8/30/2006

Mariner System Report (Games of 8/29)

Seattle (MAJ: 63-69; 4th AL West): The Mariners beat the Angels 6-4. Chris Snelling (WI ’00) hit a pair of home runs. Former Appleton Fox Raul Ibanez and Ichiro also homered for the M’s. JJ Putz (WI ’00) earned his 29th save. But, the story of the game was Rafael Soriano (WI '00), who took a lineshot to his head off the bat of Vladimir Guerrero.

Initial reports were positive.

As teammates surrounded Soriano next to the mound on the empty field in a ballpark long gone silent, his arms and legs moved. He was conscious. He knew where he was and what had happened, terrible as it was.

He complained of a major headache and suffered some swelling where the ball hit head. And so he was taken to Harborview Medical Center for evaluation.

Tacoma (AAA – 71-67; 2nd PCL Pacific Northern Division): Tacoma beat Salt Lake 2-0. Rich Dorman (WI ’03) struck out fourteen over eight shutout innings for the win. He allowed three hits and walked one. Adam Jones (WI ’04) and Oswaldo Navarro (WI ’05) each drove in a run for the Rainiers.

San Antonio (AA – 57-76; 30-35 second half 4th Texas League South Division): San Antonio lost 6-0 at Frisco. Ryan Feierabend (WI ’04) struck out five, walked four, and allowed four runs (one earned) to take the loss. The Mission offense managed four hits.

Inland Empire (High-A – 71-63, 32-32 second half; T-1st California League South Division): Inland Empire lost 6-3 at High Desert with a bench clearing brawl included. JB Tucker (WI ’06) drove in three runs with a double in the top of the ninth inning.

Everett (Short Season-A – 29-38; 4th Northwest League West Division): Everett had their game with Eugene rained out.

AZL M’s (Rookie – 25-30; 11-16 7th Arizona League): The Mariners lost 9-6 to the Royals.

MARINER SYSTEM SCHEDULE FOR 8/30
Los Angeles (John Lackey 10-9) at Seattle (Jake Woods 4-1) 9:05pm CDT
Salt Lake (Nathan Bland 6-5) at Tacoma (Francisco Cruceta 12-9) 9:05pm CDT
Corpus Christi (Chance Douglass 7-7) at San Antonio (Travis Chick 3-2) 7:05pm CDT
High Desert (Carlos Rosa 0-1) at Inland Empire (Justin Jordan 5-6) 9:11pm CDT
Eugene (Steve Faris 2-1) at Everett (Steve Uhlmansiek 3-4) 8:05pm CDT
Eugene (Brooks Dunn 3-6) at Everett (Ricky Orta 4-3) – GAME TWO
AZL Mariners – Season over


Edit: Resized quote about Soriano to make it readable

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