AL: TEXAS at SEATTLE <div class="pre">AL AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE SOLO HOME RUN BY MARK TEIXEIRA (10) TO RIGHT WITH 2 OUT IN THE 9TH OFF J.J. PUTZ. CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 4, SEATTLE 5 DUE UP FOR TEXAS: S SOSA (.246, 0-FOR-3, BB, RBI)</div>
AL: TEXAS at SEATTLE <div class="pre">AL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - TEXAS 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 7 0 SEATTLE 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 x 5 9 0 (FINAL) BATTERIES: TEX - KAMERON LOE, FRANK FRANCISCO (6TH) AND GERALD LAIRD SEA - MIGUEL BATISTA, ERIC O'FLAHERTY (7TH), BRANDON MORROW (7TH), JON HUBER (8TH), J.J. PUTZ (8TH) AND KENJI JOHJIMA HOME RUNS: TEX - MARK TEIXEIRA (10) OFF J.J. PUTZ IN THE 9TH, 0 ON SEA - JOSE GUILLEN (7) OFF KAMERON LOE IN THE 6TH, 0 ON</div>
AL: TEXAS at SEATTLE <div class="pre">AL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - TEXAS 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 7 0 SEATTLE 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 x 5 9 0 (FINAL) BATTERIES: TEX - KAMERON LOE, FRANK FRANCISCO (6TH) AND GERALD LAIRD SEA - MIGUEL BATISTA, ERIC O'FLAHERTY (7TH), BRANDON MORROW (7TH), JON HUBER (8TH), J.J. PUTZ (8TH) AND KENJI JOHJIMA WP - MIGUEL BATISTA (6-4) LP - KAMERON LOE (1-5) SAVE - J.J. PUTZ (13) HOME RUNS: TEX - MARK TEIXEIRA (10) OFF J.J. PUTZ IN THE 9TH, 0 ON SEA - JOSE GUILLEN (7) OFF KAMERON LOE IN THE 6TH, 0 ON TIME: 3:10 ATT: 41,988 PROBABLES: TEX - ROBINSON TEJEDA (4-5, 5.75) SEA - RYAN FEIERABEND (0-1, 5.40)</div>
AL: TEXAS at SEATTLE <div class="pre">TEXAS (4) VS SEATTLE (5) - FINAL TEXAS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg K Lofton cf 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 .259 M Young ss 3 0 0 1 1 1 1 .257 M Teixeira 1b 4 1 1 2 1 1 2 .296 S Sosa dh 4 0 0 1 1 1 0 .245 F Catalanotto lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 .186 M Byrd rf 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 .333 I Kinsler 2b 4 1 2 0 0 1 2 .240 G Laird c 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 .224 R Vazquez 3b 4 0 2 0 0 2 3 .357 Totals 34 4 7 4 5 9 13 BATTING: 2B - I Kinsler (8, J Huber). HR - M Teixeira (10, 9th inning off J Putz 0 on, 2 Out). RBI - M Young (29), M Teixeira 2 (35), S Sosa (42). 2-out RBI - M Young, M Teixeira 2, S Sosa. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - R Vazquez 1, F Catalanotto 2, M Young 1, M Teixeira 1. Team LOB - 9. BASERUNNING: SB - R Vazquez (1, 2nd base off M Batista/K Johjima), I Kinsler (8, 3rd base off E O'Flaherty/K Johjima). FIELDING: Outfield assists - F Catalanotto (J Guillen at Home). DP: 2 (I Kinsler-M Young-M Teixeira, M Young-I Kinsler-M Teixeira). SEATTLE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg I Suzuki cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .332 J Vidro dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .292 J Guillen rf 3 1 2 1 1 1 0 .271 R Ibanez lf 3 2 1 0 1 1 2 .281 R Sexson 1b 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 .210 K Johjima c 4 0 2 1 0 1 1 .319 Y Betancourt ss 3 0 1 2 0 0 3 .292 J Lopez 2b 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 .276 W Bloomquist 3b 3 0 2 0 0 1 1 .205 Totals 29 5 9 4 4 4 12 BATTING: 2B - Y Betancourt (12, K Loe); K Johjima (11, K Loe). HR - J Guillen (7, 6th inning off K Loe 0 on, 0 Out). SF - Y Betancourt. RBI - Y Betancourt 2 (24), J Guillen (33), K Johjima (24). 2-out RBI - Y Betancourt. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - W Bloomquist 1, J Lopez 1, Y Betancourt 2. GIDP - J Vidro, I Suzuki. Team LOB - 5. ---------------------------------------------------- TEXAS - 000 000 301 -- 4 SEATTLE - 010 013 00x -- 5 ---------------------------------------------------- TEXAS ip h r er bb so hr era K Loe (L, 1-5) 5 1/3 8 5 5 4 2 1 6.37 F Francisco 2 2/3 1 0 0 0 2 0 3.10 SEATTLE ip h r er bb so hr era M Batista (W, 6-4) 6 1/3 5 2 2 2 5 0 5.43 E O'Flaherty 1/3 0 1 1 1 1 0 3.12 B Morrow (H, 8) 1/3 0 0 0 2 1 0 1.74 J Huber (H, 2) 1/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 2.08 J Putz (S, 13) 1 2/3 1 1 1 0 1 1 1.48 WP - K Loe. HBP - M Young (by E O'Flaherty). Pitches-strikes: K Loe 87-49; F Francisco 37-22; M Batista 113-70; E O'Flaherty 17-10; B Morrow 18-8; J Huber 9-7; J Putz 36-25. Ground balls-fly balls: K Loe 10-3; F Francisco 1-5; M Batista 8-6; E O'Flaherty 0-0; B Morrow 0-0; J Huber 0-0; J Putz 3-1. Batters faced: K Loe 25; F Francisco 9; M Batista 26; E O'Flaherty 3; B Morrow 3; J Huber 2; J Putz 6. UMPIRES: HP--Mike Everitt. 1B--Paul Nauert. 2B--Brian Gorman. 3B--Gerry Davis. T--3:10. (Plus ceremonies delay totaling 5 minutes in the 1st). Att--41,988. Weather: 77 degrees, clear. Wind: 3 mph, in from left.</div>
