GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: AL: SEATTLE (71-52) at MINNESOTA (62-63)

AL: SEATTLE at MINNESOTA

<div class="pre">SEATTLE (4) VS MINNESOTA (8) - FINAL

SEATTLE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
I Suzuki cf 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .349
A Jones cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250
A Beltre 3b 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 .279
J Guillen rf 4 1 2 1 0 1 1 .292
R Ibanez lf 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 .277
R Sexson 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .211
B Broussard dh 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 .288
K Johjima c 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .277
W Bloomquist 2b 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .298
Y Betancourt ss 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 .295

Totals 34 4 10 4 0 4 9

BATTING: 2B - A Beltre (33, P Neshek). 3B - Y Betancourt (2, C Silva); J
Guillen (2, P Neshek). HR - B Broussard (7, 7th inning off C Silva 0 on, 1
Out). SF - R Ibanez. RBI - B Broussard (25), Y Betancourt (51), J Guillen (78),
R Ibanez (83). 2-out RBI - Y Betancourt. Runners left in scoring position, 2
out - R Ibanez 1, R Sexson 2, A Jones 1. GIDP - A Beltre, W Bloomquist. Team
LOB - 5.

BASERUNNING: SB - I Suzuki (36, 2nd base off C Silva/M Redmond).

FIELDING: Outfield assists - J Guillen (T Watkins at Home). DP: 1 (W
Bloomquist-Y Betancourt-R Sexson).


MINNESOTA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Casilla 2b 5 0 1 1 0 1 1 .242
T Watkins 3b 5 1 2 0 0 1 1 .357
J Bartlett ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .266
T Hunter cf 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 .299
J Tyner cf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .282
J Morneau 1b 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 .287
M Cuddyer rf 4 1 1 4 0 1 1 .276
J Kubel lf 4 1 3 1 0 1 0 .255
M Redmond c 3 1 2 0 1 0 1 .289
G Jones dh 4 1 1 1 0 2 4 .143
N Punto ss-3b 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 .199

Totals 35 8 14 8 3 7 10

BATTING: 2B - T Hunter (35, M Batista); J Tyner (11, J Parrish). 3B - A Casilla
(1, M Batista). HR - M Cuddyer (13, 1st inning off M Batista 3 on, 1 Out). SF -
N Punto. RBI - M Cuddyer 4 (71), G Jones (1), N Punto (21), A Casilla (8), J
Kubel (45). 2-out RBI - A Casilla, J Kubel. Runners left in scoring position, 2
out - T Watkins 1, G Jones 2. GIDP - A Casilla. Team LOB - 7.

FIELDING: DP: 2 (N Punto-A Casilla-J Morneau, N Punto-J Morneau).


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SEATTLE - 000 000 220 -- 4
MINNESOTA - 710 000 00x -- 8
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SEATTLE ip h r er bb so hr era
M Batista (L, 13-9) 2 9 8 8 1 1 1 4.57
R Rowland-Smith 4 0 0 0 2 6 0 3.47
J Parrish 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 5.74

MINNESOTA ip h r er bb so hr era
C Silva (W, 10-12) 7 8 2 2 0 3 1 4.10
P Neshek 1 2 2 2 0 1 0 2.58
J Nathan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.77

HBP - K Johjima (by C Silva). Pitches-strikes: M Batista 47-30; R
Rowland-Smith 57-35; J Parrish 38-23; C Silva 96-72; P Neshek 9-8; J Nathan
8-7. Ground balls-fly balls: M Batista 2-3; R Rowland-Smith 2-4; J Parrish 1-4;
C Silva 8-10; P Neshek 0-2; J Nathan 1-2. Batters faced: M Batista 16; R
Rowland-Smith 13; J Parrish 10; C Silva 28; P Neshek 5; J Nathan 3.

UMPIRES: HP--Jeff Kellogg. 1B--Jerry Layne. 2B--Bill Miller. 3B--Chris
Guccione.

