James Paxton woke up Saturday morning to a text message from his father and the news that his grandfather, Lawrie, had unexpectedly passed away. Suddenly Paxton's first major league start for the Seattle Mariners took on more personal meaning. "That wasn't easy. A very close family and he was kind of the glue," Paxton said. "So it was great my family could make it down here tonight to watch me pitch and I know he was up there watching also. "It was really special to get this one tonight for him." Paxton threw six strong innings allowing just one earned run in his major league debut, Justin Smoak and Kendrys Morales hit solo homers and the Seattle Mariners continued Tampa Bay on their West Coast slide with a 6-2 win over the Rays on Saturday night. Read more http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=330907112&teams=tampa-bay-rays-vs-seattle-mariners
