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| Twins take aim at third straight win against Mariners |
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04/09/2009 |
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| (BettingExpress) - Minnesota tries to make it three straight wins this afternoon when it closes out its season-opening four-game series with the Seattle Mariners at the Metrodome. After dropping their first game of the year, the Twins have picked up back-to- back wins including a 6-5 triumph on Wednesday. Justin Morneau and Denard Span had two-run homers to pace the offense, while Jason Kubel came through with an RBI double that plated the go-ahead run in the fifth. Kevin Slowey (1-0) picked up the win, but wa |
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| Slimmed-down Silva tries to pitch Mariners past Twins |
MLB Baseball |
04/08/2009 |
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| (BettingExpress) - Carlos Silva hopes for a fresh start as he begins his second season with the Seattle Mariners, who continue their season-opening four-game series with the Minnesota Twins at the Metrodome tonight. Silva, who is in the second year of a four-year, $48 million deal, had a forgettable first season with the Mariners, going a putrid 4-15 while pitching to a 6.46 earned run average. He was even worse as the season went on, going just 1-15 over his final 23 starts. The 29-year-old right-hander, thou |
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| Bedard seeking turnaround in Mariners' tilt with Twins |
MLB Baseball |
04/07/2009 |
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| (BettingExpress) - Erik Bedard hopes to put an injury-plagued 2008 behind him this evening when the Seattle Mariners continue their three-game season- opening set with the Minnesota Twins tonight at the Metrodome. Bedard, acquired from Baltimore for five players before the start of last season, had a forgetful first year in Seattle, as he went 6-4 with a 3.67 ERA in just 15 starts before shutting it down for good in July. The 30-year-old lefty then underwent shoulder surgery in September and struggled this spr |
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| Mariners' Suzuki to begin 2009 campaign on DL |
MLB Baseball |
04/03/2009 |
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| Peoria, AZ (BettingExpress) - The Seattle Mariners placed peerless outfielder Ichiro Suzuki on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to March 31, for the start of the season. After a severe case of fatigue kept the former American League MVP out of the past three Cactus League games, Suzuki was examined by doctors on Thursday and the team learned Friday that he had suffered a bleeding ulcer. Although the ulcer is no longer bleeding, doctors want Suzuki's activity to be restricted. "It was a very difficult deci |
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| San Diego Padres 2009 Preview |
MLB Baseball |
04/01/2009 |
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| ith 12 runs batted in, 22 runs scored and 58 hits, but his inexperience will cost him. Rookie Everth Cabrera will also battle for playing time at shortstop. His chances improved when the Padres recently traded infielder/outfielder Chris Burke to the Seattle Mariners. While Gonzalez will anchor both the infield and offense at first base, Kevin Kouzmanoff will shoulder the load on the hot corner at third base. Kouzmanoff is coming off a career year in which he batted .260 with a career-best 23 homers, 71 runs sco |
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| Seattle Mariners 2009 Preview |
MLB Baseball |
03/31/2009 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (BettingExpress) - The Seattle Mariners will have a new look in 2009. Well kind of anyway. Don Wakamatsu begins his first year in the dugout, inheriting a team that lost 101 games in 2008. However, general manager Jack Zduriencik continued to make wholesale changes this offseason, as he dealt closer J.J. Putz and let outfielder Raul Ibanez leave as a free agent. Before the end of last season Zduriencik had rid the team of manager Jon McLaren, first baseman Richie Sexson, as well as designated |
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| Mariners acquire Burke from Padres |
MLB Baseball |
03/29/2009 |
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| Peoria, AZ (BettingExpress) - The Seattle Mariners have acquired utility player Chris Burke from the San Diego Padres in exchange for cash considerations, the club announced Sunday. Burke was a non-roster invitee with San Diego, and will join Seattle's major league spring training in the same capacity. Burke, 29, spent last season with Arizona, and batted .194 in 86 games, while playing six different positions -- including all four infield spots. "As we continue to build depth in our organization, we thought C |
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| Mariners release Tyler Walker |
MLB Baseball |
03/29/2009 |
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| Peoria, AZ (BettingExpress) - The Seattle Mariners have released pitcher Tyler Walker, who spent last season with San Francisco and was signed as a free agent in January. Walker was 5-8 with a 4.56 earned run average in 65 appearances for the Giants last season, and this spring pitched to an ERA of 4.76 in six games. "We have determined that there are other pitchers ahead of Tyler in our bullpen," said Mariners general manager Jack Zduriencik. "That drove this ultimate decision." Walker, a 32-year-old right-ha |
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| Ichiro leads Japan to another WBC title |
WBC |
03/24/2009 |
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| y Bum Ho Lee, but the reigning Olympic gold medal winners faltered in the next frame. Suzuki, who moved to the United States in 2001 after playing nine years for the Orix Blue Wave in Japan's Pacific League and became an eight-time All-Star with the Seattle Mariners, delivered at the most crucial moment to cap an eight-pitch at-bat against Chang Yong Lim. Before that, Uchikawa singled to right field, moved to second on a sacrifice bunt, and Akinori Iwamura singled to put runners at the corners. Pinch-hitter Mun |
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| Korea, Venezuela battle for a spot in WBC championship |
WBC |
03/21/2009 |
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| n games. Carlos Silva is expected to toe the rubber for Luis Sojo's club on Saturday. Silva, who was chosen over Felix Hernandez, has been surprisingly effective in posting a 1-0 mark with a 0.83 ERA. Silva was 4-14 with 6.46 ERA last season for the Seattle Mariners Hernandez, a teammate of Silva's in Seattle, is 2-0 and has yet to give up a run in 8 2/3 innings of this tournament. He will go in the final should Venezuela get past Korea. Korea last played Venezuela in the 2007 World Cup and won, 9-2, but Venezu |
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