T--2:16. Att--29,881.
Weather: INDOORS</div>

 

AL: SEATTLE at MINNESOTA

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
AL
SEATTLE 4
MINNESOTA 8 FINAL</div>

 

AL: SEATTLE at MINNESOTA

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SEATTLE (4) AT MINNESOTA (8) - HOW THEY SCORED
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MINNESOTA 1ST: A Casilla grounded out to second. T Watkins singled to
right. T Hunter singled to left, T Watkins to second. J Morneau walked,
T Watkins to third, T Hunter to second. M Cuddyer homered to left center,
T Watkins, T Hunter and J Morneau scored. J Kubel singled to right. M Redmond
singled to center, J Kubel to second. G Jones singled to left, J Kubel scored,
M Redmond to third. N Punto hit sacrifice fly to center, M Redmond scored.
A Casilla tripled to deep center, G Jones scored. T Watkins struck out looking.
(7 Runs, 7 Hits, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 0, MINNESOTA 7.

MINNESOTA 2ND: T Hunter doubled to deep left center. J Morneau popped out
to second. M Cuddyer flied out to right, T Hunter to third. J Kubel singled
to right, T Hunter scored. M Redmond grounded out to second. (1 Run, 2 Hits,
0 Errors) SEATTLE 0, MINNESOTA 8.

SEATTLE 7TH: R Sexson struck out looking. B Broussard homered to left.
K Johjima flied out to center. W Bloomquist reached on infield single to
pitcher. Y Betancourt tripled to deep center, W Bloomquist scored. A Jones
popped out to shortstop. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 2, MINNESOTA 8.

SEATTLE 8TH: J Tyner in center field. P Neshek relieved C Silva. A Beltre
doubled to deep left. J Guillen tripled to right center, A Beltre scored.
R Ibanez hit sacrifice fly to center, J Guillen scored. R Sexson struck out
looking. B Broussard flied out to left. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 4,
MINNESOTA 8.</div>

 

AL: SEATTLE at MINNESOTA

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SEATTLE (4) AT MINNESOTA (8) - EVENT LOG
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Seattle Starting Lineups -- I Suzuki CF, A Beltre 3B, J Guillen RF, R Ibanez LF,
R Sexson 1B, B Broussard DH, K Johjima C, W Bloomquist 2B, Y Betancourt SS,
M Batista RHP.

Minnesota Starting Lineups -- A Casilla 2B, T Watkins 3B, T Hunter CF,
J Morneau 1B, M Cuddyer RF, J Kubel LF, M Redmond C, G Jones DH, N Punto SS,
C Silva RHP.

Umpires -- Jeff Kellogg (HP), Jerry Layne (1B), Bill Miller (2B),
Chris Guccione (3B).

Gametime Weather: INDOORS.


SEATTLE 1ST: I Suzuki singled to center. A Beltre grounded into double
play, shortstop to second to first, I Suzuki out at second. J Guillen flied
out to center. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 0, MINNESOTA 0.

MINNESOTA 1ST: A Casilla grounded out to second. T Watkins singled to
right. T Hunter singled to left, T Watkins to second. J Morneau walked,
T Watkins to third, T Hunter to second. M Cuddyer homered to left center,
T Watkins, T Hunter and J Morneau scored. J Kubel singled to right. M Redmond
singled to center, J Kubel to second. G Jones singled to left, J Kubel scored,
M Redmond to third. N Punto hit sacrifice fly to center, M Redmond scored.
A Casilla tripled to deep center, G Jones scored. T Watkins struck out looking.
(7 Runs, 7 Hits, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 0, MINNESOTA 7.

SEATTLE 2ND: R Ibanez fouled out to left. R Sexson popped out to third.
B Broussard flied out to right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 0, MINNESOTA 7.

MINNESOTA 2ND: T Hunter doubled to deep left center. J Morneau popped out
to second. M Cuddyer flied out to right, T Hunter to third. J Kubel singled
to right, T Hunter scored. M Redmond grounded out to second. (1 Run, 2 Hits,
0 Errors) SEATTLE 0, MINNESOTA 8.

SEATTLE 3RD: K Johjima hit by pitch. W Bloomquist grounded into double
play, shortstop to first, K Johjima out at second. Y Betancourt grounded out
to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 0, MINNESOTA 8.

MINNESOTA 3RD: R Rowland-Smith relieved M Batista. G Jones struck out
swinging. N Punto lined out to right. A Casilla struck out swinging.
(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 0, MINNESOTA 8.

