Mariners spring training
Published 11:19 pm Saturday, March 22, 2008
Today in camp
n Mariners vs. Angels, 1:05 p.m. in Tempe on KOMO radio (1000 AM).
Right-hander Cha Seung Baek will start for the Mariners, with right-handers R.A. Dickey and Mark Lowe also scheduled to pitch. Left-hander Joe Saunders will start for the Angels.
Saturday in camp
n Seattle scored four runs on six hits off Texas starter Eric Hurley in the first inning, but managed just seven hits the rest of the game.
The M’s had another rough outing by their pitching staff. Ryan Feierabend gave up three runs and eight hits in four innings while reliever Jake Woods was tagged for four runs and five hits in one inning.
Saturday’s box score
Rangers 8, Mariners 5
TEXASabrhbiSEATTLEabrhbi
Kinsler 2b3230Suzuki cf4110
Vazquez ph-2b2010Hulett 2b1000
Mench lf3221Lopez 2b4130
Cruz ph-rf2000Jimerson pr-cf1000
Young ss3131Ibanez lf4111
Ellison cf2110Reed lf1000
Blalock 3b3122Sexson dh3100
Whttleman 3b2010Balentien ph-dh1000
Bradley dh5010Beltre 3b3111
Byrd rf-lf5110Norton 1b3021
Botts 1b5023Morse rf4032
Murphy cf3011Burke c4010
Andrus ss1000Kinkade c0000
Laird c4000Betancourt ss3010
Pina c0000Cairo ss1000
Totals438188Totals375135
Texas200140100—8
Seattle400010000—5
E—Byrd, Andrus, Feierabend. DP—Texas 2, Seattle 1. LOB—Texas 8, Seattle 8. 2B—Mench, Byrd, Murphy, Botts, Vazquez, Whittleman, Ibanez, Morse. SB—Jimerson, Suzuki. SF—Beltre.
IPHRERBBSO
Texas
Hurley, W41/3105522
Rowe2/310000
Wilson110002
Benoit100000
Wright, S210001
Seattle
Feierabend483302
Woods, L154401
Reitsma231103
Rhodes110002
O’Flaherty110001
T—2:59. A—11,029.
On the trainer’s table
n First baseman Richie Sexson has a stiff right shoulder and was the DH Saturday.
n Pitcher Brandon Morrow (stiff right shoulder) felt good Saturday and will pitch in a minor league game today. It’ll be his first game action since March 10.
n Infielder/outfielder Willie Bloomquist (tight right quad) will batted in a minor league game Saturday.
n Pitcher Anderson Garcia (inflamed right shoulder) is on a conditioning and throwing program.
Weather
n The temperatures are rising and we’ll be tickling 90 in the next few days. It’ll reach 88 today and 89 Monday.
They said it
n “I saw a couple of numbers that surprised me, but when you’re playing, you don’t think about that paper.”
Second baseman Jose Lopez, who was among M’s hitters given a sheet of statistics showing their batting average last year in various ball-strike counts. Lopez batted .083 when he had a 3-1 count.
They did it
n Kenji Johjima performed double duty Saturday morning when he caught both Felix Hernandez and J.J. Putz in a minor league game between Class AAA Tacoma and AA West Tennessee. Because Hernandez and Putz were pitching for opposing teams, Johjima was behind the plate for 22 straight hitters before he got a chance to sit the bench. Asked why he didn’t get any at-bats in the game, Johjima offered a logical reply: “Too busy.”
Kirby Arnold, Herald Writer
