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The author of "Class A" will discuss his book at 4 p.m. Saturday, May 25, at the Elliott Bay Book Co., 1521 10th Ave., Seattle; free .

The Mariners' closer is striking out fewer dudes than he has in the past. The league may be catching on to his curveball.

MLB Team Report - Seattle Mariners - INSIDE PITCH A six-game losing streak left several Mariners sweating out Thursday's off day, and in the end catcher Jesus Montero was the one who took the fall.

As impressive as Endy Chavez looked hitting that ninth-inning, pinch-hit home run for the Mariners in Cleveland on Monday, he's done it all before.

After pretty much the worst possible result in a four-game set in Cleveland, the 20-25 Mariners return west to play two games in Anaheim against the Los Angeles Angels .

ANAHEIM, Calif. - Daren Brown remembers as a child, heading with his mother, father and sisters into the storm cellar of their ranch in Enid, Okla., when the funnel clouds were coming.

Yan Gomes' game-winning three-run homer in the bottom of the 10th inning lifted the Tribe to a four-game sweep of the Seattle Mariners.

Cleveland Indians closer Chris Perez waits for another baseball after giving up a home run in the ninth inning as the Seattle Mariners Justin Smoak rounds the bases.

Seattle closer Tom Wilhelmsen can't handle a throw from first baseman Justin Smoak with two outs in the ninth Monday on a ball hit by Carlos Santana, allowing the tying run to score.

Yan Gomes hit a three-run homer in the 10th inning and the Cleveland Indians, twice revived by Seattle's fielding errors, beat the Mariners 10-8 on Monday to complete a four-game sweep.

Danny Farquhar is only in the majors because the Mariners needed an extra arm for the bullpen after Hector Noesi had to be used as a spot starter because of Aaron Harang 's aching back.

The Angels are 17-27 on the year and sit in fourth place in the American League West, a long way away from the rivals they were supposed to battle atop the division.

When not playing straight match-up ball, or bunting to win, the bullpen usage is straight up by 'the book'. As in 'the book that will cause me the least amount of questions by the press because I did nothing out of the ordinary, at all, even if it cost my team a chance to win.' Wedge has squandered something even rarer than 28 grams of Astatine in ... (more)

After starting 15 straight games since returning from his sprained shoulder, Michael Saunders was given the day off Saturday by Mariners manager Eric Wedge.

The Mariners took a major step forward this week, winning a series in New York for the first time since 2004.

For the New York Yankees, MRI has become a statistic that's just as important as ERA and RBIs.

Michael Morse clubbed a solo homer to help lift the Seattle Mariners to a 3-2 win over the New York Yankees in the rubber match of a three-game set.

It's probably too early to make that claim, but in his last three outings -- coming against Kansas City, Oakland and Detroit -- the righty has gone 3-0 and compiled a 1.45 ERA.

The Mariners won their third series in four Sunday, as they defeated the Oakland A's 6-1 to the delight of mothers everywhere.

Raul Ibanez smashed a three-run home run and the Seattle Mariners defeated the Oakland Athletics, 6-3, in the opener of a three-game series.