King Felix blanks Yankees in Mariners rout

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06/30/2010 - Bronx, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Felix Hernandez became the second Seattle pitcher in as many days to throw a complete game against the Yankees, as the Mariners took a 7-0 win in the second of a three-game set.

Hernandez (6-5) joined Cliff Lee, who threw a complete game in a 7-4 win on Tuesday, to toss his third complete game of the season. Hernandez gave up just two hits with three walks and 11 strikeouts in winning his third straight decision.

Michael Saunders had his first multi-home run game with a solo shot and a two-run blast, while Milton Bradley added a solo homer and Russell Branyan clubbed a two-run shot for the Mariners, who have won three of four.

Javier Vazquez (6-7) was tagged for three runs on six hits with two walks and eight strikeouts over six innings for the Yankees, who have dropped three of four. Mark Teixeira and Colin Curtis each hit a double to account for the New York hits.

The Yanks put runners on first and third with two outs in the first, but Robinson Cano flied out to end the inning.

Seattle got on the board in the second inning when Bradley led off by crushing an 0-2 pitch over the wall in center for a 1-0 lead.

The Mariners added to their lead in the third. Saunders led off with a homer, and, three batters later, Branyan was hit by a pitch. Bradley followed with a single to get Branyan in scoring position, and Jose Lopez singled to center to plate Branyan for a 3-0 lead.

Teixeira led off the fourth with a double, but he was stranded there as Hernandez retired the next three batters.

Curtis doubled with one-out in the Yankee fifth, but Hernandez set down the next two batters to escape the threat.

Hernandez then set the Yanks down in order in the sixth and Seattle padded its lead in the seventh as Branyan's two-run homer made it a 5-0 game.

Hernandez then worked a 1-2-3 seventh inning, and Saunders hit his second home run of the game, a two-run shot in the eighth, for a 7-0 lead.

Hernandez again retired the Yankees in order in the eighth and worked around a one-out walk in the ninth to lock down the win.

Game Notes

Seattle center fielder Franklin Gutierrez left the game after the first inning with an upset stomach...Seattle goes for the sweep on Thursday with Ryan Rowland-Smith on the mound, while New York will put CC Sabathia on the hill...Hernandez improved to 3-3 against the Yankees, while Vazquez fell to 3-3 against Seattle...It was the 10th complete game and fourth shutout of Hernandez's career.

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JUPITER, Fla. -- The Foorida Marlins are preparing for the likelihood that right-hander
Josh Johnson won't be ready when the season starts April 2.

Grapefruit League action starts Wednesday, but Johnson, penciled in as the No. 2 starter, hasn't even thrown off a mound at full speed since September. He's experienced some soreness in his right forearm.

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''You guys know the math. If he's not on the hill then he becomes an opening day roster issue,'' manager Fredi Gonzalez said Saturday. ''We're borderline now.''

Johnson, who finished 12-7 with a 3.10 ERA in 2007, was supposed to throw on flat ground Saturday. That was canceled when he woke up with pain.

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''Like we always said from the very beginning, we're going to take it easy on him,'' Gonzalez said. ''He didn't feel right, so we shut him down. We're going to take it back to step one and see where we're at.''

Among the candidates to take Johnson's spot in the rotation are left-hander Chris George and right-handers Yusmeiro Petit and Jose Garcia.

Right-hander Sergio Mitre, who missed most of last season with arm and shoulder problems, also is behind.

With Johnson's status doubtful, Gonzalez said right-hander Ricky Nolasco will stay in the rotation and no longer will be considered a candidate for closer.

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