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NEW in ‘24: After each @Mariners win, I will post a deep-dive nugget from the game called #TheMayerGWS (Game-Winning Stat) #1 : The Mariners pitching staff became the first to toss a shutout with more than 10 K’s on Cy Young’s birthday (March 29) in MLB history.
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Julio Rodríguez is the FIRST player in MLB HISTORY with 15+ home runs, 50+ RBI & 20+ stolen bases through his first 90 career games.
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Julio Rodríguez is the fastest player (81 G) in MLB HISTORY to reach 15+ home runs & 20+ stolen bases, surpassing Ellis Burks (82 G) & Barry Bonds (90 G).
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The @Mariners are the first team in American League HISTORY with multiple (July 13-17, Aug. 30-Sept. 4) undefeated 6+ game road trips in a season.
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Julio Rodríguez & Tariq Woolen are the first @Mariners / @Seahawks rookie duo to be named an All-Star/Pro Bowler in the same year since Alvin Davis & Fredd Young in 1984.
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The @Mariners are 41-19 over their last 60 games, best record in the American League in that span & their best 60-game stretch in over 19 years.
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Julio Rodríguez is the 4th rookie age 21-or-younger with a 6.0+ WAR, 145 OPS+ season in MLB history, joining Ted Williams (1939), Albert Pujols (2001) & Mike Trout (2012).
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Julio Rodríguez is the youngest AL player (21 years, 286 days old) with a double and triple in a postseason game, surpassing Lou Gehrig (24 years, 110 days old) on Oct. 7, 1927.
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Luis Castillo is the first pitcher to throw 7.0+ scoreless innings in @Mariners postseason history.
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Adam Frazier: first @Mariners go-ahead double in the 9th inning or later in the postseason since Edgar Martinez did it 27 years ago today — on Oct. 8, 1995.
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Julio Rodríguez is the 5th AL center fielder to reach a 5.0+ WAR season at age 21-or-younger, joining Tris Speaker, Mickey Mantle, Ken Griffey Jr. & Mike Trout.
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Julio Rodríguez ranks in the top 5 among American League outfielders in the following categories:
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Julio Rodríguez is the first @Mariners player 21-or-younger to hit a grand slam since Alex Rodriguez on July 6, 1996, also at Texas.
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Only 5 athletes in the Big Four sports over the last 20 years have won an Olympic medal & made an All-Star team by age 21: LeBron James 🇺🇸🏀 Anthony Davis 🇺🇸🏀 Patrick Kane 🇺🇸🏒 Jonathan Toews 🇨🇦🏒 Julio Rodríguez 🇩🇴⚾️
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The @Mariners (Luis Castillo, Andrés Muñoz, Paul Sewald, Matt Festa, Matt Brash) tonight became just the 2nd team in MLB HISTORY to go 12+ scoreless IP with ≤3 H/0 XBH allowed & 14+ K, joining the New York Mets on June 17, 1976.
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Julio Rodríguez is fastest player (125 career G) in MLB HISTORY to reach 25+ HR & 25+ SB, surpassing Mike Trout (128 G). Julio has been the fastest to 15/20, 2nd-fastest to 20/20 & now fastest to 25/25 clubs in MLB history.
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Cal Raleigh is the first catcher to homer from BOTH sides of the plate in a game in the 112-year history of Fenway Park.
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Julio Rodríguez is the fastest player (107 career G) in American League HISTORY to reach 20+ home runs & 20+ stolen bases, surpassing Mike Trout (112 G).
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George Kirby has the highest strikeout-to-walk ratio (7.36) through a pitcher’s first 15 career starts in MLB history.
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George Kirby is the first rookie in MLB history to record a save in the postseason in his first career relief appearance.
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The @Mariners are the most clutch team ALL-TIME, via @fangraphs :
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The @Mariners starting rotation (Robbie Ray, George Kirby, Marco Gonzales, Logan Gilbert, Luis Castillo) has a 1.68 ERA over their last 20 games, setting a franchise record and surpassing a 1.69 ERA in 20 starts from Aug. 22-Sept. 19, 2001.
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Julio Rodríguez is the 4th AL player age 21-or-younger to hit 25+ home runs in his first MLB season, joining Joe DiMaggio (1936), Ted Williams (1939) & Eddie Murray (1977).
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Julio Rodríguez has the longest active on-base streak (20 G) in MLB. He has a .985 OPS with 7 HR & 21 RBI in that span, with the @Mariners going 18-2.
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Cal Raleigh is one of 4 catchers age 25-or-younger with 25+ HR and 1.5+ defensive WAR in a season, joining Johnny Bench (5x), Carlton Fisk & Mike Piazza.
