Good afternoon from the big ballpark in the Bronx.

Let's see if the Mariners can muster some offense today off Darrell Rasner, who was 1-4, with a 4.01 ERA in 2007.

It's too bad this guy wasn't suiting up still. There would be no offensive issues.

You watch that and you can't help but miss the Gar.

GAME UPDATES START HERE:

3:24 -- From Snydro: Divish, I've come to the conclusion that you're bad luck. Take a few days off, and let's see what happens.

Sounds like a plan to me. I will be taking Monday off since. I have no idea who's covering the game. They'll get the pleasure of writing about this mess.

3:14 -- Here's a pleasant thought, when the Mariners lose today, and if the Rangers win, Seattle will have sole possession of last place in the AL West.

3:12 -- The playing of YMCA needs to be banned at all stadiums for the rest of eternity.

We've got Ross Olehn-somebody coming in, perhaps the Mariners can get some runs off of him.

2:44 -- It's now 8-2, and I think victory for the Mariners has pretty much packed its bags early and headed for the airport. But if they can't win, they need to at least mount some offense as some sort of moral victory for the bruised psyches.

2:20 -- The Mariners miss out on a major opportunity there. Clement is pressing a little and trying to do too much. Both he and Balentien I think are letting the idea of them being sparks to this offense affect them a little.

2:04 -- Wow, Silva is getting banged around pretty good. It's 5-2, and the Mariners have never come back and won game in which they've trailed by more than two runs this season. And we have back-to-back home runs as Robinson Cano also went yard.

1:58 -- The Mariners aren't going to win this game 2-0, know how I know/. Because the Yankees just scored on three straight singles. Silva is not the type of guy to shut teams out, but he is the type to keep him team in games.

1:21 -- Josh Hamilton won the AL player of the month after racking up 32 RBIs in April. The Rangers got Hamilton in a trade for talented young pitcher Edison Volquez.

Here's my question, in the past offseason, would have traded Brandon Morrow for Hamilton? It would have been a similar deal.

1:15 --- I know some of you may not read Buster Olney's blog on ESPN.com because it's takes the insider fee, but it's a must read for me. He had this interesting note yesterday.

PITCHERS WITH LOWEST PERCENTAGE OF WORKING INTO HITTERS COUNTS
PLAYER PERCENTAGE
Johnny Cueto, Reds 9.091 (13 of 143)
Carlos Silva, Mariners 10.714 (18 of 168)
Andy Sonnanstine, Rays 10.897 (17 of 156)
Roy Oswalt, Astros 11.180 (18 of 161)
Johan Santana, Mets 11.321 (18 of 159)
Roy Halladay, Blue Jays 12.042 (23 of 191)
Paul Byrd, Indians 12.057 (17 of 141)
Greg Maddux, Padres 12.102 (19 of 157)
Tim Hudson, Braves 12.230 (17 of 139)
Brett Tomko, Royals 12.698 (16 of 126)

1:12 -- My God, folks, the Mariners scored more than two runs before the seventh inning for the time in five games. Adrian Beltre with a monster home run to left. Johnny Damon didn't even budge when Beltre hit it.