Seattle Mariners News

The Seattle Mariners and free-agent outfielder Jose Guillen were closing in on a US$5.5 million, one-year contract Saturday. A person familiar with the talks, speaking on condition of anonymity because the deal has not been finalized, said that the agreement was expected to be finalized after Guillen completes a physical with the team Monday. The deal includes the potential for Guillen to earn up to $3 million in performance bonuses. Mariner general manager Bill Bavasi did not immediately return ...

The Seattle Mariners hired John McLaren as their bench coach Thursday, four years after he left the same job to go to Tampa Bay with Lou Piniella. Piniella was announced Tuesday as the Chicago Cubs' manager. McLaren was scouting prospects in the Arizona Fall League this week when Piniella asked him to become his bench coach. But Mariners associate general manager Lee Pelekoudas saw McLaren across the parking lot at the Mariners' spring training facility and called his ...

Major league hits leader Ichiro Suzuki got two more on Sunday, including a leadoff home run, to jump start the Seattle Mariners to a 3-2 win over the Texas Rangers in the season finale. Richie Sexson added his 34th home run in the second inning off Robinson Tejada. Adrian Beltre then singled after Yuniesky Betancourt doubled to break a 2-2 tie in the third. Suzuki finished with 224 hits, the ...

Adrian Beltre homered twice and Felix Hernandez pitched seven strong innings as the Seattle Mariners defeated the Texas Rangers 3-1 Saturday. Hernandez (12-14) allowed four hits and faced only one batter over the minimum through the first 6 1-3 innings. He struck out five. Joel Pineiro pitched the eighth and J.J. Putz worked the ninth for his 35th save in 42 opportunities. Beltre hit a two-run homer with two outs ...

Michael Young doubled twice to set a franchise record for two-base hits in a season, and drove in two runs to lead the Texas Rangers to a 6-5 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Friday night. Young hit his 51st double in the first inning to break Juan Gonzalez's club record set in 1998. His more damaging hit came in the sixth, snapping a 3-3 tie with a two-out, two-run ...

Ichiro Suzuki is willing to play centre field for the Seattle Mariners next year. ``He said he wants to play there, so that's good,'' manager Mike Hargrove said before Friday's game against Texas. Hargrove met earlier this week with the six-time all-star, who played 120 games in right field this season. Suzuki started his 36th game in centre field on Friday night. The experiment of moving Suzuki there began on ...

Days from a third consecutive last-place finish in the AL West, the Seattle Mariners announced Thursday they will bring back general manager Bill Bavasi and manager Mike Hargrove. An annual letter sent to the team's approximately 15,000 season ticket-holders stated: ``We have more work to do. And we believe that we have the right people in place to get the job done. Bill Bavasi will continue to lead our baseball ...

Ichiro Suzuki had five hits and scored the winning run, and the Seattle Mariners snapped a 15-game losing streak against Oakland with a 10-9 victory in 10 innings Monday night that kept the Athletics' magic number at two for clinching the AL West title. Willie Bloomquist lined an RBI single with two outs in the 10th to give the Mariners a comeback win after they rallied from a 9-3 deficit. ...

The Seattle Mariners placed right-hander Cha Seung Baek on the 60-day disabled list on Monday with tendinitis in the triceps. Seattle called up right-hander Jorge Campillo from triple-A Tacoma to take Baek's roster spot. Campillo was available for Monday night's series opener against Oakland. Baek pitched well in his month with the Mariners, making a strong bid for next year's rotation. Called up from Tacoma on Aug. 22, Baek was ...

Richie Sexson hit two long homers and the Seattle Mariners scored six runs in the second inning Friday night to beat the Chicago White Sox 11-6 and drive the defending World Series champions closer to playoff elimination. The White Sox lost for the seventh time in eight games and trail Minnesota, which fell 7-3 to Baltimore, by 5{ games in the wild-card race with eight games left. They fell seven ...