SEATTLE MARINERS NOTES:
TODAY’S TILT…the Mariners continue a 6-game road trip (2-2) today with the 2nd of 3 games against the Baltimore Orioles (1-0)…Seattle took on the New York Yankees (1-2) in a 3-game series to begin the road trip…tonight’s game will be televised live on ROOT Sports with Aaron Goldsmith and Angie Mentink 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 defeated the Orioles by a 13-1 score in last night’s series opener… the Mariners are 15-13 over their last 28 games (5/22-c)…Seattle is 28-13 when scoring at least 4 runs and 9-24 when scoring 3-or-fewer…the Mariners are 21-17 at T-Mobile Park and 16-20 on the road this season…they are 10-15 in day games and 27-22 at night.
- .500 or Better – The Mariners (37-37) are 14-26 (.350) against teams .500-or-better this season, and 23-11 (.676) against below-.500 teams.
- Winning Big – Seattle’s 12-run winning margin (13-1) in last night’s game was its largest since winning 14-1 on June 5, 2019 vs. Houston.
- ESPY Nominee – Julio Rodríguez was nominated for “Best Breakthrough Athlete” by the 2023 ESPYS…the ESPYS will air on ABC on July 12 at 5 p.m. PT.
THIS IS OFFENSIVE…the Mariners scored a season-high 13 runs in last night’s game on the heels of a 10-run effort in New York on Thursday, scoring 10-runs in back-to-back games for the first time since Aug. 17 & 19, 2022 (2 G)…Seattle has scored 10+ runs in 3+ consecutive games only twice in franchise history: 4 G, April 14-18, 2000 and 3 G, Aug. 6-8, 1994…the Mariners 23 combined runs over their last 2 games are their most in back-to-back games since April 7 & 8, 2019 (25 R).
2 OUTS, SO WHAT?…the Mariners scored 10 of their 13 runs in last night’s game with 2 outs…overall this season, the Mariners have picked up 145 of their 321 RBI with 2 outs (45.2%)…Seattle’s 45.2% share of RBI coming with 2 outs leads MLB, ranking ahead of Houston (44.4%) and San Diego (43.2%)…Julio Rodríguez leads the Mariners and ranks tied for 6th in the Majors with 23 2-out RBI this season, narrowly ahead of teammates Eugenio Suárez (20 RBI) and Jarred Kelenic (18 RBI).
JUST FRANCE, IT’LL BE OKAY…Ty France reached base 4 times last night, going 3-for-4 with 2 runs and 1 walk to extend his on-base streak to 17 games (6/3-c)…the 17-game streak ties a career-high for Ty (also: 17 G, June 3-20, 2021) and is the longest active on-base streak in the Majors, ranking ahead of active 16-game streaks by Ketel Marte, Fernando Tatis Jr. and Alex Verdugo…during his active 17-game streak, Ty holds a .419 OBP, while batting .358 (24×67) with 15 runs, 5 doubles, 2 home runs, 9 RBI, 3 walks and 4 HBP with a .941 OPS.
FOR STARTERS…Mariners starting pitchers have surrendered 3 runs-or-less in each of their last 10 games (6/12-c), posting a 2.25 ERA (15 ER, 60.0 IP) with 20 walks and 57 strikeouts, while holding opponents to a .167 (35×210) batting average against during that span…overall this season, Seattle starters rank 3rd-best in the Majors by FanGraphs WAR (7.8), behind only Minnesota (8.9) and Philadelphia (8.8)…Mariners starters lead the Majors with 38 quality starts this season, ranking ahead of Houston (37) and Minnesota (36).
BATTLE OF THE BULLPENS…the Mariners and Orioles boast the 2 best bullpens in the Majors by fWAR…Baltimore (4.1) and Seattle (3.6) rank first and second in MLB, respectively…in 75 games this season, the Mariners bullpen is 12-11 with 16 saves and a 3.52 ERA (97 ER, 248.1 IP) with 95 walks and 277 strikeouts…Seattle relievers have posted a 2.92 strikeout-to-walk ratio, tied for 2nd in the AL behind only Toronto (3.30)…Seattle relievers have recorded a 349 FIP, 2nd in the Majors to Baltimore (3.46).
