AL: BALTIMORE at SEATTLE <div class="pre">BALTIMORE (4) VS SEATTLE (5) - END 8TH - IN PROGRESS BALTIMORE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg B Roberts 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .326 J Payton lf 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 .277 N Markakis rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .265 M Tejada ss 4 1 3 1 0 0 0 .312 K Millar 1b 4 0 2 2 0 1 1 .250 A Huff dh 4 1 1 0 0 1 3 .249 M Mora 3b 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 .247 R Hernandez c 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .248 C Patterson cf 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 .215 Totals 34 4 9 3 0 6 13 BATTING: 2B - M Tejada 2 (9, C Baek 2); K Millar 2 (8, C Baek 2); A Huff (12, C Baek). RBI - M Tejada (31), K Millar 2 (20). 2-out RBI - M Tejada, K Millar 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B Roberts 2, K Millar 1, A Huff 3. Team LOB - 6. BASERUNNING: SB - M Mora (5, 2nd base off C Baek/K Johjima). FIELDING: E - M Mora (4, throw). SEATTLE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg I Suzuki cf 5 0 2 1 0 0 2 .335 J Lopez 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 .290 J Guillen rf 5 2 2 0 0 1 2 .284 R Ibanez lf 3 1 1 0 2 0 2 .277 K Johjima c 4 1 1 1 1 0 2 .321 J Vidro dh 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 .291 B Broussard 1b 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 .279 Y Betancourt ss 4 0 2 1 0 0 2 .305 W Bloomquist 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 .240 Totals 34 5 10 4 5 1 21 BATTING: 2B - I Suzuki (9, C Bradford). SF - J Vidro. RBI - K Johjima (26), J Vidro (20), Y Betancourt (25), I Suzuki (29). 2-out RBI - K Johjima, I Suzuki. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - W Bloomquist 1, R Ibanez 1, J Vidro 1, J Lopez 3, K Johjima 1. Team LOB - 12. FIELDING: E - Y Betancourt (13, throw). ---------------------------------------------------- BALTIMORE - 201 001 00 -- 4 SEATTLE - 000 010 40 -- 5 ---------------------------------------------------- BALTIMORE ip h r er bb so hr era B Burres 5 2/3 6 1 1 3 0 0 2.89 D Baez 1/3 1 3 3 2 0 0 6.84 J Walker 1/3 2 1 1 0 0 0 3.63 C Bradford 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.96 T Williams 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.56 SEATTLE ip h r er bb so hr era C Baek 5 2/3 9 4 3 0 4 0 4.91 E O'Flaherty 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.95 J Davis 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.92 B Morrow 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.66 D Baez pitched to 3 batters in the 7th. WP - J Walker. HBP - J Lopez (by B Burres). Pitches-strikes: B Burres 111-63; D Baez 10-2; J Walker 10-7; C Bradford 7-5; T Williams 11-8; C Baek 97-66; E O'Flaherty 19-13; J Davis 5-3; B Morrow 19-14. Ground balls-fly balls: B Burres 8-9; D Baez 0-1; J Walker 0-1; C Bradford 1-1; T Williams 1-1; C Baek 5-8; E O'Flaherty 1-2; J Davis 1-0; B Morrow 0-1. Batters faced: B Burres 28; D Baez 4; J Walker 3; C Bradford 3; T Williams 3; C Baek 26; E O'Flaherty 4; J Davis 1; B Morrow 3. UMPIRES: HP--Larry Young. 1B--Angel Hernandez. 2B--Ted Barrett. 3B--Mark Carlson. Weather: 58 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 0 mph, in from left.</div>
AL: BALTIMORE at SEATTLE <div class="pre">AL AT SEATTLE - PITCHING CHANGE SEA: J.J. PUTZ (0-0, 1.42) STARTING THE 9TH CURRENT SCORE: BALTIMORE 4, SEATTLE 5 DUE UP FOR BALTIMORE: R HERNANDEZ (.248, 0-FOR-3)</div>
AL: BALTIMORE at SEATTLE <div class="pre">AL AT SEATTLE - MID INNING UPDATE PLAY: J Putz relieved B Morrow. SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS CURRENT SCORE: BALTIMORE 4 SEATTLE 5 TOP, 9TH DUE UP FOR BALTIMORE: R Hernandez (.248, 0-FOR-3)</div>
AL: BALTIMORE at SEATTLE <div class="pre">AL AT SEATTLE - MID INNING UPDATE PLAY: F Bynum ran for R Hernandez. SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, F BYNUM ON FIRST, 0 OUTS CURRENT SCORE: BALTIMORE 4 SEATTLE 5 TOP, 9TH DUE UP FOR BALTIMORE: C Patterson (.215, 0-FOR-3)</div>
