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Mariners' Justin Turner: Sitting again Saturday
Justin Turner is absent from Saturday's lineup against Oakland.Turner will sit for a second straight game Saturday. Jorge Polanco will serve as the designated hitter and bat fifth against right-hander Joey Estes.
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Mariners' Justin Turner: Absent from Friday's lineup
Justin Turner is not in the starting lineup for Friday's game against Oakland, Shannon Drayer of SeattleSports.com reports.Turner will begin Friday's contest on the bench while Cal Raleigh serves as the designated hitter and bats second. Turner has reached base safely in 24 straight starts, and since Sept. 1 he's slashed .293/.391/.440 with 13 runs scored, two home runs and eight RBI across 92 plate appearances.
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Mariners' Justin Turner: Extends impressive on-base streak
Justin Turner went 1-for-5 with a two-run single in a win over the Astros on Wednesday, extending his on-base streak to 20 games.Turner has also reached safely in 24 straight starts, and he owns a .302/.396/.500 slash line with a 14.2 percent walk rate and 17.0 percent strikeout rate over that span. Those numbers are reminiscent of vintage Turner from the pinnacle of his career with the Dodgers, and his contributions have played an integral part in keeping the Seattle Mariners in contention for an AL wild-card spot.
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Mariners' Justin Turner: In Sunday's lineup
Justin Turner (knee) will start at first base and bat fifth Sunday against the Rangers.Turner fouled a ball off his knee Saturday and was forced to leave the game, but apparently it's not bad enough to cost him a start. As he approaches his 40th birthday in November, Turner's MLB future is uncertain, but he's shown signs of life with a .303/.398/.494 batting line and four homers in his last 26 games for Seattle.
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Mariners' Justin Turner: Leaves game with knee injury
Justin Turner left Saturday's game against the Rangers in the sixth inning due to a knee injury, Shannon Drayer of SeattleSports.com reports.Turner fouled a ball off his knee during his at-bat in the top of the sixth inning, and he'll finish the game having gone 2-for-4. Dylan Moore has shifted over to first base while Leo Rivas comes in at second.
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Mariners' Justin Turner: Lifts 10th homer Thursday
Justin Turner went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in a loss to the Rangers on Thursday.The veteran turned on a Kumar Rocker offering in the fourth inning and sent it 401 feet to center field for his 10th home run of the season, and the Seattle Mariners' first run of the game. Turner has reached base safely in eight consecutive contests and in 12 straight starts overall, mustering a .279/.407/.535 slash line with five extra-base hits, five RBI, 10 runs and a modest 13.0 percent strikeout rate over his last 54 plate appearances.
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Mariners' Justin Turner: Delivers as late lineup addition
Justin Turner went 2-for-3 with a double, a walk and two runs in a win over the Cardinals on Sunday.Turner was a late lineup replacement for Victor Robles (elbow) and made good use of his inclusion into the starting nine, pushing his season OBP to a stellar .344 with his trio of trips on the basepaths. The 39-year-old is showing he still has plenty of life in his bat, now having authored three multi-hit efforts in his last eight games and furnishing a .321 average and 1.031 OPS across 33 plate appearances in that stretch.
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Mariners' Justin Turner: Late add to lineup
Justin Turner is starting at first base and batting fifth Sunday against the Cardinals.The 39-year-old was poised to sit Sunday in St. Louis but will instead start the contest since Victor Robles (elbow) was scratched. Turner is off to a slow start in September, as he's gone 4-for-20 with four walks, a double, an RBI and two runs in six games.
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Mariners' Justin Turner: Multi-hit tally in win
Justin Turner went 2-for-5 with a double in a win over the Cardinals on Friday.The veteran extended his recent stretch of hot hitting with Friday's production, which pushed his average over the last seven games to .320 (8-for-25). Turner has three of his five extra-base hits with the Seattle Mariners in that span, and he's also striking out at just a 10.0 percent clip within that sample of 30 plate appearances.
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Mariners' Justin Turner: Back on bench Sunday
Justin Turner is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Angels.Turner had started in six of the Seattle Mariners' previous seven contests, but all but one of those came against left-handed starting pitchers. The 39-year-old looks like he'll fill the short side of a platoon at first base with Luke Raley while Seattle has all of its key bats available.
Justin Turner
#2 DH / Seattle Mariners / EXP: 16YRS Height: 5-11 Weight: 208 lb Age: 40 College: None Bats/Throws -/-Fantasy Points by Week
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- 42%
- Start
- 26%
- 1B Rank
- NR