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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Pitcher Cha Seung Baek, who has pitched more innings this season than any other in his career, will not make his final start of the year.
Baek, who has been impressive since being recalled from Triple-A Tacoma, ends his year with the Mariners with a 4-1 record, 3.67 ERA in six starts. He told reporters he's felt soreness after his last two starts.
Manager Mike Hargrove made it official on Sunday: Mariners pitcher Felix Hernandez will get one more start this season.
Hernandez will start Saturday against Texas in the next-to-last game of the year. The Mariners have said all season that they will keep Hernandez innings below 200 for the year (including those thrown in spring training) but have had a change of heart after Hernandez's last outing.
Hernandez, who has 199 innings counting the spring, had his last start cut short in Chicago because of rain. In that game, Hernandez went five innings and thew 67 pitches and then began lobbying for one more game. Apparently, he was convincing.
Hargrove told reporters before Sunday's game that Hernandez will not throw more than six innings against the Rangers, which would put his season innings total at 205.
