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April 5th, 2008
Game 5 of 162
Attendance: 29,639
Wind: NW 5 mph

(3-1) @ (2-2)

Starting Pitching Matchup

PITCHING MATCH-UP

Miguel Batista Garrett Olson 0-0 W-L 0-0 0.00 ERA 0.00

Batista's strong performance boosts Mariners over O's!!!!!

Baltimore, MD - Miguel Batista went 8.0 innings tonight striking out 9 Oriole hitters and allowing only one run as the Mariners took game two of the four game series tonight at Camden Yards. The Mariners got two long balls off the bats of their killer B's, Betancourt and Balentien to set the pace for the victory. The O's are now under the .500 mark at 2-3 and will turn to their ace, Jeremy Guthrie to try and snap the two game skid.

Line Score

Seattle @ Baltimore (April 5th, 2008)

TEAMS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Seattle Mariners 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 5 13 0 Baltimore Orioles 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 7 0 WP - M. Batista (1-0), LP - G. Olson (0-1), J. Putz (3)

Extra Base Hits & RBI Summary



2B - Suzuki (4), Sexson (3)
3B - Johjima (1)
HR - Balentien (1), Betancourt (1)
RBI - Johjima (4), Balentien (2), Betancourt 3 (3)
SB - None

2B - Scott (2)
3B - None
HR - Millar (1)
RBI - Mora (2), Millar 2 (3)
SB - Roberts 2 (5), Mora (3)

Pitching Summary



M. Batista (W, 1-0) 8.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 9 K's
A. Rhodes 0.2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K's
J. Putz (S, 3) 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

G. Olson (L, 0-1) 6.0 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 4 K's
D. Sarfate 1.2 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 1 WP
J. Walker 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Scoring Summary



Top 5th

Betancourt homered to left, Johjima scored (2-0)

Top 6th

Balentien homered to right (3-0)

Bottom 6th

Mora singled to left, Cintron scored (3-1)

Top 8th

Johjima singled to center, Sexson scored (4-1)
Betancourt singled to center, Johjima scored (5-1)

Bottom 9th

Millar homered to left, Mora scored (5-3)

Player of the Game


Miguel Batista struckout 9 Orioles hitters and pitched an
outstanding 8 innings as he picked up his first win of the
year and propelled the Mariners to take the second game
of the series against Baltimore.

Standings

American League East
Team		W	L	GB	STRK
	Toronto	4	1	-	W 3
	Boston	3	3	1.5	L 2
	Baltimore	2	3	2.0	L 2
	Tampa Bay	2	3	2.0	W 1
	New York AL	2	3	2.0	L 1

International League (AAA)

(1-1) @ (1-1)

Buffalo Bisons	1	6	0
Norfolk Tides	5	14	0

Record (2-1)

Eastern League (AA)

(1-1) @ (1-1)

Erie Seawolves	1	6	0
Bowie Baysox	3	12	1

Record (2-1)