AL: TAMPA BAY at SEATTLE <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TAMPA BAY (9) AT SEATTLE (2) - HOW THEY SCORED ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TAMPA BAY 4TH: C Pena homered to center. B Upton struck out swinging. D Young grounded out to shortstop. B Harris singled to left center. J Gomes grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, B Harris out at second. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 1, SEATTLE 0. SEATTLE 4TH: I Suzuki singled to left. I Suzuki caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop to first to shortstop. A Beltre homered to left. R Ibanez flied out to left. J Guillen grounded out to pitcher. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 1, SEATTLE 1. TAMPA BAY 5TH: D Navarro doubled to left. J Velandia walked. A Iwamura sacrificed to pitcher, D Navarro to third, J Velandia to second. C Crawford doubled to left, D Navarro and J Velandia scored. C Pena walked. B Upton walked, C Crawford to third, C Pena to second. J Huber relieved J Washburn. D Young grounded into double play, third to first, C Pena out at third.(2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 3, SEATTLE 1. TAMPA BAY 6TH: B Harris walked. J Gomes struck out swinging. D Navarro fouled out to third. J Velandia doubled to deep center, B Harris scored. E O'Flaherty relieved J Huber. A Iwamura flied out to right. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 4, SEATTLE 1. TAMPA BAY 7TH: C Crawford grounded out to second. C Pena reached on infield single to first, C Pena to second on throwing error by first baseman B Broussard. S Green relieved E O'Flaherty. B Upton singled to left, C Pena to third. D Young doubled to deep left center, C Pena and B Upton scored. B Harris singled to center, D Young scored. J Gomes struck out looking. D Navarro grounded out to pitcher. (3 Runs, 4 Hits, 1 Error) TAMPA BAY 7, SEATTLE 1. TAMPA BAY 8TH: J Parrish relieved S Green. J Velandia walked. A Iwamura singled to right, J Velandia to second. C Crawford reached on infield single to first, J Velandia to third, A Iwamura to second. C Pena struck out swinging. B Upton struck out swinging. D Young reached on infield single to shortstop, J Velandia and A Iwamura scored, C Crawford to second. B Harris grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, D Young out at second. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 9, SEATTLE 1. SEATTLE 9TH: J Guzman at third base. B Stokes relieved J Switzer. D Young in right field. J Gomes in left field. C Jimerson homered to left center. W Bloomquist grounded out to second. J Clement hit for J Vidro. J Clement grounded out to first. J Lopez grounded out to shortstop. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 9, SEATTLE 2.</div>
Young drives in four as Devil Rays down Mariners <h3>TAMPA BAY 9, SEATTLE 2</h3>By Paul Lowenberg PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer SEATTLE (Ticker) -- Delmon Young drove in four runs and CarlosPena homered to help rookie Andy Sonnanstine earn his fourthstraight victory as the Tampa Bay Devil Rays battered theSeattle Mariners, 9-2, on Sunday afternoon. The Devil Rays hammered Mariners pitchers for 15 hits, includingfive doubles and Pena's 40th home run, to earn a series splitat Safeco Field. Young had two hits, driving in a pair in the seventh and twomore in the eighth to run his RBI total to 87 on the season.The 22-year-old right fielder is thrusting himself into thediscussion for American League Rookie of the Year with 16 RBI sofar this month. Sonnanstine lasted seven innings, yielding one run and six hitswhile walking two and striking out eight, as Tampa Bay handedthe faltering Mariners their 17th loss in their last 22 games. Jarrod Washburn (6-15), who fell to 1-9 in his last 13 starts,lasted 4 1/3 innings, allowing six hits and three runs whilewalking three and striking out six. His lifetime mark againstthe Devil Rays fell to 10-3 as he suffered his fifth consecutiveloss. Pena got the Devil Rays on the board with his solo blast in thefourth, but Seattle matched that when Adrian Beltre blasted his25th over the left field fence in the bottom of the inning toknot the score at 1-1. The Devil Rays scored a pair of runs to break the deadlock andchase Washburn in the fifth inning. After Dioner Navarro doubled and Jorge Velandia walked, AkinoriIwamura sacrificed them along to set the stage for CarlCrawford's double down the left field line, giving Tampa Bay a3-1 lead. Washburn then walked the bases loaded, but relieverJon Huber prevented further damage when he got Young to groundinto a double play. Jorge Velandia doubled home Brendan Harris in the sixth toextend the Tampa Bay lead to 4-1. Seattle put runners on first and second with no outs in thebottom of the fifth, but could not score, and loaded the baseswith none out in the sixth, but again failed to produce a run. After giving up leadoff singles to Ichiro Suzuki and Beltre,then walking Raul Ibanez, Sonnanstine struck out Jose Guillenand got Ben Broussard to hit into a double play to preserve thethree-run lead. Young's two run double and Harris' run-scoring single in theseventh inning gave the Devil Rays a 7-1 advantage and put thegame away for the visitors.
