Mike Sweeney News

We'll be doing Geoff Baker Live! at 6:30 p.m. today. Create Your Badge Brandon Morrow just enabled another run to score on a wild-pitch in the sixth on a strikeout by Kurt Suzuki .

The Mariners' Yuniesky Betancourt is congratulated after scoring against Oakland in the first inning on a double by Mike Sweeney.

Designated hitter Mike Sweeney has left the Seattle Mariners' game against the Oakland Athletics with back spasms.

Designated hitter Mike Sweeney has left the Seattle Mariners' game against the Oakland Athletics with back spasms.

One of you asked whether Ken Griffey Jr. will get a DH start today against lefty Brett Anderson , and the answer is "Yes'' he will.

Sidney Ponson needs a lift. The Royals right-hander has an 0-4 record, a 7.16 ERA and is coming off a poor start at Minnesota.

When the Oakland Athletics released him last September, Mike Sweeney put real thought into life after baseball.“I came home, and I told my wife, ‘Honey, I think I’m about 98 percent done with my career,’ ” he said.

An ailment diagnosed as an "inflamed colon" knocked Ken Griffey Jr. out of the Mariners' lineup for Monday night's two-game series opener against the Rangers.

The Mariners erased a pair of three-run deficits on Sunday afternoon, one of them in a wild 13th inning, and pulled out a stunning 8-7 victory over the Athletics in a 15-inning marathon at Safeco Field.

MARINERS: If his baseball skills have diminished at 35, Mike Sweeney is an indispensable leader in clubhouse LARRY LARUE; The News Tribune Published May 01, 2009 Comments Photos Long before any player put on a uniform this spring, there were days of discussion spent on just what the Seattle Mariners needed in 2009.

FILE: Zack Greinke, of Apopka High School in Florida, holds his award after being honored as the 2002 Gatorade National High School Baseball Player of the Year on Wednesday May 29, 2002 near Orlando.

Mike Sweeney left Wednesday night's game against Tampa Bay after trying to stop his swing at an inside pitch from Jeff Niemann in the second inning.

For a guy who is in his first Major League season, Andrew Bailey certainly doesn't look like it.

Trevor Cahill retired 11 in a row before Adrian Beltre singled up the middle with one out in the seventh, breaking up the rookie's no-hit bid.

Bedard allowed three hits pitching into the ninth inning, and Mike Sweeney's run-scoring double broke up Cahill's shutout bid to give the Seattle Mariners a 1-0 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Sunday.

Kenji Johjima, Jose Lopez and Franklin Gutierrez each drove in two runs Saturday when the Seattle Mariners banged out an 8-5 win over Oakland.

HIGHLAND -Ethan Pcolar and Rob Tracz each scored a goal Monday, but their Highland High School boys' lacrosse team fell to visiting Saugerties, 11-2. Mike Sweeney assisted on both Highland goals.

There will be times this season when the Mariners could have as many as four former All-Stars on the field at the same time.

Seattle Mariners designated hitter Mike Sweeney follows through on a RBI-single up the middle off a pitch from Oakland Athletics' Jared Lansford in the third inning of a spring training baseball game in Surprise, Ariz., Saturday, March 21, 2009.

The first five weeks of Spring Training have gone exactly the way Mariners first baseman-designated hitter Mike Sweeney expected.