Mariners Game Notes — August 3 at Los Angles Angels

AS YOU KNOW…Eugenio Suárez has recorded an RBI in a career-high 8 consecutive games (7/25-c), tied for the longest such streak in the Majors this season, but…DID YOU KNOW?…Geno’s active 8-game streak is tied for the 7th-longest RBI streak in MLB history by a Venezuelan-born player?…Suarez trails only streaks by Carlos Gonzáles-COL (11 G, 8/15–27/2011), Carlos Guillén-DET (11 G, 6/16–28/2007), Bobby Abreu-PHI (10 G, 5/8–18/2005), Pablo Sandoval-SF (9 G, 5/21–29/2014), Edgardo Alfonzo-NYM (9 G, 7/12–20/2002) and Magglio Ordóñez-CWS (9 G, 6/9–17/2000).

TONIGHT’S TILT…the Mariners begin a 4-game series at the Los Angeles Angels today, coming off a 3-game homestand vs. the Boston Red Sox (2–1)…following Sunday’s series finale in Los Angeles, the Mariners will return home for a 5-game homestand vs. San Diego (2 G, Aug. 8–9) and Baltimore (3 G, Aug. 11–13)…tonight’s game will be televised live on ROOT SPORTS with Dave Sims and Aaron Goldsmith on the call and broadcast live on Seattle Sports (710 AM) with Rick Rizzs and Gary Hill Jr. on the call.

ODDS AND ENDS…the Mariners won yesterday’s rubber game vs. the Boston Red Sox by a score of 6–3, winning their 4th consecutive series…Seattle is 6–2 over its last 8 games, 9–4 over its last 13, 14–9 over its last 23 and 17–11 over its last 28…the Mariners are 44–18 when scoring at least 4 runs and 12–34 when scoring 3-or-fewer…the Mariners are 31–26 at T-Mobile Park and 25–26 on the road this season…they are 20–19 in day games and 36–33 at night.

• Series Openers — The Mariners are 20–15 in series openers (10–7 on the road) this season.
• Double Time — Bryan Woo is facing the Angels tonight for the 2nd time this season, marking the first time he has faced an opponent twice in his career…Woo previously faced the Angels in his 2nd-career start on June 10 at Angel Stadium, going 4.2 innings and allowing 2 runs on 4 hits with 1 walk, 7 strikeouts and 1 home run allowed.
• Heavenly Hitting — J.P. Crawford leads Mariners batters with a .314 (37x118) career batting average at Angel Stadium, ranking ahead of Teoscar Hernández (.304, 21x69) and Ty France (.303, 23x76)…the Mariners are batting .282 (29x103) as a team at Angel Stadium this season, their best batting average at any ballpark.

SERIES STUFF…Seattle has won 4 consecutive series dating back to a 3-game series vs. Toronto from July 21–23…the Mariners have won 7 of their last 9 series, owning a 7–1–1 series record since June 30…Seattle took 2 of 3 vs. Tampa Bay (6/30–7/2), 2 of 3 at San Francisco (7/3–7/5) and 3 of 4 at Houston (7/6–7/9) heading into the All-Star Break…the Mariners lost 2 of 3 vs. Detroit (7/14–7/16) and split a 4-game series vs. Minnesota (7/17–7/20)…in their last 4 series, they have won 2 of 3 vs. Toronto (7/21–7/23), 2 of 3 at Minnesota (7/24–7/26), 2 of 3 at Arizona (7/28–7/30) and 2 of 3 vs. Boston (7/31–8/2).

IT STARTS WITH PITCHING…the Mariners pitching staff leads the Majors in ERA (3.43) as a team since July 1, ranking ahead of Toronto (3.55) and Baltimore (3.58) in that span…overall this season, Seattle ranks 4th in the Majors in ERA (3.81), trailing San Diego (3.66), Houston (3.77) and Tampa Bay (3.80)…overall, the Mariners bullpen ranks 2nd in ERA (3.56) behind only the Yankees (3.07).

