NEXT GAMESeattle Mariners vs. Detroit Tigers - Sunday, June 1, 2014 at 1:10 p.m. (ROOT Sports)

LH Roenis Elias (3-4, 4.02) vs.

RH Max Scherzer (6-1, 3.00)

DETROIT TIGERS (31-21) vs. SEATTLE MARINERS (27-28) Saturday, May 31, 2014 Safeco Field

LINESCORE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOBDetroit Tigers 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 - 2 6 0 8 Seattle Mariners 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 x - 3 8 0 5 First Pitch: 7:11 pm Time of Game: 3:18 Temp: 71/W @ 3 mph Attendance: 37,142

WP: Chris Young (5-2, 3.27) LP: Drew Smyly (2-4, 4.10) SV: Fernando Rodney (14)

HOME RUNS: NO. PITCHER INN. MOB OUT COUNT DISTANCEMiguel Cabrera 10 Young 4 0 1 0-2 380 FT/LF PITCHING LINES: DETROIT IP H R ER BB-I SO HR WP HB BK PITCHES/STRIKES Drew Smyly (L) 4.0 7 3 3 1-0 5 0 1 0 0 105/64 Evan Reed 2.0 1 0 0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 28/21 Al Alburquerque 1.1 0 0 0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 15/11 Ian Krol 0.2 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 8/6

SEATTLE IP H R ER BB-I SO HR WP HB BK PITCHES/STRIKES Chris Young (W) 6.0 3 2 2 2-0 6 1 0 0 0 106/69 Charlie Furbush 0.1 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 2/2 Dominic Leone 0.2 1 0 0 1-0 0 0 1 0 0 15/7 Yoervis Medina 1.0 1 0 0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 13/9 Fernando Rodney (S) 1.0 1 0 0 1-0 2 0 0 0 0 26/17

MARINERS NOTES:

The Mariners improved to 15-8 when facing a left-handed starter. Of the Mariners 57 games this season, 32 have been decided by 2 or fewer runs (16-16 in those games)Seattle

has played the most games decided by 2 or fewer runs in the AL, ahead of Baltimore (30 G, 16-14), Chicago (29 G, 15-14), Cleveland (29 G, 16-13) and Kansas City (28 G, 14-14)Seattle is 6-8 in 1-run, 10-8 in 2-run and 1-6 in 3-run games.

The Mariners have allowed 5 home runs this season on 0-2 pitchesHouston, Oakland, Tampa Bay entered todays games tied for AL lead allowing 5 home runs on 0-2 pitches.

o Chris Young has allowed a pair of 0-2 home runs this season, after allowing only 2 in his career prior to this season.

Chris Young is 6-0 with a 2.84 ERA (18 ER, 57.0 IP) in 9 career starts at Safeco Field, including going 4-0 with a 1.89 ERA (7 ER, 33.1 IP) in 5 starts at home this season.

o Young is the only pitcher in history of Safeco Field to make at least 7 starts without recording a loss. o Young tied his season-high with 6 strikeouts (also: 4/23 vs. HOU). o Young has limited opponents to a .202 average (46x228), while walking 23 and striking out 24 in 11

games/10 starts this season. o Young has recorded 6 quality starts this seasontossed at least 6.0 innings 8 times, including each of his

last 6 starts. o Marked the first time Young has recorded at least 5 wins in a season since winning 7 in 2008 with SD.

Willie Bloomquist plated the Mariners 2nd and 3rd runs with a 2-out, RBI singlesdating back to the start of the 2012 season he is batting .414 (41x99) with RISP (.333/4x12, 7 RBI this season).

o Bloomquist is batting .343 (57x166) with 24 runs scored, 8 doubles, 2 triple, 3 home runs, 15 RBI, 9 walks and 6 stolen bases in 55 career games vs. the Tigershis .343 average currently is the 2nd-highest among active players vs. the Tigers (min. 120 PA).

Cole Gillespie went 2-for-3 with 1 runs scored and 1 RBI, recording his first multi-hit game of the season (last: 8/3/13 vs. LAD with CHI).

Kyle Seager is batting .303 (37x122) w/16 runs, 7 doubles, 1 triple, 8 home runs and 31 RBI in his last 34 games. In 27 game at Safeco is hitting .287 (25x87) with 13 runs scored, 2 doubles, 1 triple, 8 home runs and 22 RBI.

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TIGERS NOTES: Detroit is 4-9 in its last 13 games after going 15-3 over its previous 18 conteststhe Tigers have allowed 147 hits

over those 13 games (11.3 per game) after allowing the fewest hits in baseball prior to May 19 (302). The Tigers are 17-10 on the road this season, but only 3-6 after winning a season-high 11 straight road games from

April 29-May 18. Miguel Cabrera hit his 10th home run of the season with solo blast with 1 out in the 4th inning off Chris Young.

o Cabrera has hit at least 10 home run in each of his 12 seasons in the Major Leagues. o Cabrera currently has 49 RBI this season, including 7 in his last 5 games...he has recorded at least 1 RBI

in 26 of 52 games, including 15 multi-RBI contests. o Cabrera extended his hitting streak to 7 gamesduring the streak he is batting .400 (10x25) with 6 runs

scored, 1 double, 3 home runs, 7 RBI and 3 walks. o Cabrera hit .380 (41x108) with 22 runs, 11 doubles, 8 home runs, 34 RBI and 10 walks in 29 games in

Mayhe led the Major Leagues with 34 RBI in the month of May. o Cabrera has hit safely in 19 of 24 games with 11 multi-hit contests vs. the Mariners at Safeco

Fieldoverall is batting .340 (34x100) with 19 runs scored, 4 doubles, 6 home runs, 20 RBI and 7 walks in 24 games in Seattle.

Starter Drew Smyly is 0-3 with a 5.47 ERA (16 ER, 26.1 IP) in his last 5 starts. o Smyly recorded his first career loss vs. the Marinersis 1-1 with a 3.46 ERA (5 ER, 13.0 IP ) in 5 games,

2 starts vs. Seattle (1-1, 2.77 ERA in 3G/2GS at Safeco Field). Victor Martinez went 0-for-3, snapping his hitting streak at 7 gamesduring the streak he hit .500 (13x26) with 1 run

scored, 3 doubles, 1 home run, 6 RBI and 1 walk.

TIGERS MANAGER BRAD AUSMUS: On Drew Smylys performance: He had a little trouble with his command. He had trouble getting ahead, and when he did get ahead it seemed like they would work their ways back into 3-2 counts, so he ended up throwing a bunch of pitches early. He got up to about 100 pitches and it was time to get him out. On fixing his high pitch count: I dont think it was anything mechanical. I think its something he can fix, but I think its something that hes going to have to fix himself. On Chris Youngs outing: He was tough. Hes pitched well in this park. Hes throwing 86 to 88, but hes got a really good down-angle, really good finish. This is a guy whose velocity gets played up quite a bit. His 86-88 is probably more like 90-92. Hes really tough to get on top of for a hitter. On both teams bullpens: I thought our pen pitched well. Their pen obviously got the job done as well. The big play was probably the ball Kinsler hit that they caught up against the wall. Another three feet and it probably goes over his glove and its a different ball game. But sometimes thats how it goes. We didnt play poorly we just didnt come up with big hits. And when we did hit it hard, they seemed to catch it.