BALANCE BEAM…the Mariners have stayed within 2 games above-or-below the .500 mark across 44 of their last 45 games (5/3-c)…the lone exception was when they were 3 games above .500, holding a 28- 25 record following a May 28 win vs. Pittsburgh…the previous occurrence of being more than 2 games above-or-below .500 was May 2, when they held a 13-16 record.
AND TEOSCAR GO TO…Teoscar Hernández has homered in back-to-back games for the 2nd time this season, while also recording 3 hits in each of the contests…Teo is the first Mariners player to homer in back-to-back games with 3 hits in each game since Ty France from April 23-24, 2022…in 18 contests during the month of June, Hernández is batting .356 (24×68) with 12 runs, 3 doubles, 1 triple, 5 home runs, 15 RBI and 7 walks, while getting on base at a .413 clip and slugging .647 with a 1.060 OPS…among American League players with at least 60 PA during the month, Teo ranks 3rd in OPS behind only Shohei Ohtani-LAA (1.356) and Corey Seager-TEX (1.185).
ANDRÉS THE GIANT…Andrés Muñoz has not allowed a run in 9 appearances this season, recording 1 save with 3 walks and 13 strikeouts in 8.1 innings out of the Mariners bullpen…since being reinstated from the 15-day Injured List on June 6, he has tossed 5.0 scoreless innings over 5 appearances, with 2 walks and 10 strikeouts…the right-hander has not allowed a regular season home run in over a calendar year (last HR: June 10, 2022)…his homerless streak of 53.0 innings is the longest in the Majors among pitchers who have appeared in a game during the 2023 season.
\HERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME…the Mariners return home following tomorrow’s series finale to open a 6-game homestand against the Nationals (June 26-28) and Rays (June 30 – July 2)…the upcoming homestand is highlighted by Patriotic Fireworks Night on Friday, June 30, Patriotic “Cal-Boy” Hat Day on July 1 and Stars & Stripes Fanny Pack Day on July 2…Mariners fans also have the opportunity to Work from Home(plate) with a ticket special on June 28 which includes tickets and lunch in the HitIt-Here Café…for more information about upcoming special events, or to buy tickets to any upcoming Mariners games, fans can visit Mariners.com/Promotions or Mariners.com/Tickets.
AS YOU KNOW…the Mariners offense scored a season-high 13 runs last night, reaching base 22 times (17 H, 5 BB) over the 9-inning contest, and…AS YOU MAY KNOW…Mariners batters saw 221 pitches in last night’s game, averaging 4.6 pitches-per-plate appearance, but…DID YOU KNOW?…the 221 pitches seen by Mariners batters were tied for 2nd-most during a 9-inning game in franchise history (also: 4/16/2000 at TOR), trailing only 228 pitches on Sept. 30, 2000 at Los Angeles-AL?…the Mariners lead the American League this season having seen 3.97 pitches-per-plate appearance, trailing only the Cubs (4.10 P/PA) and Brewers (4.02 P/PA) for the Major League lead.
MARINERS STARTER – RHP BRYCE MILLER
2023/Career MLB Breakdown:
W-L ERA G/GS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Overall 5-3 3.68 9/9 51.1 37 21 21 8 45 4
Home 4-1 3.03 5/5 29.2 20 10 10 5 26 3
Road 1-2 4.57 4/4 21.2 17 11 11 3 19 1
vs. BAL 0-0 -.– 0/0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ABOUT BRYCE MILLER…
- The 24-year-old right-handed pitcher is scheduled to make his 10th career start, and his first against the Baltimore Orioles.
- Selected by Seattle in the 4th round (113th overall) of the 2021 MLB First-Year Player Draft; signed by Mariners scout Derek Miller.