AL: TEXAS at SEATTLE <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TEXAS (4) AT SEATTLE (5) - HOW THEY SCORED ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SEATTLE 2ND: R Ibanez walked. R Sexson grounded out to shortstop, R Ibanez to second. K Johjima struck out swinging. Y Betancourt doubled to center, R Ibanez scored. Y Betancourt to third on wild pitch by K Loe. J Lopez fouled out to third. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TEXAS 0, SEATTLE 1. SEATTLE 5TH: J Lopez walked. W Bloomquist singled to right, J Lopez to third. I Suzuki grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, J Lopez scored, W Bloomquist out at second. J Vidro grounded out to shortstop. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TEXAS 0, SEATTLE 2. SEATTLE 6TH: J Guillen homered to left. R Ibanez singled to center. R Sexson walked, R Ibanez to second. K Johjima doubled to deep left, R Ibanez scored, R Sexson to third. Y Betancourt hit sacrifice fly to right, R Sexson scored. F Francisco relieved K Loe. J Lopez flied out to left. W Bloomquist struck out swinging. (3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 0, SEATTLE 5. TEXAS 7TH: M Byrd struck out looking. I Kinsler singled to left. G Laird walked, I Kinsler to second. E O'Flaherty relieved M Batista. R Vazquez struck out swinging. I Kinsler stole third. K Lofton walked, G Laird to second. M Young hit by pitch, I Kinsler scored, G Laird to third, K Lofton to second. B Morrow relieved E O'Flaherty. M Teixeira walked, G Laird scored, K Lofton to third, M Young to second. S Sosa walked, K Lofton scored, M Young to third, M Teixeira to second. F Catalanotto struck out swinging. (3 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TEXAS 3, SEATTLE 5. TEXAS 9TH: K Lofton grounded out to shortstop. M Young grounded out to second. M Teixeira homered to right. S Sosa grounded out to shortstop. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TEXAS 4, SEATTLE 5.</div>
AL: TEXAS at SEATTLE <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TEXAS (4) AT SEATTLE (5) - EVENT LOG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Texas Starting Lineups -- K Lofton CF, M Young SS, M Teixeira 1B, S Sosa DH, F Catalanotto LF, M Byrd RF, I Kinsler 2B, G Laird C, R Vazquez 3B, K Loe RHP. Seattle Starting Lineups -- I Suzuki CF, J Vidro DH, J Guillen RF, R Ibanez LF, R Sexson 1B, K Johjima C, Y Betancourt SS, J Lopez 2B, W Bloomquist 3B, M Batista RHP. Umpires -- Mike Everitt (HP), Paul Nauert (1B), Brian Gorman (2B), Gerry Davis (3B). Gametime Weather: 77 degrees, Clear, wind in from left at 3 mph. TEXAS 1ST: K Lofton fouled out to third. M Young grounded out to third. M Teixeira flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 0, SEATTLE 0. SEATTLE 1ST: I Suzuki grounded out to pitcher. J Vidro grounded out to shortstop. J Guillen struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 0, SEATTLE 0. TEXAS 2ND: S Sosa grounded out to third. F Catalanotto reached on infield single to second. M Byrd flied out to center. I Kinsler flied out to center. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TEXAS 0, SEATTLE 0. SEATTLE 2ND: R Ibanez walked. R Sexson grounded out to shortstop, R Ibanez to second. K Johjima struck out swinging. Y Betancourt doubled to center, R Ibanez scored. Y Betancourt to third on wild pitch by K Loe. J Lopez fouled out to third. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TEXAS 0, SEATTLE 1. TEXAS 3RD: G Laird grounded out to second. R Vazquez singled to center. K Lofton popped out to shortstop. M Young walked, R Vazquez to second. M Teixeira grounded out to pitcher. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TEXAS 0, SEATTLE 1. SEATTLE 3RD: W Bloomquist singled to center. I Suzuki grounded into fielder's choice to third, W Bloomquist out at second. J Vidro grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, I Suzuki out at second.(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TEXAS 0, SEATTLE 1. TEXAS 4TH: S Sosa flied out to right. F Catalanotto grounded out to second. M Byrd reached on infield single to second. I Kinsler struck out looking. