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SPORTS
Thursday, April 5, 2018
MARINERS: King Felix walked five or
more batters for the 15th time in his career
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San Francisco while with
the Mariners since he hit
an inside-the-park homer in
the 2007 All-Star Game. He
didn’t appear in the series
opener Tuesday.
“A lot of things Ichiro
does is cool,” Seattle
manager Scott Servais said
before the game. “He’s an
unbelievably great player.
We all have different Ichiro
memories. I’m looking
forward to making some
new ones.”
Cueto pumped his fist
walking off the mound after
getting Suzuki to line out to
left, ending the sixth with
runners on second and third.
The right-hander allowed
eight hits and one run in six
innings. He struck out one
and walked two.
TOUGH TO BE KING
King Felix walked five or
more batters for the 15th time
in his career. He was tagged
for eight runs and six hits in
four-plus innings. He gave
up three homers for the first
AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez
Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Felix Hernandez, right,
stands nears the mound after giving up a three-run home
run to San Francisco Giants’ Pablo Sandoval, rear, during
the fifth inning of a Wednesday’s game in San Francisco.
time since Aug. 15, 2015,
in a 22-10 loss at Boston.
Also, his eight earned runs
allowed to the Giants were
the right-hander’s most
since giving up 10 that same
day versus the Red Sox.
“Zero command of my
fastball,” Hernandez said.
“I fell behind most of the
time. When you’re behind
and have to come down
the middle, it hurts. That’s
what happened.”
TRAINER’S ROOM
Mariners: C Mike Zunino
(strained left oblique) went
through a workout Tuesday
and will likely have a stren-
uous session Thursday with
the hopes he could join the
team during its weekend
series at Minnesota. ... RHP
Erasmo Ramirez (strained
right lat muscle) pitched a
simulated game for Triple-A
Tacoma on Tuesday and
“he continues to move in
the right direction,” Servais
said. ... Nelson Cruz is
feeling better nursing his
sprained right ankle.
Giants: Pence was a late
scratch after he sprained
his right thumb diving for
Robinson Cano’s RBI double
in the fifth inning Tuesday.
He could be ready to start
again Friday after a day off.
... RHP Jeff Samardzija, on
the disabled list with a right
pectoral strain, will throw
another bullpen session
Friday before likely begin-
ning a rehab assignment.