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Maddux tries to guide Padres past Mariners

May 19, 2007 - 3:29 PM San Diego (23-19) at Seattle (18-19) 10:05 pm EDT

SEATTLE (Ticker) -- Chris Young got the San Diego Padres off to a solid start. Now its up to Greg Maddux to continue the trend.

Maddux and Padres seek a second straight win when they face the Seattle Mariners in the second game of a weekend interleague series Saturday.

In Friday's series opener, Young went 6 2/3 strong innings and former Mariner Mike Cameron had two RBI as the Padres rolled to an 8-1 triumph.

A four-time Cy Young Award winner, Maddux (3-2, 3.20 ERA) was impressive in his last outings, allowing one run and five hits without a walk in a 7-1 victory over Cincinnati on Monday for his first complete game of the season.

Seattle's Horacio Ramirez (3-2, 6.40) gets his chance to go for back-to-back wins for the first time. The lefthander gave up just one run through 6 1/3 innings in a 2-1 win against the New York Yankees last Sunday.

Mariners first baseman Richie Sexson is mired in a horrific hitting slump, collecting just four hits over his last 27 at-bats. He is batting .162 on this season.

"The results aren't there, but I don't feel horrible up there," said Sexson, who struck out three times Friday. "It's been more down than up. I haven't had a stretch where I've been hot. Hopefully I can turn it around. Every day I come here and work hard to correct it and it just hasn't happened."