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Weaver and fading Mariners face Devil Rays

Sep 13, 2007 - 1:47 PM Tampa Bay (61-85) at Seattle (76-68) 10:05 pm EDT

SEATTLE (Ticker) - The Seattle Mariners late season swoon may have cost them a chance at their first playoff appearance since 2001.

Jeff Weaver and the Mariners open a four-game series with the last-place Tampa Bay Devil Rays on Thursday.

Seattle has lost 15 of its last 18 games to fall 6 1/2 games behind the New York Yankees (83-62) in the American League wild card race with 19 games to play.

Yuniesky Betancourt hit a walk-off single in the ninth inning helped the Mariners earn a 6-5 win and salvage the final game of a three-game series with the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday. Seattle has not won two straight since August 23-24.

Weaver (6-12, 6.05 ERA) will have his hands full with a Tampa Bay squad that has been playing like it is the team in a playoff race. The righthander was pounded for six earned runs and nine hits in five innings of a 12-6 loss to Detroit on Saturday, and is winless in his last three starts.

The Devil Rays have won 13 of 19, but are coming off a disappointing loss to Boston after David Ortiz hit a walk-off homer in a 5-4 win on Wednesday.

Jason Hammel (2-4, 6.57) takes the mound for Tampa Bay, which has lost seven of the eight meetings here. Hammel has just one win in his last 10 starts, and allowed two runs and five hits in six innings, but did not factor into the decision in a 5-4 win over Toronto on Saturday.








  • AL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    TAMPA BAY 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 10 0
    SEATTLE 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 x 8 12 1 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: TAM - JASON HAMMEL, GRANT BALFOUR (7TH), SCOTT DOHMANN (7TH), DAN
    WHEELER (8TH) AND RAUL CASANOVA
    SEA - JEFF WEAVER, SEAN WHITE (2ND), RYAN ROWLAND-SMITH
    (6TH), J.

    Sep 14 1:15 AM
  • 40
    roots
    RUWTbot Added 35 roots (Close Finish)

    Rays vs. MarinersSep 14 1:06 AM


  • AL
    AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY ADRIAN BELTRE SCORED YUNIESKY BETANCOURT.
    SITUATION: 5 RUNS IN, A BELTRE ON FIRST, I SUZUKI ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 7
    SEATTLE 8 BOTTOM, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: R IBANEZ (.283, 1-FOR-3, BB)

    Rays vs. MarinersSep 14 1:04 AM


  • AL
    AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY YUNIESKY BETANCOURT SCORED JOSE LOPEZ AND JEREMY
    REED.
    SITUATION: 4 RUNS IN, Y BETANCOURT ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 7
    SEATTLE 7 BOTTOM, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: I SUZUKI (.351, 3-FOR-4, 2 RBI)

    Rays vs. MarinersSep 14 1:00 AM


  • AL
    AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY KENJI JOHJIMA SCORED JOSE GUILLEN.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, K JOHJIMA ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 7
    SEATTLE 5 BOTTOM, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: W BLOOMQUIST (.280, 0-FOR-2, BB)

    Rays vs. MarinersSep 14 12:55 AM


  • AL
    AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
    JOSE VIDRO HIT INTO DOUBLE PLAY SCORING RAUL IBANEZ.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J GUILLEN ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 7
    SEATTLE 4 BOTTOM, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: K JOHJIMA (.285, 1-FOR-3)

    Rays vs. MarinersSep 14 12:53 AM


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    AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY ICHIRO SUZUKI SCORED WILLIE BLOOMQUIST.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, I SUZUKI ON FIRST, Y BETANCOURT ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 7
    SEATTLE 3 BOTTOM, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: A BELTRE (.280, 0-FOR-3)

    Rays vs. MarinersSep 14 12:26 AM


  • AL
    AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
    GROUND RULE DOUBLE BY YUNIESKY BETANCOURT SCORED JOSE
    VIDRO.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, Y BETANCOURT ON SECOND, W BLOOMQUIST ON
    THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 7
    SEATTLE 2 BOTTOM, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: I SUZUKI (.350, 2-FOR-3, RBI)

    Rays vs. MarinersSep 14 12:24 AM


  • AL
    AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY GREG NORTON (4) TO RIGHT WITH 2 OUT IN
    THE 6TH OFF SEAN WHITE SCORED BRENDAN HARRIS.
    CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 7, SEATTLE 1
    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: C PENA (.281, 1-FOR-1, 2 BB, RBI)

    Rays vs. MarinersSep 13 11:58 PM


  • AL
    AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY ICHIRO SUZUKI SCORED KENJI JOHJIMA.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, I SUZUKI ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 5
    SEATTLE 1 BOTTOM, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: A BELTRE (.280, 0-FOR-2)

    Rays vs. MarinersSep 13 11:47 PM


  • AL
    AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
    BASES LOADED WALK TO B.J. UPTON SCORED BRENDAN HARRIS.
    SITUATION: 4 RUNS IN, B UPTON ON FIRST, C PENA ON SECOND, G NORTON
    ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 5
    SEATTLE 0 TOP, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: D YOUNG (.294, 0-FOR-1)

    Rays vs. MarinersSep 13 10:50 PM


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    AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
    BASES LOADED WALK TO CARLOS PENA SCORED JORGE VELANDIA.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, C PENA ON FIRST, G NORTON ON SECOND, B
    HARRIS ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 4
    SEATTLE 0 TOP, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: B UPTON (.311, 1-FOR-1, RBI)

    Rays vs. MarinersSep 13 10:47 PM


  • AL
    AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
    BASES LOADED WALK TO GREG NORTON SCORED JOEL GUZMAN.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, G NORTON ON FIRST, B HARRIS ON SECOND, J
    VELANDIA ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 3
    SEATTLE 0 TOP, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: C PENA (.281, 1-FOR-1)

    Rays vs. MarinersSep 13 10:43 PM


  • AL
    AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY BRENDAN HARRIS SCORED RAUL CASANOVA.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, B HARRIS ON FIRST, J VELANDIA ON SECOND, J
    GUZMAN ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 2
    SEATTLE 0 TOP, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: G NORTON (.219, 0-FOR-1)

    Rays vs. MarinersSep 13 10:41 PM


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

    CURRENT PITCHERS: TAM - JASON HAMMEL
    SEA - JEFF WEAVER

    DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: I SUZUKI (.349, 6 HR, 60 RBI)
    A BELTRE (.281, 24 HR, 91 RBI)
    R IBANEZ (.283, 17 HR, 94 RBI)

    Rays vs. MarinersSep 13 10:20 PM

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