AL: TAMPA BAY at SEATTLE <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TAMPA BAY (9) AT SEATTLE (2) - EVENT LOG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tampa Bay Starting Lineups -- A Iwamura 3B, C Crawford LF, C Pena 1B, B Upton CF, D Young DH, B Harris 2B, J Gomes RF, D Navarro C, J Velandia SS, A Sonnanstine RHP. Seattle Starting Lineups -- I Suzuki CF, A Beltre 3B, R Ibanez LF, J Guillen RF, B Broussard 1B, J Vidro DH, J Lopez 2B, J Burke C, Y Betancourt SS, J Washburn LHP. Umpires -- Mark Carlson (HP), Angel Hernandez (1B), Derryl Cousins (2B), James Hoye (3B). Gametime Weather: INDOORS. TAMPA BAY 1ST: A Iwamura struck out swinging. C Crawford lined out to third. C Pena flied out to left. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 0, SEATTLE 0. SEATTLE 1ST: I Suzuki walked. A Beltre grounded into double play, shortstop to first, I Suzuki out at second. R Ibanez struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 0, SEATTLE 0. TAMPA BAY 2ND: B Upton flied out to left. D Young struck out swinging. B Harris doubled to deep right. J Gomes struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 0, SEATTLE 0. SEATTLE 2ND: J Guillen flied out to left. B Broussard struck out swinging. J Vidro struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 0, SEATTLE 0. TAMPA BAY 3RD: D Navarro singled to right. J Velandia struck out swinging. A Iwamura struck out swinging. C Crawford flied out to right. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 0, SEATTLE 0. SEATTLE 3RD: J Lopez flied out to right. J Burke struck out swinging. Y Betancourt grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 0, SEATTLE 0. TAMPA BAY 4TH: C Pena homered to center. B Upton struck out swinging. D Young grounded out to shortstop. B Harris singled to left center. J Gomes grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, B Harris out at second. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 1, SEATTLE 0. SEATTLE 4TH: I Suzuki singled to left. I Suzuki caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop to first to shortstop. A Beltre homered to left. R Ibanez flied out to left. J Guillen grounded out to pitcher. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 1, SEATTLE 1. TAMPA BAY 5TH: D Navarro doubled to left. J Velandia walked. A Iwamura sacrificed to pitcher, D Navarro to third, J Velandia to second. C Crawford doubled to left, D Navarro and J Velandia scored. C Pena walked. B Upton walked, C Crawford to third, C Pena to second. J Huber relieved J Washburn. D Young grounded into double play, third to first, C Pena out at third.(2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 3, SEATTLE 1. SEATTLE 5TH: B Broussard singled to right. J Vidro singled to center, B Broussard to second. J Lopez struck out swinging. J Burke flied out to right. Y Betancourt struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 3, SEATTLE 1. TAMPA BAY 6TH: B Harris walked. J Gomes struck out swinging. D Navarro fouled out to third. J Velandia doubled to deep center, B Harris scored. E O'Flaherty relieved J Huber. A Iwamura flied out to right. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 4, SEATTLE 1. SEATTLE 6TH: I Suzuki singled to center. A Beltre singled to center, I Suzuki to second. R Ibanez walked, I Suzuki to third, A Beltre to second. J Guillen struck out swinging. B Broussard grounded into double play, shortstop to first, R Ibanez out at second.(0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 4, SEATTLE 1. TAMPA BAY 7TH: C Crawford grounded out to second. C Pena reached on infield single to first, C Pena to second on throwing error by first baseman B Broussard. S Green relieved E O'Flaherty. B Upton singled to left, C Pena to third. D Young doubled to deep left center, C Pena and B Upton scored. B Harris singled to center, D Young scored. J Gomes struck out looking. D Navarro grounded out to pitcher. (3 Runs, 4 Hits, 1 Error) TAMPA BAY 7, SEATTLE 1. SEATTLE 7TH: J Vidro grounded out to second. J Lopez flied out to left. J Burke struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 7, SEATTLE 1. TAMPA BAY 8TH: J Parrish relieved S Green. J Velandia walked. A Iwamura singled to right, J Velandia to second. C Crawford reached on infield single to first, J Velandia to third, A Iwamura to second. C Pena struck out swinging. B Upton struck out swinging. D Young reached on infield single to shortstop, J Velandia and A Iwamura scored, C Crawford to second. B Harris grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, D Young out at second. