Update, 6:46 p.m. : Jim Riggleman just got tossed for the first time as Mariners' manager, and it looked like he had a good reason to be upset (beyond Carlos Silva's bad pitching). Ichiro caught a popup by Adam Everett for what seemed to be the second out of the fiftah, then dropped the ball as he was making the transfer to toss it in. The first-base umpire, Mark Wegner, ruled no catch. Looked like a bad call to me. Riggleman thought so, too, and must have said a magic word to get tossed. Carlos Silva, tonight's starting pitcher, returns to Minnesota for the first time since he left as a free agent. It's not exactly a triumphant return, what with the 4-13 record and the 5.93 ERA. I hear that Silva hosted a team party yesterday (for the Mariners, not the Twins). No word on whether he threw anyone up against the wall. I'm looking forward to seeing Francisco Liriano, who was so brilliant in 2006 before undergoing Tommy John surgery. Lineups (I'm going to take this nice and slow) Mariners Ichiro RF Miguel Cairo 1B Raul Ibanez LF Adrian Beltre 3B Jose Lopez 2B Wladimir Balentien CF Kenji Johjima C Jeff Clement DH Yuniesky Betancourt SS Carlos Silva P Twins Denard Span RF Nick Punto 2B Joe Mauer C Justin Morneau 1B Jason Kubel DH Delmon Young LF Brian Buscher 3B Adam Everett SS Carlos Gomez CF Francisco Liriano P ...
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