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959 | SEATTLE | -1.5,+115 | -1.5,+125 | 960 | TORONTO | +1.5,-135 | +1.5,-145 |
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All Games | 83-72 | +4.1 | 62-85 | 3.9 | 0.244 | 0.296 | 3.3 | 0.230 | 0.291 | Road Games | 45-32 | +18.2 | 37-38 | 4.4 | 0.251 | 0.303 | 3.5 | 0.240 | 0.303 | vs Left-handed Starters | 30-21 | +11 | 17-29 | 3.5 | 0.241 | 0.282 | 3.1 | 0.226 | 0.278 | Past 7 Games | 3-4 | -1 | 5-2 | 4.4 | 0.234 | 0.289 | 5.6 | 0.276 | 0.340 | Night Games | 55-51 | -3.6 | 45-56 | 4.0 | 0.243 | 0.295 | 3.4 | 0.235 | 0.292 |
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All Games | 3.9 | 0.244 | 0.296 | 155 | 5217 | 1275 | 392 | 128 | 0.02 | 579 | 379 | 1178 | 92 | 964 | 124 | 80 | | | Road Games | 4.4 | 0.251 | 0.303 | 77 | 2714 | 681 | 211 | 58 | 0.02 | 324 | 202 | 588 | 53 | 509 | 57 | 42 | | | Lefty Starters | 3.5 | 0.241 | 0.282 | 51 | 1710 | 412 | 104 | 31 | 0.02 | 164 | 97 | 401 | 27 | 323 | 33 | 23 | | |
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All Games | 2.52 | 1.153 | 472 | 145 | 132 | 376 | 31 | 168 | 472 | 23-20 | 49 | 11 | 81.7% | Road Games | 2.71 | 1.205 | 242.3 | 79 | 73 | 200 | 14 | 92 | 246 | 16-10 | 27 | 7 | 79.4% |
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All Games | 78-77 | -2 | 75-76 | 4.4 | 0.259 | 0.321 | 4.3 | 0.256 | 0.317 | Home Games | 41-33 | +1.2 | 35-36 | 4.7 | 0.268 | 0.326 | 4.2 | 0.253 | 0.312 | vs Left-handed Starters | 18-19 | -1.7 | 18-19 | 4.2 | 0.259 | 0.322 | 4.2 | 0.256 | 0.315 | Past 7 Games | 1-6 | -5.1 | 3-4 | 2.6 | 0.220 | 0.287 | 5.0 | 0.268 | 0.316 | Turf Games | 41-33 | +1.2 | 35-36 | 4.7 | 0.268 | 0.326 | 4.2 | 0.253 | 0.312 | Night Games | 49-51 | -3.7 | 52-47 | 4.6 | 0.258 | 0.321 | 4.5 | 0.262 | 0.321 |
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All Games | 4.4 | 0.259 | 0.321 | 155 | 5324 | 1380 | 466 | 171 | 0.03 | 655 | 483 | 1106 | 74 | 1082 | 142 | 86 | | | Home Games | 4.7 | 0.268 | 0.326 | 74 | 2526 | 677 | 244 | 92 | 0.04 | 331 | 217 | 554 | 38 | 506 | 61 | 43 | | | Lefty Starters | 4.2 | 0.259 | 0.322 | 37 | 1302 | 337 | 113 | 41 | 0.03 | 149 | 122 | 250 | 14 | 287 | 34 | 16 | | |
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All Games | 4.13 | 1.362 | 464 | 230 | 213 | 438 | 46 | 194 | 415 | 20-21 | 42 | 17 | 71.2% | Home Games | 3.92 | 1.388 | 236.3 | 112 | 103 | 230 | 25 | 98 | 212 | 9-10 | 19 | 7 | 73.1% |
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9/8/2014 | HERNANDEZ(R) | HOUSTON | PEACOCK(R) | 4-1 | W | -280 | 6.5 ev | U | 8 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 9/9/2014 | ELIAS(L) | HOUSTON | MCHUGH(R) | 1-2 | L | -145 | 7 un | U | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 9/10/2014 | IWAKUMA(R) | HOUSTON | TROPEANO(R) | 2-5 | L | -235 | 7 un | P | 5 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 9/12/2014 | PAXTON(L) | OAKLAND | HAMMEL(R) | 4-2 | W | -140 | 7 un | U | 7 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 9/13/2014 | HERNANDEZ(R) | OAKLAND | GRAY(R) | 2-3 | L | -150 | 6 ov | U | 5 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 9/14/2014 | YOUNG(R) | OAKLAND | LESTER(L) | 0-4 | L | +140 | 7 un | U | 7 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 9/15/2014 | IWAKUMA(R) | @ LA ANGELS | SHOEMAKER(R) | 1-8 | L | 100 | 7.5 un | O | 6 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 9/16/2014 | ELIAS(L) | @ LA ANGELS | RASMUS(R) | 13-2 | W | 135 | 8.5 ov | O | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 9/17/2014 | PAXTON(L) | @ LA ANGELS | WILSON(L) | 0-5 | L | 105 | 8 un | U | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 9/18/2014 | HERNANDEZ(R) | @ LA ANGELS | LEBLANC(L) | 3-1 | W | -250 | 6.5 un | U | 6 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 9/19/2014 | WALKER(R) | @ HOUSTON | PEACOCK(R) | 10-5 | W | -150 | 8 ov | O | 12 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 