Wed, 09/23/2009 - 09:52 by shalini.bahadur
St. Petersburg, Fla., Sept. 22: Jose Lopez homered in the eighth inning Tuesday to give the Seattle Mariners a 4-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays.
Tampa Bay was eliminated from postseason contention.
Ichiro Suzuki had a two-run homer for the Mariners, who got their fifth win in their last six games. Adrian Beltre also drove in a run for Seattle.
B.J. Upton drove in two runs for the Rays, whose four-game winning streak ended. Jason Bartlett also drove in a run for Tampa Bay.
Neither starter got a decision. Ryan Rowland-Smith lasted five-plus innings and gave up three runs on six hits for Seattle. Jeff Niemann went 6 2/3 innings and allowed three runs on four hits.
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Sat, 09/19/2009 - 11:48 by shalini.bahadur
Seattle, Sept. 19: Ichiro Suzuki hit a two-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning Friday, giving Seattle a 3-2 victory over the New York Yankees.
New York took a 2-1 lead into the ninth inning and Mariano Rivera came on in a bid to pick up his 41st save.
Rivera (3-3) seemed to have the game wrapped up when he struck out Jack Hannahan and Mike Carp to open the ninth.
In the span of just two pitches, however, Seattle came from behind. Mike Sweeney hit Rivera's first offering to center for a double and Suzuki then smashed the first pitch over the wall in right.
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Fri, 09/18/2009 - 11:13 by shalini.bahadur
Seattle, Sept. 18: Ichiro Suzuki singled in Ryan Langerhans from second with one away in the 14th inning Thursday, giving Seattle a 4-3 victory over the Chicago White Sox.
Chicago had a three-run lead heading into the seventh, but Adrian Beltre hit a solo homer in that inning and the Mariners tied it in the ninth on home runs by Jose Lopez and Bill Hall.
Seattle was down to its final out when Hall hit his blast, his eighth of the season.
Chicago put two runners on with two out in the 12th, but failed to take advantage of the chance.
With Scott Linebrink (3-7) on the mound in the 14th, Langerhans delivered a one-out single to right. Linebrink hit pinch-hitter Kenji Johjima with a pitch and Suzuki followed with the game-winning base hit.
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Thu, 09/17/2009 - 11:07 by shalini.bahadur
Seattle, Sept. 17: Ryan Rowland-Smith took a shutout into the eighth inning Wednesday, helping Seattle reduce Chicago's playoff hopes with a 4-1 win over the White Sox.
Rowland-Smith (4-3) allowed nine hits, but gave up only one run in eight innings. Chicago's lone score came on Gordon Beckham's one-out homer in the eighth.
David Aardsma pitched the ninth for his 34th save.
The White Sox fell 6 1/2 games behind Detroit in the American League Central and are two games behind Minnesota for second place in the division.
Seattle scored twice in the first inning on a lead-off double by Ichiro Suzuki, an RBI double by Jose Lopez and a run-scoring single from Adrian Beltre.
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Mon, 09/14/2009 - 10:47 by harsheeb
Arlington, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- Ichiro Suzuki got is 200th hit this season Sunday as Seattle beat Texas 5-0 for a doubleheader split.
An RBI single in the top of the second, Suzuki's lone hit, made him the first player in major league history to compile nine consecutive 200-hit seasons, passing the former all-time mark of eight held by Willie Keeler since 1901.
Adrian Beltre hit a two-run homer, Jack Wilson and Jose Lopez added one RBI apiece, while Franklin Gutierrez had two of the eight hits for the Mariners, who won twice in the three-game series.
Winner Felix Hernandez (15-5) surrendered four hits in seven innings with a walk and five strikeouts.
Mark Lowe and closer David Aardsma pitched one inning each.
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Fri, 09/04/2009 - 10:40 by preet_20
Oakland, Calif. Sept. 4: Franklin Gutierrez and Bill Hall hit two-run homers in the first inning Thursday, starting the Seattle Mariners on their way to a 7-4 win over Oakland.
Ichiro Suzuki opened the game with a single off Brett Tomko (3-3) and Gutierrez followed with his 15th home run of the year.
After Tomko retired the next two batters, he gave up a double to Adrian Beltre and a homer to Hall.
Ian Snell (6-10) survived five innings to get the win, his fourth in as many starts. He gave up two runs on seven hits while walking four.
David Aardsma worked a 1-2-3 ninth for his 34th save.