AL: BALTIMORE at SEATTLE <div class="pre">AL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - BALTIMORE 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 10 1 SEATTLE 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 x 5 10 1 (FINAL) BATTERIES: BAL - BRIAN BURRES, DANYS BAEZ (6TH), JAMIE WALKER (7TH), CHAD BRADFORD (7TH), TODD WILLIAMS (8TH) AND RAMON HERNANDEZ SEA - CHA SEUNG BAEK, ERIC O'FLAHERTY (6TH), JASON DAVIS (7TH), BRANDON MORROW (8TH), J.J. PUTZ (9TH) AND KENJI JOHJIMA HOME RUNS: BAL - NONE SEA - NONE</div>
AL: BALTIMORE at SEATTLE <div class="pre">AL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - BALTIMORE 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 10 1 SEATTLE 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 x 5 10 1 (FINAL) BATTERIES: BAL - BRIAN BURRES, DANYS BAEZ (6TH), JAMIE WALKER (7TH), CHAD BRADFORD (7TH), TODD WILLIAMS (8TH) AND RAMON HERNANDEZ SEA - CHA SEUNG BAEK, ERIC O'FLAHERTY (6TH), JASON DAVIS (7TH), BRANDON MORROW (8TH), J.J. PUTZ (9TH) AND KENJI JOHJIMA WP - JASON DAVIS (1-0) LP - JAMIE WALKER (1-1) SAVE - J.J. PUTZ (15) HOME RUNS: BAL - NONE SEA - NONE TIME: 3:09 ATT: 19,287 PROBABLES: BAL - DANIEL CABRERA (4-6, 4.72) SEA - JARROD WASHBURN (5-4, 3.57)</div>
AL: BALTIMORE at SEATTLE <div class="pre">BALTIMORE (4) VS SEATTLE (5) - FINAL BALTIMORE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg B Roberts 2b 5 0 1 0 0 1 3 .325 J Payton lf 5 1 0 0 0 1 2 .275 N Markakis rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .265 M Tejada ss 4 1 3 1 0 0 0 .312 K Millar 1b 4 0 2 2 0 1 1 .250 A Huff dh 4 1 1 0 0 1 3 .249 M Mora 3b 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 .247 R Hernandez c 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .254 F Bynum pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 C Patterson cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .214 Totals 38 4 10 3 0 8 16 BATTING: 2B - M Tejada 2 (9, C Baek 2); K Millar 2 (8, C Baek 2); A Huff (12, C Baek). RBI - M Tejada (31), K Millar 2 (20). 2-out RBI - M Tejada, K Millar 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B Roberts 2, K Millar 1, A Huff 3. Team LOB - 7. BASERUNNING: SB - M Mora (5, 2nd base off C Baek/K Johjima). FIELDING: E - M Mora (4, throw). SEATTLE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg I Suzuki cf 5 0 2 1 0 0 2 .335 J Lopez 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 .290 J Guillen rf 5 2 2 0 0 1 2 .284 R Ibanez lf 3 1 1 0 2 0 2 .277 K Johjima c 4 1 1 1 1 0 2 .321 J Vidro dh 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 .291 B Broussard 1b 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 .279 Y Betancourt ss 4 0 2 1 0 0 2 .305 W Bloomquist 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 .240 Totals 34 5 10 4 5 1 21 BATTING: 2B - I Suzuki (9, C Bradford). SF - J Vidro. RBI - K Johjima (26), J Vidro (20), Y Betancourt (25), I Suzuki (29). 2-out RBI - K Johjima, I Suzuki. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - W Bloomquist 1, R Ibanez 1, J Vidro 1, J Lopez 3, K Johjima 1. Team LOB - 12. FIELDING: E - Y Betancourt (13, throw). ---------------------------------------------------- BALTIMORE - 201 001 000 -- 4 SEATTLE - 000 010 40x -- 5 ---------------------------------------------------- BALTIMORE ip h r er bb so hr era B Burres 5 2/3 6 1 1 3 0 0 2.89 D Baez (H, 12) 1/3 1 3 3 2 0 0 6.84 J Walker (L, 1-1; B, 1) 1/3 2 1 1 0 0 0 3.63 C Bradford 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.96 T Williams 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.56 SEATTLE ip h r er bb so hr era C Baek 5 2/3 9 4 3 0 4 0 4.91 E O'Flaherty 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.95 J Davis (W, 1-0) 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.92 B Morrow (H, 9) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.66 J Putz (S, 15) 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1.37 D Baez pitched to 3 batters in the 7th. WP - J Walker. HBP - J Lopez (by B Burres). Pitches-strikes: B Burres 111-63; D Baez 10-2; J Walker 10-7; C Bradford 7-5; T Williams 11-8; C Baek 97-66; E O'Flaherty 19-13; J Davis 5-3; B Morrow 19-14; J Putz 16-12. Ground balls-fly balls: B Burres 8-9; D Baez 0-1; J Walker 0-1; C Bradford 1-1; T Williams 1-1; C Baek 5-8; E O'Flaherty 1-2; J Davis 1-0; B Morrow 0-1; J Putz 1-0. Batters faced: B Burres 28; D Baez 4; J Walker 3; C Bradford 3; T Williams 3; C Baek 26; E O'Flaherty 4; J Davis 1; B Morrow 3; J Putz 4. UMPIRES: HP--Larry Young. 1B--Angel Hernandez. 2B--Ted Barrett. 3B--Mark Carlson. T--3:09. Att--19,287. Weather: 58 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 0 mph, n/a.</div>
