Lowe on the mend

Mark Lowe ('05) has been battling his way back to health and just passed an important marker. He pitched in a game on consecutive days for the first time since his surgery. Ryan Divish of the Tacoma News-Tribune is there.

It wasn’t his best performance as a professional, but Mark Lowe thinks he proved he’s ready to return to a full-time spot with the Seattle Mariners.

The hard-throwing right-handed reliever pitched on consecutive days for the first time in more than a year. And while his performance on Monday was a bit shaky at first, it might be enough to secure his job in the bullpen.

Lowe, who pitched a one-hit scoreless inning against the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday, allowed one run on three hits in one inning against the White Sox on Monday.

Lowe was unhappy with the run against the Sox, but was happy with his velocity.

A positive sign on Lowe’s road to recovery from elbow surgery was that the velocity on his fastball ranged from 90 to 93 mph, basically the same as Sunday. Throwing back-to-back days was big for him and the coaching staff as they try to put together the bullpen.

“It’s been something that I’ve been wanting to do,” Lowe said. “I haven’t done it in a year and half. It was August of ’06 the last time I went back-to-back.”