Erik Bedard picked up his first victory with the Seattle Mariners as they beat the Tampa Bay Rays by the score of 6-5.  The Mariners record is now at 3-5 and they hope to get back to .500 after the Rays series.

Bedard pitched six innings and allowed five hits, five run (three were earned), walked four, and struckout five batters.  Bedard knows that he needs to have better control of the ball and not walk so many batters, so I expect him to really work on that and have a good performance during his next start.

Ryan Rowland-Smith picked up the save for the Mariners and it was his first save of the season.

Richie Sexson led the Mariners with three RBI followed by Brad Wilkerson who had two RBI.  Jose Lopez was right behind them with one RBI.

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The Seattle Mariners lost 5-4 to the Baltimore Orioles on Monday afternoon, and it was the first time the Mariners were swept in a four game series by the Orioles since 1999.

Ichiro Suzuki opened the game with his 26th career leadoff homer and singled in the seventh for his 1,600th hit. Raul Ibanez homered and drove in two runs but the Mariners still came up just short.

Carlos Silva went seven innings for Seattle, giving up four runs and nine hits.  Silva got a no decision in the game while Eric O’Flaherty took the loss when he gave up a homerun in the 8th inning to Aubrey Huff.

The Mariners will continue their road trip as they now head to Tampa Bay to take on the Rays in a three game series.

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The Seattle Mariners fell to the Baltimore Orioles on Friday evening by the score of 7-4.  Jarrod Washburn picked up the loss for the Mariners after pitching five innings and giving up six hits and three earned runs including one homerun.

Adrian Beltre and Richie Sexson each hit two-run homers for the Mariners but it clearly wasn’t enough to get by the Orioles.

The Mariners record now stands at 2-2 on the season as they will battle it out with the Orioles once again on Saturday.