AL: BALTIMORE at SEATTLE <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BALTIMORE (4) AT SEATTLE (5) - HOW THEY SCORED ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BALTIMORE 1ST: B Roberts lined out to left. J Payton grounded out to second. N Markakis singled to left. M Tejada doubled to deep right, N Markakis scored. K Millar doubled to left, M Tejada scored. A Huff struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 2, SEATTLE 0. BALTIMORE 3RD: B Roberts singled to right. J Payton grounded into fielder's choice to third, B Roberts out at second. N Markakis flied out to center. M Tejada singled to center, J Payton to third. K Millar doubled to left, J Payton scored, M Tejada to third. A Huff fouled out to third. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 3, SEATTLE 0. SEATTLE 5TH: I Suzuki grounded out to shortstop. J Lopez flied out to left. J Guillen singled to center. R Ibanez singled to center, J Guillen to second. K Johjima singled to center, J Guillen scored, R Ibanez to third. J Vidro grounded out to second. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 3, SEATTLE 1. BALTIMORE 6TH: A Huff hit a ground rule double to deep right center. M Mora fouled out to first. R Hernandez grounded out to third. E O'Flaherty relieved C Baek. C Patterson safe at second on throwing error by shortstop Y Betancourt, A Huff scored. B Roberts flied out to left. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 1 Error) BALTIMORE 4, SEATTLE 1. SEATTLE 7TH: J Guillen singled to right center. R Ibanez walked, J Guillen to second. K Johjima walked, J Guillen to third, R Ibanez to second. J Walker relieved D Baez. J Vidro hit sacrifice fly to right, J Guillen scored, R Ibanez to third. R Ibanez scored, K Johjima to second on wild pitch by J Walker. B Broussard reached on infield single to first, K Johjima to third. Y Betancourt singled to left, K Johjima scored, B Broussard to second. C Bradford relieved J Walker. W Bloomquist grounded into fielder's choice to third, Y Betancourt out at second, B Broussard to third. I Suzuki doubled to left, B Broussard scored, W Bloomquist to third. J Lopez flied out to right. (4 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 4, SEATTLE 5.</div>
AL: BALTIMORE at SEATTLE <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BALTIMORE (4) AT SEATTLE (5) - EVENT LOG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Baltimore Starting Lineups -- B Roberts 2B, J Payton LF, N Markakis RF, M Tejada SS, K Millar 1B, A Huff DH, M Mora 3B, R Hernandez C, C Patterson CF, B Burres LHP. Seattle Starting Lineups -- I Suzuki CF, J Lopez 2B, J Guillen RF, R Ibanez LF, K Johjima C, J Vidro DH, B Broussard 1B, Y Betancourt SS, W Bloomquist 3B, C Baek RHP. Umpires -- Larry Young (HP), Angel Hernandez (1B), Ted Barrett (2B), Mark Carlson (3B). Gametime Weather: 58 degrees, Cloudy, wind n/a at 0 mph. BALTIMORE 1ST: B Roberts lined out to left. J Payton grounded out to second. N Markakis singled to left. M Tejada doubled to deep right, N Markakis scored. K Millar doubled to left, M Tejada scored. A Huff struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 2, SEATTLE 0. SEATTLE 1ST: I Suzuki flied out to center. J Lopez hit by pitch. J Guillen popped out to second. R Ibanez walked, J Lopez to second. K Johjima grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 2, SEATTLE 0. BALTIMORE 2ND: M Mora struck out swinging. R Hernandez grounded out to second. C Patterson struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 2, SEATTLE 0. SEATTLE 2ND: J Vidro grounded out to second. B Broussard popped out to shortstop. Y Betancourt grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 2, SEATTLE 0. BALTIMORE 3RD: B Roberts singled to right. J Payton grounded into fielder's choice to third, B Roberts out at second. N Markakis flied out to center. M Tejada singled to center, J Payton to third. K Millar doubled to left, J Payton scored, M Tejada to third. A Huff fouled out to third. