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Tuesday, Jul. 18 10:05pm ET
At 41, Henderson finds milestones in his path | |||||
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PHOENIX (AP) -- Another game, another milestone for Rickey Henderson. More importantly, another victory for the Seattle Mariners, who had the foresight to give the 41-year-old a chance to extend his career. Henderson hit a tiebreaking, two-run single in the ninth inning Tuesday night and the Seattle Mariners beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-2. It was Henderson's first hit in five at-bats, but the 2,876th of his career, tying Mel Ott for 34th place all-time. "It was a big game for us," said Henderson, now four hits behind Frank Frisch for 33rd. "You know, we don't want to go into Oakland beating second-place teams. We want to go in there with a high note." Henderson, who had an RBI triple to beat the Diamondbacks on Sunday, put the Mariners ahead 4-2 when he singled with the bases loaded against Vicente Padilla (2-1). Seattle added another run when Byung-Hyun Kim walked John Olerud with the bases loaded. Reliever Mike Morgan finally got the last out of the ninth by getting Mike Cameron on a fly ball. Arthur Rhodes (3-3) got the win and Kazuhiro Sasaki got his 22nd save. Arizona lost for the sixth time in nine games. "We obviously pitched well enough to win the game tonight, but the story is we didn't do anything offensively to amount to much," Diamondbacks manager Buck Showalter said. Seattle took a 2-1 lead into the eighth, thanks to Edgar Martinez's first RBI since July 8. Martinez, usually the Mariners' DH, made his second start this season and ninth of his career in an NL park. Playing first base, he doubled for his 88th RBI after Carlos Guillen scored on an error by third baseman Matt Williams. Only Frank Thomas of the Chicago White Sox has more RBIs (89). "Every time you get a hit and an RBI it feels good, and right now it was because we won the game," Martinez said. "It means a lot more -- and it was a close game." Mariners starter Freddy Garcia walked Damian Miller to lead off the eighth, then gave up a single to Danny Bautista. Rhodes came in to pitch to Tony Womack, who lined out to Charles Gipson in shallow right field. In a close play, Miller reached for the plate with his left leg as catcher Joe Oliver tagged him on the back, and umpire Dana DeMuth ruled safe. Garcia limited the Diamondbacks to five hits and two runs in seven-plus innings, striking out three and walking two. But all he got was his fourth straight no-decision since he went five innings in a 19-7 rout over Toronto on April 16, and his third since he returned from the disabled list July 7 after breaking his right tibia. "I tell you what," Seattle manager Lou Piniella said. "He's a very accomplished pitcher for a young man." Garcia retired the first 11 batters before Luis Gonzalez lined a single with two outs in the fourth. In the fifth, Steve Finley led off with a single, stole second, reached third when Oliver's low throw rolled into center for an error, and scored on Erubiel Durazo's sacrifice fly that cut the score to 2-1. Arizona's Brian Anderson allowed two unearned runs on seven hits in seven innings, but was denied a victory for the fourth start this month. His last win was a 6-2 decision over Houston on June 28. "I'm not one to get caught up in personal stats," Anderson said. "It's a starting pitcher's job to eat up innings and keep his team in the game." Padilla relieved Anderson in the eighth and allowed three runs on four hits and two walks in 1 1/3 innings. Game notesGarcia singled in the fifth and seventh innings, becoming the third Mariners pitcher to hit safely in 18 interleague games. Paul Abbott (two) was the only successful hitter on the staff until John Halama singled Monday night. ... Williams' error in the third snapped a streak of 65 errorless innings by the Diamondbacks, their longest this season. ... Womack has five bunt singles in the last nine games. ... The Mariners finished this year's interleague play at 11-7. The Diamondbacks were 6-9. | ALSO SEE Baseball Scoreboard Seattle Clubhouse Arizona Clubhouse RECAPS Colorado 18 Oakland 3
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