Seattle (38-36) at LA Dodgers (48-27)

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Ichiro embarks on yet another streak

Jim Street / MLB.com
Ichiro Suzuki extended his hitting streak to double-digits for the second time this season on Saturday and will look to keep it going during Sunday's finale.
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Mariners probable pitcher

Garrett Olson

  • #49 LHP
  • (2-2) 4.95 ERA 23 SO
Olson's last start against San Diego didn't go as well as his previous outing, which also came against the Padres. The left-hander allowed six runs --all earned -- in 5 1/3 innings, allowing San Diego to break things open in the middle frames after cruising through the first three innings. He didn't walk anyone, but gave up a two-run home run to Adrian Gonzalez in the fourth and never really got comfortable after that, yielding another two runs in the fifth before giving up two more in the sixth. Olson surrendered eight hits while throwing 82 pitches, 59 for strikes. This will be Olson's first career start against the Dodgers.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 12-15 6.47 208.2 103 134 .300
Season 2-2 4.95 43.2 13 23 .250
June 2-1 5.30 18.2 4 8 .222

Series at a Glance

Standings - 06/28/2009 W L PCT GB Home Away
Seattle Mariners (AL West) 38 36 .514 3.0 21-15 17-21
Los Angeles Dodgers (NL West) 48 27 .640 - 26-11 22-16
Stats - 06/28/2009 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
SEA .261 287 72 274 45 445 3.66 663.2 630 258 496
LAD .276 374 57 353 65 497 3.64 676.2 586 294 566
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Kuroda anticipating match with Ichiro

Ken Gurnick / MLB.com
Hiroki Kuroda has never played against Ichiro Suzuki with anything on the line, but he'll finally get to face one of the best hitters in the game on Sunday.
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Dodgers probable pitcher

Hiroki Kuroda

  • #18 RHP
  • (2-3) 3.44 ERA 30 SO
Kuroda allowed a Paul Konerko home run but was otherwise dominant for 8 2/3 innings against the White Sox. After allowing nine runs in 11 1/3 innings of his previous two starts, Kuroda made an adjustment of the grip on his two-seam fastball and the increased movement was dramatic, leading to a dozen ground outs in addition to nine strikeouts. In five previous starts, he had not gone deeper than six innings.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 11-13 3.68 220.0 49 146 .247
Season 2-3 3.44 36.2 7 30 .212
June 1-3 3.77 31.0 6 28 .212

Mariners hitters vs Hiroki Kuroda

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Ackley, Dustin - - - - - - - -
Carp, Mike - - - - - - - -
Carrera, Ezequiel - - - - - - - -
Griffey Jr., Ken - - - - .167 6 0 0
Gutierrez, Franklin - - - - .333 3 0 1
Hall, Bill - - - - 1.000 1 0 1
Halman, Greg - - - - - - - -
Hannahan, Jack .000 3 0 0 .000 3 0 0
Johnson, Rob - - - - - - - -
Langerhans, Ryan - - - - - - - -
Lopez, Jose - - - - 1.000 3 0 2
Moore, Adam - - - - - - - -
Saunders, Michael - - - - - - - -
Suzuki, Ichiro - - - - .333 3 0 0
Tuiasosopo, Matt - - - - - - - -
Wilson, Jack - - - - - - - -

Dodgers hitters vs Garrett Olson

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Blake, Casey - - - - .000 2 0 0
De Jesus, Ivan - - - - - - - -
DeWitt, Blake - - - - - - - -
Ellis, A.J. - - - - - - - -
Ethier, Andre - - - - .000 2 0 1
Furcal, Rafael - - - - - - - -
Hu, Chin-lung - - - - - - - -
Kemp, Matt - - - - .500 2 1 1
Loney, James - - - - .000 1 0 0
Martin, Russell - - - - .500 2 0 0
May, Lucas - - - - - - - -
Paul, Xavier - - - - - - - -
Pierre, Juan - - - - .500 2 0 0
Ramirez, Manny - - - - .143 7 0 0
Repko, Jason - - - - - - - -
Robinson, Trayvon - - - - - - - -

Beltre goes out winner before DL trip (39-36) (48-28)

Mariners 4, Dodgers 2

Beltre finishes strong

Jim Street / MLB.com
Already scheduled to undergo shoulder surgery Tuesday and miss six weeks, Adrian Beltre went out with a bang Sunday. The third baseman singled home a run during a third-inning rally and turned in some defensive gems to help wrap up a series win over the Dodgers. Ichiro Suzuki extended his hitting streak to 11 games.