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 3, SEATTLE 0. SEATTLE 3RD: W Bloomquist flied out to right. I Suzuki reached on infield single to first. J Lopez walked, I Suzuki to second. J Guillen grounded into fielder's choice to pitcher, J Lopez out at second, I Suzuki to third. R Ibanez flied out to center. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 3, SEATTLE 0. BALTIMORE 4TH: M Mora reached on bunt single to third. R Hernandez fouled out to first. C Patterson struck out looking, M Mora stole second. B Roberts flied out to center. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 3, SEATTLE 0. SEATTLE 4TH: K Johjima safe at second on throwing error by third baseman M Mora. J Vidro grounded out to shortstop. B Broussard walked. Y Betancourt fouled out to first. W Bloomquist grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error) BALTIMORE 3, SEATTLE 0. BALTIMORE 5TH: J Payton grounded out to second. N Markakis popped out to shortstop. M Tejada doubled to deep center. K Millar flied out to center. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 3, SEATTLE 0. SEATTLE 5TH: I Suzuki grounded out to shortstop. J Lopez flied out to left. J Guillen singled to center. R Ibanez singled to center, J Guillen to second. K Johjima singled to center, J Guillen scored, R Ibanez to third. J Vidro grounded out to second. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 3, SEATTLE 1. BALTIMORE 6TH: A Huff hit a ground rule double to deep right center. M Mora fouled out to first. R Hernandez grounded out to third. E O'Flaherty relieved C Baek. C Patterson safe at second on throwing error by shortstop Y Betancourt, A Huff scored. B Roberts flied out to left. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 1 Error) BALTIMORE 4, SEATTLE 1. SEATTLE 6TH: B Broussard flied out to center. Y Betancourt singled to center. W Bloomquist reached on infield single to pitcher, Y Betancourt to second. I Suzuki flied out to center. D Baez relieved B Burres. J Lopez lined out to left. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 4, SEATTLE 1. BALTIMORE 7TH: J Payton grounded out to third. N Markakis lined out to right. J Davis relieved E O'Flaherty. M Tejada grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 4, SEATTLE 1. SEATTLE 7TH: J Guillen singled to right center. R Ibanez walked, J Guillen to second. K Johjima walked, J Guillen to third, R Ibanez to second. J Walker relieved D Baez. J Vidro hit sacrifice fly to right, J Guillen scored, R Ibanez to third. R Ibanez scored, K Johjima to second on wild pitch by J Walker. B Broussard reached on infield single to first, K Johjima to third. Y Betancourt singled to left, K Johjima scored, B Broussard to second. C Bradford relieved J Walker. W Bloomquist grounded into fielder's choice to third, Y Betancourt out at second, B Broussard to third. I Suzuki doubled to left, B Broussard scored, W Bloomquist to third. J Lopez flied out to right. (4 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 4, SEATTLE 5. BALTIMORE 8TH: B Morrow relieved J Davis. K Millar struck out swinging. A Huff popped out to shortstop. M Mora struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 4, SEATTLE 5. SEATTLE 8TH: T Williams relieved C Bradford. J Guillen struck out looking. R Ibanez flied out to left. K Johjima grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 4, SEATTLE 5. BALTIMORE 9TH: J Putz relieved B Morrow. R Hernandez singled to left. F Bynum ran for R Hernandez. C Patterson bunted into fielder's choice to third, F Bynum out at second. B Roberts struck out swinging. J Payton struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 4, SEATTLE 5.</div>
