Alex Liddi News

Dustin Ackley could get a call from the Seattle Mariners soon. Ackley raised his batting average with the Tacoma Rainiers to .400 with a 3-for-4 game on Wednesday .

Spokane native and former professional football player Steve Gleason accepts radio DJ's apologies.

Kendrys Morales hit an RBI single in the 10th inning against his former team, leading the Seattle Mariners to a 3-2 victory against the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday night.

Smoak had been sidelined with an oblique injury he originally suffered in a May 25 contest with the Texas Rangers.

The Mariners activated first baseman Justin Smoak off the disabled list and optioned Alex Liddi to Triple-A Tacoma.

It's been rumored to happen for several days, but according to Ryan Divish, the Mariners are activating Justin Smoak from the DL and sending Alex Liddi back to Tacoma.

The Houston Astros rallied to score six runs off closer Tom Wilhelmsen in the ninth inning and beat the Seattle Mariners 6-1 on Wednesday night.

Mariners ' Harang shuts out Astros SEATTLE -- Having already hit the 100-pitch mark through eight innings, 35-year-old Seattle Mariners starter Aaron Harang needed only one sentence to convince his manager to let him go out for the ninth.

First baseman Kendrys Morales was scratched from the Mariners' starting lineup about 90 minutes before Tuesday night's game with the Astros due to lower back soreness.

Nor was Bay willing to accept the explanation that this entire Mariners lineup looks like it could use a few weeks in the Caribbean.

MLB Team Report - Seattle Mariners - INSIDE PITCH As the back of the Mariners' starting rotation flailed through April and most of May, the best thing LHP Joe Saunders , RHP Aaron Harang and rookie RHP Brandon Maurer had going for them was a system that had no other options.

New York Yankees starting pitcher David Phelps throws against the Seattle Mariners in the first inning of a baseball game on Sunday, June 9, 2013, in Seattle.

The M's try to salvage a split of this four-game set today behind their ace, Felix Hernandez.

By the time the final strikeout was done, the lack of depth on this Seattle Mariners squad had been painfully exposed.

First baseman Kendrys Morales, the Mariners' leading hitter this season, was removed from Saturday's game against the Yankees in the sixth inning due to back stiffness.

Ichiro took a seat in a corner of the visiting clubhouse Thursday night a couple of hours before the Yankees met the Mariners.

As with the six-pitcher no-hitter last season, the Mariners have proven adept at providing the two-headed-calf style of entertainment.

J eremy Bonderman's return to the mound after 975 days is a poignant human-interest story, but for it to have any long-term juice, he's going to have to pitch well at the major-league level.

La Velle E. Neal III has covered baseball for the Star Tribune since 1998 . Born and raised in Chicago, he grew up following the White Sox and hating the Cubs.

Manager Eric Wedge said Tom Wilhelmsen , who has worked the last two games and blew yesterday's save, won't be used today.