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5/5 – Jarrod Washburn vs. Kevin Millwood
5/6 – Miguel Batista vs. Sidney Ponson
5/7 – Erik Bedard vs. Vincente Padilla
5/8 – Felix Hernandez vs. Kason Gabbard (?)

After an awful roadtrip, the Seattle Mariners stumble back home to find themselves at the bottom of the AL West.  With the AL West crown is falling further from reach with every loss, a quick turnaround followed by a hot streak is needed if Seattle is going to be a contender in this division.  It’s only May, but time is of the essence.

Mariners to watch:

Game 1 - Against Millwood: Jose Vidro (.317, 2 HR, 2 2B in 93 PAs), Adrian Beltre (.306, 3 HR in 64 PAs), Richie Sexson (.275 3 HR, 11 RBI in 58 PAs), Ichiro (.412 in 55 PAs) and Raul Ibanez (.357 in 46 PAs)

Game 2 – Against Ponson: Richie Sexson (.480/.519/1.080 in 27 PAs), Ichiro (.563 in 18 PAs)

Game 3 – Erik Bedard (4-1 2.42 ERA in 7 career starts against Texas).  Against Padilla: Adrian Beltre (4 of his 6 hits are HR), Ichiro (.577/.607/.769 in 28 PAs), Raul Ibanez (.353 in 20 PAs)

Game 4 – Against Gabbard: Ichiro (4/6), Jose Lopez (2/2)

Mariner Killer Prediction: Michael Young has always been a pain in the neck for the Mariners, and why should things be any different for this series?  He is a combined 38-for-123 (.309) with 4 HR, 9 2B, 2 3B and 15 RBI against Seattle’s scheduled starters (.350 if you remove Bedard from the conversation), and has hit .299 with 63 RBI over the course of his career against Seattle (127 games).