Kenji Johjima hit a two-run homer in the fourth for Seattle, which has won 10 of 13 meetings with Oakland this season.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International.
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Wed, 09/02/2009 - 11:08 by preet_20
Seattle, Sept. 2: Doug Fister went a strong 7 1/3 innings Tuesday and the Seattle Mariners beat the Los Angeles Angels 2-1 after being shut out in their previous two games.
Fister (2-1) held the Halos to one run on five hits. Doug Aardsma pitched the ninth for his 32nd save.
Ichiro Suzuki went 2-for-4 after missing eight games with a strained calf muscle.
Mike Sweeney drove in Seattle's first run with a single in the opening inning.
The Angels tied the scored in the second on an RBI double by Maicer Izturis but Jose Lopez broke the tie in the seventh with an RBI double to right that scored Franklin Gutierrez from first base.
Darren Oliver (4-1) took the loss in relief of Ervin Santana, who gave up a run on five hits over six innings.
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Tue, 08/25/2009 - 11:01 by preet_20
Seattle, Aug. 25: Ian Snell turned in his second straight excellent outing with his new team Monday, carrying the Seattle Mariners to a 3-1 decision over Oakland.
Snell improved to 2-1 since being traded from Pittsburgh, allowing a run on four hits over six innings. In his previous appearance, Snell held Detroit to a run on four hits in 5 2/3 innings. He is 4-9 for the season.
All of the Seattle runs came on homers -- a solo shot by Jose Lopez in the third and a two-run blast from Ken Griffey Jr. in the fifth.
Both home runs came off Vin Mazzaro (4-9).
David Aardsma gave up a leadoff double in the ninth, but retired the next three batters to collect his 29th save.
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Sat, 08/22/2009 - 11:29 by preet_20
Cleveland, Aug. 21: Josh Wilson and Jose Lopez both homered during a four-run fourth inning Friday and Seattle used a 14-hit attack to roll past Cleveland 9-4.
The Mariners took a 7-1 lead through four frames and easily held on while producing six extra-base hits.
Luke French (3-3) got the win in his fourth start since joining the Mariners in a trade July 31. He made it through six innings, giving up three runs on eight hits while striking out six.
Bill Hall helped stake Seattle to a 3-1 lead with an RBI single in the second and a sacrifice fly in the third, after which the Mariners broke the game open in the fourth.
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Thu, 08/20/2009 - 12:25 by preet_20
Detroit, Aug. 19: Don Snell won his first game in a Seattle uniform Friday and Ichiro Suzuki contributed a two-run homer, lifting the Mariners over Detroit 3-1.
Snell (1-1), obtained from Pittsburgh prior to the July 31 trade deadline, was making his fourth start for the Mariners. His last two appearances were struggles, including one in which he gave up six walks in 1 1/3 innings.
He allowed the Tigers only a run on four hits over 5 2/3 innings Wednesday.
David Aardsma allowed a hit in the ninth but struck out two to collect his 28th save.
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Tue, 08/11/2009 - 13:09 by preet_20
Seattle, Aug. 11: Kenji Johjima stroked a two-run home run and Russell Branyan had a solo shot Monday in the Seattle Mariners' 6-4 win over the Chicago White Sox.
Ken Griffey Jr. and Ichiro Suzuki each drove in two runs for the Mariners, who won for the fifth time in their last seven games.
Lucas French went 5 1/3 innings, allowing four runs on three hits with six walks and five strikeouts but did not figure in the decision. Sean White (3-2) got the win despite blowing a lead, pitching 1 2/3 innings and allowing three hits.
Carlos Quentin had two doubles, two RBI and one run scored, and Ramon Castro drove in two for the White Sox, who lost for the fourth time in their last five games.
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Mon, 08/10/2009 - 10:15 by preet_20
Seattle, Aug. 9: Russell Branyan hit a grand slam Sunday, capping the Seattle Mariners' 11-2 rout of Tampa Bay.
Seattle led 7-2 when Branyan's only hit of the game -- his 26th homer of the season -- produced the game's final runs with one out in the bottom of the sixth.
Franklin Gutierrez had three hits, including a two-run homer. Jose Lopez had three hits and one RBI, Mike Sweeney and Ichiro Suzuki had two hits and one RBI each, Michael Saunders had one RBI and Adrian Beltre added two hits for the Mariners, who won twice in the three-game series.
Winner Ryan Rowland-Smith (2-1) yielded two runs and six hits in 6 2/3 innings with four walks and six strikeouts.
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