SEATTLE 4TH: I Suzuki flied out to left. A Beltre singled to left.
J Guillen singled to center, A Beltre to second. R Ibanez flied out to center,
A Beltre to third, J Guillen to second. R Sexson grounded out to third. (0 Runs,
2 Hits, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 0, MINNESOTA 8.

MINNESOTA 4TH: T Watkins flied out to right. T Hunter fouled out to
first. J Morneau struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 0,
MINNESOTA 8.

SEATTLE 5TH: B Broussard struck out swinging. K Johjima grounded out to
second. W Bloomquist singled to right. Y Betancourt grounded out to third.
(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 0, MINNESOTA 8.

MINNESOTA 5TH: M Cuddyer struck out swinging. J Kubel struck out swinging.
M Redmond walked. G Jones struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
SEATTLE 0, MINNESOTA 8.

SEATTLE 6TH: I Suzuki reached on infield single to shortstop. A Beltre
flied out to center. I Suzuki stole second. J Guillen struck out looking.
R Ibanez flied out to center. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 0, MINNESOTA 8.

MINNESOTA 6TH: A Jones in center field. N Punto walked. A Casilla grounded
into double play, second to shortstop to first, N Punto out at second.
T Watkins flied out to right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 0, MINNESOTA 8.

SEATTLE 7TH: R Sexson struck out looking. B Broussard homered to left.
K Johjima flied out to center. W Bloomquist reached on infield single to
pitcher. Y Betancourt tripled to deep center, W Bloomquist scored. A Jones
popped out to shortstop. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 2, MINNESOTA 8.

MINNESOTA 7TH: J Parrish relieved R Rowland-Smith. T Hunter grounded out to
third. J Morneau singled to right. M Cuddyer flied out to right. J Kubel
singled to right, J Morneau to second. M Redmond reached on infield single to
third, J Morneau to third, J Kubel to second. G Jones lined out to center.
(0 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 2, MINNESOTA 8.

SEATTLE 8TH: J Tyner in center field. P Neshek relieved C Silva. A Beltre
doubled to deep left. J Guillen tripled to right center, A Beltre scored.
R Ibanez hit sacrifice fly to center, J Guillen scored. R Sexson struck out
looking. B Broussard flied out to left. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 4,
MINNESOTA 8.

MINNESOTA 8TH: N Punto fouled out to third. A Casilla lined out to third.
T Watkins reached on infield single to shortstop. J Tyner doubled to right,
T Watkins thrown out at home. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 4, MINNESOTA 8.

SEATTLE 9TH: J Nathan relieved P Neshek. J Bartlett at shortstop. N Punto
at third base. K Johjima grounded out to third. W Bloomquist popped out to
second. Y Betancourt flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
SEATTLE 4, MINNESOTA 8.</div>

 

Cuddyer slams Twins past Mariners

<h3>MINNESOTA 8, SEATTLE 4</h3>By Brian Hall
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


MINNEAPOLIS (Ticker) -- The Minnesota Twins finally scored someruns for starting pitcher Carlos Silva. This time, he did notreally need them all.


Silva threw seven solid innings and Michael Cuddyer hit a grandslam to highlight a seven-run first inning as the Twins beat theSeattle Mariners, 8-4, on Wednesday.


In ending Seattle's five-game win streak, the Twins salvaged thefinale of the three-game series in which they had beenoutscored, 16-6, in the first two games.


Silva (10-12) entered the contest with the second-lowest runsupport of American League starting pitchers. The Twins havescored just 70 runs in the righthander's 157 2/3 innings thisseason, about four runs per game. Furthermore, Minnesota hasbeen shut out a league-high 12 times this season and six ofthose have occurred in games started by Silva.


Run support was never an issue for Silva on Wednesday as heearned his first win of August in his fourth start this month.

Tommy Watkins and Torii Hunter hit back-to-back singles in thefirst, followed by a walk to Justin Morneau. Cuddyer then putthe first pitch he saw deep into the left-center field seats forhis fourth-career grand slam off Miguel Batista.


The Twins would add three more runs in the frame as GarrettJones, Nick Punto and Alexi Casilla each drove in a run. Theseven runs and seven hits in the inning were both season highs.

