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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Mariners pitcher Gil Meche, scheduled to pitch Tuesday night, was bumped back to Saturday because of soreness in his forearm, manager Mike Hargrove said.
Hargrove said the team wanted to be careful with Meche and give him some extra rest. Meche has not pitched more than 5 1/3 innings in his last five starts. During that time his ERA has gone from 3.83 to 4.66.
Taking Meche's Tuesday start is Cha Seung Baek, who was promoted from Triple-A Tacoma earlier in the day. Baek was 12-4 with a 3.00 ERA for the Rainiers, ranking second in the Pacific Coast League in wins and in the top five in ERA.
The Seattle Mariners added pitcher Cha Seung Baek and outfielder T.J. Bohn from the Rainiers on Tuesday afternoon. Baek, who will start tonight against the Yankees, takes Jamie Moyer's place in the rotation as expected.
What was not expected, however, was the promotion of Bohn, and not because Bohn didn't deserve it. The Mariners center fielder of the future is Adam Jones, but Jones was sent down to Tacoma.
Manager Mike Hargrove said the move was done so Jones could play regularly, something he has not done the last week with the Mariners. Hargrove said he wasn't playing Jones because he felt like the 21-year-old was "over matched" against certain pitchers.
Bohn is a natural center fielder, has good speed and has been hot at the plate the last 10 or so games. In 89 games with the Rainiers, Bohn is hitting .275 with eight homers and 39 RBI and 14 stolen bases.
