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Takeaway The Mariners can probably abandon any hopes they entertained of overtaking Texas in the AL West race after the Rangers pummeled Hisashi Iwakuma in a decisive third inning en route to a 6-3 victory Monday night at Globe Life Park in Arlington, TX (box).

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One of the mystery men of Seahawks training camp, RT J’Marcus Webb, passed his first game test. But coach Pete Carroll also disclosed Sunday that injuries to two draft choices, of whom much was expected, TE Nick Vannett and DT Jarran Reed, are likely to keep them out of the Sept. 11 regular-season opener against

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Takeaway Scoring six runs with two outs, including four in the fifth inning, the White Sox throttled the Mariners 9-3 Saturday night at U.S. Cellular Field. (box). Seattle fell to 8.5 games back of Texas in the AL West race and stayed two back of Baltimore, a 13-5 loser to the Yankees, for the second

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The Mariners Saturday made a spate of roster moves, recalling 1B/DH Dae-Ho Lee and switch-throwing reliever Pat Venditte from AAA Tacoma while also selecting RHP Dan Altavilla from AA Jackson. In corresponding transactions, Seattle placed reliever Tom Wilhelmsen on the 15-day disabled list and optioned OF Nori Aoki and ultility man Mike Freeman back to

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The Mariners continued their roster moves Thursday afternoon, recalling INF Mike Freeman from AAA Tacoma and optioning RHP Tony Zych, summoned only Tuesday, back to the Rainiers. Freeman was available to Seattle Thursday night (not in the starting lineup) when the club playey the first of four against the Chicago White Sox at U.S. Cellular

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