Jun 21, 2008

Aussie updates (21 Jun)

Today Ryan Rowland-Smith must have been feeling left out, after Grant Balfour had picked up two 'Ws' this week. He put in a good performance against the Braves today, and the M's did the hard yard with the sticks to give him his first win of the year.

Seattle's starting pitcher - Erik Bedard - actually had a pretty good outing today. He only gave up 2 hits, and 0 runs over 3 innings. But then he had to leave the game with a dodgy back. The Mariners put Roy Corcoran in the 4th. He gave up 1 run. He came out in the 5th and gave up a hit, before getting one out on a sac bunt, putting a runner in scoring position. The Braves were up 1-0 at this point.

Rowland-Smith came in and blanked the Braves for 1.2 digs. He gave up no hits, one walk and struck out one. He retired some dangerous hitters including Chipper Jones, Yunel Escobar and Brian McCann. The Mariners hitters tied things up in the top of the sixth, and smacked three runs in the top of the seventh, as they

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