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METAIRIE, La. - A ninth-inning comeback seemed to be brewing in New Orleans on Monday night, but it sputtered out for the Tacoma Rainiers in a 5-3 loss.

Stefen Romero, a 12th-round draft pick, is working his way through Seattle's minor league system.

At stake for the Tacoma Rainiers on Saturday evening was not just another victory, but also their longest winning streak since becoming the Mariners' Triple-A affiliate in 1995.

When the Mariners closed out their homestand on Wednesday night, the plan was for John Stearns to accompany the team to Toronto to continue his fill-in stint as third-base coach while Jeff Datz undergoes treatment for cancer.

Darren Brown, who was in his eighth season as skipper of the Rainiers, was added to the Seattle Mariners' staff as third base coach.

Monday night, outfielder Donald Lutz pinch-hit for the Cincinnati Reds to become the first German-developed player to play in Major League Baseball.

Led by several of the Seattle Mariners' top prospects, the Tacoma Rainiers have won five straight games for the first time in nearly two years.

The M's try to take a 2-1 series lead today in what looks like their most favorable pitching match-up sincewell, since Felix's last start.

Andrew Carraway isn't considered one of the Seattle Mariners' top prospects, but he pitched like one Friday night in Las Vegas.

Just 13 hours after the teams combined for 24 runs in a Salt Lake victory, pitching and defense were the stories as the Tacoma Rainiers edged the Bees, 2-1, on Tuesday.

Ok, no one threw a perfect game, but you couldn't realistically ask for a better outcome from yesterday's game.