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TEXAS 0, SEATTLE 1. SEATTLE 4TH: J Guillen walked. R Ibanez popped out to third. R Sexson reached on infield single to second, J Guillen to second. K Johjima singled to left, J Guillen thrown out at home, R Sexson to second, K Johjima to second, R Sexson to third advancing on throw. Y Betancourt grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 0, SEATTLE 1. TEXAS 5TH: G Laird grounded out to pitcher. R Vazquez singled to right. R Vazquez stole second. K Lofton grounded out to second, R Vazquez to third. M Young struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TEXAS 0, SEATTLE 1. SEATTLE 5TH: J Lopez walked. W Bloomquist singled to right, J Lopez to third. I Suzuki grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, J Lopez scored, W Bloomquist out at second. J Vidro grounded out to shortstop. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TEXAS 0, SEATTLE 2. TEXAS 6TH: M Teixeira struck out looking. S Sosa struck out swinging. F Catalanotto grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 0, SEATTLE 2. SEATTLE 6TH: J Guillen homered to left. R Ibanez singled to center. R Sexson walked, R Ibanez to second. K Johjima doubled to deep left, R Ibanez scored, R Sexson to third. Y Betancourt hit sacrifice fly to right, R Sexson scored. F Francisco relieved K Loe. J Lopez flied out to left. W Bloomquist struck out swinging. (3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 0, SEATTLE 5. TEXAS 7TH: M Byrd struck out looking. I Kinsler singled to left. G Laird walked, I Kinsler to second. E O'Flaherty relieved M Batista. R Vazquez struck out swinging. I Kinsler stole third. K Lofton walked, G Laird to second. M Young hit by pitch, I Kinsler scored, G Laird to third, K Lofton to second. B Morrow relieved E O'Flaherty. M Teixeira walked, G Laird scored, K Lofton to third, M Young to second. S Sosa walked, K Lofton scored, M Young to third, M Teixeira to second. F Catalanotto struck out swinging. (3 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TEXAS 3, SEATTLE 5. SEATTLE 7TH: I Suzuki popped out to third. J Vidro grounded out to first. J Guillen singled to center. R Ibanez struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TEXAS 3, SEATTLE 5. TEXAS 8TH: J Huber relieved B Morrow. M Byrd struck out swinging. I Kinsler doubled to deep right center. J Putz relieved J Huber. G Laird flied out to right, I Kinsler to third. R Vazquez struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TEXAS 3, SEATTLE 5. SEATTLE 8TH: R Sexson flied out to right. K Johjima flied out to left. Y Betancourt flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 3, SEATTLE 5. TEXAS 9TH: K Lofton grounded out to shortstop. M Young grounded out to second. M Teixeira homered to right. S Sosa grounded out to shortstop. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TEXAS 4, SEATTLE 5.</div>
Hitting streak ends for Ichiro; Mariners defeat Rangers <h3>SEATTLE 5, TEXAS 3</h3>SEATTLE (Ticker) -- Miguel Batista and the Seattle Marinersdidn't need Ichiro Suzuki to extend his hitting streak to takecare of the Texas Rangers. Batista pitched 6 1/3 effective innings and Jose Guillen hit his150th career homer as the Mariners posted a 5-3 victory overthe Rangers on Saturday. Yuniesky Betancourt drove in two runs and Kenji Johjima had twohits for Seattle, which saw Ichiro's hitting streak end at 25.The six-time All-Star and 2001 American League MVP had twogroundouts, popped out and reached first base on a fielder'schoice in his four at-bats. Ichiro, who set a club record with a hit in his 25th consecutivegame on Friday, had posted 17 multiple-hit games during thesixth 20-plus game streak of his career. He batted .411(46-for-112) during his run. Batista (6-4) allowed two runs, five hits and two walks torecord his third straight victory. The veteran righthander, whostruck out five, is now 3-3 lifetime vs. Texas. Batista was cruising through six innings before running intotrouble in the seventh. After recording the first out of the inning, Batista surrendereda single to Ian Kinsler and a walk to Gerald Laird before hewas relieved Eric O'Flaherty. However after striking out RamonVazquez, O'Flaherty walked a batter and hit Michael Young toplate Kinsler from third base. Rookie Brandon Morrow replaced O'Flaherty and proceeded to walktwo more batters to make it 5-3 before striking out FrankCatalanotto to end the inning. The three Seattle pitchers threw49 pitches in the frame. Closer J.J. Putz pitched 1 2/3 innings, allowing