GENO THE RUN PRODUCER…Eugenio Suárez has recorded an RBI in 8 consecutive games (7/25-c), the longest active RBI streak in the Majors and tied the longest in the Majors overall this season, joining Nolan Arenado-STL (8 G, 5/10–5/18) and Justin Turner-BOS (8 G, 6/30–7/8)…Suárez is the first Mariners player with a 8+ game RBI streak since fellow third baseman Kyle Seager recorded RBI in 8 consecutive contests from July 25-Aug. 2, 2021, exactly 2 years ago to the date that Suárez has put together his streak…with an RBI today, Geno would join Edgar Martinez (9 G, Aug. 12–20, 1995) as the only other Mariners batter to ever tally 9 consecutive games with an RBI.

J-ROD IS ALWAYS ON-BASE…Julio Rodríguez has reached base safely in 27 consecutive games (7/1-c), the longest active on-base streak in the Major Leagues…during the streak, Julio is batting .287 (33x115) with 17 runs, 7 doubles, 4 home runs, 16 RBI, 7 walks, 3 hit-by-pitches and 7 stolen bases, getting on base at a .344 clip, slugging .452 with an .796 OPS…the 27-game on-base streak surpasses Julio’s previous-high on-base streak of 22 games (June 27-July 29, 2022) and is Seattle’s longest on-base streak within a single season since Robinson Canó reached safely in 34 consecutive games from April 30-June 5, 2016.

THE KID CAN PLAY…Cade Marlowe has reached base safely in each of his first 8 starts to begin his Major League career (11 G, 8 GS), batting .308 (8x26) with 5 runs, 2 doubles, 1 triple, 1 home run, 2 RBI and 5 walks, while reaching base at a .419 clip and slugging .577 with a .996 OPS through his first 11 career games…Marlowe’s .308 batting average is the best mark by a Mariners player over their first 11 career games since Kyle Lewis hit .333 over his first 11 games from Sept. 10–21, 2019…since making his MLB debut on July 20, Marlowe is averaging 4.61 pitches-per-plate appearance, 6th-most in MLB during that span (min. 30 PA).

WHAT A CATCH…Mariners catchers have been worth 3.7 fWAR this season, 3rd-most in the Majors, trailing only Atlanta (4.3 fWAR) and Milwaukee (4.0)…Seattle catchers hold a 124 wRC+ this season, trailing only Atlanta (126) for the Major League lead…Cal Raleigh’s 17 home runs are tied for the American League lead among catchers with Salvador Perez-KC (17 HR)…in 93 games, Raleigh is batting .230 (73x318) with 50 runs, 16 doubles, 1 triple, 17 home runs, 45 RBI and 35 walks, getting on base at a .308 clip, slugging .447 with a .754 OPS…Tom Murphy is batting .300 (39x130) with 17 runs, 12 doubles, 8 homers, 16 RBI and 8 walks, getting on base at a .340 clip, slugging .577 with a .917 OPS in 42 games.

WHAT A MONTH!…the Mariners finished the month of July with a 17–9 record (.654), tied with Baltimore for the best record in the Majors during the month…Seattle has gone 49–26 (.653) in July contests since 2021…this season, Seattle finished July with a .249 team batting average, the club’s first month with a team batting average above .245 since July 2019 (.254).

HOME SWEET HOMESTAND…following Sunday’s series finale against the Angels, the Mariners will return home for a 5-game homestand vs. San Diego (2 G, Aug. 8–9) and Baltimore (3 G, Aug. 11–13)…the homestand is highlighted by Félix Hernández Hall of Fame Induction Weekend, featuring Félix Hernández Mariners Hall of Fame Fireworks Night on Friday, Aug. 11, Félix Hernández Mariners Hall of Fame Induction Night on Saturday, Aug. 12 and Félix Hernández Mariners Hall of Fame Bobblehead Day on Sunday, Aug. 13…the homestand also includes Sesame Street Night on Tuesday, Aug. 8 and a Mariners Value Game on Wednesday, Aug. 9.