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 9, SEATTLE 1. SEATTLE 8TH: J Switzer relieved A Sonnanstine. N Green hit for Y Betancourt. N Green struck out swinging. A Jones hit for I Suzuki. A Jones struck out swinging. M Morse hit for A Beltre. M Morse doubled to deep right center. W Balentien hit for R Ibanez. W Balentien lined out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 9, SEATTLE 1. TAMPA BAY 9TH: A Jones in center field. M Morse at first base. W Balentien in left field. C Jimerson in right field. W Bloomquist at third base. R Johnson catching. N Green at shortstop. S White relieved J Parrish. J Gomes doubled to left. D Navarro struck out swinging. J Velandia hit by pitch. J Guzman hit for A Iwamura. J Guzman fouled out to first. C Crawford grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 9, SEATTLE 1. SEATTLE 9TH: J Guzman at third base. B Stokes relieved J Switzer. D Young in right field. J Gomes in left field. C Jimerson homered to left center. W Bloomquist grounded out to second. J Clement hit for J Vidro. J Clement grounded out to first. J Lopez grounded out to shortstop. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 9, SEATTLE 2.</div>
Young drives in four as Devil Rays down Mariners <h3>TAMPA BAY 9, SEATTLE 2</h3>By Paul Lowenberg PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer SEATTLE (Ticker) -- Delmon Young drove in four runs and CarlosPena homered to help rookie Andy Sonnanstine earn his fourthstraight victory as the Tampa Bay Devil Rays battered theSeattle Mariners, 9-2, on Sunday afternoon. The Devil Rays hammered Mariners pitchers for 15 hits, includingfive doubles and Pena's 40th home run, to earn a series splitat Safeco Field. "None of us thought he (Pena) would do that at the start of theyear," Devil Rays manager Joe Maddon said. "We thought he wouldhit well and hit with power, but not to the extent that he has." Young had two hits, driving in a pair in the seventh and twomore in the eighth to run his RBI total to 87 on the season. The 22-year-old right fielder is thrusting himself into thediscussion for American League Rookie of the Year with 16 RBI sofar this month. Sonnanstine lasted seven innings, yielding one run and six hitswhile walking two and striking out eight, as Tampa Bay handedthe faltering Mariners their 17th loss in their last 22 games. "Sonnie (Sonnanstine) really came through today," Maddon said."We played a much better baseball game today and I reallyenjoyed that. But Sonnie set the tone for us today." Sonnanstine gave credit to the three previous Tampa Baystarters, each of whom pitched very well in the first threegames of the series. "I feed off these guys," he said. "When they have a good start,I want to go out and have an even better start." Jarrod Washburn (6-15), who fell to 1-9 in his last 13 starts,lasted 4 1/3 innings, allowing six hits and three runs whilewalking three and striking out six. His lifetime mark againstthe Devil Rays fell to 10-3 as he suffered his fifth consecutiveloss. Pena got the Devil Rays on the board with his solo blast in thefourth, but Seattle matched that when Adrian Beltre blasted his25th over the left field fence in the bottom of the inning toknot the score at 1-1. The Devil Rays scored a pair of runs to break the deadlock andchase Washburn in the fifth inning. After Dioner Navarro doubled and Jorge Velandia walked, AkinoriIwamura sacrificed them along to set the stage for CarlCrawford's double down the left field line, giving Tampa Bay a3-1 lead. Washburn then walked the bases loaded, but relieverJon Huber prevented further damage when he got Young to groundinto a double play. Jorge Velandia doubled home Brendan Harris in the sixth toextend the Tampa Bay lead to 4-1. Seattle put runners on first and second with no outs in thebottom of the fifth, but could not score, and loaded the baseswith none out in the sixth, but again failed to produce a run. After giving up leadoff singles to Ichiro Suzuki and Beltre,then walking Raul Ibanez, Sonnanstine struck out Jose Guillenand got Ben Broussard to hit into a double play to preserve thethree-run lead. "The whole infield came out to the mound and everybody was realpositive and kept telling me I was going to get out of it,"Sonnanstine said. "So, it pretty much made me believe I was." Young's two run double and Harris' run-scoring single in theseventh inning gave the Devil Rays a 7-1 advantage and put thegame away for the visitors. "It's an uphill battle for sure and we need a lot of help," saidMariners manager John McLaren assessing his team's rapidlyfading chances of earning the American League wild card berth.The loss dropped Seattle six games behind the New York Yankeesfor the playoff spot. "We need a lot of help and we need to help ourselves," McLarensaid. "My main thought is to finish strong. Just finish strongand see what happens." The only negative note for the Devil Rays came when Crawfordsuffered a strained left groin. He will be evaluated and waslisted as day-to-day.
