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Mariners Shut Down in Home Opener, Hultzen Pitches in AA
It was the home opener for the Mariners on Friday, and all eyes were on Felix Hernandez and is velocity and locations. His first 2 pitches came in at 92 MPH. Some were calling
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Mariners Finish Series With Rangers and Shawn Kelley impresses in AAA
The Mariners wrapped up a 4 games series against the Rangers with a day game, losing 5-3. The Rangers won 3 of the 4 games in the series. It was a day game type
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The Mariners comeback against the Rangers, Plus Paxton Starts
The Mariners beat the Rangers 4-3 on Wednesday, off a big comeback where they scored 3 runs off Rangers “closer” Joe Nathan in the 9th inning. Kevin Millwood started for the Mariners, throwing 89-91
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The Mariners Lose Pitching Duel to Rangers, and Some AAA and AA notes
The Mariners played a more Mariners type game against the Rangers, losing 1-0. Blake Beavan put together a good line, giving up just 1 run. He was throwing 89-90 on his fastball sometimes hitting
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The Mariners face Yu Darvish, Give up Tons of Homers
The Mariners played their first game against the Rangers on Monday, losing 11-5. Jesus Montero was not in the lineup with a stomach bug, but Brendan Ryan was back in the lineup. Dustin Ackley
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Mariners improve to 2-1, 3 of 4 Minor League Affiliates Win
The Mariners played their 3rd game of the season, the first in the United States, winning 7-3 over Oakland. Jason Vargas started for the Mariners, averaging 88 MPH on his fastball (a tick above
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Mariners Win U.S. Opening Day, Figgins, Ackley
The Mariners silenced the doubters of their offense for at least one day on Friday evening. Chone Figgins, Dustin Ackley and others provided enough offense to defeat the Athletics 7-3 in Oakland. Jason Vargas (1-0 2.31 Era) was
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Mariners Complete Their Rosters, Full Season Minor League Rosters and Notes
The Mariners optioned Carlos Peguero and Charlie Furbush to AAA to knock their roster down to 25. This means Rule 5 pick Lucas Luetge (whom Kevin Goldstein calls “confusingly effective“) and Alex Liddi made
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Shawn Kelley optioned, King Felix’s Velocity and Other Spring Training Notes
The Mariners played the first of two games with the Colorado Rockies on Monday, winning 7-2. Felix Hernandez started for the Mariners, as this was a designed “tune-up” start. There was a lot made
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The rotation, the Royals, and Other Spring Training Notes
On Sunday, the Mariners played the Royals, winning 6-4. Blake Beavan started for the Mariners, throwing 90-91 on his fastball. He walked one (the first batter he faced in the game) and struck out
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Olivo to DL, Carp Back Up, Jaso Freed
The Mariners lost another frustrating game on Monday, as another very good King Felix start was wasted. The Mariners lost 3-2 in extra innings, when Brandon League gave up 2 runs in 1.1 innings
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Mariners Game 2 Recap
The Mariners played their 2nd game of the regular season, losing 4-1 to the Athletics. Before the game, Mike Carp was put on the disabled list, injured diving for a ball out in left
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Mariners Game 1
The Mariners won the first game of the regular season on Wednesday, beating the Athletics 3-1 in extra innings. In the first inning, King Felix hung a curve-ball to Jemile Weeks for a line
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Mariners Play the Tigers (but not the ones from Detroit)
The Mariners played their first game of the Japan trip, losing 5-1 to the Hanshin Tigers. Hector Noesi started for the Mariners and struggled a bit, getting 4 fly-balls (one homer), 4 infield fly-balls,
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Iwakuma and King Felix both pitch, and Other Spring Training Notes
The Mariners played split squad games on Friday, one against the Brewers and one against the Athletics. They walked 4 times while only striking out 5 times. Felix Hernandez started the game against the
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Getting Smashed by Giants, Marquez, and Other Spring Training Notes
The Mariners played the Giants on Thursday, losing 7-5. Erasmo Ramirez started for the Mariners, going 4 innings. He got two swings and misses on Freddy Sanchez with 95 MPH fastballs high and away
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The Brew Crew, Ichiro, and Other Spring Training Notes
The Mariners played the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday, winning 7-4. However, the Mariners struck out 9 times and walked just 3 times, while the Brewers struck out just 4 times and walked 3 times.
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The Rangers, Pauley, and Other Spring Training Notes
The Mariners faced the division rival Texas Rangers for the first time this spring, and won 6-4. The Rangers struck out 5 times and walked 3 times, while the Mariners struck out 6 times
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Split Squads, Pitching Prospects, and Other Spring Training Notes
The Mariners first Split Squad game was against the Dodgers, and they tied it 5-5. The Mariners struck out 5 times and walked 2 times and the Dodgers did the same. Hisashi Iwakuma started
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More on Moore, Jason Vargas versus some Snakes and Other Spring Training Notes
The Mariners played the Diamondbacks on Friday, losing 8-5. Most importantly (for good context on Spring Training stats, read this article), they struck out 5 times and walked none, while giving up 5 walks
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Mariners Play Angels, Release minor leaguer and other Spring Training Notes
On Wednesday, the Mariners played the Angels, the only meeting between the two teams in spring training. The Mariners won the game 6-4. Against Jered Weaver: Chone Figgins struck out looking on a high
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