Seattle (37-36) at LA Dodgers (48-26)

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Lopez adjusting after return to Mariners

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Saturday night will mark Jose Lopez's third start since returning from a difficult trip to Venezuela, where his sister passed away after a bout with cancer.
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Mariners probable pitcher

Felix Hernandez

  • #34 RHP
  • (7-3) 2.74 ERA 98 SO
The ace right-hander had his personal scoreless inning streak reach 20 frames before it ended on a two-run home run in the eighth inning against the Diamondbacks. Hernandez had to pitch out of a bases-loaded, nobody-out jam in the second inning to keep the streak alive. Even so, he has now surrendered five earned runs in his past 45 innings and continues to bid for his first All-Star Game invitation. This will be Felix's second career start against the Dodgers. He is 0-1, having lost to the NL club at Dodger Stadium.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 46-39 3.66 768.0 247 691 .258
Season 7-3 2.74 101.2 31 98 .240
June 2-0 1.19 30.1 11 26 .196

Series at a Glance

Standings - 06/27/2009 W L PCT GB Home Away
Seattle Mariners (AL West) 37 36 .507 3.5 21-15 16-21
Los Angeles Dodgers (NL West) 48 26 .649 - 26-10 22-16
Stats - 06/27/2009 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
SEA .260 282 70 269 45 436 3.71 654.2 625 256 485
LAD .278 373 57 353 65 486 3.63 667.2 574 293 557
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Dodgers adept at halting brief skids

David Ely / MLB.com
With Friday's 8-2 win against the Mariners, the Dodgers avoided their first three-game losing skid of the season. They remain the only team in baseball that hasn't suffered such a streak.
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Dodgers probable pitcher

Eric Milton

  • #28 LHP
  • (2-0) 2.89 ERA 13 SO
Milton returns to action and the rotation as the fifth starter after nearly three weeks on the disabled list with a back strain. Milton, resurrecting his career after two years idled by Tommy John surgery, pitched well in four starts with a 2-0 record and 2.89 ERA. He relies on location and not velocity and seemed to have regained the feel for his breaking ball before going to the sidelines. He pitched 5 1/3 scoreless innings in his final rehab start Sunday.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 89-84 4.99 1577.1 453 1120 .266
Season 2-0 2.89 18.2 6 13 .299
June 0-0 2.08 4.1 1 3 .381

Mariners hitters vs Eric Milton

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Ackley, Dustin - - - - - - - -
Carp, Mike - - - - - - - -
Carrera, Ezequiel - - - - - - - -
Griffey Jr., Ken - - - - .333 3 1 2
Gutierrez, Franklin - - - - .400 5 0 1
Hall, Bill - - - - .273 11 0 0
Halman, Greg - - - - - - - -
Hannahan, Jack - - - - - - - -
Johnson, Rob - - - - .000 2 0 0
Langerhans, Ryan - - - - .500 2 0 1
Lopez, Jose - - - - 1.000 2 0 0
Moore, Adam - - - - - - - -
Saunders, Michael - - - - - - - -
Suzuki, Ichiro - - - - .667 3 0 0
Tuiasosopo, Matt - - - - - - - -
Wilson, Jack - - - - .263 19 1 2

Dodgers hitters vs Felix Hernandez

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Blake, Casey - - - - .125 8 1 2
De Jesus, Ivan - - - - - - - -
DeWitt, Blake - - - - - - - -
Ellis, A.J. - - - - - - - -
Ethier, Andre - - - - .333 6 0 0
Furcal, Rafael - - - - .500 8 0 2
Hu, Chin-lung - - - - - - - -
Kemp, Matt - - - - .333 3 0 0
Loney, James - - - - .000 3 0 0
Martin, Russell - - - - .333 6 0 2
May, Lucas - - - - - - - -
Paul, Xavier - - - - - - - -
Pierre, Juan - - - - .000 4 0 0
Ramirez, Manny - - - - .222 9 0 1
Repko, Jason - - - - - - - -
Robinson, Trayvon - - - - - - - -

Surge for King, whopper for Junior (38-36) (48-27)

Mariners 5, Dodgers 1

Felix, Grif team up

Jim Street / MLB.com
Ken Griffey Jr. launched career homer No. 620 into the seats in the third to give Felix Hernandez all the room he would need to maneuver on Saturday, as Hernandez allowed just four hits and an unearned run for his eighth victory of the season.

