Seattle 15, San Diego 8
When: 10:10 PM ET, Friday, May 21, 2010
Where: Safeco Field, Seattle, Washington
Temperature:
Indoors
Umpires:
Home -
Tim Welke, 1B -
Jim Reynolds, 2B -
Bill Welke, 3B -
Mike DiMuro
Attendance:
24139
By SportsDirect Inc.
Mike Sweeney hit two homers and drove in a season-high six RBIs as the stagnant Seattle Mariners crushed the San Diego Padres 15-8 in an interleague opener on Friday night.
Sweeney, who went 4-for-5, was part of the Mariners’ biggest offensive outing since May 4, 2007 -- a 15-11 victory over the New York Yankees.
Sweeney’s three-run homer capped a seven-run second inning and he followed with a two-run homer in Seattle’s five-run fourth. Josh Bard homered, doubled and drove in three runs as Seattle amassed a season-high 15 hits.
Seattle starter Cliff Lee (2-2) had his worst start of the season, allowing eight runs - seven earned – on 11 hits in 6 1/3 innings but got plenty of support to improve to 13-2 all-time in interleague play. Lee struck out seven and had no walks. He has 32 strikeouts and one walk this season.
San Diego’s Wade LeBlanc (2-2) gave up eight runs in three innings as his ERA went from 1.54 to 3.32.
Trailing 15-4, the Padres made it somewhat respectable with a four-run seventh inning, capped by Oscar Salazar’s two-run single. San Diego's David Eckstein and Adrian Gonzalez each went 4-for-5 with three runs scored.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
San Diego |
|
Seattle |
Wade LeBlanc
|
Player |
Cliff Lee
|
Loss |
W/L |
Win |
3.0 |
IP |
6.1 |
2 |
Strikeouts |
7 |
6 |
Hits |
11 |
24.00 |
ERA |
9.95 |
Hitting
San Diego |
|
Seattle |
David Eckstein | Player |
Mike Sweeney |
4 |
Hits |
4 |
0 |
RBI |
6 |
0 |
HR |
2 |
5 |
TB |
10 |
.800 |
Avg |
.800 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
San Diego
|
15 |
0 |
21 |
.349 |
23 |
10 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Seattle
|
15 |
3 |
27 |
.375 |
11 |
8 |
15 |
4 |
0 |
1 |