Results tagged ‘ Safeco Field ’
Indians Game Information for April 18
CLEVELAND INDIANS (5-4) at SEATTLE MARINERS (6-6)
RHP Derek Lowe (2-0, 1.98) vs. LHP Jason Vargas (1-1, 3.44)
First Pitch: 10:10 p.m. (ET) at Safeco Field
TV: SportsTime Ohio
Radio: WMMS, Indians Radio Network
Series Notes:
* The Indians have won a season-high 4 straight games to improve to 4-0 on the road this year, matching Texas for the longest winning streak on the road this season (Rangers are also 4-0 entering their game tonight at Fenway Park against the Red Sox)…Cleveland also won 4 straight road games to begin the 2011 campaign…on the current 4-game streak, the club is batting .333 (53-159) with 21 extra-base hits (11-2B, 2-3B, 8-HR) and a .989 OPS (.410/.579)…the Indians enter tonight’s game looking to start a season 5-0 on the road for the first time since 1998 when the club won its first 6 games away from Cleveland.
* With last night’s 7-run rally in the 5th, the Cleveland offense has now posted at least one inning of 5+ runs in 4 consecutive games, the first such streak of its kind for the Indians since a 4-game streak from May 27-30, 1921.
* The Indians have now plated 8-or-more runs in each of their first 4 road games to start the year, the longest such season-opening streak in franchise history and longest in the majors since the New York Yankees pulled the trick in 4 straight to start the 2003 campaign…according to Matt Benson of STATS LLC, the last team to score 8-or-more runs in each of its first 5 road games to start the year was the 1896 Pittsburgh Pirates (6 straight)…that’s not a typo-o, we have a chance to do something tonight that hasn’t been done since Henry Ford invented the Quadricycle (see: “The Horseless Carriage”).
* Cleveland has homered in 9 straight games to begin the 2012 season, the longest such streak in the majors since the Texas Rangers homered in each of their first 10 games in 2009…the Indians’ current 9-game streak is tied for the 2nd-longest streak in Cleveland franchise history dating back to at least 1918, trailing only a 14-gamer to open the 2002 season…no easy feat to keep a streak like that going here at spacious Safeco Field.
Indians Game Information for April 17
CLEVELAND INDIANS (4-4) at SEATTLE MARINERS (6-5)
RHP Justin Masterson (0-1, 2.77) vs. RHP Kevin Millwood (0-0, 1.50)
First Pitch: 10:10 p.m. (ET) at Safeco Field
TV: SportsTime Ohio
Radio: WMMS, Indians Radio Network
Series Preview: The Indians are 201-158 (.560) all-time against the Seattle Mariners (1977-2012), good for the 3rd-highest winning percentage all-time among teams with at least 20 games played vs. Seattle behind Boston (.576, 215-158) and Oakland (.570, 294-222)…the Indians held a slight 5-4 edge in the 2011 series, but have lost 3 straight and 4 of the last 5 against the Mariners…the two clubs did not meet in Cactus League play this spring due to Seattle’s trip to Japan.
* Cleveland carries a .604 all-time winning percentage at Safeco Field entering this week’s series, going 32-21 since this venue originally opened in July of 1999…that .604 mark is the highest winning percentage by any visiting team with at least 10 games played here at Safeco…the Indians 32 wins are 6th-most all-time at Safeco, but trail only New York-AL (36-25) among non-AL West teams.
* The Indians have 15 total home runs thru 8 games this season, T2nd-most in the A.L. and the majors with St. Louis (10 games) and Texas (10 games), trailing only Baltimore, who has hit 18 home runs thru 10 games.
* The Indians’ 15 home runs are T2nd-most in club history through Cleveland’s first 8 games in a given season, most since swatting 15 thru the first 8 games of 1995…entering tonight, the club record for most home runs thru the first 9 games of a season is 18, accomplished in both 1959 and 1997.
