Today in camp
Mariners vs. Oakland A’s, 12:05 p.m. (PST) at Phoenix on KOMO radio (1000 AM).
Right-hander Miguel Batista will start for the Mariners, followed to the mound by right-hander R.A. Dickey, left-hander Ryan Rowland-smith, right-hander Roy Corcoran and left-hander Eric O’Flaherty. Right-hander Joe Blanton will start for the A’s.
Monday in camp
Jarrod Washburn, Seattle’s No. 4 starter, allowed the Chicago Cubs four hits in three scoreless innings but the North Siders went on for a 6-5 victory in Peoria, Ariz.
Washburn struck out one, liked the results of his new grip on his changeup and declared he wants to pitch longer in games.
“The season’s in about a week, right?” he joked.
Jon Lieber, a candidate for the end of Chicago’s rotation, allowed three hits in two runs in two innings. His ‘07 was cut short by surgery to repair a ruptured tendon in his right foot. Monday, he got hit on the bottom of his left foot on an infield single by Jeremy Reed in the second inning. A trainer came out to check on him, but Lieber said he was fine.
Associated Press
Monday’s boxscore
CUBS 6, MARINERS 5
CHICAGO (N)
abrhbi
Cedeno cf5030
Theriot ss3020
Blanco ss2000
Fukudome rf2000
Colvin rf2000
Murton lf3010
Kroeger lf2110
Hoffpauir 1b4221
Fox dh5121
Figueroa 2b3111
Fontenot 2b1100
Cintron 3b3011
McGehee 3b2012
Hill c2000
Castillo c1000
Totals406146
SEATTLE
abrhbi
Suzuki cf2000
Jimerson cf2000
Bloomquist 3b3000
Tuiasosopo 3b2000
Norton dh4000
Wilkerson rf2110
Morse rf1110
Clement c2000
Burke c1000
LaHair 1b4221
JLopez 2b2001
Hulett 2b2110
Reed lf1011
Sardinha lf2011
Kiger ss2000
Cairo ss2021
Totals34595
Chicago (N)000201300—6
Seattle020000003—5
DP—Chicago 2. LOB—Chicago 11, Seattle 6. 2B—Fox, Cintron, Hoffpauir, McGehee, LaHair, Morse. 3B—Fox. SB—Theriot, Cairo. CS—Cedeno, Reed.
IPHRERBBSO
Chicago
Lieber232201
Marshall200032
Samardzija, W200010
Eyre100001
Lahey110001
Howry153302
Seattle
Washburn340001
Woerman222222
Rohrbaugh, L131100
Kahn133310
White110001
Jimenez110000
HBP—by Washburn (Fukudome). WP—Marshall.
T—2:44. A—7,024.
On the trainer’s table
— Designated hitter Jose Vidro has a sore right elbow and may miss a few days. Manager John McLaren said it’s not serious.
— Catcher Brant Ust suffered another bout of back spasms and will be out 3-5 days. He also missed a few days early in camp because of back spasms.
— Pitcher Anderson Garcia had his right arm examined Monday by team physician Dr. Edward Khalfayan after he threw less than a dozen pitches in the bullpen Sunday before stopping because of pain. Garcia has been down all camp because of tendinitis in his right biceps.
Weather
After two days of sunny but breezy weather that brought out jackets and sweatshirts, it’ll be 76 and pleasant today.
They said it
“Anything less than the playoffs would be a disappointment for me, for sure. I think the team feels the same way. We feel like we can be an elite ballclub and that’s our mindset”
Mariners manager John McLaren
They did it
Monday’s “American Idol” segment of the morning team meeting featured T.J. Nakagawa, an intern with the Mariners’ training staff and a graduate student at the University of Arkansas, by way of Mie, Japan.
Nakagawa introduced himself to the team, then performed what all good Arkansas Razorbacks fans do so well: the famed “Woooo Pig Sooey!” cheer.
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