SEATTLE MARINERS NOTES:
TONIGHT’S TILT…the Mariners continue an 11-day, 8-game road trip with the second of 3 contests against the Los Angeles Angels (0-1)…Seattle began the current road trip with a 3-game series at Texas (0-3) and a 2-game series at San Diego (1-1)…following the series at Los Angeles-AL, the Mariners will return home for a 6-game, 7-day homestand against Miami (3 G, 6/12-14) and Chicago-AL (3 G, 6/16- 18)…tonight’s game will be televised live on ROOT SPORTS with Aaron Goldsmith and Dave Sims on the call…the game will also be broadcast live on Seattle Sports (710 AM) and Mariners.com with Rick Rizzs and Gary Hill Jr.
ODDS AND ENDS…the Mariners dropped last night’s series opener against the Angels 5-4…the Mariners are 8-8 over their last 16 games (5/22-c)…Seattle is 22-12 when scoring at least 4 runs and 8-20 when scoring 3-or-fewer…the Mariners are 17-15 at T-Mobile Park and 13-17 on the road this season.
- The Rock was Cooking – Luis Castillo struck out 10 in last night’s game, tied for his season-high (also: 5/27 vs. PIT) and the most he has struck out in a Mariners uniform (done 3x).
- Ball Magnets – Mariners hitters have reached on a hit by pitch 36 times this season, tied for the 4thmost in the Majors, trailing the Oakland Athletics, who lead the Majors with 39 HBP.
- Walk Party – Teoscar Hernández, Cal Raleigh and José Caballero each had 2 walks in yesterday’s game, the first time 3 different Mariners hitters walked at least twice since 4/21/22 vs. TEX.
- Driver’s License – Mike Ford’s 9th-inning home run in yesterday’s game was his first with Seattle.
KEL, HE COULD BE AN ALL-STAR…Jarred Kelenic went 1-for-3 with a home run and 2 RBI in his last game…in 59 games this season, he is batting .270 (58×215) with 28 runs, 15 doubles, 1 triple, 11 home runs, 29 RBI, 7 stolen bases and 20 walks, getting on base at a .333 clip, slugging .502 with an .835 OPS… he leads the Mariners in extra-base hits (27), slugging percentage, OPS, and total bases (108)…in 59 plate appearances against left-handed pitchers this season, Jarred is batting .327 (18×55) with 3 doubles, 1 triple, 4 homers, 13 RBI and 4 walks with a 1.009 OPS.
FRANCE LIKE NO ONE IS WATCHING…Ty France over his last 14 games (5/22-c) is batting .339 (21×62) with 11 runs, 6 doubles, 3 home runs, 8 RBI, 3 walks and 2 hit-by-pitches, getting on base at a .388 clip, slugging .581 with a .969 OPS…France’s 175 wRC+ during that span ranks T5th-highest in the AL, even with teammate Julio Rodríguez…France’s 19 doubles this season are tied for the 4th-most in the Majors, and trailing only Matt Chapman-TOR (23) in the AL.
J-ROD SHOWING OUT…Julio Rodríguez over his last 16 games (5/22-c) is batting .348 (23×66) with 9 runs, 4 doubles, 4 home runs and 13 RBI, going 4-for-4 in stolen base attempts…he’s gotten on base at a .377 clip, slugging .591 with a .968 OPS during that span…since May 22, Julio has accumulated 1.0 fWAR, tied for the best player in the AL over that stretch with Wander Franco-TB (1.0) and Josh Jung-TEX (1.0)…J-Rod’s 175 wRC+ during that span ranks T5th-highest in the AL.
TEN OUT OF TEN…Julio Rodríguez (11 home runs, 12 stolen bases) is one of 5 Major League players with 10+ home runs and 10+ stolen bases this season, along with Ronald Acuña Jr.-ATL, Corbin Carroll ARI, Josh Lowe-TB and Bobby Witt Jr.-KC…Julio reached 10/10 in 54 games this season, tied for 2ndfastest Mariners player to reach those feats in a season in franchise history with Alex Rodriguez (1998), trailing only Ruppert Jones (52 G, 1979)…in 1998, Alex Rodriguez finished with 42 home runs and 46 stolen bases, becoming the 3rd player in Major League history with a 40/40 season.
