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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One of the things I'm going to try and do with this blog is to give a heads up to those who read the Sunday page. Here's a chart I compiled – with thanks to MLB – of how teams have fared in interleague play since baseball began games between the leagues in 1997.
HOT CORNER
Interleague records
TEAM W-L PCT
1. Athletics 95-63 .601
2. Yankees 93-63 .596
3. Marlins 87-63 .580
4. Braves 86-65 .570
5. Cardinals 73-57 .562
6. White Sox 86-71 .548
7. Astros 71-60 .542
8. Indians 85-72 .541
9. Giants 78-68 .534
10. Mariners 84-74 .532
11. Angels 83-75 .525
12. Nationals 81-76 .516
13. Dodgers 75-71 .514
14. Mets 77-74 .510
15. Cubs 66-64 .508
16. Twins 79-77 .506
17. Red Sox 77-80 .490
18. Phillies 73-78 .483
19. Diamondbacks 61-66 .480
20. Rangers 75-83 .475
21. Blue Jays 74-83 .471
22. Brewers 58-66 .468
23. Padres 67-79 .459
24. Tigers 71-86 .452
25. Reds 55-69 .444
26. Rockies 55-75 .423
27. Royals 66-91 .420
28. Orioles 64-93 .408
29. Pirates 49-72 .405
30. Devil Rays 56-86 .394
* Note that the teams have not played the same amount of interleague games because of the different number of teams within the divisions.
The Padres are not only the hottest team in baseball but one of the most comfortable away from home. Consider: The Padres, who play the next three games at Safeco Field, have won 14 of 17 games this month. And, they're 13-6 away from San Diego, and have won 9 of their last 11 on the road.
If you missed it in Friday's News Tribune, here's the rundown with the Rainiers' revised rotation. Bobby Livingston, recently sent back to Triple-A by the Mariners, will remain a starter while Kevin Appier comes out of the rotation and goes into the bullpen.
Don't think this is any kind of a demotion for Appier, who has generally pitched well since getting over a strained calf he suffered late in spring training. Appier is positioning himself with a promotion to the majors if/when the Mariners need a reliever.
For Livingston, this means the experiment of him pitching out of the bullpen is over for now. The lefty's stuff and need to have the feel of his pitches is more suited for the rotation anyway.
