Mariners Game #151, Preview: 9/17/24, NYY at SEA

Well, it was certainly fun beating the Texas Rangers for three games, but this week is about to get a lot more exciting with a series against the Yankees that ends the Mariners' long homestand. After that, they'll go on an Oops! tour of all the Texas teams, then come back for a quick three-game sweep of the A's to close out the season. But first, here's WonderWalls (Judge and Soto).

Lineups:

MLB, sobbing: You can't always play in the City Connects

Kevin Martinez:

Time for the time-honored tradition of evaluating the graphics on the opponent’s lineup cards:

It's thematically appropriate that the Yankees, the New York Times of baseball (pejoratively), make their graphics look like an early '90s newspaper, even if that means using the ugliest italics known to man. This also gets points for readability and clearly presenting a lot of information. There's nothing super fresh or innovative here, but that's very much the Yankee way, so it all fits. Plus, they get points for not making a pun about SEA.

Information about tonight’s game:

Playing time: 6:40 PT

Television: ROOT Sports NW, with Dave Sims and Ryan Rowland-Smith

Radio: 710 AM Seattle Sports with Rick Rizzs and Aaron Goldsmith

Today in Mariners history:

• 1985: Matt Young records his second consecutive shutout of the year and the Mariners beat the Royals 7-0.
• 1997: Ken Griffey Jr. sets a Mariners record and a personal career high with his 140th RBI. Edgar Martínez records 100 RBI/100 R/100 BB for the third consecutive season.
• 2000: Kazuhiro Sasaki sets a club record with his 33rd save.
• 2008: Ichiro records his 200th hit of the season in Kansas City, making it his 8th consecutive season with 200 hits (tying the record set by Willie Keeler).
• 2009: Ichiro records only the second walk-off base hit of his career (his first came on July 28 of that year); the Mariners set a club record for most walk-off wins in a season with 12.
• 2018: Edwin Díaz recorded his eighth save of the season against Houston, setting the Mariners club record for most saves by a Mariners pitcher against a single opponent in a single season.
• 2021 – Jarred Kelenic hits first career multi-home run game in 6-2 win at Kansas City…at 22 years, 63 days old, he is the youngest Mariners player to hit 2 or more home runs in a game since Alex Rodriguez hit 2 at 21 years, 25 days old on August 21, 1996, in Baltimore.