Mariners starting lineup for tonight’s series opener vs. the Indians.

Tuesday night in the Bronx, Mariano Rivera earned his 16th save of the season — and the 624th of his legendary career.

His very first save came way back on May 17, 1996 versus the California Angels. Fast forward to September 13, 2011 and that’s where Kyle Seager come in.

“I’m on the highlight reel,” Seager said with a sigh. “I struck out for his 600th career save.”

Monday night Rivera got the best of the Mariners third baseman once again, as Seager flew out to center field to begin the ninth inning. Of course, Rivera gets nearly everyone out and he does it with virtually only one pitch: the cutter.

“You know it’s coming and you really almost have to reverse your mindset at the plate,” Seager said from his locker.

“If, out of his hand, the pitch looks like a strike, it’ll probably come in and jam you, as a left-handed hitter. You really need to jump on the pitches that look like they’ll be outside of the zone. Those are almost the only ones you can hit.”

Rivera is 16-for-16 in save opportunities this year, the second-longest save streak to start a season in his career (2008: 28 consecutive saves). No matter their approach, opposing batters have almost never been able to figure out what has been nothing more than a four-seam fastball with some natural cut.

Thursday’s Mariners starting lineup vs. the Yankees.

Wednesday’s Mariners starting lineup.

We’ll post some video and more photos of the two visits later, but here a few quick pics of the guys from this morning.

Brandon Maurer, Charlie Furbush, Lucas Luetge and Tom Wilhelmsen at the MLB Fan Cave.

Michael Morse and Raul Ibanez were guests at MLB.com headquarters today.

Tonight’s Mariners lineup vs. the Yankees.

Felix Hernandez will face off against fellow Cy Young Award winner CC Sabathia tonight at Yankee Stadium (4:05 pm PT/7:05 pm ET). Felix has been fabulous in five career starts at the new Yankee Stadium, going 4-1 with a 1.31 ERA and a pair of 2-hit shutouts. Greg Bishop, a former writer for the Seattle Times, wrote a nice feature on Felix for this morning’s edition of  The New York Times.

Honorary Bat Girl Kimberly Fugere, her husband Ross, and Dustin Ackley pose for a pregame photo.

It was quite a Mother’s Day for 32-year old Kimberly Fugere of Renton. She got a personalize Mariners jersey, met Dustin Ackley and Brandon Maurer, oh, and she threw out the ceremonial first pitch before the Mariners vs. Oakland A’s game on Sunday.

Fugere is the Mariners 2013 Honorary Bat Girl, one of 30 across Major League Baseball. Kimberly is also a breast cancer survivor. Two years ago, the 32-year old Fugere was diagnosed with Stage 4 breast cancer. In the years since, it has spread to her brain and lungs. Two months ago, she underwent brain surgery.

Through it all, Fugere maintains a prositive outlook and is focused on getting well and being a wife to husband Ross and mom to her two children, ages six and three.

The Mariners and Major League Baseball are proud to salute Kimberly Fugere, and all those whose lives have been touched by cancer.

The Honorary Bat Girl program was introduced by MLB in 2009 to raise additional awareness and support for the annual “Going to Bat Against Breast Cancer” initiative celebrated on Mother’s Day.

The pink Louisville Slugger bats used by players in Sunday’s game will be auctioned off on MLB.com to raise funds for the fight against breast cancer. And fans can order their own hot-pink Louisville Slugger at shop.mlb.com or sluggergifts.com.

Game-used baseballs with pink stitching will be auctioned on MLB.com to raise money for cancer research.

Saturday’s Line-up

Game #37: Oakland Athletics (18-19) vs. Seattle Mariners (17-19) | 6:10 p.m. | Safeco Field
Pitching Match-Ups: RHP Jarrod Parker (1-5, 7.34) vs. RHP Brandon Maurer (2-4, 6.07)
Radio: 710 ESPN Seattle and the Mariners Radio Network…also available at Mariners.com (for subscribers to MLB.tv)
TV: The game will be televised in HD on ROOT Sports…also available via MLB.tv (outside Mariners TV territory)
Live Stats: MLB Gameday will provide a live box score with pitch-by-pitch data
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