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About two hours before the first pitch yesterday morning catcher Rod Barajas was telling Vernon Wells how close he came.

TORONTO David Aardsma has been stuck on 35 saves for eight days, and the two- game series in Tampa Bay could have seriously frustrated him.

Mariners 4, Rays 3 - Jose Lopez hit a tiebreaking home run in the eighth inning and Seattle beat host Tampa Bay, eliminating the defending AL champions from the postseason.

Jose Lopez hit a tiebreaking home run in the eighth inning and Seattle beat Tampa Bay 4-3 on Tuesday night, eliminating the defending AL champions from the postseason.

This little nugget about Felix Hernandez caught my eye: "Felix will be an affordable, young, dynamic budding superstar of a pitcher in 2010.

I keep hearing rumors that the Mariners are getting trade offers for Felix Hernandez.

After Scott Kazmir delivered a solid start in his new home on a mound he favors, Erick Aybar was thrilled to play the role of closer.

The Mariners' bullpen will be without veteran right-hander Miguel Batista for the entire three-game series against the Rangers.

None other than ex-Seattle resident Kenneth Gorelick , otherwise known to music fans as Grammy Award winning saxophonist Kenny G. Had a chance to chat with the G-Man himself for a bit, not-too-slyly interrupting his rehearsal of the Star Spangled Banner, which he's here to play tonight.

Erick Aybar drove in the winning run in the 10th inning for the Los Angeles Angels Tuesday in their 3-2 victory over Seattle.

You can't keep leaving runners in scoring position the way the Mariners did in the ninth and 10th innings tonight and expect to win.

OAKLAND On the verge of gaining ground on every team ahead of them in the American League wild-card race, the Seattle Mariners were reminded why that particular dream is so hard to make real.

Well, that game sure turned in a hurry, didn't it? Hey, at least you don't have Miguel Batista to blame this time.

And that's our ballgame as Miguel Batista gets rocked for four more runs...and counting here in the eighth.

Mariners right-hander Miguel Batista has put a lot of smiles on a lot of faces in a lot of places the past several years, and he says there are few things as satisfying as seeing a young child surrounded by poverty wearing an eye-to-ear grin.

Is this what it's going to be like for the next year or so? Mention the name Felix Hernandez and the conversation that follows isn't about his bat-breaking two-seam fastball, his filthy slider or his underrated change-up. Is the talk about his growing maturity, his unyielding competitiveness or his emergence as a front-line starter? Nope.