- Spent 3 seasons at Texas A&M from 2019-21…also spent 2 seasons playing for Brazos Valley Bombers of the Texas Collegiate League in 2018 and 2020, and 1 season with the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod League in 2019. • Was born in Mount Pleasant, Texas and attended New Braunfels High School in New Braunfels, Texas.
LAST TIME OUT…W#5 on June 18 vs. Chicago-AL, tossing 7.0 innings and allowing just 1 run on 4 hits with 6 strikeouts…his 7.0 innings pitched matched a career-high.
MAKING MORE HISTORY…became the 1st pitcher since at least 1901 to go 6.0+ innings pitched and allow 2-or-fewer hits in at least 4 of his first 10 career appearances…Miller has only made 9 career starts.
ROOKIE DOMINATION…has only allowed 47 runners to reach base safely through his first 9 career starts which leads the league and is tied with Dustin May-LAD (47)…his 47 baserunners allowed are the 6th fewest in a pitcher’s first 9 career starts in MLB history (min. 30.0 IP)…he trails Shane Baz-TBR (46).
WATCH ME WHIP…his 0.877 WHIP ranks 1st in the Major Leagues among pitchers with at least 9 starts…he currently ranks ahead of Tyler Wells-BAL (0.888).
KEEPING THE BATS QUIET…has only allowed 37 hits through his first 9 career starts which leads all rookies (min. 50.0 IP)…his 37 hits allowed are tied for the 3rd fewest in franchise history in a pitcher’s first 9 starts…he is tied with Ken Cloude…Logan Gilbert and James Paxton top the list with 36.
FIRST 5 STARTS…became the 4th pitcher in franchise history to not allow a home run over his first 5 career starts, joining Michael Pineda, Jim Converse and Brian Snyder…his 4 earned runs allowed are tied for the fewest in a pitcher’s first 5 career starts in franchise history, joining James Paxton (4 ER, 31.1 IP) and Justin Dunn (4 ER, 9.2 IP).
AN ALMOST PERFECT BEGINNING…took a perfect game into the 6th inning in his first career Major League start at Oakland on 5/2 before a Tony Kemp 1-out single broke up the no-hit bid…the 16-consecutive batters retired in a pitcher’s MLB debut are the most since 1961 (h/t Elias Sports).
WHAT A DEBUT…became just the 3rd pitcher in MLB history to strike out 10 batters without issuing a walk in their Major League debut, joining RHP Johnny Cueto-CIN (4/3/08) and Stephen Strausburg-WSN (6/8/10)…became the 30th pitcher in MLB history to strikeout 10+ in their ML debut…also set a franchise record for most strikeouts in a debut moving ahead of Enrique Romo, who struck out 9 on 4/7/77.
NO RUNNERS ALLOWED…became the only pitcher in MLB history to have 3-or-fewer baserunners allowed in each of their first 3 career starts…his 8 baserunners allowed were the fewest in a pitcher’s first 3 career appearances since at least 1901 (min. 15 IP).
MAKING IT LOOK EASY…he became the only pitcher in MLB history to have 6.0+ innings pitched and allow 3-or-fewer baserunners in his first 3 career starts…his 3-game streak of 6.0+ innings pitched and 3-or-fewer baserunners allowed is tied for the longest since 1901… Blake Snell-SDP and Corbin Burnes-MIL were the most recent pitchers to achieve this feat, both doing so in 2021.
BALTIMORE ORIOLES NOTES:
YESTERDAY’S NEWS: The Orioles fell to the Mariners last night, 13-1, to open the three-game series…Marks the most runs allowed this season and the 17 hits are tied for the most surrendered this year (3x, last: 5/31 vs. CLE)…The 12-run losing margin is also the largest of 2023…Anthony Santander hit his 12th home run of the season in the seventh inning…Josh Lester made his first professional pitching appearance and tossed a scoreless ninth inning.
HOME COOKING: The O’s began a nine-game, 10-day homestand with three games against Seattle last night…The Birds host Cincinnati from June 26-28 and Minnesota from June 30 to July 2 following an off day on June 29.
