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Seattle Mariners vs. Oakland Athletics - Friday, September 12, 2014 at 7:10 p.m. (ROOT Sports)
LHP James Paxton (5-2, 1.87)
vs.
RHP Jason Hammel (10-10, 3.55)

HOUSTON ASTROS (65-81) vs. SEATTLE MARINERS (79-66)
Wednesday, September 10, 2014 Safeco Field

LINESCORE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB
Houston Astros 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 - 5 10 1 7
Seattle Mariners 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 5 1 3
First Pitch: 7:10 pm Time of Game: 3:01 Temp: 66/N @ 4 mph Attendance: 16,931

WP: Nick Tropeano (1-0, 3.60) LP: Hisashi Iwakuma (14-7, 3.11)
SV: Tony Sipp (4)

HOME RUNS: NO. PITCHER INN. MOB OUT COUNT DISTANCE
None
PITCHING LINES:
HOUSTON IP H R ER BB-I SO HR WP HB BK PITCHES/STRIKES
Nick Tropeano (W) 5.0 4 2 2 2-0 5 0 0 0 0 80/45
Darin Downs 2.0 0 0 0 1-0 2 0 0 0 0 15/11
Jose Veras 1.0 0 0 0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 15/9
Tony Sipp (S) 1.0 1 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 15/10

SEATTLE IP H R ER BB-I SO HR WP HB BK PITCHES/STRIKES
Hisashi Iwakuma (L) 4.1 6 4 4 2-0 6 0 0 0 0 79/50
Dominic Leone 1.2 0 0 0 0-0 3 0 0 0 0 24/17
Danny Farquhar 1.0 1 0 0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 12/9
Tom Wilhelmson 1.0 2 1 1 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 19/15
Yoervis Medina 1.0 1 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 15/11

MARINERS NOTES:
Seattle remains 2.0 games behind Oakland for the top A.L. Wild Card spot.
o Seattle remains half a game back of Detroit for 2
nd
Wild Card.
Hisashi Iwakuma failed to complete 5.0 innings for just the 3
rd
time this season (also: June 25 & Aug. 24 at BOS).
o Over his last four starts has a 7.50 ERA (15 ER, 18.0 IP) with 18 strikeouts.
Dominic Leone tossed 1.2 shutout innings, retiring all 5 batters while striking out three.
o In 24 home games, he has a 0.84 ERA (3 ER, 32.1 IP) with 34 strikeouts.
Since May 31 at home, has a 0.50 ERA (1 ER, 18.0 IP) with 18 strikeouts in 14 games.
Logan Morrison had his 13 game hitting streak against Houston snapped.
o During the streak he hit .404 (19x47) with 7 runs, 5 doubles, 1 triple, 1 home run and 11 RBI.
o In his career against Houston has hit safely in 19 of his 21 games.
Austin Jackson had his 10 game home hitting streak snapped.
o During the streak, he hit .317 (13x41) with 4 runs, 1 triple and 1 RBI.
Robinson Cano recorded his 54
th
multi-hit game of the season, T2
nd
-most in MLB with Denard Span.

ASTROS NOTES:
Houston is 8-2 in the last 10 games and 14-8 in their last 22 gamessince July 7, Houston is 29-27 in 56 games.
Nick Tropeano recorded the win in his Major League debut.
o He is the first Astros starter to record the win in ML debut since Jarred Cosart on July 12, 2013 at TB.
o Tropeano is the 5th Astros starter to make his ML debut over the last 3 seasons (2012-14).
o Tropeano struck out Austin Jackson looking to record his first career ML strikeout to open the game.
o Overall in his ML debut, Tropeano allowed 2 runs on 4 hits with 2 walks and 5 strikeouts in 5.0 innings.
Jose Altuve recorded his Major League leading 199th and 200th hits of the season.
o His 200 hits are the 2nd-most in franchise history passing Miguel Tejadas 199 hits in 2009 and trail only
Craig Biggios club record 210 hit set in 1998.
o Altuve reached his 200th hit in his 146th game of the season, becoming the fastest to reach 200 hits in a
season since Ichiro in 2009 (144 G).
o Altuve recorded his 59th multi-hit game of the seasoncurrently ranks 3rd in Astros club history with 59
multi-hit games in a single seasontrails only Derek Bell (61 in 1998) and Enos Cabell (60 in 1978).
o Altuve stole his 52nd base of the seasonranks T10th in club history with Michael Bourn (52 in 2010).
o Altuves 200 hits, 40 doubles and 52 stolen bases make him just the 7
th
player in MLB history to record
200+ H, 40+ 2B and 50+ SB in a season (last: Hanley Ramirez in 2007).
Chris Carter extends his hitting streak to 9 games, tied for a career-high set from July 3-13, 2014 During the
streak, he is hitting .375 (12x32) with 6 runs scored, 1 double, 3 home runs, 7 RBI, 6 walks and 3 stolen bases
o Has reached base safely in his last 16 consecutive games, dating back to Aug. 24during this stretch he
is batting .309 (17x55) with 9 runs scored, 1 double, 6 home runs, 13 RBI, 10 walks and 3 stolen bases
Max Stassi hit a two-run single in the second inning in his first career MLB at-bat.


ASTROS MANAGER TOM LAWLESS:


On Tropeano making his first start:

He was nervous. Thats why I went out and tried to settle him down early. Some pitches were close that he didnt get, and
I just told him to not get frustrated, to keep doing what he does. And he settled down in the third, fourth and fifth and did a
nice job.

On Altuve reaching 200 hits:

I told him after the game that its hard to do what he did this year. That bat is a little club, and I dont think he knows how
hard it is to do. Congratulations to him. We talked a little bit yesterday and today, and he couldnt sleep he was thinking
about it so hard. I just told him to relax, theres plenty of time. And once he got the first one tonight, I knew he was going
to get the second one.

On if he thinks Altuve will get to 210 hits to break the franchise record:

He might get to 220, who knows. Today I asked him if he needed a day off, and he said he wanted to keep playing, and
thats who he is. Hes going to play, hes going to battle, and hes going to do the things that hes done all year.

On Max Stassis 2-RBI single in the 2
nd
inning:

That was key two-out base hit. Hes a good hitter. He knows hes a strong hitter and hes developed himself into a pretty
good player. From day one in Oklahoma City to now, hes improved as a player on both offence and defense.