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Series at a Glance

 

Milton misfires

Ken Gurnick / MLB.com
Eric Milton struck out seven batters on Saturday, but he faltered in the third frame, making mistakes on pitches to Russell Branyan and Ken Griffey Jr. to bring home three runs. The Dodgers, in turn, were stymied by Felix Hernandez in the loss.
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Mariners 5, Dodgers 1

Seattle AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Suzuki, I, RF 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 .375
Branyan, 1B 5 2 2 2 0 2 2 .302
Beltre, 3B 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 .259
Griffey Jr., LF 4 1 1 2 0 1 3 .222
  Balentien, LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .230
Lopez, J, 2B 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .255
Gutierrez, F, CF 4 0 3 1 0 0 1 .267
Johnson, Ro, C 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 .183
Cedeno, SS 3 0 0 0 1 2 2 .117
Hernandez, F, P 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 .000
  Aardsma, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 39 5 12 5 1 9 17  

BATTING
2B: Suzuki, I (14, Milton), Gutierrez, F 2 (8, Milton, Mota).
3B: Branyan (1, Milton).
HR: Griffey Jr. (9, 3rd inning off Milton, 1 on, 1 out), Branyan (19, 9th inning off Leach, 0 on, 1 out).
TB: Suzuki, I 4; Branyan 7; Beltre; Griffey Jr. 4; Lopez, J 2; Gutierrez, F 5.
RBI: Gutierrez, F (26), Branyan 2 (38), Griffey Jr. 2 (25).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Griffey Jr. 2; Hernandez, F 2; Cedeno.
Team RISP: 1-for-12.
Team LOB: 8.

FIELDING
E: Suzuki, I (2, fielding).
 
LA Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Pierre, LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .323
Furcal, SS 4 1 2 0 0 2 0 .242
Hudson, O, 2B 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .307
Blake, 3B 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 .298
Ethier, RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 .264
Loney, 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .281
Martin, C 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 .246
Kemp, CF 4 0 1 0 0 3 2 .312
Milton, P 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
  a-Ausmus, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .271
  McDonald, J, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  b-Jones, M, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333
  Mota, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Leach, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 33 1 5 0 2 11 8  

a-Grounded out for Milton in the 5th. b-Flied out for McDonald, J in the 7th.

BATTING
2B: Loney (15, Aardsma).
TB: Furcal 2; Hudson, O; Loney 2; Kemp.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Ethier 2; Kemp.
Team RISP: 0-for-4.
Team LOB: 7.
 
Seattle IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Hernandez, F (W, 8-3) 8.0 4 1 0 1 9 0 2.54
Aardsma 1.0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1.53
 
LA Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Milton (L, 2-1) 5.0 7 4 4 0 7 1 3.80
McDonald, J 2.0 3 0 0 0 1 0 5.79
Mota 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4.36
Leach 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 1 3.60

WP: Hernandez, F.
IBB: Cedeno (by Mota).
Pitches-strikes: Hernandez, F 117-73, Aardsma 21-10, Milton 84-63, McDonald, J 37-26, Mota 17-11, Leach 11-7.
Groundouts-flyouts: Hernandez, F 11-4, Aardsma 0-1, Milton 2-6, McDonald, J 2-3, Mota 1-1, Leach 0-3.
Batters faced: Hernandez, F 30, Aardsma 5, Milton 22, McDonald, J 9, Mota 5, Leach 4.
Umpires: HP: Chuck Meriwether. 1B: Laz Diaz. 2B: Eric Cooper. 3B: Mike Reilly.
Weather: 76 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 8 mph, Out to CF.
T: 2:48.
Att: 50,847.
June 27, 2009

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