M's 8, Rangers 7

Yesterday's Seattle game:

TEX 7
SEA 8

BOX SCORE

GAME STORY:

This latest mound adventure, courtesy of injured starters Carlos Silva and Jarrod Washburn, saw the Mariners trying to get work for some of their rusty relief pitchers rather than turn to an innings-eater like R.A. Dickey.

They got three good ones from Cesar Jimenez, building a 4-0 lead in the process. But that vanished in the span of four batters in the fifth when Cruz and Teagarden teed off on Jared Wells. Ibanez hit his second double of the game to start a two-run rally and put Seattle up 6-4 in the bottom of the fifth, but Jake Woods yielded a two-run blast in the sixth on the only pitch he threw.

Also...Congratulations to JJ Putz ('00). For both getting back healthy and for moving up the career saves list in Seattle:

"I feel pretty good right now," said Putz, whose 99th career save passed Mike Schooler for second on the team's all-time list. "I'm able to throw all the pitches for strikes. Unfortunately, it's September right now. It might have been nice to throw all of the pitches in April."

Ex-Rattlers in the game:
Cesar Jimenez ('03): 3IP, H, 0R, 2BB, 4K
JJ Putz ('00): IP, 0H, 0R, K, SAVE
Raul Ibanez (Foxes, '94): 4-for-5, 3RBI
Matt Tuisasopo ('05): 2-for-4, RBI
Wladimir Balentien ('04): 1-for-3, run, 2 BB

Ramon Vazquez ('97) was 0-for-1 as a pinch-hitter for Texas in the ninth against Putz.

Tonight's Seattle Game:
Mariners: Brandon Morrow (0-1)
Angels: Jared Weaver (10-10)
9:05pm CDT