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Teams: Seattle Mariners (79-73) @ Toronto Blue Jays (69-83)
Date: 09/24/09
Home Team/Stadium: Rogers Center, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
First Pitch: 7:07pm est
TV: Sportsnet
Pitching matchup:
SEA: RHP Felix Hernandez (16-5, 2.45 ERA)
Hernandez padded his credentials for becoming the second pitcher in franchise history to win a Cy Young Award in his last start, pitching a complete-game victory over the Yankees. He held the AL East leaders to two runs (one earned) for his 26th quality start of the season. Hernandez ranks among the league leaders in virtually every department, including wins, ERA and strikeouts. He also ranks first in road ERA, with a 1.90 mark away from Safeco Field. Hernandez's roughest outing of the season came against the Jays, who scalded him for 11 hits and seven earned runs in 5 2/3 innings -- his shortest outing of the season.

TOR: LHP Ricky Romero (12-9, 4.28 ERA)
Romero's candidacy for the AL Rookie of the Year Award has fallen on hard times, as he has gone 1-4 with a 6.04 ERA in his past five starts, during which his ERA has risen from 3.91 to 4.28. He walked 20 batters in 28 1/3 innings over those five starts. He yielded four runs on seven hits in six innings in his last start, a 4-0 loss to Tampa Bay.

Bird Feed:
Designated hitter/first baseman Randy Ruiz was out of the starting lineup for the eighth time in the past 10 games on Wednesday night. Jays manager Cito Gaston said a main reason is that outfielder Adam Lind has spent more time at DH of late after being hit by a pitch earlier this month. To date, Ruiz has made 25 starts at DH and one at first base for Toronto. The 31-year-old has noted that he is trying to work on playing the outfield, but Gaston was not sure that was realistic. "I'm not hearing too good of stuff about that," Gaston said. "I haven't seen him play out there, but I asked a few guys and they said, 'Yeah, I don't know.' So we'll see." ... Shortstop Marco Scutaro (right heel) and left-hander Scott Downs (right hamstring) are still considered day-to-day with their injuries. With only 10 games left on the schedule, the pair of players is most likely done for the season. "Either one of them, if it doesn't make any sense to play them, we won't play them," Gaston said. ... Lind and second baseman Aaron Hill are only the seventh pair of teammates in team history to each record at least 30 home runs, 30 doubles and 100 RBIs in the same season.

Weather Forecast: none dome

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Mariners win 5-4

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September 24, 2009
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Seattle 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 13 1
Toronto 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 4 7 0


Standings thru 9/24/09 | Recap: SEA | TOR | Wrap | Gameday

Seattle AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Suzuki, I, RF 5 0 2 0 0 1 2 .355
Gutierrez, F, CF 5 1 2 2 0 2 4 .279
Lopez, J, 1B 5 0 1 0 0 1 3 .267
Sweeney, M, DH 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .281
a-Griffey Jr., PH-DH 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 .214
1-Saunders, PR-DH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .238
Beltre, 3B 4 1 2 0 1 0 3 .263
Hall, LF 3 1 2 0 1 0 1 .209
Tuiasosopo, M, 2B 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 .200
Wilson, Jo, SS 4 0 2 2 0 0 3 .202
Johnson, Ro, C 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 .218
Totals 34 5 13 5 5 6 20

a-Struck out for Sweeney, M in the 3rd.
1-Ran for Griffey Jr. in the 9th.

BATTING
2B: Johnson, Ro (19, Romero, R).
3B: Wilson, Jo (1, Carlson).
HR: Gutierrez, F (17, 3rd inning off Romero, R, 1 on, 1 out).
TB: Suzuki, I 2; Gutierrez, F 5; Lopez, J; Beltre 2; Hall 2; Tuiasosopo, M; Wilson, Jo 4; Johnson, Ro 2.
RBI: Tuiasosopo, M (1), Gutierrez, F 2 (64), Wilson, Jo 2 (13).
2-out RBI: Wilson, Jo 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Lopez, J 2; Johnson, Ro.
SF: Tuiasosopo, M.
GIDP: Gutierrez, F; Wilson, Jo; Hall; Beltre.
Team RISP: 2-for-11.
Team LOB: 9.

BASERUNNING
PO: Wilson, Jo (1st base by Romero, R).

FIELDING
E: Beltre (13, fielding).


Toronto AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Bautista, J, RF 5 0 0 0 0 4 4 .227
Hill, A, 2B 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 .288
Lind, DH 4 1 1 0 0 1 3 .300
Wells, V, CF 4 1 2 4 0 2 2 .264
Encarnacion, 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .220
Overbay, 1B 3 0 0 0 1 3 1 .267
Snider, LF 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .233
Chavez, R, C 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .258
McDonald, Jo, SS 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .244
Totals 34 4 7 4 3 12 16

BATTING
2B: Hill, A 2 (35, Hernandez, F, Hernandez, F).
HR: Wells, V (15, 6th inning off Hernandez, F, 2 on, 0 out).
TB: Hill, A 4; Lind; Wells, V 5; McDonald, Jo 2.
RBI: Wells, V 4 (66).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Wells, V; Encarnacion; Bautista, J.
Team RISP: 4-for-10.
Team LOB: 6.

BASERUNNING
CS: McDonald, Jo (2, 2nd base by Hernandez, F/Johnson, Ro).

FIELDING
DP: 4 (McDonald, Jo-Hill, A-Overbay 2, Encarnacion-Hill, A-Overbay 2).
Pickoffs: Romero, R (Wilson, Jo at 1st base).




Seattle IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Hernandez, F (W, 17-5) 8.0 7 4 3 2 11 1 2.49
Aardsma (S, 36) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2.00
Toronto IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Romero, R 6.1 9 3 3 3 5 1 4.28
Camp 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.20
Carlson (L, 1-6) 1.0 2 2 2 1 0 0 4.66
Accardo 1.0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2.38


HBP: Sweeney, M (by Romero, R).
Pitches-strikes: Hernandez, F 108-77, Aardsma 19-10, Romero, R 113-67, Camp 7-5, Carlson 22-13, Accardo 21-12.
Groundouts-flyouts: Hernandez, F 11-1, Aardsma 0-2, Romero, R 9-4, Camp 1-0, Carlson 1-2, Accardo 2-1.
Batters faced: Hernandez, F 33, Aardsma 4, Romero, R 28, Camp 2, Carlson 6, Accardo 5.
Inherited runners-scored: Camp 2-0.
Umpires: HP: Chris Guccione. 1B: Jerry Layne. 2B: Brian Runge. 3B: Tony Randazzo.
Weather: 68 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 6 mph, Out to RF.
T: 2:55.
Att: 15,306.
September 24, 2009