HAIL A CABBY… José Caballero walked twice, scored a run and stole a base in last night’s game…in 37 games this season, Caballero is batting .244 (21×86) with 16 runs, 4 doubles, 2 home runs, 13 RBI, 16 walks and is 7-for-9 in stolen base attempts, while getting on base at a .396 clip with a .756 OPS and a 128 wRC+…among AL second basemen this season, his 1.2 fWAR ranks 3rd, trailing only Marcus Semien TEX (3.0) and Zach McKinstry-DET (1.4), while his 128 wRC+ trails only Semien (137) among AL second basemen with at least 100 plate appearances…Cabby has also been solid with the glove, tallying 3 Outs Above Average at second base (25 G), while also logging time at third base (4 G) and shortstop (8 G)… among AL rookie position players, Cabby ranks 4th in fWAR, despite only 111 plate appearances…since he was selected on April 15, Cabby’s 1.2 fWAR is 2nd on the team, trailing only Julio Rodríguez (1.3).
THE PITCHING STAFF…in 61 games this season, the Mariners pitching staff has posted a 4.02 ERA (247 ER, 553.2 IP) with 159 walks and 561 strikeouts…Seattle pitchers lead the Majors in strikeout-to-walk ratio (3.53)…the Mariners have allowed 159 walks (fewest in MLB) and 56 home runs (fewest in MLB)…Seattle pitchers rank 1st in fWAR (10.2), 1st in FIP (3.53) and 1st in walk rate (6.9%)…Seattle starting pitchers are 20-22 with a 4.18 ERA (160 ER, 344.2 IP) with 76 walks and 324 strikeouts…Seattle relief pitchers are 10-10 with a 3.75 ERA (87 ER, 209.0 IP) with 15 saves, 83 walks and 237 strikeouts.
PAULIN’ IS A HABIT…in 26 games this season, Paul Sewald is 2-0 with 12 saves and a 2.84 ERA (8 ER, 25.1 IP) with 8 walks and 35 strikeouts…he is 12-for-13 in save opportunities…Sewald has a 0.950 WHIP and has held opponents to a .178 batting average (16×90).
TEO TURNING IT UP…Teoscar Hernández is batting .276 (34×123) over his last 33 games dating back to May 3, with 4 doubles, 2 triples, 3 home runs, 16 RBI, a 7.2% walk rate and is 2-for-2 in stolen base attempts while getting on base at a .328 clip and slugging .415 (.743 OPS)…over his first 6 games in June, Teo is batting .350 (7×20) with 1 triple, 1 home run, 4 RBI and a 16.7% walk rate with a 1.058 OPS…during his career, Hernández is a career .269 (487×1813) hitter from June through the end of the season with a .849 OPS, while batting .238 (177×744) with a .705 career OPS during the first two months of the season.
AS YOU MAY KNOW…Jarred Kelenic has been a force this season, especially on the road, batting .291 (32×110) with 18 runs, 8 doubles, 7 home runs, 15 RBI and 4 stolen bases with a .361 on base percentage and a .555 slugging percentage (.916 OPS), but…DID YOU KNOW?…that Kelenic’s .916 OPS in road games this season is the 10th-best mark in the American League?…he trails Yordan Alvarez-HOU who leads the AL with a 1.109 OPS in road games…7 of Kelenic’s 11 home runs and 15 of his 26 extra-base hits have come on the road this season and his road OPS is .164 points higher than his home OPS (.752).
MARINERS STARTER – RHP BRYAN WOO
2023/Career MLB Breakdown:
W-L ERA G/GS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Overall 0-1 27.00 1/1 2.0 7 6 6 1 4 0
Home 0-0 0.00 0/0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Road 0-1 27.00 1/1 2.0 7 6 6 1 4 0
vs. LAA 0-0 -.– 0/0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ABOUT BRYAN WOO… • The 23-year-old right-handed pitcher is scheduled to make his 2nd Major League start and 1st career start against Los Angeles-AL. • Selected by Seattle in the 6th round (174th overall) of the 2021 MLB First-Year Player Draft out of Cal Poly University…signed by Mariners scout Chris Hom. • Spent 3 seasons at Cal Poly before being drafted, making 31 appearances (6 GS) for the Mustangs. • Did not pitch in 2021 while recovering from right elbow surgery.
LAST TIME OUT…L#1 in his Major League debut at Texas, tossed 2.0 innings and allowed 6 runs on 7 hits and 1 walk while striking out 4.