Baltimore has won five of the last seven games at Oriole Park since June 9 and has the fifth-best home record in MLB at 22-14 (.611).
AGAINST THE MARINERS: The Orioles and Mariners are meeting for the first time this season…Baltimore travels to Seattle from August 11-13…The M’s took four of six games last year, winning two of three at Oriole Park from May 31 to June 2 and at T-Mobile Park from June 27-29…The O’s are 9-19 (.321) against the Mariners since 2018, including 4-11 at Camden Yards during that time.
WHAT’S TRENDING: The O’s have won 36 of their last 58 games, 39 of 62, and 41 of 65…The 45-29 (.608) overall record is the third-best in the AL and fourth-best in MLB (see box at right)…Marks the eighth time since 1954 that the O’s have won 45 of their first 74 games and first since 1997 (50-24).
BROHEARN: Ryan O’Hearn has slashed .371/.397/.714 (26-for-70) with six doubles, six homers, 15 runs scored, 14 RBI, and three walks in his last 21 games (19 GS) since May 16… Among players with at least 70 plate appearances during that time, he ranks second in batting average and OPS (1.112) and third in slugging.
HAYS OF OUR LIVES: Austin Hays leads the AL and is third in MLB with a .323 batting average (see box at right)…He also ranks among AL leaders in doubles (T-4th, 21), slugging percentage (5th, .518), OPS (5th, .880), and hits (7th, 81)…Only one Oriole has ever won a batting title: Orioles Legend and Hall of Famer Frank Robinson, who hit .316 in 1966…Hanser Alberto, who finished with a .305 batting average in 2019, is the only qualified Oriole in the last 14 seasons to finish the year with a batting average of at least .300.
No player has ever led the AL in batting average at the All-Star Break and not been an All-Star, according to the Elias Sports Bureau; there have been six such instances in the NL, most recently Hunter Pence in 2007 and Larry Walker in 2002.
Hays has hit in eight of nine games and in 14 of 16; he’s slashing .381/.412/.587 (24- for-63) with seven doubles, two home runs, 12 runs scored, eight RBI, three walks, one hit-by-pitch, and one stolen base since June 4. He recorded multiple hits in a career-long five straight games from June 15-20; he has 2+ hits in six of the last eight games and in eight of 18 games this month; his 25 multi-hit games this season rank fifth in the AL and 10th in MLB.
YOUNG GUNN: Gunnar Henderson is slashing .345/.379/.709 (19-for-55) with two doubles, six homers, nine runs scored, 13 RBI, three walks, and two stolen bases in 15 June games (14 GS)…He ranks among AL leaders in home runs (T-2nd) and total bases (T-7th, 39) this month…Henderson homered in three straight games from June 10-13, becoming the first O’s rookie to do so since Ryan Mountcastle from June 2-5, 2021…He also scored a run in five consecutive games from June 8-13, one shy of his career high set earlier this year from April 11-16.
He earned his first AL Player of the Week honor for the week of June 5-11; he’s the first Oriole to win the award since Mountcastle in June 2021.
BIG TIME RUTSCH: Adley Rutschman is slashing .336/.427/.574 (41-for-122) with five doubles, eight home runs, 21 runs scored, 17 RBI, and 20 walks in 34 home games (33 GS) this season…He ranks third in the AL and tied for fifth in MLB with a 1.001 OPS at home… Eleven times in O’s history (since 1954) has a player finished with an OPS above 1.000 at home in a season, most recently done by Chris Davis (1.026) in 2015…Luke Scott (1.091) holds the team record in 2010.
Rutschman ranks second in the AL with 49 walks this season; he’s on pace to draw 107 base on balls, which would be tied for the fourth-most in team history; Ken Singleton holds the record with 118 walks in 1975.
He’s sixth in the AL with a .379 on-base percentage.
AY, TONE: Anthony Santander is tied for seventh in the AL with 20 doubles and 33 extra-base hits this season…He’s the first O’s player with 33 extra-base hits in his first 70 games of a season since Trey Mancini had 36 in his first 70 games of 2019.
