The Seattle Mariners today announced that fans at T-Mobile Park on Saturday, April 23, when the Mariners meet the Kansas City Royals, will have the chance to take home a piece of Mariners history.

The first 20,000 fans through the gates that night will receive a replica of the statue of Edgar Martinez that stands outside T-Mobile Park.

The statue, which was dedicated on August 11, 2021, commemorates “The Double,” one of the defining moments in team history when the walk-off hit gave the Mariners a win over the heavily favored New York Yankees in Game 5 of the 1995 American League Division Series.

Created by Lou Cella, the Chicago-based artist who sculpted the statues of Dave Niehaus (2011) and Ken Griffey Jr. (2017), it captures the single most famous hit in Mariners history.

During his Hall of Fame career, Martinez hit 521 doubles for the Mariners, including seven in the postseason, none bigger than the one known to Mariners fans simply as “The Double.” It came on October 8, 1995, Game 5 of the American League Division Series against the heavily favored New York Yankees. Trailing by one run in the bottom of the 11th inning, with Joey Cora on third and Ken Griffey Jr. on first, Edgar drilled a one-strike pitch down the left field line of the Kingdome to score Cora and Griffey for a 6-5 win over the Yankees and a trip to the American League Championship Series.

It was the culmination of an improbable late season surge that saw the 1995 Mariners come from 13 games back in the standings to beat the California Angels in a one-game tiebreaker and make their first-ever trip to the playoffs.

Tickets for Edgar Martinez Statue Night are available at Mariners Team Stores at T-Mobile Park and downtown Seattle at 4th & Stewart, and at Mariners.com/Tickets.

Tickets for Opening Day, Friday, April 15, against the Houston Astros are selling fast, but tickets for the remaining eight games of the Opening Homestand are still available including Ken Griffey Jr. #42 Bobblehead Night on Saturday, April 16 (vs. Astros), Mariners Clear Tote Bag Day on Sunday, April 17 (vs. Astros), Mariners Puffy Vest Night and College Night ticket special on Friday, April 22 (vs. Royals), and Little League Day on Sunday, April 24 (vs. Royals).