Making It Look Eathy: Dodgers 8, Mariners 2

It was a day for blowouts as Cleveland clobbered Cincinnati 9-2, Tampa Bay flattened Florida 7-3, Texas totaled San Diego 12-2, not to mention the Angels' 12-3 annihilation of Arizona. So, the Dodgers were just going with the trend; keying the whole mad affair was Andre Ethier and his three-homer night, a first for him and the first since Hee-Seop Choi did it back in 2005 on June 12 against the Twins. (Ah, remember those days?) Ethier drove in six of the Dodgers' eight runs. Whoosh. It was a bad night for former Dirtbags Saturday starter (and Jered Weaver teammate) Jason Vargas, but all things considered he's not having a terrible year (3.79 ERA even after this game). He's still having trouble delivering quality starts, though, because he's only had three quality starts in nine attempts. Yahoo box • Dodgers recap