Final
  for this game

Mariners hope to avoid fifth straight loss

May 10, 2008 - 3:06 PM Chi White Sox (17-17) at Seattle (14-23) 10:10 pm EDT

SEATTLE (Ticker) -- The Seattle Mariners will attempt to avoid a fifth consecutive loss Saturday when they host the Chicago White Sox in the middle contest of a three-game series.

The Mariners have been outscored by a 21-3 margin over their current slide. Ichiro Suzuki scored on a wild pitch in the third inning of Friday's 4-2 loss to the White Sox to end his club's 24-inning scoreless streak.

Losers in nine of its previous 10 contests, Seattle has not had much success since the last time lefthander Jarrod Washburn (2-4, 4.81 ERA) took the mound.

Washburn pitched six innings, allowing three runs and four hits with no walks and three strikeouts during Monday's 7-3 triumph over the Texas Rangers. The win snapped Washburn's three-game losing skid.

The White Sox will counter with hard-throwing righthander Javier Vazquez (3-3, 3.30 ERA), seeking their third straight victory.

Vazquez will try to avoid his third straight loss after being a tough-luck loser in Monday's 1-0 setback to the Toronto Blue Jays. He yielded just one run, eight hits and a walk with nine strikeouts in 7 2/3 innings but was outdueled by the Blue Jays' Dustin McGowan.

Paul Konerko drove in a pair of runs and Jim Thome blasted his 514th career home run for Chicago in Friday's win.








  • AL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    CHI WHITE SOX 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 8 11 0
    SEATTLE 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 4 9 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: CHA - JAVIER VAZQUEZ, OCTAVIO DOTEL (6TH), SCOTT LINEBRINK (8TH),
    MATT THORNTON (9TH) AND TOBY HALL
    SEA - JARROD WASHBURN, CHA SEUNG BAEK (6TH), MARK LOWE
    (7TH), S

    May 11 1:08 AM


  • AL
    AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY CARLOS QUENTIN SCORED TOBY HALL.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, C QUENTIN ON FIRST, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 8
    SEATTLE 4 TOP, 9TH
    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: J DYE (.278, 0-FOR-3, BB)

    White Sox 8, Mariners 4  Top 9, 0 OutsMay 11 12:52 AM


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    AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY JOSE LOPEZ SCORED ADRIAN BELTRE.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, R IBANEZ ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 7
    SEATTLE 4 BOTTOM, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: J CLEMENT (.143, 0-FOR-2)

    White Sox 7, Mariners 4  Bot 6, 0 OutsMay 10 11:55 PM


  • AL
    AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY ADRIAN BELTRE SCORED MIGUEL CAIRO AND ICHIRO
    SUZUKI.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, A BELTRE ON FIRST, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 7
    SEATTLE 3 BOTTOM, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: R IBANEZ (.288, 0-FOR-2)

    White Sox 7, Mariners 3  Bot 6, 0 OutsMay 10 11:51 PM


  • AL
    AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
    TRIPLE BY NICK SWISHER SCORED JERMAINE DYE.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, N SWISHER ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 7
    SEATTLE 1 TOP, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: J CREDE (.259, 2-FOR-2)

    White Sox 7, Mariners 1  Top 5, 0 OutsMay 10 11:27 PM


  • AL
    AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY ADRIAN BELTRE (7) TO CENTER WITH 1 OUT IN
    THE 4TH OFF JAVIER VAZQUEZ.
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 6, SEATTLE 1
    DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: R IBANEZ (.290, 0-FOR-1)

    White Sox 6, Mariners 1  Bot 4, 0 OutsMay 10 11:15 PM


  • AL
    AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY CARLOS QUENTIN (9) TO CENTER WITH 2 OUT
    IN THE 2ND OFF JARROD WASHBURN SCORED ORLANDO CABRERA.
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 6, SEATTLE 0
    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: J DYE (.283, 0-FOR-1)

    White Sox 6, Mariners 0  Top 2, 0 OutsMay 10 10:39 PM


  • AL
    AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY ORLANDO CABRERA SCORED JUAN URIBE.
    SITUATION: 4 RUNS IN, O CABRERA ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 4
    SEATTLE 0 TOP, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: C QUENTIN (.277, 0-FOR-1)

    White Sox 4, Mariners 0  Top 2, 0 OutsMay 10 10:37 PM


  • AL
    AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
    THREE-RUN HOME RUN BY BRIAN ANDERSON (1) TO CENTER WITH 1
    OUT IN THE 2ND OFF JARROD WASHBURN SCORED PAUL KONERKO AND JOE
    CREDE.
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 3, SEATTLE 0
    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: J URIBE (.194, 3 HR, 12 RBI)

    White Sox 3, Mariners 0  Top 2, 0 OutsMay 10 10:29 PM