Seattle 5, Minnesota 4
When: 8:10 PM ET, Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature:
54°
Umpires:
Home -
Adrian Johnson, 1B -
Clint Fagan, 2B -
Gary Cederstrom, 3B -
Lance Barksdale
Attendance:
36263
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Rookie Trayvon Robinson snapped a tie with a two-run single in the seventh inning as the Seattle Mariners handed the Minnesota Twins their 11th consecutive loss with a 5-4 road triumph on Wednesday.
Rookies Kyle Seager and Dustin Ackley recorded Seattle's first hits of the night in the sixth inning with back-to-back RBI doubles. Ichiro Suzuki added one of his own in the seventh as the Mariners improved to 5-2 against Minnesota and clinched the season series for the first time since 2003.
Making his final start of the season, rookie Michael Pineda exited after four innings. The 22-year-old will be shut down after tossing 171 frames this season.
Cesar Jimenez (1-0) secured the win after tossing 1 1/3 scoreless innings and Brandon League worked the ninth for his 36th save of the season.
Trevor Plouffe had three hits and scored twice for Minnesota (59-95), which is mired in its longest skid since dropping 14 in a row from May 19-June 2, 1982. The Twins need to win four of their final eight games to avoid the second 100-loss season in team history.
Kevin Slowey (0-7) suffered yet another hard-luck loss. After being untouchable in the first five innings, Slowey came undone in the sixth and seventh. He permitted five runs on six hits to take the loss.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Seattle |
|
Minnesota |
|
Michael Pineda
|
Player |
Kevin Slowey |
|
No Decision |
W/L |
Loss |
|
4.0 |
IP |
6.2 |
|
2 |
Strikeouts |
6 |
|
6 |
Hits |
6 |
|
4.50 |
ERA |
6.75 |
Hitting
| Seattle |
|
Minnesota |
|
Ichiro Suzuki | Player |
Chris Parmelee |
|
2 |
Hits |
3 |
|
1 |
RBI |
1 |
|
0 |
HR |
0 |
|
3 |
TB |
3 |
|
.500 |
Avg |
.750 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Seattle
|
8 |
0 |
11 |
.229 |
9 |
9 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Minnesota
|
14 |
0 |
17 |
.350 |
26 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
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