9/20/2014 | YOUNG(R) | @ HOUSTON | KEUCHEL(L) | 1-10 | L | 105 | 7.5 ov | O | 8 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 9/21/2014 | IWAKUMA(R) | @ HOUSTON | MCHUGH(R) | 3-8 | L | -140 | 7.5 un | O | 7 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 9/22/2014 | PAXTON(L) | @ TORONTO | HAPP(L) | | 9/23/2014 | HERNANDEZ(R) | @ TORONTO | DICKEY(R) | | 9/24/2014 | WALKER(R) | @ TORONTO | BUEHRLE(L) | | 9/25/2014 | YOUNG(R) | @ TORONTO | REDMOND(R) | | 9/26/2014 | IWAKUMA(R) | LA ANGELS | WEAVER(R) | | 9/27/2014 | PAXTON(L) | LA ANGELS | RASMUS(R) | | 9/28/2014 | HERNANDEZ(R) | LA ANGELS | WILSON(L) | |
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9/8/2014 | STROMAN(R) | CHICAGO CUBS | TURNER(R) | 8-0 | W | -205 | 8.5 un | U | 12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9/9/2014 | BUEHRLE(L) | CHICAGO CUBS | ARRIETA(R) | 9-2 | W | -140 | 7.5 ov | O | 14 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 9/10/2014 | HUTCHISON(R) | CHICAGO CUBS | HENDRICKS(R) | 11-1 | W | -180 | 8 un | O | 13 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 9/12/2014 | HAPP(L) | TAMPA BAY | KARNS(R) | 0-1 | L | -130 | 8.5 ov | U | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9/13/2014 | DICKEY(R) | TAMPA BAY | HELLICKSON(R) | 6-3 | W | -130 | 8 un | O | 7 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 9/14/2014 | BUEHRLE(L) | TAMPA BAY | ARCHER(R) | 5-6 | L | -125 | 8 un | O | 7 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 9/15/2014 | STROMAN(R) | @ BALTIMORE | CHEN(L) | 2-5 | L | 105 | 7.5 un | U | 11 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 9/16/2014 | HUTCHISON(R) | @ BALTIMORE | JIMENEZ(R) | 2-8 | L | -110 | 8 un | O | 4 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 9/17/2014 | HAPP(L) | @ BALTIMORE | NORRIS(R) | 1-6 | L | 115 | 7.5 ev | U | 5 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 9/18/2014 | DICKEY(R) | @ NY YANKEES | GREENE(R) | 2-3 | L | 110 | 7.5 un | U | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 9/19/2014 | BUEHRLE(L) | @ NY YANKEES | KURODA(R) | 3-5 | L | 130 | 7 ov | O | 9 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 9/20/2014 | STROMAN(R) | @ NY YANKEES | CAPUANO(L) | 6-3 | W | -125 | 8 un | O | 10 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 9/21/2014 | HUTCHISON(R) | @ NY YANKEES | TANAKA(R) | 2-5 | L | 135 | 7.5 un | U | 7 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 9/22/2014 | HAPP(L) | SEATTLE | PAXTON(L) | | 9/23/2014 | DICKEY(R) | SEATTLE | HERNANDEZ(R) | | 9/24/2014 | BUEHRLE(L) | SEATTLE | WALKER(R) | | 9/25/2014 | REDMOND(R) | SEATTLE | YOUNG(R) | | 9/26/2014 | STROMAN(R) | BALTIMORE | TILLMAN(R) | | 9/27/2014 | HUTCHISON(R) | BALTIMORE | GONZALEZ(R) | | 9/28/2014 | HAPP(L) | BALTIMORE | CHEN(L) | |
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| | | SEATTLE: SEATTLE (AP) - Robinson Cano was just the start. The Seattle Mariners didn't stop with one major splash in trying to catch up with the best in the AL West.
Even so, there remain many questions about whether Seattle's additions as a whole can improve a team coming off a 71-win season.
The moves made by Seattle general manager Jack Zduriencik were in hopes of improving the Mariners and solidifying his own future after a shaky offseason that started with Eric Wedge's decision not to return as manager.
Lloyd McClendon is getting his second shot as a major league manager nine years after he was last leading a club in Pittsburgh. Along with Cano, Seattle signed outfielder Corey Hart, closer Fernando Rodney and traded for designated hitter Logan Morrison.
Despite those moves, there remain concerns about the depth of Seattle's rotation beyond ace Felix Hernandez and whether players the Mariners have been waiting for to finally pop can establish themselves as reliable, everyday starters.
Yet the Mariners believe they will be competitive in one of baseball's toughest divisions.
