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MLB: Toronto 5, Seattle 4

Mon, 09/28/2009 - 09:43 by shalini.bahadur

Toronto, Sept. 27: Rod Barajas hit an eighth-inning RBI double Sunday, rallying Toronto to a 5-4 victory against Seattle.
Toronto overcame a 3-0 fifth-inning deficit.

Barajas also hit a sacrifice fly in the seventh, giving him two RBI.
Jose Bautista had two hits and one RBI, while Kevin Millar and Adam Lind had one RBI each for the Blue Jays, who won the final three contests in the four-game series.

The winner was Brian Wolfe (2-2).

Shawn Camp earned his first save.

Seattle scored its runs on solo homers from Kenji Johjima, Matt Tuiasosopo, Franklin Gutierrez and Mike Sweeney.

Johjima had two of the seven hits for the Mariners, who have lost four of five.

The losing pitcher was starter Ryan Rowland-Smith (4-4).

MLB: Seattle 4, Chi. White Sox 3 (14 inn.)

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.

MLB: Seattle 6, Oakland 3

Sat, 09/05/2009 - 10:37 by preet_20

Oakland, Calif. Sept. 5: Jack Wilson's two-run single highlighted a four-run second inning Friday that started Seattle on its way to a 6-3 decision over Oakland.

The Mariners won their fourth straight.

Oakland closed to within 4-3 going into the eighth, but Kenji Johjima had a sacrifice fly in that inning and Jose Lopez added an insurance homer in the ninth.

Ryan Rowland-Smith (3-2), who got the win in his 10th start of the year, gave up three runs on four hits in eight innings. Mark Lowe came on in the ninth for his second save.

Clayton Mortensen (0-2), who was called up from the minors to make the start, surrendered four runs on six hits in seven innings to take the loss. Mortensen began the season in the St. Louis system.

MLB: Seattle 7, Oakland 4

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.

MLB: Seattle 6, Chicago White Sox 4

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.

Seattle catcher out with hamstring injury

Fri, 04/17/2009 - 10:28 by Salinder Kumar

Seattle -- Seattle Mariners catcher Kenji Johjima has been placed on the team's 15-day disabled list with what the team called "a slightly strained right hamstring."

Johjima said he felt "a pinch" in an area above his right knee while backing up a play at first base in the third inning of Wednesday night's contest against the Los Angeles Angels.

He stayed in the game, but the discomfort became worse when he ran to first base on a sixth-inning RBI single. Thursday, he went to the DL for the first time in three-plus seasons with the Mariners.

"I have never felt anything like that in my career," he said through his interpreter on Seattle's Web site.

Johjima is hitting .250 with no homers and four RBI in 24 at-bats this season.