Yuniesky Betancourt News

I've been humming the old Beatles song, "Let It Be" this morhing. Bye Yuni! b-lam Charlottesville, VA 7 comments If we land Sanchez, he could play third as needed and then move Woodward to SS? Wilson at short solves that issue, but I think Woodward there is better than him at third...thoughts? Either way, the lineup improves with the bats if we can ...

Franklin Gutierrez follows through on his three-run home run in the eighth inning against the Rangers.

On Yuniesky Betancourt's second day of a minor league rehab assignment with the Class AAA Tacoma Rainiers, he was scratched from the lineup just before tonight's game.

Val Pascucci belted a two-run homer in support of Brian Lawrence, who threw seven scoreless innings to lead the Portland Beavers 7-1 over the Tacoma Rainiers Wednesday night at Cheney Stadium.

Some Mariner pre-game notes as the gloom and wind disappears, and the sun returns: Yuniesky Betancourt , on the DL with a left hamstring strain since June 25, is "feeling awful good,'' manager Don Wakamatsu said.

Outfielder Endy Chavez doesn't have many reasons to smile these days. After all, he has been on crutches for the better part of three weeks.

Vargas vs. Sabathia Friday @ Boston, 4:10 p.m., FSN Hernandez vs. Wakefield Saturday @ Boston, 10:05 a.m., FSN Olson vs.

The Seattle Mariners launched their odyssey through the nationa s glam capitals by showing those who heart New York and Los Angeles that a beat-up ball club struggling to stay at .500 can win on the road, even with Jack Nicholson rooting against it.

As the Mariners get set to embark on the trading season, rumors are flying about who might be headed Seattle's way.

The only close call Laura Bachman has had in her job with the Seattle Mariners was on opening day at Safeco Field April 14 - her first game on the field as a ball girl.

The past two weeks have been extremely painful for the Mariners, and how they cope with the adversity going forward could be the key to their pennant-race ambitions.

Yuniesky Betancourt #7 and Ken Griffey Jr #24 of the Seattle Mariners celebrates during the game against the San Francisco Giants on May 24, 2009 at Safeco Field in Seattle, Washington.

Russell Branyan connects for his 18th home run of the season, a three-run shot in the second inning.

We're a little more than a month from baseball's trade deadline, and Mariners general manager Jack Zduriencik says he's making calls and taking calls.

Good thing Franklin Gutierrez went deep in the eighth inning, delivering a 4-3 win to the Mariners, or else these two squads might have stayed here until 3 a.m. Neither team could muster much of anything on the scoreboard after the early innings.

One day after his last start, Jarrod Washburn walked out of the dugout before batting practice when someone asked if he had another five innings in him.

I agree with you Faceplant. It doesn't make sense to bash Mr Y over in Japan. Hell, he saved baseball in Seattle, doesn't pull any Steinbrenner or Al Davis stunts and probably doesn't even know who's playing.

The first step shortstop Yuniesky Betancourt took out of the batter's box in the eighth inning on Wednesday night could land him on the disabled list for the first time in his career.

Franklin Gutierrez , above, is the team's new No. 5 hitter, moving up in the order tonight after walloping those two home runs yesterday.

Nothing about the big leagues has overwhelmed Mike Carp in the six days he has spent as a Seattle Mariner.