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Series at a Glance

 

Kuroda takes loss

Rhett Bollinger / MLB.com
Hiroki Kuroda settled down after running into some trouble during a three-run third inning for the Mariners, but the Dodgers never recovered as they struggled to put anything together offensively against four Seattle pitchers. Matt Kemp's homer and Andre Ethier's sacrifice fly accounted for Los Angeles' only runs.
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Mariners 4, Dodgers 2

Seattle AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Suzuki, I, RF 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 .372
Branyan, 1B 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .303
Beltre, 3B 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 .259
Griffey Jr., LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .218
  Balentien, LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .230
Lopez, J, 2B 4 1 3 2 0 0 0 .263
Gutierrez, F, CF 4 0 1 1 0 1 2 .266
Johjima, C 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .229
Cedeno, SS 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .133
Olson, P 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
  Batista, P 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000
  Lowe, M, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  a-Carp, PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .375
  Aardsma, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 36 4 9 4 0 6 13  

a-Struck out for Lowe, M in the 9th.

BATTING
2B: Lopez, J (13, Kuroda).
TB: Suzuki, I; Branyan; Beltre; Lopez, J 4; Gutierrez, F; Cedeno 2.
RBI: Gutierrez, F (27), Beltre (31), Lopez, J 2 (46).
2-out RBI: Lopez, J 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Cedeno; Gutierrez, F; Beltre.
Team RISP: 3-for-7.
Team LOB: 6.

BASERUNNING
SB: Gutierrez, F (5, 2nd base off Kuroda/Martin), Lopez, J (1, 2nd base off Kuroda/Martin).
 
LA Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Pierre, LF 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .323
Ethier, RF 3 0 0 1 0 2 1 .261
Hudson, O, 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .303
Blake, 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .293
Loney, 1B 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .278
Martin, C 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .247
Kemp, CF 4 1 1 1 0 1 1 .311
Castro, J, SS 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 .345
  a-Furcal, PH-SS 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .245
Kuroda, P 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
  Leach, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Belisario, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  b-Ausmus, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .265
  Troncoso, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 29 2 5 2 2 5 6  

a-Singled for Castro, J in the 7th. b-Grounded out for Belisario in the 7th.

BATTING
2B: Martin (10, Olson).
HR: Kemp (10, 5th inning off Olson, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Pierre; Martin 2; Kemp 4; Castro, J; Furcal.
RBI: Kemp (41), Ethier (50).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Kemp; Pierre.
S: Kuroda.
SF: Ethier.
Team RISP: 1-for-3.
Team LOB: 5.

BASERUNNING
CS: Martin (4, 2nd base by Batista/Johjima).

FIELDING
E: Kuroda (1, pickoff).
 
Seattle IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Olson (W, 3-2) 5.0 4 2 2 1 3 1 4.81
Batista (H, 7) 2.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2.92
Lowe, M (H, 9) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.28
Aardsma (S, 16) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.49
 
LA Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Kuroda (L, 2-4) 6.1 8 4 4 0 5 0 3.77
Leach 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.52
Belisario 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.01
Troncoso 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2.02

HBP: Pierre (by Olson), Branyan (by Leach).
Pitches-strikes: Olson 72-47, Batista 26-16, Lowe, M 18-11, Aardsma 11-6, Kuroda 102-70, Leach 7-3, Belisario 8-5, Troncoso 26-15.
Groundouts-flyouts: Olson 4-8, Batista 4-1, Lowe, M 1-1, Aardsma 1-1, Kuroda 8-6, Leach 1-0, Belisario 1-0, Troncoso 3-2.
Batters faced: Olson 21, Batista 7, Lowe, M 3, Aardsma 3, Kuroda 27, Leach 2, Belisario 1, Troncoso 7.
Inherited runners-scored: Leach 1-0, Belisario 2-0.
Umpires: HP: Laz Diaz. 1B: Eric Cooper. 2B: Mike Reilly. 3B: Chuck Meriwether.
Weather: 89 degrees, sunny.
Wind: 3 mph, Out to LF.
T: 2:49.
Att: 49,355.
June 28, 2009

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