Blake Beavan News

Brandon Maurer's Southern California homecoming took a bad turn Wednesday as the Angels jumped on the 22-year-old rookie for seven runs in the first three innings en route to a 7-1 victory.

The last thing you want to do as a baseball team is overreact to a bad stretch. But the Mariners have reached a point where a few moves are necessary not just as a knee-jerk way to shake things up in the middle of a slump, but as a realistic means to improve the team moving forward.

Tacoma starting pitcher James Paxton was long gone from the game Sunday when Carlos Triunfel's ninth-inning home run gave the Rainiers a 6-5 win over Memphis.

Tom Wilhelmsen hasn't blown a save this season and hasn't allowed a hit to a right-handed batter.

Catcher Mike Zunino was 2 for 4 with a double but his Tacoma Rainiers struggled and lost for the third straight game, 3-1 at Oklahoma City... Catcher Mike Zunino was 2 for 4 with a double but his Tacoma Rainiers struggled and lost for the third straight game, 3-1 at Oklahoma City on Thursday in a Pacific Coast League game.

Felix Hernandez remains The King, following through on his solid 2012 season with a sensational start this year.

Allow me to expand on a theory I introduced in this space roughly a week ago in my post on three ways the Mariners could immediately improve .

The M's look to complete a sweep of the reeling Jays this morning behind Joe Saunders and an offense that's legitimately hot right now.

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.

Early game today on yet another glorious NW day. This is a good pitching match-up, and the M's are as watchable as they've been in some time at the moment, but it's going to be tough to stay inside and watch a game this morning.

As you'll recall, Hector Noesi worked predominantly as a starting pitcher for the Mariners last season.

Last season, the Baltimore Orioles owned the Seattle Mariners taking eight out of nine meetings.

MLB Team Report - Seattle Mariners - INSIDE PITCH No one can seem to explain the amazing disparity between Mariners lefty Joe Saunders at home and Saunders on the road , and the man himself is only willing to talk about half of the equation.

A recent pair of moves have somewhat shaken up the look of the Mariners and Rainiers.

Ricky Romero has been called up by the Blue Jays and will get the start tomorrow night at home against the Mariners .

RHP Hisashi Iwakuma , who was originally listed as Sunday's starter to give him another day between starts, is now back in his original spot and is scheduled to start Saturday's game at Toronto.

After coming to Seattle from the Colorado Rockies early in the season, Aarong Harang has struggled as a Mariner.

The M's made a personnel move today , sending Blake Beavan down to Tacoma and recalling lefty Lucas Luetge.

It wasn't hard to see this one coming after Blake Beavan gave up six hits and three runs in 2 1/3 innings last night.

McLouth blew a bubble with his gum as he rounded the bases. Over his last 10 games, the Orioles' leadoff man is hitting .485 and has scored 14 runs.