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Adam Thaler
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Sports Reporter
Gail Wood
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After acquitting themselves well on a very challenging road trip, the Seattle Mariners return to Safeco Field tonight to play the first of three straight meetings with the Baltimore Orioles.
BOSTON – The Seattle Mariners will have two players – Ichiro Suzuki and Felix Hernandez – in the 2009 All-Star game next week.
BOSTON – Midway through their season, the Seattle Mariners are on pace to win 84 games, have produced two All-Stars and went 5-4 on a trip that some fans thought might ruin their year.
David Ortiz went 2-for-4 with a solo homer and two runs batted in, as the Boston Red Sox scored five times in the seventh inning to defeat the Seattle Mariners, 8-4, and avoid a three-game sweep at Fenway Park.
BOSTON — David Ortiz had a tying RBI single and Mark Kotsay added a key two-run hit during a five-run seventh inning, and the Boston Red Sox avoided a three-game sweep by beating the Seattle Mariners 8-4 on Sunday.
The Seattle Mariners hope to complete their first-ever three-game sweep in Boston this afternoon when they wrap up their set with the Red Sox at Fenway Park.
BOSTON – A team that lost 101 games last season hit the portion of its 2009 schedule that looked like a built-in losing streak – a trip to play the Dodgers, Yankees and Red Sox.
BOSTON – Ryan Langerhans went six days without an at-bat, then started a game against CC Sabathia – and wound up winning a job as Seattle’s left fielder.
BOSTON – One month into his major league career, reliever Shawn Kelley wound up on the disabled list – and worried for a time that the Seattle Mariners would think him a malingerer.
BOSTON – There seems to be nothing these Seattle Mariners like more than a good, close game, probably because it’s rare when they play any other kind.