 07/01/2004 2:25 AM ET
Mariners hope to salvage split
Texas (44-31) at Seattle (31-45), 1:35 p.m. PT
Travis Blackley makes his Major League debut at Safeco Field on Thursday, when the Mariners try to split their series with the Rangers.
This year at Triple-A Tacoma, Blackley had a 2.63 ERA -- best in the Pacific Coast League -- to go along with his 7-2 record. The Australian native's start will be the second consecutive one by a Mariners rookie. On Wednesday, Clint Nageotte made his fourth career start, losing, 9-6, to the
Rangers.
After Thursday's day game, the Mariners will be on the road until the All-Star
break. They will start in St. Louis to conclude their Interleague schedule,
then travel to Toronto before finishing the first half of the season in Chicago,
where they will reunite with Freddy Garcia.
Pitching matchup:
TEX: RHP John Wasdin
1-0, 5.00 ERA in 2004
0-0, 5.79 vs. SEA in 2003
3-1, 3.79 lifetime vs. SEA
SEA: LHP Travis Blackley
First Major League appearance
Players to watch
Bret Boone has had his way with Wasdin in the past, going 5-for-7 in his career
when facing the righty, but only one of the hits have been for extra
bases, it was a double. ... Randy Winn finished the month of June with a
batting average of .288, 28 points above his season average of .260. Winn also
finished with monthly highs in doubles (7), home runs (4), and RBIs (11). ... Jolbert Cabrera also had good month of June, batting .293 with nine extra-base hits,
three more than he had in both April and May combined. Cabrera is also in the
midst of a five-game hitting streak, and has hit safely in 12 of the past 14
games in which he has started.
Quotable
"It was a learning experience, if that's what you want to call it. I have tried
to learn something every time out. I'm not going to lie, I don't like getting
hit." -- Mariners pitcher Clint Nageotte on Wednesday's start vs. Texas
On the Internet
 MLB.TV
 Gameday Audio
Gameday
Official
game notes
On television:
SEA: No TV
TEX: FSN
On radio:
SEA: KOMO AM 1000, KXLY AM 1360 (Español)
TEX: KRLD AM 1080, KESS AM 1270 (Español)
Quick hits
With Wednesday's loss, the Mariners finished the month of June with a record of 12-14, their third consecutive losing month. The last time the Mariners had
three consecutive losing months was a decade ago during the 1994 season. That
year they had losing records in April, May, June, and July and finished the
strike-shortened campaign 49-63. ... Going into their final game in the month of
June the Mariners had a staff ERA of 3.46, best in the AL and third in the Majors,
behind the Brewers (2.96) and Padres (3.23).
On deck
Friday: at Cardinals, 5:10 p.m. PT
Saturday: at Cardinals, 1:05 p.m. PT
Sunday: at Cardinals, 11:15 a.m. PT
Monday: Off
Tuesday: at Blue Jays, 4:05 p.m. PT
CJ Bowles is a contributing writer for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.
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