Mariners 5 - 1 Rays
Final
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Mariners look to continue success against Devil Rays

May 23, 2007 - 2:25 PM Seattle (20-21) at Tampa Bay (18-26) 7:10 pm EDT

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Ticker) -- The Seattle Mariners are looking to get healthy against Tampa Bay, whom they have dominated recently.

Miguel Batista(3-4, 6.15 ERA) takes the mound in the middle game of a three-game series against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on Wednesday.

Seattle, which has lost five of eight, will be looking to beat Tampa Bay for the 10th time in the last 13 meetings.

Seattle took the opener behind six-plus innings from Jarrod Washburn and a key two-out hit by Richie Sexson that tied the game. Yuniesky Betancourt hit a go-ahead homer in the sixth inning of a 5-2 victory.

Batista allowed just two runs in four of his past five starts. The righthander allowed four runs - one earned - and six hits in 6 2/3 innings in an 8-1 loss to San Diego last Friday.

Meanwhile, Casey Fossum (3-3, 7.80) has been on the other end of the spectrum. The lefthander has allowed six or more runs in four of his last five starts. Fossum picked up a win in his last start despite allowing six runs and nine hits in five innings against Texas last Wednesday.

Tampa Bay has lost a season-high four in a row after winning a season-high four straight. The Devil Rays have been outscored, 24-9 during the losing streak.








  • AL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    SEATTLE 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 5 10 0
    TAMPA BAY 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 2 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: SEA - MIGUEL BATISTA, SEAN GREEN (7TH), GEORGE SHERRILL (9TH) AND
    KENJI JOHJIMA
    TAM - CASEY FOSSUM, SHAWN CAMP (6TH), BRIAN STOKES
    (7TH), JAE KUK RYU (9TH) AND DIO

    May 23 9:44 PM


  • AL
    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY JOSE GUILLEN SCORED JASON ELLISON AND ICHIRO
    SUZUKI.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, J GUILLEN ON FIRST, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: SEATTLE 5
    TAMPA BAY 1 TOP, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: R SEXSON (.173, 0-FOR-2, BB)

    Mariners vs. RaysMay 23 8:58 PM


  • AL
    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY KENJI JOHJIMA SCORED JOSE GUILLEN.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, K JOHJIMA ON SECOND, A BELTRE ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: SEATTLE 3
    TAMPA BAY 1 TOP, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: Y BETANCOURT (.271, 1-FOR-2, 2 RBI)

    Mariners vs. RaysMay 23 8:38 PM


  • AL
    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY YUNIESKY BETANCOURT SCORED JOSE GUILLEN AND
    RICHIE SEXSON.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, Y BETANCOURT ON SECOND, K JOHJIMA ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: SEATTLE 2
    TAMPA BAY 1 TOP, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: J LOPEZ (.246, 0-FOR-1)

    Mariners vs. RaysMay 23 8:11 PM


  • AL
    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY B.J. UPTON (8) TO LEFT WITH 0 OUT IN THE
    1ST OFF MIGUEL BATISTA.
    CURRENT SCORE: SEATTLE 0, TAMPA BAY 1
    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: B HARRIS (.320, 2 HR, 11 RBI)

    Mariners vs. RaysMay 23 7:17 PM

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