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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Seattle 11, Detroit 3
When: 10:10 PM ET, Friday, April 16, 2010
Where: Safeco Field, Seattle, Washington
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Brian Knight, 1B - Greg Gibson, 2B - Scott Barry, 3B - Gerry Davis
Attendance: 39999

Felix Hernandez struck out nine batters as the Seattle Mariners earned their most lopsided victory of the season in an 11-3 win over the Detroit Tigers on Friday night.

Hernandez (1-0) got the victory after two no-decisions in his two other starts and the Mariners tied a season high with 12 hits.

Hernandez had a season-best nine strikeouts, allowed four hits and two runs in 6 2/3 innings.

Franklin Gutierrez was 3-for-5 and drove in three runs for Seattle. Jose Lopez drove in two runs and Ichiro Suzuki had two hits and drove in a run.

Bonderman (1-1) allowed 10 runs, eight of which were earned, in four innings as his ERA ballooned to 9.00. He had not allowed that many runs since July 2007.

Miguel Cabrera doubled in two runs in the fourth for the Tigers, who opened an 11-day West Coast trip.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Detroit   Seattle
Jeremy Bonderman Player Felix Hernandez
Loss W/L Win
4.0 IP 6.2
4 Strikeouts 9
9 Hits 4
18.00 ERA 2.70
Hitting
Detroit   Seattle
Austin Jackson Player Franklin Gutierrez
2 Hits 3
0 RBI 3
0 HR 0
2 TB 5
.500 Avg .600
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Detroit 8 0 11 .235 14 10 3 2 0 3
Seattle 12 0 14 .353 15 6 10 6 2 0