Late rally pushes Mariners past slumping Orioles <h3>SEATTLE 5, BALTIMORE 4</h3>SEATTLE (Ticker) -- Ichiro Suzuki capped a four-run rally inthe seventh inning with an RBI double as the Seattle Marinersposted a 5-4 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesdaynight. The Mariners trailed, 4-1, going into the bottom of the seventhbefore erupting for four runs to send the Orioles to their fifthconsecutive defeat. Jose Guillen led off the seventh with a single off of relieverDanys Baez, who then walked Raul Ibanez and Kenji Johjima oneight straight pitches to load the bases with no outs. Jamie Walker (1-1) relieved Baez and Jose Vidro hit a sacrificefly scoring Guillen and sending Ibanez to third where he scoredon a wild pitch. Ben Broussard's infield single put runners atfirst and third and Yuniesky Betancourt extended his hittingstreak to 17 games and tied the score, 4-4, with a single toleft. Chad Bradford took over for Walker and got Willie Bloomquist tohit into a fielder's choice for the second out. But Ichirostroked a double to left to plate Broussard with the go-aheadrun. Jason Davis (1-0) pitched 1/3 of an inning for his first victoryas a Mariner. J.J Putz worked around a leadoff single in the ninth inning forhis 15th save of the year. The Orioles scored twice in the first inning off of Seattlestarter Cha Seung Baek. With two outs, Nick Markakis singled andcame around to score on a double by Miguel Tejada. Kevin Millarfollowed with a run-scoring double to left for a 2-0 lead. Millar's second double scored Jay Payton to give Baltimore a 3-0advantage in the third. Baltimore starter Brian Burres held the Mariners to just aninfield single by Ichiro through the first four innings beforeJose Guillen singled with two outs in the fifth. Ibanez andJohjima followed with consecutive singles to cut the Orioleslead to 3-1. Yuniesky Betancourt's throwing error in the sixth gave Baltimorean unearned run to make it 4-1. Aubrey Huff led off with adouble but remained at second while Baek retired the next twobatters before being relieved by Eric O'Flaherty. Corey Patterson hit a routine grounder to short, but Betancourtthrew wildly to first allowing Huff to score.
Late rally pushes Mariners past slumping Orioles <h3>SEATTLE 5, BALTIMORE 4</h3>SEATTLE (Ticker) -- Ichiro Suzuki capped a four-run rally inthe seventh inning with an RBI double as the Seattle Marinersposted a 5-4 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesdaynight. The Mariners trailed, 4-1, going into the bottom of the seventhbefore erupting for four runs to send the Orioles to their fifthconsecutive defeat. Jose Guillen led off the seventh with a single off of relieverDanys Baez, who then walked Raul Ibanez and Kenji Johjima oneight straight pitches to load the bases with no outs. Jamie Walker (1-1) relieved Baez and Jose Vidro hit a sacrificefly scoring Guillen and sending Ibanez to third, where he scoredon a wild pitch. Ben Broussard's infield single put runners atfirst and third and Yuniesky Betancourt extended his hittingstreak to 17 games and tied the score, 4-4, with a single toleft. Chad Bradford took over for Walker and got Willie Bloomquist tohit into a fielder's choice for the second out. But Ichirostroked a double to left to plate Broussard with the go-aheadrun. Jason Davis (1-0) pitched 1/3 of an inning for his first victoryas a Mariner. J.J Putz worked around a leadoff single in the ninth inning forhis 15th save of the year. The Orioles scored twice in the first inning off of Seattlestarter Cha Seung Baek. With two outs, Nick Markakis singled andcame around to score on a double by Miguel Tejada. Kevin Millarfollowed with a run-scoring double to left for a 2-0 lead. Millar's second double scored Jay Payton to give Baltimore a 3-0advantage in the third. Baltimore starter rookie Brian Burres held the Mariners to justan infield single by Ichiro through the first four inningsbefore Guillen singled with two outs in the fifth. Ibanez andJohjima followed with consecutive singles to cut the Orioleslead to 3-1. A throwing error by Betancourt in the sixth gave Baltimore anunearned run to make it 4-1. Aubrey Huff led off with a doublebut remained at second while Baek retired the next two battersbefore being relieved by Eric O'Flaherty. Corey Patterson hit a routine grounder to short, but Betancourtthrew wildly to first allowing Huff to score.