NEXT MAN UP…Woo is making his 2nd career start in place of Marco Gonzales who was placed on the 15-day injured list with a left forearm strain on June 3.
LAST DOUBLE-A START…W#3 in last start on 5/28 with Double-A Arkansas vs. Frisco…allowed 1 run on 2 hits and 2 walks with 6 strikeouts over 5.0 innings…threw 95 pitches, a season high.
WOO WHO?…Woo is ranked as the Mariners #6 overall prospect according to MLB.com and Seattle’s #7 overall prospect according to Baseball America.
PROSPECTING…became the 2nd top 10 Mariners prospect to debut this season…teammate Bryce Miller, who was ranked as the Mariners 2nd overall prospect by MLB.com, also debuted earlier this season.
POW POW…was named Mariners Minor League Pitcher of the Month in April and May while pitching for Double-A Arkansas…Woo was 0-0 with a 1.59 ERA (3 ER, 17.0 IP) with 27 strikeouts and 8 walks in 4 April starts and was 3-2 with a 2.33 ERA (7 ER, 27.0 IP) with 32 strikeouts and 8 walks in 5 starts in May.
ALMOST PERFECT…took a perfect game into the 7th inning on 5/11 vs. Northwest Arkansas before it was broken up…finished his start with 7.0 innings allowing 2 hits on just 74 pitches.
LOS ANGELES ANGELS NOTES:
LEADING OFF: Today, the Angels play the fifth (4-0) of six games on a homestand against the Chicago Cubs (3-0) and Seattle Mariners (1-0; June 9-11)…Halos went 3-4 on last road trip against the Chicago White Sox (2-1) and Houston Astros (1-3)…LAA was 5-4 on last homestand against the Minnesota Twins (2-1), Boston Red Sox (3-0) and Miami Marlins (0-3).
WELCOME ALISON: Congratulations to Hunter Renfroe and his wife, Courtney, on welcoming their first daughter, Alison Rivers Renfroe, on Wednesday!
TODAY’S TRANSACTIONS: Today the Angels reinstated OF Hunter Renfroe from the paternity list and selected the contact of RHP Gerardo Reyes…In corresponding moves, OF Jo Adell was optioned to Triple-A Salt Lake following last night’s game and RHP Ben Joyce (ulnar neuritis) was placed on the 15-day injured list… Additionally, C Max Stassi was transferred to the 60- day injured list.
THE WIN STREAK: Angels have won five straight games to match the longest win streak of season (also won five straight from April 30-May 5)…Halos are looking to win six consecutive games for the first time since a seven game streak from Sept. 25 – Oct. 2, 2022.
HIGH WATER MARK: At 35-30, Angels have matched season high at five games over .500, for a third time this season (also, 28-23 & 19-14)…With a win today, Angels would move to six games over .500 for first time since May 28, 2022 (27-21).
‘PEN PALS: Over the last five games, Halos bullpen has worked 18.1 innings, allowing just one run (0.49 ERA).
VS. SEATTLE: Angels lead the season series 3-1 after taking two of three games at T-Mobile Park from April 3-5 and winning last night’s contest…Mike Trout is a career .323 (210/651) hitter vs. Seattle and is the all-time leader in career home runs (54) against the Mariners…His 143 career runs scored vs. Seattle and 431 total bases rank second all-time.
LEAGUE LEADER: Shohei Ohtani, leads the Majors in opponent batting average (.172) and ranks third in strikeouts (102).
THE MICK: Mickey Moniak is one of three players in the Majors with at least three leadoff HR this year, along with Mookie Betts (6) and Christian Yelich (3)… Halos have won nine of his last 11 starts…On May 13 at Cleveland, became the first player in MLB history to make his season debut on his birthday and hit a leadoff home run.
SCORING CHANGE: MLB made an official scoring change to the Angels game on June 2 at Houston… In the first inning, Jeremy Peña reached on what was originally ruled a hit…This is now an E-5 (Urshela), and subtracts one hit and one earned run from Shohei Ohtani’s pitching line (totals are now 8 H, 4 ER).
PLAY FROM AHEAD: Halos have held leads in 52 of 65 games played this year.
JUST MET A GUY NAMED BARRIA: Since April 8, Jaime Barria leads the Majors (min. 30 IP) with a 1.02 ERA (35.1 IP – 4 ER)…He has made three starts this season in addition to 11 appearances from Angels bullpen.
