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Feierabend looks for first win vs. Rangers

Jun 3, 2007 - 1:10 PM Texas (20-36) at Seattle (27-25) 4:05 pm EDT

SEATTLE (Ticker) -- Ryan Feierabend takes the mound looking for his first major-league win for the Seattle Mariners in the rubber game of a three-game series with the Texas Rangers on Sunday.

Feierabend (0-1, 5.40 ERA), who will be making his second start in place of the injured Horacio Ramirez, has allowed four runs and 6 2/3 innings in his third career start against Los Angeles on Tuesday.

Seattle won, 5-4, on Saturday, but center fielder Ichiro Suzuki saw his franchise-best 25-game hitting streak come to an end with an 0-for-4 performance.

The Mariners, who have won eight of 12, will be without third baseman Adrian Beltre for a while. Beltre sat out Saturday's game with a sprained left thumb which occurred in Friday's loss.

Meanwhile Texas, which has lost nine of 11, will hand the ball to Robinson Tejada (4-5, 5.75). The righthander has struggled in his last two starts, lasting just three innings and allowing five runs in each.

In his last start, he allowed five runs and four hits in three frames and lost 5-3 to Oakland on Monday.