Thu, 06/03/2010 - 09:42 by Rakhi
Seattle -- Seattle Mariners outfielder and likely future Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr. has retired from baseball, the team said Wednesday.
The announcement was made by Mariners President Chuck Armstrong, The Seattle Times reported.
Griffey, 40, socked 630 home runs -- good for fifth on the all-time list -- in a career that spanned 22 years, beginning and ending with the Mariners. He played eight years with the Cincinnati Reds and one season with the Chicago White Sox.
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Tue, 05/11/2010 - 09:59 by Rakhi
Seattle -- Seattle Mariners outfielder Ken Griffey Jr. was asleep in the clubhouse last week when the M's needed a pinch-hitter, unnamed teammates say.
Citing unnamed Mariners players, the Tacoma News Tribune reported that Griffey was found asleep during a game last week when manager Don Wakamatsu needed a pinch-hitter for catcher Rob Johnson.
The newspaper said Wakamatsu was vague when asked why he hadn't sent the 40-year-old fading veteran star in to hit, but teammates said it was because the manager didn't want to disturb Griffey.
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Wed, 11/11/2009 - 22:58 by Inderjit Singh
Seattle -- Ken Griffey Jr. has reached an agreement on a contract with the Seattle Mariners for the 2010 season, the Seattle Times reported Wednesday.
Griffey, who turns 40 on Nov. 21, returned to the Mariners for the 2009 season, resuming a likely Hall of Fame career in the city that began in 1989 and lasted 10 years.
An official announcement was expected sometime Wednesday. There was no indication 2010 would be his final season in the Major Leagues.
Griffey spent nine seasons with Cincinnati and a year with the White Sox before returning to the Mariners. Griffey hit .217 in 117 at-bats last season with 19 home runs and 57 RBI.
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Wed, 09/30/2009 - 11:50 by shalini.bahadur
Seattle, Sept. 30: A three-run homer by Ken Griffey Jr. helped power the Seattle Mariners to a 6-4 win over Oakland Tuesday.
Griffey's 17th home run of the season came in a five-run Seattle fifth that also included an RBI sacrifice fly by Franklin Gutierrez and a run-scoring double by Bill Hall.
The outburst cleared the way for Felix Hernandez (18-5) to pitch into the eighth and win his sixth consecutive start. Hernandez allowed two runs on seven hits in 7 2/3 innings.
Kurt Suzuki drove in two runs in the ninth inning for the A's.
Trevor Cahill (10-13) took the loss after giving up six runs on eight hits in 4 2/3 innings.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International.
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Wed, 09/16/2009 - 12:04 by shalini.bahadur
Seattle, Sept. 16: Mark Kotsay and A.J. Pierzynski had two RBI apiece Tuesday to lead the Chicago White Sox past the Seattle Mariners 6-3.
Pierzynski singled in the eventual winning run in the seventh inning and Paul Konerko added another RBI single to make it 5-3.
Freddy Garcia (2-2) got the win with three runs on seven hits and a walk in six innings. Bobby Jenks picked up his 29th save.
Ken Griffey Jr. had a solo home run for the Mariners, who have lost seven of their last nine. Shawn Kelly (4-3) took the loss in relief of Ian Snell, who lasted six innings and gave up two runs on five hits.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International.
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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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Wed, 08/19/2009 - 10:24 by Jaspreet Virk
Detroit, Aug. 18: Alex Avila hit a solo home run and Miguel Cabrera had a two-run single in a four-run eighth Tuesday to lead the Detroit Tigers to a 5-3 win over Seattle.
Rookie Rick Porcello, making his first start since serving a five-game suspension for his role in a Fenway Park fight Aug. 11, got a no-decision after going 5 2/3 innings and giving up a run on four hits with eight strikeouts.
Bobby Seay (3-2) got the win.
Josh Wilson went 2-for-4 with a solo homer and scored twice for Seattle, which has lost four of five. Ken Griffey Jr. and Russell Branyan each drove in a run and Ichiro Suzuki was 4-for-5 for the Mariners.
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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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Thu, 08/06/2009 - 11:21 by preet_20
Kansas City, Mo. Aug. 6: Russell Branyan highlighted a six-run fourth inning with a two-run double Wednesday and the Seattle Mariners went on to out-slug Kansas City 11-6.
The teams combined for 28 hits, 16 of them by the Mariners.
Ken Griffey Jr. began and ended the sixth inning by flying out but in between, the Mariners managed six runs on six hits to take an 8-2 lead.
Luke French (2-2) made his first appearance for Seattle after being obtained from Detroit in the trade that sent Jarrod Washburn to the Tigers. French lasted five innings and got the win despite giving up four runs on nine hits.
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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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Thu, 07/02/2009 - 10:52 by preet_20
New York, July 1: Alex Rodriguez put New York in front with a two-run, sixth-inning homer Wednesday and the Yankees went on to down Seattle 4-2.
New York won its seventh straight game.
Andy Pettitte (8-3) allowed two runs on six hits over seven innings to get the win. He walked only one and struck out five. Mariano Rivera worked a perfect ninth, recording his 20th save of the season and the 502nd of his career.
Seattle lost on New York's home field for the 10th consecutive time.
Johnny Damon gave New York the lead in the third with a home run and Melky Cabrera contributed a blast in the fifth to again put the Yankees in front.
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Sun, 06/28/2009 - 12:01 by preet_20
Los Angeles, June 28: Felix Hernandez pitched eight strong innings and Ken Griffey Jr. hit a two-run home run Saturday in Seattle's 5-1 inter-league win over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Hernandez (8-3) held the Dodgers to just one unearned run on four hits with nine strikeouts and one walk.
Griffey's homer was his ninth of the season and the 620th of his career.
Russell Branyan had a home run and a triple, Franklin Gutierrez had three hits and one RBI, and Ichiro Suzuki had three hits for the Mariners, who won for the sixth time in their last eight games.
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