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 topic during Mariners manager Mike Hargrove's pregame chat with reporters was the status of pitcher Joel Pineiro. Pineiro gave up five runs on Tuesday – four in that dreaded first inning – and had his third consecutive poor outing since winning AL pitcher of the week honors.
Hargrove said he talked with Pineiro after the game and by the sound of it, it was more of a pat on the back than a kick in the rump. He said he told Pineiro that he still considers Pineiro to be a good pitcher albeit one who's going through a tough time.
A positive from Pineiro's outing – if anything positive can come out of a 10-hit, 5-run, 5-inning performance – was his ability to make adjustments after the first inning. Hargrove said Pineiro quickly went to his slider and changeup once he saw that his command on his fastball was not there.
