Tuesday, May 31, 2011

First Victory - Helps Mariners Beat Orioles   - Cust Triples

The Associated Press

SEATTLE Jack Cust struck cost-free multi involving his / her career, traveling in a couple runs that will the Seattle Mariners overcom the particular Baltimore Orioles 4-3 Monday.

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Doug Fister (3-5) attended 7 1-3 innings to pick upwards his initial wining given that April 30. He permitted three works with seven hits, went one along with struck out some sort of career-high seven around their 49th occupation start.

Fister threw 23 of 30 first -pitch strikes. He is actually 3-2 with a 3.02 ERA above his / her past eight starts.

Brandon League previously worked the ninth to get his 14th save in seventeen opportunities.

Ichiro Suzuki, rich around his / her most severe vocation slump 1 with 22 above his / her prior all 5 mmorpgs had a set of singles in addition to scored twice. He now carries a employment .367 regular alongside Baltimore, the most effective alongside any team. He has at least one hit around 40 from the continue 42 games he has played resistant to the Orioles.

The Mariners have won 10 of 12 games so are 19-11 over their particular over 30 games. They also provide certain merely their particular next successful May (14-11) since 2004.

Jake Arrieta (6-3) lasted just 2 1-3 innings for your Orioles, allowing four hits, four owns and taking walks four.

Suzuki welcomed Arrieta using a sharpened first -inning single to right. With one particular out, Justin Smoak walked and also Cust followed along with a two-run triple. The higher flyball make halfway up the right-center divider after that bounced away from the actual fielders.

His first multiple came about Aug. 18, 2007, for Oakland in opposition to Kansas City.

Mark Reynolds drilled the first click next to Fister while in the third, a solitary shot in the next deck throughout left field. It has been their seventh.

Suzuki in that case initiated the particular Mariners two-run, third-inning rally which includes a leadoff single which caromed down Arrieta's left leg. Brendan Ryan implemented which has a single for you to left, extending his hitting streak to be able to your career-high 10 games. Smoak travelled in order to load your bases.

After Cust flied out to help trifling left, Arrieta given effective bases-loaded walks that will Adam Kennedy along with Miguel Olivo pertaining to some sort of 4-1 score.

The Orioles rallied for not one but two away Fister inside the eighth. Robert Andino opened that has a one-hop chance of which next baseman Chone Figgins wouldn't handle. Felix Pie after that singled to appropriate along with Andino raced close to to third. With one out, Nick Markakis singled to be able to right, scoring Andino for making them 4-2.

Jamey Wright needed about for Fister as well as caused Vladimir Guerrero to kick your hard grounder for you to Figgins' left. The baseball bounced off of Figgins' glove to get a great error, allowing Pie that will score.

Aaron Laffey entered and finished your rally simply by getting Luke Scott using a grounder.

NOTES: Figgins, fighting which includes a .193 batting average, was changed coming from second that will eighth within the Mariners' lineup. "I've been through products this way before. My imagination says I'm possibly not planning to change. I'll aim to accomplish the identical things, participate in defensive along with make an effort to create some havoc." Manager Eric Wedge states that Figgins is actually looking for the 'feel' a hitter needs. "That's what they've misplaced and what he's lifetime obtain back," he / she said. Figgins was 0 for three by using not one but two strikeouts plus a great error. RHP Chris Jakubauskas go back through rehabilitate (strained groin) with Triple-A Norfolk. He exchanged RHP Chris Tillman, optioned to Norfolk. Orioles CF Adam Jones seated out there Monday for a precaution because of a tender shoulder. He can be day to help day. LHP Brian Matusz can come down his rehab plan (strained intercoastal) along with start out Wednesday against Seattle.

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May 30, 2011 07:21 PM EDT

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