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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | yesterday
... BATS: The Mariners offense was negligible other than the three hits and two runs scored by RF Ichiro Suzuki and two hits, including a two-run homer, by LF Raul Ibanez, who wound up with all of the RBIs. Other than those two, the Mariners got just a single from CF Jeremy Reed in the first and a two-out double in the fourth by CF Wladimir Balentien.THE GLOVES: A diving catch by CF DeWayne...
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Lookout Landing (Free subscription) | 19/08/2008
A comprehensive rundown of the Mariners most valuable hitters this year so far, as determined by bRAA^ Raul Ibañez, 21.7 Ichiro Suzuki, 9.2 Jose Lopez, 4.8 Willie Bloomquist, 3.1 Greg Norton, 2.3 FELIX HERNANDEZ, 1.2 ^ bRAA = (wOBA for player - wOBA for league) / 1.15 * PA. ¡HAPPY FELIX DAY!
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | yesterday
... positive out of the day. Ibanez had a single and a two-run homer and drove in all three runs. Ichiro Suzuki had three hits, a walk and two runs scored.The bad news for the White Sox is that they may not be aware of this salient detail -- what they did to the Mariners is what just about everyone is doing these days.Chicago scored six runs in the first inning against R.A. Dickey, who...
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MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008
... and six hits in six innings.Raul Ibanez hit his 20th homer and drove in three runs for Seattle. Ichiro Suzuki had three hits.Notes: Thome was available to pinch hit. With Thome out, Griffey moved from right field to designated hitter. Swisher went from center to right, and DeWayne Wise started in center. ... Wise was replaced by Brian Anderson in the top of the fifth after straining...
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Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008
... said. "He pitched good."Richard escaped trouble in the first after his throwing error allowed Ichiro Suzuki to reach second. Cairo followed with a single, but Nick Swisher fielded Raul Ibanez's grounder to first, stepped on the bag and threw home for a double play.Richard maintained his poise after leadoff doubles by Adrian Beltre in the fourth and Ibanez in the sixth."I was really...
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kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008
... miserable Mariners.
Richard escaped trouble in the first after his throwing error allowed Ichiro Suzuki to reach second. Miguel Cairo followed with a single, but Nick Swisher fielded Raul Ibanez's grounder to first, stepped on the bag and threw home for a double play.
Richard maintained his poise after leadoff doubles by Adrian Beltre in the fourth and Ibanez in the sixth.
Matt...
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008
... at that point. After that, the game got out of hand."THE BUNT'S THE THING: A change has come over Ichiro Suzuki.The leadoff hitter is crossing up the defense by bunting for hits.It's something the Mariners have encouraged for years -- one offseason they told him one bunt single a week could help him set more hit records -- but Ichiro likes to swing and has said that's what...
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008
... by 1B Nick Swisher as he stood on the bag for one out. Swisher's throw to the plate cut down RF Ichiro Suzuki, and the Mariners' best chance to score evaporated.THE ARMS: RHP Felix Hernandez went almost three months without a clunker of a game, so perhaps he was due. Hernandez got a double play to get out of the first, but he gave up at least one run in each of the next four innings,...
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 19/08/2008
... although that wasn't nearly enough to compensate for all the runners the pitchers put on base. RF Ichiro Suzuki, C Jeff Clement and LF Raul Ibanez each had three hits. For Clement, three hits -- two singles and a double -- were a career best. SS Yuniesky Betancourt had two, including a homer, his first since May 28.THE GLOVES: The Mariners wouldn't have scored at all in the first...
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 17/08/2008
MINNEAPOLIS -- Just seconds after right fielder Ichiro Suzuki spent a few moments as an extra infielder, Twins third baseman Brian Buscher hit a short fly ball that scored Joe Mauer from third base as Minnesota escaped with a 7-6 win over Seattle.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 18/08/2008
... Twins' closer Joe Nathan with the bases loaded in the eighth and Seattle down by two runs. RF Ichiro Suzuki came up with the bases loaded and the team down three in the ninth, but he grounded out on the first pitch.THE ARMS: LHP Ryan Feierabend, called up from Tacoma to make the start, had a huge case of first-game jitters. He was smoked for five runs in the first after the first...
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 18/08/2008
... away from (Raul) Ibanez, (Adrian) Beltre, Jose Lopez or (Yuniesky) Betancourt."Or, presumably, Ichiro Suzuki, who needs at-bats to make good in his pursuit of an eighth consecutive 200-hit season."Somebody like Rob Johnson, who has had a heck of a year, we'd want to reward him for continuing his progress," Riggleman said. "But we have three catchers. I don't know if we really need...
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 18/08/2008
... cut an 8-0 Twins lead in half."When you are down eight runs in that spot," Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki said, "I'd probably think it was going to be tough to come back. But in baseball, there are ways."The Mariners' way of late is to hit like demons, especially late in the game. Seattle's team batting average in August is .311 after Sunday's 16-hit performance. The Mariners...
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kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 18/08/2008
MINNEAPOLIS Jason Kubel had four hits and scored four runs, Joe Nathan got four outs for his 33rd save and the Minnesota Twins held on Sunday for a too-close-for-comfort 11-8 victory over the Seattle Mariners.
Nathan got Ichiro Suzuki to ground out to complete the three-game sweep, leaving the bases loaded for the second consecutive inning.
Justin Morneau homered and drove...
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kare11.com - Business News (Free subscription) | 18/08/2008
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Jason Kubel had four hits and scored four runs, Joe Nathan got four outs for his 33rd save and the Minnesota Twins held on Sunday for a too-close-for-comfort 11-8 victory over the Seattle Mariners. Nathan got Ichiro Suzuki to ground out to complete the three-game sweep, leaving the bases loaded for the second consecutive inning. Justin Morneau homered and drove in...
