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No ifs, ands or butts: Bedard pitches, feels fine


Posted at 1:33 pm by By Kirby Arnold

Erik Bedard returned to the mound this afternoon and, the numbers on the scoreboard notwithstanding, offered a welcomed assessment of his physical condition:

"My ass feels fine," Bedard said.

Such soothing words haven't been spoken since Josias Manzanillo quit singing soprano after taking a line drive in a bad spot 12 years ago (look it up kids).

Bedard gave up two hits and a run to the Dodgers in his one inning.

Bedard hasn't pitched since March 5, sidelined because of a sore right gluteus maximus muscle. Yes, he's been the butt of a few smart remarks around the Mariners' spring training complex, but also the object of a little concern.

The Mariners already had Brandon Morrow ailing with a tight right forearm, and Bedard's butt made for two-fifths of the rotation that was hurt, along with two others (Felix Hernandez and Carlos Silva) away at the World Baseball Classic.

To nobody's surprise, Bedard wasn't sharp. He struggled with his breaking ball and fell behind No. 2 hitter Orlando Hudson, then threw a fastball that Hudson drilled off the wall in center field for a triple. Russell Martin followed with a sharp single up the middle to score Hudson. Bedard walked Mark Loretta before Blake DeWitt smoked a line drive that third baseman Adrian Beltre snagged with a high leap, then threw to second to double off Martin to end the inning.

Bedard threw 19 pitches, nine for strikes.

"Just trying to feel healthy, just throwing pitches, tryhing to get people out as I do usually," Bedard said. He wasn't concerned about how he'd feel. "Just warming up I knew it was fine."
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