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M's Avoid Sweep, Beat Rangers in 12

Doug Sweeney — Wed, 14 May 2008 22:41:27 CDT

Miguel Cairo had a two-out RBI single in the 12th inning, and the Seattle Mariners beat Texas 4-3 on Wednesday to avoid a sweep and keep the Rangers from reaching .500. Wladimir Balentien led off the 12th with a single off Franklyn German (1-2), and Yuniesky Betancourt sacrificed. Balentien moved...

Ibanez Leads Mariners Over White Sox

Jamie Buss — Sun, 11 May 2008 21:48:56 CDT

Raul Ibanez hit a two-run homer in the third inning and the Seattle Mariners beat the Chicago White Sox 6-3 today to snap a five-game losing streak. Jose Lopez and Ichiro Suzuki each went 3-for-4 for the Mariners, who finished with 13 hits. It was Seattle's most hits since it...

Orioles Rally to Beat Mariners

Jamie Buss — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:24:54 CDT

Brian Roberts homered to open the eighth inning, capping Baltimore's rally from a five-run deficit as the Orioles beat Seattle 8-7 last night for their sixth win in seven games against the Mariners this season. Roberts hit a 1-0 pitch from Sean Green (1-1) for his second homer of the...

BoSox Snap 9-Loss Seattle Streak, 4-3

Jesse Andrews — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 10:43:43 CDT

After nine straight losses in the Mariners' Safeco Field, the league-leading Red Sox finally broke through with a narrow 4-3 decision; vaunted rookie Daisuke Matsuzaka spent most of the night pitching out of trouble but yielded only two solo shots in seven frames. It was his first win against Seattle...

Move Over, Yogi, and Make Room for Ichiro

Heather McPherson — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 14:19:00 CDT

Seattle Mariners star Ichiro Suzuki says some weird stuff, from reporting conversations with his dog to odd metaphors about bowling. Slate studies the Japanese import's bons mots and suggests that Suzuki may be unused to the American media's unending locker room interviews. Or perhaps, one reporter says, he's trying to...

Mariners Lock in Ichiro for 5 More Years

Joseph Fasano — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 15:05:03 CDT

Ichiro Suzuki is officially the highest-paid Mariner of all time. The 33-year-old Japanese import signed a 5-year extension worth $90 million this week and is now sewn up through 2012. Seattle worked hard to secure its leadoff man, who was a hot item with deep-pocketed clubs like the Yankees even...

All-Star TV Ratings Strike Out

Joseph Fasano — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 04:12:33 CDT

Television ratings for Major League Baseball's All-Star game this week dipped 10% under last year, Bloomberg reports. The 8.4% rating is the second lowest for an All-Star game since 1967, even though the total number of viewers increased to 31.4 million from last year's 31.2 million.

American League Scores 10th Straight All-Star Win

Joseph Fasano — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 04:46:19 CDT

The American League won its 10th straight Midsummer Classic last night, besting the National League 5-4. The game, hosted by San Francisco at AT&T Park, was a slugging match: MVP Ichiro Suzuki chalked up the first in-the-parker in All-Star game history, and blasts from Carl Crawford and Victor Martinez helped...

Mariners Manager Burns Out

Jesse Andrews — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 04:54:56 CDT

With his team on a seven-game streak, 11 games above .500, Seattle manager Mike Hargrove quit today, explaining that 35 years in the business had simply left him too depleted to continue. Bench coach John McLaren will take over. GM Bill Bavasi, while supportive, acknowledged that Hargrove's departure left the...