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Mariners Farm Report: Thomas turning corner - (Found July 2, 2008 )

The next time the Mariners go fishing on the farm for a starting pitcher, Triple-A Tacoma might not be the spot to cast the line. Justin Thomas has begun to turn a corner at Double-A West Tennessee, and has the brightest future among healthy starters at either level.
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M's 5, Padres 2 - (Found July 2, 2008 )

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Washburn turns back clock, leads Mariners past Padres - (Found July 2, 2008 )

SAN DIEGO -- Jarrod Washburn won for the first time in eight starts and the Seattle Mariners beat Randy Wolf and the San Diego Padres 5-2 Friday night despite stranding a franchise-record 18 base runners.
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Silva breaks nine-game losing streak - (Found July 2, 2008 )

SAN DIEGO -- Carlos Silva won for the first time in 13 starts spanning nearly 2 12 months and the Mariners beat former teammate Cha Seung Baek and the San Diego Padres 4-2 on Saturday night.
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Mariners game at a glance - (Found July 2, 2008 )

THE SCENE: Absolute perfection at Petco Park, 71 degrees for first pitch under brilliant blue skies. Only 29,966 showed up -- everybody else must have been at the beach.
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Mariners notebook: With starters hurt, M's turn to bullpen - (Found July 2, 2008 )

SAN DIEGO -- The Mariners this season have already gone with "closer by committee." Coming Tuesday: starter by committee.
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Mariners savor sweep over San Diego Padres - (Found July 2, 2008 )

Feeling of relief followed when the Mariners departed San Diego on Sunday night in possession of their first three-game sweep of the season, sealed by a 9-2 win over defending National League Cy Young Award winner Jake Peavy.
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Mariners game at a glance - (Found July 2, 2008 )

THE SCENE: First-pitch temperature was 77 degrees, and there was a solid crowd of 30,179 at Safeco. You knew the Canadians were in the house when there was a loud roar on a Marco Scutaro single in the first inning.
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Mariners Notebook: Rowland-Smith taking role seriously - (Found July 2, 2008 )

A 24-month absence from the starting rotation has only whetted Ryan Rowland-Smith's appetite, so he refuses to view his first major league start Tuesday as merely an emergency outing to spell a paper-thin rotation.
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Word on Mariners new manager is encouraging - (Found July 2, 2008 )

This column was supposed to be a profile of Jim Riggleman, but I didn't find much to profile. He might be the second coming of Bob Melvin, which could be good for the team and bad for sportswriters.
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