Silva would take care of things from there. Ichiro Suzuki ledoff the game with a single, but was wiped out on a double playmoments later. He went on to retire eight of the next ninebatters.


The righthander had his bid for a shutout ended in the seventhinning when Ben Broussard hit a solo home run to left thatbarely got over the glove of left fielder Jason Kubel.

Leaving after 96 pitches, Silva allowed three runs, eight hitsand did not walk a batter while striking out three.

Batista (13-9) lasted two innings, giving up a season-high eightruns while allowing nine hits and a walk. The righthander, whohad only one strikeout, had won five of his previous sevenstarts and gave up more than three runs for just the second timesince the beginning of May.


Holding down first place in the American League wild card race,Seattle's lead over the New York Yankees is now two games. NewYork will wrap up a series at the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheimlater Wednesday.


Also still a factor in the AL West, Seattle trails the Angels by2 1/2 games.

 

Cuddyer slams Twins past Mariners

<h3>MINNESOTA 8, SEATTLE 4</h3>By Brian Hall
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


MINNEAPOLIS (Ticker) - The Minnesota Twins finally scored someruns for starting pitcher Carlos Silva. This time, he did notreally need them all.


Silva threw seven solid innings and Michael Cuddyer hit a grandslam to highlight a seven-run first inning as the Twins beat theSeattle Mariners, 8-4, on Wednesday.


In ending Seattle's five-game win streak, the Twins salvaged thefinale of the three-game series in which they had beenoutscored, 16-6, in the first two games.


"We have been there as a starting pitcher all season long,sometimes we get runs, sometimes with no run support, and I feeldifferent," Silva said. "Today was different. It made me morerelaxed out on the mound."


Silva (10-12) entered the contest with the second-lowest runsupport of American League starting pitchers. The Twins havescored just 70 runs in the righthander's 157 2/3 innings thisseason, about four runs per game. Furthermore, Minnesota hasbeen shut out a league-high 12 times this season and six ofthose have occurred in games started by Silva.


Run support was never an issue for Silva on Wednesday as heearned his first win of August in his fourth start this month.

Tommy Watkins and Torii Hunter hit back-to-back singles in thefirst, followed by a walk to Justin Morneau. Cuddyer then putthe first pitch he saw deep into the left-center field seats forhis fourth-career grand slam off Miguel Batista.


"Because of the offensive rut, you want to take advantage ofevery opportunity to get one run," Cuddyer said. "You just wantto get one run in those opportunities and everything else is abonus. But you don't want to miss out on that one run when youare in offensive rut."


The Twins would add three more runs in the frame as GarrettJones, Nick Punto and Alexi Casilla each drove in a run. Theseven runs and seven hits in the inning were both season highs.

Silva would take care of things from there. Ichiro Suzuki ledoff the game with a single, but was wiped out on a double playmoments later. He went on to retire eight of the next ninebatters.


The righthander had his bid for a shutout ended in the seventhinning when Ben Broussard hit a solo home run to left thatbarely got over the glove of left fielder Jason Kubel.

Leaving after 96 pitches, Silva allowed three runs, eight hitsand did not walk a batter while striking out three.

"He has kept us in every single game he has been out there, it'sunfortunate we haven't given him enough run support throughoutthe course of the year," Cuddyer said. "His record could be alot better. His record is not indicative of the way he'spitched. We got him some runs early and he went out and showedwhat he could do with a lead."


Batista (13-9) lasted two innings, giving up a season-high eightruns while allowing nine hits and a walk. The righthander, whohad only one strikeout, had won five of his previous sevenstarts and gave up more than three runs for just the second timesince the beginning of May.


"Some of the pitches were great pitches, not good pitches, greatpitches and they hit it," Batista said. "You have to tip yourhat when you get beat. Sometimes you beat yourself, but Ididn't. They beat me."


Holding down first place in the American League wild card race,Seattle's lead over the New York Yankees is now two games. NewYork will wrap up a series at the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheimlater Wednesday.


Also still a factor in the AL West, Seattle trails the Angels by2 1/2 games.


"The guys were battling the whole way," Mariners manager JohnMcLaren said. "I can't say enough good things. They know weare down 8-0, and they still come out and battle their waythrough it. It wasn't one of our better games, but we won theseries."