Mariners 0 - 7 Rays
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Jackson aims to end Rays' woes

Apr 10, 2008 - 12:17 PM Seattle (4-5) at Tampa Bay (3-5) 12:40 pm EDT

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Ticker) - Edwin Jackson tries to halt the Tampa Bay Rays' four-game skid when the club hosts the Seattle Mariners on Thursday.

Jackson (1-0, 1.50 ERA) was solid in his season debut, yielding one run and five hits over six innings in a 6-3 victory over the New York Yankees last week.

It was a nice start to the year for the righthander, who last season struggled with a 5-15 record over 32 appearances - 31 starts - and a 5.76 ERA.

On Wednesday, the Rays dropped their fourth straight game in the second of this three-game series as Jamie Burke and Adrian Beltre homered for Seattle in a 7-1 triumph.

"We just have to, obviously, swing the bats better," Rays manager Joe Maddon said. "The approach at the plate has got to improve. We have to work better at-bats, and that's going to happen."

Miguel Batista (0-1, 6.00 ERA) takes the hill for the Mariners. The righthander gave up five runs in five frames during a 6-4 setback to the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday. He owns a 5-4 mark with a 3.49 ERA in 21 career meetings against the Rays.

Rays All-Star Carl Crawford, who is batting .156 this season, is just four hits shy from reaching 1,000 for his career.








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

    BATTERIES: SEA - MIGUEL BATISTA, ERIC O'FLAHERTY (7TH), ROY CORCORAN (7TH),
    MARK LOWE (8TH) AND KENJI JOHJIMA
    TAM - EDWIN JACKSON, TREVER MILLER (9TH) AND MIKE
    DIFELICE

    HOM

    Apr 10 3:07 PM


  • AL
    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY MIKE DIFELICE SCORED B.J. UPTON AND JONNY GOMES.
    SITUATION: 5 RUNS IN, M DIFELICE ON FIRST, J RUGGIANO ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: SEATTLE 0
    TAMPA BAY 7 BOTTOM, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: J BARTLETT (.200, 0-FOR-3)

    Mariners 0, Rays 7  Bot 7, 0 OutsApr 10 2:46 PM


  • AL
    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    BASES LOADED WALK TO JUSTIN RUGGIANO SCORED CARLOS PENA.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, J RUGGIANO ON FIRST, J GOMES ON SECOND, B
    UPTON ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: SEATTLE 0
    TAMPA BAY 5 BOTTOM, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: M DIFELICE (.333, 1-FOR-3, RBI)

    Mariners 0, Rays 5  Bot 7, 0 OutsApr 10 2:45 PM


  • AL
    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY B.J. UPTON SCORED AKINORI IWAMURA AND CARL
    CRAWFORD.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, C PENA ON THIRD, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: SEATTLE 0
    TAMPA BAY 4 BOTTOM, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: E HINSKE (.333, 1-FOR-3, HR, RBI)

    Mariners 0, Rays 4  Bot 7, 0 OutsApr 10 2:39 PM


  • AL
    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY MIKE DIFELICE SCORED JONNY GOMES.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M DIFELICE ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: SEATTLE 0
    TAMPA BAY 2 BOTTOM, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: J BARTLETT (.207, 0-FOR-2)

    Mariners 0, Rays 2  Bot 6, 0 OutsApr 10 2:31 PM


  • AL
    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY ERIC HINSKE (2) TO CENTER WITH 1 OUT IN
    THE 4TH OFF MIGUEL BATISTA.
    CURRENT SCORE: SEATTLE 0, TAMPA BAY 1
    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: J GOMES (.200, 0-FOR-0, BB)

    Mariners 0, Rays 1  Bot 4, 0 OutsApr 10 2:18 PM


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

    CURRENT PITCHERS: SEA - MIGUEL BATISTA
    TAM - EDWIN JACKSON

    DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: K JOHJIMA (.080, 0 HR, 1 RBI)
    Y BETANCOURT (.344, 0 HR, 1 RBI)
    I SUZUKI (.300, 0-FOR-1

    Mariners 0, Rays 0  Top 3, 0 OutsApr 10 2:04 PM


  • AL
    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY RICHIE SEXSON (2) TO RIGHT CENTER WITH 2
    OUT IN THE 4TH OFF EDWIN JACKSON.
    CURRENT SCORE: SEATTLE 1, TAMPA BAY 0
    DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: J VIDRO (.147, 0-FOR-1)

    Mariners 1, Rays 0  Top 4, 0 OutsApr 10 1:46 PM

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