the Majors in pick-offs (6) this season…Ty France finished 2nd in Best Defensive First Baseman in the AL behind Vladimir Guerrero Jr.-TOR, while Julio Rodriguez finished 3rd in Most Exciting Player behind Shohei Ohtani-LAA and Byron Buxton-MIN.