Felix Hernandez continued to show his dominance as Seattle's ace pitching seven innings, striking out seven, walking three and giving up just one earned run on six hits but it was all for nothing as Minnesota won 2-1 in 10 innings.
Mark Lowe relieved David Aardsma and gave up a double to Joe Mauer, then intentionally walked 2006 MVP Justin Morneau. With two on Jason Kubel just missed a three-run home run but was robbed by Franklin Gutierrez. Then things got interesting.
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Twins manager Ron Gardenhire called for the suicide squeeze but third baseman Matt Tolbert missed and Mauer was caught in a run down, ultimately tagged out but Morneau moved to second on the play. Then Wladimir Balentien misplayed the ball and Morneau scored the winning run. Twins closer Joe Nathan came on in the 10th and struck out two.
Ichiro Suzuki's hit streak came to an end at 27 games. He had a chance in the bottom of the 10 but struck out swinging. He was 0-for-4 with a walk.
Seattle's only offense was provided by a solo shot from Mike Sweeney in the second giving the Mariners a 1-0 lead but Minnesota tied the game the very next inning when Morneau hit a sacrifice fly to left scoring Carlos Gomez.
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