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SEATTLE (AP) -- Jamie Moyer got lots of support in his second
start. Roger Clemens didn't get any.
Moyer allowed three hits in eight innings and the Seattle
Mariners took advantage of three New York Yankees errors for a 9-3
victory on Sunday.
|  | | Seattle's Jamie Moyer allowed three hits in eight innings, throwing 63 of 93 pitches for strikes. |
Moyer (1-1), who lost to Boston's Pedro Martinez 2-0 in
Tuesday's opener, struck out four and walked none. He threw 93
pitches, 63 for strikes, and retired 18 of the last 19 batters he
faced.
"It still comes down to be your own self and pitch the way
you're capable of pitching and hopefully things work in your
favor," Moyer said. "Against Pedro, it didn't work out that way.
"Roger is a great competitor," Moyer said. "I played with him
a little bit in Boston. That's why he's been successful. I felt
Roger today threw the ball harder than he did in a long time,
velocity wise."
Before the game, Yankees pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre
announced he has a form of blood cancer that he said was diagnosed
about a year ago. The 58-year-old coach will begin treatment in New
York immediately but expects to keep working with the team.
"I feel fine," Stottlemyre said. "Now it's time for me to go
in and tackle this."
Mariners manager Lou Piniella, who was Stottlemyre's teammate in
New York in 1974, said Stottlemyre's medical condition put baseball
in perspective.
"I was thinking during the course of the ballgame that we're so
darn concerned about winning that sometimes we don't realize what's
really, really important," Piniella said.
"I missed home just thinking about it. It's a shame. Mel's a
class man. Let's hope he overcomes this."
The Mariners broke the game open against Clemens (0-1) by
scoring six runs in the fifth inning to take a 7-2 lead. Five of
the runs were unearned after Carlos Guillen reached on catcher
Jorge Posada's throwing error on a sacrifice bunt attempt.
Clemens thought first-base umpire Ted Barrett was wrong when he
called Guillen safe. Second baseman Chuck Knoblauch threw up his
arms in disgust and manager Joe Torre came onto the field to argue
the verdict.
"Once the break goes against you, you have to battle and bear
down more," Clemens said. "But when a club gets more than their
allotment of chances, it makes a big difference. You just try to
keep things at a minimum. I thought he (Posada) made a good play."
Mike Cameron singled with the bases loaded for the first run of
the inning and Alex Rodriguez followed with an RBI groundout. John
Olerud had a sacrifice fly and Edgar Martinez had an RBI single
before Jay Buhner hit a two-run homer, his second homer of the
season.
Said Buhner: "We needed all the runs we could get because
they're a good ballclub. My whole goal was to go up there and hit
the ball hard against a guy like that."
In his second start of the season, Clemens gave up seven runs on
six hits and three walks, with four strikeouts.
The Mariners took a 1-0 lead in the third inning when Guillen
walked, advanced to third on shortstop Derek Jeter's throwing error
on Mark McLemore's grounder. Cameron's infield single scored the
first run.
While Moyer made 93 pitches, 68 for strikes, Clemens had 120
pitches, 68 for strikes.
"He has taken good stuff out there both times he has pitched,
but he has really gotten into too many pitch counts," Torre said
of his 37-year-old right-hander, who was a 14-game winner last
season.
New York took a 2-1 lead in the fourth. Jeter doubled in a run
and Bernie Williams added a sacrifice fly.
In the sixth, Alfonso Soriano, in his third game with the
Yankees this season, homered for the second straight day, a solo
shot to lead off the inning.
The Mariners scored two runs in the seventh against Todd Erdos
on an RBI double by Rodriguez and a run-scoring single by
Martinez.
Game notes
Wilson, Seattle's catcher, ended an 0-for-14 streak to
start the season with a single to center to open his team's fifth.
... Clemens' career record dropped to 20-11 against the Mariners.
He was bidding to become the winningest pitcher ever against the
Mariners. Dave Stewart was 20-6 lifetime against the Seattle. ...
Martinez returned to the Mariners' lineup after missing four
straight games because of a sore left elbow. He was hit on the
elbow by a pitch in spring training. ... The Mariners opened the
season by taking two of three each from Boston and the Yankees, two
teams that were a combined 16-4 against Seattle last season. The
Yankees won nine of 10 from the Mariners last season.
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