A double inside the line and a fan going over the line were very helpful for the Seattle Mariners on Friday night. Rob Johnson doubled down the right-field line, scoring two runs in the 11th inning and the Mariners beat the Boston Red Sox 7-6. Earlier in the game, a male fan along the third-base line reached for Ryan Langerhans' foul pop that Red Sox third baseman Kevin Youkilis was attempting...

When general manager Jack Zduriencik was talking with the New York Mets about trading J.J. Putz to them last December, he said he couldn't do it.

He needed to get a center fielder back in the deal, and there was no center fielder included.

The Mets quickly expanded their deal by prying Franklin Gutierrez away from Cleveland, and the deal was done.

Gutierrez keeps looking better and better to the Mariners. He homered for the eighth time Thursday and had two singles as well, and he's playing center field defense as well as anyone in the game.

He has hits in 12 of his last 13 games, and the move to the No. 5 spot in the batting order necessitated by Adrian Beltre's move to the disabled list hasn't slowed him any.

A little rest here and there has done wonders for Alex Rodriguez. The streaking slugger hit a tiebreaking homer and Andy Pettitte pitched seven strong innings, leading the New York Yankees over the Seattle Mariners 4-2 on Wednesday night for their seventh consecutive victory. A fatigued Rodriguez, who had hip surgery in March, was held out of the lineup June 19-20 in Florida.

Mariano Rivera walked down off the mound, took a few more steps toward the plate and began the evening with a nice, soft toss. He ended it in much more familiar fashion, with a hard fastball for strike three. Rivera started what he finished and the New York Yankees, helped by Melky Cabrera's go-ahead double in the eighth inning, beat the Seattle Mariners 8-5 Tuesday night for their sixth...

Knowing they face the next couple of months without injured third baseman Adrian Beltre, the Seattle Mariners sounded a lot like the Dodgers did in early May when they learned that Manny Ramirez was suspended for 50 games. The Dodgers still have the best record in the majors with less than a week to go before Ramirez is eligible to return.

The Seattle Mariners overcame some distressing news from ailing third baseman Adrian Beltre, and evened their interleague series against the Los Angeles Dodgers with another dominating performance by Felix Hernandez. Hernandez scattered four hits over eight innings, Ken Griffey Jr. and Russell Branyan each hit home runs, and the Mariners beat the Dodgers 5-1 on Saturday night for their eighth...

That soft bubble in the schedule the Seattle Mariners took advantage of during the last month to climb back above the .500 mark is done. Now comes the real challenge to see how long this surprise team can stick around in the AL West race. Ichiro Suzuki lined the 29th leadoff homer of his career into the right-field seats and finished a triple short of the cycle, and the Mariners gave starter Jarrod...

Franklin Gutierrez is going to be disappointed to see the San Diego Padres leave the schedule. "I think we need to play these guys more," Seattle's center fielder said. Finding a recent power surge against the Padres, Gutierrez led off the eighth inning with a solo homer off reliever Edward Mujica, and the Mariners won their 19th one-run game of the season, 4-3 over the Padres on...