Late rally pushes Mariners past slumping Orioles <h3>SEATTLE 5, BALTIMORE 4</h3>SEATTLE (Ticker) -- It may only the beginning of June butIchiro Suzuki is starting to believe his Seattle Mariners mightbe something special. For the second consecutive night, Ichiro drove in the winningrun late in the game when he capped a four-run rally in theseventh inning with an RBI double as the Mariners handed theBaltimore Orioles their fifth straight loss, 5-4, on Tuesday. The win was Seattle's 11th in its last 15 games and put it a aseason-high five games over .500 (30-25). It also got Ichirothinking that his team has something working. "There is some kind of atmosphere that this team has," Ichirosaid. "I am not exactly able to put a finger on it but wedefinitely have something going on." Early on, the Mariners had nothing going on. They trailed, 4-1,going into the bottom of the seventh before their dramaticcome-from-behind win. "In this stretch, everybody in the lineup has hit in clutchsituations and come up with big base hits for us, Marinersmanager Mike Hargrove said. Certainly Ichiro has been among thebest and the last two nights he has come through with big hitsfor us with the game on the line. Jose Guillen led off the seventh with a single off of relieverDanys Baez, who then walked Raul Ibanez and Kenji Johjima oneight straight pitches to load the bases with no outs. Jamie Walker (1-1) relieved Baez and Jose Vidro hit a sacrificefly scoring Guillen and sending Ibanez to third, where he scoredon a wild pitch. Ben Broussard's infield single put runners atfirst and third and Yuniesky Betancourt extended his hittingstreak to 17 games and tied the score, 4-4, with a single toleft. Chad Bradford took over for Walker and got Willie Bloomquist tohit into a fielder's choice for the second out. But Ichirostroked a double to left to plate Broussard with the go-aheadrun. Jason Davis (1-0) pitched 1/3 of an inning for his first victoryas a Mariner. J.J Putz worked around a leadoff single in the ninth inning forhis 15th save of the year. The Orioles scored twice in the first inning off of Seattlestarter Cha Seung Baek. With two outs, Nick Markakis singled andcame around to score on a double by Miguel Tejada. Kevin Millarfollowed with a run-scoring double to left for a 2-0 lead. Millar's second double scored Jay Payton to give Baltimore a 3-0advantage in the third. Baltimore starter rookie Brian Burres held the Mariners to justan infield single by Ichiro through the first four inningsbefore Guillen singled with two outs in the fifth. Ibanez andJohjima followed with consecutive singles to cut the Orioleslead to 3-1. We got a great job out of Brian Burres, Orioles manager SamPerlozzo said. We just ran into trouble. We're going through atough time right now. There's no masking it. Somehow we have toregroup and get everyone rested a little bit. Walker, who had his first blown save of the year, said theOrioles just aren't catching any breaks during their slump. "Look what happened last night (a 7-4 loss to the Mariners), theground balls that get through and they end up scoring andtonight Ichiro gets that little blooper over third and they goahead," Walker said. "But we can't be down. That other teamcould care two cents about whether we are snakebit or if you areunlucky." A throwing error by Betancourt in the sixth gave Baltimore anunearned run to make it 4-1. Aubrey Huff led off with a doublebut remained at second while Baek retired the next two battersbefore being relieved by Eric O'Flaherty. Corey Patterson hit aroutine grounder to short, but Betancourt threw wildly to firstallowing Huff to score.
