Notes: Mateo's brother dies in crash
03/11/2006
Mariners at the plate: Kenji Johjima and Todd Sears were the offensive stars of the day for the Mariners, both needing only a triple for the cycle. Johjima notched his first RBIs of the spring and on American soil, when he singled in a run in the fourth and hit his first homer of the spring, a solo shot off Brandon Lyon, in the eighth. He added a double in the ninth to finish 3-for-5. Sears doubled in the second inning, singled in the fourth and hit a two-run homer in the sixth. T.J. Bohn was 2-for-3 with two RBIs and a walk. Adam Jones tripled in two runs in the eighth and Asdrubal Cabrera hit a wind-aided homer later in the inning.
Diamondbacks at the plate: Andy Green led the Diamondbacks with four RBIs, including a three-run home run in the bottom of the fifth inning. Conor Jackson, Damion Easley and Green hit RBI singles in succession in the first inning. Alex Frazier drove in a run with a sacrifice fly.
Mariners on the mound: Matt Thornton struggled with control in the first inning, walking a batter, hitting a batter and giving up three straight RBI singles. He settled down in the second and third, however, putting up zeroes in both frames while striking out two. Jake Woods was touched up for three runs in the fifth, including Green's homer. Luis Gonzalez pitched one scoreless inning and Emiliano Fruto did the same, striking out the side.
Diamondbacks on the mound: Starter Russ Ortiz had a useful tuneup for the regular season, going four innings and giving up three runs on five hits while striking out one. Reliever Terry Mulholland gave up two runs in two innings, including Sears' homer. Mulholland departed with the bases loaded in the sixth and was replaced by Jeff Bajenaru, who made his first appearance as a Diamondback. Bajenaru struck out Rene Rivera on three pitches to escape the jam and gave up an unearned run in the seventh. He struck out three batters in 1 1/3 innings.
Cactus League records: Mariners 3-6; Diamondbacks 8-3.
Up next: The Mariners are slated for a 12:05 p.m. PT home game Sunday against the Texas Rangers, with right-hander Felix Hernandez taking the hill against Texas righty Thomas Diamond.
The Diamondbacks travel up to Surprise, Ariz., for a matchup with the Kansas City Royals at 12:05 p.m. Brandon Webb will start, and he is scheduled to be followed by Randy Choate, Doug Slaten, Tony Pena and Casey Daigle.
Source: http://seattle.mariners.mlb.com/

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