If only Erik Bedard could have stayed in the game. He left after four innings, having reached his managerial imposed pitch-count limit for the game with three-straight shutout innings and eight strikeouts.
Despite a rough start, he was dominant. But that would come to an end in the fifth, and it didn't take long before the Orioles batters punished the M's bullpen.
Relievers Chris Jakubauskas and Shawn Kelley combined to give up nine runs in two innings, and the Mariners went on to lose 12-4 tonight at Safeco Field.
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After surrendering two hits and two runs in the first inning, Bedard settled down to strike out the side in the second. He would allow no more base runners until being relieved to start the fifth.
Franklin Gutierrez, after making a rare throwing error to give up a run in the first, homered in his first at bat, driving in three runs to put Seattle up 3-2.
While Bedard shut down the Orioles, the Mariners continued to put runners on base but would strand all of them, including two in scoring position, before the Orioles big sixth inning.
The Orioles gave starter Jerremy Guthrie the early hook as he lasted only 2.1 innings, giving up two hits, three runs and walking four.
Reliever Mark Hendrickson was less generous as he struck out four Mariners in 2.2 innings of work.
The teams square off for the series win at 1:40 p.m. tomorrow.
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