Darrin Beene is entering his seventh year at The News Tribune, having covered the Tacoma Rainiers in 2005 and Major League Baseball for two years before that. Beene, a former assistant sports editor at The News Tribune, also worked for the Los Angeles Daily News and Los Angeles Times. He lives in the South Sound with his wife and two children.
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Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Joel Piñeiro has been named the American League Player of the Week for the period ending May 7th.
In two starts for Seattle last week, Piñeiro went 2-0, with a 1.59 ERA, striking out six and walking none over 17.0 innings of work.
Last Monday the right-hander recorded the ninth complete game of his Major League career in an 8-2 win at Minnesota. In that game Piñeiro allowed nine hits and two runs while going the distance for the Mariners' third straight win.
He looked strong again in his next start on Saturday, going eight innings in a 4-1 win over Cleveland. Piñeiro, who pitched for Team Puerto Rico in the World Baseball Classic, surrendered four hits and allowed just one first inning run to help the Mariners stop a four-game slide. His six strikeouts against the Indians were a season-high and helped improve his record to 4-2 in 2006.
Piñeiro is the first Seattle pitcher to be named A.L. Player of the Week since Kazuhiro Sasaki (4/29/01) and the first Mariners starting pitcher to win the award since Randy Johnson (6/8/97).
Other candidates considered were Cleveland's Travis Hafner (.320, 4 HR, 13 RBI); Detroit's Magglio Ordonez (.333, 4 HR, 9 RBI); and Toronto's Troy Glaus (.333, 4 HR, 8 RBI). Pitchers considered for the award were Minnesota's Johan Santana (2-0, 20 SO, 14.0 IP) and C.C. Sabathia (2-0, 0.69, 13.0 IP) of the Indians.