only a solohomer to Mark Teixeira in the ninth, to earn his 13thconsecutive save. With the Mariners leading, 2-0, in the sixth inning, Guillenhelped open the lead even further. The 31-year old Dominicanbelted the first pitch he saw from Kameron Loe over the leftfield wall for his seventh homer of the season. Johjima addedan RBI double and Betancourt had a sacrifice fly later in theframe to increase the lead to five. Betancourt added a run-scoring double in the second to extendhis own hitting streak to 14 games, now currently the longeststreak in the majors.. Loe (1-5) surrendered five runs, eight hits and four walks in 51/3 innings. The righthander, who struck out two, has not wonsince his first start in 2007. Kinsler and Vazquez each had two hits for the Rangers, who havelost three of four and are just 2-5 vs. the Mariners thisseason.
Hitting streak ends for Ichiro; Mariners defeat Rangers <h3>SEATTLE 5, TEXAS 3</h3>SEATTLE (Ticker) -- Miguel Batista and the Seattle Marinersdidn't need Ichiro Suzuki to extend his hitting streak to takecare of the Texas Rangers. Batista pitched 6 1/3 effective innings and Jose Guillen hit his150th career homer as the Mariners posted a 5-3 victory overthe Rangers on Saturday. "Tonight we got us a win," said acting manager John McLaren, whofilled in for Mike Hargrove while he attended his daughter'shigh school graduation. "It wasn't an easy win, but we did it." Yuniesky Betancourt drove in two runs and Kenji Johjima had twohits for Seattle, which saw Ichiro's hitting streak end at 25.The six-time All-Star and 2001 American League MVP had twogroundouts, popped out and reached first base on a fielder'schoice in his four at-bats. "I'm definitely not happy about it," said Ichiro through aninterpreter. Ichiro, who set a club record with a hit in his 25th consecutivegame on Friday, had posted 17 multiple-hit games during thesixth 20-plus game streak of his career. He batted .411(46-for-112) during his run. Batista (6-4) allowed two runs, five hits and two walks torecord his third straight victory. The veteran righthander, whostruck out five, is now 3-3 lifetime vs. Texas. "Tonight was a night that I needed to last a little longer, so Iwas trying to be more careful," said Batista, who threw 113pitches. "We needed a win. We are playing more consistentlyand winning series more often." Batista was cruising through six innings before running intotrouble in the seventh. After recording the first out of the inning, Batista surrendereda single to Ian Kinsler and a walk to Gerald Laird before hewas relieved Eric O'Flaherty. However after striking out RamonVazquez, O'Flaherty walked a batter and hit Michael Young toplate Kinsler from third base. Rookie Brandon Morrow replaced O'Flaherty and proceeded to walktwo more batters to make it 5-3 before striking out FrankCatalanotto to end the inning. The three Seattle pitchers threw49 pitches in the frame. "We were one pitch away from blowing it open in the seventhinning, but we just couldn't get it done," Texas manager RonWashington said. Closer J.J. Putz pitched 1 2/3 innings, allowing only a solohomer to Mark Teixeira in the ninth, to earn his 13thconsecutive save. "We don't like going to him that early in the game, but tonightI felt like we had to do it," McLaren said. With the Mariners leading, 2-0, in the sixth inning, Guillenhelped open the lead even further. The 31-year old Dominicanbelted the first pitch he saw from Kameron Loe over the leftfield wall for his seventh homer of the season. Johjima addedan RBI double and Betancourt had a sacrifice fly later in theframe to increase the lead to five. Betancourt added a run-scoring double in the second to extendhis own hitting streak to 14 games, now currently the longeststreak in the majors.. Loe (1-5) surrendered five runs, eight hits and four walks in 51/3 innings. The righthander, who struck out two, has not wonsince his first start in 2007. "When Loe had to make pitches from the first through the fifth,he did well," Washington said. "And then in the sixth, he lefta slider up to Guillen, and they ended up putting three runs onthe board." Catcher Gerald Laird said it was not a typical Loe performance. "It was one of those things where it's uncommon for him to walkguys to lead off innings, and tonight he just couldn't get thatfirst guy to do something," Laird said. Kinsler and Vazquez each had two hits for the Rangers, who havelost three of four and are just 2-5 vs. the Mariners this season.
