Mariners complete impressive sweep of the Texas Rangers

Other Mariners’ notes

• The Mariners are 16-20 in night games this season, compared to 11-7 in day games.
• Seattle improved to 9-8 in series openers on Thursday and are 16-12 at home this season.
• The Mariners are 12-12 this season in games following a loss.
• Seattle is now 21-8 this season when scoring four or more runs, compared to 6-19 when scoring three or less.
• The Mariners are 12-5 in one-run games this season; at .705, this is the best winning percentage in the Majors for this scenario.
• Seattle is 19-3 this season when out-hitting their opponents.
• Sheffield gave up six hits, two earned runs and two walks in 5.0 innings on Friday night, while recording one strikeout.
• Yusei Kikuchi took a no-hitter into the sixth on Sunday; he ultimately allowed three hits and two runs in his sixth consecutive quality start.
• With a home run on Sunday, Kyle Seager moved into fourth place in franchise history with nine seasons of 10 or more homers.
• The Mariners lead the Majors with 55 double plays turned.
• Seattle has now won 12 straight games at home against Texas; there are 12 games remaining between the two teams this season, including six at T-Mobile Park.
• On Sunday, Haniger became the first Mariner this season to reach 200 at-bats.
• J.P. Crawford has safely reached base in 37 of his last 46 games.
• Murphy produced four hits and a home run in three games against the Rangers, thus improving his batting average this season from .138 to .167.

All statistics correct following completion of games on May 30, 2021

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