Santander is tied for third among MLB switch hitters with 12 home runs this year.
ROSTER MOVES: The Orioles today reinstated Cedric Mullins from the 10-day Injured List and recalled Bruce Zimmermann from Triple-A Norfolk…In corresponding moves, Logan Gillaspie and Josh Lester were optioned to Norfolk…Mullins has been out since May 29 with a right groin strain.
STARTING PTICHER – #64 DEAN KREMER RHP
QUICK HITS: Scheduled to make his 16th start of the season, eighth at home, and fourth career start against the Mariners this afternoon…Made a career-high 22 appearances (21 GS) in 2022, 11 appearances at home (10 GS), and 11 on the road… Owned an 8-7 record with a 3.23 ERA (45 ER/125.1 IP) and 87 strikeouts…Made six starts of 5.0-or-more scoreless innings, tied for seventh-most in the AL… Acquired by the Orioles along with INF Breyvic Valera, OF Yusniel Diaz, RHP Zach Pop, and INF Rylan Bannon in exchange for INF Manny Machado on July 18, 2018… Originally selected by the Dodgers in the 14th round of the 2016 First-Year Player Draft out of UNLV.
LAST TIME OUT: Earned his eighth win of the season in his last start on June 18 at Chicago-NL…Allowed three runs (1 ER) on three hits (2 HR) with two walks and a career-high-tying seven strikeouts (5x, last: 5/21/23 at TOR) in 5.0 innings…In 2022, he did not earn his eighth victory until his 20th appearance (19th start) on September 23, 2022 vs. Houston…Threw 92 pitches, 58 strikes.
‘KREM’ OF THE CROP: Kremer has pitched to a 6-2 record with a 3.33 ERA (19 ER/51.1 IP) and five quality starts in his last nine assignments since May 5…Has completed at least 5.0 innings in each of those games and has allowed three earned runs-or-fewer in eight of his last nine outings…Tied a career high with three straight wins from May 5-21 (also: 6/12-7/9/22)…Also tossed a career-high-tying seven strikeouts on June 18 at Chicago-NL.
AGAINST THE MARINERS: Making his fourth career start against the Mariners this afternoon…Did not factor into the decision in his last start against Seattle on June 28, 2022 at T-Mobile Park…Worked 7.0 scoreless innings on four hits with two walks, a wild pitch, and five strikeouts…Threw 97 pitches, 58 strikes… Has pitched to a 0-0 record with a 2.81 ERA (5 ER/16.0 IP) and two quality starts in three career outings against the Mariners.
AGAINST THE AL WEST: Making his 13th career start against the AL West…Owns a 4-1 record with a 3.12 ERA (24 ER/69.1 IP) and six quality starts through his first
12 career outings against the division…Dealt the loss in his last start against the AL West on May 27 vs. Texas, his 50th career start…Allowed three runs on five hits with two walks and five strikeouts in 6.1 innings…Left the game with a runner on base, who later scored…Snapped his three-game winning streak at Oriole Park…Marked his fourth quality start of the season…Threw 97 pitches, 63 strikes…Tossed his first career shutout and complete game on September 23, 2022 vs. Houston (9.0 IP, 4 H, 2 BB, 6 K).
HOME COOKING: Making his eighth home start of the 2023 campaign…Has pitched to a 4-1 record with a 4.62 ERA (20 ER/39.0 IP) through his first seven starts at Oriole Park…Earned the win in his last home start on June 13 vs. Toronto…Allowed two runs on eight hits with six strikeouts in 6.0 innings…Did not issue a walk in a start for the fourth time this season and for the second straight start (last: 6/7 at MIL)…Marked his sixth quality start of the season… Threw 95 pitches, 63 strikes…Allowed four runs in each of his first three home starts of the season but has pitched to a 3.00 ERA (8 ER/24.0 IP) in his last four outings at Oriole Park since May 10.
