Mariners Game Notes — August 1 vs. Boston

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AS YOU KNOW…Cal Raleigh went 3-for-4 with 2 home runs in last night’s game, recording his 4th-multi home run game of the season and his 2nd vs. Boston (also: 2 HR on 5/15 @ BOS), and…AS YOU MAY KNOW…Cal’s 4 multi-home run games this season lead all catchers in MLB and rank tied for 3rd-most overall (also: 5 others), but…DID YOU KNOW?…Cal’s 4 multi-home run games this season are the most by a catcher in Mariners history, surpassing 3 multi-home run games by Mike Zunino in 2017?…Cal’s 4 multi-home run games are also the most in a season an Major League catcher since Salvador Perez tallied 6 multi-HR games in 2021…overall, Raleigh has totaled 43 home runs since the beginning of the 2022 season, leading all catchers in MLB during that span, ahead of Salvador Perez (40), Will Smith (37) and Sean Murphy (35).

TONIGHT’S TILT…the Mariners continue a 3-game home series tonight with the 2nd of 3 games against the Boston Red Sox (1–0) before hitting the road for a 4-game series at the Los Angeles Angels (8/3–8/6)…the Mariners are coming off a 6-game road trip (4–2) in which they won a pair of series at the Minnesota Twins (2–1) and Arizona Diamondbacks (2–1)…tonight’s game will be televised live on ROOT SPORTS and broadcast live on Seattle Sports (710 AM).

ODDS AND ENDS…the Mariners defeated the Red Sox by a 6–2 score in last night’s series opener…Seattle is 5–1 over its last 6 games, 8–3 over its last 11, 13–8 over its last 21 and 17–9 over its last 26 games…the Mariners are 43–17 when scoring at least 4 runs and 12–34 when scoring 3-or-fewer…the Mariners are 30–25 at T-Mobile Park and 25–26 on the road this season…they are 19–19 in day games and 36–32 at night.

YESTERDAY’S TRADES…Seattle made 2 trades yesterday, leading up to today’s 3:00 pm PT MLB Trade Deadline…the Mariners acquired OF Dominic Canzone, INF Josh Rojas and INF Ryan Bliss from Arizona in exchange for RHP Paul Sewald…Seattle also traded OF AJ Pollock, INF/OF Mark Mathias and cash considerations to San Francisco in exchange for a player to be named later or cash considerations.

SERIES-LY AWESOME…Seattle has a chance to secure the series win with a victory today over Boston…the Mariners have won each of their last 3 series and 6 of their last 8, owning a 6–1–1 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 3 series, they have won 2 of 3 vs. Toronto (7/21–7/23), 2 of 3 at Minnesota (7/24–7/26) and 2 of 3 at Arizona (7/28–7/30).

CRAWFORD CHRONICLES…J.P. Crawford has reached base multiple times in each of his last 6 games and 12 of his last 15 games dating back to June 15…J.P.’s active 6-game streak of reaching base 2+ times is the longest such streak by a Mariners batter since Ty France reached base multiple times in 9 consecutive games from May 22-June 1, 2022…over his last 40 games (6/10-c), Crawford is batting .307 (46x150) with 26 runs, 14 doubles, 6 home runs, 14 RBI and 30 walks, getting on base at a .423 clip, slugging .520 with a .943 OPS…during that span, he has reached base safely in 35 of 40 contests…overall this season, J.P. leads the Mariners with 3.5 bWAR and ranks 4th among American League shortstops.

ALWAYS ON BASE…Julio Rodríguez has reached base safely in 25 consecutive games (7/1-c), the longest active on-base streak in the Major Leagues…during that span, Julio is batting .293 (31x106) with 16 runs, 7 doubles, 4 home runs, 15 RBI, 7 walks, 3 hit-by-pitches and 6 stolen bases, getting on base at a .353 clip, slugging .472 with an .828 OPS…the 25-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 Mitch Haniger reached base safely in 25 consecutive games from April 3-June 14, 2017…if Julio reaches base today, his 26 game on-base streak, would be the longest by a Mariners player since Robinson Canó reached safely in 34 consecutive games from April 30-June 5, 2016.

DOMINATE THE ZONE…the Mariners starting rotation is 17–10 with a 3.34 ERA (90 ER, 242.2 IP) with 59 walks and 236 strikeouts in 42 games since June 12, best ERA in the AL during that span…they trail only San Diego (3.01 ERA) in the Majors in that span…Luis Castillo is 3–3 with a 3.13 ERA (19 ER, 54.2 IP) with 16 walks and 57 strikeouts in 9 starts…Logan Gilbert is 5–1 with a 3.02 ERA (17 ER, 50.2 IP) with 8 walks and 40 strikeouts in 8 starts…George Kirby is 4–3 with a 3.33 ERA (20 ER, 54.0 IP) with 8 walks and 58 strikeouts in 9 starts…Bryan Woo is 1–2 with a 4.04 ERA (19 ER, 42.1 IP) with 13 walks and 43 strikeouts in 8 starts…Bryce Miller is 4–0 with a 3.44 ERA (14 ER, 36.2 IP) with 10 walks and 38 strikeouts in 7 starts during that span.

CATCH ME IF YOU CAN…Mariners catchers have been worth 3.3 fWAR this season, 4th-most in the Majors, trailing only Atlanta (4.4 fWAR), Milwaukee (4.1) and Texas (3.4)…Seattle catchers hold a 120 wRC+ this season, trailing only Atlanta (129) for the Major League lead…Cal Raleigh has hit safely in 7 of his last 8 games (7/22-c), batting .355 (11x31) with 9 runs, 3 doubles, 4 home runs, 7 RBI and 1 walk in that span…Tom Murphy has also hit safely in 7 of his last 8 games (7/19-c), batting .333 (9x27) with 5 runs, 3 doubles, 3 home runs and 6 RBI during that span.

THE KID CAN PLAY…Cade Marlowe has reached base safely in each of his first 7 starts to begin his Major League career (9 G, 7 GS), batting .238 (5x21) with 4 runs, 2 doubles, 1 triple, 1 home run, 1 RBI and 5 walks, while reaching base at a .385 clip and slugging .571 with a .956 OPS…since making his MLB debut on July 20, Marlowe is averaging 4.73 pitches-per-plate appearance, tied for 5th-most in MLB during that span (min. 20 PA).

HOME SWEET HOMESTAND…the Mariners continue a 3-game homestand tonight with Seattle University Night…Seattle’s recent homestand (July 14–23) drew 349,024 fans to T-Mobile Park, the most fans attending a single homestand since June 20–30, 2017 when the Mariners drew 351,272 over a 10-game ‘stand.