Foppert starts well in Mariners loss

03/04/2006
Padres at the plate: The Padres erupted for six runs in the sixth inning, putting away what was a relatively close game, and the big blow came off the bat of catcher Doug Mirabelli, who blasted a three-run home run off Mariners righty Scott Atchison. Mike Cameron was 2-for-2 with an RBI, Ryan Klesko had a single, a double, a run scored and an RBI. Josh Barfield hit a two-run triple in the seventh. Freddy Guzman had a double, a triple and three RBIs.
Mariners at the plate: Mike Morse, starting at third base, went 3-for-3 with an RBI double. Roberto Petagine, the first baseman, had three hits, including the hardest-struck ball of the game, a scorcher of a line drive that bounced off the Whataburger sign on the right-field wall and limited the not-so-fleet-of-foot Petagine to a single. Jose Lopez hit Seattle's only homer of the game, a solo shot to left off Doug Brocail in the sixth. Oswaldo Navarro added a triple.
Padres on the mound: Padres starter Brian Sweeney bent a little but didn't break, pitching 1 2/3 innings and giving up three hits and two walks but no runs. Sweeney was bailed out by Mike Thompson, who came in with the bases loaded and two out in the second and got Jeremy Reed to ground out.
Mariners on the mound: Starter Jesse Foppert looked good, pitching two shutout innings and not allowing a hit while striking out two batters and walking one. Atchison's first outing of the spring wasn't pretty. He gave up eight runs on nine hits in 1 2/3 innings of relief.
Cactus League records: Padres 1-1; Mariners 0-2.
Up next: The Mariners will flip around Sunday and be the "visitors" in Peoria Stadium in another game against the "home" Padres. The game, set for 12:05 p.m. PT, will feature the spring debut of new Mariners left-hander Jarrod Washburn, who will be followed by righties Francisco Cruceta, Renee Cortez and Jeff Heaverlo. The Padres will start Dewon Brazelton, and he'll be followed by right-handers Seth Etherton, Cesar Carrillo, Trevor Hoffman, Scott Linebrink and Clay Hensley.

Source: http://seattle.mariners.mlb.com/