Mariners Game #27 Preview: 4/27/24, ARI at SEA

The Mariners take on the Diamondbacks on ‘90s Night

After a win last night on Turn Ahead the Clock Night, the Mariners stay vintage with 90’s Night. And now that I have typed “vintage” and “90’s” in the same sentence I will be retreating to my corner to turn into dust, enjoy the cap with Jake, everybody.

Lineups:

The Diamondbacks are sending their first-rounder in 2020, Slade Cecconi, to the mound to make his second start of the season. Cecconi debuted last year for Arizona and was sent to Triple-A to begin this year, but was called up in place of injured starter Merrill Kelly, who has a strained teres major. This will be his second start of the season. The Mariners will get an opportunity to see another fastball-forward pitcher, although they’ll have to guard against Cecchoni’s swing-and-miss slider. The D-Backs are mixing up their lineup some, starting speedster Jake McCarty in the leadoff spot and putting rookie Blaze Alexander in at shortstop.

The Mariners will be running out the same lineup, in the same order, as they did last night:

News:

Unfortunately, there was some negative pregame news regarding Matt Brash, who “didn’t bounce back right” after his last extended outing. He’ll be shut down indefinitely and will fly to Dallas this week for another consultation with sports injury specialist Dr. Keith Meister to “examine possible options.”

Game information:

Game time: 6:40 PT

TV: ROOT Sports NW, with Mike Blowers and Aaron Goldsmith

Radio: 710 AM Seattle Sports, with Rick Rizzs and Dave Sims

Today in Mariners history:

• 1995: Randy Johnson, Bill Risley and Bobby Ayala combine for the first Opening Day shutout in Seattle history, 3-0 vs. Detroit. Ken Griffey Jr. launches a three-run, third deck homer for the game’s lone runs.
• 2001: Kazuhiro Sasaki records his twelfth save in April in a game against the White Sox to set a new Mariners record for most saves in any month.
• 2014: Kyle Seager hit a pair of home runs, including a go-ahead 3-run home run with two outs in the bottom of the 8^th inning, to lift the Mariners to a come-from-behind 6-5 win over the Rangers. Seattle trailed 5-0 after the top of the 4^th inning, and pulled to within two runs at 5-3 after Seager’s solo home run in the 7^th inning. Fernando Rodney nailed down the win and the series win over the Rangers with a 1-2-3 9^th inning.