THE DRAGON: Over his last eight games, Chris Devenski has tossed 10.0 scoreless innings and has stranded all 14 of his inherited runners…In that span, he’s allowed one hit with no walks and 12 strikeouts.
ESTÉVEZ ENDING: This season, Carlos Estévez is pitching to a 1.59 ERA (28.1 IP – 5 ER) and has converted all 17 of his save opportunities (the 17 saves are a new career high)…He is the first Angels pitcher to convert his first 17 save opportunities of a season since Lee Smith set the Club record with 19 consecutive successful save chances to start the 1995 campaign.
CATCHING ON: This season, Angels catchers are tied for fourth in the Majors with 10 home runs and rank fourth with a .761 OPS.
SINGLE HANDED: Gio Urshela has hit 52 singles this year plus 11 extra-base hits (eight doubles, one triple & two home runs)…Urshela ranks second, behind Toronto’s Bo Bichette (64), for the American League lead in singles…Since May 5, Urshela ranks tied for second in the American League with a .333 (34/102) batting average in that span.
NET-OW: Zach Neto has been hit by 11 pitches this season, which is second-most in the Majors…Since 1901, he is tied for the fewest career games played (45) when reaching 11 career HBP (also, Tim Locastro for Dodgers/D-backs from 2017-19).
MY SACRIFICE: Angels have not recorded a sacrifice hit since the penultimate game of the 2022 season (Max Stassi – Oct. 4, 2022 at Oakland)…Current streak of 66 games without a sacrifice hit is tied for the longest in franchise history (also had a 66-game streak from May
30 – Aug. 13, 2019).
TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER – LHP PATRICK SANDOVAL
3-5, 3.42 ERA
Has allowed two-or-fewer earned runs in seven of 11 starts this season
TODAY’S GAME: Making 12th start of the season and sixth at home…Is in fifth Major League season with Angels…Made third Opening Day roster (also, 2020 & 2022).
- LAST TIME OUT: Charged with the loss in last start on Saturday at Houston after tossing 3.1 innings and allowing six earned runs on eight hits with three walks and four strikeouts; marked shortest start of season and most runs allowed.
- GET SETTLED: Has yielded 10 of 31 runs (32%) on the season in the first inning.
- IN THE ARSENAL: This season, has thrown sliders 33.2% of the time, with opponents batting .238 (20/84) against the pitch…He throws changeups 26.1% of the time and is holding opponents to a .213 (17/80) average with 17 strikeouts.
- VS. SEATTLE: In seven career starts vs. Seattle, is 0-3 with a 2.45 ERA (40.1 IP – 11 ER)…Last year, was 0-0 with a 1.10 ERA (16.1 IP – 2 ER) in three starts vs. Seattle…On June 6, 2021 at Angel Stadium (6 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 10 SO); recorded 32 swings and misses in the start, which was the most for any MLB pitcher in a game that season.
- AT ANGEL STADIUM: In 37 career games (33 starts) at The Big A, is 5-15 with a 3.65 ERA (187.1 IP – 76 ER)… This season, is 1-2 with a 3.60 ERA (30.0 IP – 12 ER) in five home starts…Last year, was 3-4 with a 3.31 ERA (70.2 IP – 26 ER) in 13 home starts…Has allowed three-or-fewer runs in 27 of 33 career home starts.
- HOME OPENER: Started Angels Home Opener on April 7 vs. Toronto…Tossed 6.0 innings and allowed one earned run…Marked second time starting Angels Home Opener (also, 2020 vs. Seattle).
- LEFT IN THE PARK: Has not allowed a home run to a left-handed batter since Aug. 13, 2021 (Kyle Tucker, HOU)…Allowed just eight total home runs last season (all to right-handed batters)…Since start of 2022, leads the American League with a 0.52 HR/9 innings rate.
- GOOD NIGHT: This year, has a 3.03 ERA (32.2 IP – 11 ER) in night games, compared with a 5.54 ERA (26 IP – 16 ER) in day games….Last season, was 4-4 with a 2.50 ERA (72 IP – 20 ER) with 75 strikeouts in his 13 night starts, compared with a 2-5 record and 3.29 ERA (76.2 IP – 28 ER) in his 14 day games.
- WINNING STREAKS: Loss on April 20 at Yankees snapped streak of three straight winning decisions (dating back to last season), which was longest streak of career.
