Lowe and behold
EVERETT - Mark Lowe is confident his fastball will see 97 and 98 mph again.
Until then, he's elated just to be on a mound again throwing in the low 90s, working his way back to a place in the Seattle Mariners' bullpen and, most importantly, getting hitters out.Lowe did that with all three he faced Monday night at Everett Memorial Stadium, where he pitched a 1-2-3 first inning for the Everett AquaSox against the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes.
It was Lowe's third minor league rehab appearance as he comes back from October surgery to repair a defect in his right elbow so severe that doctors warned he might never pitch again.
He threw 12 pitches Monday, half of them fastballs that ranged from 89 to 91 mph, and got two fly outs and a ground out. In his previous rehab outings with the Class AAA Tacoma Rainiers, Lowe gave up three hits and two walks with two strikeouts in 1-1/3 scoreless innings.
...Lowe said nobody with the Mariners has given him a target date for returning to the team. His only instructions were to be patient and get healthy.
Still, Lowe is eager to rejoin a team that has planted itself firmly in the race for the American League West Division lead.
"I was in Portland last week (with the Rainiers) and wasn't paying too much attention to what they were doing," he said. "Then I looked in the paper today and saw that we're just 2 games back. It wasn't that long ago that we were seven back. We're playing good baseball and I'm looking forward to being a part of that."
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