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Wilson fights off several Politte 2 strike pitches, then walks. 1st and 2nd, 1 out. Bloomquist up.

Ibanez strikes out. Dan Wilson up.

QUOTE(BHAMBARONS @ Mar 27, 2005 -> 06:13 PM) Good call to stay out of Double Play I probably didn't call that clearly enough. The steal and the ground out came on 2 separate pitches. Couple of changes for the Sox defensively in the bottom of the 6th. Burke catching. Valdez in. I think at second. I think more changes as well. Rickie Guttierez takes a lead-off walk from Politte. Ibanez up.

Gooch flies out to Bloomquist in center on a great catch and Perez scores. Bloomquist then makes another fine play on a long fly ball from Rowand. Bottom of the 6th coming up. 10-8.

Perez steals second on a 1-2 count. Davis grounds out to first and dutifully moves Timo to third. Gooch up.

QUOTE(BHAMBARONS @ Mar 27, 2005 -> 06:03 PM) Is Cliff's spot on the team for certain or is he still on the bubble I'll bet they are giving him a lot of slack due to his being a hard throwing fly ball pitcher in the thin air. He gives me the "willies", no matter where he is pitching. New Mariner pitcher. Aaron Troila. Perez up. Lead-off single to left on a full count. Ben Davis up.

Sexton thrown out on a 2 hopper to Iguchi. End of 5. 10-7 Mariners.

Politte walks Beltre. Avoids getting beheaded. Sexton up.

Winn pops out to center. 2 away, Beltre up.

Ichiro takes an 0-2 pitch into left center. 10-7. I think it was a double. Winn up. Politte absolutely scares me.

Politte's ERA is 5.40. Oppostion is hitting over .400 against Politte. Santiago singles sharply. Ichiro up. His scorcher off Iguchi's glove the last time up was scored an error. 1st and 2nd. One out.

Fly out to right. One out. Santiago up. Contreras out and Politte in.

Contreras still out there. He hits the first man he faces with his 93rd pitch. One on, nobody out. Bloomquist up.

Ozuna with a routine fly to center. End of the top of the 5th. 8-7 bad guys.

Ozzie has gotta be pissed. He really wanted a grand total of 2 nice efforts in a row from Contreras. Borchard bounces out on first pitch of 5th to third. One out. Uribe strikes out. 2 away. Ozuna up. He is 24 for 45. Yowzers!

7 Seattle hits so far. So wildness has really done in Contreras. Seattle tries a double steal and Boone is nailed at the plate. One way to get out of the inning. Stick a fork in Contreras.

Feed back up and so is Sexton. Sexton walks, bases loaded. Bret Boone up. I am guessing there are 2 outs. Ball 4. 7-6. Randy Winn on third, Sexton to second. Bullpen scrambling. 87 pitches so far for Contreras. Base hit for Ibanez. 8-7 Seattle. 1st and 3rd. Wilson up.

Ichiro up. Hits a one hopper off Iguchi's glove and into left. He reached first safe in the first by getting hit. I don't know if it was an error or not, as I just lost the feed. I will try to get it back.

Ramon Santiago pops weakly to Uribe at short, one out in bottom of the 4th.

Dye takes a called third strike on a full count. Bottom of 4th. 7-5 Sox

Konerko with the excuse me pop up to the first baseman, 2 out and Dye up.

Rowand takes a ball on an 0-2 count and Iguchi steals second. Aaron then pops out to short right. 1 out, Gooch on second. Konerko up.

Contreras has thrown 70 pitches through 3 innings. Passed ball or wild pitch to Iguchi to make the count 2 and 2. Davis to 3rd. Iguchi with a line singe to right. 7-5, Gooch on 1st. Rowand up. He is 2 for 2, with an infield single and a double in the corner in left

Defensive replacement for P. Reese at short - Ramon Santiago. Ben Davis with a gapper into right center. Hit very hard. Nobody out, man on second.

Bloomquist single through the left side. 2 runs score. Ozuna cuts the ball off and nails Boone at second. End of 3, 6-5 Sox.