Hitting streak ends for Ichiro; Mariners defeat Rangers <h3>SEATTLE 5, TEXAS 3</h3>SEATTLE (Ticker) -- Miguel Batista and the Seattle Marinersdidn't need Ichiro Suzuki to extend his hitting streak to takecare of the Texas Rangers. Batista pitched 6 1/3 effective innings and Jose Guillen hit his150th career homer as the Mariners posted a 5-3 victory overthe Rangers on Saturday. "Tonight we got us a win," said acting manager John McLaren, whofilled in for Mike Hargrove while he attended his daughter'shigh school graduation. "It wasn't an easy win, but we did it." Yuniesky Betancourt drove in two runs and Kenji Johjima had twohits for Seattle, which saw Ichiro's hitting streak end at 25games. The six-time All-Star and 2001 American League MVP hadtwo groundouts, popped out and reached first base on a fielder'schoice in his four at-bats. "I'm definitely not happy about it," said Ichiro through aninterpreter. Ichiro, who set a club record with a hit in his 25th consecutivegame on Friday, had posted 17 multiple-hit games during thesixth 20-plus game streak of his career. He batted .411(46-for-112) during his run. Batista (6-4) allowed two runs, five hits and two walks torecord his third straight victory. The veteran righthander, whostruck out five, is 3-3 lifetime vs. Texas. "Tonight was a night that I needed to last a little longer, so Iwas trying to be more careful," said Batista, who threw 113pitches. "We needed a win. We are playing more consistentlyand winning series more often." Batista was cruising through six innings before running intotrouble in the seventh. After recording the first out of the inning, Batista surrendereda single to Ian Kinsler and a walk to Gerald Laird before hewas relieved Eric O'Flaherty. However after striking out RamonVazquez, O'Flaherty walked a batter and hit Michael Young toplate Kinsler from third base. Rookie Brandon Morrow replaced O'Flaherty and proceeded to walktwo more batters to make it 5-3 before striking out FrankCatalanotto to end the inning. The three Seattle pitchers threw49 pitches in the frame. "We were one pitch away from blowing it open in the seventhinning, but we just couldn't get it done," Texas manager RonWashington said. Closer J.J. Putz pitched 1 2/3 innings, allowing only a solohomer to Mark Teixeira in the ninth, to earn his 13thconsecutive save. "We don't like going to him that early in the game, but tonightI felt like we had to do it," McLaren said. With the Mariners leading, 2-0, in the sixth inning, Guillenhelped open the lead even further. The 31-year old Dominicanbelted the first pitch he saw from Kameron Loe over the leftfield wall for his seventh homer of the season. Johjima addedan RBI double and Betancourt had a sacrifice fly later in theframe to increase the lead to five. Betancourt added a run-scoring double in the second to extendhis own hitting streak to 14 games, now currently the longeststreak in the majors.. Loe (1-5) surrendered five runs, eight hits and four walks in 51/3 innings. The righthander, who struck out two, has not wonsince his first start in 2007. "When Loe had to make pitches from the first through the fifth,he did well," Washington said. "And then in the sixth, he lefta slider up to Guillen, and they ended up putting three runs onthe board." Catcher Gerald Laird said it was not a typical Loe performance. "It was one of those things where it's uncommon for him to walkguys to lead off innings, and tonight he just couldn't get thatfirst guy to do something," Laird said. Kinsler and Vazquez each had two hits for the Rangers, who havelost three of four and are just 2-5 vs. the Mariners thisseason.