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The @Mariners are: 44-25 since June 2 28-12 since July 2 10-5 since August 2 BEST record in the American League over all 3 of those spans.
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The @Mariners are the first team to lead MLB in 1-run wins in back-to-back seasons (2021-22) in 125 years — since the Cincinnati Reds from 1897-98.
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The @Mariners have played MLB’s toughest schedule, via @baseball_ref ’s Strength of Schedule metric:
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Since Scott Servais took over as @Mariners manager in 2016, Seattle has the BEST record in MLB in one-run games (186-140) and extra inning games (65-33).
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Julio Rodríguez has a .982 OPS with 10 HR & 29 RBI over his last 30 games, with the @Mariners going 25-5.
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Julio Rodríguez is the youngest player in MLB history, and the first @Mariners player of any age, to hit a leadoff HR & a game-tying/go-ahead HR in the 9th inning or later of the same game.
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Julio Rodríguez: first AL player age 21-or-younger with 4+ H, HR & SB in a game since Mike Trout on May 21, 2013 & youngest @Mariners player since Ken Griffey Jr. on April 26, 1989.
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Bryce Miller is the first pitcher in MLB history with a sub-1.00 ERA, 15+ strikeouts and ≤1 BB over a pitcher’s first 2 career games.
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George Kirby is the FIRST pitcher in American League history (2nd in MLB history) with 28+ strikeouts and 3 or fewer walks over his first 5 career games.
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Jarred Kelenic on his YouTube channel: “I watched Bryce Harper’s first career HR about 20 times before I went to school the next morning”. Kelenic hits his first career HR on the 9-year anniversary of Harper’s first HR on May 14, 2012.
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The @Mariners have 11 walk-off wins from 10 different players this season (Winker, France, Moore, Toro, Suárez, Santana, Torrens, Haniger, Crawford, Raleigh), most players in the Majors.
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The @Mariners have 46 wins in their Navy uniforms this season, most wins by ANY uniform, ranking ahead of the Yankees pinstripes (45) & Dodgers grays (44).
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The @Mariners are the only MLB team to have 5 pitchers (Marco Gonzales, Logan Gilbert, Robbie Ray, Chris Flexen, George Kirby) with 5+ quality starts this season.
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Cal Raleigh is one of 3 MLB players with 20+ home runs, 1.0+ defensive WAR & a 120 OPS+ this season, along with Nolan Arenado and Mookie Betts.
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Julio Rodríguez is the youngest @Mariners player (21 years, 282 days old) to record a hit in the postseason, surpassing Alex Rodriguez (22 years, 66 days old) on Oct. 1, 1997.
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Julio Rodríguez is the 4th center fielder in MLB HISTORY with 10+ WAR over his first 2 seasons, joining Oscar Charleston, Joe DiMaggio & Mike Trout.
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George Kirby has the highest strikeout-to-walk ratio (7.79) through a pitcher’s first 20 career starts in MLB history.
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Bryce Miller has the lowest WHIP (0.421) through a pitcher’s first 3 career starts (min. 15 IP) in MLB history.
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Cal Raleigh: first @MLB player to homer from both sides of plate in a state (CALifornia) that starts with his first name. Only Chili Davis at CHI (7/30/88) & Milton Bradley at MIL (4/18/05) have done it in a CITY that starts with the first 3 letters of first name. #TheMayerGWS
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Julio Rodríguez is the first @Mariners player to hit leadoff home runs in back-to-back games since Ichiro Suzuki on Aug. 15-17, 2004.
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The @Mariners are 38-22 over their last 60 games, best record in the American League in that span.
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George Kirby is the best pitcher in the AL by fWAR (3.1) since July 1, ranking ahead of Justin Verlander (3.0) & Shohei Ohtani (2.6).
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The 2021 @Mariners are the first team to win on a walk-off grand slam, walk, sac fly & wild pitch in the same season since the 1989 Astros.
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The @Mariners lead the Majors in ERA (2.77) and quality starts (26) over their last 40 games, going 25-15 in that span.
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Julio Rodríguez is the first @Mariners player to reach 200+ total bases in his first 110 career games since … Ichiro Suzuki in 2001! Happy #IchiroWeekend .
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Robbie RAY vs. Jon GRAY will be the first @Mariners starting pitcher matchup whose last names rhyme since Wade MILEY vs. Drew SMYLY on May 10, 2016.
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Bryce Miller has the lowest WHIP (0.511) through a pitcher’s first 5 career starts in MLB history.
