AAA Tacoma Rainiers (PCL)
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Tacoma 6 runs, 13 hits, 2 errors
Colorado Springs 3 runs, 6 hits, 1 error
Pitching Lines:
RH Andy Baldwin (right)(W, 1-0) 6.0,3,1,1,0,5,2HB
RH Brodie Downs 1.0,1,0,0,0,0,HB
LH Justin Thomas 1.0,1,1,0,0,1
RH Randy Messenger 1.0,1,1,1,0,0
With the Bats:
C Jeff Clement 2x5, R, HR, RBI
3B Chris Shelton 2x5, R, HR, RBI
CF Freddy Guzman 2x4, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 SB
1B Mike Carp 2x5, R
SS Chris Woodward 1x5, R, HR, 2 RBI
Of Note: Chris Woodward and Jeff Clement hit back-to-back home runs in the 5th inning to back Andy Baldwin's solid pitching as Tacoma beat Colorado Springs 6-3 on Tuesday night. Chris Shelton also homered for the Rainiers, who had 13 hits, 5 for extra bases. Mike Carp is hitting .455 (10x22) with 6 runs scored, 3 extra-base hits and 5 RBI during his current 5-game hit streak. Prentice Redman has hit safely 16 of 19 games this season, batting .321 (25x78) with 18 runs scored, 4 doubles, 6 home runs and 10 RBI. Since starting the season batting .045 (1x22), Clement is batting .375 (15x40) with 7 runs scored, 7 extra-base hits and 8 RBI in his last 9 games. Tacoma placed starting pitcher Chris Seddon on the 7-day disabled list with soreness in the back of his left shoulder. Seddon, who is 1-2 with a 6.86 ERA, felt his shoulder act up in the 5th and final inning he pitched Monday night at Colorado Springs.
Today’s probable starter:
OFF DAY

AA West Tennessee Diamond Jaxx (Southern League)
Mississippi 6 runs, 8 hits, 2 errors
West Tennessee 12 runs, 12 hits, 2 errors
Pitching Lines:
RH Luis Munoz 5.2,3,2,2,0,7,HR,HB
LH Nick Hill 0.1,0,0,0,0,1
RH Marwin Vega 0.2,2,3,0,0,1
RH Mumba Rivera 0.1,1,0,0,0,0
RH Jared Wells (W, 1-0) 1.0,0,0,0,0,2
RH Aaron Cotter 1.0,2,1,1,0,1
With the Bats:
CF Greg Halman (right) 2x5, 2 R, 2 HR, 6 RBI
LF Ezequiel Carrera 3x3, 3 R, 3B, RBI, SB, SH
PH/2B Jeff Dominguez 2x3, R
DH Marshall Hubbard 2x3, 2B, 2 RBI, SF, BB
3B Matt Mangini 1x5, R, HR, 2 RBI
Of Note: Behind an 8 run 8th inning, the Diamond Jaxx took game 4 and the series against Mississippi on Tuesday night, 12-6. The Diamond Jaxx sent 13 batters to the plate in the 8th and Greg Halman would cap the inning off with a grand slam. Halman also recorded a career-high 6 RBI in the game and his 2nd multi-HR game of the season. He has hit 3 home runs in his last 2 games and 6 in his last 8. Since April 21, Halman is batting .300 (10x30) with 8 runs, 1 double, 6 home runs and 17 RBI. He currently leads the Southern League with 23 RBI this season.
Today’s probable starter:
LH Danny Christensen (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. Mississippi

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Yes, it's another day game, the last game of a road trip on which the Mariners have gone 3-2.

Erik Bedard vs. Gavin Floyd, and a healthy Bedard has been a force in April. He has struck out 29 batters in 26 innings and walked only four. That's the best strikeout-to-walk ratio in the game.

What the Mariners need today is some production from No. 3 hitter Ken Griffey Jr. (.196) and No. 4 hitter Adrian Beltre (.169)- as much for those players as for the team.

Here's the Seattle lineup:
Ichiro RF
Lopez 2B
Griffey Jr. DH
Beltre 3B
Branyan 1B
Balentien LF
Johnson C
Gutierrez CF
Betancourt SS
Bedard RHP

The very thought of you

Griffey may not be hitting his weight, but pitchers still work to him cautiously. With two outs and no one on, right-hander Gavin Floyd walked Junior on four pitches.

Beltre followed with a double, and Griffey was held up at third base.
Russell Branyan grounded out.

Griffey now has 11 hits this season - and 13 walks.

That's No. 100

On a 1-0 pitch to the first batter of the second inning, Bedard left a fastball over the plate and A.J. Pierzynski hit it out - the 100th home run of his career.

Bedard's command is clearly off a bit. He needed 24 first-inning pitches to get three outs, and he's already walked two batters and hit a third.

Rob Johnson threw out two runners attempting to steal in the second inning or Bedard might still be working.

Beltre lives!

Jose Lopez led off with a double and Adrian Belte singled him to third base, then stole second. He's 2-for-2 today.

Russell Branyan popped out. Balentien popped out. That's six Mariners baserunners stranded in the first three innings.

Little hits, little ball

Ichiro's ground ball hit first base and bounced high for an infield single. Jose Lopez followed with an infield single that handcuffed third baseman Wilson Betemit.

Junior doubled to left center field, scoring two runs - Griffey's fourth and fifth RBI of the year.

Beltre's third hit was a single up the middle, scoring Griffey. Beltre now has 10 RBI.

To the bottom of the fifth: Mariners 3, White Sox 1

Five and good day?

Bedard has thrown 89 pitches through five innings, and may not have much left.

He hasn't had an easy afternoon - one 1-2-3 inning - and so many of his pitches have come under duress. He's thrown 100 or more pitchs in each of his last three starts, so Bedard may start the sixth inning, but don't expect him to go much further.

In the sixth: Mariners 3, White Sox 1

Oops

Bedard had nothing left and gave up back-to-back singles before the Mariners went to reliever Shawn Kelley.

Wilson Betemit doubled home a run, then Kelley struck out Brian Anderson.

With the infield playing in to cut off the potential tying run, the White Sox scored on Alexi Ramirez's sacrifice fly.

That tied it and ensured Bedard a no-decision. He didn't pitch poorly, just wasn't at his best. The line on Bedard: five innings, six hits, three runs, three walks, three strikeouts, 92 pitches.

After six: White Sox 3, Mariners 3

Oops, and oops again

Kelley, the rookie who has pitched so well in April, gave up back-to-back home runs to Carlos Quentin (No. 8) and Jermaine Dye (No. 6), and was replaced by David Aardsma.

Those are the first runs allowed in Kelley's career, and they may hand him his first loss.

After seven: White Sox 5, Mariners 3

That'll do it!

It's a final, 6-3.