Mon, 07/19/2010 - 09:01 by Pankaj Damin
Anaheim, Calif. -- Jose Lopez drove in Franklin Gutierrez with the go-ahead run in the 10th inning Sunday and the Seattle Mariners defeated the Los Angeles Angels 2-1.
Gutierrez got aboard against Kevin Jepsen (2-2) and stole second base with two outs. Lopez then delivered a clutch line drive to left field to score the runner, allowing the Mariners to avoid a four-game sweep at Angels Stadium.
Brandon League (6-6) got the victory for tossing 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief and David Aardsma collected his 17th save in the bottom of the 10th.
Jason Vargas turned in a strong start, holding the Angels to one run on four hits over 7 2/3 innings, striking out nine and walking only one.
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Sun, 07/11/2010 - 10:47 by Rakhi
Seattle -- Jose Lopez hit a grand slam homer in the eighth inning Saturday that vaulted Seattle to a 4-1 victory over the New York Yankees.
Felix Hernandez went the distance for the Mariners and was allowed to work his way out of a ninth-inning jam after Seattle had grabbed the lead.
Starter Javier Vazquez gave up just three hits in seven shutout innings before being replaced by Joba Chamberlain to start the eighth.
Chamberlain quickly surrendered New York's one-run advantage and the Yankees went on to lose for the first time in eight outings. New York's lead over Tampa Bay in the American League East was reduced to two games.
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Mon, 10/05/2009 - 11:19 by harsheeb
Seattle, Oct. 4 -- Jose Lopez hit a key two-run double Sunday, leading the Seattle Mariners to a season-ending 4-3 win over the Texas Rangers.
The hit gave the Mariners a 4-1 lead with two outs in the bottom of the fifth.
Franklin Gutierrez had two hits and two RBI, and Josh Wilson had three hits for the Mariners, who won five of their final six games to finish with an 85-77 record.
The winner was starter Felix Hernandez (19-5).
Closer David Aardsma earned his 38th save with a 1-2-3 ninth.
Chris Davis, Taylor Teagarden and Craig Gentry each drove in a run for the Rangers, who had only four hits in their 15th loss in their final 23 games.
The losing pitcher was starter Scott Feldman (17-8).
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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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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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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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Mon, 08/17/2009 - 06:09 by Shruti Sharma
Seattle -- Jose Lopez drove in three runs and Ichiro Suzuki had two RBI Sunday in the Seattle Mariners' 10-3 drubbing of the New York Yankees.
Doug Fister (1-0) made his second big league start and came away with the win, giving up three runs on eight hits in seven innings, as Seattle matched their 2008 win total and improved to 61-57.
Derek Jeter got his 2,657th career hit to pass Hall-of-Famer Luis Aparicio for shortstops with the most hits all-time.
Joba Chamberlain (8-3) took the loss after giving up four runs on seven hits in five innings.
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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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Wed, 08/05/2009 - 10:18 by preet_20
Kansas City, Mo. Aug. 5: Jose Lopez and Russell Bryan each had two RBI for Seattle in the Mariners' 7-6 win over the Kansas City Royals Tuesday.
Bryan drove in the go-ahead run with a base hit in the seventh, and Ichiro Suzuki and Ken Griffey Jr. drove in a run apiece.
Bryan broke a 6-6 tie with a bouncer up the middle with runners at the corners off Ron Mahay, who had come in to relieve Jamey Wright (1-4).
Shawn Kelly (3-1) picked up the win in relief, and David Aardsma earned his 26th save with a scoreless ninth.
Seattle scored twice in the sixth to take a 6-5 lead, but Kansas City tied it in the bottom half of the inning on a Yuniesky Betancourt RBI double. Betancourt also drove in a run in the fourth with a triple.
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Mon, 08/03/2009 - 10:17 by preet_20
Arlington, Texas Aug. 2: Jarrod Saltalamacchia's two-run homer in the seventh inning Sunday snapped a tie and delivered the Texas Rangers a 4-2 win over Seattle.
The Rangers got solo homers from David Murphy in the first and Michael Young in the sixth.
Seattle scored two runs in the sixth -- one on a bases-loaded ground out by Russell Branyan and the second on a single by Jose Lopez.
Starter Scott Feldman (10-4) went seven innings, giving up two runs on five hits with two walks and four strikeouts for the Rangers, who took three out of four from the Mariners in the weekend series and have won nine of 13 against Seattle this season.
C.J. Wilson allowed one hit in one inning of relief to get his 13th save.
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Thu, 07/30/2009 - 11:20 by surajdogra
Seattle, July 29: A two-run double by Ken Griffey Jr. in the seventh inning Wednesday boosted the Seattle Mariners to a 3-2 win over Toronto.
His second hit came with one out and the bases loaded, erasing a 2-1 deficit.
Jose Lopez had three of the Mariners' 11 hits -- one a solo, fifth-inning homer.
Seattle has now won two in a row after a four-game losing streak.
Winner Ryan Rowland-Smith (1-1), who didn't surrender a hit through six innings, yielded three hits -- one a two-run homer by Adam Lind -- and three hits in seven innings.
Closer David Aardsma recorded his 25th save.
Alex Rios and Aaron Hill had the other hits for the Blue Jays, who have lost five of seven.
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Mon, 07/13/2009 - 10:34 by preet_20
Seattle, July 12: Pinch-hitter Chris Shelton's drove in the game-winner Sunday in the Seattle Mariners' 5-3 win over the Texas Rangers.
Shelton's RBI single snapped a 3-3 tie with one out in the bottom of the seventh.
Rob Johnson followed with an RBI single.
Ichiro Suzuki had two hits and one RBI, Russell Branyan and Jose Lopez drove in one run apiece, while Franklin Gutierrez and Ronny Cedeno each added two hits for the Mariners, whose 46-42 record left them just four games back of the American League West-leading LA Angels heading into the All-Star break.
The winner was reliever Miguel Batista (6-3).
Closer David Aardsma earned his 20th save.
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