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The @Mariners are the ONLY team in the Majors to roster 5 relievers (Andrés Muñoz, Penn Murfee, Paul Sewald, Matt Festa, Erik Swanson) with 50+ strikeouts this season.
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BREAKING: Luis Torrens wins the 2022 @Mariners Ping-Pong Tournament Finals, defeating Director of Data Strategy Skylar Shibayama.
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Cal Raleigh is the first player to hit a pinch-hit grand slam & throw out a baserunner in a “🔥Strike ‘Em Out, Throw ‘Em Out” double play🔥” in the same game in @MLB history, per my research. #TheMayerGWS
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The @Mariners starting rotation (Luis Castillo, Robbie Ray, George Kirby, Marco Gonzales, Logan Gilbert) have gone 5.0+ IP with ≤ 2 BB in 16 consecutive games, setting a franchise record.
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Luis Torrens is the first AL player with a walk-off hit & a pitching win in the same season since Chubby Dean for 1942 Cleveland. Torrens is the first in MLB since Brent Mayne for the 2000 Rockies.
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The @Mariners are the most clutch team in MLB via @fangraphs .
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Andrés Muñoz is the best reliever in MLB by fWAR (2.3) over his last 40 games. He leads AL relievers in strikeouts (69), K% (44.8), whiffs (149), WHIP (0.66), opp. BA (.135) & H/9 (4.04) in that span.
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Ty France led the American League in AVG (.500), hits (13), runs (7), home runs (3), RBI (10), total bases (23), OBP (.552) & OPS (1.437) over the past week.
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Ty France has played 162 games with the @Mariners , batting .296/.367/.447 with an .814 OPS and 4.5 bWAR.
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Julio Rodríguez leads MLB rookies in wRC+ (160), hits (37), batting average (.327) and fWAR (1.3) over his last 30 games.
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The @Mariners hit 4 HR from players who wear consecutive uniform #’s ( #26 Frazier, 27 Winker, 28 Suárez, 29 Raleigh) on July 13, 2022. The @SeattleKraken scored 4 goals from players who wear consecutive uniform #’s ( #19 McCann, 20 Tolvanen, 21 Wennberg, 22 Bjorkstrand) tonight.
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The @Mariners are the first MLB team with a 5.0+ fWAR position player & a 3.0+ fWAR pitcher who are both rookies (Julio Rodríguez & George Kirby) since the 1984 Mariners (Alvin Davis & Mark Langston).
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Cal Raleigh: first @Mariners postseason home run since Bret Boone on Oct. 21, 2001.
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J.P. Crawford homering at Minute Maid Park (501 Crawford Street, Houston, TX) makes him the only MLB player this season to homer in a ballpark whose street name matches the player’s last name.
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Cal Raleigh leads MLB catchers in home runs (13), RBI (36) & extra-base hits (25) since May 15.
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Ty France has 200 hits over his last 162 games played, most hits in the Majors during that span.
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Teoscar Hernández, Julio Rodríguez and Mike Trout: only players to rank in 95th percentile in hard-hit % and 80th percentile in sprint speed in 2022.
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Only 3 athletes in the Big Four sports since 2000 have won an Olympic medal, made an All-Star team & won Rookie of the Year before turning 22: Julio Rodríguez ⚾️ LeBron James 🏀 Patrick Kane 🏒
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George Kirby registered the highest game score (71) for a pitcher making his MLB debut in @Mariners history.
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The @Mariners are the only MLB team to roster 5 pitchers (Marco Gonzales, Robbie Ray, Logan Gilbert, Luis Castillo, Chris Flexen) with 9+ quality starts this season.
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Ty France facing J.P. France: first batter/pitcher matchup whose last names are the SAME country since Kevin Jordan faced Ricardo Jordan on Sept. 10, 1997.
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The @Mariners starting rotation has allowed 3 or fewer earned runs in 20 consecutive games, tying a franchise record (Aug. 1-23, 2014).
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The @Mariners bullpen leads the Majors in ERA (1.49), WHIP (0.90), K% (32.3), opponent BA (.168) & WAR (1.8) over their last 25 games, going 22-3 in that span.
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J.P. Crawford homered off Cole Ragans (born in Crawfordville, FL). Crawford is the first @Mariners player to homer off a pitcher whose birthplace contains the batter’s name since Austin Nola homered off Chris Paddack (born in Austin, TX) on Aug. 25, 2020. #TheMayerGWS
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The @Mariners are 1 of 6 MLB teams with 90+ wins in both 2021-22, along with the Dodgers, Astros, Yankees, Cardinals & Blue Jays.
