Mariners third baseman Chone Figgins will sit for the next few days as he continues to struggle at the plate. Seattle manager Eric Wedge said Figgins would get the time off Tuesday before the second game of a three-game series against Baltimore. Figgins is in an 0-for-22 slump and was dropped from second to eighth in the batting order Monday.

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Doug Fister has seen the Seattle Mariners pull together over the past month. He's just happy to finally contribute. Fister (3-5) picked up his first victory since April 30, a 4-3 decision over the Baltimore Orioles on Monday. Fister went 7 1-3 innings, allowing three runs and seven hits, walked one and struck out a career-high nine in his 49th start.

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It wasn't so much that Jake Arrieta's right arm gave him trouble against the Seattle Mariners on Monday. It was his left leg. The right-hander was hit on the left shin by a scorching line drive by Ichiro Suzuki in the third inning and he wasn't the same after that. He threw 30 more pitches and never got out of the inning as the Baltimore Orioles lost their fourth straight, 4-3.

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Jason Vargas getting rocked again at home was an afterthought for the Seattle Mariners on Sunday. The bigger concern is what's going at the top of their batting order. Vargas lasted just three innings and was knocked around for six runs, and Seattle's offense managed just a solo homer by Justin Smoak off New York ace CC Sabathia in the Mariners' 7-1 loss to the Yankees.

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Even though it came on a day CC Sabathia didn't need much, he's not going to complain about the run support he's been receiving. So far, at least, his teammates aren't giving him grief about it. "I don't think anybody has realized it yet, but I know," Sabathia said. The Yankees ace continued his domination of the Seattle Mariners on Sunday, allowing just one run in…

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Nine innings, nine items to get you going. Ladies and gentleman of the Stew, take a sip of morning Juice. 1. Streaking in Seattle: With their Seattle Mariners winning nine of their past 10 games, some of the fans at … Continue reading →

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At six different points this season — less than two weeks ago even — the Seattle Mariners were a season-worst seven games below .500. Thanks to four groundballs that never left the infield, some more brilliant pitching and a Gold Glove worthy catch by Franklin Gutierrez, the Mariners got back to even on Friday night with a 4-3 win over the New York Yankees.

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Nine innings, nine items to get you going. Ladies and gentleman of the Stew, take a sip of morning Juice. 1. Not a bad first impression: Filling in for the injured Mike Fontenot, Brandon Crawford provided some immediate punch for … Continue reading →

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Reliever Shawn Kelley has had a setback in his recovery from modified Tommy John surgery that will sideline the Seattle Mariners right-hander for at least a month. The Mariners said Kelley was injected with platelet rich plasma in his right elbow Friday by Dr. James Andrews in Birmingham, Ala. Kelley was in the middle of a rehab assignment with Double-A Jackson when he experienced discomfort in his…

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With Father's Day a couple of weeks out, I decided to take a look back on some of the greatest father and son duos in the history of Major League Baseball. Included on the list are several Hall of Famers and several potential Hall of Famers.

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