1 HIT IS ENOUGH FOR M'S
Gonzalez Allows 3 Baserunners in Losing Effort
SEATTLE, Aug. 26 (AP) - The Mariners managed just one hit but made it
count. Ichiro Suzuki hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the third
inning to account for all the scoring and Seattle defeated the Tampa Bay Devil
Rays, 2-0 at Safeco Field. Rays starter Victor Zambrano surrendered the
home run with one out, immediately after walking Dan Wilson. It was
Zambrano's only mistake of the game. Zambrano is just the eighth starting
pitcher this season to record a complete game one-hitter.
Zambrano is the only pitcher in the major leagues this year to toss a complete
game, allow fewer than four hits, and lose. John Lackey and Jarrod
Washburn, both of the Anaheim Angels, have each thrown a four-hit complete game
that resulted in defeat.
Tampa Bay had its best scoring chance of the contest against Seattle starter
Jamie Moyer in the very first inning. Carl Crawford led off the game with
a base hit but was thrown out trying to steal by Wilson. Julio Lugo then
walked and was singled to center by Aubrey Huff, but Moyer retired Rocco
Baldelli on a fly to center and struck out Travis Lee.
The Rays didn't get another runner into scoring position until Crawford's
two-out double in the fifth, but Lugo flied out to end the frame. In the
sixth, Huff and Baldelli opened the inning with back-to-back singles, putting
runners on first and second, but Lee flied to left and Damian Rolls rolled into
an inning-ending double play.
When Toby Hall singled with one out in the seventh, Mariners manager Lou
Piniella replaced Moyer with Rafael Soriano who retired all five batters he
faced. Shigetoshi Hasegawa came on in the ninth and set down the Rays in
order to record his 15th save of the season.
The victory moves Seattle to within four games of the American League West
leading Oakland Athletics and keeps the Mariners within one game of the the
wildcard leading New York Yankees.
8/26/2003, TB03-Sea03, Safeco Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2003 Devil Rays 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 7 0 2003 Mariners 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 x 2 1 0 1 1 Devil Rays AB R H BI AVG Mariners AB R H BI AVG Crawford lf 4 0 3 0 .256 Suzuki rf 3 1 1 2 .304 Lugo ss 3 0 0 0 .258 McLemore lf 3 0 0 0 .234 Huff dh 4 0 2 0 .345 Guillen,C 3b 3 0 0 0 .324 Baldelli cf 4 0 1 0 .296 Boone,B 2b 3 0 0 0 .320 Lee,T 1b 4 0 0 0 .283 Olerud 1b 2 0 0 0 .248 Rolls rf 3 0 0 0 .307 Winn cf 3 0 0 0 .317 Martin,A ph 1 0 0 0 .289 Mabry dh 3 0 0 0 .228 Anderson,Mar 2b 3 0 0 0 .259 Sanchez,R ss 3 0 0 0 .175 Hall,T c 3 0 1 0 .245 Wilson,D c 2 1 0 0 .191 Sandberg 3b 3 0 0 0 .271 25 2 1 2 32 0 7 0 Devil Rays INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Zambrano,V L 3-8 8.0 1 2 2 2 6 90 54 4.50 8.0 1 2 2 2 6 90 54 Mariners INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Moyer W 14-8 6.1 7 0 0 2 6 101 64 3.40 Soriano,R H 7 1.2 0 0 0 0 1 15 10 2.13 Hasegawa S 15 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 11 9 3.43 9.0 7 0 0 2 8 127 83 TB : Martin,A batted for Rolls in the 9th 2B-Crawford(15). HR-Suzuki(13). RBI-Suzuki 2(63). CS-Crawford. K-Baldelli, Lee,T, Rolls 2, Sandberg 3, Martin,A, McLemore, Guillen,C, Boone,B 2, Winn, Sanchez,R. BB-Lugo, Anderson,Mar, Olerud, Wilson,D. WP-Zambrano,V. GWRBI: Suzuki Temperature: 70, Sky: clear, Wind: out to center at 7 MPH. Attendance: 46,590 Game Time: 2:24