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Julio Rodríguez will be 4th-youngest to start for @Mariners on Opening Day, trailing only Ken Griffey Jr. (1989-90), Alex Rodriguez (1996) & Félix Hérnandez (2007).
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Josh Rojas & Julio Rodríguez homered in the same game today. The FIRST time teammates with the initials J.R. homered in the same game? Jackie Robinson & Jim Russell for the Brooklyn Dodgers on Aug. 2, 1950. BONUS: Today was win #4 ️⃣2️⃣ for the @Mariners this season‼️ #TheMayerGWS
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The @Mariners finish Spring Training ranked 1st in walks (129), 1st in stolen bases (32) & 5th in doubles (54) in MLB.
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Only 2 MLB players have been intentionally walked twice in extra innings of a game this season: Sam Haggerty (8/9) & Aaron Judge (6/10). Haggerty is first @Mariners player with 2+ IBB in extras since Ichiro Suzuki on June 24, 2004.
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J.P. Crawford is the only MLB player worth 2.0+ offensive WAR & 1.5+ defensive WAR ( @baseball_ref ) this season. He’s also rated as MLB’s most clutch hitter (1.86) by @fangraphs .
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Julio Rodríguez & Mike Trout: the only MLB players in the 90th percentile in BOTH hard-hit% and sprint speed ( @MLBStats ).
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The @Mariners have 5 position players (Julio Rodríguez, Ty France, Eugenio Suárez, J.P. Crawford, Cal Raleigh) with 2.5+ WAR, tied for most in MLB with the Astros, Dodgers, Mets & Blue Jays.
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Julio Rodríguez is the only @Mariners player in the Statcast era (since 2015) to hit a 450+ foot HR & register a sprint speed of ≥30 ft/sec in the same game. (h/t @JasonBernard_ )
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Robbie Ray is the 2nd pitcher in @Mariners history to allow ≤3 runs with 40+ strikeouts over a 5-game span, joining Randy Johnson (May 28-June 19, 1997).
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The @Mariners have 3 players (Eugenio Suárez, Julio Rodríguez, Cal Raleigh) with 25+ HR this season, tied for most in MLB.
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Julio Rodríguez leads MLB rookies in wRC+ (160), hits (33), home runs (6), stolen bases (5) & total bases (56) since May 1.
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George Kirby is set to be the first rookie with a postseason save AND start since Gene Bearden 74 years ago — for Cleveland in 1948.
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The @Mariners pitching staff leads MLB in: fWAR, WHIP, FIP, SO/BB, BB/9, HR/9, opp. OBP, SLG, OPS, ISO, wOBA, soft-contact, barrels, swing%, zone% and quality starts.
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Julio Rodríguez (2022) & Ken Griffey Jr. (1994) are the only @Mariners to lead the team in runs, home runs, RBI & stolen bases at the All-Star Break.
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Luis Castillo has the MOST strikeouts (24) in a @Mariners pitcher’s first 3 games with the team, surpassing Gaylord Perry (23), Félix Hernández (21) & Chris Bosio (21).
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Julio Rodríguez has 5 HR with a .447/.533/.895 slash line over his last 10 games, one of 3 AL players age 21-or-younger to do that along with Ted Williams (1939) & Al Kaline (1955-56).
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Julio Rodríguez will be 3rd-youngest AL player to start in leadoff spot in the postseason, trailing only Mickey Mantle (1951 Yankees) & Amos Strunk (1910 Philadelphia A’s).
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The @Mariners have had 3 pitchers (Sewald, Steckenrider, Graveman) record 10+ saves this season, tying a Major League record.
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Julio Rodríguez & Michael Harris II are the first players age 21-or-younger to hit 2+ HR in the same game in MLB HISTORY. Last time multiple players age 21-or-younger hit 2+ HR on the same DAY was Aug. 21, 1996: Alex Rodriguez ( @Mariners ) & Scott Rolen (Phillies).
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The @Mariners have 8 walk-off wins from 8 different players this season (Winker, France, Moore, Toro, Suárez, Santana, Torrens, Haniger), most in the Majors.
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Jarred Kelenic is the youngest @Mariners player with a multi-homer game since Alex Rodríguez hit 2 HR on Aug. 21, 1996.
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Ty France has reached base 100 times this season, leading the American League. He’s the fastest @Mariners player (56 G) to reach base 100+ times in a season since Ichiro Suzuki (56 G) in 2010.
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Carlos Santana is the first @Mariners player with a 3+ run homer in the postseason since Jay Buhner on Oct. 13, 1995.
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The @Mariners have a 12-3-1 series record over their last 16 series, best 16-series stretch since their final 16 of 2001 from Aug. 10-Oct. 7, 2001.
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