Mariners flirted with 100 losses
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SEATTLE -- Bob Melvin has been fired as manager of the Seattle Mariners, team spokesman Tim Hevly said Monday. Melvin said recently that he expected to return next season but wasn&#39;t sure if the front office had decided to keep him.
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OAKLAND, Calif. -- Ichiro Suzuki had two hits on Tuesday night to move within three of tying the single-season record in the Seattle Mariners&#39; 7-2 victory over the Oakland Athletics.
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Ichiro Suzuki passed Ty Cobb on Friday night in his inexorable march to overtake George Sisler. And Raul Ibanez set one Mariners&#39; record and tied another in an 8-7 victory over the Rangers.
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The Seattle Mariners signed Japanese center fielder Ichiro Suzuki to a five-year contract extension reported to be worth about $100 million.
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ANAHEIM, Calif. -- With players getting hurt left and right, the Anaheim Angels defeated the Mariners 5-2 last night at Edison Field.
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No need to tell Carlos Silva how crazy it is that the Seattle Mariners gave him a $48 million, four-year contract. "It is wild. Everything is wild. Wild is having this life," the 28-year-old right-handed sinkerballer said.
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ARLINGTON, Texas -- Joel Pineiro was asked whether this Red Sox team reminds of him of the Seattle Mariners squad he was on that won 116 games in 2001. He paused for a second and said, "In that then it seemed there was somebody different every day doing little things to win a game."
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Miguel Batista scrambled to match Roy Halladay long enough for Seattle's offense to finally solve the Toronto ace. Batista carefully pitched into the seventh inning, Ben Broussard tied a career-high with four hits and the Mariners beat the Blue Jays 8-3 on Saturday night for their seventh straight win.
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Ichiro Suzuki had three hits off Roger Clemens to equal another record, Felix Hernandez pitched seven sharp innings, and the Seattle Mariners beat the Yankees, 7-1, in New York yesterday.
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The reeling Seattle Mariners lost their ninth straight game as the Toronto Blue Jays completed a three-game series sweep with a 6-4 win on Sunday.
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Ichiro Suzuki scored in each of the first four innings yesterday as the Seattle Mariners busted out of a long slump and defeated the host Detroit Tigers, 14-7, for their second victory in 15 games.
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Chicago manager Ozzie Guillen said he's stopped searching for help from the rest of the league. The White Sox are tumbling toward playoff elimination and he can't find a way to stop his team's slide. "I'm not looking at the scoreboard anymore," Guillen said Friday night after the Seattle Mariners got two homers from Richie Sexson and used a six-run second inning to beat the White Sox 11-6.
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In a season that is a story of disappointment overall, the Mariners have had a few feel-good stories, including that of Mickey Lopez.
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Matt Stairs and Gregg Zaun each hit two-run homers, A.J. Burnett pitched seven sharp innings and the Toronto Blue Jays beat slumping Seattle 6-4 on Sunday, sending the Mariners to their season-high ninth consecutive loss.
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These aren&#39;t meaningful games the Mets are playing. But at least yesterday&#39;s 11-9 loss in 13 innings to the Phillies was entertaining.
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John Rheinecker allowed four hits in 8 1-3 innings in his second major league start and Mark Teixeira hit a two-run homer to lead the Texas Rangers to a 2-0 victory over Seattle on Monday night, the Mariners&#039; fifth straight loss.
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Bobby Madritsch pitched eight shutout innings and the Seattle Mariners ended a seven-game losing streak Thursday night with a 7-1 victory over Boston, dropping the Red Sox 3Â½ games behind the first-place New York Yankees in the AL East.