''We're ready to win. That's what it's all about,'' Hernandez said. ''We're ready to win ballgames in Seattle. We're ready to be in the playoffs, we're ready to do that.''
| | TORONTO: TORONTO (AP) - All winter long, the Blue Jays' primary concern was upgrading the starting pitching. The biggest story in Toronto this spring, though, is the one about the free agent arm that got away.
After months of inaction, the Blue Jays thought they'd landed right-hander Ervin Santana on a one-year deal in early March. But when injury concerns flared up in Atlanta, Santana signed a similar deal with the Braves instead.
''I think it's pretty obvious we were involved, it didn't work out. I'm trying to take the high road here,'' general manager Alex Anthopoulos said after Santana turned him down, saying he'd rather pitch in a spacious National League park than face AL East foes in Toronto's hitter-friendly dome.
Anthopoulos, who'd previously come ''extremely close'' to acquiring a starter through trade, must now start the season with almost the same staff he took north last year. Right-handed knuckleballer R.A. Dickey, the 2012 NL Cy Young winner, will be the opening-day starter again, while left-hander Mark Buehrle gets the third slot.
But none of the other three leading contenders, right-handers Brandon Morrow and Drew Hutchison, and left-hander J.A. Happ, have ever pitched 200 innings, and all three are coming off injuries. Morrow was limited to 10 starts last year by a nerve problem in his forearm, Hutchison hasn't pitched in the majors since elbow surgery in 2012, and Happ missed most of 2013 after being hit in the head by a line drive. Happ dimmed his own chances with an awful spring.
Santana, who has topped the 200-inning mark five times, would have given the Blue Jays valuable depth. Without him, there's more chance they'll need starts from touted but untested youngsters like Kyle Drabek, Sean Nolin, and Marcus Stroman.
Still, a confident Dickey insisted Santana would have been more ''bonus'' than ''necessity'' to Toronto. ''I feel like we have what we need,'' he said.
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*Mariners-Blue Jays Preview* ============================
By JORDAN GARRETSON STATS Writer
Seattle (83-71) at Toronto (78-76), 7:07 p.m. EDT
Seattle's offense has fallen on hard times after the Mariners put themselves in good position to make the postseason with an excellent start to September.
They may soon find themselves missing out for a 13th straight season if they can't find a way to get the lineup going.
Seattle looks to keep pace in the wild-card chase Monday night when it opens a four-game road set against the Toronto Blue Jays.
The Mariners (83-72) held a 1 1/2-game advantage for the second wild-card spot after Sept. 6. They've since dropped nine of 14, with more than half of their 44 runs in that stretch coming in two wins while they've averaged 1.1 runs and one extra-base hit in the defeats. Kyle Seager is batting .200 over the last 14 contests and Austin Jackson has struck out 17 times in 55 at-bats in the same span.
"We just aren't very consistent," Robinson Cano said after Seattle's 8-3 loss at Houston on Sunday.
Seattle, which is 1 1/2 games behind Kansas City for the second wild-card spot, hopes its offense can produce like it did in a three-game home sweep of Toronto Aug. 11-13. The Mariners outscored the Blue Jays 19-4.
Their 12-year playoff drought trails only Kansas City (28) and Toronto (20) as the longest in baseball.
James Paxton (6-3, 2.06 ERA) owns the lowest ERA among rookies with at least 10 starts, and it's also the second-lowest by a Mariners rookie with double-digit starts behind only Joel Pineiro's 2.03 mark from 2001.
However, he's dropped two of his last three starts after receiving no run support in either one. He gave up three runs and struck out eight for the second straight game in 6 2-3 innings of a 5-0 loss to the Angels on Wednesday.
"It's tough, but games like this happen," the left-hander said. "That's just the way baseball works. Sometimes the other teams get the breaks."
At 6 1/2 games behind the Royals and nearly mathematically eliminated, the Blue Jays (78-77) have little left to play for beyond trying to finish above .500 for the first time in three seasons.
Toronto has averaged just 2.9 runs while dropping seven of eight overall, though it's won six of eight at home.
J.A. Happ (9-11, 4.35) has been significantly better at Rogers Centre, going 5-5 with a 3.23 ERA in 13 games compared to 4-6 with a 5.67 ERA in 15 road appearances.
The right-hander has a 2.40 ERA in his last seven home starts, but he lost for the sixth time in his last eight outings overall after giving up five runs over six innings in Wednesday's 6-1 defeat in Baltimore. He allowed two home runs for the fourth time in his last 10 games - something he had done just twice in his previous 15 starts.
That's the same line he had in his only start against Seattle this season, a 6-3 road loss Aug. 12. Kendrys Morales and Seager took him deep that day while Logan Morrison went 2 for 2 with a double.
Morales is just 5 for 44 (.114) over his last 13 contests but he's hit .409 with eight doubles and seven RBIs during an 11-game hitting streak versus Toronto.
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| Last Updated: 5/13/2024 7:04:20 AM EST. |
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